by talkfromtherockroom | Aug 31, 2014 | Reviews
Imagine two outstretched arms, extracting themselves from a dirty roadside ditch, fingertips dug into the flesh of the earth pulling a hidden body out into the blinding sunlight. This is the imagry representing Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s 1976 LP Zuma, recorded...
by talkfromtherockroom | Aug 16, 2014 | Reviews
Spinning on the turntable today in the ‘rock room’ is Eric Clapton’s 1976 LP No Reason To Cry. Highly underrated in the spectrum of Clapton’s catalog, the record contains a plethora of special guest musicians, co-writers and friends lending to...
by talkfromtherockroom | Aug 9, 2014 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
One of the most iconic instruments in rock and roll history is Paul McCartney’s Hofner violin bass guitar. Not quite as recognizable, but equally important is McCartney’s ‘other’ bass, his Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar. The Rickenbacker...
by talkfromtherockroom | Aug 3, 2014 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Live from the ‘rock room’ today comes a beautifully balanced FM broadcast soundboard recording of British blues/rock/jazz masters ‘Ten Years After’ live in 1969. Fresh off of their career defining performance at Woodstock in August, this...
