by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 25, 2025 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In, Reviews
Pulled from the deep recesses of the “rock room,” shelves is a beautifully rendered Van Morrison performance from the Fall of 1974. I previously reviewed another fine performance from this woefully underrepresented tour here and may end up doing a deep dive on all of...
by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 22, 2024 | Reviews
Just in time for the album’s 50th anniversary, Badfinger’s legendary “lost” record Head First has been slated for release on December 13, 2024 by Y&T Music. Recorded in December of 1974 at Apple Studios, Head First was planned to be the follow up to Badfinger’s...
by talkfromtherockroom | Aug 17, 2021 | Now Showing, Reviews
Some special rock footage guaranteed to blow your mind has recently come into circulation and for the time being is available for review online. In 1974 Ravi Shankar and George Harrison undertook a 45 show concert tour across the US running concurrent with...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jun 1, 2021 | Reviews, Take One
One Valentine’s Day 1974, English folk legend and musical oddity Roy Harper officially released his seventh LP, the aptly titled Valentine. Supremely talented and stunningly lyrical, but equally underrepresented in the UK and virtually unknown in the US. On his...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 9, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is a newly circulating (I believe) audience recording from the final ‘Traffic’ tour in 1974. This recording hails from the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texasand is a brisk and groovy listen with all instruments...
