by talkfromtherockroom | Dec 7, 2024 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
The night before the Beatles famed February 9, 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, Francis C. Hall, owner and president of Rickenbacker Guitars met with the Beatles at the New York City Savoy Hilton to introduce the group to several different models of their new...
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 | Nov 12, 2015 | Reviews, Take One
Bob Dylan’s legendary career, brimming with enough unreleased tracks to make ordinary songwriters blush, has often puzzled both fans and critics alike. At times, there appears to be no rhyme or reason to his decisions regarding which composition to release and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 10, 2015 | Reviews, Take One
In this edition of ‘Take One’ the ‘rock room’ examines a George Harrison composition that ended up being released two times in it’s lifetime and still remains a repressed piece in the Harrison discography. The song ‘Try Some, Buy Some’ is a unique track with an...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 17, 2013 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
On October 24, 1963 The Beatles were young, hungry, and poised on the precipice of world domination. The radio broadcast from Swedish radio blasting through the rock room today is a glistening document of a band in the moments before...
