by talkfromtherockroom | May 24, 2023 | Between the Lines, Reviews
A new expertly researched and lovingly curated book by author Edoardo Genzolini is set to be released this year by Schiffer Publishing. The Who: Concert Memories from the Classic Years 1964 to 1976, is a substantial tome and focuses on a specific era with a granular...
by talkfromtherockroom | Dec 1, 2020 | Now Showing, Reviews
Now Playing in the ‘rock room’ is one of the finest substantial slabs of the 1960’s rock revolution to be captured on celluloid. Paris, France in 1968 was a city and country in upheaval. In May 1968 the French Revolution was ignited. A revolution in all sense of the...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 2, 2020 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Are you a Mod or a Rocker? That is the question posed by the the ‘rock room’ today. Now playing, I have a recording that started to circulate in 2005 on a CD called The High Numbers –Live 1964 by famous Japanese bootleg label ‘Yellow Dog’. The performance featured on...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 13, 2016 | Now Playing, Reviews
‘Now Playing’ in the ‘rock room’ is a significant eight minute black and white clip of ‘Mod’ gods, The Who, live and in concert at the famed Marquee club on February 16, 1965 and broadcast on French television in March of the same year. This choice clip of The Who was...
by talkfromtherockroom | May 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
In this edition of the ‘rock room’s ‘Take One’ feature we examine a Who single well known by hardcore fans but often lost in the plentiful jambalaya of magical music created by the group. The tune of ‘The Seeker’ can be discovered nestled in the high plateau that lies...
