Another DP MIJ trivia. In the agreement with the band the Japanese arm of the record company agreed to ONLY release it in Japan. which happened on Dec 2nd '72. The demand in the US grew as import copies trickled in The band's management went to Warner and asked them to allow distribution which...

I have a number of trivia items on Made In Japan and here is one of them Smoke On The Water is the only song ever to be in the top 10 as a studio single (from Machine Head) and as a live version (From Made In Japan) in the same week.

They've done Iron Man twice.

Live Friday Deep Purple, 'Made in Japan' (1972) IMO the single most well know hard rock live album of the 70's. Deep purple was in the middle of a string of Gold albums, Ritchie Blackmore was as innovative on guitar as anyone at the time, Jon Lord's Organ was integrated into the sound like no...

Where is that @kann guy? I think the way just disappears that we are just part of his secret agaent cover. Even the video dissappears just like him.

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Going back 15 years or so Going back 25 years or so.

TFT New Order's first and last (so far) singles

Monday Mornibg Blues

Sounds like Jon Anderson of Yes.

Dead Friday Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (1969) The definitive early Dead live album it is their first live and 4th overall record you could buy back then. Until the Dave's and Dick's Picks series came out it was the best early live album available.. The Dead have always been a live band and with...

I've seen Yngwie a couple of times I'd place Steve and Eric Johnson above him technically but thats just opinion. Would have to see about 25 shows withh all of them to state as fact,

Considered as one of the finest examples of precision and accuracy in the guitar world, chances are you've never heard it

WW Years before the Runaways or the Slits there was Fanny. The first all female band signed to a major lable.

I'll take girls with guitars yelling at me. They're more mobile then ones with pianos.

REO while still playing after 55 years has not had any original members since 2023.

Historic trivia The original REO Speed Wagon was a truck designed by Ransom E. Olds in 1915. Olds, one of the earliest car makers he had built his company large enough that it was bought out in 1908 by General Motors. Part of the agreement was that Olds couldn't be involved in car manufacturing...

Interesting mixes on both songs The first one has snare on the left, kick in the middle and what little cymbals there are on the right. The second one follows the same pattern but with rhythm guitar on the right while loading the left with snare, lead, and vocals.

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