Cameron McMenemy 4th Apr 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumJean Michel Jarre - Oxygene | LP Released: July 1977
Recorded: August - December 1976,
Paris, France
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Cameron McMenemy 4th Apr 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumLittle Steven And The Disciples Of Soul - Men Without Women | LP Released: October 1, 1982
Recorded: 1981-1982, The Power Station
The Hit Factory, New York City, NY
Clover Studios, Los Angeles
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Cameron McMenemy 4th Apr 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumForeigner - Agent Provocateur | LP Released: November 30, 1984
Recorded: April - September 1984 at The Hit Factory, New York, Right Track Recording, New York
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Cameron McMenemy 4th Apr 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumThe Who - Who | LP Released: December 6, 2019
Recorded: February - August 2019 at
British Grove,Metropolis Studios, London, England
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Cameron McMenemy 27th Mar 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumElton John - Empty Sky | LP Released: June 6, 1969
Recorded: November 1968 – April 1969 at
Dick James Studio, London, England
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Cameron McMenemy 22nd Mar 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumBruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town | LP Released: June 1978
Recorded: June 1, 1977 - March 15, 1978 at
Atlantic Studios and The Record Plant, New York, NY
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Cameron McMenemy 22nd Mar 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumBruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town | LP Released: June 2, 1978
Recorded: June 1, 1977 - March 15, 1978 at
Atlantic Studios and The Record Plant, New York, NY
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Cameron McMenemy 21st Mar 2021 | | Live MusicSimon And Garfunkel @ Hyde Park | ReviewSimon and Garfunkel live
by Chris Heard
BBC News Website - Friday, July 16, 2004
Simon and Garfunkel only played their second UK concert in more than 20 years to 50,000 fans at London's Hyde Park on Thursday.
Few acts can rival Simon and Garfunkel's famous catalog of hits in capturing the elusive spirit of mid-1960s America.
Nearly 40 years after their heyday, there is little in pop and rock music as evocative of a time, a place and the mood of an era.
Framed somewhere between Kennedy's death and the march of Vietnam, Simon's songs and Garfunkel's angelic voice distilled the end-of-innocence transition from folky optimism to poignant reflection.
The duo's harmonies seem forever destined to form the soundtrack for grainy footage of civil rights marches and stripey-scarved students at campus sit-ins.
But these are truly classic songs which have not only survived but aged well, sounding fresh and invigorated when replicated live - 50 years after the pair, now both 63, met and forged their friendship.
Heralding their arrival on stage, a series of video images on a giant screen replays iconic moments in culture - from the moon landings and a disco floor to the Berlin Wall's collapse and the Millennium celebrations.
Interspersed with mischievous shots of the pair's changing hairlines and dodgy fashion choices, the message seems to be: 'Not only have we witnessed and survived all this, we're intact and as vital as ever'. And so it would prove.
The sight of them physically side by side is an instantly recognizable delight, one much loved by the caricaturists: Garfunkel, tall and serene, the lion's mane of hair still framing his studied features. Simon, diminutive and fluid, rocking with his acoustic guitar.
"Here's a song about my country, and a time and place that no longer exists," says Garfunkel introducing America, Simon's mythical journey into the soul of a nation that symbolized a generation's idealism.
While unashamedly nostalgic and bordering on the sentimental, there is also a playful undertone, with both parties - noted for their fall-outs over the years - drawing on the irony of the tour's Old Friends title.
"This is now the 50th anniversary of the friendship that I hold very close to me," says Garfunkel, before Simon counters: "Fourteen years old we started to argue. That makes this the 48th anniversary (of us arguing)."
Introducing musical heroes The Everly Brothers, the four run through a celebratory Bye Bye Love with an energy that belies a combined age pushing 250.
The show - part of a tour which will reputedly make the duo £ 30m - is also an upbeat affair, with electric guitars, piano and occasional strings joining their more pastoral moments.
An enthusiastic crowd cheerily greets gem after gem: The Sound of Silence, I Am A Rock, Homeward Bound, Keep The Customer Satisfied, Kathy's Song, Hazy Shade Of Winter, Scarborough Fair, The Boxer, Mrs Robinson ...
Will Young, Zoe Ball and Little Britain's Matt Lucas are among the revelers at Hyde Park on a still midsummer's night for what will probably be the last UK approximation of the duo's legendary New York Central Park concert.
The set ends with the hymnal Bridge Over Troubled Water, and 50,000 people are rapt.
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Cameron McMenemy 21st Mar 2021 | | Live MusicQueen + Paul Rodgers @ Hyde Park | Concert was rescheduled from July 8th, due to the 7th of July 2005 bombings in London
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Cameron McMenemy 16th Mar 2021 | | CD AlbumBruce Springsteen - High Hopes | CD Released: January 13, 2014
Recorded: March - June 2013
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Cameron McMenemy 1st Mar 2021 | | CD AlbumBruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball | CD Released: March 5, 2012
Recorded: January 2011 - 2012
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Cameron McMenemy 26th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumElton John - 21 At 33 | LP Released: May 30, 1980
Recorded: September 1979 – March 1980 at
Super Bear, Nice, France; Sunset Sound Recorders & Rumbo, Los Angeles
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Cameron McMenemy 26th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumPaul McCartney - McCartney II | LP Released: May 16, 1980
Recorded: June - July 1979
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Cameron McMenemy 26th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumGeorge Harrison - Somewhere In England | LP Released: June 5, 1981
Recorded: March–September 1980, November 1980 – February 1981
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Cameron McMenemy 23rd Feb 2021 | | CD AlbumBruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad | CD Released: November 21, 1995
Recorded: March - September 1995 at
Thrill Hill Recording
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Cameron McMenemy 23rd Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumTom Petty - Wildflowers | LP Released: November 1, 1994
Recorded: July 20, 1992 - April 29, 1994 at
Sound City and Ocean Way Recording,
Los Angeles, California
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Cameron McMenemy 22nd Feb 2021 | | CD AlbumThe Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang | CD Released: September 6, 2005
Recorded: November 2004 ,7–9 March 2005, 6–28 June 2005 at
Pocé sur Cisse and La Fourchette in France
Ocean Way Recording and The Village Recorder in Los Angeles
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Cameron McMenemy 20th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumBruce Springsteen - Lucky Town | LP Released: March 31, 1992
Recorded: September 1991 - January 1992 at
Thrill Hill Recording, Colts Neck, NJ and A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA
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Cameron McMenemy 20th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumBruce Springsteen - Human Touch | LP Released: March 31, 1992
Recorded: September 1989 - March 1991 at
A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA
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Cameron McMenemy 19th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumRolling Stones - Dirty Work | LP Released: March 24, 1986
Recorded: April - August 1985
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Cameron McMenemy 19th Feb 2021 | | CD AlbumBruce Springsteen - Letter To You | CD Released: October 23, 2020
Recorded: November 2019 at Stone Hill Studio, NJ.
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Cameron McMenemy 19th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumThe Beatles - Please Please Me | LP Released: March 22, 1963
Recorded: September 11, 1962 - February 20, 1963 at
Abbey Road Studios, London
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Cameron McMenemy 19th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumRolling Stones - Let It Bleed | LP Released: December 5, 1969
Recorded: November 1968 - November 1969 at
Olympic in London; Elektra and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles
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Cameron McMenemy 18th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumForeigner - 4 | LP released: July 17, 1981
Recorded: December 1980-April 1981 at Electric Lady Studios, New York City
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Cameron McMenemy 17th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumREO Speedwagon - Wheels Are Turnin' | LP Released: November 1984
Recorded: January - August 1984 at
Rumbo Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
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Cameron McMenemy 17th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumThe Who - Who Are You | LP Released: August 18, 1978
Recorded: September 1977 - April 1978
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Cameron McMenemy 17th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumThe Who - Face Dances | LP released: March, 16, 1981
Recorded: July -December, 1980 at
Odyssey, London, England
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Cameron McMenemy 13th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumLou Gramm - Ready Or Not | LP Released: February 1987
Recorded: 1986 at Bear Tracks Recording, Suffern, New York
The Hit Factory Recording, New York City
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Cameron McMenemy 13th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumLou Gramm - Long Hard Look | LP Released: October 13, 1989
Recorded: 1988-1989 at
418 Studios, Westlake Village, CA;
BearTracks Studios, Suffern, NY;
Stray Dogs Recording Studio, Katonah, NY
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Cameron McMenemy 13th Feb 2021 | | Vinyl AlbumLou Gramm - Long Hard Look | LP Released: October 1989
Recorded: 1988-1989 at
418 Studios, Westlake Village, CA;
BearTracks Studios, Suffern, NY;
Stray Dogs Recording Studio, Katonah, NY
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