In The Studio Archives: Classic Rock Interview

Quite coincidentally, no less than three of Robert Plant‘s post-Led Zeppelin solo albums are marking significant anniversaries, so no better time to examine all three via the impressive Nine Lives box set. Thirty years on it was Robert’s second solo album, 1983′s The Principle of Moments, which convinced us that Plant could sustain...

Writing on AllMusic.com, one of our most trusted rock writers Richie Unterberger refers to the Rolling Stones‘ 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request as “… a fascinating anomaly in the group’s discography.” Four significant things occurred to explain in part why the follow up in late 1968, Beggars Banquet, sounds so completely different:...

 When John Mellencamp’s third major label album yelded three Top Twenty hits in 1982 including “Hurt So Good” (#2) followed by his first #1, “Jack and Diane”, only two entities were as equally relieved as John: his ambitious English manager and his long suffering US record company. The former had negotiated John’s record...

In the conclusion of our detailed look at the Beatles‘ November 1968 double album, three of the individual band members, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison flex their creative muscles knowing full well that they have shifted the balance of power forever from the record company board room  into the control room...

At the time of its November 1968 release, we had no way of knowing that the unparalleled intensity of world-wide fame, the sudden death of Beatles manager Brian Epstein, and the complexities of adult romantic relationships  had all conspired to fracture the internal unity of the band so that their only double album...