The Pink Floyd catalog reissue series continues to thrill with the release of the seven CD/DVD “Immersion” box set of their “The Wall” 1979 blockbuster . To try and gauge this epic effort’s success and subsequent influence on pop culture ever since , we can run the numbers ( nearly 24 million sales U. S. ; top-selling double album in history ; #2-selling original album ; multiple Grammy winner ; Rolling Stone magazine ranks it #87 on its Top 500 Albums list ).. .(more)

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(cont)…Even before the February 1972 release of Rundgren’s third solo album “Something/Anything” , Todd was being hailed by some rock critics as a wunderkind , that rare combination of left-brain creative and right-brain analytical talents …(more)

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We continue our celebration of American Black History month with this unreleased historical musical moment .The Civil Rights Act of 1964 may have been signed by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964 , but that simply changed the law in America . Hearts and minds would be another thing entirely , a fact recognized by the Funkadelic 1970 album title “Free Your Mind (and Your Ass Will Follow)” . On January 23 , 1983 I witnessed the true integration of one of the last holdouts from diversity, the Nashville music community , when as part of his annual Volunteer Jam series , host/organizer Charlie Daniels presented the legendary James Brown to headline Volunteer Jam 9 …(more)

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