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Police- Every Little Thing…Magic- Buenos Aires 12-2007

The reunited Police force took a massive Buenos Aires audience into musical custody one night in December 2007 performing this trick of sleight-of-heart with "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
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Boston- Third Stage 40th Anniversary- Tom Scholz

"Third Stage" Boston comeback album released in September 1986 put up spectacular numbers in popularity, with three Top 20 hits on Billboard including "Cant'cha Say","We're Ready", and the #1 "Amanda", all helping to blast the album to #1 sales. Boston bandleader Tom Scholz, my guest, also brought free-agency to the music business.
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YES- Magnification @25- Jon Anderson, Steve Howe,the late Chris Squire & Alan White

It's the 25th anniversary of YES releasing their 21st century chestnut "Magnification" in September 2001, with Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, the late Alan White, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, and the late Chris Squire ALL In the Studio.

YES- Deeper (In the Presence Of)- Amsterdam 2001

YES treated concert goers twenty-five summers ago to this lithe but nevertheless powerful quartet with full orchestral arrangements, including this gem "Deeper (In the Presence Of)" live in Amsterdam.

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Night Moves 50th! 10-4

"Night Moves" fifty years ago drew a bead on the American mainstream, firing off a clip of multi-platinum albums that would extend well into the Nineties for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band. Bob is my guest In the Studio on the golden anniversary of "Night Moves" the week of October 4.
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Kansas- The Prelude Implicit 10th- Phil Ehart, Rich Williams, Ronnie Platt, David Ragsdale

In 2016 the first new original studio album in sixteen years, "The Prelude Implicit",  from all-American progressive rockers Kansas, was one of the most pleasant musical surprises in 2016...like discovering the "lost"  album which would have fit naturally between early mid-Seventies efforts "Song for America"  and "Masque". Lifers drummer Phil Ehart and guitarist Richard Williams are joined here In the Studio  by violinist David Ragsdale and impressive veteran lead singer Ronnie Platt.

Boston- To Be a Man- Worcester 8-87

It had been such a "long time", almost seven years, since the band Boston had released a new album and toured, that when Tom Scholz, Brad Delp and Boston (band) returned to the concert stage in Summer 1987, t was international news. It also was a terrifying re-entry to live performance for the shy, soft-spoken lead singer Delp...
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Bryan Adams- Waking Up the Neighbours 35th Anniversary

Bryan Adams sold 16,000,000 copies worldwide of "Waking Up the Neighbours" since 1991, it starts to take up some real estate on the page. In this week's classic rock interview, diplomat's son Bryan Adams reminds us that he had a passport before he had a guitar.

Police- Ghost in the Machine 45th Anniversary- Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers 9-28

Stewart Copeland and Police guitarist Andy Summers join me In the Studio on the forty-fifth anniversary of the million-selling all-important "Ghost in the Machine", the all-important bridge to "Synchronicity" and international superstardom two years later, the week of September 28.

Boston- Third Stage 40th Anniversary- Tom Scholz 9-21

Don't miss the "gloves off" inside story of the Boston "Third Stage" eight year saga by the genius who put principles over profits, Tom Scholz, and his personal battle which gave musicians free-agency to the music business, here In the Studio the week of September 21.