Medium Rare Interviews

Rare classic rock interviews by Redbeard from the vast In the Studio archive

Deep Purple- Fireball 55th- Ian Gillan, Roger Glover

Deep Purple's "Fireball" is the under-appreciated entry to "Machine Head"., with Ian Gillan and Roger Glover In the Studio.

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AC/DC- High Voltage @50- Angus Young

AC/DC's lead guitarist Angus Young is my guest, with priceless memories from the In the Studio archive by the late AC/DC rhythm guitarist/riffmaster Malcolm Young, for the 50th anniversary of "High Voltage".

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Doors- L.A. Woman 55th- the late Ray Manzarek

"L.A. Woman" by The Doors released 55 years ago is one of the greatest albums ever made by an American band, one of the first great albums to usher in the Seventies decade, the last album ever by the incomparable Jim Morrison, and a personal "desert island disc" for me that never ages; with the late Ray Manzarek In the Studio.

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Alan Parsons Project- Tales of Mystery and Imagination @50

"Basically he signed a blank tape," Alan Parsons chuckles about 20th Century Records President Russ Regan greenlighting a concept album "Tales of Mystery and Imagination", based on the books of Edgar Alan Poe, composed by the young Abbey Road studio hound and songwriter Eric Woolfson as The Alan Parsons Project.

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Eric Johnson- Tones 40th Anniversary

Eric Johnson joins me here In the Studio to recall the Spring 1986 debut "Tones" forty years ago;...Eric Johnson joins me here In the Studio.

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Steve Earle- Guitar Town 40th Anniversary

"Guitar Town " Steve Earle shares here In the Studio for his #1-charting Country debut in March 1986: "I'm a straggler from what was going on in Austin and Nashville in the mid-70s. I had good teachers, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, B.W. Stevenson...when I first got to Nashville on any given night, you could go to Guy's house. And he'd have everybody, from the street level where I was to Mickey Newbury and Neil Young, with the guitar going around. So it was a good place to learn. Then, basically cocaine sort of created a caste system and killed that real fast!"

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Billy Squier- Don’t Say No 45th Anniversary

My guest Billy Squier's 1981 second solo album “Don't Say No” sold over three million copies forty-five years ago because of songs "In the Dark" , "My Kinda Lover" , "Lonely Is the Night", & the big hit " The Stroke".

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YES- Magnification @25- Jon Anderson,Tony Kaye, Steve Howe,Trevor Rabin,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.

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Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager 45th Anniversary- Justin Hayward, the late John Lodge

After scoring a worldwide #1 seller with "Seventh Sojourn" in 1972, then spending the next two years mounting the largest concert tour in history at the time, the Moody Blues as a collective baffled everyone by taking practically the rest of the Seventies off. To fill in the missing piece of the puzzle, as well as mark the forty-fifth anniversary of their #1 selling album "Long Distance Voyager", Moody Blues lifers Justin Hayward and the late John Lodge are my guests here In the Studio.

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Pink Floyd- Division Bell World Premiere- Miami 3-30-94

One thing is incontrovertible about Pink Floyd: their collective creative imagination has always innovated, and usually in a very big way. Such was Pink Floyd's decision to debut their Division Bell album, seven years in the making, live on…

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Procol Harum- Best- Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher, Robin Trower

“Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra" from the eclectic British band Procol Harum, which has the distinction of placing two of the most unlikely songs at the top of the singles chart five years apart with "Whiter Shade of Pale" in 1967 and "Conquistador" in 1972. My ultra-rare interview features organist Matthew Fisher, lyricist the late Keith Reid, guitarist on the first three studio albums, Robin Trower, and the late singer/pianist Gary Brooker.