Queensryche- Promised Land 25th Anniversary- Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo 12/23

In Fall 1994 patient Queensryche fans were rewarded after four long years with the spectacularly successfu Empire's  followup, Promised Land , containing "I Am I" and the tender-yet-tough farewell song "The Bridge", which guitarist Chris DeGarmo…

SHOWCO- Buford Jones pt 2

Conclusion of interview with FOH mixer Buford Jones. [jwplayer config="Audio Player" file="https://showco-interviews.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/showco-buford-jones-2.mp3" image="https://www.inthestudio.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SHOWCO-Prism-130453.jpg"…

SHOWCO- Buford Jones pt 1

One of The Dirty Dozen original fledgling engineers hired by the Showco founders in 1970, Buford Jones' non-stop experience over the next ten years with the Seventies' top touring bands would help solidify both Showco's pre-eminence and later…
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Queen- Now I'm Here- London Hammersmith Odeon 12-75

Long ago Queen set a very high standard for concert performance from which they have never wavered. Here is  proof of it with "Now I'm Here", originally off of Queen's third studio album Sheer Heart Attack   released forty-five years ago,…
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Win Prince "1999" Remastered Expanded Deluxe 2-CD

Looks like Santa will be delivering presents  this year in a "Little Red Corvette", courtesy of the Prince Estate and Warner Bros Records! Register below before midnight 12/29 for the drawing to win one of five remastered, expanded deluxe edition…

Bush- Glycerine- with Gwen Stefani 12/12

Here is one of those double-take anniversaries where you'd swear it was only half that long ago: English band Bush released their impressive debut Sixteen Stone   twenty-five years ago the first week of December 1994 ( #4 sales on Billboard…
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Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers 35th Anniversary- Ian Gillan, Roger Glover

It was a fateful day in 1984 when the original members of Deep Purple, the Mark II lineup which gave the world Deep Purple in Rock,  Fireball,  Machine Head,   Who Do We Think We Are,  and Made in Japan , reconvened after eleven long years…
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Don Henley- Building the Perfect Beast 35th Anniversary- Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar

While sitting with his Building the Perfect Beast   collaborator Danny Kortchmar, my  other guest here In the Studio, Don Henley, made a prediction thirty years ago that haunts me to this day. "We certainly don't have all of the answers,"…

Paul McCartney- Here Today (for John Lennon)

Every year when December 8 rolls around it is a challenge as to how to observe the violent, senseless gun murder of John Lennon that day in 1980, to chronicle the worldwide psychic blow to a generation, while paying tribute to what he gave us…
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Win Triumph “Classics” Silver 2x LP

Here is an example of a Triumph-ant reissue done right. Perennial power trio Triumph’s Classics  has thirteen hits including “Fight the Good Fight”,”Lay It on the Line”,”Hold On”,”A World of Fantasy”,”Magic Power”,…