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The Police- Ghost in the Machine 45th- Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers

By the time October 1981 's fourth Police album "Ghost in the Machine"  was dispatched, the exposed roots and influences shown by the London-based trio founded by Yankee drummer Stewart Copeland, who had emerged from the dying embers of the Punk Rock scene there, were more Miles and Mingus than Johnny Rotten. "Ghost in the Machine" topped the UK sales chart, #2 on Billboard  album chart, over three million copies sold in America alone, and Rolling Stone  magazine ranking it at #322 on their Top 500 Albums of All Time list. Police commissioner Stewart Copeland and six-string sharpshooter Andy Summers are your personal Ghost...busters with me here In the Studio in my classic rock interview.

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Fortunate Son

When you are as prolific a song craftsman as Bob Seger, there is little reason to cover anybody else. But a lucky crowd got to hear Bob Seger lead his Silver Bullet Band through a rousing version of John Fogerty's "Fortunate Son" long ago.
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Tom Cochrane- Mad Mad World 35th Anniversary

The tumblers all clicked for Tom Cochrane with the September 1991 (2/92 in the US) release of "Mad Mad World" containing the Billboard #6 earworm "Life is a Highway", driving initial sales of over 500,000 copies in the US alone. Tom Cochrane is my guest In the Studio on the thirty-fifth anniversary of "Mad Mad World".

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.

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.

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.