Led Zeppelin III @55- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 10-6

Led Zeppelin's third album did not have the first blush of discovery like the debut, nor a bona fide hit like "Whole Lotta Love" on Led Zeppelin II, but now in hindsight "Led Zeppelin III" is revered for being the musical bridge to even greater successes soon to come. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are my guests bearing "Immigrant Song","Out on the Tiles","Since I've Been Loving You", "Gallows Pole", and "Friends" In the Studio beginning the week of October 6.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Soul to Soul 40th- Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Buddy Guy, SRV

Double Trouble's Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon are joined by blues legend Buddy Guy and my rare archival 1984 interview with the late Stevie Ray Vaughan here In the Studio for Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble's "Soul to Soul" 40th anniversary.
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INXS- X @35- Andrew Farriss, the late Michael Hutchence

It is bittersweet to share with you the World Premiere radio broadcast of INXS "X" which I was so fortunate to get to produce and host in September 1990 with guests lead singer/lyricist Michael Hutchence and keyboardist/ composer Andrew Farriss.
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Buckingham Nicks- Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks Rare Interview

Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham join me In the Studio for the re-release of "Buckingham Nicks", their remarkably good1973 recording which has eluded availability for 52 years & is actually worth the wait.
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INXS- Listen Like Thieves 40th- Andrew & Tim Farriss, Kirk Pengilly, the late Michael Hutchence

It was their fifth album,"Listen Like Thieves" in Fall 1985, where INXS finally picked the lock to the top of the American charts with "Listen Like Thieves". For the story of INXS' formative years, the band's keyboard player/ songwriter Andrew Farriss, guitar-playing brother Tim Farriss, and guitar/sax man Kirk Pengilly, tell of the tough and tender early days forming in the most remote city in the world, Perth Australia; surviving the one-nighters there,  in Sydney and in Melbourne; allying with a talented singer from Hong Kong-via-Hollywood,  the mercurial snake-hipped Michael Hutchence;

Styx- Equinox 50th- James Young, Tommy Shaw, Dennis DeYoung

there was high drama and great music before with the third-time's-the-charm "Lady", then 1975's strong Equinox  album containing "Light Up", "Lorelei", and the timeless "Suite: Madame Blue". Band leaders even today James "JY" Young and Tommy Shaw look back on the Equinox  along with the original former co-founding member who wrote and sang all of those songs, Dennis DeYoung

Foghat- Fool for the City 50th- late Lonesome Dave Peverett & Rod Price

British blues-rock foursome Foghat's "Fool for the City" album 50 years ago, with the title song plus "Slow Ride", dominated American FM airplay from its release in September 1975 all through the following year (#20 Billboard). Foghat were four British electric bluesmen who comprised the most successful  limb of the sprawling Savoy Brown musical family tree, albeit that success almost exclusively in North America. This is a bittersweet edition of In the Studio as both of my guests in this classic rock interview, Foghat co-founding guitarist/singer/songwriter Lonesome Dave Peverett and slide guitarist/songwriter Rod Price, have since passed away.
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Ozzy Osbourne- Blizzard of Ozz 45th Anniversary

Ozzy Osbourne In the Studio for the making of 1980's "Blizzard of Ozz" on its 45th anniversary.

Allman Brothers Band- Idlewild South 55th- the late Gregg Allman

...for me in Autumn 1970 with discovering the Allman Brothers Band, as it was their second album, "Idlewild South" , which was my gateway drug to a five decade musical high for what turned out to be, as legendary producer Tom Dowd put it it, "the greatest musical fusion I've ever witnessed."
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Black Sabbath- Paranoid 55th Anniversary- Ozzy Osbourne

On the 55th anniversary of "Paranoid", original Black Sabbath singer / lyricist the late Ozzy Osbourne has fond memories of those days when he and his  mates from the working-class neighborhood Aston decided to ditch their trendy blues music, cut the band down from a 6-piece to four, and started doing what Ozzy characterizes in this classic rock interview as "spooky music".