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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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George Harrison- All Things Must Pass 55th Anniversary

It is the  fiftieth anniversary of "All Things Must Pass" from the late George Harrison, who surprised everybody by becoming the most popular maker of solo music for the first five years after the Beatles called it a career. George Harrison talks easily about "What Is Life?","My Sweet Lord","Isn't It a Pity" from the triple LP massive ( and massively popular) All Things Must Pass; 

Redbeard Rocks! Labor Day Playlist

Here is a "RedbeardRocks! Labor Day" playlist with ninety minutes of job-themed songs from A to Z, "A Hard Day's Night" to ZZ Top "Just Got Paid". Punch the clock, hit the road, and crank these songs celebrating how hard you work to make this country work.

Badfinger- Straight Up- the late Joey Molland & Mike Gibbins

It was over fifty years ago that US audiences were introduced through a Paul McCartney song,"Come and Get It", to a little-known English band The Iveys, soon to be rechristened Badfinger and to become second only to The Beatles in sales on the Apple Records label.

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 John Lennon…
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Paul McCartney- Flowers in the Dirt 35th Anniversary

Paul McCartney for "Flowers in the Dirt" 35th anniversary In the Studio with Redbeard !
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Soundgarden- Superunknown- Chris Cornell

The late Chris Cornell with a wonderful, charming conversation In he Studio for Soundgarden's "Superunknown" as Soundgarden is enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

George Harrison- Best pt 2

My second George Harrison interview that focused on his return to performing in England for the first time in over 25 years on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall; the support of his longtime friend,Eric Clapton; and several examples of his delightful impish sense of humor.
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Beatles- White Album pt1- Paul McCartney, the late George Harrison

The Beatles "White Album" 55th Anniversary: How can an album accomplish so much by embedding itself indelibly in popular culture, continuing to influence generations a half century after release, while on the surface revealing so little about its contents and its creators?

Paul McCartney- Blackbird January 1991

To get you primed for the upcoming Beatles “White Album” double-nickel anniversary interviews with the late George Harrison plus Paul McCartney, here is a live performance of “Blackbird” by Macca from 1991.