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Tears for Fears- Songs from the Big Chair

Tears for Fears "Songs from the Big Chair" In the Studio with Redbeard & guest Curt Smith

Damn Yankees- Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Ted Nugent, Michael Cartellone

The Nineties' first supergroup Damn Yankees actually lived up to the hype in February 1990: containing Styx singer/songwriter/guitarist Tommy Shaw, Night Ranger's singer/songwriter Jack Blades, drummer Michael Cartellone, and whackmaster Ted Nugent, the Damn Yankees  debut sold a whopping two million copies. They're all with me In the Studio.
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Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti- Jimmy Page

By the time of its late February 1975 release, Led Zeppelin's sixth album, "Physical Graffiti"  , signaled a fundamental change in the popular music and media equation that began with Led Zeppelin " IV". Jimmy Page joins me for the story In the Studio. Part 1 of 2.
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Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti pt2- Robert Plant, Jimmy Page

Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page discusses the grandeur of "Kashmir", the progressive rock of "In the Light", the furious electric funk of "The Wanton Song", and the shimmering delicacy of "Ten Years Gone".
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Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water- Art Garfunkel

Simon and Garfunkel's" Bridge Over Troubled Water", which swept the 1971 Grammy Awards with six including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for the title song.It ranks as #172 on Rolling Stone magazine's "Top 500 Albums of All Time",#7 on the BBC's all time list, and has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. Art Garfunkel joined me In The Studio for this very rare conversation.
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Guess Who- American Woman 55th- Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman

If you have not listened to the Guess Who's January 1970 classic "American Woman" album recently, I predict you will be amazed at how strong the songs were, such as "No Sugar Tonight"; how environmentally aware lyricist/ gifted singer Burton Cummings was on "New Mother Nature" and "Hand Me Down World"; and how rockin' Randy Bachman could complement Cummings' pop side on "American Woman" and before that, "No Time". So why did Bachman leave at the Guess Who's peak? Find out here from Burton Cummings & Randy Bachman In the Studio.
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Kansas @50: Wayward Songs & Dust Busters- Kerry Livgren, Steve Walsh, Phil Ehart, Rich Williams, Robbie Steinhardt

Over a half century of being America's leading Progressive Rock band, the Topeka-based progressive rock band Kansas sold about twelve million albums just off of back-to-back blockbusters  Left Overture  in 1976 and Point of Know Return  barely…
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Pink Floyd- The Wall pt2- Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason

Pink Floyd's monumental opus The Wall...the numbers that it has generated are starting to rival the Great Wall of China: #87 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 Albums of All Time; worldwide sales of an estimated 30,000,000...
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Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed- Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman

Original Rolling Stones bassist Bill Woman joined by guitarist Mick Taylor for seminal “Let It Bleed” interview.

Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford

For the sublime "Selling England by the Pound" by Genesis, I am joined by Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins In the Studio.