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In 1975 Don Kirschner, the Nostradamus of music, introduced Barry Manilow at a concert as "the newest star for America." And with that prediction, Manilow barreled into his latest tune, "Mandy." Soon it would hit #1. We would never be the same.

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2008-07-02
Natty Dread

Natty Dread

Bob Marley

Natty Dread was the first album released as Bob Marley & The Wailers. The band's previous albums were released as the Wailers. Bob was clearly the star. Sorry, Peter Tosh.

It's perfect rebel music. It makes you remember there was a time when music was made to inspire change not just to make money. Know what I mean?

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Shawn Wakin' Up The Memories
Music 2008-06-27

Monty Python was not a typical comedy troupe, and their movies weren't standard fare either. So it was no surprise that the record they put out for their movie The Holy Grail wouldn't be just a bunch of score slapped onto some vinyl. Instead they released The Album Of The Soundtrack Of The Trailer Of The Film Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail. It was really a comedy album that featured scenes from the movie intercut with some sketches and the "premiere" of the film.

 

See the trailer that inspired the record about the soundtrack of the trailer of the movie here.

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2008-06-30

Bootsy Collins Welcomes You to Chocolate City

Bootsy Collins Welcomes You to Chocolate City

Just call him Casper the Funky Ghost.

Cincinnati native Bootsy Collins put the P in P-Funk. After getting booted from James Brown's band in 1971 for taking LSD right before a gig, Bootsy and his brother Catfish joined the seminal funk collective Parliament-Funkadelic fronted by George Clinton. In 1975 they released the classic album Chocolate City, an ode to black America filled with dreams of Muhammad Ali in the White House with Richard Pryor as "Minister of Education." God Bless America & the P-Funk.

 

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Shawn Wakin' Up The Memories
Music 2008-06-17

Then...

Now...

1975
2007

Bruce Springsteen

Then: Releases landmark album Born To Run on August 25, 1975 — an album that saved his career and rock 'n roll. He made the cover of Newsweek; he made the cover of Time; he toured the world. Springsteen had made the big time.


Now
: Still plays concerts that feel more like church revivals (even if they're no longer four-plus hours long). The Big Man and Little Steven are still by his side, and songs like "Radio Nowhere" make you feel like there's hope for rock 'n' roll and all of us who swear by it.

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Music 2008-06-10

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This Week's GetBack Top 5: 1975

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  • 1
    It's All Over Now - Bobby Womack
  • 2
    So In Love - Curtis Mayfield
  • 3
    Stone Cold Sober - Rod Stewart
  • 4
    Lady Blue - Leon Russell
  • 5
    Inside My Love - Minnie Riperton

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