1960s

[Music] The Flies – I’m Not Your Stepping Stone (1966)

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I really like The Monkees. Sure, the TV show was a little corny, but the music was enjoyable. I particularly liked “(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone,” which I always felt was their strongest track. I’ve heard Jimi Hendrix cover it, and of course the original done first by Paul Revere & The Raiders, and as wonderful as those were, they paled a bit to The Monkees‘ version.

The Flies, an English band, took a crack at it in 1966, and they slow it down just a touch, making the song that much more of a keeper.

Really brilliant cover.

[Music] Various Artists – Will You Still Love Them Tomorrow? Courtships and Confessions of the Early Girl Groups and Pop Divas

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I’ve been in a bit of an oldies mood, so I went through a stash of old links, and I came across this gem of girl-groups, many of whom you know intimately.  Such names as Etta James, The Marvelettes and Mary Wells are featured.

A great deal of praise should be showered upon Fidelity Masters for the excellent remastering job they did on this and many other compilations.

[Music] In The Court of the Crimson King, by King Crimson: An album cover art story — The Music Aficionado

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Pete Sinfield was in need of an album cover. Having served as roadie, light man, lyricist and a general conceptualizer for a new band named King Crimson, he was now tasked with the matter of finding a way to package the strange music the band was committing to tape in the recording studio. Wasting no…

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[Music] MARIANNE FAITHFUL’S DECCA YEARS. — dereksmusicblog

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Marianne Faithful’s Decca Years. By March 1964, it was apparent that pop music wasn’t just a passing fad. The Beatles were a global phenomenon, and the British Invasion of the American charts had just begun. Britain was a musical powerhouse, that the world envied. Despite this, many labels weren’t resting on their laurels. Record companies […]

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[Music] 1969 SONG OF THE DAY- ‘THE BOXER’- SIMON AND GARFUNKEL — slicethelife

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1969 Song of the Day is- “The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel. Written by Paul Simon it was the lead single from their final album Bridge Over Troubled Water which came out in 1970- The Boxer was released on April 21, 1969- way ahead of the album. The Boxer went to #7 on the Billboard […]

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