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November 5: Grateful Dead released “Europe ’72” in 1972

  With Bill Kreutzmann masterfully drumming alone following the resignation of Mickey Hart, and augmented the previous fall by Keith…

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November 5: Johnny Cash released American IV: The Man Comes Around in 2002

The selection here is at once so obvious and so inappropriate it feels redemptive--as if that old softy Rick Rubin…

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November 4: The Allman Brothers Band released their eponymous album in 1969

 "It might seem strange to apply the adjective "lovely" to a heavy-white-blues album, but that is what this record so…

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November 1: Grateful Dead Released American Beauty in 1970

Grateful Dead released their classic album "American Beauty" November 1, 1970.

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October 17: The Rolling Stones recorded the Brussels Affair in 1973

The Rolling Stones have finally begun to assemble and release their vast archives.  Setting up The Official Rolling Stones Archive online, their…

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October 17: Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man was released in 2000

In the liner notes, Johnny Cash writes: "The song is the thing that matters. Before I can record, I have…

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October 16: Emmylou Harris released Brand New Dance in 1990

Brand New Dance was an album which Emmylou Harris released on October 16, 1990. Produced by Richard Bennett and Allan Reynolds, the album…

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October 15: Neil Young released Time Fades Away in 1973

“My least favorite record is Time Fades Away. I think it’s the worst record I ever made – but as a…

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October 11: Miles Davis released On The Corner in 1972

"Miles is a magician. When almost all of his contemporaries not only dismissed rock but R&B as somehow beneath their…

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October 6: R.E.M. Released “Automatic For The People” in 1992

Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by R.E.M., released on October 1992. Upon release, it reached number…

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