Rock Talk - Neil Murray

Part 1

1. Whitesnake - Ready and willing

2. Whitesnake - Gambler

3. Colleseum 2 - Dark side of the moog

4. Whitesnake - Here I go again

5. Graham Bonnet - Night games

Part 2

1. Whitesnake - Trouble

2. Cast of We Will Rock You - I want it all

3. Gogmagog - I will be there

4. Whitesnake - Fool for your loving

5. Whitesnake - Belgian Tom's hat trick

Timesweep 25th November

Part 1

Back to 1982

1. Genesis - Paperlate

2. Rick Springfield - Don't talk to strangers

3. The Scorpions - No one like you

4. Peter Gabriel - Shock the monkey

5. Iron Maiden - Hallowed be thy name

Part 2

1. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I love rock & roll

2. Judas Priest - Another thing coming

3. Donald Fagen - IGY

4. Rainbow - Stone cold

5. John Cougar - Hurts so good

6. Van Halen - Oh pretty woman

Part 3

Back to 1967

1. Small Faces - Itchycoo park

2. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

3. Procul Harum - Whiter shade of pale

4. Moody Blues - Nights in white satin

5. Traffic - Hole in my shoe

Part 4

A look at radio

1. Rush - Spirit of radio

2. The Ramones - Do you remember rock & roll radio

3. Queen - Radio ga ga

Part 5

1. Autograph - Turn up the radio

2. Golden Earring - Radar love

3. Tom Petty - The last DJ

Part 6

This week's birthdays

1. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little wing

2. Simple Minds - Glittering prize

3. Faith No More - Epic

4. SAHB - Delilah

5. Boston - More than a feeling

Part 6

This week in rock history

1. Rolling Stones - Emotional rescue

2. Guns 'N' Roses - Live and let die

3. The Beatles - Helter skelter

4. Bruce Springsteen - Fire

Part 7

A d David Bowie double shot

1. David Bowie - Starman

2. David Bowie - Changes

3. Poison - Unskinny bop

Part 9

And we're going running

1. Bryan Adams - Run to you

2. Spencer Davis Group - Keep on running

3. Steve Miller Band - Take the money and run

4. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the run

Part 10

1. Bon Jovi - Runaway

2. REO Speedwagon - Take it on the run

3. Pink Floyd - Run like hell

Part 11

1. Tom Petty - Running down a dream

2. The Eagles - The long run

3. Sheryl Crow - Run baby run

4. Bruce Springsteen - Born to run

Brit Rock 25th November

1. Richie Valens - La bamba

2. Johnnie Kidd & The Pirates - Please don't touch

3. Cliff Richard - Move it

4. Eddie Cochran - C'mon everybody

5. Frankie Miller - Be good to yourself

6. The Eagles - Life in the fast lane

7. The Stranglers - No more heroes

8. Neil Young - Like a hurricane

9. Ocean Colour Scene - The riverboat song

10. Iggy Pop - Lust for life

11. Smash Mouth - Walking on the sun

12. Biffy Clyro - Black chandelier

13. Alien Ant Farm - Smooth criminal

14. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up around the bend

15. Badfinger - Come and get it

16. Neil Young - Southern man

17. Black Sabbath - NIB

18. Paul McCartney - Every night

19. The Beatles - The long and winding road

20. Electric Six - Danger high voltage

21. The White Stripes - My doorbell

22. Gun - She knows

23. Billy Idol - Rebel yell

24. Deep Purple- Knocking at your back door

25. Status Quo - Dear John

26. Gary Moore - Over the hills and far away

Amd we're back to the 1970's for hour three

1. Santana - Black magic woman

2. The Who - Who are you

3. Queen - Good old fashioned lover boy

4. The Police - Roxanne

5. Led Zeppelin - All my love

6. Peter Frampton - Baby I love your way

7. Black Sabbath - Never say die

8. Thin Lizzy - Cowboy song

9. Van Halen - You really got me

10. Steve Miller Band - Swingtown

11. The Eagles - Life in the fast lane

12. Doobie Bros - Long train running

13. Steely Dan - Reeling in the years

Today in rock history 27th November

1942 – Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle. The Jimi Hendrix Experience is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and Hendrix is posthumously voted a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992.

1962 – Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin is born in San Francisco.

1964 – Mick Jagger is fined approximately $18 for reckless driving in England. His lawyer spins the following defense for him “The Duke of Marlborough had much longer hair than my client and he won some famous battles. He powdered his, too, because of the fleas. My client has no fleas.”

1969 – The Rolling Stones play Madison Square Garden, a show recorded and released as Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Ike & Tina Turner Revue support them. During their performance, Janis Joplin joins Tina Turner onstage to sing a duet.

1970 - Black Sabbath performed at The Sunshine In in Asbury Park, NJ. Opening for Black Sabbath was Steel Mill, which featured Bruce Springsteen.

1981 – The Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead cancel a show at Orlando’s Tangerine Bowl because only 10,000 tickets have been sold to the 60,000-seat arena.

1986 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “You Give Love a Bad Name,” Bon Jovi.

1995 – The Beatles’ Anthology I sets a first-week sales record, shifting 1.2 million copies in the U.S.

1997 – A memorial service is held for Michael Hutchence in Sydney. Attending are his band INXS, his girlfriend Paula Yates, his former girlfriend Kylie Minogue, Nick Cave, Jason Donovan, Tom Jones, and Midnight Oil

2003 – Billboard reports that the Rolling Stones’ Licks tour was the second highest grossing tour of all time, beaten out only by their Voodoo Lounge jaunt in 1994-1995.

2005 - Defense contractor David H. Brooks spent $10 million on his daughter Elizabeth’s bat mitzvah which featured performances by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry, the Eagles’ Don Henley & Joe Walsh, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks. Two years later Brooks was arrested for embezzling millions from his company DHB Industries.

Today in rock history 26th November

1945 – Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie is born in London.

1946 – Bert Ruiter, bassist with Dutch prog rockers Focus, is born.

1962 – The Beatles record their first session for the “Please Please Me” single at Abbey Road’s Studio 2.

1964 – Bluesman Howlin’ Wolf kicks off an English club tour at London’s Marquee.

1967 – Tonight on The Ed Sullivan Show, Stoneface airs a promotional clip for the Beatles’ “Hello Goodbye.” The film is banned in England due to the Musicians’ Union rules regarding miming.

1968 – Cream plays its farewell concert. The sellout performance is held at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

1969 – John Lennon participates in his last session with the Beatles, mixing and editing their B-side “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number).”

1973 – The New York Dolls perform a concert in a London restaurant.

1974 – Led Zeppelin spend their time rehearsing at London’s Livewire Theatre while they wait for the release of Physical Graffiti. The record company was holding up the album’s release due to its complicated cut out sleeve.

1979 – Bob Dylan’s all-gospel show gets an angry reaction in Tempe, Ariz. Dylan himself spends most of his time onstage berating the audience and then refuses to play an encore.

1988 – The Russian rocket Soyuz sends Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder album where it belongs. Into deep space.

1994 - Jimmy Page and Robert Plant debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with their live album No Quarter.

2002 – Sum 41, punk heir apparents to Blink-182, release their third album Does This Look Infected? on Island/Def Jam.

Today in rock history 25th November

1944 – Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan is born in Birmingham, England.

1959 – Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery is born in Brampton, England.

1965 – In London, Harrod’s department store stays open for two hours so the Beatles can do their Christmas shopping.

1966 – Jimi Hendrix is introduced to the British press when the Experience play London’s Bag O’Nails club.

1969 – John Lennon returns his MBE to the queen. The attached note reads, “Your Majesty, I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against ‘Cold Turkey’ slipping down the charts. With love, John Lennon of Bag.”

1971 – The Doors announce they will carry on, even without Jim Morrison, who died earlier in the year.

1972 – London’s Rainbow Theater cancels the premiere of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii.

1976 – The Band holds its acclaimed farewell performance at San Francisco’s Winterland, with performances by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters and others. The event is filmed and made into a movie by Martin Scorsese titled “The Last Waltz.”

1978 – The Clash’s second album, Give ‘Em Enough Rope, crashes into the English albums chart at No. 2, right behind the soundtrack to Grease.

1988 – Ringo Starr and his wife, Barbara Bach, check out of the clinic where they were undergoing treatment for alcoholism in Tucson, Ariz. The couple return to England.

1997 – The original lineup of the Zombies – Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Chris White, Hugh Grundy, and Paul Atkinson – play onstage for the first time in 30 years. The reunited members perform their hits “She’s Not There” and “Time Of The Season” to a cheering crowd in London’s Jazz Cafe.

2000 - A burglar broke into Alice Cooper’s home in Paradise Valley, CA and stole $6,000 worth of clothes and electronics belonging to his daughter along with four of Alice’s Gold records.

2003 – Meat Loaf, 56, is said by his record company to be recovering from heart surgery after collapsing onstage in England.

2004 – The Offspring’s Dexter Holland’s completes a 10-day, 25,000 mile round the world trip in his twin-engine Cessna Citation.

 

Today in rock history 24th November

 1941 – Pete Best, who missed out on fame with the Beatles because Ringo was funnier-looking than he was, is born in Madras, India.

1955 – Blondie drummer Clem Burke is born in New York.

1961 – Howlin’ Wolf arrives in London for his first European tour.

1962 – Poor old Pete Best – gets a birthday telegram from the band who threw him over for Ringo Starr, reading, “Congratulations, many happy returns, all the best, John, Paul, George, Ringo and Brian.”

1964 – Having changed their name from the High Numbers after their manager fears they’ll be mistaken for a bingo game, the Who play the first night of a new residency at the Marquee. They’re advertised as “The Who – Maximum R&B.”

1967 – John Lennon has his first solo session at Abbey Road. He compiles sound effects for the National Theatre production of Scene Three, Act One. The play is based on a story that appeared in his book In His Own Write.

1972 – ABC-TV premieres its new late-night show In Concert. Produced by Don Kirshner, the program features performances by Alice Cooper, Poco, and the Allman Brothers Band.

1974 – At New York’s Madison Square Garden, John Lennon rehearses with Elton John for the latter’s forthcoming concert.

1991 – Kiss drummer Eric Carr dies in New York of cancer at 41.

1991 – Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS-related pneumonia at 45.

1992 – Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman comes to a divorce settlement with Mandy Smith. She will keep the couple’s house and its contents, as well as claiming legal fees.

1993 – Guitarist Albert Collins, better known to blues aficionados as the Iceman, dies in Las Vegas.

2003 – The original members of Motley Crue announce they’re reforming for their first tour together in five years. Nikki Sixx admits Tommy Lee and Vince Neil have yet to speak to each other.

2006 – Eagles of Death Metal are kicked off the Guns N’ Roses tour after playing just one date.

2007 – Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea lost his multi-million pound house in a wildfire that swept through Malibu, 53 other properties were destroyed by the blaze.

2008 – English drummer Michael Lee died from a seizure aged 39. Worked with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Little Angels, The Cult, Ian Gillan, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Quireboys and Thin Lizzy.