“Looking for the Magic: New York City, the ’70s and the Rise of Arista Records”: https://amzn.to/3woKdBs 1 I wasn’t interested. Another testimonial to self-aggrandizing Clive Davis. But that’s not what it is. Bob Merlis sent the hype and at first I ignored it, but then I said “what the hell” and asked him to send […]

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“Exile” was released on May 22nd in the U.S. (the 26th in the U.K.), not May 12th: No 50th anniversary today!Once again, no matter what most of the media reports, the EXILE ON MAIN ST album wasn't actually released on May 12 1972, but on the 26th (UK) And four days earlier in the US. […]

1 Is today. It’s hard to convey how big “Sticky Fingers” was, how it permeated the culture, burned its way into the consciousness of America. The party didn’t start until the needle was dropped on “Brown Sugar,” it was a Saturday night tradition. Now aficionados will tell you the Stones’ best album is 1968’s “Beggars […]