The history of Blind Faith, that featured Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Rick Grech, is a quick story. The group only released one record in 1969, and the group's self titled record shot to #1 in the U.S. airplay charts in August 1969, achieving platinum sales status, also hit #1 on the U.K. airplay charts in September of that year and achieved Gold sales status there.
The original cover, featured above, was banned in some countries and created a bit of social outrage in some corners, which did not hurt sales and made it more collectible when the record labels made changes to circumvent the bans.
Below are a two songs from Blind Faith's debut when they performed at a free concert in London's Hyde Park on June 7, 1969.
Sea Of Joy
Can't Find My Way Home
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Here is the coolest all time cover song performance of The Temptations song titled (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back.
It was done in 1978 as a duet for a Peter Tosh record titled Bush Doctor. Tosh was one of the earliest pioneers engaged in a life long campaign to decriminalize marijuana, coining the phrase "Legalize It" several decades ago when it was routine for people to be imprisoned indefinitely for possession of a seed or a leaf.
Mick Jagger appears in the duet. Peter Tosh was not widely known at the time of the release, but things changed because of the traction of this particular recording, which was the lead single for the album's release.
It's such a inspiring song to begin with, so well written, that may help some move on in life, look forward and don't look back when things are not working. Mick Jagger helps cast a groove and a spell that he is so famous for. Listening to this song turned up is bliss.
The video was not slick by future standards, but it appears that the video was a filming of the actual vocal take for Tosh and Jagger, or else Mick is excellent at lip-sync.
Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger - (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
Just below is Black Sabbath's original video performance of the song "Black Sabbath" from their self titled debut album, released 45 years ago today on February the 13th, 1970 in the United Kingdom.
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In honor of the recent global celebration of Bob Marley's 70th Earthday, or birthday, the entire Indies Network that the Record Store is part of, featured numerous handpicked films, photos, demo tapes, and notable cover versions of Bob Marley songs by other artists.
The videos below are now considered to be the famous rehearsal videos of Bob Marley that were filmed on May 1, 1980 at the former location of Tuff Gong Studios at 56 Hope Road, in Kingston Jamaica. 56 Hope Road is now the site of the Bob Marley Museum.
The first video below is titled Work. Turn it up!
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Bob Marley - Work (Tuff Gong Studios Rehearsal 1980)
Bob Marley - Revolution (Tuff Gong Studio Rehearsal 1980)
Bob Marley - Forever Loving Jah (Tuff Gong Studio Rehearsal 1980)
Bob Marley - Pimpers Paradise (Tuff Gong Studio Rehearsal 1980)
Bob Marley - Concrete Jungle (Tuff Gong Studio Rehearsal 1980)
A big thanks to the Music Vault for making this full live concert available of the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughan and his 1985 performance at Capital Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. It sounds so very good. Turn it up, loud.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Full Concert - 09/21/85 - Capitol Theatre
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Here is a well filmed and recorded performance of Janis Joplin rocking hard, live in concert in Frankfurt Germany in April of 1969. Turn it up!
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Janis Joplin ~ Live in Frankfurt, Germany
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Back in August of 2014, a Forbes magazine writer reported this music video featured below to be the most expensive music video in history, costing $10.3 million adjusted to 2013 value, factoring inflation, from the time the video was made in the 1994/1995 with it's then $7 million budget. However, in a 2010 story on National Public Radio, or NPR, director Mark Romack disputes that most expensive video claim for Scream. On NPR he states, "I'd love to state again for the record that Guinness got it wrong and it's not the most expensive video ever made. There are two other videos of the era — both produced at Propaganda Films, incidentally [a hugely successful music video production company that Romanek worked with] — that cost millions more."
Regardless of it's price, it was exciting to see Michael and Janet work together and it was and still is exhilarating for Jackson fans. This is a true classic.
Turn this up loud. This song was designed for that won the Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video.
As classic as classic gets, this film below was shot at the original Woodstock in 1969 and was the closing song for Santana's set. This performance and recording was a monumental milestone that set the stage for strong international demand for Santana's debut record. The band, some of the members who had been with Santana since 1966, included Gregg Rolie on Keyboards/Organ, David Brown on Bass, Michael Shrieve on drums, and Michael Carabello & Jose Areas on Percussion/Congas.
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Here is a tasty take of The Rolling Stones performing Brown Sugar for a April 22nd 1971 BBC TV performance for a show called Top Of The Pops. This was not a lip sync. The band performs live. The video below features interesting factoids about the song.
The Rolling Stones and Eagle Rock Entertainment are on the hunt for the rest of the classic footage from this date. They also performed Wild Horses and Bitch, but the footage is missing, for now. Have you ever seen it? Please comment here, on the Rolling Stone's thread for this search, if you know where it is: https://www.facebook.com/therollingstones/posts/10153011973813287
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (Live TV Performance 1971)
In music and with regards to this brand "Music Television", what defines use of the word "Classic"?
When this playlist Classic.MusicTelevision.Com music video playlist started, it reached back in time to when there were only rabbit ears on TV sets. Joni Mitchell performing a song she wrote around the time of Woodstock. Crosby Stills Nash & Young in 1969 playing an outdoor concert on a cliff at Esalen in Big Sur, California.
But, there are other songs that define "Classic", that do not date back to the 1960's, 70's or 80's. For a song to be a "classic", must it be well known? We don't necessarily think so. In this new spirit, here is our first post to feature a classic song that was released after the year 2000 began.
Nneka's song titled Africans, first released in Europe in 2007, is an important, and now classic song by this amazing gem of an artist who practically personifies spirits of Bob Marley and Fela Kuti, in her own way and with her own mark. Nneka is also an old classic soul in a vibrant younger artist's body. Her songs, like this one below, have legs and have a classic sound that shall not perish with time.
She personifies the independent voice and rebel spirit that challenges the status quo.
There is no better way to describe Nneka than to simply say she has "it". "It" is intangible and elusive. What separates her music from others who have a great sound & groove is that Nneka's songs say something when you least expect it. They weave in and out from love songs into geopolitical humanitarian statements. Her songs make one think. That is a classic concept in music that that far too many modern artists are lacking.
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Nneka - Africans (originally released in Europe 2007)
