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14 April 1975 – RONNIE WOOD Presented As The New ROLLING STONES Guitarist 50 Years Ago Today

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14 April 2025


No solo albums anymore, Ronnie

After Brian Jones drowned in his pool in July 1969, The Rolling Stones replaced him with the young guitar wizard Mick Taylor who played at the time with blues hero John Mayall (who passed away last year, aged 90).

In 1975 Taylor left.

The search for a new 6-string man started once again. Rumours spread names such as Jimmy Page, Steve Marriott, Jeff Beck and Chris Spedding. But it was former Faces riff-roaster Ronnie Wood (aged 77 now) who was presented as the Rolling Stones‘ new guitarist on
14 April 1975, today 50 years ago.

The first LP Wood played on (3 songs) was, Black And Blue from 1976.

THE ROLLING STONES Released No. 1 Hit Single ‘THE LAST TIME’ 60 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past

26 February 2025

Today 60 years ago, on 26 February 1965, eternal rock emperors THE ROLLING STONES released their third number-one hit in their home country (UK) with THE LAST TIME with that awesome Keef riff. It was the first No 1 credited to songwriters Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, nicknamed The Glimmer Twins. The song was recorded in California.

The resemblance with The Staple Singers‘ tune This May Be The Last Time was
pretty obvious, but no claim was filed. On the other hand, the money greedy former
Rolling Stones business lawyer Allen Klein, whose company ABKCO Records owns the rights to all 60s Stones music, sued English rock band The Verve for using samples of the Andrew Oldham Orchestra (the band’s young, but tremendously clever manager) recording of 
The Last Time for their mega-hit Bitter Sweet Symphony.

THE ROLLING STONES

THE STAPLE SINGERS

THE ANDREW OLDHAM ORCHESTRA

THE VERVE

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BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 10 Classic Albums Turning 20 In 2025

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Back in time

31 December 2024

Band: THE WHITE STRIPES

Album: Get Behind Me Satan
Their 5rh LP. #3 in the UK and the US.

Pitchfork: “On their fifth album, the White Stripes’ ambitions finally seem to outpace their limited musical vocabulary. Making an almost-entirely clean break with the jet-fueled blues
rock of Elephant and De Stijl, they forsake electric guitar on all but a couple of tracks, working instead with pianos, acoustic guitars, marimbas, and other assorted oddball percussion.”

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Band: EDITORS

Album: The Back Room
Their first one. No. 2 in the UK.
No21 in the USA.

Pitchfork: “They imitate bands with dramatic vocalists … but the best moments
on The Back Room aren’t the theatrical ones—it’s when the four of them are playing
and discovering their own chemistry”.

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Band: OASIS

Album: Don’t Believe The Truth
Their 6th. #1 in the UK, #12 in the USA.

AllMusic: “Don’t Believe the Truth the closest Oasis has been to great since the
summer of Britpop, when they were the biggest and best band in the world.”


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Band: dEUS

Album: Pocket Revolution
4th longplayer. No 1 in Belgium.

AllMusic: “The group offers an album that refuses to be pinned down to a single
style. Despite the extended break between albums, dEus picks up right where they
left off with The Ideal Crash.”

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Band: BLOC PARTY

Album: Silent Alarm
Their debut. No. 3 in the UK.

NME: Varied in tone and stylistically uncategorisable, one thing
is clear about Bloc Party’s debut album: it’s bloody brilliant.


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Band: HARD-FI

Album: CCTV
1st full length.
No. 1 in the UK.

The Guardian: “Hard-Fi’s edge over more derivative rivals lies in a formula
that delivers old Specials and Clash reggae vibes with the big-tune ratio of
a boy band.”

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Artist: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Album: Devils & Dust
The 13th. #1 both in the UK & US.

Rolling Stone: “In striking and affecting ways, his most audacious
record since the home-demo American Gothic of 1982’s Nebraska.”

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Band: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Album: Lullabies To Paralyze
4th LP. #5 in the US, #4 in UK.

NME: ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ will use its enigmatic mysticism to lull you into
a blissful daze so you don’t at first notice that the riffs have broken your neck.
Better. Than. Sex.”

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Band: THE ROLLING STONES

Album: A Bigger Bang
22nd LP. #2 in the UK,
#3 in the US.

The Guardian: “There is a sense of finality about A Bigger Bang. It may not be quite
the blazing ship to Valhalla they intended, but then nor is it the unmarked grave you
might expect.”

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Band: LCD SOUNDSYTEM

Album: LCD Soundsystem
Debut one. #6 in the US,
#20 in the UK.

AllMusic: “Like just about everybody else these days, Murphy’s more skilled at creating isolated tracks than making full-lengths, even though this particular full-length has few weak spots and unfolds smoothly as you listen to it from beginning to end.”

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New MOJO Magazine With THE ROLLING STONES

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30 December 2024

Fifty-five years on, THE ROLLING STONES’ epochal Let It Bleed album is
under the spotlight in this new MOJO issue. Plus the triumphs and tragedies
of the band’s watershed 1969: Brian’s death, Altamont, Honky Tonk Women
and more.


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Also in the issue: The Doors with amazing unseen pics with exclusive
commentary from John Densmore and Robby Krieger; the dawn of
Thin Lizzy.

A 2025 music preview starring Ringo Starr, Lana Del Rey, ELO and Led Zeppelin; the extraordinary story of America’s Horse With No Name. Jean-Michel Jarre, Charles Mingus, Manic Street Preachers, Lijadu Sisters, John Grant, Laura Nyro, Billy J Kramer, Bob Neuwirth, The Weather Station, Dory Previn, tributes to Phil Lesh, Quincy Jones, Shel Talmy and more.

This month’s Free CD is named A Man Of Wealth And Taste: The Brian Jones Companion. Includes tracks by Lucinda Williams, Elmore James, Nico, Ravi Shankar, Howlin’ Wolf, The Master Musicians Of Joujouka, and others.

You can purchase a copy and let it
be sent to your home. Info here.

MOJO Website

Number One Albums This Day 13 October… Years Ago

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13 October 2024

Band: U2

Album: UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
Their 4th longplayer.

No 1 in the UK this day 40 years ago.


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Band: THE POLICE

Album: REGGATTA DE BLANC
Their 2nd LP.

No 1 in the UK this day 45 years ago.


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Band: THE ROLLING STONES

Album: GOATS HEAD SOUP
Their 11th one.

No. 1 in the US this day in 1973.


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THE ROLLING STONES Were On Top Of The US Singles Chart 55 Years Ago Today With ‘HONKY TONK WOMAN’

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Top singles from the past

23 August 1969

Today 55 years ago, on 23 July 1969, rock giants THE ROLLING STONES
occupied the top spot of the US Singles Chart with piquant jackhammer
Honky Tonk Woman.

A single-only release, although a honky-tonk version entitled ‘Country Honk‘,
with some different lyrics, appeared later in the year on their Let It Bleed LP,
which also went to number one in the States.

Here’s the boiling live rendition at the legendary
Hyde Park Concert in London, that same year.

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