24 August 2025 – PICTURE OF THE DAY
The Stones’ legendary drummer
Charlie Watts passed away four
years ago today.
2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021
The Rolling Stones
THE ROLLING STONES – 50 Years Ago They Released Their 3rd LP ‘”OUT OF OUR HEADS’ With Two Different Front Covers
30 July 2025
OUT OF OUR HEADS, the 3rd LP by THE ROLLING STONES
was released in two editions with different covers and track
listings.
In the US, London Records released it on 30 July 1965, today 50 years ago,
as the band’s 4th American album, while Decca Records released its UK
edition on 24 September 1965 as the 3rd British album. Weird, but those
were the marketing ways back then.
US Cover
UK Cover
The American version featured their first No. 1 single
over the ocean with (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.
In the UK the classic firecracker was initially played only on pirate radio stations,
because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive. Later, in August, it was
finally officially released as a single and became the Stones‘ 4th number one in
their home country.
ALBUM
US version
26 July 1980 – THE ROLLING STONES Topped US Charts With Funky Rock Album ‘EMOTIONAL RESCUE’
26 July 2025
Eternal rock stars THE ROLLING STONES released their
15th LP EMOTIONAL RESCUE stuffed with funky, dance,
nightclub rockers.
Despite the poor critics, the album topped the US Charts for 7 consecutive weeks starting this day 45 years ago, on 26 July 1980. It also reached the No. 1 spot on the British and Canadian UK Charts.
SINGLE
ALBUM
THE ROLLING STONES – Today 60 Years Ago Their Timeless Classic ‘(I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION’ Was Released
Top singles from the past
4 June 2025
THE ROLLING STONES released one of their biggest hits
with (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION on 4 June 1965,
today 60 years ago.
It topped the UK and US charts and was also #1 in several European countries.
It was (as usual) written by glimmer twins Jagger & Richards, but it was Keef‘s ace
riff, intended to be replaced by horns, that made this classic the steamy stunner
we all know. Add the controversial lyrics about sexual aggravation and greedy commercialism and you have the hot recipe for a timeless blockbuster.
In the US (where the single was released a month later) it was initially
played only on pirate radios, because of the sexually suggestive content.
26 MAY… This Day Back In Time
26 May 2025
THE BEATLES released their 8th longplayer, masterpiece
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on 26 May 1967,
today 58 years ago.
The album had an immediate cross-generational impact and was associated with numerous touchstones of the era’s youth culture, such as fashion, drugs, mysticism,
and a sense of optimism and empowerment.
It topped nearly all album charts around the world.
.
All Fab Four Albums
——————————————————————————————————————————-
Goth gods THE CURE released their 7th album
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me today 38 years ago,
on 26 May 1987.
Robert Smith: “It’s like an end to what we’ve been doing for the last 10 years.
This one is taking bits from everything we’ve done, all the bits that I’ve liked. But
there’s a single album’s worth of that and a single album’s worth of stuff we’ve
never really attempted before.”
No. 6 in the UK. No. 4 in Germany and Austria. No. 35 in the US.
.
Instagram – All Albums
——————————————————————————————————————————-
THE ROLLING STONES reached the top seat of the UK Singles Chart
with Paint It, Black on 26 May 1966, today 59 years ago.
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes…
Instagram – Discography
——————————————————————————————————————————-
BLONDIE hit the top spot of the UK Singles Charts on 26 May 1979,
today 46 years ago with pop pearl Sunday Girl. It was part of their
splendid Parallel Lines LP.
The song was written by Chris Stein, inspired by Debbie Harry‘s cat, who was named
Sunday Man. The cat had recently run away, inspiring the song’s “plaintive” nature.
14 April 1975 – RONNIE WOOD Presented As The New ROLLING STONES Guitarist 50 Years Ago Today
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
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
The Late Great CHARLIE WATTS About The Early ROLLING STONES Days
31 December 2024
No satisfaction for Charlie.
BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 10 Classic Albums Turning 20 In 2025
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.”
PLAY
.
Instagram – Linktree
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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”.
PLAY
.
Instagram – All Albums
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.”
.
Instagram – Website
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.”
PLAY
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.
.
Instagram – Linktree
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.”
PLAY
.
Instagram – Linktree
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.”
PLAY
.
Instagram – All Albums
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.”
PLAY
.
Instagram – Website
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.”
PLAY
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.”
PLAY
New MOJO Magazine With THE ROLLING STONES
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.
.
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.
