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Metallica’s 72 Seasons may not reinvent thrash, but it refines it with maturity and muscle. With Greg Fidelman’s production and standout tracks like “Inamorata,” the band delivers their strongest album since Death Magnetic.
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MoFi’s remaster of Iron Butterfly’s acid rock landmark “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” breathes new life into the 1968 classic, delivering thunderous bass, refined detail, and an intimacy lost in reverb-heavy earlier pressings.
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Joe Cocker’s career nearly derailed in 1970 until Leon Russell hastily assembled the raucous “Mad Dogs & Englishmen” tour—transforming a PR crisis into a legendary, if chaotic, rock caravan that launched Russell to solo stardom.
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Mike Vosse helped spark one of rock’s greatest musical intersections: Elton John’s rise in America, Leon Russell’s breakout, and the moment they collided at the Troubadour—fueling a creative surge that would echo for decades.
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George Harrison’s enthusiasm for Delaney & Bonnie’s Accept No Substitute nearly landed the duo on Apple Records—until label politics and Delaney’s double-dealing derailed the deal, sparking industry drama and setting off a ripple through rock history.
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Luthier Okkyum Kim and reviewer Robert Schryer audition Audio Element’s $10K Krypton system in Pasadena and are stunned by its deep, articulate bass and musical realism—qualities that rival systems many times its price.
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Delaney & Bonnie’s fallout with Stax over their debut LP “Home” triggered a musical detour to L.A., where they recorded the fiery “Accept No Substitute” for Elektra—an album so compelling, it captivated George Harrison himself.
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As Motown icons the Supremes and Temptations battled for chart dominance in 1966–67, psychedelic soul and funk pioneers like Sly Stone and James Brown began reshaping the sound of Black music—with drum breaks, distortion, and fire.
