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50 Years Ago: The Beatles Release Their First Single, 'Love Me Do'

Dave Lifton — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:03:17 +0000

Not all cultural revolutions take place overnight. Some begin with little fanfare and take a while to gather steam. That’s exactly what happened on Oct. 5, 1962, when the Beatles released their first single, ‘Love Me Do,’ in Great Britain exactly 50 years ago today. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney a few years [...]

30 Years Ago: Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska' Album Released

Michael Gallucci — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:00:34 +0000

When Bruce Springsteen started recording a batch of new songs to a four-track tape machine in his New Jersey bedroom in January 1982, he wasn’t planning to release an album. The acoustic demos were to be used as guidelines for the E Street Band, who would bring their epic heft to the two dozen or so songs Springsteen had recently written. But something happened along the way to Springsteen’s sixth album: The more he listened to the bare, stark songs on the cassette he carried around, the more he thought this was how they were supposed to sound.

U2 Plans Deluxe Reissues of 'Achtung Baby' and 'Zooropa'

Jeff Giles — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:15:15 +0000

Believe it or not, it’s been 20 years since U2 released its landmark album ‘Achtung Baby’ — and the band is preparing to celebrate with a newly expanded version.

The band isn’t stopping its vault-purging there, either – Rolling Stone reports that there are also plans for a deluxe edition of U2′s ‘Achtung’ follow-up, ‘Zooropa,’ all part of a wider campaign that will see the songs repackaged in a number of formats.