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On this day in 1984 Madonna released her second studio album Like a Virgin on Sire Records. According to author J. Randy Taraborrelli, “Every important artist has at least one album in his or her career whose critical and commercial success becomes the artist’s magic moment; for Madonna, Like a Virgin was just such a defining moment”. Since its release the album has sold more than 21 million copies worldwide and has become one of the best-selling records of all time.
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On this day in 1986, R.E. M. performed at the University Of Virginia with the band Let’s Active. During the song “Seven Chinese Brothers,” a guy in the audience jumped up on stage and tried to grab Peter Buck’s guitar. He was unsuccessful, but he managed to escape back into the crowd. Peter tore off his guitar and jumped in after him. Mike and Michael then yelled at the guy from the stage as Peter tried to find him. Mike Mills: “If anybody sees that guy, grab him and bring him backstage after the show.” Michael Stipe: “So the Republicans won in this state, huh?” After a few minutes, Peter made his way back on stage without the assailant and the crowd cheered. After he re-tuned his guitar, and the band started into the song “Femme Fatale.”
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On this day in 1965 The Beach Boys released the album Beach Boys’ Party! In August 1965, Brian Wilson was working on his next studio album, which would become Pet Sounds. Capitol Records requested a new album for the holiday season and since a live album, Beach Boys Concert, had already been released the previous year, the “live party” idea was selected. Although presented as a live recording, the individual songs were actually recorded in the studio – laughter and background chatter were mixed in during post-production. Today we have I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe from Beach Boys’ Party!.
Contest Winners
Recently Unchikun Records held a Tullycraft art contest and last week the winners were announced. Here are the two winning entries by Jake Rohdy and Kiku Hughes. Thanks so much to the winners and everyone who entered. These are way too awesome! Happy Friday!
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On this day in 1995 Sonic Youth, The Amps and Bikini Kill performed at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Today we have the song by Blood One by Bikini Kill.
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On this day in 1980 Oingo Boingo, The Police, and XTC performed at UC Santa Barbara in southern California. In 1982 XTC took a break from touring and subsequently never played live again. Today we have an interview with Andy Partridge explaining this decision.
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Today we have a zombie spin on the Tullycraft song “Superboy & Supergirl.” Here is Swedish singer/song writer Nils Folke Valdemar performing Zombieboy & Zombiegirl. Happy Halloween!
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On this day in 1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood released their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome in the UK on ZTT/Island Records. It was originally issued as a double vinyl LP, and advance sales of the album reportedly topped one million assuring it the number one spot on the UK chart. Today we have New Bad Things covering the Frankie Goes to Hollywood classic Relax, recorded live on the John Peel show on the BBC. Happy Friday!
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Back in the days of my first band Crayon, we played a few shows with an all-girl punk rock band from Portland called Calamity Jane. In October 1992, Calamity Jane was asked if they would like to join Nirvana for a concert at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The gig paid $5000. The show was on October 30, 1992, and while on stage the Calamity girls were heckled during their entire set. Nirvana (especially Kurt) was so pissed off at the crowd for being so rude to the openers that he refused to play their monster hit, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Instead, the rowdy Argentineans were treated to a 15-minute song consisting entirely of feedback. Kurt would later write sarcastically about the show in the liner notes of 1992’s Incesticide, “It was as rewarding as paying Calamity Jane five-thousand dollars to be heckled by twenty thousand macho boys in Argentina…”
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On this day in 1982 Prince released his fifth album 1999. Originally released on vinyl as a double LP, 1999 was cut to a single vinyl edition in some countries. For example, Brazil issued the album as two separate vinyl records, 1999 and 1999 II. This would be Prince’s breakthrough album but his sixth album, Purple Rain would become his most successful.
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