9. august 2014 arkiv

Abbey Road – for 45 år siden

9. august 2014

I går var det 45 år siden det berømte coverfoto til Beatlespladen Abbey Road blev til. Man kan læse mere om tilblivelsen her. Et ikonisk billede. Pladen blev officielt udsendt Storbritannien den 26 September 1969.

Nobody knew for sure that it was going to be the last album – but everybody felt it was. The Beatles had gone through so much and for such a long time. They’d been incarcerated with each other for nearly a decade, and I was surprised that they had lasted as long as they did. I wasn’t at all surprised that they’d split up because they all wanted to lead their own lives – and I did, too. It was a release for me as well.” George Martin Anthology

Taj Mahals playliste

9. august 2014

Spillelister er der nok af på internettet. Men mange er uinteressante, fordi de primært formidler tidens hippe tonearter frem. Ikke at der er noget galt i at være orienteret mod det nye, men det er måske mere inspirerende, når nogen – som i tilfældet Taj Mahal – graver i g(l)emmebogen og finder talentmasse til fælles adspredelse. taj Mahals liste er lånt fra magasinet The New Yorker.