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"In the summer of 1966, Janis Joplin was a drifter; four years later, she was a rock-and-roll legend. She’d gone from complete unknown to generational icon on the strength of a single, blistering performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in the summer of 1967, and she’d followed that up with three years of touring and recording that cemented her status as, in the words of one critic, “second only to Bob Dylan in importance as a creator/recorder/embodiment of her generation’s history and mythology.”

Born in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1943, Janis Joplin made her way to San Francisco in 1966, where she fell in with a local group called Big Brother and the Holding Company. It was with this group that she would become famous, first through her legendary performance of “Ball And Chain” at Monterey and then with the 1968 album Cheap Thrills. She soon split off to launch a solo career, however, her personality and her voice being far too big to be contained within a group.

”I’d rather not sing than sing quiet,” she once said in comparing herself to one of her musical idols. “Billie Holliday was subtle and refined. I’m going to shove that power right into you, right through you and you can’t refuse it.” But if sheer abandon was Janis Joplin’s vocal trademark, she nevertheless always combined it with a musicality and authenticity that lent her music a great deal more soul than much of what the psychedelic era produced.

But it was never just music, or the passion she displayed in performing it, that made Janis Joplin an icon. It was the no-holds-barred gusto with which she lived every other aspect of her life as well. Far from being an empty cliché, “sex, drugs, and rock and roll” was a revolutionary philosophy to many in the late 1960s, and Janis Joplin was its leading female exponent. Her string of romantic conquests ranged from Kris Kristofferson to Dick Cavett. Her drug and alcohol consumption was prolific. And the rock and roll she produced was timeless, from “Piece Of My Heart,” “Get It While You Can” and “Mercedes Benz” to her biggest pop hit, “Me And My Bobby McGee.”

In the autumn of 1970, Janis Joplin was in Los Angeles putting the finishing touches on the album that would prove to be the biggest hit of her career, Pearl. She did not live to see the album’s release, however. On this day in 1970, she died of an accidental heroin overdose and was discovered in her Los Angeles hotel room after failing to show for a scheduled recording session. She was 27 years old".
 
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On October 4, 1963, Keith Relf phoned Eric Clapton and invited him to watch The Yardbirds play at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey on October 13.
Eric accepted and on October 13 he went to see the band and was very impressed. After the show Keith asked him if he want to join the band he said "yes" and on October 20 he debuted with them, for 2 shows. The first show was at Studio 51 in London where they played from 4:00pm to 6:00pm and then went to the Crawdaddy to play a show stating at 7:45.
56 years ago today. The staff and faculty here at The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge thinks Eric made the right choice by going to see the band. Do you agree?
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too larry

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On Oct. 1, 1970, Janis Joplin recorded 2 songs. One of the songs was her version of "Happy Trails" which she recorded as a birthday present for John Lennon.
The other song was "Mercedes Benz". She sang it without any musical accompaniment.
At the end of the recording, Janis says "That's it".
Unfortunately, it was.
Janis passed away on Oct. 4. 1970, 49 years ago today.
RIP Janis. We've said it before, Return If Possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-4AheUl6ls


 
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On Oct. 4, 1971, Frank Zappa released the soundtrack LP for his up coming movie "200 Motels". The album featured a combination of rock and jazz songs, orchestral music and comedic spoken dialogue. The album, like the film, covered a loose storyline about The Mothers of Invention going crazy in the small town Centerville.
Some have called this a masterpiece, some have called it trash. But mostly, a lot of people said "hun?" The album came out before the movie.
Happy 48th Birthday to the "200 Motels Soundtrack"!!!
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It was 5 years ago today on Oct 4, 2014 that we lost Paul Revere of Paul Revere & The Raiders. As you all know we lost Tom Petty two years ago. It turns out that Tom was a big fan of The Raiders. A couple of days after Paul's passing, Tom mentioned Paul and The Raiders in a concert and played a tribute to him.
Here is the late Tom Petty doing a tribute to the late Paul Revere.
The song "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" was released by Paul Revere and The Raiders on their 5th LP 'Midnight Ride" which was released on May 6, 1966. The Monkees released the song on their second LP "More of The Monkees" which was released on Jan. 9, 1967. The song was written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.
RIP Paul and Tom. We would imagine you two are jamming together now.
w/ Mark Lindsay, Jim Valley, Phillip Volk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKueWVQek_4&feature=youtu.be
 
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On Oct. 4, 1957, the UK's New Musical Express (NME) came out with their poll results for popular music in England at the time. Elvis Presley came in second as the most popular vocalist.
The most popular vocalist that year, Pat Boone.
Music was about to change in the UK in the next few years.
Do we dare ask how many of you liked Pat over Elvis? Or should we ask how many of you were even alive then?
(This picture of Elvis and Pat is from 1960 when Pat visited an Elvis movie set).
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Thank you Jesus for this thread. I’m sick and tired of arguing politics. Now I something to sink my teeth into. If any of you play the the online trivia quiz app “Quizup” I’m a level 19 on U.S. history.
 
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On Oct. 7, 1952, the new "Bandstand" show debuted on WFIL-TV in Philadelphia with Bob Horn hosting.
The show originally premiered in late March 1950 as "Bandstand", as a show that mainly featured short musical films produced by Snader Telescriptions and Official Films, with occasional studio guests. It was as a replacement for a weekday movie show that had shown predominantly British movies. Host Bob Horn also had a local radio show on WFIL radio by the same name.
Horn became disenchanted with the program, so he wanted to have the show changed to a dance program, with teenagers dancing along on camera as the records played. This was based on an idea that came from a radio show on WPEN, The 950 Club, hosted by Joe Grady and Ed Hurst.
The new format premiered on October 7, 1952 in "Studio 'B', which was located in their just-completed addition to the original 1947 building in West Philadelphia at 4548 Market Street. The new format was hosted by Horn, with Lee Stewart as co-host until 1955. Stewart was the owner of a TV/Radio business in Philadelphia and even though he was an older gentleman, his advertising account was a large one for WFIL-TV at the time and was put on the program to appease the account. As WFIL grew financially and the account became less important, Stewart wasn't needed and was eventually dropped from the program. Tony Mammarella was the original producer with Ed Yates as director. The short Snader and Official music films continued in the short term, mainly to fill gaps as they changed dancers during the show—a necessity, as the studio could not fit more than 200 teenagers.
On July 9, 1956, Horn was fired after a drunk-driving arrest, as WFIL owner Walter Annenberg, who also owned The Philadelphia Inquirer at the time, was doing a series on drunken driving. Horn was also reportedly involved in a prostitution ring and brought up on morals charges. Horn was temporarily replaced by producer Tony Mammarella before the job went to Dick Clark permanently.
So we guess it is ok to say "Happy 67th Birthday" to what became "American Bandstand"!!!
Are there any of you who didn't watch 'Bandstand' at some point over the years?
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When you think of 'concept' albums, some of the LP's that first come to mind would be "Tommy" by The Who, "The Wall" by Pink Floyd and probably "Sgt. Peppers" by The Beatles. And you would be correct.
On Oct. 7, 1963, one of the very first Rock and Roll 'concept' records was released. It was the LP "Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys. It was the bands 4th album and it was about cars.
Here is why some call it one of the first. In the summer of 1963, Capitol Records compiled a "hot rod" compilation album called Shut Down, including the Beach Boys' song of the same name and "409"—without their approval or involvement. Brian Wilson wasn't happy about it so he promptly readied several songs he had already been working on (mainly with radio DJ Roger Christian) and the band quickly went through recording sessions to put "Little Deuce Coupe" on the record shop racks. Eight of the tracks were new, while "Little Deuce Coupe", "Our Car Club", "Shut Down" and "409" had all come out on one of their previous three albums.
Yes, it wasn't "Tommy', but it did carry a consent theme.
Notice how we used The Who and Pink Floyd…… The Who's drummer, Keith Moon was a huge fan of the cars and surfing that The Beach Boys sang about. And, did you ever see Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason (Official)'s car collection?
Happy 56th Birthday to the LP "Little Deuce Coupe"!!!!
w/ Brian Wilson's Blueboarders
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Luna 3 and the First Picture of the Far Side of the Moon
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Luna 3
On October 7, 1959, Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 for the very first time photographed the far side of the Moon. Though it returned rather poor pictures by later standards, the historic, never-before-seen views of the far side of the Moon caused excitement and interest when they were published around the world, and a tentative Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon was created after image processing improved the pictures.
A Cylindric Canister
Luna 3 was a cylindric canister with hemispheric ends and about 130cm long. On the outside, lots of scientific equipment was mounted including micrometeoroid and cosmic ray detectors, and the Yenisey-2 imaging system. On the inside, Luna 3 held the cameras and the photographic film processing system, radio transmitter, storage batteries, gyroscopic units, and circulating fans for temperature control. It was spin-stabilized for most of its flight, but its three-axis attitude control system was activated while taking photos. Luna 3 was radio-controlled from ground stations in the Soviet Union and was not equipped with rocket motors for course corrections.
The Launch
On October 4, 1959, a rocket was launched over the North Pole to put Luna 3 on its course to the Moon. At a distance of 60,000 to 70,000 km from the Moon, the orientation system was turned on and the spacecraft rotation was stopped. The lower end of the craft was pointed at the Sun, which was shining on the far side of the Moon. The space probe passed within 6,200 km of the Moon near its south pole at the closest lunar approach on October 6, and made its way to the far side. On the next day, the photocell on the upper end of the space probe detected the sunlit far side of the Moon, and the photography sequence was started. The first picture was taken at a distance of 63,500 km from the Moon, and the last picture was taken 40 minutes later from a distance of 66,700 km.

The first image returned by Luna 3 showed the far side of the Moon was very different from the near side, most noticeably in its lack of lunar maria (the dark areas)


The first image returned by Luna 3 showed the far side of the Moon was very different from the near side, most noticeably in its lack of lunar maria (the dark areas)
Luna 3 – Mission Achievements
During the mission, 29 pictures were taken which covered about 70% of the Moon’s far side. After the photography was complete the spacecraft resumed spinning, passed over the north pole of the Moon and returned towards the Earth. Attempts to transmit the pictures to the Soviet Union began on October 8 but the early attempts were unsuccessful due to the low signal strength. As Luna 3 drew closer to the Earth, a total of about 17 viewable but poor quality photographs were transmitted by the 18th of October. All contact with the probe was lost on 22 October 1959.
 

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lokie said:
Luna 3 and the First Picture of the Far Side of the Moon
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Luna 3
On October 7, 1959, Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 for the very first time photographed the far side of the Moon. Though it returned rather poor pictures by later standards, the historic, never-before-seen views of the far side of the Moon caused excitement and interest when they were published around the world, and a tentative Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon was created after image processing improved the pictures.
A Cylindric Canister
Luna 3 was a cylindric canister with hemispheric ends and about 130cm long. On the outside, lots of scientific equipment was mounted including micrometeoroid and cosmic ray detectors, and the Yenisey-2 imaging system. On the inside, Luna 3 held the cameras and the photographic film processing system, radio transmitter, storage batteries, gyroscopic units, and circulating fans for temperature control. It was spin-stabilized for most of its flight, but its three-axis attitude control system was activated while taking photos. Luna 3 was radio-controlled from ground stations in the Soviet Union and was not equipped with rocket motors for course corrections.
The Launch
On October 4, 1959, a rocket was launched over the North Pole to put Luna 3 on its course to the Moon. At a distance of 60,000 to 70,000 km from the Moon, the orientation system was turned on and the spacecraft rotation was stopped. The lower end of the craft was pointed at the Sun, which was shining on the far side of the Moon. The space probe passed within 6,200 km of the Moon near its south pole at the closest lunar approach on October 6, and made its way to the far side. On the next day, the photocell on the upper end of the space probe detected the sunlit far side of the Moon, and the photography sequence was started. The first picture was taken at a distance of 63,500 km from the Moon, and the last picture was taken 40 minutes later from a distance of 66,700 km.

The first image returned by Luna 3 showed the far side of the Moon was very different from the near side, most noticeably in its lack of lunar maria (the dark areas)


The first image returned by Luna 3 showed the far side of the Moon was very different from the near side, most noticeably in its lack of lunar maria (the dark areas)
Luna 3 – Mission Achievements
During the mission, 29 pictures were taken which covered about 70% of the Moon’s far side. After the photography was complete the spacecraft resumed spinning, passed over the north pole of the Moon and returned towards the Earth. Attempts to transmit the pictures to the Soviet Union began on October 8 but the early attempts were unsuccessful due to the low signal strength. As Luna 3 drew closer to the Earth, a total of about 17 viewable but poor quality photographs were transmitted by the 18th of October. All contact with the probe was lost on 22 October 1959.
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"On October 8, 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in 1871 dollars; $3 billion in 2007 dollars) in damages.

Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O’Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet may have been responsible for the event that left four square miles of the Windy City, including its business district, in ruins. Dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The city averaged two fires per day in 1870; there were 20 fires throughout Chicago the week before the Great Fire of 1871.

Despite the fire’s devastation, much of Chicago’s physical infrastructure, including its water, sewage and transportation systems, remained intact. Reconstruction efforts began quickly and spurred great economic development and population growth, as architects laid the foundation for a modern city featuring the world’s first skyscrapers. At the time of the fire, Chicago’s population was approximately 324,000; within nine years, there were 500,000 Chicagoans. By 1893, the city was a major economic and transportation hub with an estimated population of 1.5 million. That same year, Chicago was chosen to host the World’s Columbian Exposition, a major tourist attraction visited by 27.5 million people, or approximately half the U.S. population at the time.

In 1997, the Chicago City Council exonerated Mrs. O’Leary and her cow. She turned into a recluse after the fire, and died in 1895".
 
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BarnBuster said:

"On October 8, 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in 1871 dollars; $3 billion in 2007 dollars) in damages.

Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O’Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet may have been responsible for the event that left four square miles of the Windy City, including its business district, in ruins. Dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The city averaged two fires per day in 1870; there were 20 fires throughout Chicago the week before the Great Fire of 1871.

Despite the fire’s devastation, much of Chicago’s physical infrastructure, including its water, sewage and transportation systems, remained intact. Reconstruction efforts began quickly and spurred great economic development and population growth, as architects laid the foundation for a modern city featuring the world’s first skyscrapers. At the time of the fire, Chicago’s population was approximately 324,000; within nine years, there were 500,000 Chicagoans. By 1893, the city was a major economic and transportation hub with an estimated population of 1.5 million. That same year, Chicago was chosen to host the World’s Columbian Exposition, a major tourist attraction visited by 27.5 million people, or approximately half the U.S. population at the time.

In 1997, the Chicago City Council exonerated Mrs. O’Leary and her cow. She turned into a recluse after the fire, and died in 1895".
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Wonder if the cow survived
 
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