Although touted as the “fall of the British upper classes,” the play is really a look at small town politicking in suburban England in the early seventies. These days though, being middle class is kind of like upper class, if you get my meaning, but I digress. We peek into …
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UFO Series from 1970 or Christina Ricci with a purple wig?
Retro-active: Althea and Donna ~ Uptown Top Ranking
This week’s retro-active remembers Jamaican, rude girl duo – Althea and Donna. The young Jamaican singers Althea Forrest (17), and Donna Reid (18), caused a surprise with their one-off reggae hit single, “Uptown Top Ranking”. It was produced by Joe Gibbs[1] using a re-recording of the riddim of the 1967 …
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On this Day September 26, 1969
The Beatles released ‘Abbey Road’ in the UK. The final studio recordings from the group featured two George Harrison songs ‘Something’ (Harrison’s first A-side single), and ‘Here Comes The Sun’. In their interviews for The Beatles Anthology, the surviving band members stated that, although none of them ever made the …
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