History of The Beatles Book: Fab 4 Time Capsules From 1963 OnThe Beatles Book was a series of magazines about the Beatles that was published from 1963 through 2003, which some interruptions along the way. The magazines contained photos and stories of the group from its earliest days and helped drive the mania that surrounded the Beatles as their popularity grew. The publication was founded in 1963 by Sean O'Mahony (1932-2020), who had worked in the music business since the 1950s after first running a coffee bar. By the early 1960s he had become the...
Stellar Collection Of Rolling Stones Items Up For Sale: UpdatedMusicGoldmine.com has recently acquired, from numerous different sources around the world including Stones bassist Bill Wyman himself, a varied selection of truly stellar, one-of-a-kind Rolling Stones memorabilia items. Wyman is well-known to be a serious and committed collector of memorabilia from his own group, with which he played bass and provided other musical contributions on every album and toured the world with for over three decades from 1962-1993. He recently decided to part with th...
Top 10 Most Expensive Guitars Ever SoldGuitars, despite their wood, metal and wire construction, have always had a human quality to them. Guitarists who hold one in their hands for enough years will tell you that they become extensions of themselves. Rough edges get smoothed. Spots get worn. Belt buckle rash appears. Their wood gets stained with sweat, booze, even blood (just ask Pete Townshend). They've traveled the world. They've been played on countless stages and studios. And so by now they're just about perfect. A...
This Week In Music History Aug 23-29The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! AUG 24: Today in 1963, Stevie Wonder became the first artist to go to the top of the charts on the US album and singles charts in the same week!🎶🎤🎶 The LP was Little Stevie Wonder/The 12 Year Old Genuis and the single at #1 was “Fingertips Part 2”. AUG 27: Happy birthday to Alex Lifeson of Rush, born today in 1953!🎂🎸 In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that would go o...
Elvis Lives On!This past weekend marked 43 years since Elvis Presley left us. The King passed away on August 16, 1977 at the too-young age of 42, leaving an entire globe of fans mourning his passing. But Elvis, in reality, never really left. His legacy lives on with his many contributions to rock, pop music, and film. He still holds the record for the most Gold Album Awards awarded of any artist in RIAA history. He is a three-time Grammy award and was a Lifetime Achievement award winner by age 36. He has th...
This Week In Music History Apr 26-May 2The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! APR 28: Today in 1999, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Photo credit: Mr Bullitt [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en] APR 30: Today in 1986, Robert Palmer was at #1 with “Addicted To Love”. It was one of the last 45s to receive a million-selling certification by the RIAA. The song wasn’t hurt by a video ...
This Week In Music History June 14-20The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! JUNE 14: Today in 1982, the Human League was at #1 with “Don’t You Want Me”. It was the fourth song released from their third studio album, Dare (1981). Frontman Philip Oakey hated the pop sound and thought it to be a terrible song. The song has since gone on to be an 80’s classic! JUNE 19: Happy 70th birthday to Ann Wilson of Heart, born today in 1950!🎂🎤 In the early ...
New World Record Set At $6M For Nirvana GuitarIn an auction held today June 20, 2020 at Julien's Auctions a bidder bought Kurt Cobain's acoustic guitar used during the infamous MTV Unplugged performance. The purchase cost the lucky buyer a record-setting $6,010,000. The buyer, whose name was announced publicly as the auction concluded in a somewhat unusual occurrence, was Australian Peter Freedman, Founder and CEO of RODE Microphones. The Nirvana MTV Unplugged concert was recorded on November 18, 1993 in MTV's New York City s...
Trio Of Tony Iommi-Owned Black Sabbath Awards Up For Sale [SOLD]Black Sabbath are often cited as the pioneers of the heavy metal genre, with their eponymous debut introducing the world to alternate guitar tunings, thunderous drums, dark lyrics and a maniacal new singer named Ozzy. Interestingly, the reason for some of the unique twists to traditional rock that the group came up with were, it turns out, accidental art. For example, the detuning and unique chord constructions that Sabbath founder and guitarist Tony Iommi (pictured below in 1970) introduced ...
Rare Doors RIAA Award To Jim Morrison Up For Sale [SOLD]Becoming friends with Jim Morrison in college at UCLA. Seeing his former college-mate rise to worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and poet laureate of The Doors. Spending good, and sometimes tumultuous, times with him in France years later. Photographing what would become some of the last images of him ever seen due to his untimely demise in 1971 at the young age of 27. Those are some of the unique experiences of Alain Ronay. Ronay, who hails from France and today is a naturalized American, ...
This Week In Music Oct 27 - Nov 2The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. OCT 27: Today in 2013, Lou Reed passed away due to liver disease. 😢 The singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Velvet Underground was a ground-breaking performer that should have been a little more appreciated during his lifetime. His five decade career included his time with the Velvet Underground and solo work. He released an astounding 20 solo albums after the band broke up in 1970. In 2015, he was posthumously ...
Remembering Eddie Van Halen Through Isolated TracksEddie Van Halen (1955-2020). Every rock guitarist alive in the 80s regarded Eddie Van Halen as a god. It's the truth. While Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and others were influences that Eddie would often acknowledge, he took the art of rock guitar to another level, literally inventing techniques that would influence countless other guitarists to follow. His melodic chops were honed by an intense admiration for Clapton. It was an admiration so great that he said he learned all of Clapton's...
History of The Beatles Book: Fab 4 Time Capsules From 1963 On
The Beatles Book was a series of magazines about the Beatles that was published from 1963 through 2003, which some interruptions along the way. The magazines contained photos and stories of the group from its earliest days and helped drive the mania that surrounded the Beatles as their popularity grew. The publication was founded in 1963 by Sean O'Mahony (1932-2020), who had worked in the music business since the 1950s after first running a coffee bar. By the early 1960s he had become the...
Stellar Collection Of Rolling Stones Items Up For Sale: Updated
MusicGoldmine.com has recently acquired, from numerous different sources around the world including Stones bassist Bill Wyman himself, a varied selection of truly stellar, one-of-a-kind Rolling Stones memorabilia items. Wyman is well-known to be a serious and committed collector of memorabilia from his own group, with which he played bass and provided other musical contributions on every album and toured the world with for over three decades from 1962-1993. He recently decided to part with th...
Top 10 Most Expensive Guitars Ever Sold
Guitars, despite their wood, metal and wire construction, have always had a human quality to them. Guitarists who hold one in their hands for enough years will tell you that they become extensions of themselves. Rough edges get smoothed. Spots get worn. Belt buckle rash appears. Their wood gets stained with sweat, booze, even blood (just ask Pete Townshend). They've traveled the world. They've been played on countless stages and studios. And so by now they're just about perfect. A...
This Week In Music History Aug 23-29
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! AUG 24: Today in 1963, Stevie Wonder became the first artist to go to the top of the charts on the US album and singles charts in the same week!🎶🎤🎶 The LP was Little Stevie Wonder/The 12 Year Old Genuis and the single at #1 was “Fingertips Part 2”. AUG 27: Happy birthday to Alex Lifeson of Rush, born today in 1953!🎂🎸 In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that would go o...
Elvis Lives On!
This past weekend marked 43 years since Elvis Presley left us. The King passed away on August 16, 1977 at the too-young age of 42, leaving an entire globe of fans mourning his passing. But Elvis, in reality, never really left. His legacy lives on with his many contributions to rock, pop music, and film. He still holds the record for the most Gold Album Awards awarded of any artist in RIAA history. He is a three-time Grammy award and was a Lifetime Achievement award winner by age 36. He has th...
This Week In Music History Apr 26-May 2
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! APR 28: Today in 1999, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Photo credit: Mr Bullitt [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en] APR 30: Today in 1986, Robert Palmer was at #1 with “Addicted To Love”. It was one of the last 45s to receive a million-selling certification by the RIAA. The song wasn’t hurt by a video ...
This Week In Music History June 14-20
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! JUNE 14: Today in 1982, the Human League was at #1 with “Don’t You Want Me”. It was the fourth song released from their third studio album, Dare (1981). Frontman Philip Oakey hated the pop sound and thought it to be a terrible song. The song has since gone on to be an 80’s classic! JUNE 19: Happy 70th birthday to Ann Wilson of Heart, born today in 1950!🎂🎤 In the early ...
New World Record Set At $6M For Nirvana Guitar
In an auction held today June 20, 2020 at Julien's Auctions a bidder bought Kurt Cobain's acoustic guitar used during the infamous MTV Unplugged performance. The purchase cost the lucky buyer a record-setting $6,010,000. The buyer, whose name was announced publicly as the auction concluded in a somewhat unusual occurrence, was Australian Peter Freedman, Founder and CEO of RODE Microphones. The Nirvana MTV Unplugged concert was recorded on November 18, 1993 in MTV's New York City s...
Trio Of Tony Iommi-Owned Black Sabbath Awards Up For Sale [SOLD]
Black Sabbath are often cited as the pioneers of the heavy metal genre, with their eponymous debut introducing the world to alternate guitar tunings, thunderous drums, dark lyrics and a maniacal new singer named Ozzy. Interestingly, the reason for some of the unique twists to traditional rock that the group came up with were, it turns out, accidental art. For example, the detuning and unique chord constructions that Sabbath founder and guitarist Tony Iommi (pictured below in 1970) introduced ...
Rare Doors RIAA Award To Jim Morrison Up For Sale [SOLD]
Becoming friends with Jim Morrison in college at UCLA. Seeing his former college-mate rise to worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and poet laureate of The Doors. Spending good, and sometimes tumultuous, times with him in France years later. Photographing what would become some of the last images of him ever seen due to his untimely demise in 1971 at the young age of 27. Those are some of the unique experiences of Alain Ronay. Ronay, who hails from France and today is a naturalized American, ...
This Week In Music Oct 27 - Nov 2
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. OCT 27: Today in 2013, Lou Reed passed away due to liver disease. 😢 The singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Velvet Underground was a ground-breaking performer that should have been a little more appreciated during his lifetime. His five decade career included his time with the Velvet Underground and solo work. He released an astounding 20 solo albums after the band broke up in 1970. In 2015, he was posthumously ...
Remembering Eddie Van Halen Through Isolated Tracks
Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020). Every rock guitarist alive in the 80s regarded Eddie Van Halen as a god. It's the truth. While Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and others were influences that Eddie would often acknowledge, he took the art of rock guitar to another level, literally inventing techniques that would influence countless other guitarists to follow. His melodic chops were honed by an intense admiration for Clapton. It was an admiration so great that he said he learned all of Clapton's...
