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This Week In Music History May 19-25
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. MAY 19: Happy 70th Birthday to Dusty Hill of ZZ Too, born today in 1949!🎂🎸 Hill along with his brother Rocky and future ZZ Top bandmate Frank Beard played in local bands in the late 1960s. In 1968, Dusty and Frank moved to...
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...
Rare and Unusual: The Oddest Music Memorabilia Items Ever Sold at Auction
In the world of music memorabilia, collectors and enthusiasts often seek out items that hold a special connection to their favorite artists or moments in music history. While guitars, costumes, and handwritten lyrics are common, some items that have been auctioned off are truly unique and even bizarre. From strands...
Concert Tickets and Passes: Small Pieces Of Music History
Concert tickets and backstage passes have become excellent collectibles. Most are not overly expensive and they make a great scrap book project or, even better, make for a great art piece when designed into a collage to enjoy on a wall. Like most music collectibles, the artist matters (although also...
The Lost Art of Album Art
In the digital age, music has become more accessible than ever before. With the click of a button or a voice command, we can summon our favorite tunes from a vast ocean of songs. While the convenience of streaming services and digital downloads has undoubtedly revolutionized the way we consume...
The Most Iconic Live Music Venues: Pt. 1
This is Part 1 in our series on iconic music venues. Check out Part 2 here. Certain places where people have enjoyed live music have become more than brick and mortar — they become mythology. The most iconic music venues are not just stages; they are proving grounds, cultural crossroads,...
The Most Iconic Live Music Venues: Pt. 2
This is Part 2 in our series on iconic music venues. Check out Part 1 here. Live music is as much about place as it is about sound. Certain venues transcend their physical structures, becoming cultural landmarks where history, artistry, and audience energy converge. Around the world, a handful of...
Tour Treasures: Items Musicians Leave Behind
When the final encore fades and the lights come up, what's left behind tells a story all its own. Scattered across green rooms, arenas, and hotel suites, these overlooked artifacts of life on the road—tattered setlists, sweat-soaked towels, broken guitar strings, hotel keycards, and coffee-stained lyric drafts—may not seem valuable...
Authenticity: 5 MORE Tips For Autograph Buyers
So it's been a year here at MusicGoldmine.com since we wrote our first article on this topic and we're sad to see that every day, music memorabilia collectors and fans seeking real autographed items from their favorite artists are still being duped by unscrupulous sellers. (You can see that first...
The MTV Era And The Birth of Music Videos
When MTV launched on August 1, 1981, it did more than introduce music videos to cable television—it permanently transformed how artists were marketed, perceived, and collected. The MTV era marked the moment when sound and image fused into a single commercial force. For memorabilia collectors, it represents the birth of...
Reunited, And It Feels So Good: 10 Bands That Got Back Together
Band break ups and make ups have always been with us. Some are heartbreaking, some are entertaining, but all affect their respective fans. Musical groups evolve and experience periods of disbandment and reunion, a reflection of both personal dynamics and professional evolution within the industry. These reunions can be driven...
