Because of Plant’s injuries, Led Zeppelin did not tour in 1976. Instead, the band completed the concert film The Song Remains the Same and the accompanying soundtrack album . The film premiered in New York City on 20 October 1976, but was given a lukewarm reception by critics and fans.…
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From May to October 1976, the band went to His Master’s Wheels Studios to record its third studio album, Next , which—like its predecessor—was produced by the band. This album had a much more commercial sound, while keeping the band’s jazz fusion and progressive rock roots intact. The album was…
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Queen played a landmark gig on 18 September 1976, a free concert in Hyde Park , London, organised by the entrepreneur Richard Branson . It set an attendance record at the park, with 150,000 people confirmed in the audience. Queen were late arriving onstage and ran out of time to…
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The Runaways were the subject of a writeup in People magazine in September 1976. A week later, Fowley severed his ties with the band and forfeited his rights, titles, claims, and merchandising ownership to Mercury Records. Mercury refused to accept Fowley’s stakehold in the band and turned it back to…
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However, Grand Funk found new life from interest by Frank Zappa in producing the band. Signing with MCA Records , the resulting album Good Singin’, Good Playin’ (August 1976), although it netted them some of their best critical reviews ever, yielded little success. After this, a disillusioned Grand Funk Railroad…
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In August 1976, following a gig at Newcastle City Hall, Blackmore decided to fire Carey, believing his playing style to be too complicated for the band.
The break-up was made public in July 1976, with then-manager Rob Cooksey issuing a statement: “The band will not record or perform together as Deep Purple again”.
Black Sabbath began work for their next album at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, in June 1976.
As a result, AC/DC returned to playing smaller venues to build a local following until their label organised the Lock Up Your Daughters tour sponsored by Sounds magazine, starting in June 1976.
High and Mighty followed in June 1976. It was considered lightweight; even Box stated: “less of the ‘eavy and more of the ‘umble” (making pointed reference to Uriah Heep ‘s self-description as “‘umble” in Dickens’ David Copperfield ). The matter of production here became the point of major contention. With…
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