Most of Wish You Were Here premiered on 5 July 1975, at an open-air music festival at Knebworth .
In June of that year, the Stones’ Decca catalogue was purchased by Klein’s ABKCO label.
Accompanying the album and stage show was the television special Alice Cooper: The Nightmare , starring Cooper and Vincent Price , which aired on US prime-time TV in April 1975. The Nightmare (which was later released on home video in 1983 and gained a Grammy Award nomination for Best Long…
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In 1975 the band signed to NEMS . In the same year, John Thomas joined the band on guitar for the Broughtons’ sixth album, Bandages . This featured a softer sound than previous releases. Shortly after the release of Bandages , Thomas left and was replaced by Terry Cottam. In…
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On Christmas Day 1971, this Pentagram lineup began rehearsing, with Liebling on vocals, McAllister on guitar, Greg Mayne (formerly of Space Meat) on bass, and O’Keefe on drums. In mid-1974, rhythm guitarist Randy Palmer joined the “Ram Family”, as the group was known, but left in January 1975 due to…
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On April 29, 1975, Fletcher persuaded Sandy Pearlman and Murray Krugman (producer and manager of Blue Öyster Cult ) to see them rehearse. The two arranged a demo session at Columbia Studios in New York City that September. Liebling and Krugman had conflicting opinions on a point of production. On…
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Their followup album, 1975’s Red Octopus , had even greater success. Marty Balin, who had contributed and sung the ballad “Caroline” on the previous album, officially returned to the Jefferson fold as a full-time member in January 1975 and stayed with the group for nearly the remainder of the decade.…
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Dickie Peterson left the band in 1975 with Nick St. Nicholas replacing him on bass/vocals, leaving the band with no original members for some shows. The band played Laguna Beach Winter Festival February 15 of that year.
In 1975, Alice Cooper returned as a solo artist with the release of Welcome to My Nightmare . To avoid legal complications over ownership of the group name, “Alice Cooper” had by then become Furnier’s new legal name. Speaking on the subject of Alice Cooper continuing as a solo project…
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After a tour of the UK performing Dark Side , Pink Floyd returned to the studio in January 1975 and began work on their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here . Parsons declined an offer to continue working with them, becoming successful in his own right with the Alan…
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