United Kingdom

1973
Queen (band) promoted the unreleased album

Queen promoted the unreleased album in February 1973 on BBC Radio 1 , still unsigned.

Shed Seven formed in 1990 from the remnants of Brockley Haven, a band

Shed Seven formed in 1990 from the remnants of Brockley Haven, a band featuring frontman Rick Witter , guitarist and songwriter Paul Banks , bassist Tom Gladwin (born Thomas Peter Gladwin, 11 January 1973), drummer Magnus Thompson and keyboardist John Leach, brother of Alan Leach (born Alan Steven Leach, 22…
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Deep Purple Gillan quitting the band

The bad feelings, including tensions with Blackmore, culminated in Gillan quitting the band after their second tour of Japan in the summer of 1973

Uriah Heep (band) A lavishly packaged (an eight-page booklet including individual

A lavishly packaged (an eight-page booklet including individual member biographies and full page photos) double album Uriah Heep Live followed, recorded at the Birmingham Town Hall in January 1973. Having completed another Japanese tour, the band (due to tax problems) went abroad to record to Chateau d’Herouville in France. It…
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Deep Purple dismissal of Glover

followed by the dismissal of Glover, at Blackmore’s insistence.

Black Sabbath travelled again to Australia

Following an extensive tour of the US, in 1973 the band travelled again to Australia, followed by a tour for the first time to New Zealand, before moving onto mainland Europe.

Deep Purple Bang

Bang (1973)

Black Sabbath began writing

Following the Vol. 4 world tour, Black Sabbath returned to Los Angeles to begin work on their next release. Pleased with the Vol. 4 album, the band sought to recreate the recording atmosphere, and returned to the Record Plant studio in Los Angeles. With new musical innovations of the era,…
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Deep Purple 1973 jazz fusion album Spectrum

Bolin’s best-known recordings had been made as a session musician on Billy Cobham ‘s 1973 jazz fusion album Spectrum

The Who Quadrophenia

By 1973, the Who turned to recording the album Quadrophenia about mod and its subculture, set against clashes with Rockers in early 1960s Britain. The story is about a boy named Jimmy, who undergoes a personality crisis, and his relationship with his family, friends and mod culture. The music features…
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