By Marvin Marks on Apr 1, 2008 in Retro Reviews | 0 Comments
“I Am The Walrus” was the song that made me a Beatles fan.
Growing up I was ignorant of The Beatles for the most part. I thought of them as only a “pop” band that was an earlier era’s fad with songs like “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You.” It wasn’t […]
By Mozart Breath on Dec 2, 2007 in Retro Reviews | 0 Comments
Every now and again a record comes along that changes your haircut for roughly two minutes, and for me, that record is no doubt Stereolab’s rather tasty “Emperor Tomato Ketchup,” I believe that this album title is based upon an experimental film, is it not? And if it is experimental it basically means that it […]
By Marvin Marks on Nov 19, 2007 in Retro Reviews | 2 Comments
It seems reasonable enough for the first MusicByDay.com retro album review to be for what is considered by many music critics to be the most important album ever recorded. As an example of the critical acclaim the album still commands long after it’s release in 1967, it ranked #1 on Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums […]