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Legacy Reader Digest: July Edition

July 26, 2016

Every month, team Legacy will curate the essential online pieces for you to read, watch and listen to.

This July, we bring you a November 1976 Rolling Stone cover story on Janis Joplin;
A love letter in The Quietus to Tapestry and Carole King’s performance in Hyde Park;
A trip down the 60s wormhole with a Jon Savage BBC Arena documentary on the Year the Decade Exploded, 1966 – plus a beautiful gallery of the 60s Pop Scene, through the lens of photographer Stanley Bielecki;
And after the their recent mammoth, essential boxset, The Guardian and Rock’s Backpages present a 1976 Phonograph Record interview with one of the 70s wildest acts: The Isley Brothers.

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Janis Joplin On Her Own Terms – A story from the November 18th, 1976 issue of Rolling Stone

“Joplin belonged to that select group of pop figures who mattered as much for themselves as for their music; among American rock performers she was second only to Bob Dylan in importance as a creator/recorder/embodiment of her generation’s history and mythology. She was also the only woman to achieve that kind of stature in what was basically a male club, the only Sixties culture hero to make visible and public women’s experience of the quest for individual liberation, which was very different from men’s.”

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“The Isley Brothers will never stand still” – A Classic 1976 interview from the vaults

“Ernie Isley lives with his mother in a sleepy ranch house, tucked off a winding Teaneck back road… also home to brother-in-law Chris Jasper and the youngest Isley, Marvin. The three, none of whom is over 24, joined their celebrated older brothers, Ronald, Rudolph and Kelly in 1969 and it’s not a coincidence that the transfusion of fresh, young talent paralleled the emergence of the Isley Brothers as a vital force in black music…”

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Where You Lead: Carole King & The Lifespans Of Pop Music – Article in The Quietus

“I cried at ‘Home Again’, four songs in, and I did well to make it that far. I held out longer than most. Home. Again. I cried for a vanished family household where ‘Tapestry’ turned on the record deck more weeks than not. Everybody cried, for love and loss and passing time, tears brought up from the well of memory…  ‘Tapestry’ is locked into that many lives, in that remarkable way.”

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For the Record: 60s Pop Through the Lens – in pictures

A new exhibition in London celebrates the cultural boom of the 60s, as captured by photographer Stanley Bielecki.

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Arena – 1966: 50 Years Ago Today 

Carole King’s Tapestry Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Carole King’s Tapestry Celebrates 50th Anniversary

February 10 marked the 50th anniversary of the iconic album “Tapestry” by Carole King.

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Celebrating 50 Years of Pearl

Celebrating 50 Years of Pearl

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We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Janis Joplin’s iconic record, Pearl, the artist’s final studio album. Originally released on January 11, 1971.

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THIS WEEK IN ROCK

THIS WEEK IN ROCK

Landmark releases, fascinating trivia and chart topping hits – it’s This Week In Rock.

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THIS WEEK IN ROCK

THIS WEEK IN ROCK

Ozzy in the USSR, The Clash’s live London debut, many happy returns to David Crosby, the legendary Woodstock festival and more. It’s the week in rock as it happened…

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THIS WEEK IN ROCK

THIS WEEK IN ROCK

Landmark chart spots, classic shows and many happy returns – it’s this week in rock as it happened…

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THIS WEEK IN ROCK

THIS WEEK IN ROCK

Live debuts, awards, classic releases and a revolution in the recording industry. We look back at this week in rock history…

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: ISLEY BROTHERS – ‘SUMMER BREEZE’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: ISLEY BROTHERS – ‘SUMMER BREEZE’

Undoubtedly one of the great summer anthems.

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CAROLE KING – ‘TAPESTRY: LIVE IN HYDE PARK’ – OUT NOW

CAROLE KING – ‘TAPESTRY: LIVE IN HYDE PARK’ – OUT NOW

On July 3, 2016 legendary singer/songwriter Carole King delivered a peerless performance of her zeitgeist-shifting seminal album ‘Tapestry’ before 65,000 rapturous fans in Hyde Park. Now this landmark set is available as a 2CD/DVD set, complete with unique recollections from Carole herself…

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Santana & The Isley Brothers – ‘Power of Peace’, Out Now

Santana & The Isley Brothers – ‘Power of Peace’, Out Now

We’re proud to announce the fulfillment of a dream – ‘Power of Peace’, a new studio collaboration from Santana and The Isley Brothers – is out now.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Janis Joplin – ‘Ball And Chain’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Janis Joplin – ‘Ball And Chain’

With festival season fast approaching, it’s entirely apposite that we get right into the mood and look ahead to the summer and what better video than this?

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