On this Day in Music – 3rd August

Previous Albums Of The Day

No.1429 03/08/2020

I stumbled across a new artist to me, Arthur Ahbez and his LP Gold. His website describes his music ‘a soul lost in the spirit of song…finds solace in the ethos of jazz, folk, and psychedelia movement of the 20th century.” Love The Fundementals.

No.1063 03/08/2019

The 3rd Talking Heads album Fear of Music is 40 years old today! Considered among the band’s finest work, the LP showed further development of their musical style. The vocals of David Byrne are sublime. Love I Zimbra and Cities.

No.697 03/08/2018

The debut Roberta Flack album First Take topped the charts, won awards and made Flack a star. She recruited a quality quartet including herself on piano, John Pizzarelli on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Ray Lucas on drums. Includes the well known The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. One of the greatest debut soul records of all time?

No.332 03/08/2017

Def Leppard Hysteria is 30 years old today. The Sheffield rock band’s best selling album, includes Love Bites, Animal, Pour Some Sugar on Me and the title track. Classic 80’s rock!

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