JANUARY 13
TODAY IN 1975 PINK FLOYD START RECORDING SESSIONS AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS IN LONDON FOR THEIR ALBUM ‘WISH YOU WERE HERE’. THE LP FEATURES THE TITLE TRACK, “HAVE A CIGAR” AND THE EPIC “SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND”.
IN 1984 THE PRETENDERS RELEASE THEIR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL THIRD ALBUM ‘LEARNING TO CRAWL’ FEATURING THE TRACKS “MIDDLE OF THE ROAD”, “BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG” AND “MY CITY WAS ONE”.
AND IN 1978, THE POLICE BEGAN RECORDING THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ‘OUTLANDOS D’AMOUR’, AT SURREY SOUND STUDIOS IN ENGLAND WITH A TIGHT BUDGET: A $3000 LOAN FROM STEWART COPELAND’S BROTHER, MILES. THE LP FEATURES THE HITS ‘SO LONELY’, ‘ROXANNE’ AND ‘CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU’.