JUNE 10
ON THIS DAY IN 1967 ‘CALIFORNIA’S MAGIC MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL’, WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF SAN FRANCISCO–AREA CULTURAL EVENTS KNOWN AS THE SUMMER OF LOVE, FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, THE DOORS AND THE BYRDS.
IN 1975 THE EAGLES’ RELEASE THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘ONE OF THESE NIGHTS’. THE ALBUM REACHED NO.1 IN THE U.S. AND IT FEATURES THREE TOP 10 SINGLES, INCLUDING THE TITLE-TRACK, “TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT”, AND “LYIN’ EYES”, WHICH ALSO WON THE BAND A GRAMMY.
AND IN 1985 R.E.M. RELEASE THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, ‘FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION’ FEATURING THE SINGLES “CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE,” AND “DRIVER 8”