Arguably, this is LOU REED's weirdest album release. METAL MACHINE MUSIC was released in 1975, but was taken off the market three weeks later. Some critics said it cost Reed his reputation in the music business. There are no songs or structured composition on the album; instead it consists of modulated feedback & noise music guitar effects. Decide for yourself...

ROGER McGUINN of the legendary BYRDS performs a live solo concert of many of his Byrds' hits, from 2014. Enjoy! (45 mins.)

1. So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star
2. Chestnut Mare
3. Eight Miles High
4. Mr. Spaceman
5. Bells of Rhymney
6. You Showed Me
7. Feel a Whole Lot Better
8. Ballad of Easy Rider
9. My Back Pages
10. Mr. Tambourine Man
11. Turn! Turn! Turn!

The Rolling Stones released their ninth studio album, STICKY FINGERS, in 1971. The recording sessions for the album took place between February 1969 & October 1970. Here are 21 demo & alternate-take tracks from those sessions. The first ten tracks are the Sticky Fingers songs (demos & alternate takes) & the tracks 11 to 21 are Bonus Tracks, not included on the Sticky Fingers album. Please enjoy!

1. Brown Sugar (with Eric Clapton)
2. Sway
3. Wild Horses
4. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
5. You Gotta Move
6. Bitch
7. I Got the Blues (live at The Marquee 1971)
8. Sister Morphine
9. Dead Flowers
10. Moonlight Mile (isolated vocals)
11. Jiving Sister Fanny
12. Hillside Blues
13. CS Blues (aka Schoolboys Blues) 
14. Leather Jacket
15. Dancing in the Light
16. Who Am I
17. 17. I'm Going Down
18. Trident Jam (aka PreFab)
19. Tell Her How It Is
20. Walk With Me Wendy
21. Instrumental

Recording took place at Olympic Sound Studios London / Muscle Shoals Sound Studios Alabama / Stargroves, Newbury, Berks

Here is a shortened ("Walls & Abridged") 16-minute version of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's avant-garde, experimental album from 1968, Unfinished Music No. 1 - TWO VIRGINS. 
I've taken 16 minutes' worth of the 30-minute album to give the uninitiated listeners an idea of what can be expected if one chooses to listen to the full album.
I've also included the bonus track, written by Yoko, that was included on the TWO VIRGINS re-release from 1997, "Remember Love." It features only Yoko on vocals and John on acoustic guitar. One may identify bits from The Beatles songs, "Julia," "Sun King," & "Dear Prudence" from John, as he strums on "Remember Love."
Enjoy!

1. Remember Love - Yoko & John
2. TWO VIRGINS Sides 1 & 2 - experimental music consisting of only John & Yoko. Some of the tape loops which appear on TWO VIRGINS are from the collection of John's old Liverpool mate, Pete Shotten (who had recorded these tape loops with John).

SIMON & GARFUNKEL Demos, Alternate Takes of their 1960's output, PLUS a RARE live concert at the Hollywood Bowl from 1968 highlight this edition of Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture # 189. Host Steve Ludwig, of the classic pop culture website, PlanetLudwig.com, presents demos & alternate takes from their albums WEDNESDAY MORNING 3 AM, SOUNDS OF SILENCE, PARSLEY SAGE ROSEMARY & THYME, BOOKENDS, BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER, & THE GRADUATE Movie Soundtrack album, followed by an uninterrupted rare recording of their 23-song August 23, 1968 concert from the Hollywood Bowl. Enjoy!

It's ALL BEATLES, but we'll hear things differently! Sixty minutes of Beatles remixes and mash-ups. Everything we'll hear is The Beatles - songs we know and love - but REMIXED & MASHED-UP by some of the most brilliant online remixers' communities!

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Bizarre Mix
2. That Bulldog Better Leave My Kitten Alone
3. Tax My Drive
4. She's Leaving Home Yesterday
5. I Me Mine Closeup
6. All My Loving (with special guests)
7. Strawburied Feels Forever
8. Only Pepper Weeps
9. You're A Lonely Hearts Club Man
10. This Boy
11. I Dig Love - Up Close
12. Rock and Roll Birthday
13. And Your Bird Can Sing in the Studio
14. I'm Only Sleeping
15. Only A Northern Song Stripped
16. I Noticed I Was Late
17. Blackbird's Son
18. Goodnight How?

Beatles novelty records were fun, goofy, & some, quite cool! They are yet another indication of how much impact the Beatles had on the world. Future stars like CHER & SISSY SPACEK recorded Beatles novelty songs (which we'll hear!). Tunes like "The Boy With the Beatle Hair," "Go Go Go With Ringo,", "The Beatle Dance," & 33 others await you in this 80th edition of The Beatles Hour with Steve Ludwig. A splendid time is guaranteed for all! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

1. Beatles Pledge of Allegiance - David Peel
2. The Boy with the Beatle Hair - The Swans
3. My Beatle Haircut - The Twiliters
4. The Beatles Barber - Scott Douglas
5. I Want to Hold Your Hair - The Bagels
6. My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut - Donna Lynn
7. John You Went Too Far This Time - Sissy Spacek aka "Rainbo"
8. I Wanna Be a Beetle - Gene Cornish (of The Rascals) & the Unbeatables
9. Ringo, I Love You - Cher aka "Bonnie Jo Mason"
10. Ringo Comes To Town - Chug & Doug
11. Ringo Boy - Dorie Peyton
12. Go Go Go With Ringo - The Whippets
13. Ringo Ringo - Darlene Terri
14. Treat Him Tender, Maureen (Now That Ringo Belongs to You) - Angie & the Chicklettes
15. Ringo Ringo Little Star - Fisher & Marks
16. Ringo - Les Starlettes
17. A Tribute to Ringo Starr (The Other Ringo) - Larry Finnegan
18. Ringo Did It - Veronica Lee & the Moniques
19. Ringo For President - Rolf Harris with the Young World Singers
20. We Love You Beatles - The Carefrees
21. Yo Quiero un Beatles - Las Chics
22. The Beatles Song - Japanese Beatles
23. Chasing the Beatles - Hindu Rodeo
24. I'm Better Than the Beatles - Brad Beswick
25. John, Paul, George, & Ringo - The Bulldogs
26. John, Paul, Ringo, & George - Tina Allen
27. "The Beatle" Dance - Johnny Hampton
28. The Beatle Bounce - Bobby Comstock & The Counts
29. The Beatle Dance - Ernie Maresca
30. In My Living Room - Dana Cooper
31. Saga of The Beatles - Johnny & The Hurricanes
32. The Beatle Bomb - The Exterminators
33. My Ladybug, Stay Away from The Beatles - R. Dean Taylor
34. John (A Trubute to a Hero) - The Beatles Revival Band
35. Happy Family - King Crimson
36. The Beatles Thing - Moran

To complement the Dick Dale interview on PlanetLudwig.com (Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture, Show # 187), host Steve Ludwig created this 22-song setlist ranging from each era of the King of the Surf Guitar's career. Enjoy!

1. Miserlou (1962)
2. Scalped (1994)
3. Smoke on the Water (2001)
4. Ring of Fire (1994)
5. Peter Gunn
6. Space Mountain (from Disney's "Space Mountain" 2001)
7. Let's Go Trippin' (1962)
8. Surfing Drums
9. Speardance (1993)
10. Nitrus (1996)
11. Jungle Fever (1962)
12. The Scavenger (1963)
13. Third Stone from the Sun (1996)
14. Belo Horizonte (2001)
15. Tidal Wave (1964)
16. Never on Sunday (feat. Dick Dale on trumpet 1964)
17. Mr. Eliminator (1964)
18. Terra Dicktyl (1994)
19. Oasis of Man (2001)
20. Yours (2001)
21. King of the Surf Guitar (1962)
22. Miserlou - Acoustic (1993)

DEEP DIVE: THE KINKS ~ Twenty-five Deep Dive Album Cuts by the classic rock band who began their hit-filled career over sixty years ago. The Kinks' catalog goes way beyond their hits. Bill Ludwig, with an assist from Steve Ludwig, takes a deep dive into 25 Kinks treasures ~ non-hits ~ but every bit as brilliant as their beloved hits. Enjoy!

From the series, BEATLES ALBUMS COVER SONGS (at the pop culture website, PlanetLudwig.com), comes selections from THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY Albums 1, 2, & 3.
(Playlist by Steve Ludwig of Planet Ludwig) ~ Enjoy!

1. Free as a Bird - Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams
2. Real Love - Regina Spektor
3. In Spite of All the Danger - The Hummingbirds
4. Cry For a Shadow - Steven Most & The Liberattis
5. Not Guilty - Alvin L
6. What's the New Mary Jane? - The Weeklings
7. All This Must Pass - Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam
8. If You've Got Trouble - John Severin
9. That Means A Lot - Torn Memory
10. Sour Milk Sea - Stagefright
11. Step Inside Love - Thad Kelly
12. 12-Bar Original - 8-Bit Pipefrit
13. Come & Get It - Hollywood Vampires with Paul McCartney