Underdog Musik Podcast - Between the Hits: Pop Music Stories 1960-1990

A causal conversation backstage followed by the ramshackle organisation of recording sessions in May of 1970. A blues concept album. A legendary Delta bluesman playing with rock stars in London.

The long term success of albums like the London Wolf Sessions challenges the view that streaming platforms offer a major upgrade in how musicians new music is discovered by music hungry audiences.

If 300lbs, 6ft 3inch, cranky blues singers make you nervous, please take note; anything could happen when Eric Clapton cuts a record with Howlin' Wolf.

Nick Drake is a musician who inspires devotion. True believers like Joe Boyd, his producer, sold his production company to Island Records on the condition that Drake’s albums never be deleted from the Island catalog.

The Making of Five Leaves Left, documenting the creation of Drake’s debut, is for super fans. Some of these recordings have had an extraordinary history themselves, kept by friends who knew the material’s unique value.

Here you can discover the music's journey following Drake's tragic death to the release of this priceless 4LP boxset.

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The improbably titled Between The Buttons, was the Stones’ crack at expanding their musical palette. It’s an album they felt they had to make for fear of being left behind. Personally, Brian was in a combustible relationship with Italian-German actress Anita Pallenberg and in a spiralling crisis that would claim his life within 30 months.

We lay out what was going on behind the scenes of the Rolling Stones' first critical failure, as their heady ascent to rock stardom derailed during the height of the Swinging 60s. All this while their personal relationships were imploding.

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