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Just spotted this new book Finding Fretless: The story of George Harrison’s mad guitar. This fretless model was gifted to Harrison in Los Angeles while Harrison was staying there in 1967. Returning to the UK, it was used by Harrison and John Lennon on sessions for ‘Happiness is a Warm Gun’ and ‘Helt...

We are working on a new book The Jam - The Day I Was There which will tell the story of The Jam in the words of over 400 fans. With memories from the earliest shows at clubs and pubs through to the last ever gig. Told by the perspective of fans, promoters and support acts with personal photographs, ...

Would you like to contribute to a 'people's history' of The Who? Author Richard Houghton wants to hear from anyone who saw The Who (or their earlier incarnations as The Detours and The High Numbers) perform with legendary drummer Keith Moon and help tell the story of the group in the words of their ...

Interesting podcast on the Stones in Mono: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/this-day-in-music-radio/id1122649580?mt=2 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Gerard Mankowitz (Stones photographer), Youth, Andrew Loog Oldham, Carmine Appice, Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Johnny Marr, Tim Burgess, (The Charlatan...

Good selection of audio music documentaries here, Kinks, Motown, Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, Brian Jones, The Cure, Girl Groups and more.

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/thi ... usic_radio

Any good at music quizzes? Good page of quizzes here, from Tom Petty, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bowie, Dylan, Springsteen, Janis Joplin and loads of others.

See how many you can score out of 20: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/thi ... music_quiz

Hard quiz here: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/name_the_bassist

Some interesting Beatles facts and trivia here: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/the_beatles_page

Just finished reading Mike Pender's book, really enjoyed it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Myself-B ... ike+pender

27th Aug 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed when the helicopter he was flying in, hit a man-made ski slope while trying to navigate through dense fog. Vaughan had played a show at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin with Robert Cray & His Memphis Horns, and Eric Clapton. Vaughan w...

Quiz here, name the 16 guitarists from these pictures: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/name_the_guitarist

New free App out called Rocking All Over The World which is looking for music fans to send in any music landmarks they might know. The App shows landmarks of historic gigs, festivals, stars' birth places, locations of a famous album sleeves, video shoots, gravestones etc. If you have any landmarks, ...

Combined ages of group members.

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/hop ... _i_get_old

Piece here on Paul McCartney's guitar history. http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/mccartney_guitars

Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club is going to court in a bid to end a 20-year David and Goliath row over who is entitled to own the rights to its name – ‘the place where it all began’ or a Hard Rock cafe in Boston, Massachusetts, where Brian Epstein didn’t discover The Beatles. Please sign the petit...