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Classic Albums
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Classic Albums is a documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of pop and rock music.
The music, and its production, is dissected by the musicians and/or producer playing the multitrack recordings and singling out tracks that one does not usually consciously hear when listening to the music, giving insight into the way the sound is built up. Also, the individual musicians play back pieces, which are then blended with the original recording. Almost all songs are dealt with, focusing almost entirely on the music itself, how it was composed/realised. Personal aspects of the band or members are occasionally dealt with, but mostly only if they serve this purpose. TV episodes are 50 minutes long but the DVD releases contain much additional material. All the releases in this series are done with the co-operation and full authorisation of the artists involved.
The series are made by Isis/Eagle Rock Entertainment and have been broadcast worldwide (BBC, ITV, VH1, etc). They are also available on DVD. They were devised by radio producer John Pidgeon as a vehicle for Roger Scott, following the disc jockey’s move from Capital Radio to BBC Radio 1 in 1988. The first hour-long series, produced independently by John and Roger, opened with Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms in May 1989, followed by the Rolling Stones’ Beggar’s Banquet, Genesis’ Invisible Touch, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, The Who's Who's Next, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, Police’s Synchronicity, the Eagles’ Hotel California and U2’s The Joshua Tree. Roger died of cancer five months later, and the second series aired posthumously. Further programmes were presented by Richard Skinner.
Some albums that have been covered are:
- AC/DC - Back In Black
- The Band - The Band
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch a Fire
- Cream - Disraeli Gears
- Deep Purple - Machine Head
- Def Leppard - Hysteria
- Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- Grateful Dead - American Beauty
- Green Day - Dookie
- Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion
- Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
- Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
- Judas Priest - British Steel
- Lou Reed - Transformer
- Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
- Metallica - Metallica ("Black Album") (Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album)
- Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
- Nirvana - Nevermind (Classic Albums - Nirvana - Nevermind)
- Paul Simon - Graceland
- Phil Collins - Face Value
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon)
- Queen - A Night at the Opera
- Rage Against the Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
- Simply Red - Stars
- Steely Dan - Aja
- Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
- U2 - The Joshua Tree
- The Who - Who's Next