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The Stooges

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

The Enduring Myth of a Lost Live Iggy and the Stooges Album

by Aaron Gilbreath April 29, 2019October 19, 2022

In 1973, Columbia Records professionally recorded the infamous band for a planned concert record. Columbia never released it. Maybe they never recorded it.

Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Accidental Music History: How Jeff Gold Saved Rare Iggy & the Stooges Recordings from the Dump

by Aaron Gilbreath January 31, 2019October 19, 2022

Sometimes this is how musical history gets saved.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

An Oral History of Detroit Punk Rock

by Steve Miller November 19, 2018February 22, 2023

In Detroit’s empty buildings and troubled streets, restless kids squatted, ran punk clubs, pressed their own records, and made their own magazine. They mostly stayed out of trouble.

Posted inFirst Chapters, Nonfiction, Story

One Man’s Quest For His Vinyl and His Past

by Aaron Gilbreath April 14, 2016October 19, 2022

Motivated by seller’s regret and nostalgia, a journalist goes in search of the vinyl of his youth. And not just copies of albums he loved—he wants the exact records he owned and sold.

Posted inFirst Chapters, Nonfiction

One Man’s Quest For His Vinyl and His Past

by Aaron Gilbreath April 14, 2016October 19, 2022

Motivated by seller’s regret and nostalgia, a journalist goes in search of the vinyl of his youth. And not just copies of albums he loved—he wants the exact records he owned and sold.

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