Pirate Radio 13

11/13/2025

David Coverdale Officially retires, posts video statement
Link in comments section below ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

11/11/2025

Going through decades of my original lyrics today — most of them handwritten. I found songs I wrote back in 1976, under my original name. I can see where I was headed with those early pieces, but I hadn’t yet connected with Charles Bukowski and the Beat Generation writers who would later shape my voice. You can feel that shift once it hits songs like Too Fast for Love, Wild Side, and Dr. Feelgood.

It’s overwhelming — hundreds of scraps of paper filled with couplets and short poems. Some of those fragments later became full songs. Holding the original, stained lyrics to Shout at the Devil in my hands again… it’s mind-blowing. Like touching the spark that started it all. 🔥 🗒️ 📖 🎶

11/11/2025

11/11/2025

On this day in 1981, Mötley Crüe released their debut album, Too Fast For Love! The initial pressing was limited to only 900 copies, which sold so quickly that their label (Leathur Records) released two more pressings over the course of the next few months. Their popularity soon caught the eye of Tom Zutaut, who signed the band to Elektra in early 1982, resulting in a more polished re-release of the album in August of that year. The first pressing of this album tends to be quite valuable, so here's how to tell if you have the real thing:

- The record labels are white with black lettering.
- LR-123 printed on the spine of the cover.
- Very thick and stiff cover.
- Vince has big hair on the back cover and on the insert photo.
- The hair was touched up so it would show up against the white background, just a little too much (Vince couldn't believe his eyes when he saw it).
- There are no sunglasses in the middle of the back cover as on the second and third press.
- Nikki's arms are crossed at his chest on the insert photo, he's pointing his arm straight out on the second and third press.

There's also a counterfeit version of the first press out there. Here's how to tell it apart from the original:

- Matrix numbers are scratched out.
- The cover photos are slightly blurry.
- The song titles from side 1 are not listed on the back cover.
- Sunglasses on the back cover [no sunglasses on the original].
- On the label the word Come in the song title 'Come On And Dance' is spelled Comme.
- Vinyl bag is in clear plastic.
- No insert or lyric sheet.
- Made in Japan

11/11/2025

On this day in - November 11, 1976 - KISS' Rock And Roll Over hit stores everywhere.

Name your top 3 favorite tracks on Rock And Roll Over.

11/11/2025

Duane Allman occasionally used a 1961 Gibson SG (serial number 15263) finished in cherry red which he got from Dickey Betts – who himself played it in the early days of the Allman Brothers. Most notably, he played this guitar on Statesboro Blues.

Dickey Betts: "What happened back then was I had this SG when we started the band, and then I got a Les Paul, my ’57, and when Duane wanted to play slide he would have to re-tune his one guitar every f**** time. And I got tired of it and said, “Here, take this guitar and tune it, and leave it tuned!” and gave him my SG. He loved that guitar."

The SG originally featured a Gibson sideways Vibrola tremolo, as can be seen from the screw holes left on the body, but it was removed and replaced with a stop bar by the time it got in Duane’s hands. It was equipped with two Gibson PAF humbucking pickups, and it featured the original small pickguard. Also, the truss rod cover seems to be either replaced, since it shows no “Les Paul” logo and does not have the white edge, or it was removed altogether.

The guitar was sold by Graham Nash at an auction. The opening bid was $125,000, but the guitar eventually fetched $591,000.

Source: Groundguitar

Photo Courtesy of Kirk West

11/09/2025

11/09/2025

A very powerful picture of the legendary Lead Belly

11/08/2025

Saturday smiles 1968.. Eric & Ginger on David Crosby’s yacht in Sausalito.. the full story is in the autobiography Hellraiser & more details about the association with David is in the Cream Chronicled book 📖
Have a great weekend all!!
Nettie B ☺️
📸Janet Bruce

11/08/2025