The Music Archivist

I am re-tracing the history of rock and pop, one record at a time throughout the 1970s.

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

Hey @elonmusk you make enough money. How about hiring enough people to support those on this platform who do it the right way and let's get rid of the scammers.

[Amy @20th_Centurygal]

I'm just throwing this out there...When I got monetized on X, I had to upload my government ID + do facial recognition. The whole process.
Yet fake accounts like Joe Elliott @def_leppar20044 somehow slip through...He claims to be from Ireland but he's actually running a scam from Africa.
How does that even happen? Real creators jumping through hoops while impersonators slide on through...I Appreciate the real ones who keep it authentic... 🎸

[Muse @xmuse_]

Art Deco on rails ❤️

Duchess of Hamilton, the crimson queen of the Coronation Class.

1930s British brilliance.

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

Good morning to you

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

Nice....now go the f away fachests

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

You’re welcome.

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

Sillyness

[Bharat Ki Beti 🇮🇳👧🏻 @PratibhaPriyad3]

Do you know this funny fact (read it unhygienic truth) about those who claimed that they colonized the world to civilize others 😅

Read it till end👇🏽

Because Europe was “too cold,” Queen Elizabeth I, who ruled England for nearly 45 years (1558–1603), bathed once a month.
Her successor, King James I, apparently found even that excessive and never bathed at all.

Louis the Great (Louis XIV), who ruled France for 72 glorious years, managed to bathe only three times in his entire lifetime.

And Isabella I of Spain, ruling for three decades, proudly admitted she had bathed just twice.

Mind you, this wasn’t due to #poverty. They had armies of servants, maids, and plenty of hot water. If this was the “hygiene standard” of royalty, one can only imagine the aromatic reality of the common people.

Then, in the 17th century, after closer contact with Bharat, Europeans slowly discovered the revolutionary idea that physical cleanliness might actually matter.

And yet, our historians still insist They civilized Us. How generous of them.

Source: Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation: Britain 1485–1750 by Lee Jerome

#Decolonization

[Sean Mcdowell @dvesean]

January 9 1957

Happy 69th B-Day to my beautiful wife
Cindi!
Cindi is a 2X lung cancer survivor, she's been cancer-free now for almost 16 yrs.

We've been married for 13 yrs,
Together for 35 yrs!

(I can't believe she's put up w/my sh*t for 35 yrs).

2 Old Yinzers In The Desert

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

I would. It's too bad the name is so common. I'd want to find the family of the owner.

[Midwest Modern @JoshLipnik]

Debating if I should buy this lamp made in a high school shop class in 1941. It’s nothing too special but I’m a sucker for a good back story and for homemade lamps.

[Vintage Vixens & Vestiges @vvestiges]

(‘70)

[Jimusic @JVMonte2]

CCR released this classic single on this day in 1969.
Are you a fan?
#ProudMary

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

If it had, things wouldn't be quite as f'ed up.

[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

I'm sad to have to reveal that the prophecy has not come true.

The Miami News, 1935:
https://t.co/99V3N4eFP1

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

This is a great idea, but then we wouldn't be witness to watching her taking these idiots down.

[Julian O'Donovan @JulianOD]

@fakehistoryhunt You’d next book could just be a list of every nutcase so we could block them all.

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

Van der Graf Generator

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

Give his musical trajectory he would have either given Tom Jones a run for his money, or would have been a better looking version of Wayne Newton.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

What else would this legend have brought us if he had lived longer...

Happy 91st heavenly birthday, Elvis.

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

Jan Akkerman--My Focus, Live Under the Rainbow (2025)

Jan Akkerman is one of the most underrated guitarists ever. This covers some of his best known songs along with some greats from Focus. Top shelf. #Focus #Guitar #JanAkkerman #Dutch #Prog

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

The Everly Brothers--Gone, Gone, Gone
Warner Bros. Records
Released: December 1974
Billboard: DNC
Singles: "Ain't That Loving You Baby" (#133)
"The Ferris Wheel" (#72)
"Gone Gone Gone" (#31)
#EverlyBrothers #1960s #Albums #Records #History

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

Not a major fan, but this album cooks.

[Jimusic @JVMonte2]

What’s a 10/10 album that’s NOT from the sixties or seventies?

[VintageMagazines @VintageMags]

Sears Wish Books 1950s.

#catalogues #vintage

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

An album like this would be the best by a mile for many groups. For the Beatles? I'd put it 4th, maybe 5th.

[The Music Archivist @TheSongbook60]

In My Life, but Looking Thru You has been gaining over the last few years.

[Classic Rock In Pics @crockpics]

The Beatles album “Rubber Soul” started a six week run at No. 1 on the US albums charts, January 8, 1966. Favorite track?

I've Just Seen a Face

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

You Won't See Me

Think for Yourself

The Word

Michelle

It's Only Love

Girl

I'm Looking Through You

In My Life

Wait

Run for Your Life

[VintageMagazines @VintageMags]

Hitachi Analog Computer 1966.

#vintagecomputing #vintage