Historic events from Fleetwood Mac, INXS, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Petty and Faces
OCTOBER 12, 1979: FLEETWOOD MAC’S TUSK
Fleetwood Mac followed up Rumours with the experimental double-album, Tusk; which was initially scheduled to be released on 10/15/79. However, the release date was moved up when radio stations began playing the album in full, and encouraging listeners to tape it. Despite its experimental nature, Tusk would go on to sell over 2 million copies, and the singles “Sara” & “Tusk” would go top 10 in the US.
OCTOBER 12, 1987: INXS RELEASES KICK
Working again with producer Chris Thomas, who helmed the 2x Platinum Listen Like Thieves, INXS delivered their biggest album. Kick featured four US top 10 singles: Need You Tonight (#1), Devil Inside (#2), New Sensation (#3) and Never Tear Us Apart (#5) The album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
OCTOBER 13, 2016: BOB DYLAN’S NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Bob Dylan made history by becoming the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
OCTOBER 15, 1973: TIME FADES AWAY BY NEIL YOUNG
Neil Young‘s critically acclaimed and widely-bootlegged Time Fades Away consisted of previously unreleased songs. Neil Young calls it his worst album due to an uncomfortable tour plagued by illness, a band member quitting mid-tour, and dealing with the death of guitarist and friend, Danny Whitten.
OCTOBER 16, 2020: TOM PETTY’S MASSIVE WILDFLOWERS REISSUE
The long-rumored reissue of Tom Petty‘s Wildflowers arrived 26 years after the album’s initial release. A couple tracks were used for the She’s the One soundtrack in 1996, and the previously unreleased “There Goes Angela” and “Leave Virginia Alone” were issued ahead of Wildflowers being reissued. The massive Wildflowers & All the Rest is available in 2CD, 4CD, 5CD, 3LP and a staggering 9LP Ultra Deluxe Limited Edition.
OCTOBER 18, 1969: OCTOBER 18, 1969
After the Small Faces disbanded in 1969; Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane and Kenney Jones carried on as Faces. They added Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on guitar, and quickly got to work on their debut album, First Step. Small Faces & Faces were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. In 2021, the three surviving original members (Kenney Jones, Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart) reunited and have begun working on a new album.
