The Carpenters' 'Superstar'
Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, September 2002
PERFORMERS: Karen Carpenter, lead vocals; Richard Carpenter, piano, vocals; Hal Blaine, drums; Joe Osborne, bass; Jim Horn, wind instruments; Bob Messenger, bass and wind; Doug Strawn, ...

Elvis Presley: Elvis 30 # 1 Hits (RCA)
Review by Barney Hoskyns, Blender, Fall 2002
The King is gone, but he's not forgotten: Thirty classics from the best singer who ever lived. ...

Duran Duran: 'Hungry Like the Wolf'
Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Blender, 2003
VITAL STATISTICS:
SONG: Hungry Like the Wolf
ARTIST: Duran Duran
LABEL: EMI-Harvest/Capitol ...

The Greatest Songs Ever: Radiohead's 'Fake Plastic Trees'
Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, Summer 2003
MOST BANDS SPEND years trying to score a hit single, but Radiohead have spent years trying to live one down. 'Creep' took America by storm in ...

David Bowie: The Story of 'Young Americans'
Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, January 2004
"'YOUNG AMERICANS' wouldn't have happened without Bowie's cocaine addiction," asserted Duran Duran's John Taylor in a recent ...

Joni Mitchell: How 'Free Man In Paris' came along
Interview by Johnny Black, Blender, September 2004
WHEN Joni Mitchell played the finished tapes of her 1974 album Court and Spark for her Asylum Records labelmate Bob Dylan, the venerated spokesman of his ...

Deep Purple: 'Smoke On The Water' (Warners)
Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, May 2005
Performers : Ritchie Blackmore – guitar; Ian Gillan – vocals; Jon Lord – keyboards; Roger Glover – bass; Ian Paice – drums; Producer: Martin Birch; Released: ...

Derek and the Dominos: 'Layla'
Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, January 2006
Performers: Eric Clapton – guitar/vocals; Duane Allman – guitar; Jim Gordon – drums/piano; Bobby Whitlock – keyboards; Carl Radle : bass
Label: Atco
Producer: Tom Dowd
Chart debut: June ...