Front Row & Backstage

Front Row & Backstage

Audio Autopsy, 1972: Byzantium Debut LP, Warner Bros, US: Career Start for Chaz Jankel, Queen Producer Roy Thomas Baker, a Genesis Producer & a Springsteen Player

2 major labels (Warner Bros. in the States, A&M in EU) couldn't help propel this long-forgotten, influential album into the pop culture zeitgeist, but it jump-started several productive careers.

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Left: Green U.S. Warner Bros. Records Side 1 label; right, tan/mustard UK, Europe, and Japan A&M Records Side 2 label.
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Boy Band With Guitars

Mr. Peabody sets the Wayback Machine to 1972: This writer is a 17-year-old junior, and the lead singer/flutist in his Houston-area high school rock band, Brimstone.

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