In our Week In Review the Kinks get their drink on, Tom Scholz gets compulsive, and Elvis rises from the grave. Next week Teddy gives 'em teddys, movie tunes rule, Cleveland rocks... more »

This is the week that was in matters musical...

1968, The Who drummer Keith Moon caps a truly bacchanalian 21st birthday bash by driving a Lincoln Continental into the pool at a Holiday Inn in Flint, MI ... also this week, The Beatles release the single "Hey Jude" which eclipses "Like a Rolling Stone" as the longest single to receive airplay by nearly a minute at 7:06 ... it is the first release from newly-formed Apple Records and becomes The Beatles' biggest hit, going to number one in over 12 countries ... the recording took two days and involved a 36-piece orchestra who also clapped and sang the na-na-nahs on the fadeout ... the epic ballad begins with Paul playing the piano and ends with 50 layered instruments, including the symphony... more »

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Hands-On Product Review: Yamaha YPG Portable Grand Keyboards
Powerful Portables With Enhanced Piano Focus

The new YPG Series keyboards add yet another dimension to Yamaha's amazing portable keyboards, expanding them beyond the extensive and impressive PSR Series boards. The PSR keyboards are made for rock stars in training and are suspiciously low in price, but they deliver the real goods and perform way beyond their prices. You might say the Yamaha affordable portables are blessed from above—there's a lot of Yamaha's good stuff in them...

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Hands-On Product Review: Fender Highway One J Bass and P Bass
Now Even More Cool Than They Already Were

When the Highway 1 Jazz Bass and Precision Bass guitars were introduced a few years back, they were hailed as one of the best bass deals ever from Fender. Made in Fender's Corona, California, shop, they were priced substantially lower than any other American-made Fender bass, even though they were created in the same place. Highway 1 basses put American Fender quality within reach of many working musicians...

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Hands-On Product Review: Peavey TransTube Amps
Punch-Packin' Little Powerhouses With Flair And Flexibility

The Peavey TransTube Rage 258, Envoy 110, and Bandit 112 guitar amps incorporate all the benefits of modern solid-state technology with none of the drawbacks. On the plus side, Peavey's engineers have really nailed tube-style response and distortion in lightweight, maintenance-free, affordable, reliable, powerful combos with a wealth of tonal options. On the down side...there is no down side. The thin, harsh-edged, or cartoonish tones that sometimes emanate from low-end solid state amps are entirely, blessedly absent...

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