Okay, it’s not really been discovered. It’s always been there, just the usual legal complications of who owns the release rights. I’m not a betting man, but my guess is it’s not the artist. Regardless, word has it these original unheard recordings by early Pink Floyd (with Syd Barrett), Queen (with Freddie Mercury) and Bowie (without Ziggy) are finally going to see the light of day. Apparently the BBC had them in a vault all these years and now have cut a deal with the artists’ label EMI allowing them the release rights . Who knows what else is out there? Maybe some early undiscovered Spice Girl tapes.

Take that Tom Edison. The oldest recorded voice was that of a French woman and it predates Mr. Lightbulb by 17 years. It was recorded on something called phonoautograph (pre-Ipod) in 1860. Apparently she’s singing a little French folk song. Hope it’s not something naughty.

In 1969, the rock magazine Creem published its first issue…and it was a homegrown Detroit product. Long live Lester Bangs (portrayed so delisciously by Phillip Seymour Hoffman in “Almost Famous”).

Buddy Miles played drums for Band of Gypsies with Jimi Hendrix back in the days of acid rock and psychedelia. He died yesterday at the age of 60 at his home in Austin, Texas. Miles also played with the Electric Flag, The Delfonics, The Buddy Miles Express and Santana. Little known fact: he was the voice of the lead California Raisin in the popular television commercials a few years back. He will be missed.

Have you been searching the world over for the lost recordings of “I See the Light” by The Five Americans or “Off the Beaten Track” by the African Head Charge? How about the sounds of the 70s Suicide Commandos? Well your quest has been made easier by Anthology Recordings, an all-digital reissue downloading site dedicated to unearthing all those nearly-forgotten gems. And as for that missing 1973 progressive rock classic by Finland’s Wigwam . . . well I’ll be, here it is!

I know, but this time it’s for real and it’s the first time that Mr. Starkey sat behind the drum kit. A live recording from Hamburg featuring “Money,” “Twist and Shout” and Hank Williams’ “Homesick Blues.”

In 1969, Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsies, with Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums, made their debut at the Fillmore East in New York City.

In 1970, Paul McCartney filed suit in London seeking the legal dissolution of the Beatles’ partnership.

– From the Associated Press