The American Pageant

On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time - the Yankees are coming, it warned. Shortly before midnight, Davis fled the capital, setting off an intense and thrilling chase in which Union cavalry hunted the Confederate president.

R.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe", was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional and modern. Throughout the '80s, they worked relentlessly, releasing records every year and touring constantly, playing both theaters and backwoods dives. Along the way, they inspired countless bands, from the legions of jangle pop groups in the mid-'80s to scores of alternative pop groups in the '90s, who admired their slow climb to stardom.

Live At The Miss Black America Pageant is the 1972 album by The Moments. As the title and photos on the cover indicate, it was meant to be a live album recorded at the actual Miss Black America Pageant but in truth, it was completely recorded in the studio with the applause mixed in after the fact. sometimes not very well. The group also recorded Live At The New York State Womans Prison. They recorded many albums but gained much bigger success when they changed their name to Ray, Goodman & Brown and released "Special Lady". The is from a CD pressing released in 2006.