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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012

This Day in Music History: Tuesday, October 23rd 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1978:  Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious attempts suicide in a New York jail cell 10 days after being arrested for his girlfriend's murder.

1978:  CBS Records raises the price of vinyl albums one dollar (to $8.98).

1990:  Led Zeppelin's box set is released.

2004:  Aerosmith's Steven Tyler sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Game One of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Saint Louis Cardinals at Boston's Fenway Park.

2010:  Neil Young reunites Buffalo Springfield for his annual Bridge School Benefit concerts at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California.  In addition to Young, the lineup includes Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, with Young's frequent cassist Rick Rosas standing in for the late Bruce Palmer, and Crosby, Stills and Nash drummer Joe Vitale replacing the late Dewey Martin.

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