Various Artists | Badfinger: No Matter What – Revisiting The Hits – Compilation Review
Badfinger: No Matter What - Revisiting The Hits is a full-length album featuring A-list artists collaborating across a wonderful array of songs from Badfinger. As the first band signed...
The Band | A Musical History – Compilations Review
A Musical History is the third box set from The Band, and perhaps the final word on one of America’s finest musical institutions. Painstakingly compiled and pieced together by...
Various Artists | We Are The 80s – Compilation Review
The launch of MTV 25 years ago and the music of the 80s are practically synonymous to the eyes and ears of the post-baby-boom-gen-x generation, often equipped with over...
Jerry Lee Lewis | The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis – CD Review
Love him, hate him or fear him there is no mistaking that Jerry lee Lewis is an American icon and original. Legacy's The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis: The Sun...
Various Artists | Remember Me Baby: Cameo Parkway Vocal Groups Vol. 1 – CD...
Philadelphia-based Cameo-Parkway Records was founded by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe in 1956. Over 50 years later, Collectors’ Choice Music in conjunction with ABKCO Music & Records is rolling...
Van Morrison | The Authorized Bang Collection – CD Review
The Authorized Bang Collection, a sprawling three CD set, presents a library of Van Morrison’s early songs when he was recording for Bang Records, founded by American producer and...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Singles – Compilation Review
The Singles boxset allows one to traipse across Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s substantial oeuvre by listening to a dozen 7’’ vinyl records, with music plucked from the band’s 1970...
The Kinks | The Journey – Part 1 – Compilation Review
I’m not sure you’re likely to find a better bunch of songs to enjoy than a collection of early tunes from the Kinks. One of the greatest ever British...
Johnny Winter | True To The Blues: The Johnny Winter Story – Box Set...
During a brief phone interview in 2013, I asked Johnny Winter if he thought 45 years after playing Woodstock in 1969, he'd still be out playing and touring today....
The Who | The Ultimate Collection – CD Review
Disclaimer: this review was written one night before John Entwistle passed away. I’m not sure if some of my comments would have changed based on the loss of one...
