The Beach Boys | The Warmth Of The Sun – Compilation Release
What should you say to another Beach Boys’ ‘Best Of’ release? The Warmth Of The Sun is 28-track compilation, a ‘complement’ to the group’s release from 2004, Sounds Of...
Ringo Starr | Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo Starr – CD Review
In the dark days that followed the break-up of the Beatles, concerned friends, associates and fans wondered aloud if the group’s drummer Ringo Starr would be able to sustain...
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...
Captain Beyond | Lost & Found 1972-1973 – CD Review
Certainly going beyond what any of us ever thought we’d hear from super group Captain Beyond, Lost & Found 1972-1973 features never-heard-before vintage demo tracks, from these self-described “space...
Steven Wilson | Transience – LP Review
Transience features a generous slice of Steven Wilson on a double vinyl LP set. Named after a song from Wilson’s 2015 album Hand. Cannot. Erase., the three sides...
Bill Joel | She’s Got A Way: Love Songs – CD Review
I have a tendency to become suspicious with another repackaging of tunes under a record company constructed CD title. But when the 18 songs are this damn good I...
Donovan | The Essential Donovan – CD Review
There are millions of reasons why Grandmaster Flash and Madonna shouldn't be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but there's absolutely no excuse why it has taken...
The Beatles | 1962 – 1966 & 1967 – 1970 – CD Review
In the liner notes for the 2010 remasters of the Beatles’ compilations 1962-1966 and 1967-1970, journalist Bill Flanagan writes that the group’s “greatest impact was on people born between...
Art Garfunkel | The Singer – CD Review
With “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Jimmy Webb’s “All I Know” opening Art Garfunkel’s two-disc retrospective, The Singer, we are quickly reminded of how amazing the man’s voice is....
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...
