Billy Joel | The Hits – CD Review

The 40th anniversary of Billy Joel’s first solo album, the often maligned, sometimes forgotten and supposedly terribly mixed Cold Spring Harbor comes around 2011. For now, the wonderfully stripped...

Jersey Boys: Music From The Motion Picture And Broadway Musical – CD Review

Released in conjunction with the Clint Eastwood film, Jersey Boys: Music From The Motion Picture And Broadway Musical is a 25-song mix of the best songs recorded by Frankie...

Toto | 40 Trips Around The Sun – CD Review

Toto is one of those great musical collectives that people (hopefully unintentionally) tend to define by two hits from their most successful album — “Rosanna” and “Africa.” I’m putting...

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...

Pink Floyd | The Early Years 1965 – 1972: The Individual Volumes – CD/DVD/Blu-ray...

First released as part of The Early Years 1965-1972 box set, The Individual Volumes, as they are called, are now available as six individual multi-disc book-bound CD, DVD &...

Greg Lake & Geoff Downes | Ride The Tiger – CD Review

Ride The Tiger is a collection of six previously unreleased songs by Greg Lake and Geoff Downes. One of the songs was later recorded by Asia and two by...

Syd Barrett | An Introduction To Syd Barrett – Compilation Review

Emerging from the whimsical, sometimes sad, but always intriguing story of original Pink Floyd songwriter/singer Syd Barrett are the man’s amazing songs. Whether led into madness, a late 60s...

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...

Various Artists | The Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute To The Beatles

On The Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute To The Beatles, German acid rockers Electric Moon kick things off with a spot-on recreation of "Tomorrow Never Knows." It might...

Cheap Trick | Setlist: The Very Best Of Cheap Trick Live

The Setlist series of live CDs draw together familiar live material with some rarer, more obscure tunes. Featuring remastered tracks, new liner notes, photos and additional bonus material, the...