Elvis Presley | Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (The Legacy Edition) – CD Review
I recall being at a party at my aunt’s house in April 1973. Two of my aunts were scrambling in front of the TV to watch Elvis Presley’s satellite...
Gentle Giant | Live In Santa Monica 1975 – Live Release Review
We listeners and lovers of classic rock are a faithful breed, often derided by ‘other’ music fans for our love of ‘the old stuff’. If you happen to be...
Joe Lynn Turner | Street Of Dreams – Boston 1985 Sunstorm | Edge...
In a career spanning nearly three decades, including over 60 album credits, singer Joe Lynn Turner has fronted such rock notables as Deep Purple and Rainbow. He remains one...
Carl Palmer | Working Live Volume 3 – CD Review
Drummer Carl Palmer still hits very hard, very hard indeed. Carl Palmer is still pushing the limits of his drumming, pushing very hard indeed. Carl Palmer is not a...
The Clash | Live At Shea Stadium – Live Release Review
On October 13, 1982, at Shea Stadium in New York, a little four-piece English band called the Clash warmed up for another four-piece English band called the Who. The...
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen | Live In San Francisco 1971 –...
Reminiscent of those live country radio broadcast from the 1950s, Commander Cody’s “Lost In the Ozone” opens Live In San Francisco 1971. Taken from an evening that Commander Cody...
B.B. King | In France: Live At The 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival –...
B.B. King’s In France: Live At The 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival was recorded at the third bi-annual Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival in Nancy, France. The set sees the...
Rory Gallagher | Live At Montreux – Live Album Release
“I want to be playing when I'm 50,” Irish son Rory Gallagher stated rather matter-of-factly during a Beat Instrumental interview in June 1971. In all likelihood, the acclaimed blues...
Marillion | A Sunday Night Above The Rain – CD Review
I remember first hearing Marillion in a Tower Records store in NYC in 1983. I was taken by lead singer Fish and his Peter Gabriel-like vocals and the group’s...
Foreigner | Alive & Rockin’ – CD Review
When Foreigner recorded Alive & Rockin' (originally released as a DVD) in 2006 at the Bang Your Head!!! Festival in Balingen, Germany, they offered themselves up like sacrificial...
