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...
Saga | Heads Or Tales Live – Live Release Review
Any album from the Canadian prog quintet Saga is always welcomed. In this case, a live album from 2010, during the brief time that Rob Moratti replaced lead vocalist...
Cream | The Goodbye Tour – Live At The Forum 1968 – Live Release...
By most accounts, Cream took the live concert experience to a whole new level. Gone was the maniacal chalice of teenage worship and bad sound. Here was a trio...
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | Harpo’s Detroit Dec. 11, 1980 – CD...
In the early 70s, I first experienced Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, and their own interpretation of music, thanks to a couple of albums my brother owned. In...
The Beatles | On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2 –...
Without question, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was pivotal in introducing the Beatles to the UK. From 1962 through 1965, broadcasts with the Fabs on the BBC became regular...
The Beatles | Live At The Hollywood Bowl – CD Review
Another year, another glimpse of everyone’s favorite mop tops — the Beatles! It’s really quite astounding that during their short reign in the 1960s, the Beatles made an impact...
Kansas | Leftoverture Live & Beyond – CD Review
I had the privilege of seeing Kansas twice in 2017. Celebrating yet another rock and roll 40th anniversary, the band's break-out album Leftoverture was played from top to bottom...
Greg Lake | London ’81 – CD Review
I recall being rightly impressed by guitarist Gary Moore and his finger flights of fancy, emulating Keith Emerson on "Fanfare For The Common Man," when I caught a Greg...
Robin Trower | Live! 50th Anniversary Edition – Live Release Review
After striking gold with the Bridge Of Sighs album, guitarist Robin Trower became a hot commodity on the concert circuit. Live albums being all the rage in the 70s,...
Kiss | Off The Soundboard: Poughkeepsie, New York, 1984 – Live Release Review
Although it is generally regarded that Kiss’s 1975 Alive! album broke the band into worldwide fame (though the album is also known for being totally "live"). We can’t cast aspersions...
