Rush | Vapor Trails – Lost Gem
Six years after their previous studio album, 1996’s Test For Echo, Rush returned to the frontlines with a new album. Vapor Trails, their 17th studio album released in 2002,...
The Police | Synchronicity – Lost Gem
Although they sprung from the seeds of the punk movement of the late 70s, The Police managed to rise above the usual snarl and spit mentality, and instead became...
Humble Pie | Joint Effort – CD Review
Vintage Rock fans quite often fantasize about unreleased music buried deep in the rock and roll vaults of our favorite artists. Rejoice because Humble Pie’s ‘lost’ album, Joint Effort,...
Warren Zevon | My Ride’s Here – Lost Gem
Warren Zevon's life reads like a comical send up of almost tragic proportions. His sporadic career was derailed by bouts with alcohol, pessimism, and a tinge of laziness. On...
Marillion | Clutching At Straws – CD Review
In those dim, dark days of the early 80s, in the face of the Haircut 100's and MTV, when it seemed all our heroes were rendered mute or producing...
Renaissance | Scheherazade And Other Stories – Lost Gem
Among the truly important progressive rock albums on the 70s, Renaissance’s Scheherazade And Other Stories is a high watermark of songwriting, production and playing. This album features arguably the...
Van Morrison | What’s Wrong With This Picture? – Lost Gem
Van "The Man" Morrison hasn’t always been the full fledge classic rocker he once was, but his gift for turning a lyric inside out of a melody is refreshing...
Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Lost Gem
They don't make 'em like they used to. Well, at least Elton John doesn't. In the early 70s, the bespectacled piano man could do no wrong. Aided by the...
David Bowie | Bowie At The Beeb – Los Gem
David Bowie emerged during the late 60s, gangly and fresh-faced amongst his more bohemian, paisley-powered contemporaries. And while his delivery was deeply steeped in a sort of transcendental folk/mod...
Crack The Sky | Crack The Sky – Lost Gem
One can count very few progressive American bands ever rising to the level of their popular U.K. counterparts. Kansas and Styx immediately come to mind, but there are a...
