Jefferson Airplane | Surrealistic Pillow – Lost Gem
The Jefferson Airplane were the first blip on the radar screen tracking the San Francisco buzz of the mid 60s. With an inauspicious debut, the Airplane garnered little appraisal...
Joey Sykes ~ Classic New Rock – Lost Gem
Every week, I receive a lot of new music to review. It's either a link to a stream or video, a download, or an actual disc in the form...
Velvet Underground | Bootleg Series, Vol. 1: The Quine Tapes
No other act in the history of rock and roll seems more appropriate for the "bootleg" treatment than Velvet Underground. As purveyors of the proto-punk movement, the Velvet's brand...
Dire Straits | Dire Straits – Lost Gem
In 1978, the Newcastle-born Dire Straits burst onto the music scene with their self-titled debut album Dire Straits, which was released on the Vertigo Records label then a division...
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...
David Bowie | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From...
Loosely based on the characterizations of "A Clockwork Orange" — but of a much more provocative nature — The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars more...
Billy Joel | Streetlife Serenade (Limited Edition SACD) – CD Review
One tends to forget the unprecedented run of Billy Joel's hits, his decades-long career and his much-heralded residency at Madison Square Garden. Yet there have been some moments in...
Bad Company | Merchants Of Cool – Lost Gem
Given the nature of the beast, it can be tricky following the membership of Bad Company these days. The original four seem to float in and out of the...
Nico | The End – CD Review
Children's chanting, spooky swirling organ and Nico's strong monotone on "It Has Not Taken Long" opens her fourth album, The End. Remastered and reissued as a double CD, this...
Eric Clapton | Reptile – Lost Gem
Despite his massive popularity and influence, it's obvious Eric Clapton just wants to play the blues — with occasional wanderings into sterile territory whenever the mood strikes. So, in...
