Judas Priest | The Chosen Few – CD Review

OK, so they're the second greatest heavy metal band. But Judas Priest is still the consummate heavy metal band in terms of style, look and approach. They're also a...

Journey | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 – CD Review

If Journey's first Volume of Greatest Hits was the bullet fired, Greatest Hits Vol.2 is definitely the damage left in its wake. Like all good Greatest Hits compilations the...

ZZ Top: A Tribute From Friends – CD Review

It's tough to say whether a tribute album should completely assume the signature sound of those being paid homage, or if a new spin should, or can, be put...

UFO | The Chrysalis Years (1973-1979) – Reissue Review

UFO was one of those 70s bands that should have been a lot bigger. Like so many others, they had personnel issues that held them back from moving up...

Styx | Regeneration, Volume I & II – CD Review

It's one thing to record a show of hits; it's another to step into a recording studio and re-record those same hits. And when you do that, you can...

Pink Floyd | 2011 Remasters -CD Review

Very much in the spirit of the 2009 Beatles remasters campaign, EMI has extended the same loving care to their second most important British act - Pink Floyd -...

Jackie DeShannon | When You Walk In The Room CD Review

She warmed up for the Beatles on their first U.S. tour in 1964, wrote numerous songs of her own, and covered others, including DeShannon recorded Burt Bacharach and Hal...

David Coverdale | White Snake & North Winds (Reissues) – CD Review

Way back in the day - 1977 and 1978, to be exact - David Coverdale put his considerable vocal and songwriting efforts into two solo albums. Reissued over 30...

Deep Purple | 2011 Reissues – CD Review

Before the lineups that made “Smoke On The Water” and “Burn,” the original Deep Purple recorded three glorious albums, setting the foundation for what the band would eventually blossom...

Jimi Hendrix Experience | Winterland – Box Set Review

Are you experienced? Have you ever been…? Would you like to be? Well, you are going to get the full frontal blast from one of rock's legendary guitarists when...