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...
Carl Palmer Band | Working Live Volume 1 & Volume 2 – CD Review
What I love above Carl Palmer's recent releases is that he seems to be stretching himself not only as a player but as an arranger in what he's doing...
Rainbow | Live In Germany 1976 – Live Release Review
Not to be confused with the equally gripping DVD/CD set, Live In Munich 1977, the double-CD Live In Germany 1976 features a classic lineup of Rainbow with guitarist Ritchie...
Jon Lord | Sarabande
Typically, when an artist branches out from their current band for a solo outing, it is to "prove" something. Wishing to be seen as more than just "one of...
