Keith Emerson | Various Reissues – CD Review
Keith Emerson, despite a series of misfortunes and miscalculated career moves, is still considered a legendary virtuoso of the keyboards. The Nice and ELP fading in his rear-view mirror,...
Electric Light Orchestra | Epic Reissues – CD Review
Round two of Electric Light Orchestra’s 35th Anniversary reissue campaign is in full swing with three pivotal albums from the band’s diverse catalogue: On The Third Day, Face The Music,...
Steve Perry | Columbia Reissues – CD Review
If emotions are a language that can be converted into sound, they’re translated articulately and eloquently by Steve Perry. He is, quite simply, a master of musical interpretation. And...
Journey | Columbia Reissues (1981 – 1996)
Long-term relationships are about as rare as encountering a unicorn, glimpsing the Loch Ness Monster, or discovering socks that mysteriously vanish in the dryer. Yet Journey has been able...
Lou Reed | Coney Island Baby – CD Review
I was five when Lou Reed’s Coney Island Baby was released in 1976, so needless to say, I wasn’t familiar with the album when it came out. In fact,...
Boston | Boston | Don’t Look Back – Reissue Review
Nineteen seventy-six was a transitional year in rock and roll. The limit had pretty much reached the sky with bands like Yes and ELP. Roots music in the form...
The Jeff Beck Group | Truth | Beck-Ola – Reissue Review
Although it was intended to function solely as a vehicle for the former Yardbirds guitarist, The Jeff Beck Group haphazardly introduced the world to a couple of unknowns by...
Little Feat | The Best Of Little Feat – Compilation Review
It is with some surprise to receive a copy of The Best Of Little Feat from Rhino Records. Surprising, not because of the contents of the disc; Little Feat were one...
Buddy Guy | Can’t Quit The Blues
Over the course of the past 50 years, few artists serve as a better bridge
between the classic Chicago Blues sounds of the 50s and 60s and modern rock
and roll...
Aerosmith | Devil’s Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith
Aerosmith has released a greatest hits collection once again — just
in time for the Christmas shopping season (although apparently not at Tower
Records), and in the midst of their mega...
