Kiss | The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Kiss Vol. 3
If you “If Kiss had never existed, you could never have made them up.”
So states Dave Thompson in his linear notes of the new The Millennium
Collection: The Best of...
Kiss | Alive! 1975 – 2000
Live albums should be mandatory for Kiss. Like a savage beast that thrives
in its natural habitat, Kiss, onstage, is king of the jungle. Not even their
best studio work comes...
John Fogerty | The Long Road Home: In Concert
John Fogerty’s survival of the iron-fisted copyright entanglement of
his old record company boss, Fantasy record’s Sal Zantz, is a testament
to the singer’s spirit and tenaciousness. The guy has always...
Grateful Dead | Live At The Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976 – Live...
A flood of live recordings resting idly in the vault, and the keepers of the Grateful Dead flame continue to dig for new and acute angles in which to...
Blue Öyster Cult | Spectres | Some Enchanted Evening – CD Review
There was a spell in the cloudy haze of the 70s that Blue Öyster Cult comprised a void in my voyage of musical discovery. I saw the original lineup —...
Electric Light Orchestra | Out Of The Blue & Balance Of Power – CD...
Like diamonds, basic black, and Jello, rock music goes with anything. And when Electric Light Orchestra co-founders Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood combined pop-rock with an orchestra, the innovation...
The Alan Parsons Project | I Robot | Eye In The Sky
As producer and sound shaper of various
Beatles and Pink Floyd albums, including Abbey Road and The
Dark Side Of The Moon, Alan Parsons probably knows everything about
the latest developments in...
Various Artists | Mullets Rock! Too! : Mullets in Love
Not that I would describe my ‘do’ as a mullet, but I am pretty
damn close with the late 70s hair cut I have been sporting since…well,
the late 70s. So,...
Elton John | Rocket Man: Number Ones
Bespectacled, bejeweled and beknighted, Sir Elton John could scrap all of
his trademark flamboyance, and no one would kick him off their piano bench.
Elton is blessed with the ability to...
The Doors | Reissues (2007) – CD Review
In 1967, The Doors lit the world on fire with their landmark self-titled debut. Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, and Ray Manzarek would go on to record five...
