Chicago | The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition
In the booklet of the new two-CD set, The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary
Edition, Chicago’s sax/flute player (and original member) Walter
Parazaider boasts, “Going back to Glenn Miller days, I...
Refugee | Live In Concert – Newcastle City Hall 1974
So there they were: Lee Jackson and Brian Davison, the rhythm section for
the Nice, left for dead on the side of the road without so much as two shillings
to...
George Thorogood & The Destroyers | Bad To The Bone (25th Anniversary Edition)
I remember back ‘in the day’ my friend Tom catching George Thorogood
& The Destroyers at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey. Thorogood
was breezing through town, promoting an album...
Various Artists | Dear Mr. Fantasy: Featuring The Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic
Did anybody know that Traffic was planning to regroup and tour!? This fact
alone makes the new double CD concert: Dear Mr. Fantasy: Featuring The
Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic...
Sly & The Family Stone | Greatest Hits
These days, Sly Stone is famous for being eccentric and reclusive. There was
a time, however, in the late 60s and early 70s when the lanky, afro-haired musician
was everywhere, especially...
Pink Floyd | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Forty years after its release, and a little over a year after the death of
Syd Barrett, a primary architect, Pink Floyd’s 1967 debut The
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn...
The Marshall Tucker Band | Carolina Dreams: Tour 77
Carolina Dreams Tour’77, a double-CD/single-DVD set
from the Marshall Tucker Band, was recorded at one of my favorite hometown concert
spots, the Capital Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. I lived (and...
U2 | The Joshua Tree (Expanded) – CD Review
As Bono once said, The Joshua Tree is very Irish in its ache and melancholy, but the record resonates with a more American flavor. Either way, it went...
Queensrÿche | Take Cover
Take Cover, Queensrÿche’s album filled with cover
songs, might be worth the purchase just for the cover artwork alone. It is a
really cool picture of the way life might be...
Electric Light Orchestra | The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra, Vol. 2: Ticket...
The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra, Vol. 2: Ticket To The Moon is the latest in a long line of Electric Light Orchestra compilations. This 20-song ‘career-spanning’ collection is the...
