Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Trilogy (Deluxe Edition) – CD Review
Trilogy, the appropriately titled third studio album from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, was released in 1972 and welcomed with open arms. Tarkus, its predecessor, was conceptually brilliant, but Trilogy...
Blue Öyster Cult | Cult Classic & Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014 – CD...
The deal Frontiers Music Srl cut with Blue Öyster Cult, who, at press time, are recording their first studio album of new music since 2001, includes the rights to...
Deep Purple | NOW What?! Gold Edition – CD Review
In 2013, Deep Purple released NOW What?!, their 19th studio album. I called it the best Purple studio album since Perfect Strangers, released almost 30 years beforehand. It also...
The Who | The Who Sell Out (Super Deluxe Edition) – Reissue Review
Conversations about the Who’s best albums typically begin with Tommy and end with Quadrophenia. Everything before and after that period of 1968 to 1973 is often rendered secondary by...
Love | Forever Changes (50th Anniversary Deluxe Set) – Boxset Review
If ever there was an album one should justifiably light up to, Love's Forever Changes takes the cake (which you might want back if you're smoking the right stuff)....
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...
Poison | Capitol Reissues – CD Review
We can see all around us that the style and tastes of the 80s have made their way back in to mainstream culture. Polka dots, black footless tights, and...
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,...
Tommy James & The Shondells | 2010 Reissues
All it took was the nudge of a few reissues to make me realize how good Tommy James and The Shondells were. Emerging from the Midwest in the early...
Renaissance | Prologue, Ashes Are Burning & A Song For All Seasons (2019 Reissues)...
Renaissance formed in 1969 and featured singer Keith Relf and drummer Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds. Fifty years later, it's a completely different band and a flurry of activity...
