Elvis Presley | Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (The Legacy Edition) – CD Review
I recall being at a party at my aunt’s house in April 1973. Two of my aunts were scrambling in front of the TV to watch Elvis Presley’s satellite...
The Beatles | 1962 – 1966 & 1967 – 1970 – CD Review
In the liner notes for the 2010 remasters of the Beatles’ compilations 1962-1966 and 1967-1970, journalist Bill Flanagan writes that the group’s “greatest impact was on people born between...
George Harrison | Living In The Material World – CD Review
Arriving almost three years after All Things Must Pass, George Harrison’s Living In The Material World would establish a stylistic precedent that would take root for the next 30...
KISS | Dressed To Kill (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) – Reissue Review
Never let it be said that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Kennedy Center honorees KISS don’t love showering their fans with product. Recently celebrating their half-decade...
Pink Floyd | The Wall (Experience & Immersion Editions) – CD Review
The Experience and Immersion editions of Pink Floyd's The Wall are, supposedly, the last bricks to fill in the Why Pink Floyd? reissue campaign. Following expanded versions of The...
Bad Company | Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy: The Very Best Of Bad Company...
In the Spring of 2015, the first two Bad Company records — the solid-rocking 1974 self-titled debut and its equally snappy 1975 follow-up Straight Shooter — were reissued with...
King Crimson | The Power To Believe – CD Review
At the dawn of the 21st century, King Crimson was a quartet consisting of Adrian Belew (guitar/vocals), Robert Fripp (guitar), Trey Gunn (Warr guitar/Warr fretless guitar) and Pat Mastelotto...
Alice Cooper | Killer & School’s Out (Deluxe Editions)– Reissue Review
Alice Cooper's Killer and School's Out are iconic albums that showcase the theatricality, dark humor, and rebellious spirit that have defined Alice Cooper's career. Released in 1971 and 1972,...
Yes | Tales Of Topographic Oceans (Super Deluxe Edition) – Reissue Review
Complex, ambitious, experimental, conceptual, long-form, fantastical, pretentious — just a handful of adjectives often used to describe progressive rock. While the genre often defies categorization and can’t be easily...
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...
