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...
Mott The Hoople | All The Young Dudes (50th Anniversary Edition) – Reissue Review
The story goes that Mott The Hoople, after releasing four albums, were ready throw in the towel when David Bowie came along with a song and a desire to...
Chubby Checker | It’s Pony Time / Let’s Twist Again – CD Review
Chubby Checker's It's Pony Time and Let's Twist Again are two albums representing what was known the early 1960s as the "dance craze" in music. Hitting it big with...
Jethro Tull | Reissues
Jethro Tull started out as a basic blues band with a secret weapon: a wild-eyed, flute-wielding jester of a front man in a crusty overcoat. It wasn't an easy...
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Reissues – CD Review
The bitter relations between Fantasy Records and its star attraction, Creedence Clearwater Revival, or more directly John Fogerty, began to thaw when Fogerty rejoined the label (now owned by...
Sammy Hagar | All Night Long – CD Review
The remastered & reloaded All Night Long from Sammy Hagar will pretty much knock you back a few steps. Originally released in 1978 (and in 1979 as a UK-only...
Marillion | Sounds That Can’t Be Made (Special Edition) – CD Review
Originally released in 2012, Marillion's Sounds That Can't Be Made has been reissued as a Special Edition double-CD set with the original album and a second disc of bonus...
Little Richard | Here’s Little Richard (Deluxe Edition) – CD Review
At 85, Richard Penniman aka Little Richard is one of the last founding fathers of rock and roll still alive. While rumors abound that Little Richard is too old...
Rush | Moving Pictures (40th Anniversary) – Reissue Review
For nearly 40 years, I have amassed a huge collection of CDs. And I remember the first CD I purchased: Rush’s Moving Pictures. I’d heard about how much better...
Electric Light Orchestra | No Answer | ELO II
Before Electric Light Orchestra blasted out of the blue and turned into a bland pop machine, they came very close to becoming an orchestra in the truest sense of...
