Santana | Supernatural – CD Review

By the end of the 1990s, the music of Carlos Santana was apparently in need of a major overhaul. Actually, many of Santana’s peers were up against the same...

Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti (Deluxe Edition) – Reissue Review

Often misunderstood, wildly ambitious, a grand gesture and sweeping pinnacle in any artist's discography, the double album — and we're talking studio, not live — typically comes in two...

Fleetwood Mac | Rumours 35th Anniversary Edition – CD Review

Released in February of 1977, Rumours is Fleetwood Mac's eleventh and best-selling album. In fact, it is one of the best-selling albums of all time. Selling in excess of...

The Rolling Stones | Some Girls | Some Girls Live In Texas ’78 –...

It's not uncommon to think of Some Girls as the last decent gasp from the world's greatest rock and roll band. It was certainly a cut above some of...

David Coverdale | White Snake & North Winds (Reissues) – CD Review

Way back in the day - 1977 and 1978, to be exact - David Coverdale put his considerable vocal and songwriting efforts into two solo albums. Reissued over 30...

The Alan Parsons Project | Reissues – CD Review

Beginning as a ‘tea-runner’ at Abbey Road studios, Alan Parsons graduated to engineering albums like the Beatles' Let It Be and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon....

The Rolling Stones | Exile On Main Street (Deluxe Edition) – Reissue Review

As a wee young lad, I was walking by the cut-out bin in a department store when suddenly it caught my eye: Exile On Main Street — a double...

The Beatles | Abbey Road Anniversary Edition – Box Set Review

Following 50th anniversary editions of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and THE BEATLES (aka The White Album), Apple, in conjunction with Capitol/UME, has issued the Beatles' Abbey Road Anniversary...

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...

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...