The Alan Parsons Project | The Sicilian Defence – CD Review
The Alan Parsons Project’s The Sicilian Defence is finally seeing the light of day after being lost in contractual negotiations with Arista Records in 1981. The 10-track disc applies...
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...
Jimi Hendrix | The Cry Of Love & Rainbow Bridge – CD Review
A strange thing happened after Jimi Hendrix passed away in 1970: A slew of albums with unreleased material started jamming the record bins. Certainly, there have been more posthumous...
Chicago | Chicago II (Steven Wilson Remix) – CD Review
Chicago’s sophomore effort would prove to be their most innovative, musically sound and political effort before they fell victim to the powder puff insurgency that overtook bands like themselves,...
Paul McCartney & Wings | Band On The Run – CD Review
In 1999, a 25th anniversary edition of Paul McCartney & Wings’ 1973 Band On The Run hit the market with a second disc of outtakes, alternate takes and mixes...
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)....
Electric Light Orchestra | Out Of The Blue & Balance Of Power – CD...
Like diamonds, basic black, and Jello, rock music goes with anything. And when Electric Light Orchestra co-founders Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood combined pop-rock with an orchestra, the innovation...
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,...
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...
The Traveling Wilburys | The Traveling Wilburys Collection – CD Review
Fresh on the heels of his 80s comeback album Cloud Nine, George Harrison, along with partner-in-crime, ELO leader/producer Jeff Lynne, was buzzing with new ideas. Somehow, in the general...