BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA
The Supremes at Their Peak With A’ Go-Go: Review
The expanded edition of the Motown trio’s first—and only—studio album to hit #1 includes mono and stereo mixes plus loads and loads of covers.
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Take the Highway: 12 Essential Songs from the Marshall Tucker Band
They were jazz-minded virtuosos wrapped in denim, blending country heartbreak, Western swing and improvised blues into a sound as vast as an open highway.
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Al Stewart and ‘Year of the Cat’: Musical Cinema
He liked the title track, but didn’t consider it suitable as a single, until producer Alan Parsons and the record company convinced him of its destiny.
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Country Music Giant John Anderson Dies at 71
The singer and songwriter had attended a major industry event just three days earlier.
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The Number One Singles of 1967: With Love
26 songs reached the top of the U.S. pop chart that year. And in many cases, there are some wild stories behind these rock, pop and R&B hits.
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Surviving the ’70s: 12 (More) Disco Songs Even Rock Fans Enjoy
We’ve chosen a dozen disco songs from the ’70s that won’t cause us to sit down at the celebration or change the radio station.
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The Supremes at Their Peak With A’ Go-Go: Review
The expanded edition of the Motown trio’s first—and only—studio album to hit #1 includes mono and stereo mixes plus loads and loads of covers.
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The Mighty Manfred Mann: From ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’ to ‘Blinded By the Light’
They underwent frequent personnel changes, including several lead singers—and they were named after the keyboardist—but they kept producing hits.
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New Book, ‘The Rolling Stones on Tour,’ Celebrates ‘the Greatest Live Band of All Time’
A visual feast for fans, the title is illustrated with hundreds of rarely seen photographs, artworks and ephemera from the Rolling Stones archives: including tour posters, ticket stubs, backstage passes, concert fliers and much more.
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Tom Petty 50th Anniversary Box Set Traces the Heartbreakers’ Early Years
Origins 1971-1978 digs into the vaults to trace the sonic formation of the band.
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New Home Announced for ‘The Beatles Story’ in Liverpool, Opening in 2028, via Apple Corps
“If you’d told us this was going to happen when we were hanging out and getting started we’d never have believed it.”—Paul McCartney
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Jeff Slate to Release ‘A World Called Desire: The Townshend Tapes Redux’
“Hearing the tracks now, more than thirty years later, what felt dated in 1993 feels timeless now.”
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Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert: An All-Star Celebration
The list of artists at the 1992 event was a mile long with dozens of legends celebrating the Bard’s songs. Watch the A-Listers rehearse and take their turn on “My Back Pages.”
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Bev Bevan of ELO Remembers ‘A New World Record’: ‘Jeff Lynne at His Most Brilliant’
From our 2024 interview, “[It’s] a fabulous album, and I am proud to have been part of it.”
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