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Joni Mitchell Releases Archives Vol 4: Asylum Years (1976-80) Box

The collection includes live tracks from her time in Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue during the 1975-76 tour, along with previously unissued material from original stereo reels, cassette tapes, and much more

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The 11 Number One Albums of 1969: CCR Were Rising

In a final year of the decade, three releases accounted for 33 of the year’s weekly chart toppers. The one with the most weeks at #1 may surprise you

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Pete Townshend Releases ‘Live In Concert 1985-2001’ Box Set

The 14-CD set has been newly mastered by long-time Who engineer Jon Astley

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Lindsey Buckingham Interview: Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Songwriting

“Part of the deal with Stevie and me was that we had to spend an awful lot of time together without ever having gotten closure from each other”

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Shocking Blue’s ‘Venus’: An Out-of-This-World Hit

When the Dutch rock band replaced its male lead vocalist with a striking 21-year-old female, they scored with a shock heard ’round the world

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Paul McCartney Opens 2024 ‘Got Back’ Tour

The 82 year-old’s 37-song set included the concert debut of “Now and Then,” the Beatles song released in 2023 based on a John Lennon demo

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Radio Hits in October 1974: The ‘New Math’

The Best Classic Bands chart nerds noticed that this week featured 3 hits at the top with the word “Nothing” in the title: great songs by BTO, Stevie Wonder and Billy Preston