Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
US Folk Music 1963-1969 4-CD Set Coming
The 100-song collection includes such classics of the genre as Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction,” The Youngbloods’ “Get Together,” and We Five’s “You Were On My Mind.”
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Foghat ‘Fool For the City’ Album Expanded For 50th Anniversary
The band’s Platinum-selling 5th album, from 1975, featured the rock anthems “Slow Ride” and the title track.
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Top Selling Albums of 1971: Superstars
Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.
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David Gilmour ‘Luck and Strange’ 2024 Concerts Get Album, Film Releases
The souvenirs of his sold-out tour are being released on CD, vinyl, Blu-ray and DVD, with a limited theatrical release of Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome.
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Complete Johnny Cash Lyrics Book Coming
The comprehensive and definitive 720-page book collects—for the first time—every one of his song lyrics alongside never-before-seen reproductions of handwritten pages from his own notebooks.
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Noted Presley Biographer, Peter Guralnick, Returns With ‘The Colonel and The King’ Book
The 2025 title “draws on a wealth of Tom Parker’s never-before-seen correspondence to reveal that this oft-reviled figure was in fact a confidant, friend, and architect of his client’s success.”
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Led Zeppelin to Issue ‘Physical Graffiti’ 50th Anniversary Releases
The 1975 original is generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time.
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Foreigner to Release ‘4’ Deluxe, as Lou Gramm Joins Tour
The 5-disc CD/Blu-ray set includes a booklet with over 60 exclusive photos, five previously unreleased songs, 14 early and alternate versions of various songs, 15 instrumentals, and 15 live performances, spanning the band’s 1981-82 world tour.
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Elvis Presley 1970-75 Los Angeles Studio Sessions Issued in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Box Set
The 5-CD collection includes recordings of such favorites as “Always On My Mind,” “Burning Love,” the 40th and final Top Ten single of his career, and such choice covers of “I Got a Woman,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Proud Mary,” and more.
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Joe Walsh Announces 2025 Edition of VetsAid Festival
The ninth edition of the event, with another star-studded lineup, will be a homecoming for the classic rock legend.
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