Posts From Jeff Burger

The Doors’ ‘Soft Parade’: Still Rockin’

The album’s pop leanings notwithstanding, the Doors were still very much a rock and roll band at the time of its release.

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Grateful Dead’s ‘Here Comes Sunshine 1973’ Delivers Classic Concerts: Review

If you love the band and can spare the bucks, you really ought to experience the music from all five of these 1973 shows.

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West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Box Set Review: ‘Experimental’ Was the Key Word

The collection provides a comprehensive look at an idiosyncratic band that endured its share of stumbles but was occasionally first-rate.

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Expanded Reissues of Little Feat’s ‘Sailin’ Shoes’ and ‘Dixie Chicken’: Review

Amazingly, neither of these now-beloved albums made the charts when released. Now, both are available with a slew of bonus tracks.

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Bob Dylan’s Sensational ‘Shadow Kingdom’: Review

If you’re a fan, don’t think twice about checking out this new collection—this performance is not just all right, it’s fantastic.

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Paul Simon Confronts Mortality on ‘Seven Psalms’: Review

The album, “an argument I’m having with myself about belief,” is gentle, sweet and worth hearing. Just leave your dancing shoes at the door.

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Three Vintage Films Capture San Francisco Rock’s Glory Days

Santana, Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and others at their ’60s/’70s peak are captured live in this DVD set.

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Stephen Stills’ ‘Live at Berkeley 1971’:  An Artistic Peak

Having established himself as a major force with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY, Stills performed this dazzling solo show in California.

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‘What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?’: Soundtrack Review

The horn-based ’60s band was coming off a chart-topping album when it agreed to tour Eastern Europe. Everything went wrong, except the music.

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‘The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967’ Serves Up Little-Known Gems: Review

If you need a reminder of just how adventurous rock artists were back in ’67, this three-disc set will deliver.

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