Posts From Jeff Burger

Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Deluxe: Review

Rock may today seem less likely to take over and remake the world, but most of this music still sounds just as good as it did in 1968

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Chrissie Hynde Covers Dylan on ‘Standing in the Doorway’: Review

It appears we must make room at the top of the Dylan interpreters heap for the Pretenders’ frontwoman, whose covers are sublime.

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Bob Dylan’s ‘Springtime in New York’ Mines His 1980-1985 Archives

It’s amazing to think that these are virtually all recordings Dylan discarded, given that many of them outshine everything in lots of artists’ catalogs.

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John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ Turns 50: ‘Ultimate Collection’ Review

The original 10-track 1971 album has been expanded for this release to include…well, more than you could have possibly imagined

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‘The Jimmie Vaughan Story’ Reviewed: A Big Box of Blues

The 5-CD box features music spanning five decades, including collaborations with Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons and, of course, brother Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Bob Dylan Goes to Broadway in ‘Girl From the North Country’: Review

The cast album delivers a thoroughly magical hour of music, one that will leave you in awe of the performers and the show’s creators.

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Ellen Foley Returns with ‘Fighting Words’: Review

On her fifth solo album, the singer proves that she can still come out fighting, at least when her material is up to the task.

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Beach Boys’ ‘Feel Flows’ Box Set: Review

The box proves that the band’s genius didn’t end in the mid-’60s. All six members of the group contributed fine material during this unheralded period.

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George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass Uber Deluxe’ Box Set: Review

The new edition, which adds nearly 50 previously unreleased tracks, offers numerous reminders that the album deserves its sterling reputation.

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The Rolling Stones’ ‘Live on Copacabana Beach’: Review

The Stones are in fine form at the Brazilian show as they tackle classic material, none of which should need any introduction to anyone.

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