Posts From Jeff Burger
The Frank Zappa Bestselling LP, ‘Apostrophe (’),’ Resurfaces as a Box Set: Review
The 1974 album offers a complex and challenging sonic brew that incorporates jazz, rock, avant-garde and other influences.
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Arthur Lee & Love Biography Covers Peaks and Valleys: Review
John Einarson’s book vividly details the ups and downs of Lee’s career and the milieu in which he and his band operated.
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A Comprehensive Gerry and the Pacemakers Anthology: Review
A comprehensive set collects nearly 100 tracks from the band that shared a manager and producer with the Beatles
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Box Set Collects Early Solo Work by Lindsey Buckingham: Review
After Fleetwood Mac balked at continuing in the direction of ‘Tusk,’ Buckingham decided to go his own way.
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A Live Set from Allman Brothers Co-founder Dickey Betts: Review
The 1988 concert from NYC’s Lone Star Roadhouse features Allman Brothers Band classics and guests such as Rick Derringer, Mick Taylor and Jack Bruce.
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J.D. Souther: ‘You’re Only Lonely’ Joins Reissue Series
Guests on the expanded edition of the 1979 album include three members of the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and others
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Syd Barrett Documentary Eyes Pink Floyd Co-Founder: Review
Have You Got It Yet?: The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd eyes the role of the band’s co-founder, honored by the group with its song “Shine On, You Crazy Diamond”
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The Doors and Bob Seger Attract Bluegrass Covers: Review
Believe it or not, these renditions of rock classics also sound as if they could have been written for a bluegrass band.
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John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’ Under a Microscope: Box Set Review
Lennon called the album “an interim record between being a manic political lunatic to back to being a musician again.”
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‘Songwriter’ Features Previously Unheard Johnny Cash Originals: Review
John Carter Cash discovered recordings of 11 self-penned numbers that his dad had made in 1993 but never released
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