Posts From Jeff Burger
Jimi Hendrix @ Fillmore East (Nearly) Complete: Review
The Fillmore shows were the new group’s first live gigs, and they produced the first and only concert LP authorized by Hendrix during his lifetime.
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Review: Chuck Berry’s 1987 Concert Film with 7 Hours of Bonus Material
The classic film features the master rock pioneer joined by Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, Etta James and more.
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Gene Clark’s ‘No Other’: An Underrated Country-Rock Gem
The album by the former Byrds member, over the years, has attracted enough of a cult following to prompt the recent release of a boxed set.
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Steve Miller Band’s ‘Welcome to the Vault’ Reviewed
The album’s less-commercial and less-familiar material may prove revelatory to those who know Miller solely or primarily from the hits.
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Paul Young Live CD/DVD: Exhilarating and Exuberant
His light shone much brighter in Europe than in the U.S., but most of the performances on this set hold up well, and Young’s vocals remain exhilarating.
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NRBQ’s ‘Turn On, Tune In’ Review: Virtually Unclassifiable
Although it’s not their most diverse set, you can tell they are having a lot of fun with this music. You probably would, too.
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Woodstock ’69 Complete on 38 CDs: Review
The box is well worth considering: It gives you just about everything from the festival except the mud, the rain and the traffic jams.
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Procol Harum’s ‘Broken Barricades’ Reissue: Review
The new three-CD edition adds extensive liner notes and 36 bonus tracks (most of them previously unreleased) to a remastered version of the 1971 album.
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Rolling Stones ‘Bridges to Bremen’ Review
In this 1998 show, Mick Jagger is at the top of his stage-prancing form throughout, and the rest of the band delivers the goods as well.
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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Western Stars’: Review
Every number on this disc is ear candy, thanks partly to indelible melodies and to the moody, perfectly attuned instrumentation.
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