Posts From Jeff Burger
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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An Exhaustive Rascals Box Set: Review
It’s Wonderful: The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings makes room for stereo and mono versions of the first four LPs plus single edits, alternate takes and foreign-language versions.
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Nektar ‘Recycled’ Gets Recycled—And Expanded: Review
If you’re a fan of prog-rock outfits such as Genesis, ELP and Renaissance, you just might love this album.
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A Joe Meek Anthology Unearths Some Gems: Review
You’ll have to dig through a bit of fool’s gold to find it, but if you’re a fan of Meek’s work and the so-called girl-group era, you will encounter some gems.
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Frank Zappa & the Mothers Live at the Whisky 1968: Review
By the time of this concert, the band had established themselves as a one-of-a-kind underground rock outfit.
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Grateful Dead ‘From the Mars Hotel’ Expanded Edition: Review
The underrated original album, which is replete with Garcia’s elegant guitar work and the band’s fine vocal harmonies, belongs in any fan’s collection.
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Little Feat: ‘Feats Don’t Fail Me Now’ Expanded Edition Reviewed
Highlights include several alternate versions and outtakes, plus an hour-long 1975 concert recording.
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A Box Set Collects Four Joni Mitchell Asylum Albums: Review
She followed her muse in multiple directions, taking one chance after another, and most of the time, succeeding brilliantly.
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‘I See You Live on Love Street’ Samples the Abundant Laurel Canyon Music Scene: Review
The set includes Frank Zappa, the Mamas and the Papas, Love, the Turtles, Warren Zevon, the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Linda Ronstadt and many more.
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