Posts From Mark Leviton

Mark Leviton

Mark Leviton began writing about music and pop culture in 1967, with credits in Rolling Stone, Creem, Fusion, Bay Area Musician, LA Weekly, Phonograph Record and many fly-by-night publications. For 25 years he worked for the Warner Music Group and Rhino Records, producing hundreds of compilation albums and historical reissues, placing recordings in films and TV, and generally having a blast. His bi-weekly radio show "Pet Sounds" is heard on KVMR-FM in Nevada City, CA and the website www.petsoundsmusic.com.

Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood ‘Live from Madison Square Garden’: Return of the Supergroup

Following their early teamups, they kept in touch, waiting for the right moment to collaborate again.

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Electric Light Orchestra’s ‘Out of the Blue’: The Masterpiece from Munich

It’s full of treasures, a sweeping double-LP that Jeff Lynne dubbed “probably the hardest work I have ever done, but the most satisfying.”

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Cat Stevens: ‘Teaser And the Firecat’—A Singer-Songwriter Classic

With hit songs like “Moonshadow,” “Peace Train” and “Morning Has Broken,” the singer-songwriter became a star, lighting up pop radio.

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Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris’ ‘All the Roadrunning’: Two Unique Voices

The album took seven years to complete, due to the duo’s hectic schedules.

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Robert Palmer ‘Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley’—A Tale of 3 Cities

With help from players like Little Feat’s Lowell George and New Orleans’ Meters, the British singer’s solo career got off to a good start.

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Santana ‘Abraxas’: Post-Woodstock Latin Magic

When it came to recording their second album, the band wanted to expend more effort, and make a better-sounding record, than their somewhat rushed debut.

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Lowell George’s Sole Solo LP, ‘Thanks I’ll Eat It Here’: Review

“It’s tough to separate myself from [Little Feat], but these sessions were really my own,” he said of the 1979 album.

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The Stills-Young Band One-Off Album: ‘Long May You Run’

The 1976 release is an outlier, a stopgap that is often overlooked. But there are treasures in it.

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Crosby/Nash ‘Wind On the Water’: And Then There Were Two

In 1975, with CSN&Y in limbo once again, the two banded together to make a followup to their debut as a duo. They landed their 2nd Top 10 LP.

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Traffic: ‘Welcome to the Canteen’—Together Again

The front album cover didn’t even call them Traffic; it just listed the names of the musicians. But there was no mistaking who they were.

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