Best Classic Bands | Mark Leviton, Author at Best Classic Bands

If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to dance to live rock and roll at a Los Angeles discotheque in 1964, here is your answer.

The 1979 album doesn’t have a weak song or performance, and continues to be cited as the British singer-songwriter’s greatest achievement.

The album sets out clearly the direction Mitchell would take for the rest of her career, leaving behind the constraints of folk music.

Released in 1977, ‘Seconds Out’ showcased the band’s great live performances and was a major worldwide hit.

Started before the death of Duane Allman, and completed after he was gone, the album served as a poignant, multifaceted farewell to the guitar great.

By the time they started recording their third album, the San Jose band had transformed itself into an eclectic and progressive group.

Was Todd’s against-the-grain psychedelic album a masterpiece or a slab of unintelligible self-indulgence? We look back at a ’70s classic

Always singing as if his life depends on a good take, the 1970 album is a lesson in musical brilliance, flexibility and hard work.

The album proved that Genesis was set to achieve commercial and artistic successes beyond what they’d accomplished during the Peter Gabriel years.

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