REVIEWS:
What’s the read on the latest reissue releases and live performances by classic rock artists? What biopics, movies or documentaries are worth seeing in theaters and at home? What books about rock music and the people who make and work with it are worth reading. Our team also takes a fresh look at notable works in our Album Rewind series
Cameo-Parkway Records’ ’60s Dance & Soul Compilations: Review
A trio of new collections highlight the dance crazes that emanated from artists like Philly’s Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp, plus classic soul.
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2020 in Review: Best Boxed Sets, Collections & Reissues
It’s that time of year and we’ve ID’d great titles from the Allmans, Joni, Hendrix, Petty, Clapton & more. Our guide to the year’s best. Happy shopping!
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The Doors’ ‘Morrison Hotel’: Deluxe Edition Reviewed
You get a good sense of the atmosphere in the studio with the Doors: fun, creative, and—thanks largely to Morrison—more than a little bit wild.
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U2’s ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ Deluxe Edition: Review
Two decades after its release, it still sounds great. There’s more terrific music in this one box than in many artists’ entire catalogs.
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Bee Gees’ Rare Performances Collected in New Box Set: Review
The sound quality and performances are excellent, many different from the well-known studio versions. And the set lists cover lots of territory.
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‘Ready Steady Go!’—Britain’s Groundbreaking Rock TV Series Celebrated in New Book
A new book chronicles the show that featured the Dave Clark Five, the Beatles, the Hollies, Manfred Mann, the Kinks, Rod Stewart and many others.
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Beach Boys’ Drive-In Concert: A California Love-In
In the pandemic era, it was not quite that to which we had been accustomed, but it was far better than watching kitchen concerts at home.
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Lou Reed’s ‘New York’ Dramatically Expanded: Review
People say write about what you know, and man, did Reed know New York’s undercurrents, which serve as the subject of some of this album’s best tracks.
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Roger Waters Brings Pink Floyd Music to 2016 Desert Trip
To close out the festival weekend, the mastermind behind the great British band digs deep into the catalog and makes his political preferences clear
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Neil Young Spans Folk to Heavy in 2016 Desert Trip Set
Young and his fabulous backing band Promise of the Real treated fans on day two to his early hits. Then things started cookin’
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