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Best Classic Bands offers smart, informed and unbiased assessments of the latest rock album releases and reissues to offer readers guidance on what sounds they might enjoy.
A Celebration: Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Electric Lady Studios’ Box Set Review
Throughout, the sound quality is excellent, and his guitar work is rarely less than astonishing.
Read MoreJoni Mitchell’s Latest ‘Asylum Years’ Box Yields Jazzy 1976-80 Treasures
A lot of spectacular stuff was sitting in the vaults. You’ll find it in ‘Vol. 4’
Read MoreA Singles Anthology from Roots Rocker Dave Edmunds: Review
The lion’s share of the roots rocker’s best solo work showed up on Swan Song Records between 1976 and 1981.
Read MoreBob Dylan & the Band’s Mind-Blowing ‘1974 Live’: Review
Many of the numbers have been reimagined to the point where they bear little resemblance to the earlier studio recordings.
Read MoreContinental Drifters Celebrated with Anthology, Book & Tribute LP
The group’s sound is difficult to categorize—not surprising given the disparate musical backgrounds of the players who were members at one time or another.
Read MoreThe Frank Zappa Bestselling LP, ‘Apostrophe (’),’ Resurfaces as a Box Set: Review
The 1974 album offers a complex and challenging sonic brew that incorporates jazz, rock, avant-garde and other influences.
Read MoreA Comprehensive Gerry and the Pacemakers Anthology: Review
A comprehensive set collects nearly 100 tracks from the band that shared a manager and producer with the Beatles
Read MoreBox Set Collects Early Solo Work by Lindsey Buckingham: Review
After Fleetwood Mac balked at continuing in the direction of ‘Tusk,’ Buckingham decided to go his own way.
Read MoreA Live Set from Allman Brothers Co-founder Dickey Betts: Review
The 1988 concert from NYC’s Lone Star Roadhouse features Allman Brothers Band classics and guests such as Rick Derringer, Mick Taylor and Jack Bruce.
Read MoreJ.D. Souther: ‘You’re Only Lonely’ Joins Reissue Series
Guests on the expanded edition of the 1979 album include three members of the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and others
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