Recordings
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.
Barclay James Harvest 50th Anniversary: Review
The quartet does a good job of recreating the original group’s sound, which has often been compared to that of the Moody Blues.
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Bob Dylan ‘More Blood, More Tracks’ Review
The latest release in the acclaimed bootleg series focuses on 1975’s Blood on the Tracks album, a fan and critical favorite
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Led Zeppelin’s ‘Song Remains the Same’: Review
If you have the previous reissue, you can probably skip the new one. If you don’t, here’s a chance to experience a much better recording than the original.
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Led Zeppelin’s ‘How the West Was Won’: Review
Finally, a quality live Zep album: The chart-topping three-disc set culls the best material from three June 1972 Los Angeles–area concerts.
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Beach Boys Live Package Delivers Fun, Fun, Fun
Some of the recordings differ significantly from ones we’ve heard elsewhere. Besides, there’s no such thing as too much of the Beach Boys.
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Bob Dylan Rare Performances Live 1962-1966: Review
Dylan’s growth during these years covered is astounding, from traditional folk artist to protest singer to highly original introspective material.
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‘Sgt. Pepper’ Super Deluxe Edition: Review
For many it’s the crowning achievement of the Beatles and rock itself. You want to believe these mixes are new recordings
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Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969 Archive Box Delivers
A magnificent box set commemorates CCR’s run when they released 3 great LPs and had a string of hit singles, all in one remarkable year
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Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie Album Review
What you’ve got here is Mac-to-the basics. It’s at once familiar and sparkly-new. You’re going to want to come back to it often, for a long time.
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Review: The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome
There’s nothing retro about it yet the Stones’ first-ever all-blues album is very much a celebration of their roots. We listened, and we loved it.
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