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.
‘Stranger in Town’ Delivers Rocker Del Shannon’s Entire Catalog: Review
Not many acts deserve this degree of comprehensive treatment, but Shannon, whose hits include ‘Runaway,’ most certainly does.
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Rolling Stones ‘Grrr Live’ Showcases a Memorable Concert: Review
The Stones have released numerous live concert recordings, but this 2012 show is one of the best, says our reviewer.
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Carly Simon’s Surprise Concert, ‘Live at Grand Central’: Review
Considering that this is a 28-year-old recording made in a train station, the sound quality is impressive.
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‘Elvis on Tour,’ a New Box Set, Offers an In-Depth Look at a 1972 Concert Series
The new seven-disc box set offers a close look at a 1972 concert series, although the repetition of tracks may appeal only to completists.
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Marvin Gaye’s ‘Greatest Hits Live in ’76’: Review
The Amsterdam concert features the late Motown star delivering many of his hits, including “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”
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Bob Dylan’s Brilliant ‘Time Out of Mind’ Gets the Box Set Treatment: Review
The 17th volume of the Bootleg Series dives deep into the 1997 album that many see as Dylan’s best since the 1970s.
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Bob Weir’s ‘Ace’ Revisited: ‘It Sounds Like a Dead Album Because It Is One’
The original 1972 LP featured most of the Grateful Dead members, and the new bonus live version recaptures the energy of that classic.
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Frank Zappa’s ‘Waka/Wazoo’ Box: The Jazz-Rock Side of the Master
Along with ‘Hot Rats,’ the recordings in this box underscore Zappa’s strengths as a jazz-rock fusion composer, arranger and bandleader.
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A Hot Concert Highlights the Beach Boys’ ‘Sail on Sailor—1972’ Box
Six years removed from their last big hit, the group was unsure how to move forward. A new collection focuses on what they came up with.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1970 Royal Albert Hall Show Finally Surfaces: Review
Though the group would begin to splinter less than a year after the Royal Albert Hall show, you’d never know it from that performance.
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