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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 New Set Offers a Magical Mystery Tour of Trippy Beatles Covers: Review
The program begins with a big built-in advantage: because these are Beatles covers, it delivers one great number after another.
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Little Richard’s ’70s Comeback Albums: Review
Though not on a par with his best work, these records leave no doubt that Richard’s flamboyant personality and high energy level remained intact.
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The Explorers Club Channels the ’60s/’70s on 2 New Albums
One disc is so reminiscent of classic rock that you might feel as if you’ve heard the tunes somewhere before. The other pays a more direct tribute.
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Dion Sings ‘Blues with Friends’: Review
Dion has periodically dipped into a blues bag. On his new set he teams up with Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison & more for a full album of blues.
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Gordon Lightfoot Goes ‘Solo’ on 1st New Studio Set Since ’04: Review
The new release, the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter’s first since 2004, occasionally sounds like a collection of demos.
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Dylan in Nashville: ‘Travelin Thru’ Box Set Reviewed
Most amazing of all is Dylan’s voice, now a silky baritone. “When I stopped smoking,” he said, “my voice changed…I couldn’t believe it myself.”
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Ramones’ ‘It’s Alive’ Deluxe Reviewed: Back to Basics
Nobody took rock back to basics more than the Ramones, whose concise, beat-driven tunes hit you over the head with elemental bursts of sound.
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Grateful Dead’s ‘Aoxomoxoa’ @50: Review
Like its predecessors, the 1969 psychedelic classic didn’t sell all that well—it took nearly two decades to go gold—but it has aged nicely.
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Glen Campbell ‘The Legacy’ Box Set Review
He scored no fewer than 20 pop hits in a 10-year period that began in 1967, and, in 1969, he actually outsold the Beatles.
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Van Morrison ‘The Healing Game’ Deluxe: Review
This deluxe edition of ‘The Healing Game’ may lead fans to re-examine what Morrison was up to in the late ’90s. They’re bound to like what they hear.
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