Tag "best classic bands"
‘A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector’: When Holiday Classics Met the Wall of Sound
Sixty years ago, an album redefined the Christmas song. Few heard it at the time, but today it is considered a true holiday classic.
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Mike Pinera, Guitarist for Blues Image & Iron Butterfly, Dies at 76
He played the second guitar solo toward the end of the 1970 hit, “Ride, Captain, Ride.”
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The Allman Brothers Band’s High-Octane Last Concert—Review
The theatre had been the site of annual concerts by the group, which reportedly gave more performances there than anywhere else.
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It’s Beatlemania! Beatles ’64 U.S. Albums Return To Vinyl in Mono
Out of print on vinyl since 1995, they have been reissued in a new 8-LP box set and individually
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All Around the World: Oasis Again Add Dates to Reunion Tour
The band’s 2025 world reunion tour has been met with “phenomenal demand”
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Quincy Jones’ ‘Back on the Block’: A Movie for the Ears
Recognized as one of the most unusual and kaleidoscopic albums ever produced, the 7x Grammy-winner featured an all-star cast.
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Elvis Costello ‘King of America & Other Realms’ Box Set: Review
The remastered album is joined by additional studio tracks, demos, outtakes and concert performances. The material spans nearly four decades.
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Andy Paley, Composer and Producer Who Collaborated With Brian Wilson, Dies
“I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would work with Brian and Darlene Love, or that Jerry Lee Lewis would one day record a song I’d written with him in mind.”
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Steely Dan ‘Can’t Buy a Thrill’: All Systems Go
Their debut is tuneful and literate, and the musicianship can be exuberantly loose or scarily precise, perched midway between jazz, rock, and rhythm and blues.
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Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Heart Like a Wheel’ Breakthrough
After her first four albums, followers of country-rock knew there was something special about her. On her fifth, they found out what it was.
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