Tag "best classic bands"
The Who Readying ‘Who’s Next’ Super Deluxe Edition
The LP, considered by many to be the greatest rock studio album of all time, is finally being released as its primary composer, Pete Townshend, originally intended
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Jethro Tull Releases ‘Broadsword and the Beast’ 40th Anniversary Edition
The expanded edition includes new mixes from Steven Wilson, demos, rough mixes, 1982 live recordings, and album sessions from 1981
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Tom Waits’ Middle Era Albums Get Reissues
His albums–released on Island between 1983-93—have been newly remastered from the original tapes
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R.E.M.’s ‘Document’: Not the End of the World, But the End of an Era
The Georgia band’s fifth studio album was the mark of a group spreading its wings, but also leaving something behind.
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A 50th-Anniversary Blu-ray of David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’ Film: Review
All Bowie’s goodbye speech did here was to close the door on the Ziggy phase of his career. But what a phase it was.
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Aerosmith ‘Permanent Vacation’: A Rejuvenation
They’d lost their way as the ’80s lumbered along. Then, the Boston rockers remembered just who Aerosmith was. We take a look back at their classic comeback
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The Byrds’ ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’: Cornerstone of Country-Rock
Their most consequential stylistic stroke since their pioneering folk-rock debut three years earlier, it ushered in country-rock and Americana
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Rhino Records Co-Founder Harold Bronson to Publish 3rd Book
‘Time Has Come Today,’ written in diary form, chronicles the record man’s experiences as co-head of the reissue giant.
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Warren Zevon’s Recovery Through ‘Sentimental Hygiene’
The 1987 album signaled more than a bid for a career reset. Now sober and focused, and with help from R.E.M., he was clearly back on track.
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J. Geils Band Rocks Hometown Crowd in 2015’s Final Boston Show
The rock and roll band delivered for their loyal fans in one of their last performances together. The good times rolled with Peter Wolf as the jive-talking ringleader
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