Tag "best classic bands"
Electric Light Orchestra: ‘Eldorado’—A Mighty Spark
For their fourth LP, ELO moved past the uncertainties of their early years and took listeners on a journey into the future
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‘The Big Chill’: Friends to Keep You Warm
It was one of the most successful films of 1983 and featured a big soundtrack of mostly Motown classics. Does the reunion movie of thirty-somethings hold up?
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How ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Became a Success: Inside Story
The album is one of the all-time best-sellers but you would never know that from its initial reception. Then it took off like… a bat out of hell
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Dave Edmunds ‘Swan Songs’ Singles Collection Arrives
The set features all the era’s A- and B-sides including “Almost Saturday Night,” “I Knew the Bride,” “Queen of Hearts,” and “Crawling From the Wreckage”
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Randy Bachman Interview: The Beatles & Early Guess Who
The former Guess Who and BTO singer-guitarist pays tribute to one of his heroes. We spoke with Bachman about George Harrison and more
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Pour a Little Sugar On It: Bubblegum Music Box Set Released
The collection includes genre staples from The Archies, Lou Christie, Tommy James & the Shondells, The Cowsills, and Crazy Elephant, among its 91 tracks
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Buddy Guy: ‘Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues’—A Joyous Noise
The album earned him the first of many Grammy Awards and sold way better than any of his previous recordings.
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The Beatles: ‘Abbey Road’ 50th Review—The Reissue It Deserved
This 2019 anthology offers 3 compelling reasons to buy it
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The Frank Zappa Bestselling LP, ‘Apostrophe (’),’ Resurfaces as a Box Set: Review
The 1974 album offers a complex and challenging sonic brew that incorporates jazz, rock, avant-garde and other influences.
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ Final Concert
We didn’t know that he soldiered on throughout the big 2017 tour with a fractured hip. Who could have known that their September 25 performance would be their last?
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