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2022 in Review: Best Boxed Sets, Collections & Reissues
Our annual roundup of the year’s best archival rock releases includes impressive packages from the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Elton and more.
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Petula Clark Delivers Her Big Hits: 2017 Concert Review
The English singer performed many of the singles that delighted radio listeners in the ’60s, displaying an air of confidence befitting her 7 decades as an entertainer.
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Steely Dan’s ‘Gaucho’: Perfection and Chaos
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker’s quest for the perfect groove proved a key denominator across the 1980 album.
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Thom Bell, Legendary Producer of the ‘Sound of Philadelphia,’ Dies
The producer, arranger and songwriter, was one of the cornerstones of the Sound of Philadelphia, with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
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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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Abbey Road Studios Documentary From Mary McCartney: Review
“If These Walls Could Sing” includes interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elton John, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and more
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Terry Hall, Singer of British Bands The Specials and Fun Boy Three, Dies at 63
The frontman for the band that launched the 2-Tone ska revival, and later put in time with other popular British groups, has passed.
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Shirley Watts, Wife of the Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts, Dies
The couple were married for 57 years before the beloved drummer died in 2021. Her family wrote, she’s “reunited now forever with Charlie”
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2022 in Review: The Best New Albums by Classic Rockers
Recording legends such as Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, ZZ Top, Jethro Tull and many others, released outstanding LPs in ’22.
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Charlie Gracie, Early Rocker Who Hit #1 With ‘Butterfly,’ Dies at 86
Loved by the likes of Paul McCartney and Graham Nash, the Philly rockabilly singer helped put Cameo-Parkway Records on the map.
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