Tag "best classic bands"

Def Leppard Beauty Collection You Didn’t Know You Needed

The announcement notes, “this product line reflects the days of anthemic guitars, soaring vocals, and stadium rock sound”

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Guitarist Gary Moore Gets ‘Official Biography’

The book is authorized by and written with the full cooperation of his estate. The blues-rock guitarist died in 2011 at age 58

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The Byrds: 1964-1967 Book Coming, Curated By McGuinn, Hillman and Crosby

The 3 surviving founding members — Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, and David Crosby — have curated the tabletop book with a visual history of more than 500 images

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Colin Hay at Work on Tour With Rick Springfield, John Waite

He’s joined by two fellow ’80s music stars before resuming his tour with Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band for their rescheduled dates

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Jimi Hendrix Book Marks His 80th Birthday

Jimi, described as a “comprehensive visual celebration,” includes a trove of never-before-published photographs, personal memorabilia, lyrics, and more

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Al Stewart Gets 50-Disc Box Set (Yes, You Read That Correctly)

The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live and Rare 1964 – 2009 includes his studio LPs, never-before-heard concert recordings, rare BBC Sessions and more

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The Rolling Stones’ ‘Licked Live in NYC’: Review

The band–world champs at mining the vault–is in fine form throughout this 2003 gig that includes many familiar tracks and a handful not heard as often

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Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Album: Crazy, Man, Crazy

The 1984 album yielded 5 hit singles and became one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time. It was his first LP to hit #1

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Christine McVie Releases Solo Collection, ‘Songbird’

The album includes a selection of songs from two of her solo LPs plus two previously unreleased studio recordings.

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Eric Clapton Issues ‘Nothing But the Blues’ Soundtrack, Film

At the heart of the film and audio formats are Clapton’s performances of blues standards and lesser-known blues songs recorded in 1994 at the Fillmore in San Francisco

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