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Music Reviews: Bob Dylan & the Band’s ‘The 1974 Live Recordings,’ plus Dave...
Remember when a double album—two vinyl LPs, each with about 30 minutes of music—was a big deal? Those days are long gone. Not only have recent years witnessed a plethora of four-, five-, and six-CD...
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Music Reviews: Joni Mitchell’s ‘Archives, Vol. 4’ and Jelly Roll Morton’s...
Joni Mitchell’s Latest Trip to the Vaults Yields Treasures After years in the spotlight, some musicians release a one- or two-CD best-of collection or even a career-spanning box. Joni Mitchell has...
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Music & Film Reviews: Box Sets from Jimi Hendrix and Al Stewart, and More
A Celebration of Jimi Hendrix and His Electric Lady Studios Way back in 1982, in a review of an album of previously unavailable material called The Jimi Hendrix Concerts, this writer expressed...
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Music Reviews: An Anthology of Bob Dylan-influenced Music and More New Releases
‘He Took Us by Storm’ Features Artists Influenced by Dylan You won’t find any Bob Dylan recordings or even any of his compositions on the Dylan-themed He Took Us by Storm. Instead, as compiler...
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Music Reviews: Elvis Costello’s ‘King of America & Other Realms,’ Plus More...
Less than two years after the release of the excellent four-CD The Songs of Bacharach & Costello, Elvis Costello has unveiled another major box set. Called King of America & Other Realms, it...
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Music & Book Reviews: ‘Talking Heads:77’ Box Set, plus the Flatlanders, a...
Talking Heads:77 ranks among the most striking, fully realized, and important debut albums of the punk/new wave era that spawned it, though it doesn’t particularly sound like punk or new wave. In...
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Music Reviews: George Harrison’s ‘Living in the Material World’ (Anniversary...
George Harrison was dubbed the “quiet Beatle,” but he began his post–Fab Four career with a bang, releasing 1970’s chart-topping three-LP All Things Must Pass, which some fans and critics consider the...
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Music & Film Reviews: Rolling Stones’ ‘Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush,’ plus Sun...
A gargantuan crowd—like the estimated one-and-a-half-million fans who gathered for a 2006 outdoor gig in Rio de Janeiro—adds energy and excitement to a Rolling Stones show. But relatively tiny...
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Music Reviews: Laura Nyro’s Massive ‘Hear My Song,’ plus the Rain Parade
Laura Nyro achieved fame during her lifetime mainly just as a songwriter. She penned major hits for the 5th Dimension, including 1968’s “Stoned Soul Picnic” and “Sweet Blindness,” 1969’s chart-topping...
View ArticleTen of 2024’s Best Albums and Box Sets
Picking the 10 best albums and box sets of the year would involve too much arbitrariness, so here are 10 of the best rather than the 10 best. They’re listed alphabetically by artist. Click on the...
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