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Music Reviews: Dickey Betts, Amanda Anne Platt, Teni Rane, and an Anthology...
Dickey Betts, Live from the Lone Star Roadhouse New York City 1988. This recording preserves a January 1988 concert by rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dickey Betts, who died this past April....
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Music Reviews: Steve Young’s ‘Stars in the Southern Sky,’ plus Cat Stevens...
A 3-CD Set Features Country Rock Pioneer Steve Young Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Steve Young, who died in 2016, had a long and notable but mostly under-the-radar career. He never had a pop hit...
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Music Reviews: Lindsey Buckingham’s ‘20th Century Lindsey,’ plus Steve...
It’s not surprising that portions of Lindsey Buckingham’s solo albums could be mistaken for Fleetwood Mac records. For one thing, he contributed immeasurably to the best-known LPs by that group, which...
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Music Reviews: A Gerry and the Pacemakers Anthology, plus Ronnie Self, Duke...
A 25-track Gerry and the Pacemakers anthology from 1991 is subtitled The Definitive Collection, but that claim no longer applies because a new three-CD compendium delivers a whopping 98 numbers from...
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Music and Book Reviews: A Joe Meek Anthology, an Arthur Lee/Love Biography,...
A Joe Meek Anthology Focuses on 1962 Recordings Most music producers remain relatively unknown and must content themselves with credit lines on the CDs they oversee. A few, though, develop styles so...
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Music Reviews: Frank Zappa’s Expanded ‘Apostrophe (’),’ plus Mike Montrey...
Frank Zappa isn’t a name you’d ordinarily associate with hit-making, but this esoteric artist did occasionally flirt with commercial success, most notably on 1974’s Apostrophe (’). The album climbed...
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Music and Book Reviews: Continental Drifters, plus Phil Alvin, John Surge,...
The Continental Drifters are drifting into the spotlight more than two decades after they disbanded, thanks to a flurry of September releases. First came the 15-track White Noise & Lightning: The...
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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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