reissue Archive
06 Aug 2012
Album Review: Grateful Dead – History Vol. 1 (Bear’s Choice)
With a title like History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear’s Choice), newcomers could be forgiven for thinking that this album is a wide-ranging compilation of Grateful Dead tracks. […]
03 Aug 2012
Album Review: The Germs – (GI)
I’ve remarked upon this phenomenon before, and it continues to amaze me. What was once in the late 1970s considered really edgy – unmusical even – today sounds fairly mainstream. […]
12 Jun 2012
Album Review: Eddie Hazel – Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs
Here’s an odd one. Funk guitarist Eddie Hazel – part of the highly-esteemed Parliament / Funkadelic family – released his own solo LP in 1977. And while he’s most often […]
25 May 2012
Album Review: The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Misterioso
Serious rock fans know the tale of Big Star. The Memphis group – led initially by Chris Bell and Alex Chilton – released two (or three, depending on whether one […]
26 Mar 2012
Album Review: Wishbone Ash – Live Dates Volume Two
It’s a delight – albeit a rare experience – to stumble across good music that’s been out there for years, but that you somehow never noticed until now. In 2007 […]
23 Jan 2012
Album Review: Maggie and Terre Roche – Seductive Reasoning
Since my discovery of their music, The Roches have long been a sentimental favorite for me. Having grown up on a steady diet of pop and rock, I didn’t take […]
17 Jan 2012
Album Review: Glen Campbell – Live in Japan
Very recently, a singer/songwriter musician friend of mine paid me a lovely complement. Having recently completed the recording of her band’s upcoming album, she had to note the genre-classification for […]
13 Jan 2012
Album Reviews: ? and the Mysterians – Action / 96 Tears
In 2010 Collectors’ Choice Music began an interesting and historically relevant series of reissues and repackages. Through a licensing agreement with a company called ABKCO, CCM gained access to the […]
13 Dec 2011
Album Review: Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks #35
I’m sometimes accused of hating the Grateful Dead. That’s an unfair accusation, though I understand why people level it toward me. I am fond of pointing out that a 1989 […]
17 Feb 2010
Album Review: King Crimson – Lizard (40th Anniversary Series)
Among King Crimson fans, 1970’s album Lizard is a misunderstood release, and ranks among the least-popular of the group’s albums. That’s a shame, as Lizard is effective and groundbreaking in […]