UPDATE: Deep Purple To Celebrate Made In Japan With 5CD/BD Deluxe Edition Box Set
In the summer of 1972, the world was enraptured by “Smoke On The Water”, the hit that mainstreamed the sound of Deep Purple. That album, Machine Head, would issue four…
Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits Gets Expansion For 50th Anniversary Reissue
When Chicago Transit Authority hit the stage back in 1967 to overwhelming appreciation, it wasn’t long before their debut on Columbia Records would take the charts by the same storm…
Marianne Faithfull Decca Releases Reissues On Vinyl Along With 6CD Box Set – Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Marianne Faithfull achieved stardom via her “As Tears Go By” single. But her association with The Rolling Stones certainly helped significantly. That isn’t to denigrate or downplay her talent; she…
Chicagoland Classic 70s/80s Group, Pezband, Celebrated With Best Of Pezband
It’s strange to me to have excellent bands that have a devoted fanbase but yet be relatively unknown among the rest of fans. The ’60s and ’70s, even ’80s were…
Average White Band (AWB) Remembered In The Essential Collection
Average White Band, a Scottish band formed in the early stage of the ’70s, began their professional trek across the charts with their 1973 debut on MCA Records. But by…
Black Sabbath To Celebrate The Eternal Idol With CD and LP Reissues
After Black Sabbath had traveled the well worn paths of the ’70s with Ozzy Osbourne, and replaced Ozzy with Ronnie James Dio (Elf/Rainbow)for two albums, Dio with Ian Gillan (Deep…
The Rolling Stones To Revisit Black And Blue With Anniversary Reissue
The Rolling Stones…or Rolling Stones…or simply Stones. No matter. However you refer to them, we ALL know who you’re talking about. Since their formation in 1962, their first album in…
David Byrne To Release New Solo Set – Who Is The Sky?
David Byrne represents a lot of things to a lot of differently-minded people. But his debut with the inimitable Talking Heads helped set the stage for the post-punk movement from…
Bloc Party To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of Silent Alarm
Bloc Party arrived in the early pages of the New Millennium. Their debut set, Silent Alarm, which arrived on 2005 is now celebrating 20 years of existence. It gave critics…
First Five Roxy Music Classics Receive SHMCD Remasters
Roxy Music still stands as one of the premier bands of the ’70s and early ’80s. They stopped at their absolute peak with Avalon in 1982. after the tour to…
UFO Classic – No Place To Run – Gets New Remaster
The UK band, UFO, enjoyed their success period from their Chrysalis Records debut (their third album) of 1970. That album – Phenomenon – got on the US radar with an…
Roger Waters To Release Live Set – This Is Not A Drill: Live From Prague
Pink Floyd left quite an indelible mark on the history of Rock, one that will never fade. The components of that band were incredible energies, even on their own. The…