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‘I’m still kind of shocked and delirious’: Nils Lofgren goes inside his personal new box set

This hand-picked nine-CD, one-DVD collection arrives today.

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The Paul and John – Inner Sunset (2014)

The John and Paul are pop-rock gourmets with impeccable taste and timing.

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‘I had exactly 17 dollars!’: Lack of a quarter almost cost Steve Cropper his Hall of Fame career

As a youngster, he pined for one of those Sears and Roebuck flat-top acoustics.

Something Else! sneak peek: Yes, "Your Move/All Good People" from Songs From Tsongas: The 35th Anniversary Concert (2014)

Something Else! sneak peek: Yes, “Your Move/All Good People” from Songs From Tsongas: The 35th Anniversary Concert (2014)

This arrives at the perfect moment. Once more, there are no sides.

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‘Big shoes to fill? Of course’: Adam Lambert is growing into role as caretaker of Queen legacy

“The key,” Lambert says, “is to be mindful of the original intention of the songs.”

'It just popped up': Roger McGuinn on the Byrds' happenstance beginnings

‘It just popped up’: Roger McGuinn on the Byrds’ happenstance beginnings

Slowly, but surely, something magical was happening.

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One Track Mind: Keith Richards and Friends, “Words of Wonder/Get Up Stand Up” (2014)

This charity single deftly combines a Richards deep cut with a reggae classic.

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Ricardo Tejero/Marco Serrato/Borja Díaz – Sputnik Trio (2014)

ree-form jazz doesn’t need to go on for mind-numbingly lengths if the musicians know what they’re doing. The Sputnik Trio have this all figured out.

Steely Dan Sunday, "Mr. Sam" (1975, unreleased)

Steely Dan Sunday, “Mr. Sam” (1975, unreleased)

It’s everything one would expect from a song of the mid-Jurassic period of Steely Dan.

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Interstatic – Arise (2014)

The rougher edges of the guttural ‘Arise’ revisits the period when jazz and rock collisions created explosive music and rekindles the old magic with new vigor.