Paul McCartney and Wings – Venus and Mars; At the Speed of Sound (1975-76; 2014 reissues)
Whatever their faults, these two Wings albums remain amiable artifacts from a moment of deep domesticity for Paul McCartney.
Whatever their faults, these two Wings albums remain amiable artifacts from a moment of deep domesticity for Paul McCartney.
‘Dick’s Picks 15’ was a high-water mark for the second phase of the Grateful Dead’s touring career.
A moment of artistry that’s so complete it became definitive.
As brilliant as Alex Chilton no doubt was, there’s more to Big Star.
Thank You Scientist more than deserves a second audition; don’t miss out this time.
George Harrison’s catalog, even more than a decade after his death, is widely underappeciated outside of the radio hits, a grievous thing.
Hand-picked solo tracks give the latest Genesis box set a new twist.
Eric Burdon and the Animals approached the blues with a fresh and original vision.
Something bigger than the music was happening with the Allman Brothers Band – certainly something bigger, I’d guess, than they could explain.
The first jazz record released by the just-beginning ESP-Disk record company, ‘Spiritual Unity’ quickly put this tiny label on the map, as well as thrust Ayler to the forefront of the free jazz movement when it was released more than a year later. Even then, this record was well ahead of the frontier of jazz and remains so today.