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The Dark Side of the Moon did for Pink Floyd what Fleetwood Mac’s eponymous 1975 album did for that band: transformed it from a long-time...

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Barclay James Harvest, the British progressive rock outfit, delivered some of its most innovative and accessible work on Once Again. An...

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The great songwriter Burt Bacharach, who teamed up most famously with lyricist Hal David, also worked for nearly three decades with Elvis...

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Germany’s Bear Family label often outshines all the competition with its gargantuan, career-spanning box sets. Not when it comes to...

On The Record: The Rolling Stones’ ‘Grrr Live!,’ plus Marshall Crenshaw, Savoy Brown, & More

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Dexys’ Do-over Kevin Rowland’s overlooked 1999 album, My Beauty, got a deserved second chance with its 2020 rerelease. Now Too-Rye-Ay, the sophomore LP...

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Elvis Presley’s precipitous decline, which led to his death in August 1977, appears to have begun about four years earlier....

On The Record: An Unusual Anthology Collects Hits from 1957, plus Marvin Gaye & Diane Hubka

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Most multi-artist anthologies embrace some sort of cohesive musical theme, such as a focus on a particular genre or the...

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