Jools Holland Meets Rock 'A' Boogie Billy
Artist: Jools Holland
Community Score: 10.00

From the opening barnburner "Crazy Over You" to the closing stomp of "Steamhammer Boogie," Jools Holland Meets Rock 'A' Boogie Billy is an album that virtually dares you not to have a party while it's playing. According to the liner notes, this album was "recorded in the back room of Holland's home (which accounts for the authentic sound)," and... Read More

Rock 'n' Roll Trio/Tear It Up
Artist: Johnny Burnette
Community Score: 7.00

This two-fer assembles Johnny Burnette's 1956 debut LP along with the later Tear It Up, which offers highlights including "Train Kept a-Rollin'," "Rock Therapy," and "Honey Hush." ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide Read More

$1.99 Romances
Artist: God Street Wine

God Street Wine's major-label debut $1.99 Romances is their most effective collection of post-Grateful Dead folk-rock, featuring several fine instrumental sections and an improved sense of songwriting. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read More

Wrapped in Sky
Artist: Drivin' N' Cryin'

The most overlooked and underrated of the Southern rock band's albums, this release came out in the gap following two solo records by lead singer Kevn Kinney, when the band was thought to have packed it in. Taking the Dylanesque folk style Kinney used on his solo recordings with D&C's penchant for old-fashioned rock & roll, the use of keyboards... Read More

Chronicles (1968-1984)
Artist: Dave Edmunds
Community Score: 8.00

The 1994 English compilation Chronicles (1968-1984) is the abbreviated companion piece to Rhino's 1993 double-disc set Anthology, covering the same ground but with significantly less songs. This does mean that some cool songs are missing, but the basic canon is here, from Love Sculpture, through solo recordings, to Rockpile, and back to solo... Read More

I Want Candy: The Best of the Strangeloves
Artist: The Strangeloves

Released in 1965, I Want Candy is the sole LP from the legendary Brothers Strange -- Miles (Bob Feldman), Niles (Richard Gottehrer), and Giles (Jerry Goldstein) -- who may have been touted as wealthy Australian sheepherders, but were in reality three New York Brill Building composers/producers. Their ruse as the Strangeloves started as an... Read More

Greatest Hits - MCA
Artist: Buddy Holly

MCA remastered 18 of Buddy Holly's best-known songs for 1996's Greatest Hits album. While the sound is fine, it isn't markedly better than that on From the Original Master Tapes, which also boasted a more complete track selection. Nevertheless, Greatest Hits is one of the most thorough single-disc collections ever assembled on Holly, and for... Read More

This Is My Bag/Total Commitment
Artist: Del Shannon

Both of Shannon's 1966 LPs, This Is My Bag and Total Commitment, are squeezed onto this reissue from the Beat Goes On label; while recorded well after Shannon's commercial peak, enough worthwhile performances are included here to make the set worthwhile for casual fans as well as completists. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Read More