The Best of Bobby Fuller Four - RHINO
Artist: Bobby Fuller Four

A great 18-track compilation of his best work that is truly all killer, no filler. While there's some other good Fuller to be found, this is definitely the prime stuff from his mid-'60s recordings for Mustang: "I Fought the Law," "Let Her Dance," "The Magic Touch," "Love's Made a Fool of You," "Fool of Love," "My True Love," and other equally... Read More

One Night with You - DVD/VIDEO
Artist: Elvis Presley

The King, in the uncut rock & roll portion of his 1968 comeback special, is shown rocking with his buddies from Memphis. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide Read More

Elvis: A Golden Celebration
Artist: Elvis Presley

When Gregg Geller took over responsibility for posthumous Elvis Presley releases at RCA Records in 1984, he attempted to upgrade the generally mediocre state of the label's efforts to date. Conceiving a half-centenary salute pegged to what would have been Presley's 50th birthday (January 8, 1985), he and his predecessor, Joan Deary, assembled a... Read More

The Knife Feels Like Justice
Artist: Brian Setzer
Community Score: 9.60

Upon disbanding the Stray Cats, Brian Setzer reinvented himself as a heartland rocker much in the vein of John Mellencamp or Bruce Springsteen; his solo debut, The Knife Feels Like Justice, possessed a maturity and depth largely lacking from his previous retro-rockabilly efforts, and although he was still too quick to succumb to rock clichés --... Read More

Lost & Found
Artist: Jason & the Scorchers

Of the Scorchers' three full-length LPs, this is by far the best. There is so much pent-up energy and excitement on this record, it sounds as if it will fly off your turntable (assuming you still have a turntable) at any moment. With Hodges (as usual) driving this machine, Ringenberg's wild-eyed country-punk persona is here in full fury, and the... Read More

Reconsider Baby
Artist: Elvis Presley
Community Score: 8.00

A 12-song, budget-priced compilation of Elvis' most notable blues sides for the label. A good place to start digging Elvis' commitment to the music -- always returning to it right up through the '70s like an old friend, whenever he needed a quick fix of the real thing -- as he takes on everything from R&B slices like Tommy Tucker's "High... Read More

Rocker
Artist: Elvis Presley
Community Score: 8.00

A&R director Gregg Geller took over stewardship of the Elvis Presley catalog at RCA in time to orchestrate a series of releases marking Presley's 50th birthday (January 8, 1985). This compilation put together 12 of Presley's hottest rock & roll tracks from 1956-1957, including his versions of standards like Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally,"... Read More

Uncommon Denominators
Artist: NRBQ

Uncommon Denominators not only contains a sampling of material from half a dozen of NRBQ's LPs for Rounder/Red Rooster, but there is also the Q's previously unavailable sonic desecration of the Jule Styne pop standard "People" -- which can rightly be considered as the anti-Streisand version. The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ) are known as... Read More

The Best of Nils Lofgren
Artist: Nils Lofgren
Nothin' but the Truth
Artist: Sleepy LaBeef

There aren't many legitimate characters left in popular music; the rotund Sleepy LaBeef isn't a media concoction or collection of outrageous cliches exploiting a carefully built image. He's a simple, hard-rocking vocalist with a manic performance style and musical approach that seamlessly blends rockabilly, classic rock and roll, gospel and... Read More

From the Original Master Tapes
Artist: Buddy Holly
Community Score: 5.50

MCA got serious about reissuing vintage music from its library in the 1980s, when it put the responsibility in the hands of producer Steve Hoffman, who was willing to spend the time and do the research required to find the right masters and also to propose doing right by them. One of the first results was For the First Time Anywhere, which... Read More

Legend: From the Original Master Tapes
Artist: Buddy Holly

For die-hard vinyl fanatics, this 20-song double-album was the virtually the first and last domestic attempt to show Holly's best work in the best possible audio, and for once MCA did something right, mostly courtesy of producer Steve Hoffman, who located first generation sources for everything here. The vinyl equivalent of From the Original... Read More