The Savoy Brown Collection (Chronicles Series)
Artist: Savoy Brown

With one of the smoothest and most compelling guitarists of the blues-rock style, Savoy Brown and the finger wizardry of Kim Simmonds unleashed some of the smoothest and most mesmerizing rock & roll of the 1970s. Their ingenious blend of contented blues and hard-edged rock resulted in some wholesome yet somewhat bypassed guitar music. The Savoy... Read More

Live in NYC '97
Artist: Johnny Winter

Johnny Winter assembled Live in NYC '97 with assistance of his fan club, drawing all of the recordings from an April 1997 performance at the Bottom Line. Produced by Winter's longtime colleague Dick Shurman, the record doesn't follow the predictable pattern of a live album -- instead of hits, it offers fan favorites and covers, which makes for a... Read More

Live at the Record Plant
Artist: Savoy Brown

The performance, recorded at the Record Plant for a radio broadcast, dates from 1975, when the band was at its peak promoting the Wire Fire album. The sound is hot, with Kim Simmonds taking some nice solos, and the band is in good form, covering "Tell Mama," "All I Can Do (Is Cry)," and Jimmy Reed's "You Don't Have to Go." It's all a little pale... Read More

Those Were the Days
Artist: Cream
Community Score: 10.00

Those Were the Days is an ambitious four-disc, 63-track box set that divides Cream's career into two halves. The first two discs feature every studio track the group ever released, plus a handful of unreleased cuts, alternate takes, and rarities. The other two discs are devoted to live material, which is segued together in an attempt to recreate... Read More

Are You Ready/Pacific Gas and Electric
Artist: Pacific Gas & Electric

Pacific Gas & Electric's two best and most popular albums, Are You Ready and Pacific Gas and Electric, were combined on this single-CD reissue by Collectables. Although the sound and the packaging could be a little better, this still is a fine way for collectors to pick up these two records on disc. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read More

Straight on Till Morning
Artist: Blues Traveler
Community Score: 8.86

The commercial success of Four was a mixed blessing for Blues Traveler. It did give them a wider audience, but it also put them in the delicate position of pleasing their new, hook-happy fans while retaining their hardcore, jam-oriented cult following. They skillfully manage to do just that on Straight on Till Morning, the bluesy, ambitious... Read More

Ssssh/Cricklewood Green
Artist: Ten Years After

Mobile Fidelity reissued two of Ten Years After's best albums, 1969's Ssssh and 1970's Cricklewood Green, on one gold disc in 1997. These records are among the group's best and this is a good way to acquire them, but fans should know that this disc costs more than buying the two records separately. For audiophiles, this won't be a problem, since... Read More

Anthology
Artist: The Blues Project

The most complete Blues Project collection ever assembled, the two-disc Anthology compiles 36 tracks taken from their three albums on Verve and their two records on Capitol as well as rare singles, previously unreleased songs and alternate versions, and material from solo projects. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Read More

The Best of Santana - COLUMBIA
Artist: Santana
Community Score: 5.60

The Best of Santana is a 16-track collection that greatly expands the scope of Santana's previous hits compilation, Greatest Hits. Drawing from the band's entire 30-year career, the disc contains such familiar items as "Evil Ways," "Jingo," "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen," and "Oye Como Va," but it also has a number of longtime favorites of the... Read More