Monkey Island
Artist: Geils
Community Score: 8.33

One of the great lost albums, Monkey Island is where the Geils Band make the blues their own. It's an elaborately produced, adventurous set that analyzes their commerical failure and looks for answers to hard-to-ask questions. Unlike their 1972 live album Full House, Monkey Island refuses to pander to blues conservists or boogie-rock... Read More

20 Golden Greats
Artist: Buddy Holly

While not flush with the digital sheen of recent CD packages, this early Buddy Holly hits collection will please vinyl fans in search of the bespeckled one's late-'50s hits. Including perennials like "That'll Be the Day," "Oh Boy," "It's So Easy," and "Peggy Sue," the album also features fine covers of "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and "Bo Diddley,"... Read More

I Don't Want to Go Home
Artist: Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Community Score: 10.00

The Jukes' debut is an R&B revivalist's delight, capped by splendid duets with Lee Dorsey ("How Come You Treat Me So Bad?") and Ronnie Spector ("You Mean So Much to Me"). ~ Kit Kiefer, All Music Guide Read More

Hearts of Stone
Artist: Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

Hearts of Stone was the last record Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes cut for Epic. It was produced by Steven Van Zandt -- who also wrote six of the set's nine tunes, sang backup, and played rhythm guitar (except on the title track.) E Street drummer Max Weinberg was also on hand for this set. This is easily the best of the band's three... Read More

Spitballs
Artist: Spitballs

There was certainly a precedent for label mates to sing on each others records at Beserkley; for instance, Jonathan Richman sang on Greg Kihn's "All the Right Reasons." Still, the idea of the entire label roster combining under one "band name" to make this record is kind of unique and part of what makes this record fun. Consisting of mostly... Read More

Havin' a Party With Southside Johnny
Artist: Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Mr. Dynamo/Sings the Songs of Hank Williams
Artist: Ronnie Hawkins
Community Score: 7.00

In 1999, Collectables released Mr. Dynamo/Sings the Songs of Hank Williams, which contained two complete albums -- Mr. Dynamo (1960, originally released on Roulette) and Sings the Songs of Hank Williams (1962, originally released on Roulette) -- by Ronnie Hawkins on one compact disc. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide Read More