The Best of Duane Allman
Artist: Duane Allman
Community Score: 9.00

A decent collection that briefly covers the phases of the all too short career of Duane Allman. Though very little of the material is found on any of Allman's solo albums, the tracks taken from his few recordings are well done. "Been Gone Too Long" is a true standout track from Allman's pre-Allman Brothers days in The Hourglass, as is the fine... Read More

White Hot & Blue
Artist: Johnny Winter
Anthology - CHRYSALIS
Artist: Ten Years After
Happy to Be Alive
Artist: Talton Stewart Sandlin
In Flight
Artist: Alvin Lee
In the Skies
Artist: Peter Green
Community Score: 10.00

After almost a decade of personal, drug-addled hell since his 1970 debut The End of the Game, Peter Green begins his comeback with In the Skies, and a title tune that sounds downright hopeful compared to where he left off. Although Green shares lead guitar work with Snowy White, it's clear from his fluid technique and haunting tone that he can... Read More

40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve
Artist: Chicken Shack

If one can overlook Stan Webb's hyperventilating vocal excesses (which ain't easy), this is a promising debut, especially noteworthy for Webb's Freddie King-inspired guitar sting and Christine Perfect's understated vocals (only two, unfortunately compared to Webb's six). Webb does justice to his mentor with two instrumentals, King's "San-Ho-Zay"... Read More

Nothin' But the Blues
Artist: Johnny Winter

After a long period making rock records, Winter fronts the Muddy Waters band (with Waters singing) on this Chicago blues workout. He sounds happier than ever before. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Read More

Johnny Winter And
Artist: Johnny Winter And

Winter puts together a new band and takes on the assistance of Rick Derringer, who coproduces and provides such great songs as "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Read More

A Space in Time
Artist: Ten Years After
Community Score: 9.50

A Space in Time was Ten Years After's best-selling album. This was due primarily to the strength of "I'd Love to Change the World," the band's only hit single, and one of the most ubiquitous AM and FM radio cuts of the summer of 1971. TYA's first album for Columbia, A Space in Time has more of a pop-oriented feel than any of their previous... Read More

Essential
Artist: Ten Years After

While it doesn't include all of their prime material, Essential features enough of their best songs to make it a fine introduction. ~ All Music Guide, All Music Guide Read More

Cricklewood Green
Artist: Ten Years After

Cricklewood Green provides the best example of Ten Years After's recorded sound. On this album, the band and engineer Andy Johns mix studio tricks and sound effects, blues-based song structures, a driving rhythm section, and Alvin Lee's signature lightning-fast guitar licks into a unified album that flows nicely from start to finish. Cricklewood... Read More

Raw Sienna
Artist: Savoy Brown

This high-water mark by the band finds them softening their rougher edges and stretching out into jazz territory, yet still retaining a blues foundation. There's not a bad cut here, with enough variety (bottleneck slide, acoustic guitar, horns, and strings) to warrant frequent late-night listenings. "A Hard Way to Go," "Needle and Spoon," and... Read More

Together - Live
Artist: Johnny & Edgar Winter

Individually, Edgar Winter and his brother Johnny Winter are powerful artists, but combined, they are virtually unstoppable. On this live set, the brothers are just having the time of their lives, digging deep into their bag of favorites and pulling out smoking renditions of the Sam and Dave classic "Soul Man" and the Righteous Brothers' "You've... Read More