King of America - BONUS TRACKSArtist: Elvis Costello
Stripping away much of the excess that cluttered Punch the Clock and Goodbye Cruel World, Elvis Costello returned to his folk-rock and pub rock roots with King of America, creating one of his most affecting and personal records. Costello literally took the album as a return to roots, billing himself by his given name Declan MacManus, and...
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Artist: Neil Young
This is a 60-minute video recorded in Berlin at the last show of Neil Young's 1983 European tour. Young is accompanied by a seven-piece band that includes bassist Bruce Palmer, formerly of Buffalo Springfield, longtime sidemen such as Ben Keith, Ralph Molina (of Crazy Horse), and Joe Lala, and guitarist Nils Lofgren, who has played with Young...
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Lone JusticeArtist: Lone Justice
Community Score: 7.00
Few new bands receive the kind of critical buzz that Lone Justice generated prior to the release of their first album in 1985, and one senses the band (not to mention producer Jimmy Iovine and Geffen Records) wanted to deliver something special to merit the hype. Which was not necessarily a good thing; Lone Justice is an album that tries so hard...
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Artist: Albert Lee
This collection of Lee's early-'70s work with Head, Hands, & Feet is fairly remarkable, particularly Lee's guitar work. ~ Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide
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Kingfish - GRATEFUL DEAD RECORDSArtist: Kingfish
Not to be confused with the Grateful Dead Records release of the same name, this is an archival album collecting 12 previously unreleased performances by various lineups of Kingfish dating back to 1973. As such, it features recordings from before, during, and after Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir's tenure in the band, and Weir can be heard...
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QuahArtist: Jorma Kaukonen
Community Score: 8.00
Quah -- Jorma Kaukonen's (guitar/vocal) solo debut effort -- was recorded and issued shortly after the dissolution of Jefferson Airplane in 1974. In contrast to the sonic indulgences of Grace Slick's Manhole or Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship's Blows Against the Empire, Kaukonen retreated back to his folk-blues roots along with vocalist Tom...
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Too Hot to HandleArtist: Jorma Kaukonen
On his first Relix album, Magic, Kaukonen was captured live reprising some of his best-known songs on acoustic guitar. On this followup acoustic release, he turns in a studio collection including some new songs and a few more remakes, among them "Death Don't Have No Mercy." The result doesn't match his solo acoustic debut, which Relix would...
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Europe '72Artist: Grateful Dead
Community Score: 9.33
The Grateful Dead commemorated their first extended European tour with an extravagant triple-LP set appropriately enough titled Europe '72. This collection is fashioned in much the same way as their previous release -- which had also been a live multi-disc affair. The band mixes a bevy of new material -- such as "Ramble on Rose," "Jack Straw,"...
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So Rebellious a LoverArtist: Carla Olson