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Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond
: 's Best of 2001:All those who enjoy music richer in energy and daring than intelligence and maturity should add Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond (1964-1969) to their music collection--where it should sit right next to the series' first volume. The lyrics to songs such as 'I Can Hear the Grass Grow' and '14 Hour Technicolour Dream' won't unlock life's mysteries, but the reckless abandon with which these songs were written and played will remind anyone how it feels to be young and angst-ridden. A few of the selections, ...
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters
: :Elvis Presley's music in the 1970s is often dismissed as the bombastic, half-hearted hack work of an overweight, pill-addicted, badly dressed has-been. In the liner notes to this five-CD set, Dave Marsh argues that Presley, in fact, created a more impressive body of work in the '70s than almost any other pop act. And the music on this massive anthology backs Marsh up. Stripping away all the garish live recordings and album filler, the package concentrates on a core of 120 songs--the A- and B-sides of every single Presley recorded in the '70s, ...
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Dance of the Rainbow Serpent
: :Elvis Presley's music in the 1970s is often dismissed as the bombastic, half-hearted hack work of an overweight, pill-addicted, badly dressed has-been. In the liner notes to this five-CD set, Dave Marsh argues that Presley, in fact, created a more impressive body of work in the '70s than almost any other pop act. And the music on this massive anthology backs Marsh up. Stripping away all the garish live recordings and album filler, the package concentrates on a core of 120 songs--the A- and B-sides of every single Presley recorded in the '70s, ...
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Selected Works: 1972-1999
: :It's tough to forecast which bands are built for the long run. The Eagles emerged as part of a genre (country rock) that proved to be a passing fancy. And with two talented frontmen sharing the spotlight, how could artistic differences be fended off for long? But, of course, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and the boys had a juggernaut on their hands, generating a dozen top 10 hits in their initial eight-year spurt. Selected Works: 1972-1999 gathers all the highlights from the group in all of its '70s and early '80s glory on ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
: :It's tough to forecast which bands are built for the long run. The Eagles emerged as part of a genre (country rock) that proved to be a passing fancy. And with two talented frontmen sharing the spotlight, how could artistic differences be fended off for long? But, of course, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and the boys had a juggernaut on their hands, generating a dozen top 10 hits in their initial eight-year spurt. Selected Works: 1972-1999 gathers all the highlights from the group in all of its '70s and early '80s glory on ...
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Rare Masters
: :During Elton John's most commercially successful period, between 1970 and 1975, he was also at his most prolific. Usually producing two albums a year, he also knocked off a dozen or so non-LP B-sides, a handful of demos for other artists, and even a soundtrack album for 1971's obscure Friends. Rare Masters, which brings much of this work together with a handful of other odds and ends (an alternate version of 'Madman Across the Water,' John's debut single, 'I've Been Loving You'), is hardly a substitute for Greatest Hits, but its generally high ...
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Anthology
: : John Lennon Photos More from John Lennon Imagine Lennon Legend The U.S. vs. John Lennon Mind Games Working Class Hero Walls and Bridges Amazon.com's Best of 1998:John the primal screamer, John the street politician, John the L.A. party boy, and John the house husband. The John Lennon Anthology provides a window into all those phases of the artist's post-Beatles career. Compiled under the watchful eye of Yoko Ono, this rich stash of demos, studio outtakes and chatter, and live and alternate versions serves as both historical ...
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Back to Mono (1958-1969)
: :Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled 'the Phil Spector of rap.' That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' 'To Know Him Is to Love Him,' its title inspired by the inscription on his father's tombstone). By 19 he ...
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From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters
: :Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled 'the Phil Spector of rap.' That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' 'To Know Him Is to Love Him,' its title inspired by the inscription on his father's tombstone). By 19 he ...
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