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Review of Tommy [Original recording remastered]

March 7th, 2010 No comments
Tommy

Pete Townshend possibly feels a lot like David O. Selznick, the producer of the movie `Gone With The Wind’ in fearing that he will only be remembered in his obituary by his creating that one work, as Townshend, like Selznick, seems to have been spending his time after completing their most important work in trying [...]

Review of The Best of the Moody Blues [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

March 4th, 2010 No comments
The Best of the Moody Blues

For those who are not familiar with the Moody Blues and are unsure where to start collecting their individual CDs, get this CD. While not all of their charting singles are here (it omits “Sitting At The Wheel”) it does gives you a nice introduction to the Moody Blues, including the Denny Laine/Clint Warwick period [...]

Review of Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered) [ENHANCED] [LIMITED EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

March 3rd, 2010 No comments
Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered)

For a change, the Magical Mystery Tour version released in the U.S. was superior to the UK version, which was more or less an EP.The U.S. version gathers some key singles from 1967 (Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane) and makes this a great cd.Not quite the strong thematic accomplishment of Sgt. Pepper’s, but this [...]

Review of Let It Bleed [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

March 3rd, 2010 No comments
Let It Bleed

There was only one version of Let It Bleed.This is it.It was released simultaneously in the UK and US on Dec 5, 1969.The Stones had the guts to leave off their July megahit Honky Tonk Woman and instead (much to the chagrin of record company execs) put a countrified satire of their own hit on [...]

Review of Sounds Of Summer – The Very Best Of The Beach Boys

March 2nd, 2010 No comments
Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys

This is a fun CD containing an excellent selection of classic Beach Boys tunes, albeit with a VERY disappointing mix of mono and stereo versions.The selections, to my way of thinking, are top notch.Nice to have this group all on the same CD, especially a great new stereo version of the original DANCE, DANCE, DANCE [...]

Review of With The Beatles (Remastered) [ENHANCED] [LIMITED EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

March 2nd, 2010 No comments
With The Beatles (Remastered)

This is the album that launched Beatlemania in the U.S.Well, sort of.The cover is the same, but this is the U.K. version of the Beatles’ second album, which was released only eight months after their debut in March of 1963. The U.S. version (entitled Meet the Beatles) included only nine of these songs and added [...]