It’s difficult, if not impossible, to find a more resounding return to form in the annals of contemporary rock than Neil Young’s 1989 Freedom (released 10/2/89). Following one digression after another
Followers of R.E.M., both casual and devoted, must’ve been shocked when encountering Monster (released 9/27/94) upon its original release thirty years ago. Far removed from 1991’s Out of Time and the very next year’s Automatic
An object of great affection since its release over a half-century ago, the Beatles’ Abbey Road (released 9/26/69) has only grown in prominence since it was issued. In the fifty-five-year interim, this
With the black background for austere lettering spelling out the group’s name and the album title, the funereal cover art is ideal for Eagles’ The Long Run. In contrast to the panoramic technicolor
Over the fifty-five years since the release of The Band’s eponymous second studio record (released 9/22/69_—often called ‘The Brown Album’ based on its dominant color scheme—this long player has become
By the time The Gregg Allman Band was recorded on July 1, 1983, at Uncle Sam’s in Hull, MA, it had been ten years since the Allman Brothers had achieved their greatest
In as much as the Allman Brothers Band made “You Don’t Love Me” a central touchpoint of their concerts throughout their forty-five-year career, it only stands to reason Willie Cobbs
It is essential to note that The 1974 Live Recordings is not an entry in the (still?) ongoing Bob Dylan archival initiative known as The Bootleg Series. Instead, This project was conceived and
In the thirty-year history of the Grateful Dead, 1978 may be most notable for the group’s adventure to the Great Pyramid in Egypt and the imminent departure of Keith and
In his 2005 autobiography Chronicles Volume One (released 9/12/89), Bob Dylan writes extensively about the labor involved in recording Oh Mercy, his first collaboration with producer Daniel Lanois. The inscrutable methods of
