Classic Rock

If you’re not familiar with the music of the late 1950s and early 1960s, you’ll probably have a hard time guessing which of these tunes rocketed up the charts and which never dented the Hot 100.

A new 94-track anthology is as likable as it is varied. It features many of the best and best-known acts associated with early garage rock.

Not everything on these Fabulous Thunderbirds albums is fabulous, but Vaughan and Kim Wilson can be formidable singers and players, and, particularly on the early LPs, they and their bandmates delivered more than a few high-octane winners.

Long live rock and roll.

Among the many winners on this roller-coaster ride are soulful renditions of “Let It Be” by Aretha Franklin and “Hey, Jude” by Wilson Pickett, the latter with guitar by Duane Allman, and George Benson’s jazzified “You Never Give Me Your Money.”

Melissa Carper's 'A Very Carper Christmas' is the best Christmas album of 2025, and one of the very best so far in this century.

Like the rest of the Bootleg anthologies, this one isn’t intended to be anything like a best-of collection. Instead, it aims to dig beneath the surface and hold a magnifying glass to Dylan’s creative process.

If you’re a Beatles fan (and who isn’t?) and don’t already own the first three compendiums, the Anthology Collection should prove irresistible.

"Nowadays, I can hear beauty in the flaws,” writes Tim Finn.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience's sophomore LP is loaded with high points and represents an important chapter in Hendrix’s musical history.