Classic Rock

Perhaps the Pale Fountains will finally garner some notice following the appearance of a new four-CD box set devoted to Michael Head's critically acclaimed band, which formed in Liverpool in 1980 and split up in 1987.

“Buck took the shuffle beat and he took the lyrics and the style of honky-tonk, and he added the spunk, the vitality of rock and roll to his sound.”

As Darryl W. Bullock writes in 'Love and Fury: The Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek,' the producer was a “pioneer, genius, maniac, naif…all of those things…and more.”

Bruce Springsteen's Tracks II: The Lost Albums includes 83 performances, many as good as those on his well-known CDs.

The visuals, which are as unusual as the music, contribute to the sense that you’ve entered some sort of LSD dreamworld.

Andersen has been serving up poignant, powerful music for six decades now. 'Dance of Love and Death' leaves no doubt that he can still deliver.

Meek's work is arguably less formulaic than Phil Spector’s and even more experimental and diverse.

It's Murphy's 52nd album, so it’s not surprising that ruminations on aging, mortality, and years gone by permeate this engaging CD.

1960 is not exactly considered a peak year for popular music, and there's no shortage of drivel in this collection, but there are also dozens of great songs from the likes of Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, and Ray Charles.

Since 1993, Germany’s Bear Family label has been reissuing rockabilly sides—and in some cases, unearthing previously unreleased gems—and to date, the series comprises a whopping 49 albums.