Reissues

...including Billy Fury, who, though not as big a star as Cliff Richard, scored 27 Top 40 singles between 1959 and 1966, including 11 that made England’s Top 10.

A box set adds previously unheard material and an excellent new stereo mix to the Beatles' "Rubber Soul."

Though rooted in folk, the Roches' music owes debts to everything from jazz and barbershop quartets to 1940s vocal groups and punk.A new box set contains much of their best.

Little other Grateful Dead concert material from this period has survived. The July 3, 1966, show is apparently the earliest full concert to be preserved.

There are two big reasons why the 5th Dimension topped Billboard’s pop chart twice in 1969, made the Top 40 an additional 18 times between 1967 and 1973, and won multiple Grammys.

In the UK, according to Wikipedia, Richard has sold more than 21 million 45s, making him the third-highest-selling artist in singles chart history, behind only the Beatles and Elvis Presley.

Music reviews: a reissued concert set from George Harrison's ukulele-playing pal, Joe Brown. Plus, new albums from John R. Miller and Collective Soul.

Lance Cowan's latest cements his reputation as a writer of memorable, understated songs that exude warmth and humanity.

Everything here sounds worthy of the Stones, probably in no small part because it sounds as if they’re still having fun making music. If this is their coda, it's a good one.

Members of the Cyrkle, a group best known for the 1966 smash hit "Red Rubber Ball," deliver new music half a century later. Plus, reviews of CDs from C. Gibbs and Ray Campi.