Three Dog Night Three Dog Night In Black and White by Ronald Sklar The feat would be impossible to achieve in today’s market-fragmented...

Ed Sullivan – Rock ‘n’ Roll Classics (Volume 1) The Ed Sullivan Show Rock ‘n’ Roll Classics (Rhino-2002) Your tolerance of the variety...

Elton John -  Greatest Hits 1970-2002   (Mercury) From 1970 to 1977 Elton John had an almost unprecedented run of musical brilliance,...

Chicago – The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning  (Rhino) Very few bands have had two completely separate stylistic periods. The late 60s-early 70s incarnation of Chicago was a pioneering force that wed rock and roll with jazz horns and improvisational playing in a way that was totally unique. By the time the late 70s came along, with the death of singer Terry Kath and the rise of singer Peter Cetera, the band may have become less adventurous... a middle-of-the-road hit

Chicago At Carnegie Hall-Volume I, II, III & IV (Columbia C4X 30865) ©1971 Description: Chicago had only been recording for two years and three albums before they released this four-record (remember records?) concert set. Entirely overblown and slightly pretentious, an artistic and popular failure at the time, this still can claim to being the first rock and roll box set. What's Good About It? This was from the band's glory days (before they became an adult contemporary jugg

Don’t Look Back DON’T LOOK BACK  (1967) Featuring Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez, Alan Price, Tito Burns, Donovan,...

Ian Hunter You’re Never Alone With… Ian Hunter by Ken Sharp After a long hiatus from recording, ex-Mott The Hoople frontman Ian Hunter is...

Jimmy Webb Jimmy Webb All He Knows… by Ronald Sklar If you are under thirty and have even the slightest retro sensibility, chances are...

Bobby Vee and the Vees BOBBY VEE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE BY RONALD SKLAR Rock and roll is cram-packed with ironic stories. Read the bio...

Brian Wilson – Imagination Brian Wilson – Imagination  (Giant)   It's kind of sad that after decades of being an acknowledged pop musical...

The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon  (Virgin)   The world's oldest rock group still has some...

Todd Rundgren - The Very Best Of Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren - The Very Best Of Todd Rundgren  (Rhino)   It's a little easy to forget now...

Styx -  Return To Paradise  (CMC International)   It's been at least a decade since I've spent a thought on Styx, THE arena rock group of...

Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow  (A&M) Crow's self-titled second album seems to be a statement of purpose. Crow doesn't like the...

Bryan Adams -  18 'Til I Die  (A&M) Okay, it was kind of funny a few months ago when Metallica tried to trick us into thinking they were...

Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge by Jay S. Jacobs POP ENTERTAINMENT.COM ARCHIVES – June 1994 – This interview took place soon after...