GuideReviews Index - page 2
Bo Diddley: I'm a Man: The Chess Masters, 1955-1958
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: a new two disc set featuring the first 48 tracks laid down by the legendary Bo Diddley at Chess in his first three years there -- masters, outtakes, and alternate takes that serve as an insight into the very formation of rock!
Aretha Franklin: Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: a new two disc set featuring no less than 31 previously unreleased Aretha Franklin outtakes and demos... hand selected by Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler from her late Sixties - early Seventies heyday!
Various Artists: Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the rock world's biggest stars team up to pay tribute to the songs of the legendary Fats Domino... and in the process benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina!
Carla Thomas: Live At The Bohemian Caverns
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: a previously unreleased live album from Stax's Queen of Soul, Carla Thomas, recorded in 1967 and just now seeing the light of day after forty years!
Various Artists: Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the first box set chronicling the glory years of the Vee-Jay label, the company responsible for much of Chicago's contribution to doo-wop, rock and roll, blues, gospel, and more!
Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new single-disc collection of Ringo Starr's biggest solo hits, the first on CD and the first such collection of any kind in over thirty years!
Stevie Wonder: Number 1's
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new single-disc collection of Stevie Wonder's biggest hits, covering all phases of his career!
Fats Domino: Greatest Hits: Walking To New Orleans
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new single-disc collection of Fats Domino's greatest hits!
Elvis: Viva Las Vegas (live CD)
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new single-disc compilation of Elvis' historic early-Seventies concerts at Vegas' International Hotel.
Various Artists -- Summer Of Love: The Hits of 1967 -- CD review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the Time-Life two-CD box set that chronicles the greatest hits of 1967, both above and underground, in order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "Summer of Love." Features a DVD with documentary and interactive tours through the era!
Various Artists -- Dirty Dancing 20th Anniversary Legacy Edition -- CD review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the 20th anniversary edition of the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack, with remastered sound, score snippets from the original film, and more!
Elton John -- Rocket Man -- Number Ones CD review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new single-disc "number ones" greatest hits collection from Elton John, focusing mainly on the biggest smashes of his classic Seventies heyday!
James Brown -- Number 1s CD review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new "number ones" greatest hits collection of the late great James Brown, spotlighting his invaluable contributions to soul and funk music!
Various Artists -- New Music From An Old Friend CD
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new CD from Target featuring several of the Sixties and Seventies' greatest songwriters remaking their classic hits and dropping a new addition to their venerable catalogs!
Jerry Lee Lewis -- Last Man Standing Live CD/DVD
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new live version of Jerry Lee Lewis' comeback album, featuring duets with country, pop, and rock and roll's greatest stars. The Killer himself called it the best Jerry Lee Lewis album in twenty years... and now you can judge for yourself if the concert is as good. On CD and DVD!
Diana Ross -- I Love You CD review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new Diana Ross studio album [i]I Love You[/i], her first all-new release since 1999 and a collection of love songs from five decades of pop, rock, R&B, and soul!
Rod Stewart -- Still the Same...Great Rock Classics Of Our Time CD review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new Rod Stewart covers album, which finds him leaving postwar pop behind for good and returning to rock evergreens... some of which were clearly inspired by Rod Stewart in the first place.
The Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary Edition CD review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new deluxe 40th anniversary edition of the Beach Boys' landmark 1966 opus [i]Pet Sounds[/i], complete with DVD, documentary footage, interviews, and expanded sound!
Elvis Presley -- Rock, Country, Inspirational, R&B, Movies, Live CD reviews
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: six recent Elvis Presley compilations, all focusing on six different sides of the King's personality -- Rock, Country, Inspirational, R&B, Movies, and Live. Are any or all worth purchasing? Find out here!
Various Artists -- British Invasion: Gold
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: two discs of British Invasion hits, from the big iconic op and R&B bands to the one-hit wonders you can never seem to get in one collection!
Various Artists -- Billboard #1 Classic Country
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: two discs of classic Number One Country hits from the 50s, 60s, and 70s that just may change your mind about the music!
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: The River In Reverse
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: legendary punk icon Elvis Costello takes on the classic Crescent City songbook of Allen Toussaint, with Allen himself along for the ride!
Dr. John: Mercernary: The Songs of Johnny Mercer
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: Dr. John's first proper album since Hurricane Katrina, a collection of revamped standards from the songbook of Johnny Mercer!
Paul Simon: Surprise
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the first Paul Simon solo album in six years, recorded with the help of legendary producer Brian Eno!
The Beatles: Capitol Albums Volume 2
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the second box set of Capitol Beatles albums, originally as released in the US, remastered and in both their mono and stereo versions!