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Stan Cornyn with Paul Scanlon: Exploding (Harper Entertainment)

Review by Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, June 2002

"THE REALLY important factor was that we were a younger company than Columbia," Warners insider Stan Cornyn said in 1993. "We weren't structured so tightly ...

Elvis Presley: From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters 1

Review by Geoffrey Himes, The Washington Post, 1 October 1993

IT'S EASY TO DISMISS ELVIS PRESLEY'S post-army career – easy, that is, until one is forced to sit down and listen to a song like ...

Husker Du: Candy Apple Grey

Review by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 22 March 1986

LISTENING TO THIS vast, volatile music, up in its power and space, I suddenly realised that these attributes are the precise opposite of the experiences ...

Chicago: Chicago VIII

Review by John Mendelsohn, Phonograph Record, May 1975

IF YOU'RE A regular reader of the Phonograph Record review section (and in this day and age who isn't?), you're probably beside yourself trying to ...

Arthur Lee: Vindicator

Review by Wayne Robins, Creem, November 1972

LIKE VAN MORRISON, Arthur Lee has been gifted with enormous catalytic power in his writing, the often innocent enunciation of a phrase capable of transforming ...

Johnny Winter, Roy Buchanan: Johnny Winter: Saints and Sinners/Roy Buchanan: That's What I Am Here For

Review by John Morthland, Phonograph Record, April 1974

IT'S A SAD DAY indeed for guitar freaks when two of the best in the business turn out the spottiest albums of their careers. But ...

Robert Plant: Dreamland

Review by Mat Snow, MOJO, July 2002

IT'S NOT a question much asked, but what if Messrs Page and Jones had managed to secure the services of their first choice, Terry Reid, ...

2 Live Crew: Banned in the U.S.A.: The Luke LP Featuring the 2 Live Crew (Luke/Atlantic) ***

Review by Chuck Eddy, Rolling Stone, 6 September 1990

ODDLY ENOUGH, given the unprecedented barrage of anxiety Luther Campbell's foul mouth has inspired, the 2 Live Crew doesn't have a remarkably inventive mind forsin. ...

Devo: Duty Now for the Future (Warner Bos.)

Review by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 20 September 1979

Devo destroyed ...

Blue Cheer, Bobbie Gentry, Human Beinz, The: Albums from Blue Cheer, Bobbie Gentry and the Human Beinz

Review by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 23 March 1968

VINCEBUS ERUPTUM (Philips) Blue Cheer 'Summertime Blues', 'Rock Me Baby', 'Doctor Please', 'Out of Focus', 'Parchment Farm' and 'Second Time Around'. ...

Derek & The Dominos: Derek and the Dominos: In Concert

Review by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, 29 March 1973

OFFHAND I'D venture to say there won't be many people disappointed with the new Derek and the Dominos. Perhaps the worst feature of the whole ...

The Isley Brothers: It's Your Thing – The Story Of The Isley Brothers

Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, January 2000

A COLOSSAL, combustible funk-fest; enough for a throbbing theme-night in your very own living room. Furry kaftans and diamante-encrusted bomber jackets optional. Emerging from Lincoln ...

Motorhead, Saxon: City Hall, Newcastle

Review by Ian Ravendale, Sounds, 24 November 1979

Beyond the wall of sound ...

Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule: The Allman Brothers: 2nd Set (Epic) ***½; Gov't Mule: Gov't Mule (Relativity) ***

Review by John Swenson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 1995

THE ALLMAN Brothers Band live on because live performance is what they're about. The call of the road and the thrill of collective improvisation are ...

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steve Miller: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (Fantasy 8387); Steve Miller Band: Sailor (EMI ST 2984)

Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 11 February 1969

Transcending the Blues ...

Blue Cheer, Aretha Franklin: Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul (Atlantic); Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum (Philips)

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 3 March 1968

Aretha Just Keeps Rolling Along ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Texas Flood (Epic AL 38734)

Review by Mitchell Cohen, High Fidelity, August 1983

STEVIE RAY Vaughan's guitar playing is designed to elicit gasps: Every cluster of notes is an invitation to amazement. This multiple-climax approach could easily prove ...

Felix Da Housecat Presents Thee Madkatt Courtship: Alone In The Dark (Deep Distraxion)

Review by Calvin Bush, Muzik, June 1995

Pussy Power ...

Tisziji Muñoz: Alpha-Nebula — The Prophecies (Anami Music)

Review by Edwin Pouncey, The Wire, May 2000

FOR MANY, the name of New York born, Puerto Rican guitarist Tisziji Muñoz will be unfamiliar, so perhaps a brief summary of his career is ...

Yoko Ono: Approximately Infinite Universe (Apple SVBB-3399)

Review by Nick Tosches, Rolling Stone, 15 March 1973

Then suddenly we realized that this time we were both drifting out in a cosmos somewhere together, like God's two little dandruffs floating in the ...