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New 50-Song Collection Goin' 50 Spans The Texas Trio's Entire Recording Career As 3-CD And 5-LP Sets Available August 16 Single CD And Digital Versions Available June 14 ZZ Top 50th Anniversary North American Kicks Off With "Texas Bash" Dates...

Led Zeppelin’s second record confirmed the band to be not only a top concert draw and the thunder-bringing gods of a new hard rock sound (new for 1969, at least), but also a burgeoning commercial concern, as well. The strong...

Gosh, has it really been five years since we wrote about this classic album for its 55 th anniversary? Apparently so, because here it is turning the big 6-0. Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun, it doesn’t really do THE BALLAD ARTISTRY...

• Yes, “Something’s Coming” (1969): Given just how original their original material was, it’s often dismissed that Yes started their career by playing covers, even including a couple of them on their debut album. "But what covers they were, given...

40 years ago this week, The Ramones released their first official live album, a 2-LP affair in which the bruddahs managed to squeeze 28 songs into a 53-minute run time. (Yeah, we know: it’s really not all that shocking when...

20 years ago today, Tom Petty started letting people walk all over him. Not because he’d suddenly become a soft touch, but because he and the Heartbreakers were given their very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On...

50 years ago this week, Chicago released their self-titled debut album. Well, it was self-titled at the time, anyway. Now it isn’t. Not really, anyway. Either way, though, it was still their debut album, and given that the band is...

For the last few weeks, we’ve been asking various individuals to select their perfect Led Zeppelin playlist, and the time has come for another one to your favorite streaming service. This time, the Zeppelin fan in question is Ted Dwane...

THE PRINCE ESTATE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WARNER BROS. RECORDS AND TIDAL, ANNOUNCES NEW PRINCE ALBUM ORIGINALS FEATURING 14 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS ALBUM AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON TIDAL JUNE 7 CD / DOWNLOAD / STREAMING RELEASE JUNE 21 180 GRAM 2LP AND...