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Article: Year in Review

Doug Collette's Best of 2015

by Doug Collette
December 29, 2015

It didn't take much thought to compose this list, perhaps because the inclusions run the gamut from finely-produced studio sessions to equally inspired live recordings (and much in between). And more so than in recent years, the playability of all these albums will surely equal their durability as time marches on, which is not necessarily a ...

Article: Album Review

Grateful Dead: Dick's Pick's Volume Three: Pembroke Pines, Florida 5/22/77

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by Doug Collette
December 5, 2015

Given what's ensued--beyond the scope of the band itself-in the wake of the Grateful Dead's very first archive series, 'Dick's Picks,' it's hard to believe but well to remember this ongoing project had comparatively modest, humble beginnings. An offhanded conversation between bassist Phil Lesh and ultra-fan Dick Latvala let to an eventual total of thirty-six titles, ...

Article: Film Review

The Who Live in Hyde Park

by Doug Collette
December 5, 2015

The Who Live in Hyde Park Eagle Vision 2015 If seeing The Who in Hyde Park in a theater the fall of 2015 didn't provoke the thought, watching the DVD of Chris Rule's terrific film cements the impression the group now fronted by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Pete Townshend and lead vocalist Roger Daltrey ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Faces: Stay With Me Anthology

by Doug Collette
November 28, 2015

Something of a miniature cross between the 4CD hardbound set, Five Guys Walk Into a Bar (Rhino, 2004) and the five-disc box You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (1970-1975) (Rhino, 2015), this double disc package contains official album recordings, (in recently remastered form), singles and live cuts that, combined with a passionate, insightful essay ...

Article: Film Review

The Beatles: 1+

by Doug Collette
November 22, 2015

The Beatles 1+ Apple 2015 The passionate scholarship devoted to the Beatles' archival projects is an accurate reflection of the continuing resonance of the cultural paradigm shit they ignited some fifty years ago. For the 1+ DVD/CD package, masterful technical expertise (including upgrade to the CD originally issued in 2000) combines ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - The Cutting Edge

by Doug Collette
November 22, 2015

Quite apart from its existence as a deeply retrospective look at what is generally accepted as the most groundbreaking phase of Bob Dylan's career, the greatest virtue of the 2CD package of The Bootleg Series Volume 12 is a most practical one: no time or space is given over to the previously released versions of these ...

Article: Film Review

Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70-Live at the Royal Albert Hall

by Doug Collette
November 21, 2015

Eric Clapton Slowhand at 70: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Eagle Vision 2015 Over the course of the last decade, Eric Clapton hasn't made much spectacle of crucial turning points in his life and career( reunion with John Mayall or collaborations with Steve Winwood, J.J. Cale and Jeff Beck), he's ...

Article: Film Review

Van Morrison: Another Wondrous Decade: Under Review 1977-1987

by Doug Collette
November 21, 2015

Van Morrison Another Wondrous Decade: Under Review 1977-1987 Chrome Dreams 2015 Early on in Another Wondrous Decade, an exploration of Van Morrison's post-hiatus career in the late Seventies and Eighties, recording engineer Gary Ladinsky makes an ever so astute point about The Belfast Cowboy's approach to recordings: ..."he's particular but he's ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Peter Case: Hwy 62

by Doug Collette
November 21, 2015

With his walrus-like goatee, dark glasses and a fedora knocked back over a straggly haircut, Peter Case looks like the devoted road warrior and musical explorer that he is on the cover of the aptly-titled Hwy 62. And the recordings inside bear out the wisdom he's gained over the years as a songwriter and musician, these ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Grateful Dead ‎– Dick's Picks Volume Four: Fillmore East 2/13-14/70

by Doug Collette
November 7, 2015

Quite apart from the the scintillating performances spread over (the first ever release of) three CD's on the Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks Volume 4, this title has all the earmarks of a classic entry into this seminal archive series. It was recorded at the fabled Fillmore East, the now defunct New York City venue operated by ...