Album Reviews

Fleetwood Mac 1968 Albums

1968 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Fleetwood Mac Buy Mr. Wonderful The long and multi-faceted recording career of Fleetwood Mac got started in 1968 when the group was producing pure blues music and led by guitarist and vocalist […]

Fleetwood Mac

1975 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists, California Artists

Buy Fleetwood Mac After eight years, nine albums, several lineup shifts, and many musical reinventions, the lineup and sound that would bring Fleetwood Mac to the top of the pop world finally fell into place […]

Deep Purple’s 1974 albums

1974 Albums, British Artists

Buy Burn Buy Stormbringer In 1974, Deep Purple released their only two albums with the “Mark III” lineup, Burn and Stormbringer. With these records, the group not only replaced vocalist Ian Gillan (who […]

Deep Purple 1968 Albums

1968 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Shades of Deep Purple Buy The Book of Taliesyn Deep Purple arrived on the music scene like a tornado in 1968. Conceived as a super group called Roundabout in 1967, the band […]

Days of the New

1997 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, Midwest Artists

Buy Days of the New Days of the New came out of the gate in 1997 and forged their own style of dark acoustic rock. This style is expertly exhibited throughout the group’s […]

Crosby, Stills & Nash 1969 album

1969 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists, California Artists

Buy Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash is an extremely rich and influential debut album from the “super group” of the same name. The trio of vocalists / guitarists which forged […]

Creedence Clearwater Revival
1969 albums

1969 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, California Artists

Buy Bayou Country Buy Green River Buy Willy and the Poor Boys Creedence Clearwater Revival was incredibly prolific in their earliest recording period. Following their self-titled debut album in mid 1968, the group […]

Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ amp; The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen 1973 Albums

1973 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New Jersey Artists

Buy Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ Buy The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen started off his recording career with two albums in 1973, Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ, […]

Blind Faith

1969 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Blind Faith Rising from the ashes of two defunct English rock bands, Blind Faith lived a very short life as a “super group” in 1969. Despite being together for less than one […]

Black Sabbath 1970 albums

1970 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Black Sabbath Buy Paranoid Over the course of a year, Black Sabbath morphed from a pop blues band to a dark practitioner of occult music to a respectable hard rock band which […]