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Music Review: A Hot Concert Highlights the Beach Boys’ ‘Sail On Sailor – 1972’

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022Jeff Burger0

When the Beach Boys recorded most of the music that appears on the new Sail On Sailor – 1972 box set, they were at a turning point. They had not had a Top 10 hit in six years, since 1966’s chart-topping “Good Vibrations.” Moreover, Brian Wilson—who had co-written that song and composed or co-authored nearly […]

Music Reviews: Rolling Stones’ ‘Licked Live in NYC,’ plus ‘Americana Railroad,’ the Beach Boys’ ‘Sounds of Summer,’ ‘United Dreadlocks,’ and Paul Winter’s ‘Concert in the Barn’

June 20, 2022June 19, 2022Jeff Burger0

The Rolling Stones Hit the Big Apple You may or may not consider the Rolling Stones the world’s greatest rock and roll band, but you’d have to agree that when it comes to mining the vaults, only a few other acts are in their league. Just in the past few years, we’ve witnessed the […]