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Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970

[9.Nov.07] :. For the first time, the musical and attitudinal highs and lows of the Bay Area scene are on full, accurate, and coherent display. Forty years was a long time to wait.

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DVDs

Carole King: Welcome to My Living Room [DVD]

[19.Dec.07] :. As fine as the music is, Carole King's efforts to engage her audience are the real reason this modest delight works as well as it does.

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Various Artists: Stax/Volt Revue: Live In Norway 1967 [DVD]

[25.Oct.07] :. This 75-minute concert is a wonderful find, a tour-de-force of "clap your hands just a little bit louder" performer-audience interactions, jacket removals, sweat, and some of the sweetest soul music ever created. And its presentation here could hardly be better.

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Johnny Cash: The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show [DVD]

[16.Oct.07] :. Unlike much of what's come out since his death, this is worthwhile to both the casual Cash fan and anyone interested in American popular music.

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Incredible String Band: Live at the Lowry [DVD]

[3.Oct.07] :. Anyone interested in the Incredible String Band, who were one of the finest semi-forgotten groups of the '60s, owes it to themselves to see the warm, charming Live at the Lowry.

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Books

Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs

[27.Sep.07] :. Most anthologies are meant to be dipped into rather than read front-to-back, but for those who take the plunge, Marooned is an enlightening glimpse into 20 of the infinite nooks and crannies of (mostly) contemporary music.

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Music   Bryan Ferry: Dylanesque

DVDs   Various Artists: Soulvation [DVD]

Music   J.D. Blackfoot: The Ultimate Prophecy

DVDs   The Charlie Daniels Band: Volunteer Jam [DVD]

DVDs   Tim Buckley: My Fleeting House [DVD]

Music   Jeff Buckley: So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley

DVDs   Leonard Cohen: Under Review 1934-1977 [DVD]

Music   Patti Smith: Twelve

Music   John D. Loudermilk: The Open Mind of John D. Loudermilk

Music   The Bloody Hollies: Who to Trust, Who to Kill, Who to Love

DVDs   Various Artists: Rock Relief: Live in Concert [DVD]

Music   Bang Gang: Find What You Get EP

Music   Larry Williams: Specialty Profiles

Music   The Lovely Sparrows: Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on (New) Paint

Music   Various Artists: Five Way Street

Music   Richard John Thompson: Illogical Life

Music   Goat: Twisted Heart

DVDs   The Who: The Who: Whos next [DVD]

Music   Landon Pigg: LP

Music   Goldenboy: Underneath the Radio

Music   Mad Tea Party: Big Top Soda Pop

DVDs   J.J. Cale - To Tulsa And Back: On Tour With JJ Cale

Music   Cale Parks: Illuminated Manuscript

Music   Maria Muldaur: Heart of Mine

Music   Various Artists: Seven Dead Roses Vol. 1

Music   The Brass Kings: The Brass Kings

Music   Kenny Smith: One More Day

Music   Mohair: Small Talk

Music   Old Crow Medicine Show: Big Iron World

Music   The Mutts: I Us We You

Music   Old 97s: Hit By a Train: The Best of Old 97s

DVDs   Johnny Cash: Man in Black: Live in Denmark 1971 [DVD]

 
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