'Unfortunately, Tommy Bolin never made it past cult-figure status with rock fans. Due to Bolin's virtuosic guitar playing and natural gift of songwriting, he probably would have eventually hit it big, but his untimely overdose in December of 1976 wiped out all of those dreams. He's probably best known for short stints in both the James Gang and Deep Purple (right before each group's demise), but writing him off as a heavy metal guitarist is completely unfair. Name a musical style and Tommy Bolin mastered ...   [ read more ]

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The Mountain entry in BMG Special Products' budget-priced Extended Versions: The Encore Collection series is a reissue of a concert recorded by the King Biscuit Flower Hour at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ, on November 3, 1974, and initially released by King Biscuit Flower Hour Records under the title Greatest Hits Live only five months earlier, in April 2000. The only difference between Extended Versions and Greatest Hits Live is that the latter contains a six-minute "bonus in...   [ read more ]

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With Freedom of Choice, Devo completed their transition into a full-fledged synth-pop group, producing arguably their most musically cohesive effort in the process. Synthesizers are now fully integrated into the band's sound, frequently dominating the arrangements and at least sharing equal time with the guitars. Everything is played with a cool, polished precision that mirrors the stylized uniformity of the band's visuals; the dissonance is more subdued than in the past, and the uptight rhythms are ...   [ read more ]

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