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With all those epic jams and thousands of albums and bootlegs out there, how does one create a 2-LP Grateful Dead "best-of"? Leave it to Rhino, who picked key cuts from every studio LP and arranged... more

Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz have kept the Monkees flame burning with a 2020 tour and also this thoroughly delightful 25-track collection recorded in March 2019. They take us from their '60s... more

Beautiful, spiritual and soulful, Moondance ('70) blended the textures of folk with jazz and R&B to create the solo breakthrough Van Morrison was destined to have. It still transfixes (have you... more

A TV show might have spawned it, but the Monkees' 1966 debut is still one of the most perfect pop albums of its day. "Last Train to Clarksville" helped send the LP to #1; it joins the rockers... more

Here are 18 classic cuts that sent the Yardbirds on their way to rock immortality. Their breakthrough hits "For Your Love," "Heart Full of Soul," "I'm a Man" and "Shapes of Things" join their... more

25 tracks that span their entire career including some hard-to-find solo work! Includes "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Puff, the Magic Dragon," "Blowin' in the Wind," "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right,"... more

16 tracks of the best boogie-rock the Brits ever laid down! Foghat's '70s hits "Slow Ride," "Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was a Fool)," "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Fool for the City,"... more

The beyond-dynamic duo of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham made their Fleetwood Mac debut on this 1975 LP, which lifted a onetime blues band to the highest reaches of pop stardom. This #1 smash... more

Even more menacing than Women and Children First, Fair Warning introduced many cuts Van Halen fans could not live without. Word spread about the greatness at work, sending the LP (even without a hit... more

VH took a dark, heavy turn with their third LP ('80) and yet kept rising, reaching #6 and notching another hit single with "And the Cradle Will Rock…." "Could This Be Magic?" is an acoustic romp; the... more

At least "once in a lifetime," we in the U.S. should get a single-CD Talking Heads anthology—and here it is at last! Here are all eight hits plus 10 more: "Burning Down the House," "Wild Wild Life,"... more

Those worlds are those of VH's two very different frontmen: shrieking showman David Lee Roth and "Red Rocker" Sammy Hagar. This is the first 2-CD set to unite both worlds, taking you from You Really... more

15 hits, crushing live cuts and album classics for under 12 bucks! Includes "Hush," "Smoke on the Water," "Kentucky Woman" (single version), "Woman from Tokyo," "Speed King" (U.S. album version),... more

"Heaven and Hell" producer Martin Birch returned for Dio's second outing with Sabbath, and the results were just what fans hoped they'd be. This very heavy metal tour de force returns now with with... more

Lindsey's superb singing, distinctive finger-picking guitar style and stellar songcraft have engendered steady esteem for decades, in and outside of Fleetwood Mac. This first-ever comprehensive solo... more

Few in the pantheon of rock could assemble an onstage crew like this: Steven Tyler, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Beth Hart, Jan Hammer and more. Celebrating Beck's 50-year career, this 2006 concert at... more

Combining a brutal sound and ominous atmosphere that would immeasurably influence legions of metal bands with some of the most infectious hooks in hard rock, Sabbath achieved an all-time classic with... more

Keyboards, strings and melodic vocals by drummer Bill Ward entered Sabbath's domain, mixing with their now signature riffage on this 1976 LP. Raging (and we'll say it, underappreciated) rockers like... more

Even more influential than "Paranoid," this 1971 LP soared to #8 and found Tony Iommi laying claim to what would become his signature sound. The down-tuned, sludgy guitar greatness drives "Sweet... more

Sabbath's original run was on its last legs when this one came out. In fact, Ozzy had actually left the band for a short while before returning to the fold. Nonetheless, Sabbath shot back up the... more

Synthesizers, pop melodies, acoustic passages and Ozzy's most high-flying vocal performances yet perplexed those who wanted their Sabbath dark and gloomy only. But this 1975 LP boasts many sinister... more

Powered by the title track and "Sara," both of which went Top 10, the 1979 double album "Tusk" (the most expensive rock album ever made at that point, costing over a million dollars) proved a worthy... more

Gabriel wanted to make a movie out of the rock opera that is The Lamb Dies Down on Broadway. That never happened, but thank God this 1974 double-LP did; this Gabriel-era Genesis masterpiece just... more

Their famous swan song, plus the bonus songs Orange County Suite and (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further.

This Southern outlaw has been cranking out hell-raising jukebox hits since 1989, and this set gathers 20 of his best, including a pair of duets with Marty Stuart. Includes It's A Great Day To Be... more