Abbey Road Duos - Evan Parker & Matthew Shipp

Advantages: Mellow, beautiful, Great
Disadvantages: It has non

...Unplugged and set apart from his bandmates, Dave Matthews is transformed from a fusion rocker to something of a fusion folkie. Indeed, this two-disc, two-man concert recording (cut in Iowa in the winter of 1996 and shelved for nearly three years) posits the South African-born bandleader less as a Blues Traveler fellow traveller than a dexterous, jazz-inflected minstrel in the tradition of Tim and Jeff Buckley, Terry Callier and Ellen McIlwaine. As with those considerably less-successful performers, multi-platinum Matthews is enticed to soar ever higher by his considerable vocal prowess. Ultimately, Matthews takes his tunes in dizzying directions because he can! All those exhibitions of elasticity have earned Matthews disdain in less-is-more circles. Here, however, more than ably complemented by frequent DMB guest and fellow... Read review

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Advantages: New facets of rock's greatest
Disadvantages: Not for the casual fan

...Anthology 3 documents the fractious Beatles years from 1968 to the end. Apple Records was launched ironically as the quartet were splintering into different units; to put it one way, they were increasingly solo artists appearing as session musicians on each others songs, or to look at it another way, they were already peering over the horizon at the post-Beatle world. There were no reconstructed and heavily overdubbed demos from which to create 'new' singles, but plenty of alternate takes from the white album, "Abbey Road", and "Let It Be" (with John spoiling the seriousness of a run-through of the title track by cheerfully calling Paul a bounder and a cheat!) as well as early versions of "All Things Must Pass" and "Not Guilty", which George wrote and later recorded properly on two of his solo albums in the 70s; and Paul's versions... Read review

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Advantages: Great songs
Disadvantages: None

...George Harrison - tambourine, background vocal, swirling water in a bucket Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums Mal Evans, Neil Aspinall, George Martin, Alf, Geoff Emerick, Patti Harrison and studio staff - chorus on fadeout session musicians - brass band 6. She Said She Said {Lennon} (2:37)  Recorded: June 21, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England  Instrumentation: John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, Hammond organ, harmony vocal Paul McCartney - bass guitar George Harrison - lead guitar Ringo Starr - drums 7. Good Day Sunshine {McCartney} (2:10)  Recorded: June 8, 1966 at Abbey Road, London, England with overdubs added June 9, 1966  Instrumentation: John Lennon - harmony vocal Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar George Harrison - harmony vocal Ringo Starr - drums George Martin - piano 8. For No One {Mc... Read review

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