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CD Review: The Rolling Stones, “Exile on Main Street” (Original Recording Remastered)

Ken Shane May 25, 2010 11

A case could be made that Exile on Main Street (Universal) is the greatest rock and roll album ever made. After all, it’s got everything, from the full-tilt boogie of “Rip This Joint,” to

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CD Review: The Rolling Stones, “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out” 40th Anniversary Edition

Ken Shane November 6, 2009 4

Just when you start to think that Rhino is the only company that knows how to do the box set thing, along comes ABKCO Records with their entry in the definitive statement sweepstakes. In

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CD Review: Jefferson Airplane, “Thirty Seconds Over Winterland” (reissue)

Ken Shane August 28, 2009 3

To quote Richard M. Nixon (it seems appropriate for the era), “let me make one thing perfectly clear” — There is no Jefferson Airplane without singer Marty Balin, anymore than there’s a Beach Boys

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