Collectors Music Reviews

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Thank you all for supporting our efforts.  We have several new writers contributing to our always expanding database of reviews and articles.  We’ll ask you again to take advantage of the coffee icons on each page and submit a little donation.

It also should go without saying but Collectors Music Reviews is NOT a catalogue.  Nothing here is for sale nor do we know where to get them.  This is merely an academic discussion of these artifacts for our amusement.

Rock and roll, classic rock, progressive rock (whichever term you like) is the music we grew up with and love.  The music produced by these artists is endlessly fascinating.  We never get tired listening, discussing, and collecting this music.  And rock has no better arena than in the live setting.  The thrill of hearing (and watching) these artists translate their thoughts and emotions on stage is the only true place to experience the transcendent beauty (or ridiculousness) they create.  

There are many websites dedicated to a particular band.  Many websites will offer great information on Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, or the Rolling Stones.  But no other free website in the world offers the comprehensive and detailed analysis of live music for all artists as contained on this site.  Of course Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones and Led Zeppelin are the basis of this site, but you will also find reviews of releases by such diverse acts as Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, and the kings of Norwegian black metal Darkthrone.    

The focus is upon silver pressed releases, both official and unofficial.  With the proliferation of CDR titles you will occasionally find a review posted if it is important enough.  We keep the focus upon the silvers because we want to.  It is what we like.  We don’t care about the ”lowgen-torrenting-trading” crusade.  There are many collectors who like to fight incessantly over this issue, but there will be none of that here.   

We are a group of passionate and dedicated fans, collectors, and writers who not only love to collect and listen to these releases, but also to write about them.  The articles contained on this page are part review, part commentary, part social history, part editorial opinion, and all interesting reading.  If you are as obsessive as we are, then get comfortable and plan on spending several hours pouring over these articles.  

Already there are more than a thousand articles in this database with more added daily.  Updates will of course focus on the latest releases, but there are many old releases that have never been mentioned nor reviewed online which deserve attention.

The amount of information contained in these pages is overwhelming.  We recommend the following:

  1. Sign up as a subscriber.  There is no cost involved for registration (in fact, there is no cost for anything on this site except your attention).  You will find the registration promp on the right hand side.  Once you register you will have full access to all of the news, reviews, and editorials.  You will also have the opportunity to leave your own ratings and comments on releases.  To prevent spam and abuse, all comments are moderated by the administrators.   

  2. Once you register, sign up to have the daily updates sent to you by email.  You will find the registration on the upper right hand side.  Or click here.  You will receive an email every morning with the new articles posted from the previous day.  If there are no updates (which rarely happens), then you will not receive an email.

  3. Updates are posted on the “News And Updates” link to the upper left hand side.  That should be the first page you visit each time.

  4. We not charge a fee to access the reviews on this site.  We do suggest donations to keep us going and the suggested donation amounts are less than the price of one bad bootleg review. 

  5. If you have any suggestions or questions, please send us an email

  6. Remember that this is what we do for fun.  We are not professionals.  You will find typoes, grammatical errors and factual mistakes from time to time.  If you find an error, just relax!  Send us an email and we’ll correct it. 

 

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This GREAT page is the ULTIMATE page for collectors and fans of collector’s music.

Believe me, I’ve collected since 1980.

Snefru

snefru said in January 11th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

The first port of call for all enquiries. This objective & informative site is proving indispensible in navigating the murky waters of collecting

James said in February 7th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

Just wondering if I wanted to get reviews and info of Page & Plant titles where would I go.Thanks Randy

rjohnson said in February 19th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Good question, Randy. We don’t have a Page & Plant section yet because there haven’t been any Page & Plant reviews written. If anyone has a nice collection they would like to review, please send them in and we’ll post them.

gsparaco said in February 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

A really good site. I can easily recommended it as a long-time collector and music connosieur.

AA

Argenteum Astrum said in February 28th, 2008 at 9:56 am

This is the site I have been looking for!!!
Thanks & keep up the good work!!!

screwysquirrel123 said in March 20th, 2008 at 8:40 am

Truly an invaluable source of information here and absolutely fascinating to read daily.

I hope to contribute some useful commentary myself over time too!

Cheers! I cannot thank you all enough!

Plomerus said in March 24th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

Excellent site. Does anyone know if the Mid Valley Jeff Beck Ronnie Scott’s DVD is out yet

cloudyhours said in April 10th, 2008 at 2:17 am

Cloudyhours, log in or register (it’s free), go to the artist column on the left, click on Jeff Beck, and you will find it and some others there.

c.hansen said in April 29th, 2008 at 8:03 am

I am always amazed when people give up their valuable time for the benefit of a mostly unappreciative public. Good on you for maintaining such a rich, varied and frankly wonderful site. In the words of Neil Young “long may you run.”

andrewricci said in April 30th, 2008 at 4:33 am

I have been collecting, buying, and trading since 1979 and this is by far the best resource I have ever encountered. If you’re here, you are part of the community and join in.

eric99 said in June 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Most excellent site. To the main reviewer especially - hats off.

chelsea said in July 20th, 2008 at 4:26 pm

Everything you need is here. The best web site for rarities and collectors. Rock And Roll ! Thank you !

Darth Fredius said in July 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Hello and Seasons Greetings! Thank-you so much for this invaluable site!! I have found this to be a wealth of information, which no collector should be without! Keep it up! I will send a small donation, and continue to donate whenever I can. Again, THANK-YOU!!!

jabs1960 said in December 11th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

Hello and Season’s greetings! This site is simply awesome and to be honest that is an understatement. I usually purchase a silver cd once it gets reviewed here. I am a hardcore Zeppelin collector and was wondering if someone could review Scorpio’s “Go West, Young Man”. Thanks and happy new year to all!

ninmusic77 said in December 23rd, 2008 at 2:29 pm

I love this site, many great reviews Love the Floyd section on Sirene and Sigma. I am scrambling to buy these labels where ever I can. Pay way too much from predatorialy sellers, which leads me to my question. I don’t know if this is taboo or what ever but could someone help me find a place to buy these labels of Floyd? I am just a collector and never plan to sell anything. Would someone give me a heads up somehow or another? Thanks in advance.

zenarrrow said in January 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 pm

Fantastic bits here, thanks for the great work!

theembryo said in January 20th, 2009 at 9:06 pm

It’s a great site!
Fantastic!
More Bowie please and is it possible to include more artwork and even images of the discs themselves?
And always happy to read reviews of older releases as well as the new stuff. Keep up the good work and thanks.

richardgm99 said in January 21st, 2009 at 1:26 pm

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