COLLECTING CHRISTMAS!

GOLDMINE WRITER TIM NEELY TAKES YOU THROUGH THE STEPS OF BUILDING A CHRISTMAS ALBUM COLLECTION IN A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY.

ELTON'S COLLECTION OF JEWELS

AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH ELTON JOHN ABOUT HIS RECENTLY RELEASED ELTON: JEWEL BOX — AMONG OTHER THINGS.

WILCO's TEETH

THE MAKING OF WILCO’S SUMMERTEETH: LOOKING TO THE PAST POINTED THE WAY TO THE FUTURE.

XMAS ROUNDUP

2020 CHRISTMAS RELEASES REVIEWED

HENDRIX'S Hawaii

OVER THE RAINBOW: JIMI HENDRIX TAKES A HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY.

Talking Winos: A Chat with Keith Richards

ICONIC ROLLING STONES GUITARIST KEITH RICHARDS TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO CHAT WITH GOLDMINE ABOUT THE LATEST RELEASE OF X-PENSIVE WINOS MATERIAL, LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM, IN VARIOUS FORMATS.

STILL AS FEISTY AS EVER!

DIONNE WARWICK STILL FEISTY WHILE APPROACHING 80TH BIRTHDAY

All The Pretty Things

DICK TAYLOR, GUITARIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PRETTY THINGS, DEPARTED THE BAND AFTER THEIR CONCEPT ALBUM S.F. SORROW, BUT RETURNED IN 1979 FOR THE LONG HAUL, UNTIL THE RECENTLY RELEASED (AND LAST) ALBUM, BARE AS BONE, BRIGHT AS BLOOD.

Mercy of Muscle Shoals

DOWN ON MUSIC ROW AND IN MUSCLE SHOALS: SONGWRITING LEGEND DAN PENN IS ‘LIVING ON MERCY. ’

TIME FLIES FOR A BYRD

IN HIS NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CHRIS HILLMAN, BYRDS CO-FOUNDER AND ORIGINAL PILOT OF THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS, SHARES A TALE OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY.

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER … AND EVER

The year 2020 is important in Beatledom. John Lennon would have turned 80 on October 9, and December 8 is the 40th anniversary of one of the darkest days in Beatles history.

CHECKING BACK IN TO MORRISON HOTEL

A DELUXE ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE DOORS’ MORRISON HOTEL WILL HAVE FANS WANTING TO REVISIT THE HISTORY BEHIND AN ICONIC CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM. GUITARIST ROBBY KRIEGER GIVES US A PERSONAL TOUR AROUND THE MUSIC.

10 ALBUMS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

TOP MOST VINTAGE ALBUMS

SUPER TROUPER

JANNE SCHAFFER REMEMBERS BEING IN THE STUDIO AS THE ABBA GUITARIST.

CATCHING UP WITH JOHN OATES

CAROL ANNE SZEL CONTACTS ONE HALF OF THE POP DUO HALL & OATES TO FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW AND WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2021.

CÜLTÜS REDÜX

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT RETURN WITH THEIR FIRST STUDIO ALBUM OF NEW MUSIC IN NEARLY 20 YEARS.

'80s WEISS GUY

PHOTOGRAPHER MARK WEISS HAS MADE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER TAKING ICONIC IMAGES OF ROCK STARS SUCH AS OZZY OSBOURNE AND JON BON JOVI. HE RECENTLY COMPILED MUCH OF HIS MEMORABLE PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE 1980S INTO A HARDCOVER BOOK CALLED THE DECADE THAT ROCKED.

STONES SOUP

DAVE THOMPSON LOOKS THROUGH ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF THE ROLLING STONES ALBUM GOATS HEAD SOUP IN ITS REI SSUED BOX SET, AND FINDS EVERY LITTLE SPICE THAT’S IMPORTANT.

THE RIGHT MOULD

ALTERNATIVE ROCKER BOB MOULD RELEASES THE STUDIO ALBUM BLUE HEARTS, A SET CALLED DISTORTION: 19892019 — WHICH CHRONICLES MOULD’S SOLO MUSIC AND HIS WORK WITH THE BAND SUGAR — AND RECORD STORE DAY VINYL WITHIN A MONTH’S TIME.

TRUTH REMIX BOX FOR LENNON'S 80TH

ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS

THE BOOK ON FRAMPTON

PETER FRAMPTON RELEASES AN ENGAGING MEMOIR CHRONICLING HIS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HIGHS AND LOWS.

SHE'S GOT IT GOIN' ON

DRUMMER CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA STEPS UP TO THE MICROPHONE ON HER NEW SOLO ALBUM, FEATURING HER FAMOUS HUSBAND AND OTHER BIG-NAME GUITARISTS.

NILS LIVE

NILS LOFGREN RELEASES A 16-TRACK COLLECTION, WEATHERED , WHICH WAS RECORDED ON THE ROAD IN 2019.

OHIO EXPRESS - MEMBERS KEEP OFFERING UP A ‘YUMMY' TIME

THE FOUNDING OHIO EXPRESS MEMBERS KNOWN FOR PERFORMING THE BUBBLEGUM ROCK HITS “YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY” AND “CHEWY CHEWY” ARE SET TO BRING BACK THE FUN.

FOR VINYL CITIZENS

CITIZEN VINYL, A CULTURAL HUB FOR VINYL LOVERS, LAUNCHES IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.

GROOVES

THE LATEST ON MUSIC COLLECTING, MEMORABILIA & NEWS

AN INTERVIEW WITH CAT STEVENS

In 1968, after surviving an almost deadly bout of tuberculosis, Cat Stevens, already a star in his homeland of England, having racked up the hits, “Matthew and Son,” “I Love My Dog” and “I’m Gonna Get Me a Gun,” had grown weary of living life inside the bubble of fame.

THE MAKING OF PAUL McCARTNEY'S FLAMING PIE

AS PART OF THE PAUL MCCARTNEY ARCHIVE COLLECTION, 1997’S FLAMING PIE, WHICH STANDS AS ONE OF MCCARTNEY’S MOST SUCCESSFUL SOLO ALBUMS, IS RELEASED IN VARIOUS FORMATS FOR MUSIC COLLECTORS.

THE KINGS

THE CANADIAN QUARTET The Kings celebrate the 40th anniversary of their hit “Switchin’ to Glide,” which reached No. 43 in the U.S. in 1980, a lively song beginning with the line, “Nothing matters but the weekend, from a Tuesday point of view.” Their DVD The Kings: Anatomy of a One-Hit Wonder includes Dick Clark introducing them on American Bandstand and saying, “These guys have worked so hard and hit it so well,” before the group energetically performed “Switchin’ to Glide.”

SPIN YOUR FORMAT

There’s not been much good news out of the music industry this year, but reports that sales of cassettes in the U.K. through the first half of 2020 are more than double the same period last year certainly offers us pause for thought.