LED
ZEPPELIN - (boxed set)
$62.99
Here are the original monsters of rock in all their epic, bombastic glory. The Who may have had more decibels (a dubious distinction), but no band took hard rock higher into the stratosphere than the Zep did with their cosmic mixture of deep blues, gothic melodrama, and the supernatural chops of Page, Plant, Bonham, and Jones. --Steve Appleford
DEEP
PURPLE - MACHINE HEAD
$16.99
Deep Purple were on the eve of breaking wide open when the quintet made Machine Head, a record that launched a heap of hard-rock hits, not to mention the bulk of the live album Made in Japan. No fewer than three classics were unveiled here: "Highway Star," "Space Truckin'," and their biggest hit ever, "Smoke on the Water." --Andrew Bartlett
BLACK
SABBATH - PARANOID
$10.99
Though most of Black Sabbath's classic material from this album ("War Pigs," "Iron Man," "Fairies Wear Boots," and the title track) can also be found on the collection We Sold Our Soul for Rock & Roll, Paranoid is essential for the completist. --Genevieve Williams
THE
WHO -MY GENERATION - the very best of
$14.99
This fourth single-disc repackaging of the Who's hits is a definitive catalog item with decent liner notes, brilliantly remastered sound and 19 deathless Townshend gems from "I Can't Explain" through "You Better You Bet." --Jeff Bateman
PINK
FLOYD - WISH YOU WERE HERE
$13.49
Wish You Were Here is a song cycle dedicated to Pink Floyd's original frontman, Syd Barrett, who'd flamed out years before: two grimly funny songs about the evils of the music business ("By the way, which one's Pink?"), and two long, touching ones about the band's vanished friend. --Douglas Wolk
AC/DC
- LET THERE BE ROCK
$8.95
AC/DC's second U.S. release took the raw energy from their debut, High Voltage, up a notch, producing another huge collection of driving, intense songs for serious headbanging, but adding a bit more professionalism into the equation. --Lorry Fleming
GENESIS
- THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY
$22.99
When it comes to making albums of epic proportions, few rival this magnificent production that a trip the band took to New York City inspired in 1973. The underlying story is of a street kid named Rael who, thanks in part to the realities of big city life, undergoes a weird and mystical transformation. --Paul Clark
RAINBOW
- Long Live Rock N Roll (Limited Edition) [IMPORT]
$29.49
YES
- GOING FOR THE ONE
$10.99
In 1977, with England still in the throes of the punk explosion, and art-rock becoming a decidedly unfashionable commodity, the longstanding progressive-rock institution Yes was making some of the most inventive and energetic music of its career on Going for the One. --Scott Schinder
SUPERTRAMP
- CRIME OF THE CENTURY (remastered/import)
$22.99
After releasing two albums to less than positive critique, Crime of the Century, with the classic track "Dreamer," set Supertramp truly on the map. It also marked the beginning of a long and illustrious career for a band that originally came together through the "Musicians Wanted" section of a British paper. --Paul Clark
