Blog: Hyperbolium

The essential second (or third) Big Star purchase It's hard to imagine anyone issuing a Big Star release that's a more perfect introduction to the band than the two-fer of #1 Record and Radio City . You could include their third album , dig in the archives for alternate versions and live tracks, stretch through their reunion music, add pre- and post-Big Star releases, and solo work for context, and you could write lavish liner notes to explain and contextualize their ill-fated story. But as an introduction, every [...]