Patrick Prince

Giants in the music world, the Grateful Dead made music that did more than span and transcend genres; it created new ones. Between their launch in San Francisco in the mid 1960s and the band’s end, the Grateful Dead released 13 albums of new studio materi... See more

Bob Weir didn’t so much plan a career in rock music as fall headlong into one. When he joined the Grateful Dead at just 16 years old, he was learning how to play, write, and perform in real time — very much “building the car on the track.” That trial-by-f... See more

Happy New Year, folks! We figured we’d kick off the year with a calendar-turning list celebrating hard rock and heavy metal records that are a half-century old in 2026. It’s a simple brief, and we figured, given that longtime Goldmine writer Martin Popoff... See more

Paul McCartney has recently delved into his Wings past with a variety of releases. First, there’s an impressive oral history, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run (Liveright Publishing). McCartney’s rather disingenuous at times, as when he describes the ... See more

Visit the Goldmine store — it is a music collector's one-stop shop of vinyl, CDs, box sets, collectibles, collecting supplies, audio equipment, music history books and Goldmine-only exclusives. Click HERE! . . By TONE Scott Box Set album releases come in ... See more