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Something changed after his career-making '70s-era examinations of life, madness, death and the late Syd Barrett.

Lesser-played, but certainly not lesser-quality.

Other items include a Hendrix guitar pick, a bootleg Ozzy sweatshirt and an invitation to Janis Joplin's wake.

That first track can make or break whether you hear the rest of the album. Here's why the best opening songs matter so much.

The Beatles' 1965 album was a turning point in their career, musically and personally.

These 35 essential horn rock tracks prove that adding trumpets and saxophones to guitars and drums creates something genuinely special.

Famous acts have been swiping ideas and making them their own from the beginning. Here are the worst offenders.

Neil Young's catalog is sprawling and uneven, but that's kind of the point. His willingness to follow instinct over commercial sense defined rock music.

These rock stars saw the future, decades before it arrived.

The often-bootlegged 1976 concert captures the band mid-transformation.

These legends refused to quietly fade away.

From the skyscrapers of New York to the historic mansions of Newport, every structure tells a story about who we are as a nation.