“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, and Jeff Lynne (2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

It’s hard to add an exclamation point to a classic song that everyone knows already, but there it is.

“Fire and Water”

“Fire and Water” – Ace Frehley

If this song sounds a lot like Kiss, it should — the artist is Kiss’s original lead guitarist and the song features vocals from Kiss vocalist Paul Stanley. You’re hearing the two working together for the first time in over a decade.

“Nothing Where Something Used To Be”

“Nothing Where Something Used To Be” (Steve Osborne Remix) – Vanessa Carlton

Liberman, the new album from pop pianist Vanessa Carlton, has been described as opaque and imposing but it didn’t start out that way. This remix from early in the production process shows how the artist considered a clean, conventional pop sound for the album before abandoning that approach.