Acoustic-blues guitarist Bill Broonzy started with the violin, moved onto guitar at 22, and became a big name in the Netherlands and Europe after World War II. These two CDs are from appearances in February 1953, and show Broonzy at his performing best with traditional folk/blues: "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad," "Willie Mae," "Down by the Riverside," "John Henry," "The Midnight Special," "Louise, Louise Blues." — S.I.

THE BYRDS; "There Is a Season" (Columbia/Legacy) ***

James "Roger" McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and Mike Clark — collectively known as The Byrds — offer a complete history in this four-CD box set with a bonus DVD of TV appearances and live segments. Early works by McGuinn's Jet Set and Crosby's Beefeaters are off set by Byrds classics "Mr. Tambourine Man," "All I Really Want to Do," "Turn! Turn! Turn!," "She Don't Care About Time," "Why" and "Eight Miles High." The Kevin Kelly and Gram Parsons era is represented as well. The Byrds discovered a unique sound of jangly guitars, folk-rock lyrics and sublime harmonies, later copied by others. — S.I.

JOHNNY CASH; "At San Quentin (Legacy Edition)" (Columbia/Legacy) ****

This was the prison-concert follow-up to Johnny Cash's blockbuster "Live at Folsom Prison." It was originally a 10-track album but has been remastered over the years, adding more tracks from the 1969 concert. The recordings get a royal repackaging here, with previously unreleased tracks by Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, and Cash and his wife June Carter Cash, along with a DVD that was released a few years back. Cash does "A Boy Named Sue," "Big River," "Ring of Fire," "I Walk the Line"; Perkins does "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Restless"; the Statlers do "Flowers on the Wall" and "Less of Me." — S.I.

THE CLASH; "The Singles" (Sony/BMG) ***

Just when Clash fans thought they had everything — or nearly everything — by the still-missed British punk band, along comes this multi-disc, supposedly complete collection of singles and rarities. Not everything is a must-have (the interviews and most of the remixed songs are mildly interesting at best), but the packaging is well done, especially the re-creation of the original sleeve artwork. — Jeff Vice

DAVID CROSBY; "Voyage" (Atlantic/Rhino) ***