SRV

Unlike the recent trend of late, great rock icons cranking out more records from six feet under than they ever did alive, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s premature death in 1990 wasn’t followed by an unending parade of posthumous releases. It seems those watching over his vault saved his unreleased stash for SRV, a box set that shows the blues-rock great in all his guitar-slinging glory. Three quarters of the collection has never been heard—scorching live stuff, inspired collaborations, one-off covers—and there’s not a wasted cut in the bunch.