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Reissue CDs Weekly: La Locura de Machuca
Deep-digging exploration of the wayward Colombian label MachucaLa Locura de Machuca translates as “the madness of Machuca.” A Colombian label which issued its first record in 1975, Machuca was active...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Kraftwerk - in colour, from Autobahn to The Mix
When reissues are not reissuesAfter Florian Schneider left Kraftwerk in 2008, Ralf Hütter was left in the driving seat. The pair had first been heard on record in 1970 as members of Organisation, and...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: The Stooges - Live At Goose Lake
THE STOOGES - LIVE AT GOOSE LAKE Iggy and pals roar through full ‘Fun House’Blistering 1970 recording of Iggy and pals roaring through the full ‘Fun House’ albumSo far this year, Live at Goose Lake...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Kenny Carter - Showdown
Finally unearthed, the soul legend’s stunning 1966 RCA recordingsHalf-way through the 22 tracks of Showdown – The Complete 1966 RCA Recordings, what’s been increasingly apparent from the opening cut is...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Apple, Jason Crest
APPLE, JASON CREST Last-word collections dedicated to Brit-psych underachieversLast-word collections dedicated to belatedly feted Brit-psych underachieversAfter their final records were released in...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Slaughter and the Dogs - Do It Dog Style
All-inclusive overhaul of the Manchester punks's albumManchester’s Slaughter and the Dogs were perfect for 1977. In May, their debut single “Cranked up Really High” sported bee-in-a-jar guitar, a...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Do You Have The Force - Jon Savage’s Alternate History Of...
Previously hidden musical connections are revealed “During 1975, 1976 and the first half of 1977 punk was the future but, after the highpoint of ‘God Save the Queen’, London punk already seemed spent....
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Trees - 50th Anniversary box set
Four-disc fantasia dedicated to the mind-blowing British folk-rockersFifty years after their first album The Garden Of Jane Delawney was issued in April 1970, Trees seem to be better known than when...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Scars - Author! Author!
SCARS - AUTHOR! AUTHOR! Expanded reissue of sole album from Edinburgh’s exceptional post-punks in Reissue CDs WeeklyExpanded edition of the sole album from Edinburgh’s exceptional post-punksScars’s...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Iggy & The Stooges - You Think You’re Bad, Man? The Road...
IGGY & THE STOOGES You Think You’re Bad, Man? The Road Tapes 1973-74Lo-fi box set cataloguing the live adventures of the musical saboteurs as they hit the bufferIt didn’t take long for The Stooges...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Sumer Is Icumen In - The Pagan Sound Of British & Irish Folk
SUMER IS ICUMEN IN The Pagan Sound Of British & Irish Folk 1966-1975Three discs seeking to evoke a ‘woodland peppered with invocations’The winter solstice occurs tomorrow, 21 December. Stonehenge,...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Looking back at 2020
BEST OF 2020: REISSUE CDS WEEKLY Kenny Carter, Game Theory, Norwegian jazz, The Stooges, Hank Williams and moreKenny Carter, Game Theory, Norwegian jazz, The Stooges, Hank Williams and moreIn 2020, one...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Lost Innocence - Garpax 1960s Punk & Psych
High-octane collection of engineer-producer Gary Paxton’s excursions into garage rockAn old saw relating to The Doors says their ambition when they formed was to be as big as Los Angeles-based...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Charles Mingus @ Bremen 1964 & 1975
REISSUE CDS WEEKLY: CHARLES MINGUS @ BREMEN 1964 & 1975 Contrasting live performances from the jazz giantLive recordings where the jazz great wouldn’t ‘tone down his performance to meet the...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: John Mayall - The First Generation
JOHN MAYALL - THE FIRST GENERATION Massive box-set tribute to the British musical visionaryMassive box-set tribute to the important British musical visionaryThe First Generation 1965–1974 is a 35-CD...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Destiny Street Complete
RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS - DESTINY STREET COMPLETE 1982 album reissued in triplicateThought-provoking revisitation of the New York punk pioneer’s second album"Three plus versions of the same...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: The Free Design - Butterflies Are Free
THE FREE DESIGN - BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE 4-disc retrospective of esoteric harmony poppersWallet-friendly entry point into the esoteric harmony poppers“Dorian Benediction” begins with a muted organ and...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Allen Ginsberg - At Reed College: The First Recorded...
ALLEN GINSBERG - AT REED COLLEGE First-ever release of a remarkable personal appearance from February 1956The important, first-ever release of a remarkable personal appearance from February 1956“I saw...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Disco Zombies - South London Stinks
There’s more to the arty pop-punk outfit than the racket they made“Witless punk” was the weekly music paper Sounds assessment of Disco Zombies’s first single “Drums Over London”. NME’s Paul Morley was...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: For The Good Times - The Songs Of Kris Kristofferson
REISSUE CDS WEEKLY: FOR THE GOOD TIMES - THE SONGS OF KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Multiple artists interpret the KK catalogueAn unexpected brush with punk from the writer of ‘Help me Make it Through the...
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