Reissue CDs Weekly: Chris Barber - A Trailblazer's Legacy
CHRIS BARBER: A TRAILBLAZER'S LEGACY Tribute to the blues and jazz visionaryFond box-set The book included with this splendid box set dedicated to British jazz innovator Chris Barber includes a series...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Tim Buckley - Merry-Go-Round at the Carousel
TIM BUCKLEY - MERRY-GO-ROUND AT THE CAROUSEL First-ever release of San Francisco live shows from 1968Essential first-ever release of previously unheard live shows from 1968Anyone in San Francisco on 15...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Choctaw Ridge - New Fables of The American South 1968-1973
CHOCKTAW RIDGE - NEW FABLES OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH 1968-1973 The revitalisation of country music story tellingMust-have collection celebrating the revitalisation of country music story telling“Saunders'...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: The Merseybeats, The Sorrows
The complete works of British Beat Boom-era bands are collected in one placeAfter a band’s back catalogue has been reissued countless times, any new release needs a fresh approach to attract attention....
View ArticleReissue CD Weekly: Iggy and the Stooges - Born In A Trailer
IGGY & THE STOOGES: BORN IN A TRAILER Four-disc box set documenting what came before and after 1973's ‘Raw Power’Box set documenting what came before and after 1973’s crucial ‘Raw Power’...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Leslie Winer - When I Hit You, You’ll Feel It
LESLIE WINER: WHEN I HIT YOU, YOU'LL FEEL IT First-ever anthology dedicated to polymath former model whose music prefigured trip hopFirst-ever anthology dedicated to polymath former model whose music...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Laura Nyro - American Dreamer
Lavish box-set collection of important albums by ‘The Funky Madonna of New York Soul’ “She is a 20-year-old white New Yorker who sings like a 55-year-old black lady from Mississippi. The experts say...
View ArticleOut of the shadows: Dylan’s Eighties reappraised
Bootleg Series co-producer Steve Berkowitz gives an insider’s run-down on the latest Bootleg Series release, 'Springtime in New York'Dylan’s 1980s weren’t great in terms of critical acclaim. As an...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Goldie & the Gingerbreads - Thinking About The Good Times
GOLDIE & THE GINGERBREADS - THINKING ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES How a New York band became an essential part of the British Sixties pop boomHow a New York band became an essential part of the British...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Songs
DONOVAN - HURDY GURDY SONGS Never mind the hiccups, it’s the songs that countNever mind the hiccups, it’s the songs that countEarly last month, Donovan issued his extraordinary new single “I am the...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Help Yourself - Passing Through, The Complete Studio...
HELP YOURSELF - PASSING THROUGH Box-set of the idiosyncratic 70s British bandBox-set tribute to the idiosyncratic Seventies British band“Reaffirmation” is the sound of a San Francisco ballroom in 1968....
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in...
REISSUE CDS WEEKLY Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space; Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the WorldWallet-friendly new editions deliver an alternative to £250 original...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Van der Graaf Generator - The Charisma Years 1970-1978
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - THE CHARISMA YEARS 1970-1978 A band like no otherStatement-piece box set honouring a band like no other“There should be some kind of spirit there which is outside whoever is...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Psychedelic Soul - Produced By Norman Whitfield
PSYCHEDELIC SOUL - PRODUCED BY NORMAN WHITFIELD First-ever overview of the storied producer and songwriterFirst-ever overview of the storied producer and songwriterWhile there’s undoubtedly some of...
View ArticleMusic Reissues Weekly: Fire - Father's Name Is Dad, Flowerman - Rare Blooms...
FIRE - FATHER'S NAME IS DAD; FLOWERMAN - RARE BLOOMS FROM THE SYN Definitive statements on the British psychedelic contendersDefinitive statements on the British psychedelic contenders Between August...
View ArticleMusic Reissues Weekly: Graham Collier - British Conversations
GRAHAM COLLIER - BRITISH CONVERSATIONS Previously unissued suite by the British jazz composer and bandleaderPreviously unissued suite enhances understanding of the British jazz composer, bassist and...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones’ Tattoo You at 40
Arguably the band’s last great studio album returns remastered and expandedAs The Rolling Stones– sans a much-missed Charlie Watts – generate old fashioned, 20th-century rock'n'roll excitement in the...
View ArticleMusic Reissues Weekly: The Sun Shines Here - The Roots Of Indie-Pop 1980-1984
A great listen, but despite this box set’s title a definition of ‘indie-pop’ remains out of reachThe Sun Shines Here - The Roots Of Indie-Pop 1980-1984 is three-CD set in a clamshell box with 74...
View ArticleMusic Reissues Weekly: Blow My Mind! The Doré-Era-Mira Punk & Psych Legacy
Hot collection of Los Angeles independent-label Sixties obscuritiesAny compilation with a track credited to “Unknown Artist” is always going to entice, especially when it’s one which goes the full way...
View ArticleReissue CDs Weekly: Tim Buckley - Merry-Go-Round at the Carousel
TIM BUCKLEY - MERRY-GO-ROUND AT THE CAROUSEL First-ever release of San Francisco live shows from 1968Essential first-ever release of previously unheard live shows from 1968Anyone in San Francisco on 15...
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