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Music Reissues Weekly: Angelic Upstarts - Teenage Warning
Punk landmark remains as abrasive as it was in 1979NME’s Paul Morley reviewed Angelic Upstarts’ debut album, the newly reissued Teenage Warning, in August 1979. He pointed out that they were “seen as...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Atlanta - Hotbed of 70s Soul
ATLANTA - HOTBED OF 70S SOUL GRC is one of America's great soul labelsDespite being bankrolled by ‘The Scarface of Sex’, GRC is one of America's great soul labelsMichael Thevis made his money from...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Barry Ryan - The Albums 1969-1979
Musical drama personifiedIn April 1985, The Damned’s Dave Vanian was speaking with Janice Long on her BBC Radio 1 show. He said “Barry Ryan and Paul Ryan have been sadly forgotten. Everyone waxes...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Tomorrow's Fashions - Library Electronica 1972-1987
Fascinating collection of futuristic music intended for soundtracks rather than record shopsThe conundrum central to library music is that it was not meant to be listened to in any normal way. Yet, in...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Sex Pistols - Looking For a Kiss in Kristinehamn
SEX PISTOLS - LOOKING FOR A KISS IN KRISTINEHAMN When Dionysian irrationality and divine insanity came to small-town SwedenWhen Dionysian irrationality and divine insanity came to small-town...
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Music Reissues Weekly: White Noise - An Electric Storm
WHITE NOISE - AN ELECTRIC STORM Delia Derbyshire climbs on board for a tilt at the pop marketBBC Radiophonic legend Delia Derbyshire climbs on board for a tilt at the pop marketAn Electric Storm opens...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Having a Rave-Up! - The British R&B Sounds of 1964
HAVING A RAVE-UP! THE BRITISH R&B SOUNDS OF 1964 Mad for rhythm and bluesThrill-packed box set documenting the year British pop went mad for rhythm and blues“The Rollin' Stones are probably...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Shadowplay - Touch and Glow, Eggs & Pop
Jazz-inclined Finnish post-punk is as fresh as it was in Eighties and NinetiesSome pointers suggest how Finland’s Shadowplay might sound. They took their name from a Joy Division song. Their key...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Peter Baumann - Phase by Phase: The Virgin Albums
The surprising solo adventures of a core member of Tangerine DreamWhen the first solo album by Tangerines Dream’s Peter Baumann was released in the US in 1977, its promotion was striking. Press...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Friends - People Funny Boy:...
LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY AND FRIENDS People Funny Boy: The Upsetter Singles 1968-1969Meticulous investigation of the early self-determined years of the eminent sonic architectAfter the March 1969 UK release...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs
SEAN BUCKLEY & THE BREADCRUMBS Dagenham mod-beat band’s first recording surfacesDagenham mod-beat band’s first recording surfaces - 60 years lateAlthough Dagenham’s Sean Buckley & The...
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Here comes the flood: Bob Dylan's 1974 Live Recordings
Night after night: Sony's latest gargantuan release from the vaultsLighters at the ready, because here comes the flood. Drawn from 16-track tape, 1/4in reels and lo-fi sound board cassettes that are...
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Music Reissues Weekly: New Jill Swing
First-ever collection documenting new jack swing’s female counterpartAs the name of a music genre, new jack swing was coined in an issue of the Village Voice dated 18 October 1987. Writer Barry Michael...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Why Don’t You Smile Now - Lou Reed at Pickwick Records...
Important collection focusing on the future Velvet Underground man’s period as a music business employeeThe Velvet Underground first played before an audience on 11 December 1965. A year earlier, their...
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Music Reissues Weekly: The Devil Rides In - Spellbinding Satanic Magick & The...
THE DEVIL RIDES IN - SPELLBINDING SATANIC MAGICK Pop & rock embrace the dark sideWhen pop and rock embraced the dark sideJust over two weeks before Christmas 1967, The Rolling Stones issued Their...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
ARVO PART - TABULA RASA A foundational album returnsA foundational album returnsIn 2022, Spritualized’s Jason Pierce described his musical goal as "trying to find somewhere between Arvo Pärt and The...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Rain - Tomorrow Never Comes: The NYC Sessions 1967-1968
RAIN: TOMORROW NEVER COMES: THE NYC SESSIONS 1967-1968 The final chapter in the story of Merseybeat pioneers The UndertakersThe final chapter in the story of Merseybeat pioneers The UndertakersThe...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Gerry and the Pacemakers - I Like It! Anthology 1963-1966
GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS I Like It! Anthology 1963-1966How the key Merseybeat hitmakers were left behind as pop moved onThe name is so familiar it inhibits analysis. Gerry and the Pacemakers – Gerry...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Singles
ISAAC HAYES - HOT BUTTERED SINGLES Plugging a gap in the story of the soul giantPlugging a gap in the story of the soul giantAfter the chart success of his second album, June 1969’s Hot Buttered Soul,...
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Music Reissues Weekly: The Yardbirds - The Ultimate Live at the BBC
THE YARDBIRDS - THE ULTIMATE LIVE AT THE BBC New ways to see British bandNew ways to see this most significant of British bands“The last we had was a bit of a flop. I own up about it, it was quite...
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