The Primitives – Galore [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
By the time of their third album, 1991’s Galore, the Primitives found themselves out of step with the times and almost completely out of fashion. Their brand of cheery, simple pop came off as a little...
View ArticleLed Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Led Zeppelin returned from a nearly two-year hiatus in 1975 with the double album Physical Graffiti, their most sprawling and ambitious work. Where Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy integrated...
View ArticleOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Junk Culture [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Smarting from Dazzle Ships‘ commercial failure, the band had a bit of a rethink when it came to their fifth album — happily, the end result showed that the group was still firing on all fours. While...
View ArticleBig Country – The Seer [Deluxe Edition] (2014)
The band’s album from 1986 has been remastered and expanded to include seven rare B-Sides, six 12” remixes, The Complete Restless Natives Soundtrack, plus the original unreleased film version of...
View ArticleKevin Gilbert – Thud [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Deluxe Edition include 3 new studio tracks and 18 previously unreleased demos/alternate takes. Kevin Gilbert played and wrote on numerous albums and was a veteran of the L.A. music scene by the time he...
View ArticleBrian Eno – Neroli / New Space Music (2014)
Taking a cue from the liner notes, most reviewers of Brian Eno‘s Neroli point out the piece’s simple melodic line, its derivation from the Phrygian mode, its slowly mutating processes, and perhaps also...
View ArticleBig Country – Steeltown [Deluxe Edition] (2014)
Universal’s reissue of Big Country‘s Steeltown include a 17-track bonus CD. 1984 was the year of The Miners’ Strike, the beginning of the end of heavy industry in the UK, and (with events like the...
View ArticleJ Rider – No Longer Anonymous (+10) [Deluxe Reissue] (2014)
Anonymous, the amazing group whose Inside the Shadow LP from 1976 made plenty of year-end reissue lists in 2013, gets another heavy obscurity unleashed. The band would change their name to J Rider, and...
View ArticleSimple Minds – Sparkle in the Rain [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Deluxe Edition comprises a full Abbey Road 2014 remaster of the album on disc one and host of bonus material on disc two including B-sides and extended mixes. Simple Minds get creative and passionate...
View ArticleT.Rex – Deluxe Editions (2012-2015)
Universal Music reissue three Tyrannosaurus Rex albums at the end of January and one in March 2015 as expansive double-CD sets, all newly remastered. My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair But...
View ArticleSilverchair – Frogstomp [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Silverchair’s debut album ‘Frogstomp’ was released 20 years to the day, on 27th March 1995, where the band of 15 year old teenage comrades – guitarist and vocalist Daniel Johns, bassist Chris Joannou...
View ArticleBad Company – Straight Shooter [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
One year after Bad Company‘s multi-platinum self- titled debut, the British band returned to London to record a follow-up. Utilizing material written earlier in 1973, vocalist and songwriter Paul...
View ArticleTori Amos – Under the Pink (1994, Deluxe Edition 2015)
Despite the critical acclaim for her debut, Tori only managed to sneak into the UK top 20 once with one single from that album, Crucify. That changed at the beginning of 1994 when Amos powered...
View ArticleTori Amos – Little Earthquakes (1992, Deluxe Edition 2015)
Little Earthquakes was released in 1992 and remains the singer-songwriter’s benchmark album for many fans. It spawned a large number of singles including debut Me And A Gun (swiftly re-promoted as...
View ArticleBad Company – Bad Company [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
From the wreckage of Free came Bad Company, a group fronted by singer Paul Rodgers and featuring his drummer bandmate Simon Kirke, Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and King Crimson bassist Boz...
View ArticleSuper Furry Animals – Mwng [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Having established themselves as true adventurers with their first three albums for Creation Records, Super Furry Animals did something astonishing with Mwng; they turned the volume down, sang in their...
View ArticleJethro Tull – Minstrel in the Gallery [40th Anniversary Edition] (2015)
Minstrel in the Gallery was Jethro Tull‘s most artistically successful and elaborately produced album since Thick as a Brick and harkened back to that album with the inclusion of a 17-minute extended...
View ArticleEmerson, Lake & Palmer – Trilogy [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Deluxe edition of the 1972 prog classic includes remastered album audio, new stereo mixes, and previously unheard version of “From the Beginning.” After the heavily distorted bass and doomsday church...
View ArticleCursive – The Ugly Organ [Deluxe Edition] (2014)
The Deluxe Edition adds a bonus disc with eight songs that were recorded at the same time as The Ugly Organ, but didn’t make it in the album. Instead they found homes on the Saddle Creek 50...
View ArticleAretha Franklin – Aretha / Through the Storm [Expanded Editions] (2014)
Funky Town Grooves released two titles from Aretha Franklin‘s Arista catalogue: 1986’s Aretha (her second album of that name for Arista) and 1989’s Through the Storm. Aretha welcomed back producer...
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