Procol Harum – Procol Harum [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
The self-titled Procol Harum marked the album debut of the band then consisting of Gary Brooker (vocals/piano), Robin Trower (guitar), Matthew Fisher (organ), David Knights (bass) and B.J. Wilson...
View ArticleLed Zeppelin – Presence [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Created at a time of intense turmoil for Led Zeppelin — they scrapped a planned international tour in the wake of Robert Plant’s car accident in Greece in August 1975 — Presence is a strange, misshapen...
View ArticleLed Zeppelin – In Through the Out Door [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Marshalling their strength after the dark interlude of Presence — a period that extended far after its 1976 release, with the band spending a year in tax exile and Robert Plant suffering another...
View ArticleProcol Harum – A Salty Dog [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Newly re-mastered deluxe edition include 12 bonus tracks over two CDs, including the mono single mix of the title track and its non-album B-side; an early take of ‘The Milk of Human Kindness’, plus...
View ArticleDavid Grisman – Mondo Mando Deluxe (2015)
In 1981, David Grisman recorded the second of four studio albums for Warner Brothers Records. The mandolinist performs seven colorful originals (including “Dawg Funk”), plus Django Reinhardt’s...
View ArticleProcol Harum – Home [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Newly re-mastered from the original tapes deluxe edition include 11 bonus tracks. The group’s hardest-rocking classic album is, beyond some superb vocalizing by Gary Brooker, principally a showcase for...
View ArticleSolvent – New Ways: Music from the Documentary ‘I Dream of Wires’ [Deluxe...
The Deluxe Edition contains a full 74 minutes of additional bonus material, including previously unreleased Solvent music from the film, as well as new remixes from artists who were interviewed for the...
View ArticleJulian Cope – World Shut Your Mouth [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Deluxe Edition has the three extra tracks from the 1996 reissue (Wreck My Car, Hey Class Butcher and Eat the Poor) and adds the remixed version of (The) Greatness and Perfection (of Love). There are...
View ArticleHammock – Kenotic [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Hammock‘s debut, Kenotic, is in every way a contender for classic status in the shoegazing genre. Expertly merging ambient guitar drone (think Bowery Electric), electronic beats (think Boards of...
View ArticleThe Lover Speaks – The Lover Speaks [Expanded Edition] (2015)
Perhaps one of the least-known bands of ‘80’s pop, The Lover Speaks came to wider public knowledge not during their days as a working, functional band, but years after their demise. Annie Lennox, who...
View ArticleArcade Fire – Reflektor [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Deluxe Edition includes five new songs: “Apocrypha”, “Women of a Certain Age”, “Soft Power”, “Get Right”, and “Crucified Again”. There’s also a new remix of “Flashbulb Eyes” by reggae musician Dennis...
View ArticlePaul McCartney – Pipes of Peace [Special Edition] (2015)
Special Edition consists of the original album plus a 9-track bonus disc including Spike Stent’s new 2015 remix of “Say Say Say,” demos of three album tracks, outtakes “It’s Not On” and “Simple As...
View ArticlePaul McCartney – Tug of War [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
For the new reissue, available as a two-disc CD set or a three-disc CD plus DVD deluxe edition, Tug of War has been remixed. The change in overall sound is not dramatic, which should be welcome news...
View ArticleJack’s Mannequin – Everything in Transit [10th Anniversary Edition] (2015)
Digitally remastered and expanded deluxe edition. Celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary, Rhino Records is honoring that milestone with a special edition that includes a newly remastered version of the...
View ArticleWolfmother – Wolfmother [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (2015)
There’s no denying Australian heavy rock trio Wolfmother have been raised on rock — specifically, ’70s rock. Problem is, from all appearances on their eponymous debut, they made their journey into the...
View ArticleSon Volt – Trace: 20th Anniversary Edition (2015)
Son Volt’s 1995 debut, Trace, is an album full of highways and backroads, maps and legends. Sturdily constructed from scraps of rusted country and strange, white-line-feverish imagery, these songs...
View ArticleThe Big Sound Authority – An Inward Revolution [Special Edition] (2015)
If you’re a child of the ’80s you might remember The Big Sound Authority. A refreshing brand of pop-soul that graced the airwaves with the superb This House (Is Where Your Love Stands) and popped up on...
View ArticleAlanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill [Collector’s Edition] (2015)
Alanis Morissette was just a few months shy of her 20th birthday when she started recording Jagged Little Pill. This year, the legendary album has reached that same landmark. To celebrate the...
View ArticleThe Velvet Underground – Loaded: Re-Loaded [45th Anniversary Edition] (2015)
The Velvets’ last album is generally seen as their least. It suffers dubious production and lacks drummer Moe Tucker, due to her pregnancy; Lou Reed left the band before its release and, as he’d later...
View ArticleElvis Presley – Today: Legacy Edition (2015)
As it turned out, Today would be the last full studio album Elvis Presley recorded in his life. Headed out to Hollywood to collect the Grammy he won for Best Inspirational Performance of 1975 (it was...
View Article