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Miles Davis Quintet – Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, vol. 5 (2016)
If ever a band of Miles Davis’ deserved the high- intensity inspection/dissection represented by The Bootleg Series Vol. 5, it is his second great quintet. With that man with the horn as the great...
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King Crimson – On (and off) The Road (2016)
King Crimson released On (and off) The Road, a new 19-disc box set that presents a complete overview of the 1980s incarnation of the band. This collection is a mix of live and studio material. It...
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Roy Montgomery – R M H Q: Headquarters (2016)
Since 2000, New Zealand-based experimental guitarist Roy Montgomery has been far less prolific than he was in the ’90s, having dedicated far more of his time to non-musical pursuits such as his career...
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Keith Jarrett – A Multitude of Angels (2016)
Keith Jarrett’s numerous volumes of improvised solo piano recordings are all treasure troves of spontaneous music making. Documented since the 1970s, they reveal the opening of his music as it readily...
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U.K. – Ultimate Collectors’ Edition (2016)
Well, there’s certainly been a wait for this one, but for fans of what may be the last high profile progressive rock group to emerge in the ’70s, U.K.‘s Ultimate Collectors’ Edition proves well worth...
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Geordie – The Albums (2016)
Though now mostly remember as a footnote in the story of AC/DC, there was a point in time that Geordie, who were being touted as the North East’s answer to Slade, could have made it into the big time...
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VA – Cooking Vinyl 1986-2016 (2016)
To celebrate its thirtieth birthday, Cooking Vinyl, the home of the Prodigy, Billy Bragg, Marilyn Manson, Richard Ashcroft, Madness, James, Frank Black, Gary Numan, Amanda Palmer, The Pretty Reckless,...
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Bob Dylan – The 1966 Live Recordings (2016)
Something of a companion to the 2015 studio set The Cutting Edge — the 12th volume in Bob Dylan’s ongoing Bootleg Series that contained all of his studio recordings from 1965 and 1966 — The 1966 Live...
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Allen Ginsberg – The Last Word On First Blues (2016)
Apart from a few stray months in the ‘60s, it’s hard to imagine any period in which Allen Ginsberg’s First Blues might have found commercial success, the present one included. But in a somewhat more...
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Sun Ra – Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991 (2016)
In addition to hundreds of studio albums, live recordings, and compilations, the Sun Ra discography also contains dozens of singles, many of them dating from the early days of the artist’s career,...
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Bright Eyes – The Studio Albums 2000-2011 (2016)
Conor Oberst has filtered his angst through numerous different vehicles throughout the years, but it’s been his work under the Bright Eyes moniker that has delivered the biggest charge. Founded in 1995...
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Kris Kristofferson – The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection (2016)
Judging by the sheer number of Kris Kristofferson songs covered by other iconic artists, he is unquestionably one of the great American songwriters of the 20th century. His recorded catalog, however,...
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Randy Newman – The Randy Newman Songbook (2016)
Randy Newman started strolling through his back pages for Nonesuch in 2003 following a commercially disappointing stint at DreamWorks, the mega-label that never was. Recorded while Newman labored on...
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Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box [Super Deluxe Edition] (2016)
Super deluxe edition offers B-sides, rare mixes and radio sessions on its second disc, and a third disc of completely unreleased mixes. The final, fourth CD contains six tracks live in Manchester at...
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Ray Charles – The Atlantic Years: In Mono (2016)
Ray Charles was only 22 years old when he was signed to Atlantic Records, but he was already a veteran in the industry. As a teenager growing up in Florida, he learned to read music using braille and...
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Tanya Donelly – Swan Song Series (2016)
Considering how influential her work with Throwing Muses proved to be, and how much success she enjoyed with Belly, it’s surprising that Tanya Donelly’s solo career has been so low key. While she...
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Steve Reich – The ECM Recordings (2016)
There was a time when Steve Reich had few champions. Now he wins the Pulitzer Prize, collaborates with Jonny Greenwood, and on various anniversaries of the composer’s birth, concert halls the world...
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Sex Pistols – Live ’76 (2016)
When the Sex Pistols took the stage at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall on June 4, 1976, Great Britain didn’t look especially great. Politically, economically, socially – in every way possible –...
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VA – I’m a Freak Baby: A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych & Hard Rock...
The story of rock music’s evolution from ’50s blues and country to the sonic pomp and lyrical pageantry of the 1970s is often told in terms of a growing sophistication, of a genre moving beyond its...
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VA – Let’s Go Down and Blow Our Minds: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967...
The psychedelic road has always taken many twists and turns, and this was just as true in 1967 as it is now. The art of a good psychedelic box set is balance and variety, and Cherry Red have definitely...
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