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Doc & Merle Watson – Never the Same Way Once: Live at the Boarding House, May...
This set of exquisitely recorded live concerts of Doc & Merle Watson at The Boarding House in San Francisco is from 4 live shows recorded in 1974 by the legendary soundman Owsley “Bear” Stanley....
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VA – C87 (2016)
In 2014, Cherry Red compiled the excellent NME C86 box set that reissued NME’s seminal cassette compilation released in the fateful year of 1986, adding another 22 songs that helped flesh out what was...
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VA – American Epic: The Collection + The Soundtrack (2017)
American Epic: The Collection seems destined to win a Grammy award for best historical album. A box set in a bound book format containing five CDs and 100 recordings, The Collection is a handsome...
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VA – The Glory Days of Aussie Pub Rock vol. 2 (2017)
The team behind last year’s excellent The Glory Days of Aussie Pub Rock compilation return with another four-CD instalment paying testament to the halcyon days of our nation’s live music scene, and...
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Ian Campbell Folk Group – The Complete Transatlantic Recordings (2016)
The Complete Transatlantic Recordings gathers together for the first time the entire Ian Campbell Folk Group catalogue recorded for Transatlantic Records, covering the period 1963-1968. This collection...
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Michael Pisaro & Reinier van Houdt – The Earth and the Sky (2016)
…Michael Pisaro is an American composer strongly associated with the Wandelweiser movement, whose music is often noted for its quietness, although it is by no means all quiet, and for its willingness...
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Johnny Cash – The Original Sun Albums 1957-1964 (2017)
The Original Sun Albums 1957-1964 is an 8-CD package that offers 83 songs as they appeared on the original LPs and along the way includes every Johnny Cash 7-inch single A & B side issued by the...
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The Vibrators – The Epic Years 1976-1978 (2017)
Discussion of the Vibrators tends to center, sometimes tediously, on whether or not they were a punk band (see also Stooges, MC5, Television, etc.). Points in favor: their late-1970s, London-based run,...
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Fox – The Fox Box (2017)
Though associated with the Post-Glam mid-70s, Fox had roots that reached way back into the ’60s. American Kenny Young was the key figure in the band and already had a busy career from the early part of...
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Electric Light Orchestra – The Studio Albums 1973-1977 (2016)
5CD box including newly remastered versions of ‘On the Third Day’, ‘Eldorado’, ‘Face the Music’, ‘A New World Record’ and ‘Out of the Blue’. Having signed to Warner Bros, the Electric Light Orchestra...
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Graham Parker and The Rumour – 5 Classic Albums (2016)
A selection of 5 classic studio featuring the albums: “Howlin’ Wind” (1976), “Stick to Me” (1977), “Squeezing Out Sparks” (1979), “The Up Escalator” (1980), “Struck By Lightening” (1991). Stereotyped...
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Marvin Gaye – Volume Two: 1966-1970 (2016)
Marvin Gaye’s period as an auteur from 1971 onwards overshadows his earlier work within the Motown machine. While it’s easy to assume he was a cog in the wheel back then, he was as creatively active as...
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Amar Quartet – Hindemith: Complete String Quartets (2017)
This three-disc set brings together the single CD releases of the Amar Quartets critically acclaimed and popular set of Paul Hindemith‘s complete String Quartets. Somewhat surprisingly, the first...
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Rubettes – The Albums 1974-1977 (2016)
…box set features 5 CD’s and 68 tracks remastered from original tape sources: “Wear It’s At” (1974), “We Can Do It” (1975) “Rubettes” (1975), “Sign of the Times” (1976) and “Baby I Know” (1977). Formed...
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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – Albums and Singles 1982-1989 (2017)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry emerged from the fertile musical breeding ground of Leeds in 1982, formed by frontman, guitarist and lyricist Chris Reed initially as a vehicle to express his own angst ridden...
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VA – Stax Classics (2017)
Stax Records celebrate its 60th anniversary with a string of releases designed to highlight the label’s history and legendary soul sound and reunite its long-divided catalog. The Stax Classics series...
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Focus – Hocus Pocus Box (2017)
Innovative Dutch rock band Focus see their albums collected in a new and comprehensive 13CD box set called Hocus Pocus Box. Aside from the very recent Focus 8.5 (issued on their own label in 2016) this...
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Elvis Presley – A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings (2017)
A Boy from Tupelo rounds up all the known existing Elvis Presley recordings from 1953 through 1955, a sum total of 53 studio takes and 32 live performances. The subtitle of the triple-disc set is The...
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Pet Shop Boys – Nightlife: Further Listening 1996-2000 (2017)
Nightlife is a loose concept album — more of a song cycle, really — about nightlife (naturally), a collection of moods and themes, from love to loneliness. In that sense, it’s not that different from...
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Pet Shop Boys – Release: Further Listening 2001-2004 (2017)
…in addition to the original “Release” tracks remastered on disc one, the set included two bonus discs featuring previously unreleased tracks, alternate mixes, demos, and more. The Pet Shop Boys have...
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