Tangerine Dream – The Pink Years Albums 1970-1973 (2018)
…newly re-mastered 4 CD boxset which gathers together the first four legendary albums by Tangerine Dream, originally released on the Ohr label in Germany between 1970 and 1973, known by fans as “The...
View ArticleBram Tchaikovsky – Strange Men, Changed Men: The Complete Recordings...
Born Peter Bramall in November 1950, Bram Tchaikovsky first came to prominence as a member of the pub rock band The Motors in 1977, subsequent to playing in several local rock bands in Lincolnshire...
View ArticleSon Lux – Reissues & Remnants (2019)
Reissues & Remnants features the first two, long out-of-print Son Lux albums, and the NEW album Remnants, a collection of rare and previously unreleased recordings spanning from 2008 to 2017....
View ArticleWishbone Ash – The Vintage Years 1970-1991 (2018)
This massive 30-CD box set (nearly 1/3 of which is previously unreleased) includes all 16 of the band’s studio albums and 3 live albums plus copious bonus material including 8 more unheard live sets....
View ArticleREO Speedwagon – Classic Years 1978-1990 (2019)
Last October, Cherry Red/Hear No Evil released the 8-CD The Early Years 1971-1977, chronicling REO Speedwagon’s beginning on Epic Records. And now they’re back with the follow-up set: The Classic Years...
View ArticleHeaven 17 – Play to Win: The Virgin Years (2019)
Synthpop legends Heaven 17‘s Virgin Records recordings are brought together in Play to Win: The Virgin Years, a large format 10CD deluxe set which features all five albums issued in the 1980s, along...
View ArticleIain Matthews – Orphans and Outcasts: A Collection of Demos, Outtakes & Live...
For over 50 years, singer-songwriter and musician Iain Matthews has carved his own niche, fusing his own mix of well-crafted songs drawing on folk-rock, Americana, soft rock and other influences....
View ArticleVA – The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (2018)
Just as American jazz musicians of the ’50s headed off to jam sessions following their last sets at clubs, Cuban musicians did the same in Havana. Between 1956 and 1964, musicians who dressed in...
View ArticleThe Art of Noise – Daft as a Brush! (RSD 2019)
ZTT’s Element series has seen numerous reissues in the form of deluxe edition albums, new compilations and the occasional single since its conception when the label started to reboot its back...
View ArticleA Certain Ratio – acr:box (2019)
…new compilation featuring more than 20 un- released A Certain Ratio songs among its 54 tracks. Following on from 2018’s compilation, acr:set, the box showcases the diversity of the singles, B-sides...
View ArticleDead Kennedys – DK40 (2019)
“Basically, I went through 30 or 40 different shows,” underground guitar legend East Bay Ray says of DK40, the new triple-disc box set documenting the live fury of San Francisco’s Dead Kennedys, the...
View ArticlePete Seeger – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2019)
It is no coincidence that folk singer, songwriter and social activist Pete Seeger (1919-2014) turns up as one of the important voices on the recently released Smithsonian Folkways box set The Social...
View ArticleVA – Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (2019)
Few music festivals are as rich, profound, and joyous as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now entering its 50th year. With 50 tracks recorded live, Jazz Fest captures the festival’s...
View ArticleJack Bruce – Live at Rockpalast 1980, 1983 and 1990 (2019)
It is no exaggeration to state that Jack Bruce was probably the most inventive bassist of the twentieth century. He straddled the worlds of jazz, blues and rock seamlessly, and his bass guitar playing...
View ArticleJr. Walker & The All Stars – Walk in the Night: The Motown 70s Studio Albums...
Junior Walker (born Autry DeWalt Mixon, Jr. in 1931 in Blytheville, Arkansas) was one of the most consistent Motown chartmakers and undeniably the global brand’s most successful instrumentalist from...
View ArticleREO Speedwagon – Classic Years 1978-1990 (2019)
Last October, Cherry Red/Hear No Evil released the 8-CD The Early Years 1971-1977, chronicling REO Speedwagon’s beginning on Epic Records. And now they’re back with the follow-up set: The Classic Years...
View ArticleAmerica – Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years (2019)
After seven albums in as many years, Dan Peek departed America, leaving Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell to carry on in the band the trio formed. The first release from the new duo line-up was 1977’s...
View ArticleVA – Winds of Time: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal 1979-1985 (2018)
Coming after the first wave of heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple in the early ’70s and the initial appearance of punk in the mid-’70s, a scene developed during the late ’70s in the...
View ArticleKirsty MacColl – Days (1988-1991) (2018)
4CD set ‘Days (1988-1991)’ effectively brings together new double-disc deluxe editions of ‘Kite’ (1989) and ‘Electric Landlady’ (1991). …Kirsty MacColl’s unique voice was first heard on her single for...
View ArticleManfred Mann – Radio Days, Vol. 1 – 4 (2019)
In this series of four vault-raiding titles, Mannfred Mann (and its other iterations and lineups) celebrate their BBC sessions over the years to the tune of 142 tracks, most of which are previously...
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