Reissue CDs
Music Reissues Weekly: Joe Meek - A Curious MindSunday, 26 October 2025
A curious mind, indeed. Outer space, and what may be there. Communicating with those in the hereafter. Spooks, vampires and other horror film perennials. The wild west. Deceased rock ’n’ rollers Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly.Joe Meek’s... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: Evie Sands - I Can’t Let GoSunday, 19 October 2025
Over 1965 to 1968 Brooklyn's Evie Sands issued a string of singles with classic top sides. Amongst them were “Take Me For a Little While,” “I Can't Let Go,” “Picture me Gone” and “Angel of the Morning.” For reasons which are tackled in the essay... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: Marc and the Mambas - Three Black Nights Of Little Black BitesSunday, 12 October 2025
A month after Soft Cell’s "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" single peaked at number three in the UK charts, Marc Almond issued a single credited to Marc and the Mambas. March 1982’s "Sleaze (Take it, Shake it)" / "Fun City" was produced by his... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: The Earlies - These Were The EarliesSunday, 05 October 2025
The reappearance of These Were The Earlies for its 21st-anniversary is a surprise. Although The Earlies' debut LP received a maximum-marks review from NME on its 2004 release – and widespread praise in general – it is not an album instantly shouting... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - The Most Up Till NowSunday, 28 September 2025
“It's a Happening Thing,” January 1967’s debut single from California’s Peanut Butter Conspiracy, is one of the year’s best. Driving, with a full sound, a psychedelic edge, soaring vocal and immediate tune, it sounds like a hit.However, despite... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: Sly and the Family Stone - The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967Sunday, 21 September 2025
The remarkable The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 represents the first-ever release of a previously unheard recording of a 26 March 1967 Sly and the Family Stone live show. It is the earliest document of Sly and Co. to surface.At... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: Robyn - Robyn 20th-Anniversary EditionSunday, 14 September 2025
Sometimes, record labels don’t like what those on their roster have recorded. Such was the case with BMG Sweden and Robin Carlsson who, as Robyn, had made three albums with varying success and a raft of home-country hit singles for the label from... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: Chiswick Records 1975-1982 - Seven Years at 45 RPMSunday, 07 September 2025
Chiswick Records 1975-1982 - Seven Years at 45 RPM is a triple album marking the 50th anniversary of the first release on the titular label. That record was a four-track, seven-inch EP by the rough, Rolling Stones-ish pub rockers The Count Bishops.... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: The Outer Limits - Just One More ChanceSunday, 31 August 2025
The Outer Limits were from Leeds. Active over 1965 to 1968, the soul-tinged mod-poppers didn’t chart, but their two regular singles are now pricey collector’s items. There was also, before the orthodox 45s, a track on a Leeds University charity fund... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: The Beatles - What's The New, Mary JaneSunday, 24 August 2025
“What's the New Mary Jane” is a nursery rhyme-like song, one of John Lennon’s most peculiar offerings. It was recorded for late 1968’s double album The Beatles (i.e. the White Album) but, literally, did not make the cut. Nonetheless, John Lennon... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: The Residents - American Composer's SeriesSunday, 17 August 2025
George & James was originally released in March 1984. Stars & Hank Forever! emerged in October 1986. The two LPs were parts of – and, as it turned out, the only entrants in – a series of albums their creators, San Francisco’s Residents,... Read more... |
Music Reissues Weekly: The Final Solution - Just Like GoldSunday, 10 August 2025
The booklet coming with Just Like Gold - Live At The Matrix frequently refers to the band as “The Solution.” It will be the same here.With respect to the name this pioneering San Francisco psychedelic outfit did choose, their drummer John Chance is... Read more... |
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