Vinyl Reviews
A close listen to two slightly controversial new Rhino High Fidelity pressings. I’m diving into two recent Rhino High Fidelity reissues, both of which are for albums that came from the second half of the ’60s and reckoned with the social and musical upheavals that were going on at
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Origins 1971–1978 is four and a half LPs of killer vintage Petty. I think any Tom Petty fan would agree that one of his greatest virtues was his consistency. From the 1976 self-titled debut album of his band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, up through his unexpected death
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It’s turned into a very fine week in these here United States, hasn’t it? Birds are singing, folks are smiling, and music is sounding sweeter than ever. So now that the darkness has lifted, what will that mean for vinyl? Difficult to say for sure, but I think
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Who’s Next might be the greatest salvage job of all time. The convoluted origins of the Who’s 1971 album—a lean, mean bullet train of rock—have passed into legend over the years, due to the size of its original ambition. It was initially planned as a sprawling
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As we get closer to the holidays, the vinyl reissues keep mounting up. It’s another bustling week at the record counter, so let’s dive in without much more ado. Okay, some ado. I usually kick off these weekly posts with news of the most exciting announcements and preorders.
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Two new Rhino Reserves present analog cuts of lesser-known ’70s greats. This October—or, should I say, Rocktober—we’re getting a windfall of new Rhino Reserves. As part of their monthlong Rocktober campaign, Rhino is releasing a baker’s dozen of reissues in their terrific Reserve line, boasting
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We have officially entered the silly season, when the record labels go into overdrive to put out as much stuff as possible in time for the holiday shopping season. This week of new reissues might be the biggest of the year so far, what with Rhino’s Rocktober campaign hitting
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Today I’m reviewing Angel Olsen’s 2016 album My Woman, which has been given an impressive 10th-anniversary pressing from Mobile Fidelity. But first... A quick reminder that our October vinyl giveaway is now live! It's for a super-rare test pressing of the Definitive Sound Series’
Vinyl Reviews
Here’s a Saturday record review for you, for the recent Rhino Reserve reissue of Public Image Ltd’s somewhat controversial album from 1986, Album. (Yes, it’s called Album.) Before you dig into that, I wanted to mention that I appeared on this morning’s edition of Steve Westman’
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There’s a lot to talk about this week. It should be a pretty busy weekend at ye olde record store, despite some of the more well-heeled and industry-connected vinyl fanatics making their way to Kansas for Acoustic Sounds’ Vinyl Summit, a celebration of the audiophile company’s
One mega-rare test pressing of the Definitive Sound Series’ one-step pressing of Beck’s 2014 album will go to a lucky paid subscriber. Every month The Vinyl Cut gives away a piece of vinyl to one of our paid subscribers. Often they are things that are available in
I’ve been immersing myself in some Small Faces reissues from Nice Records, the independent label started by that band’s drummer, Kenney Jones. Jones would of course also go on to drum for Faces and the Who; as the sole surviving member of Small Faces, he’s now come
Salutations—it’s time once again for another big week in the world of vinyl reissues. Before we get into all the fancy new pressings, let’s look, as we usually do, at the latest announcements for upcoming stuff. Obviously the biggest announcement this week was for Record Store Day’
Hello folks—today I have an article about a small label in the Pacific Northwest that is reissuing some great, overlooked music from the region, committing it to vinyl for the very first time. Before I get to that, the list for Record Store Day Black Friday was just released.
Hello, friends. I can’t wait to tell you about all of the most interesting new vinyl reissues—there’s a lot to get to this week—but first things first. You may have noticed that there’s a Beatles record in the mix, and I’ve got a comprehensive
The Fab Four’s 1965 album gets the deluxe treatment at last. By today’s standards, Rubber Soul was a rush job. In mid-October 1965, as the Christmas deadline loomed, the Beatles convened with producer George Martin at EMI Recording Studios in Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, London,
Today I’ve got a review of the new 30th-anniversary edition of Buena Vista Social Club, which actually came out 29 years ago, not that trifling details like that matter a whole lot. It’s true that the sessions in Havana, Cuba happened in the spring of 1996, which
Welcome back to another week in reissued vinyl. As usual, we’ll kick things off with the latest announcements before getting into what’s landing this Friday. It’s a relatively quiet week for preorders, which is perhaps a welcome respite after all the activity last week. Today Rhino/Parlophone
Two recent OJCs commemorate Coltrane’s centennial. One hundred years ago today, John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, North Carolina. He died at age 40 of throat cancer in Long Island on July 17, 1967. In the years between, he comprehensively transformed American music by resculpting the parameters and possibilities
1972’s Occasional Rain gets an all-analog Kevin Gray cut on Slow Down Sounds’ vinyl reissue. There isn’t anyone quite like Terry Callier. In fact, even picking a genre descriptor for his reflective, forlorn music leads to qualifying statements and a whole lot of hemming and hawing. Is
It’s another fine week of vinyl reissues, with all sorts of albums returning to wax or, in some cases, appearing there for the very first time. We’ll get into this week’s bounty in a moment, but first, as always, let’s pull out the telescope, point it
