Vinyl Reviews
I talk a lot about sound quality in this newsletter. That’s hardly surprising. But one of the reasons we’re all into vinyl is that it can offer a lot more than just an aural experience. (There are plenty of perfectly good-sounding digital streaming services you can listen
Giveaways!
One copy of Kuumbwa will be given away to a paid subscriber. Every month, The Vinyl Cut gives away a piece of choice vinyl to one of the excellent subscribers on our paid tier. And this month is no exception. For June, we’re giving away Michel Petrucciani’s Kuumbwa,
New Releases
It’s another fine week in Vinyldom, with reissues, more reissues, and even more reissues behind those first reissues. Plus, reissues! We’ll get right into what’s on tap, including two new Vinylphyles and the welcome return of Jazz Alley after a week’s hiatus, but first, just a
Vinyl Reviews
Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece comes to DSS and Vinylphyle, plus other 60th-anniversary goings-on. Hello, readers—at long last, here is my coverage of the recent reissues of Pet Sounds. I hope by now you are not sick of reading about the album. There was a lot of
New Releases
Welcome back to another week in vinyl reissues. It’s a bit of a slow week, all things considered—but there’s absolutely nothing to complain about, as there are a few things hitting stores this week that are among the most exciting reissues of the year. But I don’
Vinyl Reviews
Real Gone Music expands the 1975 reunion album with an extra LP. Before we get into the review today, here’s a quick reminder that today (Sunday, June 7) I’ll be appearing on Steve Westman’s Live Audiophile Roundtable at 10 am Pacific Time (1 pm Eastern). You can
New Releases
It’s another fine week in Vinyl-land, with more reissues that you can shake a stick at. (What are you doing shaking sticks, anyway? Put that stick away.) Seriously, there are a lot of vinyl reissues this week, more that I could capably cover in today’s newsletter, but
Vinyl Reviews
Analog-cut reissues of Court and Spark and 3614 Jackson Highway arrive on Rhino’s premium vinyl line. I’m reviewing two of the latest Rhino High Fidelity reissues today, both cut from tape by Kevin Gray and arriving in oversized tip-on gatefold jackets. * Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark
New Releases
Lots of new vinyl reissues to get into this week, but I’ll start today’s newsletter with some interesting announcements for reissues coming later this summer. First up: Fontana Records, the British label that was reborn in 2025 after having originally been a sublabel of the Dutch giant Philips,
Vinyl news and in-depth reviews.
A groundbreaking Ghanaian highlife classic from 1974 gets a sweet reissue from Strut. Before I get into today’s review, here are some “What We Did on Our Holidays” pics. I went up to Seattle over Memorial Day weekend and dropped by the renowned Easy Street Records in West Seattle.
One copy of Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts 3-LP set will be given away to a paid subscriber. As we do every month, we’re giving away some shiny new vinyl to one of the subscribers on our paid tier. And this month we’ve got a
It’s another high-flyin’ week in the world of vinyl reissues, and we’ll glide into that in just a moment, but I’ll kick off today’s newsletter with a bit of vinyl-related news. Yesterday, Interscope-Capitol announced that all—but one—of their Definitive Sound Series
1969’s The Gilded Palace of Sin now comes in an all-analog Vinylphyle pressing. Today I’m reviewing one of my favorite records, the Flying Burrito Brothers’ debut album. This was one of those records I had read about for years before actually getting my ears on it—and
Catching up on a pair of Blue Note Tone Poets. Today I’m reviewing two pieces of vinyl that were released back in March but got temporarily side-shifted during the onslaught of Record Store Day. The good news is that they sound just as good a couple of months
We have another stuffed week of vinyl to sink our proverbial fangs into, and I don’t have much of a preamble today other than to draw attention to today’s remarkable playlist, which features a track from (almost) every album I’ve written about today, plus some extra tracks
Leafing through the new deluxe edition of 2004’s To the 5 Boroughs. We’ve been living without the Beastie Boys for a while now. Since the death of Adam Yauch, aka MCA, in 2012, the two remaining members, Ad-Rock and Mike D, have remained relatively quiet. But a
Once again, we’ve got another big week of hot new vinyl re-releases to explore, with a little bit of everything for everyone. And this week our exclusive playlist is supercharged, with extra selections from interesting reissues that we didn’t manage to fit into the written previews. Before
1993’s Anodyne on Rhino High Fidelity. Today we sink our teeth into the final album from Uncle Tupelo, the St. Louis-area band that is often credited with spearheading the alt-country movement of the 1990s. In April, the album was given a fancy re-release on the Rhino
Hello, loyal subscribers. You may remember not long ago when my Vinyl Cut partner Ned promised that this post would be our last word on Record Store Day 2026. Well, much like Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III, just when we thought we were done, we got pulled back
It's that time of the week when we rummage through the current release schedule and pick out the best, coolest, and most notable new vinyl reissues coming at you on Friday. Now, we know that Friday is International Workers Day and that there are lots of May Day
We’ve got three new reviews for you today, including a look at the second installment in Org Music’s reissue series of the formidable Funkadelic catalog. We’ve also got some wonderful rediscovered synth music that was found as part of a long-forgotten trove of cassettes, and a
