New Releases
There are lots of new records to talk about today, but first, two bits of news on the vinyl reissue scene: First, Universal’s Vinylphyle has announced the next title in their series. As you may remember, they launched the series at the end of last year with a quartet
Vinyl Reviews
More Rhino Reserves! This time we tuck into the new vinyl reissues of Blues & Roots and A Sailor’s Guide to Earth. We’ve got a couple more discs from Rhino’s Start Your Ear Off Right campaign to tell you about, and just like yesterday, these are in
Vinyl Reviews
Rhino Reserve gets their hands on Clouds Taste Metallic and Sweet Revenge. As part of their Start Your Ear Off Right campaign for January, Rhino has released a clutch of vinyl reissues in their Rhino Reserve series. And as you likely know already, the Rhino Reserves have all been pretty
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Happy Friday, my fellow vinyl obsessives. Hope that you have been able to get out to your local shop and score some of the killer new wax out today. Or you're having a nice time waiting for your postal carrier to arrive with your new purchases. Whatever the
New Releases
The onslaught of weekly new releases eased up a bit for the holidays, but now things are getting back to business as usual. It’s a Rhino-heavy week again, with 17 releases from their Start Your Ear Off Right series, but there’s plenty of other stuff to talk about
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Happy Wednesday all. I trust this finds you as well as you can be considering, you know, everything. Today we are continuing to corral some of the stragglers from 2025 that we weren't able to cover until now. Trust us, we'll be getting deep into the
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We shake hands with the 50th anniversary deluxe edition of Wish You Were Here. The new year is plowing along, but we’ve still got some last flashes of 2025 to catch, including the new deluxe reissue of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. I’ll get to that
New Releases
Happy New Year! For our first post of the next year of your life, we’ve got our usual weekly new-reissue roundup. But... it’s a pretty slow week. In fact, the only game in town is Rhino, who are beginning their annual Start Your Ear Off Right campaign this
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New all-analog vinyl editions of Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! and Electric Warrior. Just in time for the year’s end, we’ve got reviews of the latest two Rhino High Fidelity releases. These follow the established format of previous RHF productions, with thick glossy jackets,
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As the holidays wrap up and the calendar comes to a close, it seems like the right time for a quick look back. We launched this newsletter at the beginning of September and are humbled and honored by the response we’ve gotten in just a few short months. Along
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Exploring Rhino High Fidelity’s Coltrane 1960–1964 Mono box and a new mono version of A Love Supreme. Although the timing for the recent reissues of work from the mighty jazz saxophonist John Coltrane feels a tad off, there is logic to it. The November release of Coltrane 1960–
The new all-analog cut of 1957’s Dance Album of Carl Perkins does justice to a formative rock ’n’ roll text. It would be natural to start this review by rehashing Carl Perkins’ vital importance to the history of American popular music. But I’m finding it difficult to summarize