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Reviews: The 1990s on Vinylphyle
New reissues from Counting Crows, the Cranberries, Sheryl Crow, D’Angelo, and GZA. It’s been a little bit since I checked in on UMe’s Vinylphyle series. Launched in November of last year, the imprint has produced well-regarded vinyl reissues of milestone albums in the Universal Music Group
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One copy of the 2021 double-vinyl LP will be given away to a paid subscriber. The funk/soul/Latin band War came out of Long Beach, California, in the late ’60s, first as backing group to the Animals’ Eric Burdon and then as a force in their own right.
New vinyl reissues: September 11, 2026
The big news this week, of course, is the much-awaited Maggot Brain reissue from Org Music and Westbound Records—read my review for that Funkadelic classic here—but there are of course plenty of other vinyl reissues coming out as well. And some darn good ones. It’s one
Review: Funkadelic's Maggot Brain
When Org Music partnered with Westbound Records to produce a series of authoritative vinyl reissues of the Westbound catalog, the first thing out of everyone’s mouths was, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, great—so when’s Maggot Brain coming?” To their credit, Org did not rush to satisfy market demand. Their