Reviews: Grupo Um | The Emotions
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New vinyl reissues: May 29, 2026
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,
Review: Dr. K. Gyasi and His Noble Kings
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.
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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 copy
New vinyl reissues: May 22, 2026
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 titles will be