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Plus a ton of new announcements, including Rhino’s Rocktober, three new Vinylphyles, the R.E.M. DSS, and more. It’s another brimming week of vinyl reissues, but before I get into that, a huge amount of upcoming titles have been announced in the past few days. There’s
Feeling Alright: The Complete Nancy Pulsations Concert is a scorching-hot live show from the blues-rock legend. One of the standouts of 2026’s Record Store Day was the release from Elemental Music of Freddie King’s 1975 performance at the Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival. Feeling Alright: The Complete
Rhino High Fidelity’s new pressings of CSN’s 1969 self-titled debut and Joni Mitchell’s 1971 masterpiece Blue. Today I’m catching up on two of the most recent Rhino High Fidelity pressings. These two albums are interconnected in many ways, although they’re actually pretty different listening
Welcome back, friends. It’s a relatively streamlined week for new vinyl reissues—perhaps a good thing, as it looks like we’ll be getting a deluge of wallet-tempting stuff in the back third of 2026. Nevertheless, there’s still plenty to talk about today, although you may notice