Today, we have a pair of vault releases from two acts with rich catalogues coming your way over the Internet. If you're a hard rock fan, the news of Metallica's recent 30th anniversary concerts, where they played hours of hits and rarities over four star-studded shows at San Francisco's Fillmore West, have probably got you […]
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You know the drill: Rolling Stone's 100 greatest albums of all time, as assessed by us in terms of their many reissues, to bring you the best-sounding and most thoroughly expanded editions for your buck. The Band literally plays on as we kick off this installment! 45. The Band, The Band (Capitol, 1969) After the […]
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With Christmas less than two weeks away, we've of course been thinking about the best reissues and catalogue titles of 2011. But this year, we're celebrating a little bit differently: for the most giving time of the year, we reached out to some of our favorite reissue labels and are playing Santa Claus to our […]
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Welcome to our Second Disc Holiday Gift Guide, in which we review some titles we might have missed over the past few weeks! The titles we’re spotlighting in this occasional series just might be candidates on your own holiday shopping list! It’s hard to believe that Leonard Cohen was once tarred with the infamous “New […]
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Intrada knows how to another great year of soundtracks: with three oft-requested and legendary soundtracks, all expanded and mostly unlimited. By far the biggest news for contemporary score fans is the news of another expanded score from the Star Trek universe. The past few years have seen expanded scores for four Trek films (1982's The Wrath of Khan, […]
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Welcome to our Second Disc Holiday Gift Guide, in which we review some titles we might have missed over the past few weeks! The titles we're spotlighting in this occasional series just might be candidates on your own holiday shopping list! ‘Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to alleviate holiday stress […]
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The Marvelettes, Forever More: The Complete Motown Albums, Volume 2 (Hip-o Select/Motown) A four-disc box presenting the last four of The Marvelettes' albums (two of which are in stereo and mono) alongside rare and unreleased gems from the storied Motown vaults. Smokey Robinson, The Solo Albums Volume 6: Warm Thoughts / Being with You (Hip-o […]
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And so starts the second half of our 100 Greatest Reissues feature! We've taken Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest albums of all time from 2003 and scoured the history of each one on compact disc, making note of masterings, packaging and bonus tracks wherever possible. These next five are some of the definitive […]
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Welcome to our Second Disc Holiday Gift Guide, in which we review some titles we might have missed over the past few weeks! The titles we’re spotlighting in this occasional series just might be candidates on your own holiday shopping list! In a vintage clip that brings one of the biggest laughs in Martin Scorsese’s […]
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In Part 10 of our TSD Buyers Guide, which counts the reissues of the albums in Rolling Stone‘s 100 greatest albums of all time (as selected in 2003), we pay homage to early rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues pioneers, look at two very different albums from 1970, and head down for Memphis for some seductive soul! 55. […]
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