In Your Own Sweet Way: Craft Announces Original Jazz Classics Relaunch with Miles Davis, Monk and Coltrane

By Joe Marchese | March 16, 2023 | 4 Comments

Launched in 1982 by Fantasy Records, the Original Jazz Classics banner subsequently appeared on more than 850 reissues over the next three decades from the venerable catalogues of Fantasy, Prestige, Milestone, Riverside, Galaxy, Debut, Contemporary, Pablo, and Jazzland Records.  Now, Craft Recordings has announced the relaunch of the series whose logo remains a familiar sight […]

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Saw Your Name in the Paper: Morello Reissues Loudon Wainwright III's Atlantic Albums

By Joe Marchese | March 15, 2023 | 2 Comments

Upon the release of his 1970 self-titled debut for Atlantic Records, Loudon Wainwright III was hailed as a "new Dylan."  The comparison wasn't completely off-the-mark, given the artist's incisive, alternately wrenching and wry songwriting; and pinched, somewhat nasal voice as he accompanied himself on acoustic guitar.  But the lyrical content of Wainwright's songs was far-removed […]

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Tease Me: Iconoclassic Premieres, Expands Junie Morrison's "Evacuate Your Seats" on CD

By Joe Marchese | March 14, 2023 | 0 Comments

Evacuate Your Seats!  Walter "Junie" Morrison's 1984 album found the veteran of Ohio Players and Parliament-Funkadelic digging deep into techno-funk sounds with his own singular sensibility.  The original credits proclaimed that Morrison produced, performed, wrote, and directed the album - and indeed, Morrison was a one-band man save for the engineers joining him in the […]

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Here They Come: Classic 'Star Wars' Recording Gets a New Surround Mix on SACD

By Mike Duquette | March 13, 2023 | 1 Comment

Fans of John Williams' sweeping scores to the nine Star Wars films released between 1977 and 2019 must have the patience of a Jedi Knight. While archival-quality expansions of the original trilogy's soundtracks were released in 1997 for the series' 20th anniversary and special edition reissues, the balance of the other six scores remain mostly […]

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The Weekend Stream: March 11, 2023

By Mike Duquette | March 11, 2023 | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. From a Death Row drop and classic mixes from Madonna and Teena Marie, to a super-sized Elvis tribute, there's something here […]

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