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March 1, 2023 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Half Speed

Demon Music Group has recently launched a new series of Half-Speed Master Editions, all cut from original stereo tapes at AIR Mastering and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.  Today, we're looking at three of these titles. Demon has had a long history with The Yardbirds' Roger the Engineer (1966) including a 1986 expanded edition on CD, a single-LP vinyl reissue in 2019, a double-LP vinyl reissue in 2020 for Record Store Day, and a generous 2-LP/3-CD/1-7" single box set in 2021.  Appropriately

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Haircut One Hundred, Labi Siffre, The Yardbirds

November 10, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Labi Siffre My Song

Back in 2015, Demon Music Group's Edsel label revisited five albums from British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre in a series of expanded editions.  The reissues showcased the timelessness of his writing and the versatility of his performances.  Now, Edsel has returned to the Siffre discography to complete it.  My Song is the new 9-CD box set bringing together those five previously reissued albums and bonus tracks along with four more to paint a full portrait of Siffre's artistry. Despite a

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Labi Siffre

September 4, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

TheRollingStones GoatsHeadSoup pl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup [Various Formats] (Polydor/Interscope/UMe) 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP clear: The Rolling Stones Shop Cassette: The Rolling Stones Shop The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Ocean, Bob James, Burt Bacharach, Daniel Tashian, Elton John, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Fleetwood Mac, Joan Jett, Labi Siffre, Sara Evans, T Rex, The Doobie Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, U2

October 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Labi Siffre

Despite a relatively small catalogue of under ten albums in over forty years, British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre has long been recognized as one of the most original voices in pop.  Artists as diverse as Rod Stewart, Madness, Joss Stone and Kenny Rogers have all recorded his songs; hip-hop performers like Kanye West and Eminem have sampled him.  Edsel has recently celebrated Siffre's legacy with a program of five reissues - expanded editions of four of his studio albums plus a new edition of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Labi Siffre

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