{"id":28725,"date":"2024-12-23T05:30:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=28725"},"modified":"2024-12-23T08:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:18:10","slug":"musoscribes-best-of-2024-reissue-archival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/musoscribes-best-of-2024-reissue-archival\/","title":{"rendered":"Musoscribe’s Best of 2024: Reissue\/archival"},"content":{"rendered":"

From my perspective, 2024 has been another great year for reissues and archival releases. I’ve reviewed nearly 60 of ’em since January 1. Among those, there are five titles that stand out above the rest. As ever, there\u2019s plenty of music that (a) I simply missed or (b) that you dig but I, alas, did not, but herewith are my Top Five archive and\/or reissue titles of the year. In no particular order, by the way. Links to more details (reviews, in fact) for each.<\/p>\n

\"\"UFO \u2013 Lights Out<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nHard rock, \u201870s variety; it rarely got better than this, and it didn\u2019t need to. Top-notch playing, writing, production, arrangement. The bonus disc make it even better.<\/p>\n

\"\"Pete Ham \u2013 Gwent Gardens<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nThere has been a surprising bounty of previously-unheard Badfinger-related material of late. Surprising, that, in light of the fact that the band\u2019s two leading light \u2013 Tom Evans and Pete Ham \u2013 both left this dimension more than 40 years ago. With all of the posthumous odds-and-endistry, one might think we\u2019d be barrel-bottom-scraping by now. Again alas: no. Dig if you will, and you should.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Brat \u2013 Straight Outta East L.A.<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nMost of the artists on this roundup are acts you known for all these years (to coin a phrase). Here\u2019s betting you didn\u2019t know about The Brat. You should, as they shoulda been contenders. Waaaay better than one would have any right to expect from an unknown L.A. band of the \u201880s.<\/p>\n

\"\"Chick Corea \u2013 Trilogy<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nI was lucky enough to interview Chick a few years back, and I\u2019ve long been a fan of his work. This monumental set has been lovingly put together. It\u2019s a brick for sure, and it ain\u2019t cheap. But it\u2019s worth the investment, with all the sparking brilliance that is (was) a Corea live concert experience.<\/p>\n

\"\"King Crimson \u2013 Sheltering Skies<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\n1980s King Crimson was something like no other (well, at least until BEAT came \u2018round; more on that presently). Back in the day, joining the trilogy of albums of that era (Discipline<\/i>, Beat<\/i> and Three of a Perfect Pair<\/i>) there was a cleverly-packaged bootleg called Unpronounceable<\/i>; that unauthorized LP was a document of a live 1984 concert in Japan. This one is from two years earlier, in Frejus. It has seen release in truncated form (as The Noise<\/i>) on VHS \u2013 albeit more than a quarter-century ago \u2013 yet this is the one to have. In some ways, it\u2019s even superior to the studio material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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