{"id":30366,"date":"2025-12-29T05:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=30366"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:32:32","slug":"musoscribes-best-of-2025-reissue-archival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/musoscribes-best-of-2025-reissue-archival\/","title":{"rendered":"Musoscribe’s Best of 2025: Reissue\/Archival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people don\u2019t like<\/i> end-of-year best-of lists. If you\u2019re one of those, feel free to skip this and the next two days\u2019 worth of posts. There are well over 5,000 other pieces here you might enjoy instead. For anyone else, since I review and\/or cover a lot of music, it\u2019s inevitable that as the year winds toward a close, I pause to consider the best (in my opinion) of the year\u2019s releases. First up, it\u2019s reissues and\/or archival albums. According to my calculations [checks notes] I reviewed around 50 such releases this year. But five rose to the top. They\u2019re listed below, and each has a link to the actual review or feature.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Badfinger \u2013 Head First<\/i><\/a><\/b>
\nThe late Dan Matovina shepherded this lost gem to release some 25 years back, but the recent discovery of the master multi-tracks has now paved the way for a proper reissue.<\/p>\n

McLuhan \u2013 Anomaly<\/i><\/b><\/a>
\nI delight in discovering long lost albums that knock me out, and this weirdly wonderful releases qualifies in that regard. I interviewed a key band member about it.<\/p>\n

Pink Floyd \u2013 At Pompeii MCMLXXI<\/i><\/b><\/a>
\nAnyone who knows me (or my work) understands that I\u2019m a serious fan of Pink Floyd; I even wrote a book<\/a> about the band\u2019s wilderness years. This concert album dates from right in the middle of that period.<\/p>\n

Lotti Golden \u2013 Motor-Cycle<\/i><\/b><\/a>
\nImagine a great artist you\u2019ve never heard of, who makes music that will appeal to fans of Mary Weiss, Laura Nyro, Grace Slick and Carole King. Now imagine that she didn\u2019t do much else beyond one record. Oh, but what a record.<\/p>\n

The Chemistry Set \u2013 An Introduction to The Chemistry Set<\/i><\/b><\/a>
\nClever chaps from the UK amass a deep catalog while few even know about it. Then a hip, tastemaking label compiles a kind of best-of, with the band\u2019s cooperation. Dig it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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