{"id":9819,"date":"2015-12-29T05:30:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T05:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=9819"},"modified":"2015-12-30T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T16:45:47","slug":"best-of-2015-archival-and-reissue-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/12\/29\/best-of-2015-archival-and-reissue-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2015: Archival and Reissue Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year has been another great one for reissues and compilations. As much as I delight in the discovery of new music, there remains a staggering backlog of music that has been around for years yet has escaped my notice. Or…maybe I just dig compilations of stuff I already know. Either way, here are my Top Five reissue and\/or archival collections for 2015.<\/p>\n

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George Duke \u2013 The Era Will Prevail<\/i>
\nGeorge Duke<\/b>‘s career encompassed soul, r&b, rock, progressive rock, fusion, and jazz. And his 1970s work on the MPS label included all of those styles and more. A staggeringly beautiful box set of vinyl records called The Era Will Prevail<\/i><\/a> brings together his output from the 1970s. Essential.<\/p>\n

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The City \u2013 Now That Everything’s Been Said<\/i>
\nCarole King<\/b> is rightly acclaimed for her landmark Tapestry<\/i> LP (not to mention for her important role in early sixties pop). But the album she made as part of a group called The City<\/b> has been overlooked. Light in the Attic’s new reissue of that lost record rights that wrong. If you love Tapestry<\/em>, you’ll dig Now That Everything’s Been Said<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Moody Blues \u2013 The Magnificent Moodies<\/i><\/b>
\nBefore they added Mellotrons, orchestras, Justin Hayward<\/b>, and John Lodge<\/b>, The Moody Blues<\/b> were an r&b-flavored pop group from Birmingham. They scored a minor<\/del><\/span>* hit with \u201cGo Now,\u201d featuring Denny Laine<\/b> (later of Wings<\/b>) on vocals. This new box set collects all of the group’s music from that era, with loads of previously-unreleased material. I got the chance to chat about The Magnificent Moodies<\/i><\/a> with (now-retired) Moody Blues flautist\/vocalist Ray Thomas<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* I’ve been corrected on this point. While in the USA “Go Now” was the sole charting hit for the early Moody Blues lineup, it was a massive hit in the band’s native UK, where it remains both popular and fondly remembered. — bk<\/em><\/p>\n

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Supertramp \u2013 Crime of the Century, Deluxe Edition<\/i><\/b>
\nThough they’d later enjoy their major commercial breakthrough with Breakfast in America<\/i>, Supertramp<\/b>‘s Crime of the Century<\/i><\/a> is, for me, their high water mark. This new expanded reissue adds a concert from the era that proves they could pull off this music (and its vocals) live onstage. A gem.<\/p>\n

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Yes \u2013 Progeny: Seven from Seventy-two<\/i><\/b>
\nYes<\/b><\/a> released a film and 3LP set back in the day called Yessongs<\/i>; that era was arguably their peak. A new box set collects several shows from that tour, and a 2CD set called Progeny: Seven from Seventy-two<\/i> distills the best highlights from the box set into a sort of alternative (and sonically superior) alternate Yessongs<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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