reissue Archive
19 Jul 2013
Album Review: The Swimming Pool Q’s – The A&M Years
The music scene likes its labels, it it has always been thus. It’s the rare band that defies easy categorization and still enjoys some measure of commercial success; one has […]
18 Jul 2013
July Capsule Reviews, #3 of 3
Today I present yet four more capsule reviews. Today’s crop includes reissues on the Real Gone Music label. RGM is committed to unearthing long- (and unjustly-) forgotten music, and these […]
09 Jul 2013
Album Review: The Turtles – Happy Together (180g vinyl)
In my last entry I covered the new 180-gram vinyl monaural reissue of The Turtles‘ debut LP, It Ain’t Me, Babe. Released in tandem in 2013 on their own FloEdCo […]
08 Jul 2013
Album Review: The Turtles – It Ain’t Me, Babe (180g vinyl)
A few weeks ago, I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Howard Kaylan. For the second time, as it happens. The first was a few years ago in connection […]
25 Jun 2013
Album Review: Mason Williams – The Mason Williams Phonograph Record
For a number of reasons, instrumental tunes rarely crack – let alone top – the pop music charts. And it has long been so. Though there have been exceptions both […]
20 Jun 2013
Album Review: R.E.M. – Green 25th Anniversary Edition
If you’re at all like me, and fondly remember the days when albums came jam-packed with an assortment of goodies, you may appreciate the new 25th Anniversary deluxe reissue of […]
17 Jun 2013
Album Review: Yes – Magnification
It’s little overstatement to point out that by 2000, most listeners had given up on Yes. The group had its commercial and creative apex through a large portion of the […]
03 Jun 2013
Album Review: Brainticket – Cottonwood Hill
Hype is a funny thing. Sometimes it invites scorn, mockery. Recently I received a press release heralding the latest album by “the most talked-about band of 2013.” As you might […]
28 May 2013
Album Review: Johnny Lytle — The Soulful Rebel / People & Love
Growing up, I heard a lot of music in my home. My parents were in those days big music fans, even though neither could carry a tune. They knew what […]
17 May 2013
Album Review: Blue Öyster Cult — Imaginos
Imaginos has a tortured history. The eleventh studio album released by Blue Öyster Cult (they had by this time released no less than three live albums), Imaginos was comprised of […]