reissue Archive
26 Aug 2024
Album Review: Yes – Talk
Being a Yes follower has always been a mix of fulfillment and frustration. The group’s lineup has famously mutated over the years; today the group features no original members. There […]
21 Jul 2024
Album Review: The Tremeloes – Master
The cheery, breezy pop of The Tremeloes won the band more than 20 Top 40 hits between 1963 (when they were still known as Brian Poole and the Tremeloes) and […]
20 Jul 2024
Album Review: APB – The Radio 1 Sessions
A postpunk band from rural Scotland near Aberdeen, APB never quite hit the big time. The band released but two albums during its time in the spotlight, though the group […]
12 Jul 2024
Album Review: Barbara Dane – When I Was a Young Girl / On My Way
With a strong and sonorous voice, Detroit-born singer and guitarist Barbara Dane launched her recording career in the late 1950s. An impassioned political activist, Dane’s music was suffused with an […]
06 Jul 2024
Album Review: The Supremes – We Remember Sam Cooke
Gospel-informed soul singer Sam Cooke died tragically in December 1964 in murky circumstances; at the time, Cooke was enjoying a sustained peak as a songwriter, performer and recording artist. In […]
05 Jul 2024
The dB’s: Tar Heelers in the Big Apple (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… At Irving Plaza, The dB’s tore through a dozen songs, including covers of Bobby Lewis’ 1961 hit “Tossin’ and Turnin’,” the Grass Roots’ “Let’s Live for […]
04 Jul 2024
The dB’s: Tar Heelers in the Big Apple (Part 1 of 2)
Two critically-acclaimed albums from the dawn of the alternative rock era have long been found in the United States only as imports. But new reissues of The dB’s Stands for […]
23 Jun 2024
Album Review: The Temptations – Wish it Would Rain
Detroit soul/r&b vocal group The Temptations were early stars on Berry Gordy’s Motown label. The group had its roots in earlier vocal groups The Cavaliers, The Primes, The Siberians and […]
07 Jun 2024
Album Review: Pearl Harbour – Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost Too
Pearl Harbour (aka Pearl Harbor, aka Pearl E. Gates) has had a fascinating career. And in some ways, everything she did prior – however disparate it was – seems to […]
02 Mar 2024
Album Review: Gary Moore – Back to the Blues
Belfast-born guitarist Gary Moore had a remarkably diverse career. While his musical foundation was the blues – he was greatly influenced by Eric Clapton and Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green – […]