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Vinyl Releases of the Week: January 11, 2012
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012It’s an interesting bunch of releases this week, from rare ‘90s reissues to joyful interpretations of country classics. Morphine – Cure for Pain (Modern Classics Recordings) The second release on Light in the Attic imprint Modern Classics Recordings is the sophomore album from Morphine, originally released in 1993. Considered “one of the best and most […]
Top-Selling Vinyl Releases of 2011
Sunday, January 8th, 2012RollingStone.com recently published an interesting piece about the top 10 best-selling albums of 2011, according to sales data from Nielsen SoundScan. While the Beatles’ Abbey Road takes the #1 slot for the third year in a row, the rest of the list predominantly features 2011 releases from indie artists – the new wave of vinyl […]
Top 10 Posthumous Albums
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012The recent release of the late Amy Winehouse’s Lioness: Hidden Treasures got me thinking about posthumous albums. How, when done out of love and respect, they can be a true artist tribute and a treasure to any fan; and how they can just as easily be a shameless attempt on the part of the record […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: December 28, 2011
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011The last reissues of 2011 are the perfect antidote to your sugar coma. Between the 180-gram imports from Real Gone Jazz (who took three classic albums from some of the most legendary jazz artists and packaged them together on virgin white vinyl) and Wax Time, all signs point to NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: December 14, 2011
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Andy Warhol famously once said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” While many musicians certainly do enjoy only 15 minutes of fame, many of these artists below are the exception. In spite of their mega-stardom, they created music with staying power and sustained long, influential careers. Now they are immortalized on […]
Top 10 Christmas Albums on Vinyl
Saturday, December 10th, 2011There is something to be said about the art of a great Christmas album. Part of it is song selection, part of it is song interpretation, part of it is simply the voice. But above all else, the one quality that ultimately makes a Christmas album timeless is its ability to capture that thing we […]
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