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Vinyl Roundup: August 29, 2012
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012A roundup of recent vinyl releases just in time for Labor Day weekend! Jimi Hendrix – “Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)” / “Calling All the Devil’s Children” 7-inch (Sundazed Music, Inc.) The second installment in Sundazed’s Jimi Hendrix singles series pairs Hendrix’s reading of Earl King’s R&B classic “Come On (Let the Good Times […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: May 24, 2012
Thursday, May 24th, 2012The good news is that Sony Legacy is giving fans a second chance to pick up some of their awesome Record Story Day vinyl exclusives including Uncle Tupelo’s first three albums and classics from Ozzy, Janis, and Iggy. The bad news is… wait, there is no bad news! Just exciting new music from Garbage, the […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: April 18, 2012
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012Vinyl’s new official unofficial holiday, Record Store Day, is fast approaching, but that’s no reason to overlook this week’s vinyl releases: Janis Joplin – Pearl (Sony Legacy) Sony Legacy continues the Janis Joplin birthday celebration with this 180-gram audiophile vinyl reissue of her final masterpiece, Pearl. The label will also celebrate Record Store Day with […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: March 28, 2012
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012This week’s vinyl reissues will transport you to another time and place – be it San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury in the late ‘60s, Andy Warhol’s New York in the early ’70s, or Clint Eastwood’s country music adventures post-Rawhide. One thing that these releases all have in common, though, is that they are way too big for […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: January 18, 2012
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012The internet might be off today, but this week’s batch of vinyl releases is ON. Janis Joplin – Classic LP Collection (Legacy) Limited edition 4xLP box set collects four of the legendary psychedelic blues singer’s most celebrated albums: Big Brother and the Holding Company (1967), Cheap Thrills (1968), I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again […]
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 […]
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