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Vinyl Releases of the Week: July 12, 2012
Thursday, July 12th, 2012From Elvis’ triumphant mid-career return to Memphis to ’60s pop icon Scott Walker’s more recent voyage into the obscure, there are vinyl releases to suit just about any taste this week. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Live at Berkeley (Sony Legacy) In tandem with the Blu-Ray and DVD release of the newly expanded Jimi Plays […]
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: August 10, 2011
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Come sail away this week with reissues from Black Sabbath, Yes, Jefferson Starship, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Cypress Hill, Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, Guided by Voices, Meat Puppets, and … Styx! Also out is a series of imported 12-inch singles from Björk’s forthcoming album, Biophilia. Black Sabbath – Volume 4 (1972), […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: July 13, 2011
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011From Nina Simone reissues to an eight-disc Megadeth box set, there are A LOT of new vinyl releases to talk about this week! Nina Simone – Sings the Blues, To Love Somebody, Here Comes the Sun (4 Men with Beards) Three incredible 180-gram reissues from jazz great Nina Simone. Her debut for RCA Records, 1967’s […]
Five Great Rock Albums from the 70s
Sunday, July 25th, 2010Rock and Roll has suffered many criticisms throughout the years. Some depict it as loud, violent and misogynistic. And let’s face it, Guns ‘n Roses’s “Sex, Drugs n’ Rock and Roll” certainly did no favor to the critic’s perception of the genre, either, with lyrics like “I got really high and things got really slow.”