The Vinyl Cut

As we get closer to the holidays, the vinyl reissues keep mounting up.

Two new Rhino Reserves present analog cuts of lesser-known ’70s greats.

We have officially entered the silly season, when the record labels go into overdrive to put out as much stuff as possible in time for the holiday shopping season.

Today I’m reviewing Angel Olsen’s 2016 album My Woman, which has been given an impressive 10th-anniversary pressing from Mobile Fidelity.

Here’s a Saturday record review for you, for the recent Rhino Reserve reissue of Public Image Ltd’s somewhat controversial album from 1986, Album.

There’s a lot to talk about this week.

One mega-rare test pressing of the Definitive Sound Series’ one-step pressing of Beck’s 2014 album will go to a lucky paid subscriber.

I’ve been immersing myself in some Small Faces reissues from Nice Records, the independent label started by that band’s drummer, Kenney Jones.

Salutations—it’s time once again for another big week in the world of vinyl reissues.

Hello folks—today I have an article about a small label in the Pacific Northwest that is reissuing some great, overlooked music from the region, committing it to vinyl for the very first time.

Hello, friends.

The Fab Four’s 1965 album gets the deluxe treatment at last.

Today I’ve got a review of the new 30th-anniversary edition of Buena Vista Social Club, which actually came out 29 years ago, not that trifling details like that matter a whole lot.

Welcome back to another week in reissued vinyl.

Two recent OJCs commemorate Coltrane’s centennial.

1972’s Occasional Rain gets an all-analog Kevin Gray cut on Slow Down Sounds’ vinyl reissue.

It’s another fine week of vinyl reissues, with all sorts of albums returning to wax or, in some cases, appearing there for the very first time.

New reissues from Counting Crows, the Cranberries, Sheryl Crow, D’Angelo, and GZA.

One copy of the 2021 double-vinyl LP will be given away to a paid subscriber.

The big news this week, of course, is the much-awaited Maggot Brain reissue from Org Music and Westbound Records—read my review for that Funkadelic classic here—but there are of course plenty of other vinyl reissues coming out as well.

When Org Music partnered with Westbound Records to produce a series of authoritative vinyl reissues of the Westbound catalog, the first thing out of everyone’s mouths was, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, great—so when’s Maggot Brain coming?”

I’ve got two reviews for you as we Americans head into this holiday weekend.

As I’ve been doing lately, I’ll preface the weekly new reissues post with a roundup of some recent announcements about upcoming releases coming later in the year.

The Dutch band’s 1973 breakthrough Moontan receives the deluxe treatment from Artone Signature.

It’s another big week in the world of vinyl reissues, with some exciting obscurities coming our way from my two favorite Spanish reissue labels.

Today I’m reviewing Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s new edition of Television’s 1977 debut, Marquee Moon, which underwent Mobile Fidelity’s UltraDisc One-Step process and marks the first time this seminal LP has been pressed at 45 RPM across two discs.

The Jethro Tull 1968–1972 RHF box set is here, sourced from UK tapes.

Plus a ton of new announcements, including Rhino’s Rocktober, three new Vinylphyles, the R.E.M.

Feeling Alright: The Complete Nancy Pulsations Concert is a scorching-hot live show from the blues-rock legend.

Rhino High Fidelity’s new pressings of CSN’s 1969 self-titled debut and Joni Mitchell’s 1971 masterpiece Blue.

Welcome back, friends.

Today I’m reviewing the two latest releases from Dust and Memory, a new reissue label from Bilbao, Spain, run by Álvaro Lissón, who’s also responsible for the excellent Meritorio Records.

We’ve got another metric ton of new vinyl reissues to sift through today—but first I wanted to mention the recent layoffs at the four music-news outlets owned by a company called Veeps.

Hi everyone—two reviews this evening, as I catch up on a pair of Rhino Reserves that came out a few weeks back.