Remembering Kim Fowley
When I was younger, I was always fascinated by the LA music excitement. And while I loved the NYC music stage much better, the purest form of LA music came…
Audio Fidelity To Reissue SACDs For Bread, Grover Washington, Jr.
Audio Fidelity has announced two new upcoming SACD titles. Both should be excellent acquisitions. On February 17, AF will reissue the 1973 ‘best of’ collection, The Best Of Bread. Bread,…
More Re-Releases Of Genesis Albums On CDs Expected for February
Atlantic Records and Rhino will replenish the marketplace with a batch of Genesis titles scheduled for release on February 17. With the recent re-release of earlier Gabriel-led titles, it would…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 01/13/2015 (US Report)
Real Gone Music will re-release a vinyl LP edition of an old-time Foghat favorite, Foghat Live. They will also re-release an old J. Geils Band favorite, Bloodshot. The Foghat Live…
Beatles Catalog Getting Upgraded Audio For Pono?
Pono Music, the high-resolution digital and machine company started by Neil Young is rumored to be scoring a massive PR advantage over just about anyone with an announcement of acquiring…
New Robin Trower Album, Something’s About To Change, In February (US), March (UK)
When Robin Trower was at his peak back in the ’70s, there was little he could do wrong musically. His albums were all ‘must have’ affairs with Bridge Of Sighs…
Physical Graffiti By Led Zeppelin Is Next In Line for Reissue
Physical Graffiti is the next in line Led Zeppelin reissue (as if this post really needed to be here). Of course, there is likely to be a soul who didn;t…
New Mark Knopfler Album, Tracker, Gets March Date (and MORE)
Late in 2014, Mark Knopfler informed his fans worldwide of an intended issuance of a new solo album, tentatively titled Tracker. That new album will assuredly be known as Tracker…
[UPDATE] 2CD Deluxe Edition Of Junk Culture By OMD Gets US Date
At the turn of the ’80s, I walked into one of my favorite independent record stores in the St. Louis area, and heard a new band (via in-store play) that…
Blue Note To Reissue BD-Audio Titles By Coltrane, Hancock, And Davis In March
If you’re a fan of Jazz from the late ’50s, early ’60s, then Blue Note has some releases coming for you. With the ongoing development of BD-Audio (Blu-ray Audio), we…
Massive 5CD Lead Belly Box Set For February
Huddie Ledbetter, better know to the world of music as Lead Belly, lived quite the life befitting a bluesman of his kind. And, although there are many viable bluesmen in…
Life In A High Quality Digital World
Recently, my close friend (whom I think of more like a brother), Bill Hunt has opened up my closed mind to digital downloads. Specifically, higher resolution digital files. For me,…