Review: Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Tarkus – ELP
The two widely (wildly) anticipated reissues of Emerson, Lake & Palmer classic titles, ELP, and Tarkus, have kept fans on the edge of their seats until their release last month.…
Review: Get All You Deserve – Steven Wilson – BD
This is an over two-hour concert film of Steven Wilson’s Grace for Drowning tour recorded in Mexico City earlier this year. This set includes the BluRay disc, the duplicate on…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 10/24/2011 (US Report)
Mercury Records plan a Super Deluxe CD/BD reissue of 2112 from Rush on December 18. Atlantic Records have put together a 2CD collection for Aretha Franklin entitled 30 Greatest Hits,…
Opinion: Doom and Gloom, New Rolling Stones Track
I’m always all about the Stones. But in the last ten years, I’ve realized their best song-writing years may be far, far behind the Glimmer Twins. Today, The Stones released…
On Super Deluxe Editions
After yesterday’s post on the UK reissue of The Slider (which I’m totally salivating for), I began to wonder about the mechanism in place for what becomes a grandiose Anniversary…
Edsel Records (UK) To Reissue Classic The Slider By T. Rex As 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
Although I may be in the slim minority here, I’m very excited for the upcoming Super Deluxe Edition Box planned for The Slider by T. Rex. I recognize this UK…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 10/10/2012 (US Report)
On November 19, Columbia Records will release a new live album from AC/DC, their first in over 20 years. The 19-performance track set will include two lengthy and magnificent performances…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 10/08/2012 (US Report)
Verve Records plan the release of Amore II by Andrea Bocelli after the holidays with a planned date of January 29. FOF Records will release Reborn from Trapt in PA…
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees For 2013
There are a million and one things that I would much rather write about than a listing of the 2013 nominees for the ill-named Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.…
Review: Fanatic – Heart
The first listen to Heart’s latest album, Fanatic, released some 35 years later after Dreamboat Annie (1976), should easily dispel the notion that any legacy band from the ’70s cannot…
Al Stewart Tracks
A few weeks ago, we all tossed around the favored Al Stewart album. With the comments and the personal emails that I receive (yes, there are some that find it…
Gold Records On The Wall, or The Great Gulf Between Pop and Other Successes
I don’t know about you, but I always marvel at the great expanse of music appreciation that separates the world of popular music (or Pop music) from that of respected…