Alphaville Releases Career Set – Forever! Best Of 40 Years
Alphaville, a German band influenced by synth bands of the time, emerged in the early ’80s as New Wave was gaining its footing. By 1984, the band had their first…
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album: Fresh Snow At Christmas Remix To Arrive For Christmas In Box
Jethro Tull put out many classic sets that include Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Songs From the Wood, Heavy Horses, and many others. But there is one album that Jethro…
The Genesis Classic – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway – To Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Genesis rose to prominence over the course of a few albums that included the magnificent The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, the 1974 album that was the last to showcase…
Rhino Brings More Titles (Doobie Bros/Foghat/J Geils/Jefferson Starship) To Quadio Series
The Quadio series with Rhino and Warner Music have been well-received with many classics being warmly revisited. In fact, I myself look forward to each mention of reissues that may…
Neil Young On the Beach Classic To Get 50th Anniversary Vinyl Press
Neil Young, long a favorite of many given his penchant for varied kinds of music that were based in his folk-styled lyrics, has been a favored musician. His first album…
Laura Nyro To Get Limited Edition 19CD Box Set – Hear My Song: The Collection 1996-1995
In the late ’60s, a songwriter by the name of Laura Nyro would enter into the world of music with her first album. That album, her sole set with Verve…
Ratt Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of Out Of The Cellar
Ratt filled a growing need for American Glam with their first major label debut of Out Of The Cellar. That album, with its three singles that included the popular “Round…
Early Vangelis Band – Aphrodite’s Child – To Update And Reissue Classic 666: The Apocalypse Of John In 4CD/BD Box
If you remember the name of Vangelis, who has done amazing Award-winning soundtrack work like Chariots of Fire (1981), and Blade Runner (1982), then you have a good idea just…
CD/ALBUM REISSUE REVIEW: THE dB’s, “REPERCUSSION”
This is going to be interesting. And fun. A decade ago, I wrote a piece about my love and appreciation for this album in another publication. The dB’s Repercussion is…
Carly Simon’s No Secrets, and The Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Receive Atmos Mixes and More
Carly Simon became the world’s sweetheart with her “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” single from her 1971 debut. That infatuation continued with “Anticipation” and “Legend In…
Talking Heads: 77 Classic Gets 3CD/BD Box Set
Talking Heads entered the important and emerging stream of late ’70s, post-punk consciousness with their magnificent debut set, Talking Heads: 77. Marking the date of emergence with the new Sire…
Bill Nelson Debut 1981 Solo Set: Quit Dreaming & Get On The Beam, To Receive Box Set
After the creative beauty of Be Bop Deluxe, Bill Nelson stretched out and did other projects including solo works, a venture that generated most of his musical classworks. One of…