Violent Femmes Debut Celebrate Its 40th Anniversary
Violent Femmes provided a grand display of Punk and Folk music blended and coming from middle America. For a strong period of 30 years (1979-2009), the band of four delivered…
Rhino Adds Four More Titles To The Quadio Series – America, Lightfoot, Spinners, Mingus
In the ’70s, the major labels attempted to jump onto the multi-channel wagon with the thought that they were dealing with the future. And although they WERE dealing with the…
Lycia Classic – The Burning Circle And Then Dust – To Be Reissued On 2CD and 3LP Sets
Lycia is the art of Mike VanPortfleet, Tara Vanflower, and David Galas. To date, they are the MOST underrated band in the history of Rock. With a unique sound that…
Klark Kent (Stewart Copeland of The Police) Gets Expanded Reissue
For those that know, Klark Kent was the side project of Stewart Copeland of The Police. A particular song, “Don’t Care” did not fit The Police, and so Stewart, not…
Camel Celebrate An Era With A 27CD/5BD Boxed Set – Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984 (Repost)
Formed in the UK in 1971, the band known as Camel went on to influence many bands for decades with their progressive/jazz/rock blend. This band, while never completely ignored, never…
Yes Classic – The Yes Album – Remastered and Remixed For 4CD/BD Box
YES helped to made Progressive Rock a strong suit in the world of Rock despite bands before them with classic albums. Beginning with their 1969 debut album – Yes, Jon…
10cc Appreciated With 14CD Box Set – 20 Years 1972-1992
10cc broke through with their world-wide hit, “Rubber Bullets”, which came from their 1973 debut album. They were an explosive hit machine in their native UK with four hit singles…
Be Bop Deluxe EP – Hot Valves – To Be Reissued On 10″ Vinyl
If you’re a fan of Be Bop Deluxe, then get ready for another issue of one of their releases. During their moments of best appreciation, they released a 4-track collection…
The Undertones Reissue West Bank Songs 1978-1983 (A Best Of) On CD
-The Irish band, The Undertones, came along in the late ’70s to perform an interesting brand of music. With Feargal Sharkey in the band, and Billy Doherty as drummer, The…
Atlantic Records 75th Anniversary Upcoming Reissues In SACD
Previously, MusicTAP posted a brief note on the arrival of 45RPM and SACDs from the upcoming 75th Anniversary celebration of Atlantic Records. The list presented then was a partial list…
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) Package First Five Albums In New Box – Original Albums
One of the ’70s fave band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer – or better abbreviated to ELP – were fan darlings who could do no absolute wrong (until their reviled Love…
Final Joe Strummer Set – Streetcore – Gets 20th Anniversary Celebration Release
Joe Strummer is best known for his time with The Clash. But after The Clash disintegrated, Strummer released a Clash album (with only himself from the classic band) that only…