90s Samples From Yes, Wilson Remix of Close To The Edge
While there are a few Close To The Edge reissues in the marketplace, all of them excellent, I would be absolutely remiss if I did not offer you a direct…
Full Length Albums Are Not Dead, The Passion To Enjoy Them Is
A whole lot of us are quite nostalgic for the “old days” of Top 40 radio, LPs, 45s, bands that were bigger than life (like Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin). Concentrating…
New Old Classics
Once in a while, I visit “new” music from the ’60s and ’70s, exploring something that I’ve neglected or never fully explored. Often, when I do this, I’m immeasurably surprised…
What Are You Listening To?
Well, it seems like out little annual slowdown leading into the holiday period has arrived somewhat. While we’re getting a bit more than usual, I can sense the slowing. And…
Thanatos Plans New Album Via Kickstarter Program
There is a lot of music out there. So much, it’s actually difficult to follow much of it anymore, Of course, there’s good and there’s bad in that. The good…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 10/22/2013 (US Report)
Island Records have slotted 1978-2012 featuring the music of John Mellencamp, with a scheduled release date of December 10. Polydor Records pushes into 2014 with the promise of a 19CD…
I’ll Be Back!
I may not be back until Wednesday as we are in the process of moving. Worse, we have run into snafus in the adding of our internet service. We hope…
Debbie Harry Talks About Disappearing Music
Everyone has an opinion on the music that is being released these days. And it isn’t just about the new music from new bands either. Often, it’s the music coming…
SACDs From Japan
It’s been awhile since I’ve done any kind of notice for any SACDs arriving out of the Japan marketplace. However, a few readers have privately emailed me and asked why.…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 09/23/2013 (US Report)
The release news for this nice Monday is a bit on the sparse side. As we near the holidays (sorry, folks…but it’s true y’know), the labels soften up until the…
The Ambient Series
I’m sure that many of the regular readers of TAP have WTF? moments when I post a random review of an ambient album. And I truly realize that ambient music,…
I Got Music Running In My Head
I have a question for you. Do you ever get possessed by a song, hearing it in your head sometimes for days, maybe even weeks? It seems to happen to…