TAPSheet: More (and More) Vinyl Releases – 06/14/2016
The vinyl tsunami continues unabated with a wave of more titles arriving. Here’s what we have coming up: The latest album from The Monkees, Good Times!, is slated for 180g-weight…
Gary Wright’s Wonderwheel Shelved Album, Ring Of Changes, To Get First Release
Anyone that remembers Gary Wright, either for his tenure with Spooky Tooth, or his high-charting solo efforts, Dreamweaver (1975), The Light Of Smiles (1977), or even his work on George…
Wye Oak Releases A Fine Collection Of Previously Unused Tracks Album, Tween
Here at MusicTAP, we not only appreciate the classic stuff, we also get into plenty of new stuff. ‘Round here, there’s always music from somebody playing. Today’s post is about…
New Jah Wobble Album, Everything Is Nothing, Set For August
Jah Wobble has quite a musical history although it isn’t as widely chronicled or praised as it should be. Jah Wobbled is a bassist by profession. In the late ’70s,…
New Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Album, Skeleton Tree
Although Nick Cave and his band, The Bad Seeds have consistently made excellent music for us to enjoy, it would seem that the release gaps have been painfully wide. Yes,…
Two (More) Frank Zappa Titles Arriving
There are few artists in the world with as much recorded work as Frank Zappa. A simple look at his discography will yield a mind-bending collection of albums when he…
New SACD Edition Of Bat Out Of Hell Soon
SACD – or Super Audio CD – arrived in 1999. At one time, labels threw their weight into the format alongside a competing high resolution competitor, DVD-Audio. As time –…
New Jack Ingram Album, Midnight Motel
Say what you will, but I get a feeling of mid-career Tom Petty whenever I hear the music of Jack Ingram. Jack Ingram parleyed a a bar residency in Fort…
Little Richard Mono Box: Complete Specialty/Vee-Jay Albums In Vinyl
What is Rock and Roll without the power and style of Little Richard?! That’s not even a question; that’s a statement. Since his arrival in the mid-’50s, Little Richard laid…
MusicTAP on Sirius Radio and Facebook
I recently (June 5) did a short MusicTAP-related segment on the Chris Carter’s British Invasion show heard weekly on Sirius Satellite Radio (Saturdays beginning at 9a PST/12p EST, and all…
[UPDATE] Volume Four: The Polydor Singles 1975 – 2015 The Who 45 RPM 7″ Singles Box
This set was delayed from the originally announced date of May 5. Although the new date is not too far removed from the original projected date, it still bears notation…
A Decade Of Dio: 1983-1993 Box (CD & Vinyl) Is Coming
Ronnie Dio has a wealth of background to deservedly validate his legendary status. Beginning with Elf (from the pro level), Ronnie James Dio laid the strong and firm foundation for…