TAPSheet: Vinyl LP Release Notes – 03/29/2016
There are a flurry of upcoming vinyl editions of not only new works but also old classics. With this edition of TAPSheet, I’ll run through a few of the upcoming…
Titles From Lightfoot, Toussaint, and Metheny For May
Warner is planning to reintroduce several previously released collections from their vaults that will include Allen Toussaint, Gordon Lightfoot, and issue new sets with The Unity Sessions by Pat Metheny.…
New Mudcrutch Album, 2, In May
So many years ago, Tom Petty had a band that went by the name of Mudcrutch. Formed with Tom Leadon (brother of Eagles’ Bernie Leadon) back in 1970, Mudcrutch was…
Machine Head (Deep Purple) Gets 2CD Package Break Out From Massive 2012 Box
Deep Purple is easily one of the big Rock bands that has fixed references in one’s mind (if you lived in the ’70s). Their “Smoke On The Water” song is…
New Rival Sons Album, Hollow Bones, Set For June
If you’ve heard of Rival Sons, perhaps even love them, then you understand why they were picked to open for Black Sabbath, worldwide, on Black Sabbath’s ‘ending it all’ farewell…
New Jean-Michel Jarre Electronica Addition Expected In May
Electronica (The Time Machine) was released by Jean-Michel Jarre back in 2015. It featured an ingenious match-up of collaborative music with other pioneering electronic-based bands and artists to create a…
Reissue of A Foreigner Ballads Collection in April
There were many reasons to love Foreigner as a band. They seemed to hit all cylinders during their high-powered run over six best-selling albums (not counting the Lou Gramm-less years)…
2CD Dan Fogelberg Set, The Definitive Anthology, Set For May
The music of Dan Fogelberg was enchanting, even haunting, over the fifteen-plus studio efforts he released over a 35-year period. From his excellent Home Free debut released in 1972 through…
10CD Box, The Art Of Midori
Say what you may about violinists, but it is truly a mystical art. It’s not just simple enough to learn to play. It requires something far more reaching than the…
In Memoriam: Keith Emerson (ELP)
The days of 2016 just seem to get sadder and sadder. It is reported and confirmed that Keith Emerson of The Nice, but best known for his strong role in…
ChangesOneBowie To Be Reissued In May On LP and CD
One of the fortunate things for vinyl aficionados is that the resurgence of vinyl interest has led to the repressing of many classic sets from the past. Even more satisfying…
Talia’s Notes: Thoughts On The Passing Of Sir George Martin
There are those who can make a claim to greatness because of their association with the music industry. And then there are those who are in rarefied air. These are…