New 5CD Kronos Quartet Box Celebrating Terry Riley Set for June
For over forty years, The Kronos Quartet from Washington/San Francisco has produced an amazing array of music. The quartet (David Harrington – violin, John Sherba – violin, Hank Dutt –…
Rounder Records To Release First Take Remix Of George Thorogood Debut On CD
On Record Store Day (April 18), Rounder Records offered a remaster of the first mix of the debut album by George Thorogood on blue vinyl. The first mix was a…
40th Anniversary Edition Of Fame (Bowie) To Be Released On 7″ Vinyl Picture Disc In July
Rhino and Parlophone will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of David Bowie‘s “Fame” by releasing a collectible 7″ vinyl picture disc single. The single will be planned for July 24.…
2CD Deluxe Edition of Duran Duran’s Rio To Be Re-Released In June (UK Report)
With the year nearing the half-point mark, I was beginning to wonder if there were going to be many high-profile reissues. However, there’s some interesting news in that department, especially…
3CD Jerry Garcia Band On Broadway: Act One – October 28,1987 Planned For June
Between October 15 and October 31 of 1987, The Jerry Garcia Band, staged an ambitious two-week set of Broadway shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (still in existence and doing great…
New US Date For 40th Anniversary Remix Of Trilogy by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP)
With a series of false starts, it now appears that our Deluxe Edition of Trilogy by Emerson, Lake & Palmer will finally be made available on June 30 (US). The…
Stones’ I Can’t Get No Satisfaction To Be Released As 12″ Single In July
It’s somewhat inevitable that original singles would begin to be reissued on vinyl, especially in the 12″ format. If you’re a fan of The Rolling Stones, then it may interest…
Springsteen Titles Get New Remasters For CD, LP
Bruce Springsteen and his best known titles will be getting not only vinyl LP re-releases (which is nice for Springsteen fans who are also vinyl enthusiasts), but also CD re-releases.…
TAPSheet: Vinyl Release Notes – 05/05/2015
Vinyl reissues continue to be the upsurge in new releases. Even if there are no expectations laid out for a CD update of any given title, it seems that a…
Talia’s Overflow Notes: Remembering Ben E. King
I was born in 1961. During that same year, a song was released by Ben E. King which has stayed with me in more ways than one. “Spanish Harlem” was…
The Darjeeling Limited ST Released On Black Vinyl In May
For many years, I’ve been an obsessive Wes Anderson fan. Yes, he makes films. But he fills them with so much cool stuff including music that his movies can easily…
Poll: Which Band(s) From The Past Should You Revisit?
During our years of youth, we listened to plenty of music. But in an era where you had to have money to invest in your favorites, you were curtailed in…