TAPSheet: Release Notes – 01/14/2013 (UK Report)
The new David Bowie album, The Next Day, with it’s “oh so cool” cover shot (I’m serious! Can you guess what the cover is a representation of?), is slated to…
Black Sabbath To Add New Ozzy-Fronted Album, 13, To Their Catalog
And here it comes, folks. The rejoining of Ozzy Osborne to his original band, Black Sabbath, has produced an album. (The band isn’t ENTIRELY intact as Bill Ward is absent…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 01/11/2013 (US Report)
Capitol Records will reissue the two studio works from Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs (1970), and Barrett (1970), as well as the 1988 compilation, Opel, with all three CDs planned…
Bowie’s Latest Masterpiece
By now, I’m sure that everyone has come across the news about the new David Bowie album. Interestingly, there was no lead-up to it. Just Happy Birthday, David (he just…
Stones Riffs and Moments of Clarity
I had quite a bit of fun with the Stones track, the one that says Stones through and through. Oh I know, is there really such a track? Perhaps not.…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 01/04/2013 (US Report)
Eagle Rock will release Spirits of The Western Sky from Justin Hayward on February 26. Legacy Recordings plan a Legacy Edition of Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite by Elvis Presley…
The ONE Stones Song
Ok, this is a simple post. First off, I hope everyone’s entrance into 2013 was smooth sailing. I trust that it was. I picked up a copy of Grrr! (The…
Blessed Are The Collectors of Music For Their Souls Know Peace
Many of us are album collectors. Some of us (we know who we are) are a bit more then that. Some of us are archivists. If you were to look…
What Went Wrong With: Tormato – YES
Let me start this one out with a disclaimer (of sorts): I have no problem with Tormato. And not that I think it’s in the same class as earlier works…
Review: No Sadness Or Farewell – Crippled Black Phoenix
Crippled Black Phoenix was a new band for me in 2012. I had stumbled upon a small review note of their last album, 2011’s Mankind (The Crafty Ape) and tried…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 12- 21-12 (US Report)
As we all know, the holiday seasons is a time where news for most labels seem to take a back seat to the hustle of the timeframe. Even so, there…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 12/19/2012 (US Report)
Warner Brothers plan the release of When It Was Now from Atlas Genius, planned for CD release on February 19. Warner also has Holy Fire coming from Foals on February…