Category Archives: Reissues

Ever since PJ Harvey started her reissue program of vinyl reissues and albums of demo recordings this is the album I’ve been looking forward to the most. This is mostly because of the following 3 reasons: In my opinion it … Continue reading →

In June 2006 I heard a song called “The Ride” on the radio during breakfast, back when Radio 1 in the Netherlands were still playing interesting music in the morning. It was the day that Joan As Police Woman’s debut … Continue reading →

If you’d ask me to list a top 10 of my favourite live albums, I’d probably come up with a different list every time. However, 2 albums would probably always be on the list: one being The Who’s Live At … Continue reading →

Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The 2 members who left the band 10cc at the top of their popularity, then commiting career suicide by releasing a triple concept album at the height of punk. Critics never took them seriously again … Continue reading →

A few years ago the world of reissues was flooded with way too expensive sets that offered very little interesting new material. I lost interest for a while, turning my attention to classical musical box sets which offered a lot … Continue reading →

It was on the 1995 reissue of The Who’s Live At Leeds that I first heard Mose Allison’s name. According to Pete Townshend “he really is a jazz musician”, but the song Young Man Blues didn’t sound like jazz to … Continue reading →

New music from Gillian Welch and David Rawlings is always something special. They celebrate their 20th anniversary as recording artists this year. But with only 5 studio albums from Gillian and 2 from Dave, they have given us only 7 … Continue reading →

This album was basically the soundtrack to my first year as a student. I had just bought a portable minidisc recorder to make listening on the train much easier (this was before mp3 players or smartphones with a Spotify app) … Continue reading →

One of my favourite Bruce Springsteen bootlegs is a show from the Devils & Dust tour, recorded in Rome. A beautiful solo show featuring Bruce on several different instruments, playing songs from his acoustic albums and some radical reworkings of … Continue reading →

Sandy Denny is no stranger to the world of boxed sets. In 1985 Who Knows Where The Time Goes was one of the first boxed sets to be released. Since then there have been 4 more: a 5 disc anthology, … Continue reading →