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This week's new #vinyl reissues include must-have albums by Minnie Riperton and Antônio Carlos Jobim, the launch of Rhino Rocktober, a Rush one-step from MoFi, an Elvis Costello 49-year anniversary, two new Tone Poets... oh, and something from a little band called the Quarryme—I mean, the Beatles.
New vinyl reissues: October 2, 2026
Hello, friends. I can’t wait to tell you about all of the most interesting new vinyl reissues—there’s a lot to get to this week—but first things first. You may have noticed that there’s a Beatles reco...
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October 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This week's new #vinyl reissues include must-have albums by Minnie Riperton and Antônio Carlos Jobim, the launch of Rhino Rocktober, a Rush one-step from MoFi, an Elvis Costello 49-year anniversary, two new Tone Poets... oh, and something from a little band called the Quarryme—I mean, the Beatles.
An in-depth look at the excellent new #vinyl box set for the Beatles’ 1965 album Rubber Soul, which turns the act of listening to a beloved album into something akin to a university-level course. #beatles #rubbersoul
Review: The Beatles’ Rubber Soul
The Fab Four’s 1965 album gets the deluxe treatment at last.
By today’s standards, Rubber Soul was a rush job. In mid-October 1965, as the Christmas deadline loomed, the Beatles convened with produce...
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September 30, 2026 at 4:38 PM
An in-depth look at the excellent new #vinyl box set for the Beatles’ 1965 album Rubber Soul, which turns the act of listening to a beloved album into something akin to a university-level course. #beatles #rubbersoul
For its (slightly premature) 30th anniversary, Buena Vista Social Club has received a new #vinyl pressing on pearl-colored vinyl, with five extra tracks and a nice thick booklet. How does it sound?
Review: Buena Vista Social Club
Today I’ve got a review of the new 30th-anniversary edition of Buena Vista Social Club, which actually came out 29 years ago, not that trifling details like that matter a whole lot. It’s true that the...
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September 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
For its (slightly premature) 30th anniversary, Buena Vista Social Club has received a new #vinyl pressing on pearl-colored vinyl, with five extra tracks and a nice thick booklet. How does it sound?
Go-Betweens and Mothers of Invention and Alice in Chains, oh my! It's another big week in the world of #vinyl reissues, with newly remastered platters from Crowded House, Sonny Clark, the Bluegrass Album Band, Grant Green, A Perfect Circle, Wes Montgomery, and many more.
New vinyl reissues: September 25, 2026
Welcome back to another week in reissued vinyl. As usual, we’ll kick things off with the latest announcements before getting into what’s landing this Friday.
It’s a relatively quiet week for preorder...
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September 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Go-Betweens and Mothers of Invention and Alice in Chains, oh my! It's another big week in the world of #vinyl reissues, with newly remastered platters from Crowded House, Sonny Clark, the Bluegrass Album Band, Grant Green, A Perfect Circle, Wes Montgomery, and many more.
For the John Coltane Centennial: Revisiting Coltrane's "first" "solo" album, 1957's Coltrane (aka "Prestige 7105"), alongside Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (feat. Coltrane, from the same year), both newly reissued on #vinyl for Craft's Original Jazz Classics line.
Reviews: John Coltrane | Miles Davis Quintet
Two recent OJCs commemorate Coltrane’s centennial.
One hundred years ago today, John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, North Carolina. He died at age 40 of throat cancer in Long Island on July 17, 1967. I...
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September 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
For the John Coltane Centennial: Revisiting Coltrane's "first" "solo" album, 1957's Coltrane (aka "Prestige 7105"), alongside Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (feat. Coltrane, from the same year), both newly reissued on #vinyl for Craft's Original Jazz Classics line.
It's impossible to pigeonhole Terry Callier's sound, which is part folk, part soul, part jazz, and a lot more. Occasional Rain, his 1972 collaboration with producer Charles Stepney, has received a loving new all-analog #vinyl reissue from Slow Down Sounds, cut from tape by Kevin Gray.
Review: Terry Callier
1972’s Occasional Rain gets an all-analog Kevin Gray cut on Slow Down Sounds’ vinyl reissue.
There isn’t anyone quite like Terry Callier. In fact, even picking a genre descriptor for his reflective, ...
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September 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It's impossible to pigeonhole Terry Callier's sound, which is part folk, part soul, part jazz, and a lot more. Occasional Rain, his 1972 collaboration with producer Charles Stepney, has received a loving new all-analog #vinyl reissue from Slow Down Sounds, cut from tape by Kevin Gray.
It's another big week in the #vinyl reissue world, with newly pressed stuff from the Velvet Underground, R.E.M., David Bowie, Phil Collins, Kasey Musgraves, Stiff Little Fingers, Bob Dylan, Terry Callier, Chuck Berry, Coleman Hawkins, and many more. Plus, the latest reissue announcements!
New vinyl reissues: September 18, 2026
It’s another fine week of vinyl reissues, with all sorts of albums returning to wax or, in some cases, appearing there for the very first time. We’ll get into this week’s bounty in a moment, but first...
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September 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It's another big week in the #vinyl reissue world, with newly pressed stuff from the Velvet Underground, R.E.M., David Bowie, Phil Collins, Kasey Musgraves, Stiff Little Fingers, Bob Dylan, Terry Callier, Chuck Berry, Coleman Hawkins, and many more. Plus, the latest reissue announcements!
Vinylphyle is one of the few #vinyl reissue lines devoted to the music of the 1990s. We've got in-depth reviews of five recent Vinylphyle versions of big '90s albums, including Counting Crows, the Cranberries, Sheryl Crow, D'Angelo, and GZA.
Reviews: The 1990s on Vinylphyle
New reissues from Counting Crows, the Cranberries, Sheryl Crow, D’Angelo, and GZA.
It’s been a little bit since I checked in on UMe’s Vinylphyle series. Launched in November of last year, the imprint...
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September 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Vinylphyle is one of the few #vinyl reissue lines devoted to the music of the 1990s. We've got in-depth reviews of five recent Vinylphyle versions of big '90s albums, including Counting Crows, the Cranberries, Sheryl Crow, D'Angelo, and GZA.
The new AAA #vinyl reissue of Funkadelic's Maggot Brain is here! But that's not all: This week also sees killer reissues from Ann Peebles, Quiet Sun, the Millennium, Marcos Valle, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Edu Lôbo, Gary Bartz, and plenty more.
New vinyl reissues: September 11, 2026
The big news this week, of course, is the much-awaited Maggot Brain reissue from Org Music and Westbound Records—read my review for that Funkadelic classic here—but there are of course plenty of other...
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September 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The new AAA #vinyl reissue of Funkadelic's Maggot Brain is here! But that's not all: This week also sees killer reissues from Ann Peebles, Quiet Sun, the Millennium, Marcos Valle, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Edu Lôbo, Gary Bartz, and plenty more.
Funkadelic's Maggot Brain has been ill-served on #vinyl over the past couple of decades. A new terrific-sounding all-analog pressing from Org Music, sourced from restored master tapes, puts an end to that trend.
Review: Funkadelic's Maggot Brain
When Org Music partnered with Westbound Records to produce a series of authoritative vinyl reissues of the Westbound catalog, the first thing out of everyone’s mouths was, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, great—so ...
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September 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Funkadelic's Maggot Brain has been ill-served on #vinyl over the past couple of decades. A new terrific-sounding all-analog pressing from Org Music, sourced from restored master tapes, puts an end to that trend.
Two #vinyl reviews to take you into the long weekend: Woody Shaw's fearless 1973 album Song of Songs, in an AAA cut for Jazz Dispensary. And a further batch of outtakes from the Waterboys' insanely prolific sessions for their 1988 album Fisherman's Blues.
Reviews: Woody Shaw | The Waterboys
I’ve got two reviews for you as we Americans head into this holiday weekend. One is for a heady experimental jazz record from 1973 and the other is for a triple-LP set of outtakes from a band’s prolif...
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September 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Two #vinyl reviews to take you into the long weekend: Woody Shaw's fearless 1973 album Song of Songs, in an AAA cut for Jazz Dispensary. And a further batch of outtakes from the Waterboys' insanely prolific sessions for their 1988 album Fisherman's Blues.
This week in the world of #vinyl reissues sees new MoFis from Rush and Angel Olsen, plus the return of Nirvana's Incesticide to vinyl, two new Tone Poets, a long-out-of-print Terry Reid cult classic, and much more.
New vinyl reissues: September 4, 2026
As I’ve been doing lately, I’ll preface the weekly new reissues post with a roundup of some recent announcements about upcoming releases coming later in the year. As you might expect, there’s been a s...
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September 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
This week in the world of #vinyl reissues sees new MoFis from Rush and Angel Olsen, plus the return of Nirvana's Incesticide to vinyl, two new Tone Poets, a long-out-of-print Terry Reid cult classic, and much more.
The inaugural release for the Dutch audiophile imprint Artone Signature revisits the biggest album from the biggest Dutch rock band: Golden Earring's Moontan, via a deluxe 45 RPM edition.
Review: Golden Earring
The Dutch band’s 1973 breakthrough Moontan receives the deluxe treatment from Artone Signature.
When Golden Earring officially called it a day in 2021, the Dutch group was at that point one of the lo...
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September 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The inaugural release for the Dutch audiophile imprint Artone Signature revisits the biggest album from the biggest Dutch rock band: Golden Earring's Moontan, via a deluxe 45 RPM edition.
A review of the new edition of Television's 1977 debut Marquee Moon from Mobile Fidelity as part of their UltraDisc One-Step line, pressed at 45 RPM on two LPs.
Review: Television on Mobile Fidelity
Today I’m reviewing Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s new edition of Television’s 1977 debut, Marquee Moon, which underwent Mobile Fidelity’s UltraDisc One-Step process and marks the first time this seminal...
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August 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
A review of the new edition of Television's 1977 debut Marquee Moon from Mobile Fidelity as part of their UltraDisc One-Step line, pressed at 45 RPM on two LPs.
A big week of #vinyl reissues, including the launch of MoFi's Rush series, a very limited Dick's Picks, and some blues from Bluesville and Craft. Plus, a look at some just-announced reissues, including the new R.E.M. DSS, 3 new Vinylphyles, and all 54 titles that are coming for Rhino's Rocktober!
New vinyl reissues: August 21, 2026
Plus a ton of new announcements, including Rhino’s Rocktober, three new Vinylphyles, the R.E.M. DSS, and more.
It’s another brimming week of vinyl reissues, but before I get into that, a huge amount ...
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August 20, 2026 at 10:19 PM
A big week of #vinyl reissues, including the launch of MoFi's Rush series, a very limited Dick's Picks, and some blues from Bluesville and Craft. Plus, a look at some just-announced reissues, including the new R.E.M. DSS, 3 new Vinylphyles, and all 54 titles that are coming for Rhino's Rocktober!
In-depth reviews of two recent Rhino High Fidelity #vinyl reissues, cut from tape by Kevin Gray: Crosby, Stills & Nash, the 1969 debut that never quite lived up to its reputation as a generation-defining album, and Joni Mitchell's 1971 masterpiece Blue, which ended up transcending generations.
Reviews: Crosby, Stills & Nash | Joni Mitchell
Rhino High Fidelity’s new pressings of CSN’s 1969 self-titled debut and Joni Mitchell’s 1971 masterpiece Blue.
Today I’m catching up on two of the most recent Rhino High Fidelity pressings. These two...
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August 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
In-depth reviews of two recent Rhino High Fidelity #vinyl reissues, cut from tape by Kevin Gray: Crosby, Stills & Nash, the 1969 debut that never quite lived up to its reputation as a generation-defining album, and Joni Mitchell's 1971 masterpiece Blue, which ended up transcending generations.
This week's new #vinyl reissues include Warren Zevon on MoFi, UK reissues of Primal Scream and the Sundays, an unreleased live show from Bob Marley, and reissues to commemorate the centennials of Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
New vinyl reissues: August 14, 2026
Welcome back, friends. It’s a relatively streamlined week for new vinyl reissues—perhaps a good thing, as it looks like we’ll be getting a deluge of wallet-tempting stuff in the back third of 2026. Ne...
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August 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
This week's new #vinyl reissues include Warren Zevon on MoFi, UK reissues of Primal Scream and the Sundays, an unreleased live show from Bob Marley, and reissues to commemorate the centennials of Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
Spanish reissue label Dust and Memory focuses on #vinyl reissues of overlooked gems from the American indie scene of the 1990s and 2000s. I reviewed their new pressings of Burlington's Guppyboy and Philadelphia's Mazarin.
Reviews: Guppyboy | Mazarin
Today I’m reviewing the two latest releases from Dust and Memory, a new reissue label from Bilbao, Spain, run by Álvaro Lissón, who’s also responsible for the excellent Meritorio Records. So far, Dust...
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August 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Spanish reissue label Dust and Memory focuses on #vinyl reissues of overlooked gems from the American indie scene of the 1990s and 2000s. I reviewed their new pressings of Burlington's Guppyboy and Philadelphia's Mazarin.
A metric ton of new #vinyl reissues to sift through this week (we didn't actually weigh them), with new/old stuff from Television, Elephant's Memory, Mazarin, Charanjit Singh, Jackie McLean, Lisa Loeb, Cluster, and some exciting Malaysian jazz that has likely eluded longtime jazz explorers.
New vinyl reissues: August 7, 2026
We’ve got another metric ton of new vinyl reissues to sift through today—but first I wanted to mention the recent layoffs at the four music-news outlets owned by a company called Veeps. This happened ...
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August 6, 2026 at 10:20 PM
A metric ton of new #vinyl reissues to sift through this week (we didn't actually weigh them), with new/old stuff from Television, Elephant's Memory, Mazarin, Charanjit Singh, Jackie McLean, Lisa Loeb, Cluster, and some exciting Malaysian jazz that has likely eluded longtime jazz explorers.
Two #vinyl reviews for your weekend, including the superlative (but pricy) Definitive Sound Series one-step pressing of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On, and a fantastic collection of previously unreleased early work from country bad boy Gary Stewart.
Reviews: Marvin Gaye | Gary Stewart
The two vinyl reviews today don’t have a ton in common, although both albums come from troubled geniuses who lived difficult lives and died before their time. Both artists transcended their genres—sou...
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August 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Two #vinyl reviews for your weekend, including the superlative (but pricy) Definitive Sound Series one-step pressing of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On, and a fantastic collection of previously unreleased early work from country bad boy Gary Stewart.
New #vinyl reissues this week include Fontana's Thousand Club, several greatest hits albums in Rhino's Spirit of '76 line, live Ramones, Neo Boys, Whiskeytown, Sun City Girls, lots of AAA jazz, and more. Plus, a rundown of all the recently announced upcoming #vinyl reissues heading our way.
New vinyl reissues: July 31, 2026
I’m back with another rundown of this week’s vinyl releases. Things have been a little quiet around here while I was traveling to visit family, but it’s been a very busy week in terms of announcements...
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July 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The hard-to-find soundtrack to Rokk Í Reykjavík—the 1982 documentary about the Icelandic music scene, featuring performances by a young Björk among more than a dozen other punk, post-punk, and new wave bands—is back on vinyl.
Review: Rokk Í Reykjavík
It feels a little funny to be listening to a compilation of Icelandic artists during the hottest days of American summer. But as every non-Icelandic person surely knows by now, Iceland is more than a ...
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July 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The hard-to-find soundtrack to Rokk Í Reykjavík—the 1982 documentary about the Icelandic music scene, featuring performances by a young Björk among more than a dozen other punk, post-punk, and new wave bands—is back on vinyl.
A new Rhino Reserve pressing of Al Stewart's Year of the Cat faces steep competition from the countless #vinyl copies that can be found in the cheap bins of every used record store. The new cut-from-tape version proves there is, in fact, more of the story to tell.
Review: Al Stewart
A new Rhino Reserve pressing marks Year of the Cat’s 50th anniversary.
I’ve got another review from Rhino’s Spirit of ’76 campaign today... but first, the big vinyl news this morning was that Mobile ...
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July 20, 2026 at 10:14 PM
A new Rhino Reserve pressing of Al Stewart's Year of the Cat faces steep competition from the countless #vinyl copies that can be found in the cheap bins of every used record store. The new cut-from-tape version proves there is, in fact, more of the story to tell.
The road to the Flamin’ Groovies' 1976 power-pop classic Shake Some Action was a long one. A new 50th anniversary #vinyl reissue gives the album a new all-analog cut plus a bonus disc of outtakes, new mixes, and some raucous live material from an Aug 1976 show at the Roxy.
Review: Flamin’ Groovies
Shake Some Action gets a 50th anniversary reissue with a new analog cut and an extra disc of bonus music.
Today I’ve got a review for the 50th-anniversary expanded edition of Flamin’ Groovies’ fantas...
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July 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The road to the Flamin’ Groovies' 1976 power-pop classic Shake Some Action was a long one. A new 50th anniversary #vinyl reissue gives the album a new all-analog cut plus a bonus disc of outtakes, new mixes, and some raucous live material from an Aug 1976 show at the Roxy.
I've got a review of the terrific new Rhino Reserve pressing of Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band's Express Yourself, an LA soul masterpiece. Plus, #vinyl announcements including TWO upcoming Definitive Sound Series releases, plus archival stuff from David Bowie and Phil Collins.
Review: Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
A new Rhino Reserve pressing makes 1970’s Express Yourself bigger than ever.
Today I’m continuing my survey of the five Rhino Reserve pressings that came out in June as part of Black Music Month. Las...
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July 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I've got a review of the terrific new Rhino Reserve pressing of Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band's Express Yourself, an LA soul masterpiece. Plus, #vinyl announcements including TWO upcoming Definitive Sound Series releases, plus archival stuff from David Bowie and Phil Collins.