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Exciting Reissue and New Release LPs from Craft Recordings, Featuring a Pair from their Jazz Dispensary Imprint, along with Albums from Vince Guaraldi and Chalino Sanchez

Tom Gibbs — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:40:17 +0000

Four new release and reissue LPs have just been made available from Craft Recordings, including a pair of titles on their ultra hip Jazz Dispensary imprint. As well as the latest reissue on Craft Latino from legendary Corrido singer Chalino Sanchez. And Craft has just made an extensive group of repackaged colored vinyl variants of... Read More »

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A Trio of Classic Bluegrass and Folk LPs from Craft Recordings, Including Albums by Tony Rice, Alison Krauss, and Joan Baez

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:18:49 +0000

Craft Recordings has just released a trio of LP reissues of classic bluegrass and folk recordings from the catalogs of Rounder and Vanguard Records. The two albums from Rounder Records are seeing their first ever LP reissues, including bluegrass guitarist extraordinaire Tony Rice's 1982 crossover album Backwaters, performed by The Tony Rice Unit. As well... Read More »

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Linda Ronstadt's Classic Album, Prisoner In Disguise, On a Pair of 45 rpm, 180 gram Audiophile LPs from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 16:06:03 +0000

Linda Ronstadt's classic 1975 album Prisoner In Disguise has just been released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab as an Original Master Recording, and on a pair of 180 gram, 45 rpm LPs. A previous MoFi reissue (from 2008) of Prisoner In Disguise arrived as a 33 rpm, 180 gram LP, and hearing the differences between... Read More »

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Rhino's Rocktober Series Returns with 43 Exclusive Limited Edition Reissues and New Release LPs

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:47:19 +0000

Rhino Entertainment again celebrates Roctober with 43 limited edition reissues and new release LP offerings. For 2025, the series presents an eclectic mixture of rare and previously unreleased LPs, including box sets, ultra-cool colored-vinyl LPs, and multiple selections from both the premium Rhino Reserve and Rhino High Fidelity series. A broad range of musical genres... Read More »

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Audio Good Guy Shayne Tenace's New High-End Showplace: Absoulute Premium Audio+Video, in Aiken, South Carolina

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:25:18 +0000

When I moved to the Charleston, South Carolina area three years ago, I figured out something very quickly: the Low Country is a veritable wasteland when it comes to high-end audio—there's nothing here. And I mean nothing, other than a few pieces of mostly mid-fi gear at an occasional Best Buy location. I only thought... Read More »

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Rhino Celebrates Led Zeppelin's Masterpiece, Physical Graffiti, with a 50th Anniversary, Expanded 3-LP Set; Live Tracks from the Album are Featured on a Second Disc, Live E.P.

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:29:46 +0000

Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (1975, Swan Song Records) is undeniably the band's magnum opus, and quite possibly the most comprehensive statement of who Led Zeppelin were and how they evolved into the world's greatest rock ‘n' roll band. Fans obviously agreed by voting with their wallets, taking the album to 17x platinum in the US... Read More »

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Rhino Reissues a Pair of Albums from Nineties' Alternative Rock and Synth-Pop Supergroup, Electronic

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:45:34 +0000

In mid-1989, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist Bernard Sumner of New Order approached his bandmates with the idea of adding programmed synths to their new music. Neither Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, or Gillian Gilbert were particularly receptive to the idea, as they were all deeply involved in ongoing side projects at the time. Undeterred by their... Read More »

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Eponymous Debut Album, Available on 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:58:08 +0000

I often have a hard time suppressing my level of excitement when I see upcoming new releases from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, but that pegged off the scale when I saw they were reissuing the debut album from prog rock legends Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). The excitement meter reading nearly doubled when I came... Read More »

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Miles Davis' Dissonant and Divisive Masterpiece, Agharta, Now on 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:54:36 +0000

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab continues their survey of Miles Davis' catalog of albums with an Original Master Recording reissue of his 1975 live album Agharta, now available as a 33 rpm, 180 gram 2-LP set. Easily the most dissonant album of Miles' entire catalog, Agharta's dense, sprawling compositions challenged listeners and divided fans—even those who'd... Read More »

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Heart's Classic Album Dreamboat Annie, Now on 45 rpm, 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:31:38 +0000

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab honors the 50th anniversary of Heart's Dreamboat Annie with a deluxe 45 rpm, 180 gram LP reissue of the band's classic debut. Initially only available in their native Canada, Dreamboat Annie at first failed to gain much traction—at least until the album's second single "Magic Man" hit the Montreal airwaves. It... Read More »

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Rhino Entertainment and Warner Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Elektra Records with Cool Limited Edition LP Releases

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:08:03 +0000

Rhino Entertainment and Warner are celebrating the 75th anniversary of iconic label Elektra Records with twenty limited edition LP reissues and releases as part of the Elektra 75 Vinyl Collection. Albums in the series include a mix of 140 and 180 gram LPs, with many of them pressed on really cool colored-vinyl! The Elektra 75... Read More »

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Craft Recordings' New Original Jazz Classics LPs, along with a Miles Davis Multi-LP Box Set: Miles 55 (The Prestige Recordings)

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:53:14 +0000

Craft Recordings has just released the latest installment in the Original Jazz Classics (OJC) reboot series, featuring four new titles that are scattered across the Prestige and Riverside labels. Including guitarist Kenny Burrell's fourth Prestige LP, 1957's Kenny Burrell; the 1958 Prestige blowing session Wheelin' and Dealin', which features the horns of Frank Wess, John... Read More »

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Santana's "Moonflower" on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:17:33 +0000

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab continues their brilliant restoration of Santana's catalog of albums with a new reissue of the band's 1977's classic, Moonflower. Sprawling across a pair of LPs, Moonflower unconventionally combined new studio tracks with Santana's first official domestic release of any of the band's live recordings. Moonflower provided a thrilling showcase of Santana's... Read More »

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RAY Tubes Shootout: Reserve KT88's vs Reserve EL34's in the PrimaLuna EVO 300 Tube Integrated Amplifier

Tom Gibbs — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 16:45:53 +0000

When Nelson Wu, CEO of RAY Tubes offered earlier this year to send a full complement of RAY Select and Reserve tubes for evaluation in my PrimaLuna EVO 300 tube integrated amplifier, I jumped at the chance. I've never looked back; RAY Tubes have lifted my analog system performance and musicality to new heights, providing... Read More »

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Joni Mitchell's Transitional Masterwork "Hejira" on Mobile Fidelity Limited Edition UltraDisc One-Step 45 rpm LPs

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:38:14 +0000

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's ongoing release of Joni Mitchell's most iconic albums continues with her 1976 transitional masterpiece, Hejira, where her embrace of jazz idioms deepened far beyond her initial explorations in both Court and Spark (1974) and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975). Hejira is very much a road album of sorts, a musical... Read More »

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Joni Mitchell's Confessional Classic "Blue" on Mobile Fidelity Limited Edition UltraDisc One-Step 45 rpm LPs

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:57:59 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to review Joni Mitchell's classic album Court and Spark, which is part of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's ongoing release of six of Joni's most iconic albums. You can read my review of that superb UltraDisc One-Step set HERE. The UltraDisc is MoFi's ne plus ultra analog statement format, and their... Read More »

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Jethro Tull's "Still Living In The Past," Updated and Expanded on LP and CD+Bluray Sets from Rhino Entertainment

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:07:26 +0000

Rhino Entertainment has just released Jethro Tull's Still Living In The Past, which updates the band's original 1972 album issue in every possible way. Still Living In The Past is being released as a gatefold double LP edition, as well as an expansive 5-CD+Bluray package, all remixed and remastered by Steven Wilson. The 2-LP set... Read More »

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Craft Latino Continues to Celebrate Latin and Salsa Music with Eight Superb LP Reissues from Fania, Vaya, and Tico Records

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:12:14 +0000

Craft Latino celebrates Latin and Salsa music across a host of subgenres, with eight new LP reissues, many of which have been long out of print. Featuring three albums that are continuing the centennial celebration of "The Queen of Salsa," Celia Cruz; percussionist extraordinaire Ray Barretto's 1975 self-titled album; a pair of albums from salsa... Read More »

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Rhino Celebrates New Wave and Post-punk Icons The B-52's with a Colorful 9-LP Box Set, "The Warner/Reprise Years"

Tom Gibbs — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 17:16:17 +0000

Rhino Entertainment is celebrating the musical legacy of the B-52's with multi-LP and CD catalog box sets, The B-52's The Warner/Reprise Years, which collects the band's eight albums from the years between 1979 and 1992. Formed in Athens, Georgia in 1977, the B-52's initially rode the crest of the New Wave with a string of... Read More »

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Audio Advice Live 2025: An Ambitious Regional Audio/Visual Showcase Evolves into a Major High-End Audio and Consumer Electronics Show

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:20:46 +0000

Audio Advice Live 2025 took place August 1-3, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. I hadn't been to Raleigh in over sixteen years, and I have to admit—I honestly didn't recognize it at all, it's grown so very much! Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina and its second largest city;... Read More »

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Aurender's A1000 Network Music Server/Streamer/DAC: Redefining Affordable World Class Performance

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:30:18 +0000

Over the course of the last twenty-five-years, I've carved out a fairly satisfying niche in audio journalism. One that finds me most often focused on reasonably priced gear that frequently performs beyond its price point—while also playing nicely in more pedigreed audio systems. Many of the companies I deal with focus exclusively on that segment... Read More »

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Follow-up: Vera-Fi Audio's Line Noise Black Hole and Snub Station Zero, with the Infinity Fuse, in My Digital Source System

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:46:06 +0000

When Mark Schifter hooked me up with the first two devices from Vera-Fi Audio's new trio of power conditioning equipment, I simply wasn't prepared for the dramatic differences they made to my all-analog system. That system uses single-ended RCA connections throughout, and it had a couple of problem noise areas I couldn't seem to eliminate,... Read More »

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Norman Greenbaum's Breakthrough Album, Spirit in the Sky, Available Again on an Excellent Reissue LP from Craft Recordings

Tom Gibbs — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 03:43:25 +0000

Craft Recordings has just reissued Sixties psychedelic icon Norman Greenbaum's 1969 debut album, Spirit in the Sky. While its eponymous title track quickly became the anthem of a generation, other than an extremely limited release on Record Store Day in 2014, the LP has been out of print for fifty-five years. An entertainingly diverse album,... Read More »

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Craft Recordings' Original Jazz Classics Reissue Campaign Continues with Classic Albums from Bill Evans, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, and Ken McIntyre with Eric Dolphy

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:47:13 +0000

Craft Recordings' mid-year selection of releases in the Original Jazz Classics (OJC) reboot series features six new titles, including a pair on the Vee Jay Records label that have never appeared as OJC's prior to now. Those include two albums from pianist Bill Evans, both coming from 1962, including the trio setting Moon Beams and... Read More »

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Dan Fogelberg's Breakthrough Album Souvenirs, in a 50th Anniversary Edition on 180 gram LP from Impex Records

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:32:36 +0000

Impex Records, in a joint effort with Iconic Artist Group and Epic Records, has just released Souvenirs, 50th Anniversary Edition, a limited LP reissue of Dan Fogelberg's classic second studio album. Fogelberg's debut album failed to chart, and in the aftermath his manager, Irving Azoff, suggested a change of scenery might be in order. He'd... Read More »

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