Craft Recordings' Original Jazz Classics Reboot Continues with Mal Waldron's Mal/2 Tom Gibbs Craft Recordings continues their exciting Original Jazz Classics reissue series with the next title in the second batch of releases, pianist Mal Waldron's 1957 sextet date, Mal/2. I have...
Patricia Barber's Classic Modern Cool, Pressed on Neotech's VR900-D2 Super Vinyl from Impex Records Tom Gibbs ...Barber reissue projects, including the label's most recent release, a 2-LP reissue of Barber's classic 1998 studio album Modern Cool. Which, in an interesting twist, has just been released as...
Getz/Gilberto, Sounding Better Than Ever on 1STEP 45 rpm LPs from Impex Records! Tom Gibbs ...photos from the studio sessions and beyond, along with all pertinent technical specs for the reissue. Impex's Robert Sliger provided the superb art direction and design for this impressive package,...
Woody Shaw's Blackstone Legacy, the latest Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf LP Reissue from Craft Recordings Tom Gibbs ...Jazz Dispensary/Craft Recordings reissue of Blackstone Legacy is a remarkable bargain at $40 for two ultra quiet 180 gram RTI LPs, and is available for preorder HERE. This reissue comes...
Dan Fogelberg's Breakthrough Album Souvenirs, in a 50th Anniversary Edition on 180 gram LP from Impex Records Tom Gibbs 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...
Heart's Classic Album Dreamboat Annie, Now on 45 rpm, 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Tom Gibbs 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...
Craft Recordings' New Original Jazz Classics LPs, along with a Miles Davis Multi-LP Box Set: Miles 55 (The Prestige Recordings) Tom Gibbs ...and didn't see a stereo reissue until 1991's OJC. Other than that and 1964's New Jazz reissue, the LP has been domestically out of print for over 60 years. The...
Rhino High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series Continues with Classic Albums from Television and Ornette Coleman Tom Gibbs ...or not the harshness of the original was the artist's and production team's intent—I saw a prominent review of this reissue where the writer proclaimed that the late Tom Verlaine...
The 15th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for 2018 Editors at Positive Feedback ...my audio buddies, I was never a great Tom Waits fan (who also wrote the score for this soundtrack) but the combination of his baritone and Crystal Gayle's pure tenor...
Creedence Clearwater Revival's Cosmo's Factory 50th Anniversary LP Reissue Tom Gibbs ...out in the open: the reissue isn't an AAA, all-analog reissue, as it's sourced from high-resolution (24-bit/192kHz) digital files. I'm basically going to unzip my fly here and make this...
Craft Recordings' OJC Reboot Continues with Thelonious Monk's Classic 1957 LP, Monk's Music Tom Gibbs Craft Recordings continues their reboot of the Original Jazz Classics (OJC) series with another heavy-hitting 180 gram LP reissue, Thelonious Monk's 1957 release, Monk's Music (Riverside Records). Monk's Music is...
Bill Evans Trio's Classic 1961 Album Explorations, now on Craft Recordings' Small Batch, Neotech VR900 Supreme One-Step LP Tom Gibbs ...better spatial presentation, and deeper, more well-defined bass than my 1982 original OJC reissue. Which I thought sounded pretty great—but having listened to Craft's Small Batch reissue in heavy rotation...
Tony Rice's Classic Album Church Street Blues, Now on 180 gram LP from Craft Recordings Tom Gibbs Craft Recordings has announced their reissue of Church Street Blues, the seminal 1983 album from bluegrass icon and journeyman guitarist and vocalist Tony Rice. Among the hundreds of recordings Rice...
Rhino's High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series Continues with Classic Albums from Black Sabbath and Devo Tom Gibbs ...The legacy of the series continues to grow with this latest batch, where each of these new reissue albums easily bested any versions of either I had in my collection....
Norman Greenbaum's Breakthrough Album, Spirit in the Sky, Available Again on an Excellent Reissue LP from Craft Recordings Tom Gibbs ...quickly vanquished him from the charts. And Greenbaum was relegated to "one-hit wonder" status, essentially remembered for a single song: "Spirit in the Sky." Craft's reissue of Spirit in the...
Between the Buried and Me: The Silent Circus Remix/Remaster Tom Gibbs 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of progressive / hardcore / metalcore / technical deathcore band Between the Buried and Me, and Craft Recordings follows up on the excellent reissue of...
Miles Davis' Dissonant and Divisive Masterpiece, Agharta, Now on 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Tom Gibbs 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...
Craft Latino Continues to Celebrate Latin and Salsa Music with Eight Superb LP Reissues from Fania, Vaya, and Tico Records Tom Gibbs ...became a genre-defining salsa classic. It now returns to vinyl for the first time since its 1975 release, making this reissue a 50th anniversary edition. Barretto was his first recording...
Rhino High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series Debuts with Classic LPs from The Cars and John Coltrane Tom Gibbs Shore Fire Media has just announced the first two titles from a new LP reissue program, the Rhino High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series. Rhino High Fidelity's planned release schedule will...
