Classic Contemporary Label Jazz Reissues from Craft Recordings in Combination with Acoustic Sounds Tom Gibbs ...great as the performances are here, I'm hoping Craft will eventually reissue volumes two through four! The Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds series is not to be missed! By clicking on...
Deep Purple's Machine Head: Super Deluxe Edition from Rhino Tom Gibbs ...every way, as well as also offering a significant upgrade to a mid-2000's Rhino reissue I'd added to my collection. The Optimal pressing was perfectly flat and centered, featured beautifully...
Robin Trower Live! 50th Anniversary Edition, on Expanded LP and CD Sets from Chrysalis Records Tom Gibbs ...which is a pretty remarkable engineering feat! Don't hesitate to grab this excellent expanded reissue! For whatever reason, I've never owned an LP or CD copy of this superb concert...
Vanguard Scout Loudspeakers from Vera-Fi Audio Tom Gibbs ...from Patricia Barber and Jennifer Warnes (both on Impex), and again, the sound was to die for. I'd just gotten the Impex 1STEP 45 rpm reissue of Stan Getz's Getz/Gilberto;...
Follow-up: Main Stream from Vera-Fi Audio, Now in the Digital Source System Tom Gibbs ...regularity. I've been fortunate to have developed good relationships with a number of record labels, and have been reviewing an absolute metric ton of great reissue LPs recently from the...
Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith With Superb New Releases from Craft Recordings and Rounder Records Tom Gibbs ...sparkling country-folk of her first two albums and her eventual transition into the more sophisticated arrangements that populated her final albums for the Philo label. This reissue will help fill...
Rhino Announces Cool Limited Edition LP Releases in the Rocktober and Now Playing Series Tom Gibbs ...Love." It didn't hit the heights that the follow-up album, Fleetwood Mac, would reach, but it's definitely a classic. This 50th Anniversary reissue was also remastered by Chris Bellman, and...
Yes, Fragile: Super Deluxe Edition from Rhino Entertainment Tom Gibbs ...recently encountered, and has been in constant rotation since arriving. In comparison to my Atlantic label original, as well as several other reissue LPs I had on hand, the new...
Follow-up: Vera-Fi Audio's Swiss Digital Fuse Box, Now with the Graphene Sluggo Tom Gibbs ...the initial evaluation in my original review of the Swiss Digital Fuse Box—I again put on Impex Records' 1STEP 45 rpm LP reissue of Patricia Barber's Nightclub. It's such a...
Rhino's High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series Continues with Classic LPs from Yes and Bad Company Tom Gibbs ...Series continues to cement its legacy with this latest batch of LPs, both of which are miles beyond any original or reissue versions of either I have in my collection....
Craft Recordings Record Store Day LP Releases for April, 2023 Tom Gibbs ...[in Mono], which is presented here as a first-ever American reissue in mono; the album hasn't been reissued as such since its original release in 1959. Also included is Hotel...
R.E.M.'s Up 25th Anniversary Edition from Craft Recordings Tom Gibbs ...Around The Sun (2004) and Collapse Into Now (2011) HERE, and you can also check out my impressions of Reveal (2001) and Accelerate (2008) HERE. This reissue of Up represents...
Bud Shank's Barefoot Adventure: A Lost Classic Rediscovered by Impex Records Tom Gibbs ...envision surfers daringly cutting across the monstrous Hawaiian pipes and waves! You Don't Want to Miss this Superb Reissue! Yeah, I know—big build-up for Cool, West Coast jazz—then Bud Shank...
Joni Mitchell's Confessional Classic "Blue" on Mobile Fidelity Limited Edition UltraDisc One-Step 45 rpm LPs Tom Gibbs ...didn't disappoint, easily besting the handful of catalog and reissue LPs I had on hand. And was perhaps the best One-Step audiophile pressing I'd ever experienced, bar none. Mitchell's albums...
Rare, Limited Edition, and Cool Colored Vinyl LPs from Rhino for Record Store Day April 2025 Tom Gibbs ...reissue on vinyl since the album came out in 1995. Featuring "Now They'll Sleep," "Seal My Fate," and the title track "King," the album was a great collection of songs,...
Joni Mitchell, The Asylum Albums (1976-1980), on 180 gram LPs and CDs from Rhino Entertainment Tom Gibbs ...blackface artwork of the original issue; it's very different from the original, but it's graphically striking, and works well for the new reissue. The box also includes a satin-varnished, tri-panel...
Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf LP Reissues from Craft Recordings Tom Gibbs ...Heavy Axe is not an option, and a minty BGP reissue LP will cost you anywhere from $55 to $75 USD; the BGP CD reissue can be had for significantly...
Craft Recordings Offers Seven Exclusive and Collectible LPs for Record Store Day April 2025 Tom Gibbs ...Mulligan and pianist Thelonious Monk's classic Monk Meets Mulligan (1957), offered as a 180 gram black vinyl LP. Next up is a 25th Anniversary reissue of alternative rockers Collective Soul's...
Classic Contemporary Records Reissues from Craft Recordings and Acoustic Sounds Tom Gibbs ...of the biggest names in jazz history. The importance of this new reissue series can't be overstated. When Jacob Mask of Craft Recordings reached out recently to ask if I'd...
