2008 Reissues
Some albums are just too good to settle for crappy sounding MP3s. Even as albums are slowly becoming available in lossless codecs, the pricing is way out of whack. At $1 a song, the deluxe reissue of Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth & Collected Works would cost $46. CDs still look just as great as books on shelves, and reissues usually have the perk of expanded album art and liner notes that are still fun to re-read now and then. Until complete catalogs become available in lossless audio at $5 an album, I'll continue to look forward to buying reissues of old favorites and lost classics.
Finally, for the first time ever on CD, for fans of The Embarrassment, Spiral Jetty, dBs, Bongos and The Feelies. But considering Bar/None packed it full of B-sides and alternative takes, it's a good sign that they'd do the Feelies right if the rumors are true that they're reissuing them. Hmm, and then maybe Spiral Jetty...
"Their album Fields was named as one of the ten best albums of the year by Robert Palmer in the NY Times in 1982. Their single “Dancing With My Eighty Wives” was played often on WLIR on Long Island while “Walk By Your House” was a hit at WHFS in DC. Produced by Gene Holder of the dBs, Fields was the first album to be recorded at Mitch Easter’s Drive In Studio."
Glenn Morrow --
"In no time the streets were awash with young musicians, dbs, Cucumbers and Bongos roamed the streets; Golden Palominos were drunk at the bar and you could always spot Tiny Lights, Phosphenes and the Human Switchboard around town. The Individuals were part of a tangled web of musicians; co-workers and roommates whose love lines and chord changes criss-crossed and coalesced into a tight community of like-minded folks. We were in love with the modern world and the sea of possibilities in three-chord rock and roll. We were the children of the Velvet Underground—mostly suburban kids lured to the metro area by the CBGBs scene. We soaked in the Warholian detachment of the Talking Heads and the transcendental guitar work of Television. On the far side of the Hudson we found a temporary haven in Hoboken."
- The Individuals - Fields/Aquamarine (Plexus/Bar/None) 81-82
- Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc (RCA/Cherry Red) 82
- Terry Callier - What Color Is Love (Cadet/Verve) 72
- Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (EG/Discipline) 75
- Rodriguez - Cold Fact (Light In The Attic) 70
- Eddy Grant - Walking In Sunshine [Deluxe Edition] (Ice/Universal) 79
- U2 - War [Deluxe] (Island) 83
- The Replacements - Let It Be 84
- Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen 78
- Buzzcocks - A Different Kind Of Tension 79
- Eddy Grant - Killer On the Ramage [Deluxe Edition] (Ice/Universal) 82
- The Lines - Flood Bank (Acute) 81-83
- New Order - Movement [2 CD] (Factory/Rhino) 81
- Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Cotonou - Vodoun Effect (Analog Africa)
- Kante Manfila & Sorry Bamba - Clash Mandingue: Manding Dance Music of the 60's (Oriki Music)
- African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds From Benin & Togo (Analog Africa)
- Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Laos Dancefloor (Soundway) 1974-79
- Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk (Soundway) 1971-79
- Highlife Time: Nigerian & Ghanaian Sounds From the 60s & Early 70s (Vampi Soul)
- Fela Kuti - Lagos Baby 1963-69 (Vampi Soul)
Awesome African 60s & 70s Compilations
Beck – Odelay [Deluxe 2CD] 96
Big Dipper - Anthology
Blondie - Parallel Lines - Deluxe (Chrysalis) 78
Dead Boys - We Have Come For Your Children (Sire/Noble Rot) 78 The Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene 1986-90
Breathless - Between Happiness And Heartache 91
Buzzcocks - Love Bites 78
Terry Callier - Occasional Rain (Cadet/Verve) 72
Christian Death - Sex & Drugs & Jesus Christ (Jungle/Nostradamus) 88
Alice Cooper - Muscle Of Love 73
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model [30th Anniversary] 78
Dead Can Dance - All of them
Die Krupps - Volle Kraft Voraus 81
Durutti Column – Lips That Would Kiss 1980-83
Cindytalk – Camouflage Heart 84
Eyeless In Gaza – Caught In Flux 81
Eyeless In Gaza – Photographs As Memories 81
Eyeless In Gaza – Drumming The Beating Heart/Pale Hands I Loved So Well 82
Eyeless In Gaza – Back From The Rains 86
A Flock Of Seagulls – Story Of A Young Heart 84
Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting 73
Gas - Nah Und Fern (Mille Plateaux)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear 77
Michael Jackson – Thriller [25th Anniversary Edition] 82
The Judybats – Native Son 90
Killing Joke – Fire Dances 83
Killing Joke – Night Time 85
Killing Joke – Brighter Than A Thousand Suns 86
Killing Joke – Outside The Gate 88
The La’s 90
The Lines - Memory Span (Acute) 77-83
Nick Lowe – Jesus Of Cool 78
Medium Medium - Hungry, So Angry (Cherry Red) 81
The Mighty Lemon Drops - World Without End (Sire/Wounded Bird) 88
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Laughter (Sire/Wounded Bird) 89 Midnight Oil - Diesel And Dust 88
The Mission - Carved In Sand 90
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey 71
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece (WB/Polydor) 74
Van Morrison - Wavelength (WB/Polydor) 78
Van Morrison - Into The Music (WB/Polydor) 79
Van Morrison - Common One (WB/Polydor) 80
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (Creation/Sire) 88
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Sire) 91
New Order - Movement 81 [2 CD]
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies 83 [2 CD]
New Order - Low-Life 85 [2 CD]
New Order - Brotherhood 86 [2 CD]
New Order - Technique 89 [2 CD]
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army – Replicas [2008 2 CD Tour Edition] 79
OMD - Dazzle Ships 83
The Passions - Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (Polydor/Cherry Red) 81
Photos - Crystal Tips And Mighty Mice (Cherry Red) 81
The Pixies - Doolittle (4AD) 89
Otis Redding - Otis Blue [Double Deluxe] (Stax/Rhino) 66
The Replacements - Sorry Ma 81
The Replacements - Stink 82
The Replacements - Hootenanny 83
The Replacements - Tim 85
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me 87
The Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul 89
The Replacements - All Shook Down 90
The Residents - Duck Stab [30th Anniversary) (Ralph/Mute) 78
The Residents - Eskimo (Ralph/Mute) 79
SPK - Machine Age Voodoo 84
Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret [2 CD] 81
Spear Of Destiny – Grapes Of Wrath 83
Spear Of Destiny – One Eyed Jacks 84
Squeeze - Argybargy [Deluxe Edition] (A&M) 80
Squeeze – Sweets From A Stranger 82
Squeeze – Frank 89
Squeeze – Play 91
Squeeze – Ridiculous 95
Sun Ra - Secrets Of The Sun 62
Swervedriver - Raise 91
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head 93
Swervedriver - Ejector Seat Reservation 95
Thompson Twins – Quick Step & Side Kick 83
Thompson Twins – Into The Gap 84
U2 - Boy - Deluxe (Island) 80
U2 - October - Deluxe (Island) 81
U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky 83 [w/ DVD of full concert]
UFO - Lights Out (Chrysalis/Caroline) 77
UFO - Obsession (Chrysalis/Caroline) 78
Ultravox - Vienna 80 [2 CD]
Ultravox - Rage In Eden 81 [2 CD]
Visage - Anvil 82
The Wild Swans – Bringing Home The Ashes 88
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue 77
Yazoo - In Your Room [3 CD+DVD with Upstairs At Eric's and You And Me Both] (Sire/Mute) 82-83
Various – Bippp: French Synth Wave 1979-85
Various - Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Sessions
Various - Local Anesthetic 78-83
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