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Thursday September 09, 2010

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2010

Recent Arrivals

Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends With Eric Clapton (remastered, expanded)
Ed Sullivan and The Beatles
The Ed Sullivan Show Starring The Beatles
Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
Fairport Convention
What We Did On Our Holidays
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Armed Forces
John Mellencamp
No Better Than This
Elvis Presley
24 Karat Hits
Otis Redding
Otis Redding & His Orchestra Live on The Sunset Strip
Elvis Presley
Elvis Is Back!
The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main Street

Not Like Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait" You Can Be Sure! (recent release)

Exclusive Preview: Van Morrison's Legendary Astral Weeks on 180g Vinyl (Test pressing)
Van Morrison : Astral Weeks
Can a reissue really top the legendary Warner Bros-7 Arts original?

This Year's Version Sounds Better Than the Original (reissue)
Elvis Costello : This Year's Model
Too disturbing for PC minds?

Capitol Delivers a Digital-Based Pet Sounds (REVISED REVIEW) (reissue)
The Beach Boys : Pet Sounds
Can a major label do audiophile vinyl? Yes, but not this time.

Legendary Power Pop Classic Issued on CD For the First Time! (reissue)
Blue Ash : No More, No Less
Power pop classic?

Columbia/Legacy Reissues Miles's Transitional Masterpiece on 180 Gram Vinyl (reissue)
Miles Davis : In A Silent Way
Is this a AAA analog reissue?

Classic's "Little Train" Can!

Mobile Fidelity Reissues Classic Crenshaw (reissue)

Blues Classic Better Than Ever
Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band : Hoodoo Man Blues
is the 45rpm edition worth the added scratch?

Two Sought After 70's Albums Surface In Box Set (recent release)
Chris Darrow : Under My Own Disguise
Worth big box set cost?

Mo-Fi Gives The Cars Just What It Needed! (Reissue)
The Cars : The Cars
Are The Cars in touch with your world?

Turns Your Turntable Into a Ticki-Bar! (new release)
The Anthony Wilson Trio : Jack of Hearts
More Fun Than You Deserve

The Beatles Remasters: A Splendid Time is Guaranteed For Some (new reissue)

Johnny Cash Says "Aloha" (new release)
Johnny Cash : American VI: Ain't No Grave
A fitting finale for "The Man in Black?"

Unreleased, Intimate Ella! (new release (of older recordings))
Ella Fitzgerald : Twelve Nights in Hollywood
A front row nightclub seat 1961, minus the cigarette smoke.

Exile on Nicollet Avenue (EP)
The Honeydogs : Sunshine Committee
Do they wear their influences well?

Audio Wave Issues Four Blue Notes on XRCD24 CD (reissue)
Sonny Clark : Cool Struttin'
Do we really need more Blue Notes?

Exile For the iPod Generation (reissue)
The Rolling Stones : Exile on Main Street
Where's the bass? What happened to the graphics? For proof that this recording has been compressed cut and paste this link: http://tinyurl.com/38el64x

Elvis's Post Army Return to RCA Produces Classic, Doubly Good at 45rpm (Reissue)
Elvis Presley : Elvis Is Back!
"Fever" alone is worth the price of admission! (I said it first BTW).

Elvis' Hits Spin Sweetly at 45rpm (reissue)

Costello Sees the World (reissue)

Back to Mono For Mellencamp and T-Bone Burnett (new release)

4 Men With Beards Reissues Fairport Trinity (reissue)
Fairport Convention : What We Did On Our Holidays
Do these forty year old masters hold up?

A Digital Kind of Blue? (reissue)
Miles Davis : Kind of Blue
Are you ready for a digitally sourced KOB?

It Was Forty Five Years Ago Today! (Sept. 12th) (re-release)
Ed Sullivan and The Beatles : The Ed Sullivan Show Starring The Beatles
That The Beatles made their final Ed Sullivan Show appearance