Remastered by Mark Beazley.
Multi-talented producer Susumu Yokota returns to the ambient realm with the beautiful and diverse Sakura. When he indulges his fondness for pop hooks with his dancefloor material, Yokota’s melodic choices are glossy and extroverted, but his music for home listening is focused, controlled, and deeply internal. His knack for blending traditional instruments like guitar and piano with simple electronics harks back to ambient music’s birth in the mid-’70s; at times Sakura recalls the work of pioneers like Brian Eno, Cluster, and Manuel Göttsching. The icy “Saku” sets the meditative tone on Sakura, with gentle, winding guitar lines, relaxed synthesizer oscillations, and plenty of breathing space for the minimal…
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Craft Recordings commemorates the 60th anniversary of Joan Baez’s bestselling sixth studio album, Farewell, Angelina, with its first wide vinyl reissue in nearly four decades. A pivotal release in Baez’s catalog, the album blends traditional folk standards with contemporary covers, marking a notable stylistic evolution-including the singer-songwriter’s first use of electric guitar.
Set for release on October 3rd, Farewell, Angelina returns with all-analog mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl (via Fidelity Record Pressing). An old-school style tip-on jacket, meanwhile, replicates the LP’s original cover. Singer, songwriter and activist Joan Baez (b.1941) is one of modern music’s most influential and enduring voices…
2025 remaster
Opting not to fix what broke them, You Could Have It So Much Better serves up more of the stylish, angular sound that worked so well on Franz Ferdinand’s debut. After years of rehearsing in abandoned Glasgow warehouses and playing in relatively obscure groups like the Yummy Fur, it’s perfectly understandable why the band chose not to mess with a good thing — and why they chose to follow up the breakthrough success of Franz Ferdinand so quickly. But, after a year and a half of near-instant acclaim and constant touring, Franz Ferdinand return with songs that just aren’t as consistently good as the album that made them so successful in the first place. A lot of You Could Have It So Much Better feels like…
Expanded reissue of the 1988 EP Hammer now includes a newly compiled “Echo” side of lost recordings. Out on vinyl, CD and digital with liner notes by Tom Cheek, and rare archival material. In 1988, Athens, Georgia’s Kilkenny Cats released Hammer, a fierce and atmospheric EP that captured the moody heart of the late-’80s Southern underground. More than three decades later, this cult classic returns in expanded form as Hammer + Echo. Remastered and featuring unreleased recordings, unseen photos, and liner notes that reframe the story of a band that never quite fit the mold. Out September on Propeller Sound Recordings, Hammer + Echo includes the original six-track Hammer EP one side, remastered from the original tapes, and a newly assembled…
Even in a late ’60s rich with groundbreaking psychedelic chamber pop, few albums achieved the same magic as the Zombies’ 1968 masterwork Odessey and Oracle. Made by a group spread thin by years of toiling with limited success, the recording budget was limited and the process was rushed, and when the public more or less ignored the final product, the frustrated and disillusioned Zombies broke up. Even under less-than-ideal conditions, however, Odessey and Oracle tapped into a very specific balance of mysterious, moody vocal harmonies, Baroque instrumentation, joyful sunshine pop, and lovelorn songwriting so sadly beautiful that these 12 tunes remain fascinating and unique over 50 years later. The album kicks off with the jaunty, piano-driven “Care of Cell 44″…
Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator fame, started his solo career back in 1971 and was signed to both Charisma and Virgin.
The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971-1986 comprises all 13 albums all newly remastered from the original master tapes, along with rare BBC sessions and live recordings.
…The 18 CD collection begins with 1971’s Fool’s Mate, Hammill’s first solo offering after the brief dissolution of Van der Graaf Generator, the legendary progressive rock group for which he was the founding member and vocalist. Next is 1973’s Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night which also features songs recorded at a July 1973 BBC Radio John Peel session; 1974’s The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage come with recordings…
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Immediate Records proudly presents the reissue of Nice, the groundbreaking third album by British progressive rock pioneers The Nice – an adventurous blend of prog, symphonic, and psychedelic rock that captures the free spirit of the late ’60s.
Newly remastered for the best possible audio fidelity, this iconic release is pressed on limited edition translucent red, black marbled, and white splatter vinyl – a visually striking and sonically rich collector’s item for longtime fans and new listeners alike.
Nice finds the band at the peak of their creativity in a bold half-studio, half-live format that showcases both the precision of their compositions and the raw power of their stage performances.
When Milo Goes to College landed in 1982, it didn’t just mark the debut of the Descendents, it redrew the lines of American punk. While the hardcore scene of the time often leaned into aggression, nihilism, and politics, the Descendents broke the mold by writing songs about coffee, boredom, awkward crushes, and suburban frustration. The album’s title alone, a nod to singer Milo Aukerman leaving the band to study biochemistry, set the tone: here was punk that was funny, self-aware, and profoundly human. After decades of having their early discography being held by their original label, SST Records, Descendents have regained the rights to their first four albums. The band is now reissuing remastered versions on ORG Music, starting with their seminal debut.
One of the most successful independent albums of all time, Comfort in Sound is the fourth studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder, released originally on 21 October 2002. It spent 121 weeks in the Top 50 UK Independent Albums chart, with 47 of those being in the top 10. A pioneering Alternative Rock album of the early 2000s, it was also the first to be released by the band after the suicide of drummer Jon Lee earlier in the year. The album was recorded at RAK Studios in London during most of 2002, and was produced by Gil Norton.
As Feeder’s biggest commercially successful album, we are reissuing this exciting expanded edition with exclusive new versions of tracks. The album has been fully remastered for 2025.
Sourced from the original masters, Mobile Fidelity’s hybrid SACD presents ‘Dangerous’ in audiophile-quality sound for the first time.
Despite the success of Bad, it was hard not to view it as a bit of a letdown, since it presented a cleaner, colder, calculated version of Thriller — something that delivered what it should on the surface, but wound up offering less in the long run. So, it was time for a change-up, something even a superstar as huge as Michael Jackson realized, so he left Quincy Jones behind, hired Guy mastermind Teddy Riley as the main producer, and worked with a variety of other producers, arrangers, and writers, most notably Bruce Swedien and Bill Bottrell. The end result of this is a much sharper, harder, riskier album than Bad, one that has…
Strut Records proudly presents the official reissue of Hidden Fire Volumes 1 & 2, the final album released by Sun Ra on his El Saturn label in 1988.
Captured live over three nights at the Knitting Factory in New York City, these performances mark the closing chapter of a 33-year odyssey of radical, independent music-making. Originally issued in tiny quantities with minimal packaging and cryptic artwork—often featuring hand-written labels or Ra’s own handmade designs—Hidden Fire was among the most elusive entries in Sun Ra’s vast discography.
Musically, these recordings stand apart from Ra’s other ’80s compositions. Here, Hidden Fire plunges into darker, more dissonant territory. Ra performs exclusively onn the Yamaha DX7…
The Cowsills’ story is now one of legend. From their beginnings as a pop-vocal group (and the inspiration for The Partridge Family), to their emergence as Alt-rock/Americana heroes, there’s always a surprise in there. The “Cocaine Drain” Album is no exception.
From their acclaimed 2022 release Rhythm Of The World, to the reissue of 1998’s Global in 2024, it has become obvious that the group is more than “The Rain, The Park, And Other Things.” And, how so much music was “lost” when it should have been in everyone’s ears all this time.
In 1978, the band began recording demos with Chuck Plotkin, after an introduction from Jackson Browne, and eventually moved into studios to record a full album.
…This release of ‘Buckingham Nicks’ – mastered from the original analogue tapes by Chris Bellman – marks the first time the album has officially been available on CD or digitally.
Take it with a pinch of salt, but it’s a tough time to be a Fleetwood Mac fan.
Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are still at loggerheads after the guitarist was turfed out of the band in 2018 – Nicks declared she was “no longer willing to work with him”; he suffered a heart attack soon after being fired – and the window has all but shut on what’s left of a Fleetwood Mac classic lineup reunion now that each member is pushing 80 and Christine McVie has gone. Holograms could be the answer.
But before the credits roll on this most…
Craft Recordings proudly celebrates the 50th anniversary of J.D. Crowe & The New South’s self-titled album—a landmark collection that helped shape the future of contemporary bluegrass—with an expanded reissue on CD.
Long revered by musicians, fans and the press, J.D. Crowe & The New South (or, “Rounder 0044,” as it is lovingly referred to), which was recently inducted into the GRAMMY® Hall of Fame and added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry features such classic tracks as “Old Home Place,” “Cryin’ Holy” and “Rock Salt & Nails.” The lineup of musicians on the album brought Crowe and his longtime bassist Bobby Slone together with three young players who were on their way to becoming bluegrass legends: Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas…
Swell Maps – The John Peel Sessions pressed on limited edition red vinyl for Record Store Day. Remastered and available officially for the first time in over 40 years.
Noisy, chaotic, and defiantly experimental, Swell Maps may not have found commercial success in their time, but their impact on music is undeniable. An inspiration to bands such as R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Pavement and Nirvana, with Kurt Cobain famously being a fan and often seen sporting a Swell Maps T-Shirt. A democracy within the confines of punk’s anything is possible, members Biggles Books, Jowe Head and brothers Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks—helped shape the landscape of post-punk and DIY music. Now, for the first time in over 40 years…
The original album plus rarities and b-sides, all remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound.
A strange thing happens before the two-minute mark in “Saeglopur.” All the twinkling and cooing erupts, at what might seem like eight minutes earlier than normal, into a cathartic blast of tautly constructed group noise — or, as those who prefer songs and motion over moods and atmospheres might say, “The good part comes.” “Saeglopur” is emblematic of Sigur Rós‘ fourth album, released nearly three years (!) after ( ). Nothing resembles a drone, and no part of it could be described as funereal. Even so, Takk… is still very much a Sigur Rós album, due in large part to the ever-present otherworldly vocals, but also because the only real changes are the activeness of…
While much of The Fall’s formidable ’70s and ’80s back catalog has been reissued in recent years following Mark E. Smith’s death in 2018 at the age of 60 and the earlier reissue campaign by Superior Viaduct of their 1979 to 1983 material, here is an often-overlooked piece of Fall history that has finally gotten the reissue treatment. A half-studio, half-live curio often overshadowed by their more well-known studio albums, it’s aged far better than it has any right to, especially given that Smith often dismissed this period as a commercial and comprised vision, leading him to retreat into slightly more experimental and abrasive territory in much of the ’90s and beyond.
All that said, side A is composed of studio tracks recorded in 1989, the most well-known…
…Newly remastered by Grammy winning engineer Michael Graves.
Nearly a quarter century after bursting onto the scene in 1969 with their self-titled debut album, NRBQ delivered another patented mix of carefree musicianship and joyful spontaneity with 1992’s live Honest Dollar.
Honest Dollar gave listeners a special treat (and we’re not talking about the signed one-dollar bills the band inserted randomly into the copies of the original CD). Not only are there NRBQ classics like “Ridin’ in My Car” and “Wacky Tobacky,” but two “State” songs — “Deep in the Heart of Texas” and Carl Perkins’ “Tennessee” (with new lyrics by Terry, added with Perkins’ consent.) And how about two distinct versions of…
Newly remastered and reissued as part of Lo Recordings’ campaign to excavate all Susumu Yokota‘s Skintone releases, Image 1983-1998 might be the most revelatory of the lot.
It’s not the Japanese artist’s most enjoyable record by any means, but it contextualizes everything he’d go on to create in the years that followed, from Magic Thread to Sakura. The earliest material dates from 1983 and 1984, and it’s rudimentary stuff, jammed on guitar and organ. And here’s where it gets interesting – over a decade later, between 1997 and 1998, Yokota recorded a response to those early miniatures, and that’s where we get to hear exactly how his process evolved. In the interim of course, he came in contact with acid house, which led him towards electronic…
Rising from the New York punk rock/new wave scene of the 1970s, Talking Heads unexpectedly became major stars, breaking through to mainstream popularity as they incorporated nervous rock & roll, arty funk, polyrhythmic worldbeat, and simple, melodic guitar pop into their eccentric but inviting music.
Live On Tour was recorded at the Agora in Cleveland on December 18, 1978 and published as promo LP for radio broadcast in 1979.
Recorded on the More Songs About Buildings and Food tour, the promo release was never officially released for the public.
This is the first official release of the full show, fully remastered from the original analog tapes and features one previously unreleased track.