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TOM PETTY & THE
HEARTBREAKERS
The Best Of Everything UMC/ISLAND
What we said:
“Curated by the singer’s
THE family and closest
REISSUES with a few tracks recorded during his
musical associates, it
combines Heartbreakers
classics and solo hits
sentimental reunion with first band
Mudcrutch. For those who always
wanted Petty’s best songs all in one place,
OF THE YEAR this collection – remastered from the
original stereo tapes – ticks all the boxes.”
THE BAND
The Band: 50th Anniversary Edition. UMC
What we said:
“This lovingly crafted
remastered version
includes a slew of
hitherto unreleased
In another year packed with anniversaries, we were spoilt for choice takes. There’s also the
set they played at Woodstock a few weeks
when it came to quality reissues. Here are some of our favourites.
before The Band’s release. And while they
didn’t actually play anything from it, their
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever was rock-soul
he reissue market continued THE ROLLING STONES in excelsis. For all their studio subtleties,
its lucrative surge this Let It Bleed: 50th Anniversary they could rock with the best of them.”
year. Great for the record Limited Edition ABKCO
companies and bands, What we said: “Fifty STRAY CATS
T not always so great for years on, Let It Bleed has Runaway Boys Deluxe Vinyl Box Set BMG
our wallets! In 2019, with many bands lost none of its power What we said: “What
celebrating landmark anniversaries, this to thrill and shock in you have here is lashings
trend continued, bringing with it a wave of equal measure. And it of sleaze, walking bass
thoughtful remixes, lost classics, celebrated all adds up to a filler- and minimal guitar
classics and other goodies from artists free classic. Containing mono and stereo solos, best shown off on
across the rock spectrum. vinyl versions as well as SACD counterparts, the provocative US hit
this anniversary edition is bolstered with single (She’s) Sexy + 17 and tear-jerker I Won’t
JIMI HENDRIX a mono seven-inch of Honky Tonk Women Stand In Your Way. The four-vinyl set includes
Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore and an 80-page book illustrated with their first three albums, an LP of rare tracks,
East Concerts EXPERIENCE HENDRIX/LEGACY previously unseen photos.” a 40-page booklet, and a board game where
What we said: “This you race to have a rumble in Brighton.”
five-CD package gives DAVID BOWIE
us everything: one disc Conversation Piece PARLOPHONE THE DOORS
for each of the four What we said: “Box The Soft Parade: 50thAnniversary RHINO
shows, the fifth sets have been coming What we said:
containing encores, all thick and fast since “Previously remastered
newly mixed by Eddie Kramer, who was Bowie’s death, but by Bruce Botnick for
working with Jimi at the time. Releasing so there’s a charming 1999 and 2007 reissues,
much loose and under-rehearsed material warmth to the rarities his brightest spruce-up
might seem like madness. Yet time and and outliers from this early phase. Across yet highlights The
again Hendrix conjures sounds from his five discs there are a dozen unreleased Doors’ virtuosity, although the album
guitar that make perfect sense of the treasures alongside the new, lovingly and remains contentious in original form. The
decision. Even an under-rehearsed Jimi knowingly handled Tony Visconti mix of main draw will be disc two’s orchestrally
Hendrix remains a treasure.” the Space Oddity album, the 1968 BBC denuded band versions of Tell All The
radio session and a 1969 DLT session, People, Touch Me and more; powerfully
THE CULT plus sundry mixes and rough takes.” intimate now they’re allowed to breathe.”
Sonic Temple: 30th Anniversary Edition
BEGGARS ARKIVE THE DAMNED RONNIE LANE
What we said: “This Black Is The Night BMG Just For A Moment 1973-1997 UNIVERSAL
30th anniversary edition What we said: “Why What we said: “A six-
comes in a variety of not celebrate with CD box set of all Lane’s
formats, from a five-CD a 39-track greatest hits? albums, complete with
set to standard double Unbound from strict hardback book and
vinyl, dependent on chronology, Black Is poster, does him justice,
both your budget and your appetite for The Night’s tracklist has with stacks of
demos, unreleased tracks, alternative been chosen by the band and just keeps on previously unreleased material, BBC live
mixes and a live recording from Wembley giving. It’s easy to underrate the Damned, sessions, a Rockpalast concert and tracks
Stadium. Sonic Temple is an event.” Xxxx but impossible to overrate them.” recorded when he moved to America.”
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