 | Fathers And Sons by Waters Muddy
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £10.86 Entire 1969 2LP set on Chess + 4 superb unreleased bonus tracks. Remastered by ERICK LABSON. The perfect meeting of Rock & Blues. Part of "Blues Classics..." series. See my list in Listmania & review.
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 | Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul by Aretha Franklin
Buy new: £10.08 / Used from: £9.34 2008 2CD trawl through the Atlantic vaults has produced what is arguably 'the' soul reissue of the year. This was £17 when it came out, it's now a fiver in some places. Beautiful for peanuts money.
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 | Minute by Minute by The Doobie Brothers
Buy used from: £12.95 Their Grammy winning 1978 album on Warner Brothers given a stunning STEVE HOFFMAN remaster on this 2005 Audio Fidelity 24KT Gold HDCD issue. Pricey US import but worth it. See review.
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 | Then And Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock by Herbie Hancock
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £2.95 2008 single CD retro covering 1964-2006. Superb track selection. Also includes exclusive JONI MITCHELL contributions. See review.
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 | Into The Music by Van Morrison
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.26 January 2008 saw the 1st of 4 sets of Van Morrison remasters and this lovely 1979 album was one of the highlights. Sound quality is gorgeous. See detailed review.
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 | Say It with Silence by Hubert Laws
A 1978 US-Only LP on Columbia given a limited edition November 2008 CD remaster by Sony Japan. Musically it's Soul, Funk, Flute-Driven Jazz Fusion. A lovely reissue - see review.
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![Layla [HYBRID SACD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4108R3NZXRL._SL75_.jpg) | Layla [HYBRID SACD] by Derek and the Dominos
Buy used from: £30.68 The earlier issues of this iconic 1970 2LP set on Polydor for Eric Clapton's side project were good - but this 2004 SACD remaster is fabulous. It has 'both' the Surround & Stereo SACD mixes.
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 | Hearts and Bones by Paul Simon
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £32.89 This is the 2004 remaster with 4 bonus tracks added on in a 2006 Japanese card sleeve repro. A wildly underrated 1983 album now beautifully upgraded in sound & presentation.
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![The Sound of the Smiths: Deluxe Edition [2CD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zrwLjBCSL._SL75_.jpg) | The Sound of the Smiths: Deluxe Edition [2CD] by The Smiths
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £10.39 2008 2CD Deluxe Edition. Fans are endlessly debating the track selection and artwork - screw all that crap - it's the great upgraded sound that matters. Roll on the individual albums...
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 | Child Is Father to the Man by Sweat & Tears Blood
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £6.73 2000 CD reissue of the Al Kooper explosive 1968 debut LP complimented with bonus tracks and superlative remastered sound. A genuine 60t's gem.
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 | A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse by Faces
Buy used from: £10.99 Their fantastic 3rd album on Warner Brothers from late 1971 given a stunning 2005 STEVE HOFFMAN remaster on this Audio Fidelity 24KT+ HDCD. Pricey US import, but worth it.
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 | Crying by Roy Orbison
Buy new: £7.97 / Used from: £3.25 12-Track 1962 STEREO Album on Monument with 4 Bonus Tracks (Singles & B's) Given A Stunning 2006 Remaster. Booklet's a bit of a letdown, but the astonishing sound isn't. A masterpiece.
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 | Odelay by Beck
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.00 His groundbreaking 1996 Geffen album given a really great 2CD upgrade and thorough remaster - the B-sides are as cool as the album too. A clever choice in the "DELUXE EDITION" series.
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 | Strung Out on Something New: The Reprise Recordings by Lee Hazlewood
Buy new: £14.98 / Used from: £19.00 2008 2CD Set, No'd to 5000 on Rhino Handmade. Contains 3 Reprise Label LPs "The N.S.V.I.P's" (1964), "Friday's Child" (1965) and "Love & Other Crimes" (1968) + 15 rare single sides. Stunning!
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 | The Howlin Wolf London Session by Howlin' Wolf
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.00 Clapton, Winwood, Wyman & Watts all feature on this stunning 2003 2CD DELUXE EDITION of his 1971 Chess single LP. A truly awesome ERICK LABSON remaster provides sound that will blow your socks off.
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 | Souvenirs by Dan Fogelberg
Buy new: £21.99 / Used from: £29.06 Produced By Joe Walsh & featuring him, Graham Nash and most of the Eagles, this 1974 outing on Epic gets the 2007 Japanese DSD Remaster & Card Repro treatment. I've adored this album all my life.
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 | Chess Tear Jerkers by Various Artists
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.49 1 of 4 Chess compilations from 2005 - the other 3 are "Chess Northern Soul", "Chess Originals" and "Chess Soul Sisters". Clever choices of the familiar & the unknown make each a wicked listen.
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 | Tear Down the Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal by Fred Neil
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £3.45 Two ludicrously rare one-hundred-pounds-plus albums on US Elektra (1964 and 1965) that are actually worth every penny. Card wrap, great liners notes, Rhino remaster - and all less than a sky diver!!
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 | Everybody Knows EP by Ryan Adams
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.48 OK, so it's a new 8-track EP with 1-album track from "Easy Tiger" & 2 new songs, but it also contains 5 'reworkings' of old songs. Any excuse to feature the magical Adams & The Cardinals! See review.
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 | The Complete Geffen Recordings by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: £36.98 / Used from: £22.00 2003 4CD Box Set with Repro Card Sleeves of "Wild Things Run Fast" (1982), "Dog Eat Dog" (1985), "Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm" (1988) & "Night Ride Home" (1991) + a few unreleased. Beautiful remasters.
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 | The Singles Volume 5: 1967-1969 by James Brown
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £40.59 2008 2CD set by Hip-O Select covering 1967-1969 (Volume 6 is in Jan 2009). 28-page detailed booklet, fantastic remastering by SETH FOSTER, many rare gems in this superlative on-going series.
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 | The Music Weaver: Sandy Denny Remembered by Sandy Denny
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £7.94 2008 2CD set celebrating her 4 albums on Island, the Fotheringay project and even Zeppelin's "Battle Of Evermore". Beautifully remastered too - such a talent and sadly missed. Where Did The Time Go?
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 | Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 by Various Artists
Buy used from: £5.00 The iconic and valuable US-only 2LP set on Elektra finally put on a CD. Gatefold Card Repro Slv with Booklet. Mid-price too. Cost of these original 60's 7"s would make bankers blush. Stunning reissue!
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 | Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash by Various Artists
Buy new: £12.69 This 2003 CD from Northern Blues was one of many tributes to the great man, but it has superb interpretations of all too familiar material - rocked up, folkified, even cajun style. Highly recommended.
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 | Spellbound: Motown Lost & Found by Martha & the Vandellas
Buy new: £11.98 2008 2CD USA Hip-O Select Set, 47 Unreleased ('62-'72), 28-Page Colour Bklet, Both Bklet & Digipak Are Recycled Card Effect. Part of the "Lost & Found" series. Really good remastering by KEVIN REEVES.
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