 | Common One by Van Morrison
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00 His inner-peace and mysticism album from 1980 given a fabulous 2008 remaster with two excellent bonus tracks. See detailed review...
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 | Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus! by Neil Diamond
Buy new: £12.58 / Used from: £8.25 2002 beautifully realised Erick Labson remasters, 3 CDs, 74 tracks, all his Uni label albums from 1968's "Velvet Gloves & Spit" to 1972's "Moods" with some of the live "Hot August Night" too.
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![Be Yourself Tonight [DELUXE DIGIPACK]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5146VT4WQML._SL75_.jpg) | Be Yourself Tonight [DELUXE DIGIPACK] by Eurythmics
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.80 I've never understood why this masterpiece of pop & soul from 1985 hasn't been more praised - this 2006 remaster has fantastically upgraded sound, a tri-gatefold digipak & 6 bonus tracks. Brill.
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 | This Is Soul by Various Artists
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £11.74 This staggeringly iconic 1969 12-track Atlantic comp is given a gatefold repro card sleeve, a 2007 Rhino remaster, a 12-page informative booklet & a juicy 17 bonus tracks - and all at mid-price! Wow!
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 | Raintown: Legacy Edition by Deacon Blue
Buy used from: £9.44 Their 1987 debut finally given the remaster & bonus package its long deserved on this superb 2CD LEGACY EDITION. It indeed feels like Spencer Tracy now...
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 | Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon by Status Quo
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £11.80 The first incarnation of their boogie came on this long-forgotten 1970 Pye album - it's bolstered up with superb singles & even pictures the rare black & white poster that came with the original LP.
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 | If the Jasmine Don't Get You... the Bay Breeze Will by Vince Martin
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.25 An impossibly rare & folky-beautful US-only album from 1969 on Capitol given a gorgeous 2008 remaster by Revola. Part Fred Neil, Tim Buckley & Gram Parsons. Stunning reissue that beggars rediscovery.
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 | Complete Blue Horizon Sessions by Champion Jack Dupree
Buy used from: £9.25 2CDs, 38 Tracks, 2 Full Albums, Singles, Unreleased Live Stuff - contributions from STAN WEBB, KOSSOFF & KIRKE of FREE with MICK TAYLOR of THE STONES. See detailed review...
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 | Anyway The Wind Blows by J.J. Cale
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.87 2CDs, 50 tracks, many remastered for the first time & unreleased stuff too - a fantastic way to discover the deceptively brilliant J.J. Cale and all of it as cheap as Tory promises...
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 | J. Geils Band by J. Geils Band
Buy new: £6.98 Their 1970 bluesy debut on Atlantic with Peter Wolf's great vocals, Geils fab axework and especially Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz on Harmonica. Check out "Serves You Right To Suffer". Great remaster.
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 | Learning to Crawl by Pretenders
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £4.56 I waited years for Rhino to remaster their catalogue and this ballsy remaster doesn't disappoint. Gatefold card sleeve, bonus tracks, huge sound - a great album.
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 | David Clayton-Thomas by David Clayton-Thomas
Buy new: £10.98 1st solo album for the BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS vocalist from 1972 - 2006 remaster - gatefold card digipak - liner notes. His version of Gram Parsons "She" is gorgeous. See detailed review...
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 | Exodus - Deluxe Edition by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £10.85 Astonishly clear and muscular sound on this 2CD DELUXE EDITON of his wonderful 1977 Island Records masterpiece. The 12" singles & bonuses are cool too.
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 | Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.00 Probably his best and most consistent of LPs - waited years for Rhino to beef this peach up with a decent remaster & they have. Check out the Talking Heads funk of "Nightime In The Switching Yard".
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 | Classic Masters by Robbie Robertson
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.81 Contains 4 tracks from 1994 and 9 from 1998 (Capitol albums), all are superly remastered, five are a mix of remixes and new versions. Really great sound. See detailed review...
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 | The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions by Top Topham
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £8.29 Based around his rare 1970 "Ascension Heights" LP (all instrumental) - this 2008 Blue Horizon reissue is the usual top standard - great remaster, bonuses, liner notes, wrap. See detailed review...
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 | Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart by Van Morrison
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £4.00 1983 album with many etherial floating instrumentals on it and the stunning "Rave On John Dunne" - a 2008 remaster with 2 excellent bonus tracks. See detailed review...
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 | The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1 by Randy Newman
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.00 An extraordinary album - he reworks his own songs with just him and a piano - beautifully recorded and now the tunes have a stark power about them - if you're not a convert, then give this a listen.
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 | Sings the Blues by Roosevelt Sykes
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £3.89 A 5" card repro of his US-only ultra-rare 1962 album on Crown Records - reissued & remastered in 2006 by Ace Records of England. Part of their "Hip Pocket" series - see review & Listmania "Hip" list.
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 | Pinball and Other Stories: The Best of Brian Protheroe by Brian Protheroe
Buy new: £4.98 19-track compilation, features songs from his 3 Chrysalis albums (1974, 1975 and 1976) and 3 from later dates. Beautiful sound. Very 10cc in places. See detailed review...
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 | Pacific Ocean Blue/Bambu (The Caribou Sessions): Legacy Edition by Dennis Wilson
Buy used from: £8.35 Available only for a short time on CD (let alone original vinyl), this pricey rarity has had the honours done to it by Sony's LEGACY EDITION. They took care and pride with this and it shows. Superb.
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 | Blues From Laurel Canyon by John Mayall
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £4.49 Like the 'Dog & Dustbin' sleeve of Fleetwood Mac's debut (also from 1968), I only have to see the cover of "Laurel Canyon" and I'm all soppy. This 2007 remaster is the best ever version.
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 | The Best Of by Immaculate Fools
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £5.99 A cheap and cheerful way of getting most of their superb "Dumb Poet" album on A&M from 1987 on CD (7 tracks). Now there's an 80's album I'd love to see a DELUXE EDITION of??
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 | The Ozark Mountain Daredevils/ It'll Shine When it Shines by Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.00 Their 1973 self-titled A&M Records debut with its 1974 follow-up in their entirity - great sound & very detailed liner notes. Fun, melodic, even moving - I've always loved the Ozarks.
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 | Gold by The Temptations
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £3.55 2CDs, awesome track line up equaled by Erick Labson's clean remastering and an unusually detailed track-by-track inlay. Quality for less than a fiver. Fantastic stuff and a bargain too.
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