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Classic\'s Long Awaited Aqualung Finally Released!
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Jethro Tull: Aqualung
Is this the best sounding Aqualung ever released?
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Exclusive Preview: Van Morrison\'s Legendary Astral Weeks on 180g Vinyl
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Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
Can a reissue really top the legendary Warner Bros-7 Arts original?
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Capitol Delivers a Digital-Based Pet Sounds (REVISED REVIEW)
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The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Can a major label do audiophile vinyl? Yes, but not this time.
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Stupendous-Sounding Sea Change From Mo-Fi
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Beck: Sea Change
No tease here: buy this now!
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Mo-Fi Gives The Cars Just What It Needed!
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The Cars: The Cars
Are The Cars in touch with your world?
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Libertines 2002 Debut Gets To Returning Tracking Angle Writer McGill
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The Libertines: Up the Bracket
Former Tracking Angle writer Michael McGill returns with a 5 thumbs up review of The Libertines's debut, available on vinyl
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Beck Shakes Off Breakup, Returns to Form
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Beck: Guero
Beck's Guero is the eclectic artist's most coherent and mature album
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Canadian Alt. Country Band Has Been Around For a Decade. Have You Heard Them?
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The Sadies: Favourite Colours
Imagine hearing a direct and natural link between Black Flag and The Flying Burrito Brothers while defending Meat Puppets II as one of the best country albums ever to anyone who'll listen, and you may just be ready to enter the peculiar world of The
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What\'s the Fuss about? Reviewer Mike McGill Wants to Know
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The Killers: Hot Fuss
McGill to Killers: PLAY LIKE YOU MEAN IT!
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Long Delayed \"Greatest Hits\" Album From Neil Young Finally Issued on Double AAA Vinyl: You\'ll Feel Like Getting High!
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Neil Young: Neil Young\'s Greatest Hits
Young apparently put everyone through hell getting this issued on vinyl to his satisfaction. Was it worth the flames?
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Marxists Make Good
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Gang of Four: Entertainment!
Who sang "I Love a Man in a Uniform?"
Was it: Jeff Gannon/Guckert? Donald Rumsfeld? Scott McLellan? Arthur Finkelstein? or Gang of Four?
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The Byrds\' Jazzy Side Shines on This Limited Edition Double 10 incher
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The Byrds: Another Dimension
Oddities from the Columbia vaults prove to be an illuminating "must have" set for all Byrdmaniax.
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Modern Cool at 45rpm Dazzles
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Patricia Barber: Modern Cool
Barber's adventurous, end of the century blues commiseration has never sounded better
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Interpol\'s Antics Pleases a Tough Critic
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Interpol: Antics
Interpol's third album invites comparisons to great bands from the '70's
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Former Pavement leader After The Fall
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Stephen Malkmus: Face The Truth
Underappreciated indie star seeks respect and larger fan base with new solo long player
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X&Y = New Ground For Coldplay
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Coldplay: X&Y
Despite the critics' backlash, ours comes out strongly supportive of the self-consciously sensitive band
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The Who\'s Rare UK Brunswick Debut Reissued in Glorious 200g Mono by Classic Records
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The Who: My Generation
A rock music genius searches for his musical footing on this fascinating early Who album
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Ry Cooder Revisits A Vanished Los Angeles
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Ry Cooder: Chávez Ravine
Polanski's "Chinatown" has nothing on Ry Cooder's 1950's East L.A.
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Paul Anka Sings Cobain, Bon Jovi, R.E.M. etc.
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Paul Anka: Rock Swings
With the lights out, is it really less dangerous?
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No Throwaways in Judith Owen\'s Lost and Found
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Judith Owen: Lost and Found
Torchy jazz/pop singer will win your heart here or when you see her live
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Sufjan\'s Second of Fifty Looks At America
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Sufjan Stevens: Come on Feel The Illinoise
An impressionistic musical history lesson steeped in Americana filled with goodness and redemption. Despite that, I love this record!
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A \"Tatooed Beauty\" Recommended This One to Our Correspondent and It Was Love at First Listen!
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Nicolai Dunger: Tranquil Isolation
Scandanavian singer/songwriter speaks to the heart and mind of tough music critic
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Sundazed\'s John Wesley Harding Mono Reissue Confounds Our Correspondent
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Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding
What's up with the bass? asks Mike McGill. He also claims this album was Dylan's reaction to Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pet Sounds. He asks for my comment: I have no idea!!!
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Not At All What You Were Expecting From the Fiery Furnaces!
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The Fiery Furnaces: Rehearsing My Choir
Fans of the dynamic duo's earlier efforts are in for a shock on this "rock opera" sung by their grandmother.
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New Kings of Leon Is A Hit With Our Southern Correspondent!
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Kings of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak
Not every review has been positive, but our reviewer went positively bonkers for the new Kings of Leon
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Only a Musical Scrooge Won\'t Love Marley\'s Ghost\'s \"Spooked\"
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Marley\'s Ghost: "Spooked"
"We worked hard on the record to make it entertaining to the ear…” Van Dyke Parks said about this new release that will be available February 21st, 2006
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Classic\'s Mono Reissue of The Who\'s Direct Hits Scores a Bullseye!
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The Who (Pt 1): Direct Hits
McGill Goes Directly to "Crazy" For Classic's remastering of this rare oddball Who compilation
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Part Two of McGill\'s Love Fest for Direct Hits Here
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The Who (Part 2): Direct Hits
McGill Loved this reissue so much, he turned it into a double feature! Here's part two
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Veteran Blues Guitarist Returns To Studio After Five Year Hiatus
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Walter Trout: Full Circle
Three chords can kick up more than a cloud of dust!
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Everything Wrong With the Corporate Music Business In One Two CD Set!
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Soundtrack Compilation: The Essential Hollywood
Can you believe they're charging $25 for this haphazard, poorly packaged, lamely annotated collection of stuff already in the can?
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Petty\'s Perfect Mid-Summer Treat Now On Vinyl For Christmas Season Gift Giving
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Tom Petty: Highway Companion
Petty retires the smirk for more introspective, mature ground
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Classic\'s New Tommy Gives You The Original Track Experience Plus!
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The Who: Tommy
If you can't have an original UK Track in mint condition, Classic's new reissue gives you packaging equal to the original and sound that is in some ways better than the original
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The Shins Wince. Do We Blink?
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The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
Dreamy, tuneful introspection and lava lamp-like, phosphorescent production produce another Shins winner
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Jewish Rastafan Wins Over Skeptics
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Matisyahu: Youth
Would Bob Marley have approved?
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The Final Chapter\'s Written To The Arthur Alexander Story
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Arthur Alexander: Lonely Just LIke Me: The Final Chapter
'92 Alexander "comeback album" combined with live "Fresh Air" radio performance and hallway demos produces "smile on your face" collection to be released August 21st, 2007
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Audiophile Label\'s Debut Features Natural Sound
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Work of Art: Lift
A squooshy audiophile production
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Canadian Folk Rocker Returns With Her Most Varied Set Yet
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Kathleen Edwards: Asking For Flowers
She's great live (we saw her Bowery Ballroom set a few years ago). Does her third record measure up?
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Another Moby Masterwork or Misstep?
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Moby: Last Night
What exactly happened last night?
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Exile For the iPod Generation
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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
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Elvis\'s Post Army Return to RCA Produces Classic, Doubly Good at 45rpm
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Elvis Presley: Elvis Is Back!
"Fever" alone is worth the price of admission! (I said it first BTW).
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