Uncut's Best Reissues 2017

[Jeff K]

I was curious about the Alice Coltrane compilation since it's rated so highly and it's pretty amazing!

[BARON CORNY DOG]

I was curious about the Alice Coltrane compilation since it's rated so highly and it's pretty amazing!

Yeah, I really really liked that one.

And, err ... Sgt. Pepper.

[Count Machuki]

I was curious about the Alice Coltrane compilation since it's rated so highly and it's pretty amazing!

I really need to hear that. I lucked into four of her albums (for cheap) on vinyl about a month ago and it was all I wanted to listen to for weeks.

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

I was curious about the Alice Coltrane compilation since it's rated so highly and it's pretty amazing!

I really need to hear that. I lucked into four of her albums (for cheap) on vinyl about a month ago and it was all I wanted to listen to for weeks.

This new comp is different from other Alice Coltrane records because there's so much vocals on it but it definitely does what it says on the tin - it's "ecstatic music" all right, it's the most soulful Hare Krishna record you'll ever hear.

[nathan]

Those Ramones 40th anniversary sets have completely turned my head around. They are just wonderful reissues that puts each LP into near exhaustive context and include fantastic sound and every scrap you could want.

The one for Rocket to Russia that just came out a couple weeks ago has a live set from Glasgow in December of 1977 that just might be the definitive live Ramones record. And the Leave Home has a really good CBGB's bootleg from earlier in the year that is also a really fun listen.

Also, if you have not yet heard the new mono mix of the first LP that restores all of DeeDee's count-ins, do it. I really can't stress the excellent job Rhino did on these sets. I'm hoping they continue with Road to Ruin and End of the Century, and then maybe stop.

[Snarfyguy]

Those Ramones 40th anniversary sets have completely turned my head around. They are just wonderful reissues that puts each LP into near exhaustive context and include fantastic sound and every scrap you could want.

The one for Rocket to Russia that just came out a couple weeks ago has a live set from Glasgow in December of 1977 that just might be the definitive live Ramones record. And the Leave Home has a really good CBGB's bootleg from earlier in the year that is also a really fun listen.

Also, if you have not yet heard the new mono mix of the first LP that restores all of DeeDee's count-ins, do it. I really can't stress the excellent job Rhino did on these sets. I'm hoping they continue with Road to Ruin and End of the Century, and then maybe stop.

Thanks, I was completely unaware of those.

Also - nice to see you.

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

Totally agree Nathan, I've been listening to the first three Ramones' albums more than I have in decades, all because of those anniversary sets. And I much prefer the Glasgow live set to the It's Alive 2LP.

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

Has anyone mentioned the Link Wray reissues via Light in the Attic like Beans and Fatback and the amazing self-titled LP with the die-cut cover? That's up there with Bright Phoebus as my reissue of the year.

I've read lots more lists this month since my opening post, they've led me to some great records I didn't know or reminded me about more favourites for the year. Check out reissue list from Piccadilly Records, Norman Records, Factmag, and The Vinyl Factory.

Dion - Kickin' Child: Lost Columbia Album (1965). Such an outstanding album.
Haruomi Hosono LPs like Pacific and Cochin Moon.
American Epic: the Collection - 5CD set.
Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos deluxe.
Claude Lombard - self-titled (1970)
Tradition - Captain Ganja and the Space Patrol (1980)
Hermeto Pascoal - Viajando com o som
Steve Hiett - Down On The Road By The Beach
Zazou, Bikaye, CY1 - Noir et Blanc
Outro Tempo - electronic and contemporary music from brazil 1978-1992
Lee Hazlewood - Requiem for an Almost Lady; The Cowboy and the Lady (with Ann Margret).
Deutsche Elektronische Musik v3 -1971-81 (2017)
Even a Tree Can Shed Tears - Japanese Folk & Rock 1969-1973
The Other People Place - Lifestyles of the Laptop Café.
Moondog - Moondog (1969)

Were those Epic Soundtracks reissues this year or last? Rise Above, Sleeping Star etc. on vinyl.

[Charlie O.]

Oh, that Dion one was long overdue.

Maybe somebody will finally due a legit reissue of the Together Again reunion album with The Belmonts now!

[naughty boy]

Looking out for Link!

[yomptepi]

After all, around the time of Friends, the band recorded much more stuff - as legend has it.

Yet they couldn't even scrape together half an hour's worth of material for the album proper?

I don't know - I'll listen to anything from that era, but I'm not getting my hopes up!

Haha, yes, Friends clocks in at less than half an hour, IIRC.

A shade over 22 minutes. As is Wild Honey and Smiley Smile. Barely reasonable ep's. But what amazing albums they are.

[jimboo]

Deutsche Elektronische Musik v3 -1971-81 (2017)

i had no idea this was out! Quite a strange collection of tracks to be honest.

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

The Quietus just released a reissues list. This'd be the first time their #1 on any list has ever matched with Mojo.

The Quietus Reissues, Mixes, Compilations, Etc Of The Year 2017
1: Alice Coltrane - The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
2: Various Artists - Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976 - 1984
3: Cosey Fanni Tutti - Time To Tell
4: Various Artists - NEET (Not in Education Employment or Training)
5: Call Super - Fabric 92
6: Graeme Miller and Steve Shill - The Moomins
7: Various Artists - Lessons
8: Various Artists - Cairo Calling
9: Pep Llopis - Poiemusia La Nau Dels Argonautes
10: Leyland Kirby - We, So Tired Of All The Darkness In Our Lives
11: Brian Eno - Another Green World
12: JD Twitch (Optimo) - 1987 Reimagined (30 Year Anniversary Mix)
13: Pharoah Sanders - Jewels of Thought
14: Coil - Time Machines
15: Various Artists - Bill Brewster Presents Tribal Rites
16: Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth For Christ Choir - Like A Ship... (Without A Sail)
17: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lovely Creatures
18: Various Artists - Sounds of Sisso
19: Sophie Coletta - Voices Singing Out Of Empty Cisterns
20: Objekt - Dekmantel Podcast 116
21: Nicolas Lutz - My Own Jupiter Mixes 9 (Live At Concrete)
22: Various Artists - Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In The Age Of Black Power
23: John Coltrane - Ole
24: Diamanda Galas - At Saint Thomas The Apostle Harlem
25: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals
26: The Other People Place - Lifestyles Of The Laptop Café
27: Hiroshi Yoshimura - Pier & Loft
28: Various Artists - Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3
29: Björk - Mixmag: The Cover Mix
30: Dave Blume & Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver OST
31: Mark Dicker / Left Hand Cuts Off The Right - MNFN #002 Live
32: Lal & Mike Waterson - Bright Phoebus
33: Vladimir Ivkovic - Resident Advisor Podcast: RA.559
34: Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
35: Midori Takada - Through The Looking Glass
36: Various Artists - Fundraising Album For Amanda
37: Various Artists - Habibi Funk 007: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World
38: Dub Syndicate - Tunes From The Missing Channel
39: Various Artists - Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria
40: Various Artists - Mono No Aware
41: The The - Radio Cinéola Trilogy
42: Pauline Anna Strom - Trans-Millenia Music
43: GNOD - X
44: Various Artists - Bar Bahar Mixtape
45: Ivan Zloto - Blowing Up The Workshop 81: Russian Folk Mix
46: Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia
47: Jon Hassell - Dream Theory In Malaya: Fourth World Volume Two
48: Various Artists - Close To The Noise Floor Presents Noise Reduction System: Formative European Electronica 1974-1984
49: Various Artists - Superlongevity 6
50: Objekt - Live At Freerotation 2017
51: Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
52: Can - The Singles
53: Various Artists - Welcome To Zamrock! Vol. 2
54: David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town 1977 - 1982
55: The Rebel – Poems With Water Trilogy
56: Jan Schulte - Tropical Drums of Deutschland
57: Magma - Retrospektiw
58: Various Artists - Da'saa The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982
59: George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
60: Pasteur Lappe - Na Man Pass Man
61: Patrick Cowley - Afternooners
62: Normil Hawaiians - More Wealth Than Money
63: Various - Outro Tempo: Electronic Music And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992
64: Meredith Monk - Key
65: Various Artists - Moonlight OST
66: D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
67: Terry Riley - Persian Surgery Dervishes
68: Yoko Ono - Feeling The Space
69: Various Artists - Miracle Steps: Music From The Fourth World 1983 - 2017
70: Manni Dee - Rinse FM Podcast
71: The Fall - A-Sides 1978 - 2016
72: German Oak - German Oak
73: Daphni - Fabriclive 93
74: Hüsker Dü - Savage Young Dü
75: Bruce - Hessle Audio 10th Birthday At The Bussey Building, London
76: Queen - News Of The World Box Set
77: Annette Peacock and Paul Bley - Dual Unity
78: Vladimir Ivkovic - Live At Dekmantel Festival 2017
79: A Certain Ratio - Force
80: Franco Nanni - Elicoide
81: Izabel - Libra Mix 088: Izabel’s Mix
82: John Foxx, Harold Budd, Ruben Garcia - Translucence / Drift Music / Nighthawks
83: Morteza Hannaneh - Tchashm-e-Del
84: Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Metaphors: Selected Soundworks
85: Simulant/Pollon - Scopex 98/00
86: Blancmange - The Blanc Tapes
87: Yasuaki Shimizu - Kakashi
88: Zazou, Bikaye And CY1 - Noir Et Blanc
89: Various Artists - Absolutely Wino
90: Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
91: Richard Horowitz - Eros In Arabia
92: Kitchens Of Distinction - Watch Our Planet Circle
93: Randomize - ?Como Se Divertirán Los Insectos?
94: Bark Psychosis - Hex
95: Tradition - Captain Ganja And The Space Patrol
96: Various Artists - Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music
97: László Hortobágyi - Transreplica Meccano
98: Flying Saucer Attack - New Lands
99: Kraftwerk - 3D
100: Eris Drew - The Bunker Podcast 147

[ConnyOlivetti]

Kraftwerk - 3D !?

Reissue?
More a reconstruction/re-recording/live versions of their catalogue.

[Penk!]

Yeah that Quietus list is reissues/comps/live/mixes etc. I’m far more interested in that or GoHS’s own list than in the Uncut or Mojo ones though.

[Darkness_Fish]

Looks like a clean sweep for Alice Coltrane, she was top of The Wire's reissue charts, too, though that's less of a surprise than in Mojo.

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

Looks like a clean sweep for Alice Coltrane, she was top of The Wire's reissue charts, too, though that's less of a surprise than in Mojo.

Yeah agreed, also #3 in the Uncut list, so a clean sweep indeed. I really like this Alice Coltrane collection but it's interesting that an album so resolutely spiritual and faith-focused has been such a smash hit with (generally) secular critics and publications.

Is that a sign that 2017 has been such a trial that we're looking for something reassuring and optimistic to focus on?

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

Not much there that's too interesting to me, though the obvious stand-out is Alice Coltrane featuring so highly. Have to applaud that. Bark Psychosis is a strange one, I don't know if that album's reputation stands through the coinage of post-rock as a term, because I find it very wearying and dull.

Bark Psychosis's Hex never grabbed me upon its release but the critical hosannas were so loud that I thought it was my fault I was missing something. Having just listened to it twice in a row I feel vindicated as it's more than a bit dull. Clinks glasses with Darkness Fish.

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

Lots more great reissues on this list from Aquarium Drunkard today. They mix their new releases and reissues up on the same list btw.
https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2017/12/18 ... in-review/

Some interesting ones that I don't think have been mentioned on this thread so far include
Arthur Russell - Instrumentals
Various - Tokyo Flashback
Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Reunion Island 1975-1986
Marijata – This Is Marijata
Pastor T.L. Barrett – Do Not Pass Me By Vol. 2
Spiritual Jazz 7: Islam
Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Union Cafe
Pauline Anna Strom – Trans-Millenia Music
Yishak Banjaw – Love Songs, Vol. 2
Various Artists – Agrim Agadez
Anna Makirere – Tiare Avatea
Philip Lewen – Am I Really Here All Alone?
Jan Schulte: Tropical Drums of Deutschland
Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa
Nick Lowe – Party of One