Dec 1st, 2008 · This year marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s debut full-length album, Murmur. The band is marking the occasion with a remastered version of the record, which includes a bonus live concert of R.E.M. performing in 1983. The Decemberists are also back with a collection of new singles. Always The Bridesmaid features seven new songs the band is releasing in three installments, on vinyl and as digital downloads but not as CDs.
Keywords: CD · anniversary · songs · concert · album · Vinyl · R.E.M · remastering · downloads · reissues · digital · Bonus
Sep 9th, 2008 · Fresh Air's jazz critic takes a fresh look at the reissue of the album Head On (Blue Note/EMI), a 1971 session led and recorded by Bobby Hutcherson.
Keywords: critic · Jazz · album · reissues · 1971 · Bobby Hutcherson · vibraphone · emFresh · emHead · Note EMI
Apr 16th, 2008 · Fresh Air's music critic reviews three new deluxe reissues on the Universal Music label: Elvis Costello's This Year's Model, Beck's Odelay and Lynyrd Skynyrd's Street Survivors.
Keywords: critic · Survivors · music · Elvis Costello · reissues · Costello · Lynyrd Skynyrd · Universal Music · Beck · emFresh · Skynyrd · emThis
Dec 21st, 2007 · Aside from critics and fans, few today have heard of the '60s rock band Moby Grape. Why? Bad advice, bad breaks and bad behavior are three short reasons. Now that a label is reissuing the group's first five records, other old problems still stand in the way.
Keywords: advice · CA · Moby · reissues · grapes · Moby Grape
Sep 20th, 2007 · Critic Milo Miles reviews the new four-DVD set, Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938. The animated series features the classic Popeye cartoons by the Fleischer Brothers studios. Miles calls the set a first-rate reissue.
Keywords: cartoons · animated · studio · 1938 · DVD · 1933 · reissues · Critic Milo Miles · Popeye · finich · Popeye the Sailor · Fleischer Brothers
Sep 5th, 2007 · Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews two new CD reissues showcasing great jazz pianists: We Three, featuring the Tennessee-born pianist Phineas Newborn, and Everybody Digs Bill Evans. Both were recorded in the fall of 1958.
Keywords: critic · CD · Jazz · Tennessee · pianist · reissues · 1958 · showcase · Phineas Newborn · Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Aug 9th, 2007 · During World War II, the U.S. Army published a book of cultural dos and don'ts for soldiers serving in Iraq. Army Lt. Col. John Nagl, who wrote the foreword to a new reissue, says he wishes he'd had the simple yet informative manual when he shipped out to Iraq in 2003.
Keywords: Iraq · culture · advice · Soldiers · Cole · army · 2003 · World War II · Manual · reissues · WWII · Army Lt
Aug 3rd, 2007 · Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews a new reissue of Folk Songs for Far Out Folk, an obscure but iconic 1958 album created by jazz cellist Fred Katz -- a student of classical giant Pablo Casals and a player in Chico Hamilton's legendary '50s quintet.
Keywords: critic · icon · students · players · Jazz · songs · album · folk · Cellist · Quintet · reissues · 1958
