The Beatles Mono & Stereo CD Box Sets are being released on 9/9/9 but will they also release these newly remastered Beatles albums as Vinyl Box Sets? I’ve read some rumors that’s exactly what they are planning, but I’ve seen no official statement to that effect. It makes sense that they would release new vinyl [...]

Picking up where I left off in this series (I’ve already done Let It Be & Abbey Road) I’m at 1969′s Yellow Submarine which I really don’t consider a true Beatles album, but here it is anyway. Yellow Submarine only included four new Beatles songs. “Yellow Submarine” had already been included on 1966′s Revolver, and [...]

The Flaming Lips next album, Embryonic, which is due out on October 13th is up on Amazon.com for pre-order now. There are actually two listings for it, one which is currently $14.49 and another that is $26.49 which I assume is some sort of “special edition” version of the album. They are both listed as [...]

I successfully end my ‘very best songs by’ trilogy by focusing on Ol’ Dirty Bastard. He was a man of many names, but I think that I’ll just stick with ODB. I am not really going to examine much Wu-Tang material, but rather focus on ODB’s two album solo career. The one Wu-Tang joint that [...]

A reminder to Beatles fans looking for The Beatles Mono Box Set (which is currently sold out at Amazon.com) — While this 13 disc box set is sold out at most places, it is available for online purchase at a store called Collectors Choice Music. What’s In The Beatles Mono Box Set? * Original mono [...]

The next in my “The Beatles In Their Own Words” series which I started yesterday with 1970′s Let It Be. I’m working my way backwards based on the release date of their albums so this post is on 1969′s Abbey Road. I’m going album by album and song by song (skipping songs that I can’t [...]

Continuing with my “Three Albums” series (which began with 2007, I’m working my way backwards) which is basically a feature on three albums that I really dig from each year (not necessarily the best three albums, and sometimes not even my favorite three albums – just three groovy albums, dig?) Today’s post is on three [...]

The following songs will both include Syd Barrett Era Pink Floyd material and selected songs from his short-lived solo career as well. Pink Floyd as Syd’s baby often had a genuine immediacy that one finds in the very best of Pop songs. The successful single “See Emily Play” is both a catchy commercial jingle and [...]

A new Beatles feature series begins today. I know we’ve been doing a lot of Beatles related posts lately, what can I say? With 9/9/9 coming up, I have a bit of what they call Beatlemania. This series is focused on what The Beatles (along with producer George Martin & engineer Geoff Emerick) had to [...]

I’m finally (about 8 months later) picking up where I left off with my “Three Albums” series. I started in 2007 and am working my way back. I’m now to 2004. I’m not claiming these are the three best albums of ’04, and hell they may not even be my three favorite albums (maybe I’m [...]