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Ken Kessler  |  Oct 29, 2024
This month we review: Willie Colón/Héctor Lavoe, Babybird, Bob Dylan, The Gordian Knot
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 23, 2024
Indulge yourself with linen-wrapped slipcases, in-depth liner notes and heavy art-card covers as Ken Kessler brings you 20 of the best deluxe reissue LPs coming your way...

With the vinyl revival now so firmly established that new pressing plants are being built, the competition has heated up regarding mastering, pressing techniques, vinyl thickness, playback speed and, as seen here, presentation. Deluxe packaging and pressings cost more, so it is applied mainly to milestone albums.

Hi-Fi News  |  Oct 01, 2024

Solo Sensations

Not all artists strike gold after leaving the limelight of a successful group, but those that do can enjoy glittering new careers. Johnny Sharp unveils his Top 20 solo album smashes

Bands are a dying breed, it seems. As the cost of supporting four or five hedonistic and emotionally unstable young people while they record music that will attract revenue of approximately 76p per million streams becomes prohibitive, agents and record labels would rather invest in solo artists - lower overheads, you know how it is.

Ken Kessler  |  Sep 25, 2024
This month we review: Miles Davis, Curtis Counce, Sandy Salisbury & Curt Boettcher, and The Undertones
Ken Kessler  |  Sep 09, 2024
This month we review: Tito Puente, The Black Crowes, The Superfine Dandelion, Run-D.M.C.
Ken Kessler  |  Aug 07, 2024
Rarities, remixes, outtakes and alternate tracks... Ken Kessler picks his way through the latest single-artist compilation albums to bring you the perfectly curated must-have sets

Compilations primarily used to mean ‘best ofs’ with, say, all the hits for those who just weren’t invested enough to crave an artist’s or band’s complete catalogue. While more focused than ‘various artists’ collections like the interminable Now That’s What I Call… series, they were just as variable sonically because the track selection might span several decades.

Ken Kessler  |  Jul 28, 2024
This month we review: Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, Penny Arkade, Silverstein
Ken Kessler  |  Apr 30, 2024
This month we review: Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite, Caravan, Fleetwood Mac and Jackie Deshannon.
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 29, 2024
This month we review: Dr. John, Art Farmer, Madness and Whitesnake.
Ken Kessler  |  Feb 29, 2024
This month we review: The Doors, The Connells, John Fogerty and The Yellow Balloon.
Ken Kessler  |  Jan 30, 2024
This month we review: Thelonious Monk, Fleetwood Mac, Hawkwind and Kentucky Colonels.
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 29, 2023
This month we review: Albert King, C.A. Quintet, Donny Hathaway and Randy Travis.
Ken Kessler  |  Nov 29, 2023
This month we review: Tito Puente And His Latin Ensemble, Elvis Presley, The No Ones and Nina Simone.
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 31, 2023
This month we review: John Lee Hooker, The Doobie Brothers, The Id and The Undertones.
Ken Kessler  |  Sep 29, 2023
This month we review: Paul Simon, Gaillard, Jazzbeaux, Mantilla & Allen, Pleasure and Johnny Winter.

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