It’s box set season. The Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day are part of it.
I’m a sucker for a good box set and we’re coming up on the best time of year for them. First up a special edition of Green Day’s Warning album to celebrate the
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The Tragically Hip has another reissue this week
The Tragically Hip is in the process of reissuing their catalogue, but unlike Rush, they’re not doing it in order. This week, their major label debut, Up to Here, gets the box set
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Green Day’s 20th anniversary edition of American Idiot is out
Just before American Idiot was released in the fall of 2004, a bunch of us were invited into a boardroom at Warner Music Canada for a preview of the new album. Going into
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The box set for Weezer’s blue album reissue comes wrapped in a sweater
May 10 was the 30th anniversary of the release of Weezer’s debut albuim–the “blue” record–so you’d expect there to be a reissue in time for Christmas. You would be right. The new blue
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The Police have a new super-deluxe version of their most successful album
Synchronicity was the biggest thing the Police ever released. That was forty years ago. (Jeezus. I remember playing “Every Breath You Take” on the radio as a current hit song.) There’s now a
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Green Day has announced a massive American Idiot 20th anniversary box set
It’s been 20 years since Green Day roared back from near-obscurity with the brilliant American Idiot album. This, of course, demands a special reissue. And it’s a big one. The 20th anniversary deluxe
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The new John Lennon box set is going to cost HOW MUCH?
Over the years, I’ve seen some expensive box sets. The Pixies had one that retailed for around $800. There was Guns N’ Roses package that sold for close to $1500. This one, however,
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Pink Floyd once again proves they are the kings of the anniversary reissue. Look what they’ve done for The Dark Side of the Moon.
On March 1, 1973, Pink Floyd released one of the most important albums in the history of rock. The Dark Side of the Moon. It would stay on the album charts for 945
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A lost Queen song featuring Freddie Mercury on vocals has been found
Sometime in 1988 when Queen was recording The Miracle album, the group laid down a track called “Face It Alone.” It didn’t make the record and was somehow misplaced–until now. The song was
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Ongoing History Daily: Yet another version of The Hip’s Fully Completely
The most popular album in the Tragically Hip catalogue is Fully Completely from 1992. It’s sold well over a million copies in Canada along and features some of the band’s best-known songs. We’ve
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Hip fans, get ready to add to your vinyl libraries
The next few years will be big ones for Tragically Hip fans, as the band announced this week not one, not two, but THREE re-releases and deluxe editions. First, we’ll be getting a
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