Reissue Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

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,

If you’re a hardcore Pink Floyd fan, you probably have the special box sets issues for Dark Side the Moon,

A few weeks back, Radiohead announced the release of KID A MNESIA, a two-album anniversary collection of those albums from

Well that was a fun surprise on a Tuesday morning. Unexpectedly and with great fanfare, Radiohead announced Tuesday that it

Many REM fans consider New Adventures in Hi-Fi the band’s last great record. It’s now coming in an expanded 25th-anniversary

Has it really been 20 years since Gord Downie released his Coke Machine Glow solo album? It has–and given everything

The chronological march of reissues drawing on the Rush catalogue has reached 1980’s Permanent Waves. Come March 27, fans will

Back in 1983, Teenage Heads–yes, I spelled that right; their label made them add an “s” to make their less

If Canada has an analogue to the Sex Pistols, the Clash, or the Ramones, it’s Teenage Head. While they didn’t

Rush is methodically going through every album in their catalogue, releasing them in special expanded 40th-anniversary editions. Next up is

[Note: This post has been updated to include official pricing for Canada and the US. – AC] Posters and billboards

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver