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There’s a new video from Radiohead this week for “If You Say the Word”

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amnesiac, Kid A, Kid A Mnesia, Radiohead, Reissue

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

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What’s this? A new/old Radiohead song was released today

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amnesiac, Kid A, Kid A Mnesia, Radiohead, Reissue

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

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REM will issue a 25th-anniversary edition of New Adventures in Hi-Fiin October

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25th-Anniversary, Out of Time, Reissue, REM

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

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Attention Tragically Hip fans: Gord Downie’s Coke Machine Glow is getting a special 20th-anniversary reissue and audiobook next month

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audiobook, Coke Machine Glow, Dan Ackroyd, Gord Downie, Poetry, Reissue, Ron MacLean

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

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Rush’s expansive Permanent Waves reissue arrives March 27

February 15, 2020February 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Permanent Waves, Reissue, Rush

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

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Teenage Head releases a long-overdue update to their Tornado EP. We did an unboxing on video.

September 4, 2019September 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Reissue, Teenage Head, Tornado

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

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Teenage Head’s Tornado EP is getting a re-release

July 21, 2019July 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Reissue, Teenage Head

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

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Rush continues their 40th anniversary reissues with Hemispheres

October 8, 2018October 7, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 40th Anniversary, Hemispheres, Reissue, Rush

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

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You know that rumour about a reunion of the original Guns ‘N Roses this week? Yeah, about that. (Oh, and there’s a new box set that costs OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!)

May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Appetite for Destruction, Box Set, Guns 'N Roses, Reissue

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

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Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection Vol.2 1987 – 1996

April 8, 2018April 8, 2018 Elisa 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Reissue

He recounts himself perfectly, “I was born right here on Randolph Street in Freehold. Here right behind the big red

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Rush Readies 40th Anniversary Edition of A Farewell to Kings

October 21, 2017March 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Farewell to Kings, Reissue, Rush

[Rush is slowly but methodically reissuing all their albums as new expanded editions. Intern-in-residence Dorothy Lee looks at what’s happening

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