Crate Diggin

Archival Live Album from Jacksonville Native Charles Tolliver is an Outstanding Capture of Early ‘70s Jazz 

Campaign of Comprehensive Reissues Highlight the Grace and Grit of Early ‘70s John Cale

Newly-Released Live Album, ‘Fleetwood Mac: Mirage Tour ’82’ Finds the Band’s Historically Fractious Lineup at their Harmonious Best

Newly-Released Archive Recordings of Neil Young & Crazy Horse, ‘Early Daze’ is a Crucial Document of the Group’s Prime Era

Previously Unreleased Album by Alan Vega Initiates a Rightful Resurrection of the Suicide Frontman’s Certain Legacy

The Mercurial Musical World of John Lurie Is Illuminated Anew on ‘Music from the Series (Painting with John)’

Vinyl Reissues of Three Butthole Surfers Albums Celebrate a Band Who Rode the 1980s Psych-Punk Undertow

Deluxe Reissue of Lou Reed’s Final Ambient-Drone Release is an Object Lesson in Creative Closure

Thurston Moore’s Memoir, ‘Sonic Life,’ is a Worthy Trip Through the 20th-Century Alt-Music Experience

Unearthed Bill Evans Live Recordings from 1964 Are Absolute Jazz Gems

New Lou Reed Biography Offers the Ultimate Narrative of the Vicious NYC Rock Romantic

New Flamenco Compilation Features a Haunting Performance from Obscure Troubadour, Juanito Mojama

The Beatles’ “Now and Then” is a Wistful Curiosity, 45 Years in the Making

‘Stop Time,’ A Crucial Archival Release of Barry Altschul, David Izenzon and Perry Robinson Live Performance Documents a Peak Moment of NYC Free Jazz 

Violent Femmes Self-Titled Debut Gets 40th Anniversary Reissue

‘Fountain,’ Beloved Album By Duval Indie Rockers Common Thread Gets 30th Anniversary Reissue

New Max Roach Documentary on PBS Highlights the Music and Life of Pioneering Jazz Drummer

Five Crucial Salsa Albums from the Genre’s Golden Age

Cue Up These 5 Breeders’ Songs in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Band’s Breakthrough Album, ‘Last Splash’ 

Do the Reissue Creators Have a Master Plan for Forthcoming Pharoah Sanders Box Set?

Head East with Forthcoming Bob Dylan Box Set That Reframes the Rock Bard’s Live Seventies Release

Five Jimmy Buffett Ballads you Shouldn’t Ignore

Double Space is the Place | New Compilation Celebrates the Intergalactic Verse of Sun Ra

Daptone Records Drops a Heady Reggae Collab Between Sugar Minott and Victor Axelrod

Posthumous Jazz Is Dead Release Reinforces the Legacy of Influential Drummer, the Late, Great Tony Allen

The Sunset of Sonic Youth | An oral history of the band’s final U.S. show

Neil Young’s “Powderfinger,” from the Newly Unveiled Lost Album ‘Chrome Dreams,’ Reveals a Singer-Songwriter at the Height of His Powers

New Book from Alan Paul Tells the Epic Story of the Allman Brothers Band’s 1970s Era

The Kids Are Alright in Weirdly Fun Comp of 20th-Century French School House Rock 

Paul McCartney’s Photos of Early Beatlemania are in a Book and on Display in London

Record Store Day 2023 | Here’s What To Expect on RSD in Jax 

This Record Changed My Life

JME Contributors on the albums that turned them on their ears

Crate Diggin’ | Re: Reissues

The JME team proudly explores the least pretentious of music purchases: the vinyl reissue.

Crate Diggin’ | Birth-year records

What classic album dropped the year you were born?

Hot Off the (Re)Press | Joni Mitchell at Carnegie and R.E.M. at their peak

Two great re-pressings from iconic artists

Hot Off the (Re)Press | John Prine’s 2005 masterwork and ‘Jazz is Dead 001’

Two great albums get a vinyl reissue this week