215 In-Depth Reviews Available In My
SOUNDS GOOD Music Books Series - An Amazon E-Book
SOUL GALORE!
60ts Soul, R'n'B, Mod, Northern Soul, New Breed and More
Exceptional CD Reissues and Remasters
Exceptional CD Reissues and Remasters
Also Includes Harmony Soul, Rare Groove and Funk...
Just Click Below To Purchase e-Book for £5.95 (July 2024 Update)
Thousands of E-Pages - All Details and In-Depth Reviews From Discs
(No Cut and Paste Crap)
Just Click Below To Purchase e-Book for £5.95 (July 2024 Update)
Thousands of E-Pages - All Details and In-Depth Reviews From Discs
(No Cut and Paste Crap)
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* SOUL GALORE! 60ts Soul, R&B, Northern Soul, Mod, Rare Groove etc
* Over 1,500 E-pages, 215 in-depth reviews of CD Remasters 1990 to 2024
* Formats - CD, HDCD [High Density Compatible Digital] and Japanese SHM-CD
* Major Label Box Set Retros – EMI, Rhino, Sony/Legacy, Universal and WEA
* Best Independent Reissue Labels highlighted:
Ace, Apple, Bear Family, Beat Goes On, Beat Goes Public (BGP), Big Break Records (BBR), Cherry Red Records, Edsel, EMI/Stateside, Esoteric Recordings, Hip-O Select, Kent-Soul, Light In The Attic, Real Gone Music, Repertoire, Rev-Ola, Rhino, Robinsongs, Salvo, Soul Brother, SoulMusic Records, Stax, SuperBird and Universal Japan
* Technical data from the discs themselves (total playing times and more)
* Release Date, Catalogue No and Barcode to locate the correct issue
* Track lists and Details on Bonus material (if any)
* UK and US catalogue numbers and release dates for original vinyl albums,
7" singles and EPs within each review
* Vinyl Discographies referencing the CD Reissue for all Box Sets
* Remaster and Tape Transfer Engineers highlighted
* Packaging descriptions, size of booklets, what’s contained within, who wrote the liner notes, repro artwork explained
* Reference to the Audio Quality of the CD - analysis of songs
* Guest musicians highlighted – Cover versions noted
* Find Guest Musicians (who played on what)
* Find your favourite Remaster Engineers and Authors of Liner Notes
* Find your favourite 1960's and 1970's Record Labels on CD (Atlantic, Cadet, Curtom, Motown, Philadelphia International, Polydor, Stax etc)
* Find your favourite Reissue Label on CD (Ace, Bear Family, BBR, Hip-O Select etc)
* Find your favourite Format (HDCD, SHM-CD etc)
SIXTIES RECORD LABELS covered by the book include:
ABC, ABC/Dunhill, A&M, Alston, Apple, Atlantic/Atco, Big Town, Blue Note, Blue Thumb, Brunswick, Cadet Concept, Capitol, CBS, Checker, Chess, Columbia, Cotillion, Dakar, Elektra, EMI, Epic, Fame, Fantasy, Federal, Fontana, Goldwax, Hi Records, Hot Wax, Immediate, Imperial, Invictus, Island, Josie, Ko Ko, Liberty, London, MCA, Mercury, MGM, Modern, Polydor, Probe, Pye International, Rare Earth, RCA Victor, Reprise, Ric-Tic, Stax, Sussex, Track, Truth, Veep, Verve and Verve Forecast, Volt, United Artists and Warner Brothers
Having worked for RECKLESS RECORDS in London for over 20 years as one of their principal vinyl and CD buyers (one the best second hand record shops in the West End) and having been an Amazon 'Hall Of Fame' Reviewer six times in the past (over 2,500,000 views on my reviews) – as you can imagine - I come across a huge number of reissues - some far more worthy than others.
To that end I’ve collated together these SOUNDS GOOD genre-specific books as guides to Exceptional CD Remasters. Many entries in this large and unique book cost less than £10 and a few are under a fiver. And even if some Box Sets/Deletions have now acquired a price tag - because they’re the best I've included them - along with artists/titles that I feel deserve your attention…
Hope you enjoy the reads – Mark Barry (2024)
