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• Vinyl Tap: My Top Ten Album Reissues for 2007

  Zevon on Fire, Twilley Sincerely, Lofgrenesque, Pretenders Crawl, Costello Aims, HaveWilbury-WillTravel, U2 up a Tree, ELO out of the Blue, Secondhand Magazine, Faces OohLaLa!

  Opinion by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Dec 17, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Bing Crosby - Hey Jude/Hey Bing!

  When der Bingle covered das Beatles in 1969, he went through the motions with insouciance intact and ascot scarcely askew.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Nov 26, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: House of Freaks - Tantilla

  The brutal slaying of Bryan Harvey, along his family, silenced an inspired, vital voice who could talk shop like he's speaking in tongues.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Oct 31, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: The Beatles' Second Album

  Capitol’s vinyl connivance offers up a Merseyside pop thrill with blisters-on-me-fingers raucousness and harmony-driven R&B, Motown, and rock-and-roll.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Oct 08, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream

  Thunderclap Newman may be a one album wonder, but what a wonder, and what an album.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Sep 21, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby

  The Muse of 'Metal Machine Music' moves on, but the Glory of Love might see you through…

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Aug 18, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Heroes

  Ah, Precious Moments: "If it wasn't for your stiff little fingers / Nobody would know you were dead." --the Vibrators

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Aug 04, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Raspberries' Best

  Despite the Raspberries' image as perfectly coiffed anachronistic throwbacks in matching suits and demeanor, I changed my tune when I changed the tuner...

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jul 21, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish

  A showcase for guitarist Bill Nelson's soaring and sublime skills that can transport you with an enthralling force. He plays some mean tubular bells, too.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jul 13, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Dwight Twilley Band - Sincerely

  A power pop classic, inspired equally by Sun Sounds and A Hard Day's Night, is released in 1976.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jul 03, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Brian Wilson

  It was 1988, the dreaded year of the Kokomo. We were musical miles from cruisin’ to the hamburger stand now, or the columnated ruins domino...

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jun 18, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True

  The mercurial Costello is on full display on one of the best debut albums in the history of, um, debut albums.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on May 14, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Lowell George - Thanks I'll Eat It Here

  "...all things I left undone/ It comes from moment to moment, day to day/ Time seems to slip away."

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Apr 25, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Rickie Lee Jones - Girl At Her Volcano

  Chuck E's no longer "in love with the little girl who's singing this song." Rickie Lee Jones erupts and recollects...

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Apr 05, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Elvis Costello - Taking Liberties

  Twenty Songs - All Different! And all in an early treasure trove of obscurities, alternate versions, B-sides, and European LP tracks.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 20, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Buzzcocks - A New Kind Of Tension

  "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" as an AARP jingle? Suddenly I feel very, very old...

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 03, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Tom Waits - One From The Heart Soundtrack Album

  "I gotta a bottle full of trumpet, a hatbox full of drum..."

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Feb 21, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: X - Under The Big Black Sun

  For an insistent and intense masterwork, X marks the spot.

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Feb 04, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: The Dave Clark Five - Greatest Hits

  These British Invasion troops will make you feel "Glad All Over."

  Review by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jan 29, 2007

• Vinyl Tap: Best Reissues of 2006

  From the Pretenders to Bob Wills, Al Green to Spoon, 2006 saw a wide variety of artists being reissued new CD lives.

  Opinion by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jan 01, 2007