Happy 2026! We're kicking off the new year with our usual weekly roundup of new #vinyl reissues. But it's a slow week, so we also put together a last-minute look back at a few things that brought joy to our turntables last year. And now we never need to speak of 2025 again.

We close out 2025 with #vinyl reviews of the two latest Rhino High Fidelity reissues: Devo's Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! and T. Rex's Electric Warrior. They're cut from analog tape and presented in shiny gatefold jackets, but how do they sound?

In lieu of a Best-of-the-Year list, here's an Every-Damn-Thing-We-Reviewed list! In the past four months we've reviewed more than 100 #vinyl reissues over at The Vinyl Cut. Read, and subscribe to get a front-row seat to the next 100.

The vinyl reissue train is slowing down as we reach the end of 2025. We at @vinylcut.net still found some titles worth exploring. Dig... www.vinylcut.net/new-vinyl-re...

We reviewed four of the titles in Universal's recently launched Definitive Sound Series: R.E.M., Beck, A Perfect Circle, and Nat King Cole. These high-end one-step #vinyl pressings are pricy, but boy do they sound good.

In today's newsletter, we plant our juicy lips on the Rolling Stones' deluxe box set for their 1976 album, Black and Blue. Wait, come back. That was just a figure of speech. Our lips are not juicy and they didn't touch anything. We wrote a review, that's all! #vinyl #vinylsky #rollingstones

The new Jimi Hendrix Experience box set does the unthinkable: It finds previously unreleased Hendrix stuff that's absolutely worth hearing. We reviewed the #vinyl set, which charts the making of 1967's Axis: Bold as Love and also includes phenomenal-sounding pressings of the LP.

We thought the year-end deluge of #vinyl reissues was tapering off. WE THOUGHT WRONG. Check out our weekly roundup, which includes R.E.M. and Beck one-steps, Pink Floyd, J Dilla, Blur, the Pogues, Counting Crows, Keith Jarrett, Gary Numan, some wonderful Brazilian stuff, and so. much. jazz.

Spent some time listening to the three most recent releases in ECM's Luminessence series. www.vinylcut.net/vinyl-review...

In today's newsletter, we reviewed the #vinyl edition of the recent Bob Dylan box set, Through the Open Window, which collects some of his earliest recordings and charts his meteoric development from 1955 to 1963. It's a whirlwind, and far from a museum piece. Read & subscribe! #vinylsky #bobdylan

We caught up with the recent fancy-pants one-step pressings of Prince and the Revolution's Purple Rain and Tom Petty's Wildflowers. They sound darn good. Are they worth the $$$? #vinyl #vinylsky

In today's Vinyl Cut, we reviewed the new #vinyl reissues of the Gits, Letters to Cleo, and Ultravox. Plus we're giving away a copy of the 8-LP Neil Young box set Official Release Series #6 to one of our paid-tier subscribers! Get in on that action—read and subscribe!

This week's rundown of new #vinyl reissues includes the launch of an exciting Sun Records cut-from-analog series, the Gits, Faust, the Hold Steady, Circle Jerks, two new Blue Note Tone Poets, Letters to Cleo, Ace Records' 50th anniversary, and more. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky #musicsky

In today's Vinyl Cut newsletter, we review three of the titles in Universal's upscale, all-analog Vinylphyle series: Bob Marley and the Wailers' 'Exodus,' The Band's 'Northern Lights–Southern Cross,' and Nat King Cole's 'The Christmas Song.' Read and subscribe! #vinyl #vinylsky #musicsky

Today's reviews include the 50th anniversary edition of Neil Young's legendary 'Tonight's the Night' and a sterling crop of new reissues from Ray Charles that uncovers lost gems from his extensive catalog. If you like #vinyl, this is the newsletter for you—read and subscribe! #vinylsky #musicsky

We've got a few more #RSD Black Friday #vinyl reviews, this time for Bob Dylan, Big Head Todd, WITCH, and the sunshine-pop comp Flowers in the Afternoon. Plus, some Saturday thoughts about rampant consumerism this time of year. Read and subscribe!

Our weekly rundown of new #vinyl reissues comes at you a day early for turkey-related reasons. PLUS we've got our top 5 picks for #RSD Black Friday. Read & subscribe!

We've got reviews of LOTS of upcoming #RSD Black Friday #vinyl, including Fleetwood Mac, the Doors, Joni Mitchell, Grateful Dead, Love, Tom Petty, Talking Heads, Curtis Mayfield, the English Beat, Ramones, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bad Brains, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Son Volt, INXS, Yusef Lateef & more!

In today's #vinyl newsletter we reviewed the new #Beatles Anthology Collection megabox AND the new Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie megabox. Now, does anyone know a good chiropractor? Those things are heavy. #vinylsky #musicsky #smashingpumpkins

Today's rundown of this week's new #vinyl reissues is a big one, including artists you might have heard of like the Beatles, Prince, Fela Kuti, the Replacements, Smashing Pumpkins, and Zbigniew Namysłowski. What's that? You haven't heard of Zbigniew Namysłowski? Well, then, click through, friend.

The new all-analog Vinylphyle series, if you can get past the name, just reissued The Velvet Underground & Nico on #vinyl, cut from the original master tape. How's it sound? Plus we've got the new reissue of Sister Irene O'Connor's charming Fire of God's Love. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky #musicsky

Our #RSD Black Friday preview series continues with a comprehensive look at all the #vinyl reissues coming out Nov, 28. Today we look at the electronic and soundtrack releases. (Yes, they are doing ANOTHER repress of A Charlie Brown Christmas.) Read and subscribe!

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In today's Vinyl Cut newsletter, we review the 40th anniversary #vinyl of Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair, expanded to 2 LPs with a set of bonus tracks. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky #tearsforfears #musicsky

Today we've got three #vinyl reviews of new archival releases over at Vinyl Cut: •Split Enz: ENZyclopedia Vols 1 & 2 •Chet Baker: Swimming by Moonlight •Rousers: Sire Session 1979 Of course, if you were subscribed, you'd already have all three reviews in your inbox. Give us a click and sign up.

Our gargantuan rundown of all the new #vinyl reissues coming out this week includes the Rolling Stones, Lush, Drive-By Truckers, the Jesus and Mary Chain, and the launch of a new all-analog series called "Vinylphyle." We didn't name it, we're just reporting it. Read and subscribe! #vinylphyle

We missed a golden opportunity to post a review of the 50th anniversary #vinyl reissue of Patti Smith's 'Horses' ON the actual 50th anniversary (Nov 10). Well, here it is, two days late. Happy birthday, 'Horses.' (The reissue's excellent, although our pressing wasn't the best.) #vinylsky #pattismith

Our #RSD Black Friday preview coverage continues with our biggest post yet: All the classic rock, pop, and folk #vinyl reissues coming to record stores on Nov. 28. This batch has some high highs and some low lows, friends. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky

In today's newsletter, we reviewed #vinyl reissues of the two brilliant early '70s albums by Bill Fay, who passed away in February. And we also revisited some Cramps records from the early '80s. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky

Our #RSD Black Friday coverage just keeps going and going. Today we cover all the alternate, '90s, and 2000s #vinyl reissues hitting independent record stores on Nov 28—including Son Volt, Sleigh Bells, Yoakam, Wilco, Ween, and a second chance for that maligned Black Kids album. Read and subscribe!

We've got the rundown on this week's biggest, best, and most interesting #vinyl reissues in today's edition of our Vinyl Cut newsletter—including Hendrix, Wings, Hüsker Dü, Deerhoof, some soul and jazz essentials, and more. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky

In today's Vinyl Cut newsletter, @robertham.bsky.social reviews the two new #vinyl reissues of forgotten sunshine pop band Eternity's Children, now available on High Moon Records. #vinylsky

Our thorough preview of Record Store Day's Black Friday continues, with a look at all the punk and post-punk #vinyl reissues and archival releases hitting record stores on Nov 28. Which ones do you need and which should you avoid? The only way to know... is by reading this! #rsd

In today's Vinyl Cut newsletter, we review the Rhino Reserve pressing of Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy, and take a look at the just-announced (and unfortunately titled) "Vinylphyle" all-analog series from Universal Music. Read and subscribe! #vinyl #vinylsky

Today's more than just a spooky holiday—it's the final day of Rhino's #Rocktober campaign, in which they reissue gobs of #vinyl each week. In today's Vinyl Cut newsletter, we review some of that booty: reissues and archival recordings from the Stooges, Rush, and Faces. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky

In today's newsletter, it's our weekly rundown of all the coolest-looking #vinyl reissues coming out on Friday. This time we've got Dylan, the Who, New Order, Outkast, Depeche Mode, Miles, Bill Fay, and lots lots more. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky

Today's newsletter includes #vinyl reviews of the big new Neil Young box set, which contains some of his best-loved 90s albums like 'Harvest Moon' and 'Mirror Ball,' plus a look at the wonderful 25th anniversary reissue of Rumah Sakit's debut. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky #neilyoung

Check out the latest installment in our continuing Record Store Day Black Friday preview series, this time focusing on hard rock and metal releases. There's good news, like live Bad Brains! Aaand there's a bunch of other stuff. #vinyl #vinylsky #rsd

Kick your week off with two new #vinyl reviews in the latest edition of our newsletter: A look at Animal Collective's Feels, pressed on biovinyl for its 20th anniversary, and the excellently compiled Heavy Combination, an introduction to the work of Kenyan musical legend Joseph Kamaru. #vinylsky

Rhino's Rocktober campaign means gobs of #vinyl reissues in brick-and-mortar record stores. Check out our in-depth reviews of new vinyl reissues by Fleetwood Mac, Mr. Bungle, Warren Zevon, Ministry, and Jethro Tull—all in today's Vinyl Cut newsletter. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky #rocktober

Our weekly rundown of new #vinyl reissues continues apace with another jam-packed edition. This week features Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Super Furry Animals, Tom Waits, Pulp, the Cramps, Cypress Hill, Elton John, Field Music, the Clientele, and so much more. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky

Our RSD Black Friday preview continues, this time looking at all the hip-hop, R&B, soul, funk, and Latin titles coming out on #vinyl on Nov 28, including Prince, Curtis, Dre, Little Brother, WITCH, and lots more. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky #rsd

Rhino's Rocktober will see 43 #vinyl reissues out by month's end. We reviewed four of them, including Rhino Reserve premium pressings of the Doors' 'Greatest Hits' and Yes's '90125,' plus Morphine's debut 'Good' and Yes's weird '80s monstrosity 'Big Generator.' #vinylsky #rocktober

There are soooo many good vinyl reissues coming out this week. We took a look at the most interesting ones. Read and subscribe! #vinyl #vinylsky

Over at @vinylcut.net you can read my article on the record producer Zev Feldman and his new reissue label Time Traveler Recordings. www.vinylcut.net/producer-zev...

Record stores need to put in their Record Store Day Black Friday orders ASAP, so as part of our ongoing RSD preview series, we took a look at some of the non-US releases that may need to be special-ordered by your local. #vinyl #vinylsky #rsd

The Monkees have received the prestigious Rhino High Fidelity treatment. Read about why it makes sense that 1967's 'Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.' was given a premium all-analog pressing in our in-depth review. #vinyl #vinylsky #themonkees

This week sees new #vinyl reissues from Dr. Dre, Patti Smith, Tom Petty, John & Yoko, OMD, Chimera, Sparks, the Earlies, Sylvester, Sun Ra, Brigitte Fontaine, Mingus, Ike Quebec, a new all-analog jazz series from Verve, and much more. Our latest newsletter has the lowdown on all of it. #vinylsky

The torrent of vinyl reissues is gushing like never before and we at the @vinylcut.net did our best to cover the most interesting titles arriving tomorrow in stores. Look upon our mighty works and subscribe to the newsletter. www.vinylcut.net/new-vinyl-re...

We're the only place with the lowdown about all the #vinyl coming out on Black Friday. Our #RSD preview series just kicked off with a survey of the jazz and blues titles, and we've got lots more in the coming weeks. Sign up to @vinylcut.net today to get every post delivered straight to your inbox!