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Today we look at reissues from Hamburg's Tapete/Bureau B label dyad: Comet Gain's wonderful 2005 effort, and Peter Baumann's striking 1976 solo debut. Plus, some idle thoughts about #vinyl sales, the oil market, and the world in general! Fun for all, over at The Vinyl Cut.

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crazy to think that the jokey guy doing stiff robot arms and saying “er-ror… does not compute” in a flat monotone has only been around for 50 years or so. feels like that guy has been here since the dawn of time

We've got reviews of two Rhino Reserve soul reissues: Donny Hathaway's seminal 1972 live album, and Sam & Dave's 1966 Stax debut. Plus, become a paid subscriber and win free #vinyl! (Yes, this is a thing that is real.)

Hot take: A football is not a ball

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

I dunno, maybe some new vinyl can help

Impeach& Remove& Prosecute& Convict& Sentence

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.

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.

is this idiotic speech meant to be damage control for his colossally low approval numbers? if so then that’s very very very funny

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.

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It’s going to be so difficult to teach future students about this era. “But I don’t understand,” they’ll say over and over. “That doesn’t make SENSE.”

Had some things to say about some recent Ray Charles reissues while my good friend @nedl.bsky.social unpacked the 50th anniversary re-release of TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT www.vinylcut.net/vinyl-review...

This was an insane undertaking but a really fun one. If you're checking out #RSD Black Friday this week, this is a must-read. #vinyl #vinylsky

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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.

There's a new VU+Nico on #vinyl that's cut directly from the master tape. If that's the sort of thing that interests you, you really should subscribe to my vinyl newsletter, @vinylcut.net.

I, too, have written countless tomes on my telephone whilst hiking, skipping, scuttling, standing stationary, or gently sliding downhill

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

@nedl.bsky.social and I are still in the throes of previewing this year's batch of @recordstoreday.bsky.social Black Friday releases with our biggest rundown yet. Of course you'd know this if you subscribed to @vinylcut.net. Get on it already. www.vinylcut.net/record-store...

I bet losing an arm wrestling contest is super embarrassing when your last name is Armstrong

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

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@vinylcut.net, the newsletter I started with @nedl.bsky.social a couple of months back, returns today with our weekly rundown of the most interesting vinyl reissues hitting shops this Friday. This time, that includes New Order, Miles Davis, Dylan, and Depeche Mode www.vinylcut.net/new-vinyl-re...

In the new Vinyl Cut newsletter, I wrote about the new box set from Neil Young, which includes some of his best '90s albums like Sleeps with Angels, Mirror Ball, and Harvest Moon, and @robertham.bsky.social checks out the Rumah Sakit reissue. If you like #vinyl, read and subscribe!

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

Another week brings another hefty newsletter from myself and @nedl.bsky.social running down the most interesting vinyl reissues hitting stores tomorrow. Read it here or consider subscribing to @vinylcut.net so you can get this in your inbox each Thursday. www.vinylcut.net/new-vinyl-re...

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Over at our #vinyl newsletter @vinylcut.net, Mr. @robertham.bsky.social and I looked at all the very bestest new reissues coming out this week, including Duncan Browne, Animal Collective, new reissues of the Muse and Chess labels, and look at that: Danzig's back on wax. #vinylsky

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For our @vinylcut.net newsletter, @robertham.bsky.social and I went long on this week's #vinyl reissues. There's Dr. Dre, Tom Petty, Patti Smith, a new all-analog jazz series from Verve, and lots more. Read and subscribe!

At @vinylcut.net, we're previewing all the vinyl that's coming out for Record Store Day's Black Friday. Today we've tackled the jazz and blues titles. Find out what's worth waiting in line for! #vinyl #vinylsky #rsd

has he mistaken Portland for his pants because he is a LIAR LIAR

If you listen to vinyl, you'll want to subscribe to our newsletter, where we cover reissues and vinyl news. Here's a gently baffled endorsement from my mom: "Who knew so much was going on in the vinyl world?"

If you're going to the record store this weekend to get the new Taylor Swift, be sure to check out @vinylcut.net's preview of all the fine new reissues you can also pick up while you're there. Read and subscribe! www.vinylcut.net/new-vinyl-re...

Check out the latest @vinylcut.net, wherein I revisit My Morning Jacket's 'Z' in a deluxe edition and @robertham.bsky.social spins Ornette Coleman's 'Ornette!' via a new audiophile pressing. Read and subscribe to get the best vinyl reviews and news, why don'tcha. #vinyl #vinylcommunity

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The new edition of The Vinyl Cut newsletter features vinyl reviews of the expanded Mic City Sons by Heatmiser AND the new mono edition of the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle. Read and subscribe! #vinyl #vinylcommunity #heatmiser #thezombies

This is very funny thing for a President to say, but it's a truly fucking bananas thing for a President to voluntarily tell everyone he said.

Of all the days to wage war on Portland, this is probably the stupidest possible day. It has been a genuinely gorgeous, tranquil, lovely, and absolutely peaceful day.

About to see a guy about a Battle. Not that one, the one after that one.

The whole FX2 experience has been so frustrating. I used to reliably be able to get downtown in 10 minutes.

Shameful. People should only write positive messages on their bullets. Like “Have a nice day!” and “Thinking of U 🩷😘”

Confusingly, there are 2 new versions of Buckingham Nicks on vinyl. I spent all weekend listening to both, and one was definitely better. Read, and subscribe to The Vinyl Cut to get reviews like this delivered straight to your inbox!

Reading the liner notes and apparently... Buckingham Nicks went on to join Fleetwood Mac??