MUSIC 2024 : TOP 5 reissues

Good things always come back, right? - They usually don't? Ok, that sucks. Well, they should. Following that sentiment here are my...

TOP 5 reissues 2024:

1. LAIBACH - Opus Dei (remastered)
   
   
   
   "Leben heißt Leben", "Geburt einer Nation", "Leben-Tod", "F.I.A.T."... Laibach's 1987 watershed album "Opus Dei"  has been remastered and with a really improved sound now reveals many details which could easily be missed in the original.
   New artwork, extensive liner notes, a couple of also remastered remixes and a full bonus CD with many great live versions of "Opus Dei" tracks, recorded between 1987 and 1992, complete this absolutely worthwhile 2CD box. (Don't mistake this remastered release with "Opus Dei Revisited"! That's another album with actually new arrangements and mixes of this classic.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. BARBARA THOMPSON'S PARAPHERNALIA - Live in Concert 1980 / The Flute Collection
   
   
   
   In honour of the late saxophone pioneer's eightieth birthday Repertoire Records re-issued Barbara Thompson's 1980 live show of amazing Jazz Rock with sprinkles of Funk, Latin and Oriental influences and pinches of schmaltz and Disco and added an at least equally compelling bonus compilation focussing on her work on flute. With liner notes from her daughter Ana Gracey this 2CD Fusion treasure chest comes with a lot of love.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. TECHNO ANIMAL - The Brotherhood Of The Bomb
   
   
   

   New cover, new master. All signs are on having a booming blast with ultra-heavy Electronics of Kevin Martin and Justin Broadrick on their dark and harsh 2001 Industrial-infused Hip Hop classic. Their Brotherhood with a whole bunch of rappers has aged extremely well and should still fill fans of Clipping., Dälek or the classic "Judgement Night" soundtrack with droning joy. Monstrous!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. GORDON BECK'S GYROSCOPE - Progress
   
   
   
   Does this even still count as a reissue? Jazz In Britain took the only and relatively obscure 1974 cassette album "One, Two, Three_ _ _ Go!" of Jazz pianist Gordon Beck's band Gyroscope and beefed it up to an almost four hour chronology of demos, live shows and radio broadcasts on three CDs. Even though the sound quality of these recordings isn't always ideal, there's no escape from the magic of his boundlessly talented and creative band. A stunning and vivid document of British Jazz history.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. YAZZ AHMED - Finding My Way Home
   
   
   
   Blue-ified in true Jazz classic fashion this first ever vinyl pressing of Yazz Ahmed's 2011 debut album is a true beauty inside out. The trumpet player does her first steps in merging Miles Davis-inspired Western Jazz tradition with her Bahraini roots and already shines as a unique creative voice in both impressive band arrangements and magical duets with congenius bass player Janek Gwishada.