By Will McGuirk
Channel Vinyl is news on new releases, reissues and special editions plus other music and vinyl related stories.
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PJ Harvey’s ‘The Peel Sessions 1991-2004’ will be reissued on May 28 2021. The album with the legendary BBC DJ John Peel was originally released in 2006, includes recordings from right across the associated time frame.
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Six Traffic albums set for reissue on May 14; 180 gram and remastered from the original tapes. The albums are the self-titled ‘Traffic’, ‘Mr. Fantasy’, the iconic ‘John Barleycorn Must Die’, also ‘The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys’, ‘Shootout At The Fantasy Factory’ plus ‘When The Eagle Flies’.
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/six-traffic-albums-vinyl-reissue-may/
On Feb 25 2020 poignantly Mick Fleetwood organised a tribute concert for Peter Green, the founder of Fleetwood Mac. Shortly after Green died. The concert is now being issued on vinyl in a variety of editions including a four LP and gatefold. Release date is Apr 30.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Joni MItchell’s ‘Blue” Rhino is releasing a 4 LP box set which will contain Joni’s Reprise years’ albums, ‘Song to a Seagull’, ‘Clouds’ and ‘Ladies of the Canyon’ plus ‘Blue’. The albums have been remixed and remastered . It will be available June 25.
‘Roger The Engineer’ by the Yardbirds is been treated to a pretty rad reissue. Using original tapes the deluxe edition includes a mono version and a stereo version, on coloured vinyl or black, three CDs and a 24 page booklet, plus a poster and a 7’ of “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” featuring Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. Whuuuut!!