Mojo’s 20 best reissues of 2017

Following the Uncut poll – 2017's best ARCHIVE releases - according to Uncut magazine – here are Mojo's archival faves. Some inevitable overlap between lists, but at least Mojo got Dylan in there.

Which are your favourites?

See also:
Mojo’s best albums of 2017 - numbers 50–26:
Mojo’s best albums of 2017 - numbers 25–1:

 

Beatles, Bob, Neil, Yoko and the Radiohead 2xLP blue vinyl.
Not invested in all the Yokos yet but what I have is great. HitchHiker is fantastic. Trouble No More made me totally reevaluate him as an artist and I had already liked that period anyway. But unlike Dylanphiles I had no boots of those shows.
I feel I can only comment / vote on ones I have heard. There's my five.

 

Too bad the Heart of the Congos Reissue became immediately unaffordable as soon as it came out..

 

Bob Dylan and Thelonious Monk.

 

I voted for The Beatles, Neil Young, David Bowie (vinyl box, in my case: I can overlook the "Heroes" debacle to include it here) and Radiohead OKNOTOK blue vinyl, which sounds superb.
I would also give honourable mention to Marillion's Misplaced Childhood set, which was excellent and very competitively priced.

 

Of these I'd pick Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Gene Clark (I already bought that one in 2016). But as a Grateful Dead fan my favourite reissue of the year was the May 1977 Get Shown The Light set. Others I'm missing here include:

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood deluxe
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood deluxe
King Crimson - Sailors' Tales
Laura Nyro - A Little Magic, A Little Kindness
Godley & Creme - Body Of Work 1978-1988

And there must be a few others I can't think of right now.

 

Do you recommend the Gene Clark?

 

It depends on how much you like Gene Clark, since it's quite pricey. But if you're a fan you'll find a lot here that you really like, the sound is nice and it's nicely packaged with a beautiful booklet.

 

Hitchhiker and Trouble!

 

Personally, I’d include NIN - The Fragile in there. One of the best listening experiences to date.

 

Of the selection

Lal & Mike Waterston......by far.......

Especially the 2CD version with the demos.

Can't believe Jethro Tull Songs From The Wood didn't make it.....its the perfect example of how a reissue should be.....

No suprise Sgt Peppers on there.....just what the world needed....another version of Sgt Peppers.

 

Yes. Very odd that it didn’t make the Mojo or Uncut lists.

 

I just hate these polls where you cannot see the results without voting. I would be interested in what are the favorites reissues of forum members on this list, but because I’ve only heard a few of them, I cannot say which of these would be my favorites.

I respectfully submit that polls where you have to vote to see the results are of limited value because the choice is to simply vote for something (anything) to see the results or, as I do, to skip it and never know what members voted for. I cannot see any good reason for hiding the results from folks who can’t or won’t vote.

 

None of the above.

 

Strictly speaking the Monk isn't a reissue.

 

I am sorry you hate the poll. The idea was to encourage voting that isn’t – and cannot be – influenced hy others’ votes.

I know! Nor is the Dylan. They should use the word “archive” as Uncut do.

 

The Beach Boys - Sunshine Tomorrow

 

Bob & Neil

 

I don't know about the music but I like the cover (1/3rd of it at least)

 

Other-
Curve-Doppelganger
Conjure One-S/T
Pet Shop Boys-Further Listening (Release, Nightlife, Fundamental, Yes, Elysium)

 

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The Beatles followed by Bob Dylan lead in popularity. That's a surprise to see on this forum.

 

They are popular artists. Is that a problem?

 

I’m not a JT fan but read of their popularity and good reception from buyers.

I see the Brian Eno half speed things are there, which is pretty hilarious considering several tracks have audible flickering / dropouts, including one channel almost completely disappearing for a couple of seconds during The Big Ship from Another Green World.

Even if that doesn’t bother people, the carefully sequenced flow of the albums is done a serious disservice split across four sides, eg the gapless segue from the track Dead Finks Don’t Talk into the track Cindy Tells Me from the Here Come the Warm Jets album, present for 43 years of issues and reissues, is gone.

I think they are very deeply flawed, expensive releases of four of the best rock albums ever made.

I wonder how and why they got on Mojo’s list......

 

I think even haters would be impressed by the Ono reissues, at least due to the packaging and value which was fantastic, and no sound problems (if you’re one of us who likes the music, especially Fly..).