New favorite 2017 releases and remastered albums you bought this year??

Probably a ton--so share what you feel was worthwhile from 2017 releases (only) that you have added to your collection!
Of course, you would likely never add anything you didn't think was worhtwhile.


Here are just a few I acquired only this month!! Yeah, it's been a good month!

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Mother Earth with Tracy Nelson, Live in New York 1971 (remastered and released in Jan 2017)

David Crosby, Sky Trails, 2017

Chris Hillman, Bidin' My Time, 2017

Stills & Collins, Everybody Knows, 2017

Rusty Young, Waitin' For The Sun, 2017

Greg Allman, Southern Blood, 2017

Laura Nyro, A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono recordings. 2017

Fairport Convention, Come All Ye, The First Ten Years box 2017

The Beatles, Sgt Peppers box 2017

Robert Plant, Carry Fire 2017

Flamin' Groovies, Fantastic Plastic 2017

Steve Winwood, Greatest Hits Live-2 disc set 2017

Tim Buckley, Greetings From West Hollywood 2017

Tim Buckley, Venice Mating Call-2 discs 2017

Tim Buckley, Buzzin' Fly, Live Anthology - 4 discs 2017

Montrose-Deluxe 2017

Montrose, Demos & KSAN radio session 1973, 2017

Montrose, Paper Money Deluxe 2017

Spirit, 1968, remastered by Steve Hoffman! 2017

Cheers!



(2017 releases only otherwise this thread would be out of control!)

 

Beck - Colors
T. Rex - Electric Warrior 2017 Rocktober pressing
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs MoFi

 

snagged lotsa great new lps and remasters (mofi, etc), but easy favorite is mofi one-step “the nightfly”

 

Hitchhiker, Neil Young

By an amazing whole lot.

 

Love it. Forgot that one! I have that excellent Archives release too! My new favorite by Neil...for now! He has a NEW one coming out in December.

Neil is remarkable! After waiting so long for his Archives, it seems we have & will have a wealth of old and new material--more than I can afford!!

 

Alvvays Antisocialites
David Bowie Cracked Actor
Bruce Cockburn Bone on Bone
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends On Tour (reissue)
The Doors The Singles
Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding (reissue)
Future Islands The Far Field
GAK GAK (reissue)
David Gilmour Live at Pompeii
Iggy Pop The Idiot / Lust for Life / TV Eye Live 1977 (reissues)
King Crimson Live in Chicago
Nine Inch Nails Add Violence
Gary Numan Savage: Songs from a Broken World
Elvis Presley A Boy from Tupelo (reissue)
Prick Prick (reissue)
Queens of the Stone Age Villains
Radiohead OK Computer (reissue)
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers Live at The Fonda Theatre
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross The Vietnam War (Original Score)
Shobaleader One Elektrac

 

Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance Remastered

 

Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest
Slowdive: Slowdive
Lana Del Rey: Lust for life
Venn: Runes
Underworld: Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future

 

New Album of the Year: How The West Was Won: Peter Perrett
Box Set: Sgt Pepper: The Beatles and Trouble No More: Bob Dylan
Unexpected Find: Parachute Reborn: XPTs
Career Retrospective: Evening Blue: Chris Wood (CD/LP/Book set)

 

new PENTANGLE box!

 

I like that one a lot, finally got around to ordering a copy of the vinyl from the UK along with a few others, kind of an early Xmas gift for myself. Just got a notice that it shipped. Should be someplace in my list of favorites this year too, there's been some good modern post-punk records this year... Modern post-punk bands

 

Thats a great post. It turned me on to a few bands I probably would have missed.

 

Sky Trails by David Crosby is the best one for me. I listen to it at least once a week and have not grown tired of it.

 

Best New Albums of 2017:

Overkill: The Grinding Wheel
White Widdow: Silhouette
Night Flight Orchestra: Amber Galactic


Best New Remasters of 2017

The Cars: Panorama (SHM-CD Edition)
Bad English: S/T

 

I don't buy remastered or remixed vinyl.My favorite of the year
Pere Ubu 20 Years in a Montana Middle Silo
Roger Waters Is This the Life We Really Want
Bob Dylan Triplicate
All on vinyl.Peace.

 

Cold Specks’ album Fool’s Paradise was the best new release I bought.

Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Remix was a great surprise, and I listen regularly.

Honourable Mentions: I only streamed it and then saw selections in concert, but “Is This the Life We Really Want” was excellent. I may buy the CD next year, the record is too expensive.

 

After the age of 60+ I became less obsessive and more selective so this is my 2017 purchases.
1.Pere Ubu Drive He Said (4LP Box Set)
2.Pere Ubu 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo
3.Mothers of Invention Absolutely Free (50th Anniversary)
4.Roger Waters Is This The Life We Really Want
5.Bob Dylan Triplicate
6.Neil Young Hitchhiker
7.Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind (20th Anniversary)

 

I'm not often up to date with my listening -- I do like a great deal of contemporary and pop music, but I'm usually at least 6 months, if not a year or more, behind. So it's not often I have anything to contribute to a "Favorite Album of the Year" list. But I went looking for this one because I do have a favorite from 2017. It's an album from ECM Records by the Danish String Quartet, "Last Leaf," a collection of Nordic folk and dance songs (with a few recent compositions inspired by those sounds thrown in). Imagine you stumbled on a square dance where not only was there lively dancing and great fun but also this uplifting and ennobling sound, all performed with beautiful tone and dexterity. That's what this album is like. Anybody who likes string quartets, classical music, or folk music really ought to pick this up. (Out of stock right now on Amazon, but it is an AutoRipper, so you could hear it immediately!)

 

Loved this release as well, especially because I saw him on tour with this lineup in June 2014.