As we glance again via the yr, the editors at AllMusic spotlight the reissues, archival releases, boxed units and previously-unreleased gems that every of us personally related with in 2022.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The Beatles – Revolver [Super Deluxe Edition]
David Bowie – Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory
Pavement – Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal
Little Feat – Waiting for Columbus [Super Deluxe Edition]
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Live on the Fillmore, 1997
The Rolling Stones – Live on the El Mocambo
Various Artists – Fell from the Sun: Downtempo and After Hours 1990-91
Ornette Coleman – Round Trip: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note
Stereolab – Pulse of the Early Brain: Switched On, Vol. 5
Various Artists – Jon Savage’s 1977-1979: Symbols Clashing Everywhere
Blondie – Against the Odds 1974-1982
Various Artists – Earl’s Closet: The Lost Archive of Earl McGrath 1970-1980
The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor 1972
Jeannie C. Riley – On the Honky Tonk Highway with Jeannie C. Riley
Various Artists – Happy in Hollywood: The Productions of Gary Usher
PJ Harvey – B-Sides, Demos & Rarities
Various Artists – The Studio Wizardry of Todd Rundgren
Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965
The Smithereens – The Lost Album
Sammi Smith – Looks Like Stormy Weather 1969-1975
Heather Phares
Aunt Sally – Aunt Sally
Blondie – Against the Odds 1974-1982
David Bowie – Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory
Broadcast – BBC Maida Vale Sessions
Broadcast – Microtronics, Vols. 1-2
Broadcast – Mother Is the Milky Way
The Cribs – The Cribs [Definitive Edition]
The Cribs – Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever [Definitive Edition]
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Pavement – Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal
Pere Ubu – Nuke the Whales 2006-2014
PJ Harvey – B-Sides, Demos & Rarities
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake: The Demos
Saâda Bonaire – 1992
Sonic Youth – In/Out/In
Stereolab – Pulse of the Early Brain: Switched On, Vol. 5
Norma Tanega – I’m the Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings 1964–1971
Various Artists – Heroes and Villains: The Sound of Los Angeles 1965-1968
Various Artists – Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962-1983
Various Artists – Southeast of Saturn, Vol. 2
Tim Sendra
The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor 1972
Biff Bang Pow! – Better Life: Complete Creations 1984-1991
Broadcast – BBC Maida Vale Sessions
John Carter – My World Fell Down: The John Carter Story
Cheap Trick – Live on the Whiskey 1977
Codeine – Dessau
The Cribs – The New Fellas [Definitive Edition]
Kitty Craft – Mew (1996-2004)
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unfold
The Mighty Lemon Drops – Inside Out: 1985-1990
Movietone – Peel Sessions
Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay, As It Should Have Sounded
Stereolab – Pulse of the Early Brain: Switched On, Vol. 5
To Rococo Rot – John Peel BBC Sessions 97-99
Various Artists – Ain’t Nothing But a House Party: ’60s and Early ’70s Club Soul Classics
Various Artists – Climb Aboard My Roundabout! The British Toytown Sound 1967-1974
Various Artists – Heroes and Villains: The Sound of Los Angeles 1965-1968
Various Artists – Miles Out to Sea: The Roots of British Power Pop 1969-1975
Various Artists – Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962-1983
Various Artists – Under the Bridge
Matt Collar
Albert Ayler – Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings
Cecil Taylor – The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert
Blondie – Against the Odds 1974-1982
Charles Stepney – Step on Step
David Bowie – Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory
Elvin Jones – Revival: Live at Pookie’s Pub
Joyce with Mauricio Maestro – Natureza
Louis Armstrong – Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule
Neu! – 50
Patrice Rushen – Feels So Real: The Complete Elektra Recordings 1978-1984
Ride – 4 EPs
Tinariwen – Kel Tinariwen
Various Artists – John Sinclair Presents Detroit Artists Workshop
Various Artists – Miles Out to Sea: The Roots of British Power Pop 1969-1975
Various Artists – V4 Visions: Of Love & Androids
Mark Deming
Barbra Streisand – Live on the Bon Soir
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Super Deluxe Edition]
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm – Carry Me Home
Son House – Forever on My Mind
The Dream Syndicate – What Can I Say? No Regrets…: Out of the Grey + Live, Demos & Outtakes
Thom Jurek
William Parker – Universal Tonality
Ryo Kawasaki – Juice
Charles Mingus – The Lost Album from Ronie Scott’s
Cecil Taylor – The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert
Joyce with Mauricio Maestro – Natureza
Ornette Coleman – Round Trip: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note
Hermeto Pascoal & Su Grupo – Planetário Da Gávea
Soft Machine – Facelift France & Holland
Pastor Champion – I Just Want to Be a Good Man
Patrice Rushen – Feels So Real: The Complete Elektra Recordings 1978-1984
Miles Davis – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: That’s What Happened 1982-1985
Mal Waldron – Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert
Eric Ghost – Secret Sauce
Various Artists – Before the Day Is Done: The Story of Folk Heritage Records 1968-1975
Linx – Ultimate Linx
Magician – Magician
Various Artists – John Sinclair Presents Detroit Artists Workshop
Chivo Borraro – Blues Para un Cosmonauta
Bill Evans – Inner Spirit: The 1979 Concert on the Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires
Donald Byrd – Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux
Andy Kellman [Spotify]
Steve Arrington – Dancin’ within the Key of Life [Bonus Tracks]
Aunt Sally – Aunt Sally
Born Under a Rhyming Planet – Diagonals
Broadcast – BBC Maida Vale Sessions
Donald Byrd – Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux
Robert Fripp – God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners
Luis Gasca – For Those Who Chant
William Odell Hughes – Cruisin’
Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope [Deluxe Edition]
Ahmad Jamal – Live in Paris (1971)
Joyce with Mauricio Maestro – Natureza
Jill Kroesen – I Really Want to Bomb You: 1972-1984
Patrice Rushen – Feels So Real: The Complete Elektra Recordings 1978-1984
Yasuaki Shimizu – Kiren
Charles Stepney – Step on Step
To Rococo Rot – John Peel BBC Sessions 97-99
Various Artists – Gotta Get a Good Thing Goin’: Black Music in Britain within the Sixties
Various Artists – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Various Artists – V4 Visions: Of Love & Androids
Various Artists – John Sinclair Presents Detroit Artists Workshop
Paul Simpson [Spotify]
µ-Ziq – Lunatic Harness [25th Anniversary Edition]
Suzi Analogue – Infinite Zonez
Broadcast – BBC Maida Vale Sessions
Candi Nook – How I Invented Sound and Redesigned the Human Ear
The Detroit Escalator Co. – Soundtrack [313] + 6
Farben – Textstar+
Diamanda Galás – The Divine Punishment
Go Sailor – Go Sailor
Joyce with Mauricio Maestro – Natureza
Kitty Craft – Mew (1996-2004)
Mr. Fingers – Amnesia
Neu! – 50
Lee “Scratch” Perry – King Scratch: Musical Masterpieces from the Upsetter Ark-ive
Prince and the Revolution – Prince and the Revolution: Live
Les Rallizes Dénudés – 77 Live
Charles Stepney – Step on Step
Stereolab – Pulse of the Early Brain: Switched On, Vol. 5
TISM – Collected Versus: The Complete TISM Singles
Various Artists – Southeast of Saturn, Vol. 2
Various Artists – Valley of the Sun: Field Guide to Inner Harmony
James Wilkinson
The Beatles – Revolver [Super Deluxe Edition]
Broadcast – BBC Maida Vale Sessions
Broadcast – Microtronics, Vols. 1-2
Broadcast – Mother Is the Milky Way
Neil Young – Harvest [50th Anniversary Edition]
Fievel Is Glauque – God’s Trashmen Sent to Right the Mess
Stereolab – Pulse of the Early Brain: Switched On, Vol. 5
Maxine Funke – Pieces of Driftwood
Movietone – Peel Sessions
The Watersons – Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs
Various Artists – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Lucy Gooch – Rushing [Expanded Edition]
Macie Stewart – Mouth Full of Glass
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman [Acoustic Sounds Series]
John Coltrane Quartet – Crescent
The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor 1972
Jackie McLean – Destination…Out!
Don Rendell Sextet – The Odysseus Suite
Graham Collier – Hamburg 1968
Paul Buchanan – Mid-Air [10th Anniversary 2LP Edition]