Wishbone Ash

 

Artist:  Wishbone Ash
Origin:  Torquay, Devon, England
Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Progressive Rock

Original line-up:

Andy Powell:  Vocals, Guitar
Ted Turner:  Vocals, Guitar
Martin Turner:  Bass, Vocals
Steve Upton:  Drums

Wishbone Ash are a British Rock Band formed in October 1969 by Martin Turner (Bass) and Steve Upton (Drums), with twin Lead Guitars Ted Turner (Vocals, Guitar) and Andy Powell (Vocals, Guitar).  They influenced the likes of Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden and The band included strong elements of Progressive Rock, Folk, Hard Rock, Blues Rock and Classical Music. 

Title:  Wishbone Ash (2026)

Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Progressive Rock

Label:  MCA

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Blind Eye (3:40)

 2.  Lady Whiskey (6:08)

 3.  Errors Of My Way (6:56)

 4.  Queen Of Torture (3:20)

Side Two:

 1.  Handy (11:30)

 2.  Phoenix (10:23)

Personnel:

Andy Powell:  Vocals, Lead Guitar
Ted Turner:  Vocals, Lead Guitar
Martin Turner:  Bass, Vocals
Steve Upton:  Drums

Additional Musician:

Matthew Fisher:  Piano

Wishbone Ash is the first studio album by Wishbone Ash, originally released on December 4, 1970 by Decca/MCA, remastered and reissued on February 20, 2026 by MCA.  18 Gram Vinyl.

The Byrds

 

Artist:  The Byrds
Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock, Folk, Folk Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Contemporary Pop

Original line-up:

Roger McGuinn:  Lead Guitar, Banjo, Moog Synthesizer, Vocals
Gene Clark:  Tambourine, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
David Crosby:  Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Chris Hillman:  Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Michael Clarke:  Drums

The Byrds were an American Folk Rock and Country Rock Band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1964 by Roger McGuinn (Vocals, Guitar), Gene Clark (Vocals, Guitar), David Crosby (Vocals, Guitar), Chris Hillman (Bass, Vocals), and Michael Clarke (Drums).  The band attained the huge success of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys and their early days they were melding the influence of Bob Dylan and The Beatles with Contemporary and Traditional Folk Music.  They pioneered the musical Genre of Folk Rock, also Country Rock.  The band's signature blend of clear Harmony Singing and Roger McGuinn's Jangly Twelve-String Rickenbacker Guitar has continued to be influential on Popular Music upto the present day.  The band's classic hits:  "Mr. Tambourine Man" (cover version of Bob Dylan), and "Turn, Turn, Turn" (cover version of Pete Seeger), and "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better", "Eight Miles High", "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star", "Ballad Of Easy Rider", "Chestnut Mare" and many more!.  In 1991, The Byrds were inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Title:  Greatest Hits (2026)

Genre:  Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock, Folk, Folk Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Contemporary Pop

Label:  Music On Vinyl

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Mr. Tambourine Man (2:29)

 2.  I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:32)

 3.  The Bells Of Rhymney (3:30)

 4.  Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (3:49)

 5.  All I Really Want To Do (2:04)

 6.  Chimes Of Freedom (3:51)

Side 2:

 1.  Eight Miles High (3:34)

 2.  Mr. Spacemen (2:09)

 3.  5D (Fifth Dimension (2:33)

 4.  So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (1:50)

 5.  My Back Pages (3:08)

Personnel:

Roger McGuinn:  Lead Guitar,  Vocals
Gene Clark:  Tambourine, Vocals
David Crosby:  Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Chris Hillman:  Bass, Vocals
Michael Clarke:  Drums

Additional Musicians:

Jerry Cole:  Rhythm Guitar on Track 1/1

Larry Knectel:  Electric Bass on Track 1/1

Hal Blaine:  Drums on Track 1/1

Leon Russell:  Electric Piano on Track 1/1

Van Dyke Parks:  Organ on Track 2/3

Hugh Masekela:  Trumpet on Track 2/4

Greatest Hits is the first Greatest Hits album by The Byrds, originally released on August 7, 1967 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on February 20, 2026 by Music On Vinyl.  180 Gram Black Vinyl.

The Long Ryders

 

Artist:  The Long Ryders
Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Country Rock, Jangle Pop, Alternative Country, Cowpunk, Roots Rock, College Rock, Paisley Underground

Original line-up:

Sid Griffin:  Vocals, Guitar, Autoharp, Bugle
Stephen McCarthy:  Guitar, Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo
Des Brewer:  Bass
Greg Sowders:  Drums, Percussion

Classic line-up:

Sid Griffin:  Vocals, Guitar, Autoharp, Bugle
Stephen McCarthy:  Guitar, Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo
Tom Stevens:  Bass
Greg Sowders:  Drums, Percussion

The Long Ryders Are an American Alternative Country and Paisley Underground Band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983 by Sid Griffin (Vocals, Guitar), Stephen McCarthy (Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo), Des Brewer (Bass), later replaced by Tom Stevens, and Greg Sowders (Drums).  The band were powerfully influenced of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Buffalo Springfield.  Originally associated with a movement called the Paisley Underground, with a sound of Rubber Soul-Era Beatles, Electric Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield and The Flying Burrito Brothers.  The band's sound like The Dream Syndicate, The Rain Parade, Green On Red and R.E.M.

Title:  High Noon Hymns (Double Vinyl) (2026) 

Genre:  Country Rock, Jangle Pop, Alternative Country, Cowpunk, Roots Rock, College Rock, Paisley Underground

Label:  Cherry Red Records

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side One:

 1.  Four Winters Away (2:32)

 2.  World Without Fear (5:01)

 3.  Stand A Little further In The Fire (3:41)

 4.  Ramona (2:45)

Side Two:

 5.  (How How How) How Do You Wanna Be Loved? (2:54)

 6.  Knoxville On The Line (3:52)

 7.  A Hymn For The City Of Angels (5:15)

LP 2:

Side Three:

 8.  Down To The Well (4:02)

 9.  Wanted Man In Arkansas (4:00)

10. A Belief In Birds (3:30)

Side Four:

11. Rain In Your Eyes (3:33)

12. Say Goodbye To Crying (4:57)

13. Forever Young (4:38)

Personnel:

Sid Griffin:  Vocals, Electric 6 & 12 String Guitars, Acoustic & String Guitars, Mandolin, Harmonica, Banjo, Clawhammer

Stephen McCarthy:  Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic 6 & 12 String Guitars, Banjo, Bass, Dobro, Vibes n Track 8

Greg Sowders:  Drums, Percussion

Additional Musicians:

Murry Hammond:    Bass, Vocals

DJ Bonebrake:  Vibraphone on Track 7

Wyatt Ellid:  Mandolin on Track 13

Ben Moore:  Keyboards on Track 11

Alexandra Spalding:  Harmony Vocals on Track 8

Tom Stevens:  Guitar on Track 8 (recorded prior to his passing in 2021)

Ed Staslum:  Keyboards, Harmonium on multiple tracks

High Noon Hymns is the 2026 album by The Long Ryders, released on March 25, 2026 by Cherry Red Records, featuring  Musicians:  Ed Staslum (Producer and Engineer for The Ramones), Murry Hammond (of Old 97's), DJ Bonebrake (of X), and more!.  Double Vinyl.

SATO

 

Artist:  SATO

Origin:  Burien, Washington,  USA

Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Original line-up:

Jeff Hurd:  Vocals

Terry Hildebrand:  Guitar

Doug Stokley:  Guitar

Mike Starr:  Bass

Darren Garrett:  Drums

SATO is an American Heavy Metal Band from Burien, Washington, formed i n 1982 by Jeff Hurd (Vocals), Terry Hildebrand (Guitar), Doug Stokley (Guitar), Mike Starr (Bass), and Darren Garrett (Drums).  They took their name from the song "S.A.T.O." off Ozzy Osbourne's second solo album, Diary Of A Madman.

Title:  Leather Warriors - Anthology 82-86 (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Label: Lost Realm Records

Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Leather Warrior (4:25)

 2.  Halloween (3:51)

 3.  Wheels Burn (4:04)

 4.  Born With Fire (3:20)

 5.  Stealer (4:20)

Side B:

 1.  Night Prowler (3:14)

 2.  Hanna Lee (4:17)

 3.  Lost In Love (Again) (3:40)

 4.  Pushing Back (3:02)

 5.  She's Like The Rain (3:59)

 6.  Men At Arms (Live) (3:54)

Leather Warriors - Anthology 82-86 is the compilation album by SATO, released on January 30, 2026 by Lost Realm Records.  Limited Edition only 150 Copies on Pink Black Splatter Vinyl.

Supertramp

 

Artist:  Supertramp

Origin:  London, England

Genre:  Progressive Rock, Progressive Pop, Soft Rock, Pop, Rock, Art Rock, Contemporary Pop, Arena Rock

Original line-up:

Rick Davies:  Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica, Piano

Roger Hodgson:  Vocals,  Bass

Richard Palmer:  Guitar, Vocals, Balalaika

Robert Millar:  Drums, Percussion

Classic line-up:

Rick Davies:  Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica

Roger Hodgson:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Dougie Thomson:  Bass

Bob Siebenberg:  Drums, Percussion

John Anthony Helliwell:  Saxophone, Clarinet, Backing Vocals

Supertramp were a British Rock Band from London, formed in 1969 by Rick Davies (Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica, Piano, Ex The Joint), Roger Hodgson (Vocals, Bass), Richard Palmer (Guitar, Vocals, Balalaika), and Robert Millar (Drums, Percussion).  Supertramp found no success with their first two albums, but after a line-up change into what became their Classic line-up, their third album, Crime Of The Century (1974), was their breakthrough.  Initially a more experimental Progressive Rock Group.

Title:  Just A Normal Day - Live In London 1975 (2026)

Genre:  Progressive Rock, Progressive Pop, Soft Rock, Pop, Rock, Art Rock, Contemporary Pop, Arena Rock

Label:  Audio Vaults

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  School (5:58)

 2.  Bloody Well Right (5:26)

 3.  Intro By  John Helliwell (0:34)

 4.  Hide In Your Shell (6:50)

 5.  Asylum (4:38)

 6.  Intro By Dougie Thompson (0:21)

 7.  Sister Moonshine (5:26)

 8.  Ain't Nobody But Me (4:48)

 9.  A Soapbox Opera (4:31)

10. From Now On (6:53)

11. Just A Normal Day (4:04)

12. Dreamer (3:07)

13. Rudy (7:47)

14. If Everyone Was Listening (4:01)

15. Intro By John Helliwell (0:32)

16. Crime Of The Century (5:45)

Personnel:

Rick Davies:  Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica

Roger Hodgson:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Dougie Thomson:  Bass

Bob Siebenberg:  Drums, Percussion

John Anthony Helliwell:  Saxophone, Clarinet, Backing Vocals

Just A Normal Day - Live In London 1975 is a live album by Supertramp, January 30, 2026 by Audio Vaults, recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, January 1, 1975.

The Black Crowes

 

Artist:  The Black Crowes

Origin:  Marietta, Georgia, USA

Genre:  Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Jam Rock

Original line-up:

Chris Robinson:  Lead Vocals

Rich Robinson:  Guitar

Johnny Colt:  Bass

Jeff Cease:  Guitar

Steve Gorman:  Drums

The Black Crowes were an American Blues Rock Band from Marietta, Georgia, formed in 1989 by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson (Vocals and Guitar), Johnny Colt (Bass), Jeff Cease (Guitar), and Steve Gorman (Drums).  The band was signed o Def American Recordings in 1989 and released their debut album Shake Your Money Maker.  The band has sold 30 million albums and they were also labeled by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'N' Roll Band In The World" and the readers of Rolling Stone Magazine voted them "The Best New American Band" in 1990.

Title:  A Pound Of Feathers (2026) 

Genre:  Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Jam Rock

Label:  Silver Arrow Records

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Profane Prophecy (4:07)

 2.  Cruel Streak (4:09)

 3.  Pharmacy Chronicles (4:32)

 4.  do The Parasite! (3:46)

 5.  High And Lonesome (3:41)

 6.  Queen Of The B-Sides (2:02)

Side 2:

 1.  It's Like That (3:20)

 2.  Blood Red Regrets (4:07)

 3.  You Call This A Good Time? (3:40)

 4.  Eros Blues (3:53)

 5.  Doomsday Doggerel (4:42)

Personnel:

Chris Robinson:  Vocals

Rich Robinson:  Guitars, Bass, Vocals

Cully Symington:  Drums

Erik Deutsch:  Keyboards

Mackenzie Adams, Leslie Grant:  Vocals

A Pound Of Feathers is the tenth studio album by The Black Crowes, released on March 13, 2026 by Silver Arrow Records.  The album reached No. 1 on UK Americana Albums Chart.

Dream Theater

 

Artist:  Dream Theater

Origin:  Long Island, New York, USA

Genre:  Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Neo-Progressive, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Art Rock

Original line-up:

John Petrucci:  Guitar, Backing Vocals

John Myung:  Bass

Mike Portnoy:  Drums, Backing Vocals

Dream Theater is an American Progressive Metal Band from Long Island, New York, formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci (Guitar), John Myung (Bass), and Mike Portnoy (Drums), while they attended Berklee College Of Music in Massachusetts.  They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band and become Dream Theater.  The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists  Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together along with James LaBrie (Vocals) and Jordan Rudess (Keyboards), until September 8, 2010 when Mike Portnoy left the band and replaced by Mike Mangini in 2011.  John Petrucci won many awards from music instruction magazines.  John Myung was voted the greatest Bassist of all time in a poll conducted by Music Radar in August and September 2010.  Mike Portnoy has won 26 awards from Modern Drummer Magazine and to be inducted into the Rock Drummer Hall of Fame.  Jordan Rudess is considered to be one of the greatest Keyboards Players of All Time by Music Radar.  The band's highest-selling album is the Gold-Selling Images and Words (1992).  Metropolis Pt. 2:  Scenes From A Memory was ranked 95 on the October 2006 issue of  Guitar World Magazine's list of The Greatest 100 Guitar Albums Of All Time.

Title:  Lost Not Forgotten Archives:  Live In Tokyo 2010 (2026)

Genre:  Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Neo-Progressive, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Art Rock

Label:  InsideOut Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  A Nightmare To Remember (15:45)

 2.  A Rite Of Passage (9:35)

 3.  Prophets Of War (7:07)

 4.  Wither (5:14)

 5.  The Count Of Tuscany (21:17)

 6.  Pull Me Under/Metropolis (16:57)

Format:  LP 

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  A Nightmare To Remember (15:45)

Side B:

 1.  A Rite Of Passage (9:35)

 2.  Prophets Of War (7:07)

 3.  Wither (5:14)

LP 2:

Side A:

 1.  The Count Of Tuscany (21:17)

Side B:

 1.  Pull Me Under/Metropolis (16:57)

Personnel:

James LaBrie:  Vocals

John Petrucci:  Guitar, Backing Vocals

John Myung:  Bass

JoJordan Rudss:  Keyboards

Mike Portnoy:  Drums, Backing Vocals

Lost Not Forgotten Archives:  Live In Tokyo 2010 is a live album by Dream Theater, released on March 13, 2026 by InsideOut Music, recorded live in Tokyo, 2010 at Summer Sonic in Japan.  180 Gram White Vinyl.