Miles Davis

 

Artist:  Miles Davis
Birth Name:  Miles Dewey Davis III
Born:  May 26, 1926.  Alton, Illinois, USA
Died:  September 28, 1991 (Aged 65).  Santa Monica, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Trumpeter
Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piano, Organ, Synthesizer

Miles Davis was an American Jazz Musician, Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer.  He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century of several developments in Jazz Music, including Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, and Jazz Fusion.  In 2006, Miles Davis was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.  In 2008, his 1959 album Kind Of Blue received fourth Platinum Certification from RIAA for shipment of at least four million copies in USA.

Title:  Walkin' (+1 Bonus Tracks)  (2026) 
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Label:  20th Century Masterworks
Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Walkin'  (13:27)
 2.  Blue 'N' Boogie   (8:19)

Side B:

 1.  Solar  (4:44)
 2 You Don't Know What Love Is  (4:24)
 3.  Love Me Or Leave Me  (6:58)

Bonus Tracks:

 4.  I'll Remember April  (7:54)

Personnel:

Miles Davis:  Trumpet on All Tracks:

Tracks:  A1-2 

J.J. Johnson:  Trombone
Lucky Thompson:  Tenor Saxophone
Horace Silver:  Piano
Percy Heath:  Bass
Kenny Clarke:  Drums

Tracks:  B1-3

David Schildkraut:  Alto Saxophone
Horace Silver:  Piano
Percy Heath:  Bass
Kenny Clarke:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:

Track:  B4

J.J. Johnson:  Trombone
Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone
Gil Coggins:  Piano
Oscar Pettiford:  Bass
Kenny Clarke:  Drums

Walkin' is the collection album by Miles Davis, originally released on June 1957 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on January 23, 2026 by 20th Century Masterworks.  Pressed on 180 Gram Colored Green Vinyl.

Marty Robbins

 

Artist:  Marty Robbins

Birth Name:   Martin David Robinson

Born:  September 26, 1925.  Glendale, Arizona, USA

Died:  December 8, 1982 (Aged 57).  Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Genre:  Country, Western Outlaw Country, Rockabilly, Blues Folk, Country Pop, Traditional Country, Cowboy, Film Score

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Actor

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Marty Robbins was an American Singer, Songwriter, Actor and Multi-Instrumentalist.  He was one of the most popular and successful Country and Western Singers.  He was also an early Outlaw Country pioneer.  In 1952, he released his first No. 1 Country Song."I'll Go On Alone", his second No. 1 "Singing The Blues" and two more No. 1 A White Sport Coat" and "The Story Of My Life".  In 1959, he released his signature song "El Paso", which he won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.  He recorded more than 500 songs and 60 albums, and won two Grammy Awards, was elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame, and was named the 1960s Artist of the Decade by the Academy Of Country Music.  His songs were covered by many other famous artists, including Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead, and Elvis Presley.  His music continues to have an influence in Pop Culture today.

Title:  Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs (2026) 

Genre:  Country, Western, Outlaw Country, Rockabilly, Blues Folk, Country Pop, Traditional Country, Cowboy, Film Score

Label:  Number One Essentials

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Big Iron (4:00)

 2.  Cool Water (3:12)

 3.  Billy The Kid (2:20)

 4.  A Hundred And Sixty Acres (1:42)

 5.  They're Hanging Me Tonight (3:08)

 6.  The Strawberry Roan (3:27)

 7.  The Streets Of Laredo (2:47)

 8.  Five Brothers (2:15)

Side Two:

 1.  El Paso (4:23)

 2.  In The Valley (1:51)

 3.  The Master's Call (3:09)

 4.  Running Gun (2:14)

 5.  Down In The Little Green Valley (2:28)

 6.  Utah Carol (3:13)

 7.  The Hanging Tree (2:47)

 8.  The Story Of My Life (2:33)

Personnel:

Marty Robbins:  Lead Guitar, Guitar

Grady Martin:  Lead Guitar

Hillous Butrum:  Guitar

Jack H. Pruett:  Rhythm Guitar

Bob L. Moore:  Bass

Floyd Chance:  Bass

Louis Dunn:  Drums

The Glaser Brothers:  Backing Vocals

Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs is the fifth studio album by Marty Robbins, originally released on September 1959 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on January 23, 2026 by Number One Essentials.  Pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Dick Gaughan

 

Artist:  Dick Gaughan

Birth Name:  Richard Peter Gaughan

Born:  May 17, 1948.  Glasgow, Scotland

Genre:  Folk, Folk Rock, Celtic Music, Protest Songs, Irish Folk Celtic Folk, Contemporary Celtic, Political Fol Traditional Celtic

Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Orchestrator

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Dick Gaughan is a Scottish Musician, Singer, Songwriter, particularly of Folk and Social Protest Songs.  He is regarded as one of Scotland's Leading Singer and Songwriter.

Title:  Live At The BBC 1972-1979 (2025)

Genre:  Folk, Folk Rock, Celtic Music, Protest Songs, Irish Folk Celtic Folk, Contemporary Celtic, Political Folk, Traditional Celtic

Label:  Talking Elephant Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  CD 

Tracks:

In Session:

 1.  Floc'ers  O' The Forest (3:52)

 2.  Rigs O' Rye (4:03)

 3.  Farewell To Whisky (3:46)

 4.  Freedom Come All Ye (2:34)

 5.  My Donald (4:10)

 6.  Rashy Moor (3:33)

In Concert:

 7.  Raglan Road (4:37)

 8.  Fair Flower O' Northumberland (4:30)

 9.  Willie O' Winsbury (7:25)

10. MacCrimmon's Lament (3:50)

Personnel:

Dick Gaughan:  Vocals, Guitar

Aly Bain:  Fiddle on Tracks:  1, 2

Cathai McConnell:  Flute on Tracks:  1, 2

Robin Morton:  Bodhran, Concertina on Tracks:  1, 2

Live At The BBC 1972-1979 is the Session and Concert album by Dick Gaughan, released on November 14, 2025 by Talking Elephant Records, recorded live at The BBCC between 1970-1979.

Freddie Hubbard

 

Artist:  Freddie Hubbard
Birth Name:  Frederick Dewayne Hubbard
Born:  April 7, 1938.  Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Died:  December 29, 2008 (Aged 70).  Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader

Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet, French Horn, Mellophone

Freddie Hubbard was an American Jazz Trumpeter.  He was known for playing in the Bebop, Hard Bop and Post-Bop Styles from the early 1960s onwards.  He was at the age of 20, he began playing with some of the best Jazz players of the era, including Philly Joe Jones, Sonny Rollins, Slide Hampton, Eric Dolphy, J.J. Johnson, and Quincy Jones.

Title:  Goin' Up (Special Edition) (2026) 

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Ermitage

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Asiatic Raes (6:46)

 2.  The Changing Scene (5:49)

 3.  Karioka (6:15)

Side Two:

 1.  A Peck A Sec (5:49)

 2.  I Wished I Knew (7:47)

 3.  Blues For Brenda (7:00)

Personnel:

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet

Hank Mobley:  Tenor Saxophone

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

Goin' Up is an album by Freddie Hubbard, originally released on May 1961 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on January 16, 2026 by Ermitage Records.  Special Edition pressed on Yellow Vinyl.

Stan Getz

 

Artist:   Stan Getz
Birth Name:  Stanley Gayetski
Born:  February 2, 1927.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  June 6, 1991 (Aged 64).  Malibu, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Bossa Nova, Bebop, West Coast Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Post Bop, Brazilian Traditions, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone

Stan Getz was an American Jazz Saxophonist.  His idol Lester Young and in 1940 with Woody Herman's Big Band.  He went to perform in Bebop and Cool Jazz Group, but best known for Bossa Nova with the worldwide Hit Single "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964) performed with Astrud Gilberto, and for his work done under the influence of Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Artist:  Stan Getz A Oscar Peterson Trio

Title:  Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve Vault Series) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Bossa Nova, Bebop, West Coast Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Post Bop, Brazilian Traditions, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Verve

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  I Want To Be Happy (7:35)

 2.  Oennies /fro Heaven (5:16)

 3. Ballad Medley:

     -Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered

     -I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)

     -How Long Has This Been Going On?

     -I Can't Get Started

     -Polka Dots And Moonbeams (10:10)

Side 2:

 1.  II'm Glad There Is You (4:38)

 2.  Tour's End (4:55)

 3.  I Was Doing All Right (4:08)

 4.  Bronx Blues (5:31)

Personnel:

Stan Getz:  Tenor Saxophone

The Oscar Peterson Trio:

Oscar Peterson:  Piano

Herb Ellis:  Guitar

Ray Brown:  Bass

Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio is an album by Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio, originally released in 1958 by Verve, remastered and reissued on February 13, 2026 by Verve.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.

The Allman Brothers Band

 

Artist:  The Allman Brothers Band
Origin:  Macon, Georgia, USA
Genre:  Southern Rock, Blues Rock, Country Rock , Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Slide Guitar Blues

Original line-up:

Duane Allman:  Guitar, Slide Guitar
Gregg Allman:  Organ, Piano, Guitar, Vocals
Dickey Betts:  Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Berry Oakley:  Bass, Vocals
Butch Trucks: Drums, Timpani
Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson:   Drums, Percussion 


The Allman Brothers Band was an American Southern Rock Band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (Slide Guitar, Lead Guitar), and Gregg Allman (Vocals, Keyboards), Dickey Betts (Lead Guitar, Vocals), Berry Oakley (Bass), Butch Trucks (Drums) and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (Drums).  They also incorporate elements of Blues, Jazz, and Country Music.  The Allman Brothers Band was the most influential Rock Group in America, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band, Blackfoot and more.  The band retired in 2014.  The band has been awarded eleven Gold and five Platinum Albums, and was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995.  Rolling Stone Magazine ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.

Title:  The Final Note (2026) 

Genre:  Southern Rock, Blues Rock, Country Rock , Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Slide Guitar Blues

Label:  Allman Brothers Band Recordings

Rating:  *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Statesboro Blues (5:01)

 2.  Trouble No More (4:43)

 3.  Don't Keep Me Wondering (4:03)

Side B:

 1.  Done Somebody Wrong (3:36)

 2.  One Way Out (5:26)

 3.  In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Incomplete) (6:09)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Hot 'Lanta (7:40)

2.  Whipping Post (12:48)

Side D:

 1.  Stormy Monday (Recorded At The Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin, Texas, September 28, 1971) (9:05)

Personnel:

Duane Allman:  Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar
Gregg Allman:  Organ, Piano, Guitar, Vocals
Dickey Betts:  Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Berry Oakley:  Bass, Vocals
Butch Trucks: Drums, Timpani
Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson: Drums, Percussion

Additional Musician:

Juicy Carter:  Saxophone

The Final Note is a live album by The Allman Brothers Band, released on February 6, 2026 by Allman Brothers Band Recording, recorded live at Painters Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, MD, October 17, 1971.   Color Vinyl.

Manic Street Preachers

 

Artist:  Manic Street Preachers

Origin:  Blackwood, Wales

Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop

Original line-up:

James Dean Bradfield:  Lead Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Keyboards
Nicky Wire:  Bass, Piano, Guitar, Backing Vocals

Sean Moore:  Drums, Percussion, Trumpet, Backing Vocals
Miles "Flicker" Woodward:  Bass.

Manic Street Preachers are a Wales Alternative Rock Band, formed in 1986 in Blackwood by James Dean Bradfield (Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar), Nicky Wire (Bass) and Seann Moore (Drums) as a trio band, and together with the original Bassist Miles "Flicker" Woodward, and he left the band in early 1988 and replaced by Richey Edwards on Rhythm Guitar and Nicky Wire took position on Bass.  Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995.  The band became trio band again.

Title:   This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (2026)
Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop
Label:  Sony Music
Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Trasks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  The Everlasting  (6:09)
 2.  If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next  (4:51)
 3.  You Stole The Sun From My Heart (4:20)

Side B:

 1.  Ready For Drowning  (4:33)
 2.  Tsunami  (3:51)
 3.  My Little Empire  (4:9)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  I'm Not Working  (5:52)
 2.  You're Tender And You're Tired  (4:38)
 3.  Born A Girl  (4:12)
 4.  Be Natural  (5:13)

Side D:

 1.  Black Dog On My Shoulder   (4:48)
 2.  Prologue To History  (4:45)
 3.  S.Y.M.M.  (11:15)

Personnel:

Original Album:

James Dean Bradfield:  Lead Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Guitar on Tracks:  1, 10, 12, Electric Sitar on Tracks:  5, 7, Omnichord on Tracks:  4, 5, Melody Horn on Track 10

Nicky Wire:  Bass, Acoustic Bass on Tracks:  6, 11, Vocals  on Track 6, Hammond Organ on Track 4
Sean Moore:  Drums, Programming on Tracks:  1, 3, 5

Additional Musicians:

Nick Nasmyth:  Wurlitzer Electric Piano on Tracks:  1-4, 7, 13, Mellotron on Tracks:  8, 13, Keyboards on Tracks:  5, 7, Piano on Track 8, Vox Continental on Track 11, Accordion on Track 9, Yang-Ching on Track 7
Martin Ditcham:  Percussion on Tracks:  1, 3-5, 7, 8, 11
Andy Duncan:  Percussion on Tracks:  2, 6, 10, 12
Craig Pruess:  Sitar on Track 5, Tambura on Track 5
Ken Barry:  Whistling on Track 8
Sally Herbert:  Violin on Tracks:  1, 5, 11
Gini Ball, Anne Stephenson:  Violin on Tracks:   1, 11
Padlock McKiernan:  Tin Whistle on Tracks:  4, 7, 13
Dinah Beamish:  Cello on Tracks:  1, 6
Fenella Barton, Nell Catchpole, Sue Dench Margaret Roseberry, Sonia Slany, Jules Singleton, Ann Wood:  Additional String Section on Track 11

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours is the 20th Anniversary Collectors' Edition Deluxe Box Set by Manic Street Preachers, originally released on September 14, 1998 by Epic Records, remastered and reissued on January 30, 2026 by Sony Music.  LP the classic album remastered in double album on heavyweight 180 Gram vinyl.