Tag Archives: Reissue

Essential Listening: The Best Releases Of 2025

Posted on 21/12/2025 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’m not sure what’s more concerning, that, without checking, I can’t remember all the albums which made my Best Releases Of 2024 list, or that it seems only yesterday that I was writing that column. From now on, instead of … Continue reading →

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Song Of The Day – Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3 (12″ version) by Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Posted on 26/02/2024 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the compliation/reissue album “Do It Yourself” (2008)

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Song Of The Day – Strong Out Deeper Than The Night by Les Rallizes Denudes

Posted on 29/11/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album “Club Citta February 17 1993” (2023)

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Song Of The Day – Tche Belew by Hailu Mergia & The Walias

Posted on 30/01/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album “Tche Belew” (2014)

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Essential Listening: The Best Releases Of 2022

Posted on 23/12/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

It’s been a year of nostalgia through sound meeting the innovation wrought by modernity, reflected by the diversity in my choices for best releases of 2022; a street-soul compilation, unreleased demos from the sixties, a discarded album spanning material from … Continue reading →

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