Ned Lannamann
@nedl.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, ex-Tweeter. Defund ICE. vinylcut.net
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We caught up with the recent fancy-pants one-step pressings of Prince and the Revolution's Purple Rain and Tom Petty's Wildflowers. They sound darn good. Are they worth the $$$? #vinyl #vinylsky
Reviews: Because Sound Matters one-steps of Prince and Tom Petty
We indulged in the fancy new pressings of Purple Rain and Wildflowers.
As December plows forward, the seasonal deluge of reissues and box sets is tapering off. So we’re taking the opportunity to catc...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
pulling out all the stops over at my #vinyl newsletter, plz read & subscribe
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It’s going to be so difficult to teach future students about this era. “But I don’t understand,” they’ll say over and over. “That doesn’t make SENSE.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It’s going to be so difficult to teach future students about this era. “But I don’t understand,” they’ll say over and over. “That doesn’t make SENSE.”
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Had some things to say about some recent Ray Charles reissues while my good friend @nedl.bsky.social unpacked the 50th anniversary re-release of TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
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Reviews: Neil Young | Ray Charles
Black Friday has come and gone, but there’s still plenty of new vinyl to listen to. Today we go long on a few new reissues of note: The 50th anniversary double-LP edition of Neil Young’s Tonight’s the...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Had some things to say about some recent Ray Charles reissues while my good friend @nedl.bsky.social unpacked the 50th anniversary re-release of TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
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This was an insane undertaking but a really fun one. If you're checking out #RSD Black Friday this week, this is a must-read. #vinyl #vinylsky
We've got reviews of LOTS of upcoming #RSD Black Friday #vinyl, including Fleetwood Mac, the Doors, Joni Mitchell, Grateful Dead, Love, Tom Petty, Talking Heads, Curtis Mayfield, the English Beat, Ramones, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bad Brains, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Son Volt, INXS, Yusef Lateef & more!
We reviewed every last piece of RSD Black Friday vinyl we could get our hands on
Vinyl reviews of 29 reissues coming out on Record Store Day Black Friday 2025.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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In today's #vinyl newsletter we reviewed the new #Beatles Anthology Collection megabox AND the new Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie megabox. Now, does anyone know a good chiropractor? Those things are heavy. #vinylsky #musicsky #smashingpumpkins
Reviews: The Beatles | The Smashing Pumpkins
Inside the new Anthology Collection and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness megaboxes.
Christmas came a little early for us at The Vinyl Cut. We got the chance to check out two ridiculously mammot...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Today's rundown of this week's new #vinyl reissues is a big one, including artists you might have heard of like the Beatles, Prince, Fela Kuti, the Replacements, Smashing Pumpkins, and Zbigniew Namysłowski. What's that? You haven't heard of Zbigniew Namysłowski? Well, then, click through, friend.
New vinyl reissues: November 21, 2025
Hello again, and welcome back to The Vinyl Cut. It’s our usual Thursday rundown of all the new reissues coming out this week, and since we’re more or less into the holiday shopping season, there’s a l...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today's rundown of this week's new #vinyl reissues is a big one, including artists you might have heard of like the Beatles, Prince, Fela Kuti, the Replacements, Smashing Pumpkins, and Zbigniew Namysłowski. What's that? You haven't heard of Zbigniew Namysłowski? Well, then, click through, friend.
There's a new VU+Nico on #vinyl that's cut directly from the master tape. If that's the sort of thing that interests you, you really should subscribe to my vinyl newsletter, @vinylcut.net.
The new all-analog Vinylphyle series, if you can get past the name, just reissued The Velvet Underground & Nico on #vinyl, cut from the original master tape. How's it sound? Plus we've got the new reissue of Sister Irene O'Connor's charming Fire of God's Love. Read and subscribe! #vinylsky #musicsky
Reviews: The Velvet Underground | Sister Irene O’Connor
The Vinylphyle edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico, and a worthy reissue of Fire of God’s Love.
We’ve got two vinyl reviews for you today, including our first look at the ballyhooed Vinylphyle s...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There's a new VU+Nico on #vinyl that's cut directly from the master tape. If that's the sort of thing that interests you, you really should subscribe to my vinyl newsletter, @vinylcut.net.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I, too, have written countless tomes on my telephone whilst hiking, skipping, scuttling, standing stationary, or gently sliding downhill
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We missed a golden opportunity to post a review of the 50th anniversary #vinyl reissue of Patti Smith's 'Horses' ON the actual 50th anniversary (Nov 10). Well, here it is, two days late. Happy birthday, 'Horses.' (The reissue's excellent, although our pressing wasn't the best.) #vinylsky #pattismith
Review: Patti Smith, 50 years on
The 50th anniversary reissue of Horses includes an all-analog cut of Smith’s 1975 debut and a second LP of outtakes.
Few debuts are as striking and complete a statement of purpose as Horses, the firs...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We missed a golden opportunity to post a review of the 50th anniversary #vinyl reissue of Patti Smith's 'Horses' ON the actual 50th anniversary (Nov 10). Well, here it is, two days late. Happy birthday, 'Horses.' (The reissue's excellent, although our pressing wasn't the best.) #vinylsky #pattismith
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@nedl.bsky.social and I are still in the throes of previewing this year's batch of @recordstoreday.bsky.social Black Friday releases with our biggest rundown yet. Of course you'd know this if you subscribed to @vinylcut.net. Get on it already.
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Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 preview: Classic rock, pop & folk
Today’s the big fish in our continuing coverage of Record Store Day’s upcoming Black Friday event—because today we’re covering all the classic rock, pop, and folk reissues that are coming to independe...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@nedl.bsky.social and I are still in the throes of previewing this year's batch of @recordstoreday.bsky.social Black Friday releases with our biggest rundown yet. Of course you'd know this if you subscribed to @vinylcut.net. Get on it already.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I bet losing an arm wrestling contest is super embarrassing when your last name is Armstrong
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In today's Vinyl Cut newsletter, we review the Rhino Reserve pressing of Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy, and take a look at the just-announced (and unfortunately titled) "Vinylphyle" all-analog series from Universal Music. Read and subscribe! #vinyl #vinylsky
Review: Warren Zevon on Rhino Reserve & Universal’s New “Vinylphyle” Series
We’ve got a record review today for the last of our Rocktober titles: the Rhino Reserve edition of Warren Zevon’s 1978 album Excitable Boy.
Before we get to that, this morning’s big vinyl news is tha...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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@vinylcut.net, the newsletter I started with @nedl.bsky.social a couple of months back, returns today with our weekly rundown of the most interesting vinyl reissues hitting shops this Friday. This time, that includes New Order, Miles Davis, Dylan, and Depeche Mode
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New vinyl reissues: October 31, 2025
Hello—it’s our usual Thursday email, in which we emerge out of the vinyl mines, wipe the sweat from our brows, and tell you about all the appealing, interesting, weird, and wonderful vinyl reissues co...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@vinylcut.net, the newsletter I started with @nedl.bsky.social a couple of months back, returns today with our weekly rundown of the most interesting vinyl reissues hitting shops this Friday. This time, that includes New Order, Miles Davis, Dylan, and Depeche Mode
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In the new Vinyl Cut newsletter, I wrote about the new box set from Neil Young, which includes some of his best '90s albums like Sleeps with Angels, Mirror Ball, and Harvest Moon, and @robertham.bsky.social checks out the Rumah Sakit reissue. If you like #vinyl, read and subscribe!
Reviews: Neil Young and Rumah Sakit
Vinyl reviews for the sixth Official Release Series box and Rumah Sakit 25.
We’ll get right into it today, with two vinyl reviews for you. I went long on the new Neil Young box set, which includes so...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In the new Vinyl Cut newsletter, I wrote about the new box set from Neil Young, which includes some of his best '90s albums like Sleeps with Angels, Mirror Ball, and Harvest Moon, and @robertham.bsky.social checks out the Rumah Sakit reissue. If you like #vinyl, read and subscribe!
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Kick your week off with two new #vinyl reviews in the latest edition of our newsletter: A look at Animal Collective's Feels, pressed on biovinyl for its 20th anniversary, and the excellently compiled Heavy Combination, an introduction to the work of Kenyan musical legend Joseph Kamaru. #vinylsky
Reviews: Animal Collective and Joseph Kamaru
Vinyl reviews of Feels’ 20th anniversary edition and Heavy Combination, a comprehensive overview of a Kenyan musical legend.
Did you see the Bruce Springsteen movie this weekend? I won’t spoil anythi...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Another week brings another hefty newsletter from myself and @nedl.bsky.social running down the most interesting vinyl reissues hitting stores tomorrow. Read it here or consider subscribing to @vinylcut.net so you can get this in your inbox each Thursday.
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New vinyl reissues: October 24, 2025
Once again, it’s a week where there are simply too many vinyl reissues to cover. Labels are racing to cram in their 20th, 30th, 40th, and 50th anniversary reissues before the end of the calendar year,...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another week brings another hefty newsletter from myself and @nedl.bsky.social running down the most interesting vinyl reissues hitting stores tomorrow. Read it here or consider subscribing to @vinylcut.net so you can get this in your inbox each Thursday.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Over at our #vinyl newsletter @vinylcut.net, Mr. @robertham.bsky.social and I looked at all the very bestest new reissues coming out this week, including Duncan Browne, Animal Collective, new reissues of the Muse and Chess labels, and look at that: Danzig's back on wax. #vinylsky
New vinyl reissues: October 17, 2025
A preview of the most interesting vinyl re-releases due out the week of October 17, 2025.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Over at our #vinyl newsletter @vinylcut.net, Mr. @robertham.bsky.social and I looked at all the very bestest new reissues coming out this week, including Duncan Browne, Animal Collective, new reissues of the Muse and Chess labels, and look at that: Danzig's back on wax. #vinylsky
For our @vinylcut.net newsletter, @robertham.bsky.social and I went long on this week's #vinyl reissues. There's Dr. Dre, Tom Petty, Patti Smith, a new all-analog jazz series from Verve, and lots more. Read and subscribe!
New vinyl re-releases: October 10, 2025
There are so many records to tell you about right now. What with Record Store Day’s Black Friday around the corner, the near-assaultive Rhino ROCKtober campaign, and the regular barrage of reissues th...
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October 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
For our @vinylcut.net newsletter, @robertham.bsky.social and I went long on this week's #vinyl reissues. There's Dr. Dre, Tom Petty, Patti Smith, a new all-analog jazz series from Verve, and lots more. Read and subscribe!
At @vinylcut.net, we're previewing all the vinyl that's coming out for Record Store Day's Black Friday. Today we've tackled the jazz and blues titles. Find out what's worth waiting in line for! #vinyl #vinylsky #rsd
Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Preview: Jazz & Blues
Welcome to The Vinyl Cut’s first installment of our preview of Record Store Day’s Black Friday 2025 event, which comes to independent record stores on—you guessed it—Black Friday (that’s Friday, Novem...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
At @vinylcut.net, we're previewing all the vinyl that's coming out for Record Store Day's Black Friday. Today we've tackled the jazz and blues titles. Find out what's worth waiting in line for! #vinyl #vinylsky #rsd
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Trump: "Portland is on fire. Portland's been on fire for years. And not so much saving it -- we have to save something else. Because I think that's all insurrection, criminal insurrection."
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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If you listen to vinyl, you'll want to subscribe to our newsletter, where we cover reissues and vinyl news. Here's a gently baffled endorsement from my mom: "Who knew so much was going on in the vinyl world?"
The latest Vinyl Cut newsletter has reviews of vinyl repressings of classics by the Litter and the Sundays. Read and subscribe, if you please! #vinyl #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #thelitter #thesundays
Reviews: The Litter and the Sundays
Distortions is back on yellow vinyl, and the black vinyl repress of Blind is much improved.
Today we’ve got two quick vinyl reviews of some recent represses. The Litters’ Distortions is a garage-rock...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you listen to vinyl, you'll want to subscribe to our newsletter, where we cover reissues and vinyl news. Here's a gently baffled endorsement from my mom: "Who knew so much was going on in the vinyl world?"