Favorite Reissues, Compilations and Ep's of 2012

I had planned on getting this one up earlier in the week, but time has not permitted this until today.  After putting so much time into my "Favorite Albums of 2012" list with barely any comments or feedback, I have decided to scale back this post to feature a numbered list of my favorite compilations, reissues, box sets and ep's from 2012 without descriptions. Most of these records will speak for themselves, but if you want to know anything further about them, drop me a line in the comments.

Favorite Compilations of 2012

1) Country Funk- 1969-1975 ( Light in the Attic)
2) Firehose-lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology (91-93) (Columbia)
3) Lee Hazlewood - The LHI Years- Singles, Nudes & Backsides 1968-71 (Light in the Attic)
4) The Funkees - Dancing Time The Best of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77 (Soundway)
5) Time to Go- The Southern Psychedelic Moment:1981-1986 ( Flying Nun Records)
6) Put No Blame on the Master, Jamaican Gospel Vol.2 (Social Music Records)
7) Le Super Borgou De Parakou - The Bariba Sound (Analog Africa)
8) Bed of Pain (Mississippi Records)
9) Roy Porter Sound Machine - The Story of Roy Porter Sound Machine 1971-1975 ( Tramp Records)
10) Castleface Plays the Velvet Underground and Nico (Castleface Records)

Favorite Reissues of 2012

1) Michael Hurley- Back Home with Drifting Woods (Mississippi Records)
2) Donnie and Joe Emerson- Dreamin' Wild ( Light in the Attic)
3) Pazy And The Black Hippies-Wa Ho Ha ( Secret Stash Records)
4) Roxy Music- The Complete Studio Recordings ( Virgin Records)
5) Frank Zappa- Over-Nite Sensation ( Zappa Records)

Favorite Box Sets of 2012

1) Witch- We Intend to Cause Havoc (Now Again Records)
2) Kluster- Kluster - Klusterstrasse 69-72 ( Vinyl-on-demand)
3) African Guitar Box (Mississippi Records)
4) Can- The Lost Tapes ( Spoon Records)
5) Eccentric Soul- Omnibus Vol.1 (Numero)

Favorite Singles and EP's of 2012

1) Moon Duo- High Over Blue
2) Unknown Mortal Orchestra- Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark) 7 "(Jagjaguwar)
3) Trans Upper Egypt- North African Berzerk (Monofonus Press)
4) Dan Melchoir- Yachts 7"
5) Sebadoh- Secret EP
6) Useless Eaters- Black Night Ultraviolet
7) Sauna Youth- Dreamlands
8) Heroin in Tahiti- Death Surf
9) Each Other- Heavily Spaced
10) Orca Team- Restraint

I hope that you find something on this list that interests you.

Have a Happy New Year!

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