London Calling 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Ending their 1970 US tour with this Sunday evening date at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, this Jethro Tull live album was initially broadcast on Long Island's WLIR-FM before being stowed away in the station's archives. Capturing the band in lo-fi but charming quality, we witness the flauting classic rockists at their riffing, deliciously baritone musical peak. Of course, their folk influences shine brightest when heard in the raw like this. The CD edition documents this career highlight, coming with exclusive historical notes and images.

Review: Osibisa's magnificent The Lost 70s Live Shows resurrects the pulsating energy of the Afrobeat and highlife fusion that defined the band's vibrant sound. Released as a testament to their dynamic live performances in the 1970s, the album captures the group's fierce genre-defying spirit with infectious rhythms, hypnotic percussion, and spirited horns. It is with these that the group create an immersive experience that transcends time with multicultural influences abounding throughout. Osibisa's lost live shows showcase their ability to ignite stages with an infectious blend of African, Caribbean, and jazz elements so do not sleep on this reissue.

Review: In 1969 Soft Machine were truly growing into the otherworldly entity they're best known as now, moving on from the more psychedelia-rooted sound of the debut album into the broader expanse presented on Volume Two. This live recording captures them in full flight at the legendary Bataclan in Paris, and the wild creative vision of Robert Wyatt's merry pranksters splays out from the ominous drum intro onwards, through towering crescendos of musicality that touch on noticeable album moments such as the 'Esther's Nose Job' suite from Volume Two to 'Moon In June', which would be released one year later on Third.