James Hammond

Dec 21, 2023 | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty |Becky Rogers |Annabelle Van Dort |James Hammond

Some compilations and reissues offer an opportunity to explore the forgotten and the overlooked. Others are a chance to re-examine and re-appraise the essentials we all know and love. As vinyl sales continue to increase year-on-year, reissues and compilations this year reflected a sense of curiosity and learning-whether it's the niches observed in Charles M Bogert's Sound of North American Frogs or The NID Tapes or the continued excavation of shoegaze with reissues of Duster and Lush.