Acoustic Sounds Reveals the Final Atlantic 75th Anniversary Titles

some expected, one not so much but a good one!

The Chadster introduces the final 10 Atlantic 75th Anniversary reissues in the video below and you can read them in the image above. A quartet of Arethas covering the full span of her Atlantic days, a Ray, an Otis, a Billy Cobham solo fusion debut and two Boomer classics: one from Graham Nash and the other Stephen Stills' somewhat overlooked but notable solo debut album previously reissued by Classic Records decades ago.

The big surprise, Death Cab For Cutie's epic Plans. Next phase of vinyl reissues from Acoustic Sounds or someone should be more well-recorded releases from the 2000s. Death Cab's Ben Gibbard is a genuine record fanatic. Once, when the band was on tour and landed in his Seattle hometown for a show, he of course stayed at home. He called me with a record cleaning question! Lol. Imagine being a front man in a great rock band, leaving the stage, going home and cleaning records!

Comments

2025-07-16 02:14:25 PM

Kevin wrote:

What happened to Buffalo Springfield and Buffalo Springfield Again? Still on AS web site as TBA.
2025-07-16 07:41:39 PM

Marc wrote:

I believe these are in addition to. No change on the ones already posted on acoustic sounds website. The total now is 75 titles.
2025-07-17 12:27:35 PM

Azmoon wrote:

This series has been disappointing. Kind of shows that Atlantic didn’t really have a lot of great artists. Lots of boring titles. And many overrated.
- 2025-07-17 03:20:39 PM
  
  Come on wrote:
  
  For my taste I agree. It also affects 80% of the last Pablo batch in my case. Some money saved.
- 2025-07-17 04:19:51 PM
  
  Spin The Black Circle wrote:
  
  I think Atlantic Records has many great artists, but I do agree that some of these selections have been a little puzzling. I wish they would’ve done a couple Led Zeppelin titles, and done them the right way, not like the hot garbage that Jimmy Page did!
  - 2025-07-17 06:05:38 PM
    
    Come on wrote:
    
    Fully agree, many great artist definitely! No idea how sometimes titles are chosen. I’d love to look behind decision processes.
  - 2025-07-19 10:43:40 AM
    
    Malachi Lui wrote:
    
    that all comes down to licensing. wouldn't be surprised if led zeppelin is significantly harder to license than the other stuff that they're actually releasing.
- 2025-07-18 08:29:54 AM
  
  GaryH wrote:
  
  Agree. I bought a few of these. They sound ok, but nothing all that great IMO. Also, at 45 rpm it’s double the vinyl and having to get up to flip a record after two songs.
2025-07-18 08:56:30 AM

pistachio wrote:

Snooze selections. AP can produce great stuff but I think Chads music taste holds them back. Out of step choices for me and no threat to the wallet.
- 2025-07-19 12:24:14 PM
  
  Michael Weintraub wrote:
  
  The Aretha titles are all great, albeit readily available in their original pressings for reasonable prices.
2025-07-20 08:18:15 AM

Lemon Curry wrote:

Not all the titles were my cup of tea, but I bought a bunch, including Yes, Genesis, and CSN. All incredible.

The 800 pound gorilla in the room is Led Zeppelin. There is so much buzz about "when they are coming" on the music boards, whether that means Rhino High Fidelity, Atlantic 75 (too late now), or AP's UHQR line. Surely this demand must be understood by the record companies.

Is the hold up Jimmy Page, who wants his remasters to be the definitive edition? Or is the the price tag too high? Or both?

I can tell you that if Chad pressed the LZ albums on UHQR, a la Steely Dan, it would set the vinyl world on fire. They'd move huge numbers.

Those tapes aren't getting any younger...
- 2025-07-21 07:14:42 AM
  
  Tim wrote:
  
  I'd think that Chad still has the plates for the 33 and 45 releases from Classic Records. No need to recut.. Those Bernie presses rock
  - 2025-07-26 03:13:13 PM
    
    davidbix wrote:
    
    I forget where exactly I read this, but my understanding was that those were the rare plates where the licensor required the metalwork be sent back to them after the license ran out. It's not a secret that this happens sometimes; it's why we have things like the current in-print mass market vinyl version of Sonny Rollins "Tenor Madness" using the DCC parts from 30 years ago(!), as well as the Geffen titles that ORG Music did (like Nirvana and Tom Petty) getting rereleased a few years later by Geffen proper.
    
    I'd love to know more about which labels/artists/whoever required this, when, and why.
2025-07-21 01:12:41 PM

Jeff 'Glotz' Glotzer wrote:

Yeah, they better put out the 'Deju Vu' originally promised years ago. I take issue how they are handling this, esp. from their sister website. Getting really tired of pressing issues these days as well.
2025-07-22 01:49:02 AM

Ted Danowski wrote:

Chad does not have anything for Led Zeppelin. The deal with Classic Records was that they destroy all plates after pressing. They are never going to be pressed again. Someone might do it later with a new analog cutting, but I doubt it.
- 2025-07-22 08:47:00 AM
  
  Kevin Jones wrote:
  
  Waiting for the reel 2 reel on Led Zeppelin
- 2025-07-26 03:15:14 PM
  
  davidbix wrote:
  
  They were destroyed? I thought Hobson/Classic just had to turn the plates over to Warner, the same way that ORG Music did with the Nirvana and Tom Petty titles and that DCC did with "Tenor Madness," leading to mass-market represses of the audiophile label masterings.
2025-07-24 03:02:31 PM

Rolando wrote:

Would have loved a surprise Led Zeppelin inclusion. A man can dream...

Loving the Death Cab for Cutie inclusion, it's been my dream to see artists I grew up with finally get the "audiophile" treatment. I do know of a few indie rock artists that used a full analog process such as Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst, though I doubt that most would be popular enough to garner enough buyers. If we want this quality to last, my younger generation needs to become more invested. Super excited for that specific release! Cheers!