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Night Glare: Digging into Big Star's big new box set

Sep 22, 2009, 9:39am The Sly Oyster
Night Glare: Digging into Big Star's big new box set Just the fact that Rhino Records chose to issue a 4-CD compilation on a band like Big Star says more about the label and their ability to reach out to new converts as well as old fans, like me, who will buy anything with "not previously released" or the "definitive remaster" sticker on the cover. Rhino cares about their catalog and that is why they will be here long after the majors have been relegated to clearing houses. Releasing the Big Star set in the same week as the long-awaited Beatles [...]
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