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CD Reviews (Listed alphebetically by artist) Vampire Beach Babes - Beach Blanket Bedlam (Jan 27/05) Van Hunt - Van Hunt (Aug 12/04) Vanilla Fudge - Then and Now (June 23/05) Van Morrison - Magic Time (Aug 25/05) Van Morrison - Pay the Devil (May 4/06) Various Artists - !K7150 (Sept 25/03) Various Artists - A Very Special Acoustic Christmas (Dec 23/03) Various Artists - Alligator Records: 35x35 (July 6/06) Various Artists - Antipodean Screams (Jan 8/04) Various Artists - Afro Baby: The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-79 (Aug 5/04) Various Artists - Back Roads to Cold Mountain (Jan 20/05) Various Artists - Bad Boy 10th Anniversary… The Hits (Apr 22/04) Various Artists - Beatles Regrooved (Aug 18/05) Various Artists - Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Oct 1/03) Various Artists - Bebel Gilberto Remixed (July 21/05) Various Artists - Best of Studio One (The) (Mar 16/06) Various Artists - Big Star, Small World (July 6/06) Various Artists - Billy Joe Shaver: Live (A Tribute To) (May 26/05) Various Artists - Bluegrass All Stars: Sixteen Grand Slams from Sugar Hill Records (Mar 25/04) Various Artists - Bluegrass Hits: Twenty Timeless Favorites From Yesterday and Today (May 4/06) Various Artists - Café Méliès Volume 2 (Nov 18/04) Various Artists - Chicago Soul: Electric Blues, Funk and Soul (July 8/04) Various Artists - Chillout 5 (Oct 21/04) Various Artists - Chillout 6 (Mar 10/05) Various Artists - Christmas Remixed (Dec 23/03) Various Artists - Christmas Remixed 2 (Dec 8/05) Various Artists - Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways (Apr 13/06) Various Artists - Come to the Mountain: Old Time Music for Modern Times (May 12/05) Various Artists - Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974 Vol. 1 (Apr 28/05) Various Artists - Country Got Soul Volume Two (Dec 16/04) Various Artists - Crickets and Their Buddies (The) (Aug 19/04) Various Artists - Crucial Live Blues, Crucial Slide Guitar Blues, Crucial Texas Blues (Mar 18/04) Various Artists - Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads (Feb 9/06) Various Artists - Demolition Derby - A Crash Course in New Music From Yep Roc Records (Aug 19/04) Various Artists - Dig Your Roots — Spoken Word (Apr 15/04) Various Artists - Downbeat the Ruler: Killer Instrumentals From Studio One (Mar 16/06) Various Artists - Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (Jan 26/06) Various Artists - Dubstep Allstars Vol. 1 – Mixed By (Oct 8/03) Various Artists - Eagle Records Collection (The) (Apr 7/05) Various Artists - Electro Kills (Aug 21/03) Various Artists - Enjoy Every Sandwich – The Songs of Warren Zevon (Nov 25/04) Various Artists - Ferry Corsten Presents Passport Kingdom of the Netherlands (Sept 8/05) Various Artists - Friends and Lovers: Songs of Bread (July 7/05) Various Artists - From Jamaica to Toronto: Soul, Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 (July 20/06) Various Artists - Future Sounds of Jazz Vol. 10 (July 7/05) Various Artists - Full Up: More Hits From Studio One (Mar 16/06) Various Artists - Get Salted Volume 1 (Dec 15/05) Various Artists - Gimme Shelter (Nov 13/03) Various Artists - Glitterbest – 20 Pre Punk ’n’ Glam Terrace Stompers (Aug 5/05) Various Artists - Happy Man: A Tribute to the Sunnyboys (Apr 27/06) Various Artists - Harlan County, U.S.A. — Songs of the Coal Miner’s Struggle (July 20/06) Various Artists - Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions - Chapter 5 (Feb 26/04) Various Artists - hOMe for the Holidays (Dec 23/03) Various Artists - Hotel Costes 8 by Stephane Pompougnac (Oct 20/05) Various Artists - How Soon is Now?: The songs of The Smiths (Jan 13/05) Various Artists - Isla Del Sol - A Chillout Experience (Jan 29/04) Various Artists - It Was 40 Years Ago Today: A Tribute To The Beatles (Sept 9/04) Various Artists - Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War Of The Worlds (Sept 8/05) Various Artists - Jim White Presents: Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Aug 18/05) Various Artists - Joe Gibbs Productions: Roots Culture DJs and the Birth of Dancehall (Sept 4/03) Various Artists - Kung Fu! Reggae vs. The Martial Arts (Feb 17/05) Various Artists - Late Night Tales (May 13/04) Various Artists - Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues Sampler (Oct 8/03) Various Artists - Maybe This Christmas Too (Dec 23/03) Various Artists - Modern Day Troubadours (June 3/04) Various Artists - Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited (May 4/06) Various Artists - Meet Me In The Time Tunnel: Obscure Powerpop from Land of the Lost (June 2/05) Various Artists - Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey (Apr 6/06) Various Artists - Mountain Journey: Stars of Old Time Music (May 12/05) Various Artists - Music from the Motion Picture De-Lovely (July 29/04) Various Artists - Ninja Tune Retrospective (Feb 12/04) Various Artists - Northern Faction 2 (Sept 11/03) Various Artists - Old Skars and Upstarts 2004 (May 27/04) Various Artists - Oliver Peoples 4 (Nov 3/05) Various Artists - Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo (Oct 14/04) Various Artists - Reggae Pulse 4: Christmas Songs (Jan 6/05) Various Artists - Ryko 20th Anniversary (Feb 19/04) Various Artists - Playboy the Mansion Soundtrack (Mar 17/05) Various Artists - Respect Presents Été d’amour (Aug 18/05) Various Artists - Rewind!4 (Jan 13/05) Various Artists - Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth (Dec 8/05) Various Artists - Sail On: The Songs of Randy Newman (Aug 3/06) Various Artists - Shite ’n’ Onions Volume 1 (Feb 26/04) Various Artists - Six Strings North of the Border Vol. 3 (May 18/06) Various Artists - Snoop Dogg Presents Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album (May 4/06) Various Artists - Solid Steel presents Bonobo: It Came from the Sea (Feb 9/06) Various Artists - Songs and Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 (Oct 27/04) Various Artists - Songs Inspired by The Passion of the Christ (Apr 29/04) Various Artists - Soul Gospel (Apr 14/05) Various Artists - Sound of Independent Radio – Public Display of Affection (The) (Sept 2/04) Various Artists - Sound of Young New York (The) (Oct 16/03) Various Artists - Sound of San Francisco (The) (Oct 1/03) Various Artists - Studio One — Disco Mix (Jan 6/05) Various Artists - Studio One — Women (Feb 23/06) Various Artists - Taste of Chaos Compilation (The Best of) (Feb 2/06) Various Artists - This is Metal (Jan 12/06) Various Artists - Tommy Lee Presents Tommyland: The Ride (Aug 11/05) Various Artists - Tony Hawk’s Wasteland (Feb 16/06) Various Artists - Touch My Heart: A Tribute To Johnny Paycheck (Aug 26/04) Various Artists - Traveler 2006 (Apr 6/06) Various Artists - Trojan Dub Massive - Volumes 1 & 2 (Aug 4/05) Various Artists - Twelve Inches of Pleasure: BBE Singles Part One (May 5/05) Various Artists - Ultimate American Revolution Collection (The) (Nov 20/03) Various Artists - Ultra Weekend Mixed by David Waxman (July 7/05) Various Artists - Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family (The) (Oct 7/04) Various Artists - Under the Influence — A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd (Nov 11/04) Various Artists - Verbal Remixes & Collaborations (Sept 4/03) Various Artists - Verve – Remixed2 (Oct 1/03) Various Artists - XXX: Music From Thinking XXX (Jan 27/05) Väsen - Live in Japan(Mar 1/06) Vav Jungle - Canadiana Striptease(Mar 31/05) Veal - The Embattled Hearts(Jan 15/04) Venerea - One Louder(Jan 5/06) Venetian Snares - Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole(Mar 31/05) Venom - Metal Black(May 18/06) Vertical Struts (The) - The Vertical Struts(Mar 23/06) Vic Chesnut - Ghetto Bells(Apr 7/05) Victor Wooten - Soul Circus(June 2/05) Video Dead (The) - Brotherhood of the Dead(Aug 3/06) Vienna Teng - Warm Strangers(Jan 12/06) Vines (The) - Vision Valley(May 4/06) Vines (The) - Winning Days(Apr 15/04) Vista Le Vie - A Futuristic Family Film(Sept 22/05) Vista Le Vie - Don’t(Apr 29/04) Vitalic - OK Cowboy(June 23/05) Voice in the Wire - Signals in Transmission(Sept 23/04) Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart(Mar 18/04) Volume - Volume(Mar 31/05) Voodoo Child - Baby Monkey (Feb 19/04)