New Commute Albums of the Year 2022 // Comps & Reissues

In tradition, we’ve collected a list of compilation and reissue titles that kept and held our attention throughout 2022. Each record featured here is made possible by tireless work from independent labels who invest time, money, and manpower to thoughtfully and artfully assembling these wonderful, rare, and enriching recordings. These records commemorate momentary microcultures, bizarre historic personalities, overlooked hobbyists, and out-of-print treasures from some of today’s most beloved musical cult icons.

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Alan Dunham- Learning To Fly
[Numero Group]

America Dream Reserve
[Smiling C]

Asha Puthli- The Essential Asha Puthli
[Mr Bongo]

Boogie- In Freak Town
[Guerssen Records]

Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Dance Music In The Digital Age, 1983​-​1992
[Kalita]

Branko Mataja- Over Fields And Mountains
[Numero Group]

Brief Encounter- Singles
[Athens of the North]

Carl Erdmann- Bizzarophytes
[Morning Trip]

Charles Stepney- Step On Step
[International Anthem]

Chrome Universal - A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel
[Tompkins Square]

Denny Zeitlin- The Name of This Terrain
[Now-Again]

Earl’s Closet: The Lost Archive of Earl McGrath, 1970​-​1980
[Light In The Attic]

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru- S/T
[Mississippi Records]

Ernest Hood- Back To The Woodlands
[Freedom To Spend]

Fitz Gore- Soundmusication
[Sonorama Records]

Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours
[Warm]

Fusion Global Sounds (1970-1983)
[Favorite Recordings]

Ghia- Cura​ç​ao Blue
[The Outer Edge]

Giancarlo Barigozzi- Il Flautissimo
[Four Flies Vaults]

Hamid El Shaeri- The SLAM! Years (1983-1988)
[Habibi Funk]

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard- Won’t You Come and Sing For Me
[Smithsonian Folkways]

Jacques Charlier- Art In Another Way
[Musique Plastique]

James Newton- Flute Music
[Morning Trip]

Jazzberry Patch- S/T
[Jazz Room Records]

Jeff Phelps- Magnetic Eyes
[Numero Group]

Jon Iverson- Many Worlds Interpretation
[Séance Centre]

Karen Dalton- Shuckin’ Sugar
[Delmore Recording Society]

Lee Tracy- Is It What You Want
[Athens of the North]

Les Rallizes Dénudés- The OZ Tapes
[Temporal Drift]

Links & Friends- More Rock Steady
[Rocka Shacka]

Lou Reed- Words & Music, May 1965
[Light In The Attic]

Mad Anthony- The Lost Tapes
[Earth Libraries]

Matadi- Dance My Love
[Le Freak/Zamal Funk]

Mensah- Elusive Fantasy
[Paradise Is A Frequency]

Mountain Brews- S/T
[Perpetual Doom]

Norma Tanega- I’m The Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964​–​1971
[Anthology Recordings]

Patrick Cowley- Malebox
[Dark Entries]

Poliphony- S/T
[Mad About Records]

Paolo Ormi E La Sua Orchestra- P.O.X. Sound
[Sonor Music Editions]

Risco Connection- Risco Version
[Strut]

Robert Lester Folsom- Sunshine Only Sometimes Archives Vol. 2, 1972​–​1975
[Anthology Recordings]

Saigon Supersound Vol. 3
[Saigon Supersound]

Sandy Denny- Early Home Recordings
[Earth Recordings]

Silberland- Kosmische Musik Vol 1 (1972​-​1986)
[Bureau B]

Sjunne Ferger- Mindgames
[Strangelove]

Sky Dust Drifter
[Forager Records]

Terry Allen- Smokin The Dummy
[Paradise of Bachelors]

The Drive- Drive Unlimited
[We Are Busy Bodies]

The Movers Vol​.​1 - 1970​-​1976
[Analog Africa]

The Pyramids- King of Kings
[Strut]

The Staples Jr. Singers- When Do We Get Paid
[Luaka Bop]

Tonstartssbandht- Hymn
[Fire Talk]

Twin Cosmos- Double Action
[Left Ear Records]

Universal Liberation Orchestra- Communion
[Freedom To Spend]

Viento Sur
[Vampisoul]

Wayne Powell Octet- Plays Hallucination
[Tramp Records]

We Are The Children Of The Sun
[BBE]

Yasuhiro Kohno Trio- Song of Island
[BBE]

David Walker