The Madmilkman: You go guy! :-)
Siliab: "Incredibly dated, both musically and sonically" is a pretty fair description of my usual listening preferences... :-)
The Contours - Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) [Motown reissue CD, 1988, orig. 1962] This OOP disk was the only straight re-ish of their lone original album (faithful running order, reproduced front cover art), but should be avoided for the ghastly hip-hop remix treatment given the classic title tune, which the outer sleeve totally fails to warn of. (The balance of the program, including the essential Smokey Robinson composition "First I Look At The Purse", later covered by the J. Geils Band, is presented intact.) Who could ever have thought such an idiotic desecration was an improvement that would get people to buy? To this day I believe this great early Motown male group, largely written for by Berry Gordy himself, has not been comprehensively collected, which seems a shame not just because the music is so fine, but because they only ever issued about 25 tracks during their brief history, so it ought to be an easy project to do right. Are you listening Motown?!
The Hollies - Dear Eloise/King Midas In Reverse [Sundazed expanded reissue CD, 1997, orig. 1967] This is how you do a reissue correctly: collect all the tracks from the US Epic LP along with the rest from the British version (entitled "Butterfly"} plus the associated single B-sides, include the original cover art and liner notes, plus add contemporary commentary and an interview with group leader Allan Clarke to go along with the reverentially remastered sound.
Ellery Eskelin - The Sun Died [Soul Note CD, 1996] NYC-based tenor man teams with Marc Ribot on guitar and Kenny Wolleson on drums to present a surprising re-take on the music of a seemingly unlikely inspiration, Gene Ammons.
The Undertones - Get What You Need [Sanctuary CD, 2003] The return of one the best punk-pop groups of the late 70's and early 80's (and the best out of Ireland; their 'hit' was the pubescent lust anthem "Teenage Kicks"), minus distinctive original lead singer Feargal Sharkey, but with original songwriters/guitarists/singers the brothers John and Damian O'Neill and songwriter/bassist/singer Michael Bradley. The album is a little uneven and not up to the level of inspiration embodied by the original band, but is nevertheless a hearteningly sturdy reunion effort. The material harkens back to the first two Undertones records, rather than the artier evolutions they pursued to great effect on "Positive Touch" and swansong "The Sin Of Pride". They played only a literal handful of US reunion tour dates to promote this last year - I was fortunate enough to catch the show and they were sublimely good, playing material from across their entire songbook as if the last 25 years had never passed. Contemporary disciples like the above-mentioned Green Day bow down to these guys every morning, noon and night.