Most highly anticipated LP reissues on 2022?

I am in total agreement with you about Iris, but I wonder why you felt it necessary to take the swing at Garth to make your point?  It comes across as smug, to me.  And there is no need for that, Iris can and does stand on her own.  I'm not trying to pick a fight here, just urging more kindness, I suppose.  

@rpeluso: But it’s okay to mock Eno? ;-) I actually left out the snark I was tempted to direct at a very famous late-60’s/70’s Rock Star who has reinvented himself as an Americana singer (in the 80’s he was pretending to be a Jump Blues singer. Had a great band then, though.). I for one resent interlopers.

As for Garth: Geez, I thought everyone viewed him as do I and every Roots musician I know. An easy target, yes, but considered the male Shania Twain by real Country music artists. Oops, there I go again. Guess I’m getting cranky in my old age.

If you think I’m bad, interview Steve Earle. Remember what he said about Shania? "She’s the highest pair lap dancer in Nashville." Funny, but I kinda like her. More Pop than Country, but I love Pop music.

Steve is a well-known opinionated a-hole.  He has had tons of tragedy in life so one would think he could be a bit kinder and not so critical of others.  Again, his talent can stand on its own.  Envy, jealousy, what is it that motivates it?  Wish I knew.  

Anyway, appreciate your reply, I know we share a lot of musical taste.  

I don't begrudge Garth Brooks (or Shania Twain for that matter) his (and her) success; good for him (and her). But knowing how the music business works, and as a music consumer and serious lover of Hard Country, the success of entertainers like Garth and Shania results in unfortunate consequences, for both myself and, more importantly, for, shall I say, artistic music makers. With the sales figures of Garth's and Shania's albums, record companies went looking for similar music acts, not other artists like Iris Dement.

But what the mass audience buys is also of course what determines the kind of music that gets made. I figured everyone here has more refined tastes than that of the general public. If I was mistaken, my apology to anyone offended. I thought I was sharing an inside joke. ;-) Rather than sounding smug, I may have sounded snobby, and probably am.

Don't forget to check out the great work Iris did with her long time friend John Prine.

Excellent point @bigtwin. I was late to the Prine party, but John immediately saw in Iris what we (including Merle Haggard, from whom I learned of Iris) all did.

I’ve seen Iris live thrice (gettin’ above my raisin’ here ;-), amongst my most cherished musical experiences (and I saw The Beatles in 1965, The Beach Boys with Brian in ’64---my first concert, The Who with Keith Moon in ’68 and ’69, Hendrix twice, Cream twice, Albert King, Big Joe Turner backed by The Blasters, Johnny Cash and June Carter, Rockpile, Little Village, Van Dyke Parks, and a whole bunch of others. And I can’t wait to again hear Iris live. An ASTOUNDING songwriter and singer.

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I am looking forward to a great 2022 for new Music.

Happy Listening!