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Look through any window, and what do you see? In this case, we’re eyeballing the next entry in Bob Dylan’s acclaimed Bootleg Series that’s on deck. More specifically, The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 is arriving via Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music as a 4LP box set on October 31, 2025. Read on to see which 42 tracks of that key early Dylan era — 18 of them previously unreleased, and nine of them considered as being “super-rare” — have made the vinyl cut. . .

While we’re saving our final determinations for what the best box sets of 2025 are for later in the year, the new mega-multi-LP collection from David Bowie, 6: I Can’t Give Everything Away: (2002 – 2016), is certainly a contender. In short, it’s an amazing study of the man, his music, and enduring vision. Read Mark Smotroff’s review of this massive 180g 16LP/2EP collection to see why it’s well worth the investment. . .

As much as we continue to live and love the ongoing vinyl revolution, we’ve also been pleased — and somewhat surprised, truth be told — to see the resurgence in the audio cassette market. To that end, a pair of tape titans — the U.S.-based National Audio Company, and the Swiss manufacturer Revox — have just announced a joint cooperation for producing music cassettes and empty cassettes for the worldwide marketplace. Read on to see what this important new alliance entails, and what the next steps they’ve already been taking together are. . .

We’ve long been fans of Hong Kong-based accessories manufacturer HumminGuru — especially when it comes to their ultrasonic record cleaning machines (RCMs) — and now they’re ready to add the all-caps LUMI record stabilizer to their top-shelf product offerings. Read on to see all we know about the LUMI, and all that it can do for you. . .