I enjoy year-end lists, if for no other reason than they highlight movies or albums I missed over the course of the year.  My favorite year-end list is at Brainwashed, with the key section (for me) being the reissues of the year and the boxed sets of the year.  From the Reissue list, I found out about the Nico Frozen Borderline: 1968-70 set, which includes two of Nico’s late 60s collaborations with John Cale, The Marble Index and Desertshore, with additional unreleased demos and alternate takes included for good measure.  From the boxed set list, I found out about Robyn Hitchcock’s I Wanna Go Backwards, which combines Hitchcock’s first two solo albums (Black Snake Diamond Role and I Often Dream of Trains), his later work Eye, and a two-disk set of unreleased, b-side, demo, and live tracks.  Continue Reading »