Hal Galper’s ‘Ivory Forest Redux’ easily justifies the decision to polish up these recordings and take them back out of obscurity. Artists well-known and should be better-known all shine on it.

Appealing to lovers of ‘No Smoke Without Fire’-era Wishbone Ash, Snakecharmer produced plenty of twin-guitar ecstasy during their short tenure.

A remix reminds us why classic LPs like Pink Floyd’s ‘Animals’ – which burned prog-rock fire in the midst of a punk explosion – still deserve our attention.

Bethlehem Asylum’s two early-’70s Ampex albums offer a wonderfully weird look back into the musical mayhem once found in hip record-store racks.

Gentle Giant said a too-early goodbye with ‘Civilian,’ a tightly wound album which tried to acclimatize their sound to the new wave of British rock.

‘Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums’ might not be as ‘legendary’ as what soon followed, but this is where the legend of Ornette Coleman begins.

‘Tattoo You’ could easily be called the Rolling Stones’ last really good album of original material, given that ‘Blue and Lonesome’ was a covers project.

As good as previous Pink Floyd vinyl reissues are, ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed & Updated’ is quite unique.

Spoiler alert: There’s not an electric guitar to be found on Renaissance’s ‘Scheherazade and Other Stories.’ But that is a big part of the charm.

Here’s a reissue that’s long overdue: an eight-disc set of Steppenwolf’s complete studio work and live releases – with lots of cool extras.