Not the usual bells and whistles for the end of year charts this year – no big countdowns or write ups. Anyway, here are the releases from 2016 that are disqualified from the ‘proper’ chart – reissues and compilations.

Various Artists Compilations

1 Saved & Sanctified – Songs Of The Jade Label (Numerophon)

2 Studio One Jump-Up (Soul Jazz Records)

3 Shirley Inspired (Earth)

4 In A Moment (Ghost Box Recordings)

5 [Cease & Desist]- DIY Cult Classics From The Post-Punk Era 1978-82 (Optimo Music)

Artist Reissues / Remasters And Such

1 Coil – Backwards (Cold Spring)

2 Mogwai – Central Belters (Rock Action Records)

3 Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (Remastered & Expanded) (Warners)

4 Sun City Girls – Torch Of The Mystics (Abduction)

5 Leatherface – Razorblades & Aspirin (Fire Records boxed set)

6 Ă?ine O’Dwyer – Music For Church Cleaners Vol. I And II (MIE Music)

7 Mission Of Burma – Signals, Calls, And Marches (Fire Records)

8 Broadcast – Warp Reissues (Warp)

9 Marcel Bontempi – Witches Spiders Frogs & Holes – Demos & Recordings 2009-2014 (Stag-O-Lee)

10 Shit And Shine – Jealous Of Shit And Shine (Riot Season)