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John Denver's Rocky Mountain Christmas: https://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Mountain-Christmas-John-Denver/dp/B008RCO66M

Farewell Andromeda: https://www.amazon.com/Farewell-Andromeda-John-Denver/dp/B000002W7W/

Reissuing long out of print catalog was a major part of what launches all media formats.

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https://www.musicofyourlife.com/ is still around but it is has mostly moved on to Soft AC since today's "Adult Standards" format is the Soft AC with stuff from Melissa Manchester up to the Amy Grant, Gloria Estefan, Wilson Phillips, etc. era with some token original Adult Standards artists in the mix with more of the original Adult Standards format music over the weekends. BTW, record companies still reissue tons of stuff from the Great American Songbook era, big band era, early rock and roll era, etc. including complete boxed sets, etc. (Frank Sinatra's catalog for the most part is still in print in full, BTW, for fans to check out I'm Sorry, there are lots of older Brenda Lee albums on streaming and Greatest Hits compilations available of all sizes. In fact during the 1980s-1990s, I'm Sorry was used in Bounty paper towel commercials), lots of Nat King Cole albums have been reissued on CD, they are all up on streaming, there are Bear Family boxed sets of a lot of his catalog, etc., a lot of obscure and long out of print albums get put up on streaming services without fanfare but overtime do get some streaming. In fact, a lot of out of print reissued back catalog albums are among the most sought after albums in the physical used market with some stuff that tests well on the radio yet have been long out of print do command big bucks on CD. There is even a company called Archeophone that reissues recordings from the Edison cylinder and acoustically recorded 78rpm era from the 1800s-early 1900s.

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