As the great pop, soul, country and R&B artists of the '50s, '60s, and '70s themselves fade away, their music stays as popular as ever, thanks to some clever packaging and some impressive cultural archeology, not to mention the sheer strength of many of their catalogs. Whether 2012's greatest reissues were chasing Grammy gold or just those extra dollars in your account, they shed new light on what we all thought we already knew. See the best oldies reissues of the past year here.


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