Digitally remastered edition of this 1992 album from guitarist Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley. M.S.G. is certainly a harder, grittier affair than the previous McAuley Schenker releases, and includes the single, 'Never Ending Nightmare'. The set features an expanded 16 page booklet with period memorabilia and rare photos, plus a new essay from Classic Rock's Malcolm Dome based on brand new interviews with Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley, conducted in 2012 especially for this release.

Though it seems a bit soon for a virtual group with only one album to its name to be releasing a B-sides collection, Gorillaz' G-Sides more or less justifies its existence by gathering some of the best extra tracks from the band's singles, most of which are only available as imports. As with Gorillaz, which surrounded catchy songs like Clint Eastwood and 19/2000 with quirkier, more experimental tracks, the band uses its B-sides as a chance to stretch out even further musically, either with remixes or with unconventional musical sketches. G-Sides features some of each, ranging from the even bouncier, more upbeat remix of 19/2000 by Soulchild, to the rather eerie Hip Albatross, which mixes samples of moaning zombies from Dawn of the Dead with trip-hoppy beats and moody guitars. Rapper Phi Life Cyber reinforces Gorillaz' hip-hop roots by joining them on two tracks, for a reworking of Clint Eastwood and The Sounder. The appealingly simple 12D3, with its strummy guitar and playful Damon Albarn vocals, recalls some of Blur's later work, and the funky, quirky Ghost Train, and the English version of Latin Simone are as enjoyable as anything that appeared on Gorillaz. Aside from the Wiseguys' rather limp reworking of 19/2000, the only problem with G-Sides is its brevity; the U.S. version only includes ten of the B-sides, none of which are from their biggest single, Clint Eastwood. And while most of the import singles featured CD-ROM tracks of the group's amazing animated videos, none of them appear here. Though the enhanced version of G-Sides and the Japanese B-Side Collection feature more of Gorillaz' B-sides (and they'll probably have a video collection sooner rather than later), these kinds of omissions make G-Sides a slightly frustrating collection. Gorillaz completists will no doubt have all of the import singles already, but G-Sides is the logical next step for anyone intrigued by the group's debut. [The enhanced U.K. issue of the CD not only includes videos for Clint Eastwood and Rock the House, but a slightly different track listing, trading Latin Simone and 19-2000 [Wiseguys House of Wisdom Remix] for Dracula and Rock the House, and adding the track Left Hand Suzuki Method.] ~ Heather Phares, Rovi