Next in our end of the year review is a look at the best compilations, reissues and mixes. In clear contrast with the bulk of the new product released, 2012 has been another vintage year for reissues as more record labels dug deeper in the vaults for lost recordings; deluxe editions keep on flooding the market trying to lure the few remaining physical product buyers and mixtapes, once the preferred promotional method for hip-hop DJs, have gone well beyond the boundaries of their original realm.
Check our Top 50 favourite compilations of the year after the jump.
 | 50-DAVID LYNCH & ALAN R. SPLET Eraserhead Soundtrack (Reissue) (4AD) |
 | 49-SWELL MAPS A Trip To Marineville/Jane From Occupied Europe (Reissue) (Mute) |
 | 48-VARIOUS Richard Sen presents: This Ain't Chicago: The Sound Of Underground UK House & Acid 1987-1991 (Strut) |
 | 47-AZUSA PLANE Where The Sands Turn To Gold (Compilation) (Rocket Girl) |
 | 46-U.V. PØP No Songs Tomorrow (Reissue) (Sacred Bones) |
 | 45-VARIOUS Just Tell Me What You Want: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac (StarCon) |
 | 44-VARIOUS Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics (Nublu) |
 | 43-VARIOUS Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Punk , Industrial, Post-Punk… (Strut) |
 | 42-R STEVIE MOORE Lo Fi Hi Fives...A Kind Of Best Of (Ogenesis) |
 | 41-MOSS ICON Complete Discography (Temporary Residence) |
 | 40-BERT JANSCH Heartbreak (Reissue) (Omnivore) |
 | 39-WILLIAM BASINSKI The Disintegration Loops (Reissue) (2062) |
 | 38-BILLY BRAGG & WILCO Mermaid Avenue : Complete Sessions (Nonesuch) |
 | 37-PAUL SIMON Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition (Reissue) (Sony) |
 | 36-COLOURBOX Box Set (4AD) |
 | 35-OST The Man With The Iron Fist (Stax) (Listen) |
 | 34-JOHN MAUS A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material (Ribbon) |
 | 33-THE BOOKS A Dot In Time (Box) (Temporary Residence) |
 | 32-RUSTIE BBC Essential Mix (Download) |
 | 31-ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS Cut The World (Live) (Rough Trade) |
 | 30-PHILIP GLASS Rework: Philip Glass Remixed (Orange Mountain Music) |
 | 29-DREXCIYA Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller I /II/III (Reissue) (Clone) |
 | 28-PETER ZUMMO Zummo With An X (Reissue) (Anthology Of Recorded Music) |
 | 27-VARIOUS Listen, Whitey! The Sounds Of Black Power 1967-1974 (Light In The Attic) Listen |
 | 26-ACTION BRONSON Blue Chips (Mixtape) (Fool's Gold) |
 | 25-VAN DYKE PARKS Song Cycle/Discover America/Clang of the Yankee Reaper (Reissues) (Bella Union) |
 | 24-THE BEAT I Just Can't Stop: Deluxe Edition (Reissue) (4AD) |
 | 23-AZEALIA BANKS Fantasea (Mixtape) |
 | 22-DAVID SYLVIAN A Victim Of Stars: 1982-2012 (Virgin) |
 | 21-BLUE NILE A Walk Across The Rooftops/Hats (Reissue) (Virgin) |
 | 20-SUGAR Copper Blue/Beaster/File Under Easy Listening (Reissues) (Demon) |
 | 19-VARIOUS Kanye West Presents G.O.O.D Music: Cruel Summer (G.O.O.D Music) |
 | 18-CAPTAIN MURPHY Duality (Mixtape) |
 | 17-BLUR Blur 21 (Box) (Parlophone) |
 | 16-VARIOUS ¡Saoco! The Bomba and Plena Explosion in Puerto Rico 1954-1966 (Vampisoul) |
 | 15-KAREN DALTON 1966 (Reissue) (Delmore Recording Society) |
 | 14-FRANCES BEBEY African Electronic Music 1975-1982 (Born Bad) |
 | 13-THE WEEKND Trilogy (Reissue) (XO) |
 | 12-JOEY BADA$$ 1999 (Mixtape) |
 | 11-JONI MITCHELL The Studio Albums 1968-1979 (Reissue) (Rhino) |
 | 10-RYAN HEMSWORTH Collected (Podcast) (Fool's Gold)Download |
 | 9-JEREMIH Late Nights With Jeremih (Mixtape) |
 | 8-ABBA The Visitors: Deluxe Edition (Reissue) (Polar Music) |
 | 7-SUZANNE CIANI Lixiviation (Finders Keepers) |
 | 6-D'ANGELO Voodoo (Reissue) (Lights In The Attic) |
 | 5-DAVID BOWIE The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (Reissue) (EMI) |
 | 4-OST/RODRIGUEZ Searching For Sugarman (LLC) |
 | 3-NICOLAS JAAR BBC Essential Mix (Mix) |
 | 2-MY BLOODY VALENTINE EP's & Rarities 1988-1991 (4AD) |
 | 1-CAN The Lost Tapes (Box) (Mute) |
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