This Holiday Gift Guide is for you … a selection of the year’s top reissues. Keep these in mind when deciding what to get the music lover in your life (or maybe even for yourself).
BADFINGER
“Badfinger (Expanded Edition)” (1974 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks), “Wish You Were Here (Expanded Edition)” (1974 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks; Read here; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Real Gone Music) 
THE BAND
“Music From Big Pink (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1968 album; new stereo mix, with three outtakes, two alternative takes and an unreleased a cappella version of “I Shall Be Released”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Capitol / UMe)
THE BEATLES
“The Beatles (The White Album) [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]” (1968 album; newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio; three-CD set, with 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes; See here; Read here; Super Deluxe Edition, six CDs and a Blu-ray disc housed in a slipsleeved 164-page hardbound book, with pull-out reproductions of the four glossy color photos of John, Paul, George and Ringo that were included with the original album; Vinyl, two LPs; Vinyl Deluxe Edition, four LPs; Download; Digital Super Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Apple / Capitol / UMe) 
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
“Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon & Decca” (100th anniversary box set contains 121 CDs, 36 DVDs of his Unitel live recordings, one Blu-ray audio disc and a 200-page book; eBay; Deutsche Grammophon)
BIG STAR
“Live At Lafayette’s Music Room-Memphis, TN” (20 songs; Vinyl, with download card; Download; eBay; Merch; Omnivore Recordings)
DAVID BOWIE
“Low (2017 Remastered Version)” (1977 album; Vinyl), “‘Heroes’ (2017 Remastered Version)” (1977 album; Vinyl), “Stage (2017 Remastered Version)” (1978 album; Vinyl), “Lodger (2017 Remastered Version)” (1979 album; Vinyl), “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (2017 Remastered Version)” (1980 album; Vinyl; Rhino / Parlophone)
DAVID BOWIE
“Changestwobowie” (1981 compilation; remastered; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
DAVID BOWIE
“Loving the Alien [1983-1988]” (11-CD box set; Amazon UK; Vinyl; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
“Solo Anthology: The Best of Lindsey Buckingham” (three-CD collection; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Rhino / Warner)
THE CARS
“Shake It Up (Expanded Edition)” (1981 album; remastered, with eight bonus demos, remixes and studio outtakes; Vinyl; Download), “Heartbeat City (Expanded Edition)” (1984 album; remastered, with seven bonus demos, remixes and studio outtakes; Vinyl; Download; Rhino / Elektra)
CHICAGO
“Chicago: VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do)” (four-CD, one-DVD box set containing previously unreleased live material from 1969-2014; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; see related DVD below; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Chicago)
COCTEAU TWINS
“Treasure Hiding: The Fontana Years” (four-CD box set includes the albums “Four-Calendar Café” and “Milk & Kisses,” with three EPs, B-sides and BBC Radio One performances; Read here; eBay; Fontana / UMe)
JOHN COLTRANE
“Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album” (previously unreleased recordings with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones; Read here; Deluxe Edition, with seven bonus tracks; Vinyl; Double Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Verve / UMe)
JOHN COLTRANE
“1963: New Directions” (three CDs, 30 songs, featuring material from his 1963 albums “Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album,” “John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman,” “Dear Old Stockholm,” “Newport ’63” and “Live at Birdland”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Impulse! / UMe)
THE CRANBERRIES
“Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Deluxe Edition)” (25th anniversary reissue of their 1993 debut album; remastered at Abbey Road under the supervision of band member Noel Hogan, with a second CD of outtakes, B-sides, their debut EP and early cassette demos; See here; 4-CD Box Set, with 30 unreleased tracks, live tracks from 1991-94 and John Peel and RTE radio sessions, plus postcards, poster, etc.; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Island / UMe)
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“The Studio Albums Collection [Vinyl]” (seven-LP box set, mastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios; See here; eBay; Merch; Craft Recordings / Concord)
CROWDED HOUSE
“Crowded House (Deluxe Edition)” (1988 album; remastered, with 17 bonus tracks; eBay; Capitol / UMe)
MILES DAVIS & JOHN COLTRANE
“The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6” (four-disc set includes concerts recorded in Paris, Copenhagen and Stockholm; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download), “The Final Tour: Copenhagen, March 24, 1960 [Vinyl]” (Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Columbia / Legacy)
DEF LEPPARD
“The CD Collection: Volume 1” (seven-disc box set; Vinyl; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Mercury / UMe)
NEIL DIAMOND
“50th Anniversary: Collector’s Edition” (six-CD box set, featuring 115 songs, including 15 previously unreleased tracks; Hear here; Read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Capitol / UMe)
THE DOORS
“Waiting For The Sun (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1968 album; remastered from the original master tapes by Doors’ longtime engineer/mixer Bruce Botnick, with a second CD of nine unreleased rough mixes and five live songs from a 1968 Copenhagen show; See here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Elektra)
THE DOORS
“The Doors: Live at The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 [DVD + CD]” (the last known performance of The Doors in existence, the film has been recut and remixed from the original footage; See here; Blu-ray + CD; Download; eBay; Merch; Eagle Vision)
BOB DYLAN
“More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14” (alternate takes of songs that appeared on “Blood on the Tracks,” along with a previously unreleased version of “Up to Me”; NPR First Listen; Deluxe Six-CD Box Set; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
EAGLES
“Legacy” (14-disc box set contains the band’s seven studio albums, three live albums, a compilation of singles and B-sides and the concert videos “Hell Freezes Over” on DVD and “Farewell Tour: Live From Melbourne” on Blu-ray; Vinyl Box Set; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Elektra)
ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG
“Cheek To Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings” (four-CD box set combines for the first time their Decca singles with three Verve albums and bonus tracks; Download; Verve / UMe)
FLEETWOOD MAC
“50 Years: Don’t Stop” (three-CD, 50-song set spans the band’s 50-year career; Read here; Amazon UK; Single CD; Vinyl; Download; Rhino / Warner)
FLEETWOOD MAC
“Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)” (1975 album; remastered, with rare and unreleased studio and live recordings, featuring 5.1 surround sound and high-resolution 24/96 stereo audio mixes of the original album and single mixes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl; Read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Warner)
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ARETHA FRANKLIN
“Atlantic Records 1960s Collection [Vinyl]” (six-LP box set, featuring five studio albums plus and an LP of rare studio tracks; eBay; Rhino / Atlantic, Dec. 7)
ARETHA FRANKLIN
“The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970” (two CDs, 34 songs; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic)
GLENN FREY
“Above the Clouds: The Very Best of Glenn Frey” (15 songs; Download; iTunes), “Above the Clouds: The Collection” (four-disc box set includes “Above the Clouds: The Very Best of Glenn Frey,” rarities and a live DVD filmed at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on Sept. 15, 1992; Read here; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Geffen / UMe)
THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR
“Magic Touch: The Complete Mustang Singles Collection” (21 songs; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Now Sounds / Cherry Red, Dec. 7)
BOBBIE GENTRY
“The Girl From Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters” (eight-CD box set includes her six studio LPs, her 1968 album with Glen Campbell, plus more than 75 previously unreleased tracks, including her “lost” jazz album; See here; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; eBay; Capitol / UMe)
AL GREEN
“The Hi Records Singles Collection” (three-CD, 57-song set, circa 1969-78; Amazon UK; Hi / Fat Possum)
GUNS N’ ROSES
“Appetite For Destruction (Deluxe Edition)” (1988 album; remastered, with 18 bonus tracks, seven of them previously unreleased, including “Shadow of Your Love”; Target-Exclusive Deluxe Edition, with iron-on patch; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Standard CD; Vinyl; Super Deluxe Edition, four-CD, one-Blu-ray Audio box set, with loads of bonus material; Download; Super Deluxe Digital Edition; eBay; Merch; Geffen / UMe)
JIMI HENDRIX
“Both Sides of the Sky” (10 of the 13 songs, circa 1968 and 1970, are previously unreleased; NPR First Listen; Read here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; eBay; Merch; Experience Hendrix / Legacy)
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
“Electric Ladyland (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1968 album; three-CD and one Blu-ray box set featuring unreleased demos, unreleased concert, 5.1 audio, expanded documentary film, etc.; Read here; Vinyl, six-LP and one Blu-ray box set; eBay; Merch; Experience Hendrix / Legacy)
JETHRO TULL
“50 for 50” (three-CD, career-spanning set celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary; Amazon UK; Single CD, 15 songs; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
HOWARD JONES
“Human’s Lib (Expanded Edition)” (1984 album; remastered, with a bonus track, “China Dance”; See here; Super Deluxe Box Set, featuring three CDs, two DVDs, one LP and one cassette; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) , “Dream Into Action (Super Deluxe Box Set)” (1985 album; remastered, featuring three CDs, two DVDs, one LP and one cassette; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Cherry Red)
THE KINKS
“The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society” (1968 album; remastered; Deluxe Edition, with bonus stereo and mono mixes; Super Deluxe Box Set, with the original LP and CD, plus unreleased bonus material, reproduced 7-inch singles, hardback photo book, etc.; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Sanctuary / BMG Rights Management)
LED ZEPPELIN
“The Song Remains the Same (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1976 album; remastered; two-CD, four-LP, three-DVD Super Deluxe Edition; four-LP Vinyl Box Set; Download; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic)
JOHN LENNON
“Imagine (The Ultimate Collection)” (expanded edition of the 1971 album; available in Super Deluxe Edition [four CDs + Blu-ray], two-LP Vinyl Edition; DVD; Blu-ray; Hear Lennon’s original demo for “Imagine”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; Ultimate Digital Mixes; eBay; Merch; Apple / Capitol / UMe)
LOVE
“Forever Changes: 50th Anniversary Edition” (deluxe box set contains four CDs, one DVD and one LP; Read here; Rhino / Elektra)
LULU
“Decade 1967-1976” (Amazon-exclusive five-CD box set; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Edsel)
KIRSTY MacCOLL
“Days (1988-1991)” (four-CD, one-DVD box set includes “Kite” and “Electric Landlady,” with 33 bonus tracks and seven promo videos; Amazon UK), “Kite [Vinyl]” (1989 album; clear vinyl), “Electric Landlady [Vinyl]” (1991 album; pink vinyl; See here; eBay; Edsel)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
“This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours: 20 Year Collectors’ Edition” (1998 album; three-CD set includes the remastered original album, unheard demos, live rehearsal recordings, B-sides and remixes; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Epic / Legacy, Dec. 7)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
“Kaya (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1978 album, featuring “Is This Love” and “Sun Is Shining”; includes new mixes by Stephen “Ragga” Marley, along with the original mixes; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Tuff Gong / Island / UMe)
PAUL McCARTNEY / WINGS
“Wild Life” (1971 album; remastered, with bonus home recordings, B-sides, single edits, alternate mixes, etc.; Hear here; Box Set, three CDs and one DVD, featuring acoustic home videos, rehearsals, etc.; Vinyl), “Red Rose Speedway” (1973 album; three-CD, two-DVD, one-Blu-ray box set featuring the remastered 1973 LP with a reconstructed version of their scrubbed double album, plus B-sides, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; eBay; On Tour; Merch; MPL / Capitol / UMe, Dec. 7)
METALLICA
“… And Justice for All (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition)” (1988 album; remastered, with two extra CDs containing demos and live recordings from 1988; Deluxe Box Set, featuring six LPs, 11 CDs and four DVDs; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Rhino / Blackened Recordings)
JONI MITCHELL
“Both Sides Now: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 [Blu-ray]” (a film by Oscar-winning director Murray Lerner, featuring new interviews with Mitchell about her experiences at the controversial event; See here; Read here; eBay; Eagle Rock)
THE MOODY BLUES
“In Search of the Lost Chord (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1968 album; three-CD, two-DVD box set featuring bonus and previously unissued material and alternate mixes; the DVDs include the album in 96kHz/24-bit 5.1 Surround, as a new stereo mix and the original stereo mix, and live performances on BBC and French TV in 1968; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Residency, at Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas; Merch; Polydor / UMe)
MORRISSEY
“Low in High School (Deluxe Edition) [Vinyl]” (2017 album; with nine bonus tracks, including a new cover of The Pretenders hit, “Back on the Chain Gang”; See here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch; BMG Rights Management)
BUCK OWENS AND THE BUCKAROOS
“The Complete Capitol Singles: 1967-1970” (two CDs, 36 songs; eBay; Omnivore Recordings)
PET SHOP BOYS
“Please / Further Listening 1984-1986 (2018 Remastered Version)” (1986 album; with 13 bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Download), “Actually / Further Listening 1987-1988 (2018 Remastered Version)” (1987 album; with 14 bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Download) and “Introspective / Further Listening 1988-1989 (2018 Remastered Version)” (1988 album; with 15 bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
PET SHOP BOYS
“Behaviour: Further Listening 1990-1991” (1990 album; remastered, with a second CD containing 13 rarities and extended mixes; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) , “Very: Further Listening 1992-1994” (1993 album; remastered, with a second CD containing 16 rarities and extended mixes; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) , “Bilingual: Further Listening 1995-1997” (1996 album; remastered, with a second CD containing 15 rarities and extended mixes; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
TOM PETTY
“An American Treasure” (four-CD, 60-song box set of rare and previously unreleased material; first single: “Keep a Little Soul [Outtake, 1982]”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; 2-CD Version; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Reprise)
THE POLICE
“Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings [Vinyl]” (six-LP box set; See here; eBay; Merch; A&M / UMe)
PRINCE
“Piano & A Microphone 1983” (nine previously unheard songs recorded at his home studio while he was putting together “Purple Rain”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Deluxe Edition, CD + LP; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Warner)
OTIS REDDING
“Dock of the Bay Sessions” (his biggest hit was released 50 years ago in January 1968, shortly after his death in a plane crash; this 12-song collection is assembled from his final recordings and thought to be intended for his next album; Read here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic)
THE ROLLING STONES
“Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1968 album; remastered by Bob Ludwig, transferred from the original tapes to DSD; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch; ABKCO)
THE ROLLING STONES
“Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016” (19-LP box set, from “Sticky Fingers” to “Blue & Lonesome”; eBay; On Tour; Merch; UMe)
THE ROLLING STONES
“Sympathy For The Devil [Blu-ray]” (a 4K restoration of the 1969 film from the original 35mm camera negative; directed by Jean-Luc Godard; See here; Read here; eBay; On Tour; Merch; ABKCO)
DIANA ROSS
“Diamond Diana: The Legacy Collection” (15 songs; Download, released on Nov. 17; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Motown / UMe)
ROXY MUSIC
“Roxy Music (Deluxe Edition)” (1972 album; remastered, with a second CD, “The BBC Sessions”; Super Deluxe Edition, featuring the original album, demos and outtakes, “The BBC Sessions” and a DVD; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Vinyl; Download; eBay; Merch; Virgin / UMe)
TODD RUNDGREN / UTOPIA
“The Road To Utopia: The Complete Recordings 1974-82” (seven-CD box set, with 15 bonus tracks; mastered by Joe Reagoso; Friday Music)
RUSH
“Hemispheres (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1978 album; remastered from the original analogue masters at Abbey Road Studios, with “Live at Pinkpop Festival – June 4, 1979”; Super Deluxe Edition, feat. two CDs, a Blu-ray Audio disc, three 180-gram black vinyl LPs and 40-page hardcover book; Read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Anthem / ole label group/ UMe)
BOB SEGER & THE LAST HEARD
“Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967” (10 songs; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour, with his Silver Bullet Band; ABKCO)
NINA SIMONE
“Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles” (14 songs; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; BMG Rights Management)
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FRANK SINATRA
“Standing Room Only” (three-CD collection features three rare and unreleased Sinatra concerts from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s – Jan. 28, 1966, at The Sands, Las Vegas, Oct. 7, 1974, at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, and Oct. 24, 1987, Reunion Arena, Dallas; newly remixed by Larry Walsh at NBCUniversal Audio and mastered by Seth Foster at Universal Mastering Studios; Hear here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Filmography; Merch; Frank Sinatra Enterprises / Capitol / UMe)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
“The Album Collection Vol. 2, 1987-1996 [Vinyl]” (10-LP box set, containing albums from “Tunnel of Love” to “Blood Brothers”; Read here; eBay; Springsteen on Broadway; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
STEALERS WHEEL
“The A&M Years” (contains 1972’s “Stealers Wheel,” 1974’s “Ferguslie Park” and 1975’s “Right or Wrong”; remastered; Hear here; Caroline)
DONNA SUMMER
“Summer: The Original Hits” (17-song compilation; Target-Exclusive CD, with three bonus tracks; Download, with three extra songs; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Mercury / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Concert for George” (Grammy-winning all-star album from 2003 is reissued in honor of George Harrison’s 75th birthday, on Feb. 25; recorded on Nov. 29, 2002, exactly one year after Harrison’s death, the tribute concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall featured Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, Dhani Harrison, Jools Holland, Monty Python, Ravi and Anoushka Shankar, etc.; See here; CD + DVD Combo Pack; CD + Blu-ray Combo Pack; Vinyl Box Set; also available as Deluxe Box Set, four LPs, two CDs, two Blu-rays, two DVDs, 60-page hardbound book, etc.; Download; Craft Recordings / Concord)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Feelin’ Right Saturday Night: The Ric & Ron Anthology” (28-song collection celebrating the 60th anniversary of pioneering New Orleans R&B label Ric Records and its sister label Ron Records; Craft Recordings)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s” (36-song compilation, featuring tracks by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Jessi Colter, Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, John Hartford, etc.; Download; Legacy Recordings)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Stax ’68: A Memphis Story” (five-CD box set, with 56-page book; Read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; Craft Recordings / Concord)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Stax Singles, Volume 4: Rarities & Best of the Rest” (six-CD box set; Craft Recordings / Concord)
DIONNE WARWICK
“Odds & Ends: Scepter Records Rarities” (27 songs; Real Gone Music)
BARRY WHITE
“Love’s Theme: The Best of the 20th Century Records Singles” (Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; eBay; Mercury / UMe)
THE WHO
“Live At The Fillmore East 1968” (unreleased recordings from the second of two nights played at Bill Graham’s legendary NYC club; restored and mixed by original sound engineer Bob Pridden; Amazon UK; Vinyl; eBay; Merch; Geffen / UMe)
AMY WINEHOUSE
“Back To Black: The Real Story Behind the Modern Classic [DVD]” (2018 documentary, featuring previously unseen footage of Winehouse, with new interviews with producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Rami and the musicians who worked on the album, along with “An Intimate Evening in London,” a private show from February 2008; See here; Read here; Blu-ray; Eagle Vision / UMG)
THE ZOMBIES
“Greatest Hits” (16 songs; eBay; On Tour; Varèse Sarabande)