| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Beach Boys, The |
“Pet Sounds (Mono) [MP3 Download]” (1966 album) |
(Capitol, July 3, 2012) |
| Blasters, The |
“Fun on a Saturday Night” (hits compilation) |
(Rip Cat, July 3, 2012) |
| Bronski Beat |
“The Age of Consent/Hundreds & Thousands” (1985 album and 1985 remix album; two CDs) |
(U.K. – Edsel, July 2, 2012) |
| Solomon Burke |
“Solomon Burke’s Greatest Hits [MP3 Download]” (1962 album) |
(Rhino/Atlantic, July 3, 2012) |
| Byron Cage |
“Playlist: The Very Best of Byron Cage [MP3 Download]” (12 songs) |
(Gospocentric/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Glen Campbell |
“10 Great Songs” |
(Capitol, July 3, 2012) |
| Champaign |
“How ‘Bout Us” (1981 album; remastered) |
(Funkytowngrooves, July 3, 2012) |
| Christian Death |
“Death Box [CD/DVD]” (five CDs, one DVD; featuring three full-length studio albums, the “Original Shadow Project EP,” remixes, live tracks and solo Rozz Williams recordings; the DVD contains the band’s 10th anniversary show in Los Angeles in 1993) |
(Cleopatra, July 3, 2012) |
| James Luther Dickinson and North Mississippi Allstars |
“I’m Just Dead, I’m Not Gone” (posthumou collection from the Memphis producer and musician; Vinyl) |
(Memphis International, July 3, 2012) |
| Bob Dylan |
“Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits [24 KT + Gold CD]” (1967 album; remastered) |
(Audio Fidelity, July 3, 2012) |
| Bob Dylan |
“Playlist: The Very Best of Bob Dylan ’70s [MP3 Download]” |
(Columbia/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Every Mother’s Son |
“Come on Down: The Complete MGM Recordings” (23 songs; Track list) |
(U.K. – Now Sounds, July 2, 2012) |
| Five For Fighting |
“Playlist: The Very Best of Five For Fighting [MP3 Download]” |
(Columbia/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Crystal Gayle |
“10 Great Songs” |
(Capitol, July 3, 2012) |
| Grateful Dead |
“Dick’s Picks Vol. 29: 5/19/77 Fox Theatre Atlanta, GA / 5/21/77 Lakeland Civic Center Arena Lakeland, FL” (six CDs), “Dick’s Picks Vol. 30 — Academy of Music, New York City, NY 3/25 & 3/28/72” (four CDs, 36 songs; Read here), “Dick’s Picks Vol. 31 — 8/4-5 Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA 8/6/74, Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ” (four CDs, 31 songs; Read here) |
(Real Gone Music, July 3, 2012) |
| Merle Haggard |
“10 Great Songs” |
(Capitol, July 3, 2012) |
| Donny Hathaway |
“Live [MP3 Download]” (1972 album), “The Best of Donny Hathaway [MP3 Download]” (1978 album), “In Performance [MP3 Download]” (1980 album) |
(Rhino/Atlantic, July 3, 2012) |
| Jellyfish |
“Live at Bogart’s 1991” (Track list) |
(Omnivore Recordings, July 3, 2012) |
| George Jones |
“10 Great Songs” |
(Capitol, July 3, 2012) |
| KC and The Sunshine Band |
“KC and The Sunshine Band (Expanded Edition)” (1975 album; remastered, with bonus single versions of “Get Down Tonight” and “That’s the Way [I Like It]” and a Tom Moulton mix of “Get Down Tonight”; Hear here; Read here) |
(U.K. – Big Break, July 2, 2012) |
| Lonesome River Band |
“Chronology, Volume Two” (compilation marks the bluegrass band’s 30th anniversary; MP3 Download) |
(Rural Rhythm, July 3, 2012) |
| The Mamas & The Papas |
“People Like Us” (1971 album, the group’s fifth and final studio album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks, including John Phillips’ solo hit “Mississippi”; Hear here; Read here) |
(U.K. – Now Sounds, July 2, 2012) |
| Marillion |
“Best.Live” (two CDs, 20 songs) |
(Madfish, July 3, 2012) |
| Harvey Mason |
“Earthmover [MP3 Download]” (1976 album) |
(Arista/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| George McCrae |
“Rock Your Baby” (1974 album; remastered) |
(U.K. – Big Break, July 2, 2012) |
| Eddie Money |
“Take Me Home Tonight: The Best of Eddie Money” (including three acoustic bonus tracks; MP3 Download) |
(Cleopatra, July 3, 2012) |
| múm |
“Early Birds” (a compilation of rare recordings by the experimental Icelandic collective; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Morr Music, July 3, 2012) |
| Peter Nero |
“I’ve Gotta Be Me [MP3 Download]” (1969 album), “Summer of ’42 [MP3 Download]” (1973 album) |
(Columbia/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Alan O’Day |
“Appetizers” (1977 album, including his No. 1 “Undercover Angel”; remastered, with one bonus track) |
(Fuel, July 3, 2012) |
| Our Lady Peace |
“Playlist: The Very Best of Our Lady Peace [MP3 Download]” |
(Columbia/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Ray Parker Jr. |
“Two Places At the Same Time (Expanded Edition)” (1980 album, with Raydio; remastered, with a bonus 12-inch version of “It’s Time to Party Now”), “A Woman Needs Love (Expanded Edition)” (1981 album, with Raydio; remastered, with three bonus tracks), “The Other Woman (Expanded Edition)” (1982 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks), “Woman Out of Control (Expanded Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with a bonus extended version of “Jack and Jill”) |
(Funkytowngrooves, July 3, 2012) |
| Gram Parsons |
“Grievous Angel [Super Audio CD]” (1972 album; remastered) |
(Mobile Fidelity, July 3, 2012) |
| Petra |
“More Power to Ya: 30th Anniversary Edition” (1982 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Read here; MP3 Download), “This Means War: 25th Anniversary Edition” (1987 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; MP3 Download) |
(Star Song, July 3, 2012) |
| Wilson Pickett |
“In the Midnight Hour [MP3 Download]” (1965 album), “I’m in Love [MP3 Download]” (1968 album) |
(Rhino/Atlantic, July 3, 2012) |
| Pointer Sisters |
“Contact [MP3 Download]” (1985 album) |
(RCA/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Otis Redding & Carla Thomas |
“King & Queen [MP3 Download]” (1967 album) |
(Rhino/Atlantic, July 3, 2012) |
| Buddy Rich Band, The |
“Very Alive at Ronnie Scott’s [MP3 Download]” (1971 album; remastered) |
(RCA/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Searchers, The |
“Hearts in Their Eyes: Celebrating 50 Years of Harmony & Jangle [Box set]” (four CDs, 121 tracks) |
(U.K. – Sanctuary/Universal, July 2, 2012) |
| Marvin Sease |
“The Real Deal [MP3 Download]” (1989 album) |
(Island, July 3, 2012) |
| Sham 69 |
“Set List: The Anthology” (19 tracks; Vinyl) |
(U.K. – Secret, July 2, 2012) |
| Small Faces |
“Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” (1968 album; remastered, with mono and stereo editions and a third CD of rarities and alternate versions) |
(Snapper Music Group, July 3, 2012) |
| Spinners, The |
“Truly Yours: Their First Motown Album” (1967 album; remastered, with 14 bonus tracks) |
(U.K. – Kent/Ace, July 2, 2012) |
| the The |
“Playlist: The Very Best of the The [MP3 Download]” (14 songs) |
(Epic/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Tyrese |
“Playlist: The Very Best of Tyrese [MP3 Download]” (14 songs) |
(RCA/Legacy, July 3, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“All Kinds of Highs: A Mainstream Pop-Psych Compendium 1966-1970” (two CDs, 52 songs; Read here) |
(U.K. – Big Beat/Ace, July 2, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Have Mercy! The Songs of Don Covay” (26 Covay songs covered by Aretha Franklin, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Chubby Checker, Connie Francis, Little Richard, etc.) |
(U.K. – Ace, July 2, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Meditation: The Beautiful Music of Massenet” (19-song collection marks the 100th anniversary of French composer Jules Massenet’s death; featuring performances by Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Jonas Kaufmann, Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Angela Gheorghiu and Marilyn Horne; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Decca, July 3, 2012) |
| Young Flowers (1960s Danish rock group) |
“Take Warning: The Complete Studio Recordings” (two CDs, 20 songs; Hear here) |
(U.K. – RPM, July 2, 2012) |
