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New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
ARTIST
TITLE
LABEL
Ólöf Arnalds
“Spíra” (Icelandic singer-songwriter’s fifth album; producer: Skúli Sverrisson; new single: “Tár í morgunsárið” [“Tears at Dawn”]; Hear here; Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music)
“Coming Home Live” (Double CD; 60th anniversary concert in their hometown of Hanover, Germany, recorded on July 5, 2025; guests: Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, et al; with 20-page booklet; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch)
“Jiggy Buckaroo” (Wyoming-born, Nashville-based country artist’s debut album; guests: Sierra Ferrell, Struggle Jennings, Randy Savvy, Tyler Halverson; new single: “Shiny Stones”; Apple Music)
“Christmas with el Twanguero” (all-instrumental, analog reinterpretation of holiday classics from Spanish-born, L.A.-based exploratory guitarist Diego Garcia and his band; producers: Diego Castaño, Garcia; new single: “Happy Xmas [War Is Over]”; See here; Apple Music)
“America’s Choice [Quadio]” (Blu-ray Audio; 1975 album; transferred from the original half-inch four-channel masters; with 192/24 resolution Quadraphonic and hi-res stereo mixes)
Rhino
Jefferson Starship
“Spitfire [Quadio]” (Blu-ray Audio; 1976 album, featuring “With Your Love” and “St. Charles”; transferred from the original half-inch four-channel masters; with 192/24 resolution Quadraphonic and hi-res stereo mixes)
Rhino
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
“Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate” (recorded on Nov. 26-27, 1963, with pianists Horace Parlan, Melvin Rhyne, and Jane Getz, along with bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Sonny Brown, originally recorded for a documentary film; the tapes were in storage for the next 62 years until now; restored and mastered from the original tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab; Double Vinyl; Download) “Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse” (Double CD; unreleased recording from August 1967, with pianist Rahn Burton, bassist Steve Novosel and drummer Jimmy Hopps, originally recorded by DJ Jim Wilke for KING-FM radio; transferred from the original tapes and restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab; Double Vinyl; Download)
Resonance
Yusuf Lateef
“Golden Flower: Live in Sweden” (Double CD; recorded on Sept. 13, 1967, with pianist Lars Sjösten, bassist Palle Danielson and drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath, and on Aug. 1, 1972, at the Åhus Jazz Festival with pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Bob Cunningham and Heath on drums; Double Vinyl; Download)
Elemental Music
MC5
“MC50: 10 More” (all-star tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Kick Out the Jams” in 2018, featuring Kim Thayil, Brendan Canty, Billy Gould, Matt Cameron and Marcus Durant; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music)
“Labcabincalifornia (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1995 album, featuring “Drop,” “Runnin'” and “She Said”; with 12 B-sides, instrumentals, Jay Dee remixes, and a new “Runnin'” remix)
Craft Recordings / Concord
Sting
“The Last Ship (Expanded Edition)” (Double CD; 2013 concept album; with five new recordings, including “Island of Souls” and collaborations with Joe Caffrey, Brian Johnson, Jo Lawry, Renée Fleming, and Frances McNamee; his musical, which premiered on Broadway in 2014, earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score; Sting will also star in productions to be staged in Paris, Amsterdam and Brisbane in 2026; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour)
A&M / UMe
Ultravox
“The Collection (Deluxe Edition)” (4CD/2Blu-ray box set; 1984 best-of compilation; remastered, with a second volume of singles from 1986-2024, alternative and unreleased versions and new 12-inch extended mixes; Blu-ray discs contain music videos and “Top of the Pops” and other live performances; Clear Vinyl, four-LP box set; Amazon UK)
Chrysalis
WAR
“Why Can’t We Be Friends [Quadio]” (Blu-ray Audio; 1975 album, featuring the title track and “Low Rider”; transferred from the original half-inch four-channel masters; with 192/24 resolution Quadraphonic and hi-res stereo mixes; On Tour)
Rhino / Avenue
Keith West
“Cross That Bridge: The Anthology 1965-1999” (Double CD; 46-track collection covers his first recordings with Four + One in 1965 up to a 1999 cover of Bob Dylan’s “Lay Lady Lay” with guitarist Steve Howe, as well as “Excerpt From ‘A Teenage Opera’ [Grocer Jack]”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK)
“Stories of a Stranger (20th Anniversary Edition)” (original 2005 album with rare bonus material: a long-out-of-print EP — featuring performances of “Heard the World,” “Lay Down,” and “About Mr. Brown,” plus the studio outtake “Sometimes,” from the original sessions; Double Vinyl; Apple Music)
