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New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)

ARTISTTITLELABEL
Tori Amos“Diving Deep Live” (Double CD; recorded during her Ocean to Ocean Tour throughout 2022 and 2023, backed by bassist/musical director Jon Evans and drummer Ash Soan; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) Decca
AURORA“What Happened to the Heart?” (Norwegian alt-pop singer’s fourth album; new single: “Animal Soul”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on June 7; On Tour) Glassnote
Cardinal Noire“Vitriol” (Finnish industrial band’s third album; new single: “Gun Metal”; Download; Apple Music) Artoffact
DeWolff“Muscle Shoals” (Dutch psychedelic rock band’s 10th album, recorded at FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama; producer: Ben Tanner; new single: “In Love”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group
Hunger Anthem“Lift” (Athens, GA-based punk-pop trio’s third album, recorded by Mike Albanese; new single: “Hours and Miles”; See here; Vinyl) Cornelius Chapel
Jamey Johnson“Midnight Gasoline” (country singer-songwriter’s sixth album and first in 14 years; producers: The Kent Hardly Playboys, Dave Cobb; the first of his Cash Cabin Series, a collection of albums recorded at the famed studio in Hendersonville, TN, that was owned by Johnny and June Carter Cash and is now owned by their son, John Carter Cash; guest: Randy Houser; new single: “Someday When I’m Old”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Opaque Blue Jay Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on Nov. 8; Apple Music; On Tour) Big Gassed Records / Warner Music Nashville
Dua Lipa“Dua Lipa Live From the Royal Albert Hall” (Double CD – U.K. version; recorded on Oct. 17, joined by the 53-piece Heritage Orchestra, conductor Ben Foster, guest Elton John on “Cold Heart,” a 14-member choir, and a seven-piece band; CD and Double Vinyl out in U.S. on Jan. 17, 2025; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) Warner
Jesse Malin“Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin” (Double CD; 27-track tribute and benefit album, with all proceeds going to Malin’s Sweet Relief artist fund; guests: Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong, Lucinda Williams, Elvis Costello, Bleachers, Tommy Stinson, the late Wayne Kramer, Tom Morello, Counting Crows, Dinosaur Jr., The Wallflowers, Spoon, Susanna Hoffs, Frank Turner, Rancid, et al; new single: “Prisoners of Paradise”; Hear here; See here; Triple Vinyl released on Oct. 25; Download released on Sept. 20; Apple Music; Benefit Shows, Dec. 1-2, Beacon Theatre, NYC) Glassnote
Cory Marks“Sorry For Nothing” (Canadian country rock singer-songwriter’s second album; producers: Kevin Churko, Kile Odell, Andrew Baylis; guests: Sully Erna, Mick Mars, Travis Tritt, DL of Bad Wolves; Red Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)Better Noise Music
Lauren Mayberry“Vicious Creature” (CHVRCHES singer’s debut solo album; producers: Dan McDougall, Ethan Gruska, Matthew Koma; new single: “Crocodile Tears”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) Island
ROSÉ“rosie” (Blackpink member’s debut solo album, co-writing and co-producing the 12-song project; new single: “number one girl”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with one premium cover postcard, 11 postcards, two photocards and one poster; Other Versions; Retail Exclusive; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive CD, with postcards; Target-Exclusive CD, with deluxe packaging; Walmart-Exclusive CD, with deluxe packaging; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download) The Black Label / Atlantic
The Sheepdogs“Hell Together” (Saskatoon rockers’ six-song EP; new single: “Hell Together”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download released on Nov. 7; On Tour) Right On Records
Sister Hazel“Sand, Sea & Crash Debris” (Florida rock band’s 13th album; producers: Ben Jackson, Sister Hazel; new single: “Lay Your Worry Down”; Gold Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) Rock Ridge Music
TWICE“Strategy” (K-pop group’s 14th mini album; Target-Exclusive CD, with additional photocard; Target-Exclusive Peppermint Vinyl; Download; Merch) JYP Entertainment
Various artists“The Henry Mancini 100th Sessions: Henry Has Company” (all-star tribute to the legendary pianist-composer, who would have turned 100 on April 16; producer: Gregg Field; contributors: Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Lizzo, The Royal Philharmonic, Herbie Hancock, John Williams, The L.A. Philharmonic, et al; first single: “Peter Gunn”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on June 21; Apple Music)Primary Wave Music
White Denim“12” (Austin band’s 12th studio album; producer: frontman James Petralli; new single: “Light On”; Hear here; See here; White Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) Bella Union
Lucinda Williams“Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road” (12 covers from the latest edition of her “Lu’s Jukebox” cover series; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) Highway 20

New Releases (Downloads)

ARTISTTITLELABEL
B O D I E S“B O D I E S” (Berlin-based eight-piece all-female a cappella ensemble’s four-song EP; new single: “Wonder”; See here; Apple Music) Groenland
Celebration Summer“A Little Less Numb” (D.C.-based melodic punk band’s four-song EP; producer: J. Robbins; new single: “Sea Shanty”; See here) Den of Wax
Dax“From a Man’s Perspective” (new single: “Soldier”; See here; Apple Music) Records Label, LLC / Columbia
Nils Frahm“Paris” (German musician-composer’s first live album, recorded in March 2024 at Philharmonie de Paris’ Grand Salle Pierre Boulez; producer: Frahm; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) LEITER
Interpol“Live at Third Man Records” (captured live-to-acetate at Third Man’s Blue Room venue in Nashville in June; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) Third Man
Braxton Keith“Blue” (San Antonio-based country singer’s five-song EP; producers: Alex Torrez, David Dorn; new single: “Fall This Way”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) Warner Music Nashville
Anaïs Mitchell & Hadestown Original West End Cast“Hadestown: Live From London” (recorded at Lyric Theatre on Aug. 25; cast includes Dónal Finn as Orpheus, Grace Hodgett Young as Eurydice, Zachary James as Hades, Melanie La Barrie as Hermes, et al; CD out Dec. 20; Rough Trade; Amazon UK; Apple Music) Sing It Again, LLC
Angel Olsen“Cosmic Waves Volume 1” (compilation of new original songs by other artists and Olsen’s covers of those artists, featuring Poppy Jean Crawford, Coffin Prick, Sarah Grace White, Maxim Ludwig and Camp Saint Helene; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music) somethingscosmic / Jagjaguwar
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz“Wicked (Original Motion Picture Score)” (opened in theaters on Nov. 22; “Wicked Part Two” is scheduled to arrive in theaters in November 2025; Trailer; Cinemark Showtimes; Merch) Republic
Until I Wake“Renovate” (Buffalo, NY quintet’s second album; producer: Landon Tewers; new single: “Renovate”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Jan. 24, 2025; On Tour) Fearless / Concord
YoungBoy Never Broke Again“I Just Got a Lot On My Shoulders” (his seventh album; new single: “Never Stopping”; See here; Apple Music) Motown

Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)

ARTISTTITLELABEL
Roy Ayers Ubiquity“5 Classic Albums” (three-CD digipack includes “A Tear to a Smile,” “Mystic Voyage,” “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” “Vibrations” and “Lifeline”; Read here; Amazon UK)Robinsongs / Cherry Red
Joshua Bell“Complete Decca Recordings” (14-CD box set; Bell became music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2011 and has extended his contract through August 2028; On Tour)Eloquence Australia
The Blasters“Over There: Live At The Venue, London – The Complete Concert” (1982 album; with 13 bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Download)Liberation Hall
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band“Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Still Barking” (20-disc box set, featuring the band’s remastered original albums, plus demos, rehearsals, outtakes, backing tracks, BBC sessions, live recordings, etc., along with three DVDs of TV performances and 148-page hardback coffee table book)Madfish
Sabrina Carpenter“Fruitcake” (six-song holiday EP, released digitally in 2023; Fruit Punch Vinyl, 12-inch EP; Green Cassette; On Tour; Merch) Island / UMe
Frank Chacksfield“Limelight: The Singles Collection 1953-62” (two CDs, 56 tracks, comprising selected A- and B-sides on the Parlophone, Decca and London labels)Acrobat
The Dickies“Dawn of the Dickies (Expanded)” (1979 album; with two bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour)Captain Oi! / Cherry Red
Flamin’ Groovies“Let It Rock: Live From The San Francisco Civic Center 1980” (featuring classic Groovies core of Cyril Jordan, George Alexander, and Chris Wilson, recorded just as the band’s contract with Sire Records had expired; with three bonus tracks; Download)Liberation Hall
Joe Henry“Invisible Hour” (2014 album; with three bonus demo tracks; Double Vinyl)earMUSIC
Hozier“Unreal Unearth: Unending” (Double CD; 2023 album; includes all 16 original albums tracks, plus 10 songs never-before available on CD, including his global smash hit “Too Sweet”; Tooth White Triple Vinyl; Raw Ochre Vinyl, containing the 10 bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)Rubyworks / Columbia
Willis Jackson“The Prestige Collection” (eight albums on four CDs)Enlightenment
Bob James and David Sanborn“Double Vision” (SACD Hybrid Multi-Channel; 1986 album, featuring guests Al Jarreau, Marcus Miller, Steve Gadd, Paul Jackson Jr., Paulinho Da Costa and Eric Gale, with production by Tommy LiPuma; Grammy winner for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental; Hear here)Evosound
Al Jarreau“Wow! Recorded Live In Performance At The Childe Harold” (August 1976 concert in Washington, D.C., previously unreleased and originally recorded for WHFS radio; Hear here)Resonance
B.B. King“B.B. King In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival” (previously unreleased concert performance; restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, transferred from the original tape reels)Deep Digs / Elemental Music
Little Brother Montgomery“Vicksburg Blues: The Singles & Albums Collection 1930-61” (three CDs, 72 tracks)Acrobat
Iain Matthews“Thro’ My Eyes: The Vertigo Years 1970-1974” (five-CD, 102-song box set, including three full albums, live recordings and 37 previously unreleased tracks; Read here; Amazon UK)Lemon / Cherry Red
Melanie“Take Me Home – Live at the Troubadour 1969” (recorded just before her Woodstock performance; Vinyl)Cleopatra
Mills Brothers“Tiger Rag: The Singles Collection Vol. 1 1931-47” (four CDs, 105 songs, covering their A- and B-sides on the Brunswick and Decca labels)
“Tiger Rag: The Singles Collection Vol. 2 1947-62” (four-CD, 103-track collection comprising of A- and B-sides on the Decca and Dot labels)
Acrobat
Laura Nyro“Hear My Song: The Collection 1966-1995” (19-CD box set contains 10 studio albums, six live albums, two previously unreleased concerts and rarities, with coffee table book, featuring a foreword by Elton John and testimonials from other artists, and photographs; remastered; See here; Read here; Amazon UK)Madfish
Luciano Pavarotti“O Holy Night” (17-track collection of festive music, recorded with National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Herbert Adler; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) Decca
The Rolling Stones“Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush” (Double CD; June 8, 1999, surprise show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire for a crowd of 1,800 fans, with guest Sheryl Crow; Double CD + Blu-ray; 4K Ultra HD; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch)Mercury Studios
Roxette“Crash! Boom! Bang! (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1994 album, featuring “Sleeping In My Car,” the title track and “Fireworks”; includes the original album, with bonus tracks and a second disc of demo recordings of songs considered for the album; White and Black Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca)Parlophone
Skunk Anansie“Post Orgasmic Chill (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition)” (Double CD; 1999 album; with 10 B-sides; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download, with four bonus live tracks; On Tour)Boogooyamma / 100% Records
Sun Ra“Lights on a Satellite (Live at the Left Bank)” (recorded on July 23, 1978, at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore by the Left Bank Jazz Society; Hear here; Download)Resonance
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn“We Only Make Believe / Lead Me On / Louisiana Woman-Mississippi Man / Country Partners” (1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974 albums on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK)BGO
Various artists“Glad Tidings From Sun Records” (12-song holiday collection; Vinyl; Download)Sun / Org Music
Various artists“Lazy Days: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1975” (three-CD, 65-track compilation of hits, misses, cult classics and key album tracks, featuring Bad Company, Thin Lizzy, Nazareth, Roxy Music, 10cc, Electric Light Orchestra, Sweet, David Essex, Ace, John Miles, et al; Read here; Amazon UK)Grapefruit / Cherry Red
Nancy Wilson“You’re As Right As Rain: The Capitol Albums (1970-1980)” (12 original albums on seven CDs, with bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK)SoulMusic Records / Cherry Red

Reissues (Downloads)

ARTISTTITLELABEL
Alter Bridge“One Day Remains (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (2004 debut album, featuring “Open Your Eyes” and “Find the Real”; with a bonus track, “Save Me,” and five unreleased live songs recorded at Phase One Studios in Toronto on March 28, 2005; Hear here; Double Vinyl out March 7, 2025)Craft Recordings / Concord
Mariah Carey“Merry Christmas (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1994 album, featuring “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has sold more than 16 million physical copies; with newly remastered version of her 1994 St. John of the Divine concert; Double Vinyl and Zoetrope Vinyl out Dec. 13; On Tour; Merch) Columbia / Legacy
Snarky Puppy“We Like It Here (Remixed + Remastered + Reimagined)” (2014 album; with eight alternate takes and a bonus version of “Gretel”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour)GroundUP Music

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