Your Vinyl Store (Aug. 12-18 and Beyond)
AUG. 12, 2016
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE
“This Is Big Audio Dynamite” (1985 album; Intervention) 
THE BUGGLES
“The Age of Plastic” (1980 album; Let Them Eat Vinyl)
GURU
“Jazzmatazz, Volume 1” (1993 album; Virgin)
THE HIGHWAYMEN (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson)
“Highwayman 2” (1990 album; Sundazed)
BILLY JOEL
“Glass Houses” (1980 album; 180-gram audiophile LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
LITTLE RICHARD
“The Explosive Little Richard” (1967 album; deluxe two-LP set with gatefold sleeve, new liner notes, previously unpublished photos and several masters previously unissued on vinyl; Read here; Bear Family)
MADONNA
“Erotica” (1992 album), “Bedtime Stories” (1994 album; Rhino / Warner)
THE MONKEES
“Good Times!” (2016 album; Rhino)
OASIS
“The Masterplan” (1998 compilation), “Heathen Chemistry” (2012 album; Big Brother Recordings Ltd.)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Reggae Music 1968-1975” (feat. John Holt, Leroy Smart, Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, etc.; Read here; Voice of Jamaica)
AUG. 19, 2016
BIG STAR
“#1 Record” (1972 album; purple vinyl; 4 Men With Beards)
BOYZ II MEN
“Cooleyhighharmony” (1991 album), “II” (1994 album; Motown / UMe)
ETTA JAMES
“Tell Mama” (1968 album; mono gold vinyl; 4 Men With Beards)
THE LA’S
“The La’s” (1990 album; sky blue vinyl; Universal)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Roustabout” (1964 soundtrack album; translucent orange vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
PSYCHIC TV
“Force the Hand of Chance” (1982 album; Angry Love Productions)
THE TRAMMPS
“The Best of The Trammps: Disco Inferno” (1978 compilation; Friday Music)
WILSON PICKETT
“The Best of Wilson Pickett Vol. II” (1971 compilation; Friday Music)
AUG. 23, 2016
PRINCE
“Parade” (1986 album)
AUG. 26, 2016
ALBERT COLLINS
“Ice Pickin'” (1978 album; remastered by label president Bruce Iglauer; Alligator)
JOHN DENVER
“Poems, Prayers & Promises” (1971 album; limited-edition 180-gram RCA orange LP; Night Fever Music), “Rocky Mountain High” (1972 album; 180-gram clear-blue splatter LP; Night Fever Music), “Back Home Again” (1974 album; 180-gram gold LP; Night Fever Music)
SEPT. 2, 2016
FREDDIE MERCURY
“Messenger of the Gods: The Singles” (box set containing 13 vinyl 7-inch singles; Hollywood)
PEARL JAM
“No Code” (1996 album; 150-gram LP, mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer Bob Ludwig; original singles also available as 7-inch vinyl singles: “Who You Are” b/w “Habit,” “Hail, Hail” b/w “Black, Red, Yellow” and “Off He Goes” b/w “Dead Man”), “Yield” (1998 album; 150-gram LP, mastered by Ludwig; original singles also available as 7-inch vinyl singles: “Given to Fly” b/w “Pilate & Leatherman” and “Wishlist” b/w “U” */”Brain of J” [Live]”; Epic / Legacy)
THOMPSON TWINS
“Into the Gap” (1984 album; with a second LP of extended mixes and remixes and the instrumental “Leopard Ray”; Hear here; U.K. – Weatherbox)
SEPT. 6, 2016
CHIC
“Les Plus Grands Succes De Chic – Chic’s Greatest Hits” (1979 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
CHICAGO
“Greatest Hits 1982-1989” (1989 album; Rhino / Warner)
ARETHA FRANKLIN
“Aretha’s Greatest Hits” (1971 compilation; Rhino / Atlantic)
LITTLE FEAT
“As Time Goes By: The Very Best of Little Feat” (1994 album; Rhino / Warner)
NEIL YOUNG
“Time Fades Away” (1973 live album), “On the Beach” (1974 album), “Tonight’s the Night” (1975 album), “Zuma” (1975 album, with Crazy Horse; Reprise)
WARREN ZEVON
“A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon” (1986 compilation; Rhino / Elektra)
SEPT. 9, 2016
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“1969 Archive Box” (originally released on Record Store Day 2016, this collection contains LP and CD versions of the albums “Bayou Country,” “Green River” and “Willie & The Poor Boys,” plus three 7-inch EPs, a 60-page composition notebook, poster, bumper sticker, etc.; Fantasy)
DUNGEON FAMILY
“Even In Darkness” (2001 album; two-LP set, pressed on 150-gram black vinyl; Legacy)
FREE
“The Vinyl Collection” (seven-LP box set; U.K. – UMC)
K.D. LANG
“Hymns of the 49th Parallel” (2004 album; Nonesuch)
DOLLY PARTON, EMMYLOU HARRIS & LINDA RONSTADT
“Trio II” (1999 album, making its vinyl debut), “Farther Along” (a double-LP set of all the newly remastered bonus material from “The Complete Trio Collection”; Rhino)
SUM 41
“Chuck” (2004 album; SRCVinyl)
THE VERVE
“A Storm in Heaven” (1993 album; Virgin)
SEPT. 13, 2016
MADONNA
“Something to Remember” (1995 album; Rhino / Warner)
SEPT. 16, 2016
BRIGHT EYES
“The Studio Albums 2000-2011” (six-album, 10-colored-LP box set, with download card; Saddle Creek)
CASTING CROWNS
“Casting Crowns” (2003 album; Reunion)
THE CRANBERRIES
“No Need To Argue” (1994 album; cranberry LP; Plain)
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES
“Stockholm 67” (limited-edition yellow vinyl; Sutro Park)
LED ZEPPELIN
“The Complete BBC Sessions” (five-LP box set; Atlantic)
MAROON 5
“The Studio Albums” (five-LP box set; U.K. – UMC)
PULP
“Different Class” (1995 album; mint LP; Plain)
TELEVISION
“Adventure” (1978 album; gold LP; 4 Men With Beards)
STEVEN TYLER
“We’re All Somebody From Somewhere” (2016 album; Big Machine)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Volume 2” (limited-edition orange-red vinyl; Time Life)
BOBBY WOMACK
“Fly Me to the Moon” (1968 album; 180-gram LP), “The Womack ‘Live'” (1970 album; Premium Cool)
SEPT. 23, 2016
DAVID BOWIE
“Who Can I Be Now? [1974 to 1976]” (13-LP box set; Rhino / Parlophone) 
RAY CHARLES
“The Atlantic Years – In Mono” (seven-LP box set; Rhino / Atlantic)
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book” (1956 album; three-LP box set; Analog Spark)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
“The Black Parade / Living With Ghosts (The 10th Anniversary Edition)” (2006 album; with 11 previously unreleased demos and outtakes from the original recording session with producer Rob Cavallo; Warner)
RANDY NEWMAN
“The Randy Newman Songbook” (four-LP box set; Nonesuch)
PRINCE
“When Doves Cry” (two-cut maxi single from 1984), “Let’s Go Crazy” (two-cut maxi single from 1984), “Raspberry Beret” (two-song maxi single from 1985; Warner), “LOtUSFLOW3R” (2009 album; Because Music)
VAUGHAN BROTHERS
“Family Style” (1990 album; 200-gram vinyl, mastered from the original tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound; Acoustic Sounds)
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE
“In Step” (1989 album; 200-gram vinyl, mastered from the original tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound), “The Sky Is Crying” (1990 album; 200-gram vinyl, mastered from the original tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound; Acoustic Sounds)
JESSE COLIN YOUNG
“Song For Juli” (1973 album; Audio Fidelity)
SEPT. 27, 2016
COURTNEY BARNETT
“Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.” (2015 album; pink vinyl; Mom&Pop Music)
THE BLACK KEYS
“Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough” (2006 seven-song EP; pink vinyl; Fat Possum)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
“Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” (2004 album; limited-edition pink vinyl; Warner)
PRINCE
“Sign ‘O’ the Times” (1987 album; Warner)
SEPT. 30, 2016
THE BLACK EYED PEAS
“Elephunk” (2003 album; double LP; A&M / UMe)
CHICAGO
“Chicago 16” (1982 album; 180-gram audiophile LP; Friday Music)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
“All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra” (two LPs, 20 songs; Epic / Legacy)
KING CURTIS
“The Best of King Curtis” (1968 compilation; Friday Music)
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
“Stampede” (1975 album; 180-gram audiophile LP), “One Step Closer” (1980 album; 180-gram audiophile LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
IRON BUTTERFLY
“Iron Butterfly Live” (1970 album; 180-gram audiophile LP; Friday Music)
LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY
“Launch Pad Favorites” (two-LP career anthology; Hear/read here; Munster)
MARIE OSMOND
“Music Is Medicine” (2016 album; Amazon-exclusive autographed vinyl; OliveMe)
POSTER CHILDREN
“Daisychain Reaction” (1990 album; with a digital download card that features three previously unreleased tracks; Hear here; See here; Lotuspool)
NINA SIMONE
“Nina Simone in Concert” (1964 album), “Broadway-Blues-Ballads” (1964 album), “I Put a Spell On You” (1965 album), “Pastel Blues” (1965 album), “Let It All Out” (1966 album), “High Priestess of Soul” (1967 album; Verve)
STING
“Sting – The Studio Collection” (11-LP box set), “Brand New Day” (1999; double LP), “Sacred Love” (2003; double LP; A&M / UMe)
OCT. 4, 2016
DIO
“A Decade of Dio: 1983-1993” (six-LP box set with 7-inch single; Rhino)
OCT. 7, 2016
ARCHERS OF LOAF
“Curse of the Loaf” (2015 album; limited-edition two-LP, one-DVD set; Arra Music)
OCT. 14, 2016
PHIL COLLINS
“The Singles” (four-LP box set; Rhino)
RAY CONNIFF AND THE RAY CONNIFF SINGERS
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (1962 album; 180-gram audiophile white vinyl; Friday Music)
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“Live in Europe” (1973 double LP; Fantasy)
OCT. 18, 2016
PRINCE
“Lovesexy” (1988 album), “Batman” (1989 album; Warner)
OCT. 21, 2016
FUNKADELIC
“Maggot Brain” (1971 album; “chocofunkalatte” LP), “Let’s Take It to the Stage” (1975 album; blue LP; 4 Men With Beards)
IGGY POP
“The Idiot” (1977 album; white clear vinyl), “Lust For Life” (1977 album; yellow LP; 4 Men With Beards)
OCT. 28, 2016
DUANE ALLMAN
“Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective” (14-LP box set; Rounder)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Motown 7s Box: Rare and Unreleased Vinyl, Volume 3” (seven two-sided 45rpm singles; U.K. – UMC)
NOV. 18, 2016
THE BEATLES
“Live at the Hollywood Bowl” (CD version released on Sept. 9; Apple / Capitol)
CROWDED HOUSE
“Crowded House” (1986 album; cut from the original analogue tapes at Abbey Road Studios on 180-gram vinyl), “Temple of Low Men” (1988 album), “Woodface” (1991 album), “Together Alone” (1993 album), “Afterglow” (1999 album; Capitol / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Volume 3” (limited-edition black and blue swirl vinyl; Time Life)
NOV. 22, 2016
PRINCE
“Graffiti Bridge” (1990 album; Warner)
DEC. 13, 2016
PRINCE
“The Love Symbol Album” (1992 album), “Come” (1994 album; Warner)
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