Your Vinyl Store (Feb. 19-25 and Beyond)
New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
FRANK BLACK
“The Cult of Ray” (1996 album; pressed on 140-gram blue vinyl) » BUY NOW, “Oddballs” (2000 compilation of remixed rarities and B-sides recorded between 1994 and 1997; 140-gram silver vinyl; Demon) » BUY NOW 
BON JOVI
“2020” (2020 album; double gold vinyl; Merch; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
LEONARD COHEN
“Live in Session ’68” (BBC recordings at London’s Paris Theatre in Lower Regent Street; Merch; Rox Vox) » BUY NOW
FOCUS
“Moving Waves” (1971 album, featuring “Hocus Pocus”; released in the U.S. in 1973; 180-gram purple vinyl; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
ARETHA FRANKLIN
“Young, Gifted and Black” (1972 album, featuring “Rock Steady,” “Day Dreaming,” “Border Song [Holy Moses],” “Young, Gifted and Black” and “All the King’s Horses”; burnt orange-colored vinyl; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
DONNY HATHAWAY
“The Best of Donny Hathaway” (1978 compilation; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
DICK HYMAN
“The Age of Electronicus” (1969 album; Hear here; Pleasure for Music) » BUY NOW
JACK’S MANNEQUIN
“Everything in Transit” (2005 album; 180-gram black vinyl; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
KIRSTY MacCOLL
“Other People’s Hearts (B.Sides 1988-1989)” (a collection of B-sides from her “Kite” sessions; 140-gram black vinyl; Read here; Demon) » BUY NOW
MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY
“Live in New Orleans” (1981 album; 40th anniversary double vinyl reissue; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
WILSON PICKETT
“The Best of Wilson Pickett” (1967 compilation; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
RUN-D.M.C.
“Raising Hell” (1986 album, featuring “Walk This Way,” “You Be Illin’,” “My Adidas” and “It’s Tricky”; double vinyl LP edition pressed at 45rpm, mastered from the original master tapes; See here; Merch; Mobile Fidelity) » BUY NOW
SHEILA E.
“The Glamorous Life” (1984 album, featuring Prince-penned title track and “The Belle of St. Mark”; teal vinyl; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
CAT STEVENS
“Greatest Hits” (1975 compilation; Target-exclusive opaque red vinyl; A&M / UMe) » BUY NOW
NEIL YOUNG
“The Times” (2020 seven-song EP; producers: Niko Bolas, Young; Merch; Reprise) » BUY NOW
Other Notable Releases
BEACHWOOD SPARKS
“Beachwood Sparks: Beachwood Deluxe (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2000 album; remastered, with bonus live tracks; Curation) » BUY NOW
THE BLACK CROWES
“Shake Your Money Maker [Super Deluxe Edition]” (1990 album, featuring “Hard to Handle,” “Jealous Again” and “Twice as Hard”; four-LP box set includes the remastered original album, three unreleased studio recordings, two unreleased demos, B-sides, a 14-song concert in Atlanta in December 1990, 20-page book, etc.; Hear here; Standard Vinyl; Merch; American Recordings / UMe) » BUY NOW
RAY CHARLES
“The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years” (1994 compilation; double blue vinyl; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
ALICE COOPER
“Detroit Stories” (features all the surviving members of the original Alice Cooper band; producer: Bob Ezrin; Read here; Merch; earMUSIC) » BUY NOW
FUN.
“Some Nights” (2012 album, featuring “We Are Young,” “Some Nights” and “Carry On”; “We Are Young” won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the band was named Best New Artist; silver-colored vinyl; See here; Fueled By Ramen) » BUY NOW
PJ HARVEY
“Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea” (2000 album) » BUY NOW
“Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – Demos” (Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE JAM
“This Is the Modern World” (1977 album, featuring “The Modern World”; Vinyl Lovers) » BUY NOW
CHAKA KHAN
“Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan” (1996 compilation; burgundy vinyl; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
WILLIE NELSON
“That’s Life” (his second album of Frank Sinatra covers, recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood; producers: Buddy Cannon, Matt Rollings; first single: “Cottage for Sale”; Legacy Recordings) » BUY NOW
SPARKS
“Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat” (1984 album; 180-gram yellow-colored vinyl LP pressing, remastered at Abbey Road Studios; Repertoire) » BUY NOW
SPINNERS
“The Best of Spinners” (1978 compilation; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
WORLD PARTY
“Private Revolution” (1987 album, featuring “Ship of Fools”; Seaview) » BUY NOW
BLACK SABBATH
“Heaven and Hell (Deluxe Edition)” (1980 album; remastered, with 11 bonus tracks) » BUY NOW
“Mob Rules (Deluxe Edition)” (1981 album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
ENUFF Z’NUFF
“Enuff Z’Nuff” (1989 album, featuring “Fly High Michelle” and “New Thing”; 180-gram translucent green audiophile vinyl; remastered; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
“Fountains of Wayne” (1996 debut album, featuring “Radiation Vibe”; 180-gram transparent red vinyl; See here; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
JAPAN
“Quiet Life” (1979 album, featuring “All Tomorrow’s Parties” and “Quiet Life”; half-speed remastered on 180-gram vinyl, with three CDs of rare and previously unreleased material, plus a 24-page book with exclusive liner notes and photography; Standard CD; Standard Vinyl; Red Vinyl; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
KINGS OF LEON
“When You See Yourself” (their first album since 2016’s “Walls”; new singles: “The Bandit” and “100,000 People”; Read here; Merch; RCA) » BUY NOW
TODD RUNDGREN
“A Wizard, A True Star … Live!” (2009 performance of his 1973 album in its entirety; rainbow swirl vinyl; Cleopatra) » BUY NOW
GANG OF FOUR
“Gang of Four 77-81” (six-LP box set includes “Entertainment!” and “Solid Gold,” as well as early singles, demos, a previously unreleased live show and a 100-page hardbound book; Matador) » BUY NOW
MARTY ROBBINS
“Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs” (1959 album, featuring “El Paso” and “Big Iron”; 180-gram color vinyl with bonus 7-inch; Glamourama) » BUY NOW
THE ROOTS
“Do You Want More?!!!??! (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album, featuring “Distortion to Static,” “Proceed” and “Silent Treatment”; triple 180-gram black vinyl with five bonus tracks and 24-page booklet; Geffen / UMe) » BUY NOW
NANCY SINATRA
“Nancy Sinatra: Start Walkin’ 1965-1976” (two-LP, 23-song compilation celebrating her 80th birthday; Boots Enterprises, Inc. / Light in the Attic) » BUY NOW
LANA DEL REY
“Chemtrails Over the Country Club” (new single: “Chemtrails Over the Country Club”; Hear here; Read here; Beige Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Green Vinyl; Merch; Interscope) » BUY NOW
LADY GAGA
“Joanne” (2016 album; Urban Outfitters-exclusive opaque pink swirl vinyl; Merch; Interscope) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Prom (Music From the Netflix film)” (musical comedy starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, etc.; See here; CD, released Dec. 18; Download, released Dec. 4; Sony Masterworks) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The 70s Glam-Pop Album” (34 hits on two LPs, featuring Elton John, Queen, T. Rex, Sweet, Suzi Quatro, 10cc, Pilot, Roxy Music, Sparks, etc.; Track list; Amazon UK; Spectrum / Universal UK) » BUY NOW
BOBBY WOMACK
“The Poet” (1981 album; remastered) » BUY NOW
“The Poet II” (1984 album, featuring Patti LaBelle on three songs; remastered; Read here; ABKCO) » BUY NOW
NEIL YOUNG
“After the Gold Rush (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1970 album, featuring “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” and “Southern Man”; deluxe vinyl box set; remastered, with two versions of album outtake “Wonderin'”; CD and Download released on Dec. 11; Merch; Reprise) » BUY NOW
AMERICA
“Holiday” (1974 album, produced by George Martin and featuring “Tin Man” and “Lonely People”; limited-edition 180-gram silver vinyl; Merch; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
THE B-52’S
“The B-52’s” (1979 album, featuring “Rock Lobster,” “Planet Claire” and “Dance This Mess Around”; See here; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
BOSTON
“Boston” (1976 album, featuring “More Than a Feeling,” “Foreplay / Long Time,” “Peace of Mind” and “Rock & Roll Band”; Merch; Epic / Legacy) » BUY NOW
DONALD FAGEN
“The Nightfly” (1982 album, featuring “I.G.Y. [What a Beautiful World]” and “New Frontier”; 180-gram black vinyl; See here; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
JOÃO GILBERTO
“Amoroso” (1977 album; Polysom) » BUY NOW
THE JACKSONS
“The Jacksons Live!” (double vinyl edition, recorded during their 1981 North American Triumph Tour; Epic / Legacy) » BUY NOW
JULIAN LENNON
“Valotte” (1984 album, featuring “Too Late for Goodbyes,” “Valotte” and “Say You’re Wrong”; 180-gram turquoise audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
NIRVANA (UK)
“Songlife: Vinyl Box Set 1967-1972” (six-LP box set, with 52-page book and signed print; Madfish) » BUY NOW
RAINBOW
“Monsters of Rock: Live at Donington 1980” (earMUSIC) » BUY NOW
SPOON
“Gimme Fiction” (2005 album, featuring “I Turn My Camera On”; red and white vinyl; See here; Matador) » BUY NOW
TAME IMPALA
“InnerSpeaker (10th Anniversary Edition)” (2010 debut album, featuring “Solitude Is Bliss,” “Lucidity,” “Expectation” and “Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?”; four-LP box set includes an unearthed side-long jam, new mixes of tracks off the original album, instrumentals, and a deluxe 40-page booklet; mixed by Dave Fridmann; See here; Merch; Modular Recordings / Interscope) » BUY NOW
TRAIN
“Drops of Jupiter (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2001 album, featuring “Drops of Jupiter [Tell Me],” “She’s On Fire” and “Something More”; limited-edition bronze-colored vinyl; See here; Columbia / Legacy) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter” (1990 compilation; double vinyl; Red Hot Organization) » BUY NOW
WORLD PARTY
“Goodbye Jumbo” (1990 album, featuring “Way Down Now,” “Put the Message in the Box,” “When the Rainbow Comes” and “Thank You World”; See here) » BUY NOW
“Bang!” (1993 album, featuring “Give It All Away”; See here; Seaview) » BUY NOW
THE BANGLES
“Doll Revolution” (2003 album; limited-edition white vinyl; See here) » BUY NOW
“Sweetheart of the Sun” (2011 album; teal vinyl; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
EAGLES
“Eagles Live” (1980 double album; 180-gram black vinyl) » BUY NOW
“The Millennium Concert” (recorded Jan. 31, 1999 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, this is the first time the album is being released as a stand-alone vinyl; originally included in the “Selected Works 1972-1999” CD box set; 180-gram black vinyl) » BUY NOW
“Long Road Out of Eden” (2007 album; 180-gram black vinyl; Merch; Rhino) » BUY NOW
ALLEN GINSBERG
“Allen Ginsberg At Reed College: The First Recorded Reading of Howl & Other Poems” (Read here; Omnivore Recordings) » BUY NOW
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
“Live Album” (1970 album; 180-gram translucent red audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD
“Teenage Gizzard” (early band recordings from 2010 and 2011 in Victoria, Australia; pressed on transparent yellow with pink splatter colored vinyl; Merch; Org Music) » BUY NOW
MY MORNING JACKET
“At Dawn (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2001 album; with a bonus Jim James live acoustic set recorded three weeks before the initial release and later broadcast on KVRX; on orange-colored vinyl; Darla) » BUY NOW
LIONEL RICHIE
“The Definitive Collection” (2003 compilation; Target-exclusive double opaque baby blue vinyl; Motown / UMe) » BUY NOW
SAIGON KICK
“Saigon Kick” (1991 debut album; white vinyl; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
TRAVIS
“Good Feeling” (1997 debut album, featuring “All I Want to Do Is Rock,” “U16 Girls,” “Happy,” “More Than Us” and “Tied to the 90’s”; 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl; See here; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Best of Bond … James Bond” (triple-vinyl collection; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
WARREN ZEVON
“Stand in the Fire – Recorded Live at The Roxy (Deluxe Edition)” (1980 live album; with six bonus tracks; Rhino) » BUY NOW
HANS ZIMMER
“No Time To Die (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (the 25th James Bond film has been rescheduled to open on April 2; Target-Exclusive Picture Disc; Merch; Decca) » BUY NOW
GEORGE BENSON
“The Other Side of Abbey Road” (1970 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
ART BLAKELY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
“Moanin'” (1958 album; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
FLEETWOOD MAC
“Fleetwood Mac Live (Super Deluxe Edition)” (two-LP, three-CD box set includes more than an hour of unreleased live material recorded between 1977 and 1982, plus unreleased demos of “Fireflies” and “One More Night” on a bonus 7-inch vinyl; Read here; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
ARIANA GRANDE
“Positions” (2020 album; Coke Bottle Clear LP; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Spring Green Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Clear Vinyl; Republic) » BUY NOW
SARAH JAROSZ
“Build Me Up From Bones” (2013 album; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
KEITH JARRETT
“Budapest Concert” (from his 2016 European tour; ECM) » BUY NOW
THE KINKS
“Low Budget” (1979 album, featuring “[Wish I Could Fly Like] Superman”; 180-gram red audiophile vinyl; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
HANK MOBLEY
“Soul Station” (1960 album, with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Blakey; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
PETER MURPHY
“Should the World Fail to Fall Apart” (1986 album; blue vinyl) » BUY NOW
“Love Hysteria” (1988 album, featuring “All Night Long”; indigo vinyl; See here; Beggars Arkive) » BUY NOW
YES
“The Yes Album” (1971 album, featuring “I’ve Seen All Good People: Your Move, All Good People,” “Yours Is No Disgrace” and “Starship Trooper”; 180-gram audiophile vinyl 45rpm two-LP box set; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
APPARAT
“Soundtracks” (four-LP box set featuring songs from the films “Capri-Revolution,” “Stay Still,” “Dämonen” and “Equals Sessions”; Hear here; Mute) » BUY NOW
ERIC CHURCH
“Heart” (the first release of his three-part project called “Heart & Soul”; a vinyl EP titled “&” will be available to fan club members on April 20, and the album “Soul” will follow on April 23; producer: Jay Joyce; new single: “Heart On Fire”; Hear here; Read here; Merch; EMI Nashville) » BUY NOW
PATSY CLINE
“Walkin’ After Midnight: The Essentials” (double pink vinyl; Merch; Cleopatra) » BUY NOW
GRETA VAN FLEET
“The Battle at Garden’s Gate” (producer: Greg Kurstin; Read here; Merch; Lava / Republic) » BUY NOW
DONNA LEWIS
“Now in a Minute (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1996 album, featuring “I Love You Always Forever”; orange vinyl; See here; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
WINGER
“Winger” (1988 album, featuring “Headed for a Heartache,” “Seventeen” and “Madalaine”; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; remastered, with one bonus track, “Higher and Higher”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
BAD BRAINS
“Bad Brains” (1981 debut album; mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering; Merch; Org Music) » BUY NOW
ERIC CHURCH
“Soul” (the final release of his three-part project called “Heart & Soul”; “Heart” was issued on April 16 and a vinyl EP titled “&” is available to fan club members on April 20; producer: Jay Joyce; Hear here; Read here; Merch; EMI Nashville) » BUY NOW
DEEP PURPLE
“Rapture of the Deep” (2005 album; Merch; earMUSIC) » BUY NOW
PETER FRAMPTON
“Frampton Forgets the Words” (instrumental covers album, featuring versions of George Harrison’s “Isn’t It a Pity,” Radiohead’s “Reckoner,” David Bowie’s “Loving the Alien,” etc.; Merch; UMe) » BUY NOW
JOSH GROBAN
“Harmony (Deluxe Edition)” (2020 album; with six bonus tracks; Reprise) » BUY NOW
MAGGIE ROGERS
“Notes From The Archive: Recordings 2011-2016” (16-track collection; marigold vinyl; CD, released on Dec. 18; Debay Sound) » BUY NOW
THE SELECTER
“Too Much Pressure (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1980 album; 180-gram half-speed mastered at Alchemy, with a bonus 40-gram 7-inch single; See here; Merch; Chrysalis) » BUY NOW
CAN
“Future Days” (1973 album; limited-edition gold vinyl) » BUY NOW
“Delay 1968” (1981 compilation; limited-edition pink vinyl; Mute) » BUY NOW
DIZZY GILLESPIE
“The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band: 20th and 30th Anniversary” (1968 album; MPS) » BUY NOW
HOWARD JONES
“In the Running” (1992 album, featuring “Lift Me Up”; translucent clear vinyl; Cherry Red) » BUY NOW
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
“My Savior” (her first inspirational album, on white vinyl; guest: CeCe Winans; new single: “Softly and Tenderly”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive Clear Vinyl; released on CD and Download on March 26; Capitol Nashville) » BUY NOW
THE BEAT FARMERS
“Tales of the New West” (1985 album; remastered; Extra Term Audio) » BUY NOW
GEORGE DUKE
“The Era Will Prevail: The MPS Studio Years 1973-1976” (seven-LP box set; MPS) » BUY NOW
DEXTER GORDON
“One Flight Up” (1964 album, featuring Donald Byrd, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Orsted and Art Taylor; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
ANDREW HILL
“Passing Ships” (recorded in 1969 but unreleased until 2003 when it was issued on CD; featuring Woody Shaw, Dizzy Reece, Julian Priester, Joe Farrell, Howard Johnson, Bob Northern, Ron Carter and Lenny White; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE MONKEES
“The Monkees (Deluxe Edition)” (1966 debut album, featuring “Last Train to Clarksville,” “[Theme From] The Monkees” and “I Wanna Be Free”; mastered for vinyl by Kevin Grey and Andrew Sandoval; lacquers cut from the original analog stereo tapes for the first time since 1966; contains two previously unissued songs and two new mixes; Read here; Merch; Rhino) » BUY NOW
PETER MURPHY
“Deep” (1989 album, featuring “Cuts You Up”; clear vinyl; See here) » BUY NOW
“Holy Smoke” (1992 album, featuring “The Sweetest Drop”; smoky vinyl; See here; Beggars Arkive) » BUY NOW
TONY JOE WHITE
“Smoke from the Chimney” (nine songs built on demos of White playing acoustic guitar and singing, then transformed into band arrangements by Dan Auerbach with Nashville session players, including drummer Gene Chrisman, keyboardist Bobby Wood, bassist Dave Roe, guitarist Marcus King and others; Auerbach also plays electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums and percussion; See here; Read here; Easy Eye Sound) » BUY NOW
FRANK ZAPPA
“Zappa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (21-song collection from documentary directed by “Bill & Ted” actor Alex Winter; double 180-gram crystal clear vinyl; See here; Read here; CD, released on Feb. 19; Download, released on Nov. 27; Merch; Frank Zappa Catalog / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE GO-GO’S
“God Bless The Go-Go’s” (2001 reunion album, making its debut on vinyl; 140-gram opaque blue LP; Read here; Merch; Eagle / UMe) » BUY NOW
CARLY SIMON
“The Best of Carly Simon” (1975 album; 180-gram translucent red audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Impulse! Records: Music, Message and the Moment” (four-LP box set; Read here; Impulse! / Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
TODD RUNDGREN
“Nearly Human” (1989 album, featuring “The Want of a Nail,” with Bobby Womack; 180-gram translucent orange vinyl; translucent yellow vinyl; Hear here; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
RAY CHARLES
“Genius + Soul = Jazz” (1961 album; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Impulse! / Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
ALICE COOPER
“School’s Out” (1972 album, featuring the title tracks; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA
“Out of the Cool” (1961 album, featuring Jimmy Knepper on trombone, Ron Carter on bass and Elvin Jones on drums; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Impulse! / Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
OSCAR PETERSON
“Exclusively For My Friends” (six-LP box set of private recordings made between 1963 and 1968; MPS) » BUY NOW
THE MONTY ALEXANDER TRIO
“The Monty Alexander Trio: Live! At The Montreux Festival” (1976 album; remastered; MPS) » BUY NOW
HENRY GROSS
“Release” (1976 album, featuring “Shannon” and “Springtime Mama”; Renaissance) » BUY NOW
PETER MURPHY
“Cascade” (1995 album; scarlet vinyl; with four bonus tracks) » BUY NOW
“The Last and Only Star” (rarities collection; gold-colored vinyl;
Beggars Arkive) » BUY NOW
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