JAN. 6, 2015
ORNETTE COLEMAN
“Tomorrow Is the Question!” (1959 album; Concord)
DION
“Runaround Sue” (1961 album; Rumble)
BRENDA LEE
“Brenda Lee” (1960 album; Rumble)
LLOYD PRICE
“Mr. ‘Personality'” (1959 album; Rumble)
IKE & TINA TURNER
“Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm Dance” (1962 album; Rumble)
JAN. 13, 2015
BILLIE HOLIDAY / BUDDY DeFRANCO QUARTET
“Live in Cologne 1954” (two LPs; Delta Music)
PAUL McCARTNEY
“Hope for the Future” (12-inch vinyl; MPL / Hear Music)
SILVERCHAIR
“Neon Ballroom” (1998 album; SRCvinyl, Jan. 16)
SPARKS
“Kimono My House (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1974 album; a second LP includes seven previously unreleased tracks from the duo’s personal archive; Island / UMe)
SUBLIME
“40oz. To Freedom” (1992 album; double LP in gatefold packaging, out of print for more than a decade; MVD Audio)
JAN. 20, 2015
THE GO-BETWEENS
“G Stands for Go-Betweens – Volume 1” (eight-disc box set; Read here; Domino)
ROBERT GORDON
“I’m Coming Home” (2014 album; Lanark)
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND
“Twenty Years of Dirt: The Best of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band” (1968 album; Warner)
THE PRETTY THINGS
“Get the Picture?” (1965 album; Madfish)
JOHNNY RAMONE
“The Final Sessions” (with with Lemmy of Motörhead and Danny B. Harvey; Cleopatra)
TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS
“Gone Girl: Soundtrack From the Motion Picture” (2014 album; Columbia)
ROLLINS BAND
“Weight” (1994 album; Imago)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Cocktail: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (1988 album; remastered; Friday Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (1987 album; Friday Music)
WEATHER REPORT
“Black Market” (1976 album, on 180-gram audiophile vinyl, mastered by Joe Reagoso; Friday Music)
JAN. 27, 2015
JEFF BECK
“Truth” (1968 album; 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl, with gatefold cover; Friday Music)
RAY CHARLES
“Genius Loves Company (10th Anniversary Vinyl Edition)” (2004 album; Concord)
KING STRINGS
“King-Federal-Deluxe Guitar Grooves 1949-1962” (16 tracks; Hear/read here; Sundazed)
NRBQ
“Interstellar” (1970 live album, recorded at Cincinnati’s Ludlow Garage and Clinton Hollow in upstate New York; Sundazed)
ANN PEEBLES
“The Handwriting Is on the Wall” (1978 album; Hi / Fat Possum)
WAYNE SHORTER
“Adam’s Apple” (1966 album; Blue Note)
AL STEWART
“Past, Present and Future” (1974 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Friday Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary 40 LP Set” (40 LPs; Blue Note)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Songs of Anarchy: Music From Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4” (1974 album; 180-gram audiophile clear vinyl, with gatefold cover; two LPs; Friday Music)
FEB. 3, 2015
J.J. CALE
“J.J. Cale: Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings” (songs recorded in the ’70s and early ’80s for Shelter and Mercury Records; Time / Life Star Vista)
LYN COLLINS
“Think” (1972 album, produced by James Brown; Get On Down)
MILES DAVIS
“Blue Moods” (1955 album; Concord)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
“Under the Table and Dreaming” (1994 album; RCA / Legacy)
JOHN WILLIAMS
“Jaws: Original Soundtrack” (1975 album), “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Original Soundtrack” (1982 album; Geffen / UMe)
FEB. 10, 2015
THE ANIMALS
“Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted” (1977 reunion album; Secret)
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
“Blood, Sweat & Tears” (1968 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl, with gatefold cover; Friday Music)
BOSTON
“Don’t Look Back” (1978 album; 180-gram audiophile clear vinyl, with gatefold cover; Friday Music)
MARVIN GAYE
“Trouble Man” (1972 album; Motown)
LIVING COLOUR
“CBGB OMFUG Masters: The Bowery Collection – Living Colour Live, August 19, 2005” (CBGB)
SUZI QUATRO
“Rock Hard” (1980 album), “Unreleased Emotion” (1982 recordings, with two bonus tracks; Read here), “In the Spotlight” (2011 album; Cherry Red)
CARLY SIMON
“The Best of Carly Simon” (1975 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl, with gatefold cover; Friday Music)
TOASTERS
“CBGB OMFUG Masters: The Bowery Collection – Toasters Live June 28, 2002” (CBGB)
THE WHO
“The Who HITS 50!” (2014 compilation; Geffen / UMe)
FEB. 17, 2015
LAUREL AITKEN
“The High Priest of Reggae” (1970 album), “The Fantastic Laurel Aitken” (1972 album; Radiation Reissues)
JEFF BECK GROUP
“Rough and Ready” (1971 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl, with gatefold cover; Friday Music)
CHICAGO
“Chicago: September 13, 1969” (recorded at the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival; Cleopatra)
BILLY COBHAM
“Mirror’s Image” (recorded in Tokyo in 1992; Cleopatra)
LOWELL GEORGE
“Thanks I’ll Eat It Here” (1979 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl, with gatefold cover; Friday Music)
IRON BUTTERFLY
“Live In Copenhagen 1971” (double album includes a farewell jam with members of Yes; Cleopatra)
RUSH
“Caress of Steel” (1975 album; Mercury / UMe)
FEB. 24, 2015
DAVID BOWIE
“Young Americans 40th Anniversary ( Picture Disc)” (1975 single; Rhino / Parlophone)
JACKSON BROWNE
“Standing in the Breach” (2014 album; Inside Recordings)
JOHNNY CASH
“American Recordings Vinyl Box Set” (seven LPs; American Recordings)
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
“Tender Prey” (1988 album), “The Good Son” (1990 album), “Henry’s Dream” (1992 album), “Let Love In” (1994 album), “Murder Ballads” (1996 album), “The Boatman’s Call” (1997 album; Mute)
DIRE STRAITS
“Brothers in Arms” (1985 album; Mobile Fidelity)
FLEETWOOD MAC
“Then Play On” (1969 album), “Kiln House” (1970 album), “Future Games” (1971 album), “Bare Trees” (1972 album; Rhino)
WILLIE NELSON
“Teatro” (1998 album; two-LP gold vinyl; Modern Classics)
TAKING BACK SUNDAY
“Happiness Is: The Complete Recordings” (five complete albums; Hopeless)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
“The Velvet Underground: 45th Anniversary” (1969 album; Polydor / UMe)
JOHNNY WINTER
“Live Bootleg Series, Vol. 10” (180-gram audiophile gold vinyl; Friday Music)
MARCH 3, 2015
J. GEILS BAND
“Bloodshot” (1973 album; limited-edition red vinyl LP; Real Gone Music)
MARCH 10, 2015
SUBLIME
“Robbin’ the Hood” (1984 album; U.K. – Virgin, March 16)
MARCH 17, 2015
L7
“Bricks Are Heavy” (1992 album; Plain)
RUSH
“2112” (1976 album), “All the World’s a Stage” (1976 album; Mercury / UMe)
SIMPLE MINDS
“Sparkle in the Rain” (1998 album; MVD Audio)
APRIL 7, 2015
LEON REDBONE
“Champagne Charlie” (1978 album; Exhibit)
JOHN SEBASTIAN
“John B. Sebastian” (1970 album; Exhibit)
APRIL 21, 2015
COLEMAN HAWKINS
“At Ease With Coleman Hawkins” (1960 album; Concord)
RUSH
“A Farewell to Kings” (1977 album; Mercury / UMe)
MAY 19, 2015
RUSH
“Hemispheres” (1978 album; Mercury / UMe)
JUNE 16, 2015
RUSH
“Permanent Waves” (1980 album; Mercury / UMe)
JULY 21, 2015
RUSH
“Moving Pictures” (1981 album), “Exit … Stage Left” (1981 album; Mercury / UMe)
AUG. 18, 2015
RUSH
“Signals” (1982 album; Mercury / UMe)
SEPT. 8, 2015
TOWNES VAN ZANDT
“Our Mother the Mountain” (1969 album; Snapper Music Group)
SEPT. 15, 2015
RUSH
“Grace Under Pressure” (1984 album; Mercury / UMe)