New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past Vinyl Releases.)
JUNE 16, 2017
BIG STAR
“The Best of Big Star” (two LPs; Sheet Music; Stax)
BRANDY
“Brandy” (1994 album; Sheet Music; Rhino / Atlantic)
TIM BUCKLEY
“Happy Sad” (1969 album; red vinyl; 4 Men With Beards)
CAN
“CAN – The Singles” (three LPs; Hear here; Mute)
JOHN COLTRANE
“Giant Steps” (1960 album; mono remaster), “Olé Coltrane” (1961 album; mono remaster), “Bags & Trane” (1961 album, with Milt Jackson; mono remaster), “Coltrane Plays the Blues” (1962 album; mono remaster), “The Avant-Garde” (1966 album, with Don Cherry; mono remaster; Sheet Music; Rhino / Atlantic)
THE ELECTRIC FLAG
“Live 1968 (At the Carousel Ballroom)” (with guest Erma Franklin; Rockbeat)
ENYA
“A Day Without Rain” (2000 album; Sheet Music; Reprise)
HERBIE HANCOCK
“Head Hunters” (1973 album; 200-gram vinyl; Sheet Music; Analogue Productions)
ETTA JAMES
“The Right Time” (1992 album, produced by Jerry Wexler; Sheet Music; Pure Pleasure)
THE KINKS
“Low Budget” (1979 album; 180-gram translucent red vinyl; Sheet Music; Friday Music)
NAPPY ROOTS
“Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz” (2002 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
NINA SIMONE
“The Amazing Nina Simone” (1959 album; pink vinyl; Sheet Music; 4 Men With Beards)
FRANK SINATRA
“A Swingin’ Affair!” (1957 album; Sheet Music; Capitol / UMe)
TWISTA
“Adrenaline Rush” (1997 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
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JUNE 23, 2017
JOSEPH ARTHUR
“Redemption’s Son 15th Anniversary Edition” (2002 album; remastered, with nine previously unreleased songs which formed a lost album titled “Morning Star”; Real World)
BOOKER T. & THE MG’s
“Green Onions” (1962 album), “Hip Hug-Her” (1967 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
THE GO-GO’S
“Vacation” (1982 album; I.R.S.)
AMANDA MARSHALL
“Amanda Marshall” (1995 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Music On Vinyl)
PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
“Purple Rain Deluxe” (1984 album; remastered, with the bonus 11-track “From The Vault & Unreleased” disc, featuring the previously unreleased “Electric Intercourse”; Picture Disc; eBay; Merch; NPR / Warner)
PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
“Let’s Go Crazy” (12-inch Vinyl Single, 33/45 rpm), “When Doves Cry” (12-inch Vinyl Single, 33/45 rpm), “Purple Rain” (12-inch Vinyl Single, 33/45 rpm), “I Would Die 4 U” (12-inch Vinyl Single, 33/45 rpm; eBay; Merch; NPR / Warner)
OTIS REDDING & CARLA THOMAS
“King & Queen (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1967 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
SAM & DAVE
“Soul Men” (1967 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
RUFUS THOMAS
“Walking the Dog” (1963 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
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JUNE 30, 2017
ABBA
“Gold” (1992 compilation; two LPs; gold-colored vinyl; U.K. – Polydor)
THE BEACH BOYS
“Wild Honey” (1967 album; Capitol / UMe)
ZAC BROWN BAND
“Welcome Home” (2017 album; On Tour; Merch; Southern Ground / Atlantic)
THE CRANBERRIES
“Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?” (1993 album; Barnes & Noble-exclusive translucent red vinyl; Sheet Music; Barnes Noble Consign)
ERASURE
“World Be Gone” (2017 album; orange-colored vinyl; Mute)
ELTON JOHN
“Tumbleweed Connection” (1971 album), “Honky Chateau” (1972 album; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Island / UMe)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
“Exodus 40” (40th anniversary edition of this 1977 classic, with the bonus “Exodus 40 – The Movement Continues …,” a Ziggy Marley-produced “restatement” of the original album; four-LP box set; eBay; Merch; Tuff Gong / Island / UMe)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
“Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95” (four-LP box set; RCA / Legacy)
NILSSON
“Nilsson Schmilsson” (1971 album, featuring “Without You,” “Coconut” and “Jump Into the Fire”; RCA / Legacy)
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JULY 7, 2017
THE BEACH BOYS
“Pet Sounds” (1966 album; stereo mix mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, on 200-gram vinyl; Mono Mix; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Analogue Productions)
BONEY M.
“Complete” (nine-LP box set includes the albums “Take the Heat Off Me,” “Nightflight To Venus,” “Love For Sale,” “Kalimba de Luna,” “Boonoonoonoos,” “Oceans of Fantasy,” “Eye Dance,” “Ten Thousand Lightyears” and “Christmas Album”; with a 50-page photo book; Sony)
ROSANNE CASH
“King’s Record Shop (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1987 album; remastered by Vic Anesini, on 12-inch 180 gram vinyl; Columbia / Legacy)
EMMYLOU HARRIS
“Pieces of the Sky” (1975 album), “Elite Hotel” (1975 album), “Luxury Liner” (1977 album), “Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town” (1978 album), “Blue Kentucky Girl” (1979 album; Nonesuch)
ALBERT KING
“Born Under a Bad Sign” (1967 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
NICKELBACK
“Silver Side Up” (2001 album), “The Long Road” (2003 album), “All the Right Reasons” (2005 album; Atlantic)
BETH ORTON
“Central Reservation” (1999 album; srcvinyl)
RADIOHEAD
“OK COMPUTER OKNOTOK 1997 2017” (1997 album; remastered, with a second disc containing B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks; Read here; eBay; Merch; XL Recordings)
OTIS REDDING
“The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads” (1965 album), “The Soul Album” (1966 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
SAM & DAVE
“Double Dynamite” (1966 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
CARLA THOMAS
“Carla” (1966 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
TOM TOM CLUB
“Tom Tom Club” (1981 album; limited-edition blue and yellow starburst vinyl; Real Gone Music)
JULY 14, 2017
KYLE DIXON & MICHAEL STEIN
“Stranger Things (A Netflix Original Series) – Volume One” (two-LP box set), “Stranger Things (A Netflix Original Series) – Volume Two” (two-LP box set; Lakeshore)
MISSY ELLIOTT
“Supa Dupa Fly” (1997 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
ENYA
“Amarantine” (2005 album; Reprise)
10CC
“Collected” (22 songs on two 180-gram clear LPs; Music On Vinyl)
JULY 21, 2017
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
“All ‘n All” (1977 album, featuring “Serpentine Fire” and “Fantasy”; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold vinyl; Friday Music)
ELTON JOHN
“Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player” (1973 album), “Caribou” (1975 album; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Island / UMe)
MICK RONSON
“Play Don’t Worry” (1975 album; Drastic Plastic)
ROXY MUSIC
“Avalon” (1982 album; Virgin)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Gettin’ Together: Groovy Sounds from the Summer of Love” (16 hits from 1967; Read here; Rhino)
JULY 22, 2017
NINA SIMONE
“A Very Rare Evening” (1969 album, out of print on vinyl since 1979; limited Urban Outfitters-exclusive release; Hear here; Tidal Waves Music / Light in the Attic)
JULY 28, 2017
BEYONCÉ
“How To Make Lemonade Box Set” (2016 album; 600+-page coffee table book, double vinyl LP, and audio and visual album downloads; Columbia)
THE CARS
“Panorama (Expanded Edition)” (1980 album; two LPs; Rhino / Elektra; )
DOKKEN
“Tooth and Nail” (1984 album; Friday Music)
PETER GABRIEL
“Birdy” (1985 soundtrack), “Passion” (1989 soundtrack album), “Long Walk Home” (2002 soundtrack album; all 45 RPM half speed remasters; Real World)
THE KINKS
“One for the Road” (1980 double live album; 180-gram audiophile pink vinyl; Friday Music)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Elvis Presley” (1956 debut album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue vinyl; Friday Music)
RASCAL FLATTS
“Back to Us” (2017 album; Big Machine)
JOHN SEBASTIAN
“John B. Sebastian” (1970 album; Sheet Music; Exhibit)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Passion – Sources” (1989 album; Peter Gabriel’s compilation of songs by artists from Armenia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Senegal and Turkey; Real World)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Transparent Days: West Coasts Nuggets” (two-LP, 30-song collection from the Summer of Love; Read here; Rhino)
AUG. 4, 2017
LOGGINS & MESSINA
“On Stage” (1974 live album; 180-gram translucent gold vinyl; Sheet Music; Friday Music)
MARY MARTIN, THEODORE BIKEL, ET AL
“The Sound of Music (Original Broadway Cast)” (1959 album; Barnes & Noble-exclusive; Barnes Noble Consign)
TED NUGENT
“Great Gonzos!: The Best of Ted Nugent” (1981 compilation; 180-gram translucent gold vinyl; Sheet Music; Friday Music)
BERNADETTE PETERS, CHIP ZIEN, JOANNA GLEASON, ET AL
“Into the Woods (Original Cast Recording)” (1988 album; Barnes & Noble-exclusive; Hear/read here; Barnes Noble Consign)
AUG. 11, 2017
JOHNNY CASH
“Greatest Hits Volume II” (1971 compilation; 180-gram audiophile, translucent blue vinyl; Friday Music)
THE KOOKS
“Inside In / Inside Out” (2006 album), “Konk” (2007 album; Astralwerks)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Elvis Is Back!” (1960 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue vinyl; Friday Music)
PRINCE
“Pop Life” (12-inch Vinyl Single from 1985, 33/45 rpm), “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” (12-inch Vinyl Single from 1987, 33/45 rpm), “I Wish U Heaven” (12-inch Vinyl Single from 1988, 33/45 rpm), “Partyman” (12-inch Vinyl Single from the 1989 “Batman” soundtrack, 33/45 rpm; eBay; Merch; NPR / Warner)
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
“Suicidal Tendencies” (1983 debut album; Barnes & Noble-exclusive yellow & black swirl vinyl; On Tour; Barnes Noble Consign)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (Deluxe Edition)” (2017 soundtrack; Vol. 1; In Theaters; Hollywood)
SEPT. 1, 2017
MEAT LOAF
“Bat Out of Hell” (1977 album; Sheet Music; Friday Music)
SLIGHTLY STOOPID
“Meanwhile … Back at the Lab” (2015 album; Stoopid / MRI)
SEPT. 8, 2017
CHRIS BELL
“I Am the Cosmos” (1974-1975 recordings, released by Rykodisc in 1992; clear vinyl, with download; Omnivore Recordings)
SPANDAU BALLET
“Through the Barricades” (1986 album; remastered; Epic / Legacy)
SEPT. 29, 2017
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
“Absolutely Free” (1967 album; double 180-gram LP, mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog master tapes, with 20 minutes of bonus material; Zappa Family Trust / UMe)
OCT. 20, 2017
GEORGE MICHAEL
“Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1” (1990 album; Columbia / Legacy)