OCT. 7
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
“Tigermilk” (1996 album), “If You’re Feeling Sinister” (1996 album), “The Boy With the Arab Strap” (1998 album), “Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant” (2000 album), “Dear Catastrophe Waitress” (2003 album), “Push Barman to Open Old Wounds” (2005 album), “The Life Pursuit” (2006 album), “The BBC Sessions” (2008 album), “Write About Love” (2010 album), “The Third Eye Centre” (2013 compilation; Matador)
JAMES BROWN
“A Soulful Christmas” (1968 album), “The Payback” (1973 album), “In the Jungle Groove” (1986 compilation), “20 All-Time Greatest Hits!” (1991 compilation; Universal)
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND
“Mirror Man” (1971 album; Friday Music)
NAT “KING” COLE AND HIS TRIO
“After Midnight” (1957 album; Wax Time)
FANTASTIC
“El Futuro” (La Societe Expedition)
ISAAC HAYES
“Black Moses” (1971 album; two LPs; Stax)
THE MONKEES
“The Monkees in Mono [Box set]” (contains the band’s first five albums; Friday Music)
GIL SCOTT-HERON
“Free Will” (1972 album; BGP)
THE UNICORNS
“Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? “ (2003 album; Caterpillar / Redeye)
OCT. 14
ORNETTE COLEMAN
“The Shape of Jazz to Come” (1959 album; So Far Out)
ERIC DOLPHY
“Berlin Concerts” (1961 album; Doxy)
GANG STARR
“Daily Operation” (1992 album; Chrysalis / UMe)
THE GUN CLUB
“Mother Juno” (1987 album; Bang)
JIMI HENDRIX
“Rainbow Bridge” (1971 album; Experience Hendrix / Legacy)
BILLIE HOLIDAY
“Body and Soul” (1957 album; Wax Time)
JAWBREAKER
“24 Hour Therapy” (1994 album; Blackball)
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
“This Is Happening” (2010 album; DFA)
THE MARVELETTES
“Playboy” (1962 album; U.K. – Wax Time, Oct. 13)
SHUGGIE OTIS
“In Session: Great Rhythm & Blues” (mid-’70s recordings, released in a 2002 compilation; Clemo; Read here)
IGGY POP
“Paris Palace” (1979 bootleg gets a proper release, on red translucent vinyl; Cleopatra)
LITTLE STEVIE WONDER
“Tribute to Uncle Ray” (1962 album, with two bonus tracks; U.K. – Wax Time, Oct. 13)
OCT. 21
MICHAEL BUBLÉ
“Christmas” (2011 album; 143 / Reprise)
JULEE CRUISE
“Floating Into the Night” (1989 album; Plain)
STEVE EARLE
“Train a Comin’ “ (1995 album; Plain), “I Feel Alright” (1996 album; Plain)
IRON MAIDEN
“The Complete Albums Collection 1980-1988 [Box set]” (Sanctuary)
JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD
“Dig the Classics” (Warner)
HANK MOBLEY
“No Room for Squares” (1963 album; Blue Note)
WILSON PICKETT
“Hey Jude” (1969 album; 4 Men With Beards)
WILLIAM SHATNER
“The Transformed Man” (1968 album; DBK Works)
SLEATER-KINNEY
“Start Together: 1994-2006 [Box set]” (seven LPs, with a 44-page hardcover book; Sub Pop)
MATTHEW SWEET
“Girlfriend” (1991 album; Plain)
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
“The Christmas Attic” (1998 album; two LPs; Audio Fidelity)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Soul Christmas” (1968 album; Rhino; Read here)
OCT. 28
ABBA
“ABBA: The Collection [Box set]” (eight 180-gram vinyl LPs; Polydor / UMe)
BJÖRK
“Greatest Hits” (One Little Indian, Oct. 27)
JAMES BROWN
“Live in New York” (1968 album; Cleopatra, Oct. 27)
THE CRAMPS
“Smell of Female” (1983 album), “A Date With Elvis” (1986 album), “RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXX” (1987 album), “Stay Sick” (1990 album), “Look Mom, No Head!” (1991 album), “Big Beat From Badsville” (1997 album; Vengeance)
HAIM
“My Song 5” (Limited Picture Disc Vinyl; Columbia, Oct. 27)
BARBARA LYNN
“Here Is Barbara Lynn” (1968 album; Light in the Attic)
ANN PEEBLES
“Part Time Love” (1970 album; Fat Possum, Oct. 27)
IGGY POP
“Party” (1981 album; Friday Music, Oct. 27)
DIANNE REEVES
“I Remember” (1991 album; Blue Note, Oct. 27)
ROLLINS BAND
“Weight” (1994 album; Imago)
FRANK SINATRA
“In the Wee Hours” (1955 album), “This Is Sinatra!” (1956 album), “Come Fly With Me” (1958 album; Capitol / UMe, Oct. 27)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Jamaican Skarama” (Dub Store, Oct. 27; MP3)
NOV. 4
NICK DRAKE
“Made to Love Magic” (2004 compilation of outtakes and remixed tracks; Island)
COLE PORTER
“The Best of Cole Porter” (Seeburg Music Library)
SLY STONE
“I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70” (Light in the Attic; Read here)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack” (20th anniversary of the 1994 album; remastered; 32-song soundtrack is available on 180 Gram “All American” Red, White and Blue vinyl LPs; SRCVinyl)
NOV. 11
THE BLACKBYRDS
“Unfinished Business” (1976 album; Fantasy)
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“The Complete Studio Albums [Box set]” (seven LPs; Fantasy)
JOHN LEE HOOKER
“Boogie Chillun” (1962 album; two LPs; Fantasy / Concord)
MEGADETH
“Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying? [Picture Disc]” (1986 album), “So Far, So Good … So What! [Picture Disc Vinyl]” (1988 album), “Rust in Peace [Picture Disc]” (1990 album), “Countdown to Extinction [Picture Disc Vinyl]” (1992 album), “Youthanasia [Picture Disc Vinyl]” (1994 album; Capitol / UMe)
PAT METHENY GROUP
“80/81” (1980 album), “Travels” (1983 album; ECM)
SONNY ROLLINS
“Freedom Suite” (1958 album; Concord)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Clerks: Music From the Motion Picture” (20th anniversary of the 1994 album, making its debut on vinyl; remastered; two LPs; SRCvinyl)
NOV. 18
BELLY
“Star” (1993 album; Plain)
CLIFFORD BROWN
“Memorial” (1953 album; Concord)
CLARENCE CARTER
“The Best of Clarence Carter” (Friday Music)
JOHNNY CASH
“The Christmas Spirit” (1963 album; Friday Music)
JOHN COLTRANE
“Black Pearls” (1964 album; Fantasy)
DEEP PURPLE
“The Battle Rages On …” (1993 album; Friday Music)
THE DICKIES
“1977 – A Night That Will Live In Infamy” (Whisky A Go Go performance, with bonus demos tracks), “Live When They Were Five” (1982 live performances; Cleopatra)
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
“Takin’ It to the Streets” (1975 album; remastered; Friday Music)
DEXTER GORDON
“Dexter Blows Hot and Cool” (1955 album, featuring Carl Perkins; Cleopatra)
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS
“Soul Rebels” (1970 album, produced by Lee Scratch Perry; Cleopatra)
MOTT THE HOOPLE
“All the Young Dudes” (1972 album; Drastic Plastic)
WILLIE NELSON
“Pretty Paper” (1979 Christmas album; Friday Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Cocktail: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (1988 album; remastered; Friday Music)
NOV. 25
BOOKER T. & THE MG’S
“The Booker T. Set” (1969 album; Fantasy, Nov. 24)
50 CENT
“Get Rich or Die Tryin'” (2003 album; two LPs, with three bonus tracks; Interscope, Nov. 24)
DEC. 2
FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN & SAMMY DAVIS JR.
“The Rat Pack: Live at the Sands” (two LPS; Capitol / UMe)
DONNA SUMMER
“Donna: The Vinyl Collection” (box set contains her albums “The Wanderer,” “Donna Summer,” “Cats Without Claws,” “All Systems Go,” “Another Place and Time,” “Mistaken Identity” and “I’m a Rainbow,” with a free download card; U.K. – Driven By the Music / Crimson, Dec. 1; Read here)
DEC. 9
TONY BENNETT & BILL EVANS
“The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album” (1975 album; Original Jazz Classics)
NICK DRAKE
“A Treasury” (2004 compilation), “Family Tree” (2007 compilation; Island)
THELONIOUS MONK
“Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall” (1959 album; Fantasy)
JAN. 6, 2015
ORNETTE COLEMAN
“Tomorrow Is the Question!” (1959 album; Concord)
APRIL 7, 2015
JOHN SEBASTIAN
“John B. Sebastian” (1970 album; Exhibit)