Your Vinyl Store (Sept. 2-8 and Beyond)
New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past Vinyl Releases.)
SEPT. 2, 2016
AIR (American jazz rock outfit)
“AIR” (1971 album; Hear/read here; Be With Records)
ORNETTE COLEMAN
“Change of the Century” (1960 album; Doxy) 
IBRAHIM FERRER
“Mi Sueño” (2006 album; World Circuit)
FREDDIE MERCURY
“Messenger of the Gods: The Singles” (box set containing 13 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 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 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)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Disco Love: Rare Disco & Soul Uncovered” (compiled and mixed by Al Kent; Hear/read here), “Disco Love 2: More Rare Disco & Soul Uncovered” (compiled by Al Kent; Hear/read here; BBE)
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
ANGELO BADALAMENTI
“Twin Peaks (Original Score)” (1990-91 recordings; 180-gram “damn fine coffee” colored vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket; Death Waltz)
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)
FAITH NO MORE
“King For a Day … Fool For a Lifetime” (1995 album; with bonus songs and live tracks), “Album of the Year” (1997 album; with eight bonus tracks; Rhino)
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)
PHANTOM PLANET
“The Guest” (2002 album; colored LP pressing; Enjoy the Ride)
SUM 41
“Chuck” (2004 album; SRCVinyl)
THE VERVE
“A Storm in Heaven” (1993 album), “A Northern Soul” (1995 album; double LP; Virgin / UMe)
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 LP; Sutro Park)
LED ZEPPELIN
“The Complete BBC Sessions” (five-LP box set; Atlantic)
PULP
“Different Class” (1995 album; mint LP; Plain)
RIOT SQUAD
“Fuck the Tories: Complete Singles Collection 1982-1984” (17 songs; Read here; Radiation Reissues)
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 LP; 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)
SAM COOKE
“One Night Stand! Sam Cooke Live At Harlem Square Club” (recorded in 1963 but not released until 1985; mastered from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio; Analog Spark)
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)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
“All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra” (two LPs, 20 songs; Epic / Legacy)
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book” (1956 album; three-LP box set; Analog Spark)
FREE
“The Vinyl Collection” (seven-LP box set; A&M / UMe)
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 LP, 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 LP, mastered from the original tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound), “The Sky Is Crying” (1990 album; 200-gram LP, 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 LP; Mom+Pop Music)
THE BLACK KEYS
“Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough” (2006 seven-song EP; pink LP; Fat Possum)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
“Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” (2004 album; limited-edition pink LP; Warner)
SEPT. 30, 2016
THE BLACK EYED PEAS
“Elephunk” (2003 album; double LP; A&M / UMe)
BLINK-182
“Dude Ranch” (1997 album), “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” (2001 album; mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio; See here; SRCVinyl)
CHICAGO
“Chicago 16” (1982 album; 180-gram audiophile LP; Friday Music)
GENESIS
“The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” (1974 album; double 180 gram vinyl LP pressing; Virgin / UMC)
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)
DUKE ELLINGTON
“The Feeling of Jazz” (1962 album; remastered by engineer Bernie Grundman; ORG Music)
JIMI HENDRIX
“Machine Gun: Jimi Hendrix The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/1969” (with bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles, newly mixed by Eddie Kramer from the original 1″ eight-track masters; Hear here; Experience Hendrix / Legacy)
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)
MAROON 5
“The Studio Albums” (five-LP box set; U.K. – UMC)
MARIE OSMOND
“Music Is Medicine” (2016 album; Amazon-exclusive autographed LP; OliveMe)
POSTER CHILDREN
“Daisychain Reaction” (1990 album; with a digital download card that features three previously unreleased tracks; Hear here; See here; Lotuspool)
RIHANNA
“Anti” (2016 album; Roc Nation)
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)
VERTICAL HORIZON
“Everything You Want” (1999 album; SRCVinyl)
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; two-LP 180-gram vinyl set includes the “What Did You Expect” concert DVD; Arra Music)
THE BEACH BOYS
“The Good Vibrations (50th Anniversary Edition)” (sunburst vinyl EP features the original 7-inch single version, with multiple versions of the 1966 classic, plus the B-side, “Let’s Go Away For a While”; Capitol / UMe)
JAMES BLAKE
“The Colour In Anything” (2016 album; Republic)
MILES DAVIS
“Bopping the Blues” (1946 session; ORG Music)
MILES DAVIS
“The Essential Miles Davis” (two LPs, 14 songs; Columbia / Legacy)
PAUL DESMOND
“Desmond Blue” (1962 album; Analog Spark)
DOBIE GRAY
“Dobie Gray Sings for ‘In’ Crowders That Go ‘Go Go'” (1965 album; Varèse Sarabande)
OASIS
“Be Here Now” (1997 album; deluxe two-LP set; Super Deluxe Box Set, containing three CDs, deluxe double heavyweight LP, Mustique Demo white label LP, exclusive 7-inch of two early demos, etc.; Big Brother Recordings)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Elvis’ Christmas Album” (1957 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent green LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
PRINCE
“Sign ‘O’ the Times” (1987 album; Warner)
OTIS REDDING
“Complete & Unbelievable … The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul” (1966 album; remastered; two-disc deluxe edition that includes stereo and mono mixes, with eight bonus rarities and a bonus 7-inch; Rhino / Atlantic)
SPARKLEHORSE
“It’s a Wonderful Life” (2001 album; 180-gram LP in a deluxe gatefold jacket with digital download card; Plain)
SUEDE
“Coming Up: 20th Anniversary Edition” (1996 album; Edsel)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“This Is Fame 1964-1968” (24-song compilation includes Clarence Carter, Jimmy Hughes, Arthur Conley, James Barnett, Art Freeman, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, etc.; Hear/read here; Kent / Ace)
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE
“The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble” (two LPs, 17 songs; Epic / Legacy)
OCT. 14, 2016
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND
“Diddy Wah Diddy / Who Do You Think You’re Fooling & Moonchild / Frying Pan” (1966 singles; double 7-inch 45rpm gatefold edition, all sides cut from the original A&M mono masters; Sundazed)
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 LP; Friday Music)
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“Live in Europe” (1973 double LP; Fantasy)
DIANA KRALL
“Christmas Songs” (2005 album; Verve)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Blue Hawaii” (1961 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
RADIOHEAD
“Kid A” (2000 album; double LP; XL Recordings)
SELENA
“Ones” (2002 double-LP compilation; 20 songs; EMI Latin)
THE TRAGICALLY HIP
“The Tragically Hip” (1987 EP), “Up to Here” (1989 album), “Road Apples” (1991 album; Caroline International)
STEVE VAI
“Passion and Warfare (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1991 album; 180-gram clear LP, with four bonus tracks; Friday Music)
OCT. 21, 2016
TIM BUCKLEY
“Lady, Give Me Your Key: The Unissued 1967 Solo Acoustic Sessions” (13 songs; Hear/read here; Future Days Recordings)
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 LP), “Lust For Life” (1977 album; yellow LP; 4 Men With Beards)
MERL SAUNDERS & JERRY GARCIA
“Keystone Companions: The Complete Fantasy Recordings of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia” (six-LP box set; Fantasy)
SONIC YOUTH
“Murray Street” (2001 album; Geffen / UMe)
OCT. 28, 2016
DUANE ALLMAN
“Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective” (14-LP, 129-song box set, with a 56-page booklet that includes rare photos, plus essays by journalist Scott Schinder and Duane’s daughter, Galadrielle Allman, who compiled the collection alongside reissue producer Bill Levenson; Rounder)
SOCIAL DISTORTION
“Independent Years: 1983-2004” (four-LP box set; The Bicycle Music Company)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Motown 7s Box: Rare and Unreleased Vinyl, Volume 3” (seven two-sided 45rpm singles; U.K. – UMC)
NOV. 4, 2016
JOHNNY CASH
“The Christmas Spirit” (1963 album; 180-gram audiophile red LP; Friday Music)
JOHN DENVER
“Rocky Mountain Christmas” (1975 album; 180-gram audiophile white LP; Friday Music)
DAN FOGELBERG
“Souvenirs” (1974 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
HEART
“Dog & Butterfly” (1978 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold LP, gatefold cover), “Bebe Le Strange” (1980 album; 180-gram white LP; Friday Music)
MITCH HEDBERG
“Mitch Hedberg: The Complete Vinyl Collection” (four-LP box set contains three original albums, never-before-heard recordings, bonus videos and a book by Lynn Shawcroft; Comedy Central)
CHARLIE PARKER
“Bird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1988 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue LP; Friday Music)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee” (1976 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
JAMES TAYLOR
“James Taylor (Best Live)” (1994 album; 180-gram audiophile clear LP; Friday Music)
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 LP), “Temple of Low Men” (1988 album), “Woodface” (1991 album), “Together Alone” (1993 album), “Afterglow” (1999 album; Capitol / UMe)
FUNKADELIC
“Standing on the Verge of Getting It On” (1974 album; marbled seashore blue LP in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket; 4 Men With Beards)
LOVE AND ROCKETS
“Love and Rockets” (1989 album; 200-gram vinyl; 150-gram white vinyl; Drastic Plastic)
R.E.M.
“Out of Time (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1991 album; with download card; Deluxe three-LP set, featuring 19 previously unreleased demos; Bicycle Concord)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Volume 3” (limited-edition black and blue swirl LP; Time Life)
NOV. 22, 2016
PRINCE
“Graffiti Bridge” (1990 album; Warner)
DEC. 2, 2016
THE BYRDS
“Sweetheart of the Rodeo” (1968 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold LP; Friday Music)
QUIET RIOT
“Metal Health” (1983 album; 180-gram audiophile red LP; Friday Music)
JAN. 13, 2017
HEART
“Passionworks” (1983 album; 180-gram purple LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“For LP Fans Only” (1959 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold LP, gatefold cover), “Promised Land” (1975 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
FEB. 24, 2017
PRINCE
“Lovesexy” (1988 album), “Batman” (1989 album), “The Love Symbol Album” (1992 album), “Come” (1994 album; Warner)
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