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SEPT. 29, 2017
DAVID BOWIE
“A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982)” (13-LP box set with 84-page book) 
, “‘Heroes'” (Picture Disc; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone) 
BELINDA CARLISLE
“Heaven on Earth: 30th Anniversary Edition” (1987 album; four-LP, one-CD box set; On Tour; Demon Music)
JOHN CARPENTER
“Christine (Original Motion Picture Score)” (1983 album; Blue Vinyl; Varѐse Sarabande)
CONCRETE BLONDE
“Concrete Blonde” (1986 album) , “Free” (1989 album) , “Bloodletting” (1990 album) , “Walking in London” (1992 album) , “Mexican Moon” (1993 album; two LPs; Capitol / UMe)
BING CROSBY
“Christmas Classics” (1999 compilation; Capitol / UMe)
STEVE EARLE
“Jerusalem” (2002 album) , “Just an American Boy” (2003 live album; three LPs) , “The Revolution Starts Now” (2004 album; Warner)
THE FLAMING LIPS
“Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” (2002 album; Picture Disc; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Warner)
GREEN DAY
“Dookie” (1994 album; Picture Disc) , “Revolution Radio” (2016 album; Picture Disc; On Tour; Merch; Reprise)
MASTODON
“Blood Mountain” (2006 album; Picture Disc) , “Crack the Skye” (2009 album; Picture Disc) , “The Hunter” (2011 album; Picture Disc; Reprise)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
“I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love” (2002 album; Picture Disc) , “Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge” (2004 album; Picture Disc; Reprise)
NELSON
“After the Rain” (1990 album; with limited-edition autographed photo; Friday Music)
KATY PERRY
“Witness” (2017 album; two LPs; On Tour; Capitol)
STEPPENWOLF
“Gold: Their Great Hits” (1971 compilation, mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes; 200-gram plating and pressing; Analogue Productions)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“NOW That’s What I Call Halloween” (2015 compilation; eBay; Merch; Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Sun Records Greatest Hits” (16-song compilation, with download card; Curb)
GERARD WAY
“Hesitant Alien” (2014 album; Picture Disc; Reprise)
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OCT. 6, 2017
LANA DEL REY
“Lust For Life” (2017 album; two LPs; Interscope / UMe)
HEART
“Heart” (1986 album; Capitol / UMe)
P!NK
“Can’t Take Me Home” (2000 album; two-LP 12″ Gold Vinyl Collector’s Edition) , “M!ssundaztood” (2001 album; two-LP 12″ Violet Vinyl Collector’s Edition) , “Try This” (2003 album; two-LP 12″ Red Vinyl Collector’s Edition; LaFace / Legacy)
JOHN PRINE
“The Missing Years” (14-song collection from 1991; Oh Boy)
THE REPLACEMENTS
“For Sale: Live At Maxwell’s 1986” (two LPs; Rhino / Warner)
THE RUNAWAYS
“Live in New York 1978” (Air Cuts)
FRANK SINATRA
“Ultimate Christmas” (20 songs; Vinyl; Download; Capitol / UMe)
SPANDAU BALLET
“Through the Barricades” (1986 album; remastered; Epic / Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“NOW That’s What I Call #1’s” (18-song collection from 2015; Urban Outfitters-exclusive white vinyl; NOW)
WHITESNAKE
“Whitesnake (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1987 album; two LPs, with unreleased bonus recordings; Rhino)
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG
“HellRaiser (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Special 30th Anniversary Edition” (1987 album; remixed and remastered from the original 24-track master tapes; 140-gram Multi-Colored Translucent Red with Black Smoke Vinyl; Friday Music)
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OCT. 13, 2017
BARENAKED LADIES
“Gordon” (1992 debut album; two LPs; Rhino / Warner)
BECK
“Colors” (2017 album; Red Vinyl; Capitol)
BOBBY DARIN
“You’re the Reason I’m Living” (1963 album; Capitol / UMe)
MISSY ELLIOTT
“The Cookbook” (2005 album; two LPs; Merch; Atlantic)
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook” (1957 album; two LPs; Wax Time)
4 NON BLONDES
“Bigger, Better, Faster, More!” (1992 album, featuring “What’s Up?”; Interscope / UMe)
JERRY GARCIA BAND
“Cats Under the Stars (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1977 album; gold-marbled vinyl; Round)
MICHAEL GIACCHINO
“Spider-Man: Homecoming (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (2017 album; Vinyl Picture Disc; In Theaters; Sony Classical)
THE GOLLIWOGS (pre-Creedence Clearwater Revival band)
“Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967” (two LPs; Read here; Craft Recordings)
THE KINGSTON TRIO
“The Kingston Trio” (1958 album; Capitol / UMe)
LINKIN PARK
“Minutes to Midnight” (2007 album; Picture Disc; eBay; Merch; Warner)
THELONIOUS MONK
“Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe” (1958 album; Original Jazz Classics)
THE WES MONTGOMERY TRIO
“A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar / Organ / Drums” (1959 album; Original Jazz Classics)
MONTROSE
“Montrose” (1973 album; two-LP deluxe edition) , “Paper Money” (1974 album; two-LP deluxe edition; Rhino / Warner)
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; eBay; Merch; Zappa Family Trust / UMe)
P!NK
“Beautiful Trauma” (2017 album; RCA)
PIERCE THE VEIL
“A Flair For the Dramatic (10th Anniversary Edition)” (2007 album; Orange Vinyl; On Tour; Merch; Equal Vision)
ROBERT PLANT
“Carry Fire” (2017 album; Nonesuch)
THE PRETTY THINGS
“Greatest Hits” (25 songs; Hear here; Madfish)
PUPPY (North London trio)
“Vol. II” (12-inch album, 33 rpm; Hear here; Spinefarm)
SUZI QUATRO
“Legend: The Best of Suzi Quatro” (20 songs; Chrysalis)
THE ROLLING STONES
“From the Vault – Sticky Fingers: Live At The Fonda Theater 2015” (three-LP, one-DVD set; eBay; Merch; Eagle Rock)
SKINNY PUPPY
“Remission” (1984 album) , “Bites” (1985 album; Nettwerk)
SOMETHING CORPORATE
“Played in Space: The Best of Something Corporate” (2010 compilation; srcvinyl)
STORY OF THE YEAR
“Page Avenue” (2003 album; Colored Vinyl; srcvinyl)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (2011 film; original score by Cliff Martinez; two LPs; Hear here; Lakeshore)
THE WHO
“Tommy Live At The Royal Albert Hall” (three LPs; performed in its entirety in April 2017 in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust; See here; Eagle Rock)
HANS ZIMMER
“Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (2017 film; In Theaters; WaterTower Music)
OCT. 20, 2017
THE ALBUM LEAF
“Seal Beach” (2003 EP) , “Forward/Return” (2012 EP) , “New Soul” (2016 single; 7-inch vinyl; Eastern Glow Recordings)
TORI AMOS
“Native Invader” (2017 album; two LPs; Decca)
BRAND NEW
“Science Fiction” (2017 album; On Tour; Procrastinate! Music Traitors)
DON CABALLERO
“Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)” (1999 album; eBay; Touch and Go)
MARIAH CAREY
“Butterfly” (1997 album; commemorative 12″ Vinyl Picture Disc, marking the album’s 20th anniversary; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
JOHN CARPENTER
“Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998” (new recordings of some of the most iconic themes he has composed for his films; Hear here; Filmography; Sacred Bones)
THE CRANBERRIES
“No Need to Argue” (1994 album; Turquoise Vinyl; On Tour; Plain)
BEN FOLDS
“Supersunnyspeedgraphic” (2006 album; two LPs; Analog Spark)
THE FRIGHTNERS
“More to Say Versions” (Hear here; Daptone)
GRANDADDY
“Under the Western Freeway (20th Anniversary Edition)” (1997 album; two LPs; Friendship Fever)
THE HEAD AND THE HEART
“Signs of Light” (2016 album; Picture Disc; On Tour; Merch; Warner)
FREDDIE HUBBARD
“First Light” (1971 album; Pure Pleasure)
BILLY IDOL
“Billy Idol” (1982 album) , “Rebel Yell” (1983 album; On Tour; Capitol / UMe)
BILLY JOEL
“The Stranger” (1977 album; Classic Picture Disc; Brookvale ATC Vinyl)
ELTON JOHN
“Sleeping With the Past” (1989 album) , “Elton John – One Night Only: The Greatest Hits” (2000 album; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Mercury / UMe)
BEAR McCREARY
“The Walking Dead (Original Television Soundtrack)” (two LPs; Streaming; Lakeshore)
GEORGE MICHAEL
“Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1” (1990 album; eBay; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
THE MUFFS
“The Muffs” (1993 album; Drastic Plastic)
PET SHOP BOYS
“Yes: Further Listening 2008-2010” (2009 album) , “Elysium: Further Listening 2011-2012” (2012 album; remastered; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
WILSON PICKETT
“The Exciting Wilson Pickett” (1966 album; Turquoise Vinyl; eBay; Merch; 4 Men With Beards)
IGGY POP
“The Idiot” (1977 album; Purple Vinyl) , “Lust for Life” (1977 album; Red Vinyl; eBay; Merch; 4 Men With Beards)
SAINT ETIENNE
“Sound of Water” (2000 album) , “Finisterre” (2002 album; PIAS America)
THE SMITHS
“The Queen Is Dead (Deluxe Edition)” (1986 album; five-LP box set; remastered, with demos, B-sides and alternative versions, plus “Live in Boston”; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Warner)
SPOON
“Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” (2007 album; two-LP set includes the 12-track “Get Nice!” EP; Merge)
TALK TALK
“The Party’s Over” (1982 album) , “It’s My Life” (1984 album; Rhino / Parlophone)
JAMES TAYLOR
“James Taylor” (1969 album, originally released on Apple; On Tour; Capitol / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Best of Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock” (colored vinyl pressing; Read here; Merch; Enjoy the Toons)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (The Original TV Soundtrack)” (Urban Outfitters-exclusive red vinyl; WaterTower Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Full Monty (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1997 album; DVD/Blu-ray; Music On Vinyl)
OCT. 27, 2017
ABBA
“ABBA: The Album (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1977 album, featuring “Take a Chance on Me” and “The Name of the Game”; 40th anniversary two-LP set, half-speed mastering, mastered at Abbey Road Studios; eBay; Merch; Polar Music Production / UMe)
ASHFORD & SIMPSON
“Solid” (1984 album; Capitol / UMe)
THE CRYSTAL METHOD
“Vegas” (1997 album, featuring “Keep Hope Alive”; two LPs; Geffen / UMe)
IAN DURY
“New Boots and Panties!! (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1977 album; with a previously unreleased live performance; Demon)
EPMD
“Unfinished Business” (1989 album; two LPs) , “Back in Business” (1997 album; two LPs; Capitol / UMe)
ESQUIVEL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
“Other Worlds Other Sounds” (1958 album; Audio Fidelity)
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965 album; Craft Recordings)
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
“The Jimi Hendrix Experience” (2000 compilation; eight-LP box set; eBay; Merch; Experience Hendrix / Legacy)
MICHAEL JACKSON
“Scream” (collectible glow-in-the-dark two-LP set; eBay; Merch; Epic / Legacy)
KESHA
“Rainbow” (2017 album; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Kemosabe / RCA)
DAVE MASON
“Alone Together” (1970 album; includes “Only You Know and I Know”; Friday Music)
MASTODON
“Cold Dark Place” (four-song EP; 10-inch vinyl picture disc; Reprise)
THE METERS
“A Message from The Meters–The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977” (three LPs, 40 songs; Real Gone Music)
STEVE MILLER BAND
“Ultimate Hits” (four-LP box set; On Tour; Merch; Capitol / UMe)
THELONIOUS MONK
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960” (1960 soundtrack album; Sam / Saga)
PHISH
“A Live One” (four-LP, 180-gram red and blue vinyl, with download card; eBay; Merch; JEMP)
GENE PITNEY
“Only Love Can Break a Heart / The Many Sides of Gene Pitney” (1962 albums; Vinyl Passion)
POISON
“Look What the Cat Dragged In” (1986 album; eBay; Merch; Friday Music)
THE PROCLAIMERS
“This Is the Story” (1987 album, including “Letter from America,” produced by Gerry Rafferty; See here) , “Sunshine On Leith” (1988 album, featuring “I’m Gonna Be [500 Miles]”; See here) , “Hit the Highway” (1994 album; Rhino / Parlophone)
RASPBERRIES
“Raspberries” (1972 album, featuring “Go All the Way”; Capitol / UMe)
SAINT ETIENNE
“Tales From Turnpike House” (2005 album; PIAS America)
THIN LIZZY
“Collected” (Read here; Music on Vinyl)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Bob’s Burgers Music Album” (Urban Outfitters-exclusive three-LP, 109-song collection, with a 7-inch LP of five “Bob’s Burgers” songs covered by St. Vincent, The National and Sleater-Kinney; Sub Pop)
THE WHO
“Live At Leeds” (1970 album) , “Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy” (1971 compilation; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Geffen / UMe)
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
“This Sweet Old World” (2017 album; pink vinyl; On Tour; Highway 20)
LEE ANN WOMACK
“The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone” (2017 album; On Tour; ATO)
NOV. 3, 2017
THE APPLES IN STEREO
“Tone Soul Evolution” (1997 album; Yep Roc)
BOSTON
“Boston” (1976 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue vinyl; eBay; Merch; Friday Music)
CARPENTERS
“Collected” (180 gram audiophile vinyl; two LPs; eBay; Merch; Music On Vinyl)
DEEP PURPLE
“A Fire in the Sky: A Career-Spanning Collection” (three LPs; Merch; Rhino / Warner)
DESMOND DEKKER
“You Can Get It If You Really Want” (1970 album; Black & Blue Marble Vinyl Edition; Real Gone Music)
FERRANTE & TEICHER
“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” (1966 album; Friday Music)
JACKIE GLEASON
“‘Tis the Season” (1967 album; Friday Music)
THE MONKEES
“Headquarters Stack-O-Tracks (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1967 album, with original backing tracks and instrumental versions; 180-gram audiophile clear vinyl; eBay; Merch; Friday Music)
ROY ORBISON
“A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra” (Merch; Legacy)
REO SPEEDWAGON
“Hi Infidelity” (1980 album; 180-gram audiophile platinum colored vinyl; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Friday Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Elf (Music From the Major Motion Picture)” (2003 soundtrack; Urban Outfitters-exclusive red vinyl; WaterTower Music)
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NOV. 10, 2017
CHILDISH GAMBINO
“Awaken, My Love!” (2016 album; eBay; Merch; Glassnote)
MISSY ELLIOTT
“Under Construction” (2002 album; two LPs; Merch; Atlantic)
ARETHA FRANKLIN
“A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra” (eBay; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic)
THE KINKS
“Sleepwalker” (1977 album; audiophile black and white swirl; eBay; Merch; Friday Music)
METALLICA
“Master of Puppets” (1986 album; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Blackened Recordings)
PEARL JAM
“Ten” (1992 album) , “Binaural” (2000 album; two LPs) , “Riot Act” (2002 album) , “Pearl Jam” (2006 album; eBay; Merch; Epic / Legacy)
R.E.M.
“Automatic For The People (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1992 album; eBay; Merch; Craft Recordings)
NOV. 17, 2017
BLACK SABBATH
“Black Sabbath: The End” (triple-vinyl set; filmed Feb. 4, 2017, at Birmingham, U.K.’s Genting Arena; DVD + CD; Blu-ray + CD; Blu-ray/DVD/3CD Deluxe; CD; eBay; Merch; Eagle Vision)
THE DOORS
“Strange Days (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1967 album; remastered, featuring mono and stereo versions of the album; Read here; eBay; Merch; Rhino / Elektra)
PEGGY LEE
“Is That All There Is?” (1969 album; eBay; Capitol / UMe)
PAUL McCARTNEY
“McCartney” (1970 album) , “Ram” (1971 album) , “Band on the Run” (1973 album) , “Venus and Mars” (1975 album) , “Wings at the Speed of Sound” (1976 album) , “McCartney II” (1980 album) , “Tug of War” (1982 album) , “Pipes of Peace” (1983 album; eBay; Merch; Capitol / UMe)
POISON
“Open Up and Say … Ahh!” (1988 album; eBay; Merch; Friday Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The 80s Pop Annual” (two LPs; Track list; Demon Music Group)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“My 90s Mix” (12-song compilation; Urban Outfitters-exclusive clear vinyl; Sony Music)
THE YARDBIRDS
“Yardbirds ’68” (an 18-track double album featuring the previously unreleased “Live at Anderson Theater” and “Studio Sketches,” a collection of alternate takes and demos; Read here; JimmyPage.com)
NOV. 24, 2017
THE APPLES IN STEREO
“Her Wallpaper Reverie” (1999 album; Yep Roc)
CHRIS BELL
“The Complete Chris Bell” (six-LP box set; Omnivore Recordings)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
“Out of the Blue (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1977 album; double picture disc vinyl package; Read here; eBay; Merch; Legacy)
JOHN LEE HOOKER
“Black Night Is Falling: Live at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club” (Just a Memory)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Moody Blue” (1977 album; 40th anniversary clear blue vinyl; RCA / Legacy)
RASPBERRIES
“Pop Art Live” (three-LP set, with download, capturing the full 28-song set from the original lineup, recorded on Nov. 26, 2004, at the House of Blues in their hometown of Cleveland; See here; Omnivore Recordings)
DEC. 1, 2017
CHICAGO
“Chicago V” (1972 album; audiophile vinyl, mastered by Joe Reagoso and Lee Loughnane of Chicago; On Tour; Friday Music)
BILL EVANS
“Bill Evans Trio At Shelly’s Manne-Hole, Hollywood, California” ,
“Quintessence” (1976 album) , “I Will Say Goodbye” (1979 album; Original Jazz Classics)
MEAT LOAF
“Bat Out of Hell” (1977 album; Colored Vinyl; Friday Music)
THELONIOUS MONK
“Thelonious Alone In San Francisco” (1959 album; Original Jazz Classics)
RINGO STARR
“Bad Boy” (1978 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent colored vinyl)
DEC. 8, 2017
ISAAC HAYES
“Hot Buttered Soul” (1969 album) , “Shaft (Music From The Soundtrack)” (1971 album; two LPs) , “Black Moses” (1971 album; two LPs; Craft Recordings)
LEAD BELLY
“A Celebration: Classic Sides 1934-1944” (JSP)
DEC. 30, 2017
ENYA
“And Winter Came” (2008 album; Reprise)
DEC. 31, 2017
RY COODER
“Chicken Skin Music” (1976 album; 180-gram vinyl, mastered from the original master tapes; Mobile Fidelity)
DIRE STRAITS
“Dire Straits” (1978 album; 45RPM two-LP set, mastered from the original master tapes) , “Communique” (1979 album; 45RPM two-LP set, mastered from the original master tapes) , “Making Movies” (1980 album; 45RPM two-LP set, mastered from the original master tapes) , “Love Over Gold” (1982 album; 45RPM two-LP set, mastered from the original master tapes; Mobile Fidelity)
JAMES GANG
“James Gang Rides Again” (1970 album; 180-gram vinyl, mastered from the original master tapes; Mobile Fidelity)
BARRY MANILOW
“Greatest Hits” (1978 collection; Mobile Fidelity)
SUPERTRAMP
“Breakfast in America” (1979 album; 180-gram vinyl, mastered from the original master tapes; Mobile Fidelity)
JAN. 12, 2018
THE APPLES IN STEREO
“The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone” (2000 album; Yep Roc)
FEB. 16, 2018
THE APPLES IN STEREO
“Velocity of Sound” (2002 album; Yep Roc)