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SEPT. 30, 2016
THE BLACK EYED PEAS
“Elephunk” (2003 album; double LP), “The Complete Vinyl Collection” (12-LP box set; A&M / UMe) 
CHICAGO
“Chicago 16” (1982 album; 180-gram audiophile LP; Friday Music)
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)
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)
RIHANNA
“Anti” (2016 album; Roc Nation)
THE ROLLING STONES
“The Rolling Stones in mono” (16-LP, 186-track box set; ABKCO)
THE SEEDS
“Bad Part of Town/Wish Me Up/Love in a Summer Basket/Did He Die” (double 7-inch release of the band’s two MGM singles from 1970; Sundazed)
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)
SOFT CELL
“The Art of Falling Apart” (1983 album; LP/12-inch combo, featuring “Martin” and “Hendrix Medley”; Mercury / UMe)
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)
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OCT. 4, 2016
DIO
“A Decade of Dio: 1983-1993” (six-LP box set with 7-inch single; Rhino)
OCT. 7, 2016
ABBA
“Arrival (40th Anniversary Edition” (1976 album; 45 RPM half-speed mastered double vinyl edition), “Fernando” (7-inch vinyl single; 1976; B-side: “Hey, Hey Helen”), “Dancing Queen” (7-inch vinyl single; 1977; B-side: “That’s Me”), “Money, Money, Money” (7-inch vinyl single; 1976; B-side: “Crazy World”), “Knowing Me, Knowing You” (7-inch vinyl single; 1977; B-side: “Happy Hawaii”), “Knowing Me, Knowing You” (7-inch vinyl single; 1977; B-side: “Happy Hawaii”; Europe – Polar Music / Universal)
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
“Surfer Girl” (1963 album), “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)
BLINK-182
“Blink-182 – Box Set” (10 LPs; Geffen / UMe)
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
“Tyranny and Mutation” (1973 album; Speakers Corner)
BLUR
“Leisure (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1991 album; U.K. – Warner / Parlophone)
MILES DAVIS
“Bopping the Blues” (1946 session; ORG Music)
MILES DAVIS
“The Essential Miles Davis” (two LPs, 14 songs; Columbia / Legacy)
FOREIGNER
“Agent Provocateur” (1984 album, featuring “I Want To Know What Love Is” and “That Was Yesterday”; Music On Vinyl)
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)
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)
SIMPLY RED
“Stars (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1991 album; U.K. – Rhino)
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)
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OCT. 11, 2016
MADONNA
“Ray of Light” (1998 album; Rhino / Warner)
OCT. 14, 2016
BEASTIE BOYS
“Licensed to Ill (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1987 album; cut from the original production masters; Def Jam)
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)
BOB DYLAN
“Bob Dylan” (1962 album), “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” (1963 album), “The Times They Are a-Changin'” (1964 album), “Another Side of Bob Dylan” (1964 album), “Bringing It All Back Home” (1965 album), “Highway 61 Revisited” (1965 album), “John Wesley Harding” (1967 album; original master recordings; Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)
DIANA KRALL
“Christmas Songs” (2005 album; Verve)
PINK FLOYD
“Wish You Were Here” (1975 album; Columbia / Legacy)
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)
SONIC YOUTH
“Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star” (1994 album), “A Thousand Leaves” (1998 album), “NYC Ghosts & Flowers” (2000 album; Read here; Geffen / UMe)
THE TRAGICALLY HIP
“The Tragically Hip” (1987 EP), “Up to Here” (1989 album), “Road Apples” (1991 album; Caroline International)
SHANIA TWAIN
“Shania Twain” (1993 album), “The Woman in Me” (1995 album), “Come on Over” (1997 album), “Up!” (2002 album; Green Version; Red Version; Mercury Nashville / UMe)
STEVE VAI
“Passion and Warfare (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1991 album; 180-gram clear LP, with four bonus tracks; Friday Music)
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OCT. 21, 2016
BLINK-182
“Dude Ranch” (1997 album), “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” (2001 album; mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio; See here; SRCVinyl)
TIM BUCKLEY
“Lady, Give Me Your Key: The Unissued 1967 Solo Acoustic Sessions” (13 songs; Hear/read here; Future Days Recordings)
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)
DEPECHE MODE
“101” (1989 live album; Rhino / Warner)
PAUL DESMOND
“Desmond Blue” (1962 album; Analog Spark)
ENYA
“Watermark” (1988 album, featuring “Orinoco Flow”), “Shepherd Moons” (1991 album), “The Memory of Trees” (1995 album; Reprise)
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book” (1956 album; three-LP box set; Analog Spark)
FUNKADELIC
“Maggot Brain” (1971 album; “chocofunkalatte” LP), “Let’s Take It to the Stage” (1975 album; blue LP; 4 Men With Beards)
THE KILLERS
“Hot Fuss” (2004 album; Island)
IGGY POP
“The Idiot” (1977 album; white clear LP), “Lust For Life” (1977 album; yellow LP; 4 Men With Beards)
PRINCE
“Sign ‘O’ the Times” (1987 album; Warner)
SONIC YOUTH
“Murray Street” (2001 album; Geffen / UMe)
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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)
BECK
“Odelay” (1996 album), “Sea Change” (2002 album), “Guero” (2005 album; Read here; UMe)
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
“Don’t Fear The Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult” (2000 compilation; 180-gram translucent blue vinyl; Friday Music)
JOHN DENVER
“Back Home Again” (1974 album; 180-gram gold LP; Night Fever Music)
DJ SHADOW
“Endtroducing…. (Deluxe Edition)” (1996 album; six-LP box set; Mercury / UMe)
DAN HARTMAN
“Instant Replay” (1978 album; 180-gram audiophile red vinyl; Friday Music)
LARKIN POE
“Reskinned” (2014 album “Kin,” with five new tracks and three new mixes, with a download card; RH Music)
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER
“Christmas Extraordinaire” (2001 album; American Gramaphone)
MAXWELL
“Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite” (1996 album; two-LP collection pressed on Metallic Gold 12″ 150-gram vinyl with an 8-page booklet that includes rare images from the original album and single photo shoots), “BLACKsummers’night” (2009 album; Metallic Silver collectible pressed on 150-gram vinyl; Columbia / Legacy)
SAINT ETIENNE
“Foxbase Alpha (Deluxe Edition)” (1991 album; with a second LP of bonus material; See here; Heavenly Recordings)
MERL SAUNDERS & JERRY GARCIA
“Keystone Companions: The Complete Fantasy Recordings of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia” (six-LP box set; Fantasy)
SOCIAL DISTORTION
“Independent Years: 1983-2004” (four-LP box set; The Bicycle Music Company)
SWEETBACK (members of Sade’s band)
“Sweetback” (1996 album; two-LP 12-inch 150-gram vinyl; See here; Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Motown 7s Box: Rare and Unreleased Vinyl, Volume 3” (seven two-sided 45rpm singles; U.K. – UMC)
WEEZER
“The Blue Album” (1994 album), “Pinkerton” (1996 album), “The Green Album” (2001 album), “Maladroit” (2002 album), “Make Believe” (2005 album), “The Red Album” (2008 album; Geffen / UMe)
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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)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Classic Christmas ’80s Album” (15 tracks, featuring Wham!, The Bangles, Whitney Houston, Run-D.M.C., The Waitresses, etc.; Legacy)
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NOV. 11, 2016
BELINDA CARLISLE
“The Collection” (two LPs, 17 songs; Demon)
DOBIE GRAY
“Dobie Gray Sings for ‘In’ Crowders That Go ‘Go Go'” (1965 album; Varèse Sarabande)
GEORGE MICHAEL
“Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1” (1990 album; Columbia / Legacy)
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NOV. 18, 2016
TORI AMOS
“Boys for Pele (Deluxe Edition)” (1996 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
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)
EVANESCENCE
“Studio Album Collection” (six-LP box set, with 52-page book; The Bicycle Music Company)
LOVE AND ROCKETS
“Love and Rockets” (1989 album; 200-gram vinyl; 150-gram white vinyl; Drastic Plastic)
MARIE OSMOND
“Music Is Medicine” (2016 album; Amazon-exclusive autographed LP; OliveMe)
QUEEN
“Greatest Hits I,” “Greatest Hits II” (double LPs; Hollywood)
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)
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NOV. 25, 2016
WILLIAM “CAT-IRON” CARRADINE
“Cat-Iron Sings Blues and Hymns” (available on LP for the first time since its original pressing in 1958; limited to 500 copies on translucent yellow vinyl, just like the original; Hear here; Exit Stencil Recordings)
COTTON MATHER
“Kontiki” (1997 album; color vinyl LP; Star Apple Kingdom)
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
“Greatest Hits” (1998 compilation; two LPs; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold LP, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
MÖTLEY CRÜE
“The End” (12-LP box set; Eleven Seven Music)
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
“The Complete Studio Albums Volume 2 (1994-2014)” (12-LP 180-gram vinyl box set)
NEIL YOUNG
“Official Release Series Discs 8.5-12” (five-LP box set; Reprise)
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DEC. 2, 2016
THE BYRDS
“Sweetheart of the Rodeo” (1968 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold LP; Friday Music)
FERGIE
“The Dutchess” (2006 album; Interscope / UMe)
MICKEY HART
“Planet Drum (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1991 album; won the Grammy for Best World Music Album in the first year of that category’s existence; two LPs; UMe)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra “ (gatefold packaging and pressed on 150-gram vinyl; RCA / Legacy)
QUIET RIOT
“Metal Health” (1983 album; 180-gram audiophile red LP; Friday Music)
TODD RUNDGREN & UTOPIA
“Todd Rundgren & Utopia Live 1978: Live at the Old Waldorf” (two-LP, limited gold vinyl edition; Real Gone Music)
STEVIE WONDER
“Talking Book” (1972 album; Motown / UMe)
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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)
JAN. 20, 2017
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)
FEB. 24, 2017
PRINCE
“Lovesexy” (1988 album), “Batman” (1989 album), “Graffiti Bridge” (1990 album), “The Love Symbol Album” (1992 album), “Come” (1994 album; Warner)