Your Vinyl Store (April 23-29 and Beyond)
New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
BAD BRAINS
“Bad Brains” (1981 debut album; mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering; Merch; Org Music) » BUY NOW 
THE B-52’S
“Wild Planet” (1980 album, featuring “Private Idaho,” “Give Me Back My Man” and “Party Out of Bounds”; See here; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
ERIC CHURCH
“Soul” (the final release of his three-part project called “Heart & Soul”; “Heart” was issued on April 16 and a vinyl EP titled “&” is available to fan club members on April 20; producer: Jay Joyce; Hear here; Read here; Merch; EMI Nashville) » BUY NOW
DEEP PURPLE
“Rapture of the Deep” (2005 album; Merch; earMUSIC) » BUY NOW
IBRAHIM FERRER
“Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer” (1999 album; producers: Ry Cooder, Nick Gold, Juan de Marcos González; World Circuit) » BUY NOW
PETER FRAMPTON
“Frampton Forgets the Words” (instrumental covers album, featuring versions of George Harrison’s “Isn’t It a Pity,” Radiohead’s “Reckoner,” David Bowie’s “Loving the Alien,” etc.; Merch; UMe) » BUY NOW
GANG OF FOUR
“Entertainment!” (1979 album, featuring “At Home He’s a Tourist,” “Natural’s Not In It” and “Damaged Goods”; remastered from the original tapes by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road, with supervision by founding member Jon King) » BUY NOW
“Solid Gold” (1981 album; remastered from the original tapes by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road, with supervision by founding member Jon King; Merch; Matador) » BUY NOW
BOBBIE GENTRY
“Fancy” (1970 album, featuring “Fancy” and “He Made a Woman Out of Me”; See here; Pleasure for Music) » BUY NOW
JOSH GROBAN
“Harmony (Deluxe Edition)” (2020 album; with six bonus tracks; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Silver Vinyl; Reprise) » BUY NOW
YUSEF LATEEF
“Eastern Sounds” (1961 album; mastered from the original stereo tapes by Grammy-winning mastering engineer Bernie Grundman and pressed utilizing Neotech’s VR9000 compound on 180-gram vinyl at RTI in a one-step lacquer process; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND
“John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (The Ultimate Collection)” (1970 album; newly remixed from the original multi-tracks at Abbey Road Studios by Paul Hicks, overseen by Yoko Ono Lennon; two-LP gatefold edition includes a second LP of outtakes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, with a booklet and WAR IS OVER! poster; Merch; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
MAGGIE ROGERS
“Notes From The Archive: Recordings 2011-2016” (16-track collection; marigold vinyl; CD, released on Dec. 18; Debay Sound) » BUY NOW
THE SELECTER
“Too Much Pressure (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1980 album; 180-gram half-speed mastered at Alchemy, with a bonus 40-gram 7-inch single; See here; Merch; Chrysalis) » BUY NOW
THE WHO
“The Who Sell Out (Deluxe Edition)” (1967 album; remastered, with 12 bonus tracks, rare photos and memorabilia, psychedelic poster and track by track liner notes; See here; Read here; Super Deluxe Edition; Merch; Geffen / UMe) » BUY NOW
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CAN
“Future Days” (1973 album; limited-edition gold vinyl) » BUY NOW
“Delay 1968” (1981 compilation; limited-edition pink vinyl; Mute) » BUY NOW
FALL OUT BOY
“Take This To Your Grave (25th Anniversary Edition)” (2003 album, featuring “Dead on Arrival,” “Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy” and “Saturday”; silver vinyl; Merch; Fueled By Ramen) » BUY NOW
FUNKADELIC
“The Electric Spanking of War Babies” (1981 album, featuring Sly Stone singing lead on “Funk Gets Stronger [Killer Millimeter Longer Version]”; Merch; Charly) » BUY NOW
DIZZY GILLESPIE
“The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band: 20th and 30th Anniversary” (1968 album; MPS) » BUY NOW
PJ HARVEY
“Uh Huh Her” (2005 album) » BUY NOW
“Uh Huh Her – Demos” (CD; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
HOWARD JONES
“In the Running” (1992 album, featuring “Lift Me Up”; translucent clear vinyl; Cherry Red) » BUY NOW
LIL BABY
“My Turn (Deluxe)” (2020 album, featuring “Woah,” “Sum 2 Prove,” “Emotionally Scarred,” “All In” and “The Bigger Picture”; triple black ice vinyl; See here; Merch; Quality Control Music) » BUY NOW
ENNIO MORRICONE
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1966 album; with a 30x30cm insert full of vintage posters and lobby cards; BTF) » BUY NOW
MY MORNING JACKET
“At Dawn (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2001 album; with a bonus Jim James live acoustic set recorded three weeks before the initial release and later broadcast on KVRX; on orange-colored vinyl; Darla) » BUY NOW
ULTRAMAGNETIC MC’S
“Critical Breakdown (Expanded Edition)” (1988 album, featuring “Ego Trippin’,” “Critical Beatdown” and “Kool Keith Housing Things”; 180-gram yellow vinyl, with bonus tracks; Hear here; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
“My Savior” (her first inspirational album, on white vinyl; guest: CeCe Winans; new single: “Softly and Tenderly”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive Clear Vinyl; released on CD and Download on March 26; Capitol Nashville) » BUY NOW
BOBBY WOMACK
“The Poet” (1981 album; remastered) » BUY NOW
“The Poet II” (1984 album, featuring Patti LaBelle on three songs; remastered; Read here; ABKCO) » BUY NOW
THE BEAT FARMERS
“Tales of the New West” (1985 album; remastered; Extra Term Audio) » BUY NOW
GEORGE DUKE
“The Era Will Prevail: The MPS Studio Years 1973-1976” (seven-LP box set; MPS) » BUY NOW
ERASURE
“The Innocents” (1988 album, featuring “Ship of Fools,” “Chains of Love” and “A Little Respect”; See here; Merch; Mute) » BUY NOW
THE FLAMIN’ GROOVIES
“Jumpin’ in the Night” (1979 album, featuring “In the U.S.A.” and “First Plane Home”; 180-gram translucent green audiophile vinyl; Hear here; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
DEXTER GORDON
“One Flight Up” (1964 album, featuring Donald Byrd, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Orsted and Art Taylor; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
ANDREW HILL
“Passing Ships” (recorded in 1969 but unreleased until 2003 when it was issued on CD; featuring Woody Shaw, Dizzy Reece, Julian Priester, Joe Farrell, Howard Johnson, Bob Northern, Ron Carter and Lenny White; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
LULU
“Gold” (13 songs on 140-gram black vinyl; Track List; See here; Crimson Productions / Demon Music Group) » BUY NOW
MONTROSE
“Montrose” (1973 debut album; it’s also the recording debut of singer Sammy Hagar; 180-gram yellow audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
PETER MURPHY
“Deep” (1989 album, featuring “Cuts You Up”; clear vinyl; See here) » BUY NOW
“Holy Smoke” (1992 album, featuring “The Sweetest Drop”; smoky vinyl; See here; Beggars Arkive) » BUY NOW
JOHNNY RIVERS
“The Best of Johnny Rivers” (1987 compilation; 15 songs; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
ELLIOTT SMITH
“Either/Or” (1997 album, featuring “Speed Trials” and “Ballad of Big Nothing,” and the tracks “Between the Bars,” “Angeles” and “Say Yes” also appeared on the “Good Will Hunting” soundtrack; Kill Rock Stars) » BUY NOW
TONY JOE WHITE
“Smoke from the Chimney” (nine songs built on demos of White playing acoustic guitar and singing, then transformed into band arrangements by Dan Auerbach with Nashville session players, including drummer Gene Chrisman, keyboardist Bobby Wood, bassist Dave Roe, guitarist Marcus King and others; Auerbach also plays electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums and percussion; See here; Read here; Easy Eye Sound) » BUY NOW
WHITE LION
“The Best of White Lion” (180-gram translucent purple audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
AMY WINEHOUSE
“At the BBC” (three-CD set features tracks from appearances on “Later… with Jools Holland” and the Mercury Prize show; See here; Merch; Republic / UMe) » BUY NOW
WU TANG / THE BEATLES
“Tom Caruana Presents Wu-Tang vs. The Beatles – Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers” (2011 remix project; double LP available in green, pink or black vinyl; Tom Caruana Remix Projects) » BUY NOW
FRANK ZAPPA
“Zappa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (21-song collection from documentary directed by “Bill & Ted” actor Alex Winter; double 180-gram crystal clear vinyl; See here; Read here; CD, released on Feb. 19; Download, released on Nov. 27; Merch; Frank Zappa Catalog / UMe) » BUY NOW
RAY CHARLES
“Genius + Soul = Jazz” (1961 album; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Impulse! / Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
“Déjà Vu (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1970 album; four-CD, one-LP box set featuring 28 previously unreleased tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
EMINEM
“Music To Be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition)” (2020 album; Opaque Grey 4-LP Vinyl; Merch; Shady / Interscope) » BUY NOW
THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA
“Out of the Cool” (1961 album, featuring Jimmy Knepper on trombone, Ron Carter on bass and Elvin Jones on drums; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Impulse! / Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
FLEETWOOD MAC
“Tusk” (1979 double album, featuring “Sara,” “Tusk,” “Think About Me” and “Not That Funny”; See here; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
THE GO-GO’S
“God Bless The Go-Go’s” (2001 reunion album, making its debut on vinyl; 140-gram opaque blue LP; Read here; Merch; Eagle / UMe) » BUY NOW
KENNY ROGERS
“21 Number Ones” (2006 compilation, making its vinyl debut; with a bonus track, his duet with Kim Carnes, “Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer”; Walmart-Exclusive Gold Vinyl; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
ST. VINCENT
“Daddy’s Home” (producers: Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff; guests: Cian Riordan, Evan Smith, Sam KS, Greg Leisz, Daniel Hart, Michael Leonhard, Lynne Fiddmont, Kenya Hathaway; first single: “Pay Your Way in Pain”; See here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Vinyl, with three trading cards and poster; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Cool Gray Vinyl; Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
TRAFFIC
“Mr. Fantasy” (1967 album, featuring “Paper Sun,” “Hole in My Shoe” and “Dear Mr. Fantasy”; remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl) » BUY NOW
“Traffic” (1968 album, featuring “Feelin’ Alright?”; remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl) » BUY NOW
“John Barleycorn Must Die” (1970 album, featuring “Empty Pages” and “Freedom Rider”; remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl) » BUY NOW
“The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” (1971 album, featuring the title track and “Rock & Roll Stew”; remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl) » BUY NOW
“Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory” (1973 album; remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl) » BUY NOW
“When the Eagle Flies” (1974 album; remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl) » BUY NOW
KEITH URBAN
“THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1” (2020 album, featuring “God Whispered Your Name” and “One Too Many”; Capitol Nashville / UMe) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Impulse! Records: Music, Message and the Moment” (four-LP box set; Read here; Impulse! / Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
BARENAKED LADIES
“Maroon (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (2000 album, featuring “Pinch Me,” “Too Little Too Late” and “Falling for the First Time”; double vinyl includes rarities, B-sides and demos; See here; Rhino) » BUY NOW
MICKY DOLENZ
“Dolenz Sings Nesmith” (Turquoise Vinyl; Dolenz’s first solo studio album in nine years features 13 covers of Mike Nesmith-penned songs, including “Different Drum,” “Circle Sky” and “Tapioca Tundra”; the CD contains a bonus track, “Grand Ennui”; producer: Mike’s son Christian Nesmith; 7a) » BUY NOW
BUDDY GUY
“Feels Like Rain” (1993 album, which won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album; guests: John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Rodgers, Travis Tritt; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
JOHN HIATT WITH THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND
“Leftover Feelings” (first single: “All the Lilacs in Ohio”; Hear here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Autographed Black Splatter Vinyl; New West) » BUY NOW
IRON CITY HOUSEROCKERS
“Have a Good Time But … Get Out Alive!” (1980 album; with bonus CD containing 16 previously unreleased tracks; Cleveland International) » BUY NOW
MEGAN THEE STALLION
“Good News” (2020 album; guests: Beyoncé, DaBaby, City Girls, Lil Durk, SZA, Popcaan, Mustard, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Young Thug; Target-exclusive vinyl; Merch; 1501 Certified / 300 Entertainment) » BUY NOW
METRONOMY
“The English Riviera (10th Anniversary)” (2011 album, featuring “The Look,” “The Bay” and “Everything Goes My Way”; with six previously unreleased tracks; numbered heavyweight 180-gram double vinyl with etched fantascope on side D; See here; Merch; Because Music) » BUY NOW
MDOU MOCTAR
“Afrique Victime” (producer: bassist Mikey Coltun; new single: “Tala Tannam”; See here; Matador) » BUY NOW
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
“m b v” (2013 album; Merch; mbv / Domino) » BUY NOW
THE RASCALS
“Time Peace: The Rascals’ Greatest Hits” (1968 compilation; 180-gram translucent gold vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Cleveland Rocks” (1995 label roster compilation; with download card; Cleveland International) » BUY NOW
VIOLENT FEMMES
“Add It Up (1981-1993)” (23-track compilation, originally released in 1993; Merch; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
“Sung Tongs” (2004 album; Domino) » BUY NOW
MADISON BEER
“Life Support” (2021 album; producers: 1993, Madison Beer, Leroy Clampitt, Pete Nappi, One Love; Sing It Loud / Epic) » BUY NOW
DAVID BOWIE
“The Man Who Sold the World” (Vinyl 12″ Picture Disc, with poster; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone) » BUY NOW
DONALD FAGEN
“The Nightfly” (1982 album, featuring “I.G.Y. [What a Beautiful World]” and “New Frontier”; 180-gram black vinyl; See here; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
“Welcome Interstate Managers” (2003 album, featuring “Stacy’s Mom”; 180-gram transparent red vinyl; See here; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
PJ HARVEY
“The Peel Sessions 1991-2004” (2006 collection; remastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering under the guidance of longtime PJ Harvey producer John Parish; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE KORGIS
“The Korgis Kollection” (19-song compilation from 2005; Track List; Let Them Eat Vinyl) » BUY NOW
K.D. LANG
“makeover” (a new collection of classic dance remixes of her songs from 1992 to 2000; Transparent Turquoise Vinyl; first single: “Miss Chatelaine [St. Tropez Mix]”; See here; Read here; Nonesuch) » BUY NOW
ABBEY LINCOLN
“Abbey Is Blue” (1959 album, featuring Kenny Dorham, Stanley Turrentine, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Philly Joe Jones and Max Roach; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
ELLIOTT SMITH
“An Introduction To … Elliott Smith” (14-song compilation from 2010; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Red & Black Vinyl; Kill Rock Stars) » BUY NOW
TAYLOR SWIFT
“evermore” (2020 album, featuring “Willow,” “No Body, No Crime” and “Coney Island”; producers: Aaron Dessner, Swift, Bryce Dessner, Jack Antonoff; double green vinyl, with two bonus tracks; Target-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Merch; Republic) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Best of Philadelphia International Records” (label compilations features hits by The O’Jays, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass, Lou Rawls, Patti Labelle, MFSB, The Three Degrees, etc.; Philadelphia International / Legacy) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Fawlty Towers: For the Record” (four vintage albums plus two new volumes, narrated by Andrew Sachs as Manuel, on 140-gram white vinyl; Demon / Edsel) » BUY NOW
MUDDY WATERS
“Electric Mud” (1968 album; Endless Happiness) » BUY NOW
WORLD PARTY
“Dumbing Up” (2000 album; with six bonus tracks; Seaview) » BUY NOW
YELLO
“YELL40 Years” (21-song, two-LP hits compilation, including “Oh Yeah,” “Desire,” “I Love You,” “The Rhythm Divine” and “Vicious Games”; Polydor) » BUY NOW
BLACK PUMAS
“Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A” (recorded direct to acetate – all live, no overdubs, includes a 7-minute rendition of “Colors,” which received a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year; red vinyl; See here; ATO) » BUY NOW
ART BLAKELY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
“The Witch Doctor” (1967 album; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
CHEAP TRICK
“In Another World” (their 20th studio album; producer: Julian Raymond; first single: “Light Up the Fire”; Hear here; Read here; CD and Download released on April 9; Merch; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
CHICAGO
“Chicago Transit Authority” (1969 album, featuring “Questions 67 and 68,” “I’m a Man,” “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” and “Beginnings”; 180-gram red audiophile vinyl; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
CROWDED HOUSE
“Dreamers Are Waiting” (their first studio album since 2010; first single: “To the Island”; See here; Read here; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
JACK’S MANNEQUIN
“People and Things” (2011 album; 180-gram orange-colored audiophile vinyl; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
MIRIAM MAKEBA
“Keep Me in Mind” (1970 album; Strut) » BUY NOW
OSCAR PETERSON
“Exclusively For My Friends” (six-LP box set of private recordings made between 1963 and 1968; MPS) » BUY NOW
LIZ PHAIR
“Soberish” (her first album in 11 years; producer: Brad Wood; first single: “Spanish Doors”; Hear here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Blue Vinyl; Chrysalis) » BUY NOW
RISE AGAINST
“Nowhere Generation” (their first album in four years; producer: Bill Stevenson; new singles: “Nowhere Generation” and “Broken Dreams, Inc.”; See here; Vinyl Deluxe Edition, black and white smoke LP, 12-page booklet and bonus 7-inch single; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, metallic silver LP, with an alternate album cover; Merch; Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
TODD RUNDGREN
“Nearly Human” (1989 album, featuring “The Want of a Nail,” with Bobby Womack; 180-gram translucent orange vinyl; translucent yellow vinyl; Hear here; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
ROD STEWART
“Rod Stewart: 1975-1978” (five-LP box set includes “Atlantic Crossing,” “A Night on the Town,” “Foot Loose and Fancy Free,” “Blondes Have More Fun” and an LP of previously unreleased recordings; Read here; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
SWELL MAPS
“Mayday Signals” (compilation of rare and unreleased tracks from the vaults of band founder Jowe Head; Easy Action) » BUY NOW
TOO $HORT
“Life Is … Too $hort” (1988 album; Jive / Legacy) » BUY NOW
MUDDY WATERS
“Muddy Waters At Newport 1960” (1960 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
THE ARCHIES
“Sugar, Sugar” (45rpm 7-inch vinyl pressing on pink vinyl, backed with “Bang Shang-A-Lang”; Merch; Cleopatra) » BUY NOW
BLACK SABBATH
“Sabotage (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1975 album; four-LP box set featuring “North American Tour Live ’75” and other bonus live material; Read here; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
DEAD BOYS
“Young, Loud and Snotty” (1977 debut album; sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at RTI, on yellow vinyl with red streaks; Jackpot) » BUY NOW
DEF LEPPARD
“The Vinyl Boxset: Volume Three” (nine-LP box set of recordings from the band in the 2000s, including the albums “Yeah!,” “X” and “Songs From The Sparkle Lounge”; Merch; Mercury / UMe) » BUY NOW
GARBAGE
“No Gods No Masters” (green-colored vinyl; producers: Garbage, Billy Bush; new single: “The Men Who Rule the World”; See here; Read here; Stunvolume / Infectious Music) » BUY NOW
QUINCY JONES
“The Dude” (1981 album, featuring “Ai No Corrida,” “Just Once” and “One Hundred Ways”; available in gatefold jacket for the first time; A&M / UMe) » BUY NOW
KISS
“KISS Off the Soundboard: Tokyo 2001” (three-LP 20th anniversary live recording at the Tokyo Dome, the first of a “new official live bootleg series” from KISS; lineup: Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer and Ace Frehley; See here; Merch; UMe) » BUY NOW
KIP MOORE
“Wild World (Deluxe Edition)” (2020 album; with four extra songs; Merch; MCA Nashville / UMe) » BUY NOW
MARK MORRISON
“Return of the Mack” (1996 album, featuring the title track; purple vinyl; See here; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
WILSON PICKETT
“The Best of Wilson Pickett Vol. II” (1971 compilation; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
“‘Live’ Bullet” (1976 album; newly remastered from original analog master tapes, with lithograph; Merch; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE SHINS
“Oh, Inverted World (20th Anniversary Remaster)” (2001 debut album; mastering by Grammy-winning engineer Bob Ludwig; Sub Pop) » BUY NOW
3 DOORS DOWN
“The Better Life (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2000 album, featuring “Kryptonite,” “Loser” and “Be Like That”; two-LP black vinyl and one-LP green vinyl of the never-released original demos album, “The Escatapwa Sessions,” with lithograph poster; See here; Republic) » BUY NOW
BRIAN WILSON
“Brian Wilson” (1988 album, featuring “Love and Mercy,” “Rio Grande,” “Night Time” and “Melt Away”; 180-gram translucent blue audiophile vinyl; Hear here; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
BLACKFOOT
“Strikes” (1979 album, featuring “Highway Song” and “Train Train”; 180-gram audiophile red vinyl; Hear here; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
CRACK THE SKY
“Crack Attic (Best of Crack the Sky)” (16-song collection; Renaissance) » BUY NOW
FOGHAT
“Stone Blue” (1978 album, produced by Eddie Kramer; 180-gram audiophile blue vinyl; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
ARETHA FRANKLIN
“I Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-2014” (updated edition of 2012 compilation; Arista / Legacy) » BUY NOW
THE MONKEES
“The Monkees (Deluxe Edition)” (1966 debut album, featuring “Last Train to Clarksville,” “[Theme From] The Monkees” and “I Wanna Be Free”; mastered for vinyl by Kevin Grey and Andrew Sandoval; lacquers cut from the original analog stereo tapes for the first time since 1966; contains two previously unissued songs and two new mixes; Read here; Merch; Rhino) » BUY NOW
AL STEWART
“Year of the Cat” (1976 album, featuring “Year of the Cat,” “On the Border” and “Lord Grenville”; 45th anniversary 180-gram audiophile vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
FRANK ZAPPA
“Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show” (four-LP box set of his final U.S. concert at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY, on March 25, 1988, featuring the first official release of the much-talked-about “The Beatles Medley”; newly mixed by Craig Parker Adams from the 48-track digital master tapes; Read here; Merch; Zappa / UMe) » BUY NOW
BREAD
“The Best of Bread” (1973 compilation; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
ALICE COOPER
“School’s Out” (1972 album, featuring the title tracks; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
SELENA GOMEZ
“Revelación” (2021 Spanish-language EP; Merch; Interscope) » BUY NOW
GRATEFUL DEAD
“Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)” (1971 live album; newly remastered by engineer David Glasser with Plangent Process Speed Correction; on 180-gram black vinyl with Stoughton tip-on jacket and sticker insert; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Neon Orange Vinyl; Merch; Grateful Dead Production) » BUY NOW
HENRY GROSS
“Release” (1976 album, featuring “Shannon” and “Springtime Mama”; Renaissance) » BUY NOW
PJ HARVEY
“White Chalk” (2007 album, featuring “When Under Ether,” “The Piano” and “The Devil”; remastered) » BUY NOW, “White Chalk – Demos” (a collection of unreleased demos; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
HIATUS KAIYOTE
“Mood Valiant” (new single: “Get Sun”; Hear here; Deluxe Glow in the Dark Vinyl; Merch; Brainfeeder / Ninja Tune) » BUY NOW
LADY GAGA
“Chromatica” (2020 album; special trifold jacket on 180-gram black vinyl; Merch; Interscope / UMe) » BUY NOW
JONI MITCHELL
“The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)” (four-LP box set features her first four studio albums; remastered by Bernie Grundman; Hear here; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
PETER MURPHY
“Cascade” (1995 album; scarlet vinyl; with four bonus tracks) » BUY NOW
“The Last and Only Star” (rarities collection; gold-colored vinyl;
Beggars Arkive) » BUY NOW
THE ROOTS
“Do You Want More?!!!??! (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album, featuring “Distortion to Static,” “Proceed” and “Silent Treatment”; triple 180-gram black vinyl with five bonus tracks and 24-page booklet; Geffen / UMe) » BUY NOW
CARLY SIMON
“The Best of Carly Simon” (1975 album; 180-gram translucent red audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Lost Boys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1987 album; 180-gram red audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Stand By Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1986 album; 180-gram aqua blue audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
BIG COUNTRY
“The Buffalo Killers” (1993 album; deluxe edition, with bonus tracks) » BUY NOW
“Without the Aid of a Safety Net” (1994 live album, recorded at a homecoming gig at The Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow; Chrysalis) » BUY NOW
RARE EARTH
“Live in Chicago” (1974 album; red translucent vinyl; Culture Factory) » BUY NOW
AWOLNATION
“Megalithic Symphony (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (2011 album; includes the original album on Ultraclear Vinyl, a bonus LP of previously unreleased material on Gold Vinyl, and a download card containing all songs from the digital release; Red Bull) » BUY NOW
THE BLUES BROTHERS
“Briefcase Full of Blues” (1978 live album, recorded at Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles when the band opened for comedian Steve Martin; featuring “Soul Man” and “Rubber Biscuit”; 180-gram blue vinyl; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
MILEY CYRUS
“Plastic Hearts” (2020 album; RCA) » BUY NOW
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Sunshine of Your Love” (1969 live album; remastered; MPS) » BUY NOW
SAGA
“Worlds Apart” (1981 album, featuring “On the Loose”; See here; earMUSIC) » BUY NOW
TINY TIM
“God Bless Tiny Tim” (1968 album, featuring “Tiptoe Thru’ the Tulips with Me”; limited-edition yellow tulip vinyl; See here; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
“Time OutTakes” (2020 album of previously unreleased alternate versions of pieces from the iconic LP; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Dark Blue Swirl Vinyl; Brubeck Editions) » BUY NOW
ARETHA FRANKLIN
“ARETHA” (Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Purple Vinyl; two LPs; Download; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
“A Boy Named Charlie Brown (The Original Sound Track Recording)” (1969 album; newly remastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio; with eight collectible baseball cards of Peanuts characters; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
PAUL McCARTNEY
“McCartney III Imagined” (a set of remixes and reinterpretations of songs off his 2020 album “McCartney III”; guests: Beck, Khruangbin, St. Vincent, Blood Orange, Phoebe Bridgers, Ed O’Brien, Damon Albarn, Josh Homme, Anderson .Paak, 3DRDN, Idris Elba; first single: “The Kiss of Venus,” feat. Dominic Fike; See here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Translucent Deep Blue Vinyl; Merch; Capitol) » BUY NOW
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
“Tiny Music … Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)” (1996 album, produced by Brendan O’Brien and featuring “Big Bang Baby,” “Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart” and “Lady Picture Show”; three-CD, one-LP box set; See here; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
2PAC
“Until the End of Time” (2001 album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 426,870 copies in its first week; featuring “Happy Home,” “Until the End of Time” and “Letter 2 My Unborn”; four-LP set of material recorded while the rapper was on Death Row Records from 1995-1996; Merch; Interscope / UMe) » BUY NOW
BILLIE EILISH
“Happier Than Ever” (featuring “my future” and “Therefore I Am”; new single: “Your Power”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Green Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Light Blue Vinyl, with poster; Walmart-Exclusive Pale Yellow Vinyl; Merch; Darkroom / Interscope) » BUY NOW
BILL EVANS
“Symbiosis” (1974 album; remastered; MPS) » BUY NOW
MARVIN GAYE
“What’s Going On (Original Detroit Mix)” (1971 album; Motown / Universal Japan) » BUY NOW
LAURA NYRO
“Laura Nyro: American Dreamer” (seven-LP box set, housing her seven studio albums, plus the exclusive “Rarities and Live Recordings” and a 36-page 12″ book with extensive liner notes from author Peter Doggett; Madfish) » BUY NOW
SUBURBAN LAWNS
“Suburban Lawns” (1981 album, originally released by I.R.S. Records, featuring “Janitor”; See here; Superior Viaduct) » BUY NOW
OHIO PLAYERS
“Fire” (1974 album, featuring the title track; red translucent vinyl) » BUY NOW
“Honey” (1975 album, featuring “Love Rollercoaster,” “Sweet Sticky Thing” and “Fopp”; orange translucent vinyl; LMLR) » BUY NOW
QUEEN LATIFAH
“All Hail the Queen” (1989 debut album, featuring “Ladies First” and “Wrath of My Madness”; See here; Tommy Boy) » BUY NOW
TOM TOM CLUB
“Downtown Rockers” (2012 album; See here; Nacional) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Best of Bond … James Bond” (triple-vinyl collection; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
HANS ZIMMER
“No Time To Die (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (the 25th James Bond film has been rescheduled to open on April 2; Target-Exclusive Picture Disc; Merch; Decca) » BUY NOW
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