Your Vinyl Store (Aug. 14-20 and Beyond)
New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
“Don’t Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult” (2000 compilation; translucent red audiophile vinyl; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW 
BON JOVI
“Cross Road: The Best of Bon Jovi” (1994 compilation; Merch; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND
“Live at Woodstock” (two LPs; See here; Rhino) » BUY NOW
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“Cosmo’s Factory” (1970 album; mastered at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, pressed on 180-gram vinyl; Merch; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
GOLDFRAPP
“Supernature” (2005 album, featuring “Ooh La La,” “Number 1,” “Ride a White Horse” and “Fly Me Away”; translucent green vinyl with exclusive art print; See here; Mute) » BUY NOW
WHITNEY HOUSTON, ET AL
“The Bodyguard (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1992 album; Walmart-exclusive red vinyl; Arista / Legacy) » BUY NOW
MAC MILLER
“K.I.D.S. (Deluxe Edition)” (2010 mixtape; with two new tracks; Hear/read here; Merch; Rostrum) » BUY NOW
GARY NUMAN
“Hybrid” (2003 collection of reinvented hits; double red vinyl; Merch; Demon) » BUY NOW
JONATHAN RICHMAN
“I, Jonathan” (1992 album, released on vinyl for the first time, featuring “I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar,” “Parties in the U.S.A.” and “That Summer Feeling”; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
SLAUGHTER
“Stick It to Ya (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1990 album, featuring “Up All Night,” “Fly to the Angels” and “Spend My Life”; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; See here; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
BRITNEY SPEARS
“Oops! … I Did It Again” (2000 album, featuring the title track, “Lucky” and “Stronger”; 20th Anniversary Edition Picture Disc; Merch; Jive / Legacy) » BUY NOW
STEVE VAI
“Passion and Warfare” (1990 album; 180-gram translucent gold and red swirl audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
Other Notable Releases
| Bill Frisell | Kathleen Edwards | Bruce Hornsby |
| Whitney | Fantastic Negrito | Post Malone |
| Static-X | Biffy Clyro | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
| Veruca Salt | Rumer | Gene |
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ZAC BROWN BAND
“Greatest Hits So Far …” (2014 compilation; Walmart-exclusive bourbon-brown colored vinyl; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
CRASH TEST DUMMIES
“A Worm’s Life” (1996 album) » BUY NOW
“Give Yourself a Hand” (1999 album; Arista Europe) » BUY NOW
STAN GETZ
“The Essential Works 1962” (21 songs on two LPs; Masters of Jazz) » BUY NOW
VINCE GUARALDI
“Peanuts Portraits [Picture Disc]” (2010 compilation; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
GUIDED BY VOICES
“Alien Lanes (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album; remastered; Matador) » BUY NOW
PJ HARVEY
“Rid of Me” (1993 album) » BUY NOW
“4-Track Demos” (1993 album; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
X
“ALPHABETLAND” (their first album in 27 years and the first with their original line-up since 1985; The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger plays on “All the Time in the World”; producer: Rob Schnapf; See here; Fat Possum) » BUY NOW
MARVIN GAYE
“Dream of a Lifetime” (1985 album, released posthumously, featuring “Sanctified Lady”; transparent blue vinyl; Merch; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
KATY PERRY
“Smile” (new single: “Smile”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, translucent cobalt LP, with one extra song and voice memo; Walmart-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Capitol) » BUY NOW
FLEETWOOD MAC
“Fleetwood Mac: 1973 to 1974” (four-LP, one-7-inch disc box set; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
GRATEFUL DEAD
“Skeletons From the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead” (1974 compilation; Merch; Grateful Dead Production) » BUY NOW
OHIO PLAYERS
“Pleasure” (1972 album, featuring “Funky Worm”; Westbound) » BUY NOW
THE O’JAYS
“Philly Chartbusters: The Best of The O’Jays” (double 140-gram black vinyl; United Souls / Snapper Music) » BUY NOW
REX ORANGE COUNTY
“Bcos U Will Never B Free” (2015 album; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Pink Vinyl; Rex Orange County) » BUY NOW
THE ROLLING STONES
“Goats Head Soup (Deluxe Edition)” (1973 album; with new stereo album mix, sourced from the original session files and three previously unreleased tracks, “Scarlet,” “All the Rage” and “Criss Cross”; See here; Read here; Super Deluxe Box Set, with three CDs and one Blu-ray, featuring rarities, alternative mixes and “Brussels Affair – Live 1973”; Standard Vinyl; Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set, four LPs; Amazon UK; Polydor / Interscope / UMe) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex” (all-star tribute project was produced by the late Hal Willner; contributors: U2 with Elton John, Todd Rundgren, Nick Cave, Marc Almond, Joan Jett, Kesha, Maria McKee, Perry Farrell, Nena, etc.; See here; Read here; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
THE WEEKND
“After Hours” (2020 album; double vinyl; Clear Vinyl, with red splatter; Merch; XO / Republic) » BUY NOW
YO LA TENGO
“Electr-o-pura” (1995 album; 25th anniversary reissue, gatefold double LP pressing cut from original 58-minute master for HQ sound; Hear here; Matador) » BUY NOW
MARTIN DENNY
“Exotica” (1957 album, featuring “Quiet Village”; red-colored vinyl; Hear here; Jackpot) » BUY NOW
THE FLAMING LIPS
“American Head” (producers: Dave Fridmann, The Flaming Lips; guest: Kacey Musgraves; new single: “My Religion Is You”; See here; Merch; Warner) » BUY NOW
PJ HARVEY
“To Bring You My Love” (1995 album) » BUY NOW
“To Bring You My Love – Demos” (Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
MARILYN MANSON
“WE ARE CHAOS” (producers: Manson, Shooter Jennings; first single: “WE ARE CHAOS”; See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, translucent black ice LP, with limited-edition art print; Merch; Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
REBA McENTIRE
“Rumor Has It (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1990 album, featuring “Fancy,” “You Lie” and “Fallin’ Out of Love”; remastered, with two bonus tracks; See here; MCA Nashville / UMe) » BUY NOW
STRAY CATS
“Rocked This Town: From LA to London” (23 tracks recorded during the band’s 40th anniversary tour in 2019; See here; Merch; Surfdog / BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Round Midnight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1986 album, produced by Herbie Hancock; See here; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
SUZANNE VEGA
“An Evening of New York Songs and Stories” (recorded live last year at New York’s Café Carlisle, backed by longtime guitarist Gerry Leonard, bassist Jeff Allen and keyboardist Jamie Edwards; producer: Gerry Leonard; mixed by Kevin Killen and mastered by Bob Ludwig; Cooking Vinyl) » BUY NOW
CHARLI XCX
“how i’m feeling now” (Neon Orange Vinyl; producers: Danny L Harle, Dijon, Dylan Brady, Palmistry; new single: “Enemy”; Hear here; Download, released on May 15; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
JOHN COLTRANE
“Giant Steps (60th Anniversary Edition)” (1960 album; remastered, with a bonus LP of alternate takes and versions only previously included in “The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings of John Coltrane” box set; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
THE CRANBERRIES
“No Need to Argue (Expanded Edition)” (1994 album, featuring “Zombie”; remastered; two-LP set includes three B-sides: “Away,” “I Don’t Need” and “So Cold In Ireland” from the original tapes, plus 19 previously unreleased demos and live tracks; See here; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
SERGIO MENDES
“The Beat of Brazil” (1967 album; Culture Factory) » BUY NOW
JOHN PRINE
“John Prine” (1971 debut album, featuring “Angel from Montgomery,” “Hello in There,” “Paradise” and “Sam Stone”; he was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1972 but lost to America) » BUY NOW
“Diamonds in the Rough” (1972 album) » BUY NOW
“Sweet Revenge” (1973 album) » BUY NOW
“Common Sense” (1975 album; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
RON WOOD
“I’ve Got My Own Album To Do” (1990 album; 180-gram translucent red audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
CHUBBY CHECKER
“Dancin’ Party: The Chubby Checker Collection (1960-1966)” (21-song collection; Read here; ABKCO) » BUY NOW
BRUCE COCKBURN
“True North: A 50th Anniversary Box Set” (five-LP collection; True North) » BUY NOW
ELBOW
“Asleep in the Back” (2001 debut album) » BUY NOW
“Cast of Thousands” (2003 album) » BUY NOW
“Leaders of the Free World” (2005 album) » BUY NOW
“Dead in the Boot” (2012 compilation) » BUY NOW
“The Take Off and Landing of Everything” (2014 album; Polydor / UMe) » BUY NOW
BILLIE EILISH
“don’t smile at me” (2017 EP; Target-exclusive yellow/red split vinyl; Merch; Interscope / UMe) » BUY NOW
EMINEM
“Curtain Call: The Hits” (2005 compilation; Target-exclusive double translucent blue vinyl; Merch; Shady / Aftermath / Interscope) » BUY NOW
VINCE GUARALDI
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965 album; Target-exclusive green vinyl with original art poster; Merch; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
GUNS N’ ROSES
“Greatest Hits” (2004 compilation makes its vinyl debut; 180-gram audiophile black double vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Paradise City Splatter Vinyl; Merch; Geffen / UMe) » BUY NOW
HERBIE HANCOCK
“My Point of View” (1963 album, featuring Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Grachan Moncur III, Grant Green, Chuck Israels and Tony Williams; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
IMAGINE DRAGONS
“Evolve” (2017 album, featuring “Believer,” “Thunder,” “Whatever It Takes” and “Next to Me”; Target-exclusive tanslucent green vinyl; See here; Merch; KIDinaKORNER / Interscope / UMe) » BUY NOW
KENDRICK LAMAR
“DAMN.” (2016 album, featuring “Humble,” “Loyalty” and “Love”; Target-exclusive 180-gram double translucent forest green vinyl; Merch; Aftermath / Interscope / UMe) » BUY NOW
PEGGY LEE
“Ultimate Christmas” (22 songs on two LPs; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
“Live At The Rainbow: 4th June 1977” (Amazon-exclusive vinyl; Merch; Tuff Gong) » BUY NOW
PRINCE
“Sign ‘O’ the Times (Deluxe Edition)” (1987 album, featuring the title track, “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” “U Got the Look” and “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”; peach-colored vinyl; See here; Standard Double CD; Double Vinyl, peach-colored; Super Deluxe Vinyl Edition, 13-LP, one-DVD box set; Apple Music; Merch; Rhino / NPG / Warner) » BUY NOW
LOU REED
“New York (Deluxe Edition)” (1989 album, featuring “Dirty Blvd.”; remastered three-CD, one-DVD, two-LP box set contains “The New York Album” concert video, unreleased demo versions, rough mixes, etc.; Read here; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
CARLOS SANTANA & MAHAVISHNU JOHN McLAUGHLIN
“Love Devotion Surrender” (1973 album; 180-gram translucent gold and red swirl audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
HORACE SILVER QUINTET
“Further Explorations” (1958 album; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
SLADE
“Cum On Feel the Hitz: The Best of Slade” (two-LP, 24-song set; Track list; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
JIMMY SMITH
“Prayer Meetin'” (1963 album, with Stanley Turrentine; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
SUFJAN STEVENS
“The Ascension” (new single: “America”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Asthmatic Kitty) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack (25th Anniversary Edition: Box of Chocolates Brown Vinyl)” (1994 album; 32 songs on three LPs; 25th Anniversary Edition: Metallic Silver Vinyl; Bubba Gump Shrimp Pink Vinyl; srcvinyl) » BUY NOW
THE WEEKND
“Starboy” (2016 album, featuring “Starboy,” “I Feel It Coming,” “Party Monster,” “Reminder,” etc.; Target-exclusive double translucent blue vinyl; Merch; XO / Republic) » BUY NOW
WEEZER
“Weezer (Blue Album)” (1994 debut album; Target-exclusive blue and white marbled vinyl; Merch; Geffen / UMe) » BUY NOW
STANLEY CLARKE
“School Days” (1976 album; 180-gram translucent golden yellow and blue swirl audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
LANA DEL REY
“Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass” (spoken word album, coinciding with the Sept. 29 release of her debut book of poetry; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Sky Blue Vinyl; Merch; Interscope) » BUY NOW
EMINEM
“Music To Be Murdered By” (2020 album, featuring “Darkness” and “Godzilla”; Merch; Shady / Aftermath / Interscope) » BUY NOW
RILO KILEY
“Rilo Kiley” (1999 debut album; released on vinyl for the first time; Read here; Little Record Company) » BUY NOW
LANY
“mama’s boy” (new single: “you!”; See here; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive White Vinyl; Polydor / Interscope) » BUY NOW
FOALS
“Collected Reworks Vol. 1” (limited-edition color triple-vinyl box set of remixes; Rhino) » BUY NOW
TROYE SIVAN
“In a Dream” (six-song EP on blue mist vinyl; released on CD and Download on Aug. 21; new single: “Easy”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with one extra song and a poster; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Vinyl, light blue, dark blue with splatter; Capitol) » BUY NOW
EAGLES
“Live From The Forum MMXVIII” (26-song live album and concert film recorded over three nights in September 2018, joined by Deacon Frey and Vince Gill; aired on ESPN on July 5; CD + DVD; Blu-ray Audio; Merch; Rhino) » BUY NOW
MASTODON
“Medium Rarities” (16-song collection includes a new track, “Fallen Torches,” recorded in 2019, as well as “Rufus Lives,” included the upcoming film “Bill & Ted Face the Music”; pink vinyl set; Hear here; Reprise) » BUY NOW
BOY PABLO (21-year-old Norwegian/Chilean indie pop artist Nicolas Muñoz)
“Wachito Rico” (first single: “hey girl”; See here; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Vinyl, opaque purple with yellow splatter; 777 Music) » BUY NOW
DAN FOGELBERG
“Greatest Hits” (1982 compilation, featuring “Missing You” and “Make Love Stay,” both of which were previously unreleased tracks that were issued as singles off this best-of; 180-gram translucent blue and black swirl audiophile vinyl, gatefold cover and poster; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
SURVIVOR
“The Best of Survivor” (2006 compilation; 180-gram orange and red swirl audiophile vinyl; gatefold cover with poster; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Original Soundtrack)” (1975 album; Picture Disc; Ode Sound and Visuals) » BUY NOW
SAM COOKE
“Sam Cooke At the Copa” (1964 album; remastered) » BUY NOW
“Ain’t That Good News” (1964 album; his final studio LP; remastered; Hear here) » BUY NOW
“Keep Movin’ On” (23-song compilation from 2001; two 180-gram vinyl LPs; remastered; Read here; Merch; ABKCO) » BUY NOW
LINDA RONSTADT
“Get Closer” (1982 album, featuring “Get Closer,” “I Knew You When” and “Easy for You to Say”; 180-gram translucent red marble audiophile vinyl; See here; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
MARY J. BLIGE
“My Life (Deluxe Edition)” (1994 album, featuring “Be Happy,” “I’m Goin’ Down” and “Mary Jane [All Night Long]”; double vinyl set; See here; Republic / UMe) » BUY NOW
ELVIS PRESLEY
“From Elvis in Nashville” (two-LP compilation of sessions with the legendary “Nashville Cats” in RCA Studio B in 1970; remixed by Matt Ross-Spang; Hear here; Read here; Merch; RCA / Legacy) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Best of Bond … James Bond” (triple-vinyl collection; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
BECK
“Hyperspace (Deluxe Edition)” (2019 album; with two unreleased songs, “Dark Places [Soundscape]” and “I Am the Cosmos (42420),” plus new 2020 mixes of “Star,” “Hyperspace,” “See Through” and “Die Waiting”; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
DOKKEN
“Breaking the Chains” (debut album released in Europe in 1981 and the U.S. in 1983; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; See here; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
“Fillmore West 1-31-71” (double vinyl; Merch; Allman Brothers Band Recording Company) » BUY NOW
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