Your Vinyl Store (Aug. 5-11 and Beyond)
New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
JIMMIE ALLEN
“Bettie James Gold Edition” (Walmart-Exclusive Gold Vinyl; 2021 album; On Tour, with Carrie Underwood; Stoney Creek) » BUY NOW 
AVERAGE WHITE BAND
“AWB” (1974 album, featuring “Pick Up the Pieces”; mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music and Capitol Mastering; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
“B, S & T; 4” (Blue Vinyl; 1971 album, featuring “Go Down Gamblin'”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
ALBERT COLLINS
“Cold Snap” (1986 album; remastered; Alligator) » BUY NOW
ELVIS COSTELLO
“Spike” (1989 album, featuring “Veronica,” co-written with Paul McCartney, and “…This Town…”; See here; On Tour; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
DEF LEPPARD
“Adrenalize” (1992 album, featuring “Let’s Get Rocked” and “Make Love Like a Man”) » BUY NOW
“Euphoria” (1999 album; On Tour, with Mötley Crüe, Poison and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; Merch; Mercury / UMe) » BUY NOW
GAVIN DeGRAW
“Chariot” (Teal Vinyl; 2003 debut album; On Tour; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
BOBBIE GENTRY
“The Girl from Chickasaw County: Highlights from the Capitol Masters” (two-LP collection of highlights from the 2018 box set “The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters,” including an alternate take of “Sunday Best,” a demo of “Hurry, Tuesday Child,” an alternate version of “Mississippi Delta,” etc., with a 38-page book; Read here; Amazon UK; Capitol Nashville / UMe) » BUY NOW
GLASS ANIMALS
“Dreamland: Real Life Edition” (Glow In The Dark Vinyl; 2020 album; 25-track collection includes collaborations with Arlo Parks, Denzel Curry, Albert Hammond Jr., Bree Runway and Diplo; ; On Tour; Republic) » BUY NOW
JOJO
“The High Road” (Double Vinyl; 2006 album; Blackground) » BUY NOW
PAUL McCARTNEY
“McCartney” (three-LP box set contains his eponymous solo albums from 1970, 1980, and 2020, with three limited-edition photo prints; Read here; Merch; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
MICHAEL NESMITH
“Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings” (Blue Smoke Vinyl; two LPs; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Red Splatter Vinyl; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS
“All Mitch Ryder Hits!” (1967 compilation; mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios and at Capitol Records in Hollywood; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
SANTANA
“Zebop!” (1981 album, featuring “Winning”; remastered by Joe Reagoso; See here; On Tour, with Earth, Wind & Fire; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
JAMES TAYLOR
“(Best Live)” (Clear Audiophile Vinyl; 1994 album; On Tour; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
THIN LIZZY
“Black Rose: A Rock Legend” (Translucent Red Vinyl; 1979 album, featuring “Waiting for an Alibi,” “Do Anything You Want To” and “Sarah”; co-produced with Tony Visconti; See here; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
TOOL
“Fear Inoculum” (Triple Vinyl, with an exclusive 12″ x 36″ double-sided poster; 2019 album; Merch; RCA) » BUY NOW
NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL
“Noise & Flowers” (live album captured from their 2019 European tour; Hear here; See/Read here; Reprise) » BUY NOW
More Vinyl Releases for Aug. 5, 2022 »
Other Notable Releases
| The Interrupters | Primus | Amon Amarth |
| Soulfly | Toni Braxton | Lights |
| Mavis Staples & Levon Helm | Craig Finn | Lauv |
| Phyllis Hyman | Dylan Scott | Heavy Gus |
AALIYAH
“One in a Million” (1996 album, featuring “If Your Girl Only Knew,” “Got to Give It Up,” “One in a Million,” “4 Page Letter,” “The One I Gave My Heart To” and “Hot Like Fire”; Blackground) » BUY NOW
PAULA ABDUL
“Forever Your Girl” (1988 debut album, featuring “Straight Up,” the title track, “Cold Hearted” and “Opposites Attract”; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
ALICE IN CHAINS
“Dirt” (Double Vinyl; 1992 album, featuring “Them Bones,” “Would?” and “Rooster”; On Tour, with Breaking Benjamin and Bush; Merch; Columbia / Legacy) » BUY NOW
JOHNNY CASH
“Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison” (Walmart-Exclusive Silver Vinyl; 1968 album; Merch; Columbia / Legacy) » BUY NOW
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE BRODSKY QUARTET
“The Juliet Letters” (Purple Vinyl; 1993 album, featuring “Jacksons, Monk and Rowe”; See here; On Tour; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
DAVE MASON
“Alone Together” (Marble Vinyl; 1970 debut solo album, featuring “Only You Know and I Know”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
PAVEMENT
“Slanted and Enchanted” (Red and White Splatter Vinyl; 1992 debut album; On Tour; Matador) » BUY NOW
MAX ROACH
“We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite” (1960 album, featuring Abbey Lincoln, Coleman Hawkins and Olatunji; See here; Candid) » BUY NOW
SANTANA
“Marathon” (1979 album, featuring “You Know That I Love You”; remastered; On Tour, with Earth, Wind & Fire; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
Home Audio & Theater: Complete the Sound. »
ALICE COOPER
“Killer (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1971 album, featuring “Under My Wheels” and “Be My Lover”; mastered by Joe Reagoso from the original Warner tapes; featuring the original long out-of-print die-cut LP cover with pull out 1972 calendar; On Tour; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
“AfterLife” (White Vinyl; producer: Kevin Churko; new single: “IOU”; Hear here; Walmart-Exclusive Heavy Gold Vinyl, with alternate cover; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch; Better Noise Music) » BUY NOW
GENTLE GIANT
“Civilian” (1980 album, their 11th and final LP; Alucard) » BUY NOW
IAN HUNTER
“Once Bitten: The CBS Collection” (22 songs on 140-gram double vinyl; Amazon UK; Demon Music Group) » BUY NOW
MADONNA
“Finally Enough Love” (16-song collection of remixed No. 1 hits; Hear here; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Double Silver Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Vinyl, with lithograph; Target-Exclusive Crystal Clear Vinyl; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
THE MONKEES
“Headquarters (55th Anniversary Mono Edition)” (Translucent Red Vinyl; 1966 album, featuring “You Just May Be the One,” “For Pete’s Sake” and “Randy Scouse Girl”; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
OASIS
“Be Here Now (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Double Silver Vinyl; 1997 album, featuring “D’You Know What I Mean?,” “Stand by Me,” “All Around the World” and “Don’t Go Away”; See here; Amazon UK; Big Brother Recordings) » BUY NOW
THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO
“We Get Requests” (1964 album, featuring transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS
“Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers” (1976 debut album; Omnivore Recordings) » BUY NOW
WAYNE SHORTER
“Adam’s Apple” (1966 album, featuring Herbie Hancock, Reggie Workman and Joe Chambers; stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“80s Dance Classics” (Double 140-Gram Vinyl; 21 hits, featuring Neneh Cherry, Soul II Soul, Technotronic, Yazz, S’Express, Ten City, 808 State, et al; Amazon UK; Demon Records / Demon Music Group) » BUY NOW
WAR
“The World Is a Ghetto” (1972 album, featuring the title track, “The Cisco Kid” and “City, Country, City”; On Tour; Avenue) » BUY NOW
MUDDY WATERS & THE ROLLING STONES
“Live At Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981” (Opaque Red and Opaque White Vinyl; Mercury Studios) » BUY NOW
LARRY YOUNG
“Unity” (1965 album, with Woody Shaw on trumpet, Joe Henderson on saxophone, and Elvin Jones on drums; stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
NEIL YOUNG
“Eldorado” (five-song EP, released only in Japan and Australia in 1989; backed by The Restless: drummer Chad Cromwell and bassist Rick Rosa; Reprise) » BUY NOW
Join the Vinyl of the Month: The Golden Era Club. »
BLONDIE
“Against the Odds 1974-1982” (four-LP box set of outtakes and rarities, with 112-page book; remastered from the original analog tapes; Read here; Super Deluxe Edition, 12-LP box set, featuring all six studio albums, plus outtakes and rarities – 124 songs in total, plus a 120-page discography book and 144-page hardback book; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
“Déjà vu” (1970 album, featuring “Woodstock,” “Teach Your Children,” “Our House,” “Carry On,” “Helpless” and “Almost Cut My Hair”; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES
“JERRY JEFF” (10-song tribute to Jerry Jeff Walker; first single: “Gettin’ By”; Hear here; On Tour; New West) » BUY NOW
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
“Singles” (box set of 12 7-inch, two-sided singles; Amazon UK; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
JANIS IAN
“The Light at the End of the Line” (2022 album; her first album of new material 15 years, and she says this is her final solo studio recording; United For Opportunity) » BUY NOW
KENDRICK LAMAR
“Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” (Double Vinyl; 2022 album; On Tour; PGLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope) » BUY NOW
BOOKER LITTLE
“Out Front” (1961 album, featuring Max Roach on drums, Eric Dolphy on reeds, and Julian Priester on drums; remastered; Hear here; Read here; Candid) » BUY NOW
LOVE TRACTOR
“Themes From Venus” (1988 album; remastered; Propeller Sound Recordings) » BUY NOW
VAUGHAN MASON AND CREW
“Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll” (1980 album; pressed on 140-gram black vinyl with original artwork and printed inner sleeve; Hear here; Amazon UK; Demon) » BUY NOW
MOBY
“Play” (Double Vinyl; 1999 album, the biggest-selling electronica LP of all time, with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide; featuring “South Side” and five other singles; D.E.F.) » BUY NOW
MUSE
“Will of the People” (Amazon-Exclusive Red Vinyl; new single: “Compliance”; Hear here; See here; On Tour; Warner) » BUY NOW
SILK SONIC (Bruno Mars + Anderson .Paak)
“An Evening With Silk Sonic” (2021 album; winner of four Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Leave the Door Open”; See here; Walmart-Exclusive Transparent Yellow Vinyl; Las Vegas Residency; Atlantic / Aftermath) » BUY NOW
SLIPKNOT
“We Are Not Your Kind” (Light Blue Vinyl; 2019 album; On Tour; Merch; Roadrunner) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Look But Don’t Touch! Girl Group Sounds USA 1962-1966” (14-song collection; Hear/Read here; Amazon UK; Ace) » BUY NOW
VINCE GUARALDI
“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Original Soundtrack Recording)” (1966 album; remastered from recently unearthed original analog tapes, with seven previously unreleased alternate takes; Hear here; Orange Pumpkin Shaped Vinyl; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
ELTON JOHN
“Breaking Hearts” (1984 album, featuring “Sad Songs [Say So Much],” “Who Wears These Shoes” and “Passengers”) » BUY NOW
“Love Songs” (1996 compilation, released a year earlier in the U.K.; two LPs, 18 songs) » BUY NOW
“The Captain & the Kid” (2006 album, his second autobiographical album with lyricist Bernie Taupin; Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour; Merch; Mercury / UMe) » BUY NOW
ROXY MUSIC
“The Best of Roxy Music” (Double Vinyl; 2001 compilation, available on vinyl for the first time; remastered at half-speed and cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, with revised artwork with a gloss laminated finish; See here; 50th Anniversary Tour; Merch; Virgin / UMe) » BUY NOW
TAKING BACK SUNDAY
“Louder Now” (2006 album; On Tour; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
ZERO
“Naught Again” (live double album, recorded at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall in 1992; Hear here; See here; On Tour; Omnivore Recordings) » BUY NOW
FANNY
“Charity Ball” (Ruby Red Vinyl; 1971 album, featuring the title track) » BUY NOW
“Fanny Hill” (Milky Clear Vinyl; 1973 album, featuring “Ain’t That Peculiar” and “Hey Bulldog”; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
THE KINKS
“Muswell Hillbillies / Everybody’s in Show-Biz” (Deluxe 6LP, 4CD & Blu-ray Video Box Set; 1971 and 1972 albums; remastered, featuring new Ray Davies remixes, home movies, 52-page hardback book, six glossy Kinks photos, etc.; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
MOBY
“18” (2002 album, featuring “We Are All Made of Stars,” “Extreme Ways,” “In This World” and “Sunday [The Day Before My Birthday]”; the video for “We Are All Made of Stars” won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography; See here) » BUY NOW
“Hotel” (2005 album; Mute) » BUY NOW
MONSTA X
“The Dreaming” (2021 album; Walmart-Exclusive Canary Yellow Vinyl + Poster; Merch; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS
“The Best of Tommy James & The Shondells” (Crimson Red Vinyl; 1969 compilation; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
AALIYAH
“Aaliyah” (her third and final album, from 2001; featuring “We Need a Resolution,” “More Than a Woman” and “Rock the Boat”) » BUY NOW
“Ultimate Aaliyah” (Triple Vinyl; 2005 compilation; 25 songs; Blackground) » BUY NOW
ASH
“Free All Angels” (Splatter Vinyl; 2001 album; Echo) » BUY NOW
BEYONCÉ
“RENAISSANCE” (her seventh solo album; producers: Beyoncé, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart; guests: Grace Jones, Beam, Tems; first single: “BREAK MY SOUL”; Hear here; Merch; Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia) » BUY NOW
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“At The Royal Albert Hall: April 14, 1970” (previously unreleased live album, released alongside the documentary concert film “Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall”; original multitrack concert tapes mixed and restored by Giles Martin and Sam Okell; Hear here; See here; ; Target-Exclusive “Green River” Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Tombstone Shadow Vinyl; Amazon UK; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG
“Ella and Louis Again” (Double Vinyl; 1957 album; features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO
“Bing, Bing, Bing!” (Double Vinyl; 1995 album; all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
JOE LOVANO
“I’m All for You: Ballad Songbook” (Double Vinyl; 2005 album; all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
GEORGE MICHAEL
“Older (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1996 album, featuring “Jesus to a Child,” “Fastlove,” “Older” and “Star People ’97”; box set includes double 180-gram vinyl, remastered from original tapes, plus “Upper” mixes, available on vinyl for the first time, five CDs [featuring B-sides, live tracks, edits and remixes], 3 x 12”x12” art prints and a 12”x12” 48-page book, “The Story of Older”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Merch; Legacy Recordings) » BUY NOW
PINK FLOYD
“Animals (2018 Remix)” (1977 album; James Guthrie’s stereo remix; Read here; Deluxe Gatefold Box Set includes CD, LP, Blu-ray, DVD and a 32-page book, featuring Guthrie’s 2018 remix in stereo and 5.1 Surround, plus the original 1977 stereo mix; Amazon UK; Download; Merch; Columbia / Legacy) » BUY NOW
JOHN PRINE
“German Afternoons” (1986 album; OH BOY) » BUY NOW
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS
“Rock ‘n’ Roll with The Modern Lovers” (1977 album, featuring the U.K. Top 5 hit “Egyptian Reggae”; Omnivore Recordings) » BUY NOW
JOE STRUMMER
“Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years” (seven-LP box set includes 1999’s “Rock Art and the X-Ray Style,” 2001’s “Global A Go-Go” and 2003’s “Streetcore,” with a 15-song collection titled “Vibes Compass,” featuring demos, outtakes and three songs from his final recording session, plus new liner notes and interviews and four reproduction lyric sheets and chord charts; remastered by Paul Hicks; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Dark Horse / BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
SUPERGRASS
“Supergrass (Bonus Tracks Edition)” (Neon Orange Vinyl; 1999 album, featuring “Moving,” “Pumping On Your Stereo” and “Mary”; remastered, with a second CD containing studio outtakes, demos, B-sides, rare live tracks and 2022 remixes; Read here; Amazon UK; Echo / BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Brunswick Funk” (12 tracks from the Chicago label, featuring Jackie Wilson, Young-Holt Unlimited, Gene Chandler, Erma Franklin, The Lost Generation, et al; Amazon UK; Demon Music Group) » BUY NOW
AQUA
“Aquarium (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Pink Vinyl; 1997 album, featuring “Barbie Girl,” “Lollipop [Candyman],” “Doctor Jones” and “Turn Back Time”; See here; Universal / UMe) » BUY NOW
RAY CHARLES + COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA
“Ray Sings, Basie Swings” (2006 mashup album, mixing previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances from the 1970s with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra; Hear here; See here; Tangerine) » BUY NOW
GENTLE GIANT
“Front Row Center (US Dates 1976-1980)” (10-LP box set featuring live shows in Hempstead, NY, Chester, PA, and Atlanta, with a 60-page book written by Alan Kinsman; Madfish) » BUY NOW
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
“Electra Heart (Platinum Blonde Edition)” (Pink Vinyl; 2012 album, featuring “Primadonna,” “Power & Control” and “Bubblegum Bitch”; with seven bonus tracks; Hear here; On Tour; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
PARAMORE
“All We Know Is Falling” (Silver Vinyl; 2005 debut album; On Tour; Fueled by Ramen) » BUY NOW
JEFF BECK & JOHNNY DEPP
“18” (13-track album features 11 covers and two original songs; first single: “This Is a Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr”; Hear here; Deuce Music / Rhino) » BUY NOW
DONOVAN
“What’s Bin Did and What’s Bin Hid” (Blue Smoke Vinyl; 1965 debut album; released in the U.S. as “Catch the Wind”; Culture Factory) » BUY NOW
L7
“Bricks Are Heavy (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Gold and Black Vinyl; 1992 album; digitally remastered by Howie Weinberg; On Tour; Licorice Pizza) » BUY NOW
PIXIES
“Doggerel” (producer: Tom Dalgety; new single: “There’s a Moon On”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
SPACE
“Spiders” (Translucent Purple Vinyl; 1996 debut album, featuring “Female of the Species,” “Neighbourhood,” “Me and You Versus the World” and “Dark Clouds”; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW
“Tin Planet” (Clear & Silver Splatter Vinyl; 1998 album, featuring “The Ballad of Tom Jones” and “Avenging Angels”; Amazon UK; On Tour; Demon) » BUY NOW
ALVVAYS
“Blue Rev” (Marbled Blue Vinyl; new single: “Pharmacist”; Hear here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Celsius Girls / Polyvinyl) » BUY NOW
KENNY BURRELL
“Kenny Burrell” (1956 album; mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE CULT
“Under the Midnight Sun” (their 11th album and first since 2016; producer: Tom Dalgety; new single: “Give Me Mercy”; Hear here; See here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Black Hill / Round Hill)) » BUY NOW
GRANT GREEN
“Feelin’ the Spirit” (1962 album, featuring Herbie Hancock on piano, Butch Warren on bass, Billy Higgins on drums and Garvin Masseaux on tambourine; mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
MARK KNOPFLER
“The Studio Albums 2009-2018” (nine-LP box set includes B-sides, bonus tracks and two previously unreleased songs; remastered by original mastering engineer Bob Ludwig; Ume) » BUY NOW
MAC MILLER
“Macadelic (10th Anniversary Edition)” (Silver Vinyl, with 11×17 poster; 2012 mixtape; Rostrum) » BUY NOW
BUCK OWENS AND THE BUCKAROOS
“Bakersfield Gold: Top 10 Hits 1959-1974” (Triple Vinyl, 46 songs; Omnivore Recordings) » BUY NOW
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
“Live from A&R Studios, New York, August 26, 1971” (remastered from the original multi-track tapes; Allman Brothers Band Recording Company) » BUY NOW
ALTER BRIDGE
“Pawns & Kings” (band lineup: Myles Kennedy, Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall; producer: Michael “Elvis” Baskette; new single: “Pawns & Kings”; See here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch; Napalm) » BUY NOW
THE 1975
“Being Funny in a Foreign Language” (Clear Vinyl; first single: “Part of the Band”; Hear here; See/Read here; Dirty Hit / Interscope) » BUY NOW
KODALINE
“Our Roots Run Deep” (17-track live album, recorded at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre in early 2022; Hear here; On Tour; Fantasy / Concord) » BUY NOW
LIGHTNING SEEDS
“See You in the Stars” (their first album in 13 years; new single: “Sunshine”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
“Return of the Dream Canteen” (double album, their second of the year; producer: Rick Rubin; Read here; On Tour; Merch; Warner) » BUY NOW
KEVIN ROWLAND & DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
“Too-Rye-Ay, as it should have sounded” (1982 album, featuring “Come On Eileen,” “The Celtic Soul Brothers” and “Jackie Wilson Said”; three-CD set includes the newly remastered album, 16 tracks from shows at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre in October 1982 and three unreleased outtakes, plus a hardback book; Mercury / UMe) » BUY NOW
CHICAGO
“Chicago V (Gold Anniversary Edition)” (Gold Vinyl; 1972 album, featuring “Saturday in the Park” and “Dialogue [Part I & II]”; mastered by Joe Reagoso and Chicago co-founder Lee Loughnane from the original tapes; On Tour, with Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
CHICAGO
“Born For This Moment” (their 38th studio album features 14 songs; producer: Joe Thomas; new single: “Firecracker”; Hear here; See here; On Tour, with Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin; Merch; Chicago Records / BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS
“Modern Lovers ‘Live'” (1977 album, recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon; Omnivore Recordings) » BUY NOW
DIANA ROSS
“The Greatest” (Clear Vinyl; two-LP, 28-song collection of Supremes and solo hits; Motown / UMC) » BUY NOW
SIMPLE MINDS
“Direction of the Heart” (their 18th album; first single: “Vision Thing”; Hear here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
SLOAN
“Steady” (their 13th album and first since 2018; first single: “Spend the Day”; Hear here; Yep Roc) » BUY NOW
TEGAN AND SARA
“Crybaby” (Neapolitan Vinyl; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Yellow”; Hear here; On Tour; Mom+Pop Music) » BUY NOW
MEGHAN TRAINOR
“Takin’ It Back” (guests: Teddy Swims, Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying, Arturo Sandoval, Natti Natasha, Theron Theron; new single: “Bad for Me”; Hear here; Epic) » BUY NOW
THE FOUNDATIONS
“From The Foundations” (Orange Smoke Vinyl; their 1967 debut album, featuring “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You”; Culture Factory) » BUY NOW
JESUS JONES
“Liquidizer” (Translucent Green Vinyl; 1989 debut album) » BUY NOW
“Doubt” (Translucent Orange Vinyl; 1991 album, featuring “Right Here, Right Now,” “Real, Real, Real,” “International Bright Young Thing” and “Who? Where? Why?”; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW
“Perverse” (Translucent Blue Vinyl; 1993 album, featuring “The Devil You Know” and “The Right Decision”) » BUY NOW
“Already” (Clear Vinyl; 1997 album) » BUY NOW
“London” (White Vinyl; 2001 album) » BUY NOW
“Passages” (Translucent Yellow Vinyl; 2018 album) » BUY NOW
“Zeroes and Ones: The Best of Jesus Jones” (two-LP, 35-song set, with track-by-track annotation by keyboardist Iain Baker; Amazon UK; On Tour; Edsel / Demon Music Group) » BUY NOW
FRANK SINATRA
“A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra” (White Vinyl; 1957 album, featuring the Ralph Brewster Singers with an orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins; Merch; Waxtime In Color) » BUY NOW
VINCE STAPLES
“Vince Staples” (2021 album, featuring “Law of Averages” and “Are You with That?”; Blacksmith / Motown) » BUY NOW
EMINEM
“Curtain Call 2” (Double Vinyl; best-of includes music from 2009’s “Relapse” and beyond, including solo tracks, side projects, guest appearances and film soundtrack songs; Merch; Shady / Aftermath / Interscope) » BUY NOW
THE MUTANTS
“Curse of the Easily Amused” (14-track collection includes remixed tracks and previously unreleased recordings; Hear here; Liberation Hall) » BUY NOW
THE PRODIGY
“The Fat of the Land (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Silver Vinyl; 1997 album; features a new remix of “Firestarter” by drum and bass pioneer Andy C; Hear here; On Tour; XL Recordings) » BUY NOW
PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY
“No Way Out (25th Anniversary Edition)” (White Vinyl; 1997 album, featuring “I’ll Be Missing You,” “It’s All About the Benjamins,” “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” and “Victory”; Bad Boy) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Stranger Things 4: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series” (conceptualized and produced by The Duffer Brothers and Nora Felder; 22 songs; Hear here; Trailer; Amazon-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate “Lab” cover and a “Billy Butcher” 12″ x 12″ lithograph; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate “Russia” location cover and a sticker pack; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate cover and “Stranger Things” puzzle; Walmart-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate “Creel House” cover and a “Hawkins” town jigsaw puzzle; Merch; Legacy Recordings) » BUY NOW
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
“Bullet for My Valentine (Deluxe)” (Baby Blue Vinyl; 2021 album; with five bonus tracks; Hear here; On Tour; Spinefarm) » BUY NOW
KAREN DALTON
“In My Own Time” (Silver Vinyl; 1971 album; 45-RPM, 180-gram vinyl pressed at Record Technology Inc. [RTI]; Light in the Attic) » BUY NOW
JJ GREY & MOFRO
“Country Ghetto” (2007 album, making its vinyl debut; On Tour; Alligator) » BUY NOW
FREDDIE KING
“Getting Ready …” (Translucent Red Vinyl; 1971 album; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS
“Back In Your Life” (1979 album; Omnivore Recordings) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes” (six-LP, 74-track collection of music from the late director’s movies, circa 1983-1989; curated by Hughes’ music supervisor, Tarquin Gotch; Pause & Play Spotify Playlist; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Demon / Edsel) » BUY NOW
DION & THE BELMONTS
“The Hits & More (1958-62)” (17-track collection; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
MICHAEL JACKSON
“Thriller 40” (Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with vinyl slip mat; 40th anniversary edition of the 1982 album; See here; Read here; Walmart-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate cover; Merch; Epic / Legacy) » BUY NOW
BOB NEWHART
“The Best of Bob Newhart 1960-62” (Read here; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
HANK SNOW
“Let Me Go Lover: The Country Hits (1950-1962)” (16 songs; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Top Gun: Maverick (Music From The Motion Picture)” (White Vinyl; Interscope) » BUY NOW
MUDDY WATERS
“The Best of Muddy Waters 1948 to 1956” (14 songs; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
PAUL WILLIAMS
“So Many People: The Reprise Mono Singles & More” (12 songs; Hanky Panky) » BUY NOW
LINK WRAY
“Rumble (1956-62)” (18 songs on 140-gram black vinyl; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
“Black Moon” (1992 album; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
THE LUMINEERS
“The Lumineers (10th Anniversary Edition)” (2012 debut album, featuring “Ho Hey,” “Stubborn Love” and “Submarines”; remastered and expanded 2xLP edition pressed on 180-gram wax, featuring six tracks previously unreleased on vinyl, new liner notes, and all-new packaging exclusive behind the scenes photos; See here; On Tour; Merch; Dualtone) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Bob’s Burgers Movie: A Major Motion Burger Soundtrack” (Yellow Vinyl; 2022 film; Trailer; Merch; Hollywood) » BUY NOW
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