New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
CARPENTERS
“Carpenters With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra” (Richard Carpenter conducted new orchestral arrangements and recorded at Abbey Road Studios; Hear here; eBay; Merch; A&M / UMe)
CHICK COREA
“Now He Sings, Now He Sobs” (1968 album; On Tour; Blue Note / UMe)
MEAT LOAF
“Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell” (1993 album, featuring his No. 1 hit, “I’d Do Anything for Love [But I Won’t Do That]”; See here; On Tour; Geffen / UMe)
PRINCE
“Musicology” (2004 album; remastered; See here)
QUEEN
“Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)” (2018 biographical film, starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with collectible band poster; eBay; On Tour, with Adam Lambert; Fandango; Merch; Hollywood)
WAYNE SHORTER
“Etcetera” (1965 album; Blue Note / UMe)
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JETHRO TULL
“This Was (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1968 album; Steven Wilson Stereo Remix; Hear here; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
MY MORNING JACKET
“The Tennessee Fire (20th Anniversary Edition)” (1999 album; red vinyl with 13 previously unreleased bonus tracks selected by Jim James and four tracks via download card; eBay; Merch; Darla)
PATTI SMITH GROUP
“Radio Ethiopia” (1976 album; Arista / Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Wedding Singer (Music From the Motion Picture)” (1998 album; See here; Friday Music)
GEORGE BENSON
“Breezin'” (1976 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Hear here; Friday Music)
RAY CHARLES
“Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music, Volumes 1 & 2” (1962 albums on two LPs; eBay; Concord)
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Ella At The Shrine” (newly discovered live performance of Fitzgerald at a “Jazz at the Philharmonic” show at the Shrine in Los Angeles; originally released on Record Store Day 2018; Hear here; eBay; Merch; Verve / UMe)
STAN GETZ & BILL EVANS
“Stan Getz & Bill Evans” (recorded in 1964 but released in 1973, featuring Ron Carter on bass and Elvin Jones on drums; Verve / UMe)
GORILLAZ
“The Now Now” (2018 album; Picture Disc; eBay; Merch; Warner / Parlophone)
CURTIS MAYFIELD
“Keep On Keepin’ On: Curtis Mayfield Studio Albums 1970-1974” (four-LP box set featuring the Curtom / Buddah LPs “Curtis,” “Roots,” “Back to the World” and “Sweet Exorcist”; Hear here; Rhino)
WES MONTGOMERY
“California Dreaming” (1966 album; eBay; Verve / UMe)
SUBLIME
“Greatest Hits” (1999 compilation; eBay; Merch; Gasoline Alley / UMe)
U2
“No Line On the Horizon” (2009 album; clear double vinyl; Standard Vinyl; eBay; Merch; Interscope / UMe)
YUSUF / CAT STEVENS
“Back to Earth (Anniversary Edition)” (1978 album; eBay; Merch; Cat-O-Log Records / BMG)
THE ZOMBIES
“The Complete Studio Recordings” (five-LP box set includes “She’s Not There / Tell Her No” and “Odessey & Oracle,” the compilation “I Love You and R.I.P.” and “Oddities & Extras,” a collection of rare singles and U.K.-only album tracks; eBay; On Tour; Varѐse Sarabande)
RY COODER
“Paris, Texas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1984 film; Hear here; eBay; Real Gone Music)
THE DEL-VETTS (1960s garage-rock band from Chicago)
“The Del-Vetts” (1965-66 recordings; Hear here; Sundazed Music)
GARY NUMAN
“I, Assassin” (1982 album; dark green vinyl; eBay; Merch; Beggars Banquet)
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
“The Best of Everything – The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection (1976-2016)” (four-LP, 38-song set features tracks by the Heartbreakers, Petty’s solo work and Mudcrutch; eBay; Merch)
THE RUNAWAYS
“The Best of The Runaways” (1982 compilation; eBay; Merch; Mercury / UMe)
TOM TOM CLUB
“Tom Tom Club” (1981 album; white vinyl; See here; Real Gone Music)
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
“Happy Woman Blues” (1980 album; eBay; On Tour; Smithsonian Folkways)
JAMES BROWN
“Motherlode” (1988 compilation; first vinyl edition of the 2003 expanded edition, with two bonus tracks; eBay; Merch; Polydor / UMe)
CHER
“3614 Jackson Highway (Expanded Edition)” (1969 album; with 11 bonus tracks; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Run Out Groove)
EAGLES
“Hell Freezes Over” (1994 live album; double vinyl; eBay; On Tour; Merch; Geffen / UMe)
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
“Hangin’ Tough: 30th Anniversary Edition” (1988 album; remastered, with three new songs, including “80s Baby” with Salt N Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, plus five rare remixes; See here; Columbia / Legacy)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“For LP Fans Only” (1959 compilation; translucent red vinyl; eBay; Merch; Friday Music)
THE ALARM
“Strength 1985-1986” (1985 album; remastered, with 11 previously unreleased session recordings and outtakes; See here; Twenty First Century Recording Company)
DAVID BYRNE
“Grown Backwards” (2004 album; released for the first time on vinyl; mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound; double LP features six bonus tracks; See here; Nonesuch)
JUKEBOX THE GHOST
“Let Live & Let Ghosts (10th Anniversary Edition)” (2008 album; moon-colored vinyl, with a digital download code for the full remastered album along with a download of unreleased session tracks; Hear here; eBay; On Tour; Yep Roc)
THE KINKS
“Word of Mouth” (1984 album; translucent pink and white swirl vinyl, with poster; Translucent Red Vinyl; See here; eBay; Merch; Friday Music)
ARETHA FRANKLIN
“Songs of Faith: Aretha Gospel” (recorded at the New Bethel Baptist Church in 1956 when she just 14 years old; Geffen / UMe)
VAN MORRISON
“The Healing Game” (1997 album; On Tour; Exile / Legacy Recordings)
JOHN COLTRANE
“Coltrane ’58: The Prestige Recordings” (eight 180-gram LPs, remastered from the original analog tapes by Paul Blakemore and cut by Clint Holley from 24-bit/192kHz transfers, with 40-page linen-wrapped, portfolio-style book with extensive liner notes, rare photos, etc.; Merch; Craft Recordings / Concord)
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“Creedence Clearwater Revival” (1968 album; half-speed master)
MARVIN GAYE
“You’re the Man” (his lost follow-up to “What’s Going On” was never released in 1972; first single: “My Last Chance [SalaAM ReMi Remix]”; Hear here; Read here; Merch; Motown / UMe)
KISS
“KISSWORLD: The Best of KISS” (double vinyl collection; eBay; Merch; End of the Road World Tour; Mercury / UMe)
KEITH RICHARDS
“Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1988 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks, featuring Mick Taylor, Bootsy Collins and Johnnie Johnson; Read here; Super Deluxe Edition, with CD, 180-gram vinyl, 80-page hardback book, etc.; BMG Rights Management)
DONNA SUMMER
“Another Time and Place – 30th Anniversary” (1989 album, featuring “This Time I Know It’s For Real”; two-LP deluxe edition, 180-gram heavyweight color vinyl, with singles mixes and a special anniversary megamix; See here; Amazon UK; Driven By the Music)
FRANK ZAPPA
“Zappa In New York (40th Anniversary Edition)” (three LPs; eBay; Merch; Zappa)
JOAN ARMATRADING
“Joan Armatrading” (180-gram, all-analog mastered by Kevin Gray at CoHEARent Audio; eBay; Intervention)
DAVID BOWIE
“Spying Through a Keyhole” (7-inch vinyl singles box set includes two early versions of “Space Oddity” to mark the song’s 50th anniversary; Read here; Merch; Rhino / Parlophona)
L7
“Best of the Slash Years” (Rhino)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Cleveland Rocks” (13-song collection of Cleveland International Records classics, featuring Meat Loaf, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Jim Steinman, Ronnie Spector & The E Street Band, Ian Hunter, The Rovers, etc.; Cleveland International)
FEAR OF POP (Ben Folds side project)
“Volume I” (1998 album, featuring “In Love” with William Shatner; orange-colored vinyl; Hear here; SRCVinyl)
PET SHOP BOYS
“Agenda” (four-song EP, released digitally on Feb. 8; Merch; X2)
KAREN DALTON
“The Karen Dalton Archives Box” (four-LP, four-CD, one-DVD box set; Read here; Megaphone)
MASSIVE ATTACK
“Mezzanine (20th Anniversary Edition)” (1998 album; remastered, with eight previously unreleased Mad Professor remixes; See here; eBay; Merch; Virgin / UMe)
BILL EVANS TRIO
“Portrait in Jazz” (1960 album; mastered from the original master tapes, pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl; Mobile Fidelity)
NAT KING COLE
“Ultimate Nat King Cole” (21-song collection; See here; eBay; Merch; Capitol / UMe)
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