New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
JAN. 28, 2022 RELEASESTORI AMOS
“Ocean to Ocean” (producer: Amos; new single: “Spies”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Amazon.co.jp; Decca) » BUY NOW
ORNETTE COLEMAN
“Round Trip: The Complete Ornette Coleman” (six-LP box set; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
DION
“Stomping Ground” (producers: Wayne Hood, Dion; guests: Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Billy F Gibbons, Boz Scaggs, Mark Knopfler, Peter Frampton, Rickie Lee Jones, Keb’ Mo’, Joe Bonamassa, etc.; new single: “Take It Back”; Hear here; KTBA Records) » BUY NOW
THE 5TH DIMENSION
“Greatest Hits on Earth” (1972 compilation; 11 songs; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Purple Vinyl; Arista / Legacy) » BUY NOW
CHILD GAMBINO
“Camp” (Walmart-Exclusive Bonfire Red Vinyl; 2011 debut album, featuring “Bonfire,” “Heartbeat” and “Fire Fly”) » BUY NOW
“Because the Internet” (Walmart-Exclusive Pink Toes Vinyl; 2013 album, featuring “3005,” “Crawl,” “Sweatpants” and “Telegraph Ave.”) » BUY NOW
“Awaken, My Love!” (Walmart-Exclusive Blue Vinyl; 2016 album, featuring “Redbone,” “Me and Your Mama” and “Terrified”; Glassnote) » BUY NOW
DEXTER GORDON
“Daddy Plays the Horn” (1955 album; remastered; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
PJ HARVEY
“Let England Shake” (2011 album; cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering under the guidance of original co-producer John Parish) » BUY NOW
“Let England Shake – Demos” (previously unreleased tracks; Hear here; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
LADY BLACKBIRD
“Black Acid Soul” (2021 album; Hear here; Foundation Music / BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
DEAN MARTIN
“All-Time Greatest Hits” (Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Smoke Colored Vinyl; 1990 compilation; Curb) » BUY NOW
TODD RUNDGREN
“Todd” (1974 album, featuring “A Dream Goes on Forever”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES
“The Alien Coast” (Amazon-Exclusive Gold and Brown Vinyl; producer: Matt Ross-Spang; first single: “The Last Dance”; Hear here; Black Vinyl; On Tour; ATO) » BUY NOW
SLADE
“Slade Alive!” (Red & Black Splatter Vinyl; 1972 album; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
URIAH HEEP
“Very ‘Eavy, Very ‘Umble” (Picture Disc; 1970 debut album, featuring “Gypsy” and “Bird of Prey”t) » BUY NOW
“Salisbury” (Picture Disc; 1970 debut album, featuring “High Priestess” and “Lady in Black”; Sanctuary / BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
VANGELIS
“Albedo 0.39” (1976 album, featuring “Pulstar” and “Alpha”; the LP reached the Top 20 on the U.K. album chart; See here; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“SING 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Double Vinyl; 2021 film; Trailer; Fandango; Merch; Republic) » BUY NOW
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
“Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 6: You Are Cordially Invited … A Tribute to the Rolling Stones” (Highway 20) » BUY NOW
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Other Notable Releases
Grateful Dead | Eric Gales | Earthless |
Jethro Tull | Pinegrove | Amber Mark |
Trivium | Brent Cobb | Bad Suns |
Lady Wray | Widespread Panic | Level 42 |
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FEB. 4, 2022 RELEASESBREAD
“The Best of Bread” (1973 compilation; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
THE FLAMINGOS
“Flamingo Serenade” (Powder Blue Vinyl; 1959 album, featuring “I Only Have Eyes for You”; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
GOO GOO DOLLS
“The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits: Volume One – The Singles” (13-song compilation from 2007; released on vinyl for the first time; 2022 Tour; Warner) » BUY NOW
PRINCE
“For You” (1978 album) » BUY NOW
“Prince” (1979 album, featuring “I Wanna Be Your Lover”) » BUY NOW
“Dirty Mind” (1980 album, featuring “Uptown,” “Dirty Mind” and “Do It All Night”) » BUY NOW
“Controversy” (1981 album) » BUY NOW
“1999” (1982 album, featuring “1999,” “Little Red Corvette,” “Delirious” and “Let’s Pretend We’re Married”) » BUY NOW
“Around the World in a Day” (1985 album, featuring “Raspberry Beret” and “Pop Life”) » BUY NOW
“Sign O’ the Times” (1986 album, featuring the title track, “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” “U Got the Look” and “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”; Target-Exclusive Clear With White Swirl Vinyl) » BUY NOW
“Lovesexy” (1988 album, featuring “Alphabet St.”) » BUY NOW
“Come” (1994 album; Merch; NPG / Legacy) » BUY NOW
STANLEY TURRENTINE
“Rough & Tumble” (1966 album; remastered; Blue Note) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Double Vinyl; 2021 film, directed by Steven Spielberg; Target-Exclusive Red Transparent Vinyl + Poster; Hollywood) » BUY NOW
MUDDY WATERS
“Hard Again (45th Anniversary Edition)” (Solid Blue Vinyl; 1977 album; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
PAUL YOUNG
“The Secret of Association (Expanded Edition)” (180-Gram Gold & Black Marble Vinyl; 1985 album, featuring “Everytime You Go Away,” “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down,” “Everything Must Change” and “Tomb of Memories”; with mixes of the singles, B-sides “Give Me My Freedom” and “Man in the Iron Mask,” plus live versions of “No Parlez” and “Bite the Hand That Feeds”; See here; Amazon UK; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
BRANDY
“The Best of Brandy” (Double Vinyl; 2005 compilation; 18 songs; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
COLBIE CAILLAT
“Coco” (2007 album; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
OHIO PLAYERS
“Skin Tight” (Turquoise Vinyl; 1974 album; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
JOE PASS
“For Django” (1964 album; remastered; Blue Note) » BUY NOW
THE TRAMMPS
“The Best of The Trammps” (1977 compilation; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
YUSUF / CAT STEVENS
“Harold and Maude (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [50th Anniversary Edition]” (1971 album; remastered at Abbey Road Studios, with additional dialog and instrumental music from the film plus unheard audio masters for “Don’t Be Shy” and “If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out”; A&M / UMe) » BUY NOW
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FEB. 18, 2022 RELEASESCLARENCE CARTER
“The Best of Clarence Carter” (12-song compilation; mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios and Capitol Mastering in Hollywood; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
CIRCLE JERKS
“Wild in the Streets (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1982 album; On Tour; Merch; Trust) » BUY NOW
NATALIE COLE
“Unforgettable … with Love (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1991 album, winner of six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; remastered, with two bonus tracks, “At Last” and “Cottage for Sale”; See here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Pearl White Vinyl; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
“Songs to Learn & Sing” (1985 compilation; 11 songs; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
FLAMIN’ GROOVIES
“Flamin’ Groovies Now” (1978 album, produced by Dave Edmunds; Liberation Hall) » BUY NOW
MARVIN GAYE
“What’s Going On: 50th Anniversary 2LP Edition” (1971 album, featuring the title track, “Inner City Blues [Make Me Wanna Holler]” and “Mercy Mercy Me [The Ecology]”; double LP contains a previously unreleased “stripped” version of the title song, plus all six original mono single mixes and their B-sides; direct-to-analog mastering from the original primary album tape reels by engineer Kevin Gray; Motown / UMe) » BUY NOW
JOE HENDERSON
“Inner Urge” (1966 album, featuring McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Bob Cranshaw; all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
ELMORE JAMES
“The Fire/Enjoy Singles” (box set includes nine 7″ discs and a Fire Records tote bag; P-Vine) » BUY NOW
B.B. KING
“B.B. King in London” (Translucent Blue Vinyl; 1971 album; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
LEE MORGAN
“¡Caramba!” (1968 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
TAME IMPALA
“The Slow Rush (Deluxe Box Set)” (2020 album; two transparent red LPs and alternate artwork, with B-sides and remixes and a 40-page booklet; Hear here; Merch; Interscope) » BUY NOW
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
“The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators” (Double Green/Red Splatter; 1966 debut album, featuring “You’re Gonna Miss Me” and “Reverberation [Doubt]”; Charly) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Gritty ’60s Garage & Punk” (Gold Vinyl; 17 songs; BeatRocket) » BUY NOW
ERYKAH BADU
“Worldwide Underground” (Purple Vinyl; 2003 album, featuring “Love of My Life,” “Danger” and “Back in the Day [Puff]”; Motown / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE BAND OF HEATHENS
“Remote Transmissions, Volume One” (includes a cover of “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” with Ray Wylie Hubbard; Hear here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Midnight Sky Vinyl; On Tour; BOH Records) » BUY NOW
COLIN BLUNSTONE
“One Year (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1971 debut solo album; mastered by Joe Lizzi, with 14 bonus tracks and new liner notes by Blunstone; Hear here; Sundazed Music) » BUY NOW
THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND
“Golden Butter: The Best of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band” (1972 compilation; mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios and at Capitol Records with Ron McMaster; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
KING CURTIS
“The Best of King Curtis” (12-song compilation; mastered from the Atco Records stereophonic tapes by Joe Reagoso; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR
“The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch” (2006 debut album; Fueled by Ramen) » BUY NOW
DAFT PUNK
“Discovery” (2001 album, featuring “One More Time,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” and “Digital Love”; Best Buy; Merch; Daft Life) » BUY NOW
JOHN DENVER
“His Ultimate Collection” (Transparent Green Vinyl; 15 songs; Amazon UK; RCA / Sony Music) » BUY NOW
DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE
“Duke Ellington & John Coltrane” (1962 album; all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE KANE GANG
“The Bad and Lowdown World of The Kane Gang” (1985 debut album, featuring “Respect Yourself,” “Closest Thing to Heaven” and “Gun Law”; 140-gram translucent green vinyl; See here; Amazon UK; Demon) » BUY NOW
BEN E. KING
“Ben E. King’s Greatest Hits” (Translucent Blue Vinyl; 1964 compilation; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
NICKI MINAJ
“Pink Friday (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Pink/White Swirl Vinyl; 2011 album; with eight bonus tracks; Cash Money) » BUY NOW
SINÉAD O’CONNOR
“So Far … The Best of Sinéad O’Connor” (Clear Vinyl; 1997 compilation; 15 songs on two LPs; Chrysalis) » BUY NOW
OHIO PLAYERS
“Honey” (1976 album, featuring “Love Rollercoaster,” “Fopp” and “Sweet Sticky Thing”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
PORTUGAL. THE MAN
“In the Mountain In the Cloud” (2011 album; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
PERCY SLEDGE
“The Best of Percy Sledge” (Gold Vinyl; 12 songs; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
SOFT CELL
“*Happiness not included” (the synth duo’s first album in 20 years; new single: “Bruises on my illusions”; Hear here; Read here; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
TEARS FOR FEARS
“The Tipping Point” (their first album in 17 years; new single: “The Tipping Point”; Hear here; See here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Red Vinyl; Merch; Concord) » BUY NOW
MUDDY WATERS
“Muddy Waters at Newport 1960” (1960 album; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
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MARCH 4, 2022 RELEASESAKON
“Konvicted” (2006 album, featuring Top 10 hits “Don’t Matter,” “Smack That” and “Sorry, Blame It On Me”; double vinyl, with a remix of “It Don’t Matter” by producer TMXO; Read here; Republic / UMe) » BUY NOW
CHICAGO
“Chicago 16” (1982 album, featuring “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” and “Love Me Tomorrow”; See here; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS
“American Babylon (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album, featuring friend and guest Bruce Springsteen throughout much of the LP; two-LP set with demos and live tracks; producer: Springsteen; Hear here; Cleveland International) » BUY NOW
DOLLY PARTON
“Run, Rose, Run” (coincides with the March 7 release of the novel of the same name, which she co-authored with James Patterson; guests: Joe Nichols, Rhonda Vincent, The Isaacs, Dailey & Vincent, Ben Haggard; new single: “Big Dreams and Faded Jeans”; Hear here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Blue Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Translucent Green Vinyl; Butterfly) » BUY NOW
Home Audio & Theater: Complete the Sound. »
MARCH 11, 2022 RELEASESTHE BYRDS
“Byrds” (Translucent Violet Vinyl; their 12th and final album, from 1973, featuring a reunion among the five original band members: Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
DIRTY HEADS
“The Best of Dirty Heads” (13-song collection; Better Noise Music) » BUY NOW
FRANZ FERDINAND
“Hits to the Head” (two-LP, 20-song compilation includes two new tracks, “Billy Goodbye” and “Curious”; Hear here; See here; a href=”https://amzn.to/3FNO2lT” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Amazon UK) » BUY NOW
PARAMORE
“All We Know Is Falling” (Silver Vinyl; 2005 debut album; Merch; Fueled by Ramen) » BUY NOW
THE RAINCOATS
“The Raincoats (40th Anniversary Remaster)” (1979 album; in 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album at No. 398 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time; Kill Rock Stars) » BUY NOW
IRMA THOMAS
“Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album” (Light Blue Vinyl; recordings from 1971-72; Real Gone Music) » BUY NOW
SON HOUSE
“Forever On My Mind” (lost ’60s recordings, newly restored by Dan Auerbach; Hear here; Easy Eye Sound / Concord) » BUY NOW
PAUL RODGERS
“Cut Loose” (Arctic White Vinyl; 1983 debut solo album; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
SANTANA
“Blessings and Miracles” (2021 album; Target-Exclusive White, Blue + Yellow Tri-Color Vinyl; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Lost Boys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Translucent Red Vinyl; 1987 album; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
BON IVER
“Bon Iver (10th Anniversary Edition)” (White Vinyl; 2011 album, featuring “Holocene” and “Beth/Rest”; won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2012; See here; Jagjaguwar) » BUY NOW
ORNETTE COLEMAN
“Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums” (deluxe box set, newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, contains recordings from Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
AL GREEN
“Let’s Stay Together” (1972 album; Fat Possum) » BUY NOW
KRAFTWERK
“Kraftwerk Remixes (three-LP collection of 12-inch singles, CD singles and digital releases from 1991-2021; Hear here; Read here; On Tour; Merch; Atlantic / Parlophone) » BUY NOW
MAREN MORRIS
“Humble Quest” (producer: Greg Kurstin; songs written with husband Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels, Jimmy Robbins, Natalie Hemby, Laura Veltz and Jon Green; new single: “Circles Around This Town”; Target-Exclusive Bone White Vinyl; Columbia Nashville) » BUY NOW
THIN LIZZY
“Live and Dangerous” (Translucent Orange Vinyl; 1978 album; two LPs; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
SUZANNE VEGA
“Close-Up Series Volumes 1-4” (four-LP bookpack, each LP in a different color, with a 28-page booklet and lyrics; Cooking Vinyl) » BUY NOW
CHICAGO
“Chicago II” (Translucent Blue Vinyl; 1970 album, featuring “Make Me Smile/Colour My World” and “25 or 6 to 4”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
“Unlimited Love” (17-song album, their first since 2016; producer: Rick Rubin; new single: “Black Summer”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl Deluxe Edition; On Tour; Merch; Warner) » BUY NOW
FOSTER THE PEOPLE
“Torches X (Deluxe Edition)” (2011 album, featuring “Houdini,” “Helena Beat” and “Don’t Stop [Color on the Walls]”; Double Orange Vinyl, with a new version of “Pumped Up Kicks,” plus B-sides and remixes; See here; Merch; Columbia / Legacy) » BUY NOW
B.B. KING
“Completely Well” (Translucent Gold Vinyl; 1969 album, featuring “The Thrill Is Gone”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (2021 album; original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Cobalt Blue Vinyl; Walt Disney) » BUY NOW
MARK KNOPFLER
“The Studio Albums 1996-2007” (11-LP box set; Read here; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
M83
“Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (10th Anniversary Edition)” (Double Orange Vinyl; 2011 album; Mute) » BUY NOW
BILL EVANS TRIO
“Trio ’65” (1965 album, with bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker; transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE NEON PHILHARMONIC
“To Be Continued: The Complete Warner Bros. Non Album Singles & More” (12-song compilation; Read here; Hanky Panky / Light in the Attic) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Love Is All I Bring: Reggae Hits and Rarities By the Queens of Trojan” (Orange Vinyl; two-LP set featuring Millie Small, Althea & Donna, Marcia Griffith, Phyllis Dillion, Susan Cadogan, etc.; Trojan) » BUY NOW
THE WEEKND
“Dawn FM” (producer: The Weeknd; contributors: Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Quincy Jones, Oneohtrix Point Never; guests: Jim Carrey, Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne; Read here; Target-Exclusive Translucent Silver Vinyl + Alternate Artwork; Merch; XO / Republic) » BUY NOW
JOHN MELLENCAMP
“Strictly A One-Eyed Jack” (producer: Mellencamp; Bruce Springsteen guests on three songs; new single: “Chasing Rainbows”; Hear here; Republic) » BUY NOW
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
“Physical” (1981 album; remastered, with 24×36″ poster; Target-Exclusive Pink Vinyl, with poster; Primary Wave) » BUY NOW
INFORMATION SOCIETY
“Information Society” (Clear Vinyl; 1988 album, featuring “What’s On Your Mind [Pure Energy],” “Walking Away” and “Running”; See here; Tommy Boy) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Romeo Must Die: The Album” (2000 soundtrack album, including Aaliyah’s No. 1 pop hit “Try Again”; See here; Blackground) » BUY NOW
JETHRO TULL
“Aqualung (The 2011 Steven Wilson Stereo Remix)” (Clear Vinyl; 1971 album, featuring “Locomotive Breath” and “Hymn 43”; Rhino / Parlophone) » BUY NOW