New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
MARCH 6 RELEASESMAX ARUJ & STEFFAN THUM
“Crawl (Music From the Motion Picture)” (2019 film; See here; Read here; Rusted Wave)
THE CRANBERRIES
“Dreams: The Collection” (11 songs; Amazon UK; Spectrum / UMe)
RORY GALLAGHER
“Check Shirt Wizard – Live In ’77” (triple vinyl, 20-song set, mastered at Abbey Road Studios; Polydor / UMe)
GOLDEN EARRING
“On the Double” (1969 album; double 180-gram red vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket; Music on Vinyl)
JEFFERSON STARSHIP
“Freedom At Point Zero” (1979 album, featuring “Jane”; 180-gram translucent orange vinyl; Hear here; Friday Music)
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS
“The Spirit of ’67” (1966 album, featuring “Hungry,” “Good Thing” and “The Great Airplane Strike”; red, white and blue swirl vinyl; Friday Music)
THE SPECIALS
“Ghost Town” (10-song compilation; splatter vinyl; Cleopatra)
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
“Dusty in Memphis (Deluxe Edition)” (1969 album; with 12 bonus tracks; Rhino / Atlantic)
10,000 MANIACS
“Twice Told Tales” (2015 album; white vinyl LP pressing; On Tour; Cleopatra)
2PAC
“Me Against the World” (1995 album, featuring “Dear Mama,” “So Many Tears” and “Temptations”; 25th anniversary edition; See here; Merch; Interscope / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Stand By Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (1986 album; transparent blue vinyl LP pressing; Music on Vinyl)
THE WHO
“The Kids Are Alright” (1979 rockumentary soundtrack) , “Quadrophenia” (1979 soundtrack; Merch; Geffen / UMe)
Other Notable Releases
“Silver Landings,” Mandy Moore (Verve Forecast)
“Ceremony,” Phantogram (Republic)
“Superstar,” Caroline Rose (New West)
“West Bank Songs 1978-1983: A Best Of,” The Undertones (Salvo)
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MARCH 13 RELEASESABBA
“Live at Wembley Arena” (November 1979 show, released on CD in 2014; half-speed mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell; three-LP set; Merch; Polar / UMe)
ARTISTS UNITED AGAINST APARTHEID
“Sun City” (1985 album, produced by Steven Van Zandt and Arthur Baker; See here; UMe)
BRIAN BLADE
“Brian Blade Fellowship” (1998 album, produced by Daniel Lanois; Blue Note / UMe)
ELVIN JONES
“Mr. Jones” (1972 album; Blue Note / UMe)
MICHAEL NESMITH WITH RED RHODES
“Cosmic Partners: The McCabe’s Tapes” (recorded at McCabe’s in Santa Monica, CA, on Aug. 18, 1973; electric blue vinyl; 7a)
RAE SREMMURD
“SremmLife” (2014 album; double translucent red vinyl; On Tour; Merch; Eardruma / Interscope / UMe)
SPICE GIRLS
“Spiceworld” (1997 album, featuring “Spice Up Your Life”; 180-gram black vinyl; See here) , “The Greatest Hits” (2007 compilation, featuring “Wannabe,” “2 Become 1,” “Say You’ll Be There” and “Spice Up Your Life”; 180-gram black vinyl; See here; Virgin / UMe)
TEARS FOR FEARS
“Songs From the Big Chair” (1985 album, featuring “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “Shout,” “Mothers Talk” and “Head over Heels”; Picture Disc; See here; Merch; Mercury / UMe)
THE BOX TOPS
“Soul Deep: Best of The Box Tops” (transparent yellow-colored vinyl; Music on Vinyl)
JOLIE HOLLAND
“Escondida” (2004 debut album; pressed on 140-gram double vinyl at 45rpm for optimum audio quality; Hear here; Cinquefoil)
BILLY JOEL
“Greatest Hits Volume III” (1997 compilation; 17 songs; 180-gram translucent red vinyl; See here; On Tour; Merch; Friday Music)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Elvis’ Golden Records” (14-song compilation from 1958; Walmart-exclusive gold vinyl; Merch; RCA / Legacy)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee” (1976 album, featuring “Hurt”; burgundy red vinyl; Merch; Friday Music)
LOU REED
“When Your Heart Turns To Ice” (live album from his Sally Can’t Dance tour stops in New York and Dayton, Ohio, in October 1974; Read here; Merch; Easy Action)
SANTANA
“Borboletta” (1974 album; 180-gram translucent blue vinyl, mastered by Joe Reagoso; On Tour; Merch; Friday Music)
CARLY SIMON
“No Secrets” (1972 album, featuring “You’re So Vain” and “The Right Thing to Do”; remastered; See here; Speakers Corner)
TANITA TIKARAM
“Ancient Heart” (1988 album, featuring “Twist in My Sobriety”; white-colored vinyl; See here; Music on Vinyl)
DUANE ALLMAN & GREGG ALLMAN
“Duane & Gregg” (September 1968 recording session for Scott Boyer, David Brown and ABB drummer Butch Trucks’ band the 31st of February; these demo sessions for their second, unreleased album feature probably the earliest versions of Gregg’s hit “Melissa,” and would be released as “Duane & Gregg” in May 1972; Allman Brothers Recording Company)
ALLMAN JOYS (featuring Duane and Gregg Allman)
“Allman Joys” (1966 album; Allman Brothers Recording Company)
ROY AYERS
“Virgin Ubiquity II: Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981” (Hear/read here; BBE Music)
JIMI HENDRIX
“Band of Gypsys” (1970 live album; released on 180-gram vinyl for the first time in the U.S., includes an 8-page booklet and reprint of a classic Capitol Records poster; remastered from the original tapes by producer Eddie Kramer; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch; Capitol / UMe)
PARIS HILTON
“Paris” (2006 debut album, featuring “Stars Are Blind”; maroon and blonde marbled vinyl edition; See here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Real Gone Music)
HOUR GLASS (featuring Duane and Gregg Allman)
“Hour Glass” (1967 album) , “Power of Love” (1968 album; Allman Brothers Recording Company)
PEARL JAM
“Gigaton” (new single: “Dance of the Clairvoyants”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; On Tour; Merch; Monkeywrench / Republic)
CAT STEVENS
“Matthew & Son” (1967 album) , “New Masters” (1967 album; both reissues feature restored artwork and newly “de-mixed” re-enhanced mixes; Read here; Decca / UMe)
DONNA SUMMER
“She Works Hard for the Money” (1983 album, featuring “She Works Hard for the Money” and “Unconditional Love”; translucent yellow vinyl; See here; Merch; LMLR)
JAMES TAYLOR
“Greatest Hits” (1976 compilation; 180-gram vinyl; remastered; On Tour, with Bonnie Raitt; Merch; Fantasy / Concord)
JOHN WILLIAMS
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (opened in theaters on Dec. 20; See here; Fandango; Merch; Walt Disney)
CLANNAD
“In a Lifetime” (Deluxe Bookpack features four CDs, 70 tracks, a double LP anthology including two new songs, with 12″ x 12″ hardback book, double sided A2 poster and four postcards; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Smokey Vinyl Color; BMG Rights Management)
SAM COOKE
“Sam Cooke At the Copa” (1964 album; remastered) , “Ain’t That Good News” (1964 album; his final studio LP; remastered; Hear here)
, “Keep Movin’ On” (23-song compilation from 2001; two 180-gram vinyl LPs; remastered; Read here; Merch; ABKCO)
MARILLION
“Script for a Jester’s Tear (Deluxe Edition)” (1983 album; four-LP box set includes a newly remixed stereo version, plus the “Market Square Heroes” EP and an unreleased live show at London’s Marquee Club from Dec. 29, 1982; Blu-ray Audio; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
JONI MITCHELL
“Shine” (2007 album, featuring “One Week Last Summer,” which won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance; her final LP makes its vinyl debut, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI; Hear here; Hear Music)
RARE EARTH
“Rare Earth in Concert” (1971 album; opaque olive green vinyl; On Tour; Culture Factory)
NINA SIMONE
“Fodder On My Wings” (1982 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks, including “I Sing Just To Know That I’m Alive”; Hear here; Read here; Verve / UMe)
TOTO
“Toto” (1978 album, featuring “Hold the Line,” “I’ll Supply the Love” and “Georgy Porgy”) , “Hydra” (1979 album, featuring “99”)
, “Turn Back” (1981 album)
, “Old Is New” (2018 album; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Cash Money: The Instrumentals” (two-LP, 18-song collection; Cash Money / Republic / UMe)
CAMILA CABELLO
“Romance” (new single: “Cry for Me”; Hear here; Read here; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Translucent Red Vinyl; On Tour; Syco Music / Epic)
LADY GAGA
“Chromatica” (milky clear vinyl; executive producers: BloodPop, Lady Gaga; first single: “Stupid Love”; See here; Read here; Merch; Interscope)
RARE EARTH
“Generation” (1969 soundtrack; hot pink opaque vinyl; On Tour; Culture Factory)
GO-GO’S
“Beauty and the Beat” (1981 album, featuring “We Got the Beat” and “Our Lips Are Sealed”; See here; Capitol / UMe)
PEGGY LEE
“Ultimate Peggy Lee” (two-LP, 22-song collection; Capitol / UMe)
MAC MILLER
“Circles” (posthumous album, with two bonus tracks: “Right” and “Floating”; clear vinyl; producer: Jon Brion; first single: “Good News”; Hear here; Read here; Target; Walmart; Merch; Warner)
CHARLES MINGUS
“Mingus Ah Um” (1959 album; mastered from the original master tapes, pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl, with foil-stamped jackets; Mobile Fidelity)
JOHNNY CASH
“The Complete Mercury Albums (1986-1991)” (seven-LP box set; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch; Mercury / UMe)
DIXIE CHICKS
“Gaslighter” (their first new music in 14 years; producers: Jack Antonoff, Dixie Chicks; first single: “Gaslighter”; See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive Neon Magenta Vinyl; Amazon UK; Merch; Columbia)
SAM SMITH
“To Die For” (guests: Ilya, Steve Mac, StarGate, Jimmy Napes, Tim Blacksmith, Lotus IV, DannyD, etc.; new single: “To Die For”; See here; Target-Exclusive Splatter Vinyl; Capitol)
MICKY DOLENZ
“Live in Japan” (1982 tour, with five bonus tracks and a 24-page color booklet; splatter vinyl; Amazon UK; 7a)
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
“Temperamental” (1999 album; double vinyl with half-speed mastering by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios; Buzzin Fly / Chrysalis)
SILVERCHAIR
“Frogstomp” (1995 album; silver-colored vinyl; See here; srcvinyl)
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)
BON JOVI
“Bon Jovi 2020” (double 180-gram gold vinyl; new single: “Limitless”; See here; On Tour, with Bryan Adams; Merch; Island)
ALICE COOPER
“Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits” (1974 compilation; On Tour; Merch; Rhino / Warner)
THE CRANBERRIES
“Something Else” (2017 album; the band’s final studio album with the late Dolores O’Riordan; BMG Rights Management)
RUSH
“Permanent Waves (40th Anniversary)” (1980 album, featuring “The Spirit of Radio”; three remastered 180-gram audiophile black vinyl LPs with unreleased live tracks from their 1980 world tour; Hear here; Super Deluxe Edition, featuring two CDs, three 180-gram audiophile black vinyl LPs and a 40-page hardcover book; Merch; Mercury / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Best of Bond … James Bond” (three-LP compilation from 2002 is remastered and expanded with Adele’s “Skyfall” and Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall”; See here; Capitol / UMe)