Your Vinyl Store (Nov. 11-17 and Beyond)
New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
“Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule” (Red Vinyl; first collection of his Christmas songs, plus the previously unreleased Armstrong recording of the classic holiday poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” set to the newly recorded music by Sullivan Fortner; See here; Read here; Picture Disc; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW 
BAD RELIGION
“How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (40th Anniversary Edition)” (Black Smoke Vinyl; 1982 album; Merch; Epitaph) » 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
DEPECHE MODE
“Playing the Angel | The Singles” (deluxe box set containing 10 12-inch singles, alongside B-sides, remixes, instrumentals, dub versions and other recordings related to their 2005 album “Playing the Angel”; Amazon UK; Merch; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
MISSY ELLIOTT
“Under Construction” (Double Vinyl; 2002 album, featuring “Work It,” “Gossip Folks” and “Back in the Day”; Elektra) » BUY NOW
ROBERT LESTER FOLSOM
“Sunshine Only Sometimes: Archives Vol. 2, 1972–1975” (transferred from the original session reels, restored and mastered by Jessica Thompson; Hear here; Anthology Recordings) » BUY NOW
GUNS N’ ROSES
“Use Your Illusion I & II (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1991 albums; newly remastered 12-LP, one-Blu-ray box set, featuring two complete live sets; Read here; Merch; Geffen / UMe) » BUY NOW
DEBBIE HARRY
“KooKoo” (Clear Vinyl; 1981 debut solo album, featuring “Backfired” and “The Jam Was Moving”; produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards; with four bonus tracks; See here; Chrysalis) » BUY NOW
THE HUMAN LEAGUE
“The Virgin Years” (five-LP box set features “Dare” on turquoise vinyl, “Fascination!” on transparent lime vinyl, “Hysteria” on yellow vinyl, “Crash” on transparent red vinyl and “Romantic?” on crystal clear vinyl; See here; Virgin / 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
FREDDIE KING
“Getting Ready …” (Translucent Red Vinyl; 1971 album; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
JONI MITCHELL
“For the Roses” (Amazon-Exclusive Blue Vinyl; 1972 album, featuring “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio”; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS
“Back In Your Life” (1979 album; Omnivore Recordings) » BUY NOW
THE SOUP DRAGONS
“Raw TV Products: Singles & Rarities 1985-’88” (15 songs; Last Night From Glasgow) » BUY NOW
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
“Only the Strong Survive” (all-covers album; producer: Ron Aniello; guests: Sam Moore, The E Street Horns, et al; On Tour; Columbia) » BUY NOW
2PAC
“All Eyez on Me” (1996 album; four-LP set featuring “California Love,” “Ambitionz Az A Ridah,” “Picture Me Rollin’,” “I Ain’t Made at Cha” and “How Do U Want It”) » BUY NOW
“The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory” (Double Vinyl; 1996 album, featuring “Toss It Up,” “To Live & Die in L.A.” and “Hail Mary”; Merch; Death Row / Interscope / UMe) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“70s #1s” (two LPs, 30 tracks; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW
“80s #1s” (two LPs, 31 songs; Amazon UK; Spectrum Audio) » 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
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“NOW That’s What I Call Rock” (41 hits on three LPs; Amazon UK; Sony Music / EMI) » BUY NOW
WORLD PARTY
“Egyptology” (1997 album, featuring “Beautiful Dream,” “She’s the One” and “Vanity Fair”; remastered, with five bonus live tracks; See here; Seaview) » BUY NOW
More Vinyl Releases for Nov. 11, 2022 »
Other Notable Releases
| Alice Coltrane | Louis Tomlinson | Roy Brooks |
| Larkin Poe | Hank Williams III | Billy Joel |
| Dropkick Murphys | Ashley McBryde | Joss Stone |
| Robert Glasper Experiment | Randy Houser | Sharon Van Etten |
Home Audio & Theater: Complete the Sound. »
THE ANIMALS
“Retrospective” (Double Album; ABKCO) » BUY NOW
RAY CHARLES
“The Spirit of Christmas” (1985 album, with the Raelettes and guest Freddie Hubbard; Tangerine) » BUY NOW
CELINE DION
“Let’s Talk About Love” (1997 album, featuring “My Heart Will Go On”; Epic / Legacy) » BUY NOW
BILL EVANS TRIO
“Bill Evans at Town Hall, Volume One” (1966 album; featuring transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe) » 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
WHITNEY HOUSTON, ET AL
“The Bodyguard (Original Soundtrack Album)” (1992 album, winner of three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year; Legacy Recordings) » BUY NOW
IRON MAIDEN
“The Number of the Beast + Beast Over Hammersmith (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Triple Vinyl; 1982 album; remastered and packaged with the March 1982 concert at London’s Hammersmith Odeon; Read here; On Tour; Merch; Sanctuary / BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
MICHAEL JACKSON
“Thriller 40” (Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with vinyl slip mat; 40th anniversary edition of the 1982 album; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Walmart-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate cover; Merch; Epic / Legacy) » BUY NOW
ELVIN JONES
“Revival: Live at Pookie’s Pub” (three-LP set featuring previously unreleased live recordings from July 28-30, 1967, just a few weeks after John Coltrane died; Jones was a member of Coltrane’s quartet from 1960-65; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
DOLLY PARTON
“Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection” (23-song compilation spanning 1971-2020; Amazon UK-Exclusive White Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Hot Pink Vinyl; Dolly Records / RCA / Legacy) » 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
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“ELVIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Baz Luhrmann’s biopic, which opened June 24, stars Austin Butler and Tom Hanks; soundtrack features Elvis Presley tracks, with contemporary artists covering his songs; Merch; RCA) » BUY NOW
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TONY BENNETT
“The Very Best of Tony Bennett” (20 songs on one LP; New Continent) » BUY NOW
ELVIS COSTELLO
“Extreme Honey: The Very Best of the Warner Brothers Years” (Gold Vinyl; 1997 compilation; Gramercy Theatre Residency; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
JIM CROCE
“You Don’t Mess Around With Jim (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1972 album, featuring the title track, “Time in Bottle” and “Operator [That’s Not the Way It Feels]”; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
AL DI MEOLA
“Kiss My Axe” (Double Vinyl; 1992 album; remastered; earMUSIC) » BUY NOW
DURAN DURAN
“FUTURE PAST (The Complete Edition)” (Red and Green Vinyl; 2021 album; with three bonus tracks and a cover of David Bowie’s “Five Days”; On Tour; Merch; Tape Modern / ; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
“Black Moon” (1992 album; 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
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
“Left of the Middle (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Transparent Blue Vinyl; 1997 album, featuring “Torn,” “Big Mistake” and “Smoke”; On Tour; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
AVRIL LAVIGNE
“Love Sux” (2022 album; Amazon-Exclusive Orange Vinyl; On Tour; DTA / Elektra) » BUY NOW
THE MOODY BLUES
“In Search of the Lost Chord” (Gold Vinyl; 1968 album, featuring “Ride My See-Saw,” “Legend of a Mind” and “Voices in the Sky”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
“Live at the Fillmore – 1997” (Triple Vinyl; highlights from six shows of their 20-night residency at the San Francisco venue, including spoken interludes; producers: Ryan Ulyate, Mike Campbell; See here; Vinyl Deluxe Edition, six-LP box set featuring 58 tracks, including 35 covers, with a 24-page booklet, three custom guitar picks, a replica All Access laminate, facsmilies of three set lists, etc.; Warner) » BUY NOW
TINA TURNER
“Break Every Rule (Deluxe Edition)” (1986 album, featuring her No. 1 hit “Typical Male,” “Two People” and “What You Get is What You See”; “Back Where You Started” won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female; remastered; Rhino / Parlophone) » BUY NOW
WARRANT
“Cherry Pie” (Silver & Black Marbled Vinyl; 1990 album, featuring the title track and “I Saw Red”; On Tour; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
CHET BAKER / ART PEPPER
“Picture of Heath” (1956 album, with Phil Urso, Carl Perkins, Curtis Counce and Larance Marable; mono all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE BEACH BOYS
“Sail On Sailor – 1972” (two-LP collection celebrates the 1972 albums “Carl And The Passions” and “Holland”; remastered, with the original “Mount Vernon and Fairway” 7-inch EP, unavailable on vinyl since the 1970s; Super Deluxe Vinyl Edition, five LPs + previously unreleased concert at Carnegie Hall in 1972 and the “Mount Vernon and Fairway” EP; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
SABRINA CARPENTER
“emails i can’t send” (Bone Vinyl; 2022 album; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
NEAL CASAL
“Rain, Wind and Speed” (1996 album; vinyl available in three color variants: Blue Rain, Peach Wind and Black Speed; Hear here; remastered; Neal Casal Music Foundation) » 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
CREED
“My Own Prison” (1997 debut album, featuring “Torn,” “What’s This Life For,” “One” and “My Own Prison”; Craft Recordings / Concord) » 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
HOT HOT HEAT
“Make Up the Breakdown” (Opaque Yellow Vinyl; 2002 album; remastered; Sub Pop) » BUY NOW
JAMIROQUAI
“High Times: Singles 1992–2006” (Double Vinyl; 19-song compilation from 2006; Epic / Legacy) » BUY NOW
JELLYFISH
“When These Memories Fad” (seven-LP box set, with 64-page booklet; See here; New Land) » BUY NOW
LABRINTH
“Euphoria Season 2 Official Score (From the HBO Original Series)” (Columbia) » BUY NOW
THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
“The Marshall Tucker Band” (1973 debut album, featuring “Can’t You See”; On Tour; Ramblin) » BUY NOW
BLUE MITCHELL
“Bring It Home to Me” (1966 album, with with Junior Cook, Harold Mabern, Gene Taylor, and Billy Higgins; mono all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
QUEEN
“Sheer Heart Attack” (1974 album, featuring “Killer Queen” and “Stone Cold Crazy”; sourced from the original master tapes; Merch; Hollywood / UMe) » BUY NOW
LABI SIFFRE
“Crying Laughing Loving Lying (50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master Edition)” (1972 album, featuring “It Must Be Love” and “My Song”; cut from the original master tapes at AIR Mastering; includes four-page insert with lyrics and credits; See here; Amazon UK; Demon / Edsel) » BUY NOW
CARLY SIMON
“No Secrets (50th Anniversary Edition)” (Blue Swirl Marble Vinyl; 1972 album, featuring “You’re So Vain” and “The Right Thing to Do”; mastered by Joe Reagoso from the original Elektra Records tapes; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
PAUL WILLIAMS
“So Many People: The Reprise Mono Singles & More” (12 songs; Hanky Panky) » BUY NOW
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
“Life Thru a Lens” (Clear Vinyl; 1997 solo debut album; Capitol / UMe) » BUY NOW
NEIL YOUNG
“Harvest (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1972 album, featuring “Heart of Gold” and “Old Man”; the remastered original album, three studio outtakes on CD/7” vinyl, an unreleased live 1971 BBC solo performance on CD, LP and DVD, plus the previously unseen “Harvest Time” documentary filmed in 1971; Vinyl Box Set, in a hardbound book, with fold-out poster and lithograph print; Reprise) » BUY NOW
ERYKAH BADU
“New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)” (Violet Vinyl; 2010 album, featuring “Window Seat” and “Get MuNNY”; Motown / UMe) » BUY NOW
MARY J. BLIGE
“Good Morning Gorgeous” (Double Vinyl; 2022 album; Target-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Mary Jane Productions Inc. / 300 Entertainment) » BUY NOW
JAMES BROWN
“Soul on Top” (1970 album, recorded with Louie Bellson and his 18-piece jazz orchestra; transfers from the analog tapes, remastered on 180-gram vinyl; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
ZACH BRYAN
“American Heartbreak” (2022 album; 34 songs on three LPs; On Tour; Belting Bronco / Warner) » BUY NOW
DONALD BYRD
“Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux” (unreleased July 5, 1973 performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival; Hear here; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
DION & THE BELMONTS
“The Hits & More (1958-62)” (17-track collection; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
JOHN LEE HOOKER
“The Healer” (1989 album, featuring “I’m in the Mood,” the Grammy winner for Best Traditional Blues Performance; remastered; pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Records Pressing, with lacquers cut by Bernie Grundman; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
JACK KEROUAC & STEVE ALLEN
“Poetry for the Beat Generation” (Milky Clear Vinyl; 1959 album, reissued to celebrate Kerouac’s 100th birthday year; Real Gone Music) » 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
BOB NEWHART
“The Best of Bob Newhart 1960-62” (Read here; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
QUEEN
“A Day at the Races” (1976 album, featuring “Somebody to Love” and “Tie Your Mother Down”; sourced from the original master tapes; Merch; Hollywood / UMe) » BUY NOW
HANK SNOW
“Let Me Go Lover: The Country Hits (1950-1962)” (16 songs; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Bridgerton Season Two (Soundtrack From The Netflix Series)” (Double Blue Vinyl; featuring Kris Bowers’ score; Capitol) » BUY NOW
MUDDY WATERS
“The Best of Muddy Waters 1948 to 1956” (14 songs; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
LINK WRAY
“Rumble (1956-62)” (18 songs on 140-gram black vinyl; Acrobat) » BUY NOW
AALIYAH
“Aaliyah” (her third and final album, from 2001; featuring “We Need a Resolution,” “More Than a Woman” and “Rock the Boat”; Blackground) » BUY NOW
JJ GREY & MOFRO
“Country Ghetto” (2007 album, making its vinyl debut; On Tour; Alligator) » BUY NOW
ELTON JOHN
“Step Into Christmas” (Red 10″ Vinyl; 1973 single, with the original B-side, “Ho! Ho! Ho! [Who’d Be a Turkey at Christmas],” and three bonus tracks; See here; Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour; Merch; Mercury / UMe) » BUY NOW
J.J. JOHNSON
“The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1” (1955 album, featuring Clifford Brown, Charles Mingus, John Lewis and Kenny Clarke; mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
THELONIOUS MONK
“Genius of Modern Music, Volume One” (1956 compilation; mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
PHAROAH SANDERS
“Karma” (1969 album; featuring transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
DIANA ROSS
“The Greatest” (Clear Vinyl; two-LP, 28-song collection of Supremes and solo hits; Amazon UK; Motown / UMC) » BUY NOW
TORI AMOS
“Little Earthquakes” (Double Vinyl; 1992 album, featuring “Silent All These Years,” “China,” “Winter” and “Crucify”; Read here; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
ERIC CLAPTON
“The Complete Reprise Studio Albums – Volume II” (10-LP box set includes five studio albums, circa 2001-2010, with a bonus LP of rarities compiled by Simon Climie; remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studios; vinyl mastering by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering; Rhino / Reprise) » BUY NOW
LOVE AND ROCKETS
“Express” (1986 album, featuring “Kundalini Express”; Beggars Banquet) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Bob’s Burgers Movie: A Major Motion Burger Soundtrack” (Yellow Vinyl; 2022 film; Trailer; Merch; Hollywood) » BUY NOW
CHICAGO
“Chicago VI” (Turquoise Blue Vinyl; 1973 album, featuring “Just You ‘n’ Me” and “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day”; mastered by Joe Reagoso with Chicago co-founder Lee Loughnane; On Tour; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Live At Montreux 1969” (backed by the Tommy Flanagan Trio; Mercury Studios) » BUY NOW
THE ROLLING STONES
“The Rolling Stones in Mono” (16-LP box set featuring 14 original mono albums, including U.K. and U.S. versions of “Out of Our Heads” and “Aftermath,” plus a special collection titled “Stray Cats,” two discs of non-album tracks, and 48-page booklet with an essay by David Fricke; Merch; ABKCO) » BUY NOW
AMERICA
“America” (Turquoise Vinyl; 1971 debut album, featuring “A Horse With No Name” and “I Need You:; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
AVRIL LAVIGNE
“Let Go (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2002 debut album, featuring “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” “I’m With You” and “Losing Grip”; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Arista / Legacy) » BUY NOW
ELLIE GOULDING
“Higher Than Heaven” (producers: Greg Kurstin, Jessie Shatkin, Koz, Andrew Wells; new single: “Let It Die”; See here; Amazon UK; Interscope) » BUY NOW
SHANIA TWAIN
“Queen of Me” (her first album since 2017; new single: “Last Day of Summer”; See here; Amazon UK; Republic Nashville) » BUY NOW
PARAMORE
“This Is Why” (producer: Carlos de la Garza; first single: “This Is Why”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
YO LA TENGO
“This Stupid World” (Double Vinyl, with one bonus track; new single: “Fallout”; See here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Matador) » BUY NOW
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
“A Flock of Seagulls” (Orange Vinyl; 1982 debut album, featuring “I Ran” and “Space Age Love Song”; remastered; On Tour; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
“Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (Deluxe Expanded Edition)” (Triple Vinyl; 1962 album, featuring the Grammy Award-winning instrumental hit “Cast Your Fate to the Wind”; newly remastered audio by engineer Paul Blakemore, with 16 bonus tracks, including 12 previously unreleased selections, with outtakes and alternate takes of nearly every track on the album; cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at RTI on 180-gram vinyl; See here; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
ARCHIE SHEPP
“Yasmina, A Black Woman” (White Marbled Vinyl; 1969 album; Charly) » BUY NOW
THE FLAMING LIPS
“Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)” (2002 album, featuring “Do You Realize??”; five-LP box set, with demos, B-sides, remixes, radio sessions, two live shows and other assorted rarities; On Tour; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
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