Your Vinyl Store (Oct. 29-Nov. 4 and Beyond)
New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead. (Check out Past LP Releases.)
ALABAMA SHAKES
“Sound & Color (Deluxe Edition)” (Neon Pink/Black Tie-Dye and Magenta/Black Tie-Dye Vinyl; 2015 album, winner of four Grammy Awards, featuring “Don’t Wanna Fight”; expanded with seven bonus tracks, including four recorded live from Capitol Studio A; See here; Amazon-Exclusive Purple & Magenta Vinyl; ATO) » BUY NOW 
ANTHRAX
“Fistful of Metal” (Walmart-Exclusive Silver & Black Splatter Vinyl; 1984 album; Merch; Megaforce) » BUY NOW
BAD COMPANY
“Holy Water” (1990 album, featuring “Holy Water,” “If You Needed Somebody” and “Walk Through Fire”; 180-gram aqua blue opaque audiophile vinyl; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
DAVE CHAPPELLE
“8:46” (recording comes from Chappelle’s 2020 viral video ruminating on the murder of George Floyd; B-side features poet Amir Sulaiman; proceeds benefit Duke Ellington School of the Arts; Third Man) » BUY NOW
ALICE COOPER
“Killer” (180-gram audiophile vinyl, with die-cut gatefold cover and calendar) » BUY NOW
“Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits” (1974 compilation; On Tour, with Ace Frehley; Merch; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
AL GREEN
“Greatest Hits” (Walmart-Exclusive Translucent Pink Vinyl; Fat Possum) » BUY NOW
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
“Abandoned Luncheonette” (180-Gram Translucent Red Audiophile Vinyl; 1973 album, featuring “She’s Gone” and “When the Morning Comes”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
WHITNEY HOUSTON
“I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston” (2012 compilation, released for the first time on vinyl; Arista / Legacy) » BUY NOW
KYLIE MINOGUE
“Fever (20th Anniversary Edition)” (White Vinyl; 2001 album, featuring “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” “In Your Eyes,” “Love at First Sight” and “Come into My World”; See here; Parlophone) » BUY NOW
PHISH
“Joy” (2004 album; tri-color mix of blue, red and black vinyl; On Tour; Merch; ATO) » BUY NOW
PINK FLOYD
“A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Remixed & Updated)” (1987 album; half-speed master cut at 45 rpm for enhanced audio quality, with a 28-page booklet; Hear here; Read here; Columbia / Legacy) » BUY NOW
BILLY PRESTON
“Encouraging Words” (1970 album, produced by Preston and George Harrison; Apple / UMe) » BUY NOW
RARE EARTH
“One World” (1971 album, featuring “I Just Want to Celebrate”; ruby red translucent vinyl; Culture Factory) » BUY NOW
R.E.M.
“New Adventures In Hi-Fi (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1996 album, featuring “Electrolite,” “Bittersweet Me” and “E-Bow the Letter”; remastered, with 13 B-sides and rarities, previously unreleased photos, new liner notes, etc.; Hear here; See here; Read here; Merch; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
ED SHEERAN
“=” (new single: “Visiting Hours”; See here; Read here; Walmart-Exclusive Ultra Clear Vinyl; Merch; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
“Christmas Eve and Other Stories” (1996 album; Walmart-Exclusive Starry Night Blue Vinyl; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (The Original TV Soundtrack)” (Target-Exclusive Green Vinyl; 1966 album; Merch; WaterTower Music / ADA) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Vinyl Series, Volume Three” (18-track label retrospective, including Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Bryan Ferry, etc.; Island / UMe) » BUY NOW
WHITESNAKE
“Restless Heart (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1997 album; remixed and remastered, with unreleased demos and studio recordings; Read here; Super Deluxe Edition, five-CD, one-DVD box set; On Tour, with Foreigner in 2022; Merch; Rhino) » BUY NOW
WORLD PARTY
“Goodbye Jumbo” (1990 album, featuring “Way Down Now,” “Put the Message in the Box,” “Thank You World” and “When the Rainbow Comes”; See here; Amazon UK; Seaview) » BUY NOW
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Other Notable Releases
| Mastodon | The War on Drugs | Mouse Rat |
| The Record Company | Motörhead | Khruangbin |
| Hayes Carll | the The | Béla Fleck |
| Bryson Tiller | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | The Roots |
ABBA
“Voyage” (their first album in 40 years; first single: “I Still Have Faith in You”; See here; ABBA: The Voyage Interview; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon-Exclusive Orange Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Yellow Vinyl, with alternate artwork; Merch; Capitol) » BUY NOW
BAD SUNS
“Language & Perspective” (2014 album; Vagrant) » BUY NOW
THE BLACK KEYS
“El Camino (10th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)” (five-LP box set, featuring the remastered album, an unreleased Portland, Maine, live recording, a BBC Radio 1 Zane Lowe session from 2012, a 2011 session at Electro-Vox studio, etc.; Read here; Triple Vinyl; Merch; Nonesuch) » BUY NOW
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
“Bullet For My Valentine” (first single: “Knives”; See here; Gold Vinyl; Merch; On Tour; Spinefarm / Search & Destroy) » BUY NOW
THE CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
“The Complete Harry Potter Film Music Collection” (four-LP box set; Merch; Diggers Factory) » BUY NOW
FAUST
“1971-1974” (seven-LP box set; Hear/Read here; Bureau B) » BUY NOW
GARBAGE
“beautifulgarbage (20th Anniversary)” (2001 album, featuring “Androgyny,” “Cherry Lips” and “Breaking Up the Girl”; remastered by Billy Bush and Butch Vig; triple-LP set featuring the original album, B-sides, demos and remixes housed in a deluxe clamshell; Standard Vinyl; Geffen / UMe) » BUY NOW
BILLY IDOL
“Happy Holidays” (2006 album; Dark Horse / Warner Music Group) » BUY NOW
BILLY JOEL
“The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1” (nine-LP box set contains everything from 1971’s “Cold Spring Harbor” to 1981’s “Songs in the Attic,” plus the previously unreleased “Live at the Great American Music Hall” from 1975; all sourced from the original album tapes and prepared by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound; Columbia / Legacy) » BUY NOW
DEMI LOVATO
“Dancing with the Devil … the Art of Starting Over” (Target-Exclusive Translucent Red Vinyl, with two extra songs; 2021 album; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Orange Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Turquoise Vinyl; Island) » BUY NOW
CHARLES MINGUS
“Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus” (1964 album, featuring Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin and Jaki Byard; transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
GRAEME REVELL
“The Crow (Original Motion Picture Score)” (1994 album; two-LP deluxe edition includes 14 unreleased tracks and features a wide-spine embossed jacket, inner-sleeves full of film stills and new notes and a fold-out 18×24 movie poster; Varѐse Sarabande) » BUY NOW
LeANN RIMES
“Blue (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1996 debut album, featuring “Blue,” “Hurt Me,” “One Way Ticket [Because I Can],” “Unchained Melody” and “The Light in Your Eyes”; Walmart-exclusive sea grass blue vinyl; See here; Curb, Nov. 4) » BUY NOW
DIANA ROSS
“Thank You” (her first album in 15 years; first single: “Thank You”; See here; On Tour; Decca) » BUY NOW
DARIUS RUCKER
“#1’s – Volume 1” (Walmart-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Capitol Nashville) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Elf (Music from the Major Motion Picture)” (Walmart-Exclusive Narwohl Blue Vinyl; 2003 soundtrack; Trailer; WaterTower Music) » BUY NOW
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THE CHICKS
“The Essential Chicks” (two-LP, 30-song set from 2010, released on vinyl for the first time; Columbia Nashville / Legacy) » BUY NOW
THE CHIEFTAINS
“Chronicles: 60 Years of The Chieftains” (two-LP career retrospective includes collaborations with The Rolling Stones, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Van Morrison and Sinéad O’Connor, plus previously unreleased recordings from “Live at The Royal Albert Hall” and “Live at The Cambridge Folk Festival” and recordings from the BBC and RT archives; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
EAGLES
“Live At The Forum ’76” (recorded during their three-night run at the L.A. venue in October 1976, just as the band was finishing up their “Hotel California” album; two-LP set on 180-gram vinyl; Merch; Rhino / Elektra) » BUY NOW
FOR KING & COUNTRY
“A Drummer Boy Christmas” (2020 album; Word Entertainment) » BUY NOW
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS
“It’s a Holiday Soul Party” (Candy Cane Vinyl; 2015 album; Daptone) » BUY NOW
JONI MITCHELL
“Live At Carnegie Hall 1969” (triple-LP set, mastered by Bernie Grundmal; Rhino / Warner) » BUY NOW
PARAMORE
“All We Know Is Falling” (Gray Vinyl; 2005 debut album; Merch; Fueled by Ramen) » BUY NOW
ARLO PARKS
“Collapsed in Sunbeams” (Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Lemonade Vinyl; 2021 album; On Tour; Transgressive) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Neon Noir Splatter Vinyl; 2011 album; original score by Cliff Martinez; Lakeshore) » BUY NOW
TAYLOR SWIFT
“Red (Taylor’s Version)” (re-recording of her 2012 album, featuring 30 tracks; guests: Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton, Gary Lightbody, Phoebe Bridgers; Hear here; Read here; Merch; Republic) » BUY NOW
WAR
“Greatest Hits 2.0” (expanded edition of their 1976 hits compilation; Rhino / Avenue) » BUY NOW
ADELE
“30” (producers: Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, Shellback, Tobias Jesso Jr, Inflo, Ludwig Göransson; first single: “Easy on Me”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive White Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Clear Vinyl, with 12″x12″ limited-edition print; Merch; XL Recordings / Columbia) » BUY NOW
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
“The Big Beat” (1960 album, with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt; all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » 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
JAMES BLUNT
“The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021)” (Clear White Vinyl; 30-track compilation, featuring four new songs; Read here; Clear White Vinyl; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
DONALD BYRD
“Places and Spaces” (1975 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
RAY CHARLES
“True Genius” (double vinyl collection of recordings on his Tangerine label; remastered from the original masters; Tangerine) » 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
ANDRA DAY
“Merry Christmas from Andra Day” (Red Vinyl; 2016 album; Warner) » BUY NOW
DMX
“DMX: The Legacy” (double-vinyl compilation from 2020; Def Jam) » BUY NOW
FLAMIN’ GROOVIES
“Flamin’ Groovies Now” (1978 album, produced by Dave Edmunds; Liberation Hall) » BUY NOW
GENESIS
“The Last Domino?” (two-CD, 26-song collection of hits and choice album cuts; Read here; On Tour; Merch; Rhino / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
BOBBI HUMPHREY
“Fancy Dancer” (1975 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
KISS
“Destroyer (45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1976 album, featuring “Beth,” “Shout It Out Loud” and “Detroit Rock City”; with 12 bonus tracks, 10 previously unreleased, including the new “Beth [Acoustic Mix],” 1/2-speed mastered album from Abbey Road Mastering Studios on 180-gram heavy audiophile vinyl; Super Deluxe Digital Edition; Merch; UMe) » BUY NOW
NICKI MINAJ
“Pink Friday (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Pink/White Swirl Vinyl; 2011 album; with eight bonus tracks; Cash Money) » BUY NOW
CHARLES MINGUS
“The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady” (1963 album; transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe) » BUY NOW
JACKIE MITTOO
“The Keyboard King at Studio One” (Blue Vinyl; 15-song compilation, originally released in 2000; Hear here; Soul Jazz Records) » BUY NOW
LEO NOCENTELLI (Meters guitarist)
“Another Side” (unreleased folk album recorded in the early 1970s, backed by Allen Toussaint, James Black, George Porter Jr. and Zigaboo Modeliste; Hear here; Read here; Light in the Attic) » BUY NOW
OASIS
“Oasis Knebworth 1996” (soundtrack to their new documentary; See/Read here; Merch; Big Brother Recordings) » BUY NOW
ROBERT PLANT | ALISON KRAUSS
“Raise the Roof” (producer: T Bone Burnett; guests: Jay Bellerose, Marc Ribot, David Hidalgo, Bill Frisell, Buddy Miller, Dennis Crouch, Viktor Krauss, Russ Pahl; first single: a cover of Lucinda Williams’ “Can’t Let Go”; Hear here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Translucent Blue Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with two extra songs and alternate art; Rounder) » BUY NOW
HORACE SILVER QUINTET
“6 Pieces of Silver” (1956 album, featuring Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes; all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND
“The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts” (two-LP set features 13 songs performed over two nights, newly remixed and remastered, with a 24-page book of rare photos and memorabilia, an essay and a 33″ x 19″ poster; Merch; Columbia / Legacy) » BUY NOW
STING
“The Bridge” (first single: “If It’s Love”; Hear here; Read here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive White Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with three extra songs; A&M) » BUY NOW
PETER TOSH
“Live at My Father’s Place 1978” (recorded at the Long Island venue and simulcast by radio station WLIR; Rockbeat) » BUY NOW
THE TRAGICALLY HIP
“Road Apples 30th Anniversary Deluxe” (1991 album; five-LP box set includes the original album, remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in Nashville, “Saskadelphia” [a collection of previously unreleased tracks, released in May], “Live at The Roxy Los Angeles, May 3rd, 1991” and “Hoof-Hearted,” a compilation of previously unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate versions, with a 36-page booklet; Hear here; Read here; Universal Canada / UMe) » BUY NOW
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
“Scaled and Icy” (Amazon-Exclusive Orange Vinyl; 2021 album; Target-Exclusive White Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Curacao Color Vinyl; Merch; Fueled By Ramen) » BUY NOW
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
“Greatest Hits: Decade #1” (2014 compilation, released on vinyl for the first time; Arista Nashville / Legacy) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“NOW That’s What I Call Christmas” (three-LP, 47-song compilation; Track List; NOW Music / Sony Music / EMI) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Sixties Collected” (Transparent Green Vinyl; 28 hits on two LPs; Track List; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW
“Seventies Collected” (Transparent Red Vinyl; 27 songs on two LPs; Track List; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW
“Eighties Collected” (Transparent Magneta Vinyl; 25 hits on two LPs; Track List; Amazon UK; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
THE WEEKND
“The Highlights” (2021 compilation; 18 songs on two LPs; Target-Exclusive Red Sparkle Vinyl; XO / Republic) » BUY NOW
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
“200 Motels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [50th Anniversary Edition]” (1971 album; newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, with a booklet and mini-replica movie poster; pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl by Optimal Media in Germany; Hear here; Merch; Zappa Records / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE BLUES BROTHERS
“Briefcase Full of Blues” (1978 live album, recorded at Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles when the band opened for comedian Steve Martin; featuring “Soul Man” and “Rubber Biscuit”; 180-gram blue vinyl; Atlantic) » BUY NOW
DAVID BOWIE
“Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001)” (18-LP box set includes the albums “Black Tie White Noise,” “The Buddha of Suburbia,” “1.Outside,” “Earthling” and “hours …,” with the expanded live album “BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27, 2000,” the rarities compilation “RE:CALL 5” and the previously unreleased “Toy” album; Vinyl; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone) » BUY NOW
DR. DEMENTO, ET AL
“First Century Dementia: The Oldest Novelty Records of All Time” (24-song collection, released on CD in 2020; Liberation Hall) » BUY NOW
LARRY CORYELL AND THE ELEVENTH HOUSE
“Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House At Montreux” (1974 album; double split red and yellow translucent vinyl; Culture Factory) » BUY NOW
GOLDFRAPP
“Head First” (2010 album; 140-gram transparent magenta vinyl; Mute) » BUY NOW
GROUPLOVE
“Never Trust a Happy Song (10 Year Anniversary Green Vinyl)” (2011 debut album, featuring “Tongue Tied” and “Colours”; See here; On Tour; Merch; Canvasback / Atlantic) » BUY NOW
B.B. KING
“Indianola Mississippi Seeds” (Translucent Red Vinyl; 1970 album, featuring “Chains and Things,” “Ask Me No Questions” and “Hummingbird”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
K.D. LANG
“All You Can Eat” (Orange Translucent Vinyl; 1995 album; Warner) » BUY NOW
THE MONKEES
“Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.” (Violet Vinyl; 1967 album, featuring “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” “Words,” “Daily Nightly,” “Star Collector” and “Cuddly Toy”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
RARE EARTH
“Live in Chicago” (1973 album; red translucent vinyl; Culture Factory) » BUY NOW
TODD RUNDGREN
“A Wizard, A True Star” (1973 album, featuring “Sometimes I Don’t Know What to Feel” and “Just One Victory”; double turquoise blue vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
SAVES THE DAY
“Ups & Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides” (19-song compilation from 2004; Vagrant) » BUY NOW
FRANKIE VALLI AND THE 4 SEASONS
“Anthology” (1988 compilation, originally released on Rhino Records; two LPs, 26 songs; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
CHUCK BERRY
“Chuck Berry Is On Top” (Red Audiophile Vinyl; 1959 album, featuring “Maybellene,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Almost Grown,” “Carol” and “Little Queenie”; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
JOHNNY CASH
“Bear’s Sonic Journals: Live At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968” (recorded just days before Cash’s legendary “At Folsom Prison” was released; Hear/Read here; Merch; Owsley Stanley Foundation / Renew Records / BMG / Legacy) » BUY NOW
THE DOORS
“L.A. Woman (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1971 album; three-CD, one-LP set, with more than two hours of studio outtakes, including the original demo of “Riders on the Storm” recorded at Sunset Sound Studios; remastered by original engineer Bruce Botnick; Hear here; Merch; Rhino / Elektra) » BUY NOW
ELMORE JAMES
“The Fire/Enjoy Singles” (box set includes nine 7″ discs and a Fire Records tote bag; P-Vine) » BUY NOW
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
“There’s a Riot Goin’ On” (Red Vinyl; 1971 album, featuring “Family Affair” and “Runnin’ Away”; Epic / Legacy) » BUY NOW
DR. LONNIE SMITH (the master of the Hammond organ died on Sept. 28)
“Breathe” (2021 album; Blue Note / UMG) » BUY NOW
THE WATERBOYS
“Room to Roam” (1990 album; half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios; two LPs at 45 rpm on 180-gram vinyl; Chrysalis) » BUY NOW
PAUL WELLER
“Illumination” (2002 album; Craft Recordings / Concord) » BUY NOW
AMERICA
“Hat Trick” (Orange & Black Vinyl, with poster; 1973 album, featuring “Muskrat Love”; Music on Vinyl) » BUY NOW
BLACK PUMAS
“Black Pumas” (Target-Exclusive Red and Black Vinyl, with digital download; 2019 album; ATO) » BUY NOW
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
“First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings” (featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt; newly transferred from the original 1/4″ tape reels; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE
“Glad All Over” (White Vinyl; 1964 album; remastered from the original tapes; BMG Rights Management) » BUY NOW
KENNY COX AND THE CONTEMPORARY JAZZ QUINTET
“Introducing Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet” (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
LADY GAGA
“Born This Way The Tenth Anniversary” (2011 album; three-LP set includes the original album, with six alternate versions reimagined by LGBTQIA+ artists and advocates, including Big Freedia’s version of “Judas”; Hear here; Read here; Merch; Interscope) » BUY NOW
ANITA LANE (a co-founder of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)
“Sex O’Clock” (2001 album, making its debut on vinyl; Hear here; Mute) » BUY NOW
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
“Mass Romantic” (2000 debut album; red vinyl, including a bonus 7-inch, “Letter From An Occupant,” which features two rare B-sides, “The End of Medicine” and “When I Was a Baby”; On Tour; Matador) » BUY NOW
RuPAUL
“Supermodel of the World” (1993 album, featuring “Supermodel [You Better Work]”; Hear here; Merch; Tommy Boy) » BUY NOW
JIMMY SMITH
“Home Cookin'” (1961 album, with tenor saxophonist Percy France, guitarist Kenny Burrell and drummer Donald Bailey; all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe) » BUY NOW
BIG SEAN
“Finally Famous (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (2011 album; with four bonus tracks; G.O.O.D. Music / Def Jam) » BUY NOW
BREAD
“The Best of Bread” (1973 compilation; 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » 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 EVERLY BROTHERS
“One Night At The Royal Albert Hall” (Blue Vinyl; 1983 reunion concert; Stardust) » BUY NOW
JAMIROQUAI
“Travelling Without Moving (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1996 album, featuring “Virtual Insanity,” “Cosmic Girl” and “Alright”; double 180-gram yellow vinyl; Read here; Sony UK) » BUY NOW
CARLY SIMON
“The Best of Carly Simon” (1975 album; 180-gram translucent red audiophile vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
SUM 41
“Does This Look Infected?” (Blue Swirl Vinyl; 2002 album; Green Swirl Vinyl; Orange Swirl Vinyl; Red Swirl Vinyl; Aquarius / Unidisc Music Inc.) » BUY NOW
TWISTED SISTER
“Greatest Hits: Tear It Loose (Studio & Live)” (1992 compilation; 22 songs; double translucent gold vinyl; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“CUBA: Music and Revolution – Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 2” (two CDs, 22 songs; Soul Jazz Records) » BUY NOW
JANIS JOPLIN
“Pearl” (1971 album, featuring “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Mercedes Benz,” “Cry Baby” and “Get It While You Can”; UltraDisc One-Step 180-gram 45RPM two-LP box set; Mobile Fidelity) » BUY NOW
DAVID BOWIE
“Toy” (deluxe edition of unreleased album, recorded in 2001; originally released as part of the “Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001)” box set, issued on Nov. 26; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone) » BUY NOW
DEBBIE GIBSON
“The Body Remembers” (her first album in 20 years features 15 new tracks written or co-written by Gibson, along with a studio version remake of her 1989 hit power ballad “Lost in Your Eyes,” now a duet with Joey McIntyre; new single: “One Step Closer”; See here; Stargirl) » BUY NOW
CARROLL THOMPSON (“Queen of Lovers Rock”)
“Hopelessly in Love (Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition)” (1981 album, featuring “Simply in Love”; 180-gram blue vinyl; Hear here; Trojan / Sanctuary) » 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
HORACE ANDY
“The King Tubby Tapes” (two LPs, 24 songs; featuring selections from Andy’s 1979 album “Pure Ranking” and a second LP of dub remixes; Read here; Demon Music Group) » BUY NOW
CHICAGO
“The Chicago Transit Authority” (Translucent Red Vinyl; 1969 album; Friday Music) » BUY NOW
TORI AMOS
“Ocean to Ocean” (producer: Amos; new single: “Spies”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Amazon.co.jp; Decca) » 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
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
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
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; Merch; Concord) » 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
AL GREEN
“Let’s Stay Together” (1972 album; Fat Possum) » 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
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
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
“Physical” (1981 album; remastered, with 24×36″ poster; Target-Exclusive Pink Vinyl, with poster; Primary Wave) » BUY NOW
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