SEPT. 11, 2015
FAITH NO MORE
“The Real Thing (Deluxe Edition)” (1989 album, with nine bonus tracks), “Angel Dust (Deluxe Edition)” (1992 album, with 11 bonus tracks; Rhino / Slash, Sept. 15)
GOLDFINGER
“Goldfinger” (1996 album; 180-gram blue LP; Black Plastik)
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
“Peanuts Greatest Hits” (Fantasy)
SINÉAD O’CONNOR
“I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” (1990 album; Rhino / Parlophone, Sept. 15)
SONNY ROLLINS
“The Bridge” (1962 album; 180-gram vinyl; ORG Music)
GIL SCOTT-HERON
“Small Talk at 125th and Lenox” (1970 album; Flying Dutchman)
TOWNES VAN ZANDT
“Our Mother the Mountain” (1969 album; Snapper Music Group)
YO LA TENGO
“I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One” (1997 album; Matador)
“Dazed and Confused” LP + Criterion Collection Blu-ray (or DVD) Bundle … “American Hustle” LP + Criterion Collection Blu-ray (or DVD Bundle) … “The Sound of Music” 50th anniversary LP
SEPT. 18, 2015
GRATEFUL DEAD
“Live From Saratoga, June 1988, Volume One” (two LPs), “Live From Saratoga, June 1988, Volume Two” (two LPs; Let Them Eat Vinyl)
HAPPY MONDAYS
“Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches” (1990 album; 180-gram vinyl; Elektra)
B.B. KING
“Live at the Regal” (1965 album; 180-gram vinyl), “Live In Cook County Jail” (1971 album; 180-gram vinyl; Geffen / UMe)
THE MEATMEN
“War of the Superbikes, Vol. 2” (1996 album; Meat King)
MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE
“Pink 1990-1997” (1996 album; Metropolis)
THE NATIONAL
“A Lot of Sorrow Boxset” (nine-LP box set; 4AD)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, JOHN TRAVOLTA, ET AL
“Grease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture” (1978 album; Polydor / UMe)
RAMONES
“Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 31 January 1978” (Echoes)
FRANK SINATRA
“Strangers in the Night” (1966 album), “The World We Knew” (1967 album; Capitol / UMe)
SPIN DOCTORS
“Pocket Full of Kryptonite” (1991 album; 180-gram vinyl; SoundStageDirect)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
“The 1973 Acoustic Radio Sessions” (two LPs; Let Them Eat Vinyl)
DONNA SUMMER
“Love to Love You Baby” (1975 album; Hear here; Mercury / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“From Russia With Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1963 album; Capitol / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Soul Christmas” (1968 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Spy Who Loved Me (Original Motion Picture Score)” (1977 album; includes Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Better”; music by Marvin Hamlisch; Capitol / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“You Only Live Twice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1967 album; includes Nancy Sinatra’s title theme song; Capitol / UMe)
SEPT. 25, 2015
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
“Seven Turns” (1990 album; remastered by Joe Reagoso; 180-gram audiophile vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
JEFF BECK
“Beck-Ola: The Deluxe Edition” (1969 album, with four bonus tracks; remastered by Joe Reagoso; 180-gram audiophile translucent green vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
DAVID BOWIE
“Reality” (2003 album; 180-gram audiophile clear vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
THE BYRDS
“Fifth Dimension” (1966 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent red vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
COMMANDER CODY AND HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN
“Live in San Francisco 1971” (180-gram LP, on translucent gold vinyl; Read here; Sundazed Music)
AL GREEN
“The Belle Album (Expanded Edition)” (1977 album; pink vinyl in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Fat Possum)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
“The Complete Island Recordings” (11-LP box set; Tuff Gong / Island / UMe)
INGRID MICHAELSON
“Lights Out” (2014 album; pink vinyl in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Mom+Pop Music)
QUEEN
“Queen: Studio Collection” (15-LP box set; Hollywood)
DAVID LEE ROTH
“Skyskraper” (1988 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
RUN THE JEWELS
“Run the Jewels 2” (2014 album; pink vinyl in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Mass Appeal)
RUSH
“Exit … Stage Left” (1981 album; Mercury / UMe)
THE SISTERS OF MERCY
“Floodland Era Vinyl Box Set” (1987 album; four LPs; See here; Rhino / Elektra)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Lost Boys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1987 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl; Friday Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Scrooged (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1988 album; A&M / UMe)
OCT. 2, 2015
JIMMY BUFFETT
“Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays” (1999 album), “License to Chill” (2004 album), “Take the Weather With You” (2006 album; Mailboat)
CHEAP TRICK
“Cheap Trick” (1977 album), “Heaven Tonight” (1978 album), “Dream Police” (1979 album; Epic / Legacy)
THE CITY (featuring Carole King)
“Now That Everything’s Been Said” (1968 album; 24 bit / 96 kHz remaster from the original tapes; Hear/read here; Light in the Attic)
DAVE DAVIES
“I Will Be Me” (2015 album; Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra)
JUDY GARLAND
“Miss Show Business” (1955 album; 180-gram vinyl, with notes by daughter Lorna Luft), “Judy At Carnegie Hall” (1961 album; 180-gram double vinyl, with notes by Terrance McNally; Capitol / UMe)
MARVIN GAYE
“Live” (Goldenlane / Cleopatra)
B.B. KING
“United Western Recorders Hollywood LA, October 1 1972” (two LPs; Hi Hat)
PINETOP PERKINS
“Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie” (1992 album; two-LP Set, 180-gram vinyl, includes download card; Texas Music Group)
PETER TOSH
“Soon Come” (taped in Atlanta for FM radio broadcast in 1978; Hear here; Keyhole)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Weird Science (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1985 album; Geffen / UMe)
JOHNNY WINTERS, JAMES COTTON & MUDDY WATERS
“Boston Music Hall 1977” (two LPs; Echoes)
OCT. 9, 2015
JOHN COLTRANE
“Coltrane’s Sound” (1964 album; 180-gram double LP 45 RPM reissue; ORG Music)
MICHAEL JACKSON
“Dangerous” (1991 album; two LPs; Epic / Legacy)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits” (2002 compilation, featuring the remix of “A Little Less Conversation” by Junkie XL; double LP; RCA / Legacy)
RUSH
“Signals” (1982 album; Mercury / UMe)
EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
“Live In No Particular Order: 2009-2014” (three LPs; Community Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Dirty Dancing (Original Soundtrack)” (1987 album; Amazon-exclusive vinyl; RCA / Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1984 album; Amazon-exclusive vinyl; Columbia / Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“The Goonies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – 30th Anniversary Edition” (1985 album; Amazon-exclusive vinyl; Epic / Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Rocky IV (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – 30th Anniversary Edition” (1985 album; Amazon-exclusive vinyl; Legacy)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Top Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1986 album; Amazon-exclusive vinyl; Columbia / Legacy)
OCT. 16, 2015
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
“Shades of Two Worlds” (1991 album; 180-gram audiophile vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
“Hank Ballard and The Midnighters” (1957 album; Wax Time)
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
“Prayers On Fire” (1981 album; limited-edition 200-gram vinyl; Drastic Plastic)
THE RAY BROWN ALL STARS
“Don’t Forget the Blues” (1985 album; Concord Jazz)
JAMES BROWN AND THE FAMOUS FLAMES
“Tell Me What You’re Gonna Do” (1961 album; with four bonus tracks; Wax Time)
JOHNNY BURNETTE
“Johnny Burnette Sings” (1961 album; with two bonus tracks; Wax Time)
JOHNNY CASH
“The Sound of Johnny Cash” (1962 album; with two bonus tracks; Wax Time)
MILES DAVIS
“‘Round About Midnight” (1957 album; with one bonus track), “Kind of Blue” (1959 album; Pan Am)
THE EVERLY BROTHERS
“The Fabulous Style of The Everly Brothers” (1960 album; with two bonus tracks; Wax Time)
FUNKADELIC
“America Eats Its Young” (1972 album; limited-edition opaque turquoise vinyl; 4 Men With Beards)
PETER GABRIEL
“Peter Gabriel 1” (1977 album), “Peter Gabriel 2” (1978 album), “Peter Gabriel 3” (1980 album), “Peter Gabriel 4” (1982 album; each two-LP release is half-speed remastered; Real World Productions)
JUDY GARLAND, ET AL
“The Wizard of Oz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1939 album; WaterTower Music)
STAN GETZ
“Stan Getz ’57” (1957 album; Wax Time)
WANDA JACKSON
“Right or Wrong” (1961 album; with four bonus tracks; Wax Time)
ETTA JAMES
“Sings For Lovers” (1962 album; with two bonus tracks; Wax Time)
B.B. KING
“More B.B. King” (1961 album, with two bonus tracks; Wax Time)
BRAD MEHLDAU
“10 Years Solo Live” (eight-LP box set; Nonesuch)
MOTÖRHEAD
“Motörhead” (1977 album; limited-edition clear, black swirl vinyl; Drastic Plastic)
ART PEPPER
“The Trip” (1990 album; Concord Jazz)
ELVIS PRESLEY
“Jailhouse Rock (An Original Soundtrack Recording)” (1958 album, with four bonus tracks), “For LP Fans Only” (1959 album, with four bonus tracks; Wax Time)
MARTY ROBBINS
“Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs” (1959 album; with four bonus tracks; Wax Time)
SUGARHILL GANG
“The Best of Sugarhill Gang” (mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios and Capitol Records in Hollywood; two LPs; Friday Music)
GENE VINCENT
“Twist Crazy Times!” (1960 album; with two bonus tracks; Wax Time)
JENNIFER WARNES
“Famous Blue Raincoat” (1987 album; Impex)
DINAH WASHINGTON
“The Queen” (1955 album; with two bonus tracks; Wax Time)
JACKIE WILSON
“Lonely Teardrops” (1959 album; with two bonus tracks; Wax Time)
OCT. 23, 2015
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
“Moanin'” (1958 album; Blue Note)
MILES DAVIS
“Volume 2” (1953 album; Blue Note)
MARVIN GAYE
“The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye” (1961 debut album), “That Stubborn Kinda Fellow” (1962 album), “Hello Broadway” (1964 album), “When I’m Alone I Cry” (1964 album), “Together” (1964 album, with Mary Wells), “How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You” (1965 album), “A Tribute to the Great Nat King Cole” (1965 album; Motown / UMe)
GOO GOO DOLLS
“Dizzy Up the Girl” (1998 album; Warner)
VINCE GUARALDI
“The Definitive Vince Guaraldi” (four-LP box set; Fantasy)
RUSH
“Power Windows” (1985 album; Mercury / UMe)
McCOY TYNER
“Expansions” (1968 album; Blue Note)
OCT. 30, 2015
JEFF BECK, TIM BOGERT & CARMEN APPICE
“Beck, Bogert & Appice” (1973 album; 180-gram audiophile blue vinyl, tri-fold cover; Friday Music)
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
“BS&T 4” (1971 album; 180-gram audiophile blue vinyl, tri-fold cover; Friday Music)
THE BLUES BROTHERS, ET AL
“The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)” (1980 album; Friday Music)
DAVID BOWIE
“Hours …” (1999 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue vinyl, tri-fold cover; Friday Music)
MILES DAVIS
“Blue Moods” (1955 album; Original Jazz Classics)
GEORGE DUKE
“George Duke: The Era Will Prevail – The MPS Studio Years 1973-1976” (seven complete albums; MP3; MPS)
EELS
“The Complete DreamWorks Albums” (eight-LP box set; Geffen / UMe)
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
“Charlie Brown’s Holiday Hits” (1998 compilation; Fantasy)
SIMPLE MINDS
“The Vinyl Collection (79,84)” (seven-LP box set; U.K. – EMI)
THE WHO
“Live At The Isle of Wight Festival 1970” (three LPs; Eagle Rock)
THE WHO
“The Track Records Singles” (box set containing 15 vinyl singles; Geffen / UMe)
NOV. 6, 2015
RAY CONNIFF AND THE RAY CONNIFF SINGERS
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (1962 album; 180-gram audiophile white vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
JOHN DENVER
“Rocky Mountain Christmas” (1975 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
“I Am” (1979 album; 180-gram audiophile red vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
EMMYLOU HARRIS
“Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris” (1978 compilation; Rhino / Warner)
GENE KELLY, DEBBIE REYNOLDS, DONALD O’CONNOR, ET AL
“Singin’ in the Rain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (1952 album; WaterTower Music)
JOHNNY MATHIS
“Sending You a Little Christmas” (2013 album; Friday Music)
ANDY WILLIAMS
“The Andy Williams Christmas Album” (1963 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent red vinyl, gatefold cover; Friday Music)
NOV. 13, 2015
NEKO CASE
“Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule” (nine-LP, career-spanning box set, with an 80-page full color photography book designed and curated by Case, vinyl slipmat with illustration by Case and a custom storage box; See here; ANTI- / Epitaph)
MARVIN GAYE
“The Albums Volume Two, 1966-1970” (eight-LP box set; Motown / UMe)
BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE
“The Way It Is” (1986 album; Exhibit, Nov. 17)
NIRVANA
“Nirvana” (2002 compilation; 14 songs on 200-gram vinyl audiophile 45RPM, with digital download card; Geffen / UMe)
CHARLIE PARKER
“The Complete Savoy Dial Recordings” (10-LP box set; Savoy)
LEON REDBONE
“Champagne Charlie” (1978 album; Exhibit, Nov. 17)
RUSH
“Hold Your Fire” (1987 album; Mercury / UMe)
JOHN SEBASTIAN
“John B. Sebastian” (1970 album; Exhibit, Nov. 17)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
“1978 Roxy Night Vol. 1” (double vinyl), “1978 Roxy Night Vol. 2” (double vinyl; Let Them Eat Vinyl)
NOV. 20, 2015
THE CHURCH
“Starfish” (1988 album; translucent green vinyl; Plain)
NOV. 27, 2015
MAROON 5
“Songs About Jane” (2002 album; Brookvale)
GARY MOORE
“Back on the Streets” (1978 album; Secret)
DEC. 4, 2015
THE BLACK CROWES
“Shake Your Money Maker” (1990 album), “The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion” (1992 album), “Amorica” (1994 album; American / UMe)
JIMMY EAT WORLD
“Static Prevails” (1996 album; double LP, with two bonus tracks), “Clarity” (1999 album; double LP, with two bonus tracks; Capitol / UMe), “Futures” (2004 album; Interscope / UMe)
RUSH
“Grace Under Pressure” (1984 album), “A Show of Hands” (1989 album; Mercury / UMe)
JAN. 15, 2016
WEEN
“God Ween Satan” (1990 album; pink and blue vinyl), “12 Golden Country Greats” (1996 album; marbled brown vinyl; Plain)
FEB. 19, 2016
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.
“Second Edition.” (the 1979 album “Metal Box,” reissued as “Second Edition” in 1980; clear vinyl; 4 Men With Beards)