Barry White, Let the Music Play: Expanded Edition (Hip-o Select/Mercury)
What’s Valentine’s Day without a little satin soul? Numerous bonus tracks abound on a new pressing of this underrated gem of an album.
Captain Beefheart, Bat Chain Puller (Zappa)
The original, intended edition of the Captain’s lost album.
Cotton Mather, Kontiki: Deluxe Edition (The Star Apple Kingdom)
An underrated work of ’90s power-pop, expanded with a bonus disc of rarities and unreleased materials that was funded entirely through Kickstarter!
Pulp, It / Freaks / Separations: Deluxe Editions (Fire)
Before they signed to Island and caught a Britpop wave, Jarvis Cocker and company released these three albums, all newly expanded with rare and unreleased tracks.
Bryan Adams, Cuts Like a Knife / Dio, Holy Diver (Audio Fidelity)
Two classics of the ’80s newly mastered on 24KT gold CDs.
Phoebe Snow, Phoebe Snow / Joe Walsh, But Seriously, Folks… (Friday Music)
The latest audiophile vinyl offerings from our friends at Friday Music.
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds (Mobile Fidelity)
The first MoFi/SACD pressing of a most classic of albums.
Release Round-Up: Week of April 23
Add Some Music: Universal Japan Reissues Beach Boys Collections on CD
Over The Waves: The Beach Boys Release Copyright Extension EP “1969: I’m Going Your Way”
Let It Snow: Omnivore Breaks Away with Murry Wilson and Snow EP
I would like to give a shutout to Angela Easterling’s “Mon Secret” which releases today. It’s quite possibly the first French-language Americana album ever recorded.
http://www.amazon.com/Mon-secret-Angela-Easterling/dp/B006ZCGWMM/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1329225711&sr=1-1