Herb Alpert, Fandango (Shout! Factory)
Alpert's 1982 album, long unavailable on CD, is now back in print! (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Etta James, Etta is Betta Than Evah! + Bonus Tracks (Kent)
Etta's final album for Chess Records, released in 1976, is expanded with 10 extra tracks from other Etta projects from the mid-'70s. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Fine Young Cannibals, Fine Young Cannibals: Deluxe Edition / The Raw & The Cooked: Deluxe Edition (Edsel)
Both albums by the U.K. trio behind "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing" have been expanded as two-disc sets brimming with B-sides and remixes.
Fine Young Cannibals: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
The Raw & The Cooked: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Five Star, The Remix Anthology 1984-1991 (Cherry Pop)
The U.K. pop/R&B sibling act from the '80s (just one of those existed, I think) get a two-disc set of their biggest 12" dance mixes. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Marcos Valle, Vento Sul / Previsão do Tempo (Light in the Attic)
Closing the loop on the week's release schedule, another jazz-fusion artist has two of his long-out-of-print LPs (from 1972 and 1973, respectively) revived on both CD and vinyl, with Vento Sul featuring one bonus track.
Vento Sul CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. // Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Previsão do Tempo CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. // Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis, The Soundtrack of My Life (Simon & Schuster)
And finally, no music enthusiast's release schedule would be complete without the new autobiography of one of the most notable record men of the century, who speaks candidly about his collaborations with Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Santana, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson and a whole lot more! Copies purchased at Target retailers come with an exclusive CD featuring some of Clive's favorite hits he oversaw, as well. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
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