One of Clapton’s most prolific periods is revisited with this six-disc box, featuring expanded versions of 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974), There’s One in Every Crowd (1975), a remixed and expanded double-disc version of live album E.C. Was Here (1975), a disc of sessions at Criteria Studios with blues legend Freddie King and a Blu-Ray featuring new 5.1 surround and original quadrophonic mixes. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Ella Fitzgerald, The Voice of Jazz (Verve/UMe)
A ten, count ’em, ten-disc overview of one of the greatest jazz vocalists ever. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Jellyfish, Radio Jellyfish (Omnivore)
Join the fan club! The power-pop cult legends took a stripped-down approach for a 1993 radio tour, and we now get to enjoy these performances for its first official release.
Amazon U.S.: CD / LP
Amazon U.K.: CD / LP
John Mellencamp, John Mellencamp 1978-2012 (Mercury/UMe)
All of Mellencamp’s official studio albums for Riva, Mercury, Columbia and Rounder – from 1979’s John Cougar to 2010’s No Better Than This – plus the out-of-print soundtrack to his 1992 acting and directorial debut, Falling from Grace. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
The VU’s second album gets the deluxe treatment as a triple-disc set, featuring the album in mono and stereo with 11 bonus tracks, plus a third disc recorded live at New York’s Gymnasium in 1967. (A double-disc version omits the mono disc.)
3CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
2CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
A previously-unreleased disc culled from Young’s late-1970 run at the small Washington, D.C. club – the latest in his ongoing Archive Performance Series.
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
2LP: Amazon U.S. /Amazon U.K.
Thomas Newman, Saving Mr. Banks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records)
The deluxe version of this new release – from a new Disney film telling the tale of how Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) brought P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson)’s classic children’s novels to the screen – contains never-before-released “pre-demos” from the original 1964 film! (In the U.K., those demos are available on a new double-disc reissue of the original Mary Poppins soundtrack.)
Various Artists, The Complete Motown Singles Volume 12B: 1972 (Hip-O Select/Motown)
The final volume in the long-running box set series features five discs of soul-pop classics from the back end of 1972. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Various Artists, Verve – The Sound of America: The Singles Collection (Verve/UMe)
A new five-disc anthology from one of America’s most notable jazz labels. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
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I’ll Be On Your Side: Neil Young Sets Release For Early Live Show “Young Shakespeare” on CD, DVD and Vinyl
Love and Only Love: Neil Young Announces Long-Awaited “Way Down in the Rust Bucket” Concert Album and Film
Thanks for the link to the UK’s double disc issue of the Mary Poppins soundtrack with demo tracks. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but it is a much better, more complete release, I think, than the US’s. For example, it uniquely includes 16+ minutes of “The Sherman Brothers Reminisce About Their Work On Mary Poppins.”