Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!

Melissa Manchester, Mathematics: The MCA Years (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music bring Melissa Manchester's 1985 MCA album to CD for the very first time in an expanded 2-CD deluxe edition!  Mathematics: The MCA Years features the original Mathematics (produced by George Duke, Brock Walsh and Robbie Nevil, Trevor Veitch and executive producer Quincy Jones!) on the first CD, while the second disc boasts 13 bonus tracks including every period remix, the non-LP B-side "So Full of Yourself," three previously unreleased outtakes, and a host of rare soundtrack performances including Melissa's themes for The Promise and Out of Africa.  TSD's Joe Marchese has written the liner notes based on new interviews with Melissa, and Mike Milchner has remastered!  Read more here!

Bob Dylan, More Blood, More Tracks - The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 (Columbia/Legacy)

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

The full story of Bob Dylan's 1975 masterwork Blood on the Tracks can finally be told on the fourteenth volume of Dylan's long-running Bootleg Series.  More Blood, More Tracks is available as a 6-CD box set or 2-LP/1-CD highlights editions, chronicling the album's original New York sessions and subsequent Minnesota rebirth via all of the extant session material including 75 previously unreleased tracks.  Get the full track listing here, and watch for Joe's review later today!

Eagles, Legacy (Asylum/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD)

A new box set celebrates the Eagles discography with all of the original studio and live albums by the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers from 1972's Eagles to 2007's Long Road Out Of Eden.  In addition, a bonus disc has been included featuring 10 single edits, B-sides and singles (including the long-unavailable "Get You in the Mood").  The package comes in two editions: a 12 CD/1 DVD/1 BD version or a 15-LP set.  Exclusive to the CD box is a DVD of 1994's concert film Hell Freezes Over and a Blu-ray of the 2005 concert film Farewell Tour: Live From Melbourne.  Read more here!

Metallica, ...And Justice for All [Various Formats] (Blackened Recordings)

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1CD (Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Cassette (Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
11CD/6LP/4DVD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Metallica's fourth studio album celebrates its 30th anniversary with a multitude of formats including a mammoth 11CD/6LP/4DVD box set.  ...And Justice For All was the first Metallica album to feature bassist Jason Newsted following the death of Cliff Burton in 1986, and was the band's first album to crack the Billboard Top 10, peaking at No. 6.  It eventually went 8x Platinum.  The Grammy-winning single "One" off the album also marked a couple of firsts for Metallica: their first song to hit the Top 40 (No. 35) and their first music video.  Available in all of the above formats as well as digitally.  Get more details here!

Joni Mitchell, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Joni Mitchell's 2014 4-CD box set is reissued as an 8-LP vinyl collection.  The set is strictly limited to 5,000 units and will be presented in a hardbound, deluxe folio package.  To retain Joni's original four-act concept, though, etchings of her artwork appear on four individual sides of vinyl.  In addition, the packaging will include a book with lyrics, six paintings, and illuminating, Grammy-winning liner notes written by Joni herself that detail the trajectory of the project and provide background on the tracks and the collaborations that created some of the most compelling, complex, and innovative music of our time.  Notably, this LP issue of Love Has Many Faces will mark the vinyl debut of nineteen Joni Mitchell recordings, as her post 1991 albums have yet to receive any standalone vinyl treatment. The collection will also feature a 2014 Joni Mitchell-sanctioned remix of 1994's "Borderline," featuring new trumpet accompaniment from Ambrose Akinmusire.  All 53 tracks were remastered in 2014 under Joni's supervision.  Read more here!

The Moody Blues, In Search of the Lost Chord: 50th Anniversary Edition (Polydor/UMe)

3CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Following last year's 2CD/DVD reissue of The Moody Blues' 1967 sophomore album Days of Future Passed, UMe is going even more deluxe for the Moodies' next album, 1968's In Search of the Lost Chord.  The label reissues that seminal classic as a 3CD/2DVD box today, comprising alternate mixes, previously unreleased tracks, and more.  Read all about it here!

Rod McKuen, New Carols for Christmas: The Rod McKuen Christmas Album (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Real Gone has a newly-remastered reissue of Rod McKuen's New Carols For Christmas - The Rod McKuen Christmas Album from 1971.  Unusual for many Christmas albums, it consists of original songs in the spirit of the season written by McKuen and such collaborators as Anita Kerr, Art Podell of The New Christy Minstrels, and electronic music pioneer Mort Garson.  Real Gone has added McKuen's duet with Petula Clark of Frank Loesser's perennial "Baby, It's Cold Outside" recorded in 1973 to the remastered reissue.  The booklet features liner notes by McKuen biographer Barry Alfonso and includes the album's original gatefold artwork and rare photos of the artist.

John Klein, A Christmas Sound Spectacular/Let's Ring the Bells All Around the Christmas Tree (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD)

Real Gone has a twofer from John Klein of 1959's A Christmas Sound Spectacular and 1964's Let's Ring The Bells All Around The Christmas Tree.  Trained by Igor Stravinsky and Nadia Boulanger, Klein was a musical renaissance man who made several albums featuring carillons for Columbia and RCA Victor in the 1950s and 1960s.  Real Gone's two-for-one reissue features notes with personal recollections from R. Steve Harmon, whose father was President and Program Director of radio station XETRA ("the mighty 690") in San Diego.  Mike Piacentini at Sony's Battery Studios has done the remastering.  Both albums are making their stereo CD debuts.

The McGuire Sisters, Season's Greetings from The McGuire Sisters: The Complete Coral Christmas Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The McGuire Sisters' first and only full-length Christmas album for Coral Records came in 1958 with Greetings From the McGuire Sisters.  The LP was actually a collection of earlier holiday-related tracks.  All but "Happy New Year" and "The Cactus Christmas Tree" were previously released as singles with "He" hitting No. 10 in Billboard and No. 4 in Cashbox in 1955.  Real Gone has added three tracks ("Peace" and "Ave Maria" from 1959 and "Be A Santa" from 1961) to encompass the Sisters' complete Christmas recordings at Coral.  The set has been produced and annotated by Tom Pickles.  This marks the first time that the whole Greetings album has been available on CD.  Read more about all of today's Christmas reissues from Real Gone right here!

Original Soundtrack Recording, Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The beloved 1977 television special from the legendary Jim Henson and composer-lyricist Paul Williams has, believe it or not, never had a soundtrack release...until now!  Varese Sarabande presents Williams' delightful score in a beautiful new edition featuring 15 songs plus one bonus track, "Born in a Trunk."  This one is sure to be a highlight of the year's holiday listening.

Mott the Hoople, Mental Train: The Island Years 1969-1971 (Island/UMC)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Mental Train: The Island Years 1969-1971 revisits the band's earliest, pre-glam years in deluxe fashion.  The set includes remastered and expanded versions of all four original Island releases; an entire disc of unheard and unreleased material; and a full disc of live and BBC performances.  Get the full track listing and more here!  (Note that this arrives next Friday in the U.S.!)

King Crimson, 1969-1972 (Panegyric)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

King Crimson brings its acclaimed 40th Anniversary series to vinyl in new 200-gram editions cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering on 200-gram vinyl and collected in the first of two new box sets.  1969-1972 contains the 40th Anniversary mixes of King Crimson's first four albums: In the Court of the Crimson King, In the Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, and Islands. In addition, 1969-1972 includes a special 2-LP set of rarities entitled The Alternative Guide to King Crimson. It's loosely based on the 1975 compilation A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson, and features artwork elements from that release.  Read more here!

Yum-Yum, Dan Loves Patti (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Omnivore has revisited and remastered the 1996 cult favorite bubblegum pop-inspired Dan Loves Patti from Yum-Yum, a.k.a. Chris Holmes, a.k.a. Paul McCartney's concert DJ for the past near-decade!  This far-out record, with strings, horns, Mellotron and Chamberlin, has been expanded by 12 groovy bonus tracks including covers of Prince, The Ronettes, and even Kermit the Frog!

Barbra Streisand, Walls (Columbia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Barbra Streisand returns with a new album, her first primarily featuring original pop material since 2005.  Walls is Streisand's powerful statement about the world today, and includes both original songs (the scorching lead single "Don't Lie to Me") and reimagined versions of classic standards including "What the World Needs Now is Love," a medley of "Imagine" and "What a Wonderful World," and Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner's powerful "Take Care of This House."  Streisand co-produces with David Foster, Walter Afanasieff, John Shanks, and Desmond Child.  Available on CD and digital; a vinyl edition follows on December 7.

Rosanne Cash, She Remembers Everything (Blue Note)

Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Deluxe CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Super Deluxe 2CD/LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Rosanne Cash returns with a new studio album produced by her husband John Leventhal and featuring guests Elvis Costello, Kris Kristofferson, and Sam Phillips.  She Remembers Everything is available in a standard 10-track edition or a deluxe 13-track edition on CD and digital, plus a heavyweight 180-gram pink vinyl version.  A super deluxe edition follows in two weeks, on November 16, including the deluxe CD, the vinyl, a digital download card, a lithograph, reproductions of letters between Cash and her collaborators, and one exclusive CD preserving selections from Cash, Emmylou Harris, and Lucinda Williams' Live from SF Jazz program in 2017.

Marianne Faithfull, Negative Capability (BMG)

Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Deluxe CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
CD/LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Marianne Faithfull revisits past classics like "As Tears Go By" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" on this new album along with original songs.  She's welcomed collaborators including Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for a candid and autobiographical LP.  Available as a 10-track standard CD, 13-track deluxe CD, digital, LP, and as an LP/CD box set.