Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Joe Grushecky, Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology is an all-encompassing look at the singer, songwriter, and bandleader, covering 40 years of music from The Iron City Houserockers, Joey G., Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers, and Grushecky solo.  Available on 2 CDs and digitally, the anthology culls 36 key tracks from Grushecky's discography, as newly remastered by Michael Graves.  The compilation has been produced by Omnivore's Cheryl Pawelski along with Joe's son (and current Houserocker) Johnny Grushecky, and includes a booklet with liner notes by Mike Ragogna and Joe, plus Joe's track-by-track comments.  Rare photos round out the package.  Read more here!

Amy Winehouse, Back to Black: Songs from the Original Motion Picture (Universal)

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

Universal has released the soundtrack to the new Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black in different configurations: 1CD/1LP or 2CD/2LP.  The single-disc version offers a dozen cuts from Winehouse, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, The Shangri-Las, Minnie Riperton, and Nick Cave.  The double-disc sequence has all of the above plus songs from Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson, The Specials, Thelonious Monk, Donny Hathaway, and The Libertines for a total of 26 songs.

Melanie, Paled by Dimmer Light (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Cleopatra continues its ongoing series of Melanie reissues with this new edition of her 2004 studio album.  The late singer-songwriter's manager Dave Thompson has provided the liner notes.

Jeannie C. Riley, Harper Valley PTA (Sun) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Down with those Harper Valley hypocrites!  Sun Records reissues Jeannie C. Riley's 1968 chart-topper as part of its 70th anniversary program.  The bonus track "Yesterday All Day Long" been added to this edition which was remastered in 2022 for vinyl and now premieres on CD.

Bettye LaVette, Let Me Down Easy: Bettye LaVette in Memphis (Sun) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Sun also has this anthology of recordings made by the soul great for Silver Fox Records in the 1960s.  The 12-track collection, also remastered in 2022, includes the title track, "Piece of My Heart," and "He Made a Woman Out of Me."

Connie Smith, Love, Prison, Wisdom, and Heartaches (Fat Possum) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Country legend Connie Smith, collaborating with her husband and producer Marty Stuart, releases her 55th album today.  Love, Prison, Wisdom, and Heartaches finds her tackling songs originally sung, played or written by fellow country titans Dottie West, Skeeter Davis, Liz Anderson, The Glaser Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Jim & Jesse, George Jones, Roy Acuff, Merle Haggard, and Dallas Frazier. Smith bristles at the notion of this being a "covers record": "No. Hardly. I'm singing on behalf of my friends. Hoping to share them while passing along their songs."  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

Spinners, Full Circle (Reservoir) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Spinners mark 70 years of music-making with this new release - the final studio album to feature vocals from late, great founding member Henry Fambrough.  If you've enjoyed either TSD's The Complete Atlantic Singles Collection: The Thom Bell Years or SoulMusic Records' Ain't No Price on Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Albums, here's a chance to hear the reconstituted group in a modern setting one last time with Fambrough's familiar, reassuring voice.  Available on CD and digitally.