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.

Joni Mitchell, The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 (Rhino/Asylum)

5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com
6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com

The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) arrives on 5 CDs, 6 LPs, and digital formats, completing the Asylum period of Mitchell's extraordinary career.  Whereas 1972-1975 represented the peak of Mitchell's hitmaking years, 1976-1980 captured her in innovative, experimental mode.  Following the tour for 1975's The Hissing of Summer Lawns, she embarked on a period of personal rediscovery and restless creativity which would manifest itself in the singular albums collected on this box set: Hejira (1976), Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977), Mingus (1979), and the live Shadows and Light (1980). All four albums have been newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog stereo master tapes, and they're housed in a box adorned with a portion of one of Mitchell's paintings.  The full painting will be replicated as an insert in both the CD and LP packages.   Read more here , and watch for our review soon!

Jethro Tull, Bursting Out: The Inflated Edition (Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Jethro Tull's first released live album, 1978's Bursting Out, hit stores in September 1978.  It was recorded just a few months earlier as Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Glascock, John Evan, Dee Palmer, and Barriemore Barlow toured behind their eleventh studio album, Heavy Horses.  It's now returning from Rhino in a new 3CD/3DVD book-style edition featuring new remixes by Steven Wilson and an array of bonus material.

Bursting Out: The Inflated Edition contains:

• CD 1: Jethro Tull Live: Bursting Out (Part 1) - A Steven Wilson stereo remix incorporating previously unreleased songs and soundcheck performances.
• CD 2: Jethro Tull Live: Bursting Out (Part 2) - A Steven Wilson stereo remix incorporating previously unreleased songs and soundcheck performances.
• CD 3: Contains an edited version of the 1978 Madison Square Garden concert which was issued in 2009. Newly remixed by Steven Wilson.
• DVDs 1 & 2 have the remixed tracks in 96/24 stereo and 5.1 surround plus the flat transfers of the original album at 96/24 stereo.
• DVD 3 has the full 93-minute MSG show, including 50+ minutes of video which was part of a transatlantic broadcast with the BBC and Radio 1. The audio is presented in 48/24 stereo and 5.1 surround.

Get the track listing and more here!

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Whisky A' Go-Go 1968 (Zappa Records/UMe)

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Official Store
5LP Super Deluxe Edition: Zappa Online Store
2LP - Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Online Store

Even in the relatively early days of his career, Frank Zappa was thinking ahead.  An advertisement in the L.A. Free Press shared, "The Mothers of Invention cordially invite you to join them on Tuesday, July 23, 1968 when they will be taking over the Whisky a Go Go for 5 full hours of unprecedented merriment, which will be secretly recorded for an upcoming record album. Dress optional. Starting sometime in the evening. R.S.V.D.T."  Indeed, the concert was listed on the club's marquee as "Mothers of Invention - Recording Session."  But the intended album never materialized.  Now, Frank's son Ahmet Zappa and "Vaultmeister" Joe Travers have finally brought the Whisky set to fruition, complete and newly remixed from hi-res digital transfers of the original one-inch, eight-track analog tapes by Craig Parker Adams.  Available on 3 CDs, 5 LPs, or highlights on 2 LPs.  Read more here, and watch this space for our review!

Grateful Dead, From the Mars Hotel: 50th Anniversary Edition (Grateful Dead/Rhino)

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
All formats (including "Ugly Rumors" vinyl): Dead.net

Grateful Dead's seventh studio album, 1974's From the Mars Hotel, is the latest to see an expansion in the band's ongoing 50th anniversary series.  The remastered 3CD and digital set includes two bonus demos and a live show from May 12, 1974 in Reno, Nevada.  The stadium show, presented on 2 CDs, includes Mars Hotel tracks ("U.S. Blues," "Ship of Fools"), covers ("El Paso," "Me and Bobby McGee"), and Dead favorites ("Sugar Magnolia," "Brown-Eyed Women," "Truckin'"), all of which filled the large stadium thanks to the Dead's massive Wall of Sound system.  Vinyl versions are also available.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.  Get more details here.

Avril Lavigne, Greatest Hits (RCA/Legacy)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Target (neon green)

Avril Lavigne's first career-spanning retrospective, Greatest Hits, offers 20 tracks originally released between 2002 and 2022.  Though there are no new tracks on the set, all seven of her studio albums are represented, and one of the songs - the Yungblud collaboration "I'm a Mess," featured on the digital deluxe edition of her 2022 album Love Sux - makes its physical debut here. The packaging will include new photos and a message from the singer.  Read more here.

Lightnin' Hopkins, Live from the Ash Grove...Plus! (Liberation Hall) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Liberation Hall has an acoustic set from blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins captured by Wally Heider's mobile crew on November 29, 1970 at Los Angeles' Ash Grove.  That set is supplemented by two acoustic performances from 1965 and four electric tracks from Palo Alto's In Your Ear club in 1971.  Thane Tierney provides new liner notes and Randy Perry has remastered.

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Live from the Ash Grove (Liberation Hall) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Liberation Hall continues to rescue gems from the Ash Grove's archive with this eight-song performance recorded in 1973 from harmonica great Sonny Terry and guitarist Brownie McGhee, musical partners for more than three decades.  Like the companion release above, this set recorded by Wally Heider's remote has been remastered by Randy Perry and features new liner notes from Thane Tierney.

Melanie, The Magic Bus Sessions (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Cleopatra is hardly slowing down with its ongoing series of Melanie titles on CD, including this 1972 radio broadcast featuring "Center of the Circle," "Any Guy," and "What Wondrous Love."

Olivia Newton-John, Grace and Gratitude: Deluxe Edition (Primary Wave) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

ONJ's 2006 album (inspired by the chakras of the body) is reissued by Primary Wave; the track listing appears to reflect the 2010 version, Grace and Gratitude: Renewed, with two additional tracks (and some others re-recorded).  Available on CD and digitally.

Celine Dion, I Am Celine Dion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The soundtrack to the new documentary film (in theatres today) about Celine Dion's musical journey and current battle with Stiff Person Syndrome features 13 Dion favorites (including "The Power of Love," "Because You Loved Me," and "River Deep - Mountain High") along with seven instrumental cues from the film's original score.  Available on CD, digital/streaming, and 2LP vinyl (exclusive to Amazon).

Daryl Hall, D (Virgin) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The soul man - currently touring the country with Elvis Costello and The Imposters - returns with his sixth solo studio album and first in more than a decade.  D is a collaborative release with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, and features the breezy lead single "Can't Say No to You."  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

Various Artists, Petty Country: A Country Music Tribute to Tom Petty (Big Machine) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

A host of country artists pay tribute to the late, great rocker, including Dolly Parton ("Southern Accents"), Steve Earle ("Yer So Bad"), Willie Nelson and his son Lukas Nelson ("Angel Dream No. 2"), Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives ("I Need to Know"), and George Strait ("You Wreck Me").  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.