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

Louis Armstrong, Wonderful World: The Best of Louis Armstrong (Verve/UMe)

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

This 13-song sampler draws on Satchmo's 1951-1967 recordings for the Decca, Verve, Kapp, and ABC-Paramount labels and includes many of his most beloved songs as both a vocalist and trumpeter such as "Hello, Dolly!," "What a Wonderful World," "A Kiss to Build a Dream On," and three duets with Ella Fitzgerald.

Frank Zappa, Apostrophe ('): 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Zappa/UMe, 2024)

5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa.com
2LP + 7-inch (Expanded Album + Single): Zappa.com
1LP (Metallic Gold Original Album): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa.com

Hot on the heels of the recent box set celebrating Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's 1968 concert at the Whisky a Go Go, Zappa Records and UMe have turned the clocks forward to revisit the composer-guitarist-bandleader's most commercially successful LP.  The 50th anniversary of Apostrophe ('), originally released in March 1974, is being marked with a 5CD/1Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition as well as vinyl and digital editions.  1LP and 2LP vinyl editions are also available, and the box set contents are out digitally.  Read more here, and watch this space for our full review!

Tori Amos, Unrepentant Geraldines: 10th Anniversary Edition (Decca) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Tori Amos revisits her fourteenth studio album (a U.K. top ten success) and adds three exclusive tracks, "White Telephone to God," "Forest of Glass" and "Dixie."  Available on CD, LP, and digital formats.

Continental Drifters, White Noise and Lightning: Best of Continental Drifters (Omnivore)

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

Omnivore has a 15-track CD/11-track LP collection of material spanning Continental Drifters' career, assembled with the full cooperation of the band.  The CD boasts a previously unreleased 12-minute live version of "Who We Are, Where We Live," and the package contains new liner notes from band biographer Sean Kelly.  Also available digitally.

Amy Grant and Vince Gill, When I Think of Christmas (MCA Nashville) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

This 11-track compilation of holiday tunes from the husband and wife duo features Amy's new song "When I Think of Christmas" and the couple's duet on "'Til the Season Comes Around Again," a favorite of their annual Ryman Auditorium holiday shows.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry, Late Night Blues (Craft Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Last Night Blues, from 1961, was the second of three album collaborations between Lightnin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry.  This new edition for CD and LP has been remastered from the original tapes.

Various Artists, International Pop Overthrow Vol. 25 (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Omnivore has the latest volume of this annual, eclectic affair from the International Pop Overthrow Festival.  Expect 69 tracks on these 3 CDs by the way-coolest artists and bands you've never heard of - and some you have (The Cowsills, Roger Manning, The Iron City Houserockers, Van Duren).  Viva IPO!

Nick Lowe, Indoor Safari (Yep Roc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Jesus of Cool is back with a new studio album in over a decade.  He's supported by his frequent touring partners, Los Straitjackets, on these 12 tracks including original songs and covers of favorites such as "Raincoat in the River" and "A Quiet Place."  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.