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.

Status Quo, Live! Deluxe Edition (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

A deluxe edition of Status Quo's first concert album will pair the original album - never a favorite of the band's leader Francis Rossi - with the full, newly-remixed shows that it was assembled from, all under the supervision of the band.  Working with Statua Quo and engineer Andy Gamble at AVP Productions, the newly-expanded Live! pairs a remaster of the original album with the three Glasgow shows (each with identical set lists) - all sourced from newly-discovered multi-tracks of the concerts. These fresh new mixes have given Rossi (who still tours with the Quo to this day) the chance to hear the material to his satisfaction, and this new set bears his figurative stamp of approval.  It's packaged in a 7" box set with a booklet that includes photos, memorabilia, and new liner notes by both Dave Ling of Classic Rock and Gamble, who dives deep on the restoration process. Read more here!

Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms: 40th Anniversary Edition (Mercury/UMR (U.K.)

3CD: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
5LP: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Dire Straits' biggest album is getting expanded for its 40th anniversary. 1985's Brothers in Arms arrives in a variety of formats, including a 3CD or 5LP set that pairs the classic album with a live show from the period. The album, which featured two of the band's biggest singles including the American chart-topper "Money for Nothing" and "Walk of Life," will also feature 16 pages of liner notes offering new insight on the album through interviews with the band's frontman/guitarist Mark Knopfler, keyboardist Guy Fletcher, and bassist John Illsley. (Among other formats, the album's original vinyl edition, featuring edited versions of nearly every track on the album's first side, will be reissued for the first time since its original release.)   As of this writing, Amazon U.S. links are not active.  Read more here.

David Sancious, The Bridge (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Back in 2023, Iconoclassic released E Street Band founding keyboardist David Sancious' rare, originally-withdrawn album Dance of the Age of Enlightenment on CD for the first time. Now, the label is continuing its association with the artist for a reissue of his 1981 album The Bridge. The album was originally issued on Arista in 1981 in the U.K. and Japan, while the 1982 American edition was released on Elektra. Iconoclassic's worldwide CD premiere has a reversible insert with both covers (take your pick!), while the audio has been newly remastered by Sancious and Robert Frazza for this release.​ Get more details here.

Hozier: Special Edition (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Irish singer-songwriter - who can currently be heard duetting with Barbra Streisand on the first single, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," from her upcoming album Partners Two -expands his 2014 debut album as a 2-CD set.  The bonus disc offers 13 live and studio tracks.  Available on 2CD, 2LP, and digital formats.

Various Artists, Chet Baker Re:imagined (Blue Note) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Blue Note has assembled a roster of international artists to celebrate the legacy of the late, great Chet Baker in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Chet Baker Sings.  Dodie ("Old Devil Moon"), Poppy Daniels ("I've Never Been in Love Before"), Benny Sings ("Time After Time"), and Stacy Ryan ("Like Someone in Love") are among the artists saluting the trumpeter-singer.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.