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.

Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018 (Columbia/Legacy)

7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Lost and Found: Selections from the Lost Albums (Columbia/Legacy)

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

More than a quarter century after releasing his first major vault project, Bruce Springsteen is back with a sequel that's even bigger.  True to its name, Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018 promises not just a wealth of unreleased recordings from the Thrill Hill vaults, as 1998's Tracks offered. This time, the rock icon presents seven full albums' worth of material, sharing thematic and recording cohesion and even, in some cases, seriously considered for release at one time or another. The 7CD or 9LP set features a 100-page clothbound hardcover book offering notes on the albums by writer Erik Flannigan, an introduction penned by Springsteen, and scores of archival photos. A single CD or double LP, Lost and Found: Selections from the Lost Albums offers highlights from the full collection. Get the full details here!

Rod Stewart, Ultimate Hits (Warner)

Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (Standard / Exclusive Art) / Amazon Canada
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (Standard / Exclusive Art) / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (Green/White)
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Rod Stewart's Ultimate Hits offers the superstar's most beloved solo hits from the '70s, '80s and '90s, from "Maggie May" and "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" to "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Young Turks"; "Forever Young" and "Downtown Train" to "Have I Told You Lately" and "Rhythm of My Heart." The set will be available on four different formats with some distinct variants among them. A survey of 20 singles will be available on CD, double LP and Blu-ray Audio, the latter of which features those songs in hi-res stereo. A 2CD edition adds 10 additional songs, bringing the chronology of the album even further to reflect releases like 2021's The Tears of Hercules and last year's Swing Fever, a covers collection recorded in collaboration with former Squeeze keyboardist turned British TV presenter Jools Holland. Amazon's U.K. website will carry exclusively packaged versions of the 2CD and Blu-ray Audio sets with unique green and white covers, and a limited edition of the 2LP set (which is pressed on green vinyl everywhere) will be available on green and white vinyl.  Whew!  Get the track listings and more here.

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Cheaper Than Cheep (Zappa/UMe)

2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Store / uDiscoverMusic
2CD/1BD/3LP Limited Super Deluxe Edition: Zappa Store / The Sound of Vinyl / uDiscoverMusic
2CD/1BD/3LP Super Deluxe Edition: Zappa Store / The Sound of Vinyl / uDiscoverMusic
3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa Store / The Sound of Vinyl / uDiscoverMusic

Cheaper Than Cheep was recorded on June 21, 1974 at a rehearsal studio on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, where Zappa was joined by a Mothers of Invention line-up including Chester Thompson (drums), George Duke (keyboards, vocals), Jeff Simmons (guitar, vocals), Napoleon Murphy Brock (tenor sax, flute, vocals), Ruth Underwood (percussion), and Tom Fowler (bass).  Zappa enlisted a film crew with multiple cameras to capture the intimate performance, while Wally Heider's mobile truck outside handled the audio with Zappa associate Kerry McNabb engineering.  The title is derived from Zappa's crack at the beginning of the show that it was "cheaper than cheap" - a nod to the fact that he self-funded the concert on a tight budget.  Ever the taskmaster, Zappa had rehearsed and sound-checked with the band earlier in the day, and despite exhaustion as well as the L.A. heat in a small, crowded space, the Mothers came through with a blazing performance that dug all the way back to Freak Out! and up to more recent compositions, some of which hadn't yet been heard.  Yet technological limitations forced Zappa to abandon the film. Now, over fifty years later, Vaultmeister Joe Travers and director Ahmet Zappa have rescued the long-lost footage and restored Cheaper Than Cheep to its originally intended state, with over two hours of music from Zappa and The Mothers of Invention as well as segments with artist Cal Schenkel and animator Bruce Bickford.  It's available in a variety of formats; get all the info here.

Buck Owens, Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Omnivore is returning to the discography of Bakersfield's favorite son, Buck Owens, with a new 3CD set that chronicles a decade of music-making on the concert stage.  Buck and His Buckaroos' Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 boasts 89 tracks (78 songs plus 11 introductions and pieces of onstage chatter) - the majority of which are new to CD.  A full 25 tracks have never been issued in any format, while a whopping 43 others are premiering in CD and digital formats including the complete contents of The Exciting Sounds of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos Live from Richmond, Virginia, 1964, which was released earlier this year on vinyl.  Read more here!

Robin Trower, For Earth Below: 50th Anniversary Edition (Chrysalis)

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Last year, Chrysalis reissued Bridge of Sighs, Robin Trower's second album following his departure from Procol Harum, in an expanded edition timed to its 50th anniversary.  Now, the label is turning its attention to the guitar hero's third solo set and highest-charting album in the U.S., 1975's For Earth Below.  The expanded edition, due in 4CD, 2LP, and digital formats, is built around the newly remastered original album. It adds a previously unreleased alternative stereo mix (described as an "extended mix") on CD 2; alternate takes, rehearsals, and BBC live performances on CD 3; and selections from the band's L.A. Shrine Auditorium concert of March 16, 1975 on CD 4.  David Sinclair has penned the liner notes for the package, which will be in a hardcover book-style format.  Read more here.

Randy Newman, Toy Story: To Infinity and Beyond (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

With Toy Story 5 coming from Disney and Pixar, the studios are looking back with this new vinyl release.  Songs to Infinity and Beyond will collect nine tracks from all four of the films in the series - all from the pen of the one and only Randy Newman. This sonic love letter to the beloved series offers rare concept drawings and new art on the set's front cover and gatefold and a zoetrope vinyl pattern that features moving images of the series' lovable characters when spinning on your turntable. Get more info here.

Motörhead, The Manticore Tapes (BMG)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Clear 2LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Motörhead's 50th anniversary will be celebrated with a fascinating find: the premiere release of the first studio sessions to feature the trio's classic line-up.  The Manticore Tapes presents the first studio sessions from the late summer of 1976 with the beloved line-up of singer/bassist Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke and drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor.  The set, featuring versions of five songs that ended up on the group's self-titled debut in 1977, will be available on CD, LP and digitally, along with a "bookpack" clear vinyl version that features the live album Blitzkrieg in Birmingham '77 on a second LP along with a 7" single offering two previously unreleased live tracks from another Birmingham date. All versions feature new liner notes by Kris Needs.  Read more here.

Melanie, Carnegie Rehearsals 1978 (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Cleopatra's latest release from the Melanie archives presents the singer-songwriter running through a handful of songs ("Spunky," "Running After Love," "Knock on Wood," and more) prior to her 1978 Carnegie Hall concert.  Available on CD and digitally.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Celebrating 50 Years Live at the Ryman (Frontiers) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

This 2022 concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium comes to 2CD/DVD and 2LP formats, and features the late Gary Rossington's final performance with Skynyrd.  The show welcomed such guests as Jelly Roll, Brent Smith (Shinedown), John Osborne (The Brothers Osborne), Marcus King, and Donnie Van Zant (38 Special), making for a unique concert with a Nashville flavor.  A documentary about the show is included on the DVD.

The Bluebells, Sisters (London Records)

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

The Scottish pop band's 1984 debut album has been reissued and expanded as a 3CD/1DVD set with alternate takes, non-album singles, live tracks, BBC sessions, and more.  A 2LP vinyl edition has the remastered album on LP 1 and a selection of bonus tracks on LP 2.  Orders placed at the band's website come with an exclusive 5-track CD EP.

Barbra Streisand, The Secret of Life: Partners Volume Two (Columbia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Barbra Streisand's 37th studio album, The Secret of Life: Partners Volume 2, is a sequel to the superstar's 2014 album.  This second volume of duets welcomes such guests as Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Sting, Paul McCartney, Josh Groban, Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande, Laufey, Seal, and Hozier. Walter Afanasieff and Peter Asher have co-produced The Secret of Life. Available on CD, LP (including Amazon-exclusive white vinyl), and digitally.​

Redwood: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Sony Masterworks) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Sony Masterworks releases the Original Broadway Cast Recording to Redwood on CD.  The musical by Tina Landau and Kate Diaz starred Idina Menzel as a grieving mother who seeks solace in the woods.  De'Adre Aziza, Michael Park, and Zachary Noah Piser also starred.

Various Artists, A Tribute to the King of Zydeco (Valcour Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Clifton Chenier (1925-1987) is honored on this new collection to celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday.  The Rolling Stones, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Jimmie Vaughan, ah Mahal, and John Hiatt are among the artists saluting Chenier. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.