Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today.  With nearly 25 titles, it also just might be the year's biggest to date!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

David Bowie, I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) (Parlophone)

18LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
13CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

After a period of nearly four years, David Bowie's series of "Eras" box sets is returning with a new, final volume.  I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) concludes the career-spanning chronicle of the shape-shifting superstar.  The new 13-CD or 18-LP box picks up where 2021's Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001) left off, capturing the final years of an artist who never stopped innovating.  The set contains new pressings of:

• Heathen (2002);
• Reality (2003);
• A Reality Tour (recorded 2003, released 2010);
• The Next Day (2013);
• The Next Day Extra (2013);
• Blackstar (2016);
• and the No Plan EP (2017).

All but the last two have been newly remastered for this set. The set also premieres Montreux Jazz Festival: July 18, 2022 on 2 CDs and includes a sixth and final volume of Re:Call, featuring 41 tracks on 3 CDs. Read more here, and watch this space for a full review!

Led Zeppelin, Live EP (Atlantic/Swan Song/Rhino)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com
12" Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com

Sometimes good things come in small packages...Led Zeppelin's new Live EP, available on LP, CD, and digital formats, offers four live tracks in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Physical Graffiti.  The EP includes storming concert versions of the album's 'In My Time of Dying" and "Trampled Under Foot" from the band's five-concert stand at London's Earl's Court, 1975, as well as "Sick Again" and "Kashmir" from Knebworth, 1979.  The Knebworth dates were Zeppelin's first U.K. concerts since Earl's Court, and first gigs overall since concluding their 1977 North American tour.  Although these were released on the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD, this EP (totaling about 35 minutes of music, or the length of a short album) marks the first time they've been released in an audio-only format.  All four tracks offer a potent reminder of just how powerful Zeppelin was at its peak.  The CD packaging is a simple gatefold single-pocket digipak; the disc itself is adorned with a replica Swan Song label and is housed in a protective inner sleeve.  Though this may be the one of the smallest major-label anniversary releases for such a major band, it's nonetheless a welcome addition to the catalogue.

Various Artists, Play On: A Raspberries Tribute (Think Like a Key Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) / Think Like a Key)

Play On: A Raspberries Tribute, from Think Like a Key Records, is no ordinary tribute.  Its roster is anchored by such all-time MVPs as Rick Springfield, John Waite, Foreigner's Lou Gramm, The Bangles' Debbi and Vicki Peterson, and Marshall Crenshaw, each paying tribute to Eric Carmen, Jim Bonfanti, Dave Smalley, Wally Bryson, Michael McBride, and Scott McCarl in his or her own inimitable style. Play On also features the illustrious likes of Cherie Currie of The Runaways, Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox of Utopia, '70s TV stars and teen idols The Hudson Brothers, Shoes, singer-actress Karla DeVito, The Lemon Twigs, Darian Sahanaja and Rob Bonfiglio of The Brian Wilson Band and Al Jardine's Pet Sounds Band, The Chefs (featuring Stan Lynch of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and Dan Baird of Georgia Satellites) and rising star Tori Holub, who recently performed with Sulton and Todd Rundgren on the What the World Needs Now tribute to Burt Bacharach.  Musician and author Ken Sharp (Overnight Sensation: The Story of Raspberries), who co-produced this tribute with Fernando Perdomo, contributes two songs (the beautifully swooning "If You Change Your Mind" and pulse-pounding "I'm a Rocker," both penned by Carmen).  All told, Play On boasts a whopping 37 tracks on 2 CDs, and four songs feature a special guest: none other than Jim Bonfanti.  He plays drums on "I Wanna Be with You," "Tonight," "If You Change Your Mind," and "I Don't Know What I Want."  The late Eric Carmen is heard on the count-in to "Tonight."  Wally Bryson's son Jesse recreates his dad's "Might as Well" off 1972's Fresh.  The words "labor of love" come to mind for this electric, eclectic release.​ Note that new Amazon orders will not dispatch until on or around October 10.  Think Like a Key Music is shipping direct orders now.  Read more here!

Yusuf/Cat Stevens, On the Road to Findout: Greatest Hits (Cat-o-Log/UMe)

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

In advance of the October 7 release of his memoir of the same name, Yusuf, a.k.a. Cat Stevens, is looking back on his discography with On the Road to Findout.  This newly-curated collection spanning 1967-2023 will be available as a 1CD or 2LP highlights set, as well as a deeper-dive 2CD or 4LP collection. It's the first time an album will feature both the cream of his work as one of the top British folk songwriters in the '60s and '70s as well as music from his return to popular song styles after decades out of the business following a major spiritual journey. Both sets will include new liner notes from the artist as well as lyrics.  Read more here.

Heins Hoffman-Richter, a.k.a. Rod McKuen, Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease [Dark and Stormy Night Pressing] (Real Gone/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music)

Tired of "Monster Mash"? Through with calling "Ghostbusters"? If your Halloween playlist is begging for something different, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records have you covered with a new pressing of Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease.  One of the most unusual records of all time, this "Symphony for Tape Delay, IBM Instruction Manual, & Ohm Septet" was credited upon its original release in 1974 to "recognized raconteur, genius, composer, musicologist, conductor" Heins Hoffman-Richter, whom the original liner notes blithely informed us "died from an ear lobe tumor." Who? you might ask. It turns out that the late Hoffman-Richter was none other than best-selling poet and all-time cult music hero Rod McKuen (Listen to the Warm, "Seasons in the Sun")...but you won't find any cats named Sloopy here.  This excursion into the avant-garde realm of musique concrete has to be heard to be believed. It arrives on "dark and stormy night" vinyl (new for 2025) in a package that replicates the collectible original release.  The LP includes an insert with new liner notes from TSD's Joe Marchese. ​ Get more details here.

Foreigner, 4: Super Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino)

4CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Foreigner is bringing 4 to the fore with a new deluxe box set devoted to their blockbuster fourth album.  This new edition of 4 includes a fresh remix of the original 1981 album and three discs of unreleased material, including studio outtakes, unheard songs from the recording sessions, instrumental mixes, and selections from the band's world tour of 1981-1982. A Blu-ray Audio includes the album remix (plus the newly-released "Fool If You Love Him," available as the new single from the set below) in high-resolution stereo, as well as a new Dolby Atmos mix of the original 10-track LP. The stereo mix will also be available on a separate vinyl pressing. The digibook packaging includes more than 60 unreleased photos from the period.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Get more details here!

Grateful Dead, Blues for Allah: 50th Anniversary Edition (Grateful Dead/Rhino)

1LP Picture Disc: Dead.net
1LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP Green Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Blu-Ray Audio: Dead.net

Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary reissue program is truckin' on today with the reissue of the band's Blues for Allah, originally released on September 1, 1975.  A deluxe, expanded 3CD edition has arrived alongside a digital version and a 1LP remaster of the original album available in black vinyl, picture disc, and Dead.net-exclusive colored vinyl pressings.  In addition, a Blu-ray premieres surround, Dolby Atmos, stereo, and instrumental mixes by the prolific Steven Wilson. Blues for Allah remains one of the Dead's most singular listening experiences, with its hypnotic grooves, shifting moods, dexterous instrumental workouts, ghostly harmonies, and unexpected touches lurking around every corner.  From the mellow "Crazy Fingers" to the experimental title track, the album fuses jazz, country, folk, reggae, funk, and blues into a soundscape that's alternately earthy and ethereal.  The bonus concerts from San Francisco and the Philadelphia suburbs find the band channeling the album's shapeshifting moods onto the live stage to spellbinding effect.  Nicholas G. Meriwether and archivist David Lemieux add context within the 20-page booklet that's contained in the 3CD set's eight-panel digipak; the digipak is housed in an embossed O-card.  It's a fitting package to continue the Dead's ongoing anniversary series. Get the track listing and more here!

Motley Crue, From the Beginning (BMG)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.S. (White Clear) / Target (Black/Translucent Splatter + Sticker Sheet) / Walmart (Black Marbled)

Mötley Crüe are going back From the Beginning with a new career-spanning compilation.  The new CD or 2LP set includes more than a dozen singles and ke cuts from their heyday as one of glam metal's biggest acts ("Smokin' in the Boys Room," "Girls Girls Girls," "Dr. Feelgood," "Kickstart My Heart") all the way to modern-day releases like 2008's Saints of Los Angeles and 2024's Cancelled EP. The album closes with a new recording of the band's famed power ballad "Home Sweet Home," featuring duet vocals with Dolly Parton. (The vinyl, available in a number of color variants, will also include two extra tracks.)  Read more here.

Phil Collins, No Jacket Required (Fully Tailored) (Atlantic/Rhino)

4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Phil Collins has taken his Jacket to the cleaners and came back with a whole new cut.  Following a similar recent deluxe set for Both Sides, the Genesis drummer/singer's most commercially successful solo album, 1985's No Jacket Required, has been revisited for its 40th anniversary in two new formats. There's a new "Fully Tailored" 4LP set that offers a new half-speed master of the album, cut at Abbey Road Studios and pressed on 180-gram vinyl, along with three discs including all the live tracks and demos from a 2016 deluxe CD plus non-album sides and three previously unreleased live versions. Additionally, engineer Steven Wilson has worked his restorative magic on the LP, creating new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround and stereo mixes that appears alongside the original hi-res stereo mix on a Blu-ray Audio disc.  Read more here.

Lyn Christopher, Lyn Christopher (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music)

Real Gone premieres the 1973 self-titled album from vocalist Lyn Christopher, originally released on ABC Records on CD and returns it to vinyl.  Blending pop and R&B sounds, Lyn Christopher was recorded at Electric Lady Studios and has had its songs sampled by various hip-hop artists over the years.  What makes this record stand out most, however, is its personnel: it features the first work on record - uncredited - by future KISS members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, who sang background vocals on "Celebrate II" and "Weddin'."  Also uncredited, the engineer of the album was Hendrix associate Eddie Kramer, who went on to helm the KISS demos that got the band signed to Casablanca Records.  (Rumor has it, too, that KISS' Peter Criss added handclaps to the album!)  Real Gone's edition arrives on CD and light blue vinyl.

Vincent Price, Witchcraft-Magic: An Adventure in Demonology (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music)

Following its reissue on vinyl last year, Real Gone brings this title from one of the masters of horror, Vincent Price, to CD.  If you haven't seen one of his over 100 films or heard his voice in numerous voice-over appearances or animated roles, you probably at least know him as the narrator of Michael Jackson's "Thriller."  But that was not Price's only appearance on an album...far from it.  He made several himself.  Real Gone is reissuing Witchcraft-Magic: An Adventure in Demonology, from 1969.  The Capitol album is a graphic and occasionally grisly history lesson in witchcraft from the Bible through the Middle Ages, the Spanish Inquisition, and Nazi Germany. Then, accompanied by occasional eerie, abstract electronic music, Price's sinister satisfaction only mounts as he provides instruction in the dark arts, with such tracks as "How to Make a Pact with the Devil" and "Curses, Spells, Charms."  Real Gone's new release marks the first reissue of the album in over 50 years (other than a digital release in 2010).  Real Gone has replicated the original gatefold of the original 2-LP set and has reprinted the 8-page booklet in its CD premiere.  Witchcraft-Magic is also still available on vinyl.

The Philly Joe Jones Sextet, Blues for Dracula (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music)

Originally released in 1958 on Riverside Records, this Halloween-themed album marked the first time drummer Philly Joe Jones (Miles Davis, Bill Evans) stepped out as leader.  Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Garrison, Julian Priester, Nat Adderley, and Tommy Flanagan all appear on Blues for Dracula which is being reissued on vinyl in a dark purple "coffin velvet" pressing limited to 750 copies.

Dean Gitter, Ghost Ballads (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music)

There's still more Halloween fun on the way from our friends at Real Gone Music.  This slightly different take on a Halloween LP was first released on Riverside in 1957; folklorist and balladeer Dean Gitter performs a dozen songs concerning the supernatural, most taken from James Child's legendary book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads which collected ballads from centuries earlier. RGM's reissue is pressed on "orange pumpkin" swirl and limited to 900 copies; it includes the original album art with Charles Addams' cover illustration and liner notes on the back.

Francoise Hardy, Mon Amie La Rose / Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles / Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour (Omnivore)

Mon Amie La Rose: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Omnivore brings expanded editions from legendary French chanteuse Francoise Hardy (1944-2024) to both CD and LP, drawn from her landmark Vogue catalogue.  Hardy set herself apart from many of her contemporaries by writing her own material; with arrangements by Charles Blackwell and Marcel Hendrix, these albums are a great way to begin immersing oneself in her discography.

Foghat, Fool for the City: 50th Anniversary Edition (Bearsville/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Foghat's Platinum-certified 1975 LP featuring "Slow Ride" returns in 2CD and 2LP formats.  The CD edition adds eight songs from November 28 and 29, 1975 shows at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom plus a 2008 interview with Nick Jameson and Roger Earl, while the 2LP version adds six of those live cuts.  The original album is heard in its 2016 remaster.

Melanie, Maiden in Japan (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

This 2CD release preserves Melanie's first tour of Japan, from 1972, during which time she served as a UNICEF ambassador.  Dave Thompson provides new liner notes for this release which features renditions of "Brand New Key," "The Nickel Song," "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," and many more favorites.

Tav Falco, Desire on Ice (Frenzi/Org Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Tav Falco's 14th studio album, Desire on Ice was recorded at Sam Phillips Recordings Service in Memphis and features guests such as Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie (heard on the lead single "Doomsday Baby"), Chris Spedding, Charlie Musselwhite, The Rev. Horton Heat, Ann Magnuson, Jon Spencer, Nicole Atkins, Richard Barone, and Kid Congo Powers.  For this album, Falco has revisited classics from his songbook and penned a new original song, "Crying for More."  Falco's longtime collaborator and guitarist Mario Monterroso has produced Desire on Ice and created a Prologue and Epilogue that reinforce the hard-hitting LP's conceptual feel. Available on CD, LP, and digital formats.

Sea Hags, Dead and Gone (Liberation Hall) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The indie San Francisco hard rockers Sea Hags formed on New Year's Day 1985; one year later, they were recording with Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett who produced their demo and played on two of its tracks.  On September 3, 1986, they entered CD Studios to record a new demo, and this blazing recording is what's now premiering from Liberation Hall as Dead and Gone.  The demo worked for the band; they were signed soon after by Chrysalis Records; their debut album's "Doghouse" and "Back to the Grind" appear here in early versions.  Randy Perry has mastered, and Bill Kopp has written new liner notes.  Available on CD and digital/streaming.

Deicide, Legion (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music)

Legion is one of the Florida death-metal band's best-selling albums and features fast tempos and head-spinning arrangements, per the label!  Fan favorites include "Trifixion" and "Dead But Dreaming."  RGM's reissue includes an insert with lyrics and is pressed on "rainbow inferno" vinyl.

John Cassavetes' Opening Night: Original West End Live Cast Recording (Center Stage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Center Stage Records)

Last year, Rufus Wainwright made his West End debut as the composer, lyricist, and orchestrator of John Cassavetes' Opening Night, a new musical based on the writer-director's 1977 film. A devastating portrait of an actress in turmoil, Opening Night starred Sheridan Smith (Funny Girl, Legally Blonde) as Myrtle Gordon; Smith was joined in the cast by Nicola Hughes and Benjamin Walker, among others. With book and direction by Ivo Van Hove, the impressionistic, heightened Opening Night sharply divided critics and audiences alike and closed after just 10 weeks. But the final four performances at the Gielgud Theatre were recorded for a cast album which is released today on CD and digital formats in advance of the show's one-night-only New York debut this coming Monday night at The Town Hall. That sold-out concert will feature such performers as Patti LuPone, Sara Bareilles, Tony nominee Darren Criss, and Wainwright himself.  Amazon orders will dispatch for arrival on September 26; copies can be ordered directly from Center Stage Records, too.

Grab Me a Gondola: 2025 Cast Recording (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Stage Door brings a classic British musical comedy to life.  Here's a new cast album of James Gilbert and Julian More's 1956 West End musical Grab Me a Gondola featuring the cast of the 2025 Guilford School of Drama production.  The album features the first-ever recordings of two songs, four reprises, the finale, bows, and a ballet, while a further five songs which were truncated on the original cast recording are now recorded at full length.  The package contains liner notes and production photos.

Spinal Tap: The End Continues (Interscope) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The soundtrack to director Rob Reiner's belated sequel to the original hard-rock spoof Spinal Tap arrives on CD, LP, and digital formats this week.  Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Michael McKean are joined by such luminaries as Elton John, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Questlove, Trisha Yearwood, Chad Smith, and Lars Ulrich in the film which finds documentarian Marty DiBergi (Reiner) following the band as they prepare for a reunion concert in New Orleans and search for a new drummer.  The film is in theatres now.

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell Present Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at Lockn' (Fantasy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

This 2015 concert finds Tedeschi Trucks Band, led by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, reviving Joe Cocker's freewheeling Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour with special guests including Warren Haynes and Chris Robinson as well as Dave Mason and original bandleader Leon Russell.  Songs include "Feelin' Alright," "Delta Lady," "With a Little Help from My Friends," and "The Letter."  Available on CD, 2LP, and digitally.