Release Round-Up: Week of October 3
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.
Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? 30th Anniversary Edition (Big Brother)
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Oasis have a slightly expanded edition of 1995’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? on tap, pairing a 2014 remaster of the album (which initially came with additional bonus material) with a bonus EP of new unplugged mixes of four of the album’s tracks (plus a non-album B-side, “Acquiesce”). The group’s songwriter/guitarist Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho built these new versions from the original multitrack recordings in Noel’s London studio. The packaging will feature new liner notes as well as new artwork from original designer Brian Cannon, utilizing new photographs of some of the places seen in the original booklet. The set will be available on two CDs or three LPs. Read more here!
Frank Sinatra at The Hollywood Bowl 1943-1948 (SING)
1LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / SING Market
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / Sing Market
Frank Sinatra At The Hollywood Bowl 1943-1948 brings together eighteen tracks on CD and eleven on vinyl from the late legend’s early performances at the storied Hollywood venue. Recorded during Sinatra’s time at Columbia Records, the collection preserves Sinatra’s performances from various evenings and draws extensively on the Broadway repertoire of the era. Jack Haley, the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, introduces Sinatra’s performance of Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne’s “Time After Time” at the August 8, 1948 Music for the Wounded benefit concert. Charles L. Granata, Sinatra historian and producer of SiriusXM’s Nancy for Frank radio program between 2007 and 2021, has provided the comprehensive liner notes for SING’s release. Get the track listing and more here!
Gene Loves Jezebel, Glad to Be Alive: Live in Nottingham 1986 (The Complete Concert) (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
A vintage set from U.K. goth rockers Gene Loves Jezebel gets the remastered and expanded treatment from Iconoclassic Records. Glad to Be Alive: Live in Nottingham 1986 (The Complete Concert) finds the group on stage just ahead of the release of Discover, their breakthrough third album. Eight of these tracks debuted on limited double vinyl and cassette pressings of that LP; this presentation not only bows those cuts on CD but adds another nine from the set – all freshly remastered from the original source tapes by Andy Pearce. The band members have contributed to the new liner notes, too! Read more here.
Change, The Glow of Love: Expanded Edition (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore)
Between 1980 and 1985, the group known as Change released six albums built around dance rhythms, big hooks, and powerful vocals. The group’s name was spot-on, as during that period, Change’s line-up was in constant flux – yet the quality of the music delivered consistently. Omnivore Recordings has revisited Change’s debut album, 1980’s The Glow of Love, on CD in an expanded and remastered edition which features Luther Vandross’ vocals on “The Glow of Love” and “Searching.” Tim Dillinger supplies the new liner notes for this remastered edition. Get more details here.
Kirsty MacColl, Free World: The Best of Kirsty MacColl 1979-2000 (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
If you were intimidated by UMR’s See That Girl (1979-2000), an 8CD dive into the music of Kirsty MacColl released back in 2023, Edsel has licensed a new 2CD collection offering 30 songs from the same era. Free World – The Best of Kirsty MacColl 1979-2000 is a well-curated mix of singles, B-sides, and fan favorites from the dearly missed British songstress, including the stellar debut “They Don’t Know”; hits like “A New England,” “Days” and “Walking Down Madison”; and team-ups with “A New England” songwriter Billy Bragg (“Darling, Let’s Have Another Baby”), Evan Dando of The Lemonheads (a take on Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day”) and, of course, MacColl’s off-kilter holiday team-up with The Pogues, “Fairytale of New York.” (A yellow double vinyl edition was released in 2024, offering four less tracks.) Get the track listing and more here.
Waylon Jennings, Songbird (Son of Jessi) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Shooter Jennings unveils three new, previously unheard albums from his late father, outlaw legend Waylon Jennings. Songbird features ten recordings originally made between 1973 and 1984 with musicians including Richie Albright, Ralph Mooney, Tony Joe White, Jessi Colter, and others. Waylon and Richie produced the original sessions which have been mixed by Shooter for this release. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.
Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free: 10 Year Anniversary Edition (Southeastern) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
The Grammy-winning 2015 album from Jason Isbell has been newly remixed by Sylvia Massy (Prince, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty), while Isbell has added the B-side “Should I Go Missing” to the album sequence. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.
My Morning Jacket, Z: 20th Anniversary Edition (ATO Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
My Morning Jacket’s 2005 album has been remastered from original tapes by Emily Lazar and expanded to include 14 unreleased outtakes and demos, as well as new artwork. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.
Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl (Republic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
The international superstar enters a new Era with The Life of a Showgirl, her twelfth studio album. The twelve-song album has been co-produced with Max Martin and Shellback, marking her first collaboration with the pair since 2017’s Reputation. Sabrina Carpenter is featured on the title track. Available in various CD, LP, and digital formats including Target-exclusive CDs and vinyl with unique artwork. (Select Target stores are opening at midnight for the release!)
The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told by Bill Janovitz (Da Capo Press) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Biographer Bill Janovitz (Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time’s Journey Through Rock and Roll History) turns his attention to the fascinating stories behind the music of The Cars and the enigmatic Ric Ocasek. This comprehensive and compulsive page-turner of a tome, drawing on new interviews with the surviving band members and those who crossed their path as well as exhaustive research, features an introduction by the band’s keyboardist, Greg Hawkes. Let’s go!
And some nice things we missed last week…
Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington, The Giants of Jazz (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
This new release repackages two classic Sinatra LPs, originally issued on the Reprise label: It Might as Well Be Swing with Count Basie and arranger-conductor Quincy Jones (1964, featuring “Fly Me to the Moon” and “The Best Is Yet to Come”) and Francis A. and Edward K. with Duke Ellington (1968, with “Yellow Days” and “All I Need Is the Girl”). The collection includes rare photos and replicates the original artwork underneath a new cover.
Jimmy Witherspoon and Robben Ford, Jump Blues Live 1972 (Liberation Hall) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Liberation Hall brings this performance (also out on indie-exclusive blue vinyl) to CD. Recorded at the famed Troubadour on March 14, 1972, it finds the two bluesmen – singer Witherspoon and guitarist Ford, whose varied C.V. includes credits with Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Miles Davis, Barry Manilow, Leon Russell, and George Harrison – joined by pianist Paul Nagel, bassist Stan Poplin, and drummer Jim Baum for an electric set including “Kansas City,” “My Babe,” and “Spoonful.” Randy Perry has mastered the audio.
John Wilson and The Sinfonia of London, My Fair Lady: World Premiere Complete Recording (Chandos) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s 1956 musical masterwork My Fair Lady receives the complete treatment on 2 hybrid stereo/surround SACDs (playable in stereo on all CD players) and digitally. This beautiful, note-for-note recording features a “Who’s Who” of British stage and screen stars including Jamie Parker (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Next to Normal) as Professor Henry Higgins, Scarlet Strallen (Mary Poppins, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) as Eliza Doolittle, Alun Armstrong (New Tricks, Les Misérables) as Alfred P. Doolittle, Julia McKenzie (Side by Side by Sondheim, Fresh Fields) as Mrs. Pearce, and Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey, Ever Decreasing Circles) as Mrs. Higgins – all under the baton of John Wilson conducting the Sinfonia of London. The double SACD package is housed in a clamshell case and includes a 116-page squarebound booklet with essays, photos, and the libretto. The recording also contains an appendix with cut material and more.
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