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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.

Leon Russell with Mary Russell, The Paradise Years 1976-1981 (Cherry Red/Lemon/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red)

Second Disc Records teams with Cherry Red’s Lemon Recordings imprint to release the first-ever collection of Leon Russell’s recordings for the Warner-distributed Paradise Records label.  The Paradise Years 1976-1981 presents, on four CDs, six full albums plus seven bonus tracks, all of which are new to CD.  These encompass the non-LP B-side “Anita Bryant” plus original single versions.  These albums have previously been available on CD only in bare-bones editions from Wounded Bird Records and in long out-of-print Japanese editions; this marks the first time they have been expanded.  All albums have been newly remastered by Nick Robbins, while the 28-page, full-color booklet features two new essays.  Music historian Charles Donovan chronicles the collaboration between Leon and Mary Russell, as well as Mary’s solo album Heart of Fire, including new reflections from musicians Gary Ogan, Richard Torrance, and Gene Meros.  TSD’s own Joe Marchese then explores Russell’s solo recordings at Paradise and his felicitous teaming with New Grass Revival.  Paul Bevoir has designed The Paradise Years, with cover artwork designed by John Sellards. Get the track listing here!

Miles Davis, The Best of Miles Davis (Prestige/Craft) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

A newly-assembled collection to commemorate the trumpeter’s upcoming centennial, The Best of Miles Davis offers eight hard-bop performances from Davis’ impressive run with his first great quintet (John Coltrane on tenor sax, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones) in 1955 and 1956. These recordings are all taken from the marathon sessions that yielded five LPs on the Prestige label from 1956 to 1961 that bolstered the quintet’s renown, even after Davis opted for new directions in the early days of his decades-long tenure for Columbia Records. (A Target-exclusive pressing is on aqua blue vinyl with a 5″ x 7″ print of Davis included.)

Rush, Grace Under Pressure (Super Deluxe Edition) (Anthem/Mercury/UMe, 2026)

4CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
5LP/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Official Store: 4CD/Blu-ray / 5LP/Blu-ray

One of Rush’s mid-’80s works is getting expanded today: 1984’s Grace Under Pressure. A 4CD or 5LP deluxe box set – each available with a Blu-ray Disc – features the original album remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios, a new mix by the band’s longtime collaborator Terry Brown, a remixed and expanded edition of the live album and video Grace Under Pressure Tour, plus new surround mixes of the record and restored music videos. The deluxe packaging includes a re-imagining of the cover by original artist Hugh Syme and notes from longtime bassist/frontman Geddy Lee. Get the full track listing and more here!

Peter Gabriel, In the Big Room (Real World, 2026)

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

This 2CD or 2LP set features a special, intimate set from the end of the Growing Up Tour Peter Gabriel embarked on to promote Up in 2003. The November 23 set took place in the biggest studio space of Gabriel’s own Real World Studios, for an intimate ticketed audience consisting of members of his Full Moon fan club. The Growing Up band – Rhodes and Richard Evans on guitar, longtime bassist Tony Levin, drummer Ged Lynch, keyboardist Rachel Z and daughter Melanie Gabriel on backing vocals – offered renditions of favorites from Up (“More Than This,” “Darkness,” “Signal to Noise”), deeper catalogue cuts (Up outtake “Burn You Up, Burn You Down,” released on 2003’s compilation Hit, the OVO cut “The Tower That Ate People”) and all-around favorites including “Games Without Frontiers,” “Digging in the Dirt,” “Shock the Monkey” and “In Your Eyes.”  Read more here.

Kim Wilde, Close: Expanded Edition (Cherry Pop) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Kim Wilde’s most successful album returns in a new 2CD/DVD expanded edition from Cherry Pop.  The original 1988 platinum-certified album gains numerous 12-inch mixes, edits, instrumentals, and non-LP sides, while the DVD rounds up Kim’s performances on such programs as Wogan, Top of the Pops, and Going Live.

Liza Minnelli, Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! (Grand Central Publishing) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Liza with a Z has penned her first-ever autobiography, as told to her friend Michael Feinstein, and finally sets the record straight on a lifetime spent in the public eye with unflinching candor. Liza has also recorded an audiobook version.