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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.

Eagles, One of These Nights: Deluxe Edition (Rhino/Asylum)

3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Rhino is revisiting Eagles’ 1975 chart-topper (featuring hit singles “One of These Nights,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” and ‘Take It to the Limit”) in a deluxe edition built around a new mix of the original album.  The set adds the band’s previously unreleased show of September 28, 1975 near the end of the album’s tour at the Sunshine Festival in Anaheim, California – not far from Disneyland, where the future Eagles once supported Linda Ronstadt onstage.  The Blu-ray included in the 3CD/1BD set has the audio content in high-resolution stereo and Dolby Atmos; the vinyl edition has both the remixed album and concert on 3 LPs. Read more here.

Bill Evans, At The BBC (Elemental) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Elemental delivers the first official CD release of the late, great Bill Evans’ Jazz 625 show at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd’s Bush, recorded on March 19, 1965 with Chuck Israels (bass) and Larry Bunker (drums). The program, featuring such classics as “Someday My Prince Will Come,” “Waltz for Debby,” “Nardis,” and “Who Can I Turn To,” has been transferred from the original tapes in the BBC archives and restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. The release includes an insert with rare photographs from the show and liner notes by author Marc Myers. Previously available on vinyl for Record Store Day.

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, Garcialive Vol. 22: September 25th, 1971 – Lion’s Share (Round) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

This 2CD or digital set presents (almost) all of the music recorded by Jerry Garcia and his pal Merl Saunders at San Anselmo’s Lion’s Share during both the evening and late shows, including “I Was Made to Love Her,” “Baby What You Want Me to Do,” and “Hi-Heel Sneakers.”  Sadly, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” went unrecorded, and “Biloxi” suffers from tape degradation.

UFO, The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent (Chrysalis) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

UFO’s 1981 album The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent returns in a remastered deluxe edition adding a new mix of the previously unreleased Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, recorded on January 29, 1981 and newly mixed by Brian Kehew.  Michael Hann has penned new liner notes based on interviews with Phil Mogg and Andy Parker, and the booklet also presents previously unseen photographs from the era.  Available on 2 CDs or 3 LPs.

Adrian Belew, The Atlantic Years (Cherry Red/Esoteric Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Cherry Red’s Esoteric arm collects the three albums by guitarist-singer Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, David Bowie, King Crimson) released by Atlantic between 1989 and 1992.   The set opens with 1989’s Mr. Music Head on which Belew played most of the instrumentation himself.  The 1990 follow-up Young Lions welcomed David Bowie for two songs, “Pretty Pink Rose” and the co-written “Gunman.”  The third and final album in the set, Inner Revolution, was inspired by Belew’s love of ’60s pop.  Two bonus tracks have been appended to Young Lions, and the set also features a booklet with new liner notes.

Tori Amos, In Times of Dragons (Fontana) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Tori Amos’ eighteenth studio album features 17 original songs confronting the times in which we live.  Titles include “In Times of Dragons,” “Ode to Minnesota,” “Song of Sorrow,” and “Stronger Together.”  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

Kacey Musgraves, Middle of Nowhere (Lost Highway/Interscope) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The country singer-songwriter’s sixth studio album, the eclectic Middle of Nowhere touches on Zydeco, classic Texas dancehall, and a healthy dollop of humor.  Producers include Daniel Tashian (Ringo Starr, Burt Bacharach) and the guest list boasts such names as Willie Nelson, Shane McAnally, Billy Strings, and Miranda Lambert.  Available on CD, LP (including a variety of retailer-exclusive colored vinyl editions), and digitally.

The Black Keys, Peaches! (Easy Eye Sound/Warner) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The Akron, Ohio rock duo returns with their fourteenth studio album.  Peaches! features Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney’s D.I.Y. interpretations of songs by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, Ike Turner, Wilko Johnson, and others.  The songs were recorded in the same room with the musicians playing at the same time, with minimal overdubs; the duo mixed the LP themselves.  It’s out on CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats.