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.

David Lee Roth, The Warner Recordings 1985-1994 (Warner/Rhino)

5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
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Diamond Dave's got a whole new shine, thanks to a new box set from Rhino. David Lee Roth's The Warner Recordings 1985-1994 includes the four LPs (and one EP) the iconoclastic singer released outside of his concluding tenure as the vocalist for Van Halen. All of the albums have been newly remastered (though no bonus tracks are appended), and will be available at general retailers as a 5CD set. (Rhino's official store will exclusively carry a vinyl version.)  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.   Read more here.

Nik Kershaw, The MCA Years (Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Nik Kershaw's long-awaited The MCA Years offers the most complete look at the British pop/rocker's career in the '80s, offering four remastered studio albums, four discs of B-sides and remixes, two discs of mostly unreleased live material, and a DVD of music videos and concert material. Both Human Racing and The Riddle were expanded in the early 2010s by UMC with remixes and live material. The MCA Years includes all of that and more: a dedicated disc of eight non-LP B-sides, a collection of 18 extended 12" mixes, plus a further nine special single mixes and edits. (A healthy amount of this material is being released on CD for the first time.) The package closes out with the first complete release of a live show recorded by Kershaw at the end of 1984 at London's Hammersmith Odeon. A dozen of those 20 tracks were included on a video release in 1985, which will be included on the box set's accompanying DVD along with a baker's dozen of original music videos. Kershaw has been involved in every step of the project, overseeing Tony Dixon's new remasters of the material and offering insight into the material in new interviews conducted for the set's liner notes. Read more here.

El Coco, Brazil / Mondo Disco / Let's Get It Together / Cocomotion (Cherry Red/Robinsongs) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

C'mon, baby, do the Cocomotion!  Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint is unveiling a new 4-albums-on-2-CD collection from disco outfit El Coco.  The new 2-CD set presents Brazil (1975), Mondo Disco (1975), Let's Get It Together (1976), and Cocomotion (1977) along with three bonus tracks; all albums except Let's Get It Together are making their CD debuts, with Let's Get It Together only briefly available on CD 20 years ago in Japan.  TSD's own Joe Marchese provides the new liner notes, and Oli Hemingway has mastered.​ Get the track listing and more info here!

Souled American, Rise Above It: A Souled American Anthology (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Omnivore shines a spotlight on Americana/alt-country/rock band Souled American, compiling a new anthology of 20 tracks from the group's first six albums, originally released between 1988 and 1996.  The newly-remastered set includes Jeff Tweedy favorite "Before Tonight" and other impossible-to-find cuts from the Illinois foursome.

Gloria Hunniford, A Taste of Hunni: Expanded Edition (Stage Door Pop) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Stage Door)

Stage Door Pop brings U.K. television personality Gloria Hunniford's 1979 album A Taste of Hunni to CD for the first time, supplementing its array of classic pop favorites ("What the World Needs Now Is Love," "The Way We Were," "For the Good Times") with four rare bonus singles.  Sir Cliff Richard provides a new introduction in the booklet.  Read more here!

Melanie, Return to Carnegie (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Following the February 14 premiere of Melanie's score to the unproduced musical Ace o' Diamonds, Cleopatra presents the singer-songwriter's Return to Carnegie.  This 2-CD set captures her 1978 concert at Carnegie Hall in which she was backed by a full band including the Brecker Brothers on horns.  Songs include "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma," "Beautiful People," "Ruby Tuesday," and Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager's "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love."  Dave Thompson provides the new liner notes.

Gene Clark and Carla Olson, So Rebellious a Lover (Sunset Blvd.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Sunset Blvd. Records is returning Gene Clark and Carla Olson's 1987 collaborative album to print on a new CD edition that contains eight bonus tracks, two of which are new-to-CD.

Dead or Alive, Youthquake: 40th Anniversary Edition (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Edsel revisits Youthquake on its 40th anniversary.  This top ten album on the U.K. chart yielded four hit singles that spent a combined 59 weeks on the singles survey: "In Too Deep," "Lover Come Back to Me," "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)," and the chart-topping "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)."  This 4CD set is housed in 7-inch packaging and features the band both live and in the studio.  The first disc features the original album, and CD 2 celebrates "You Spin Me Round" with various mixes and alternate versions. The third disc features a selection of 7" & 12" single versions, remixes, and instrumental versions; lastly, CD 4 presents a recording of the Youthquake Live Tour, recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in July 1985. Get more details here!

Rufus Wainwright, Dream Requiem (Warner Classics) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Rufus Wainwright had an eclectic 2024, encompassing projects including the West End musical Opening Night and this classical commission based on the text of Lord Byron's "Darkness" and the Requiem Mass.  Warner Classics has issued the live recording of the premiere performance of the latter. Byron's text is mostly narrated by an actor (in this case, Meryl Streep; a future California performance will be narrated by Jane Fonda) and is underscored by orchestra.  The Latin Requiem text is sung by a large mixed choir, children's choir, and soprano (Anna Prohaska). Mikko Franck conducts.  Available on CD and vinyl (and already out digitally).​

Bill Medley, Straight from the Heart (Curb) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The righteous Bill Medley's first album in 18 years finds him teaming up for duets with Michael McDonald, Keb' Mo', Vince Gill, and Shawn Colvin; Fred Mollin produces the set.  Recorded in Nashville, Straight from the Heart features a number of country standards including "Sunday Mornin' Coming Down," "Please Help Me I'm Falling," "Let It Be Me," "The Dance," and "Sweet Music Man."