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.

Two Tons o' Fun, Get the Feeling: The Complete Fantasy/Honey Recordings (Real Gone Music/Second Disc Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music)

Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrate Two Tons o' Fun - a.k.a. Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes Armstead, a.k.a. The Weather Girls - with a complete 2-CD anthology that serves as a companion to last year's Sylvester release, Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981.  Get the Feeling: The Complete Fantasy/Honey Recordings, which arrives during Pride Month 2024, brings together both of the Two Tons' albums - the first of which features Sylvester himself in the band and contributing the song "Taking Away Your Space" - plus a host of rare single versions, remixes, and extended versions. This collection marks both complete albums' U.S. CD debut, while most of the bonus tracks are also new to worldwide CD.  For the occasion, we've given the albums a considerable sonic upgrade: all tracks have been newly remastered from the original Fantasy Records tapes by Mike Milchner at SonicVision. The collection also contains a deluxe 24-page, full-color booklet designed by John Sellards with rare photos as well as liner notes by TSD's Joe Marchese featuring quotes from "Queen of Clubland" Martha Wash, who went on to be the voice of C+C Music Factory, Black Box, and Seduction; and the late Izora Rhodes Armstead, Sylvester, and Harvey Fuqua. Hallelujah!  Read more here!

The Spinners, Keep on Keepin' On: The Atlantic Years (Phase Two: 1979-1984) (SoulMusic Records/Cherry Red/Second Disc Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

And that's not all from your friends at TSD!  The Spinners' new 7CD Keep on Keepin' On box set rings together expanded editions of all six of The Spinners' Atlantic albums released after the Thom Bell years, including collaborations with producers Michael Zager, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, Freddie Perren, and Leon Sylvers III: Dancin' and Lovin' (1979) plus six bonus tracks; Love Trippin' (1980) plus three bonus tracks; Labor of Love (1981) plus two bonus tracks;Can't Shake This Feelin' (1981) plus three bonus tracks; Grand Slam (1982) plus two bonus tracks; and Cross Fire (1984) plus two bonus tracks.  Both Grand Slam and Cross Fire are making their worldwide authorized CD debuts on this collection.  Eighteen bonus tracks encompass single edits, 12-inch versions, and remixes.  As a special bonus, 1975's Spinners Live! featuring lead singer Philippé Wynne has been included as a bonus disc, completing The Spinners' 1973-1984 Atlantic Records discography following last year's release of Ain't No Price on Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings (1972-1979). Nick Robbins has remastered all of the audio, and the package (including replica wallets and Atlantic-inspired CD labels) has been designed by Roger Williams.  The deluxe 32-page booklet includes comprehensive, album-by-album notes by The Second Disc's Joe Marchese drawing on exclusive quotes from John Edwards, Michael Zager, Tawatha Agee, and the late Henry Fambrough, to whom this set is dedicated.  Note that Amazon U.S. and Canada will not be shipping this title until July 12. Read more here!

Richard "Dimples" Fields, The Albums (1980-1985) (Robinsongs/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

We've got yet another soulful treat for you today! Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint celebrates late soul man Richard "Dimples" Fields for his first major release of the CD/digital era.  Dimples was an unusual figure on the soul music landscape: a self-proclaimed feminist who portrayed himself as a two-timing ladies' man, whose quirky ballads including "She's Got Papers on Me" and "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" were alternately earnest and humorous.  This set includes all three of Fields' Boardwalk LPs - Dimples (1980), Mr. Look So Good (1982), Give Everybody Some (1982) - and his two RCA releases, Mmm... (1984) and Dark Gable (1985).  The Albums 1980-1985 is housed in an eight-panel digipak, and the 20-page full-color booklet includes new liner notes by TSD's own Joe Marchese as well as credits and photos.  Oli Hemingway has mastered the audio.  Read more here!

Yes, Fragile: Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino/Atlantic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino Store (with signed lithograph))

Rhino is following last year's Super Deluxe Edition of 1971's The Yes Album with a similar set for the prog legends' fourth album. Fragile arrived later that same year, introducing Rick Wakeman as keyboardist and kicking off a new era of Yes history. The box set follows the same 4CD/1LP/1BD format as The Yes Album, featuring Steven Wilson's newly remastered and remixed audio, rare and previously unreleased live and studio tracks, and a Dolby Atmos mix.  Get more details here, and watch this space for our full review!

Neil Young, Early Daze (NYA/Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Neil Young has just cancelled the remainder of his current tour with Crazy Horse, citing health issues within the band.  But the prolific artist is continuing to release music new and old, including this collection of ten songs recorded with the group in 1969, featuring the lineup of Danny Whitten (guitar and vocals), Ralph Molina (drums and vocals), Billy Talbot (bass and vocals), and Jack Nitzsche (keyboards, tambourine, and vocals). Early Daze will be released on CD, LP (including standard black vinyl and a clear vinyl variant), and digital platforms.  None of the 10 tracks have been previously released on vinyl, and eight are unreleased in any format.

Johnny Cash, Songwriter (Mercury Nashville/UMe)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (Smoke Color Variant with Lithograph)

Songwriter features 11 vocals cut by Johnny Cash in 1993 at LSI Studios in Nashville, augmented by recently-recorded new backing tracks at the Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, Tennessee by Cash's son John Carter Cash and co-producer David "Fergie" Ferguson. Every one of the tunes was composed solely by Cash himself, from lead single "Well Alright" and the romantic "I Love You Tonite" to songs that have been heard on other albums by the country icon ("Sing It Pretty Sue" was cut by Cash in 1962, while "Drive On" and "Like a Soldier" were re-recorded by Cash with producer Rick Rubin in 1994 on the fateful sessions that became American Recordings - the start of Cash's late-career comeback).  The Man in Black's fifth posthumous album, Songwriter will be available on CD, LP, and digital formats as well as a Target-exclusive 2CD edition with a 12-track bonus disc re-presenting the 2010 Cash volume of UMe's Icon series.  Read more here!

Al Stewart, Past, Present & Future: 50th Anniversary Edition (Esoteric/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Following TSD and Real Gone Music's release last year of Al Stewart's Songs on the Radio: The Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981, Cherry Red's Esoteric imprint returns to the troubadour's catalogue for this 3CD/1Blu-ray 50th anniversary edition of his 1973 album.  This edition includes the original 1973 album mix (newly remastered from the original master tapes); new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes of the album by Stephen W. Tayler; a full concert recorded at The Howff in Hampstead, London in 1974, newly remixed from the original multitrack tapes by Tayler; and additional single mixes.  This limited edition box also features an illustrated 68-page book with a new essay by Stewart biographer Neville Judd, a replica poster, and a set of four postcards.

Cher, Living Proof / Closer to the Truth (Warner)

Living Proof: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Closer to the Truth: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Warner reissues two latter-day Cher albums on colored vinyl today as part of the label's Pride Month festivities, but note that (slightly) expanded editions of both albums are currently digital-only.

Todd Rundgren, Liars Live (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Todd Rundgren's June 9, 2004 concert in Albany, New York in support of his then-new album Liars was originally released on DVD; now, the audio comes to CD from his usual label, Cleopatra.  In addition to material from the searing album, the concert includes favorites such as "Just One Victory," "The Want of a Nail," and "Hello, It's Me."

Melanie, The Clearwater, FL Sessions 1987-1994 (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Cleopatra also has this latest collection in its ongoing Melanie series, rounding up 39 tracks on 2 CDs recorded by the late singer-songwriter in Florida over a seven-year period.  Her manager Dave Thompson provides the new liner notes.

Gerry Beckley, Gerry Beckley (Blue Elan) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Gerry Beckley may no longer be touring with America, the group he co-founded, but the singer-songwriter-musician hasn't stepped back from making music.  His latest solo album is his first to be self-titled, and it reflects the personal nature of his newest songs.  Produced, arranged, engineered and mixed by Gerry along with his good friend, singer-songwriter Jeff Larson (whose beautiful Adobe Home was released earlier this year), Gerry also plays most of the instruments on the album. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.