Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Before breaking through as a dependable club act in the U.K. during the mid-’80s, Hazell Dean inked a contract with Decca in the U.K. from 1975 to 1978, issuing a series of commercially obscure but artistically striking singles with songwriter/producer/Eurovision stalwart Paul Curtis. Astoundingly, none of these tracks – 14 tracks on seven 7″ singles, plus two planned for an ultimately cancelled release – have ever made it onto CD until this release, which features fully remastered audio and a written introduction from Dean…
Different Class (30th Anniversary Edition)
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Released in 1995, Pulp’s fifth album became a classic of the ’90s Britpop movement. It debuted atop the U.K. charts, put four singles in the Top 10 (including “Common People” and “Disco 2000”) and won the Mercury Music Prize in 1996. For its 30th anniversary – less than a week shy of its date of original release – and following the release of their latest studio LP More. in June, Different Class has been remastered and…
Ants Invasion: Sony U.K. Plans New Singles Set for Adam Ant
Here’s your pass to join the insect nation: Sony Music’s U.K. arm is releasing a new compilation devoted to post-punk heroes Adam and The Ants. The simply-titled Singles, available October 31 in the U.K. and a week later in America, collects 20 tracks on CD or two LPs (pressed on red and white vinyl) that served as A-sides for the ’80s iconoclast. Split about evenly between the classic Ants lineup and Adam’s solo material, it features all the classics you’d expect, from “Kings of the Wild Frontier,” “Antmusic,” “Prince Charming” and “Stand…
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Baby’s Got a Secret: Madonna Expands ‘Bedtime Stories’ with ‘Untold Chapter’ EP
After teasing it last year – and not long after this year’s release of a similar Ray of Light-era remix collection – Madonna will explore rare and unreleased material tied to another one of her most celebrated albums of the ’90s, Bedtime Stories, with another EP of unissued tracks. Bedtime Stories – The Untold Chapter, available November 28, will offer eight remixes, demos and outtakes from the Queen of Pop’s sixth album, originally released in 1994. In addition to previously released mixes of the singles “Secret” and “Human Nature,” the EP includes…
Release Round-Up: Week of October 17
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. Randy Newman, Trouble in Paradise: Expanded Edition (Warner/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino Reserves LP: Rhino.com We Love It! Rhino reissues Randy Newman’s seventh studio album, Trouble in Paradise, as a 2CD expanded edition featuring previously unreleased demos and a rare concert performance. With such classics as “I Love LA” and “Real Emotional Girl,” Trouble remains one of Newman’s most beloved LPs. This generous release adds the singer-songwriter’s largely…
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A Dream That Can Last: Neil Young’s Latest ‘Official Release Series’ Box Further Enters the ’90s
After a 2+-year break, Neil Young is continuing his Official Release Series with new box sets on both CD and LP rounding up another four albums from the 1990s. ORS Vol. 6 arrives October 24 on the Reprise label with newly remastered editions of Harvest Moon (1992, ORS Disc 26), Unplugged (1993, ORS Disc 27), Sleeps with Angels (1993, ORS Disc 28), and Mirror Ball (1995, ORS Disc 29). Each disc of the limited and numbered box sets will contain the four albums with original artwork; the vinyl versions will be on…
Review: David Bowie, “I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016)”
C’mon, Let’s Go Slip Away For in truth, it’s the beginning of nothing/And nothing has changed/Everything has changed… After a period of nearly four years, David Bowie’s series of “Eras” box sets has continued with its sixth and final volume. I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016), from ISO Records and Parlophone, concludes the career-spanning chronicle of the shape-shifting superstar on 13 CDs or 18 LPs. Picking up where 2021’s Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001) left off, it vividly re-presents the final years of an artist for whom “iconoclastic” barely scratches the surface. In a sense, every one…
Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition)
4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) Smashing Pumpkins are revisiting the seven-time-Grammy-nominated Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness for its 30th anniversary, pairing the original, sprawling album with a new double album of unreleased live performances on the band’s ensuing tour in support of the record. It’ll be available as a 4CD or 6LP set. So prolific were the Pumpkins in this period that a box of singles and B-sides, The Aeroplane Flies High, was released not long after Mellon Collie – and both…
MTV Unplugged
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscover Music (white LP with lithograph) The Cranberries are partnering with UMe for the debut release of their 1995 performance on MTV Unplugged. Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with a string section during the promotion of No Need to Argue, the broadcast featured favorites from the new album (“Zombie,” “Ode to My Family”), the already-sterling “Linger,” a few songs that would appear on their next album, 1996’s To the Faithful Departed (“Free to Decide,” “I’m Still Remembering”), and the fan favorite “Yesterday’s Gone,” which never made any…
All Right: The Worldwide Singles 1980-1988
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada It’s more than All Right: Omnivore Recordings has revisited Christopher Cross’ early years for a first-ever collection of his original single releases from the U.S. and beyond. The Worldwide Singles 1980-1988 offers 31 cuts on 2 CDs – many in new-to-CD single edit or mix form – from the singer-songwriter’s tenure on the Warner Bros. and Reprise labels, along with a couple of cuts from soundtracks (Arthur, of course) and compilations (The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984) for good measure. The A-sides are on Disc…
The ’60s Singles
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Judy Blue Eyes Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Judy Collins’ The ’60s Singles brings together, for the first time, the remarkable array of 45s on which the singer’s discography was built. With songs by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Sandy Denny, Eric Andersen, and Joni Mitchell – including the international smash “Both Sides Now” – Collins’ early Elektra singles reflected a vast musical imagination, a hunger to explore material from rock to art songs, and a powerful social conscience. Every one of…
Pack Up Your Sorrows: Judy Collins’ “The ’60s Singles” Arrives in December from Real Gone Music, Second Disc Records
It’s no exaggeration to state that Judy Collins transformed the sound of folk music. With a crystalline voice and a songbook blurring traditional genre lines, the Seattle native came to prominence in the fertile Greenwich Village stomping grounds of New York City. The luminous Collins – a classical piano prodigy, talented guitarist, gifted adapter and later, songwriter, and singer with a three-octave range – signed with Jac Holzman’s Elektra Records in 1961 and remained an Elektra artist for nearly two-and-a-half decades. On December 5, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records will revisit…
The Best That He Can Do: Omnivore Preps Christopher Cross Singles Set
Once in your life you find them: an artist whose impossibly smooth music had a major impact on a generation of listeners. After honoring Christopher Cross’ landmark debut album with an expanded edition earlier this year, Omnivore Recordings will now expand their focus to all of his major label work on a new compilation. All Right: The Worldwide Singles 1980-1988 offers 20 classic tracks – many in rare single edit or mix form – from Cross’ tenure on the Warner Bros. and Reprise labels, along with a few curios for compilations. The…
Happy Halloween, Everybody: Frank Zappa’s “Halloween 78” Presents Epic NYC Concert, More
Frank Zappa’s annual Halloween concerts in New York City were far more treat than trick. Now, following similar releases for his shows in 1973, 1977, and 1981, Zappa Records and UMe are releasing Halloween 78 on October 24 in a variety of formats. The nearly four-hour long, marathon October 31, 1978 show at the late, lamented Palladium (now the home of a New York University dormitory) will be available as part of a 5CD set also including a bonus show from the beginning of the Palladium run, on October 27, 1978. The…
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Release Round-Up: Week of October 10
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. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Power to the People (Capitol/UMR) 9CD/3BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / Official Store 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store One of the most incendiary periods of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s life together is being explored anew in a new 9CD/3Blu-ray box set. Power to…
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Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up: BMG, Omnivore, and Real Gone Music
As we gear up for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event on Friday, November 28, we’re sharing the lists from BMG, Omnivore Recordings, and Real Gone Music. Click here for a list of participating retailers! First up is BMG’s slate… George Harrison, Living in the Material World (50th Anniversary Mix) (Dark Horse) (Zoetrope LP; 7,600 copies – reprises mix from the 2024 box set) John Lee Hooker, Chill Out (30th Anniversary) (LP; 1,500 copies – remastered reissue of album featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Booker T. Jones, and Charles Brown) Billy Idol, “77” (Dark Horse) (12″ Picture Disc;…
Power to the People
9CD/3BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / Official Store 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store One of the most incendiary periods of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s life together is being explored anew in a new 9CD/3Blu-ray box set. Power to the People features 123…
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The Lost Concert: Live at Llangollen 1995
2SACD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Decca premieres Luciano Pavarotti’s recital recorded in Llangollen, North Wales in 1995 on an audio-only format for the very first time. The concert commemorated 40 years since Pavarotti and his fellow choir members from Modena won first prize in the Choral Competition at the International Eisteddfod in 1955. The 75-minute program features operatic arias from Cavalleria Rusticana, Il trovatore, Macbeth, Manon Lescaut, and La traviata, and his beloved Neapolitan songs. It also includes what…
Novanta
4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Decca celebrates what would have been Luciano Pavarotti’s 90th birthday on October 12, 2025 – he died in 2007 at the age of 71 – with a new collection. Novanta (that’s “ninety” in Italian!) is available in 4CD, 2CD, and 2LP iterations touching on his recordings of not only opera classics but sacred songs, Italian music, and even duets with pop and rock stars; the…
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Merry Something to You: Rhino Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Slate with Devo, Joni Mitchell, Alice Cooper, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Randy Newman, More
TSD is kicking off our look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 28, with a typically packed slate coming from Rhino. With over 30 titles, the label has brought out the heavy hitters (many of which are RSD mainstays) including The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Todd Rundgren, Van Halen, and more. We’ve also included a handful of releases from Rhino sister labels such as Warner (with a Tom Petty live collection) and Elektra (an EP from…
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D’You Know? The Cranberries Plan New Expansion of ‘No Need to Argue,’ ‘MTV Unplugged’ Set
It’s not just in your head: The Cranberries have just reissued an album they expanded a few years ago – but they’ve also got an unreleased live set due soon, too. The band’s sophomore album, 1994’s No Need to Argue, was previously reissued for its 25th anniversary in 2020 with a host of B-sides and rare material; as of today, it’s available once more as a 2CD or 2LP edition that includes an EP’s worth of unissued material, including remixes by Iain Cook of Scottish synthpop band CHVRCHES, a demo of international…
Tonight, Tonight: Smashing Pumpkins Offer New Expansion of ‘Mellon Collie’ with Bonus Live Material
Despite all your rage, you are still just a reader on a post about a new expansion of one of The Smashing Pumpkins’ biggest albums. The iconoclastic band will reissue Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness this fall for its 30th anniversary, pairing the original, sprawling album with a new double album of unreleased live performances on the band’s ensuing tour in support of the record. It’ll be available as a 4CD or 6LP set from UMe on November 21. Conceived from the outset as a double album – frontman Billy Corgan described…
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Makes Me Feel Fine: Cherry Red, Lemon Collect Seals and Crofts’ “Warner Bros. Years” on New Box
Between 1972 and 1980, Jim Seals and Darrell George “Dash” Crofts charted a dozen singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Three of those made the top ten – “Summer Breeze” (1972), “Diamond Girl” (1973), and “Get Closer” (1976) – while a further trio notched spots in the top twenty: “Hummingbird” (1973), “I’ll Play for You” (1975), and “You’re the Love” (1978). The duo was met with similar success on the AC chart, with “We May Never Pass This Way (Again),” a No. 21 Pop hit, reaching No. 2 in 1973 – the…
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…
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Hard to Believe: The Monkees’ “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.” Goes Super Deluxe
The Monkees’ fourth album is returning today in two different formats: an audiophile-quality vinyl pressing sourced from the original stereo tapes for the first time and a 4CD/1-7″ super deluxe box set loaded with over 100 tracks, many of which are previously unreleased. 1967’s Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. found Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork taking advantage of the hard-won freedom they’d earned with Headquarters. Sessions began in April 1967, less than two weeks after Headquarters had been completed and the second season of the group’s sitcom…
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
September 25, 2026
