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Dr. John

The Casablanca Studio Albums

September 29, 2026 by Joe Marchese

7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The legendary singer’s seven albums originally released between 1975 and 1979 on the Casablanca label are now repackaged in this new collection from Driven by the Music. Though no bonus material has been included, each album has been newly mastered, and a 7,500-word essay is included within the booklet. Albums include Love to Love You Baby, A Love Trilogy, Four Seasons of Love, I Remember Yesterday, Once Upon a Time…, Live and More, and…

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In a New York State of Mind: Billy Joel Archive Sets ‘Turnstiles’ Box for 50th Anniversary

September 29, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 18 Comments

For the first time, a box set will take a deep dive into the creation of a Billy Joel album – in this case, one of his most pivotal: 1976’s Turnstiles, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Coming from Legacy Recordings on December 11, this 4CD/Blu-ray set will offer a thorough look at the album’s pivotal production, from early demos to live shows. In total, the collection boasts more than 50 previously unreleased tracks, including unheard demos, rarely heard songs and selections from the album’s mythic early sessions. The set also features…

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe…Intrada Delivers ‘JAWS 2,’ ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Reissues

September 29, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Intrada (hopefully) kicks off a robust fall for soundtrack collectors with the recent unveiling of two projects from the Universal Studios library released in 1978: one offering a box set of beloved sci-fi TV music, the other presenting a new release of a legendary composer’s first score for a sequel (the predecessor of which earned him an Oscar). Up first is that pretty fracking cool box set: Battlestar Galactica (The Classic Series Soundtrack Collection), an 8CD anthology featuring new presentations of the best of Stu Phillips’ long-unavailable music from the heroic outer space…

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John Williams, Stu Phillips

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Magic Boy: Live at Berkeley – First Show

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

Magic Boy presents Jimi Hendrix’s first show at the Berkeley Community Theater in May 1970, assembling it in the proper sequence for the first time. The set includes numerous legendary performances unearthed on early posthumous releases (“Hear My Train A-Comin’” from Rainbow Bridge; “Johnny B. Goode” from Hendrix: In the West; “Purple Haze” and “Star Banner” from the 1971 Jimi Plays Berkeley film) as well as thrilling renditions of “Fire,” “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” “Ezy Ryder,” and more. Eddie Kramer has remixed the entire concert from the original multitracks. Available on 1CD, 2LP,…

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The Who By Numbers

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / The Who Official Store(opens in new tab) 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K./ Amazon Canada Links TBD / The Who Official Store(opens in new tab) 3LP: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / The Who Official Store(opens in new tab) 2CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / The Who Official…

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Plastic Fantastic: Expanded Edition

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

Flesh for Lulu’s Plastic Fantastic followed Long Live the New Flesh on Beggars Banquet in 1989. It both continued the band’s hit streak with three charting singles and brought the first chapter of the Flesh for Lulu story to a close. Mainly produced in Australia by Mark Opitz (INXS, Cold Chisel), the sessions were fraught with creative tensions, but that didn’t keep the band from creating a lasting and varied reminder of what made Flesh great. Kevin, James, Nick, and Rocco all contributed songs to the Sydney sessions, as did additional guitarist…

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Long Live The New Flesh: Expanded Edition

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

Omnivore has remastered and expanded Flesh For Lulu’s 1987 Beggars Banquet debut, Long Live the New Flesh, on 2 CDs. All four core members of the band – Nick Marsh, Rocco Barker, Kevin Mills, and James Mitchell – contributed songs to the album (the band’s third full-length studio LP overall), including Kevin’s “Postcards from Paradise” (a U.S. Dance chart entry) and James’ “I Go Crazy,” which wasn’t included on the original U.K. release but appeared on the U.S. version (and on this expanded reissue). The latter, produced by Stephen Hague, was featured…

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Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

39CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 3LP (Fort Worth Concert): Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings arrives, with 39 CDs containing professionally-recorded shows from nearly every stop of the legendary tour’s second (and final) leg. It all adds up to 381 tracks, only ten of which have ever been previously released. Dylan’s fast and furious sets in ’76 were broad-ranging, encompassing such favorites as…

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Origins 1971-1978

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

4CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP/DVD/Blu-ray: Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited 5LP/DVD/Blu-ray Uber Deluxe: Tom Petty Store 1LP (No Sleep ‘Til LA): Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD (No Sleep ‘Til LA): Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP Zoetrope Vinyl (No Sleep ‘Til LA): Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe celebrates the birth of Tom…

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Home Again: The Complete United Artists Recordings

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

2CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / Real Gone Music(opens in new tab) 2LP (Violet PET Plastic Edition): Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / Real Gone Music(opens in new tab) 2LP (Orange with B&W Inksplosion Edition): Real Gone Music Following such past releases as the “lost albums” Longing (opens in new tab)and Faithful(opens in new tab), The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971(opens in new tab), A Brand New Me:…

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The Phantom of the Opera: The Andrew Lloyd Webber 2026 Mix

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

2CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 2CD (Amazon Exclusive Artwork): Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 3LP: Andrew Lloyd Webber Store(opens in new tab) 6LP: Andrew Lloyd Webber Store The Phantom of the Opera: The Andrew Lloyd Webber 2026 Mix was created by the composer from the original analogue multitrack tapes to the musical’s original cast recording. In addition to remixing the album starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman…

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Volume Four

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

6CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 11LP: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada Def Leppard continues its sporadic reissue series with Volume 4, available as a 6CD or 11LP set. The collection continues the thread of albums plus the rarities that these sets have been known for since the first volume(opens in new tab) in 2018, collecting the group’s studio output between 1978’s The Def Leppard E.P. and 1987’s Hysteria (plus one rarities…

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The Savoy Recordings

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings highlights a lesser considered period of the legendary John Coltrane’s work. The Savoy Recordings, available as a 3CD or 3LP set, offers new pressings of Trane’s three albums for the Savoy label as co-leader with trumpeter/flugelhorn player Wilbur Harden. Mainstream 1958, Jazz Way Out and Tanganyika Strut have all been newly remastered (Amazon lists Paul Blakemore as mastering engineer, while Craft’s official site specifies Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio as the one cutting…

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The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

Miles Davis and John Coltrane Complete Columbia

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Miles Davis and John Coltrane’s 2000 box set The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 and a 2001 best-of will be re-pressed, with the larger set available once more on six CDs or nine LPs and the highlights set as a double vinyl. This box offered 58 studio and live performances of the pair together – including the entireties of legendary albums ‘Round About Midnight, Milestones and Kind of Blue…

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The Tiberi Tapes

September 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Tiberi Tapes, a legendary collection of the near-mythic amateur recordings of John Coltrane experimenting on stage in the early ’60s, arrives in 3CD and 4LP highlights packages. (The complete set of more than 100 performances from 86 reels is available on USB format only.) These live recordings were made by fellow saxophonist Frank Tiberi, later the leader of the Woody Herman Orchestra after the clarinetist’s passing (and still, at 97, a professor at…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 25

September 25, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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. Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out! 60th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Zappa/UMe) 5CD/BD: Zappa.com (opens in new tab)/ uDiscoverMusic.com(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 5LP (Pre-Master Mix & Mono Mix + 60th Anniversary Highlights): Zappa.com(opens in new tab) / uDiscoverMusic.com(opens in new tab) 2LP (Remastered 1966…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Andrea Bocelli, Art in America, Average White Band, Ben Platt, Danny O'Keefe, Doctor Who, Frank Zappa, Jason Robert Brown, John Debney, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marc Bolan, Peter Davison, Rachel Zegler, Randy Edelman, Randy Newman, T Rex, Taylor Swift

If I Fell: Three Solo Albums from Sir George Martin Reissued on CD, LP, Digital

September 24, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Sir George Martin would have turned 100 earlier this year, on January 3. Before the year’s out, Warner Music UK will celebrate the legacy of the producer-arranger-composer-conductor with a trio of reissues. On November 6, the label will revisit 1964’s Off the Beatle Track, 1965’s Help!, and 1966’s And I Love Her on vinyl and streaming everywhere, and on CD in the United Kingdom. The first two albums feature Martin’s lush orchestral renditions of Beatles favorites, while the third blends Beatles songs (including the title track) with other hits of the day. …

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Trane Schedule: Multiple Reissues, Unreleased Delights Planned for Saxophonist’s Centennial

September 23, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Today, September 23, marks the 100th birthday of John Coltrane – and every label is getting in on the celebration. We’ve already shared news of a career-spanning compilation and vinyl box set due soon, but even more titles have hit the release schedule, from CD to vinyl – including what may be the most anticipated unreleased recordings of them all from the legendary jazz saxophonist. Tiberi’s Trane Pulls In On November 6, Impulse! will finally release The Tiberi Tapes, a legendary collection of the near-mythic amateur recordings of Coltrane experimenting on stage in…

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Art Taylor, Cannonball Adderley, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, Pharaoh Sanders, Philly Joe Jones, Red Garland, Wilbur Harden

Drastic Symphonies: Fourth Def Leppard Albums Box is Packed with Rarities

September 22, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Def Leppard are surprising fans not only by starting up their ongoing box set series, but widening the scope of the latest release, too. Volume 4, available as a 6CD or 11LP set on November 13, continues the thread of albums plus the rarities that these sets have been known for since the first volume in 2018, collecting the group’s studio output between 1978’s The Def Leppard E.P. and 1987’s Hysteria (plus one rarities set and a Pyromania-era live set). Subsequent volumes covered the British group’s ’90s output (2019’s Volume Two) and covers-heavy ’00s (2021’s Volume…

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The Music Of The Night: “Phantom of the Opera” Returns in Remixed, Expanded Edition

September 21, 2026 by Randy Fairman | 2 Comments

From the moment the original London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe’s Phantom of the Opera opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre on October 9, 1986, it was clear that the sweepingly romantic musical was a juggernaut. Directed by Harold Prince, the production combined innovative stagecraft with proudly old-fashioned musical melodrama, and forty years on, it’s still packing houses at Her – now His! – Majesty’s Theatre. The original cast recording featuring Michael Crawford as the Phantom, Sarah Brightman as Christine Daaé, and Steve Barton as Raoul, along with…

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 18

September 18, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today…and it’s one of the biggest weeks in recent memory! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. David Bowie, The Shel Talmy Recordings (Parlophone) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (180-gram red vinyl) The Shel Talmy Recordings collects 21 recordings the then-unknown David Bowie recorded with producer Talmy (The Who, The Kinks) during 1965, when he was a member of bands The Manish Boys and The Lower Third. Only four of these tracks…

Monkeeing Around: Rhino Preps 60th Anniversary Edition of The Monkees’ Debut

September 17, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

In 1967, Monkeemania was sweeping the country. “I told people I would outsell The Beatles, and they laughed at me,” impresario Don Kirshner once recalled. “Then the first album sold four million.” That first album which led the television foursome of Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork to outsell The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and, well, everybody else in 1967 is being revisited (again) with a new 3CD/1LP box set due October 30 from Rhino. The basis of this set is Rhino Handmade’s long out-of-print 4CD…

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Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, The Monkees

I’m Coming Home Again: Dusty Springfield’s “Home Again: The Complete United Artists Recordings” Coming From Real Gone

September 16, 2026 by The Second Disc | 18 Comments

Following such past releases as the “lost albums” Longing and Faithful, The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971, A Brand New Me: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions, and Come for a Dream: The U.K. Sessions 1970-1971, Real Gone Music is returning to the late Dusty Springfield’s discography with a new 2-CD or 2-LP set. On November 6, the label will release Home Again, The Complete United Artists Recordings, collecting the albums It Begins Again and Living Without Your Love as well as a host of bonus tracks. Following her split from ABC/Dunhill Records, the British…

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Barry Manilow, Carole Bayer Sager, Dusty Springfield, Melissa Manchester, Steve Dorff

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You’re Gonna Get It! Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ Early Years Chronicled in ‘Origins’ Box

September 16, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

50 years ago, Gainesville, Florida native Tom Petty formed the group that would take him and his bandmates into the stratosphere. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers blazed a path of rootsy rock and roll for over forty years, curtailed only by Petty’s untimely passing in 2017 at the age of 66. Now, UMe is celebrating the birth of the legendary band with Origins 1971-1978, a new 4CD/1DVD/1BD or 5LP/1DVD/1BD box set. (An “Uber Deluxe” vinyl edition limited to just 500 copies will also be available.) The set shines a spotlight on the…

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