The latest release in Cleopatra's ongoing Melanie archival series spans fourteen recordings made between 1963 and 2016 including such children's favorites as "Puff, the Magic Dragon," "The Teddy Bears' Picnic," "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and "Rain, Rain Go Away." The singer-songwriter is joined by her children and grandchildren, who assembled this release and added vocals and instrumentation following Melanie's death in January 2024. It adds up to one of the most touching releases in this
Gathered In: The 'Gather Me' Sessions
Cleopatra has rounded up previously unreleased studio outtakes, demos, and related live tracks from Melanie's 1971 album Gather Me, the LP that introduced the chart-topping "Brand New Key" as well as the hit "Ring the Living Bell" and fan favorite "Someday I'll Be a Farmer." This release includes new liner notes by the late artist's manager Dave Thompson, and is packaged in a 6-panel digipak.
Saturnight: Live from Tokyo
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cat Stevens is bringing his 1974 Japan-exclusive album, Saturnight: Live from Tokyo, to CD and wide-release vinyl following 2024's Record Store Day reissue. The 12-track album features the first live performance of Stevens' cover of Sam Cooke's "Another Saturday Night" as well as staples including "Wild World," "Peace Train," and "Oh Very Young." This edition, remastered at Abbey Road, includes
Return to Carnegie
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
A Complete Unknown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The soundtrack to director James Mangold's critically acclaimed biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Golden Globe nominee Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan, arrives January 24 on vinyl in a 16-song edition featuring such highlights as "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Girl from the North Country," "Maggie's Farm," "Like a Rolling Stone," and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." The full 23-song soundtrack follows
King of America and Other Realms
6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 140-gram Black LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 140-gram Gold Nugget LP: Official Store / uDiscover Music / The Sound of Vinyl Elvis Costello is looking back on his tenth studio album King of America - and its effect on his future live and studio work - on a lavish new box set. The remastered 1986 album is paired with a disc of demos and outtakes (six of them previously unreleased), a
Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)
6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) features six CDs (also available as a "highlights" set on four LPs) chronicling the Canadian icon's trek through the latter half of the '70s, peeling away from her always-eclectic folk-pop sound, venturing into territory inspired by jazz and fusion. Sourced from variously assembled materials, from rare multitrack tapes to radio recordings
The Other Side
T Bone Burnett returns with his first proper solo album since 2006's The True False Identity. The Other Side, a loose concept album about a mysterious couple, features collaborations with Rosanne Cash, indie folk group Lucius, and singer-songwriter Weyes Blood. Available on CD, LP, and digitally. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Spirit: 25th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 25th anniversary edition of Jewel's sophomore outing Spirit features the original album - including the Top 10 hit "Hands" - plus a raft of bonus material appended to the first disc and spilling over into the second. Extras include original single mixes, rare live B-sides and eight unreleased demos and outtakes. The original album will also be released on double vinyl on the same day.
Not Cool
Singer-songwriter-musician Tim Easton's 2013 studio album Not Cool returns to CD and vinyl from Black Mesa Records. Recording in Music City, Easton welcomed veterans (bassist Joe Fick, guitarist JD Simo and drummer Jon Radford), and newcomers (violinist Megan Palmer and guitarist Sadler Vaden) alike to record the LP that ended up on American Songwriter's "best-of" list for the year. The album of which Easton remains proud ("Not Cool is the record, from start to finish, that I call my best
Special 20
Guitarist-singer-songwriter Tim Easton, a fixture on the Americana scene, revisits his 1998 debut album Special 20 in a new 25th anniversary edition. Produced by Brad Jones and Robin Eaton, the Nashville-recorded album introduced Easton's rock-and-roll-meets-folk voice, with songs inspired by his college days as well as his time in Europe as a street troubadour. The long out-of-print Special 20 will be reissued on both vinyl and CD.
Joni Mitchell Archives - Volume 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)
The third volume of Joni Mitchell's remarkable Archives series continues with an exploration of the period that yielded such groundbreaking albums as For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), the live Miles of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975). The new 5CD, 96-track box - also available digitally or in 4LP "highlights" form - chronicles the era via previously unreleased demos, jams, outtakes, and live performances including two full concerts. The CD box set Includes a
At Royal Albert Hall
In the weeks before his passing, late Canadian troubadour Gordon Lightfoot approved the release of this May 24, 2016 concert at Royal Albert Hall. The 2CD set features such beloved Lightfoot standards as "Beautiful," "Early Morning Rain," "Sundown," "Carefree Highway," "If You Could Read My Mind," and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." The 2LP vinyl edition arrives September 1.
Seven Psalms
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Colored Vinyl: Amazon U.S. Paul Simon is ready to unveil Seven Psalms, his fifteenth studio album: a 33-minute suite of music consisting of seven compositions which are meant to be played as one continuous piece. The album has been produced by Simon and Kyle Crusham, and was recorded by the artist entirely on acoustic instruments. Focused on the intimacy of Simon as vocalist and
So Rebellious a Lover
Sunset Blvd. Records has a new vinyl edition of Gene Clark and Carla Olson's 1987 studio album So Rebellious a Lover. The album, which beautifully meshed folk, rock, country, and soul, will be presented with a gatefold jacket, new liner notes, and a bonus 45 featuring "Gypsy River" (with The Textones) and "Number One Is to Survive." This new edition is pressed on blue vinyl and celebrates the vibrant musical partnership of these two great artists.
It'll Never Happen Again
Singer-songwriter Jeff Larson has teamed with producer Gerry Beckley of America for this exquisite tribute to the late Tim Hardin. Its six songs encompass such Hardin classics as "Reason to Believe," "If I Were a Carpenter," "Misty Roses," and the title track. Larson handles lead vocals and acoustic guitar while Beckley, Joachim Cooder, and Matt Combs have joined him to provide the wide-ranging instrumentation. It'll Never Happen Again reinterprets Hardin's timeless and personal songs with
Hallelujah & Songs From His Albums
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada In conjunction with the new documentary film Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Legacy has offered this new collection from the late troubadour. Already available digitally, Hallelujah & Songs from His Albums, coming to CD and translucent blue double vinyl on October 14, is exactly what's advertised: a previously unreleased live version of that mystifying standard (recorded at the
The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live, and Rare 1964-2009
Al Stewart's The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live, and Rare 1964-2009 spans five decades of the artist behind "Year of the Cat," "Time Passages," "Midnight Rocks," "Bedsitter Images," and "Nostradamus" via his complete released live and studio recordings and over 300 previously unreleased bonus tracks. The set, limited to 2,000 copies (with the assurance that it will not be subsequently reissued), includes the following treasure trove of Stewart's works: 21 CDs of studio albums
Spellbound
Judy Collins releases her 29th studio album, and it's a very personal one: every song on Spellbound is a self-written original composition. Her collaborators on the song cycle include c0-co-producer Alan Silverman, singer-songwriter Ari Hest, multi-instrumentalist Thad DeBrock, bassist Zev Katz, and drummer Doug Yowell. It's packaged in a digipak featuring a 16-page booklet with the artist's own liner notes and lyrics. Available on CD and digital/streaming.
Life's Work: A Retrospective
Craft Recordings salutes the remarkable legacy of Americana titan Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (1923-2012) with Life's Work: A Retrospective. The anthology features 101 key tracks from the guitarist's discography including collaborations with Flatt and Scruggs, Chet Atkins, Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krauss, Bill Monroe, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Watson's son Merle. The 4-CD set (also available digitally) features an 88-page book with new liner notes by author and compilation co-producer Ted Olson
Time Passages [Various Formats]
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1978's Time Passages concluded British singer-songwriter Al Stewart's trilogy of albums with producer-engineer Alan Parsons which began with 1975's Modern Times and continued with the following year's Year of the Cat. During this purple patch, Stewart earned his first hit singles in the United States, transitioning from folk troubadour at home to bona fide pop star abroad. And while Year of
Chronicles: 60 Years of The Chieftains
This double-disc anthology brings together tracks spanning The Chieftains' first album through their most recent, including collaborations with Van Morrison, Diana Krall, The Rolling Stones, and Alison Krauss plus previously unreleased live recordings.
Ladies Sing Lightfoot
Carla Olson has brought together an array of female artists to celebrate the artistry of Gordon Lightfoot on this new 14-song CD release. Ladies Sing Lightfoot features Olson ("Ringneck Loon") and her band The Textones ("Early Morning Rain") as well as Susan Cowsill ("if You Could Read My Mind"), Natalie Noone ("Steel Rail Blues"), Shayna Alder ("Carefree Highway"), and many others on a variety of Lightfoot favorites.
The Best of Steve Goodman
Omnivore returns to late folk hero Steve Goodman's catalogue with a 19-track anthology of his finest songs drawn from studio cuts, live recordings, and demos. Highlights include a previously unreleased demo of "City of New Orleans" and a John Prine co-write, "You Never Even Call Me by My Name," which has never received a commercial release. Lee Zimmerman provides the new liner notes, and Michael Graves has mastered.
Live at Carnegie Hall 1969
Live at Carnegie Hall 1969 3LP (Black Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Live at Carnegie Hall 1969 3LP (White Vinyl): JoniMitchell.com Store Joni Mitchell's landmark February 1, 1969 Carnegie Hall show (part of Mitchell's Archives Vol. 2 box set) featuring "Chelsea Morning," "Both Sides Now," "The Fiddle and the Drum," "Morning Morgantown," and "The Circle Game" arrives from Rhino as a standalone 3LP set pressed on black vinyl; a white vinyl variant of this set (limited to
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