New Releases: Dec. 12, 2025 | Pause & Play CD and Music Site

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Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)

ARTISTTITLELABEL
The Band“The Best of The Band” (1975 compilation; remastered; Vinyl) Capitol / UMe
Shirley Bassey“As I Love You: The Complete Shirley Bassey 1956-1962” (five-CD, 108-song collection, curated by Olivier Julien; See here) Fremeaux Heritage
Steve Forbert“The Things That I See” (remixed and remastered 10th anniversary reissue of his 2015 album “Compromised,” featuring a cover of “Send in the Clowns,” with a new song, “Ebenezer’s Back in Town,” as a bonus track; See here; Vinyl) Rolling Tide
Brantley Gilbert“Greatest Hits … So Far” (24-track collection of hits, fan favorites and three new songs; Black Marble Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) The Valory Music Co. / Big Machine Label Group
Jimi Jamison“1998 Live Hits” (13 tracks, recorded in Little Rock, Nashville and Bettendorf; Vinyl; Download) Iconoclassic / Frontiers Music s.r.l.
Thelonious Monk“Bremen 1965” (recorded live in Radio Bremen’s storied Sendesaal / Studio F; Double Vinyl; Download) Sunnyside
Peter Murphy“Peter Live Volume Three: 4th & B San Diego 2000” (band included his ex-Bauhaus bandmate Kevin Haskins on drums, Eric Avery from Jane’s Addiction on bass, current Psychedelic Furs man Peter DiStefano on guitar and Doug De Angelis on keyboards; Double Vinyl) Silver Shade
Orange Bicycle“The Complete Trip: The Complete Recordings 1967-1971” (three-CD, 63-track British psych-pop compilation; Amazon UK released on Nov. 28) Morgan Blue Town
The Alan Parsons Project“I Robot (Immersive Audio Blu-ray)” (1977 album, featuring “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You,” “Breakdown,” “Day After Day” and “Don’t Let It Show”; Dolby Atmos mix, along with a 5.1 Surround Sound mix from the original multi-track master tapes by Parsons, plus new stereo HD remaster by Miles Showell; also contains the restored “I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You” promo video and interview footage of Eric Woolfson discussing the album; Amazon UK) Cooking Vinyl
Pink Floyd“Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1975 album, featuring the title track, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” “Welcome to the Machine” and “Have a Cigar”; with nine bonus studio tracks; Triple Vinyl; Vinyl Box Set, four crystal clear LPs, with the nine bonus tracks plus “Live At Wembley 1974,” a replica Japanese 7-inch single of “Have a Cigar” b/w “Welcome to the Machine,” a hardcover book including unseen photographs, a comic book tour program and Knebworth poster; Yellow Flame Vinyl; Blu-ray Audio, with a Dolby Atmos mix for the first time by James Guthrie; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download, with “Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975”; Apple Music; Merch) Columbia / Legacy
Jack Scott“Five Classic Albums Plus” (Double CD; with three bonus tracks) Avid Entertainment
T. Rex“The Studio Albums 1970-1977” (eight-CD box set; Vinyl, eight half-black, half-colored LPs; Amazon UK) Edsel / Demon Music Group
Lester Young“Lester Leaps In: Live At Birdland 1951-1952” (unreleased performances during the “Jumpin With Symphony Sid” radio show; Hear here; Vinyl) Liberation Hall