New vinyl releases and reissues for this week and months ahead.
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Dec. 12, 2025
THE BAND
“The Best of The Band” (1975 compilation; remastered; Capitol / UMe) 
BLUR
“The Great Escape (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Blue and Yellow Double Album; 1995 album, featuring “Country House,” “The Universal,” “Stereotypes” and “Charmless Man”; with a bonus LP of rare B-sides; Amazon UK; Warner / Parlophone)
CLIFFORD BROWN & MAX ROACH
“Clifford Brown & Max Roach” (1954 album; transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe)
COUNTING CROWS
“Recovering the Satellites” (Double Vinyl; 1996 album, featuring “A Long December” and “Angels of the Silences”; remastered from the original 1/4-inch production master tape; On Tour; Geffen / UMe)
NEIL DIAMOND
“All-Time Greatest Hits” (2014 compilation; 12 songs; Capitol / UMe)
JOHNNY GRIFFIN
“A Blowing Session” (1957 album, featuring John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey; mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe)
KEITH JARRETT
“The Köln Concert (50th Anniversary Edition)” (Double Vinyl; 1975 album; in tip-on gatefold packaging, with eight-page booklet, including original and new photos and new liner notes in English and German; plus an art print with a photo and printed signature by Jarrett; ECM)
WES MONTGOMERY
“Bumpin'” (1965 album; transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe)
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
“Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)” (1976 debut album, featuring “[The System of] Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether” and “The Raven”; half-speed remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios; Cooking Vinyl)
PINK FLOYD
“Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary Edition)” (Triple Vinyl; 1975 album, featuring the title track, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” “Welcome to the Machine” and “Have a Cigar”; with nine bonus studio tracks; 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; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
THE POGUES
“Rum Sodomy & the Lash (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Red Marbled Double Vinyl; 1985 album, produced by Elvis Costello, featuring “A Pair of Brown Eyes,” “Sally MacLennane” and “Dirty Old Town”; extras include “Poguetry in Motion” EP, B-sides, tracks from the July 1985 BBC Janice Long session and live recordings from Glasgow Barrowland; Amazon UK; Rhino)
MAX ROACH
“Percussion Bitter Sweet” (1961 album, featuring trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, tuba innovator Ray Draper and singer Abbey Lincoln; mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Verve / UMe)
JIMMY SMITH
“House Party” (1958 album, featuring Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Lou Donaldson, George Coleman, Tina Brooks, Kenny Burrell, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey and Donald Bailey; stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe)
ARCHIE SHEPP
“Four for Trane” (1964 album, co-produced by John Coltrane; mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Verve / UMe)
SNOOP DOGG
“Tha Doggfather” (Double Vinyl; 1996 album, featuring “”Snoop’s Upside Ya Head,” “Vapors” and “Doggfather”; Merch; Death Row Records / Gamma.)
T. REX
“The Studio Albums 1970-1977” (eight-LP box set; half-black, half-colored vinyl; Amazon UK; Edsel / Demon Music Group)
WORLD PARTY
“Bang!” (White Vinyl; 1993 album, featuring “Is It Like Today?” and “Give It All Away”; Seaview)
Dec. 19, 2025
PETER CRISS
“Peter Criss” (KISS drummer’s sixth solo album and first since 2007; producers: Criss, Barry Pointer; guests: John 5, Paul Shaffer, Billy Sheehan, Mike McLaughlin, et al; new single: “Creepy Crawlers”; Hear here; Read here; Silver Vinyl; White Vinyl; Flatiron Recordings)
TODD RUNDGREN
“Solo in Clearwater” (Double Vinyl; 20-song concert performed on Jan. 28, 2003, at Ruth Eckerd Hall; On Tour; Cleopatra)
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
“John Henry” (Double Vinyl; 1994 album; Idlewild Recordings)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall” (Double Vinyl; 1995 album, featuring Colm Wilkinson, Philip Quast, Michael Ball, Lea Salonga, Ruthie Henshall, Alun Armstrong, Jenny Galloway, Michael Maguire, Judy Kuhn and a company of 250, accompanied by the 70-piece London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Charles Abell; remastered; Warner Classics)
Jan. 9, 2026
BLOSSOM DEARIE
“Give Him the Ooh-La La” (1958 album, with guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Jo Jones; mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Verve / UMe)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
“Face the Music” (1975 album, featuring “Evil Woman,” “Strange Magic” and “Fire On High”; Amazon UK; Epic / Legacy)
FANNY
“Mothers Pride” (Baby Pink Vinyl; 1973 album, produced by Todd Rundgren; original lineup’s fourth and final LP; remastered; Amazon UK; Real Gone Music)
HANK MOBLEY
“Hank” (1958 album, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, John Jenkins on alto sax, Bobby Timmons on piano, Wilbur Ware on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drum; mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket; Amazon UK; Blue Note / UMe)
STEELY DAN
“Two Against Nature” (2000 album, featuring “Cousin Dupree”; winner of four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; Amazon UK)
“Everything Must Go” (2003 album; their ninth and final LP; Rhino / Warner)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Sweet & Sour Setlist” (Target-Exclusive Transparent Pink Vinyl; 10 tracks; UMe)
DINAH WASHINGTON
“What a Diff’rence a Day Makes” (1959 album; Grammy winner for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance – the first year the award was presented; mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Verve / UMe)
TYRONE WASHINGTON
“Natural Essence” (1967 debut album, featuring Woody Shaw, James Spaulding, Kenny Barron, Reggie Workman and Joe Chambers; mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket; Amazon UK; Blue Note / UMe)
Jan. 16, 2026
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS
“Valentine” (Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s ninth studio album; producers: Andrews, Jerry Bernhardt; new single: “Keeper”; See here; Amazon.ca; On Tour; Loose Future / Thirty Tigers)
BAD BUNNY
“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” (Amazon-Exclusive Red Double Vinyl; 2025 album; Puerto Rican rapper-singer has 12 nominations in the 26th annual Latin Grammy Awards, scheduled for Nov. 13, 2025, in Las Vegas, including Album of the Year; On Tour; Merch; Rimas Entertainment)
MADISON BEER
“locket” (her third album; producers: Leroy Clampitt, LOSTBOY, Beer, One Love; new single: “bittersweet”; See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive Buttercream Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Pink Pastel Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Sing It Loud / Epic)
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
“Time Further Out (Miró Reflections)” (Yellow Vinyl; 1961 album, featuring alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, bassist Eugene Wright, and drummer Joe Morello; Ermitage)
SONNY CLARK
“Sonny’s Crib” (Yellow Vinyl; 1958 album, featuring John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor; Ermitage)
JOHN COLTRANE
“Coltrane” (Yellow Vinyl; 1957 debut solo album; Merch; Ermitage)
EMINEM
“STANS (The Official Soundtrack)” (Ink Bleed Double Vinyl; 2025 soundtrack; with two bonus tracks; Merch; Shady / Aftermath / Interscope)
BILL EVANS TRIO
“Waltz for Debby” (Yellow Vinyl; 1962 album, recorded live at the Village Vanguard jazz club; Ermitage)
HERBIE HANCOCK
“Takin’ Off” (Yellow Vinyl; 1962 debut album, featuring “Watermelon Man,” with tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins; Ermitage)
FREDDIE HUBBARD
“Goin’ Up” (Yellow Vinyl; 1961 album, featuring Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones; Ermitage)
MILT JACKSON
“Milt Jackson Quartet” (Yellow Vinyl; 1955 album, with Horace Silver, Percy Heath and Connie Kay; Ermitage)
QUINCY JONES
“The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones” (Yellow Vinyl; 1959 album; Ermitage)
LANGHORNE SLIM
“The Dreamin’ Kind” (Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s ninth album; producer: Greta Van Fleet’s Sam F. Kiszka; new singles: “Rock N Roll” and “Haunted Man”; See here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Rock N Roll Red Vinyl; Amazon.ca; On Tour; Dualtone)
RICHARD MARX
“After Hours” (his 14th studio album, featuring Great American Songbook standards with new originals written in the same era-evoking spirit; guests: Rod Stewart, Kenny G, Chris Botti, Randy Waldman, Tom Scott, Drea Tomè, et al; new single: “Big Band Boogie”; Hear here; On Tour; BMG Rights Management)
THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET
“Thelonious in Action” (Yellow Vinyl; 1958 album, recorded live at the Five Spot Café in New York City, featuring Johnny Griffin, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, and Roy Haynes; Ermitage)
SONNY ROLLINS
“The Bridge” (Yellow Vinyl; 1962 album; Ermitage)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“EVITA” (Blue Splatter Vinyl; 10-song cast recording of Jamie Lloyd’s staging of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical, which ended its run Sept. 6 at the London Palladium, featuring leading lady Rachel Zegler; Hear here;Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; The Other Songs)
THE BEN WEBSTER QUINTET
“Soulville” (Yellow Vinyl; 1957 album, with the Oscar Peterson Trio and Stan Levey; Ermitage)
Jan. 23, 2026
ERYKAH BADU
“Mama’s Gun (25th Anniversary)” (Amazon-Exclusive Apple Red Double Vinyl; 2000 album, featuring “Bag Lady”; with alternate cover art; Motown / Republic / UMe)
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGER
“Free For All” (1964 album; stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe)
DAVID BOWIE
“Station to Station (50th Anniversary)” (1976 album, featuring “Golden Years,” “TVC15” and “Stay”; half-speed master, cut at AIR studios London from 192Hz restored masters of the original Hit Factory master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer; Picture Disc; Merch; Rhino / Parlophone)
TONI BRAXTON
“Toni Braxton” (Double Vinyl; 1993 debut album, featuring “Another Sad Love Song” and “Breathe Again”; winner of three Grammys, including Best New Artist)
“Secrets” (Double Vinyl; 1996 album, featuring “Un-Break My Heart” and “You’re Makin’ Me High”)
“The Heat” (Double Vinyl; 2000 album, featuring “He Wasn’t Man Enough,” which won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; Arista / Legacy)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE
“All the Hits” (16-track compilation; remastered; BMG Rights Management)
DE LA SOUL
“Cabin in the Sky” (Yellow Double Vinyl; their 10th studio album and first in nine years; 20 tracks; new single: “The Package”; See here; Sky Blue Double Vinyl; Merch; Mass Appeal)
THE RED GARLAND QUINTET
“Soul Junction” (1960 album, featuring John Coltrane and Donald Byrd; all-analog mastering from the original tapes at Cohearent Audio and a Stoughton Tip-On Jacket; Craft Recordings / Concord)
JOE HENDERSON
“Our Thing” (1964 album, accompanied by Kenny Dorham, Andrew Hill, Eddie Khan and Pete La Roca; stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal; Blue Note / UMe)
ARI LENNOX
“Vacancy” (Marshmellow Double Vinyl; R&B artist’s third album; 15 tracks; new single: “Under the Moon”; Hear here; Read here; Dreamville / Interscope)
REBA McENTIRE
“Starting Over (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Double Vinyl; 1995 album; with three bonus tracks, including “Heat Wave”; Hear here; MCA Nashville / UMe)
MEGADETH
“Megadeth” (Double Vinyl; Dave Mustaine says this will be the group’s final album; new single: “Tipping Point”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Double Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Copper Emerald Marble Vinyl; On Tour; Merch; Tradecraft / BLKIIBLK / Frontiers Music s.r.l.)
MIKA
“Hyperlove” (BRIT Award-winning pop star’s seventh studio album; new single: “Immortal Love”; Hear here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Republic)
OHIO PLAYERS
“Skin Tight” (1974 album, featuring “Skin Tight” and “Jive Turkey”; Elemental Music)
POPPY
“Empty Hands” (Grammy-nominated metal/avant-pop artist’s seventh album; producer: Jordan Fish; new single: “Bruised Sky”; See here; Amazon.ca; On Tour; Sumerian)
THE POWER STATION
“The Power Station DLX (40th Anniversary Edition)” (Double Vinyl; supergroup’s 1985 debut album, featuring “Some Like It Hot” and “Get It On [Bang a Gong]”; with an unreleased 1985 live performance, Live Aid recordings, raw instrumentals, and remixes; Amazon UK; Rhino / Parlophone)
JIMMY SMITH
“Bashin’ – The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith” (1962 album; transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging)
“Organ Grinder Swing” (1965 album; transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging; Verve / UMe)
LOUIS TOMLINSON
“How Did I Get Here?” (Clear Vinyl; his third solo album; producer: Nico Rebscher; new single: “Lemonade”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Yellow and Orange Vinyl, with poster; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; BMG Rights Management)
MARVA WHITNEY
“It’s My Thing” (1969 album from James Brown’s “Soul Sister #1”; Elemental Music)
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
“World’s Gone Wrong” (guests: Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Brittney Spencer; On Tour, with Heart; Highway 20 Records / Thirty Tigers)
YES
“Symphonic Live” (2002 album; four-LP box set, half-speed remaster, with etched eighth side; with set of five art cards and double-sided folded poster; Merch; On Tour; Mercury Studios)
Jan. 30, 2026
ALICE IN CHAINS
“Alice in Chains” (Yellow Double Vinyl; 1995 album, featuring “Grind,” “Heaven Beside You” and “Again”; it was their last to feature original lead vocalist Layne Staley, who died in 2002; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
LILY ALLEN
“West End Girl” (her first album since 2018, all 14 songs were written by Allen, mainly in collaboration with her musical director Blue May; Read here; Amazon UK; BMG Rights Management)
JOE CHAMBERS
“Double Exposure” (1978 album; remastered directly from original analog tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab; Time Traveler)
THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS
“The Time Has Come” (Red Vinyl; 1967 album, featuring the 1968 psychedelic hit “Time Has Come Today”; Music on Vinyl)
PHIL COLLINS
“The Singles” (Transparent Petrol and Magenta Double Vinyl; 2016 compilation; Amazon UK; Rhino / Atlantic)
MILES DAVIS
“The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965” (10-LP box set, featuring Davis with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, captured two nights [Dec. 22-23] at the Chicago venue; cut from the high-res Mosaic masters and pressed on 140-gram black vinyl; each LP comes in its own newly designed jacket, housed in a gold foil-embossed slipcase box; 44-page bound book includes rare photos and extensive new liner notes and track-by-track commentary by Syd Schwartz alongside Bob Blumenthal’s original essay; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
MICHAEL JACKSON
“Number Ones” (Double Vinyl; 18-song compilation from 2003; first time on vinyl; Merch; Epic / Legacy)
THE MONKEES
“The A’s, The B’s & The Monkees” (two-LP set featuring 12 hits and 12 B-sides; Merch; Rhino)
WOODY SHAW
“Love Dance” (1976 album; remastered directly from original analog tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab; Time Traveler)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Stranger Things 5 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)” (Amazon-Exclusive Red Smoke Vinyl; Legacy Recordings)
Feb. 13, 2026
PAUL ANKA
“Inspirations of Life and Love” (Blue Vinyl; new single: “Anytime,” an orchestrated version of his 1976 Top 40 hit “Anytime [I’ll Be There]”; See here; On Tour; Green Hill Productions)
JEFF BUCKLEY
“Live at Sin-é (Deluxe Edition)” (1993 four-song EP, his first commercial release; expanded to 34 tracks, including “Grace,” “Last Goodbye” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” with an eight-page, full-color booklet of photos and liner notes; hard-shell slipcase housing four individually designed LP jackets; Columbia / Legacy)
CHARLI XCX
“Wuthering Heights” (written for Emerald Fennel’s adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, opening in theaters on Feb. 14; includes “House,” her recent collaboration with John Cale; new single: “Chains of Love”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Merch; Atlantic)
MARIACHI EL BRONX
“Mariachi El Bronx IV” (Translucent Orange Vinyl; first album in 12 years from side project of punk rock band The Bronx; producer: John Avila; new single: “Forgive or Forget”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour; ATO)
MUMFORD & SONS
“Prizefighter” (“Begin Again” White Vinyl; their sixth album; producers: Mumford & Sons, Aaron Dessner; guests: Gracie Abrams, Hozier, Chris Stapleton, Gigi Perez; new single: “Rubber Band Man”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour; Glassnote)
Feb. 20, 2026
TORI AMOS
“Strange Little Girls (Expanded Edition)” (Double Vinyl; 2001 concept album; remastered, with B-sides and two unreleased covers from the sessions; available in 12 different cover variations; Read here; Rhino / Atlantic)
CREAM
“Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005” (Triple Vinyl; four shows recorded during the band’s reunion tour; the album peaked at No. 59 on the Billboard 200 chart; Surfdog / Eric Clapton)
LITTLE WALTER
“The Best of Little Walter” (1958 compilation; remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressing; with original liner notes by legendary Chicago historian Studs Terkel; Amazon UK; Chess / Interscope / UMe)
GEORGE MICHAEL
“Faith” (Double Vinyl; 1987 debut solo album, featuring “Faith,” “Father Figure,” “One More Try,” “I Want Your Sex” and “Kissing a Fool”; won Album of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards; remastered, with bonus track: “I Want Your Sex [The Monogamy Mix]”; Vinyl, without bonus track; Red and Black Marble Double Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
MEGAN MORONEY
“Cloud 9” (Megan’s Signature Pink Double Vinyl; CMA Award-nominated country star’s third album; producer: Kristian Bush; guest: Kenny Chesney; new single: “Beautiful Things”; See here; Target-Exclusive Candy Cloud Double Vinyl, with two bonus tracks; Sony Music Nashville / Columbia)
NEW FOUND GLORY
“Listen Up!” (their 12th full-length album and first in nearly six years; producers: Mark Trombino, New Found Glory, Steve Evetts; new single: “Laugh It Off”; See here; Read here; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Yellow with Black and White Twist Vinyl; On Tour; Pure Noise)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Music from the Motion Picture (25th Anniversary)” (Double Vinyl; 2000 album; winner of three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; Lost Highway / Interscope / UMe)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Soul to Soul (Music From the Original Soundtrack)” (1971 concert film, recorded in Ghana in March 1971, featuring performances by Ike & Tina Turner, Santana, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, and the Voices of East Harlem; See here; Liberation Hall)
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON
“The Real Folk Blues” (songs recorded between 1957 and 1964 and released by Chess Records in 1966; remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressing; Amazon UK; Chess / Interscope / UMe)
March 20, 2026
GORILLAZ
“The Mountain” (Black Bio Double Vinyl; producers: Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr.; guests: Johnny Marr, Black Thought, Idles, Kara Jackson, Yasiin Bey, Anoushka Shankar, et al; new single: “The Happy Dictator,” feat. Sparks; See here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, with a selection of live tracks taken from the Mystery Show, where the album was premiered in concert on Sept. 3, 2025 in London; Indie Exclusive Yellow Double Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Red Double Vinyl; On Tour; Merch; Kong)
May 15, 2026
SLAYER
“Hell Awaits (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1985 album; three-LP box set includes unreleased 18-track “Live from Bochum 1985,” a 60-page book, a replica ticket from the Bochum show and tour laminate, tour poster, slipmat, etc.; mastered and restored from original 1985 production tapes by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony; Merch; Metal Blade)