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While The Who are currently traversing North America on their (allegedly) “final-final” tour that’s been dubbed (of course) The Song Is Over, they’re also quite keen on continuing with a finely curated catalog reissue series that’s been chock full of remastered originals and unreleased studio and live tracks galore. To that end, The ’Oo have just announced that their Who Are You 180g Deluxe Edition 4LP box set is forthcoming from Polydor/UMe on October 31, 2025. Read on to see what all the bonus material is, and what other versions of the set are also available. . .

Often dividing fans as far as favorite Steely Dan albums go, their fifth studio LP on ABC, May 1976’s The Royal Scam, is an arguable breakpoint between the harder-rocking early incarnations of the group and the more progressive, smoothly jazz-infused albums to come. Read Mark Smotroff’s combo review of the recently released Analogue Productions 200g 45rpm 2LP UHQR edition and companion “standard” remaster 1LP version from Geffen/UMe to see why The Royal Scam deserves a reassessment by those who may not be giving it its proper due. . .

Here’s an upcoming multidisc collection that practically whispers one of its song titles as an instruction for potential, pun-intended suitors: Take me home. Or, to be more precise, Phil Collins and his team are suiting up for a proper, imminent 40th anniversary release of the sartorially titled No Jacket Required (Fully Tailored) 180g 4LP box set via Atlantic/Rhino on September 12, 2025. Read on to see how it was done, and what all the cool bonus material is. . .

Miles 55: The Prestige Recordings is a new deluxe 180g 3LP box set being released today, August 22, 2025, by Craft Recordings, and it celebrates a crucial period of seminal mid-1950s music by Miles Davis, as accompanied by some of his most important bands of the era. Read Mark Smotroff’s review to see why Miles 55 is yet another worthy addition to the ever-expanding Miles canon on vinyl. . .