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Rush 50 Box Set, Including Rare Tracks From 1973, Unreleased Vault Mixes and Live Material, and More, Arrives in 180g 7LP and 180g 7LP/4CD Configurations on March 21
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 06, 2025  |  2 comments

If I could wave my magic wand, I’d set every unofficially released Rush track free — oh wait, it looks like the band’s parent labels read my mind (well, mostly). To that end, we’ve been informed that, on March 21, 2025, UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records collectively plan on celebrating the iconic Canadian trio’s half-century milestone marker with Rush 50 — a.k.a. R50 — a wide-ranging 50-track anthology that will be available as a 180g 7LP/4CD Super Deluxe Edition and 180g 7LP Deluxe Edition (among other configurations), and it will include a number of rare and unreleased Holy Grail tracks to boot. Read on to see all that R50 entails, and how to get any/all versions of it. . .

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Steely Dan’s 1975 Masterpiece Katy Lied Getting Full 200g 45rpm 2LP UHQR Treatment on January 31
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 06, 2025  |  9 comments

You can see it in their eyes, but is it really any surprise to learn that we are finally getting the much-anticipated 200g 45rpm 2LP UHQR edition of Steely Dan’s rightly acclaimed March 1975 album Katy Lied on January 31, 2025? Read on to see all the UHQR tech/spec details, plus news regarding the companion 180g 1LP edition. . .

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Steely Dan’s 1976 Masterstroke LP The Royal Scam Puts The Fez On for the Final Entry in the Iconic Band’s Historic Catalog Reissue Series on June 6
Mike Mettler  |  May 14, 2025  |  0 comments

“It was the hippest of times, it was the squarest of times — mostly the latter.” Ever cleverly dour, that was how the principal members of Steely Dan (a.k.a. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen) opened the three-paneled liner-notes portion of the folded booklet within the MCA CD reissue of their masterful May 1976 ABC album The Royal Scam. Thankfully, the music found therein was much more hip than square — and, now, after a 40-year wait (!), The Royal Scam is finally seeing proper vinyl reissues courtesy separate Geffen/UMe and Analogue Productions editions on June 6, 2025. Read on to see all the royal LP details. . .

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Talking Heads Build a Better Box Set With the More Songs About Buildings and Food 4LP Super Deluxe Edition That’s Slated for Consumption on July 25
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 04, 2025  |  2 comments

Take me to the box set, and drop me in the vinyl. And what we mean by that is to announce Talking Heads’ second studio album, July 1978’s More Songs About Buildings and Food, will be getting the Super Deluxe Edition 4LP treatment from Sire/Rhino on July 25, 2025. Read on to see what rarities and live material are also included in this must-have collection (and how to get those four bonus 45s too). . .

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The B-52’s Span the Rainbow With a Myriad of Color Vinyl Choices for All the Good Stuff That’s in Their 9LP Warner Reprise Years Box Set Coming Out June 20
Mike Mettler  |  May 28, 2025  |  10 comments

We duly announce that The B-52’s The Warner Reprise Years 9LP box set is slated for release from Warner Records/Reprise/Rhino on June 20, 2025. All 9LPs in this massive collection, which spans the balance of the pioneering alt-punk band’s kaleidoscopic recording career from 1979 to 1992, have been remastered and repressed on a literal rainbow variety of color vinyl options, so read on to see what those colors are, and how good each LP sounds. . .

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The Beatles’ 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono 180g 8LP Box Set Is Poised to Please Please Us All on November 22
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 12, 2024  |  10 comments

I’m in love with The Beatles, and I feel fine — and I bet you’ll feel that way too after I tell you that a new 180g 8LP box set titled The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono is officially slated for release on November 22, 2024, via Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Read on to find out all the analog stats, details, and tracklisting info for all seven LPs (one of them is a 2LP set) in this truly Fab box. . .

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The Tragically Hip’s 1989 Debut Album Up to Here Gets Deluxe Commemorative 180g 4LP/1BD Box Set Treatment on November 8, and “Nothing” on It Was Mastered From a Digital Source
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 20, 2024  |  5 comments

You gotta do what you feel is real, and The Tragically Hip continue doing just that with the upcoming 180g 4LP/1BD box set commemorating the 35th anniversary of their September 1989 debut album, Up to Here. An expansive collection featuring scores of unreleased tracks, demos, and live material, The Hip’s Up to Here box is set for release via UMe on November 8, 2024. Read on to see what the Up to Here extras are, and glean all the nitty-gritties about the box set’s wholly analog source material. . .

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Tis The Season to Spin Vinyl, Part 1: Eight New Holiday LPs to Add to Your Shopping List
Mark Smotroff  |  Dec 11, 2024  |  4 comments

It’s beginning to look a lot like. . . holiday vinyl. Tis that time of year when holiday music is in the air, and there is no shortage of holiday vinyl to go around for any and all of your holiday listening proclivities and/or gift-giving needs. Read Part 1 of Mark Smotroff’s holiday LP roundup to see which of these eight featured new vinyl releases could make their way onto your “nice” list for listening and/or gifting this year. . .

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Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65 Is Set for Release as a 2LP Set by Light in the Attic on October 4
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 20, 2024  |  7 comments

Lou Reed was — and still is, really — one of rock & roll’s most transformative and influential songwriters and performers. Before he made an indelible mark with The Velvet Underground and then as a solo artist over his five-decade career, Reed honed his craft by penning many a song for other artists as a staff writer for a legendary label during the early rock era. To celebrate that important early chapter of Reed’s history, Light in the Attic, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive, has just announced a new 2LP set covering that era, Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65, will be released on October 4, 2024. Read on to see all the tracks written by Reed that are included on this important release. . .

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