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VIA PRESS RELEASE | Godsmack and Republic/UMe proudly announce the release of the 25th Anniversary edition of the landmark sophomore album, Awake, available on March 6, 2026, on deluxe 2LP smoky green color vinyl and CD. This commemorative edition includes a special holographic lithograph of the cover art and features five bonus tracks, including “Why,” which was featured on the Any Given Sunday soundtrack, and a Black Sabbath cover of “Sweet Leaf.”

Following their multi-platinum self-titled debut in 1998, Godsmack returned two years later in 2000 with an album that not only met but surpassed all expectations. The release delivered a powerful collection of songs that quickly became fan favorites, including “Bad Magick,” “Awake,” and “Greed,” and cemented the band’s reputation as one of the defining acts of their era. Building on the momentum of their breakthrough success, the sophomore album’s title track earned Godsmack their first Billboard No. 1 hit, while another standout single, “Vampires,” garnered the band their first GRAMMY® nomination.

The reissue celebrates a defining moment in Godsmack’s career, showcasing the enduring legacy of an album that continues to resonate with fans worldwide. Preorder the 25th Anniversary of Awake HERE.

With over 20 years of chart-topping success, the Boson rock band has cemented themselves as 21st-century hard rock titans. To date, they’ve accomplished a staggering 12 #1 singles at mainstream rock radio, including “Surrender,” “Soul on Fire,” both from the band’s most recent album, Lighting Up the Sky.

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VIA PRESS RELEASE | Intervention Records will continue its Sun Records Hi-Fi Series—featuring classic titles from the Memphis label, mastered to vinyl from original master tapes in the Sun vaults—with a brilliant new pressing of Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!, the first long-playing record from one of country music’s most enduring icons.

The album, featuring “I Walk The Line,” “Cry, Cry, Cry,” and “Folsom Prison Blues,” has been given the ultimate treatment for this 180-gram, 45 RPM mono release, featuring audio from original master tapes mastered to vinyl in an all-analog process, plus restored artwork featuring new liner notes. Pre-orders for Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! are open now, with a release date of February 20, 2026. The album can be pre-ordered here.

“I never imagined that I’d hear the iconic voice of Johnny Cash on Intervention Records!” said Shane Buettner, Intervention Records’ founder. “And I don’t think music fans around the world have ever heard Johnny’s voice, or Sam Phillips’ famous Sun Studio sound, as clearly and definitively as they will on this new 45 RPM mono cut. This is as close you can get to a time machine back to Memphis in the 1950s!”

Originally issued in the fall of 1957—the first long-player for Sam Phillips’ Sun Records—Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! showcases the stripped-down sound that would make the future Man in Black one of the most enduring and respected musicians of the 20th century. Backed only by his “Tennessee Two” (Luther Perkins on lead guitar and Marshall Grant on upright bass) and augmented by Phillips’ signature studio slapback that gave Cash’s “boom-chicka-boom” sound its kick, Hot and Blue Guitar! is the album that introduced many to Cash’s sonorous baritone.

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VIA PRESS RELEASE | Since its original release in 1988, Talk Talk’s critically acclaimed fourth album Spirit Of Eden has grown to become one of the most influential albums of the ’80s.

A step away from its hugely commercially successful predecessor The Colour Of Spring, Spirit Of Eden is steeped in legend for its long and improvisational recording sessions that created a body of work that would go on to be vital in the creation of post-rock as a genre and has subsequently been credited by NME in 2013 as one of the top 100 of their “500 Greatest Album Of All Time,” Q magazine’s “40 Best Albums of the ’80s’,” and was 419 in Colin Larkins acclaimed book All Time Top 1000 Albums.

This new reissue is a single-vinyl cut at half-speed by Matt Colton at Metropolis and overseen by drummer Lee Harris and Mark Hollis’ son Charlie. It will be released on February 6, 2026 and is available to pre-order here.

Upon its original release it was met with huge critical acclaim despite it being a hugely challenging album to market—the nature of the music meant that it did not offer up any obvious singles for radio promotion or the ability for the band to play it live due to its improvisational nature.

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VIA PRESS RELEASE | From the garage-fueled shadows of upstate New York, The Chesterfield Kings return with Loose Ends: 1989–2004 Rare, B-Sides & Unreleased—a ferocious collection from one of rock & roll’s most enduring underground legends. In stores now via Wicked Cool Records, this anthology cracks open the vault to deliver a fuzz-drenched feast of rarities, forgotten gems, and unreleased recordings spanning the band’s wildest years.

For the first time ever, these deep cuts and obscure one-offs—many previously scattered across hard-to-find vinyl and CD pressings—are being digitally remastered and compiled into one explosive release. It’s a time capsule of pure rock swagger: stomping rhythms, snarling guitars, and that signature Kings attitude that has influenced generations of garage revivalists and true believers. Among the treasures is one previously unreleased track: the band’s never-before-heard version of “White Christmas.” As frontman Andy Babiuk explains:

“We did a lot of obscure recordings that came out on vinyl and CDs on various labels but very few were ever printed. For the first time we’ve compiled all of these recordings and we’re glad that they are finally coming out digitally remastered for everyone to check out. One unreleased track we found is a recording of the classic ‘White Christmas’ that we were asked to record for the film Christmas With The Kranks. They used the song ‘Hey Santa Claus’ that we wrote for the movie, but not ‘White Christmas,’ so this is the first time that this never released Chesterfield Kings’ version of the Christmas classic can be heard!”

Featuring covers of The Kinks, The Lyres, and others, Loose Ends captures the raw energy and spirit that have always defined The Chesterfield Kings.

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VIA PRESS RELEASE | John Coltrane’s impact on modern music is immeasurable. The saxophonist’s groundbreaking work at Atlantic Records in the early 1960s helped expand the language of jazz and redefine the possibilities of improvisation. In honor of Coltrane’s upcoming centennial next year, Rhino is starting the celebration early on November 28 with a vinyl boxed set featuring six albums in mono, reissued as part of the acclaimed Rhino High Fidelity series.

1960-1964 Mono (Rhino High Fidelity) brings together Giant Steps, Coltrane Jazz, My Favorite Things, Olé Coltrane, Coltrane Plays The Blues, and Coltrane’s Sound. Available exclusively at Rhino.com and internationally at select WMG stores, the collection is limited to 2,000 individually numbered copies. Pre-order here.

Each album is AAA cut from the original analog mono master tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl at Optimal. The records are presented in glossy gatefold jackets with the alternate French cover art and the original U.S. cover art inside the gatefolds, and exclusive new liner notes by music writer Syd Schwartz. The set showcases Rhino Hi-Fi’s industry-leading standard for audiophile sound and presentation, built on the label’s 45-year legacy of award-winning archival releases.

Few artists have altered the course of music as profoundly as Coltrane. From his early collaborations with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk to his revolutionary work as a bandleader, Coltrane’s relentless pursuit of new ideas reshaped jazz. His years at Atlantic captured a creative surge that bridged tradition and transformation and were followed by recordings that revealed a spiritual depth that defined his later work. As his centennial approaches, Coltrane’s legacy remains a benchmark for artistic courage and innovation.

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VIA PRESS RELEASE | Melanie loved the holidays—so much so that she celebrated Christmas twice, once on December 25 and again, in honor of her Ukrainian heritage, on January 7.

It’s a tradition that she shared with her husband Peter Schekeryk, himself born in the Carpathian Mountains; and which was naturally passed onto their children Leilah, Jeordie, and Beau Jarred. Yet it was not until the mid-1990s that Melanie and company set about realizing her long-cherished dream of recording a Christmas album, combining Melanie’s own Christmas compositions and the all-time favorites that need no introduction across the much-loved Antlers.

Several remastered and revised editions of the album followed over the decades before Melanie’s death in January 2024, alongside a clutch of digital singles that further celebrated the holidays. And now the best of these projects has been brought together as the very aptly-titled Melanie’s Christmas Treasury—a beautifully arranged and pristinely produced collection.

Today, however, we get a delicious taste of what’s to come, and an almost heartbreakingly pure rendition of “Silent Night”—one of half a dozen tracks on the collection remixed by rockabilly maestro Danny B Harvey, and hitherto available in digital form only.

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VIA PRESS RELEASE | From American Bandstand to The Sounds of Philadelphia and Live Aid, Philadelphia has always been a hub for musical excellence. Tracing back a lineage of decades or even centuries, every neighborhood has a story to tell about the famous artists who have performed in and called the city home.

Now, in a beautiful coffee table book and new collection that spans generations of the city’s most iconic artists and performances, The Philadelphia Music Book: Sounds of a City, 2nd Edition ($49.95 hardcover) due November 12, 2025 (Camino Books) is a weighty, glossy, 390-page, 296-image volume. This edition (the first available to the public) adds new content alongside dozens of updates and revisions that further flesh out the city’s musical culture.

Proceeds from the sales of the book will help Philadelphia Music Alliance (PMA) create, support, and sponsor programs and events that enrich and strengthen Philadelphia’s musical community. PMA is the city’s premier music authority dedicated to celebrating the significant contributions of Philadelphians across all music genres.

Over a dozen contributors lend their knowledge, understanding, and lived experience in Philadelphia, including local journalists who recount the stories of Philadelphia’s homegrown musical heroes and capture their triumphs and challenges in the full context of their lives.

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VIA PRESS RELEASE | The Hold Steady is marking the 20th anniversary of their landmark 2005 second studio album, Separation Sunday, with a deluxe new edition arriving on their own Positive Jams label via Thirty Tigers on Friday, December 5.

The expanded release sees the original 11-track album joined by nine newly remastered bonus tracks on vinyl for the first time, including rare demos, outtakes, and four songs previously released as 2005’s internet-only EP, “The Virgin Digital Sessions.” Separation Sunday (20-Year Anniversary Edition) will be available digitally and on 2xLP standard black vinyl and limited edition 2xLP gold-swirl vinyl. Pre-orders are available now.

“Separation Sunday changed everything for The Hold Steady,” says frontman Craig Finn. “We found a new lineup, a solidified sound, and through incessant touring started building the THS community that exists today. It was a thrilling time to live through, and to revisit with this new look at the album.”

Recently named by Paste as one of the “250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far,” Separation Sunday proved a sensation upon its May 2005 release, instantly catapulting the Hold Steady to the forefront of American rock ‘n’ roll bands. A dazzling collection that forwarded the band’s signature sound and distinctive vision on virtually every level, the album was greeted by critical applause around the world.

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VIA PRESS RELEASE | Judy Collins transformed the sound of folk music. With a crystalline voice and a songbook blurring traditional genre lines, the Seattle native came to prominence in the fertile Greenwich Village stomping grounds of New York City. The luminous Collins—a classical piano prodigy, talented guitarist, gifted adapter and later, songwriter, and singer with a three-octave range—signed with Jac Holzman’s Elektra Records in 1961 and remained an Elektra artist for nearly two-and-a-half decades.

Now, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are revisiting the first decade of the extraordinary career that still flourishes today. The ‘60s Singles brings together, for the first time, the remarkable array of 45s on which Collins’ discography was built. With songs by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Sandy Denny, Eric Andersen, and Joni Mitchell—including the international smash “Both Sides Now”—Collins’ early Elektra singles reflected impeccable taste, a vast musical imagination, a hunger to explore material from rock to art songs, and a social conscience.

Every one of these fourteen single sides is presented in its original single mix—most of which are unique mixes and edits, with the first ten songs in mono and the final four in stereo. These versions have been out of print and unavailable for over five decades and all have been painstakingly restored for this collection. Highlights include Collins’ first foray into folk-rock, the mono non-LP single of Bob Dylan’s “I’ll Keep It with Mine,” the rare promotional stereo mix of Joni Mitchell’s “Chelsea Morning,” different from the commonly-available stereo version, and two versions of the classic “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season).”

Mike Milchner has remastered every track, The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese has penned the new liner notes diving into the history of each song, and John Sellards has designed the package in the style of the era. Available on CD and a “Judy Blue Eyes” vinyl edition limited to 1,000 copies, The ‘60s Singles celebrates the elegance, power, and beauty of Judy Collins’ first decade of music.

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Formed in 1984, Fields of the Nephilim is the creation of vocalist and front man Carl McCoy. Highly influential, especially in the world of goth, but also within the metal and electronic genres, their legacy endures to this day. You can hear their influence on bands like Swans, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Explosions In The Sky, Wolves in The Throne Room, and more.

Dawnrazor is the band’s debut album, originally released in 1987. We are happy to announce a reissue of this title, out December 12th, remastered and available on CD and colored vinyl. The vinyl is pressed on white and is expanded to a double LP for improved fidelity. Several different versions of this album were initially released, featuring different track listings depending on what country you were in. This definitive version includes all 14 album tracks on vinyl for the first time and together on CD for the first time since the five album set.

The album’s opening track contains a sample of the Ennio Morricone theme “Man with the Harmonica” from Sergio Leone’s classic 1968 western film Once Upon a Time in the West. “Preacher Man” is an epic track that is often noted as one of the greatest goth songs of all time. Louder Sound wrote about the title track, saying “Its slow, menacing pace, complete with creepy otherworldly noises and stellar musicianship from the band take this to another level.”

In a remembrance of the album in 2017, The Quietus called their sound “music that sails into the multi-coloured waters of psychedelia” and Metal Hammer wrote that they “gave the UK scene a much-needed shot in the arm, revitalizing the sound by introducing metal’s power and urgency into the sonic mix.”

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Cat Power is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her milestone 2006 album, The Greatest, with “Redux,” a three-song EP arriving digitally and on 10” vinyl via Domino Recording Company on Friday, January 23, 2026. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now.

Recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer and longtime collaborator Stuart Sikes (Loretta Lynn, The White Stripes) at Austin, TX’s Church House Studios with backing by Dirty Delta Blues—the all-star supergroup assembled for the world tour that followed The Greatest comprising guitarist Judah Bauer (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion), keyboardist Gregg Foreman (The Delta 72, Jesse Malin), bassist Erik Paparozzi (Lizard Music), and drummer Jim White (Dirty Three, Hard Quartet)—”Redux” includes a brand new re-recording of James Brown’s chart-topping classic, “Try Me.” The track was among those first recorded by the singer-songwriter, otherwise known as, during the original sessions that produced but were never completed.

Redux also includes a stunning rendition of Prince’s iconic “Nothing Compares 2 U,” recorded in tribute to the late, great guitarist Teenie Hodges, a legendary member of The Memphis Rhythm Band that backed Cat Power on The Greatest and with whom she formed a close bond before his passing in 2014. The EP also includes a re-imagined version of one of the many standout tracks on The Greatest, Marshall’s own “Could We,” newly recorded in the arrangement that was performed live on The Greatest Tour with Dirty Delta Blues.

Next year will see Cat Power perform The Greatest in its entirety with a very special series of 20th anniversary live shows beginning February 12, 2026, at Houston, TX’s White Oak Music Hall and then traveling North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom through early November. For updates and ticket information, please visit catpowermusic.com/#tour.

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