Category: Vinyl

Paul Westerberg's solo debut ‘14 Songs' to receive first-ever vinyl release in 2014

Paul Westerberg’s solo debut ‘14 Songs’ to receive first-ever vinyl release in 2014

As we first mentioned last month, Paul Westerberg’s post-Replacements solo debut —1993’s 14 Songs, featuring alt-rock radio hit “World Class Fad” — will receive its first-ever vinyl release next year in an 180-gram pressing similar to the previously announced release of his 1996 follow-up album Eventually.

For Against's 'Echelons,' 'December,' 'In the Marshes' collected in new vinyl box set

For Against’s ‘Echelons,’ ‘December,’ ‘In the Marshes’ collected in new vinyl box set

The Captured Tracks label next month will release a new limited-edition 3LP vinyl box set collecting the first two studio albums from Nebraska post-punk trio For Against — 1987’s Echelons and 1988’s December — plus In the Marshes, the band’s 1990 collection of demos recorded between those first two albums.

Paul Westerberg's sophomore solo set 'Eventually' to make vinyl debut in January

Paul Westerberg’s sophomore solo set ‘Eventually’ to make vinyl debut in January

Following the first-ever U.S. vinyl release of The Replacements’ final album, 1990′s All Shook Down, on Record Store Day’s Black Friday later this month comes word that bandleader Paul Westerberg’s second solo effort, 1996’s Eventually, also will make its debut on vinyl early next year.

The Wild Swans reissue 3rd studio LP, rarities set 'Incandescent ' in deluxe vinyl editions

The Wild Swans reissue 3rd studio LP, rarities set ‘Incandescent ‘ in deluxe vinyl editions

Earlier this year, U.K.-based label Occultation Recordings took the unusual step of surveying fans of The Wild Swans about what they’d like to see included on deluxe vinyl reissues of the band’s third album, 2011′s The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years, and a 2003 compilation of ’80s radio sessions, demos and rarities,

The Jesus and May Chain reveal fan-selected rarities compilation for 11LP vinyl box set

The Jesus and May Chain reveal fan-selected rarities compilation for 11LP vinyl box set

The Jesus and Mary Chain has revealed the 14-song tracklist that will comprise the 11th and final LP in its forthcoming The Complete Vinyl Collection box set, a collection of B-sides and rarities — including material from the Barbed Wire Kisses album and Power of Negative Thinking box set — that were voted on by fans.

Premiere: Jona Lewie tells story of 'Kitchen at Parties' for new Stiff Records 7-inch box set

Premiere: Jona Lewie tells story of ‘Kitchen at Parties’ for new Stiff Records 7-inch box set

Among the vinyl exclusives earmarked for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event next month is this beauty: Ten Big Stiffs, a box set compiling 10 recreations of Stiff Records 7-inches — nine classics by the likes of The Plasmatics, Kirsty MacColl, Desmond Dekker and The Untouchables.