G.I.'s Picks
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Celebrated Grammy award winner Ray LaMontagne will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of his seminal debut album, Trouble, with a special remastered vinyl edition. Additionally, LaMontagne will embark on the Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour, performing the album in its entirety for the first time since its release. On the remastered vinyl, LaMontagne continues, “When Trouble was initially released Vinyl was considered a dead format, never to breathe again. Digital audio was the new King. As we know this has proved untrue. Each year more and more music lovers are listening to vinyl and appreciating it for its depth and breadth of sound, for its physical heft, for its tangible realness.
• Gold Indie exclusive vinyl
- Limited 20th Anniversary Remastered Edition of "Trouble"
Dogman (Blk) [Colored Vinyl] (Gate) [Limited Edition] [180 Gram] (Red) (Hol)
ON SALE $54.99 Vinyl: $49.99 Buy
Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII - Vinyl 2 LP
Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII, the groundbreaking 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, has been digitally remastered and remixed by Steven Wilson. Set in the hauntingly beautiful ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy, this unique film captures Pink Floyd performing an intimate concert. This audio companion contains the live performances from the film as well as two additional tracks, including a previously unreleased extended version of "A Saucerful Of Secrets".
Happy 35th Birthday to Frizzle Fry. In celebration, the album is available for the first time on a clear/purple split vinyl.
Mad Season Above 30th Anniversary Edition 2LP (Limited Edition - Gray & Black & White Vinyl)
There are supergroups, and then there is Mad Season. The formation of Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), and John Baker Saunders (The Walkabouts) - released a phenomenon of an album, Above, in 1995. With over a million units sold, the grunge alt-rock record - to the underground and at large - was a massive success and this year celebrates its 30th anniversary.
For the first time in 30 years, this special edition LP will be pressed on variants other than black vinyl and is set to be released March 2025.
In addition, the packaging has been restored to the '95 artwork with original cover, inside gatefold, back photo, and center labels. We've included a new 20-page 12x12 booklet embossed with the same illustration as album cover with new liner notes from McCready and Martin, additional photos, and song lyrics.
Audio has been recently mastered for vinyl and Lacquers were cut by Levi Seitz. In addition to the original 10 tracks this includes three with Mark Lanegan on vocals and a cover of John Lennon's I Don't Want To Be a Soldier with Layne singing.
All copies are limited and editioned with foil stamped numbering.
Mike McCready: "Playing with Baker, Barrett, Layne, and Mark was a privilege I will always cherish. As Above is re-released, I hope you enjoy it. I remain grateful for the opportunity to share that time, that music, and those memories with all of you."
FEATURES:
- Original 1995 Artwork Packaging (including cover, inside gatefold, back photo, center labels)
- Foiled Stamp Numbered out of 3,000
- 20-Page 12"x12" Booklet with Embossed Cover w/ New liner notes, lyrics, and extra photos
VINYL RELEASE DATE: March 2025
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 03/14/1995
- Special Embossed Black Velvet cover
- Packaging restored to 1995 artwork
- Includes new 20-page 12"x12" booklet
- Embossed cover
- New liner notes from Mike McCready and Barrett Martin
- Live and promo photos
- Song lyrics
- Audio newly mastered for vinyl
- Lacquers cut by Levi Seitz
- Audio newly mastered for vinyl
TRACKLIST
Wake Up
X-Ray Mind
River of Deceit
I'm Above
Artificial Red
Lifeless Dead
I Don't Know Anything
Long Gone Day
November Hotel
All Alone
Interlude
Locomotive (Mark Lanegan vocals)
Black Book of Fear (Mark Lanegan vocals)
Slip Away (Mark Lanegan vocals)
I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (John Lennon cover)
MAD SEASON 'ABOVE' 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
This special release marks the 20th anniversary of The Grind Date. De La Soul’s seventh studio album features
guest appearances by Ghostface, MF Doom, Carl Thomas and Common. This limited edition 2 LP set is pressed on
splatter color vinyl and includes 4 bonus instrumental versions of the leading tracks, “The Grind Date,” “Verbal Clap,”
“Shopping Bags,” and “Days of Our Loves.”
Celebrate 50 years of RUSH with their first-ever complete career anthology. Fifty tracks on 7 180g LPs featuring selections from every studio, live, and deluxe reissue album. Igniting the experience are the very first two singles, “Not Fade Away” and “You Can’t Fight It,” remastered & reissued for the first time ever. The collection showcases 7 unreleased tracks, including five 1974 live selections with the non-album songs “Bad Boy” and “Garden Road,” a Vault Edition of “The Trees” with an alternate guitar solo, and the very last performance with Neil Peart in Los Angeles on August 1, 2015, of “What You’re Doing / Working Man / Garden Road.” The 104-page hardcover book features new Hugh Syme 50th anniversary artwork along with stunning new song illustrations, photos, and liner notes by renowned rock journalists David Fricke and Philip Wilding.