Out This Week / on 8 September 2017

Neil Young / Hitchhiker

Neil Young issues an unreleased 1976 album Hitchhiker. The 10-track album features a few songs later re-recorded for other albums, including Pocahontas and Powderfinger.  

Tori Amos  / Native Invader (new album)

Tori‘s 15th studio album is released on CD, double vinyl and a deluxe CD edition which includes two bonus tracks and is packaged as a hardcover book. 

Godley & Creme / Body of Work (box set)

After the recent 10cc and Eric Stewart sets, comes this generous Godley and Creme five-CD collection. This features all the albums they recorded for Polydor along with a selection of B-Sides and extended mixes. The booklet and box set has been designed by Kevin Godley himself! 

Sparks / Hippopotamus (new album)

Announced way back in March, Sparks‘ new album Hippopotamus is finally released this week. Their UK tour kicks off later this month. 

Free / vinyl reissues

Last year’s Free vinyl box is now broken up and the individual albums are available separately including 1970’s Fire and Water (pictured). 

John Foxx & Harold Budd / Translucence / Drift Music / Nighthawks (3LP)

Vinyl box which features a trio of collaborations between former Ultravox frontman John Foxx and ambient/avant garde music composer Harold Budd. Signed editions still available. 

The Waterboys / Out Of All This Blue  (new album)

The Waterboys‘ new album, Out Of All This Blue, is a double, but triple deluxe sets are available on both CD and vinyl formats.  

Stevie Wonder / Original Musiquarium (2LP vinyl)

Brilliant Stevie Wonder greatest hits. Originally issued in 1982 and now reissued on double vinyl. Beguiling artwork adds to the appeal, but the music is peerless.

• • UK Order: Original Musiquarium (2LP vinyl)
• • USA Order: Original Musiquarium (2LP vinyl)
• • GERMANY Order: Original Musiquarium (2LP vinyl)

Angelo Badalamenti / Blue Velvet soundtrack (vinyl LP)

Fire Records reissue Angelo Badalamenti‘s soundtrack to David Lynch’s 1986 film on vinyl LP.

• • UK Order: Blue Velvet OST (vinyl LP)
• • USA Order: Blue Velvet OST (vinyl LP)
• • GERMANY Order: Blue Velvet OST (vinyl LP)