New vinyl reissues: November 28, 2025 | PLUS our top five RSD Black Friday picks
Welcome back to The Vinyl Cut. Our weekly rundown of new vinyl reissues is coming at you a day early because of a holiday that takes place tomorrow in which Americans all come together and decide that yes, for one day and one day only, cranberries are food.
Of course, this Friday isn’t just any Friday. It’s Black Friday, another American-originated phenomenon that’s meant to be the biggest shopping day of the year. And Record Store Day has made the entire display of capitalism slightly less grotesque by releasing a bunch of limited-edition vinyl. We’ve been previewing all the reissues coming out on Black Friday, and you can check out our extensive coverage here. Earlier this week, we also sent out a very long—too long, frankly—newsletter that contained our reviews for 29 of those reissues. If you missed it, or if you just want to relive the experience of reading again, click on the rectangle below.
Ned Lannamann
But chances are, you’re starting to get a little sick of all of our Black Friday stuff and just want the straight dirt. So here are our top five picks for Record Store Day’s Black Friday. We've reviewed some of them and are eagerly anticipating others, but this is the stuff that’s gotten us the most worked up.
Ned’s Top Five
- Love: The Complete Elektra Albums | REVIEW
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: The Live Anthology: From the Vaults, Vol. 1 | REVIEW
- Bob Dylan: The Original Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan | Read our preview here.
- Son Volt: Trace | REVIEW
- (tie) WITCH: Fool’s Ride | Read our preview here.
(tie) Bill Evans: Portraits at the Penthouse: Live in Seattle | REVIEW
Bob’s Top Five
- The English Beat: The Beat at the BBC | REVIEW
- Little Brother: The Minstrel Show 20th anniversary deluxe edition | Read our preview here.
- The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe: A Spirit Speaks | Read our preview here.
- Bad Brains: Live at the Bayou | REVIEW
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate | REVIEW
But wait! As hard as it is to believe, there is a lot more vinyl coming out this Friday that has nothing to do with Record Store Day. In fact, it’s a darn busy week, with some top-notch reissues.
Let’s get into the slate, but first, one more thing: In December, we are giving away a copy of Neil Young’s Official Release Series #6, an 8-LP box that includes Harvest Moon, Unplugged, Sleeps with Angels, and Mirror Ball. It's a fantastic box set that I recommend highly. This giveaway is only available to our paid subscribers, so if you’d like to extend your support for The Vinyl Cut—and if you’d like to be eligible for all of our monthly vinyl giveaways going forward—tap this little button right here.
All right, here we go. And remember, be extra-special nice to your record store clerk this week. They really deserve it.
John Coltrane: Mono 1960–1964 [Rhino High Fidelity]
Rhino has made some curious choices when it comes to their audiophile imprint, Rhino High Fidelity, from releasing reel-to-reels to reissuing albums like the Doobie Brothers’ The Captain and Me and Stevie Nicks’s Bella Donna. This box set, however, makes it all worthwhile. It contains mono editions of six albums that John Coltrane made as bandleader for Atlantic Records in the early ’60s—1960’s Giant Steps; Coltrane Jazz, My Favorite Things, and Olé Coltrane, all from 1961; 1962’s Coltrane Plays the Blues, and 1964’s Coltrane’s Sound—in all-analog editions, cut from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed at Optimal in Germany. If those weren’t enough great things, each set also includes liner notes by jazz writer Syd Schwartz. My only minor grievance is that they chose to use the alternate French covers for each album, with the US artwork printed inside the gatefold. That’s not enough of a problem to stop me from trying to snag one of the 2,000 copies of this set, shipping this week from Rhino’s online store. If you or I miss out, though, we’ll have a second chance when Rhino issues all six LPs individually to brick-and-mortar stores on January 9 as part of their 2026 Start Your Ear Off Right slate. RH
Neil Young: Tonight’s the Night 50th anniversary edition [Reprise]
Tonight’s the Night, the album Neil Young recorded in 1973 and released in 1975, is an Irish wake, a grim and boozy memorial of the lives of Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and CSNY roadie Bruce Berry, both of whom died from rock ’n’ roll misadventure. This is one of Young’s finest and densest records, and to celebrate the 50 years since its release, he’s prepared a 2-LP version with six bonus tracks from the sessions—three of which appeared in his Archives Vol. II box set, one of which is streaming on his Archives website, and two of which are previously unreleased. There’s a lot to dig into with this one, so we’ll have much more to say in our vinyl review in Friday’s newsletter. It comes in clear and black variants. NL
The Durutti Column: The Return of the Durutti Column [London]
Vini Reilly’s post-punk project the Durutti Column were one of the first acts signed to Factory Records, sticking with the Manchester label through its various ups and downs and even releasing work on the ill-fated reboot of the imprint, Factory Too. This reissue takes listeners back to the very beginning: the 1980 debut LP, recorded by the irascible but undeniably talented Martin Hannett. The producer sent Reilly’s guitar figures and rough drum machine tracks through an array of effects that added depth and hypnotic textures to these already intoxicating dreampop-meets-jazz instrumentals. This new pressing of the album doesn’t go the extra mile by replicating the sandpaper sleeves that early copies came in, but instead opts to recreate the textured covers originally made by renowned printing house Garrod & Lofthouse. RH
Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline [Legacy]
Dylan’s shortest album is one of his goofiest, but it’s also one of his most engaging, where he runs through a tight set of cornpone country songs that he sings in a Kermit the Frog voice. That sounds ridiculous, but it’s super pleasant, and Nashville Skyline is actually a pretty effective gateway drug to those steadfastly resistant to Dylan’s charms. Everyone’s familiar with the grammatically incorrect hit “Lay Lady Lay” (although I guess naming it “Lie Lady Lie” would lead to other connotations), but there’s also a duet with Johnny Cash on “Girl from the North Country” and rootin’-tootin’ deep cuts like “To Be Alone with You” and “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You.” Sony, in their wisdom, are reissuing this on vinyl without fanfare or special features. Apart from a MoFi 45 RPM version, this is its first US vinyl release since Sundazed took a whack at it in 2007, although it’s been reissued a few times in Europe. NL
Horace Andy: Skylarking [Studio One]
If your only experience with the honey-sweet voice of Jamaican singer Horace Andy is through his many appearances on albums by Bristol trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack, you’re overdue for an education in the 74-year-old’s lengthy and varied career. A great place to start is by picking up the repress of Andy’s full-length Skylarking this week. Released in 1972, the LP is a roots-reggae masterpiece. Andy is backed throughout by Studio One house band Sound Dimension, which provides the ideal silky-smooth support for the singer’s sensuous vibrato as he makes hay with Cat Stevens’ “Where Do the Children Play?” and a bevy of soulful originals. RH
Hem: Rabbit Songs 25th anniversary edition [Waveland]
This lovely gem anticipated the wave of indie folk that would rise in the first decade of the 2000s from scenes in Brooklyn, Portland, and beyond. The ensemble builds crisp, detailed arrangements out of frameworks of acoustic guitar and piano, with old-timey fiddle and classical ornamentation, but the real showpiece is singer Sally Ellyson, who auditioned by giving the band a tape of a cappella lullabies. Her voice is the special effect that turns Hem from a comfy living-room folk band into something celestial. Astonishingly, Rabbit Songs has never appeared on vinyl, so this new pressing acts as a much-needed corrective. These gentle songs are thoughtful and occasionally mournful but never melancholic, full of early-spring brightness and grace. NL
Madonna: Bedtime Stories/Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter [Maverick/Sire/Warner/Rhino]
Any concerns with how Madonna would bounce back from the sexually charged trifecta of her album Erotica, her photo book Sex, and her starring role in the thriller Body of Evidence, all from 1992, were quickly brushed aside with the release of her sixth full-length, 1994’s Bedtime Stories. On it, the pop queen continued to be a keen scout of talent, drawing Massive Attack/Neneh Cherry producer Nellee Hooper, R&B songwriters Dallas Austin and Babyface, Björk, and Meshell Ndegeocello into her orbit. The result was a vibrant mix of heart-on-sleeve soul, nasty funk, and futuristic pop that continued her brilliant run of albums begun a decade earlier. In honor of the album’s 30th birthday, a new silver vinyl pressing is out this week, as well as Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter, an EP of remixes and demos written for the eventual LP sessions. RH
Nick Heyward: From Monday to Sunday; Tangled; The Apple Bed [Demon/Edsel]
With the recent news that UK funk-pop ensemble Haircut 100 would be releasing their first new album in over four decades early next year, the timing couldn’t be better for folks to brush up on the solo work of that band’s former leader, Nick Heyward. After leaving the group in the wake of the success of the 1982 album Pelican West, the fair-haired singer/songwriter wandered down pathways that found him dabbling in synthpop and various strains of folksy jangle. None of it set the charts on fire on either side of the Atlantic, but his consistency and facility with a sharp pop hook are definitely worth celebrating. This week, you can go full on with the release of a 4-CD set compiling the three albums he made in the ’90s—1993’s From Monday to Sunday, 1995’s Tangled, and 1998’s The Apple Bed—along with a wealth of B-sides, demos, and rarities. Alternatively, you can snap up stand-alone vinyl editions of those same three LPs also being issued this week, with Tangled and Apple getting pressed to wax for the first time. RH
Ara Kekedjian: Bourj Hammoud Groove [Habibi Funk]
Singer/organist/guitarist Ara Kekedjian was a vibrant part of the Armenian community living in Beirut, Lebanon, during the ’60s and ’70s, and his energetic, danceable pop songs are an elated blend of the world’s pop sounds, from French yé-yé to Turkish psych to American garage rock to British beat. Ever-reliable Berlin label Habibi Funk has compiled some of his finest work into this introductory comp, with a booklet containing Darone Sassounian’s liner notes, making this an ideal way to dive into Kekedjian’s sui generis sound. Expect a dance party to erupt as soon as you drop the needle. NL
Khan Jamal: Give the Vibes Some [Souffle Continu]
1974’s Give the Vibes Some brought together a pair of titanic musicians, vibraphonist Khan Jamal and Magma drummer Christian Vander (credited here as Hassan Rashid for contractual reasons), for a free jazz session that was never repeated and never bettered. Both men attack their instruments with a viciousness that is almost frightening to listen to. Throw in a track with trumpeter Clint Jackson III and you have a goddamn shot of beautiful, chilling brilliance akin to a lightning bolt hitting the spire of the CN Tower. Issued on the great French label Palm, the album has been in high demand among collectors, with original copies going for more than $1,000 on Discogs. Another wonderful French imprint, Souffle Continu, is blessedly reissuing Give the Vibes Some this week with audio remastered by Gilles Laujol. RH
Bedlam: self-titled [Bonfire]
UK band Bedlam had a good grip on the sounds that would eventually become the DNA of heavy metal, but their one and only full-length, 1973’s self-titled album, shows the band hadn’t quite outgrown their roots in the blown-out blooze rock that became all the craze in the early ’70s. There are even a few ballads for the birds, although the band otherwise sounds like they’re deliberately ignoring the glam rock trends that were sweeping Britain at the time. As such, Bedlam is a pretty mixed grab-bag of heavy rock from the same year as debuts by Queen and Montrose, sounding slightly retrograde in comparison—not to mention that Judas Priest would turn heavy metal on its ear the following year. Despite a solid lineup that included drummer Cozy Powell, Procol Harum guitarist Dave Ball, and singer Frank Aiello, the stars did not align for Bedlam. Still, here’s a chance to grab this knickknack on vinyl, thanks to Italian reissue label Bonfire. NL
The Stone Roses: self-titled [Sony/Legacy]
With the recent passing of Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield, there is no better time to introduce yourself to—or get further immersed in—the music of that Manchester quartet. Their 1989 self-titled debut, which found that perfect fusion of ’60s psychedelic pop, post-punk, and early house music, was an explosive success in their native UK and crept into the American alternative consciousness to boot. Due to the continued influence of this album, it has been reissued many times over, with the most recent US pressing, which spread the 48 minutes of music over two LPs, landing in 2019. This new edition brings it back to a single disc and a much more affordable price point for new buyers. RH
Sambalanço Trio: Vol. 1 [Bossa Nova Beats]
The short-lived Sambalanço Trio was but a mere blip during 1964 and 1965, but during their tenure, they recorded three LPs, provided backing for two others, and influenced the bossa nova, samba, and jazz scenes in Brazil for decades to come. Consisting of pianist Cesar Camargo Mariano, bassist Humberto Clayber, and drummer Airto Moreira, they fused the immensely popular bossa nova sound with small-ensemble jazz elements that had trickled down from the US. Their first album gets a much-overdue reissue courtesy of the mysterious label Bossa Nova Beats, with the addition of six bonus tracks and some helpful liner notes on the back cover. After Mariano’s departure, Moreira and Clayber would form Sambrasa Trio, whose 1965 album Em Som Maior is another classic of the genre. NL
Autopsy: Shitfun 30th anniversary edition [Peaceville]
Of all the horrors that can be found in the cover art for death metal albums, perhaps the most unsettling is the simple picture on the front of Shitfun, the fourth full-length by Cali gore hounds Autopsy. It’s an apt visual representation of the nauseating terrors within the 21 tracks on this LP. (Sample track titles: “I Sodomize Your Corpse,” “I Shit on Your Grave,” “Bowel Ripper.”) Released in 1995, Shitfun is getting a 30th anniversary reissue this week, pressed on, you guessed it, brown marble vinyl. You have been warned. RH
The White Stripes: The Complete Studio Albums [Third Man]
All six of the White Stripes’ studio records are in this bad boy: 1999’s The White Stripes, 2000’s De Stijl, 2001’s White Blood Cells, 2003’s Elephant, 2005’s Get Behind Me Satan, and 2007’s Icky Thump. But you’ll need to be at one of the three Third Man stores to get a physical copy, so if you’re not in Nashville, Detroit, or London, you’re out of luck for the moment. However, Friday is also when online preorders open, so you can go to the Third Man site and nab it there, for shipment sometime in 2026. Be warned that this thing’s going to be incredibly expensive, perhaps because the vinyl comes in coin-flip color variants, meaning one side’s red and the other side’s white, which is pretty difficult to get a vinyl press to do. These albums aren’t difficult to find on their own, so if you can forgo the gimmick, your wallet will probably be happier. NL
Tomoyo Harada: I Could Be Free; Music & Me [Judgment!]
Judgment! Records, a fantastic-looking music shop in Tokyo, has taken the leap into the record business, starting a label—also called Judgment! Records—to reissue some classic Japanese albums, and they’ve started strong with reissues of two albums from beloved pop singer Tomoyo Harada. 1997’s I Could Be Free finds the artist collaborating with Tore Johansson, the Swedish musician who brought along the same throwback ’60s vibe that he brought to his work with the Cardigans. Music & Me, meanwhile, is a lot slicker but no less heartfelt than her previous albums and features contributions from late Yellow Magic Orchestra member Yukihiro Takahashi and Moonriders leader Keiichi Suzuki. RH
RSD Counterprogramming from New West Records
New West Records doesn’t have anything on the official RSD Black Friday slate this year, but that’s not stopping them from dropping several pantloads of colored vinyl to compete with your Record Store Day shopping list. They’re reissuing audio from five episodes of Austin City Limits, including Kris Kristofferson’s performance from 1981, Dwight Yoakam’s from 1988, Guy Clark’s from 1989, John Hiatt’s from 1993, and David Byrne’s from 2001. They’re reissuing a few other choice albums, too: Jason Isbell’s Sirens of the Ditch (2008), American Aquarium’s Lamentations (2020), the Deslondes’ self-titled album (2015) and Hurry Home (2015), and 49 Winchester’s Fortune Favors the Bold (2022). But best of all, they’re reupping several titles from the wondrous Canadian country revivalist turned rock polymath Daniel Romano, including 2013’s Come Cry with Me, 2015’s If I’m Only One Time Askin’, 2016’s Mosey, 2017’s Modern Pressure, and 2018’s Finally Free. The absurdly prolific Romano’s catalog has been a tough one to keep pace with, so here’s a chance to scoop up a bunch of his fine work at once. NL
OTHER NON-RSD BLACK FRIDAY REISSUES OF NOTE:
Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust [Proper]
Chet Baker: She Was Too Good to Me [Music on Vinyl]
Christy Baron: I Thought About You (one-step) [Chesky]
Bomba Estéreo: Blow Up [Nacional]
Buckcherry: Black Butterfly [Endurance]
J.J. Cale: Closer to You; Live [Because Music]
Nicola Conte: Viaggio [Far Out Recordings]
Daft Punk: Human After All: Remixes [Rhino]
The Darkness: One Way Ticket to Hell… and Back! [Atlantic]
Jay Dee: Welcome to Detroit: Instrumentals [BBE]
Deep Purple: Slaves and Masters [Music on Vinyl]
Martin Denny: Exotica III; Latin Village [Jackpot]
Destruction: All Hell Breaks Loose 25th anniversary edition [M-Theory Audio]
Paquito D’Rivera: self-titled [Cubano Chant]
47SOUL: Shamstep 10th anniversary edition [Cooking Vinyl]
Michael Garrick: Late Autumn Sunshine [My Only Desire]
Bebel Gilberto: Tanto Tempo 25th anniversary edition [Crammed Disc]
Goblin: Profondo Rosso 50th anniversary box set [Cinevox/BTF/AMS]
Golden Earring: Switch [Music on Vinyl]
David Gray: Life in Slow Motion 20th anniversary edition [IHT]
Françoise Hardy: Voila: The Very Best of [Warner UK]
Hatfield and the North: The Rotters’ Club 50th anniversary edition [Music on Vinyl]
The Heptones: Better Days [Real Rock]
Jefferson Starship: Red Octopus expanded [Friday]
Judas Priest: Painkiller 35th anniversary edition [Sony Legacy]
Jimmy Jules & The Nuclear Soul System: Xmas Done Got Funky [Numero]
Kettel: Through Friendly Waters 20th anniversary edition [Lapsus]
Darlene Love: Live 1982 [Liberation Hall]
The Monkees: Greatest Hits [Friday]
Ennio Morricone: Veruschka soundtrack [Saifam]
Northside: Chicken Rhythms [London]
The Notwist: Magnificent Fall [Alien Transistor]
Yoshiaki Ochi: Natural Sonic [WRWTFWW]
Oz: self-titled [High Roller]
Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold; Tally All the Things You Broke; Sunbathing Animal [Rough Trade]
Peter, Paul & Mary: The Very Best of [Friday]
Ranking Dread: In Dub [Real Rock]
Roxette: Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus: Roxette’s Greatest Hits [Warner Sweden]
Philippe Sarde: Le Regard Musical [BMG]
Sigh: Infidel Art [Peaceville]
Soul Asylum: Let Your Dim Light Shine [Music on Vinyl]
Stare Kits: Live in NYC 1979 [Feeding Tube]
Jacqueline Taïeb: self-titled AKA 7 Heures du Matin [Diggers Factory]
Aoki Takamasa & Tujiko Noriko: 28 [Keplar]
The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing [Sony UK]
Hitomi Tohyama: Tokyo Funk Diva 1981–1988 [Wewantsounds]
Tsjuder: Norwegian Apocalypse [The Circle]
Twentieth Century Zoo: Thunder on a Clear Day [Bonfire] (repress)
Two Door Cinema Club: Tourist History [Glassnote]
Univers Zero: Uzed [Sub Rosa]
Jasper van ’t Hof’s Pili Pili: Selected Works 1984 to 2002 [NuNorthern Soul]
Naná Vasconcelos: Amazonas [Cosmic Rock] (gray market)
Widespread Panic: Athens 1998 [Widespread]
Yes: Fly From Here: Return Trip [Cherry Red]
Paul Young: No Parlez; From Time to Time: The Singles Collection [Sony UK]
Various Artists: Africa Shangazi: More Early 1980s Benga & Rhumba from East Africa [No Wahala Sounds]
Various Artists: Life in Heaven Is Free: Checker Gospel 1961–1973 [Honest Jon’s]
Various Artists: Juyungo: Afro-Indigenous Music from the North-Western Andes [Honest Jon’s]
