Compiled by Jason Ritchie

LYLE WORKMAN - Uncommon Measures

April

2nd

DAVID BOWIE ‘The Kit Kat Klub (Live In New York ’99)’ Parlophone

CACTUS ‘Tightrope’ Cleopatra Records

DR FEELGOOD ‘Greatest Hits’

EAGLES ‘The Millennium Concert’ (vinyl)

BRYAN FERRY ‘Royal Albert Hall 2020′

GLASVEGAS ‘Godspeed’

MAVERICK ‘Ethereality’ Metalapolis Records

JOHN SPILLANE ’100 Snow White Horses’

CARL VERHEYEN (SUPERTRAMP) ‘Sundial’

9th

ARION ‘Vultures Die Alone’ AFM Records

BLAZE BAYLEY ‘War Within Me’

BIG BIG TRAIN ‘The Underfall Yard’ (reissue) English Electric Recordings

CHEAP TRICK ‘Another World’ BMG

THE END MACHINE ‘Phase 2′ Frontiers (Lynch, Pilson & Mason)

FLEETWOOD MAC ‘Fleetwood Mac Live’ (3CD/2LP reissue) Rhino Records

FM ‘Tough It Out Live’ (2CD) Frontiers

THE FRATELLIS ‘Half Drunk Undcer A Moon’

IMPERA ‘Spirit Of Alchemy’ Metalville Records

INFINITE & DEVINE ‘Silver Lining’ Frontiers

Jean-Michel Jarre ‘Amazônia’ Sony Music

LYNYRD SKYNYRD ‘Live At Knebworth ‘76′ Eagle Rock Entertainment

THE ORB ‘Abolition of the Royal Familiar’

OSIBISA ‘New Dawn’ Marquee Records

SCREAMACHINE S/T Frontiers

PEGGY SEEGER ‘First Farewell’ Red Grape Music

LEE SMALL ‘Chameleon’

SMASHED GLADYS ‘Raw’ Golden Robot Records

AL STEWART ‘Year of the Cat’ (3CD/DVD 45th anniversary deluxe reissue)

SWEET OBLIVION (feat. GEOFF TATE) ‘Relentless’ Frontiers

NAD SYLVAN ‘Spiritus Mundi’ Inside Out

THE TREATMENT ‘Waiting For Good Luck’ Frontiers

NICK WATERHOUSE ‘Promenade Blue’ Innovative Leisure

16th

CANNIBAL CORPSE ‘Violence Unimagined’ Metal Blade Records

DARWIN ’3 – Unpluggged’

ESCAPE THE FATE ‘Chemical Warfare’

ENDSEEKER ‘Mount Carcass’ Metal Blade Records

Marty Friedman ‘Tokyo Jukebox 3′ The Players Club/Mascot Label Group

GRETA VAN FLEET ‘The Battle At Garden’s Gate’

Peter Hermansson ‘Second Glance’ GMR Music

ICON OF SIN Frontiers

ROBBIE LABLANC ‘Double Trouble’ Escape Music

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (8CD 50th anniversary edition) Capitol/UMC

PAUL McARTNEY ‘McCartney III Imagined’

MOTORPSYCHO ‘Kingdom Of Oblivion’ Stickman Records

THE OFFSPRING ‘Let The Bad Times Roll’ Concord Music

TOM PETTY ‘Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)’

PORCUPINE TREE ‘Octane Twsited’ (4LP) Transmission Records

TEMPLE BALLS ‘Pyromide’ Frontiers

THE VINTAGE CARAVAN ‘Monuments’ Napalm Records

LYLE WORKMAN ‘Uncommon Measures’

23rd

AVALON S/T Rock Candy

CAPRA ‘In Transmission’ Metal Blade Records

ERIC CHURCH ‘Spul’ EMI Nashville

GILBY CLARKE ‘The Gospel Truth’ Golden Robot Records

CREAM ‘Live at the Forum 1968′ (2LP)

STEVE CROPPER ‘Fire It Up’ Mascot/Provogue

DINOSAUR JR. ‘Sweep Into Space’

ESCAPE ‘Fire In The Sky’ AOR Heaven

PETER FRAMPTON BAND ‘Frampton Forgets The Words’

FROZEN CROWN ‘Winterbane’ Scarlet Records

TOM JONES ‘Surrounded By Time’

IMELDA MAY ’11 Past the Hour’ Decca

MOTORHEAD ‘Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin’ Silver Lining Music

CLIVE NOLAN & OLIVER WAKEMAN ‘Tales By Gaslight’ (box set) Burning Shed

SKINDRED ‘Roots, Rock, Riot’ (reissue)

SPIRITUALIZED ‘Lazer Guided Melodies’ Fat Possum Record (vinyl reissue)

VELVET VIPER ‘Cosmic Healer’ Massacre Records

THE WHO ‘The Who Sell Out’ (deluxe reissue)

30th

JON ANDERSON ‘Animation’ (reissue) Cherry Red Records

DEL AMITRI ‘Fatal Mistakes’

DROPKICK MURPHYS ‘Turn Up That Dial’ Born & Bred Records

THE ELECTRIC BOYS ‘Ups!de Down’

ESCAPE ‘Fire In The Sky’ AOR Heaven

EVILE ‘Hell Unleashed’ Napalm Records

FARCRY ‘Balance’ AOR Heaven

RAY FENWICK ‘Playing Through The Changes – Anthology 1964-2020′ (3CD set) Cherry Red Records

Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac (box set of Feb 2020 concert)

FOCUS ‘Focus 50′ (3CD/Blu-Ray) In Focus Records/Cherry Red Records

GOJIRA ‘Fortitude’ Roadrunner Records

HOWARD JONES ‘In The Running’ (expanded edition) Cherry Red Records

GARY MOORE ‘How Blue Can You Get’ Mascot Label Group/Provogue (inc. previously unreleased songs)

OCEANS ‘We Are Not Okay’ (digital EP) Nuclear Blast

PINK FLOYD ‘Live at Knebowrth 1990′

POVERTY’S NO CRIME ‘A Secret To Hide’ Metalville Records

RENAISSANCE ’50th Anniversary Ashes Are Burning – An Anthology – Live In Concert’ (2CD/DVD) Cherry Red Records

ROYAL BLOOD ‘Typhoons’

AMY SPEACE ‘There Used to Be Horses Here’ Proper Records/Wind Bone Records

TEENAGE FANCLUB ‘Endless Arcade’ Merge (postponed from March 5)

TEMTRIS ‘Ritual Warfare’ WormHoleDeath Records

May

3rd

YES ‘Union 30 Live’ (30CD box set)

6th

SUFJAN STEVENS ‘Convocations’ Asthmatic Kitty.

7th

THE ADVENTURES ‘Theodore and Friends’ (re-issue) Cherry Red Records

Arielle ‘Analog Girl In A Digital World’

ARTILLERY ‘X’ Metal Blade Records

JUDY COLLINS ‘White Bird – Anthology Of Favorites’

THE DAMN TRUTH ‘Now Or Nowhere’ Spectra Musique/Sony Music

FALSE MEMORIES ‘The Last Night Of Fall’ Frontiers

Todd Michael Hall (RIOT V) ‘Sonic Healing’ Rat Pak Record

IT BITES ‘The Tall Ships’ & ‘Map Of The Past’ (remastered re-issues vinyl/CD) Inside Out

KAYAK ‘Out Of This World’ Inside Out

ROBIN MACAULEY ‘Standing On The Edge’ Frontiers

MINEFIELD S/T

NEW ORDER ‘Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace)’

TOM PETTY ‘Finding Wildflowers’ (vinyl)

PROCUL HARUM ‘Missing Persons’ (EP) Cherry Red Records

SAVE THE WORLD ‘One Frontiers

SAVE THE WORLD ‘Two’ Frontiers

SONIC HAVEN ‘Vagabond’ Frontiers

MARK SPIRO ‘Travelling Cowboys’ Frontiers

STAIND ‘Live: It’s Been Awhile’ Yap’em/ Alchemy Recordings

TOMMY’S ROCK TRIP ‘Beat Up By Rock N Roll’ Frontiers

WEEZER ‘Van Weezer’

NANCY WILSON (HEART) ‘You and Me’ Carry On Music

THE YARDBIRDS ‘Live In France’ (CD/LP)

11th

TERAMAZE ‘Sorella Minore’ Wells Music

14th

Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX) Silver Linings’ (covers album) Megaforce Records

MATT BERRY ‘Blue Elephant’ Acid Jazz

The Black Keys ‘Delta Kream’ (blues covers album)

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ‘Deja Vu’ (50th-anniversary edition)

DEL AMITRI ‘Fatal Mistakes’

FROST* ‘Day And Age’ Inside Out

MYLES KENNEDY (ALTER BRIDGE) ‘Ides Of March’ Napalm Records

KIKIMORA ‘Dity Nails’ Escape Music

LEVARA S/T Mascot Records

CLIVE NOLAN (ARENA/PENDRAGON) ‘Songs Of The Wildlands’

SEVENTH CRYSTAL ‘Delirium’

SUNBOMB ‘Evil and Devine’ Frontiers (features TRACI GUNNS & STRYPER’s MICHAEL SWEET)

Various ‘Ram On: 50th Anniversary Tribute to Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram’

21st

AMORPHIS ‘Live at Helsinki Ice Hall’ Nuclear Blast

Micky Dolenz ‘Dolenz Sings Nesmith’

HERMAN FRANK ‘Two For A Lie’ AFM Records

THE JAILBIRDS ‘Jungle’ (EP) Golden Robot Records

LINDEMANN ‘Live in Moscow’ Vertigo Records

NERGARD ‘Eternal White’ Pride & Joy Music

MONSTER MAGNET ‘A Better Dystopia’

GARY NUMAN ‘Intruder’ BMG

POP EVIL ‘Versatile’ eOne Music

PROSPERINA ‘Flag’

THUNDERMOTHER ‘Heat Wave Deluxe Edition’ (double live CD)

MIKE TRAMP ‘Everything Is Alright’

UPPER LTP ‘Deep Within’ Pride & Joy Music

VOLA ‘Witness’ Mascot Records

PAUL WELLER ‘Fat Pop (Volume 1)’

28th

ALESTORM ‘Live in Tilburg’ Napalm Records (DVD/BluRay)

BLACKBERRY SMOKE ‘You Hear Georgia’ Earache Records

BLOODBOUND ‘Creatures Of The Dark Realm’ AFM Records

BURNING WITCHES ‘The Witch Of The North’ Nuclear Blast

CAN ‘Live In Stuttgart 1975′ Mute/Spoon

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis ‘Carnage’

PETER CETERA ‘Love, Glory, Honor & Heart – The Complete Full Moon and Warner Bros. Recordings 1981-1992′ Cherry Red Records (6CD box set)

CLUTCH ‘Songs Of Much Gravity – 1993-2001′ (4CD) Cherry Red Records

THE DATSUNS ‘Eye To Eye’ Hellsquad Records

Djabe & Steve Hackett ‘The Journey Continues’ Esoteric Recordings

LOU GRAMM ‘Questions And Answers – The Atlantic Anthology 1987-1989′ (3CD) Cherry Red Records

KANSAS ‘‘Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond’ Inside Out

MARILLION ‘With Friends at St. Davids’ earMUSIC

MERCURY REV ‘Snowflake Midnight’ (5CD set) Cherry Red Records

MOBY ‘Reprise’

OF MICE & MEN ‘Bloom’ (EP) SharpTone

PROUD ‘Second Act’ AOR Heaven

SAGA ‘Best Of’ (2CD) ear MUSIC

7HY ‘Rogues Gallery’ Lions Pride Music

SILVER LAKE S/T Nuclear Blast

SLYVAN ‘One To Zero’ Gentle Art Of Music

TUPLE ‘Welcome To Hell’ AOR Heaven

TYGERS OF PAN TANG ‘Majors & Minors’ Mighty Music

White Moth Black Butterfly ‘The Cost Of Dreaming’ Kscope

The Yardbirds ‘Roger The Engineer‘ (3CD/2LP+7” box sets) Demon Records

June

1st

DAVE BURN ‘Nothing Is As It Seems’ Indie (features LEE SMALL on vocals)

4th

THE ALARM ‘History Repeating 1981-2021′ (2CD)

ATREYU ‘Baptize’ Spinefarm Records

GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION ‘Wade In The Water (Classics, Origins & Oddities)’ (4CD box set) Repertoire Records

CROWDED HOUSE ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’ BMG

DEF LEPPARD ‘Volume Three’

Flotsam & Jetsam ‘Blood in the Water’ AFM Records

BILLY GIBBONS ‘Hardware’ Concord Records

PAUL GILBERT ‘Werewolves of Portland’ The Players Club

JAMES ‘All The Colours Of You’

MERCUTIO ‘Antagonist’

IAN PARRY ‘Brute Force’ Metal Mind Productions

RHAPSODY OF FIRE ‘I’ll Be Your Hero’ (EP) AFM Records

RISE AGAINST ‘Nowhere Generation’ Loma Visa

ROUGH CUTT ‘III’ DDR Music

ROD STEWART ‘Rod Stewart: 1975-197′ (5LP set)

VAN CANTO ‘To The Power Of Eight’ Napalm Records

DANNY VAUGHN ‘Forever Live’

11th

AFI ‘Bodies’ Rise Records

ASIA ‘The Reunion Albums: 2007-2012′ BMG Records

BLACK SABBATH ‘Sabotage’ (4CD/vinyl box set) BMG

JOE BONAMASSA ‘Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman’

BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER S/T Frontiers

CHICAGO ‘Chicago Transit Authority’ (vinyl reissue)

CRYPTA ‘Echoes of the Soul’ Napalm Records

DENNIS DE YOUNG ’26 East Volume 2′ Frontiers

DEF LEPPARD ‘Collection Vol.3′

Vince DiCola ‘Only Time Will Tell’ Escape Music

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021)’ Sour Mash Records

GARBAGE ‘No Gods No Masters’

GO AHEAD AND DIE S/T Nuclear Blast (features Max Cavalera)

HAMMER KING S/T Napalm Records

KISS ‘Off the Soundboard: Tokyo 2001′

MAMMOTH WVH S/T

MIDNITE CITY ‘Itch You Can’t Scratch’ Roulette Media Records

MR. BUNGLE ‘The Night They Came Home’ Ipecac Recordings

ONE DESIRE ‘One Night Only – Live in Helsinki’ Frontiers

TERRA ODIUM ‘Ne Plus Ultra’ Frontiers

12th (Record Store Day #1)

AC/DC ‘Through the Mists of Time/Witch’s Spell’ (12″ Picture Disc)

Tommy Bolin [Deep Purple] ‘Energy II’ (LP)

Def Leppard ‘Live In Oxford’ (2LP)

ELP ‘Tarkus’ (12″ Picture Disc)

Genesis ‘Live at Knebworth 1990′ (vinyl)

KENNY LOGGINS ‘At The Movies’ (vinyl)

PHIL MANZANERA & TIM FINN ‘Caught By The Heart’ (EP)

Joni Mitchell ‘Archives, Vol. 1 (1963-1967): Highlights’ (LP)

Motley Crue (40th Anniversary Cassette Box Set)

Motorhead ‘St Valentine’s Day Massacre’ (10″ Picture Disc)

MSG ‘Live In Manchester 1980′ (2LP)

Robert Plant ‘Live at Knebworth 1990′ (vinyl)

Keith Richards ‘Wicked As It Seems (Live)’ (7″ Vinyl)

Rolling Stones ‘Hot Rocks’ (50th Anniversary 2LP)

STYX ‘The Same Stardust’ (EP)

TRIUMPH ‘Allied Forces’ (40th anniversary box set) Round Hill Records

UFO ‘Mother Mary/This Kid’s’ (10″ Vinyl)

Uriah Heep ‘The Magician’s Birthday’ (LP)

18th

Allman Brothers Band ‘Bear’s Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970′ (3CD set)

Joan Armatrading ‘Consequences’ BMG

Timo Tolkki´s AVALON ‘The Enigma Birth’ Frontiers

BELLOWHEAD ‘Reassembled’ (live alnbum) Hudson Records

BULLETBOYS ‘The Warner Albums 1988-1993′ (3CD remastered) Cherry Red Records

CHALICE OF SIN Frontiers

CROBOT ‘Rat Child’ (EP) Mascot Records

CROWNE ‘Kings in the North’ Frontiers

FEAR FACTORY ‘Aggression Continuum’ Nuclear Blast

FICTION SYXX ‘Ghost Of Father’s Past’ Melodic Rock Records

Grand Funk Railroad ‘The Complete Warner Recordings’

HELLOWEEN S/T Nuclear Blast (includes MICHAEL KISKE & KAI HANSEN)

KENT HILLI ‘The Rumble’ Frontiers

GARY KEMP ‘INSOLO’

MUSE ‘Origin Of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX’ Warner Records (digital only)

NEONFLY ‘The Future, Tonight’ Noble Demon Records

LILLEBJORN NILSEN & ANDY IRVINE ‘Live In Telemark’

PENDULUM ‘Elemental’ (EP)

SAGA ‘Saga’, ‘Images At Twilight’, ‘Silent Knight’ (re-issues) earMUSIC

Small Faces ‘The Complete Atlantic Recordings’

SOCIAL DOSORDER ‘Love 2 Be Hated’ AFM Records

STYX ‘Crash of the Crown’ Alpha Dog 2T/UMe

22nd

JONI MITCHELL ‘Blue’ (50th anniversary edition) Rhino

25th

BEARTOOTH ‘Below’ Red Bull Records

Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come ‘Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come: Eternal Messenger – An Anthology 1970-1973′ (5CD box set)Esoteric Recordings

BUCKCHERRY ‘Hellbound’ Round Hill Records

PAUL CARRACK ‘One On One’

ROGER CHAPMAN ‘Life In The Pond’ Ruf Records

DARKTHRONE ‘Eternal Hails’Peaceville Records

DEVILS IN HEAVEN ‘Rise’ AOR Heaven

Goo Goo Dolls ‘Rarities’

GREENSLADE ‘Temple Songs: The Albums 1973-75′ 94CD) Cherry Red Records

HIRAES ‘Solitary’ Napalm Records

Leslie Hunt (District 97) ‘Ascend’ (EP) Spirit Of Unicorn Records

DONNIE IRIS ‘King Cool’, ‘Fortune 410′, ‘Back On The Street’ & ‘The High & the Mighty’ Rock Candy

KING COMPANY ‘Trapped’ AOR Heaven

LACUNA COIL ‘Live From The Apocalypse’

LIGHT THE TORCH ‘You Will Be the Death of Me’

JONI MITCHELL ‘The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)’ (box set) Rhino

MOTORHEAD ;No sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ (special edition) BMG

NIGHTFOX ‘White Cobra’ Lions Pride Music

Pestilence ‘Exitivm’ Agonia Records

QUEENSRYCHE ‘Operation Mindchrime’, ‘Empire’ (box sets) UMC

Stone The Crows & Maggie Bell (four STC re-issues, 2 MR re-issues) Repertoire Records

TOTO ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ (live album)

VARIOUS ‘Party For Joey’ (inc. Ben Harper, Keith Richards, Deer Tick, Los Lobos & more)

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Power Plays w/c 9 December 2024

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Featured Albums w/c 9 December 2024

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