Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated SACD, DVD-A, BD-A, or CD (*wishlist)

2015 List

Favorite New Releases

• The Atomic Bitchwax - Gravitron (2015)
• Baroness - Purple (2015,LP)
• Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
• Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015)
• Beatles - 1+ (2015, 5.1 BD-A)
• Blackberry Smoke - Holding All the Roses (2015)
• Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)*
• Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles (2015)*
• Circles Around the Sun - Interludes for the Dead (RSDBF 2015)
• Clutch - Psychic Warfare (2015)
• Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think... (2015)
• Datura4 - Demon Blues (2015)
• Deerhunter - Fading Frontier (2015)
• Enya - Dark Sky Island (2015)
• Field Music - Music For Drifters (2015)
• Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (Tri-Color Deluxe Ed.)
• Gov't Mule - Stoned Side of the Mule, Vol.2 (RSD 2015)
• Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (2015)
• Holy Serpent - Holy Serpent (2015)
• Israel Nash - Israel Nash's Silver Season (2015)
• Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
• Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
• Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You (2015)
• Killer Boogie - Detroit (2015)
• Kurt Vile - B'lieve I'm Goin (Deep) Down... (2015)
• Laura Marling - Short Movie (2015)
• New Order - Music Complete (2015,2xLP)
• Ozric Tentacles - Technicians of the Sacred (2015)
• Riverside - Love, Fear and Time Machine (2015)
• Sacri Monti - Sacri Monti (2015,LP)
• Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Sidelong (2015)*
• Spoon - TV Set (2015, RSD EP)
• Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase (2015)
• Stick Figure - Set in Stone (2015)
• Stone Diamond - Phoenix (2015)
• Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
• Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
• Terakaft - Alone (2015)
• Tamikrest - Taksera (2015)
• Tinariwen - Live in Paris (2015)
• Trey Anastasio - Paper Wheels (2015)
• Windhand - Grief's Infernal Flower (2015)

Favorite Reissues

• Alfred Hitchcock - Music to Be Murdered By (1958, 2015 RE)
• Ali Farka Touré With Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu (1994, 2015 RE)
• B.B.King - The Thrill is Gone (1970), 10" EP, LEx3000
• Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978 RSDBF RE)
• Charlie Feathers - Charlie Feathers (1959, RSD 2015)
• Doors - Best of The Doors (1973, 2015 4.0 AF SACD)
• Elvis Presley - My Happiness.. (1959, RSD 2015 78rpm 10" LE)
• Hawkwind - Hawkwind (1970, RSD 2015 Orange Vinyl)
• Herman's Hermits - Blaze (1967, RSD RE 2015)
• Joan Osborne - Relish (1995, 2015 2xLP)
• Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1994,2015 2xLP)
• King Crimson - THRAK (1995, 2015 40th Anniversary 5.1 DVD-A)
• Maná - Sueños Líquidos (1997, 2015 LP)
• moe. - Tin Cans and Car Tires (1998,2015 Red+Clear 2xLP LEx1000)
• Revolutionaries - Sounds Vol.2 (1979, RSDBF RE)
• Robert Earl Keen - Gringo Honeymoon (1994, RSD 2015)
• Russel Garcia - Fantasica: Music From Outer Space (1959, RE)
• Scientist - Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981, RE)
• Steven Wilson - Transience (2015, Compilation)
• Tomorrow - Tomorrow (1968, Mono RSD 2015 Splatter LP)
• Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981, 2015 Bellman RM LP)
• Warhorse - Warhorse (1970, White Vinyl RE)

My Top 10 2015 New Releases

• 1. Tame Impala - Currents
• 2. Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase
• 3. Stick Figure - Set in Stone
• 4. Beach House - Depression Cherry
• 5. Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015)
• 6. Kamasi Washington - The Epic
• 7. Kurt Vile - B'lieve I'm Goin (Deep) Down...
• 8. Riverside - Love, Fear & Time Machine
• 9. Tamikrest - Taksera
• 10. Tinariwen - Live in Paris

Honorable Mention: Enya - Dark Sky Island

My Top 10 2015 Reissues

• 1. Kevin Gilbert - Thud
• 2. Charlie Feathers - Charlie Feathers
• 3. Revolutionaries - Sounds Vol.2
• 4. Scientist - Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
• 5. Maná - Sueños Líquidos
• 6. Tomorrow - Tomorrow
• 7. Robert Earl Keen - Gringo Honeymoon
• 8. Doors - Best of The Doors (4.0 SACD)
• 9. B.B.King - The Thrill is Gone
• 10. Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen

Honorable Mention: Alfred Hitchcock - Music to Be Murdered By

2015 Best Record Store Day Pick

• Elvis Presley - My Happiness.. (1953, RSD 2015 78rpm 10", LEx500?)
• Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion (2007), Purple 2xLP, LEx1300 (close 2nd)

Favorite Covers

• Baroness - Purple (2015,LP)
• Blackberry Smoke - Holding All the Roses (2015)
• Brothers Collateral - CVIII (2015)
• Datura4 - Demon Blues (2015)
• Killer Boogie - Detroit (2015)
• Nudity - Astronomicon (2015)
• Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase (2015)
• Swallow The Sun - Songs From the North I, II & III (2015)*
• Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Packaging Standouts

• Elvis Presley - My Happiness.. (1959, RSD 2015 78rpm 10" LE)
• Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (Tri-Color Deluxe Ed.)
• Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
• Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1994,2015 2xLP)
• Trey Anastasio - Paper Wheels (2015,Multiple Die-Cut Gatefold Green Splatter 2xLP)

NOT PURCHASED Vinyl due to BAD Pressing Reviews

• Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015,2xLP)
• Ace of Base - The Sign (2015,LP)

My Strangest album pick for 2015 is "Sleeping Tapes" by Jeff Bridges.

I had no idea how to rate this quirky release. It could be genius or perhaps it's crap so I settled on a ★★★☆☆ rating. Maybe it's a cure for my insomnia! It's an original, but kinda creepy in places. There are parts I love, and other parts where I question its purpose. What's your opinion? I acquired an LP copy in support of Jeff and his chosen charity, No Kid Hungry. Oh, and I love the die-cut gold foil cover art and translucent gold vinyl!

Most of the above-referenced releases were purchased by Chuck in 2015. Undoubtedly there will be additional discoveries of other 2015 releases in the coming years.

In Memorium 2015

• B.B. King
• Lynn Anderson
• Percy Sledge
• Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)