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 (*don't own)

2017 List

Favorite New Releases

• Anathema - The Optimist (2017,Silver 2xLP)
• Blacktop Mojo - Burn the Ships (2017,2xLP)
• Brant Bjork - Europe '16 (2017)
• Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Barefoot in the Head (2017)
• David Gilmour - Live at Pompeii (2017)
• Dead Daisies - Live and Louder (2017,Purple 2xLP)
• Doublestone - Devil's Own (2017, LE Orange LP)
• The Feelies - In Between (2017)
• Galactic Cowboys - Long Way Back to the Moon (2017)
• Insect Surfers - Datura Moon (2017,Purple LP LEx300)
• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
• Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes - Live at Jones Beach (2017)
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Sketches of Brunswick East (2017)
• King Goat - Conduit (2017)
• Lindsay Buckingham & Christine McVie - Self Titled (2017)
• Marty Stuart - Way Out West (2017)
• Midland - On the Rocks (2017)
• Orb - Naturality (2017)
• Penguin Cafe - The Imperfect Sea (2017)
• Primus - The Desaturating Seven (2017)
• Robert Drasnin - Voodoo III (2017)
• Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - The French Press (2017)
• Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark? (2017)
• Ruby the Hatchet - Planetary Space Child (2017)
• Son Volt - Notes of Blue (2017)
• Spoon - Hot Thoughts (2017)
• Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - The Long-Awaited Album (2017)
• Steven Wilson - To The Bone (2017)
• Steve Winwood - Winwood: Greatest Hits Live (2017)
• Thievery Corporation - The Temple of I & I (2017)
• Tiger Moth Tales - The Depths of Winter (2017)
• Toadies - The Lower Side of Uptown (2017)
• The Von Hertzen Brothers - War Is Over (2017)*
• War Cloud - War Cloud (2017)
• The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
• The Watch - Seven (2017)
• Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere (2017)

Favorite Reissues

• 101 Strings - Astro Sounds: From Beyond the Year 2000 (1968, 2017 RSD Gold LP)
• Abba - The Album (1977, 2017 Abbey Road Studios Half-speed RM LP)
• Ali Farka Touré - The Source (1993,2017 2xLP)
• Art Farmer & Jim Hall - Big Blues (1979,2017 Org LP)
• Attilio Mineo - Man in Space With Sounds (1961, 2017 Yellow Mono RE)
• The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967, 2017 50th Anniv. 2xLP)
• The Bob Seger System - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1968,2017 Blue LP)
• Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974, 2017 ARS 45rpm RM 2xLP)
• Carpenters - Collected (2017, Music on Vinyl 2xLP)
• Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos (1992, 2017 RE LP)
• Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue (1976, 2017 2xLP Picture Disc)
• Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997, 2017 Yellow Anniversary Expanded Ed. LP)
• Elton John - Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1976,2017 RM LP)
• Elvis Presley - A Boy From Tupelo: The Sun Masters (2017, Archival LP)
• Enya - The Very Best of Enya (2009, 2017 2xLP)
• Equatics - Doin It!!!! (1972, 2017 LP)
• Esquivel - Other Worlds, Other Sounds (1958, Audio Fidelity 2017 LP)
• Fleetwood Mac - Alternate Mirage (2017 LP)
• Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975,2017 LP/CD/5.1 DVD Boxset)
• Fu Manchu - California Crossing (2001, 2017 Red/Blue/Yellow 3xLP)
• Gal Costa - India (1973,2017 Mr. Bongo LP)
• George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002, 2017 RM LP)
• George Harrison - Cloud Nine (1987,2017 RM LP)
• Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest (2011, 2017 RE LP)
• Iron Butterfly - Heavy (1971, 2017 Stereo RE LP)
• Jerry Garcia Band - Cats Under the Stars (1978, 2017 RE LP)
• John Fogerty - Blue Moon Swamp (1997,2017 B&N Blue LP)
• John Prine - John Prine (1971, 2017 RE LP)
• Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Best of: Please Don't Touch (1978,2017 Waxtime LP)
• Lee Hazlewood - Requiem For An Almost Lady (1971, 2017 LITA Gold RE LP)
• Lee Hazlewood - 13 (1972, 2017 LITA LP)
• Link Wray - Link Wray (1971, 2017 RE LP)
• Naevus - Sun Meditation (1998,2017 Opaque Purple LP)
• Neil Young - Decade (1977,2017 RSD RE 3xLP)
• Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992, 2017 RSDBF LP)
• No-Man - Returning Jesus (2001,2017 KScope RE 2xLP)
• The Orb - Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991, 2017 2xLP)
• Paul Tanner - Music For Heavenly Bodies (1958,2018 Sundazed Blue LP)
• Peter Tosh - Legalize It! (1976, 2017 RSD 3-color LP + Cannabis Inner Sleeve)
• The Pioneers - Long Shot (1970,2017 MOV LP)
• Rush - A Farewell to Kings (1977,2017 Super Deluxe Edition 4xLP,3xCD,5.1 BDA)
• Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch (1974, 2017 MFSL LP)
• Ravi Shankar - Portrait of Genius (1964, 2017 RSD Purple LEx1200 LP)
• Sheldon Allman - Folk Songs For the 21st Century (1960,2017 "Plutonium" Green RE LP)
• Steve Earle - El Corazon (1997,2017 LP)
• Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band - The Mountain (1991,2017 RE LP)
• Tame Impala - Currents (2015,2017 LE Box Set Red Swirl 2xLP Etc.)
• Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans - Space Sounds (Ballads for the Age of Science) (1959, 2017 Red LP)
• T Rex - Electric Warrior (1971, 2017 Rhino Roctober LP)
• U-Men - U-Men (2017, 3xLP Box Set Compilation)*

My Top 10 2017 New Releases

• 1. Steven Wilson - To The Bone
• 2. Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - The Long-Awaited Album
• 3. Tiger Moth Tales - The Depths of Winter
• 4. David Gilmour - Live at Pompeii (2017)
• 5. Thievery Corporation - The Temple of I & I (2017)
• 6. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - The French Press (2017)
• 7. Anathema - The Optimist (2017,Silver 2xLP)
• 8. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
• 9. Primus - The Desaturating Seven (2017)
• 10. Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Barefoot in the Head (2017)

My Top 10 2017 Reissues

• 1. The Orb - Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991, 2017 2xLP)
• 2. Tame Impala - Currents (2015,2017 LE Box Set Red Swirl 2xLP Etc.)
• 3. Carpenters - Collected (2017, Music on Vinyl 2xLP)
• 4. Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch (1974, 2017 MFSL LP)
• 5. Lee Hazlewood - Requiem For An Almost Lady (1971, 2017 LITA Gold RE LP)
• 6. John Fogerty - Blue Moon Swamp (1997,2017 B&N Blue LP)
• 7. Fu Manchu - California Crossing (2001, 2017 Red/Blue/Yellow 3xLP)
• 8. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (1974, 2017 ARS 45rpm 2xLP)
• 9. Equatics - Doin It!!!! (1972, 2017 LP)
• 10. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest (2011, 2017 RE LP)

2017 Best Record Store Day Pick

• Fleetwood Mac - Alternate Mirage (2017,LP LEx3500)

Favorite Covers

• 311 - Transistor (2017)
• As It Is - Okay. (2017)*
• CunninLynguists - Rose Azura Njano (2017)*
• Insect Surfers - Datura Moon (2017)
• Midland - On The Rocks (2017)*
• Nodens Ictus - The Cozmic Key (2017)
• Robert Drasnin - Voodoo III (2017)
• Sampa The Great - Birds and the Bee9 (2017)
• Sun Ra - Exotica (2017, RSDBF)
• Thievery Corporation - The Temple of I & I (2017)
• Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy (2017)*
• Various Artists - The World is Watching (2017)
• The Watch - Seven (2017)
• War Cloud - War Cloud (2017)

Worst Cover Art Seriously, what are you thinking?

• Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits (2017,2xLP)

Packaging Standouts

• Carpenters - Collected (2017, Music on Vinyl 2xLP)
• Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975,2017 LP/CD/5.1 DVD Boxset)
• Fu Manchu - California Crossing (2001, 2017 Red/Blue/Yellow 3xLP)
• Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967,2017 50th 2xLP+2xSACD Box)
• Tame Impala - Currents (2015,2017 LE Box Set Red Swirl 2xLP Etc.)

Disappointments

• Alison Krauss - Windy City (2017)
• The Atomic Bitchwax - Force Field (2017)
• The Beatles - Merry Christmas Beatle People! (2017, 7x45 Multi-color Box Set)
  • Quality issues and high price (didn't buy)
• Kadavar - Rough Times (2017)
• Paul McCartney/Paul McCartney & Wings - Coloured Vinyl Reissues (2017, 8xLP)
  • Availability, release confusion and high price (didn't buy)
• Queens of the Stone Age - Villans (2017)

NOT PURCHASED Vinyl due to BAD Pressing Reviews

• Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet (2017)

Quality Issues

• The Black Angels - Death Song (2017 RSD Color 2xLP) - noisy!
• The Sundays - Static & Silence (1997,2017 RSDBF Clear LP) - mastered too bright!
• Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet (2017 LP) - noisy reviews so did not buy

Most of the above-referenced releases were purchased by Chuck in 2017. Undoubtedly there will be additional discoveries of other 2017 releases in the coming years.

In Memorium 2017

• Albert Johnson (Prodigy)
• Al Jarreau
• Chuck Berry
• Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
• David Cassidy
• Fats Domino
• Glen Campbell
• Greg Allman
• Keely Smith
• Malcom Young (AC/DC)
• Pat DiNizio (Smithereens)
• Tom Petty
• Walter Becker (Steely Dan)