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 BD, SACD, DVD-A or CD (*don't own)

2019 List

Favorite New Releases

• Altin Gun - Gece (2019)
• Black Pumas - Black Pumas (2019, Clear with Red/Black Splatter LP)
• Blackberry Smoke - Homecoming: Live in Atlanta (2019,Red/Green/Orange 3xLP Signed)
• Blacktop Mojo - Under the Sun (2019)
• Camel - Camel at the Royal Albert Hall (2019, Concert video Blu-ray)
• Children of the Sün - Flowers (2019,LE LP)
• Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Kingfish (2019,VMP Opaque Yellow LP LEx750)
• Circles Around the Sun - Meets Joe Russo (2019)
• Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019, Purple/Pink Split Splatter 2xLP)
• The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (2019)
• The Cosmic Trip Advisors - Wrong Again, Albert... (2019)*
• Crobot - Motherbrain (2019,Purple/Pink Splatter LP)
• Datura4 - Blessed is the Boogie (2019,Pink/Orange Starburst LEx200 LP)
• Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019, 2xLP+CD/5.1 BD)
• Duke Robillard - Ear Worms (2019,Opaque Blue LP)
• Ed Wynne - Shimmer Into Nature (2019)
• Eilen Jewell - Gypsy (2019)
• Fleetwood Mac - The Alternate Fleetwood Mac (2019,RSD LP)
• Flying Colors - Third Degree (2019, Blue 2xLP)
• Fu Manchu - Live at Roadburn 2003 (2019, Yellow/Blue Mixed RSDBF LP LEx1500)
• Heavy Feather - Débris & Rubble (2019,LEx700 LP)
• Holy Serpent - Endless (2019,Red-Yellow-Black LP LEx75)
• Jonathan Coulton - Some Guys (2019,Pink/Red Clear Splatter 2xLP)
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019,Split Red/White LP)
• Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
• Midland - Let It Roll (2019,"Seagrass" Green 2xLP LEx5000)
• Midnight Oil - Breathe Tour Pleasure Island, Live '97 (2019,Red/White 2xLP LEx1700)
• The Muffs - No Holiday (2019,2xLP Etched Side 4)
• Nebula - Holy Shit (2019)
• No-Man - Love You To Bits (2019,LP)
• OM - BBC Radio 1 (2019,10" Green/Black Split 2xEP)
• Orb - The Space Between (2019,Split Black/White LP)
• Pearl Jam - MTV Unplugged (2019, RSDBF LP)
• Pink Floyd - The Later Years 1987-2019 Highlights (2019,2xLP)
• Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (2019)
• Re-Stoned - Ram's Head (2019)*
• Rival Sons - Feral Roots (2019)
• The Riven - The Riven (2019)
• Shocking Blue - Singles Collection Part 2 (2019,Blue 2xLP MOV, LEx2000)
• Slowey and the Boats - Beneath an Amber Moon (2019,LP)
• Steven Wilson - Home Invasion: In Concert at The Royal Albert Hall (2019, 5xLP Box Set)
• Stick Figure - World on Fire (2019)
• Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
• Thank You Scientist - Terraformer (2019, Red/Blue Mixed 2xLP)
• Todd Rundgren - The Complete US Bearsville... (2019,RSD Color 4xLP Box Set) ★★★★☆
• Tony Joe White - Collected (2019,MOV Red 2xLP)
• Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019, Special Edition CD + Digital)
• Townes Van Zandt - The Best of Townes Van Zandt (2019,RSD "Tiger Swirl" RSD 2xLP)
• Trigger Hippy - Full Circle and Then Some (2019,2xLP)
• Turnover - Altogether (2019)
• White Denim - Side Effects (2019)

On the Fence

• Beck - Hyperspace (2019,LP)
• Cherie Currie - Blvds of Splendor (2019,Translucent Red LP)
• Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Servants of the Sun (2019,Red/Yellow Swirl 2xLP LEx1500)
• Jon Pardi - Heartache Medication (2019)
• J.S. Ondara - Tales of America (2019)
• Keb' Mo' - Oklahoma (2019, Tiger's Eye Marble LP LEx500)
• Lee "Scratch" Perry - Heavy Rain (2019)
• Little Simz - Grey Area (2019, White LP)
• Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Yn Ol I Annwn (2019)
• Mdou Moctar - Illana (The Creator) (2019)
• Monkey3 - Sphere (2019)
• Monolord - No Comfort (2019,Halloween Orange/Black 2xLP)
• Nirvana - Live at the Paramount (2019)
• The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)
• VA - Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns (2019, B&N Exclusive Splatter 2xLP LEx1000)
• Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

Favorite Reissues

• Abba - Abba Gold: Greatest Hits (1992,2019 Target Exclusive LE Gold 2xLP)
• Aerosmith - Aerosmith's Greatest Hits (1980,2019 Walmart Exclusive White LP)
• Airbag - All Rights Removed (2011,2019 Red Translucent 2xLP LEx500)
• Ali Farka Touré - Savane (2006,2019 World Circuit 2xLP)
• Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem (1986,2019 Wagram French Pressing LP)
• Alpha Blondy - Cocody Rock (1984,2019 Wagram French Pressing LP)
• Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (2006,2019 Target Exclusive Pink Marble LP)
• The Atomic Bitchwax - The Atomic Bitchwax (1999,2019 Purple 20th Anniversary LP)
• The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969,2019 50th Anniversary 3xCD + 5.1 Blu-ray)
• The Beatles - The Singles Collection (1982,2019 RM 23x7" Singles Box Set)
• The Bird and the Bee - The Bird and the Bee (2007,2019 RSD Green LP)
• Blacktop Mojo - Burn the Ships (2017,2019 2xLP)
• Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (Test Pressing) (1975,2019 RSD LP, LEx7500)
• Bob Seger - Greatest Hits (1994,2019 Walmart Exclusive Coke Bottle Clear 2xLP)
• Brant Bjork - Keep Your Cool (2003,2019 Blue Marble LP, LEx400)
• Camel - Mirage (1974,2019 RE LP)
• The Cardigans - First Band On the Moon (1996,2019 LP)
• The Cardigans - Gran Turismo (1998,2019 LP)
• The Cardigans - Life (1995,2019 LP)
• Cher - 3614 Jackson Highway (1969,2019 Clear/Purple Run Out Groove 2xLP)
• Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968,2019 Kevin Gray RM Gatefold LP)
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far (1974, 2019 Rhino SYEOR Series White LP, LEx6000)
• Crowded House - The Very Very Best of Crowded House (2010,2019 2xLP)
• Dave Alvin - King of California (1994,2019 25th Anniversary 2xLP)
• Davy Graham - Hat (1969,2019 Reissue LP)
• Deep Purple - In Rock (1970,2019 Half-speed RM Purple LE LP)
• Deep Purple - Burn (1974,2019 Rhino "Rocktober" Purple LE LP)
• Dr. John - Babylon (1969,2019 Yellow/Orange Splatter RSDBF LP LEx2500)
• Echobelly - On (1995,2019 MOV LP)
• Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1994,2019 Walmart Exclusive Pic Disk 2xLP)
• Elvis Presley - Live at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (2019,RSD 2xLP)
• Frank Black - Frank Black (1993,2019 RSD Orange LP LEx4500)
• Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994,2019 RSD White 2xLP LEx4500)
• Frank Zappa - The Guitar World According to FZ (1987,2019 RSD LP)
• Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969,2019 Hot Pink EU Pallas LP)
• Fu Manchu - Godzilla's / Eatin' Dust + 4 (1999,2019 Yellow/Green/Brown Splatter 3x10")
• Fu Manchu - Start the Machine (2004,2019 Neon Green Splatter LP + 7" Flexidisc)
• Gabor Szabo - The Best of Gabor Szabo (1968,2019 Translucent Red LP)
• Golden Earring - Moontan (1973,2019 RSD Turquoise MOV LP, LEx3000)
• Golden Earring - Golden Earring (1970,2019 MOV Red/Gold LP, LEx1000)
• Goldfrapp - Black Cherry (2003,2019 Opaque Purple LE LP)
• Grant Green - Born to Be Blue (1969,2020 Tone Poet Series LP)
• The Handsome Family - Through the Trees (1998,2019 Blue Marble LP+ Bonus CD)
• The Idle Race - Schizophrenic Psychedelia (2019,Clear LP)
• Insect Surfers - Datura Moon (2017,2019 Purple LP, LEx300)
• Jimi Hendrix - Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts (2019,8xLP Box Set)
• Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap (1988,2019 LP)
• King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969,50th 2019 Wilson Remix 2xLP)
• King Crimson - Thrak (1995,2019 RM 2xLP)
• King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003,2019 RM 2xLP)
• Los Lobotomys - Los Lobotomys (1989,2019 RSD Red+Blue 2xLP, LEx1000)
• Lou Donaldson - Alligator Bogaloo (1967,2019 Blue Note 80 Series LP)
• Lou Donaldson - Mr. Shing-a-Ling (1969,2019 Tone Poet Series LP)
• Madrugada - Industrial Silence (1999,2019 White MOV 2xLP, LEx2500)
• Marty Stuart - The Pilgrim (1997,2019 2xLP + CD)
• Mastodon - Remission (2002,2019 Electric Blue Purple Pinwheel 2xLP)
• Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit (1993,2019 2xLP)
• Mikey Dread - Roots and Culture (1982,2019 RSD Green EP LEx2000)
• The Monkees - Greatest Hits (1976,2019 Rhino SYEOR Series Orange LP, LEx4500)
• Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York (1994,2019 Target Exclusive Purple LP)
• Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991,2019 Target Exclusive Silver Swirl LP)
• Nodens Ictus - The Cozmic Key (2017,2019 Blue LP)
• Peter Green - Little Dreamer (1980,2019 Music On Vinyl Orange LP, LEx1000)
• Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994,2019 Blue 2xLP)
• The Politicians - Featuring McKinley Jackson (1972,2019 LP)
• Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf (2002,2019 2xLP)
• R.E.M. - In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (2003,2019 Blue B&N 2xLP)
• Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009,2019 LP)
• Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement (2007,2019 LP)
• Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (2005,2019 LP)
• Russ Garcia - Sounds in the Night (1957,2019 Vinyl Passion RE LP)
• Sampa The Great - Birds and the Bee9 (2017,2019 Clear/Orange/Yellow Splatter LE LP)
• Santana - Supernatural (1999,2019 2xLP)
• Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994,2019 Orange+Red 2xLP)
• Stereolab - Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999,2019 3xLP)
• Steve Miller Band - Bingo! (2010,2019 Yellow LP)
• Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare_ (1998,2019 FM Red/Gold Swirl 2xLP)
• Television - Adventure (1978, 2019 Rhino SYEOR Series Red LP, LEx4500)
• Ten Years After - The Cap Ferrat Sessions (2017,2019 RSD Green LP, LEx1500)
• They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986,2019 Opaque Pink LP LEx2000)
• Thomas Newman - American Beauty (Score) (2000,2019 Red Haze LP, LEx1500)
• Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt (1969,2019 VMP LEx1000 "Tiger's Eye" Gold LP)
• UFO - A Conspiracy of Stars (2015,2019 Red Translucent Marble 2xLP)
• The Vulcans - Star Trek (1974,2019 Deep Space Maroon LP)*
• War - Greatest Hits 2.0 (2021,2022 Walmart Marbled Gold 2xLP)
• The Web - Theraphosa Blondi (1969,2019 Picture Disc)
• Wendy & Bonnie - Genesis (1969,2019 Sundazed White LP)
• Widespread Panic - 'Til the Medicine Takes (1999, 2019 2xLP w/Lenticular slipcase, LEx3000)

Top 10 2019 New Releases

• 1. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
• 2. Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)
• 3. Fu Manchu - Live at Roadburn 2003 (2019)
• 4. Midnight Oil - Breathe Tour '97 (2019)
• 5. Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)
• 6. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (2019)
• 7. Pearl Jam - MTV Unplugged (2019)
• 8. Stick Figure - World On Fire (2019)
• 9. Flying Colors - Third Degree (2019)
• 10. Altin Gun - Gece (2019)

Top 10 2019 Reissues

• 1. Widespread Panic - 'Til the Medicine Takes (1999, 2019 2xLP)
• 2. Crowded House - The Very Very Best of Crowded House (2010,2019 2xLP)
• 3. Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem (1986,2019 Wagram LP)
• 4. Insect Surfers - Datura Moon (2017,2019 LP)
• 5. The Cardigans - Gran Turismo (1998,2019 LP)
• 6. Nodens Ictus - The Cozmic Key (2017,2019 LP)
• 7. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969,2019 Giles Martin Remix LP)
• 8. The Politicians - Featuring McKinley Jackson (1972,2019 LP)
• 9. Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement (2007,2019 LP)
• 10. The Handsome Family - Through the Trees (1998,2019 Blue LP)

Best Record Store Day An oxymoron to the cynics

• Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (Test Pressing) (1975,2019 RSD LP, LEx7500)
• Fu Manchu - Live at Roadburn 2003 (2019, Yellow/Blue Mixed RSD LP LEx1500)
• Shocking Blue - Singles Collection Part 2 (Blue 2xLP MOV, LEx2000)

Best Sound Aural orgasms

• Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem (1986,2019 Wagram French Pressing LP)
• The Cardigans - Gran Turismo (1998,2019 LP)
• Joel Paterson - Let It Be Guitar! (2019,LP)
• Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
• Lou Donaldson - Alligator Bogaloo (1967,2019 Blue Note Tone Poet Series LP)
• Madrugada - Industrial Silence (1999,2019 White MOV 2xLP, LEx2500)
• Midnight Oil - Breathe Tour '97 (2019,Red/White 2xLP)
• Pearl Jam - MTV Unplugged (2019, RSDBF LP)
• Stick Figure - World On Fire (2019)
• Thomas Newman - American Beauty (Score) (2000,2019 Red Haze LP, LEx1500)
• Townes Van Zandt - The Best of Townes Van Zandt (2019,RSD "Tiger Swirl" RSD 2xLP)
• Widespread Panic - 'Til the Medicine Takes (1999, 2019 2xLP w/Lenticular slipcase, LEx3000)

Best 5.1 Multichannel Full immersion

• The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969,2019 50th Anniversary Remix 5.1 Blu-ray)

Favorite Cover Art No delusory parasitosis here

• Annie Lennox - Lepidoptera (2019, Streaming)
• The Bird and the Bee - The Bird and the Bee (2007,2019 LP)
• Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (2019)*
• Charli XCX - Charli (2019)*
• Chris Orrick - Out to Sea (2019)*
• Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)
• The Cosmic Trip Advisors - Wrong Again Albert... (2019)*
• Daymé Arocena - Sonocardiogram (2019)*
• Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
• Duke Robillard Band - Ear Worms (2019)
• Ed Wynne - Shimmer Into Nature (2019)
• Evilunited - Serpent (2019)*
• Hollis Brown - Ozone Park (2019)
• Holy Serpent - Endless (2019)
• Jonathan Coulton - Some Guys (2019)
• Keb' Mo' - Oklahoma (2019)
• Khruangbin - Hasta El Cielo (2019)
• King Crimson - ReconstruKtion of Light (2019)
• Mammoth Mammoth - Kreuzung (2019)
• Nebula - Holy Shit (2019)
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)*
• Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (2019)
• Pink Floyd - The Later Years 1987-2019 (2019,CD Box Set cover)*
• Pressure - Drag Me Out (2019)*
• Reel Big Fish - Life Sucks...Let's Dance! (2019)*
• Rival Sons - Feral Roots (2019)
• Shana Cleveland - Night of the Worm Moon (2019)*
• Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)

Worst Cover Art Seriously, what were they thinking?

• Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
• Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)*
• Wilco - Ode to Joy (2019)*

Presentation Standouts These artists make collecting vinyl fun

• The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969,2019 50th 3xCD + 5.1 Blu-ray + Hardcover Book)
• The Beatles - The Singles Collection (1982,2019 23x7" Singles Box Set)
• Blackberry Smoke - Homecoming: Live in Atlanta (2019,Red/Green/Yellow 3xLP w/signed poster)
• Danger Mouse & Karen O - Lux Prima (2019,Cloth/Gatefold cover, poster, LP)
• Fu Manchu - Godzilla's / Eatin' Dust + 4 (1999,2019 Trifold Color 10" 3xEP)
• Jeff Lynne - From Out of Nowhere (2019, Lenticular front Gatefold LP)
• Jonathan Coulton - Some Guys (2019 Die-cut Gatefold Color 2xLP)
• The Handsome Family - Through the Trees (1998,2019 Blue Marble LP+ Bonus CD +DD)
• Prince - Originals (2019, Hardback Book Gatefold Deluxe Set CD + Purple 2xLP)
• Steve Perry - Traces (2018,2019 Deluxe Ed. Lenticular Cover 2xLP)
• Thank You Scientist - Terraformer (2019,Red/Blue Mixed 2xLP Gatefold/Booklet)
• Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019, Special Edition CD + Digital)(HD screen + video)
• Townes Van Zandt - The Best of Townes Van Zandt (2019 Gatefold Color 2xLP)
• Ty Segall - First Taste (2019 Tri-fold Gatefold Cover LP)
• Widespread Panic - 'Til the Medicine Takes (1999,2019 Lenticular Trifold 2xLP)

Best Color Vinyl Appreciate the wax, man

• Fu Manchu - Start the Machine (2004,2019 Neon Green Splatter LP + 7" Flexidisc)
• Golden Earring - Seven Tears (1971,2019 Lime Green MOV LP)
• Jonathan Coulton - Some Guys (2019,Pink/Red Clear Splatter 2xLP)
• Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019,Lime Green Opaque 2xLP Website Exclusive)
• Mastodon - Remission (2002,2019 Electric Blue Purple Pinwheel 2xLP)
• Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York (1994,2019 DGC Purple Opaque LP, Target Exclusive)
• Sampa The Great - Birds and the Bee9 (2017,2019 Clear/Orange/Yellow Splatter LE LP)
• Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare_ (1998,2019 FM Red/Gold Swirl 2xLP)
• Townes Van Zandt - The Best of Townes Van Zandt (2019,RSD "Tiger Swirl" RSD 2xLP)

Best Picture Discs

• The Web - Theraphosa Blondi (1969,2019 Picture Disc)

Disappointments

• Alan Parsons - The Secret (2019)
• Elton John - Live From Moscow (2019 RSD)
• Jenny Lewis - On the Line (2019)
• Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits (1990,2019 Walmart Exclusive Opaque Red LP)
• Mammoth Mammoth - Kreuzung (2019)
• Pond - Tasmania (2019)
• Tinariwen - Amadjar (2019)

Didn't Buy Due to Bad Pressing Reviews (Labels...are you listening?)

• Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? (2019,LP)
• Shana Cleveland - Night of the Worm Moon (2019,LP)

Most of the above-referenced releases were purchased by Chuck in 2019. Undoubtedly there will be additional discoveries of other 2019 releases in the coming years.

In Memorium 2019

• Dick Dale
• Dr. John
• João Gilberto
• Johnny Clegg
• Kim Shattuck (The Muffs)
• Leon Redbone
• Gun-Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)
• Ric Ocasek
• Roky Erickson

Favorite Band Discoveries in 2019

• Aesop Rock
• Airbag
• Altin Gun
• Blackberry Smoke
• Datura4
• Flying Colors
• The Handsome Family
• Khruangbin
• Stick Figure