START YOUR EAR OFF RIGHT: Week 3

We’ve spent the last few Tuesdays reminding you of how Rhino’s ongoing vinyl reissue campaign, START YOUR EAR OFF RIGHT!, has been releasing the latest LPs for its 2018 edition, and now that Tuesday has rolled around again, we’re here to tell you – or remind you, if you read those past posts we just referenced – what’s hitting record store shelves this week. We should also make sure you realize that this is the last week of the campaign, so you don’t show up next Tuesday and get disappointed.

• Alice Cooper, WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE

The Specifics: 1-LP on purple vinyl, limited edition of 6,200 copies, $19.98

The Songs You Might Know: “Department of Youth,” “Only Women Bleed,” “Welcome to My Nightmare”

• Various Artists, THE NEW YORK ROCK AND SOUL REVUE – LIVE AT THE BEACON

The Specifics: 2-LP set on black vinyl, limited edition of 3,800 copies, $29.98

The Songs You Might Know: “Knock on Wood” (performed by Michael McDonald and Phoebe Snow), “Drowning in the Sea of Love” (performed by Boz Scaggs), “Chain Lightning” (performed by Donald Fagen, Phoebe Snow, and Charles Brown)

Before we let you move on to the next piece, we just want to underline a point that you’ve hopefully already read for yourself: these are limited-edition releases, so if any of them tickle your fancy, run immediately to your friendly neighborhood music retailer to get your copy before there are no more copies to get!