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DELUXE EDITION OF MADELEINE PEYROUX’S BREAKTHROUGH 2004 ALBUM, CARELESS LOVE

Announcing the deluxe reissue of Madeleine Peyroux’s best-selling 2004 album, Careless Love. Set for release on August 27 and available for pre-order today, the collection includes the acclaimed, ...

R.E.M.’s DEBUT 1981 SINGLE, “RADIO FREE EUROPE,” SET FOR FIRST-EVER REISSUE

For the first time in 40 years, rock icons R.E.M. are reissuing their foundational, debut single “Radio Free Europe,” first released in 1981. While many fans know the 1983 version of the song, whi...

TWO CAREER-SPANNING COLLECTIONS CELEBRATE PIONEERING FUNK BAND DYKE & THE BLAZERS

Announcing the release of two new collections celebrating the music of pioneering funk band Dyke & The Blazers. Available June 25th on digital platforms and vinyl, the titles include the 20-tr...

FIRST-EVER VINYL REISSUE FOR TRAVIS’ 2007 ALBUM THE BOY WITH NO NAME DUE OUT MAY 28TH

On May 28th, the top five album from Scottish rock band Travis, The Boy With No Name, returns to vinyl for the first time. Cut at London’s Metropolis Studios, Craft Recordings’ new reissue of the ...

VINCE GUARALDI TRIO’S A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN SET FOR VINYL REISSUE

We're thrilled to announce a vinyl reissue of the PEANUTS classic, A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Featuring nine evocative cues from the Vince Guaraldi Trio, the album has been newly remastered from t...

CRAFT HONORS BILL EVANS WITH CAREER-SPANNING COLLECTION

We're proud to honor the pioneering jazz artist Bill Evans and his enduring musical contributions, with two new titles. The first—a deluxe, five-CD box set and digital album, titled Everybody Sti...

CRAFT ANNOUNCES 12 EXCLUSIVE VINYL RELEASES FOR RSD DROPS 2021

Craft Recordings is thrilled to announce an extraordinary assortment of 12 exclusive titles for Record Store Day 2021, available at participating independent retailers across two drop dates: June ...

VIOLENT FEMMES COLLECTION ADD IT UP (1981–1993) COMING TO VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ITS INITIAL LIMITED PRESSING

As Violent Femmes celebrate their 40th year together, Craft Recordings is pleased to honor the band’s enduring catalog of cult classics with the long out-of-print vinyl reissue of Add It Up (1981–...

YUSEF LATEEF’S INNOVATIVE 1961 ALBUM, EASTERN SOUNDS IS OUR SECOND SMALL BATCH REISSUE

We're thrilled to announce the second title in its one-step series, Small Batch: Yusef Lateef’s 1961 classic, Eastern Sounds. Originally released on Moodsville (an imprint of the legendary jazz la...

ABBEY LINCOLN’S LANDMARK 1959 ALBUM, ABBEY IS BLUE, SET FOR 180-GRAM VINYL REISSUE

This Women’s History Month, Craft Recordings is celebrating one of the most inspiring women in jazz, Abbey Lincoln, with a special reissue of her landmark LP, Abbey Is Blue. Releasing May 28th an...

TRAVIS TO REISSUE DEBUT ALBUM GOOD FEELING ON VINYL

On April 2nd, Travis’ 1997 debut Good Feeling returns to vinyl in its original format for the first time with classic sleeve and original packaging replication and a 180-gram heavyweight black vi...

SARAH JAROSZ’S BUILD ME UP FROM BONES SET FOR VINYL REISSUE

Announcing the vinyl reissue of Build Me Up From Bones, the chart-topping third album from acclaimed singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and 2021 GRAMMY® nominee Sarah Jarosz. The wide vinyl ...

INTRODUCING "SMALL BATCH": AN ALL-ANALOG, ONE-STEP VINYL SERIES, LAUNCHING WITH COLTRANE'S LUSH LIFE

We're thrilled to announce Small Batch—a carefully curated, limited edition, one-step process vinyl series devoted to creating the highest quality vinyl reissues of legendary recordings from ou...

CELEBRATING CHET BAKER’S ICONIC RIVERSIDE CATALOG WITH FOUR 180-GRAM VINYL REISSUES

Craft Recordings is pleased to reissue four classic, remastered titles from legendary jazz artist Chet Baker. Set for release on March 5th and available for pre-order now, the albums comprise Bake...

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL’S PENDULUM AND MARDI GRAS SET FOR HALF-SPEED MASTERED 180-GRAM VINYL REISSUES

  Craft Recordings continues the salute to the enduring musical legacy of Creedence Clearwater Revival with the release of half-speed mastered editions of the band’s two final albums: Pendulum, ...

FREE LIVESTREAM OF DOCUMENTARY FILM THROW DOWN YOUR HEART WITH Q&A FROM BÉLA FLECK AND DIRECTOR SASCHA PALADINO

Bringing good cheer for the holidays, Béla Fleck and his brother, director Sascha Paladino, will be hosting a live screening of their acclaimed documentary film Throw Down Your Heart on Friday, De...

NEW LYRIC VIDEO FOR THE STAPLE SINGERS' “RESPECT YOURSELF”

Craft Recordings is pleased to release a new lyric video for The Staple Singers’ soulful 1971 anthem “Respect Yourself.” The captivating visualizer, which premiered today in Rolling Stone, pairs ar...

JAZZ DISPENSARY ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH VINYL ME, PLEASE

Jazz Dispensary, the branch of Craft Recordings that answers to a higher power, is thrilled to announce a partnership with Vinyl Me, Please to offer a series of five heavyweight digs from their s...

CHARLES BROWN’S COOL CHRISTMAS BLUES COMING TO VINYL

Set for a November 13th release date and available for pre-order today, this pressing of Charles Brown’s Cool Christmas Blues marks the very first vinyl release of the blues titan’s 1994 Christmas...