The list of new music releases for February 2026 features a nostalgic theme, including expanded box sets, new compilations, live albums, and vinyl reissues.

Yes enhances their 1973 gold-selling Top 40 hit Tales From Topographic Oceans with a super deluxe edition that includes 12 compact discs, 2 LPs, and a Blu-Ray disc. We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years explores Brian Wilson’s mid-’70s resurgence as a writer, singer, and producer for the Beach Boys through a 3CD/3LP box set.

Cream’s long-anticipated reunion album Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005 is also available again as a three-disc vinyl reissue, while a five compact-disc box set titled Kindling and Beyond: 1973-1986 provides an in-depth look at the underrated career of Gene Parsons, a significant contributor to both the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers.

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Joe Bonamassa collaborates with Slash, Derek Trucks, and Michael McDonald on the multi-disc B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100. Boz Scaggs’ most famous album, Silk Degrees, is being reissued on translucent green vinyl for its 50th anniversary.

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The 27-track EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert serves as the soundtrack for director Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley film. Two key collaborators also take center stage: The four-disc box Only After Dark: The Complete Mainman Recordings highlights Mick Ronson’s career after his work with David Bowie, while Nico’s 10-disc Nico and Friends features guest appearances by former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed and John Cale.

Further details on these and other upcoming rock albums for 2026 can be found below. Be sure to bookmark our continuously updated list for information on records set to be released throughout the year.

Feb. 6
The Blasters, The Blasters; Hard Line (vinyl reissues)
Big Big Train, Woodcut
Family [John Wetton], Bandstand (remastered and expanded CD edition)
Howard Jones, Human’s Lib (Blu-ray and CD reissues)
Joe Bonamassa, B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 (2CD or 3LP set with Slash, Derek Trucks, Buddy Guy, Dion, Michael McDonald, others)
Nico [Velvet Underground], Nico and Friends (10CD live box set with Lou Reed, John Cale, Brian Eno, others)
NRBQ, Grooves in Orbit (expanded reissue)
Mick Ronson [David Bowie], Only After Dark: The Complete Mainman Recordings (4CD box)
Renaissance, Azure D’Or (expanded 2CD/Blu-Ray set)
Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden (half-speed mastered LP reissue)
Various artists, Can the Glam! (4CD box with T. Rex, Slade, Bay City Rollers, Suzi Quatro, others)
Various artists: Cherry Stars Collide: Dream Pop, Shoegaze and Ethereal Rock 1986-1995 (4CD box with Talk Talk, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Low, others)
Various artists, March of the Flower Children: The American Sounds of 1967 (3CD set with the Grateful Dead, Love, the Monkees, Mothers of Invention, others)
Various artists, Surrender to the Rhythm: The London Pub Rock Scene of the Seventies (3CD set with Elvis Costello, Mott the Hoople, Dave Edmunds, Graham Parker, others.)
Yes, Tales From Topographic Oceans (expanded super deluxe 12CD/2LP/Blu-Ray reissue)

Feb. 13
Beach Boys, We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years
Black Swan [Jeff Pilson, Reb Beach, Robin McAuley], Paralyzed
Boz Scaggs, Silk Degrees: 50th Anniversary Edition (translucent green vinyl reissue)
Jeff Buckley, Live at Sin-e (expanded 2CD reissue)
Mumford and Sons, Prizefighter
Various artists, This Can’t Be Today: A Trip Through the US Psychedelic Underground 1977-1988 (3CD set with Dream Syndicate, the dB’s, Bangles, Husker Du, Meat Puppets, others)

Feb. 20
Colin Blunstone [Zombies], One Year and More: Live from Union Chapel
Cream, Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005 (3LP vinyl reissue)
Dwight Twilley Band, Live on Fire at the Agora 1976
Elvis Presley, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert(digital/CD releases)
Gene Parsons [Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers], Kindling and Beyond: 1973-1986(5CD box set)
Michael Monroe [Hanoi Rocks],Outerstellar
Phish,New Year’s Eve 1993 / Live at Worcester Centrum (5LP box)
Various artists,Soul to Soul: Music From the Original Soundtrack (with Santana,Ike and Tina Turner,the Staple Singers ,others)