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UMe’s Vinylphyle audiophile reissue series has added 2 landmark albums to its catalog: Heart’s ‘Dreamboat Annie’ and Jellyfish’s ‘Spilt Milk,’ both available now exclusively via uDiscover Music. Mastered by Joe Nino-Hernes and pressed at RTI on 180-gram black vinyl with an initial pressing of 3,000 copies each, both releases arrive in tip-on wrapped gatefold jackets with satin matte finish, archival poly sleeves, and 4-panel inserts featuring new liner notes. The presentation matches what the recordings deserve.

‘Dreamboat Annie’ turns 50 this year, and the milestone is being honored properly. Mastered from the original 1975 Can-Base Studios tapes, the pressing includes liner notes from veteran music writer Rick Florino. The album’s status has only grown with time: “Crazy on You” continues finding new listeners through high-profile placements in Marvel films including Captain Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and the record is being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year. More than 2 million copies sold in the U.S. alone, over 3 million worldwide, and a climb to No. 7 on the Billboard 200 tell the commercial story. The cultural one runs deeper.

At a time when rock radio and arena stages were dominated almost entirely by men, Ann and Nancy Wilson arrived fully formed. Ann’s powerhouse vocals stood alongside the era’s biggest rock singers without qualification, and Nancy’s guitar work and the sisters’ songwriting helped expand what listeners expected from women in rock. ‘Dreamboat Annie’ launched Heart into the upper echelon of arena rock and opened doors for generations of women artists in the genre. Fifty years on, its fusion of folk textures, hard rock drive, and lyrical romanticism remains as vital as the day it was released.

‘Spilt Milk’ tells a different kind of story. Jellyfish’s 1993 sophomore album arrived in the middle of a musical climate dominated by grunge and alternative rock, peaked at No. 164 on the Billboard 200, and contributed to the band’s breakup the following year. What it left behind, however, is one of the most revered cult classics in power pop history. Written and co-produced by Andy Sturmer and Roger Joseph Manning Jr., recorded across Los Angeles studios between April and September 1992, and featuring session work from Jon Brion and Lyle Workman alongside co-producers Albhy Galuten and Jack Joseph Puig, the album wove dense harmonies, sweeping orchestrations, and whimsical lyrics into something that drew equally from The Beach Boys, Big Star, The Beatles, ELO, XTC, and Supertramp.

The Vinylphyle pressing of ‘Spilt Milk’ was mastered from a new 96kHz, 24-bit digital remaster sourced from the 1993 Ocean Way Mixdown tapes and pressed on 2 LP, spreading 46 minutes of music across 3 sides to maximize punch and fidelity while minimizing interruptions. A handwritten message to fans from Roger Joseph Manning Jr. is engraved on the fourth side, and Manning provides an in-depth interview about the making of the album in the liner notes.

Vinylphyle launched in November 2025 with a mission to deliver best-in-class pressings across genres and eras, releasing 2 titles per month. Previous entries in the series include The Velvet Underground and Nico’s self-titled debut, Peter Frampton’s ‘Frampton Comes Alive!,’ Bob Marley’s ‘Exodus,’ Erykah Badu’s ‘Mama’s Gun,’ and The Band’s ‘Northern Lights-Southern Cross,’ among others. Every release goes through extensive quality controls from mastering to plating to pressing and printing at RTI, one of the most respected pressing plants in the world.

Both ‘Dreamboat Annie’ and ‘Spilt Milk’ are out now, available exclusively via uDiscover Music in limited pressings of 3,000 copies each.