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COLLECTING
DUST
Miles Davis' 'Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition'
(2CD/LP/DVD) is "an expansive and lavishly-designed, super-deluxe 12-inch
slipcase box set. It gathers the
entire panoramic sweep of the album's history - past, present and future - onto
two CDs (running time over two hours); a newly-produced black-and-white
documentary DVD (55 minutes); a full-size (12x12) 60-page perfect-bound book of
critical essays, annotations, discographic data, timeline, and copious
photography; and an envelope chockful of memorabilia; all accompanied - for the
first time in the history of Legacy Recordings - by the original 12-inch LP
package pressed on 180-gram blue vinyl.
Together with an enormous 22x33 fold-out poster of Miles. The DVD
also unearths the group's entire 26 minute in-session appearance on
"Robert Herridge Theatre: The Sound of Miles Davis," a CBS television
program recorded in 1959 and broadcast in 1960..." Due October 27 for £89.99.
JOHN'S NEW ALBUM WITH
CODE
John Mellencamp's 'Life Death Love & Freedom is produced by T
Bone Burnett. This is the CD+DVD edition and includes standard CD album and a
bonus High Definition Audio version in the new CODE format, playable on DVD
players." Due October 13. Ok, what is the CODE format?
I LOVE U ENNIO
A various artist love-fest CD called 'We All Love Ennio Morricone'
has 17 tracks from Ennio Morricone's work by the following artists: Quincy
Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Andrea Bocelli, Metallica, Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming,
Ennio Morricone, Eumir Deodato, Daniela Mercury, Dulce Pontes, Chris Botti,
Vanessa and The O's, Roger Waters, Denyce Graves and Taro Hakase. Due October
14. OK, Metallica we can understand but Springsteen and Roger Waters?
ALL MAN ARE BROTHERS
The Allman Brothers Band's 'August 2008 Tour' is a 12 x 2CD set
[24 CDs for the maths challenged]. "Breaking out new songs and rearranging
old ones to keep the music fresh and alive. A total of 56 songs (plus JaBuMa) were played over the
course of 12 shows. Willie Dixon's blues classic "I Ain't
Superstitious" was given the full ABB treatment, with Warren's gruff
vocals and Derek's stinging slide taking the song to new heights. Bob Dylan's
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" was reinvented as
a hard-hitting rocker, with Gregg Allman belting out the lyrics with soulful,
bluesy power. A number of shows
featured special guest appearances..."
Contains the following shows: Bethel Woods, NY 8-12-08, Wantagh,
NY 8-13-08, Holmdel, NJ 8-15-08, Mansfield, Mass, 8-16-08, Saratoga Springs, NY
8-19-08, Hartford, CT 8-20-08, Canandaigua, NY 8-22-08, Camden, NJ 8-23-08,
Hershey, PA 8-25-08, Clarkston, Michigan 8-27-08, Chicago, Illinois 8-28-08,
Morrison, Colorado 8-30-08. Available only to customers who 'pre-order'.
Due in November for £300.
'Covers' is the CD that James Taylor fans have been anticipating
for years. Recorded live with his full band in a barn in Massachusetts that was
transformed into a studio, the album is a treasury of songs he has performed
live over the years, but never recorded. It is an American songbook of tunes
made famous by artists as varied Buddy Holly, The Dixie Chicks, The
Temptations, Leonard Cohen, George Jones and Eddie Cochran, but embraced and
interpreted by James Taylor in a way that makes each one his own..." A US
Import released October 6.
WELLER AT THE BEEB
'Paul Weller At The BBC (4CD) is a 74-track, all
digitally-remastered, 4-CD hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions and
live concert tracks from 1990 - 2008, fully sanctioned by Weller and including
his introduction to the liner notes. Includes alternative versions of 19
classic hit singles - Hung Up, Out Of The Sinking, Wild Wood, The Changing Man,
You Do Something To Me, Uh Huh Oh Yeh, Peacock Suit, Brushed, Brand New Start,
Wishing On A Star, Thinking Of You, Come On / Lets Go, Above The Clouds,
Sunflower, Broken Stones, Speak Like A Child, My Ever Changing Moods, All I
Wanna Do (Is Be With You) and That's Entertainment. Discs one and two feature
key session tracks from 1992 - 2008. Includes 40 unreleased versions, many with
interview snippets and Paul's song introductions. Many of these sessions are
showcasing material from new or forthcoming albums and are presented in band
versions as well as solo, acoustic settings..." The formats are a 4 CD Box
Set for £27.99, a single DVD for £15.99, a 2 CD set for £14.99 and a 3LP
set for £21.99.
WATERY CONFECTION
'Car Alarm', The Sea And Cake's seventh full-length record, is the
sound of a well-oiled band. Listen to the intricate intertwining strings of Sam
Prekop and Archer Prewitt and you'll hear the frontline of a working unit that
has moved seamlessly from the stage to the studio and back". Due October
20.
THE DC 5
Dave Clarke Five - 'The Hits' is the definitive compilation, 27
tracks in all. Due October 13.
CLAPTON DVD
The famous Exhaust Note bootleg from
Mid-Valley has now been made official. Using soundboard tapes, Jeff Beck is
releasing the show at Ronnie Scott's club in London as Jeff Beck Performing
This Week, Live At Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. It is a mix of the two shows Beck
played at the end of November last year. The bootleg was the complete shows on
4CDs. Beck is offering 16 tracks on one disc.
ME AND MR TOM JONES
The trend is for older singers to cover
contemporary songs. Tom Jones returns with 24 Hours, an intimate album produced
by Future Cut [Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal] and with Jones writing some tunes as
well. But mainly fans will want to hear his interpretation of Tommy James and
the Shondells' classic 'I'm Alive', the cool Latin beats of 'Style and Rhythm',
the raw, contemporary statement that is 'Feels Like Music' and the pop genius
of 'Give A Little Love'. Jones also covers Springsteen's The Hitter. Should be
out there soon.
COMPILATION FOR OBAMA
Kanye West, Maroon 5's Adam Levine, Jackson
Browne and John Mayer will all be on the upcoming Barack Obama benefit album,
Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement. The album will be available
through Obama's official website starting this week. "Heard 'Em Say"
collaborators West and Levine will reunite to join Chicago spoken word poet
Malik Yusef on the new song "Promised Land," while John Legend will
contribute his cover of U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love.)" The
18-track limited edition album is rounded out by songs from some of Obama's
favorite artists, including Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Lionel Richie and Sheryl
Crow. The full track list and preorder information is here.
There is news on the upcoming Cat Stevens
deluxe albums - Tea for the Tillerman, and Teaser and the Firecat. They will be
expanded 2CD Deluxe Edition packages. Each set will add in a second disc of
bonus tracks. Tea for the Tillerman will add 11 tracks:
-Wild World (Demo)
Teaser and the Firecat will add 10 tracks to
their bonus disc:
-Moonshadow (Recorded at the Troubadour)
Both albums are newly re-mastered and will
contain extensive booklets with complete original artwork, new liner notes from
Paul Samwell-Smith, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), and his longtime guitarist, Alun
Davies. Both of these Deluxe Edition sets will be released by A&M Records
on November 4.
Sadly, it looks like the complete shows in
Japan, at the Troubadour, at KCET-TV in LA will remain unreleased. We all know
the Japan show had an official release on vinyl in Japan only back in 1974. It
has remained out-of-print since.
THE KINKS IN A BOX
The first ever Kinks box set, Picture Book
[6CDs with book] - compiled with the help of Ray Davies, contains over 100
tracks, around a third of which are unreleased or are new to CD. Comes housed
in a lift lid classic style box with a 60-page booklet with Ray Davies
intro and interviews with all band members. Supplemented with rare
photos/memorabilia / hand-written lyrics, etc and a Time Line / Diary;
Illustrated Discography by Doug Himen (rare album and singles covers). Due
December 1. This is great.
SIMONE
Nina Simone's 'To Be Free' (The Nina Simone
Story) is a 3 CD + DVD Box Set including her work for Bethlehem, Colpix,
Philips, RCA, CTI and Elektra plus a DVD featuring a 1970 documentary. 54 songs
in all with 8 previously unreleased tracks. Due October 13.
JACKIE DeSHANNON IN OTHER VOICES
Various - 'Break-A-Way: The Songs Of Jackie
Deshannon 1961-67' is a 27-song collection featuring Jackie Deshannon songs by:
The Searchers, Cher, Thurston Harris, Dobie Gray, Duane Eddy, Rick Nelson, The
Byrds and Jackie herself. Due October 27.
ODE TO BOBBIE GENTRY
Raven Records in Australia have come up with
another goody, Bobbie Gentry's 'Ode to Billie Joe'/ 'Touch 'em with Love'
two-fer. "Combined for the first time on one CD, Raven presents two unique
albums by the legendary Bobbie Gentry..." with superb quality audio, seven
rare bonus tracks, color booklet and detailed liner notes. Due October 6. Both
albums have had limited release on CD and are out-of-print.
BOOTLEG NEWS
LED BOOTS
BIG BOX OF GEORGE
CLAPTON ON FIRE
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'Ain't Times Hard: Political And Social Comment In The Blues' is a
4 CD boxset detailing the music's social history. "After 1927's disastrous
Mississippi floods food distribution was free for whites but not for blacks.
Plantation owners were worried that their workforces wouldn't return so some
men were detained in concentration camps and used for forced labour with the
constant threat that they could be drafted into the army. FDR became President
in '32 and set up a New Deal that merely elaborated on existing schemes. These
and many other woes are the subject of this 100-track set. This collection will
prove enlightening to anybody interested in US history." Released
September 29.
CLINTON COVERS
George Clinton's 'And His Gangsters Of Love' is a new album with
guests Sly Stone, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Carlos Santana and others. It
features covers of Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Johnny Ace, Curtis Mayfield, Rat
Pack and plenty more. Due September 29.
MELODY AND VINE
"The grunge-inspired Aussie garage rock quartet, The Vines,
follow 2006's 'Vision Valley' with Melodia, their fourth album. Working once
again with Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith), who produced their first two
albums, they continue to explore the schizophrenic nature of their sound, and
the rock numbers rock even harder while the jangly, acoustic West Coast tunes
are even more floaty and psychedelic." Due October 6.
THE KING'S FAVOURS
BB King's 'One Kind Favour', the new studio album from the Blues
legend is produced T-Bone Burnett. It's a mixture of old blues covers from
King's early influences in the style of his recordings from the
1950's". Due September 29.
"On September 29 Rhino UK will re-issue all five New Order
albums. Each album will come with bonus discs featuring extended versions,
b-sides and remixes, as well as extensive sleevenotes, including interviews
with all four band members. Each double disc package features both the
album remastered from the original master tapes, and a bonus disc containing
non album singles, B sides and remixes.
"The design of the packaging and booklet has been overseen by Peter Saville with the intention of providing a presentation true to his original Factory Records aesthetic." The albums are Movement, Power Corruption and Lies, Low Life, Technique and Brotherhood. 'Movement' includes the early singles & b-sides. Both
versions of Ceremony, the original Temptation 7" and 12",
Everything's Gone Green 12" and rarity Cries and Whispers.
'Power Corruption And Lies' includes the 12" singles
versions of Blue Monday, Confusion, Thieves Like Us, and Murder. And their
flips The Beach, Confused Beats, Lonesome Tonight and Thieves Like Us
Instrumental.
'Low Life' includes 12" single versions of album tracks and
their b sides. The full 17 min Elegia. Let's Go Instrumental and Salvation
Theme from the film soundtrack.
'Technique' includes the 12" singles Run 2 and Round And
Round, and rare b-sides MTO, Best And Marsh and Vanishing Point Instrumental.
The Steve Silk Hurley remix of Fine Time and b-sides Don't Do It and Fine Line.
New Order's last release on Factory Records and only No 1 UK Single, World In
Motion in its Carabinieri mix.
'Brotherhood' includes the 12" Touched By The Hand Of God and
Blue Monday '88 remix. Dance mixes from Shep Pettibone of Bizarre Love Triangle
and True Faith, with its rare B-side Evil Dust.
NEXT U2 REMASTER
"The remastered Under a Blood Red Sky album was originally
released in November 1983, and consists of live recordings from three shows on
U2's War Tour through Europe and America." The Under A Blood Red Sky
reissue will come in a deluxe version featuring the CD and the Live At Red
Rocks DVD. There will also be an LP version pressed on 180 gm virgin vinyl.
'Live At Red Rocks' (DVD) "recorded at the Red Rocks
Amphitheatre in Colorado on June 5, 1983, will be available for the first time
on DVD, and will include 5 previously unreleased songs, a director's
commentary, digitally re-graded pictures and a 5.1 mix". All due September
22.
JAPANESE RAINBOW
Merzbow's 'Rainbow Electronics Vol.2' was first released in
1997. In the era of accessible and
danceable Merzbow releases such as "Merzbeat" and "Merzbuddha"
(relatively speaking), "Rainbow Electronics 2" is a fresh reminder of
Merzbow's fully evolved first phase. Out of print since the turn of the
century, "Rainbow Electronics 2" is available again on September 29.
BOOTLEG NEWS
DRAG QUEEN AND MORE
Bob Dylan - Tokyo Legal (GR 309/310) uses the excellent sounding audience
recording from the March 2, 1978 Budokan show.
Pink Floyd - Watching The World Upon The Wall (GR 311/312) contains an
excellent audience recording from Pink Floyd's penultimate gig with Roger
Waters on June 16, 1981 at Earls Court.
Bruce Springsteen - Lying In The Heat Of The Night (GR 315/316/317) is a three disc
set with the August 23 2008? show in St. Louis.
Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Rome (GR 318/319) is a two disc set with an
audience recording from Madonna's recent gig in Rome on September 6, 2008.
Rainbow - Ultimate Surrender (Power Gate-251) is a two disc set with the
soundboard from the May 7, 1981 gig in Boston. This title is limited to only 50 copies.
Rainbow - Down To Earth Rough Mix Redux (Langley Deluxe 006) is a one
disc set with the "Rough Mixes of Down To Earth album. Newly remastered
version from master tapes. Much better sound than the 2002 release."
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - A Real Cool Time!! (Apocalypse Sound AS 148) is a one DVD title
with the St Luke's Church show on June 30, 2007 [?].
Tom Waits - Bridged, Mules And Orphans (AS 149) is a one DVD set with his
appearance at the 13th Bridge School Benefit on October 30, 1999
Lou Reed - Ghost Stories contains the May 23, 1974 and January 20, 1972 Paris
shows along with a show from Barcelona on December 10, 1984.
Bob Dylan with Tom Petty - 4th Of July, Orchard Park (AS 151) contains the Farm Aid
footage on one DVD.
Deep Purple - Shadows Of Another Day (no label) contains the Palais Des
Omnisports, Paris video from July 9, 1985.
David Bowie - Complete Vision In Dome is a one DVD set with the Tokyo Sound +
Vision concert on May 16, 1990.
NEW DVDS ON WOW
+ + + + + THE LOST PUSSYCAT
John Phillips' 'Pussycat' "is the long-lost album that John
Phillips recorded as the first solo artist signed to Rolling Stones Records in
1976. Produced by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the album reunited them in the
studio for the first time with ex-Stones member Mick Taylor and also features
his replacement, Ron Wood. 'Pussycat' presents for the first time the recently
located original '70s mix of the album, together with newly-discovered outtakes
and material from the 1976 sessions for Phillip's soundtrack to the film The
Man Who Fell To Earth, starring David Bowie". Released September 22.
In 2001, an album Pay Pack And Follow also claimed to be this lost
Rolling Stone album. Approach with caution. Philips died in 2001.
'Fotheringay 2' comprises 11 songs that would have constituted a
follow-up. Sadly they broke up during the recording sessions for their second
album. Incredibly all the tapes survived in various record company archives. 38
years later the surviving members of the group have mixed all the material to
finally complete this remarkable album". Mastered from the original master
tapes. New sleevenote by Richard Williams. Acclaimed digipac packaging with
previously unseen photographs. Due September 29. Interest in this folk
group revolves around its singer, the late Sandy Denny.
BEYONCE BOUNCES BACK
Beyonce has her new untitled third album due November 18. The
album will be preceded by the radio release of two singles, "Single
Ladies" and "If I Were a Boy," on October 7. Beyonce had a hand
in either co-writing or co-producer every song on the album. Her label Columbia
says the new disc contains Beyonce's "most personal, reflective and
revelatory collection to-date." Justin Timberlake will appear on the
album, but no other producers or guests have been revealed.
TIME FOR A NEW JOAN BAEZ
ALBUM
Joan Baez's 24th album is Day After Tomorrow, out now. A fresh
album with Steve Earle helping on a set of tunes that draw from tough minded
blues and Appalachian bluegrass. "Best of all is the title track, Tom
Waits' heartbreaking Iraq War ballad, sung in the voice of a frightened GI:
'What I miss you won't believe/Shoveling snow and raking leaves.' Delivered by
Baez with dusky restraint, it proves an old protest-music lesson too often
unheeded: When it comes to prophesying, stories work better than slogans,"
writes Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen.
Lou Reed's 'Berlin: Live At St Ann's Warehouse' "contains the
first live performance of the controversial 1973 masterwork, 33 years after it
originally came out. It was recorded at the filming of Julian Schnabel's
'Berlin' feature length film in December 2006, featuring Antony Hegarty, Sharon
Jones and Steve Hunter among other guests, with production from Bob Ezrin and
Hal Willner." Due October 20.
THE ZTT BOX SET
"The definitive overview of the highly influential label,
ZTT, will be captured on 'Zang Tumb Tuum: The ZTT Box Set' (3CD & DVD).
Across three CDs and one DVD - for the first time ever - all the hits in one
place, plus rare and unearthed gems from the archives. More than 40 artists and
20 Top 40 hits, and scores of productions from ZTT founder Trevor Horn. Artists
featured include Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, Art of Noise, Seal, 808
State, Bjork, Shane MacGowan, Kirsty MacColl, Shades of Rhythm, Tom Jones,
Adamski, and The Frames, with remixes from Brian Eno, The Orb and William
Orbit. A special DVD presents more than one hour of innovative ZTT music videos
directed by the likes of Zbigniew Rybczynski and Godley & Creme. Includes a
72-page book containing rare photos, sleeves, and special contributions from
label founders Paul Morley and Trevor Horn and all the artists involved".
Worth every cent/penny. Due Oct 27. Part of the Christmas rush.
YOUR MOVE
The Move's 'Anthology 1966-1972' (4CD Box) is a "62 track set
with well over three hours of Move magnificence on one superbly remastered 4-CD
box set. Classic hit singles, b-sides, choice album cuts, a wealth of
previously unreleased material including never-before-heard songs, demos,
alternate takes and live recordings from 1966-72. The full-colour 72-page
booklet with rare & unseen photos and memorabilia includes an extensive
10,000-word Move history and band interviews with complete track-by-track info
and UK discography". Due September 29. Another year-end stocking stuffer.
Peter Green's 'The Anthology' (4 CD Set) "is a 64-track, 4-CD
retrospective telling the story of a British guitar legend and blues
institution. The set contains essential Peter Green music drawn from all stages
of his career. From his first tentative recordings with the likes of Peter
Bardens and John Mayall, it moves through the genesis of Fleetwood Mac and the
band's many classic blues recordings and rock fusion chart hits are all
included, as is the best of his later solo work and Splinter Group recordings.
This is his first complete career overview and also represents the first time
that Peter Green himself has had an active involvement in such a project,
working closely with Salvo and compiler John Crosby, helping to make this set
the ultimate Peter Green collection". Due October 27. With a recession in
full swing, who's gonna buy all these sets?
TODD'S ARENA
Todd Rundgren's 'Arena' is "his long-awaited new studio
album, a definite return to riff-oriented guitar rock." Says Rundgren,
"It's supposed to make you reflexively pump your fist and wave a lighter
in the air." Eek! Due September 29.
MORRISSEY'S BOWL
Morrissey's 'Live at the Hollywood Bowl' (DVD) is the best of
Morrisey's solo work and Smiths hits performed during endless stage invasions.
Due October 6.
Three Dog Night's 'Greatest Hits Live' captures the band during
"their touring heyday, Negron, Hutton and Wells lived fast, sang proud and
inspired manic adulation in their fans across the planet. If they didn't bring
joy to the whole world, they came amazingly close. The tracks included on this
album were recorded during the group's 1972/'73 world tour, an ambitious jaunt
that took them from North America to Europe, Japan and Australia. By that time
Three Dog Night had racked up such now-classic hits as "One,"
"Easy To Be Hard," "Celebrate," "Mama Told Me (Not To
Come)" and "Joy To The World"." Due Sept 29. TDN have
released two live albums previously, unclear if any of these tracks are from
those releases.
BOOTLEG NEWS
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Lindsey Buckingham's 'Gift Of Screws' was self-produced at his
home studio and on the road during the 'Under The Skin' tour. The album also
features two songs co-produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance).
Mixing the immediacy of the best of his contributions to Fleetwood Mac with
experimental production flourishes... the album also features the unmistakable
sound of the Fleetwood Mac rhythm section, as John McVie and Mick Fleetwood
contribute to several songs including the title-track and 'Wait For You'".
Due September 15. This album has circulated among collectors and survives as an
important bootleg prior to its upcoming release.
DEJA VU DVD
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's new DVD, Deja Vu, filmed during their Freedom of Speech Tour will be released on Sept 22. A musical documentary directed by Neil Young, 'Deja Vu' documents the band's 2007 'Freedom Of Speech Tour' tour of the United States. The 96min documentary provides a telling reminder of the impact that the band had on shaping and moving the hearts and minds of anti-war youth a generation ago, by bringing into focus the global anti-Iraq war movement of today". Special features include Neil Young Interview, video from the 'Living With War' album and never before seen 'Deja Vu' video and trailer. TIME FOR JULIE FELIX
Julie Felix's 'First Second And Third' (The Complete Three Decca
LPs 1964-1966) (2 CD) is to be reissued on CD for the first time on Sept 29.
The songs on the three LPs recorded with Decca are essentially Julie's
repertoire from the sets she had performed on constant live tours since 1961.
STADIUM CLASH
The Clash have two new releases - 'Shea Stadium' & 'Revolution Rock'. 'Live at Shea
Stadium' (Oct 13,1982) captures the band opening for The Who on their
farewell tour of the US. Recorded by Glyn Johns, the album features the second
night's performance in its entirety. 'Revolution Rock' is a live DVD
compilation of Clash performances from 78-82 filmed in The Lyceum, The Music
Machine, Victoria Park, Shea stadium and much more. Both released on October 6.
MARTHA MY DEAR
Three Martha Velez albums making their CD deubts on Wounded Bird
are 'Matinee Weepers' (1974); 'Escape From Babylon' (...originally came out in
1976 and features Bob Marley, Rita Marley, Lee Perry & Judy Mowatt) and
'American Heartbeat' (From 1977). All released on October 20.
MORE GARY MOORE
Gary Moore's 'Bad For You Baby' continues his sequence of blues
rock albums that he began on Eagle Records with "Old, New, Ballads,
Blues" and continued on "Close As You Get". Mixing original
tunes with Blues classics that Gary has rediscovered, "Bad For You
Baby" reaffirms Moore's exceptional talent as a guitarist and his deep
insight into and feel for the Blues as a living musical form". Due
September 22.
BOOTLEG NEWS
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Jackson Browne's 'Time The Conqueror' (180G
LP) is his first album in six years and he's releasing it on vinyl first.
Recorded with his longtime band Kevin McCormick, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio
"Fritz" Lewak, and Jeff Young, along with two additional members,
Chavonne Morris and Alethea Mills." A U.S. import Heavyweight Vinyl LP
edition will be released on September 15. This is an indie release?
GLASGOW'S GLASVEGAS
Glaswegian four-piece Glasvegas release their
self-titled debut album through Columbia. Another discovery by music mogul Alan
McGee, the band mix the wall-of-sound style of My Bloody Valentine with the
anthemic singalong choruses of latter day Manic Street Preachers. There is also
a 1950s influence evident here and vocals that emphasise the band's Scottish
origins. The CD streets Sept 8 in the UK and next year in the US. A special
edition includes a bonus DVD of a live show in Glasgow.
MORE GRUBBS
David Grubbs'- 'An Optimist Notes The Dusk'
"presents five longish songs and one 11-minute instrumental floor rumbler,
and the album can't be said to fall into either of the previously staked camps.
Much like Gastr del Sol's recordings, arrangements take their own sweet,
otherworldly time to unfold, and you're likely to discover that the undertow is
stronger than you reckoned, and that you wind up a disorienting distance from
where you began. The electric guitar is central, in Grubbs's hands the guitar
can be as languid and liquid as Loren Mazzacane Connors' ('Gethsemani Night'),
as spikily anthemic as the Pretty Things ('Holy Fool Music'), or as obsessively
patterned as your favourite banjo eccentric ("Eyeglasses of
Kentucky")." Due Sept 15.
FRESH LAMBCHOP
Lambchop's 'OH' (Ohio) is the work of a seven
person band with leader Kurt Wagner. 'OH (Ohio)', incidentally recorded in
Wagner's hometown of Nashville, contains smooth piano and guitar lines with
thoughtful, clever lyrics. Includes the Cat Stevens-esque 'Slipped Dissolved
And Loosed'". Also comes in a limited edition 2CD version. Due Oct 6.
NEW SWEET
"Matthew Sweet releases his tenth studio
album. 'Sunshine Lies', the follow-up to 2004's 'Living Things', features a
host of past collaborators in the band and guest vocals from Susanna Hoffs of
The Bangles. Self-produced by Sweet, the album is bursting with upbeat, bluesy
riffs and catchy lyrical hooks delivered with soul and charisma." The
album will also be released as a 2 LP set including four previously unreleased
bonus tracks not available on the CD. (The CD will be included with purchases
of the LP). Due October 22 for £17.99. Buy the LP and get the CD free.
I WORK THE SEWERS
"Commissioner of Sewers is an essential
and entertaining video document for any viewer or reader who wants to know more
about the 'father of the Beat Generation', William Burroughs." The
DVD is available again in November for the lower price of £12.99. Charles
Bukowski's 'Bukowski At Bellevue' DVD will be released at the same time.
A NEW WRECKLESS ERIC ALBUM
Wreckless Eric And Amy Rigby is the
"debut album from Stiff stalwart Wreckless Eric and his wife, American
singer-songwriter Amy Rigby. Eric's first new release since 2004's 'Bungalow
Hi' and Amy's first since 'Little Fugitive'. Eleven brand new songs recorded
and self-produced in their French home studio, including the lead single 'Here
Comes My Ship', the Mott The Hoople referencing 'Another Drive In Saturday and
the Johnny Cash cover 'I Still Miss Someone'". Due Sept 22.
THE FF/KT REISSUE
French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson's 'Invisible
Means is the second release from this experimental grouping of John French,
Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser and Richard Thompson from 1990. "This second
oddball masterpiece from four of the world's finest experimental master
musicians conjures up a heady mix, covering a bewildering variety of genres
from folk, R&B, avant-garde to comic opera. The extraordinary level of
their musicianship underpins the whole album. Includes French's hilarious Now
That I Am Dead, Richard Thompson's remarkable Begging Bowl and a previously
unreleased live cover of the Stones' Play With Fire" Reissued September 1.
This is one superband that never made the bigtime.
STEVE'S FIRST MOMENTS
Steve Marriott's Moments is a 4-track EP
featuring two unreleased Steve Marriott tracks, and limited to 1,000 copies.
"At 16, Steve Marriott formed The Moments, an east London R'n'B band with
a loyal mod following. Last year, Barry Hewitt, the bass player in The Moments,
chanced upon an unplayed acetate recorded back in 1964. These unheard
recordings found their way to Acid Jazz, where they have been coupled with The
Moments only release, the impossibly rare 'You Really Got Me'/'Money' (US World
Artists 1964) for a special limited edition 7" vinyl EP, in a cracking
60s-style picture sleeve." For collectors and due September 22.
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Genesis 1970-1975 is a box set of five studio albums from the band
Genesis. It will be released in October 2008 in North America by Atlantic
Records and Rhino Records, and in November 2008 in Europe by EMI. The box set
(including 7 CDs and 6 DVDs) includes newly remixed versions of the albums
Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb
Lies Down on Broadway.
The bonus CD includes B-side songs and other rare tracks,
including the finally recovered "Jackson Tapes". Each bonus DVD
features audio versions of the albums in 5.1 surround sound, as well as videos
from each corresponding tour and new interviews. The European version includes
CD/SACD Hybrids instead of North American standard CDs.
We recommend you buy the European version for better value.
In the beginning... there was 'The Beach Boys and The Satan'
"...a documentary film made as part of the Pop Odyssee series and directed
by music documentary specialist Christoph Dreher. This documentary in addition
to placing The Beach Boys rise into context with rarely seen footage of the
band, exposes California's darker side and investigates the connections between
some of the most controversial characters of that period (Anton La Vey, Kenneth
Anger, and Brian Wilson) and their connection to the Manson Family.
"The film includes interviews with Kim Fowley, Don Was and
Brian Wilson. There are also archive clips surrounding the trial of Charles
Manson and various members of The Family." The film which was originally
released in 1997 and has been unavailable for some time. Reissued September 1.
Worth a look.
NUTS
The Gonzo Tapes is a five-disc set of unreleased recordings by
Rolling Stone's Hunter S. Thompson. Compiled while filmmakers were producing
Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, the audio on The Gonzo
Tapes was recorded between 1965 and 1975, with Thompson using the tapes to
capture his thoughts and descriptions of what was happening around him or to
look back at what he experienced. Disc 1 on the collection will feature
Thompson's year riding with the Hell's Angels, Discs 2 and 3 both draw from his
novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Disc 4 covers Thompson's exploits between
1973 and 1974 and the fifth disc features his 1975 trip to Saigon. Due October
28. For journalism students everywhere except $heep City.
SANBORN & FRIENDS
"With 'Here And Gone' David Sanborn returns to his bluesy,
R&B roots with special guests Eric Clapton, Joss Stone, Sam Moore and Derek
Trucks. Produced by Phil Ramone." Due September 1.
JACKSON AT 50
"Michael Jackson's 50th birthday is on August 29. Michael
Jackson and The Jackson 5 - '50 Best Songs [3CD, 50 tracks] features all of the
hits through the Motown years from the both the Jacksons with "ABC",
"I Want You Back", "Never Can Say Goodbye" and Michael's
solo material including "You've Got A Friend", "Ben",
"Ain't No Sunshine" and "One Day In Your Life"." Due
September 1 for £12.99 only.
HEY HEY ISAAC HAYES
'Ultimate Isaac Hayes - Can U Dig it?' (2 CDs + DVD) is "to commemorate the death and celebrate the life," of one of soul's greatest legends - Isaac Hayes says Universal Mus |
KIND OF BLUE IS 50
FIRE AND COVERS
NEW LED FROM CHICAGO
ON THE KORNER
BECK AT RONNIE SCOTT'S
ON THE TRAIL OF THE CAT
BLUES WAILING
NEW ORDER REISSUED
LED ZEP'S Pb
Queen
Tom Waits
MORE FOTHERINGAY
REED'S BERLIN DONE LIVE
GREEN
TIME FOR THREE DOG NIGHT
LIVE
FOR QUEENS
WISHFUL
LEGALLY BOB
THE STONES COMPLETE LA
SUNDAY TAPES
LOST LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM ALBUM
LED ZEP AT EARL'S COURT
PINK FLOYD AT WEMBLEY
BROWNE'S BACK
RARE BANGS
ROD'S BLONDE JOKES
THE BEACH BOYS AND SATAN