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NOV. 2, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
AfroCubism "AfroCubism" (participants were originally intended to perform on the Buena Vista Social Club sessions in 1996; producer: Nick Gold; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Nonesuch, Nov. 2, 2010)
Jason Aldean "My Kinda Party" (includes a duet with Kelly Clarkson on "Don't You Wanna Stay"; producer: Michael Knox; first single: "My Kinda Party"; Hear here) (Broken Bow, Nov. 2, 2010)
Sunshine Anderson "The Sun Shines Again" (producer: Mike City; first single: "Lie 2 Kick It"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Verve Forecast, Nov. 2, 2010)
Autumn Defense, The (Wilco's John Stirratt and Pat Sansone) "Once Around" (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Yep Roc, Nov. 2, 2010)
Barn Owl "Ancestral Star" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Thrill Jockey, Nov. 2, 2010)
Bear Hands "Burning Bush Supper Club" (first single: "Crime Pays"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Megaforce, Nov. 2, 2010)
Black Dub (led by Daniel Lanois) "Black Dub" (lead singer is Trixie Whitley, daughter of the late Chris Whitley; producer: Lanois; first single: "I Believe in You"; Hear here; Full stream) (Jive, Nov. 2, 2010)
Buckwheat Zydeco "Buckwheat Zydeco's Bayou Boogie" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Music For Little People, Nov. 2, 2010)
David Campbell (Australian actor-singer) "On Broadway" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Sony Masterworks, Nov. 2, 2010)
Mariah Carey "Merry Christmas II You" (producers: Randy Jackson, Jermaine Dupri, etc.; first single: "Oh Santa"; Hear here; Read here; Collector's edition; MP3 Download) (Island Def Jam, Nov. 2, 2010)
Charlotte Church "Back to Scratch" (her first album in five years; producer: Martin Terefe; first single: "Snow"; Hear here; See here) (U.K. - Power Amp Music, Nov. 1, 2010)
City Champs, The "The Set-Up" (the Memphis B-3 trio does a version of "A Beautiful Mine," the theme from "Mad Men"; producer: Scott Bomar; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Electraphonic, Nov. 2, 2010)
Commerce "The Things I Say Vs. The Things I Mean [MP3 Download]" (Hear here; See here) (Littlest Sounds, Nov. 2, 2010)
Patrick Cornell "Bella Donna [MP3 Download]" (single; Hear/read here) (Patrick Cornell, Nov. 1, 2010)
Cornershop "The Battle of New Orleans [MP3 Download]" (four-song EP; Hear here) (Ample Play Recordings, Nov. 2, 2010)
Elvis Costello "National Ransom" (producer: T Bone Burnett; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Concord/Hear Music, Nov. 2, 2010)
Darkstar (British beat makers) "North" (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Hyperdub, Nov. 2, 2010)
Dark Party (electronic dance project of producers Eliot Lipp and Leo 123) "Light Years [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (1320/Old Tacoma, Nov. 2, 2010)
Neil Diamond "Dreams" (14 cover versions, including "Ain't No Sunshine," "Let It Be Me," "Blackbird" and "Desperado"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Columbia, Nov. 2, 2010)
Brian Eno "Small Craft On a Milk Sea" (Stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Warp, Nov. 2, 2010)
Good Charlotte (new drummer: Dean Butterworth) "Cardiology" (producer: Don Gilmore; first single: "Like It's Her Birthday"; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (Capitol, Nov. 2, 2010)
Good Natured, The "Be My Animal [MP3 Download]" (single, with B-side "Prisoner"; See here) (KIDS, Nov. 2, 2010)
Huey Lewis and The News "Soulsville" (their first album in nine years features 14 covers of Stax Records hits; producer: Jim Gaines; MP3 Download) (W.O.W., Nov. 2, 2010)
Matt and Kim "Sidewalks" (producer: Ben Allen; first single: "Cameras"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (FADER Label, Nov. 2, 2010)
Jimmy McMillan (candidate for New York governor was a singer known as Jimmy Mack in the 1970s) "The Rent Is Too DAMN High (Volume 1) [MP3 Download]" (first single: "What Is This?"; Hear here; Read here) (McMillan Ent. Inc., Nov. 2, 2010)
N.E.R.D (new vocalist: Rhea) "Nothing" (guest: Nelly Furtado; first single: "Hot-N-Fun"; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) (Star Trak/Interscope, Nov. 2, 2010)
1900s, The (Chicago psych-pop group) "Return of the Century" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Parasol, Nov. 2, 2010)
NOTA (a cappella group won the first season of NBC's "The Sing-Off") "NOTA" (first single: "I Gotta Feeling"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Sony Music Latin, Nov. 2, 2010)
Brad Paisley "Hits Alive" (2-CD, 25 songs; featuring studio tracks and highlights from his 2010 "H20" tour; producer: Frank Rogers; first single: "Anything Like Me"; Hear here) (Arista Nashville, Nov. 2, 2010)
Priests, The "Noël" (producer: Mike Hedges; Hear here) (RCA Victor, Nov. 2, 2010)
Rio Bravo "Fences" (producers: Lee Hester, Daniel Shafer; first single: "Selene"; Hear here) (Rio Bravo, Oct. 30, 2010)

BTW: "We named the album 'Fences,' due to the difficulties we went through to get it finished," drummer Christian Black tells P&P of their full-length debut. "Overcoming obstacles from empty promises of free studio time to finishing tracking in a friend's empty closet, the process, one in which we thought would take a couple months, has now been a year in the making. This record is a dream come true for us. Our first big step as a band and one of many obstacles overcome, one in which we are all very proud of."

Smokey Robinson "Now or Never" (12 songs; half are 2010 live versions of hits, the other six are tracks off 2009's "Time Flies When You're Having Fun"; Hear here; Read here) (Time Life, Nov. 1, 2010 - sold only at Cracker Barrel stores)
Rocky Loves Emily (Detroit pop-rock group) "Clueless [MP3 Download]" (first single; producer: Casey Bates; Hear here) (Tooth & Nail, Nov. 2, 2010)
7 Walkers (Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann with voodoo guitar master Papa Mali ) "7 Walkers" (features new songs penned by Robert Hunter; guest: Willie Nelson; Hear here) (Response/Redeye, Nov. 2, 2010)
Ronnie Spector "Ronnie Spector's Best Christmas Ever [MP3 Download]" (five-song EP; producers: Bobby Eli, Johnny Gale; Read here; CD) (Bad Girl Sounds/The Orchard, Nov. 4, 2010)
Bryn Terfel "Carols & Christmas Songs" (2 CDs; includes a virtual duet with Bing Crosby on "White Christmas"; Hear/read here; MP3 Download) (Deutsche Grammophon, Nov. 2, 2010)
Various artists "For Colored Girls [Film soundtrack]" (Tyler Perry film, starring Janet Jackson, opens Nov. 5; See here; MP3 Download) (Atlantic, Nov. 2, 2010)
Tom Williams & The Boat "See My Evil EP [MP3 Download]" (five songs; Hear here; See here) (Wire Boat Recordings, Nov. 1, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Jessica Andrews "Icon" (best-of; MP3 Download) (Geffen/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Julie Andrews, et al "The Sound of Music: 45th Anniversary" (1965 soundtrack album; MP3 Download; remastered; see DVD/Blu-ray below) (Sony Legacy, Nov. 2, 2010)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Icon" (best-of) (Mercury/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Madeline Bell "Madeline Bell" (1971 album; remastered; Read here) (U.K. - RPM, Nov. 1, 2010)
Black Sabbath "Seventh Star: Deluxe Edition" (1986 album; remastered, with bonus material), "The Eternal Idol: Deluxe Edition" (1987 album; remastered, with bonus material) (U.K. - Sanctuary/Universal, Nov. 1, 2010)
Eric Clapton "Eric Clapton: Rarities Edition" (1970 album; MP3 Download) (Polydor/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Joe Cocker "Mad Dogs & Englishmen: Rarities Edition" (1970 album; MP3 Download) (A&M/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore "The Genius of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Classic Recordings, Volume 1 [MP3 Download]" (11 tracks) (Redbush, Nov. 1, 2010)
Dead or Alive "That's the Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive" (18 tracks) (U.K. - Sony, Nov. 1, 2010)
Dub Syndicate "The Royal Variety: The Best of Dub Syndicate" (2 CDs, 28 tracks) (On-U Sound, Nov. 2, 2010)
Marvin Gaye "Let's Get It On: Rarities Edition" (1973 album; MP3 Download) (Motown/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Hole "Icon" (best-of) (Geffen/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Jodeci/K-Ci & Jojo "Icon" (best-of) (Hip-O/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Paul McCartney & Wings "Band on the Run: Special Edition" (1973 album; remastered, with bonus material; Read here; CD; Vinyl; 3 CD/DVD Combo; MP3 Download) (MPL/Concord, Nov. 2, 2010)

BTW: Bonus tracks — "Helen Wheels," "Country Dreamer," "Bluebird [from One Hand Clapping]," "Jet [from One Hand Clapping]," "Let Me Roll It [from One Hand Clapping]," "Band on the Run [from One Hand Clapping]," "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five [from One Hand Clapping]," "Country Dreamer [from One Hand Clapping]," "Zoo Gang."

DVD features "Band on the Run" music video, "Mamunia" music video, "Album Promo Featuring Band on the Run, Mrs Vandebilt, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five, Bluebird," "Helen Wheels" music video, "Wings in Lagos," "Osterley Park," "One Hand Clapping."

Neville Brothers "Authorized Bootleg: Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA, February 27, 1989" (2 CDs) (Hip-O Select, Nov. 2, 2010)
No Doubt "Icon" (best-of) (Interscope/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
OK Go "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky: Extra Nice Edition" (2010 album; 2 CDs, with remixes, original demos, alternative and live versions and interviews) (Parachute Recordings, Nov. 2, 2010)
Puddle of Mudd "Icon" (best-of; MP3 Download) (Geffen/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Keith Richards "Vintage Vinos" (remastered songs from his '80s and '90s solo albums, with previously unreleased tracks; MP3 Download) (Mindless, Nov. 2, 2010)
Smokey Robinson "The Solo Albums: Volume 2" (contains 1975's "A Quiet Storm" and 1976's "Smokey's Family Robinson"; remastered, with one bonus track; Read here; MP3 Download) (Hip-O Select, Nov. 2, 2010)
Scorpions "Icon" (best-of) (Mercury/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Smash Mouth "Icon" (best-of) (Interscope/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Elliott Smith "An Introduction to ... Elliott Smith" (14-song career retrospective; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Kill Rock Stars, Nov. 2, 2010)
A Taste of Honey "Another Taste" (1979 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) (U.K. - Big Break/Cherry Red, Nov. 1, 2010)
3 Doors Down "The Better Life: Rarities Edition" (2000 album; MP3 Download) (Republic/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Train "Save Me, San Francisco: Golden Gate Edition" (2009 album, with two bonus tracks) (Aware/Columbia, Nov. 2, 2010)
Various artists "Greatest Ever! Sixties: The Definitive Collection" (3 CDs, 48 tracks; Track list), "Greatest Ever! Seventies: The Definitive Collection" (3 CDs, 54 tracks; Track list), "Greatest Ever! Eighties: The Definitive Collection" (3 CDs, 54 tracks; Track list), "Greatest Ever! Country: The Definitive Collection" (3 CDs, 60 tracks; Track list, "Greatest Ever! Love: The Definitive Collection" (3 CDs, 55 tracks; Track list, "Greatest Ever! Party: The Definitive Collection" (3 CDs, 55 tracks; Track list) (U.K. - Greatest Ever, Nov. 1, 2010)
Various artists "The London American Label Year By Year: 1959" (28 tracks; Hear/read here) (U.K. - Ace, Nov. 1, 2010)
Various artists "Punk Goes Pop, Volume 03" (14 tracks) (Fearless, Nov. 2, 2010)
Various artists "Soul Christmas [MP3 Download]" (1991 album; 14 songs) (Rhino, Nov. 2, 2010)
Various artists "The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts, Night 1" (2 CDs, 32 songs), "The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts, Night 2" (2 CDs, 22 songs; see related DVD below) (Time Life, Nov. 2, 2010)
War "Icon" (best-of; MP3 Download) (Avenue/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Weezer "Pinkerton: Deluxe Edition" (1996 album; 2 CDs, 36 songs; MP3 Download) (Geffen/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)

BTW: "Pinkerton" track list (* = previously unreleased) — Disc One (original album): "Tired of Sex," "Getchoo," "No Other One," "Why Bother?," "Across the Sea," "The Good Life," "El Scorcho," "Pink Triangle," "Falling For You," "Butterfly." B-Sides and More: "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly," "Devotion," "The Good Life (Radio Remix)," "Waiting On You," "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams," "The Good Life (Live and Acoustic)," "Pink Triangle (Radio Remix)," "I Swear It's True"-*, "Pink Triangle (Live and Acoustic)."

Disc Two: "You Won't Get With Me Tonight"-*, "The Good Life (Live at Y100 Sonic Session)"-*, "El Scorcho (Live at Y100 Sonic Session)"-*, "Pink Triangle (Live at Y100 Sonic Session)"-*, "Why Bother? (Live at Reading Festival 1996)"-*, "El Scorcho (Live at Reading Festival 1996)"-*, "Pink Triangle (Live at Reading Festival 1996)"-*, "The Good Life (Live at X96)," "El Scorcho (Live and Acoustic)"-*, "Across the Sea Piano Noodles"-*, "Butterfly (Alternate Take)"-*, "Long Time Sunshine"-*, "Getting Up And Leaving"-*, "Tired of Sex (Tracking Rough)"-*, "Getchoo (Tracking Rough)"-*, "Tragic Girl"-*

Weezer "Death to False Metal" (10-song rarities collection; Read here; MP3 Download) (Geffen/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)
Barry White "Icon" (best-of) (A&M/UMe, Nov. 2, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Julie Andrews "The Sound of Music (45th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray + DVD]" (1965 film; 3 discs; Blu-ray box set) (20th Century Fox, Nov. 2, 2010)
Phil Collins "Going Back: Live at Roseland Ballroom, NYC [DVD]" (filmed in June 2010, featuring The Funk Brothers; Blu-ray) (Eagle, Nov. 2, 2010)
Bing Crosby "The Bing Crosby Collection (Backlot Universal Series) [DVD]" (2 discs, featuring "College Humor" [1933], "We're Not Dressing" [1934], "Here Is My Heart" [1934], "Mississippi" [1935], "Sing You Sinners" [1938], "Welcome Stranger" [1947]) (Universal, Nov. 2, 2010)
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney "White Christmas: Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray]" (1954 film; 3 discs) (Paramount, Nov. 2, 2010)
INXS "Mystify [DVD]" (filmed at the Loreley Festival in Germany on June 21, 1997, five months before Michael Hutchence's death) (Eagle, Nov. 2, 2010)
Michael Jackson, Diana Ross "The Wiz [Blu-ray]" (1978 film) (Universal, Nov. 2, 2010)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax "The Big 4: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria [DVD]" (beamed live to theaters worldwide on June 22, 2010; 2 discs; Blu-ray) (Warner, Nov. 2, 2010)
Rolling Stones, The "Let's Spend the Night Together: Greatest Hits Live [DVD]" (1983 film by Hal Ashby, shot in Tempe, Ariz., and East Rutherford, N.J.; Read here) (Lionsgate, Nov. 2, 2010)
Frank Sinatra "Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection [DVD]" (7-disc box set of more than 14 hours of TV and concert performances from the 1950s to '80s; Read here) (Shout! Factory, Nov. 2, 2010)
Dick Van Dyke "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [DVD/Blu-ray]" (1968 film) (20th Century Fox, Nov. 2, 2010)
Various artists "The Goonies: 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition [DVD]" (1985 film, with extras, including the Cyndi Lauper music video "The Goonies 'R Good Enough"; See here; Blu-ray) (Warner, Nov. 2, 2010)
Various artists "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame LIVE [DVD]" (9 discs; See here) (Time Life, Nov. 2, 2010)
Various artists "Toy Story 3 [DVD]" (2010 film; DVD/Blu-ray; Blu-ray) (Disney*Pixar, Nov. 2, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Gary Dell'Abate (producer of "The Howard Stern Show") "They Call Me Baba Booey [Hardcover]" (co-author: Chad Millman; Kindle) (Spiegel & Grau, Nov. 2, 2010)
Jeff Dunham "All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed and Me [Hardcover]" (Kindle) (Dutton Adult, Nov. 2, 2010)
Will Friedwald "A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers [Hardcover]" (Pantheon, Nov. 2, 2010)
Dave Grohl "Dave Grohl: Nothing to Lose [Paperback]" (3rd revised edition; author: Michael Heatley) (Reynolds & Hearn, Nov. 1, 2010)
Jac Holzman (founder of Elektra Records) "Becoming Elektra: The True Story of Jac Holzman's Visionary Record Label [Paperback]" (author: Mick Houghton) (Jawbone Press, Nov. 1, 2010)
Lady Gaga "Gaga [Hardcover]" (author: Johnny Morgan) (Sterling, Nov. 2, 2010)
Jeanette Leech "Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk [Paperback]" (Jawbone Press, Nov. 1, 2010)
John Lennon "December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died [Hardcover]" (author: Keith Elliot Greenberg) (Backbeat Books, Nov. 1, 2010)
John Lennon "John Lennon: The Stories Behind Every Song 1970-1980 [Hardcover]" (author: Paul Du Noyer) (Carlton Books, Nov. 2, 2010)
Bob Marley "Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae, 1975-1976: The Photographs of Kim Gottlieb-Walker [Hardcover]" (Titan Books, Nov. 2, 2010)
Ricky Martin "Me [Hardcover]" (his memoirs will also be released in Spanish, under the title "Yo") (Celebra/Penguin Group, Nov. 2, 2010)
Thelonious Monk "Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original [Paperback]" (author: Robin Kelley) (Free Press, Nov. 2, 2010)
Louis Prima & Keely Smith "That Old Black Magic: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas [Hardcover]" (author: Tom Clavin) (Chicago Review Press, Nov. 1, 2010)
Rolling Stones, The "The Rolling Stones: The Story Behind Their Biggest Songs [Hardcover]" (author: Steve Appleford) (Carlton Books, Nov. 2, 2010)
Will Romano "Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock [Paperback]" (Backbeat Books, Nov. 1, 2010)
Rush "Rush: CHemist(r)y [Paperback]" (author: Jon Collins) (Helter Skelter Publishing, Nov. 1, 2010)
Frank Sinatra "Frank: The Voice [Hardcover]" (author: James Kaplan; Kindle) (Doubleday, Nov. 2, 2010)
Patti Smith "Just Kids [Paperback]" (Kindle) (Ecco, Nov. 2, 2010)
Dionne Warwick "My Life, As I See It: An Autobiography [Hardcover]" (co-author: David Freeman Wooley; Kindle) (Atria, Nov. 2, 2010)
Neil Young "Neil Young: The Story Behind Every Song [Hardcover]" (author: Nigel Williamson) (Carlton Books, Nov. 2, 2010)
Sean Yseult (bassist) "I'm in the Band: Backstage Notes from the Chick in White Zombie [Paperback]" (Read here) (Soft Skull Press, Nov. 1, 2010)

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