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MARCH 10, 2009

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Afro Classics "Scraub & Very Present The Classic EP" (Hear here; Ecard here) (Legendary Music, March 10, 2009)
Anarbor "Free Your Mind [EP]" (producer: Mike Green; Hear here) (Hopeless, March 10, 2009)
Ballas Hough Band ("Dancing With the Stars" pros Mark Ballas and Derek Hough) "BHB" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Hollywood, March 10, 2009)
Corbin Bleu (of "High School Musical") "Speed of Light" (first single: "Moments That Matter"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Hollywood, March 10, 2009)
Luka Bloom "Eleven Songs" (producers: David Odlum, Bloom; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Bar/None, March 10, 2009)
Sarah Brightman "Symphony - Live in Vienna" (recorded at Stephansdome Cathedral on Jan. 16, 2008; See here; CD/DVD) (Manhattan/EMI, March 10, 2009)
Case "The Rose Experience" (Hear here) (Indigo Blue/A2M, March 10, 2009)
Kelly Clarkson "All I Ever Wanted" (producer: OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder; first single: "My Life Would Suck Without You"; Hear here; Read here; CD/DVD) (RCA, March 10, 2009)
Chris Cornell "Scream" (producer: Timbaland; first single: "Ground Zero"; Hear here; Read here) (Suretone/Interscope, March 10, 2009)
Cursive "Mama I'm Swollen" (Hear here; Read here) (Saddle Creek, March 10, 2009)
Plácido Domingo "Amore Infinito: Songs inspired by the Poetry of John Paul II - Karol Wojtyla" (featuring the London Symphony Orchestra; guests: Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Jenkins, Vanessa Williams) (Deutsche Grammophon, March 10, 2009)
Dope "No Regrets" (producer: Tadpole; Hear here) (Koch, March 10, 2009)
The-Dream "Love vs. Money" (guests: Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Lil Jon; first single: "Rockin' That Thang"; Hear here; Read here) (Def Jam, March 10, 2009)
John Wesley Harding "Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead" (with a bonus live CD; guests: The Minus Five; Hear here) (Popover Corps, March 10, 2009)
Ari Hest "Twelve Mondays [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Project 4, March 10, 2009)
Taylor Hicks "The Distance" (producer: Simon Climie; guests: Doyle Bramhall II, Nathan East, Abe Laboriel Jr.; first single: "What's Right Is Right"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Modern Whomp/A2M, March 10, 2009)
J. Holiday "Round 2" (producers: The-Dream, Jasper Cameron, The Co-Stars; first single: "It's Yours"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Music Line Group/Capitol, March 10, 2009)
Ronnie Milsap "Then My Soul Sings: 24 Favorite Hymns & Gospel Songs" (2 CDs; producer: Rob Galbraith; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Star Song Music/EMI, March 10, 2009)
New Found Glory "Not Without a Fight" (producer: Mark Hoppus; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Epitaph, March 10, 2009)
Oh No Not Stereo "003" (producers: Oh No Not Stereo, Jim Wirt, Max Coane; guest: Airin Older of Sugarcult; first single: "Let's Get It Started"; Hear here; Read here) (Interdependent, March 10, 2009)

BTW: "This new record is such an accomplishment for our band," singer/multi-instrumentalist Skyler Nielsen tells P&P. "From the demo sessions in Scottsdale, Ariz., last summer, where we wrote and demoed over 50 candidates for '003,' to the self-produced studio sessions in Hollywood, that featured an assisted studio team that we could only dream of."

Vanessa Paradis "Divinidylle" (released in France in December 2007; Hear here; See here) (Wrasse, March 10, 2009)
Madeleine Peyroux "Bare Bones" (producers: Larry Klein, Walter Becker, Joe Henry; Hear here; Read here) (Rounder, March 10, 2009)
Razorlight "Slipway Fires" (released in U.K. in November 2008; producer: Mike Crossey; Hear here; Read here) (Mercury, March 10, 2009)
The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman "Modern Art" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Peak, March 10, 2009)
Riverboat Gamblers "Underneath the Owl" (producer: Mudrock; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Volcom Entertainment, March 10, 2009)
Anni Rossi Rockwell "Rockwell" (includes a cover of Ace of Base's "Living Danger"; producer: Steve Albini; Hear here) (4AD, March 10, 2009)
Roxy Epoxy and the Rebound "Band-Aids On Bullet Holes" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Metropolis, March 10, 2009)
Sometymes Why (Aoife O'Donovan, Kristin Andreassen, and Ruth Ungar Merenda) "Your Heart Is a Glorious Machine" (producer: José Ayerve; Hear here) (Signature Sounds, March 10, 2009)
Rick Springfield "My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation" (songs he had written about his sons after their births some 20 years ago; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Gomer/DKE, March 10, 2009)
Various artists "Covered, A Revolution in Sound: Warner Bros. Records" (Warner artists cover the label's classics; Read here; MP3 Download) (Warner, March 10, 2009)
Eligh and Jo Wilkinson "On Sacred Ground: Mother and Son" (Hear here; Ecard here; MP3 Download) (Legendary Music, March 10, 2009)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
ABBA "Greatest Hits [MP3 Download]" (15 tracks) (Hip-O/UME, March 10, 2009)
Randy Bachman & New Guitar Summit "Jazz Thing II" (2007 album) (Koch, March 10, 2009)
Blue Öyster Cult "Club Ninja" (1986 album) (American Beat, March 10, 2009)
BoDeans "Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams (Collector's Edition)" (1986 album; 2 CDs), "Go Slow Down [MP3 Download]" (1993 album) (Slash/Rhino, March 10, 2009)
Gary U.S. Bonds "Dedication/On the Line" (1981, 1982 albums on one disc; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, March 9, 2009)
Boomtown Rats, The "The Boomtown Rats [MP3 Download]" (1977 album), "The Fine Art of Surfacing [MP3 Download]" (1979 album) (Mercury/UME, March 10, 2009)
Maxine Brown "Best of the Wand Years" (1981, 1982 albums on one disc; remastered) (U.K. - Kent/Ace, March 9, 2009)
Frank Caliendo "Un-Leashed" (live from the National Lampoon Comedy club in Santa Monica, with fellow standup comics Rob Cantrell, Alonzo Bodden, Bonnie McFarlane and Gary Gulman; MP3 Download) (Uproar, March 10, 2009)
Church, The "Sing-Songs // Remote Luxury // Persia [MP3 Download]" (1983, 1984 EPs), "Heyday [MP3 Download]" (1986 album) (Caroline/EMI, March 10, 2009)
Nat "King" Cole "Re:Generations" (MP3 Download) (Capitol/EMI, March 10, 2009)
Cookies, The "Chains/The Dimension Links 1962-1964" (RPM/Retro, March 10, 2009)
Larry Coryell "Earthquake at the Avalon" (concert from October 2005; Read here) (Inakustik/MVD Audio, March 10, 2009)
dB's, The "Stands For Decibels [MP3 Download]" (1981 album), "The Sound of Music [MP3 Download]" (1987 album), "Best of the I.R.S. Years [MP3 Download]" (17 tracks) (I.R.S. Catalog/Capitol, March 10, 2009)
Sandy Denny "The North Star Grassman and the Ravens [MP3 Download]" (1971 album), "Sandy [MP3 Download]" (1972 album) (Island/UME, March 10, 2009)
Steve Earle "Live at the BBC" (MP3 Download) (Hip-O, March 10, 2009)
Eurogliders "This Island" (1984 album; MP3 Download) (Renaissance, March 10, 2009)
5th Dimension, The "Live [MP3 Download]" (CW Music/EMG, March 10, 2009)
Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy: The Best of Fine Young Cannibals" (2 CDs, 30 tracks; Read here) (U.K. - Music Club Deluxe, March 9, 2009)
Tim Hardin "Hang On to a Dream: The Verve Recordings [MP3 Download]" (47 tracks) (Hip-O/UME, March 10, 2009)
John Lee Hooker "Boogie Chillin & Other Favorites [MP3 Download]" (CW Music/EMG, March 10, 2009)
Jam, The "Live Jam [MP3 Download]" (1993 album) (Polydor/UME, March 10, 2009)
Killing Joke "The Original Unperverted Pantomines" (1983 album; 2 CDs), "Duendes: The Spanish Sessions" (2008 live recordings) (Candlelight, March 10, 2009)
David Knopfler "The Anthology: 1983-2008" (16 tracks; MP3 Download) (Renaissance, March 10, 2009)
John Martyn "The July Wakes: Live in Chorley 1986" (2 CDs) (U.K. - One World, March 9, 2009)
Mr. C "Mr. C Presents The Cha Cha Slide: Greatest Hits" (See here) (Koch, March 10, 2009)
Billy Ocean "Tear Down These Walls [MP3 Download]" (1989 album), "Greatest Hits [MP3 Download]" (1989 album), "Ultimate Collection [MP3 Download]" (Jive, March 10, 2009)
Beth Orton "Trailer Park: Legacy Edition" (1996 album; 2 CDs) (Arista/Legacy, March 10, 2009)
Graham Parker "The Up Escalator" (1980 album) (American Beat, March 10, 2009)
Gene Parsons "Kindling" (1973 album) (Collectors' Choice, March 10, 2009)
Elvis Presley "I Believe: The Gospel Masters [box set]" (4 CDs; Read here) (RCA/Legacy, March 10, 2009)
John Scofield "Slo Sco: Best of the Ballads [MP3 Download]" (Ryko/Rhino, March 10, 2009)
Seekers, The "A's, B's & EP's [MP3 Download]" (24 tracks) (Caroline/EMI, March 10, 2009)
Shadows of Knight "Shake" (1969 album; Read here) (U.K. - Rev-Ola, March 9, 2009)
Siouxsie and The Banshees "The Scream [MP3 Download]" (1978 album) (Hip-O/UME, March 10, 2009)
Rod Stewart "Unplugged ... and Seated: Collector's Edition" (1993 album; 2 CDs, with two bonus songs, "Gasoline Alley" and "Forever Young"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Warner/Rhino, March 10, 2009)
Style Council, The "Greatest Hits [MP3 Download]" (18 tracks), "The Sound of The Style Council [MP3 Download]" (21-track best-of) (Polydor/UME, March 10, 2009)
Bernie Taupin "He Who Rides the Tiger" (1980 album) (American Beat, March 10, 2009)
Richard and Linda Thompson "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight [MP3 Download]" (1974 album) (UME/Fontana, March 10, 2009)
Toasters, The "Skaboom!" (1987 album, with bonus tracks) (Megalith, March 10, 2009)
Armin van Buuren "Imagine: The Remixes" (2 CDs) (Ultra, March 10, 2009)
Gino Vannelli "Powerful People/Storm at Sunup" (1974, 1975 albums on one disc; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, March 9, 2009)
Various artists "Fearless Records Presents Punk Goes Pop, Volume Two" (Hear here) (Fearless, March 10, 2009)
Velvet Underground, The "The Very Best of The Velvet Underground [MP3 Download]" (18 tracks) (Universal/UME, March 10, 2009)
We Five "There Stands the Door: The Best of We Five" (Read here) (U.K. - Big Beat/Ace, March 9, 2009)
Yello "One Second [MP3 Download]" (1987 album) (Mercury/UME, March 10, 2009)
Neil Young Band, The "Long May You Run [MP3 Download]" (1976 album) (Reprise, March 10, 2009)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Cinderella "Tales from the Gypsy Road [DVD]" (Cherry Red, March 10, 2009)
Morrissey "Morrissey: From Where He Came to Where He Went - With and Without The Smiths [DVD]" (MVD Visual, March 10, 2009)
Bon Scott "The Years Before AC/DC [DVD]" (IMV/Blueline Productions, March 10, 2009)
U2 "The Early Years [DVD/Book]" (Classic Rock Legends, March 10, 2009)
Stevie Wonder "Live At Last [DVD]" (his first live DVD; filmed Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at London's 02 Arena; Blu-ray; Read here) (Motown, March 10, 2009)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Bob Dylan "Dylan on Dylan [Paperback]" (various authors) (101 Distribution, March 10, 2009)
Fieldy "Got the Life: My Journey of Addiction, Faith, Recovery, and KoRn [Hardcover]" (co-author: Laura Morton) (William Morrow, March 10, 2009)

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