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MARCH 20, 2007

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, The "Ekranoplan" (Hear here) (Tee Pee, March 20, 2007)
Baby Boy da Prince "Across the Water" (guests: Fantasia, P. Town Moe, Dappa, Marty D., Beasley; Hear here) (Extreme Entertainment/Universal Republic, March 20, 2007)
Big D and the Kids Table "Strictly Rude" (producer: Mighty Mighty BossTones bassist Joe Gittleman; Hear here) (SideOneDummy, March 20, 2007)
Andrew Bird "Armchair Apocrypha" (producer: Ben Durant; Hear here; Read here) (Fat Possum, March 20, 2007)
Bobby Broom "Song and Dance" (Hear here) (Origin, March 20, 2007)
Jonathan Byrd "This Is the New That" (Hear here) (Waterbug, March 20, 2007)
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers "No More Beautiful World [CD/DVD]" (Hear here) (Emmajava Recordings, March 20, 2007)
C-Murder "Screamin' 4 Vengeance" (guests: Snoop Dogg, Chamillionaire, LeToya, Slim Thug, Pimp C; first single: "Posted On Tha Block") (Priority/Capitol, March 20, 2007)
Crime Mob "Hated On Mostly" (producers: Lil Jay, Killa C, MIG, Dirty Doc Jam, the Oomp Camp; first single: "Rock Yo Hips," featuring Lil Scrappy; Hear here) (BME/Reprise, March 20, 2007)
Devin the Dude "Waitin' to Inhale" (guests: Lil Wayne, Bun B, Tami Latrell, Tony Mac, etc.; Hear here) (Rap-A-Lot, March 20, 2007)
Arthur Dodge "The Perfect Face" (Hear here) (Remedy, March 20, 2007)
El-P "I'll Sleep When You're Dead" (producer: El-P; guests: Trent Reznor, The Mars Volta, Cat Power, Cage, Aesop Rock; Hear here) (Definitive Jux, March 20, 2007)
Foreign Islands "Restart Now" (Hear here) (Deaf, Dumb & Blind, March 20, 2007)
John Frusciante (of Red Hot Chili Peppers) "Ataxia II" (Hear here) (Record Collection, March 20, 2007)
Groove Junkies "Late Night With Groove Junkies" (compiled and mixed by the DJ duo; Hear here) (Swank Recordings, March 20, 2007)
Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson & Ray Price "Last of the Breed" (2 CDs of classic-country covers and new songs; producer: Fred Foster; guests: Vince Gill, Kris Kristofferson, Buddy Emmons, Johnny Gimble, The Jordanaires; Read here) (Lost Highway, March 20, 2007)
Hail Social "Modern Love and Death" (producer: Brian McTear; Hear here) (Polyvinyl, March 20, 2007)
Haste the Day "Pressure the Hinges" (producer: GGGarth; Hear here) (Solid State, March 20, 2007)
Marques Houston "Veteran" (producers: the Underdogs, Bryan Michael Cox, Rufus Black, etc.; guests: Mya, Yung Joc, Shawnna; first single: "Favorite Girl") (T.U.G./Universal, March 20, 2007)
I'm from Barcelona (29-member Swedish group) "Let Me Introduce You to My Friends" (released in Europe in early October 2006; Hear here) (Mute, March 20, 2007)
Joseph Israel "Gone Are the Days" (guests: Luciano, Mikey General, Erica Newell, Rochelle Bradshaw; producers: Israel, Chris Meredith; Hear here) (New Door/UME, March 20, 2007)
Jerky Boys, The "Sol's Rusty Trombone" (Hear here) (Laugh.com, March 20, 2007)
Mary Karlzen "The Wanderlust Diaries" (producer: Jansen Press; guests: Garrison Starr, Matthew Ryan, Garry W. Tallent, Ken Coomer, Robert Reynolds of The Mavericks, etc.; Hear here) (Dualtone, March 20, 2007)
Rose Kemp "A Hand Full of Hurricanes" (producer: Charlie Francis; Hear here) (One Little Indian, March 20, 2007)
LCD Soundsystem "Sound of Silver" (first single: "North American Scum"; Hear here; Read here) (DFA/Capitol, March 20, 2007)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists "Living With the Living" (producer: Fugazi's Brendan Canty; Hear here; Read here) (Touch & Go, March 20, 2007)
Ligion "External Affairs" (producer: Greg Ladanyi; first single: "On the Way"; Hear here) (Maple Jam/Bellum, March 20, 2007)
Locust, The "New Erections" (producer: Alex Newport; Hear here) (Anti-/Epitaph, March 20, 2007)
Low "Drums and Guns" (producer: Dave Fridmann; Read here) (Sub Pop, March 20, 2007)
Jesse Malin "Glitter in the Gutter" (producers: Rob Caggiano, Eddie Wohl; guests: Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, Josh Homme, Jakob Dylan, Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett; Read here) (Adeline/Warner, March 20, 2007 - Adeline founded by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong)
Stephen Marley "Mind Control" (guests: Ben Harper, Mos Def; Hear here; Read here) (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal, March 20, 2007)
Miguel Migs "Those Things" (guests: Junior Reid, Brand Nubian's Sadat X, L.T., Lisa Shaw, Tim Fuller, Fred Ross; Hear here) (Om, March 20, 2007)
Modest Mouse "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" (ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has become an official group member; producer: Dennis Herring; first single: "Dashboard"; Hear here; Read here) (Epic, March 20, 2007)
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones (David Koechner and Dave "Gruber" Allen) "Live at the Troubadour" (See here; Read here) (Warner Nashville, March 20, 2007)
OTEP "The_Ascension" (producer: Dave Fortman; Hear here) (Capitol, March 20, 2007)
Ponys, The "Turn Out the Lights" (Hear here) (Matador, March 20, 2007)
Tad Robinson "A New Point of View" (Hear here) (Severn, March 20, 2007)
Nate Sallie "Ruined for Ordinary" (Hear here) (Curb, March 20, 2007)
Secretary Bird (led by Mike Semple of Friends of Dean Martinez) "Secretary Bird" (Hear here) (In De Groot, March 20, 2007)
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby "Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby" (Read here) (Legacy, March 20, 2007)
Joss Stone "Introducing Joss Stone" (producer: Raphael Saadiq; guests: Lauryn Hill, Common; first single: "Tell Me 'Bout It"; Hear here) (Virgin, March 20, 2007)
Tracey Thorn (of Everything But the Girl) "Out of the Woods" (first solo album in 24 years; guests: Massive Attack, Deep Dish; Hear/read here) (Astralwerks, March 20, 2007)
Trouble "Simple Mind Condition" (first album since 1995's "Plastic Green Head"; producer: Nigel Godrich; Hear/read here) (U.K. - Escapi, March 19, 2007)
Various artists "TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Music from the Motion Picture [film soundtrack]" (CGI action-adventure movie opens March 23; Hear here; See here) (Atlantic, March 20, 2007)
Willowz, The "Chautauqua" (Hear here) (Dim Mak, March 20, 2007)
Elliott Yamin ("American Idol" contestant) "Elliott Yamin" (writers/producers: Stargate, Josh Abraham, DJ Lethal, Michael Mangini, Derek Bramble; first single: "Movin' On"; Hear here) (Hickory, March 20, 2007)

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Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
John Anderson "Greatest Hits" (Rhino/Warner, March 20, 2007)
Bananarama "Deep Sea Skiving" (1983 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks), "Bananarama" (1984 album; remastered, with six tracks), "True Confessions" (1986 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks), "Wow!" (1987 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks), "Pop Life" (1991 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks), "Please Yourself" (1993 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
LaVern Baker "The Platinum Collection" (20 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Archie Bell & the Drells "The Platinum Collection" (20 tracks) (U.K. - Atlantic, March 19, 2007)
Brook Benton "The Platinum Collection" (21 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Colin Blunstone (of The Zombies) "One Year" (1971 album) (Water, March 20, 2007)
Booker T. & The MG's "The Platinum Collection" (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Ruth Brown "The Platinum Collection" (21 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Solomon Burke "The Platinum Collection" (22 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Clarence Carter "The Platinum Collection" (20 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "The Abattoir Blues Tour [CD/DVD]" (4 discs; the DVDs contain footage from two live concerts: disc 1 is taken from the second of the band's three sold-out Brixton Academy London shows filmed in November 2004; disc 2 offers excerpts from the Hammersmith Apollo show filmed on June 7, 2003, during the "Nocturama" tour) (Mute, March 20, 2007)
Cibo Matto "Pom Pom: The Essential Cibo Matto" (Rhino/Warner, March 20, 2007)
Clovers, The "The Platinum Collection" (21 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Arthur Conley "The Platinum Collection" (22 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Don Covay "The Platinum Collection" (22 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
King Curtis "The Platinum Collection" (22 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Depeche Mode "Construction Time Again [CD/DVD]" (1983 album; remastered), "Black Celebration [CD/DVD]" (1986 album; remastered) (Rhino/Warner, March 20, 2007)
Detroit Spinners "The Platinum Collection" (20 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
J. Dilla "Ruff Draft" (2003 album; 2 CDs, with bonus tracks; Hear here) (Stones Throw, March 20, 2007)
Electric Light Orchestra "Balance of Power" (1986 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks - five unreleased and two previously only available as B-sides to U.K. singles) (Epic/Legacy, March 20, 2007)
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones "Greatest Hits of the 20th Century" (Rhino/Warner, March 20, 2007)
Eddie Floyd "The Platinum Collection" (20 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)

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Barbara Lewis "The Platinum Collection" (20 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Little Texas "Greatest Hits" (Rhino/Warner, March 20, 2007)
Mar-Keys, The "The Platinum Collection" (16 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Twenty Years of Dirt: The Best of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" (Rhino/Warner, March 20, 2007)
Alan Parsons Project "I Robot" (1977 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks), "Eye in the Sky" (1982 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks) (Arista/Legacy, March 20, 2007)
Persuaders, The "The Platinum Collection" (20 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Robert Plant "Pictures at Eleven" (1982 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks), "Shaken 'N' Stirred" (1985 album; remastered, with one bonus track), "Manic Nirvana" (1990 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks), "Fate of Nations" (1993 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks), "Mighty Rearranger" (2005 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Hear here) (Rhino/Atlantic, March 20, 2007)
Daniel Powter "Daniel Powter [CD/DVD]" (2006 album) (Warner, March 20, 2007)
Kenny Rogers "20 Great Years" (Rhino/Reprise, March 20, 2007)
Sam & Dave "The Platinum Collection" (U.K. - Atlantic, March 19, 2007)
Percy Sledge "The Platinum Collection" (22 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Carla Thomas "The Platinum Collection" (20 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Carla Thomas "The Queen Alone" (1967 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) (Stax/Concord, March 20, 2007)
Rufus Thomas "The Platinum Collection" (18 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Randy Travis "Greatest #1 Hits" (Rhino/Warner, March 20, 2007)
Big Joe Turner "The Platinum Collection" (16 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)
Various artists "Atlantic R&B 1947-1974: 8 Volumes [box set]" (8 CDs; Track listing) (U.K. - Atlantic/Rhino, March 19, 2007)
Various artists "Deep & Sexy 4" (mixes compiled by King Britt) (Wave Music, March 20, 2007)
Various artists "The Upsetter Selection: A Lee Perry Jukebox" (2 CDs of Perry's favorite tracks he has worked on through his 40-year career) (Trojan/Sanctuary, March 20, 2007)
Mary Lou Williams "The Circle Recordings" (Progressive, March 20, 2007)
Johnny Winter "Raisin'Cain" (1980 album; remastered) (U.K. - Acadia, March 19, 2007)
Betty Wright "The Platinum Collection" (21 tracks) (U.K. - Warner, March 19, 2007)

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Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Dierks Bentley "Live & Loud at the Fillmore [DVD]" (Capitol, March 20, 2007)
Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway "McHale's Navy: Season One [DVD]" (5 discs; ABC sitcom, 1962-63 season; Read here) (Shout! Factory, March 20, 2007)
Petula Clark "Petula [DVD]" (1968 TV special, featuring special guest Harry Belafonte) (Varese Sarabande, March 20, 2007)
Decemberists, The "Kill Rock Stars Presents The Decemberists: A Practical Handbook [DVD]" (Kill Rock Stars, March 20, 2007)
R. Kelly "Live: The Light It Up Tour [DVD]" (Image, March 20, 2007)
Sylvester Stallone "Rocky Balboa [DVD]" (2006 film) (Sony Pictures, March 20, 2007)
Yes "Live at Montreux 2003 [DVD]" (Eagle Vision, March 20, 2007)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
The Beatles "The Beatles: The True Beginnings [Paperback]" (authors: Roag Best with Pete and Rory Best) (St. Martin's Griffin, March 20, 2007)
John Cage, Merce Cunningham "Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years With Cage and Cunningham [Hardcover]" (author: Carolyn Brown) (Knopf, March 20, 2007)

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