OCT. 21, 2008
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| AC/DC |
"Black Ice" (15 tracks; producer: Brendan O'Brien; first single: "Rock 'N Roll Train"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Columbia, Oct. 20, 2008 - to be sold at Wal-Mart stores) |
| Kenny Chesney |
"Lucky Old Sun" (guests: Dave Matthews, Mac MacAnally; first single: "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"; Hear here; also available as deluxe edition) |
(Blue Chair/BNA, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Dears, The |
"Missiles" (Hear here) |
(Dangerbird, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Brett Dennen |
"Hope for the Hopeless" (producer: John Alagia; first single: "Make You Crazy," featuring Femi Kuti; Hear here) |
(Dualtone Music Group/Downtown Music, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Disciple |
"Southern Hospitality" (producer: Travis Wyrick; Hear here) |
(Columbia/INO, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Electric Six |
"Flashy" (producer: guitarist Zach Shipps; Hear here) |
(Metropolis, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Escape the Fate (new singer: Craig Mabbit, formerly of Bless the Fall) |
"This War Is Ours" (producer: John Feldmann; first single: "The Flood"; Hear here) |
(Epitaph, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Hank III |
"Damn Right, Rebel Proud" (first single: "Long Hauls & Close Calls"; Hear here; See here) |
(Sidewalk, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Montell Jordan |
"Let It Rain" (first single: "Not No More"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Fontana/Universal, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Labelle (Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash) |
"Back to Now" (first album together in 33 years; producers: Gamble & Huff, Lenny Kravitz, Wyclef Jean; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Verve, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Lil Rob |
"Twelve Eighteen, Part II" (Hear here) |
(Upstairs, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Gary Louris (of The Jayhawks) |
"Acoustic Vagabonds" (Hear here) |
(Rykodisc, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Lydia |
"Illuminate" (producer: Matt Malpass; guest: Copeland's Aaron Marsh; Hear here) |
(Low Altitude/Universal, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Mary Mary |
"The Sound" (producer: Warryn Campbell; guests: David Banner, Kierra "Kiki" Sheard, Deborah Joy Imani Winans; Hear here) |
(Columbia, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Craig Morgan |
"That's Why" (producer: Phil O'Donnell; first single: "Love Remembers"; Hear here) |
(BNA, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Of Montreal |
"Skeletal Lamping" (Hear here; Read here) |
(Polyvinyl, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Pit er Pat |
"High Time" (Hear here) |
(Thrill Jockey, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Sea and Cake, The |
"Car Alarm" (Hear here; Read here) |
(Thrill Jockey, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Various artists |
"High School Musical 3: Senior Year [film soundtrack]" (the first big-screen sequel opens in theaters Oct. 28; Hear here; See here; Read here; also available with DVD) |
(Walt Disney, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| White Lies |
"Death [EP]" (Hear here; See here) |
(Fiction/Geffen, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Lee Ann Womack |
"Call Me Crazy" (producer: Tony Brown; first single: "Last Call"; Hear here; Read here) |
(MCA Nashville, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Roy Ayers Ubiquity |
"Change Up the Groove" (1974 album; remastered) |
(Verve/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Walter Beasley |
"Just Kickin' It" (1989 album; remastered), "Intimacy" (1992 album; remastered) |
(Verve/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| George Benson |
"Tell It Like It Is" (1969 album; remastered) |
(A&M/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Black Sabbath |
"Paranoid: Deluxe Edition [SACD]" (1973 album; 3 discs) |
(U.K. - Sanctuary, Oct. 20, 2008) |
| Byrds, The |
"The Byrds [MP3 Download]" (4-CD, 90-track box set from 1990) |
(Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Glen Campbell |
"Live in Concert" (recorded in Dublin in 1981; 18 tracks) |
(Acrobat Music, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Chad & Jeremy |
"Yesterday's Gone" (18-track best-of; Read here) |
(Acrobat Music, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Chad & Jeremy |
"ARK-eology" (1968 album; remastered) |
(TBO, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Doors, The |
"Perception [CD/DVD box set]" (2006 album; 12 discs, all in 5.1 Surround Sound) |
(Rhino, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Will Downing |
"Come Together As One" (1989 album; remastered) |
(GRP/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| George Duke |
"I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry" (1975 album; remastered) |
(Verve/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Aynsley Dunbar |
"To Mum From Aynsley and the Boys/Remains to Be Heard" (2 CDs; 1969, 1970 albums), "The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation/Doctor Dunbar's Prescription" (2 CDs; 1969 albums) |
(Blue Label/SPV, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Eagles |
"Hotel California [180 Gram Vinyl]" (1976 album) |
(Rhino, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Flirtations, The |
"Sounds Like the Flirtations" (1969 album) |
(U.K. - RPM, Oct. 20, 2008) |
| Stan Getz |
"Stan Getz in Stockholm" (1955 live album; remastered) |
(Verve/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Jefferson Airplane |
"Cleared for Take Off" (recorded in March 1967 at three shows at the Winterland in San Francisco) |
(Acrobat Music, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Waylon Jennings and the .357's |
"Waylon Forever" (subtitled "The Final Recordings: 13 Years in the Making"; backed by son Shooter Jennings and the .357's; Hear here) |
(Vagrant, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
"Pure and Simple" (1994 album) |
(Blackheart, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| KISS |
"IKONS [box set]" (4 CDs, 56 tracks) |
(Mercury/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| John Klemmer |
"Arabesque" (1977 album; remastered; MP3 Download) |
(Verve/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips |
"The Early Years" (18 tracks) |
(Acrobat Music, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips |
"Greatest Hits 1973-1985: The Original Hit Single Versions" |
(Varése Vintage, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Lemon Pipers, The |
"Love Beads and Meditation" (1967 album "Green Tambourine" and 1968's "Jungle Marmalade" on one CD) |
(U.K. - Rev-Ola, Oct. 20, 2008) |
| Van Morrison |
"Astral Weeks [180 Gram Vinyl]" (1968 album), "Moondance [180 Gram Vinyl]" (1970 album), "His Band and the Street Choir [180 Gram Vinyl]" (1970 album) |
(Rhino, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Peppermint Rainbow, The |
"Will You Be Staying After Sunday" (1969 album; with two bonus tracks) |
(U.K. - Rev-Ola, Oct. 20, 2008) |
| Oscar Peterson |
"In a Romantic Mood" (1998 compilation; remastered) |
(Verve/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Prince and the Revolution |
"Purple Rain [180 Gram Vinyl]" (1984 album) |
(Rhino, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Rabbit |
"Dark Saloon/Broken Arrows" (1973, 1974 albums) |
(U.K. - Ork, Oct. 20, 2008) |
| Rokes, The |
"Let's Live for Today: The Rokes in English 1966-1968" |
(U.K. - Rev-Ola, Oct. 20, 2008) |
| Rolling Stones, The |
"A Bigger Bang [MP3 Download]" (2005 album) |
(Hip-O/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Todd Rundgren |
"2nd Wind" (1991 album; remastered) |
(Friday Music, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Little Jimmy Scott |
"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (1999 compilation; remastered) |
(GRP/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Jimmy Smith |
"Hobo Flats" (1963 album; remastered) |
(Verve/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Sting |
"Songs From the Labyrinth" (2006 album; Asia/Australia 2008 Tour CD with three bonus tracks) |
(Deutsche Grammophon, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Sonny Stitt |
"Sonny Stitt Sits In With the Oscar Peterson Trio" (1957 album; remastered) |
(Verve/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Thin Lizzy |
"UK Tour 1975" (15 tracks) |
(U.K. - MPL, Oct. 20, 2008) |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
"10 Years of TSO [box set]" (4 CDs) |
(Atlantic, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Van Halen |
"Van Halen [180 Gram Vinyl]" (1978 album) |
(Rhino, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Various artists |
"Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia [box set]" (4 CDs; 71 tracks, including hits, B-sides and album cuts) |
(Philadelphia International/Legacy, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Various artists |
"Playlist + Plus: A Very Special Christmas" (3 CDs) |
(Def Soul Classics, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Grover Washington Jr. |
"Soulbox" (1973 album; remastered) |
(GRP/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Warren Zevon |
"Warren Zevon [180 Gram Vinyl]" (1976 album) |
(Rhino, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Johnny Cash |
"Cash for Kenya: Live in Johnstown, PA [DVD]" (Read here) |
(Mercury Nashville/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Happy Mondays |
"Call the Cops [DVD]" (from their first American tour in 1990; Read here) |
(Eagle Rock, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Naked Brothers Band, The |
"The Naked Brothers Band: Season 2 [DVD]" (2 discs, 15 episodes; January-June 2008 season) |
(Nickelodeon, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Parliament Funkadelic |
"The Mothership Connection Live 1976 [DVD]" (Read here) |
(Shout! Factory, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Paul Stanley |
"One Live KISS [DVD]" (filmed Nov. 6, 2006, at Chicago's House of Blues; Read here) |
(New Door/UME, Oct. 21, 2008) |
| Various artists |
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series [DVD]" (41 discs; NBC series, 1964-68; music by Jerry Goldsmith) |
(Warner, Oct. 21, 2008) |
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