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FEB. 23, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Alkaline Trio "This Addiction" (producers: Matt Allison, Alkaline Trio; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl) (Heart & Skull/Epitaph, Feb. 23, 2010)
All Time High "Friends in High Places" (Hear here) (Small Stone, Feb. 23, 2010)
Brian Jonestown Massacre, The "Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (A., Feb. 23, 2010)
David Broza "Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt" (features 10 previously unreleased lyrics and poems written by the late Van Zandt; producers: Broza, G.E. Smith; Hear here) (S-Curve, Feb. 23, 2010)
Sarah Buxton "Sarah Buxton" (producers: Buxton, Dann Huff, Craig Wiseman, Blair Daly; first single: "Outside My Window"; Hear here; Read here) (Lyric Street, Feb. 23, 2010)
Felix Cartal "Popular Music [MP3 Download]" (guests: Johnny Whitney of The Blood Brothers, Jaguar Love, The Faint's Todd Fink, Beta Bow; first single: "Popular Music"; Hear here) (Dim Mak, Feb. 23, 2010)
Johnny Cash "American VI: Ain't No Grave" (final of the posthumous releases in the "American" series; producer: Rick Rubin; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (American Recordings/Lost Highway, Feb. 23, 2010 - Cash would have turned 78 on Feb. 26)
Clem Snide "The Meat of Life" (producers: Clem Snide, Mark Nevers; Hear here) (429, Feb. 23, 2010)
Efterklang "Magic Chairs" (first single: "Modern Drift"; Hear/see here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (4AD, Feb. 23, 2010)
Robin Guthrie (ex-Cocteau Twins guitarist) "Sunflower Stories [EP]" (four songs; Hear here) (Darla, Feb. 23, 2010)
Holy Fiction (former members of Pilot Drift, Hemyah and Winter Wallace) "Hours From It [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Nile Music, Feb. 23, 2010)
Will Kimbrough "Wings [MP3 Download]" (two songs co-written with Jimmy Buffett and Todd Snider; Hear here) (Daphne, Feb. 23, 2010)
Locksley "Be in Love [MP3 Download]" (first single: "Darling, It's True"; Hear here) (Feature, Feb. 23, 2010)
Daniel Merriweather (sang on Mark Ronson's "Stop Me") "Love & War" (producer: Ronson; guests: Adele, Sean Lennon, Harper Simon, Wale; Hear here) (J/Allido, Feb. 23, 2010)
Mutiny Within "Mutiny Within" (producer: Jason Bieler; Hear here; Read here) (Roadrunner, Feb. 23, 2010)
Carrie Newcomer "Before & After" (producers: David Weber, Newcomer; guest: Mary Chapin Carpenter; Hear here) (Philo/Rounder, Feb. 23, 2010)
Joanna Newsom (American harpist) "Have One on Me" (3 CDs, two hours of music; Read here; Vinyl) (Drag City, Feb. 23, 2010)
Panic Girl "Burn and Rise [MP3 Download]" (5-song EP; Hear here; See here) (Shadybrain Music, Feb. 26, 2010)
Lucky Peterson "Heart of Pain" (Hear here) (JSP, Feb. 23, 2010)
John Pizzarelli "Rockin' in Rhythm: A Duke Ellington Tribute" (Telarc/Concord, Feb. 23, 2010)
Mason Reed "You Can't Come Back From Heaven [MP3 Download]" (5-song EP; producers: Reed, Steve Holroyd; Hear here) (Mason Reed, Feb. 23, 2010)
Rocket Summer, The "Of Men and Angels" (producer: frontman Bryce Avary; first single: "You Gotta Believe"; Hear here; Vinyl) (Island, Feb. 23, 2010)
Shout Out Louds "Work" (producer: Phil Ek; Hear here) (Merge, Feb. 23, 2010)
April Smith & The Great Picture Show "Songs for a Sinking Ship [MP3 Download]" (producer: Dan Romer; Hear here) (April Smith Music, Feb. 23, 2010)
Addam Solo "Memoirs [MP3 Download]" (producer: Solo; first single: "Just Heartless"; Hear here) (Sololegendary Productions L.L.C., Feb. 21, 2010)

BTW: "This is my debut album," Solo tells P&P, "and as such I poured my heart and soul into every lyric, every horn, every string, and every harmony. It is quite eclectic and may not be mainstream, but it certainly is made for the popular market."

Rob Swift "The Architect" (Hear here) (Ipecac Recordings, Feb. 23, 2010)
Josh Thompson "Way Out Here" (producer: Michael Knox; first single: "Beer on the Table"; Hear here) (Columbia Nashville, Feb. 23, 2010)
Veil Veil Vanish "Change in the Neon Light" (producer: ATOM; first single: "Anthem for a Doomed Youth"; Hear here) (Metropolis, Feb. 23, 2010)
Butch Walker and the Black Widows "I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart" (Hear here; Read here) (One Haven Music, Feb. 23, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Aztec Camera "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Frestonia," "Dreamland," "High Land, Hard Rain," "Knife" and "Stray") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
George Benson "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Big Boss Band," "Breezin'," "Give Me the Night," "Tenderly" and "Weekend In L.A.") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Buggles "Adventures in Modern Recording" (1981 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks; Read here) (U.K. - Salvo Music/Union Square, Feb. 22, 2010)
Cars, The "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "The Cars," "Candy-O," "Heartbeat City," "Shake It Up" and "Panorama") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Natalie Cole "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Everlasting," "Good to Be Back," "Take a Look," "Stardust" and "Unforgettable: With Love") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Julian Cope "Peggy Suicide: Deluxe Edition" (1991 album; 2 CDs; remastered, with 11 bonus tracks) (Island/UMe, Feb. 23, 2010)
Echo & The Bunnymen "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Crocodiles," "Echo & The Bunnymen," "Heaven Up Here," "Ocean Rain" and "Porcupine") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
808 State "90" (2 CDs; 1990 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks), "ex:el" (2 CDs; 1991 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks) (U.K. - ZTT, Feb. 22, 2010)
Dan Fogelberg "Dan Fogelberg Live: Greetings From the West" (2 CDs; 1991 album; remastered) (Full Moon/UMe, Feb. 23, 2010)
Foreigner "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "4," "Agent Provocateur," "Double Vision," "Foreigner" and "Head Games") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Aretha Franklin "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Aretha Now," I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You," "Lady Soul," "Live at the Fillmore" and "Spirit in the Dark") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
J. Geils Band "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums " 'Live' - Full House," "Bloodshot," "Ladies Invited," "The J. Geils Band" and "The Morning After") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Donny Hathaway "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Everything Is Everything," "Donny Hathaway," "Live," "Extension of a Man" and "In Performance") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Jesus & Mary Chain, The "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Automatic," "Darklands," "Honey's Dead," "Psychocandy" and "Stoned & Dethroned") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
George Jones "The Great Lost Hits" (2 CDs) (Time Life, Feb. 23, 2010)
Rickie Lee Jones "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Girl At Her Volcano," "Naked Songs," "Pirates," "Rickie Lee Jones" and "The Magazine") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Carole King "Writer" (1970 album; remastered) (Friday Music, Feb. 23, 2010)
Little Feat "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Dixie Chicken," "Feats Don't Fail Me Now," "Little Feat," "Sailin' Shoes" and "The Last Record Album") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Los Lobos "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "And a Time to Dance," "By the Light of the Moon," "How Will the Wolf Survive?," "Kiko" and "The Neighborhood") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Manhattan Transfer, The "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Mecca For Moderns," "Spirit of St. Louis," "Swing," The Manhattan Transfer" and "Vocalese") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Monkees, The "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Headquarters," "The Monkees," "More of the Monkees," "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd." and "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Plimsouls, The "Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal" (recorded at the Whisky A Go Go on Oct. 31, 1981; Hear here; Vinyl) (Alive, Feb. 23, 2010)
Pogues, The "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Hell's Ditch," "If I Should Fall From Grace With God," "Peace & Love," "Red Roses For Me" and "Rum Sodomy & The Lash") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Pretenders, The "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Pretenders," "Pretenders II," "Get Close," "Last of the Independents" and "Learning to Crawl") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Linda Ronstadt "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "Simple Dreams," "Cry Like A Rainstorm - Howl Like the Wind," "Prisoner in Disguise," "Mad Love" and "Living in the USA") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Rod Stewart "Original Album Series [Box set]" (5 CDs, featuring the albums "A Night on the Town," "Atlantic Crossing," "Blondes Have More Fun," "Unplugged ... and Seated" and "Vagabond Heart") (U.K. - Warner, Feb. 22, 2010)
Sugarloaf "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" (1975 album) (Varese Sarabande, Feb. 23, 2010)
Various artists "Hard to Find 45s on CD: Volume 11 — Sugar Pop Classics" (19 tracks; Track list), "Hard to Find 45s on CD: Volume 12 — 60s & 70s Pop Classics" (19 tracks; Track list) (Eric, Feb. 23, 2010)
Was (Not Was) "Hey, King Kong!!! Pick of the Litter 1980-2010" (19-track best-of includes "Spy in the House of Love" and "Walk the Dinosaur"; Read here) (Micro Werks, Feb. 23, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Neil Diamond "Hot August Night/NYC: Live From Madison Square Garden [Blu-ray]" (recorded in August 2008; Hear/see here) (Columbia, Feb. 23, 2010)
Jethro Tull "Live At AVO Session Basel [DVD]" (AVO Sessions, Feb. 23, 2010)

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