Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Acceptance	"Phantoms" (first single: "Different")	(Columbia, April 26, 2005)
Amerie	"Touch" (first single: "1 Thing" - Hear here via iTunes)	(Columbia, April 26, 2005)
Athlete	"Tourist [CD/DVD]" (released in U.K. in January)	(Astralwerks, April 26, 2005)
Audio Caviar	"Transoceanic"	(Thump, April 26, 2005)
Marcia Ball	"Marcia Ball Live: Down the Road" (recorded at Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, Calif.)	(Alligator, April 26, 2005)
Cheryl Bentyne (of The Manhattan Transfer)	"Let Me Off Uptown"	(Telarc, April 26, 2005)
Bleed the Dream	"Built By Blood [CD/DVD]"	(Warcon, April 26, 2005)
Debby Boone	"Reflections of Rosemary" (a tribute to her mother-in-law, the late Rosemary Clooney)	(Concord, April 26, 2005)
John Bowman	"In Stink"	(Stand Up, April 26, 2005)
Brain Failure (Beijing punk band sings in English and Mandarin)	"American Dreamer" (producer: Dropkick Murphys bassist Ken Casey; guests: Casey, The Unseen's Mark Civitarese, Dropkick Murphys drummer Matt Kelly)	(Thorp, April 26, 2005)
Tim Burgess (Charlatans U.K. singer)	"I Believe" (with bonus tracks; released in U.K. in 2004; Hear here via iTunes)	(Koch, April 26, 2005)
Caesars	"Paper Tigers" (producer: guitarist Joakim Ahlund; includes a new remix "Jerk It Out," an earlier track being used for the iPod shuffle ad campaign - Hear here via iTunes)	(Astralwerks, April 26, 2005)
Charivari	"A Trip to the Holiday Lounge"	(Rounder, April 26, 2005)
Steve Cole	"Spin"	(Narada, April 26, 2005)

DJ Spooky vs. Dave Lombardo (of Slayer)	"Drums of Death" (Read here)	(Thirsty Ear, April 26, 2005)
Donna the Buffalo	"Life's a Ride"	(Wildlife, April 26, 2005)
Dudley Corporation, The	"In Love With The Dudley Corporation"	(Absolutely Kosher, April 26, 2005)
Eels	"Blinking Lights and Other Revelations" (2 CDs; guests: John Sebastian, Peter Buck, Tom Waits; Hear here; Read here)	(Vagrant, April 26, 2005)
Feist (Canadian songstress)	"Let It Die" (released in U.K. last September; producers: Renaud Letang, Broken Social Scene's Gonzales; first single: "One Evening" - Hear here via iTunes)	(Cherry Tree/Interscope, April 26, 2005)
Flipsyde	"Someday [CD-single]"	(Interscope, April 26, 2005)
Ben Folds	"Songs for Silverman [DualDisc]" (first single: "Landed" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here)	(Epic, April 26, 2005)
Tracy Grammer	"Flower of Avalon"	(Signature Sounds, April 26, 2005)
Eric Heatherly	"The Lower East Side of Life"	(Koch Records Nashville, April 26, 2005)
Hiroshima	"Obon"	(Heads Up, April 26, 2005)
Hot Snakes	"Peel Session [EP]" (BBC radio DJ John Peel's last recording session before his death last October)	(Swami, April 26, 2005)
Natalie Imbruglia	"Counting Down the Days" (producers: Ben Hillier, Martin Harrington, Steve Lipson, Ash Howes; guests: husband Daniel Johns of Silverchair, Faultline's David Kosten; first single: "Shiver")	(International - Brightside/RCA, April 26, 2005)
Japanese	"Don Victor Corleone"	(Universal Latino, April 26, 2005)
Buddy Jewell	"Times Like These" (first single: "If She Were Any Other Woman" - Hear here via iTunes)	(Columbia, April 26, 2005)
Jake E. Lee (former Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands guitarist)	"Retraced" (all-covers album; guests: Aynsley Dunbar, Tim Bogert, Michael Schenker Group's Chris Logan)	(Shrapnel, April 26, 2005)
Little Charlie and The Nightcats	"Nine Lives"	(Alligator, April 26, 2005)
Love As Laughter	"Laughter's Fifth"	(Sub Pop, April 26, 2005)
Luciano	"Jah Words"	(RAS/Sanctuary, April 26, 2005)
Lyrics Born	"Same !@#$ Different Day" (with bonus DVD; a loose remix of his debut album "Later That Day .."; producers: Lyrics Born, Chief Xcel of Blackalicious, Dan The Automater; guests: KRS-One, Evidence, DJ Shadow, Casual, E-40, etc.; Read here)	(Quannum/Epitaph, April 26, 2005)
Magellan	"Symphony for a Misanthrope"	(Inside Out U.S., April 26, 2005)
Jo Dee Messina	"Delicious Surprise" (first single: "My Give a Damn's Busted")	(Curb, April 26, 2005)
Mint Condition	"Livin' the Luxury Brown" (first single: "I'm Ready")	(Image, April 26, 2005)

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Mountain Goats, The	"The Sunset Tree"	(4AD, April 26, 2005)
Oliver Mtukudzi	"Nhava"	(Telarc, April 26, 2005)
New Order	"Waiting for the Sirens Call" (producers: Stephen Street, John Leckie, Stuart Price; guest: Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic; first single: "Krafty" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here)	(Reprise, April 26, 2005)
No Address	"Time Doesn't Notice" (first single: "When I'm Gone [Sadie]" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here)	(Atlantic, April 26, 2005)
Opiate for the Masses	"The Spore [CD/DVD]"	(Warcon, April 26, 2005)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti	"Worn Copy"	(Paw Tracks, April 26, 2005)
Porcupine Tree	"Deadwing" (guests: Adrian Belew, Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt; first single: "Shallow" - Hear here via iTunes)	(Lava, April 26, 2005)
Sean Price	"Monkey Barz"	(Duckdown/Koch, April 26, 2005)
John Prine	"Fair & Square" (Hear here via iTunes; Read here)	(Oh Boy, April 26, 2005)

Receiving End of Sirens, The	"Between the Heart and the Synapse" (producer: Matt Squire; Hear here)	(Triple Crown, April 26, 2005)
Red Stick Ramblers, The	"Right Key, Wrong Keyhole" (producer: Dirk Powell)	(Memphis International, April 26, 2005)
Johnathan Rice	"Trouble Is Real" (producer: Mike Mogis; first single: "Kiss Me Goodbye" - Hear here via iTunes)	(Reprise, April 26, 2005)
Richmond Fontaine (Portland, Ore., alt-country rockers)	"Post to Wire" (previously available on the band's Web site; guests: Ian Moore, Deborah Kelly of The Damnations, Rich Landar, Skip Von Kuske; Read here)	(Union Recordings/ADA, April 26, 2005)
Bruce Springsteen	"Devils & Dust [DualDisc]" (producer: Brendan O'Brien; first single: "Devils & Dust" - Hear here via iTunes)	(Columbia, April 26, 2005)
Jimmy Thackery	"Healin' Ground" (producer: Gary Nicholson)	(Telarc, April 26, 2005)
Thine Eyes Bleed	"In the Wake of Separation"	(U.K. - 3D, April 25, 2005)
Tierra	"Welcome to Café East L.A." (soundtrack to the group's Chicano musical)	(Thump, April 26, 2005)
Emiliana Torrini	"Fisherman's Woman" (first single: "Sunny Road" - See here - Windows Media, Real)	(Rough Trade/Sanctuary, April 26, 2005)
Unsane	"Blood Run"	(Relapse, April 26, 2005)
Us3	"Questions" (Hear here)	(Us3/Megaforce/ Ryko, April 26, 2005)
Bobby Valentino	"Bobby Valentino" (first single: "Slow Down")	(Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam, April 26, 2005)
Van der Graaf Generator	"Present" (band's first album in 27 years)	(U.K. - Charisma/Virgin/EMI, April 25, 2005)
Various artists	"Family Guy Live in Las Vegas [CD/DVD]" (with Walter Murphy and His Orchestra; producers: "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, Murphy; guests: Jason Alexander, Patti LuPone, Haylie Duff, Adam West; See/read here)	(Geffen, April 26, 2005)
Various artists	"Golden Slumbers: A Father's Love" (proceeds benefit the National Fatherhood Initiative; contributors: Dave Matthews, Phil Collins, Michael McDonald, Buddy Jewell, Solomon Burke, etc.)	(Rendezvous, April 26, 2005)
Various artists	"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [film soundtrack]" (movie opens in theaters on April 29; See here)	(Hollywood, April 26, 2005)
Various artists	"Punx Unite: Leaders of Today"	(SideOneDummy, April 26, 2005)
Various artists	"Queer As Folk: Club Babylon [TV soundtrack]"	(Tommy Boy, April 26, 2005)
Various artists	"XXX: State of the Union [film soundtrack]" (starring Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson; includes Korn and Xzibit's cover of "Fight the Power")	(Jive, April 26, 2005)
Jim Verraros ("American Idol" season-one finalist)	"Rollercoaster" (producer: Gabe Lopez)	(Koch, April 26, 2005)
wideawake	"Not So Far Away" (first single: "Stay"; Read here)	(33rd Street, April 26, 2005)
Z-Ro	"Let the Truth Be Told"	(Rap-A-Lot, April 26, 2005)

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Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
America	"Hat Trick" (1973 album), "Holiday" (1974 album), "America/Live" (1977 album)	(Collectables, April 26, 2005)
Animals, The & The Yardbirds	"Rumble in London: Animals vs. Yardbirds" (2 CDs)	(Fuel 2000, April 26, 2005)
Average White Band	"Person to Person" (1977 album), "Warmer Communications/Benny and Us" (1978, 1977 albums, the latter of which features Ben E. King)	(U.K. - Sony, April 25, 2005)
Chet Baker	"Career: 1952-1988" (2 CDs; Read here)	(Shout! Factory, April 26, 2005)
Walter Beasley	"Greatest Hits!"	(Shanachie, April 26, 2005)
Chuck Berry	"Gold" (2 CDs)	(Chess/UME, April 26, 2005)
Big Star	"Extended Versions"	(Collectables, April 26, 2005)
Bowling For Soup	"A Hangover You Don't Deserve [DualDisc]" (2004 album)	(Jive, April 26, 2005)
Burning Spear	"Gold" (2 CDs)	(Island/UME, April 26, 2005)
Chocolate Watchband, The	"Melts in Your Brain Not on Your Wrist" (2-CD, 44-track rarities collection)	(U.K. - Big Beat/Ace, April 25, 2005)
Patsy Cline	"Anytime"	(MCA Special Products, April 26, 2005)
David Allan Coe	"Ultimate Collection"	(Madacy, April 26, 2005)
Elvis Costello	"King of America" (1986 album; 2-CD deluxe edition; Read here)	(Rhino, April 26, 2005)

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Cream	"Gold" (2 CDs)	(Polydor/UME, April 26, 2005)
Cure, The	"Seventeen Seconds" (1980 album; 2 CDs; remastered, with second disc of rarities), "Faith" (1981 album; 2 CDs; remastered, with second disc of rarities), "Pornography" (1982 album; 2 CDs; remastered, with second disc of rarities; Hear here)	(Fiction/Elektra/Rhino, April 26, 2005)
Spencer Davis Group, The	"The Greatest Hits"	(Compendia, April 26, 2005)
Tyrone Davis	"Soul Legacy"	(Bellmark, April 26, 2005)
Desmond Dekker	"You Can Get It If You Really Want: The Definitive Collection"	(Trojan/Sanctuary, April 26, 2005)
Dr. John	"The Best of the Parlophone Years" (Read here)	(Blue Note, April 26, 2005)
Eric B. & Rakim	"Paid in Full" (1987 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Follow the Leader" (1988 album; remastered, with bonus tracks)	(Geffen/UME, April 26, 2005)
Four Preps, The	"Absolutely the Best"	(Fuel 2000, April 26, 2005)
Peter Frampton	"Gold" (2 CDs)	(A&M/UME, April 26, 2005)
Dizzy Gillespie	"Career: 1937-1992" (2 CDs; Read here)	(Shout! Factory, April 26, 2005)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	"The Message" (1982 album), "They Said It Couldn't Be Done" (1985 album)	(DBK Works, April 26, 2005)
Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly	"Folkways: The Original Vision - Songs of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly" (1989 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Read here)	(Smithsonian Folkways, April 26, 2005)
Wayne Hancock	"Best of"	(Ark 21, April 26, 2005)
Hater (side project of former Soundgarden members Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron)	"The 2nd" (mid-1990s archival tapes; Read here)	(Burn Burn Burn/Barsuk, April 26, 2005)
Hot Chocolate	"Essential Collection"	(Golden Doubles, April 26, 2005)
Engelbert Humperdinck	"Gold" (2 CDs)	(Hip-O/UME, April 26, 2005)
Jefferson Airplane	"The Essential Jefferson Airplane" (2 CDs)	(RCA/Legacy, April 26, 2005)

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Jethro Tull	"The Broadsword and the Beast" (1982 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks), "Under Wraps" (1984 album; enhanced), "Crest of a Knave" (1978 album; remastered, with one bonus track),	Capitol/EMI, April 26, 2005)
Toby Keith	"Shock'n Y'all [DualDisc]" (2003 album)	(DreamWorks, April 26, 2005)
Gene Krupa	"Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements" (1958 album; remastered)	(Verve, April 26, 2005)
Claudine Longet	"We've Only Just Begun/Let's Spend the Night Together" (1971, 1972 albums on one disc)	(Collectables, April 26, 2005)
Barry Manilow	"The Essential Barry Manilow" (2 CDs)	(Arista/Legacy, April 26, 2005)
Ian Matthews	"Stealin' Home/Siamese Friends" (1978, 1979 albums; remastered)	(U.K. - BGO, April 25, 2005)
Joe Meek	"Portrait of a Genius: The RGM Legacy [box set]" (4 CDs)	(U.K. - Castle, April 25, 2005)
Merry-Go-Round, The	"Listen Listen: The Definitive Collection"	(U.K. - Rev-Ola, April 25, 2005)
Joni Mitchell	"Songs of a Prairie Girl" (13 remastered Mitchell songs, from 1967 to 2004, that reflect her native province Saskatchewan; includes a new mix of "Paprika Plains"; Hear here)	(Warner Strategic Marketing, April 26, 2005)
Matt Monro	"Collection"	(Golden Doubles, April 26, 2005)
Jackie Moore	"Sweet Charlie Babe" (1973 album)	(Collectables, April 26, 2005)
Mungo Jerry	"Electronically Tested" (1971 album)	(Breathless, April 26, 2005)
Wayne Newton	"Mr. Las Vegas"	(Capitol, April 26, 2005)
Pet Shop Boys	"Back to Mine" (2 CDs; features separate mixes from Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of favorite tracks)	(U.K. - DMC, April 25, 2005)
Power Station, The	"The Power Station" (1985 album; remastered, with DVD)	(Capitol, April 26, 2005)
Buddy Rich	"Blues Caravan" (1961 album; remastered)	(Verve, April 26, 2005)
Max Roach	"Jazz in 3/4 Time" (1956 album; remastered)	(Verve, April 26, 2005)
Screeching Weasel	"Wiggle" (1993 album; remastered)	(Asian Man, April 26, 2005)
Selecter, The	"The Happy Album" (1997 album), "Cruel Britannia" (1998 album)	(Hip-O/UME, April 26, 2005)
Jimmy Smith	"The Fantastic Jimmy Smith" (2002 album; remastered; Read here)	(Machete Music, April 26, 2005)
Britney Spears	"In the Zone [DualDisc]" (2003 album)	(Jive, April 26, 2005)
Rick Springfield	"Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology" (2 CDs)	(RCA/Legacy, April 26, 2005)
Stereolab	"Oscillons From the Anti-Sun [box set]" (3-CD collection of EPs and rare tracks, with a DVD of videos and TV performances; Read here)	(Too Pure/Beggars Banquet, April 26, 2005)
Supremes, The	"Gold" (2 CDs)	(Motown/UME, April 26, 2005)
Rufus Thomas	"Just Because I'm Leavin' ..." (final studio sessions before his death in 2001)	(Segue, April 26, 2005)
3 Colours Red	"If You Ain't Got a Weapon: An Anthology"	(U.K. - Castle, April 25, 2005)
Three Days Grace	"Three Days Grace [DualDisc]" (2003 album)	(Jive, April 26, 2005)
Various artists	"A Time of Hope: Broadway 1935-1946 ," "Center Stage: Broadway 1947-1958," "Put on a Happy Face: Broadway 1959-1967," "Broadway Magic: Broadway 1968-1980," "The British Invasion: Broadway 1981-1992," "Broadway Today: Broadway 1992-Now" (original Broadway cast recordings)	(Decca, April 26, 2005)
Various artists	"Classic Rock Gold" (2 CDs)	(Hip-O/UME, April 26, 2005)
Various artists	"Disney Channel Hits: Take 2 [CD/DVD]" (greatest hits and music videos from original Disney Channel movies)	(Walt Disney, April 26, 2005)
Weather Report	"Weather Report" (1971 album)	(U.K. - Columbia, April 25, 2005)
Bobby Womack	"The Essential Bobby Womack"	(Metro Music, April 26, 2005)
Lee Ann Womack	"Greatest Hits [DualDisc]"	(MCA Nashville/UME, April 26, 2005)
Yes	"(Re) Union"	(Collectables, April 26, 2005)

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Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Association, The	"Greatest Hits Live [DVD]"	(Kultur, April 26, 2005)
Jim Carrey	"Lemony Snickett's a Series of Unfortunate Events [DVD]" (2004 film)	(Paramount, April 26, 2005)
Doris Day	"Doris Day Collection [DVD]" (8-disc set features the films "Billy Rose's Jumbo," "Calamity Jane," "The Glass Bottom Boat," "Love Me or Leave Me," "Lullaby of Broadway," "The Pajama Game," "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," "Young Man with a Horn")	(Warner, April 26, 2005)
Vladimir Horowitz	"Horowitz in Moscow [DVD]"	(Sony, April 26, 2005)
Gary Lewis & The Playboys	"Gary Lewis & The Playboys [DVD]"	(Kultur, April 26, 2005)
Loretta Lynn	"Songs of Inspiration [DVD]"	(MPI Home Video, April 26, 2005)
Natalie Merchant	"VH1 Storytellers [DVD]" (includes two bonus songs not seen in the original broadcast)	(Rhino, April 26, 2005)
Jo Dee Messina	"Greatest Video Hits [DVD]"	(Curb, April 26, 2005)
Bette Midler	"Beaches (Special Edition) [DVD]" (1988 film)	(Buena Vista, April 26, 2005)
Alanis Morissette	"VH1 Storytellers [DVD]" (includes two bonus songs not seen in the original broadcast)	(Rhino, April 26, 2005)
Pointer Sisters, The	"Live in Concert [DVD]"	(Music Video Distributors, April 26, 2005)
Sparks	"Lil' Beethoven - Live in Stockholm [DVD]"	(Kultur, April 26, 2005)
Rick Springfield	"A&E Biography: Rick Springfield - Behind the Image [DVD]"	(A&E, April 26, 2005)
Wu Tang	"Soldiers of Darkness [DVD]" (20 discs; includes tribute to Ol' Dirty Bastard)	(Ventura, April 26, 2005)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s):	Title:	Publisher/Due date:
Pink Floyd	"The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia [Paperback]" (author: Vernon Fitch, founder of the Pink Floyd Archives)	(Collector's Guide Publishing, April 28, 2005)
Velvet Underground, The	"All Yesterdays' Parties: The Velvet Underground in Print 1966-1970 [Hardcover]" (author: Clinton Heylin)	(Da Capo Press, April 26, 2005)