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OCT. 26, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Devon Allman's Honeytribe "Space Age Blues" (producers: Allman, Pete Matthews; guests: Huey Lewis, Ron Holloway, Bobby Yang from Kevin Costner's Modern West; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Provogue, Oct. 25, 2010)
Atlantic/Pacific "Meet Your New Love" (producer: Ian Love; Hear here; Vinyl) (No Sleep, Oct. 26, 2010)
Jeff Beck "Live and Exclusive From the Grammy Museum" (recorded in April 2010 in Los Angeles; Hear here) (Atco, Oct. 25, 2010)
Bedouin Soundclash "Light the Horizon [MP3 Download]" (producer: King Britt; Hear here) (Pirates Blend/Nat Geo Music, Oct. 26, 2010)
Bing & Ruth "City Lake" (Hear here) (Happy Talk, Oct. 26, 2010)
Ali Campbell (of UB40) "Great British Songs" (Hear here) (U.K. - Jacaranda, Oct. 25, 2010)
Marshall Chapman "Big Lonesome [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Tall Girl, Oct. 26, 2010)
Joe Diffie "Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Rounder, Oct. 25, 2010)
Elizabeth and The Catapult "The Other Side of Zero" (guests: Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Verve Forecast, Oct. 25, 2010)
Bryan Ferry "Olympia" (features collaborations with Nile Rodgers, David Gilmour, Groove Armada, Scissor Sisters, Marcus Miller, Flea, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, as well reuniting him with Roxy Music bandmates Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay; first single: "You Can Dance"; Hear here; CD/DVD; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Astralwerks, Oct. 25, 2010)
Tucker Finn (of The Jane Waynes) "The Cup & The Lip" (producers: Finn, Jason LaPrade; Hear here) (Jane Wayne, Oct. 26, 2010)
Johnny Flynn (U.K. troubadour) "Been Listening" (producer: Ryan Hadlock; guest: Laura Marling; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Transgressive/Thirty Tigers, Oct. 25, 2010)
Forbidden "Omega Wave" (producers: guitarist Craig Locicero, Tim Narducci; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Nuclear Blast, Oct. 25, 2010)
Fourplay "Let's Touch the Sky" (guests: Anita Baker, Ruben Studdard; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Heads Up, Oct. 25, 2010)
Ghostland Observatory "Codename: Rondo" (producer: drummer Thomas Turner; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (Trashy Moped Recordings/RED, Oct. 25, 2010)
Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, The (Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl) "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (Acoustic Sessions)" (Hear here; Stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Chimera Music, Oct. 26, 2010)
Buddy Guy "Living Proof" (guests: B.B. King, Carlos Santana; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Silvertone/Jive, Oct. 25, 2010)
(hed)p.e. "Truth Rising" (Hear here) (Suburban Noize, Oct. 25, 2010)
Holy Grail "Crisis in Utopia" (producer: Danny Lohner; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Prosthetic, Oct. 25, 2010)
Dwight Howard (of the Orlando Magic) "Shoot for the Stars" (all-covers album, featuring a backup band of Luis Conte, Abraham Laboriel, Leland Sklar, Tim Pierce; producer: Loren Harriet; guests: Kidz Bop Kids; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Razor & Tie, Oct. 26, 2010)
Ill Niño "Dead New World" (producers: Ill Niño, Clint Lowery, Sahaj Ticotin; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Victory, Oct. 25, 2010)
Monster Magnet "Mastermind" (producer: Matt Hyde; Hear here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Napalm, Oct. 25, 2010)
Octopus Project, The "Hexadecagon" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Peek-A-Boo, Oct. 26, 2010)
Ole-E "Up My Wager" (producers: Ole-E, Uncle Jamz, GuyWes, M-80, The LaBeaud Boys, D.Hittz; guests: Zay, G LaBeaud, BIG NOD, Lil Chris, Blakboi, Twelve, A.I. DaCroweman, Naomi, Eric Thomas; first single: "I Bet She's Freaky"; Hear here) (Dirty South Entertainment, Oct. 26, 2010)
William Orbit "Pieces in a Modern Style 2" (his interpretations of Vaughan Williams, Grieg, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Bellini, Porpora, etc.; producer: Orbit; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Decca, Oct. 25, 2010)
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool (lead singer Chazz Haddon took his life Aug. 20 at Belgium's Pukkelpop Festival) "The Golden Year" (first single: "The Key"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (U.K. - Fire & Manouvre, Oct. 25, 2010)
Paleo "A View of the Sky" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Partisan, Oct. 25, 2010)
Paper Aeroplanes (Welsh alt-pop duo) "The Day We Ran Into the Sea" (producer: John Reynolds; first single: "Cliché"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (OK!good, Oct. 25, 2010)
Prefab Sprout "Let's Change the World with Music" (released in the U.K. in 2009; the band's first album of new material since 2001; producer: Calum Malcolm; Hear here; Read here) (Tompkins Square/Fontana, Oct. 25, 2010)
Lauren Pritchard (starred in the original Broadway production of "Spring Awakening") "Wasted in Jackson" (producer: Eg White; first single: "Not the Drinking"; Hear here) (Universal Republic, Oct. 26, 2010)
Pomegranates "One of Us" (producers: Pomegranates, TJ Lipple of Aloha; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Afternoon, Oct. 25, 2010)
Simon Rattle/Berliner Philharmoniker "Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker" (2 CDs, 24 songs; Hear/read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) (EMI Classics, Oct. 25, 2010)
Kermit Ruffins (appears on HBO's "Tremé") "Happy Talk" (producer: Tracey Freeman; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Basin Street, Oct. 25, 2010)
Mark Salling (plays Puck on "Glee") "Pipe Dreams" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Pipe Dreams, Oct. 25, 2010)
Senses Fail "The Fire" (producer: Brian McTernan; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Vagrant, Oct. 25, 2010)
Swedish House Mafia (superstar DJ collective) "Until One" (24 tracks; Hear here) (Astralwerks, Oct. 25, 2010)
Taylor Swift "Speak Now" (producers: Swift, Nathan Chapman; first single: "Mine"; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Big Machine, Oct. 25, 2010)
Avey Tare (of Animal Collective) "Down There" (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Paw Tracks, Oct. 25, 2010)
Various artists "Country Strong [Film soundtrack]" (movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw opens nationwide Jan. 7; See here; MP3 Download) (RCA Nashville, Oct. 25, 2010)
Various artists "The Sounds of Christmas, Volume 2" (benefits Sweet Benefit; featuring Vertical Horizon, Belinda Carlisle, Kathy Sledge, the Swingin' Medallions, Deep Blue Something, Dave Stewart, Persephone's Bees, etc.; producer: Ken Kessler; Hear here) (SOC Music, Oct. 26, 2010)
Various artists "Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 1 [TV soundtrack]" (19 songs, featuring Dr. John, Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas, Louis Prima, Kermit Ruffins, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Geffen, Oct. 25, 2010)
White and White "In Every Room" (producer: Michael W. White; first single: "Now You've Gotta Stay"; Hear here) (Twin Palms, Oct. 30, 2010)
Jason D. Williams "Killer Instinct" (producer: Todd Snider; guests: Dan Baird, Bobby Bare Jr., Keith Christopher, Richard Leo Johnson, Randy Cox; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Rockabilly, Oct. 25, 2010)
Keller Williams "Kids" (children's album; Hear here; MP3 Download) (SCI Fidelity, Oct. 25, 2010)
Gary Wilson "Electric Endicott [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Western Vinyl, Oct. 26, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Badfinger "Magic Christian Music" (1970 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; MP3 Download), "No Dice" (1970 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; MP3 Download), "Straight Up" (1972 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; MP3 Download), "Ass" (1974 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; MP3 Download; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Andrew Bird "Useless Creatures" (instrumentals album originally released as a bonus disc with 2009's "Noble Beast"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Fat Possum, Oct. 25, 2010)
Michael Bublé "Crazy Love: Hollywood Edition" (2 CDs, 21 songs; 2009 album, featuring four new tracks and four live songs; The Deluxe EP; MP3 Download) (143/Reprise, Oct. 25, 2010)
Ray Charles "Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters" (MP3 Download) (Concord, Oct. 25, 2010)
Perry Como "The Essential Perry Como" (2 CDs, 50 songs) (RCA/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Crowded House "The Very Very Best of Crowded House" (19 tracks; Read here; MP3 Download; Deluxe MP3 Download edition, 32 songs) (Capitol/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Charlie Daniels Band "The Essential Charlie Daniels Band" (2 CDs, 30 songs) (Epic/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Miles Davis "The Genius of Miles Davis [Box set]" (43-CD, 21-pound box set not available at standard retail, packaged in a full-size trumpet case, with a replica of Davis' trumpet mouthpiece, previously unseen lithograph by Davis, exclusive T-shirt, etc.) (Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 26, 2010)
Deep Purple "Made in Europe [MP3 Download]" (1976 album) (Warner/Rhino, Oct. 25, 2010)
Dixie Chicks "The Essential Dixie Chicks" (2 CDs, 30 songs) (Monument/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Falco "Falco 3: 25th Anniversary Edition [CD/DVD]" (1985 album, featuring "Rock Me Amadeus" and "Vienna Calling"; remastered, with bonus tracks) (Europe - Sony Music, Oct. 25, 2010)
Aretha Franklin "The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years" (2 CDs, 40 songs) (Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Nelly Furtado "Mi Plan Remixes" (MP3 Download) (Universal Latino, Oct. 25, 2010)
Guess Who, The "Artificial Paradise" (1973 album; remastered; Read here) (Iconoclassic, Oct. 26, 2010)
Guess Who, The "The Essential Guess Who" (2 CDs, 39 songs) (RCA/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Highwaymen, The "The Essential Highwaymen" (2 CDs) (Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Billie Holiday "The Essential Billie Holiday: The Columbia Years" (2 CDs, 36 songs; MP3 Download) (Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Mary Hopkin "Post Card" (1968 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; MP3 Download), "Earth Song, Ocean Song" (1971 album; remastered; MP3 Download; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Hurricane #1 "Hurricane #1: Deluxe Edition" (1997 album; 2 CDs), "Only the Strongest Will Survive: Deluxe Edition" (1999 album; 2 CDs) (U.K. - Cherry Red, Oct. 25, 2010)
Jethro Tull "Stand Up: Deluxe Edition [CD/DVD]" (1969 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks and two discs of live material; MP3 Download) (Capitol/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Kansas "The Essential Kansas" (2 CDs, 26 songs; MP3 Download) (Epic/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
K.C. Accidental "Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub + Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills" (1998 and 2000 albums by Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin; Read here; Vinyl) (Arts & Crafts, Oct. 25, 2010)
Level 42 "Lessons in Love: The Collection" (2 CDs, 31 songs) (U.K. - Spectrum, Oct. 25, 2010)
Jackie Lomax "Is That What You Want?" (1970 album; remastered; Read here; MP3 Download) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Meat Loaf "Bat Out of Hell [180-Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1977 album; remastered) (Friday Music, Oct. 25, 2010)
Modern Jazz Quartet "Under the Jasmine Tree/Space" (1968, 1969 albums on one CD; remastered; Read here; MP3 Download) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Monkees, The "Head (Deluxe Edition)" (1968 album; 3 CDs, 58 tracks; remastered, with previously unreleased tracks, outtakes, rarities, interviews and live performances; Hear/read here) (Rhino Handmade, Oct. 26, 2010)
Ted Nugent "The Essential Ted Nugent" (2 CDs, 32 songs; MP3 Download) (Epic/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Johnny Paycheck "Someone to Give My Love to/Somebody Loves Me" (1972 albums on one CD, 22 songs; remastered; Read here) (U.K. - Hux, Oct. 24, 2010)
Billy Preston "That's the Way God Planned It" (1969 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; MP3 Download), "Encouraging Words" (1970 album; remastered; MP3 Download; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Pretty Things, The "Parachute: 40th Anniversary Edition" (1970 album; remastered, with a second CD of bonus singles, B-sides and acoustic tracks; Read here; MP3 Download) (Snapper Music, Oct. 25, 2010)
Quiet Riot "Metal Health [180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1983 album; remastered) (Friday Music, Oct. 25, 2010)
Renaizzance "The Ultimate Collection [MP3 Download]" (20 tracks) (MECAP/Dirty South Entertainment, Oct. 26, 2010)
Joe Satriani "The Essential Joe Satriani" (2 CDs, 30 songs; MP3 Download) (Epic/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Shadows Fall "Madness in Manila: Shadows Fall Live in the Philippines 2009 [CD/DVD]" (Hear here) (Snapper Music, Oct. 25, 2010)
Paul Simon "The Essential Paul Simon" (2 CDs, 36 songs; MP3 Download) (Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Frank Sinatra "The Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years" (2 CDs, 36 songs; MP3 Download) (Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Stereophonics "Performance and Cocktails: Deluxe Edition" (1999 album, with a second CD of B-sides, live, session material and three previously unreleased tracks; Read here) (U.K. - V2, Oct. 25, 2010)
John Tavener "The Whale/Celtic Requiem" (1970, 1971 albums on one CD; remastered; Read here; MP3 Download) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
James Taylor "James Taylor" (1968 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; Read here; MP3 Download) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Doris Troy "Doris Troy" (1970 album; remastered; Read here; MP3 Download) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Steve Vai "The Essential Steve Vai" (2 CDs) (Epic/Legacy, Oct. 25, 2010)
Various artists "California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium" (1971 album; Read here) (Masterworks Jazz, Oct. 25, 2010)
Various artists "Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records" (21 songs; the label's first multi-artist compilation; Read here; MP3 Download), "Apple Records Box Set" (17 CDs; contains all 14 individual artist albums listed above, plus a 2-CD collection of 37 unreleased tracks) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Various artists "The Imus Ranch Record II" (13-song collection benefits Don Imus' ranch, which hosts children who are afflicted with cancer or other serious blood diseases; featuring Jamey Johnson, Sam Moore, Delbert McClinton, Levon Helm, Kinky Friedman, The Blind Boys of Alabama, etc.; MP3 Download) (New West, Oct. 25, 2010)
Various artists "The Very Best of NOW Dance 2010" (3 CDs, 54 songs; Hear here) (U.K. - EMI, Oct. 25, 2010)
Muddy Waters "Hard Again [180-Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1977 album) (Friday Music, Oct. 25, 2010)
Deniece Williams "When Love Comes Calling" (1979 album; remastered, with three bonus remixes) (U.K. - Big Break, Oct. 25, 2010)
Carl Wilson "Youngblood" (1983 album) (Iconoclassic, Oct. 26, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Ethan Bortnick (9-year-old pianist/entertainer) "Ethan Bortnick and His Musical Time Machine [DVD/CD]" (filmed at El Ray Theatre in Los Angeles; guests: Gloria Gaynor, Arturo Sandoval) (Razor & Tie, Oct. 25, 2010)
Johnny Carson "Tonight: 4 Decades of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson [DVD]" (15 discs; See/read here) (Respond2 Entertainment, Oct. 26, 2010)
Alice Cooper "Theatre of Death: Live At Hammersmith 2009 [Blu-ray]" (with bonus CD) (Bigger Picture, Oct. 25, 2010)
Imogen Heap "Everything In-Between: The Story of Ellipse [DVD]" (See here; Read here) (RCA, Oct. 25, 2010)
Harry Nilsson "Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? [DVD]" (2006 documentary film features interviews with Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Richard Perry, Robin Williams, etc.; See here; Read here) (Kino International, Oct. 26, 2010)
R.E.M. "R.E.M. Live From Austin, TX [DVD]" (recorded on March 13, 2008; will re-air on "Austin City Limits" on Nov. 27; See here) (New West, Oct. 26, 2010)
Brian Setzer Orchestra, The "It's Gonna Rock 'Cause That's What I Do [DVD]" (June 25, 2010, show at the Montreal Jazz Festival) (Surfdog, Oct. 25, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Syd Barrett "A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett [Hardcover]" (author: Rob Chapman) (Da Capo Press, Oct. 26, 2010)
Herbie Hancock "Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album [Paperback]" (author: Steven Pond) (University of Michigan Press, Oct. 28, 2010)
Michael Jackson "Michael Jackson: The Making of 'Thriller': 4 Days/1983 [Hardcover]" (author: Douglas Kirkland) (Filipacchi, Oct. 28, 2010)
Joy Division "Joy Division [Hardcover]" (author: Kevin Cummins) (Rizzoli, Oct. 26, 2010)
Led Zeppelin "LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour [Hardcover]" (author: Stephen Davis) (Gotham, Oct. 28, 2010)
Paul McCartney "Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney [Hardcover]" (author: Howard Sounes; Paperback) (Da Capo Press, Oct. 26, 2010)
Anne Murray "All of Me: A Memoir [Paperback]" (co-author: Michael Posner; Kindle) (Vintage Canada, Oct. 26, 2010)
Phish "Phish: The Biography [Paperback]" (author: Parke Puterbaugh; Kindle) (Da Capo Press, Oct. 26, 2010)
Keith Richards "Life [Hardcover]" (contributor: James Fox; Kindle) (Little, Brown and Company, Oct. 26, 2010)
Stephen Sondheim "Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes [Hardcover]" (Knopf, Oct. 26, 2010)
Various artists "Tunes: A Comic Book History of Rock and Roll [Paperback]" (editor: Vincent Brunner) (Universe, Oct. 26, 2010)

MUSIC GAMES

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Various artists "Rock Band 3 [Nintendo Wii]" (also available for PS3, Xbox 360 and DS) (MTV, Oct. 26, 2010)

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