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MARCH 29, 2005

Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
Acoustic Alchemy"American/English" (Higher Octave, March 29, 2005)
Aslyn"Lemon Love" (producers: Guy Chambers, Eric Valentine; first single: "Be the Girl" - Hear here via iTunes) (Capitol, March 29, 2005)
Beck"Guero" (producers: Dust Brothers, Tony Hoffer; guest: Jack White; first single: "E-Pro" - Hear here via iTunes) (DGC/Interscope, March 29, 2005)
Bloodsimple"A Cruel World" (Bullygoat/Warner, March 29, 2005)
Bravery, The"The Bravery" (first single: "An Honest Mistake" - Hear here via iTunes) (Island, March 29, 2005)
Bucket Full of Teeth"Bucket Full of Teeth" (Level Plane, March 29, 2005)
Bushwick Bill (of Geto Boys)"Gutta Mixx" (producers: Bushwick Bill, Quazadelic, Thong, Sane 720; first single: "20 Minutes or More" - Hear here) (Adex/Lightyear/ Warner, March 29, 2005)
Billy Dean"Let Them Be Little" (first single: "Let Them Be Little") (Curb, March 29, 2005)
Dirtball"Pop-D-Ball" (Suburban Noize, March 29, 2005)
Dissociatives, The (Silverchair's Daniel Johns with producer Paul Mac)"The Dissociatives" (Astralwerks, March 29, 2005)
George Duke"Duke" (with bonus DVD) (Bizarre Planet, March 29, 2005)
Enemigo"Caminando" (Univision Music Group, March 29, 2005)
Evil Nine"You Can Be Special Too" (Marine Parade, March 29, 2005)
Javier Garcia"13" (Universal Latino, March 29, 2005)

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Marcia Griffiths"Shining Time" (producers: Hopeton Lindo, Syl Gordon; guests: Shaggy, Cutty Ranks, Beres Hammond, Annette Brisett) (VP, March 29, 2005)
Peter Himmelman"Imperfect World" (Majestic Recordings, March 29, 2005)
Holloway/Linden/ Mortensen"Veracini Sonatas" (ECM, March 29, 2005)
James LaBrie (Dream Theater vocalist)"Elements of Persuasion" (Inside Out U.S., March 29, 2005)
Larry the Cable Guy"The Right to Bare Arms" (Warner, March 29, 2005)
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver"You Gotta Dig a Little Deeper" (Rounder, March 29, 2005)
Mae"The Everglow" (enhanced; producer: Ken Andrews) (Tooth & Nail, March 29, 2005)
Morrison-Williams"Morrison-Williams" (Infinity Nashville, March 29, 2005)
Morrissey"Live at Earl's Court" (see related DVD below) (Attack/Sanctuary, March 29, 2005)
New Order"Waiting for the Sirens Call" (producers: Stephen Street, John Leckie, Stuart Price; guest: Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic; first single: "Krafty"; Read here) (U.K. - London, March 28, 2005; U.S. - Reprise, April 26, 2005)
N2U"Issues" (Hear here) (Virgin, March 29, 2005)
Ocean Colour Scene"Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad" (producer: Dave Eringa; Read here) (Sanctuary, March 29, 2005)
Okay"Low Road," "High Road" (Absolutely Kosher, March 29, 2005)
112"Pleasure and Pain" (guests: Jay-Z, T.I., Foxy Brown; Read here) (Def Soul Classics, March 29, 2005)
Orishas"El Kilo" (Universal Latino, March 29, 2005)
Oslo"Oslo" (producers: Oslo; first single: "Minutegun") (FKE/Majestic Recording, March 29, 2005)
Out of Eden"Hymns" (enhanced) (Gotee, March 29, 2005)
Over the Rhine"Drunkard's Prayer" (Back Porch, March 29, 2005)
David Parmley & Continental Divide"Long Time Coming" (Read here) (CMH, March 29, 2005)
Glen Phillips (ex-Toad the Wet Sprocket)"Winter Pays For Summer" (producer: John Fields; guests: Ben Folds, Jon Brion, Dan Wilson, Andy Sturmer, Kristin Mooney; first single: "Thankful" - Hear here via iTunes) (Lost Highway, March 29, 2005)
Ian Pooley"Souvenirs" (Ministry of Sound, March 29, 2005)
Reggie and the Full Effect"Songs Not to Get Married to" (Vagrant, March 29, 2005)
Paulina Rubio"Pau-Latina" (See here) (Vene Music/Universal, March 29, 2005)
Screwed Up Click"Making History" (EQ Entertainment, March 29, 2005)
Beanie Sigel"The B-Coming" (enhanced; producers: Kanye West, Just Blaze, Chad West, D. Dot, RZA; first single: "Gotta Have It"; Read here) (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam, March 29, 2005)
Will Smith"Lost and Found" (guests: Snoop Dogg, Timbaland, Kanye West, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, DJ Jazzy Jeff; first single: "Switch" - Hear here via iTunes) (Interscope, March 29, 2005)
Static Age, The"Neon Nights Electric Lives" (Tarantulas, March 29, 2005)
Stereophonics"Language. Sex. Violence. Other?" (first single: "Dakota" - Hear here via iTunes) (V2, March 29, 2005)
Superchick"Beauty From Pain" (enhanced) (InPop, March 29, 2005)
Temper Temper"Temper Temper" (Revelation, March 29, 2005)
Theory of a Deadman"Gasoline" (producer: Howard Benson) (604/Roadrunner, March 29, 2005)
Thrice"If We Could Only See Us Now [CD/DVD]" (Island, March 29, 2005)
Troop"Mayday" (producer: Steve Russell; Hear here) (Warrior, March 29, 2005)
Webb Wilder"About Time" (producer: R.S. Field) (Landslide, March 29, 2005)

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Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
Lynn Anderson"Live From the Rose Garden" (with bonus DVD) (Cleopatra, March 29, 2005)
Basement Jaxx"Singles" (2 CDs, with bonus DVD; Read here) (U.K. - XL, March 28, 2005)
David Benoit"20th Century Masters: The Best of David Benoit - The Millennium Collection" (Hip-O/Verve, March 29, 2005)
Blues Image"Blues Image/Red, White & Blues Image" (1969, 1970 albums) (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Boo Radleys, The"Anthology" (U.K. - Sanctuary, March 28, 2005)
Ray Charles"The Genius Anthology" (Master Classics, March 29, 2005)
Buddy Clark"Remembering Buddy Clark" (24-track best-of) (Collectors' Choice, March 29, 2005)
David Allan Coe"Biggest Hits" (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Concrete Blonde"The Essential Concrete Blonde" (Capitol, March 29, 2005)
Crossfade"Crossfade [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Columbia, March 29, 2005)
Rodney Crowell"But What Will the Neighbors Think/Rodney Crowell" (1980, 1981 albums) (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Sammy Davis Jr."Lonely Is the Name" (1968 album), "The Goin's Great" (1969 album) (Collectors' Choice, March 29, 2005)
Billy Dean"The Very Best of Billy Dean" (Capitol Nashville, March 29, 2005)
Dino, Desi & Billy"I'm a Fool/Our Time's Coming" (1965, 1966 albums) (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Dix, The"The Art of Picking Up Women" (lost-and-found '60s recordings presented by Prince Paul; with bonus DVD) (Smacks, March 29, 2005)
Duran Duran"Astronaut [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Epic, March 29, 2005)
Duran Duran"Greatest" (1999 album; CD/DVD deluxe edition) (Capitol, March 29, 2005)
Duke Ellington"Ellington '65" (1965 album), "Ellington '66" (1966 album) (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Game, The"West Coast Resurrection" (unreleased material) (Get Low, March 29, 2005)
Astrud Gilberto"20th Century Masters: The Best of Astrud Gilberto - The Millennium Collection" (Verve/UME, March 29, 2005)
Good Charlotte"The Chronicles of Life and Death [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Epic, March 29, 2005)
Grass Roots, The"Where Were You When I Needed You" (1966 album) (U.K. - Rev-Ola, March 28, 2005)
Tish Hinojosa"A Heart Wide Open" (2000 album) (Valley, March 29, 2005)
Engelbert Humperdinck"Let There Be Love" (released in U.K. on Feb. 14; best-of, with three new tracks) (Hip-O/Verve, March 29, 2005)
Indigo Girls"All That We Let In [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Epic, March 29, 2005)
Jack Ingram"Acoustic Motel" (Feb. 14, 2003, show at the Cactus Theater in Lubbock, Texas) (Ram, March 29, 2005)
Mahalia Jackson"The Essential" (with bonus DVD) (Madacy, March 29, 2005)
Antonio Carlos Jobim"20th Century Masters: The Best of Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Millennium Collection" (Verve/UME, March 29, 2005)
George Jones"Dispatches 1990-99: A Critical Collection" (Raven, March 29, 2005)
Lamb of God"Ashes of the Wake [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Epic, March 29, 2005)
Trini Lopez"The Latin Album" (1964 album) (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Kirsty MacColl"From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology" (3 CDs; Read here) (U.K. - EMI, March 28, 2005)
Martina McBride"The Way That I Am" (1993 album) (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Nellie McKay"Get Away From Me [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Columbia, March 29, 2005)
John Mellencamp"A Biography" (1979 album; remastered, with one bonus track), "John Cougar" (1979 album; remastered, with one bonus track), "Nothin' Matters and What If It Did?" (1980 album; remastered, with one bonus track), "American Fool" (1982 album; remastered, with one bonus track), "Uh-Huh" (1983 album; remastered, with one bonus track) (Mercury/UME, March 29, 2005)
Motels, The"The Essential Collection" (Capitol, March 29, 2005)
Trish Murphy"Girls Get in Free" (2003 album) (Valley, March 29, 2005)
Charlie Parker"Very Best of the Dial Years" (Master Classics, March 29, 2005)
Procol Harum"Procol's Ninth" (1975 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Something Magic" (1977 album) (Friday Music, March 29, 2005)
A.B. Quintanilla & The Kumbia Kings"Duetos" (includes two duets with Quintanilla's sister, the late Selena) (International - EMI, March 29, 2005)
Helen Reddy"I Don't Know How to Love Him/Helen Reddy" (1971 albums) (Raven, March 29, 2005)
Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts"Angel of the Morning" (1968 album; remastered) (Collectors' Choice, March 29, 2005)
Scarface"The World Is Yours" (1993 album), "Last of a Dying Breed" (2000 album) (Rap-A-Lot, March 29, 2005)
Vonda Shepard"Vonda Shepard Live: Retrospective" (with bonus DVD) (Jacket, March 29, 2005)
Chris Spheeris"Best of Chris Spheeris 1990-2000" (Essence, March 29, 2005)
Jessica Simpson"In This Skin [DualDisc]" (2003 album) (Columbia, March 29, 2005)
Soulive"Steady Groovin': The Blue Note Groove Sides" (Blue Note, March 29, 2005)
Spirit"Future Games: A Magical-Kahauna Dream/Spirit of '84" (1977, 1984 albums on one disc) (U.K. - BGO, March 28, 2005)
Billy Squier"Absolute Hits" (Capitol, March 29, 2005)
Sting"Bring On the Night" (1986 album; remastered; see DVD version below) (A&M/UME, March 29, 2005)
George Strait"Love Collection" (Madacy, March 29, 2005)
Tangerine Dream"East" (1990 live album) (Tangerine Dream International, March 29, 2005)
Mel Tormé"20th Century Masters: The Best of Mel Tormé - The Millennium Collection" (Hip-O/Verve, March 29, 2005)
Uriah Heep"Abominog" (1982 album; with six bonus tracks), "Head First" (1983 album; with five bonus tracks)(U.K. - Sanctuary, March 28, 2005)
Townes Van Zandt"Legend" (Snapper Music, March 29, 2005)
Various artists"Let's Hear It for the 90s, Vol. 1" (2 CDs) (Megahit, March 29, 2005)
Various artists"20 Greatest Hits 1990-2000" (Univision Music Group, March 29, 2005)
Various artists"Ultimate Dance Remix" (Water Music, March 29, 2005)
Various artists"Western Swing and Country Jazz [box set]" (JSP, March 29, 2005)
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, The"In the Jungle, Babe" (1969 album) (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Slim Whitman"Absolutely the Best of Slim Whitman" (Fuel 2000, March 29, 2005)
Andy Williams"Love Songs" (Collectables, March 29, 2005)
Gretchen Wilson"Here for the Party [DualDisc]" (2004 album) (Sony Music Nashville, March 29, 2005)

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Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
AC/DC"Family Jewels [DVD]" (2 discs) (Sony, March 29, 2005)
GG Allin"Savage South: Best of 1992 Tour [DVD]" (Music Video Distributors, March 29, 2005)
Brothers Johnson, The"Strawberry Letter 23 Live [DVD]" (Music Video Distributors, March 29, 2005)
Kelly Clarkson"Behind Hazel Eyes [DVD]" (Ventura, March 29, 2005)
Gerry and the Pacemakers"Filmed Live at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow [DVD]" (1990 performance) (Kultur, March 29, 2005)
Tom Hanks"Apollo 13: 10th Anniversary Edition [DVD]" (1995 film; 2 discs) (UMVD, March 29, 2005)
George Harrison"George Harrison: A Beatle in Benton, Illinois [DVD]" (documentary; Read here) (Music Video Distributors, March 29, 2005)
Phyllis Hyman"Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies [DVD]" (Tony Award-winning musical) (Kultur, March 29, 2005)
Angela Lansbury"Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (CBS series, 1984-85 season; 3 discs) (Atlantic/Rhino, March 29, 2005)
Lulu"Lulu Live! [DVD]" (filmed during her 1989 Red Hot Tour) (Kultur, March 29, 2005)
Mamas & the Papas, the"California Dreamin': The Songs of the Mamas & the Papas [DVD]" (Universal, March 29, 2005)
Morrissey"Who Put the 'M' in Manchester [DVD]" (May 22, 2004, show in his hometown) (Attack/Sanctuary, March 29, 2005)
Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Julia Roberts"Closer [DVD]" (Columbia TriStar, March 29, 2005)
Rod Serling"The Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition - Season 2 [DVD]" (CBS sci-fi series, 1960-61 season; 6 discs) (Image, March 29, 2005)
Sting"Bring On the Night [DVD]" (A&M/UME, March 29, 2005)
Various artists"California Classic Rock [DVD]" (Standing Room Only, March 29, 2005)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s):Title:Publisher/Due date:
Beatles, The"Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with The Beatles" (author: Tony Bramwell, a childhood friend of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison who later worked at Apple Records) (Thomas Dunne Books, April 1, 2005)
J.D. Biersdorfer"iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual (Second Edition): The book that should have been in the box" (Pogue Press, April 1, 2005)
Joseph Horowitz"Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall" (W.W. Norton & Co., March 30, 2005)
William Howland Kennedy"Jazz on the River" (University of Chicago Press, April 1, 2005)
Led Zeppelin"Led Zeppelin: The Press Reports ..." (author: Robert Godwin) (Collector's Guide Publishing, April 1, 2005)
Elvis Presley"Untold Gold: The Stories Behind Elvis's #1 Hits" (author: Ace Collins) (Chicago Press Review, April 1, 2005)
Gene Rizzo"The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time" (Hal Leonard, March 30, 2005)

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