MAY 29, 2007
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Jason Aldean |
"Relentless" (producer: Michael Knox; guest: Miranda Lambert; first single: "Johnny Cash"; Hear here) |
(Broken Bow, May 29, 2007) |
| Cary Brothers |
"Who You Are" (Hear here) |
(bluhammock music/Procrastination Music, May 29, 2007) |
| Circa Survive |
"On Letting Go" (producer: Brian McTernan; Hear here) |
(Equal Vision, May 29, 2007) |
| John Dunbar (former leader of A Confederacy of Dunces) |
"Excursions in Trevorland" (songs were short stories from acclaimed Irish author William Trevor adapted into melodic indie-pop; first single: "The Day We Got Drunk On Cake"; Hear here) |
(Heartpunch, May 29, 2007) |
| Infernal |
"From Paris to Berlin" (includes a cover of Laura Branigan's "Self Control"; Hear here) |
(U.K. - Apollo/Island, May 28, 2007) |
| R. Kelly |
"Double Up" (guests: Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Ludacris, T.I., T-Pain, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Young Dro; first single: "I'm a Flirt"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Jive, May 29, 2007) |
| Gary Moore |
"Close As You Get" (producers: Moore, Ian Taylor; Hear here) |
(Eagle, May 29, 2007) |
| Johnette Napolitano (of Concrete Blonde) |
"Scarred" (includes covers of Coldplay's "The Scientist" and the Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties"; Hear here) |
(Hybrid Recordings, May 29, 2007) |
| Len Price 3, The |
"Rentacrowd" (Hear here; Read here) |
(Wicked Cool/RED, May 29, 2007) |
| Russian National Orchestra (conductor: Lee Johnson) |
"Dead Symphony: An Orchestral Tribute to the Music of the Grateful Dead" (Read here) |
(Jammates, May 29, 2007) |
| Satellite Party (Perry Farrell and Nuno Bettencourt) |
"Ultra Payloaded" (includes an unreleased Jim Morrison vocal track on "Woman in the Window"; producers: Farrell, Bettencourt; executive producer: Steve Lillywhite; guests: Fergie, New Order's Peter Hook, Thievery Corporation, Hybrid, film composer Harry Gregson-Williams, Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante and Flea; first single: "Kinky"; Read here) |
(Columbia, May 29, 2007) |
| Sleepytime Gorilla Museum |
"In Glorious Times" (Hear here; Read here) |
(The End, May 29, 2007) |
| Jay Soto |
"Stay Awhile" (producers: Jeff Lorber, Paul Brown, Darren Rahn, Mario Mendivil; guests: Jeffrey Osborne, Lorber, Euge Groove, Michael Lington; Hear/read here) |
(nuGROOVE, May 29, 2007) |
| Eric Terdjman |
"Galactic Funk" (first single: title track; Hear here) |
(Terdjman, June 2, 2007) |
| Richard Thompson |
"Sweet Warrior" (producers: Thompson, Simon Tassano; Hear here; Read here) |
(Shout! Factory, May 29, 2007) |
| Us3 |
"Say What?!" (guests: Adeline, Akil Dasan, Gaston; first single: "Say You Belong to Me"; Hear here) |
(U.K. - Us3.com, May 28, 2007) |
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| Herb Alpert |
"Rise" (1979 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks - an alternate version of "Rotation" and a 2007 dance mix of "Aranjuez [Mon Amour]"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Shout! Factory, May 29, 2007) |
| John Anderson |
"2" (1981 album) |
(American Beat, May 29, 2007) |
| Lou Ann Barton |
"Old Enough" (1982 album) |
(American Beat, May 29, 2007) |
| Jeff Beck |
"Official Bootleg USA '06" (2006 live album previously available only at live shows or online) |
(U.K. - Epic, May 28, 2007) |
| Black Oak Arkansas |
"Live Mutha" (1976 album; recorded at the Long Beach Auditorium in Long Beach, Calif.) |
(American Beat, May 29, 2007) |
| China Crisis |
"Singing the Praise of Finer Things" (recorded live at the Sir Paul McCartney Academy in Liverpool in 2005) |
(U.K. - Dream Catcher, May 28, 2007) |
| Tim Hardin |
"Through the Years: Rare & Unreleased Studio Recordings" (covering 1964-1966) |
(U.K. - Lilith, May 28, 2007) |
| Richard Hawley |
"Richard Hawley" (2001 EP, with five bonus tracks) |
(U.K. - Setanta, May 28, 2007) |
| Nils Lofgren & Grin |
"1+1/All Out" (1972, 1973 albums on one disc; remastered, with one bonus track) |
(U.K. - Acadia, May 28, 2007) |
| Alan Parsons Project |
"Eve" (1979 album; remastered), "Ammonia Avenue" (1984 album; remastered), "Gaudi" (1987 album; remastered) |
(U.K. - Sony BMG, May 28, 2007) |
| Ray Price |
"The Essential Ray Price" (2 CDs) |
(Columbia/Legacy, May 29, 2007) |
| Judee Sill |
"Live in London: The BBC Recordings 1972-1973" |
(U.K. - Water, May 28, 2007) |
| Smithereens, The |
"Green Thoughts" (1988 album) |
(American Beat, May 29, 2007) |
| Spinners |
"Love Trippin' " (1980 album; featuring the hit medleys "Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl" and "Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time") |
(American Beat, May 29, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"From the Velvets to the Voidoids: U.S. Punk Rock Roots 1970-1978" (2 CDs) |
(U.K. - Rhino, May 28, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"1977: The Spirit of Punk" (2 CDs; Track listing) |
(U.K. - Virgin, May 28, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"90s Anthems" (2 CDs; 34 tracks, featuring Blur, Portishead, The Cranberries, Stereo MC's, Fatboy Slim, Primal Scream, The Orb, Björk, Happy Mondays, Radiohead, James, The La's, The Stone Roses, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, etc.) |
(U.K. - Universal, May 28, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"Real Life, Permanent Dreams: A Cornucopia of British Psychedelia 1965-70 [box set]" (4 CDs; Hear here/Track listing) |
(U.K. - Castle, May 28, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"Sweet Soul Music: The Best of Stax" (2 CDs) |
(U.K. - UMTV, May 28, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"Transformers: The Movie" (1986 soundtrack album, featuring the voices of Eric Idle, Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, Robert Stack and Orson Welles) |
(Volcano/Legacy, May 29, 2007) |
| Violinski (ELO spinoff) |
"Clog Dance: The Very Best of Violinski" (remastered, with previously unreleased tracks; See here) |
(U.K. - Castle, May 28, 2007) |
| Russell Watson |
"The Voice: The Ultimate Collection" (with two bonus tracks) |
(Decca, May 29, 2007) |
| Gary Wright |
"First Signs of Life [CD/DVD]" (1995 album), "Human Love" (1999 album) |
(U.K. - Acadia, May 28, 2007) |
| Zebra |
"No Tellin' Lies/3.V" (1984, 1986 albums on one disc) |
(American Beat, May 29, 2007) |
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| Les Claypool |
"Fancy [DVD]" (live disc filmed during 2006 tour) |
(Prawn Song, May 29, 2007) |
| Dinosaur Jr. |
"Dinosaur Jr.: Live From the Middle East [DVD]" (filmed at Boston's Middle East, New York's Irving Plaza and other shows along the band's December 2005 tour) |
(Image, May 29, 2007) |
| Paul Rodgers |
"Live in Glasgow [DVD]" |
(Eagle Vision, May 29, 2007) |
| UB40 |
"Live at Montreux 2002 [DVD]" |
(Eagle Vision, May 29, 2007) |
| Various artists |
"F Troop: The Complete Second Season [DVD]" (6 discs; ABC sitcom, 1966-67 season; Read here), "F Troop: The Complete First and Second Seasons [DVD]" |
(Warner, May 29, 2007) |
MUSIC BOOKS
| Subject/ Author(s): |
Title: |
Publisher/Due date: |
| Leonard Cohen |
"Book of Longing [Paperback]" |
(Ecco, May 29, 2007) |
| Fats Domino |
"Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll [Paperback]" (author: Rick Coleman) |
(Perseus Books Group, May 30, 2007) |
| Billy Joel |
"Billy Joel: The Biography [Hardcover]" (author: Mark Bego) |
(Thunder's Mouth Press, May 28, 2007) |
| David Marks |
"The Lost Beach Boy: The True Story of David Marks, one of the founding members of the Beach Boys [Hardcover]" (authors: Jon Stebbins, Marks) |
(Virgin Books, May 29, 2007) |
| Willie Nelson |
"Willie Nelson: The Outlaw [Paperback]" (author: Graeme Thomson; introduction by Keith Richards) |
(Virgin Books, May 29, 2007) |
| Elvis Presley |
"Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business [Hardcover]" (authors: Sonny West, Marshall Terrill) |
(Triumph Books, May 28, 2007) |
| Roni Sariq |
"Third Coast: OutKast, Timbaland, & How Hip Hop Became a Southern Thing [Paperback]" |
(Perseus Books Group, May 30, 2007) |
| Frank Sinatra |
"Frank Sinatra: The Man, The Music, The Legend [Paperback]" (editors: Jeanne Fuchs, Ruth Prigozy) |
(University of Rochester Press, June 1, 2007) |
| Tom Wright (photographer) |
"Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out [Hardcover]" (co-author: Susan VanHecke; foreward by Pete Townshend) |
(Hal Leonard, May 31, 2007) |
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