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AUG. 30, 2005

Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
Yolanda Adams"Day By Day" (first single: "Be Blessed" - Hear here via iTunes) (Atlantic, Aug. 30, 2005)
Anasol"Anasol" (Univision Music Group, Aug. 30, 2005)
Anastacia"Anastacia" (producers: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, Dallas Austin, John Shanks, Ric Wake, Richie Jones; guest: P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval; first single: "Left Outside Alone" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here) (Daylight/Columbia, Aug. 30, 2005)
Apache Indian"Time for Change" (guests: Desmond Dekker, Luciano, Pras; first single: a cover of Dekker's "Israelites"; Hear here; Read here) (Explorer, Aug. 30, 2005)
Audio Adrenaline"Until My Heart Caves In" (producer: Jay Joyce) (ForeFront, Aug. 30, 2005)
Becoming the Archetype"Terminate Damnation" (enhanced; Read here) (Solid State, Aug. 30, 2005)
Big Boy"El Comeback" (Universal Latino, Aug. 30, 2005)
Biohazard"Means to an End" (Steamhammer/SPV, Aug. 30, 2005)
BodyRockers"BodyRockers" (Universal, Aug. 30, 2005)
Brooks & Dunn"Hillbilly Deluxe" (producer: Tony Brown; guests: Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill; Read here) (Arista Nashville, Aug. 30, 2005)
Casting Crowns"Lifesong" (Hear here) (Beach Street/ Reunion/Provident, Aug. 30, 2005)

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Eric Clapton"Back Home" (first album of new original material in nearly five years; includes some cover versions; producers: Clapton, Simon Climie; guests: Steve Winwood, John Mayer, Robert Randolph, Chris Stainton, Stephen Marley, etc.; first single: "Revolution" - Hear here via iTunes; Media player; Read here) (Duck/Reprise, Aug. 30, 2005)
Cold"A Different Kind of Pain" (producer: Michael "Elvis" Baskette; first single: "Happens All the Time" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here) (Lava/Atlantic, Aug. 30, 2005)
Conjure One"Extraordinary Ways" (Nettwerk, Aug. 30, 2005)
Coral, The"The Invisible Invasion" (producers: Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley; first single: "In the Morning" - Hear here via iTunes; Hear/read here) (Deltasonic/Columbia, Aug. 30, 2005)
Czar-Nok"That One Way" (guests: Three 6 Mafia; first single: "Pimp Tight") (Priority/Capitol, Aug. 30, 2005)
Craig David"The Story Goes ..." (first single: "All the Way"; Read here) (U.K. - Atlantic, Aug. 29, 2005; U.S. - October 2005)
Death Cab for Cutie"Plans" (first single: "Soul Meets Body" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here) (Atlantic, Aug. 30, 2005)
Facing New York"Facing New York" (Five One Inc., Aug. 30, 2005)
From Autumn to Ashes"Abandon Your Friends" (Hear here) (Vagrant, Aug. 30, 2005)
Goldfrapp"Supernature" (first single: "Ooh La La") (Mute, Aug. 30, 2005)
Euge Groove"Just Feels Right" (Narada, Aug. 30, 2005)
Macy Gray"Live in Las Vegas" (see DVD version below) (Nutech Digital, Aug. 30, 2005)
Hackensaw Boys"Love What You Do" (Nettwerk, Aug. 30, 2005)
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra"Not in Our Name" (arranged, conducted by Carla Bley) (Verve, Aug. 30, 2005)
Herbie Hancock"Possibilities" (guests: Sting, Carlos Santana, Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Damien Rice, Trey Anastasio, etc.) (Vector, Aug. 30, 2005)
Dave Holland/Barre Phillips"Music From Two Basses" (ECM, Aug. 30, 2005)
J-Live"The Hear After" (Penalty/Ryko, Aug. 30, 2005)
Journey"Generations" (each member, including singer Robert Fleischman, sings lead vocals on at least one song; producer: Kevin Elson; Read here; Concert info) (Europe - Frontiers, Aug. 30, 2005; U.S. - Sanctuary, Oct. 4, 2005)
Joy Electric"The Ministry of Archers" (enhanced) (Tooth & Nail, Aug. 30, 2005)
Knoc-Turn'al"Return of the Hustler" (Sonic Wave, Aug. 30, 2005)
Steve Kuhn"Trance" (ECM, Aug. 30, 2005)
Lazy"Incorporated" (Water Music, Aug. 30, 2005)
Wynton Marsalis"Amongst the People: Live at The House of Tribes" (Dec. 15, 2004, performance in New York) (Angel, Aug. 30, 2005)

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Moistboyz "Moistboyz IV" (Hear here; see related reissue below) (Sanctuary, Aug. 30, 2005)
Olivia Newton-John"Stronger Than Before" (10-track album promotes/ benefits breast cancer awareness/research; one track, "Phenomenal Woman," is based on a Maya Angelou poem; Read here) (Hallmark Gold Crown, Sept. 1, 2005 - will be sold exclusively in Hallmark stores through Oct. 31)
Noisettes, The"Three Moods of the Noisettes [EP]" (enhanced) (Low Altitude, Aug. 30, 2005)
Noztra"Ya' Ain't Ready" (Machete Music, Aug. 30, 2005)
OK Go"Oh No" (producer: Tore Johansson; mixing engineer: Dave Sardy; first single: "Do What You Want") (Capitol, Aug. 30, 2005)
Opeth"Ghost Reveries" (Roadrunner, Aug. 30, 2005)
Our Lady Peace"Healthy in Paranoid Times" (producer: Bob Rock; first single: "Where Are You" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here) (Columbia, Aug. 30, 2005)
Les Paul"Les Paul & Friends" (Paul's first album since 1978; guests: Eric Clapton, Sting, Buddy Guy, Keith Richards, Steve Miller, Richie Sambora, Peter Frampton, Jeff Beck, Joan Osborne, Joss Stone, etc.) (Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing, Aug. 30, 2005)
Julian Priester"Love, Love" (ECM, Aug. 30, 2005)
Program the Dead"Program the Dead" (first single: "Point the Finger" - Hear here) (Universal, Aug. 30, 2005)
Rihanna"Music of the Sun" (first single: "Pon de Replay" - Hear here via iTunes; Read here) (Def Jam, Aug. 30, 2005)
Sizzla"Da Real Live Thing [CD/DVD]" (VP/Atlantic, Aug. 30, 2005)
Marty Stuart"Souls' Chapel" (gospel album) (Superlatone/Universal South, Aug. 30, 2005)
30 Seconds to Mars"A Beautiful Lie" (producer: Josh Abraham; first single: "Attack" - Hear here via iTunes) (Immortal/Virgin, Aug. 30, 2005)
Supercreep"Supercreep" (Read here) (Pat's Record Company/Universal, Aug. 30, 2005)
Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson"Healing Mind System 2.0" (Relaxation, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Jamie Oldaker's Mad Dogs & Okies" (compilation album features new songs by Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Peter Frampton, etc.) (Concord, Aug. 30, 2005)
Vendetta Red"Sisters of the Red Death" (producer: Howard Benson; first single: "Shiver" - Hear here via iTunes; Hear here) (Epic, Aug. 30, 2005)
Kanye West"Late Registration" (guest: John Mayer; first single: "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" - Hear here via iTunes) (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam, Aug. 30, 2005)
Tony Yayo"Thoughts of a Predicate Felon" (first single: "So Seductive," featuring 50 Cent - Hear here via iTunes) (G-Unit/Interscope, Aug. 30, 2005)
Young Jeezy"Go Crazy [CD-single]" (featuring Jay-Z) (Def Jam, Aug. 30, 2005)

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Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
Cannonball Adderley Sextet, The"The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York" (1962 album; remastered) (Riverside, Aug. 30, 2005)
Mose Allison"Ramblin' with Mose" (1958 album; remastered) (Prestige, Aug. 30, 2005)
Bloc Party"Silent Alarm Remixed" (2005 album) (Dim Mak/Vice/Atlantic, Aug. 30, 2005)
Cannibal & The Headhunters"Land of 1000 Dances" (1965 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) (Varese, Aug. 30, 2005)
Kenny Drew Trio"Kenny Drew Trio" (1956 album; remastered) (Fantasy, Aug. 30, 2005)
Bob Dylan"No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - The Bootleg Series Vol. 7" (2-CD companion piece to Martin Scorsese's documentary on Dylan; to be available in retail stores), "Bob Dylan: Live at the Gaslight 1962" (will be available only at Starbucks stores, issued on the same release date; Read here) (Columbia/Legacy, Aug. 30, 2005)
Snooks Eaglin"New Orleans Street Singer" (1959 album) (Smithsonian Folkways, Aug. 30, 2005)
Bill Evans Trio"Bill Evans Trio at Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood, California" (1964 album; remastered) (Galaxy, Aug. 30, 2005)
Le Tigre"This Island Remixes" (2004 album) (Chicks on Speed, Aug. 30, 2005)
Abbey Lincoln"Abbey Is Blue" (1959 album; remastered) (Riverside, Aug. 30, 2005)
Marillion"This Strange Engine" (1997 live album) (U.K. - Sanctuary, Aug. 29, 2005)
Mercyful Fate"Melissa" (1983 album; 2 CDs; remastered) (Roadrunner, Aug. 30, 2005)
Ethel Merman"The World Is Your Balloon featuring Ray Bolger & Jimmy Durante" (Decca, Aug. 30, 2005)
Moistboyz"Moistboyz I & II" (1996 albums; with one bonus track) (Sanctuary, Aug. 30, 2005)
Thelonious Monk"Thelonious Alone in San Francisco" (1959 album; remastered) (Riverside, Aug. 30, 2005)
Art Pepper"Winter Moon" (1980 album; remastered) (Galaxy, Aug. 30, 2005)
Rolling Stones, The"Sticky Fingers [O-Card]" (1971 album; O-Card is a plastic slipcover), "Exile on Main St. [O-Card]" (1972 album), "Goats Head Soup [O-Card]" (1973 album), "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll [O-Card]" (1974 album), "Black & Blue [O-Card]" (1976 album), "Some Girls [O-Card]" (1978 album), "Emotional Rescue [O-Card]" (1980 album), "Tattoo You [O-Card]" (1981 album), "Flashpoint [O-Card]" (1991 album) (Virgin, Aug. 30, 2005)
Sonny Rollins"Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert" (live at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Sept. 15, 2001; Rollins was living in a Chambers Street high-rise only six blocks away from the World Trade Center at the time of the 9/11 attacks) (Milestone, Aug. 30, 2005)
Earl Scruggs"Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends" (1972 album) (Madacy, Aug. 30, 2005)
Small Faces"Immediate Album Collection" (3 CDs, 48 tracks) (U.K. - Castle, Aug. 29, 2005)
Todd Snider"That Was Me: The Best of Todd Snider 1994-1998" (MCA Nashville/UME, Aug. 30, 2005)
Barbra Streisand"Guilty: 25th Anniversary Edition [DualDisc]" (1980 album; remastered) (Columbia/Legacy, Aug. 30, 2005)
Cal Tjader/Mary Stallings"Cal Tjader Plays/Mary Stallings Sings" (1961 album; remastered) (Fantasy, Aug. 30, 2005)
McCoy Tyner"Passion Dance" (1978 album; remastered) (Milestone, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Absolutely the Best of the 70's, Vol. 2" (Fuel 2000, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Another Lost Decade: The 80s - The 2nd British Invasion" (Time Life, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Austin City Limits Music Festival - Live From Austin, TX 2004" (performances by the Neville Brothers, Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, Dashboard Confessional, Blind Boys of Alabama, etc.; see DVD version below) (Rhino, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Basquiat Salutes Jazz" (Prestige, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Casey Kasem Presents- America's Top 10: The 70's, Rock's Greatest Hits," "Casey Kasem Presents - America's Top 10: The 80's, Rock's Greatest Hits," "Casey Kasem Presents - America's Top 10: The 90's, Rock's Greatest Hits" (Top Sail Productions, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"C'est Nu:Jazz" (Sunswept, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Classic Country Somebody Done Me Wrong Songs" (Time Life, Aug. 30, 2005)
Mary Lou Williams"My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me" (1977 album; remastered) (Pablo, Aug. 30, 2005)
George Winston"Summer" (1990 album; enhanced, with a bonus track) (Windham Hill/Legacy, Aug. 30, 2005)

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Artist:Title:Label/Due date:
Blues Brothers, The"The Blues Brothers (25th Anniversary Edition) [DVD]" (1980 film) (Universal, Aug. 30, 2005)
Bobby Brown"20th Century Masters: The DVD Collection [DVD]" (Universal, Aug. 30, 2005)
George Carlin"Doin' It Again [DVD]" (1990 HBO performance) (MPI, Aug. 30, 2005)
Macy Gray"Live in Las Vegas [DVD]" (Nutech Digital, Aug. 30, 2005)
Mark Hamill, Annie Potts"Corvette Summer [DVD]" (1978 film) (Warner, Aug. 30, 2005)
Joe Jackson"20th Century Masters: The DVD Collection [DVD]" (Universal, Aug. 30, 2005)
Olivia Newton-John"Olivia Newton-John - Video Gold I [DVD]," "Olivia Newton-John - Video Gold II [DVD]" (Read here) (Geffen/UME, Aug. 30, 2005)
Julia Roberts, Richard Gere"Pretty Woman: 15th Anniversary Special Edition [DVD]" (1990 film) (Buena Vista, Aug. 30, 2005)
Smokey Robinson"20th Century Masters: The DVD Collection [DVD]" (Universal, Aug. 30, 2005)
Spandau Ballet"Live at the N.E.C. [DVD]" (filmed in 1986 on their "Through the Barricades" tour) (Columbia/Legacy, Aug. 30, 2005)
Tesla"20th Century Masters: The DVD Collection [DVD]" (Universal, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Austin City Limits Music Festival - Live From Austin, TX 2004 [DVD]" (2 discs) (Rhino, Aug. 30, 2005)
Various artists"Petticoat Junction - Ultimate Collection [DVD]" (1960s CBS sitcom; 3 discs; 20 episodes) (MPI, Aug. 30, 2005)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s):Title:Publisher/Due date:
AMSCO Music Staff"Family Christmas Songbook [Paperback]" (AMSCO Music, Aug. 30, 2005)
Kermit E. Campbell"Gettin' Our Groove On: Rhetoric, Language, And Literacy for the Hip Hop Generation [Paperback]" (Wayne State University Press, Aug. 30, 2005)
Johnny Cash"Cash: An American Man [Paperback]" (author: Bill Miller) (CMT, Sept. 1, 2005)
John Denver"John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads [Hardcover]" (children's book; score and CD included; adapted and illustrated by Christopher Canyon) (Dawn Publications, Sept. 1, 2005)
Anthony Kiedis (of Red Hot Chili Peppers)"Scar Tissue [Paperback]" (author: Larry Sloman) (Hyperion, Sept. 1, 2005)
Ronald D. Lankford"Folk Music U.S.A.: The Changing Voice of Protest [Paperback]" (Schirmer Books, Sept. 1, 2005)
Madonna"Inspirations [Hardcover]" (author: Essential Works) (Andrew McMeel Publishing, Sept. 1, 2005)
Scrivani-Tidd"The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History [Hardcover]" (6-volume set) (Greenwood Publishing Group, Aug. 30, 2005)
Usher"Usher: 2006 Wall Calendar" (Signatures Network, Sept. 1, 2005)

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