New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ryan Adams | “Gimme Something Good [7″ Vinyl]” (producer: Glyn Johns; Hear here) | (Blue Note) |
| Bad Suns (Southern California rock band) | “Language & Perspective” (producer: Eric Palmquist; first single: “Cardiac Arrest”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Vagrant) |
| Corrosion of Conformity | “IX” (producers: Corrosion of Conformity, John Custer; first single: “On Your Way”; Hear here; MP3) | (Candlelight) |
| Electric Citizen (Cincinnati heavy-rock quartet) | “Sateen” (Hear here; MP3) | (EasyRider) |
| Eno • Hyde | “High Life” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warp) |
| Every Time I Die | “From Parts Unknown” (producer: Kurt Ballou; Hear here; MP3) | (Epitaph) |
| Colt Ford | “Thanks For Listening” (guests: Keith Urban, Chase Rice, Lee Brice, Justin Moore, Jerrod Niemann, Randy Houser, etc.; first single: “The High Life,” feat. Chase Rice; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Average Joes Entertainment) |
| Neil Patrick Harris | “Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (producers: “Hedwig” composer Stephen Trask, Tim O’Heir, Justin Craig; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Kobra and The Lotus | “High Priestess” (producer: Johnny K; Hear here; MP3) | (Titan Music) |
| Jim Lauderdale | “I’m a Song” (Hear here) | (Sky Crunch) |
| Corb Lund (Canadian roots artist) | “Counterfeit Blues” (recorded live at Sun Studio in Memphis; Hear here; See here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (New West) |
| MAGIC! | “Don’t Kill the Magic” (first single: “Rude”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Latium / RCA) |
| My Fictions (rock quartet from Lowell, Mass.) | “Stranger Songs” (first single: “Stubborn”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Topshelf) |
| Old Crow Medicine Show | “Remedy” (producer: Ted Hutt; first single: “Sweet Amarillo”; Hear here; MP3) | (ATO) |
| Marcus O’Neill (former Big Strides frontman) | “Way Beyond the Sugar Beet” (first single: “Regrets, Secrets”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Tall Order) |
| Red Wanting Blue | “Little America” (producer: Jamie Candiloro; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Fanatic) |
| Jeff Russo | “Fargo (An Original MGM / FXP Television Series)” (Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Seether | “Isolate and Medicate” (producer: Brendan O’Brien; first single: “Words As Weapons”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (The Bicycle Music Company / Concord) |
| Trey Songz | “Trigga” (producers: DJ Mustard, Soundz, The Insomniaks; new single: “Smart Phones”; Hear here; MP3) | (Songbook Entertainment / Atlantic) |
| Robin Thicke | “Paula” (first single: “Get Her Back”; Hear/read here; MP3) | (Star Trak / Interscope) |
| Various artists | “Game of Thrones, Season 4: Music from the HBO Series” (scored by Ramin Djawadi; Hear/read here; MP3) | (WaterTower Music) |
More Releases for the Week of July 1, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Emmy Bachmann (pop singer from Stow, Ohio) | “Stranger [MP3]” (five-song EP; ReverbNation; See here) | (Emmy Bachmann, July 4) |
| George Cahill | “Songs of Redemption [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (George Cahill, June 28) |
| Hotel Books | “I’m Almost Happy Here But I Never Feel At Home [MP3]” (new single: “Cult Leader”; See here) | (InVogue) |
| Bubby Jackson (indie rocker from Elkton, Md.) | “Wanna Know [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Bubby Jackson, July 4) |
| King Hookiss (aka EDM artist John Matthew Patrick) | “To the Edges of the Earth Mixes [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Hooki-Sonic Recordings, July 4) |
| NONONO (Swedish alt-pop trio) | “We Are Only What We Feel [MP3]” (first single: “Pumpin Blood”; Hear here) | (Warner) |
| Octopus Syng | “Reverberating Garden No. 7 [MP3]” (producer: Jaire Pätäri; first single: “Listen to the Moths”; Hear here) | (Mega Dodo, June 30) |
| Maxi Priest | “Easy to Love [MP3]” (producers: Colin “Bulby” York, Handel Tucker, Red Boyz, Andre “GC” Fennell, Livingstone Brown; guests: Sly & Robbie, Shabba Ranks, Beres Hammond; first single: “Easy to Love”; Hear here; See here; CD) | (VP) |
| Rocket (L.A. alt-rock band) | “Hey Baby [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Rocket) |
| Run Jenny (all-female pop/rock quintet based in New Haven, Conn.) | “Therapy Sessions [MP3]” (producers: Run Jenny, Phil Greene; guest: tenor sax player Michael Antunes; first single: “Goodbyes”; ReverbNation) | (Run Jenny) |
| Various artists | “Hooki-Sonic Recordings Summer Sampler [MP3]” (30-song compilation includes King Hookiss, Viper, Eygency, Nemato, Echoplex Twins, etc.; Hear here) | (Hooki-Sonic Recordings, June 30) |
| Jackie Venson (Austin soul singer) | “The Light In Me [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Jackie Venson, June 29) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bad Company | “Bad Company [180-gram vinyl]” (1974 album; remastered), “Straight Shooter [180-gram vinyl]” (1974 album; remastered) | (Rhino) |
| Bombadil | “Tarpits and Canyonlands [Vinyl]” (2009 album) | (Ramseur) |
| Bon Jovi | “New Jersey (Deluxe Edition)” (1988 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks and a second CD of “Sons of Beaches” demos; Read here; Single CD; Super Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Island / UMe) |
| Cabaret Voltaire | “#7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978-1985)” (Vinyl) | (Mute) |
| Gal Costa | “Gal Costa” (1969 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music / Dusty Groove) |
| Deep Purple | “Deep Purple In Concert ’72 [180-gram vinyl]” (1972 album; remastered) | (Rhino / Parlophone) |
| Ronnie Dove | “The Complete Original Chart Hits 1964-1969” (21 tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | “Brain Salad Surgery (Deluxe Edition)” (1973 album; remastered, with two discs containing the Alternate Album Mix and a DVD-A of Super Stereo Mixes) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Grateful Dead | “Dick’s Picks Vol. 17: Boston Garden 9/25/91” (three CDs, 24 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| The Levon Helm Band | “The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3” (2005-2010 performances; guests: Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Chris Robinson; Read here; Vinyl) | (Vanguard / Levon Helm Studios) |
| The Jayhawks | “Sound of Lies (Deluxe Edition)” (1997 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks and expanded booklet), “Smile (Deluxe Edition)” (2000 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks and expanded booklet), “Rainy Day Music (Deluxe Edition)” (2003 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks and expanded booklet; Read here) | (American Recordings / UMe) |
| Jethro Tull | “A Passion Play: An Extended Performance [CD/DVD]” (1973 album; remastered, with earlier Château d’Hérouville sessions, mixed to 5.1 surround sound and new stereo mixes by Steven Wilson; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| B.B. King | “Blues Is King” (1967 live album; remastered; see related DVD below) | (Traffic Entertainment) |
| Lulu | “The Atco Sessions 1969-1972” (two CDs, 39 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Bob Marley and the Wailers | “Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers – 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [CD + Blu-ray Pure Audio Disc]” (1984 album; mixed in 5.1 by Bob Clearmountain; with bonus tracks; Vinyl) | (Island / Tuff Gong / UMe) |
| Pink Floyd | “The Division Bell: 20th Anniversary Collector’s Box Set” (1994 album; features six discs, including three replica colored or clear vinyl discs, 5 collectors’ prints, a Blu-ray disc, the 2011 Discovery CD version and, for the first time, Andy Jackson’s 5.1 audio mix; See here; Vinyl) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Jenni Rivera | “1969 – Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey Parte 2” (more songs that she performed at her last concert on Dec. 9, 2012, before she was killed in a plane crash) | (Fonovisa Inc.) |
| Spanky and Our Gang | “The Complete Mercury Singles” (21 tracks; MP3) | (Real Gone Music) |
| the The | “Soul Mining: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [Vinyl]” (1983 album; two LPs; remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Matt Johnson; an extra 12-inch gatefold vinyl features alternative versions and remixes; Read here; The The Official Store ) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Frankie Valli | “Selected Solo Works [Box set]” (eight discs, 76 songs; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons | “The Classic Albums Box” (18 discs, 199 songs; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Various artists | “Audio With a G: Sounds of a Jersey Boy, The Music of Bob Gaudio” (two-CD, 36-song compilation, featuring tracks by the Four Seasons, Royal Teens, Jerry Butler, Boys Town Gang, The Tremeloes, Walker Brothers, Cher, etc.) | (Rhino) |
| X | “More Fun in the Real World (Expanded & Remastered Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
More Releases for the Week of July 1, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Delaney & Bonnie & Friends | “To Bonnie From Delaney (Mono) [MP3]” (1970 album) | (Rhino / Atlantic, June 30) |
| Carl Douglas | “Crazy Feeling [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Acid Jazz) |
| Taylor Swift | “Unreleased [MP3]” (13 outtakes and demos; Hear here) | (MCA Nashville / RCA / Big Machine) |
| Various artists | “Canada: Inuit Games and Songs [MP3]” (22 tracks) | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Auvidis-UNESCO) |
| Various artists | “Country Funk Volume II 1967-1974 [MP3]” (17 tracks; featuring Willie Nelson, Hoyt Axton, Bob Darin, Billy Swan, Jackie DeShannon, Dolly Parton, JJ Cale, etc.; Hear/read here; CD) | (Light in the Attic) |
| Various artists | “Lullabies and Children’s Songs [MP3]” (20 tracks; documents the sounds of playtime and bedtime from Africa, Portugal, the Middle East, Mongolia, Japan, Solomon Islands, and the Nunavut Territory of Canada) | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Auvidis-UNESCO) |
| Various artists | “21 American Icons [MP3]” (includes Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Miles Davis, Dolly Parton, Carole King, Sly & The Family Stone, Tony Bennett, etc.) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Adam Ant | “Adam Ant: The Blueblack Hussar [Blu-ray]” (documentary directed by Jack Bond; See here) | (Sunrise Pictures International) |
| Guns N’ Roses | “Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live at the Hard Rock Casino, Las Vegas [DVD]” (directed by Kerry Asmussen; See here; Blu-ray) | (Rock Fuel Media / UMe) |
| Elton John | “The Million Dollar Piano [DVD]” (filmed during his residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| B.B. King | “B.B. King: The Life of Riley [DVD]” (2012 documentary film by Jon Brewer, narrated by Morgan Freeman; featuring Bono, Bill Cosby, Eric Clapton, Bill Cosby, Dr. John, Bruce Willis, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, President Obama, etc.; See here; Blu-ray) | (MVD Visual) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of July 1, 2014
Music books
More Book Releases for the Week of July 1, 2014