July 2, 2013
New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Bell X1 | “Chop Chop [MP3]” (producers: Peter Katis, Thomas Bartlett; Hear here; CD) | (BellyUp) |
| Danielle Bradbery (“The Voice” season 4 champion) | “The Voice: The Complete Season 4 Collection [MP3]” | (Universal Motown Records Group) |
| Capitol Steps | “Fiscal Shades of Gray” (Hear here; MP3) | (Capitol Steps) |
| Michelle Chamuel | “The Voice: The Complete Season 4 Collection [MP3]” | (Universal Motown Records Group) |
| Judy Dyble (of Fairport Convention) | “Flow and Change” (producer: Alistair Murphy; Hear here; See here) | (Gonzo Multimedia, July 1) |
| Roger Eno / Plumbine | “Endless City / Concrete Jungle” (Hear/read here; MP3) | (Hydrogen Dukebox) |
| A Great Big Pile of Leaves (Brooklyn indie quartet) | “You’re Always On My Mind” (producer: Ed Ackerson; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Topshelf) |
| Kris Gruen (Vermont singer-songwriter) | “New Comics from the Wooded World [MP3]” (producer: Charles Newman; Hear here; See here) | (Mother West) |
| Iration (Santa Barbara-based reggae, pop, rock quartet) | “Automatic” (producers: Iration, Cage The Elephant guitarist Lincoln Parish; first single: “Automatic”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (3 Prong) |
| Jay-Z | “Magna Carta Holy Grail” (will be free for the first 1 million android phone owners who download an app for the album, available three days before its official release date July 7; producers: Rick Rubin, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz; Hear here; Read here) | (Def Jam, July 4) |
| Joe | “DoubleBack: Evolution of R&B” (guests: Fantasia, Too $hort; first single: “I’d Rather Have a Love”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Massenburg Media) |
| The Leisure Society | “Alone Aboard the Ark” (recorded at Ray Davies’ Konk Studios; first single: “The Sober Scent of Paper”; Hear here; MP3) | (Full Time Hobby) |
| Owen | “L’Ami du Peuple” (Hear here; MP3) | (Polyvinyl) |
| Pretty Lights (electro soul hip-hop pioneer Derek Vincent Smith) | “A Color Map of the Sun” (first single: “Around the Block,” feat. Talib Kweli; Hear here; MP3) | (Pretty Lights Music) |
| Relient K | “Collapsible Lung [MP3]” (their first album in four years; first single: “Don’t Blink”; Hear here; CD) | (Mono vs. Stereo) |
| John Scofield | “Überjam Deux” (guest: John Medeski; Hear here; MP3) | (Decca / Emarcy) |
| Slum Village | “Evolution” (producers: T3, Young RJ, Focus; guests: Havoc, Jazzy Jeff, Raheem DeVaughn, Blu, Big Pooh, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Ne’Astra Music Group) |
| Stepper (French saxophonist Guillaume Briard, a member of Sly & Robbie’s band the Taxi Gang) | “Sly & Robbie Present Stepper Takes the Taxi” (Hear here; MP3) | (Taxi / MVD) |
| The Swon Brothers | “The Voice: The Complete Season 4 Collection [MP3]” | (Universal Motown Records Group) |
| Various artists | “The Lone Ranger: Wanted – Music Inspired by the Film” (film starring Johnny Depp opens July 3; See here; MP3) | (Hollywood) |
| Various artists | “The Way Way Back [Film soundtrack]” (comedy-drama film, starring Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, Sam Rockwell, AnnaSophia Robb and Liam James, opens July 5; See/read here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Mick Abrahams (original Jethro Tull guitarist) | “Cat Squirrel Blues” (18-song collection of live blues originals and covers recorded in 2003-2004; Read here; MP3) | (Secret) |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Eat a Peach [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1972 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity) |
| The Association | “The Association: Deluxe Expanded Edition” (1969 album; remastered, with a second CD of 10 bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Now Sounds / Cherry Red, July 1) |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | “Rare, Rarer & Rarest” (compilation includes their instrumental work for the 1970 film “The Owl and the Pussycat”; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| The Browns | “The Browns: Complete Pop & Country Hits” (24 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| King Curtis | “Do Your Thing” (Dutch compilation originally released in 1970; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Joe Farrell Quartet | “Joe Farrell Quartet” (1970 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Ellen Foley | “Nightout / Spirit of St. Louis” (1979, 1981 albums; remastered; two CDs; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Lemon / Cherry Red, July 1) |
| Foreigner | “4 [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1981 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity) |
| Grateful Dead | “Dick’s Picks Vol. 22 – Kings Beach Bowl, Kings Beach Lake Tahoe, CA 2/23-2/24/68” (two CDs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Herbie Hancock | “Treasure Chest” (1974 compilation of his three Warner albums; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| It’s a Beautiful Day | “Live At The Fillmore ’68 [CD/DVD]” (includes a DVD, “The David LaFlamme Story”; Hear here), “Beyond Dreams” (2003 album; with one bonus track; Read here) | (ClassicMusicVault.com) |
| Billy Joel | “An Innocent Man [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1983 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity) |
| Love | “Four Sail” (1969 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Wounded Bird) |
| The Masked Marauders | “The Complete Deity Recordings” (tracks from 1970; remastered; the Marauders were Canadian musicians masquerading as Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, John Lennon and Paul McCartney after a fictional bootleg album was reviewed in Rolling Stone magazine in 1969) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Giorgio Moroder | “From Here to Eternity” (1977 album; remastered; Read here), “E=MC²” (1980 album; remastered; Read here), “Solitary Men” (1983 album, with Joe Esposito; remastered; Read here), “Best of Electronic Disco: Deluxe Edition” (19 tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Repertoire, July 1) |
| New Model Army | “We Love the World” (live recordings from 2003) | (Secret) |
| Sue Saad and the Next | “Sue Saad and the Next [MP3]” (1980 album) | (R.D.E.G.) |
| The Salsoul Orchestra | “Nice ‘N’ Naasty: Expanded Edition” (1976 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red, July 1) |
| Sha Na Na | “The Night Is Still Young” (1972 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Silver Condor | “Silver Condor [MP3]” (1981 album) | (R.D.E.G.) |
| Stalk-Forrest Group | “St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings” (1970 tracks, but not officially released until 2001; the band, originally known as Soft White Underbelly, later became Blue Öyster Cult) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Streetheart | “Under Heaven Over Hell [MP3]” (1979 album) | (Warner Music Canada, July 1) |
| Various artists | “¡Así Kotama! The Flutes of Otavalo, Ecuador” (36 songs; Hear here; MP3) | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Greatest Hits From Outer Space” (24 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, July 1) |
| Various artists | “Los Nuggetz: 1960s Punk, Pop & Psychedelic Music from Latin America” (four CDs, 99 songs; See here; Read here) | (Rockbeat) |
| Various artists | “Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization: Up All Night – The Greatest Hits” (two-CD, 25-song collection of Chic hits and songs produced by Rodgers and Bernard Edwards for other artists; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Rhino / Warner, July 1) |
| Various artists | “Sophisticated Boom Boom! The Shadow Morton Story” (24 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, July 1) |
| Various artists | “Tres Chic! More French Girl Singers of the 1960s” (24 songs, spanning 1964-1969; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, July 1) |
| Susan Werner | “Classics [MP3]” (2009 album) | (Sleeve Dog) |
| Bobby Womack | “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright: The American Singles 1967-76” (two CDs, 50 songs; Read here) | (Charly) |
| You Am I | “Sound As Ever (Superunreal Edition) [MP3]” (1993 album; remastered, with bonus material; 32 tracks), “Hi Fi Way (Superunreal Edition) [MP3]” (1995 album; remastered, with bonus material; 36 tracks) | (Sony) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver | “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Complete Series [DVD]” (20 discs) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Gordon Lightfoot | “Greatest Hits Live [DVD]” (1979 concert) | (IMV Blueline) |
| Jake Shimabukuro | “Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings [DVD]” (hourlong documentary premiered on PBS in May 2013; See here) | (PBS) |
| Donald Sutherland | “The Kentucky Fried Movie [Blu-ray]” (1977 film) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Various artists | “Blowing Fuses Left and Right: The Legendary Detroit Rock Interviews [DVD]” (unreleased 1988 footage with the Stooges’ Ron Asheton and MC5’s Rob Tyner and Dennis Thompson; See here) | (O-Rama LLC / MVD) |
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| David Ensminger | “Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons [Paperback]” | (PM Press, July 1) |
| R.E.M. | “Perfect Circle: The Story of R.E.M. [Paperback]” (author: Tony Fletcher) | (Omnibus Press, July 1) |
Next week: July 9
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