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July 26, 2011

New stuff

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
America “Back Pages” (covers of Bob Dylan, The Buffalo Springfield, Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, Jimmy Webb, Mark Knopfler, Fountains of Wayne, New Radicals, Gin Blossoms, etc.; producer: Fred Mollin; Hear here) (eOne Music, July 26, 2011)
BoDeans “Indigo Dreams” (Hear here) (429, July 26, 2011)
Brandy & Ray J “Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business” (first single: “Ready to Roll”; Hear here) (SRR, July 26, 2011)
Brothers of Brazil (bossa nova/samba rock duo) “Brothers of Brazil” (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (SideOneDummy, July 26, 2011)
Vanessa Carlton “Rabbits on the Run” (producer: Steve Osborne; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Razor & Tie, July 26, 2011)
Eric Church “Chief” (producer: Jay Joyce; first single: “Homeboy”; Hear here; Read here) (Broken, July 26, 2011)
Cumberland River “The Life We Live” (some of their songs have been featured in the FX series “Justified”; producer: Steve Gulley; first single: “Justified”; Hear here) (Rural Rhythm, July 26, 2011)
Falling in Reverse “The Drug in Me Is You” (producer: Elvis Baskette; first single: “Raised By Wolves”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (Epitaph, July 26, 2011)
Hillsong “God Is Able” (live album recorded at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia in November 2010; See here; Read here; CD/DVD) (Hillsong, July 26, 2011)
Iwrestledabearonce “Ruining It For Everybody” (Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition) (Century Media, July 26, 2011)
Kindred the Family Soul “Love Has No Recession” (first single: “You Got the Love,” featuring Snoop Dogg; Hear here) (Purpose Records Group/Shanachie, July 26, 2011)
Little Dragon “Ritual Union” (first single: “Nightlight”; Hear here; Vinyl) (Peace Frog/EMI, July 26, 2011)
Locksley “Locksley” (first single: “The Whip”; Hear here) (Feature, July 26, 2011)
Chuck Loeb “Plain’n’Simple” (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Tweety, July 26, 2011)
Ronnie Milsap “Country Again” (his first country album in five years; first single: “If You Don’t Want Me To [The Freeze]”; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Milsap Music Group/Bigger Picture, July 26, 2011)
Frank Ocean (23-year-old has written songs for Justin Bieber, Beyoncé, John Legend, etc.) “Nostalgia Lite” (producers: Ocean, Tricky Stewart, Midi Mafia; first single: “Novacane”; Hear here) (RedZone/Def Jam, July 26, 2011)
Rival Sons “Pressure & Time” (producer: Dave Cobb; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Earache, July 26, 2011)
Jay Rock “Follow Me Home” (producers: Tha Bizness, Cool & Dre, Nottz, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, DJ Quik, J.R. Rotem, Polow Da Don, etc.; guests: Lil Wayne, Game, Busta Rhymes, Glasses Malone, Tech N9ne, Rick Ross, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg; new single: “Hood Gone Love It”; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Strange Music, July 26, 2011)
Dex Romweber Duo “Is That You in the Blue?” (producer: Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids; Hear here; Vinyl) (Bloodshot, July 26, 2011)
Kelly Rowland “Here I Am” (producers: Akon, Swizz Beatz, Bryan-Michael Cox, The-Dream, Jermaine Dupri, David Guetta, etc.; guests: Rihanna, Lil Wayne, Pitbull; first single: “Motivation”; Hear here) (Universal Motown, July 26, 2011)
Joss Stone “LP1” (producers: Stone, Dave Stewart; Hear here; Vinyl) (Stone’d/Surfdog, July 26, 2011)
Toxic Holocaust “Conjure and Command” (first single: “Nowhere to Run”; Hear here; Vinyl) (Relapse, July 26, 2011)
Various artists “The Help [Film soundtrack]” (movie about 1960s-era Mississippi opens Aug. 12; featuring Mary J. Blige’s “The Living Proof”; See here; MP3 Download) (Geffen, July 26, 2011)
Various artists “The Smurfs: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture [Film soundtrack]” (voices provided by Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, George Lopez, Jeff Foxworthy, Paul Reubens, etc.; producer: Ali Dee; movie opens July 29; Hear here) (Warner, July 26, 2011)
Jimmie Vaughan “Jimmie Vaughan Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites” (producer: Vaughan; Hear here) (Shout! Factory, July 26, 2011)



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Reissues

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Albert Ayler “Love Cry/The Last Album” (1967, 1969 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Janet Baker “The Very Best of Janet Baker” (2 CDs, 35 songs; MP3 Download) (EMI Classics, July 26, 2011)
Barclay James Harvest “Taking Some Time On: The Parlophone-Harvest Years (1968-73)” (5 CDs, 69 songs; MP3 Download) (U.K. – EMI Classics, July 25, 2011)
Art Blakey “Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!/A Jazz Message” (1961, 1963 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Monteserrat Caballé “The Very Best of Monteserrat Caballé” (2 CDs) (EMI Classics, July 26, 2011)
Alice Coltrane “Universal Consciousness/Lord of Lords” (1972, 1973 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Paul Davis “The Best of Paul Davis” (1982 album; remastered, with 12 bonus tracks) (Wounded Bird, July 26, 2011)
Deep Purple “Shades of Deep Purple” (1968 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; MP3 Download), “The Book of Taliesyn” (1969 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks; MP3 Download), “Deep Purple” (1969 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; MP3 Download; Read here) (Eagle Rock, July 26, 2011)
Duke Ellington “Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins/Duke Ellington & John Coltrane” (1962 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Aretha Franklin “30 Greatest Hits” (1985 collection; MP3 Download) (Atlantic, July 26, 2011)
Curtis Fuller “Soul Trombone/Cabin in the Sky” (1961, 1962 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Guess Who, The “The Best of The Guess Who [180-gram vinyl]” (1971 album; remastered) (Friday Music, July 26, 2011)
Coleman Hawkins “Today and Now/Desafinado” (1962 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Ray Wylie Hubbard & The Cowboy Twinkies “Ray Wylie Hubbard & The Cowboy Twinkies” (1975 album; remastered) (Wounded Bird, July 26, 2011)
Milt Jackson “Statements/Jazz ‘n’ Samba” (1962, 1964 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Ahmad Jamal “At the Top: Poinciana Revisited/Freeflight” (1972, 1971 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Elvin Jones “Illumination!/Dear John C.” (1963, 1965 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Greg Lake “Greg Lake” (1981 album; remastered; MP3 Download), “Manoeuvres” (1983 album; remastered; MP3 Download) (U.K. – Rock Candy, July 25, 2011)
Paul McCartney “The Family Way” (1967 soundtrack album, composed by McCartney and featuring The George Martin Orchestra; remastered) (Concord, July 26, 2011)
Sabine Meyer “The Very Best of Sabine Meyer” (2 CDs, 31 songs; MP3 Download) (EMI Classics, July 26, 2011)
Kylie Minogue “Kylie: The Albums 2000-2010 [Box set]” (5 CDs, featuring “Light Years,” “Fever,” “Body Language,” “X” and “Aphrodite”; See here; Read here) (Europe – EMI, July 25, 2011)
Peter Murphy “Should the World Fail to Fall Apart” (1986 debut album; remastered, with a second CD of 13 bonus remixes and other rarities; Read here) (U.K. – Cherry Red, July 25, 2011)
Juice Newton “The Ultimate Hits Collection” (Fuel, July 26, 2011)
Freda Payne “Stares and Whispers” (1977 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks, including “I Wanna See You Soon,” with Tavares; Hear/read here) (U.K. – SoulMusic.com, July 25, 2011)
Poco “Head Over Heels/Rose of Cimarron” (1975, 1976 albums on one CD, 21 songs; remastered) (U.K. – BGO, July 25, 2011)
Queen “Queen” (1973 album; remastered; MP3 Download), “Queen II” (1974 album; remastered; MP3 Download), “Sheer Heart Attack” (1974 album; remastered; MP3 Download), “A Night at the Opera” (1975 album; remastered; MP3 Download), “A Day at the Races” (1975 album; remastered; MP3 Download) (Hollywood, July 26, 2011)
R.E.M. “Songs for a Green World: The Classic 1989 Broadcast” (19 songs) (U.K. – Left Field Media, July 25, 2011)
Sonny Rollins “Sonny Rollins On Impulse!/There Will Never Be Another You” (1965 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Roxette “Greatest Hits” (12 songs; MP3 Download) (Capitol/EMI, July 26, 2011)
Pharoah Sanders “Village of the Pharoahs/Wisdom Through Music” (1971, 1972 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Shirley Scott Trio “For Members Only/Great Scott!!” (1963, 1964 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Archie Shepp “For Losers/Kwanza” (1968, 1969 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Gabor Szabo “The Sorcerer/More Sorcery” (1967 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Robin Trower “Robin Trower Live!” (1976 album; remastered) (Iconoclassic, July 26, 2011)
McCoy Tyner Trio “Inception/Reaching Fourth” (1962, 1964 albums on one CD; remastered; MP3 Download) (Impulse!/UMe, July 26, 2011)
Various artists “Never Mind the Bollocks … Here’s Paul Oakenfold” (2 CDs, 41 songs; Hear here; See here; Read here) (U.K. – Perfecto, July 25, 2011)
Various artists “The Teen Years [Box set]” (10 CDs, 150 songs; Read here) (Time Life, July 26, 2011)
Volbeat “Beyond Hell/Above Heaven [CD/DVD]” (DVD, titled “Return to Tilburg,” contains Feb. 24, 2010, performance in Holland; Hear here) (Universal Republic, July 26, 2011)
Jr. Walker “Back Street Boogie” (1979 album; remastered) (Wounded Bird, July 26, 2011)
T-Bone Walker “The Essential Collection” (2 CDs, 36 songs) (Rock Beat, July 26, 2011)
Muddy Waters “Muddy, Brass and the Blues/Can’t Get No Grindin’ “ (1966, 1973 albums on one CD, 20 songs; remastered) (U.K. – BGO, July 25, 2011)

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DVD/Blu-ray

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Louis Armstrong “Live in Australia 1964 [DVD]” (See here) (Intergroove, July 26, 2011)
John Belushi, et al “National Lampoon’s Animal House [Blu-ray]” (1978 film) (Universal, July 26, 2011)
John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd “The Blues Brothers [Blu-ray]” (1980 film) (Universal, July 26, 2011)
Mick Jagger “The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger’s Glory Years [DVD]” (Sexy Intellectual/MVD, July 26, 2011)
Johnny Winter “Live at Rockpalast 1979 [DVD]” (See here) (MVD Visual, July 26, 2011)

Music Books

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Rosanne Cash “Composed: A Memoir [Paperback]” (Kindle) (Penguin, July 26, 2011)
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