This Week’s Releases: Jan. 6, 2015
New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Jim Brickman | “Pure Romance” (Hear here) | (Green Hill) |
Joshua Radin | “Onward and Sideways” (guest: Sheryl Crow; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Fat Possum) |
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | “Gone Girl (Soundtrack From the Motion Picture)” (2014 film; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 6, 2015
New stuff (MP3s)
Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Easy Roscoe | “Keep the Dancin’ Dancin'” (Hear here) | (Easy Roscoe, Jan. 5) |
The Mavens Telescope | “The Seed of True Existence” (Hear here) | (The Mavens Telescope, Jan. 5) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
The Byrds | “Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco November 2nd 1968” (Read here) | (Keyhole) |
Kyung Wha Chung | “The Complete Decca Recordings” (20-disc box set; Hear here) | (Decca Classics) |
The Coasters | “The Original LP Collection” (two CDs, 47 songs; Track list) | (Jasmine Music) |
Ry Cooder | “Acoustic Performance Radio Ranch 12-12-1972” (1981 album; remastered, with one bonus track) | (Echoes) |
Redd Foxx | “You Gotta Wash Your Ass” (1976 album; remastered) | (SoulMusic / Real Gone Music) |
Aretha Franklin | “Through the Storm (Expanded Edition)” (1989 album; remastered, with six bonus mixes of “Gimme Your Love,” an interview with Franklin and James Brown and a second CD containining 11 versions of “It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be”; See here) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
GQ | “Face to Face (Expanded Edition)” (1981 album; remastered, with one bonus track) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
Grateful Dead | “Dick’s Picks Vol. 14: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 5/6/81” (three CDs, 24 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
Lionel Hampton | “Hamp’s Big Band Play Plus Bonus Tracks” (21 songs; Track list) | (Jasmine Music) |
Lightnin’ Slim | “I’m a Rolling Stone – Louisiana Swamp Blues: The Singles As & Bs 1954-1962 Centenary Edition” (two CDs, 44 songs; Track list) | (Jasmine Music) |
Little Milton | “Chicago Blues and Soul Via Memphis and St. Louis: His Early Years 1953-1962” (29 songs; Track list) | (Jasmine Music) |
The Main Ingredient | “L.T.D. / Black Seeds” (1970, 1971 albums on one CD; remastered) | (SoulMusic / Real Gone Music) |
Jackie Moore | “The Complete Atlantic Recordings” (two CDs, 30 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
Sviatoslav Richter | “Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordings” (51-disc box set; Hear here) | (Decca Classics) |
Ravi Shankar | “Genesis of a Genius: Excerpts From Seven Classic Albums” (two CDs, 14 songs; Track list) | (Jasmine Music) |
Rosalyn Tureck | “Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Goldberg Variations” (six-disc box set; Hear here) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
Titus Turner | “Taking Care of Business 1955-1962” (two CDs, 39 songs; Track list) | (Jasmine Music) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 6, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Elvis Presley | “The Complete ’60s Album Collection, Vol. 1” (15 albums from 1960-1965) | (RCA / Legacy) |
DVD / Blu-ray
Artist: | Title: | Studio/Due date: |
Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, et al | “Boyhood [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Paramount) |
Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, et al | “Get On Up: The James Brown Story [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
Nicolas Cage | “Left Behind [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (eOne) |
Greg Germann, Peter Mackenzie, et al | “Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who is John Galt? [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox) |
Glee Cast | “Glee: The Complete Fifth Season [DVD]” (six discs) | (20th Century Fox) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Jan. 6, 2015
Music books
Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
Richard Balls | “Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story” (Paperback; Kindle) | (Soundcheck Books LLP, Jan. 5) |
Michael Jackson | “Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson” (Paperback; author: Ian Halperin; Kindle) | (Gallery Books, Jan. 10) |
More Music Books for the Week of Jan. 6, 2015