New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Marc Almond | “The Velvet Trail” (producer: Chris Braide; guest: Beth Ditto; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Strike Force Entertainment / Cherry Red) |
| Balkan Clarinet Summit | “Many Languages – One Soul” (MP3; iTunes) | (Piranha Musik) |
| BKO Quintet (Malian group) | “Bamako Today / BKO On Air” (CD and DVD; MP3; iTunes) | (Buda Musique) |
| Taylor Berrett (22-year-old singer-songwriter from Virginia) | “Great Falls” (producer: Jake Gosling; first single: “Those Days”; See here) | (Warner) |
| Will Butler (of Arcade Fire) | “Policy” (Vinyl; iTunes) | (Merge) |
| Luke Bryan | “Spring Break … Checkin’ Out” (his final “Spring Break” album, featuring five new songs; Hear here; iTunes) | (Universal Nashville) |
| Jack DeJohnette | “Made in Chicago” (with Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Larry Gray; Hear here; iTunes) | (ECM) |
| Diagrams (aka songwriter-producer Sam Genders) | “Chromatics” (first single: “Phantom Power”; Hear here; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Full Time Hobby) |
| Empire Cast | “Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1” (guests: Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Courtney Love, Juicy J; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia) |
| Europe | “War of Kings” (the Swedish rock legends’ 10th studio album; producer: Dave Cobb; first single: “War of Kings”; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes) | (Hell & Back Recordings) |
| Fences (aka singer-songwriter Christopher Mansfield) | “Lesser Oceans” (new single: “Arrows,” feat. Macklemore, produced by Ryan Lewis; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Elektra) |
| Future Leaders of the World | “Reveal” (first single: “Not Forsaken”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Pavement Entertainment / Sony RED) |
| Emily Hearn | “Hourglass” (producer: Chad Copelin; first single: “Volcano”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Old Prince) |
| Heems (aka Queens, N.Y., rapper Himanshu Suri, formerly of Das Racist) | “Eat Pray Thug” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Megaforce) |
| iVardenspehere (tribal trance electro industrial outfit from Edmonton) | “Fable” (Hear here; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| KC and the Sunshine Band | “Feeling You! The ’60s” (covers of 17 1960s songs; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (BFD) |
| Donna Lewis | “Brand New Day” (jazz-inflected pop covers and Lewis originals; producer: David Torn; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Palmetto) |
| Madonna | “Rebel Heart” (producers: Blood Diamonds, Ryan Tedder, Dahi, Diplo, Kanye West, Madonna; first single: “Living for Love”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Super Deluxe; MP3; iTunes) | (Boy Toy / Interscope) |
| Monarchy (synth-pop duo) | “Abnocto” (first single: “Dancing in the Corner”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Hacan Sound / Kartel) |
| Motorama (Russian quintet) | “Poverty” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Talitres) |
| Motor Sister (led by Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and Mother Superior frontman Jim Wilson) | “Ride” (producer: Jay Ruston; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes) | (Metal Blade) |
| Olly Murs | “Never Been Better” (guests: Demi Lovato, Travie McCoy; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia) |
| NewSong | “Faithful: Live Worship” (CD/DVD) | (Integrity Music) |
| Danielle Nicole (ex-Trampled Under Foot singer/bassist/songwriter was a 2014 Blues Music Award winner) | “Danielle Nicole” (six-song EP; producer: Anders Osborne; See here) | (Concord) |
| Kim Pensyl | “Foreign Love Affair” (Hear here; MP3) | (Summit) |
| Joe Pug (Austin indie-folk artist) | “Windfall” (first single: “If Still It Can’t Be Found,” featuring Wilco’s Pat Sansone on Mellotron; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Lightning Rod) |
| The Rezillos | “Zero” (the punk/new wave band’s first album since 1978; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Metropolis) |
| The Skints (U.K.-based reggae-dub quartet) | “FM” (the album is inspired by radio culture, set at an imaginary station in London; producer: Prince Fatty; guests: Horseman, Tippa Irie, MC Rival, Rufus Hound; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Easy Star) |
| Snowapple (Dutch neo-folk trio) | “Illusion” (first single: “California”; Hear here; MP3) | (Zip) |
| Jimmy Somerville | “Homage” (12-song tribute to disco; producer: John Winfield; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Cherry Red) |
| Shania Twain | “Still the One: Live from Vegas” (19-song concert, recorded at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace; See here; MP3) | (Mercury Nashville) |
| Various artists | “Cinderella: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Kenneth Branagh-directed remake stars Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera; opens March 13; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Disney) |
| Laura Welsh | “Soft Control” (guest: John Legend; first single: “Cold Front”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Mercury) |
More Releases for the Week of March 10, 2015
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Beans On Toast (aka singer-songwriter Jay McAllister) | “The Grand Scheme of Things” (producer: Sam Beer; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (Xtra Mile Recordings) |
| Future User (fronted by Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave bassist Tim Commerford) | “#SteroidsOrHeroin” (Hear here; iTunes) | (Middle Ring Partnership) |
| Gengahr | “She’s a Witch” (four-song EP; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (Transgressive) |
| Lazy Lions | “When Dreaming Lets You Down …” (producers: Lazy Lions; first single: “I Don’t Think It’s Going To Stop”; Hear here) | (Leo-9) |
| Pearson Sound (aka producer David Kennedy) | “Pearson Sound” (Hear here) | (Hessle Audio, March 9) |
| Ships Have Sailed | “Moodswings” (first single: “If Only”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Ships Have Sailed) |
| Anne Stott (Provincetown, Mass.-based singer-songwriter) | “Love Never Dies” (producers: Jon Evans, Stott; first single: “We Are Here”; Hear here; See here) | (Anne Stott) |
| TreeHouse! (Myrtle Beach, S.C., reggae jam rock trio) | “Lifted” (first single: “Look into the Stars”; Hear here) | (Treehouse Music LLC) |
| Natalie Walker (electro-pop singer) | “Strange Bird” (producer: Malina; Hear here; iTunes) | (Dorado) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of March 10, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Mose Allison | “Mose Allison: The Complete Recordings: 1957-1962” | (MVD Audio) |
| Julie Andrews, et al | “The Sound of Music (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1964 album; remastered, with previously unreleased score cues and all vocal performances; MP3; iTunes; see related DVD/Blu-ray below) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Louis Armstrong | “The Louis Armstrong Collection Vol. 1: The First Decade 1923-32” (two CDs, 48 songs; Track list; MP3) | (Fabulous / Acrobat) |
| Art of Noise | “At the End of the Century” (two-CD, one-DVD compilation of music and films from 1995-2000; Read here) | (U.K. – ZTT / Salvo, March 9) |
| The Band | “Palladium Circles: The Classic NYC Broadcast 1976” | (Iconography) |
| Chuck Berry | “The Complete Chess Singles As & Bs 1955-61” (two CDs, 50 songs; Track list; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Bread | “The Best of Bread [4.0 Quadraphonic Hybrid SACD]” (1973 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Celtic Thunder | “The Very Best of Celtic Thunder” (20 tracks; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Petula Clark | “The Sound of Petula Clark” (two CDs, 50 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – One Day Music, March 9) |
| The John Coltrane Quintet featuring Eric Dolphy | “So Many Things: The European Tour 1961” (four-disc set; Read here; MP3) | (Acrobat / MVD Audio) |
| Perry Como | “Perry Como Live on Tour” (1980 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Bob Crewe | “The Complete Elektra Recordings” (two CDs, 26 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Ian Dury & The Blockheads | “New Boots and Panties!!” (1977 album; remastered, with a second CD of demos and previously unreleased tracks; MP3), “Do It Yourself” (1979 album; remastered, with a second CD of 17 bonus tracks; MP3), “Laughter” (1980 album; remastered, with a second CD of 16 bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Edsel, March 9) |
| The Fortunes | “The Complete Decca Singles 1963-1967 and more” (31 songs; Track list) | (Dynamic Voice) |
| The Guess Who | “The Best of The Guess Who [4.0 Quadraphonic Hybrid SACD]” (1971 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Tubby Hayes | “Symphony: The Lost Session 1972” (recorded live with the Tony Lee Trio at The Hopbine, North Wembley, on Feb. 8, 1972; Read here; MP3; iTunes) | (Acrobat) |
| Steve Howe | “Anthology” (two CDs, 33 tracks) | (Rhino) |
| Judas Priest | “Defenders of the Faith (Special 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1984 album; remastered, with the two-CD “Live at Long Beach Arena, California 5th May 1984”; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Bettye LaVette | “Child of the Seventies” (1972 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Peggy Lee | “At Last: The Lost Radio Recordings” (two CDs, 43 songs; MP3) | (Real Gone Music) |
| The Lookouts | “Spy Rock Road (And Other Stories …)” (previously unreleased recordings from 30 years ago, which included guests Billie Joe Armstrong and Tim Armstrong; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Johnny Mathis | “Life Is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions” (two CDs, 29 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | “Junk Culture (Deluxe Edition)” (1984 album; remastered, with a second CD containing B-sides and extended mixes; iTunes) | (Virgin / UMe) |
| Tom Paxton | “I’m the Man That Built the Bridges” (1962 live album, recorded at the Gaslight Cafe in Greenwch Village; MP3) | (Pax) |
| Art Pepper | “Neon Art: Volume Two” (three tunes drawn from the unissued performances of his 1981 tour of Japan; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Primal Fear | “Metal Is Forever: The Very Best of Primal Fear” (two CDs, 25 songs) | (Metal Mind) |
| Bonnie Raitt & Lowell George with John Hammond | “Ultrasonic Studios 1972” | (Iconography) |
| Minnie Riperton | “Her Chess Years” (1997 compilation, featuring her work with The Gems and Rotary Connection) | (U.K. – Music on CD, March 9) |
| Max Roach | “The Complete Max Roach: 1953-1958” (nine complete albums, with bonus tracks) | (Enlightenment) |
| Steely Dan | “Going Mobile: Classic 1974 Live Radio Broadcast” | (Smokin’) |
| UB40 | “Labour of Love (Deluxe Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with two CDs of B-sides, singles and BBC Radio 1 session tracks and a BBC Radio 1 concert) | (Virgin / UMe) |
| U.K. Subs | “Warhead” (1999 album; remastered; MP3) | (Secret) |
| Various artists | “Essential Radio Hits of the 60s Volume 7” (17 tracks) | (Classmusicco.com) |
| Various artists | “The First US Hot 100: August 1958” (four CDs, 100 songs; Track list; MP3; iTunes) | (Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “The Greatest Country Hits of 1958” (four CDs, 120 songs; Track list; MP3; iTunes) | (Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “Honky Tonk Song: The Don Law Story 1956-1962” (22-song compilation of the country music producer’s greatest works; Track list) | (Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “1958 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Part 1 January-June” (four CDs, 75 songs; Track list; MP3; iTunes), “1958 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Part 2 June-December” (four CDs, 89 songs; Track list; MP3; iTunes) | (Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “WOW Hits Party Mix” (two CDs, 30 songs; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; iTunes) | (Word) |
| Grover Washington Jr. | “Winelight [Hybrid Multichannel SACD]” (1980 album, featuring the Top 5 smash “Just the Two of Us”; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Kitty Wells | “The Complete Country Hits: 1952-62” (iTunes) | (Acrobat) |
| John Wetton | “The Studio Recordings Anthology” (two CDs, 32 songs; MP3) | (Primary Purpose) |
| Maurice Williams | “The Complete Releases 1956-62” (with The Gladiolas and The Zodiacs; two CDs, 37 songs; Track list; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Johnny Winter | “Live From Japan” (recorded on April 15, 2011; Vinyl; DVD) | (MVD) |
More Releases for the Week of March 10, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Black Ivory | “Black Ivory” (1976 album; remastered), “Hangin’ Heavy” (1979 album; remastered) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Julian Cope | “Trip Advizer: The Very Best of Julian Cope 1999-2014” (16 tracks) | (Head Heritage, March 9) |
| The Delfonics | “The Essential Delfonics” (40 tracks) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Chris Jasper | “The Essential Chris Jasper” (29 tracks) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Evelyn “Champagne” King | “The Essential Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King” (30 tracks) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | “The Essential Gladys Knight & The Pips: The Buddah & Columbia Years” (30 tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Melba Moore | “The Essential Melba Moore” (30 tracks) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Diana Ross | “Why Do Fools Fall in Love (Expanded Edition)” (1981 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks), “Silk Electric (Expanded Edition)” (1982 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks), “Ross (Expanded Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks), “Swept Away (Expanded Edition)” (1984 album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks), “Eaten Alive (Expanded Edition)” (1985 album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks), “Red Hot Rhythm and Blues” (1987 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks), “Greatest Hits: The RCA Years” (18 songs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of March 10, 2015
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, et al | “The Sound of Music (50th Anniversary 5-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray]” (1965 film; DVD) | (20th Century Fox) |
| David Carradine, Jill Ireland, et al | “Shane: The Complete Series [DVD]” (three discs) | (Shout! Factory / Timeless Media) |
| Foo Fighters | “Highways & Holidays: 20 Years of the Foos [DVD]” (two-disc documentary collection) | (Pride) |
| Happy Mondays | “Manchester Sound: Happy Mondays & Friends At Cities in the Park [DVD]” (1991 festival in Manchester, U.K.; See here) | (Beckmann) |
| John Hiatt | “John Hiatt: Thing Called Love [DVD]” (special collector’s edition) | (Laser Media) |
| John Hughes | “John Hughes Yearbook Collection [DVD]” (three-disc set includes “The Breakfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Weird Science”; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
| Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, et al | “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: The Complete Series [DVD]” (24 discs) | (Paramount) |
| Pink Floyd | “Pink Floyd: DVD Collector’s Box [DVD]” (two-disc documentary) | (The Collector’s Forum) |
| Linda Ronstadt | “Linda Ronstadt: The Story [DVD]” (a musical documentary, featuring music clips from the 1970s and ’80s) | (MVD Visual) |
| Alexandra Shipp, Rachel Crawford | “Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B [DVD]” (biopic premiered on the Lifetime Channel on Nov. 15, 2014; See here) | (Lionsgate) |
| Slade | “Cum On Feel the Noize: Slade Live At Koko [DVD]” | (Beckmann) |
| Various artists | “Tribute To Johnny Cash: Live in Concert [DVD]” (1999 concert featuring Cash, Willie Nelson, U2, Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristofferson, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, etc.; See here) | (MVD) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of March 10, 2015
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Eric Clapton | “Motherless Child: The Definitive Biography of Eric Clapton” (Hardcover; author: Paul Scott; Paperback; Kindle) | (Headline Book Publishing, March 12) |
| Ali Graham | “99 Problems: Superstars Have Bad Days, Too” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Workman Publishing Company) |
| Sean Madigan Hoen | “Songs Only You Know: A Memoir” (Paperback; Read here; Kindle) | (Soho Press) |
| Robert M. Marovich | “A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music” (Paperback) | (University of Illinois Press, March 15) |
| John Prine | “John Prine: In Spite of Himself” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (University of Texas Press, March 15) |
More Book Releases for the Week of March 10, 2015