New Releases: Dec. 4, 2015
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Babyface | “Return of the Tender Lover” (his first solo studio album in seven years; guests: El DeBarge, After 7; first single: “We’ve Got Love”; Hear here; MP3) | (Def Jam) |
| Coldplay | “A Head Full of Dreams” (producers: Rik Simpson, Davide Rossi; guests: Beyoncé, Tove Lo, Noel Gallagher, etc.; first single: “Adventures of a Lifetime”; Hear here; Vinyl ; MP3 ) |
(Parlophone / Atlantic) |
| Curren$y | “Canal Street Confidential” (guests: Future, Floyd, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, K Camp, Ty Dolla $ign, August Alsina; See here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| G-Eazy | “When It’s Dark Out” (producers: G-Eazy, Christoph Andersson, Boi-1da, Southside, DJ Spinz, Kane Beatz, Remo; first single: “Me, Myself & I,” feat. Bebe Rexha; Hear here; See here; MP3 ) |
(BPG / RVG / RCA) |
| Jesse & Joy (Mexican brother and sister) | “Un Besito Mas” (producers: Fraser T. Smith, Martin Terefe, Juan Luis Guerra, Jesse; guests: Alejandro Sanz, Tommy Torres, Juan Luis Guerra; first single: “Ecos de Amor”; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Tom Jones | “Long Lost Suitcase” (released in the U.K. in mid-October; the third in a trilogy of all-covers albums in which he visits his musical roots; producer: Ethan Johns; guest: Imelda May; Hear here; MP3) |
(S-Curve) |
| Lil BUB (celebrity cat) | “Science & Magic: A Soundtrack to the Universe” (full-length concept album written by a magical space cat; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Mister Sir (Russian progressive post-hardcore trio) | “Sleep” (producer: Anton Serov; guests: Anton Serov, Andrew Triphonov, Sergey Rokhmanyuk; first single: “Oh, The Payday!”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Sunset Recordings, Dec. 8) |
| Placebo | “MTV Unplugged” (recorded on Aug. 19, 2015, in London; See here; Vinyl; MP3 ; DVD; Blu-ray) |
(UMe) |
| Punchline | “Thrilled” (producer: Marc McClusky; Hear here; MP3) | (InVogue) |
| Rick Ross | “Black Market” (guests: Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, John Legend, CeeLo Green, Nas, Future, DJ Premier, Chris Brown; Hear here; MP3) | (Def Jam) |
| Jonatan Sanchez | “Mi Primera Vez” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Sony U.S. Latin) |
| Troye Sivan | “Blue Neighbourhood” (guests: Betty Who, Broods, Allday; new single: “Talk Me Down”; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Capitol) |
| Daniel Taylor / The Trinity Choir | “Four Thousand Winter” (Hear here) | (Sony Classical) |
| Various artists | “Chi-Raq (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (directed by Spike Lee and written by Lee and Kevin Willmott, distributed by Amazon Studios; featuring tracks by R. Kelly, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Cannon, Mali Music, etc.; opens in theaters in limited release on Dec. 4, with the film premiering on Amazon Instant Video shortly thereafter; See here; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Various artists | “Point Break (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (soundtrack to a new re-imagination of the 1991 cult classic film; music includes Dig the Kid’s “Still Breathing,” plus tracks by Steve Aoki with Headhunterz, Justin Young, MRKTS, SG Lewis, Genevieve and Andrew Watt; opens in theaters on Christmas Day; See here; MP3 ) |
(Alcon Sleeping Giant Music Group / Caroline) |
| Various artists | “School of Rock – The Musical (Original Cast Recording)” (starring Alex Brightman; album features the songs in the stage production, as well as three songs from the 2003 film. All original songs are written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater; producers: Rob Cavallo, Lloyd Webber; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warner) |
More Releases for Dec. 4, 2015
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Brothertiger (aka electronic musician/producer John Jagos) | “Out of Touch” (third single: “Beyond the Infinite”; Hear here) | (Brothertiger) |
| The Kooks | “Hello, What’s Your Name?” (first single: “Creatures of Habit”; Hear here; Import CD) | (Virgin) |
| Emily Kopp (Florida-based soul-rocker) | “Making Sense Of” (four-song EP; first single: “Chasing Streetlights”; Hear here; See here) | (E.G. Kopp Touring) |
| Christina Milian | “4U” (four-song EP; guests: Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne; Hear here) | (Milianheiress Music 2) |
| Twista | “Livin’ Legend” (seven-track EP; guests: Jeremih, Fedarro; first single: “Models & Bottles”; Hear here) | (Get Money Gang Entertainment) |
| Walk the Moon | “Different Colors EP” (featuring two previously unreleased songs and two remixes by Lost Kings and The Griswolds; Hear here) | (RCA) |
More Digital Releases for Dec. 4, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Idlewild South (Deluxe Edition)” (1970 album; remastered, with 12 bonus live tracks, studio cuts and outtakes; three-CD, Blu-ray combo; Hear here; Read here) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Dave Brubeck | “The Best of … 1952-1962” (four CDs) | (Real Gone Jazz) |
| Glen Campbell | “Love Songs” | (RockBeat) |
| Johnny Cash | “Man In Black: Live In Denmark 1971” (with guests June Carter Cash, The Carter Family, Carl Perkins, The Statler Brothers; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | “B-Sides and Rarities” (three CDs) | (Mute) |
| The Choir of King’s College Cambridge / David Willcocks | “The Complete Argo Recordings” (29-disc box set; Read here) | (Decca) |
| Nat King Cole | “Stardust: The Rare Television Performances” (two CDs, 35 songs; remastered by Mike Milchner; featuring songs from NBC’s “The Nat King Cole Show,” as well a 1963 appearance on Australian television; MP3 ) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| John Coltrane | “The Best of … 1957-1962” (four CDs) | (Real Gone Jazz) |
| Cream | “The Singles 1967-1970” (vinyl box set contains 10 7-inch singles; Read here) | (Polydor / UMe) |
| Dick Dale | “Live on the Santa Monica Pier” (two-CD, 30-song set was recorded over two nights in the mid-1990s; MP3 ) |
(RockBeat) |
| Danny & The Juniors | “Greatest Hits” (two CDs, 30 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| The Dictators | “Go Girl Crazy! 40th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded Edition” (1975 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Europe | “War of Kings (Special Edition)” (2015 album, with a bonus DVD of the group’s performance at Wacken Open Air Festival 2015; CD + DVD + Blu-ray + Photobook ) |
(UDR) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Tusk (Expanded Edition)” (1979 album; remastered, with two additional CDs containing session outtakes, demos and remixes; Standard CD; Deluxe Edition, featuring five CDs, one DVD and one LP; MP3 Expanded Edition; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Selena Gomez | “Revival” (2015 album; four-disc box set, with a 32-page hard-cover album book, a poster, five image prints, etc.; Vinyl) | (Interscope) |
| Gong | “The Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy” (four-CD box set, featuring “Flying Teapot,” “Angels Egg” and “You” and a bonus CD of rarities; Hear here; Vinyl) | (BYG / Charly) |
| Grateful Dead | “Dick’s Picks Vol. 3 Pembroke Pines, Florida 5/22/77” (two CDs, 16 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Hardwell (Dutch big room house producer) | “United We Are (Remixed)” (2015 album; Hear here) | (Ultra) |
| Bobby Hart | “The First Bobby Hart Solo Album” (1980 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks, 24-page booklet, unseen pics and exclusive interview; Hear here) | (U.K. – 7A Records, Dec. 7) |
| King Crimson | “Thrak (20th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album; remastered, with a DVD-Audio featuring 5.1 Surround Sound and Hi-Res stereo mixes) |
(DGM) |
| King Curtis | “The Complete Atco Singles” (three CDs, 66 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Johnny Marr | “Adrenalin Baby – Johnny Marr Live” (recorded on his 2014 “Playland” tour; Vinyl; MP3) | (New Voodoo) |
| Bette Midler | “A Gift of Love” (18-song collection of love songs; MP3) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Charles Mingus | “The Best of … 1954-1962” (four CDs) | (Real Gone Jazz) |
| Nashville Cast | “The Music of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 4 Volume 1” | (Big Machine) |
| Neville Brothers | “Neville-ization: Expanded Version” (1982 album; remastered, with a second disc featuring a 1985 concert in Germany) |
(RockBeat) |
| Roy Orbison | “There Is Only One Roy Orbison” (1965 album; remixed and remastered), “The Orbison Way” (1966 album; remixed and remastered), “The Classic Roy Orbison” (1966 album; remixed and remastered), “Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson” (1967 album; remixed and remastered), “Cry Softly Lonely One” (1967 album; remixed and remastered), “The Fastest Guitar Alive” (1967 soundtrack album; remixed and remastered), “Roy Orbison’s Many Moods” (1969 album; remixed and remastered), “One of the Lonely Ones” (previously unreleased 1969 album; remixed and remastered), “Hank Williams The Roy Orbison Way” (1970 album; remixed and remastered), “Big O” (1970 album, originally not released in the U.S.; remixed and remastered), “Roy Orbison Sings” (1972 album; remixed and remastered), “Milestones” (1973 album; remixed and remastered), “Roy Orbison: The M-G-M Years 1965-1973” (13-CD box set; MP3) | (Roy Orbison) |
| Poco | “Ghost Town / Inamorata” (1982, 1984 albums; remastered; Read here) | (U.K. – BGO) |
| Lloyd Price | “The Essential Recordings” (two CDs, 40 songs; Track list) | (Primo / Proper Music) |
| Simple Minds | “Once Upon a Time (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1985 album; remastered; two-CD deluxe edition, with a second disc of 12-inch versions, remixes, etc., along with “Don’t You [Forget About Me]”; Standard CD; MP3 ; MP3 Deluxe Edition ; MP3 Super Deluxe Edition ) |
(Virgin / UMe) |
| Jeremy Spencer | “Jeremy Spencer (Expanded Edition)” (1970 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Bruce Springsteen | “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection” (1980 album; remastered; 52 tracks on four CDs with unreleased material and four hours of never-before-seen video on three DVDs; Hear here; Read here; CD/Blu-ray box set; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Them | “The Complete Them 1964-1967” (three CDs, 69 songs; Read here; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Allen Toussaint | “Life, Love and Faith / Southern Nights / Motion” (1972, 1973 and 1978 albums on two CDs; remastered; Read here) | (U.K. – BGO) |
| Various artists | “American Roots Music: Pre War Blues, Country & Folk” (box set) | (RockBeat) |
| Various artists | “The Birth of British Blues” (four-CD, 89-song box set, featuring Chris Barber, Ken Collyer, Lonnie Donegan, Cyril Davies, Alexis Korner, etc.; Read here) | (Proper Box) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Classical” (three CDs, 57 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – NOW!) |
| Bobby Vee | “The Essential Recordings” (two CDs, 40 songs; Track list) | (Primo / Proper Music) |
| Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn | “Cubist Blues” (1996 album; remastered; includes download card for live show at Trans Musicales, France, Dec. 7th, 1996; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Light In The Attic) |
More Releases for Dec. 4, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Beach Boys | “Beach Boys’ Party! Uncovered and Unplugged” (1965 album; remastered, with 69 more songs and dialog tracks culled from all of “Party!” recording sessions; Read here) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Kenny Burrell | “Kenny Burrell + Swingin'” (1956, 1957 albums) | (Classic Standard) |
| Graham Chapman (of Monty Python fame) | “Spot the Loony” (rare live performance from April 15, 1988, at Sayles Hall, Brown University, Rhode Island; he died a year later; CD version out Feb. 12) | (Right Recordings) |
| Ray Conniff | “Christmas with Conniff” (1959 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Sarah Connor | “Ten Best” | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Dec. 7) |
| Dave & Sugar | “Ten Best” (including “The Door Is Always Open,” “Tear Time” and “Golden Tears”) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Dec. 7) |
| Eurogliders | “Ten Best” (including “Heaven [Must Be There]” and “We Will Together”) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Dec. 7) |
| Vince Guaraldi Trio | “Vince Guaraldi Trio + A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing” (1956, 1957 albums) | (Classic Standard) |
| Holly Knight | “Ten Best” (including hits with Device and Spider) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Dec. 7) |
| Greg Lake | “Greg Lake” (his 1981 solo debut album) | (Manticore) |
| The Louvin Brothers | “The Louvin Brothers Collection 1949-62” (56 songs; CD version out Feb. 12) | (Acrobat) |
| Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s | “The Bride on the Boxcar: A Decade of Margot Rarities: 2004-2014” (five-LP box set, with unreleased album tracks, demos, bedroom recordings and alternate versions; Hear here; See here) |
(Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Moon Martin | “Ten Best” (including “Rolene”) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Dec. 7) |
| Amos Milburn | “The Best of the Aladdin Years 1946-57” (52 songs; CD version out Feb. 12) | (Acrobat) |
| Mitch Miller | “Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch” (1958 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Van Morrison | “Born to Sing: No Plan B” (2012 album), “The Essential Van Morrison” (38 songs) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein | “Roy Harris: Symphony No. 3 / William Schuman: Symphony No. 3” (recorded live in Avery Fisher Hall in December 1985; Hear here) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Amos Milburn | “The Best of the Aladdin Years 1946-57” (52 songs; CD version out Feb. 12) | (Acrobat) |
| Dolly Parton | “The Collection” (10 complete albums) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Ben Pollack | “The Ben Pollack Collection 1923-50” (49 songs; CD version out Feb. 12) | (Fabulous) |
| Earnest Pugh | “Hidden Treasures & Collaborations” (12 songs) | (PMan Music) |
| Jo Stafford | “The Jo Stafford Collection Vol. 1, 1939-62” (51 songs; Read here), “The Jo Stafford Collection Vol. 2, 1939-62” (52 songs) |
(Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection” (36 songs, featuring musical highlights from all six seasons; original music by John Lunn, with the Chamber Orchestra of London; CD version out Jan. 15) | (Decca) |
| Various artists | “The Hit Songs of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller 1952-62” (58 songs) | (Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “Winter” (44-song label compilation, featuring Fleet Foxes, First Aid Kit, The Black Keys, Eels, Slow Club, etc.) | (PIAS America) |
More Digital Releases for Dec. 4, 2015
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Dr. Maya Angelou, Vince Gill, Graham Nash, Joel Osteen, et al | “I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song [DVD]” | (Virgil Films and Entertainment, Dec. 1) |
| Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, et al | “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 25th Anniversary [Blu-ray + DVD]” (1989 film) | (Warner Home Video, Dec. 1) |
| Burl Ives, James Farentino, et al | “The Bold Ones: The Lawyers: The Complete Series [DVD]” (eight discs) | (Shout! Factory / Timeless Media, Dec. 1) |
| Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, et al | “Downhill Racer (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]” (1969 film; Read here) | (Criterion Collection, Dec. 1) |
| Amy Winehouse | “Amy [DVD]” (2015 documentary film; Blu-ray) | (Lionsgate, Dec. 1) |
| Various artists | “TCM Greatest Classic Films: That’s Entertainment [DVD]” | (Warner Home Video, Dec. 1) |
| Roger Waters | “Roger Waters The Wall [DVD]” (from his sold-out 2010-2013 “The Wall Live” tour; producer: Nigel Godrich; Blu-ray; Vinyl; MP3; CD) | (Columbia / Legacy, Dec. 1) |
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Bob Dylan | “Time Out of Mind: The Lives of Bob Dylan” (Paperback; author: Ian Bell) | (Pegasus, Dec. 7) |
| Andrew S. Guthrie | “Paul’s Records: How a Refugee from the Vietnam War Found Success Selling Vinyl on the Streets of Hong Kong” (Paperback) | (Blacksmith Books, Dec. 7) |
| Herbie Hancock | “Herbie Hancock: Possibilities” (Paperback; co-author: Lisa Dickey) | (Penguin Books, Dec. 8) |
| Michael Hutchence | “Michael In Pictures: A Celebration of the Life of Michael Hutchence 1960-1997” (Hardcover; author: Richard Simpkin) | (New Holland Australia, Dec. 8) |
| Jim Morrison | “Mr. Mojo: A Biography of Jim Morrison” (Paperback; author: Dylan Jones) | (Bloomsbury USA, Dec. 8) |
| Jim West | “The Sound of Phoenix: A History of Twang & Rockabilly in Arizona” (Paperback) | (Arcadia Publishing, Dec. 8) |
| James Westbrook | “An Illustrated History and Directory of Acoustic Guitars” (Paperback; subtitled “A Visual Guide to More Than 150 Guitars From the Early 16th Century Up to the Modern Day”) | (Southwater, Dec. 7) |
Next week: Dec. 11, 2015
Oct. 23 / Oct. 30 / Nov. 6 / Nov. 13 / Nov. 20 / Nov. 27
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