New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Josh Abbott Band | “Front Row Seat” (producer: Dwight A. Baker; first single: “Amnesia”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Thirty Tigers) |
| Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes Del Rancho (the lead singer of the popular norteño group died in a car crash on Feb. 25) | “Hablemos” (Hear here; MP3 ) | (DEL) |
| Sara Bareilles | “What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress” (featuring songs from the upcoming Broadway musical “Waitress,” for which she wrote both music and lyrics; it opens in April 2016 at Brooks Atkinson Theatre; producer: Neal Avron; guest: Jason Mraz; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Epic) |
| Eric Bibb and JJ Milteau | “Lead Belly’s Gold: Live at the Sunset and More” (11 live tracks recorded at the famed Paris jazz club, as well as five new studio recordings; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Stony Plain) |
| The Cadillac Three (Nashville country-rock trio) | “The Cadillac Three” (first single: “White Lightning”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Big Machine) |
| Celldweller (electronic rock artist/producer) | “End of an Empire” (Hear here; MP3 ; MP3 Deluxe Edition ) | (FiXT) |
| Cool Uncle (feat. Bobby Caldwell and Jack Splash) | “Cool Uncle” (guests: CeeLo Green, Deniece Williams, Mayer Hawthorne, Jessie Ware, Eric Biddines, JD8; first single: “Breaking Up”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Fresh Young Minds) |
| The Count Basie Orchestra | “A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas!” (direction of longtime Basie trumpeter Scotty Barnhart; producer: former Basie drummer Gregg Field; guests: Johnny Mathis, Ledisi, Ellis Marsalis, Carmen Bradford; MP3 ) | (Concord Jazz) |
| Coasts (Bristol, England, rock band) | “Coasts” (producers: Mike Spencer, Mark Crew, Elliot James, Fraser T. Smith, Duncan Mills, James Rushent; Hear here; Deluxe Edition , with six extra tracks; MP3 ; MP3 Deluxe Edition ) | (Capitol) |
| Drive-By Truckers | “This Weekend’s the Night!” (Vinyl; highlights from “It’s Great to Be Alive!”) | (ATO) |
| Steve Forbert | “Compromised” (his 16th studio album; producers: Forbert, John Simon; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Rock Ridge Music / ADA) |
| Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers | “The Gospel According to Gatlin” (guests: Charlie Daniels, Gaither Vocal Band; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Curb) |
| Ghost Town | “Evolution” (first single: “Spark”; Hear here; See here; MP3 ) | (Fueled By Ramen) |
| Billy Gibbons and the BFG’s | “Perfectamundo” (the ZZ Top guitarist-vocalist’s solo debut album; producers: Gibbons, Joe Hardy; first single: a cover of Roy Head’s “Treat Her Right”; See here; Read here; MP3 ) | (Concord) |
| Ellie Goulding | “Delirium” (producers: Max Martin, Ali Payami, Calvin Harris; first single: “On My Mind”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Interscope) |
| Sara Groves | “Floodplain” (first single: “I’ve Been Here Before”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Fair Trade Services / Columbia) |
| Deitrick Haddon | “Masterpiece” (first single: “Restore Me Again”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (eOne Music) |
| Hunter Hayes | “The 21 Project” (three-CD set features seven songs performed differently: acoustic, studio and live; guests: Lady Antebellum; Hear here) | (Atlantic Nashville) |
| Talib Kweli & 9th Wonder | “Indie 500” (guests: Problem, Slug, Rapsody, Pharaoh Monch, Brother Ali, Hi-Tek, NIKO IS, etc.; first single: “Every Ghetto”; See here; Vinyl ) | (It’s a Wonderful World Music Group) |
| Library Voices | “Lovish” (second single: “Zzyzx”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Nevado Music) |
| Little Mix (British girl group won U.K. “X Factor” in 2011) | “Get Weird” (first single: “Black Magic”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Syco Music / Columbia) |
| Made of Oak (Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso) | “Penumbra” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Partisan) |
| Bill Madison | “Rogues” (producer: Madison; first single: “Old Oak Tree”; Hear here) | (Saloon, Nov. 7) |
| Tim McGraw | “Damn Country Music” (producers: McGraw, Byron Gallimore; guests: Big & Rich, daughter Gracie McGraw; first single: “Top of the World”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition ; MP3 ) | (Big Machine) |
| MC Lars | “The Zombie Dinosaur LP” (producers: Lars, Jim Greer, Damondrick “D.J.” Jack; guests: Watsky, Kool Keith, Spose, Roger Lima of Less than Jake, STZA Crack of Leftöver Crack, Brian Mazzaferri of I Fight Dragons; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Horris) |
| Natalie Merchant | “Paradise is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings” (all-new recordings revisiting her 1995 solo debut album, “Tigerlily”; accompanied by a documentary DVD containing live performances, archival footage and interviews; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Nonesuch) |
| Candice Night (of Blackmore’s Night) | “Starlight Starbright” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Minstrel Hall) |
| Old Dominion (Nashville country-rock quintet) | “Meat and Candy” (producer: Shane McAnally; first single: “Break Up With Him”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (RCA Nashville) |
| Pieces of a Dream | “All In” (Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Sam Robson | “A Cappella Christmas” (See here; MP3 ) | (Stone) |
| Bill Ryder-Jones (formerly of The Coral) | “West Kirby County Primary” (producer: Ryder-Jones; first single: “Two to Birkenhead”; Hear here; See here; MP3 ) | (Domino) |
| Seal | “7” (producer: Trevor Horn; first single: “Every Time I’m With You”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Warner) |
| Billy Sherwood (currently the bass player for Yes) | “Citizen” (Hear here; MP3 ; see related reissue below) | (Frontiers) |
| Angie Stone | “Dream” (producer: Walter Millsap III; guest: Dave Hollister; first single: “2 Bad Habits”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| The Undead (led by former Misfits guitarist Bobby Steele) | “The Morgue … The Merrier” (producers: Bobby Steele, Diana Steele; first single: “Be My Ghoul”; See here) | (Post Mortem, Nov. 3) |
| Various artists | “Songs From The Martian” (Amazon-exclusive CD; includes Harry Gregson-Williams’ “The Martian Score Suite”; Deluxe Edition ; MP3 ) | (Columbia) |
| Visage | “Demons to Diamonds” (their fifth and final studio album features songs that Steve Strange was working before his unexpected death in February 2015; includes a cover of David Bowie’s “Loving the Alien”; first single: “Lost in Static”; Hear here; Vinyl ) | (U.K. – Blitz Club / Control Room) |
| Brenna Whitaker | “Brenna Whitaker” (producer: David Foster; Hear here; MP3 ; MP3 Deluxe Edition ) | (Verve) |
| Jamie Woon | “Making Time” (first single: “Sharpness”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (PMR) |
| W-X (aka Tim Presley) | “W-X” (first single: “Brazilian Worm Band”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Castle Face) |
| Mike Zito & The Wheel | “Keep Coming Back” (producer: Trina Shoemaker; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Ruf) |
More Releases for Nov. 6, 2015
“The Complete Peanuts 1995-1998 Gift Box Set”
… “Runner’s World Meals on the Run”
… “100 Years of the Best American Short Stories”
… Christmas Store [holiday decorating and entertaining]
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| William Alexander (Long Beach-based singer/songwriter) | “Strangest Things” (first single: “Lost in the Fire”; Hear here) | (Yellow K) |
| Björk | “Vulnicura Strings” (acoustic strings version of her 2015 album “Vulnicura”; producer: Björk; Hear here; CD , out Nov. 27) | (One Little Indian) |
| Marc Broussard | “Magnolias & Mistletoe” (holiday-themed album, featuring two original songs; Hear here) | (G-Man Inc.) |
| Rob Carona (Sacramento country-pop singer) | “Drive” (six-song EP; Hear here; See here) | (Heart Songs for Veterans) |
| French Horn Rebellion | “Foolin’ Around” (six-song EP; guest: Spencer Ludwig; Hear here) | (Ensemble) |
| Golden Ivy (aka Swedish composer-producer Ivar Lantz) | “To Elvira from Ivy with Love” (six-song EP; Hear here) | (Music For Dreams) |
| Michael Monroe Goodman (currently starring in the Chicago production of “Ring of Fire,” a musical about Johnny Cash) | “The Flag, The Bible, & Bill Monroe” (Hear here) | (Mammerjam, Nov. 10) |
| Grimes | “Art Angels” (guests: Janelle Monáe, Aristophanes; first single: “Flesh Without Blood”; Hear here; Vinyl ; CD , out Dec. 11) | (4AD) |
| The Japanese House | “Clean” (four-song EP; first single: “Clean”; Hear here) | (Dirty Hit / Interscope) |
| Henry Mansfield | “The View from Radio Towers” (five-song EP; producer: Jason Suko; first single: “Right Above From Where You Are”; Hear here) | (Henry Mansfield) |
| The Muscadettes (Montreal twin-sister duo) | “Side B” (six-song EP; first single: “Earthquake”; Hear here) | (PaperCup Music) |
| Nick Noro | “Cut” (producers: Noro, Betamaxx, Miami Nights 1984, Khayree; guest: Flipside; first single: “Laura Croft”; Hear here) | (Nick Noro, Nov. 10) |
| Soldiers of Fortune (featuring members of Oneida, Interpol, Chavez, etc.) | “Early Risers” (guests: Stephen Malkmus, Cass McCombs; first single: “Nails”; Hear here) | (Mexican Summer) |
| Thus Owls (Montreal-based band) | “Black Matter” (six-song EP; first single: “Turn Up the Volumes”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Secret City) |
More Digital Releases for Nov. 6, 2015
“Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology,” Leah Remini
… “50 Classics For Relaxation”
… “If I Can Dream,” Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
… Fire, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB
… Entertainment Weekly
… Fallout 4
… Cards Against Humanity
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Anastacia | “Ultimate Collection” (19 songs; MP3 ) | (U.K. – Sony Music UK) |
| Lynn Anderson | “The Christmas Album (Expanded Edition)” (1971 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| The Beatles | “1” (CD/Blu-ray; 2000 compilation of every No. 1 single released in the United Kingdom and United States from 1962-70; CD, 2015 remix/remaster; CD/DVD; DVD; Blu-ray), “1+” (CD/DVD Deluxe Edition); “1+ (CD/Blu-ray Deluxe Edition; 27 tracks, with bonus video content; See here; Read here) | (Apple / Capitol / UMe) |
| Harry Belafonte | “Island in the Sun: The Harry Belafonte Hits Collection 1953-1962” (24 tracks; Read here) | (Jasmine) |
| Maxine Brown | “If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Complete Singles As & Bs 1960-1962” (22 tracks; Read here) | (Jasmine) |
| Glen Campbell | “Complete Capitol Christmas Recordings” (18 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Patsy Cline | “Crazy: The Collection” (two CDs) | (Music Club Legends) |
| Nat “King” Cole | “Unforgettable: The Collection” (two CDs) | (Music Club Legends) |
| Darts | “The Complete Collection” (six-CD box set contains all their albums, plus a bonus disc of 24 rare and unreleased recordings) | (U.K. – Edsel) |
| Jimmy Dean | “Jimmy Dean’s Christmas Card: The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings” (15 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| John Denver | “Rocky Mountain Christmas” (1975 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent blue vinyl, gatefold cover) | (Friday Music) |
| Bob Dylan | “The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12” (two CDs; Read here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Connie Francis | “Lipstick On Your Collar: The Collection” (two CDs) | (Music Club Legends) |
| Hilary Hahn | “Hilary Hahn: The Complete Sony Recordings” (five-CD box set; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Classical) |
| Etta James | “At Last: The Collection” (two CDs) | (Music Club Legends) |
| Al Jarreau | “Breakin’ Away: Expanded Edition” (1981 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Brenda Lee | “Sweet Nothin’s: The Collection” (two CDs) | (Music Club Legends) |
| Julie London | “Cry Me a River: The Collection” (two CDs) | (Music Club Legends) |
| Dean Martin | “Volare: The Collection” (two CDs) | (Music Club Legends) |
| Johnny Mathis | “The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010” (27 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Garnet Mimms | “The Early Years Featuring The Gainors: The Complete Recordings 1958-1961” (22 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Jasmine) |
| Jim Nabors | “The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings” (19 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Ricky Nelson | “Hello Mary Lou: The Collection” (two CDs) | (Music Club Legends) |
| New Order | “Singles” (2005 compilation; remastered; two CDs, 32 songs) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| The Outlaws | “Outlaws Live: Los Angeles 1976” (Vinyl) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| The Alan Parsons Project | “The Turn of a Friendly Card (Deluxe Anniversary Edition)” (1980 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks, a second CD featuring 17 previously unreleased and rare tracks and a 20-page booklet; See here; Track list) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Ray Price | “The Original Outlaw: The Early Albums Collection Plus Bonus Hits” (two CDs, 58 songs; Read here) | (Jasmine) |
| Rancid | “B sides and C sides” (2007 compilation of 16 B-sides plus five unreleased songs; remastered) | (Rancid) |
| Billy Sherwood | “Collection” (nine songs, including two previously unreleased tracks; Read here) | (Cherry Red) |
| Sam Smith | “In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition)” (2014 album, with a second CD of new music, covers, live performances and collaborations; MP3) | (Capitol) |
| Ronnie Spector | “The Very Best of Ronnie Spector” (19 songs, including two tracks recorded with The E Street band in 1977 and “Try Some, Buy Some,” written and co-produced by George Harrison) | (U.K. – Sony Music UK) |
| The Spinners | “Spinners (Expanded Edition)” (1973 album, featuring the hits “I’ll Be Around,” “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love,” “One of a Kind [Love Affair]” and “Ghetto Child”; remastered, with eight bonus tracks, including two Tom Moulton mixes; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Tracey Thorn (of Everything But the Girl) | “Solo: Songs and Collaborations 1982-2015” (two CDs, 34 songs; MP3) | (Caroline) |
| T’Pau | “Bridge of Spies (Remastered Expanded Edition)” (1987 album; including the Top 5 hit “Heart and Soul”; with a second CD of B-sides and remixes and DVD featuring promo videos and “T’Pau Live in concert – Hammersmith Odeon, March 1988”; Read here; MP3) | (U.K. – Virgin) |
| Various artists | “Relaxin’, Jazzin’ and Chillin’: Instrumental Hits 1957-1962” (30 songs; Read here) | (Jasmine) |
| Bobby Vinton | “A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection” (19 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Porter Wagoner | “The First Ten Years 1952-1962: Original Albums and Selected Singles” (two CDs, 53 songs; Read here) | (Jasmine) |
| Andy Williams | “The Andy Williams Christmas Album” (1963 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent red vinyl, gatefold cover) | (Friday Music) |
| John Williams | “The Best Selection” | (Decca) |
| The Winans | “Classic 3” (three complete albums; MP3) | (Intersound) |
More Releases for Nov. 6, 2015
Best-Selling Christmas Albums … The Best-Selling Albums of All Time … New & Notable
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Tony Carey & Planet P Project | “Ten Best” (including “Why Me,” “A Fine, Fine Day” and “The First Day of Summer”) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Nov. 9) |
| Steve Cauthen | “… and Steve Cauthen Sings too!” (1977 album) | (Essential Music Group) |
| City Boy | “Ten Best” (including “5.7.0.5.”) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Nov. 9) |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | “Cosmo’s Factory (40th Anniversary Edition)” (1970 album, with three bonus tracks) | (Fantasy) |
| Clive Gregson & Christine Collister | “Home and Away (Deluxe Edition)” (1986 album; remastered, with bonus live performances; Read here; Import CD) | (Cherry Tree / Cherry Red) |
| Tom Lehrer | “The Tom Lehrer Collection 1953-60” (47 tracks; CD out Jan. 15) | (Acrobat) |
| Sad Café | “Ten Best” (including “Run Home Girl”) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Nov. 9) |
| Frank Sinatra | “The Complete Hits 1939-42” (with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras), “The Complete Hits 1943-62, Vol. 1,” “The Complete Hits 1943-62, Vol. 2,” “The Complete Hits 1943-62, Vol. 3” | (Acrobat) |
More Digital Releases for Nov. 6, 2015
“Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal” [DVD/Blu-ray]
… “Black Sails: The Complete Second Season”
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist/cast: | Title: | Label/studio: |
| Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley | “I Love Lucy: The Complete Series [DVD]” (34-disc box set) | (Paramount, Nov. 3) |
| James Brown | “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown [DVD]” (Peabody Award-winning documentary film, directed by Alex Gibney and co-produced by Mick Jagger; See here; Read here; Blu-ray) | (UMe) |
| David Duchovny, Evan Handler, et al | “Californication: The Complete Series [DVD]” (14-disc box set) | (Paramount, Nov. 3) |
| En Vogue | “An En Vogue Christmas [DVD]” (2014 Lifetime movie) | (Lionsgate, Nov. 3) |
| Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, et al | “That ’70s Show: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]” (18 discs, with bonus features) | (Mill Creek Entertainment, Nov. 3) |
| Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, et al | “Toy Story That Time Forgot [DVD]” (Blu-ray) | (Walt Disney Studios, Nov. 3) |
| Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, et al | “Vacation [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Warner Home Video, Nov. 3) |
| Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader, et al | “Inside Out [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Walt Disney Studios, Nov. 3) |
| Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, et al | “The End of the Tour [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Lionsgate, Nov. 3) |
| William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, et al | “Star Trek: The Original Series – The Complete Series [DVD]” (25-disc box set) | (Paramount, Nov. 3) |
| Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Jennifer Anniston, Will Forte | “She’s Funny That Way [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray) | (Lionsgate, Nov. 3) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for Nov. 3, 2015
“Trashed,” Derf Backderf … by the best-selling author of “My Friend Dahmer” (2012)
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Bob Dylan | “Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and off the Tracks” (Paperback; authors: Victor Maymudes, Jacob Maymudes) | (St. Martin’s Griffin) |
| Grateful Dead | “This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead” (Hardcover; authors: Blair Jackson, David Gans; Kindle) | (Flatiron Books) |
| The Hollies | “The Road Is Long … The Hollies Story” (Paperback; author: Brian Southall) | (Red Planet) |
| Michael Jackson | “Michael Jackson FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the King of Pop” (Paperback; author: Kit O’Toole) | (Backbeat Books) |
| Jas Obrecht | “Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar” (Hardcover) | (University of Minnesota Press, Nov. 9) |
| Donald S. Passman | “All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Ninth Edition” (Hardcover) | (Simon & Schuster) |
| Tom Petty | “Petty: The Biography” (Hardcover; author: Warren Zanes, a member of the Del Fuegos; Kindle) | (Henry Holt and Co.) |
| Sam Phillips | “Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Hardcover; author: Peter Guralnick; Kindle) | (Little, Brown and Company) |
| The Who | “The Who: 50 Years of My Generation” (Hardcover; author: Mat Snow) | (Race Point Publishing) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Nov. 6, 2015
Cool Stuff
| Manufacturer: | Product: | Release Date: |
| Activision | “Call of Duty: Black Ops III” (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) | (Nov. 6) |