New Releases: Oct. 30, 2015
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bryan Adams | “Get Up!” (producer: Jeff Lynne; first single: “Brand New Day”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (UMe) |
| Ryan Adams | “1989” (his cover of Taylor Swift’s entire album; first single: “Bad Blood”; Hear here; MP3) | (PAX-AM / Blue Note) |
| Trey Anastasio | “Paper Wheels” (producers: Anastasio, Bryce Goggin; first single: “Brand New Day”; Hear here) | (Rubber Jungle / ATO) |
| Babes (five siblings) | “Untitled (Five Tears)” (first single: “Life Come Into Me”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Barsuk) |
| Beach Slang (Philly band) | “Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us” (first single: “Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas”; Hear here; MP3) | (Polyvinyl) |
| Jonathan Butler | “Free” (Hear here; MP3) | (Rendezvous) |
| Car Seat Headrest | “Teens of Style” (first single: “Something Soon”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Matador) |
| Peter Case | “HWY 62” (producers: Case, Sheldon Gomberg; guests: Ben Harper, D.J. Bonebrake, Jebin Bruni, Cindy Wasserman, David Carpenter, Don Heffington, etc.; Hear here; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| The Chills | “Silver Bullets” (their first LP in 19 years; first single: “America Says Hello”; Hear here; MP3) | (Fire) |
| Def Leppard | “Def Leppard” (first single: “Let’s Go”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Mailboat) |
| Draconian (Swedish death metal band) | “Sovran” (Hear here; MP3) | (Napalm) |
| Drive-By Truckers | “It’s Great to Be Alive!” (recorded over three nights at the Fillmore in San Francisco in November 2014; producer: David Barbe; Hear here; MP3) | (ATO) |
| Escape the Fate | “Hate Me” (new lead guitarist: Thrasher Gruft; producers: Howard Benson, Michael Carey; first single: “Just a Memory”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Eleven Seven Music) |
| Fat Freddy’s Drop (New Zealand dub troupe) | “BAYS” (first single: “Razor”; Hear here; MP3) | (The Drop) |
| GEMS | “Kill the One You Love” (first single: “Living as a Ghost”; Hear/read here; MP3) | (Carpark) |
| G. Love & Special Sauce | “Love Saves the Day” (guests: Lucinda Williams, DJ Logic, Citizen Cope, Ozomatli, Kristy Lee; first single: “New York City”; Hear here; MP3) | (Brushfire / Universal) |
| Lalah Hathaway | “Lalah Hathaway Live” (recorded at the Troubadour Theater in Los Angeles, where her father recorded his classic 1972 “Donny Hathaway Live” album; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Hathaway Entertainment / eOne Music) |
| Chris Janson | “Buy Me a Boat” (second single: “Power of Positive Drinkin'”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Warner Music Nashville) |
| Kazuma Jinnouchi | “Halo 5: Guardians (Original Soundtrack)” (Xbox One game comes out on Oct. 27; Vinyl) | (Microsoft / 343 Industries) |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | “It’s a Holiday Soul Party” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Daptone) |
| Nigel Kennedy (British violinist and violist) | “Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons” (Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Classical) |
| The Marcus King Band (psychedelic Southern rock blues band from Greenville, S.C.) | “Soul Insight” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Evil Teen) |
| Seth MacFarlane | “No One Ever Tells You” (17 originals and covers; arranged and conducted by Joel McNeely; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Republic) |
| Maluma (singer from Medellín, Colombia) | “Pretty Boy Dirty Boy” (first single: “Boro Cassette”; Hear here) | (Sony Music Latin) |
| Steve Martin & Edie Brickell | “So Familiar” (producer: Peter Asher; guests: Mike Einziger, Béla Fleck; first single: “Won’t Go Back”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| MATRIARCHS (SoCal hardcore metal quintet) | “Scandalous Jointz” (producer: Nick Jett of Terror; mastered by Matt Hyde; Hear here) | (Eulogy Recordings) |
| James Morrison | “Higher Than Here” (the British singer’s first album in four years; first single: “Demons”; Hear here; See here; Deluxe Edition) | (U.K. – Island) |
| The Neighbourhood | “Wiped Out!” (first single: “R.I.P. 2 My Youth”; Hear here; MP3) | (The Revolve Group / Columbia) |
| Pictureplane (aka multimedia artist, singer and producer Travis Egedy) | “Technomancer” (first single: “Technomancer”; Hear here; MP3) | (Anticon) |
| Puscifer | “Money $hot” (first single: “Grand Canyon”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Puscifer Entertainment) |
| Roots Manuva | “Bleeds” (Hear here; MP3) | (Big Dada) |
| Marc Scibilia | “Out of Style” (producer: Butch Walker; first single: “Wide Open Arms”; Hear here; MP3) | (I.R.S. Nashville) |
| T.G. Sheppard | “Legendary Friends & Country Duets” (guests: the late George Jones, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Engelbert Humperdinck, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lorrie Morgan, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Skindred | “Volume” (Hear here; MP3) | (Napalm) |
| Laura Stevenson | “Cocksure” (producer: Jeff Rosenstock; first single: “Torch Song”; Hear here; MP3) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Straight No Chaser | “The New Old Fashioned” (first single: “Marvin Gaye”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Aaron Lee Tasjan (played lead guitar in late-period incarnations of The New York Dolls and Drivin N Cryin) | “In the Blazes” (producer: Eli Thomson of Everest; first single: “Florida Man”; Hear here; MP3) | (First of 3) |
| Timmy’s Organism | “Heartless Heathen” (first single: “Get Up, Get Out”; Hear here; MP3) | (Third Man) |
| Various artists | “80’s Re: Covered” (artists and producers who masterminded 1980s hits are given a challenge: to newly record a classic song from any other era, produced in an ’80s style; Hear here) | (Music Brokers) |
| Various artists | “Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl” (new interpretations of MacColl’s songs by Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Eliza Carthy, Jarvis Cocker, Paul Buchanan, Paul Brady, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, David Gray, etc.; Read here; MP3) | (Compass) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 56” (22 songs, including six “NOW What’s Next!” tracks; MP3) | (NOW Music) |
| Various artists | “We Love Disney” (covers of Disney songs by Ariana Grande, Ne-Yo, Jessie J, Jason Derulo, Gwen Stefani, Jhene Aiko, Fall Out Boy, Tori Kelly, Kacey Musgraves, Rascal Flatts, etc.; producer: David Foster; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Verve / Walt Disney) |
| Rhonda Vincent | “Christmas Time” (guests: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels, Ronnie Milsap, The Oak Ridge Boys, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Upper Management Music) |
| VOWWS (industrial-pop duo) | “The Great Sun” (producer: Kevin McMahon; guests: Gary Numan, Thor Harris, Beki Aldridge; first single: “Losing Myself In You”; Hear here; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Wolf Eyes (post-industrial/noise trio) | “I Am a Problem: Mind In Pieces” (first single: “Enemy Ladder”; Hear here) | (Third Man) |
| The Yawpers (Denver trio) | “American Man” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Bloodshot) |
More Releases for Oct. 30, 2015
“Rock Chronicles: Every Legend, Every Line-up, Every Look,” David Roberts
… “Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume One” [DVD]
… “The Best of Cher: The Imperial Recordings 1965-1968”
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Black Masala (brassy D.C.-based multicultural outfit) | “I Love You Madly” (Hear here) | (Black Masala) |
| Escort | “Animal Nature” (first single: “Animal Nature”; Hear here) | (Escort) |
| Florist (upstate New York quartet) | “Holdly” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Double Double Whammy) |
| Franks & Deans (Las Vegas punk rock quartet) | “How Did You All Get in My Room?” (first single: “Rock N Roll Rat Pack”; Hear here; See here; CD, out Nov. 6) | (SquidHat, Oct. 31) |
| Maserati | “Rehumanizer” (Hear here) | (Temporary Residence) |
| Michaelangeflow | “Baked Dayz” (producer: Michaelangeflow ; first single: “Geek Party”; Hear here) | (Running Rampant, Oct. 31) |
| Movits! (Swedish group) | “They Tried To Bury Us, They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds” (first single: “Dansa I Regnet”; Hear here; See here) | (Slimstyle) |
| Mike O’Brien (of “Saturday Night Live”) | “Tasty Radio” (sketch comedy album Features Scarlett Johansson, The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone, John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, Vanessa Bayer, Jason Sudeikis, Nasim Pedrad, Cecily Strong, etc.; Hear here; CD, out Dec. 18) | (Comedy Dynamics) |
| Painted Zeros (Brooklyn trio) | “Floriography” (first single: “Pretty Rig”; Hear here) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Souleye (hip-hop artist) | “Shapeshifting” (first single: “The Victim”; Hear here; See here) | (Souleye, Oct. 27) |
| Aaron Todd | “Days of Grace” (two-song EP; producer: Todd; first single: “Out of Time”; Hear here) | (WisdomProject / Blacktree) |
| Viktor Fiction (new band/alter ego of producer Dave Trumfio) | “Selected Transmissions” (five-song EP; first single: “Love and Addiction”; Hear here) | (PCM Recordings) |
| Young Galaxy (Montreal synthpop group) | “Falsework” (producer: Dan Lissvik; first single: “Body”; Hear here; CD, out Nov. 13) | (Paper Bag) |
| Younghusband (U.K. quartet) | “Dissolver” (second single: “Waverly Street”; Hear here; See here; CD, out Dec. 11) | (ATP Recordings) |
More Digital Releases for Oct. 30, 2015
“1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die”
… Hot New Songs … $3.99 Albums … $0.69 Songs
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Barenaked Ladies | “Barenaked for the Holidays” (2004 album; remastered) | (Vanguard) |
| Cilla Black | “The Hit Singles” (18 songs) | (Varese Vintage) |
| Marc Bolan & T. Rex | “Unchained: Home Recordings & Studio Outtakes 1972-1977” (eight-CD box set; Read here) | (U.K. – Edsel) |
| Built to Spill | “There’s Nothing Wrong with Love” (1994 album; remastered; Vinyl) | (Sub Pop) |
| Jerry Butler | “The Soul of Jerry Butler” (two CDs, 38 songs; Track list) | (Not Now Music) |
| The Byrds | “The 1978 Reunion Concert” (recorded at The Boarding House in San Francisco on Feb. 9, 1978, for broadcast on KSAN-FM) | (Rox Vox / Forced Exposure) |
| Belinda Carlisle | “British Live Performance Series” | (Rainman) |
| Cowboy Junkies | “Notes Falling Slow” (four-CD box set includes remastered versions of the three studio albums released in the 2000s, “Open,” “One Soul Now” and “At the End of Paths Taken,” and a disc of previously unreleased tracks from those sessions; MP3) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Devo | “Social Fools: The Virgin Singles 1978-1982” | (Virgin / UMe) |
| Eels | “The Complete DreamWorks Albums” (eight-LP box set on 180-gram vinyl) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Erasure | “Always: The Very Best of Erasure” (three CDs, 43 songs; features remixes from Moby, William Orbit, BT and The Grid, plus a new version of “Sometimes”; Track list) | (U.K. – Mute / BMG) |
| Fall Out Boy | “Make America Psycho Again” (newly remixed version of 2015’s “American Beauty/American Psycho”; MP3) | (Island) |
| The 5th Dimension | “Portrait / Love’s Lines, Angles & Rhymes / Individually & Collectively / Living Together, Growing Together” (four original albums, from 1970-73, on two CDs; remastered) | (Raven) |
| Flamin’ Groovies | “In the U.S.A ’79” (concert at the Keystone in Palo Alto, Calif.; Hear/read here) | (Echoes) |
| Frida | “Something’s Going On (Deluxe Box Set)” (1982 album; remastered, with a DVD of promo videos, documentary and interviews and a 7-inch single of “I Know There’s Something Going On / You Know What I Mean”) | (U.K. – Polydor / UMC) |
| Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice | “The Pizza Tapes: Extra Large Edition” (three-CD set, originally recorded in Dawg Studios on two successive evenings in February 1993; MP3) | (Acoustic Disc) |
| Imagine Dragons | “Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe Edition)” (2015 album, with eight bonus tracks; MP3) | (KIDinaKORNER / Interscope) |
| Joe Jackson | “British Live Performance Series” | (Rainman) |
| The Jam | “Fire and Skill” (six-CD box set features six previously unreleased concerts, one from each year of the band’s major-label career; MP3) | (Polydor / UMe) |
| Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | “The Very Best of Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas” | (Varese Vintage) |
| The Marshall Tucker Band | “Live in the UK 1976” | (Ramblin’) |
| Alanis Morissette | “Jagged Little Pill (Deluxe Edition)” (1995 album; remastered, with bonus tracks and a bonus CD of demos; Collector’s Edition; MP3; MP3 Collector’s Edition) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Van Morrison | “Astral Weeks (Expanded & Remastered)” (1968 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks; MP3), “His Band and the Street Choir (Expanded & Remastered)” (1970 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Alison Moyet | “Hometime (Deluxe Edition)” (2002 album; remastered, with 12 bonus tracks; MP3), “The Turn (Deluxe Edition)” (2007 album; remastered, with 15 bonus tracks; MP3) | (Cooking Vinyl) |
| Gianna Nannini | “Hitstory” (three CDs, 45 songs; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (RCA) |
| Joan Osborne | “Relish (20th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album; remastered, with bonus material; Vinyl) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Elvis Presley | “If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra” (classic Presley vocal performances with new orchestral accompaniment, along with a duet with Michael Bublé; guests: Il Volo, Duane Eddy; Read here; MP3) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Otis Redding | “Soul Manifesto 1964-1970” (12-CD box set, featuring eight studio and live albums from 1964-67 and posthumously) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Lou Reed | “The Sire Years: Complete Albums Box” (10 CDs) | (Rhino / Sire) |
| Salsoul Orchestra | “The Salsoul Orchestra Story: 40th Anniversary Collection” (three CDs, 37 songs; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Groove Line) |
| Simple Minds | “The Vinyl Collection (79,84)” (seven-LP box set) | (U.K. – EMI) |
| Sly & The Family Stone | “Greatest Hits [Hybrid Multichannel SACD]” (1970 compilation; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Son Volt | “Trace (Expanded & Remastered)” (1995 album; remastered, with a second disc featuring an unreleased live performance recorded at The Bottom Line in New York on Feb. 12, 1996; Vinyl) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Al Stewart | “Orange: Remastered Edition” (1972 album; remastered from the original CBS master tapes, with two bonus tracks; Read here), “Past, Present and Future: Remastered Edition” (1973 album; remastered from the original CBS master tapes, with three bonus tracks; Read here), “Modern Times: Remastered Edition” (1975 album; Read here) | (Esoteric Recordings) |
| Igor Stravinsky | “Igor Stravinsky: The Complete Columbia Album Collection” (57-disc box set) | (Sony Classical) |
| Sweet | “Fox on the Run: Rare Studio Tracks” (featuring alternate versions of “Ballroom Blitz,” “Little Willy,” “Blockbuster,” etc.; Hear here) | (Cleopatra) |
| Uriah Heep | “British Live Performance Series” | (Rainman) |
| Various artists | “Best of Bond … James Bond” | (Virgin) |
| Various artists | “Blues Christmas” (18 songs; featuring Eric Gales, Popa Chubby, Chris Spedding, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Freddie King, Leslie West, etc.) | (Cleopatra) |
| Various artists | “The Classic Christmas Album” (Amazon-exclusive three-CD, 42-song collection, featuring holiday classics by Elvis Presley, Andy Williams, Mel Tormé, José Feliciano, Darlene Love, Wham!, etc.; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Various artists | “80 Hits of the ’80s” (four CDs; Track list) | (U.K. – Rhino) |
| Various artists | “Hulaland: The Golden Age of Hawaiian Music” (four-CD box set; MP3) | (RockBeat) |
| Various artists | “Love & Affection: More Motown Girls” (25 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace) |
| Various artists | “Norman Jay MBE Presents Good Times Skank & Boogie” (14-song collection includes tracks by The Chi-Lites, The Fantastic Four, Deodato, The Real Thing, etc.; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sunday Best Recordings / PIAS) |
| Various artists | “Le Freak: Music Inspired By Chic” (compiled by Joey Negro; Hear here; Read here) | (Z Records) |
| Various artists | “Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll” (two CDs, 55 songs; featuring Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Howlin’ Wolf, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, etc.; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| The Velvet Underground | “Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition [Box set]” (1970 album; remastered, in stereo and mono; five CDs and one DVD, featuring rarities, “Live at Max’s Kansas City” and “Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia 1970”; Read here; MP3) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Amy Winehouse | “Amy (The Original Soundtrack)” (2015 documentary film; MP3) | (Island / UMe) |
| The Wild Poppies | “Heroine: The Wild Poppies Complete Collection (1986-1989)” (20 tracks; MP3) | (Manufactured Recordings / Omnian Music Group) |
| Marion Williams | “Packin’ Up: The Best of Marion Williams” (MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Yes | “Fragile: Expanded & Remixed” (1971 album; with six bonus tracks; mixed for 5.1 Surround Sound from the original studio multitracks by Steven Wilson; Read here) | (U.K. – Panegyric) |
More Releases for Oct. 30, 2015
20th Anniversary Editions on Blu-ray … The Game of Thrones Store … New Bose Audio
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Art Blakey | “The Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Albums Collection” (eight complete albums) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Ken Boothe | “A Man and His Hits” (17 songs) | (Studio One) |
| Burning Spear | “Presenting Burning Spear” (1973 album), “Rocking Time” (1973 album) | (Studio One) |
| Carlton and the Shoes (two members were formerly in The Abyssinians) | “Love Me Forever” (1978 album; Hear here) | (Studio One) |
| Chilliwack | “Ten Best” (including “My Girl [Gone, Gone, Gone],” “Whatcha Gonna Do” and “I Believe”) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Nov. 2) |
| Duke Ellington | “The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1959-1961” (10 complete albums) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Dick Flood | “One Bright Morning” | (Fervor) |
| Robert Goulet | “The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings” (29 songs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| John Holt | “A Love I Can Feel” (1970 album), “Can’t Get You Off My Mind: 18 Greatest Hits,” “John Holt Greatest Hits” | (Studio One) |
| The Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding | “I Only Have Eyes for You” (1981 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Bob Marley and the Wailers | “Climb the Ladder,” “Destiny: Rare Ska Sides From Studio One,” “Greatest Hits At Studio One,” “One Love at Studio One,” “Simmer Down at Studio One,” “The Wailing Wailers at Studio One” | (Studio One) |
| Thelonious Monk | “The Complete Columbia Live Albums Collection” (10 complete albums) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Pentatonix | “That’s Christmas To Me (Deluxe Edition)” (2014 album, with five bonus tracks; Deluxe Tracks EP) | (RCA) |
| Elvis Presley | “The Complete ’70s Albums Collection” (21 complete albums) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Redbone | “Wovoka” (1973 album; includes “Come and Get Your Love”) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| The Skatalites | “Ska Authentic: Presenting the Original Ska-Talites From Jamaica, Vol. 1” (16 songs), “Ska Authentic: Presenting the Ska-Talites, Volume 2” (16 songs) | (Studio One) |
| Sweet | “Ten Best” (including “Fox on the Run,” “Ballroom Blitz” and “Love Is Like Oxygen”) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, Nov. 2) |
| Gene Vincent | “Ain’t That Too Much! The Complete Challenge Sessions” (18 songs from 1966-67) | (Sundazed Music, Nov. 1) |
More Digital Releases for Oct. 30, 2015
“The Partridge Family: The Complete Series”
… “What Time Is It? You Mean Now? Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All,” Yogi Berra
… “Cass County,” Don Henley
… “The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974,” Dr. John
… $3.99 Albums … $0.69 Songs … Exercise & Fitness
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, et al | “The Gift [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios) |
| Black Stone Cherry | “Thank You: Livin’ Live, Birmingham, UK, October 31st, 2014 [DVD]” (See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Gentle Giant | “Octopus [Blu-ray/CD]” (1972 album; Steven Wilson 5.1 remix; includes a bonus 15-minute live performance of “Excerpts from Octopus” from the band’s 1976 tour) | (Alucard) |
| Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, et al | “Southpaw [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Anchor Bay) |
| Merle Haggard | “Country Performances [DVD]” | (Blueline) |
| Monty Python | “Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray]” (1975 film; Castle Catapult Gift Set) | (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Oct. 27) |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | “Keep on the Sunnyside: Live in Concert 1989 [DVD]” | (Blueline) |
| Katy Perry | “The Prismatic World Tour Live [DVD]” (See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| The Rolling Stones | “From The Vault: Live At The Tokyo Dome” (1990 concert; three discs; Blu-ray; 4 LP/DVD Combo) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, et al | “Pixels [DVD]” (2015 film; 3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Susan Tyrell, Hervé Villechaize, et al | “Forbidden Zone: Special Edition [DVD]” (1980 musical comedy film, directed and produced by Richard Elfman; featuring original music by Danny Elfman; See here; Blu-ray) | (MVD Visual, Oct. 27) |
| Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, et al | “Mulholland Dr. (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]” (2001 film; Read here; Blu-ray) | (Criterion Collection, Oct. 27) |
| Josh Wiggins, Lauren Graham, et al | “Max [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Frank Zappa & The Mothers | “Roxy the Movie [DVD/CD]” (December 1973 concert featuring George Duke on keyboards and Ruth Underwood on percussion; See here; Blu-ray/CD) | (Eagle Rock) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for Oct. 27, 2015
Kindle, 6″ Glare-Free Touchscreen Display
… “The Last of the President’s Men,” Bob Woodward
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Ernesto Assante | “The Milestones of Rock & Roll: The Events that Changed the History of Music” (Hardcover) | (White Star Publishers) |
| The Beatles | “The Complete Beatles Songs: The Stories Behind Every Track Written by the Fab Four” (Hardcover; author: Steve Turner) | (Dey Street Books) |
| Beyoncé | “Beyoncé – Running the World: The Biography” (Paperback; author: Anna Pointer) | (Hodder & Stoughton, Nov. 1) |
| Doug Bradley & Craig Werner | “We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War” (Paperback) | (University of Massachusetts Press, Nov. 7) |
| Jake Bugg | “Jake Bugg: The Biography” (Paperback; author: David Nolan; Kindle) | (John Blake Publishing Ltd., Nov. 1) |
| DJ Ross One | “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” (Hardcover) | (powerHouse Books) |
| Cris Freese | “Songwriter’s Market 2016: Where & How to Market Your Songs” (Paperback; 39th annual edition) | (Writer’s Digest Books, Nov. 2) |
| John Glatt | “Live at the Fillmore East & West: Getting Backstage and Personal with Rock’s Greatest Legends” (Paperback) | (Lyons Press, Nov. 1) |
| Janis Joplin | “On the Road with Janis Joplin” (Paperback; author: John Byrne Cooke, Joplin’s former road manager, 1967-70; Kindle) | (Berkley) |
| Brian Jones | “Brian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones” (Paperback; author: Paul Trynka) | (Plume) |
| Jon Paxman | “Classical Music: A Chronology” (Hardcover) | (The Overlook Press) |
| Pink Floyd | “The Dead Straight Guide to Pink Floyd” (Paperback; author: Roy Jones) | (Clarksdale) |
| Howard Smith (Village Voice “Scenes” columnist and WPLJ-FM radio host) | “The Smith Tapes: Lost Interviews with Rock Stars & Icons 1969-1972” (Paperback; author: Ezra Bookstein) | (Princeton Architectural Press) |
| Bernard Sumner | “Chapter and Verse [New Order, Joy Division and me]” (Hardcover) | (Thomas Dunne Books) |
| David Sylvian | “Hypergraphia: The Writings of David Sylvian 1980-2014” (Hardcover) | (Opium (Arts) Ltd.) |
| Ron Weisner | “Listen Out Loud: A Life in Music – Managing McCartney, Madonna, and Michael Jackson” (Paperback; co-author: Alan Goldsher; foreword by Gladys Knight) | (Lyons Press, Nov. 1) |
| Pharrell Williams | “In Search of Pharrell Williams” (Paperback; author: Paul Lester) | (The Overlook Press) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Oct. 30, 2015
Next week: Nov. 6, 2015
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