New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Big Scary | “Animal” (Hear here)  | (Pieater) |
| Izzy Bizu (U.K. singer-songwriter) | “A Moment of Madness” (Hear here; See here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Epic) |
| Till Brönner (Germany’s top-selling jazz artist) | “The Good Life” (producer: Ruud Jacobs; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Chatham County Line | “Autumn” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| A Day to Remember | “Bad Vibrations” (first single: “Bad Vibrations”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (ADTR / Epitaph) |
| The Divine Comedy | “Foreverland” (their first album since 2010; producer: frontman Neil Hannon; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition, with 19 bonus tracks) | (Divine Comedy) |
| Dodgy | “What Are We Fighting For” (first single: “Are You the One”; Hear here; MP3) | (Cherry Red) |
| Sophie Ellis-Bextor | “Familia” (producer: Ed Harcourt; first single: “Come With Us”; See here; MP3) | (EBGB’s / RED / Essential) |
| Eluvium (aka Matthew Cooper) | “False Readings On” (first single: “Fugue State”; Hear here; MP3) | (Temporary Residence Ltd.) |
| Chris Farren (formerly of Fake Problems) | “Can’t Die” (first single: “Say U Want Me”; See here; MP3) | (SideOneDummy) |
| The Frightnrs (rocksteady quartet) | “Nothing More To Say” (producer: Victor Axelrod; Hear here; MP3) | (Daptone) |
| Goblin Cock | “Necronomidonkeykongimicon” (first single: “Something Haunted”; Hear here; MP3) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Imminent Sonic Destruction (Detroit prog/metal band) | “Triumphia” (Hear here) | (Luxor) |
| Jamie T | “Trick” (new single: “Power Over Men”; Hear here) | (U.K. – Virgin) |
| Charles Jenkins (gospel singer-songwriter) | “Think About These Things” (producer: Warryn Campbell; first single: “Winning”; See here; MP3) | (Inspired People / Empire) |
| Kindred the Family Soul | “Legacy of Love” (producers: Vidal Davis, James Poyser, Anthony Bell, Melvin Chaos Lewis, Steve McKie; first single: “All My People”; Hear here; MP3) | (we’re not a label) |
| James Vincent McMorrow | “We Move” (producers: Nineteen85, Frank Dukes; first single: “Rising Water”; Hear here; MP3) | (Burning Rope / Faction) |
| The Moles | “Tonight’s Music” (the psych pop band’s first album in more than 20 years; Hear here; MP3) | (Fire) |
| Anna Netrebko | “Verismo” (featuring arias by Puccini, Leoncavallo, Ponchielli, Boito, Giordano and Catalani; Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Netrebko’s husband, tenor Yusif Eyvazov; Hear here; MP3) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Angel Olsen | “My Woman” (producer: Justin Raisen; first single: “Intern”; Hear here; Read here; MP3)  | (Jagjaguwar) |
| The Parrots (Madrid garage-rock trio) | “Los Niños Sin Miedo” (translation: “Children Without Fear”; first single: “Jame Gumb”; Hear here; MP3) | (PIAS America) |
| Signals Midwest (Cleveland indie rockers) | “At This Age” (producer: Into It. Over It.’s Evan Weiss; Hear here; MP3) | (Tiny Engines) |
| Skye & Ross (from Morcheeba) | “Skye & Ross” (first single: “Light of Gold”; Hear here; MP3) | (Fly Agaric / Cooking Vinyl) |
| Soundwalk Collective & Jesse Paris Smith featuring Patti Smith | “Killer Road” (featuring poems and lyrics by the late Nico; first single: “Killer Road”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Jack Tempchin (Eagles songwriter) | “One More Song” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Blue Élan) |
| The Tigerlilies (Cincinnati post punk power-pop quartet) | “123456!!!” (six-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (The Tigerlilies) |
| Various artists | “Roadies: Music From The Showtime Original Series, Season 1” (featuring live songs by Lindsey Buckingham, John Mellencamp, My Morning Jacket, Jackson Browne, Eddie Vedder, etc.; See here; MP3) | (Republic) |
| Cristian Vogel | “The Assistenz” (Hear here) | (Shitkatapult) |
| Volturyon | “Cleansed By Carnage” (producer: Ronnie Björnström; guest: Masse Broberg; Hear here) | (Vicisolom Productions) |
| Seth Walker | “Gotta Get Back” (producer: Jano Rix of The Wood Brothers; first single: “High Time”; Hear here; MP3) | (The Royal Potato Family) |
| Warhaus (aka Maarten Devoldere of the Belgian rock band Balthazar) | “We Fucked a Flame into Being” (first single: “I’m Not Him”; Hear here; MP3) | (PIAS America) |
More Releases for Sept. 2, 2016
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Art of Dying | “Nevermore” (six-song EP; producer: Mark Holman; Hear here) | (Vices and Virtues Music Inc / The Fuel Music) |
| Bibio | “The Serious EP” (four songs, feat. Olivier St. Louis; Hear here) | (Warp) |
| Castro (Dallas sibling pop/folk trio includes former “American Idol” finalist Jason Castro) | “Diamond Dreams” (seven-song EP; producer: Charlie Peacock; first single: “Diamond Dreams”; Hear here) | (Fervent) |
| Chucky Macdonald (power-trio grunge band from Quebec) | “Let’s Go to War!” (producer: David Lizotte; See here) | (Bunker D’Auteuil) |
| Demon in Me (California alt-rock quintet) | “Here’s Your Way Out” (Hear here) | (Standby) |
| E.L.84 Band | “Volume 1” (producer: Kevin Peppin; first single: “Civil Disobedience”; Hear here) | (E.L.84 Band, Sept. 1) |
| Four Star Riot (Tampa Bay-area power pop/rock band) | “Waves” (second single: “Empty Space”; Hear here) | (Vital) |
| Vian Izak | “Brink of Love” (three-song EP; guests: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Eliza Ramgren; first single: “World of Trouble”; Hear here) | (Vohnc Music) |
| Yael Naim (French-Israeli artist) | “Older” (producer: David Donatien; new single: “Coward”; Hear here) | (Tot-Ou Tard / Thirty Tigers) |
| Gary Quinn (three-time British Country Award winner) | “I Remember” (five-song EP; producer: Thomm Jutz; Hear here) | (Gary Quinn Music) |
| Sex Stains (L.A. post-punk quintet) | “Sex Stains” (producer: Mark Rains; first single: “Don’t Hate Me ‘Cuz I’m Beautiful”; Hear here) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Dallas Smith (Canadian country singer) | “Side Effects” (producer: Joey Moi; second single: “Autograph”; See here) | (Dallas Smith Music) |
| STS9 | “The Universal Inside” (first single: “Get Loud”; Hear here) | (1320) |
| We Are the Catalyst (Swedish alt-metal quartet) | “Elevation” (producer: Kenny Boufadene; first single: “Open Door”; Hear here; See here) | (Ferocity) |
More Digital Releases for Sept. 2, 2016
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Alarm | “Spirit of ’86: 30th Anniversary Edition” (deluxe two-CD, one-DVD set featuring the original MTV concert recorded and filmed at UCLA on April 12, 1986; remixed and remastered from the original master tapes by frontman Mike Peters; See here) | (U.K. – 21st Century) |
| Alice Babs & Duke Ellington | “Serenade To Sweden” (1963 album, previously unreleased in the U.S.; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Michael Bolton | “Original Album Classics” (five-CD set include “The Hunger,” “Soul Provider,” Time, Love & Tenderness,” “Timeless: The Classics” and “The One Thing”) | (U.K. – Sony) |
| Carpenters | “The Nation’s Favourite Carpenters Songs” (20-song collection; sleevenotes include a full interview with Richard Carpenter) | (U.K. – UMC) |
| Lee Dorsey | “Wheelin’ and Dealin’: The Definitive Collection” (20 songs, including “Ya Ya” and “Working in the Coal Mine”; Hear here) | (Music on CD) |
| Gene & Eddie | “True Enough: Gene & Eddie With Sir Joe At Ru-Jac” | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Bobbie Gentry | “Touch ‘Em with Love” (1969 album; remastered; See here), “Fancy” (1970 album, produced by Rick Hall; remastered; See here) | (U.K. – UMC) |
| Robert Goulet | “The Definitive Collection” (two CDs, 36 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| The Guess Who | “Original Album Classics” (five-CD set include “Canned Wheat,” “American Woman,” “Share the Land,” “So Long Bannatyne” and “Rockin'”) | (U.K. – Sony) |
| The Isley Brothers | “Groove with You … Live!” (unreleased 1980 album, recorded at Bearsville Sound Studio in Woodstock, N.Y.) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Waylon Jennings | “The Lost Nashville Sessions” (Vinyl) | (Country Rewind) |
| Julius Katchen | “The Complete Decca Recordings” (35-CD box set) | (Decca) |
| King Crimson | “Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind” (three-CD/one-Blu-ray set, a full audio and visual presentation of songs they performed on their 2015 tours of the U.K., Canada and Japan) | (DGM) |
| Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s | “The Bride on the Boxcar: A Decade of Margot Rarities 2004-2014” (five-CD box set, featuring unreleased album tracks, bedroom recordings and alternate versions; See here) ” target=”new”> | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Freddie Mercury | “Messenger of the Gods: The Singles” (box set containing 13 vinyl 7-inch singles; CD) | (Hollywood) |
| The Meters | “A Message from The Meters: The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977” (two CDs, 40 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Miriam Makeba | “Original Album Classics” (five-CD set include “The World of Miriam Makeba,” “The Voice of Africa,” “Makeba Sings!,” “The Magic of Makeba” and “An Evening With Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba”) | (U.K. – Sony) |
| Georges Prêtre | “The Symphonic Recordings” (17-CD box set) | (Warner Classics / Parlophone) |
| P.S. Eliot | “2007-2011” (two-CD, 50-song compilation; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Linda Ronstadt / The Stone Poneys | “The Stone Poneys [SHM-CD]” (1967 album; remastered), “Evergreen Vol. 2 [SHM-CD]” (1967 album, featuring “Different Drum”; remastered), “Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III [SHM-CD]” (1968 album; remasterd) | (Japan – Universal) |
| Starship | “No Protection / Love Among the Cannibals” (1987, 1989 albums; remastered from the original mastered tapes by Joe Reagoso) | (Friday Music) |
| Various artists | “Tim Burgess Presents Vinyl Adventures from Istanbul to San Francisco” (the Charlatans frontman tracks down records for the likes of Iggy Pop, Kim Gordon, Mick Jones, Edwyn Collins, etc.; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Republic of Music) |
| Various artists | “I Love The 90’s Tour Presents The Last Great Decade of Music” (14-song set, exclusive to Amazon, includes hits by Vanilla Ice, Salt-n-Pepa, Color Me Badd, En Vogue, Sugar Ray, All-4-One, Coolio, etc.) | (Rhino) |
| Various artists | “Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1960” (two CDs, 54 songs, featuring B.B. King, Ike Turner, Bo Diddley, Bill Doggett, Buddy Guy, Lowell Fulson, Freddie King, Elmore James, Slim Harpo, etc.) | (Rhythm & Blues) |
| Herbert von Karajan | “Complete Remastered Edition” (101-CD box set; remastered from the original sources in 24-bit/96kHz at Abbey Road Studios) | (Warner Classics / Parlophone) |
| Porter Wagoner | “The Definitive Collection” (two CDs, 40 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Dionne Warwick | “The Warner Bros. Recordings” (two-CD compilation includes 19 rarities) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Dionne Warwick | “Original Album Classics” (five-CD set include “Dionne,” “No Night So Long,” “Friends In Love,” “Heartbreaker” and “How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye”) | (U.K. – Sony) |
More Releases for Sept. 2, 2016
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| David Bowie | “I Dig Everything: The 1966 Pye Singles” (six songs) | (Castle Communications, Sept. 1) |
| Jean Carne | “You’re a Part of Me” (1988 album) | (Essential) |
| Ray Conniff | “Love Theme From ‘The Godfather'” (1972 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Sarah Dash | “Sarah Dash” (1978 album, with two bonus tracks) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| De La Soul | “The Grind Date” (2004 album) | (Castle Communications, Sept. 1) |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | “Illumination” (2005 album) | (Castle Communications, Sept. 1) |
| Peter Green | “Peter Green – Man of the World: The Anthology 1968-1988” (18 songs) | (Castle Communications, Sept. 1) |
| The Kinks | “Classics: The Best of The Kinks” (25 songs) | (Sanctuary, Sept. 1) |
| Gary Stewart | “Your Place or Mine” (1977 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Pat Thomas | “Coming Home: Original Ghanaian Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1964-1981” (23-track retrospective; Hear here) | (Strut) |
| Bonnie Tyler | “Lost In France: The Early Years” (30-song compilation) | (Castle Communications, Sept. 1) |
| Various artists | “The Upsetter Selection: A Lee Perry Jukebox” (47 songs) | (Trojan, Sept. 1) |
| Jennifer Warnes | “The Well” (2001 album) | (BMG Rights Management, Sept. 1) |
More Digital Releases for Sept. 2, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Jennifer Aniston, Jr. Harry Connick, Vin Diesel, et al | “The Iron Giant: Signature Edition [Blu-ray]” (1999 film; Ultimate Collector’s Edition) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, et al | “Now You See Me 2 [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray + DVD; 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) | (Lionsgate) |
| Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, et al | “The Flash: The Complete Second Season [DVD]” (six discs; Blu-ray) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood, et al | “Night Train to Munich (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]” (1940 film; See/read here) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, et al | “Supernatural: The Complete Eleventh Season [Blu-ray]” (six discs; Blu-ray) | (Warner Home Video) |
| William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, et al | “Star Trek 50th Anniversary TV and Movie Collection [Blu-ray]” (30-disc box set; Read here) | (Paramount) |
| Nina Simone | “What Happened, Miss Simone? [DVD]” (Netflix original documentary, directed by Liz Garbus; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Vision) |
| Styx | “Live At The Orleans Arena Las Vegas [DVD]” (filmed during their 2014 Soundtrack of Summer Tour; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Vision) |
| Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, et al | “Road House (Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]” (1989 film) | (Shout! Factory) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Travis Barker | “Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums” (Paperback; co-author: Gavin Edwards; Free Preview) | (William Morrow Paperbacks) |
| The Beatles | “A Hard Day’s Night: A Private Archive” (Hardcover; author: Mark Lewisohn) | (Phaidon Press) |
| The Beatles | “Looking Through You: Rare & Unseen Photographs from The Beatles Book Archive” (Hardcover; edited by Andy Neill) | (The Overlook Press) |
| David Bowie | “Bowie Treasures” (Hardcover; author: Mike Evans), “David Bowie Changes: His Life in Pictures 1947-2016” (Hardcover; author: Chris Welch), “David Bowie and Philosophy: Rebel, Rebel” (Paperback; edited by Theodore G. Ammon) | (Carlton Books / Open Court) |
| Cliff Burton | “To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica’s Cliff Burton” (Paperback; revised and updated edition; author: Joel McIver) | (Jawbone Press) |
| Vic Chesnutt | “Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt” (Paperback; author: Kristin Hersh; Free Preview) | (University of Texas Press) |
| Jan & Dean | “Surf City: The Jan and Dean Story” (Paperback; author: Dean Torrence) | (SelectBooks) |
| Matt Pinfield (former host of MTV’s “120 Minutes”) | “All These Things That I’ve Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life – Music, Mayhem & MTV” (Hardcover; co-author: Mitchell Cohen) | (Scribner) |
| Kanye West | “Pocket Kanye Wisdom: Witty Quotes and Wise Words from Kanye West” (Paperback) | (Hardie Grant Books) |