New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Boyz II Men | “Twenty” (new versions of their hits, to mark their 20th anniversary; producers: Babyface, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Dallas Austin, Tim & Bob; Read here; MP3 Download) | (MSM Music/Benchmark Entertainment, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Michael Bublé | “Christmas” (guests: Shania Twain, Thalía, The Puppini Sisters; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (143/Reprise, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Kelly Clarkson | “Stronger” (first single: “Mr. Know It All”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (RCA, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Coldplay | “Mylo Xyloto” (pronounced “my-lo zy-letoe”; producers: Markus Dravs, Daniel Green, Rik Simpson, with additional composition by Brian Eno; guest: Rihanna; new single: “Paradise”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Capitol, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | “My Love Is Easy: Remixes Pt. 1 [MP3 Download]” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Warner, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Deer Tick | “Divine Providence” (producers: Adam Landry, Justin Collins; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Partisan, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| DJ Cam | “Seven” (first single: “Swim”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Inflamable, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Thomas Dolby | “A Map of the Floating City” (his first new studio album in 20 years; producer: Dolby; guests: Mark Knopfler, Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap, Natalie MacMaster, Bruce Woolley; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Lost Toy People, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Dub Trio | “Dub Trio IV” (producer: Joel Hamilton; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (ROIR, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| El Rego (African soul legend) | “El Rego” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Daptone, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Michael Feinstein | “The Sinatra Project II: The Good Life” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Concord, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Vince Gill | “Guitar Slinger” (first single: “Threaten Me With Heaven”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (MCA Nashville, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Good Natured, The (London-based synth-noir pop trio) | “Skeleton [MP3 Download]” (seven-song mini-album; producer: Patrik Berger; Hear here; See here) | (Astralwerks, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Gringo Star | “Count Yer Lucky Stars” (producer: Ben Allen; first single: “Shadow”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Gigantic Music, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| honeyhoney (indie roots duo) | “Billy Jack” (producer: Raymond Richards; first single: “Turn That Finger Around”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (honeyhoney/Lost Highway, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Jedi Mind Tricks | “Violence Begets Violence” (guests: Demoz, Blacastan, King Magnetic, Young Zee, Pacewon, Chip Fu; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Enemy Soil, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Juan Maclean, The | “Everybody Get Close [MP3 Download]” (Hear/read here) | (DFA, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Justice | “Audio, Disco, Video” (first single: “Civilization”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Ed Banger/Elektra, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Toby Keith | “Clancy’s Tavern” (first single: “Made in America”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Show Dog/Universal, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Lights Resolve (Long Island rock trio) | “Feel You’re Different” (producer: Mike Sapone; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rock Ridge Music, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Little Red | “Midnight Remember [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (True Panther Sounds, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Russell Moore & IIrd Tyme Out | “Prime Tyme” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rural Rhythm, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Popa Chubby | “Back to New York City” (producer: Popa Chubby; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Mascot/Provogue, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| John Prine | “The Singing Mailman Delivers” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Oh Boy/Redeye, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Anoushka Shankar | “Traveller” (producer: Javier Limón; Hear here) | (U.K. – Deutsche Grammophon, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| She & Him | “A Very She & Him Christmas” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Merge, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Skinny Puppy | “HanDover” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Synthetic Symphony, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Surfer Blood (indie rock band from West Palm Beach) | “Tarot Classics” (six-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Kanine, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Tender Mercies (featuring Counting Crows guitarist Dan Vickrey) | “Tender Mercies” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Collective Sounds, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Tom Waits | “Bad As Me” (first single: “Bad As Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Anti-/Epitaph, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Scott Weiland | “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” (holiday standards done in a variety of styles, including pop, big band, reggae and bossa nova; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rhino, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Brian Wilson | “In the Key of Disney” (Amazon.com exclusive; producer: Wilson; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Disney Pearl, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile | “The Goat Rodeo Sessions” (guest: Aoife O’Donovan of Crooked Still; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Sony Masterworks, Oct. 24, 2011) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Autograph | “The Anthology” (2 CDs, 30 songs; MP3 Download) | (Cleopatra, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Deftones | “Deftones: The Vinyl Collection, 1995-2011 [Box set]” (seven-LP retrospective containing the band’s six studio albums and the limited edition 2011 Record Store Day release “Covers”) | (Reprise, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Electric Light Orchestra | “The Essential Electric Light Orchestra” (2 CDs, 37 songs; MP3 Download) | (Epic/Legacy, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Elf (feat. Ronnie James Dio) | “And Before Elf … There Were Elves” (a collection of early recordings; Read here) | (Niji Entertainment, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Lee Greenwood | “ICON” (best-of) | (MCA Nashville/UMe, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Howlin’ Wolf | “Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 [Box set]” (4 CDs, 97 songs; MP3 Download) | (Hip-O Select, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Human Switchboard | “Who’s Landing in My Hangar? Anthology 1977-1984” (1981 album, with singles, EP tracks, demos and an unreleased 1983 album recorded at CBGBs; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Bar/None, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Gregory Isaacs | “Reggae Anthology: The Ruler 1972-1990” (2 CDs, 40 songs; See here; MP3 Download) | (17 North Parade/VP, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Paul Kelly | “Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits: Songs From the South, Volumes 1 & 2” (2 CDs, 40 songs, covering 1985-1997 and 1998-2008) | (Gawdaggie Music/RED, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Sammy Kershaw | “ICON” (best-of) | (Mercury Nashville/UMe, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Patty Loveless | “ICON” (best-of) | (MCA Nashville/UMe, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| The Mamas and the Papas | “If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears” (1966 album, includes “Monday, Monday” and “California Dreamin'”; remastered) | (Sundazed, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Metric | “Fantasies Flashbacks [Vinyl box set]” (fan-created remixes of songs from the band’s 2009 album “Fantasies”; Hear here) | (METRIC Music International/Mom + Pop Music Co., Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Monkees, The | “Head [Vinyl]” (1968 soundtrack album; remastered) | (Rhino, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Mumford & Sons | “Sigh No More [CD/DVD]” (2009 album; 2 CDs, 1 DVD; includes a bonus track and a 12-song live album, along with the DVD documentary “Gentlemen of the Road”) | (Glassnote, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Nirvana | “Nevermind [Super Deluxe Edition]” (20th anniversary edition of the 1991 album, with four CDs and DVD, featuring rarities, B-sides and live tracks; Read here) | (Geffen/UMe, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Diana Ross & The Supremes | “50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection, 1961-1969” (3 CDs, 82 songs; MP3 Download) | (Motown/UMe, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Paul Simon | “One Trick Pony” (1980 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks), “Hearts & Bones” (1983 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks), “Graceland” (1986 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks), “Rhythm of the Saints” (1990 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks), “Songwriter” (2-CD, 32-song collection handpicked by Simon; MP3 Download) | (Columbia/Legacy, Oct. 24, 2011) |
BTW: “Songwriter” track list – Disc 1 1. “The Sound of Silence (Live at Webster Hall 2011)” – new unreleased; 2. “The Boxer,” Paul Simon – Live Central Park; 3. “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Aretha Franklin – studio version; 4. “Mother and Child Reunion”; 5. “Tenderness”; 6. “Peace Like a River”; 7. “American Tune”; 8. “Kodachrome”; 9. “Something So Right”; 10. “Late in the Evening”; 11. “Train in the Distance”; 12. “Hearts and Bones”; 13. “Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War”; 14. “Still Crazy After All These Years”; 15. “Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes”; 16. “The Boy in the Bubble”; 17. “Graceland.”
Disc 2 – 1. “Obvious Child”; 2. “Further to Fly”; 3. “The Cool, Cool River”; 4. “Spirit Voices”; 5. “Born in Puerto Rico”; 6. “Quality”; 7. “Darling Lorraine”; 8. “Look At That”; 9. “Senorita With a Necklace of Tears”; 10. “That’s Me”; 11. “Another Galaxy”; 12. “Father and Daughter”; 13. “Rewrite”; 14. “Love and Hard Times”; 15. “So Beautiful or So What.”
| Strawberry Alarm Clock | “Incense and Peppermints” (1967 album; remastered) | (Sundazed, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Temptations, The | “50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection, 1961-1971” (3 CDs, 81 songs; MP3 Download) | (Motown/UMe, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Various artists | “The Essential Phil Spector” (2 CDs, 17 songs) | (Phil Spector/Legacy, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Factory Dance [MP3 Download]” (25 rare remixes from the Factory Records label, circa 1980-87; Read here; CD) | (Strut, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Phil Spector Presents The Philles Album Collection [Box set]” (7 CDs, featuring The Crystals albums “The Crystals Twist Uptown,” “He’s a Rebel,” “The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits, Volume 1,” Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans’ “Zip-A Dee-Doo-Dah,” “Philles Records Presents Today’s Hits,” “Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica” and “Phil’s Flipsides,” by the Phil Spector Wall of Sound Orchestra) | (Phil Spector/Legacy, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Various artists | “36 Oldies Goldies [MP3 Download]” (36 tracks) | (C.R. Digital Contents, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Yes | “9012Live — The Solos” (1984 album, with two bonus tracks) | (Friday Music, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Youngbloods, The | “This Is The Youngbloods” (1972 compilation; remastered) | (Wounded Bird, Oct. 24, 2011) |
DVD/Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Elvis Costello | “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with … — The Complete Series [DVD]” (See here; Blu-ray) | (Video Service Corp., Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Europe | “Live! at Shepherd’s Bush, London: Balls ‘N’ Banners Tour 2011 [DVD]” (See here; Blu-ray) | (Talent Trust, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Peter Gabriel | “New Blood: Live in London [DVD]” (recorded at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on March 23, 2011, as he performed orchestral reinterpretations of many of his songs; Blu-ray) | (Eagle, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Steve Howe | “Remedy Live [DVD]” (filmed during his 2004 European tour; See here) | (MVD Visual, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Glenn Hughes | “Live in Wolverhampton 2: Official Bootleg [DVD]” (recorded in June 2009, featuring Deep Purple and Trapeze songs; See here) | (Thompson Music, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Cyndi Lauper | “To Memphis With Love [DVD]” (guests: Allen Toussaint, Tracy Nelson, Jonny Lang; See here) | (Megaforce, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Lydia Lunch | “The Gun Is Loaded [DVD]” (1989 film; See here) | (MVD Visual, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Nazareth | “Nazareth Live [DVD]” (See here) | (IMV Blueline, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Pearl Jam | “Pearl Jam Twenty [DVD]” (Cameron Crowe documentary; See here; Blu-ray) | (Sony, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Various artists | “The Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition [DVD]” (3 discs; 2 CDs; MP3 Download) | (Reprise, Oct. 24, 2011) |
| Various artists | “CD Highway: The Complete First & Second Seasons [DVD]” (PBS music series; six DVDs; See here) | (Standing Room Only, Oct. 25, 2011) |
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Led Zeppelin | “Led Zeppelin [Hardcover]” (author: Ray Tedman) | (Titan Books, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Bob Marley | “Bob Marley: Conquering Lion of Reggae [Paperback]” (author: Stephen Davis) | (Plexus Publishing, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum | “I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Dutton Adult, Oct. 27, 2011) |
| Paul McCartney | “Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney [Kindle]” (author: Howard Sounes) | (Da Capo Press, Oct. 26, 2011) |
| Prince | “Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks [Hardcover]” (author: Ronin Ro; Kindle) | (St. Martin’s Press, Oct. 25, 2011) |
| Mike Seeger | “Music from the True Vine: Mike Seeger’s Life and Musical Journey [Hardcover]” (author: Bill C. Malone) | (The University of North Carolina Press, Oct. 24, 2011) |