Pause & Play Today: Aug. 22, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Start Again,” Donny Osmond – release date, Sept. 10
“Love Is the New Black,” Anthony Hamilton – Sept. 24
“In the Court of the Dragon,” Trivium – Oct. 8
“What a Song Can Do,” Lady A – Oct. 22
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REISSUES
“The Visit (The Definitive Edition),” Loreena McKennitt – Sept. 24
“beautifulgarbage (20th Anniversary),” Garbage – Oct. 1
“Carnegie Hall 1970,” Neil Young – Oct. 1
“B-Sides & Rarities (Part II),” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Oct. 22
VINYL
“Taking the Long Way,” The Chicks, aka Dixie Chicks – Sept. 24
“Maiden Voyage,” Herbie Hancock – Sept. 24
“Language & Perspective,” Bad Suns – Oct. 22
“Live At the Forum ’76,” Eagles – Nov. 12
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Dead Reckoning,” Oceanhoarse (Helsinki-based heavy metal group’s debut album; Noble Demon)
“Good Thing Going,” Trey Gonzalez (new single: “Neon Queen”; Smith Music)
“Initium,” Pushing Daizies (12-track debut album; Hear here; Dim Mak)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
These Dreams of You, Jesse Colin Young … a cover of Van Morrison
Still Young, Felly
Wild at Heart, The Electric Petals
Gone Do, Julian King
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Ron Dante (76)
David Marks [The Beach Boys] (73)
Evelyn Thomas (68)
Vernon Reid (63)
Collin Raye (61)
Roland Orzabal (60)
Debbi Peterson (60)
Gary Lee Conner [Screaming Trees] (59)
Tori Amos (58)
Mila Mason (58)
James DeBarge (58)
GZA (55)
Craig Finn [The Hold Steady] (50)
Paul Doucette [matchbox twenty] (49)
Beenie Man (48)
Howie Dorough (48)
Bo Koster [My Morning Jacket] (47)
Dean Back [Theory of a Deadman] (46)
Jeff Stinco [Simple Plan] (43)
Dua Lipa (26)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Ed King (1949-2018)
Toots Thielemans (1922-2016)
Nick Ashford (1942-2011)
Jerry Leiber (1933-2011)
Bruce Gary [The Knack] (1951-2006)
RELEASED ON AUG. 22 IN … 1977
“Pacific Ocean Blue,” Dennis Wilson (his debut solo album, featuring “River Song,” “Dreamer” and “Farewell My Friend”; producers: Wilson, Gregg Jakobson; Caribou / CBS)
R.I.P.
Don Everly (Rock and Roll Hall of Famer)
Bill Emerson (Bluegrass Hall of Fame banjo player)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> Singers, Music Stars in Nashville Respond to Tom T. Hall’s Death | The Tennessean
> Man Falls to Death During Dead & Company Concert at New York’s Citi Field | Variety
> The Weeknd Buys $70 Million Mansion in Bel Air | The Wall Street Journal
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Gerry Galipault Gerry Galipault debuted Pause & Play online in October 1997. Since then, it has become the definitive place for CD-release dates — with a worldwide audience.
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