Recent Releases: More New Stuff and Reissues
MARCH 31, 2015
RYAN ADAMS
“Blue Light” (MP3; three-song EP; Pax Americana)
THE BAR-KAYS
“Soul Finger” (MP3; 1967 album; Rhino / Atlantic)
MARY J. BLIGE
“Right Now (Remixes)” (MP3; Capitol)
GLEN CAMPBELL
“The Capitol Albums Collection (Vol. 2)” (MP3; 11 complete albums; Capitol Records Nashville)
JOHN COLTRANE
“A John Coltrane Retrospective: The Impulse! Years” (MP3; 24 songs; Impulse! / GRP)
MILES DAVIS
“Miles Davis and The Modern Jazz Giants” (MP3; 1989 album), “Bluing: Miles Davis Plays the Blues” (MP3; 1996 album; Prestige)
DeBARGE
“In a Special Way” (MP3; 1983 album; Motown / UMe)
WILL EASLEY
“Greatest Hits” (13 tracks; MP3; Music Access Inc)
BILLIE HOLIDAY
“God Bless the Child: Best of Billie Holiday” (MP3; 14 tracks; Verve)
B.B. KING
“Deuces Wild” (MP3; 1997 album; Geffen / UMe)
ROSS LYNCH and LAURA MARANO
“Austin & Ally: Take It from the Top (Music from the TV Series)” (MP3; five songs; Walt Disney)
THELONIOUS MONK
“Brilliant Corners” (MP3; 1957 album; Riverside)
WES MONTGOMERY
“The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery” (MP3; 1960 album; Riverside)
NF (hip-hop/rapper Nate Feuerstein from Gladwin, Mich.)
“Mansion” (first single: “Wait”; Hear here; MP3; Capitol Christian Music Group)
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES
“Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing and Perform ‘Funny Girl’ “ (MP3; 1968 album; Motown / UMe)
ROXETTE
“XXX The 30 Biggest Hits” (MP3; See here; Parlophone Sweden)
LALO SCHIFIN
“Mannix (Themes From the Original Score of the Paramount Television Show)” (MP3; 1969 album; Geffen / UMe)
GIL SCOTT-HERON
“Nothing New” (MP3; stripped-down vocal and piano versions of songs from his back catalog, recorded in New York with producer Richard Russell between 2005 and 2009; Hear here; XL Recordings, April 1)
SELENA
“Ven Conmigo” (MP3; 1990 album), “Mis Primeros Éxitos” (MP3; 1990 compilation), “Entre a Mi Mundo” (MP3; 1992 album), “Selena Live” (MP3; 1993 album), “Amor Prohibido” (MP3; 1994 album), “Dreaming of You” (MP3; 1995 album), “Selena: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (MP3; 1997 album; film starred Jennifer Lopez and featured unreleased songs by Selena), “Selena Live: The Last Concert” (MP3; 2001 album), “Greatest Hits” (MP3; 2003 compilation), “Lo Mejor De …” (MP3; new compilation; CD; EMI Latin)
SOCIAL DISTORTION
“Mommy’s Little Monster” (MP3; 1982 album), “Prison Bound” (MP3; 1988 album), “Mainliner (Wreckage From the Past)” (MP3; 1995 album), “Live at the Roxy” (MP3; 1998 album), “Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll” (MP3; 2004 album), “Greatest Hits” (MP3; 2007 album; The Bicycle Music Company)
THE SOUP DRAGONS
“Lovegod (Deluxe / Remastered)” (MP3; 1990 album, with nine bonus tracks), “Hotwired (Deluxe / Remastered)” (MP3; 1992 album, with seven bonus tracks; Virgin)
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE
“The Rising Tide” (MP3; 2000 album; The Bicycle Music Company)
VAN HALEN
“Van Halen” (MP3; 1978 album; remastered), “Van Halen II” (MP3; 1979 album; remastered), “Women and Children First” (MP3; 1980 album; remastered), “Fair Warning” (MP3; 1981 album; remastered), “Diver Down” (MP3; 1982 album; remastered), “1984” (MP3; 1984 album), “Van Halen Best Of Volume 1” (MP3; 1996 album), “The Collection” (MP3; seven complete albums, plus “Tokyo Dome In Concert”; remastered; Rhino / Warner)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Rush Hour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (MP3; 1998 album; 24 tracks; Def Jam)
MARCH 24, 2015
DON HENLEY
“Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits” (MP3; 13-track compilation from 1995; Geffen / UMe, March 23)
BUDDY HOLLY
“Down the Line: Rarities” (MP3; 2009 compilation; 59 tracks), “Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More” (MP3; 2009 compilation; 203 songs; Geffen / UMe, March 23)
QUINCY JONES
“Home and Away / Blues and Feelings” (MP3; nagel heyer)
KOOL & THE GANG
“The 12″ Collection And More (Funk Essentials)” (MP3; 10-song compilation from 1999; Mercury / UMe)
LOUIS PRIMA
“Up Again” (MP3; 27 tracks; nagel heyer)
SOFT MACHINE
“Live in the 70s, Vol. 1” (MP3), “Live in the 70s, Vol. 2” (MP3), “Live in the 70s, Vol. 3” (MP3), “Live in the 70s, Vol. 4” (MP3; Floating World, March 23)
ROGER TAYLOR (of Queen)
“Fun in Space” (1981 album; MP3), “Stranger Frontier” (1984 album, with five bonus tracks; MP3; Omnivore Recordings, March 23)
HANK WILLIAMS SR.
“The Very Best of Hank Williams” (MP3; 45 tracks; Mastersong / Superbuy, March 23)
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