This Time, Even More New Releases
Coming around again with more new releases (and reissues) from the past week or so:
JUNE 9, 2015
BRITISH SEA POWER
“The Decline of British Sea Power & the Decline-Era B-Sides” (MP3; Golden Chariot, June 8)
THE BROTHERS JOHNSON
“Light Up the Night” (MP3; 1980 album; A&M / UMe)
CLUB NOUVEAU
“Consciousness” (their first album in 20 years; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; Goldenlane / Cleopatra)
EARL THOMAS CONLEY
“Fire & Smoke” (MP3; 1981 album; RCA / Legacy)
COUNT BASIE
“Standing Ovation” (MP3; 1969 live album; Verve / UMe)
BETTE DAVIS, ET AL
“Two’s Company (Original Broadway Cast)” (MP3; 1953 album; Masterworks Broadway)
GRATEFUL DEAD
“Europe ’72 Vol 20: 5/24/72 (Lyceum Theatre, London England)” (MP3), “Europe ’72 Vol 21: 5/25/72 (Lyceum Theatre, London, England)” (MP3), “Europe ’72 Vol 22: 5/26/72 (Lyceum Theatre, London, England)” (MP3; Grateful Dead / Rhino)
IEMANJO (aka Afro-Latin singer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Harris)
“Medicina” (producers: Thornato, Srikalogy, Adriano Magalhaes; Hear here; MP3; Black Swan)
JACKSON MUD (led by Smoking Popes frontman Josh Caterer)
“Down Time Blues” (MP3; five-song EP; first single: “I Just Don’t Care No More”; Hear here; Artistic Integrity, June 10)
AL KOOPER
“Al’s Big Deal – Unclaimed Freight / An Al Kooper Anthology” (MP3; 1975 album), “Championship Wrestling” (MP3; 1982 album, with Jeff “Skunk” Baxter; Columbia / Legacy Recordings
THE MACCABEES
“Wall of Arms” (MP3; 2009 album; Polydor)
MC5
“Music for the American Revolution, Vol. 4: Mother Country Madmen” (MP3; Industrial Amusement, June 8)
THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET
“The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige & Pablo Recordings” (MP3; 53 tracks; Prestige / Fantasy)
GILBERT O’SULLIVAN
“Latin ala G!” (MP3; his 23rd studio album; an album of original O’Sullivan songs inspired by Peggy Lee’s Latin-flavored LPs; Hear here; Import CD; Union Square Music, June 8) –
LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO
“Hawaiian Paradise” (MP3; 1949 album), “Galloping Guitars” (MP3; 1951 album; Geffen / UMe)
SHA NA NA
“Sha Na Na” (MP3; 1971 album; Legacy Recordings)
SIMPLY RED
“Men and Women” (MP3; 1987 album), “Life” (MP3; 1995 album), “Blue” (MP3; 1998 album), “Love and the Russian Winter” (MP3; 1999 album; Rhino / Elektra)
THE TEMPTATIONS
“Live At The Copa” (MP3; 1968 album), “The Temptations Show” (MP3; 1969 album), “The Temptations Live At London’s Talk of the Town” (MP3; 1970 album), “House Party” (MP3; 1975 album), “The Temptations Do The Temptations” (MP3; 1976 album), “Power” (MP3; 1980 album), “The Temptations” (MP3; 1981 album), “Surface Thrills” (MP3; 1983 album), “Back to Basics” (MP3; 1983 album), “Touch Me” (MP3; 1985 album; Motown / UMe)
CONWAY TWITTY
“25 Number Ones” (MP3; MCA Nashville / UMe)
THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH
“Face To Face With The Truth” (MP3; 1972 album; Motown / UMe)
ETHEL WATERS
“Ethel Waters Remastered Collection” (MP3; 22 tracks; J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali, June 8)
THE YARDBIRDS
“Little Games (Original Mono)” (MP3), “Little Games (Original Stereo)” (MP3; 1967 album; Parlophone)
JUNE 2, 2015
BOBBY BARE
“The Mercury Years, Volume 1” (MP3; 21 songs; Key Brothers Entertainment, June 1)
JONATHAN BUTLER
“Jonathan Butler (Expanded Edition)” (MP3; 1987 album, with eight bonus tracks; Read here; Cherry Pop)
BILL MUMY
“Ten Days” (Hear here; See here; Global Recording Artists)
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW
“Brushy Mountain Conjugal Trailer” (four-song EP; MP3; ATO)
K.T. OSLIN
“Simply” (her first album in nearly 15 years; Hear here; Read here; BFD)
THE QUILL (U.K. country-rock group)
“Brush with the Moon” (MP3; guests: Bev Bevan, Brian Tatler, Tony Kelsey, Matt Davies; Hear here; See here; Import CD; MMPS / Cherry Red, June 1)
OTIS REDDING
“The Complete Studio Albums Collection” (MP3; 10 complete albums; Rhino / Atlantic)
SHAKATAK
“Down on the Street (Deluxe Version)” (MP3; 1984 album, with four bonus tracks; Secret, June 1)
SUN KIL MOON
“Universal Themes” (MP3; Caldo Verde)
CHRISTOPHER TITUS
“Angry Pursuit of Happiness” (MP3; Comedy Central, June 4)
UNIT 4+2
“Best of Vol. 1” (MP3; Chance Music, June 6), “Best of Vol. 2” (MP3; Chance Music, June 4)
MAY 26, 2015
EYES OF A BLUE DOG (Anglo-Norwegian trio)
“Hamartia” (MP3; See here; Vicario Square)
MORE NEW SONGS
“Getting Over You,” Metro Station feat. Ronnie Radke
“Hey! We OK,” Never Shout Never
“Vice Grip,” Parkway Drive
“Obviously Wrong,” Tearjerker