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February 12, 2008
New CD Album Releases, 2-12-2008: All grrl Neil Young tribute, Carrie Newcomer, Widespread Panic New album releases this week look a little thin. One thing that looks somewhat interesting is Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity on the American Laundromat label. I'm not familiar with most of the women here, but I'd be interested in hearing what Jill Sobule did with "Down by the River." The other top likely point of interest would be Josie Cotton doing "Cowgirl in the Sand."
Top point of re-issue interest is the three CD Not Fade Away: Buddy Holly 1957 Complete Recordings. This has 90 tracks, including alternate takes, a number of recordings where they were backing other artists, plus promotional spots and a couple of interviews. Besides famous Buddy Holly classics like "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be the Day," there are a lot of album tracks and such that are new even to me.
Also on the re-issue front, we get a tasty looking 25th anniversary edition of Thriller. This includes a song "For All Time," an unreleased ballad from the original sessions as the top point of extra value, along with some remixes from will.i.am among others. Also, this includes a bonus DVD with all three of the original famous videos and his famous May 1983 performance of "Billie Jean" from the NBC Motown special.
There are a couple of Tuxedomoon releases this week, including a four CD 7707 tm: 30th Anniversary Box. This doesn't seem to include their early Ralph Records material though, which is what I know them for. The Half Mute album is, however, available as a twofer, containing the main song I remember them for, "Seeding the Clouds."
Here's the listing of this week's new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Antietam Opus Mixtum Carrot Top Alternative Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? Rough Trade Indie Rock
Michael Jackson Thriller [25th Anniversary Edition] Epic Pop/Rock, Urban, Funk, Dance-Pop, Club/Dance
Widespread Panic Free Somehow Widespread Jam Bands, American Trad Rock, Rock & Roll
Alarm Will Sound Michael Gordon: Van Gogh Cantaloupe Contemporary Chamber Music
Dan Baird Out of Mothballs Jerk Rock & Roll
Joe Beck & John Abercrombie Coincidence Whaling City Post-Bop
Marco Benevento Invisible Baby Hyena Avant-Garde Jazz, Noise Pop, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Modern Free, Urban Folk, Instrumental Rock
Blue Highway Through the Window of a Train Rounder Progressive Bluegrass, Contemporary Bluegrass
Jack Bruce/Robin Trower Seven Moons Evangeline Hard Rock, Blues-Rock
The Buckinghams The Greatest Hits and More Fuel 2000 Sunshine Pop, Pop/Rock
Deaf Pedestrians And Other Distractions Virgin Hard Rock, Alternative Metal
Flo & Eddie The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie/Flo & Eddie Manifesto Pop/Rock, Power Pop, Satire
Front Line Assembly Tactical Neural Implant/Millennium Roadrunner Electro-Industrial, Industrial Dance, Industrial
Guru The Best of Guru's Jazzmatazz Virgin Underground Rap, Jazz-Rap, Hip-Hop
Gladys Hardy I Love Jesus But I Drink a Little Warner Bros. Prank Calls, Country Comedy
Buddy Holly & the Crickets Not Fade Away: Buddy Holly 1957 Complete Recordings El Toro Pop, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll
Idiot Pilot Wolves Reprise Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
Wendy James Racine, Vol. 2 Jungle UK Alternative Pop/Rock
The Kingston Trio Once Upon a Time Collectors' Choice Music Folk-Pop
The Kingston Trio Twice Upon a Time Collectors' Choice Music Folk Revival, Folk-Pop, Traditional Folk
Dave Koz At The Movies - Double Feature [Bonus DVD] Blue Note Smooth Jazz, Standards, Instrumental Pop, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Jenny Lin Bloch: Concerto symphonique; Concerto grosso; Scherzo fantasque Haenssler Classic Modern Orchestral Music
Madball Demonstrating My Style/Look My Way Roadrunner Hardcore Punk, Thrash
Karita Mattila Fever Ondine Light Music for Voice & Orchestra
Monster Magnet 4-Way Diablo SPV/Steamhammer Stoner Metal, Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Carrie Newcomer The Geography of Light Philo Contemporary Folk, Country-Folk, Roots Rock, Rock & Roll
Tonus Peregrinus Anthony Pitts: Alpha and Omega Hyperion Contemporary Choral Music
Robert Pollard Superman Was a Rocker Happy Jack Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Puppini Sisters The Rise & Fall of Ruby Woo Universal Jazz Harmony Vocal Group, Vocal Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Rumble Strips Girls and Weather Universal/Island Indie Rock
Tom Scott Cannon Re-Loaded: An All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley Concord Contemporary Jazz
Sepultura Against/Nation Roadrunner Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal, Thrash, Speed Metal, Progressive Metal
Simple Plan Simple Plan Lava Punk-Pop, Punk Revival
Supreme Beings of Leisure 11i Rykodisc Downtempo, Downbeat
Sworn Enemy Maniacal Century Media Punk Metal, Hardcore Punk
Tuxedomoon 7707 tm: 30th Anniversary Box Cramboy Experimental Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave
Tuxedomoon Vapour Trails Cramboy Experimental Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave
Type O Negative Dead Again [CD/DVD] SPV/Steamhammer Goth Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Various Artists Bippp: French Synth Wave 1979-85 Everloving Post-Punk, New Wave
Various Artists Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity American Laundromat Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Roots Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Folk-Pop, Country-Rock
Various Artists The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 9: 1969 Hip-O Select R&B, Pop-Soul, Motown, Soul
Various Artists Droppin' Science: Greatest Samples from the Blue Note Lab Blue Note Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Yukmouth Million Dollar Mouthpiece Rap-A-Lot West Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap ***************************
