Tuesday, December 7, 2010

New Music Releases - December 7, 2010

Bob Dylan's 'The Original Mono Recordings,' which collects his first eight studio albums as well as an early live performance, is out on vinyl this week, as is a reissue of Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine. Also new music by Duffy, T.I., Hinder and an EP from Sufjan Stevens just to name a few.

Look for re-releases from Dead Can Dance, Eric Burdon & War, Giant Sand, Minus the Bear, ZZ Top, the Zombies and more.


As always CVR Blog picks are in red:





ABBA - Gold: Special Edition (CD/DVD)
Air Supply - The Earth Is
Anika - Anika
Average White Band - Feel No Fret
Banjo or Freakout - 105

Beatles - 1962-1970: Collector's Edition Box Set (Remastered Red & Blue Albums with Cards & Stamp)






Bill WithersMaking Music
Bill Withers' first Columbia album is making its debut on CD. The album yielded the singles "Making Music" and "Hello Like Before" and features a killer band that includes David Walker, Ray Parker Jr., Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, bassist James Jamerson, Ernie Watts and Ralph MacDonald.

Bill Withers - Naked and Warm
Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning (Vinyl)
Black Hole - Black Hole (Californian Punk 1977-1980)
Bob Dylan - The Original Mono Recordings (Amazon.com Exclusive Bonus Edition) Bonnie Prince Billy & Trembling Bells - New Year's Eve's the Loneliest Night of the Year (Vinyl)
Boston - Boston [Vinyl]
Brooklyn Dreams - Sleepless Nights
Celebration - Hello Paradise
Charlie Wilson - Just Charlie
Christian Kane - The House Rules
Clarence Carter - Testifyin
Clouds - Up Above Our Heads (Clouds 66-71)
Connie Stevens - Tradition: A Family At Christmas
Cowsills - On My Side
DNTL - After Parties 1 (Vinyl)
DNTL - After Parties 2 (Vinyl)
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy (soundtrack)
Dave Baby Cortez - Organ Shindig
Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance (4-LP reissue) (Vinyl)
Deadmau5 - 4x4=12
Deodato - Prelude (Vinyl)
Diane Birch and the Phenomenal Handclap Band - The Velveteen Age
Seven covers of songs by the Cure, Joy Division, Siouxsie & the Banshees and others are given a neo-soul treatment with Birch unleashing vocals more rooted in the 1970s -- a bit of Stevie Nicks here, some gospel there, and her inner-folkie in between.

Dino, Desi & Billy - Memories Are Made of This
Dino, Desi & Billy - Souvenir
Duffy - Endlessly
The singer returns with her second album, recorded in New York, London and Spain with Albert "It Never Rains in California" Hammond co-producing. The first single, "Well Well Well," features the Roots.

Einsturzende Neubauten - Strategies Against Architecture IV
Eluvium - The Motion Makes Me Last EP
Engineers - In Praise of More
Eric Burdon & War - Best of
Eric Burdon & War - Black Man's Burdon
Eric Burdon & War - Eric Burdon Declares War
Eric Burdon & War - Love is All Around
Eric Johnson - Up Close
Fairport Convention - Dirty Linen: Live at the Marlowe Theatre
Feist - Look at What the Light Did Now
Floating Bridge - Floating Bridge
Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Boxset (36 CDs)
Freebass - It's A Beautiful Life
Giant Sand - Ballad of a Thin Line Man: 25th Anniversary Edition (reissue)
Giant Sand - Storm: 25th Anniversary Edition (reissue)
Gospel Music - Duettes
Gregory and the Hawk - Leche (Vinyl)
Hamilton Camp - Here's to You
Heavy Winged - Sunspotted
Hinder - All American Nightmare (Deluxe Edition)
INXS - Original Sin
I The Breather - These Are My Sins
Iron Maiden - The Interview Sessions
James Levine - 40 Years at the Met" (32 CDS)
Janis Siegel - At Home
Jefferson Airplane - Live at The Fillmore Auditorium 10/15/66: Late Show: Signe's Farewell
Jefferson Airplane - Live at The Fillmore Auditorium 10/16/66: Early & Late Shows: Grace's Debut
Jefferson Airplane - Live at The Fillmore Auditorium 11/25/66 & 11/27/66: We Have Ignition 11/27/66: We Have Ignition (2 CDs)
Jefferson Airplane -Return to The Matrix 2/1/68 (2 CDs)
Jimi Hendrix - Blues  (2 LPs) 
John D. Loudermilk - Elloree 1
Jonathan Richman - O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth (Vinyl)
Juanes - P.A.R.C.
Kate Bush - Sensual World (reissue) (Vinyl)
Keith Christmas - Tomorrow Never Ends: Anthology 1974 - 1976
Latimore - It Ain't Where You Been
Liz Janes - Say Goodbye
Memoryhouse - Caregiver b/w Heirloom
Michael Bolton - Home for Christmas
Mick Jones - Mick Jones
Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice (Vinyl)
Misfits - X-posed
Morning Dew - Morning Dew
Morris Day - Daydreaming
Motels - Motels / Careful
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers (Vinyl)
Muddy Waters - They Called Me Muddy Waters / Live at Mister Kellys
Mumford & Sons with Laura Marling and the Dharohar Project
A four-song EP featuring Mumford & Sons, the blokes who just received a Grammy nomination for best new artist. These recordings were made during a tour of India in December 2009. Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling spent several days with Rajasthani folk musicians in a makeshift studio at an arts & culture school in Delhi.

Natasha Bedingfield - Strip Me
Nina Simone - Classic Hits
Nine Inch NailsPretty Hate Machine: 2010 Remaster (Vinyl)
Ohio Knox - Ohio Knox
Out of Focus - Out of Focus
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee & Dream Street
Perfume Genius - Learning (slipcase edition with three bonus tracks)
Perry Como - The Complete Christmas Collection (2 CDs)
Pet Shop Boys - Together (Single)
Pet Shop Boys - Ultimate (CD/DVD)
Plain White T's - Wonders of the Younger

Psychedelic Aliens - Psycho African Beat
The Psychedelic Aliens were a rock band in Ghana in the late '60s and early '70s that combined elements of American soul, funk, garage rock and psych with African rhythms and melodies. "Psycho African Beat" brings together their four-song EP and two 7-inches with a 32-page booklet.





Randy Meisner - One More Song / Randy
Ric Ocasek - Fireball Zone
Ric Ocasek - Quick Change World
Robin Trower The Playful Heart
Royal Trux - Thank You (reissue) (Vinyl)
Ryan Bingham - Junky Star (Vinyl)
Sammy Hagar - Loud & Clear
Silverstein - Transitions
Solomon Burke - The Best of (Vinyl)
Star & Micey - 12 Days of Memphis Christmas
Stay Ahead Of The Weather - We Better Get Goin' If We're Gonna
Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP
The EP is built around two different versions of Sufjan Stevens' long-form epic ballad "All Delighted People," an homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui and Paul Simon's "Sounds of Silence." Other songs on the EP include the 17-minute guitar jam-for-single-mothers "Djohariah," and the gothic piano ballad "The Owl and the Tanager," a live-show mainstay.

Surfers - Sing Hit Movie Songs From the Exotic Islands
T.I. - No Mercy
The Coathangers & the Numerators - Chicken 30 b/w Strawberry Dreams
Two Cow Garage - Sweet Saint Me
Various Artists - ABC of the Blues (52 CDs)
Various Artists - Angola Soundtrack (Vinyl)
Various Artists - Flower Power: Music of the Love Generation (3 CDs)
Various Artists - Motown Collection (3 CDs)
Various Artists - O Brother Where Art Thou: Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
Various Artists - Romancing the 70s (3 CDs)
Various Artists - Sound of Siam
Various Artists - The Ultimate Oldies but Goodies Collection (3 CDs)
War - All Day Music
War - Deliver the Word
War - Greatest Hits Live
War - Life (Is So Strange)
War - Live
War - Outlaw
War - Peace Sign
War - Platinum Jazz
War - Very Best of
War - Why Can't We Be Friends
War - World is a Ghetto
War - Youngblood
Wires Under Tension - Light Science
ZZ Top - Deguello (Vinyl)
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (Vinyl)
Zombies - On the BBC (Vinyl)
Zombies - Time of the Season (Vinyl)
Zombies - Zombies '66 (Vinyl)


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Remember, if you are a record company and have new releases or know of any I missed (especially vinyl), please email me and I will add your music to the list. I also do reviews of new vinyl, email me for more information.

New Music Releases are put together from a variety of sources by blog owner Robert Benson

Have new music for the list? Email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com  





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