We are light on news this morning so we're going to make this short.

It appears as if The Black Crowes have played their last notes together as a band. Chris Robinson has spoken of the band as if they no longer exist. The great ones always seem to fizzle this way, don't they?

If you were/are a Styx fan, Tommy Shaw has revealed that the band's newest album, "Cyclorama", will be released on February 18th and will enjoy a bevy of guest appearances including Billy Bob Thornton, Brian Wilson, and Tenacious D.

Finally, Billboard reports that The Cardigans will issue their fifth, "Long Gone Before Daylight" in March of 2003. No word on a US release as this one will be released in the UK.

Duane will be showing up with the review for Iron Maiden's Greatest Hits package later on today so come back for that if you're an Iron Maiden fan.

We'll pop back in here later on this evening to wrap up the week and head into the weekend. I've a feeling we're going to be very busy this weekend...

We have a nice little update from Universal Music with some extras thrown in for splash. These are for the February 4th and 11th release dates. We'll hop right to it and exhaust the release data. A word of note. For some of these titles, I have barely any information. They are a trickle of info that have yet to be built upon. In short, they are scheduled product and, at this time, that's all they are:

February 4th -

• The All American Rejects - The All American Rejects - Dreamworks/Doghouse Records
  Hot new alternative band getting tons of airplay in all the right markets.
• Creedence Clearwater Revisited - Recollection - Hip-O Records
  The song selection is a best of collection of Creedence Clearwater Revival recorded during the band's jaunt through fairs and theatres and is spread out over 2 discs.
• Del Amitri - The Millennium Collection: 20th Century Masters Series - A&M
  This collection of tunes feature 96k/24 bit remastering and including all of their hits.
• The Marsalis Family - A Jazz Celebration - Rounder Records
  This disc promises to be very good.
• Semisonic - The Millennium Collection: 20th Century Masters Series - MCA

February 11th:

• Paul Anka - Absolutely The Best: The 70s - Fuel2000/Varese Sarabande
  This collection of 14 songs, which includes "(You're) Havin' My Baby", "One Man Woman, One Woman Man", and "I Don't Like Sleeping Alone" features the output of his most prolific period, the 70s.
• Johnny Cash - w/ 4 remastered titles, two of them on one disc.
  1987's "Johnny Cash is Coming to Town" and 1990's "Boom Chicka Boom", remastered and on one disc. The first disc has an Elvis Costello tune done by the Man in Black, "The Big Light" while BCB highlights Costello's "Hidden Shame" and Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle".
  1988's "Water from the Wells of Home", which feature duets with Paul McCartney, Waylon Jennings, and Hank Williams, Jr. amongst many others. Also, includes a bonus track of an interview with Johnny Cash explaining how the album came to be created. Remastered.
  1991's "The Mystery of Life", the final of the five LPs that Cash recorded for Mercury that features remastered content and, as a bonus, Johnny's duet with U2, "The Wanderer".
• The Fixx - Reach The Beach - MCA
  This title is a remastered edition in celebration of the disc's 20th anniversary that features the original track listing plus 4 bonus tracks. The bonus tracks are:
  "Saved by Zero" - Extended version.
  "One Thing Leads to Another" - Extended Version
  "Deeper and Deeper" - Extended Version
  "Going Overboard"
  The disc also features a detailed booklet with extended information. This release will replace the older CD release of this title.
• Rush - "The Spirit of Radio - Greatest Hits (74 -87)" - Mercury
  A collection of 'radio friendly' songs by Rush, 16 songs totaling almost 80 minutes worth of Rush tunes. But you have to act fast on this one. The first 100, 000 units of this collection will include a bonus DVD. The DVD will feature 5 music videos, complete lyrics to the songs on the album and an easter egg for the lyrics of "Mystic Rhythms".

Now then, having given up to-date info on titles we know something about, how about some scheduled titles with no further info other than their scheduled release date...for now.

• Rainbow - Catch The Rainbow: The Anthology - Polydor
  This set is 2 discs and streets March 18th, 2003.
• Charlie Parker - The Complete Verve Master Takes - Verve Records.
  This collection releases on May 20th, 2003.
• Nina Simone - Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings - Verve Records
  This box set streets on May 20, 2003.
• Lee Ritenour - The Very Best of Lee Ritenour - Verve Records
  You can expect this collection on May 6, 2003.
• Marc Antoine - The Very Best of Marc Antoine - GRP Records.
  This disc will see the light of day on May 6, 2003.
• Concrete Blonde - Live in Brazil - Ark 21 Records
  This is a 2 disc live set that streets on March 18, 2003.

Here are the anticipated Universal SACD releases on schedule. Look at this one folks. It's a trend setter with an entire Police catalog being simultaneously released on SACD. No word on whether these are Multi-Channels. Here's the list:

• Alison Krauss - Live - Rounder Records
  Arriving March 18, 2003.
• Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - Deustche Grammophon
  Expected on May 13, 2003.
• The Police with 7 titles -
  Every Breath You Take (Digipak)
  Ghost in the Machine (Jewel)
  Outlandos D'Amour (Jewel)
  Reggata De Blanc (Jewel)
  Synchronicity (Jewel)
  The Police Live (Jewel)
  Zenyatta Mondatta (Jewel)
  All of these titles street on February 25, 2003. You bloody lucky Police fans. What a fell sweep of a catalog on SACD. Brought to you by A&M Records.
• Star Trek:Nemesis - Soundtrack - Varese Sarabande
  Streets on February 11, 2003.
• The Who - My Generation - MCA
  Arrives February 11, 2003.

On Monday, we have a whole lot of scheduled discs from Universal to get to. Yes, there were more. Many of these that we will reveal on Monday are discs newly planted on the schedule. I think you'll find that there is something for everybody here. Also, on Monday there will be a review from Duane on the new Iron Maiden Greatest Hits disc. And more.

I'm going to bed.