Archival Posts 2004 February 15

February 18, 2004

If it isn't one thing or another. For some odd reason, the software I'm using decides to do some very unexpected things. It started out a month ago by throwing in 'uneditable via the user interface' characters that were caroted letters and other strange symbols. I had to go into the source and edit. Now...it will let me edit and randomly dispense with my hard work despite my saving. So I reinstalled from the CD and get...the same. Oh well...since we've wasted lots of time trying to come back from the seemingly dead, we'll keep it short.

We'll be back Friday.

Don't forget the reader reviews. If you have a single paragraph about a favourite current album that you have, share it with the world. Write me here and use READER REVIEW in the subject line.

We have the word on the song content for those Depeche Mode singles boxes. We'll put those up on Friday. Otherwise, we have a few items for you.

This should really be DVD updates as well as the CD cuz there are a few new DVD 20th Century Masters coming available simultaneously with the CDs. I'll list them all here because we're havin' so much trouble:

ABC - Mercury Records - April 20 - CD and DVD

Cinderella - Mercury Records - April 20 - CD and DVD

Vanessa Williams - Mercury Records - June 8 - CD and DVD

Asia - Geffen Records - June 8 - CD and DVD

Night Ranger - MCA - June 8 - CD and DVD

Oingo Boingo - Geffen - June 8 - CD and DVD

On March 30, VI Records will issue a 2CD remix album by Jordan Knight. The album is New Kids on the Block - The Remix Album.

Varese Sarabande will issue a 2CD Essential Ike and Tina Turner set for April 6. Now THAT will be a treat.

Lost Highway is readying a Johnny Cash album, My Mother's Hymn Book for release on April 6.

Roadrunner Records will issue a new Cradle of Filth album on June 29. The album will be titled Nymphetamine.

Finally, a 'best of' for our boys, Bill Haley and The Comets. Their March 30 release from Varese Sarabande will represent the years 1951 - 1954. Varese Sarabande will also release a Carl Perkins effort, Dance Album on April 6.

Bonnie Raitt's oft-delayed Nick of Time DVDA is date pushed til July 13.

On April 13, Verve Records will issue 6 SACDs for Oscar Peterson. The six issues will be Exclusively For My Friends seried and will yield SACDs for Action; Girl Talk; The Way I Really Play; My Favorite Instruments; Mellow Mood; and Travelin' On.

Even though I think that all of the labels are extremely slow out of the gate especially where hi rez id concerned, there is a bit oozing out the system. For this one bit, we have word on Seal and his Seal IV coming to DVD-Audio on April 6.

A note on the upcoming March 23 release of Steely Dan's Gaucho is that both DVDA mixes, Stereo and MC will be 96kHz/24bits.

Another addition to upcoming SACD releases will be Diana Krall's The Girl in the Other Room. This SACD will release on April 27 by Verve Records.

There is a huge batch of upcoming DVDs coming. And some pretty exciting titles at that.

Columbia Records and Legacy will issue a Bob Dylan Unplugged DVD on March 30. For those Dylan fans who can't ever get enough.

On March 23, Rhino will re-issue the spectacular Toward the Within, a Dead Can Dance title (Thanks, John.) And that's great news for deserving fans. This title was originally released in 1994 as VHS from 4AD.

Also from Rhino Home Video is a DVD from Genesis called Live at Wembley Stadium. It is also expected on March 23.

Another title is a DVD for Peter, Paul, and Mary called Carry It On: A Musical Legacy. This releases on March 23.

Moving over a few calendar blocks to March 30, we note the following expected releases:

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Videos - Rhino Home Video
Dio - Sacred Heart - Rhino Home Video (Re-issued from 1986 for DVD)
Simply Red - Home: Live in Sicily
Michael Buble - Come Fly With Me (Simultaneous Release with CD issue)