If it isn't dry gulch out there in musicland. Believe it or not, news of ANY releases are nil. And I guess that means that we're going to be dull through the weekend. Hopefully Monday will bring a wad of new stuff. I'm still trying to put together Lindsay's new column and Dw's missive but an HTML snafu is hurting me and my efforts. But I will prevail. The snafu that I speak of actually has showed up before in Duane's column where the text spills out past its borders. I'll conquer it, be sure.
I'm really sorry for the lack. We'll leave the stuff up from Tuesday and have a load of stuff for you on Monday regardless of whether release content is available...or not.
I also have a The Music review of their second album expected on October 19 that I'll post Monday or Tuesday. We also have George Bennett's Los Lobos DVD review coming on Monday.
We'll see you on Monday.
September 22, 2004
We were so worn on Monday that we neglected to send off an icon of music. Johnny Ramone, whose membership in one of the world's most influential punk outfits, The Ramones, succumbed to prostate cancer on September 15. No one will forget his familiar stance as he furiously sent guitar notes into the universe, legs spread rock-style and his whole soul immersed in the sphere of The Ramones and their fans. He joins fellow mates, Joey and DeeDee Ramone in the great Band of the Hereafter. Like his mates before him, we will miss Johnny greatly. Hey Ho...!
Well, it's official. The White Sox are now out of contention and will wrap the season in hopes of a better year next year. To quote Kurt Vonnegut...and so it goes. The Bears will take on Bill Hunt's beloved Vikings next Sunday and will, hopefully, beat the stuffin' out of them. But that's me. Bill?
We have a few pieces in the works for you including a new column by Lindsay Planer called As The Disc Spins. In As The Disc Spins, Lindsay will look at a few releases as well as discuss upcoming albums, some of them interesting news. Lindsay has worked in the industry of music for years and thus, his new column will be lights on. Stop in and read his first issue when it is available. In it, he reviews Hall & Oates re-issues as well as Waylon Jennings releases, Abba, and Toots and The Maytalls. Next issue, he'll review the Judas Priest Box, The Dexter Gordon Box, and Wattstax DVD.
We'll also have an impromptu column coming up by Dw Dunphy.
And here we go...
Bad Boy Records will issue B5's upcoming album on January 25 of 2005. The project by B5 is untitled as of yet. They will be issued as CD and LP.
Rounder Records announces a release for November. The upcoming album by Burning Spear is called Creation Rebel and will be available on November 16.
Geffen Records has a John Fogerty album scheduled for November 9 and will be called Blue Moon Swamp. Kinda sounds like old CCR titles, eh? Geffen will also issue a 'best of' called Awake: The Best of Live for Live on November 16.
Geffen will release Rufus Wainwright's Want Two, a CD/DVD combo set expected on November 16.
On November 16, Casablanca Records will release an, as yet untitled effort by Lindsay Lohan.
Universal will release Reise, Reise from the band, Rammstein, on November 16. Universal will also issue Light of the Moon by The Pierces on January 25 of 2005.
Interscope has The Game's untitled album expected to be released on December 7. The Game's new album will be issued as CD, LP, Cassette, and an edited CD version.
Zomba/Jive will release American Minor's The Buffalo Creek on October 26. This 4-song EP foreruns their upcoming full-length CD expected in 2005. Their flavour is an interesting one.
Drive-Thru Records will release ...And Take It With a Grain of Salt for An Angle on November 9. Also on November 9 will be an EP for the band Hello-Goodbye called hellogoodbye. This 6-song EP is a debut from the band that hails from Huntington Beach, CA (my neck of the woods).
Arista Records plans a release for Dido named Live at Brixton Academy. This double disc effort, a CD and DVD, will release on November 23. Packaging will be in Amaray and Jewel for the discriminating.
J Records will release an untitled project by Fantasia on November 23 in both LP and CD formats.
Jazz fans can anticipate a new upcoming album by Kenny G and is expected to be an excellent addition to his catalog. The set is untitled for now. You can get it on November 16.
Rough Trade's recent release of The Libertines latest will expand to LP on October 5.
Arista will release a 2-disc set for Sarah McLachlan, a CD and DVD, on November 23. The set will be called Afterglow Live and will package in Amaray and Jewel casings.
We announced a release for Ocean Colour Scene which we must now report on once again as having been cancelled. I hate those!
J Records will spin out a 'best of' for Britney Spears with 16 tunes, 2 of them unreleased. It will also be accompanied by a bonus disc of 6 songs, remixes of hits. The 2CD Limited Edition and Cassette will issue on November 9. The CD issue hasn't received an official date but is expected to be the same. This set is called Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.
Decca Records announces an SA-CD issue for opera star, Renee Fleming called Handel. This is expected to be released on November 9.
Island announces a Hoobastank DVD, as yet an untitled project, but expected to hit the streets on November 27.
Roadrunner Records will release The Song Remains Insane DVD for Soulfly on January 11 of 2005.
Hollywood Records joins the parade with a release by Los Lobos called Live at the Fillmore. This will come out on November 9.
From Geffen, Rooney's new DVD will be called Spit n Sweat and will street on November 16.
Snow Patrol will have their DVD, Live at Somerset House - Aug 8, 2004, released on November 23. Interscope is the releasing label.
LaFace will release a Pink DVD on November 23 called Live in Europe. There will be a PA and Edited choice with this set.
September 20, 2004
Hey everybody...we have made it back. I gotta tell you, Chicago is one beautiful city. Now, I haven't been to NYC, a problem I intend to remedy in '05 with Bill and Sarah Hunt, but Chicago itself is an incredible city. It's a city of pride and antiquity, a city of intensity and progression, a city for the ages. Millennium Park itself is of brilliant design and sits in the middle of eternal greatness. If I ever decide to move forward, you'll find me in the middle of Chicago...somewhere.
The rest of the time off was positioned in my old hometown. I caught up with a lot of folks and had a great time. Family visits were fantastic and revitalizing. I caught a White Sox game, courtesy of family (Thanks tons, Jerry) that placed me a few rows away from an area between home and first. We lost in the 10th inning with a nail-biter that relied on a single or double, at best a homer, by Sandy Alomar who was at full count. It was heaven being amidst Sox fans, whom I love dearly. What could be better? Uhhh, living there and doing it all the time!!
With Fall feeling like it is tightening its grip on the nation, we officially step into the season in a few days. It's welcome to me because I'm a seasons person. Thanks for all of your patience.
Many of you are excited, as we are here in the Bits/TAP universe, of the upcoming Pink Floyd SA-CDs. The SA-CDs in question are Wish You Were Here and Animals. It is been revealed to me by a very reliable source that the original masters are in the hands of James Guthrie and that the retails will be available in 2005. Hang tight!
Despite the end of a vacation, we're happy to be back amongst friends, the readers of TAP. We've had little information, believe it or not so it looks like not much has been missed. Interestingly, we received NO updates from one of the big labels so nothing missed there. BUT, that don't mean that we didn't get a lot of info, just not as much as I anticipated. This update is massive and will sit for a couple days while I get back into the swing of things.
We have 2 reviews for you. The first is of the promised John Cale album called HoboSapiens. HoboSapiens is a highly satisfying work that is immediately challenging and musically refreshing if not one of his more superior works. The second is George Bennett's review of the latest, and grand, work of Percy Sledge and his Shining Through The Rain. Many of you will remember Percy Sledge most for his "When a Man Loves a Woman."
As an aside, the latest issue of Playboy (October) has interesting trains of thought by folks in the industry of music. It's a bunch of fascinating, if not slightly detoured, points concerning the state of the industry. You'll find self-motivated and distraught answers like those of Tower Records' Russ Solomon as well as defiant words from Moby. While all had good arguments and explanations, none held the floor like the down to earth and unselfish words of Andy Gould, manager of Rob Zombie. Read it. See, it ain't ALL about the pictures.
We've piled it on today like we promised. We'll see you again on Wednesday.
While we were running around Illinois, Interscope announced the official date of release for the next U2 album which is named How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The date, for those of you who haven't heard is November 23. There will be 3 release styles that include the standard release edition, Deluxe Edition, and Premium Edition. Both the Deluxe and the Premium Editions will have a DVD addition. Now that we're around, we'll be sure to let you know the second that we know what is on the two Special Editions.
Virgin Records places a large run of Rolling Stones' upcoming Live. This album documents their recent world tour and should be a pretty spectacular mix of great performances. The Stones are still one of our great generational bridges so many of us will look forward to this album, which, by the way, is scheduled for November 2.
Liberty Records announces a Merle Haggard album called Standards which will be available on December 14. It looks to be a collection of songbook tunes but we'll know more as the date approaches.
Astrelwerks informs us that the upcoming and still untitled project by The Chemical Brothers will actually release sooner than later on January 25th rather than the previously set date of February 1.
On the other side of the spectrum, Virgin Records anticipated release by N2U, self-titled, will move farther down calendar squares settling on the extended date of March 1, 2005. That's quite a jump from the originally intended release of November 2.
For Christopher O'Riley fans who enjoyed his piano interpretations of Radiohead tunes, this info should be appealing. O'Riley's camp informed us that he has finished initial recording sessions for a new album that will be interpetations of Radiohead b-sides and rarities. This is a novel approach and should complement O'Riley's recent True Love Waits. The new album is expected in early 2005.
The recently released Legacy Edition of Jeff Buckley's Grace will be afforded an LP issue on November 16.
Epic Records will issue a CD and DVD, sold separately, 'best of' for Mandy Moore. The album will be called The Best of Mandy Moore and will release on November 16.
Epic also plans a release for Ricky Scaggs, a live set called Live in London. This CD will release on November 2.
Epic Records also have a collection upcoming for Screaming Trees called Oceans of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996. This collection will be ready on November 9.
Legacy and Columbia will issue a Wayne Shorter title, Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter, on November 16.
Reprise Records has 2 separate issues for Depeche Mode, both called Remixes 81-04, one of which is a 3CD Limited Edition. Those releases will street on October 26.
Word Entertainment will issue the next CD from Denison Marrs on October 26. Word will also issue a 'best of' for Sixpence None the Richer called The Best of Sixpence None the Richer and will issue this on October 26. This set will contain 18 songs that will include 3 new tunes ("Loser Like Me"; "Us"; "Too Far Gone") and a Japanese commercial single version import of "Kiss Me".
There are 2 Lost Topic Tapes issues coming for Ramblin' Jack Elliott. One is known as The Lost Topic Tapes: Cowes Harbor - 1957 and the other is The Lost Topic Tapes: The Isle of Wight - 1957. Both are scheduled for October 26.
We just can't seem to get enough Grateful Dead in our classic diets, can we? Rhino realizes the deficiencies and plans to assist by releasing a 12CD set called Beyond Description 1973-1989 on October 26. This Box is a companion to The Golden Road 1965-1973. Contained in this set are 10 Dead albums during the mentioned period expanded with 65 bonus tracks. Here's the scoop:
- Wake of the Flood - 3 bonus tracks
- From the Mars Hotel - 7 bonus tracks
- Blues for Allah - 6 studio outtakes bonus tracks
- Terrapin Station - 6 bonus tracks
- Shakedown Street - 5 bonus tracks
- Go to Heaven - 6 bonus cuts
- Reckoning - expanded to 2 discs and including 16 bonus cuts
- Dead Set - expanded to 2 discs and includes 10 bonus tracks
- In the Dark - 6 bonus tracks that includes a studio reheasal version of "Touch of Grey"
- Built to Last - 3 bonus live cuts
This set includes 2 100 page books filled to the brim with photos, discographies, liner notes, essays and a whole mess more.
Warner has a scheduled release for Idiot Pilot called Strange We Should Meet Here on November 2.
Interscope promises a solo issue for No Doubt's Gwen Stephani called Love, Angel, Music, Baby on November 23. This title will be released on CD, LP, and a Deluxe Edition CD.
SInce I've been on vacation, this piece of news came in so I'm sure it's widely known. But, just in case it isn't widely known and for the benefit of those who haven't heard, it is reported that Blue Note Records will be issuing simultaneous releases of Feels Like Home by Norah Jones in both DVD-Audio and SA-CD formats. This is an early announcement so the discs are expected in 2005, February 1 for now.
Columbia is prepping a DVD for Aerosmith based on their A&E special called You Gotta Move. This DVD will become available on November 16.
Legacy will issue Alice Cooper: Trashes the World on DVD on November 16. Also on November 16, Legacy will issue Indigo Girls' Live From the Uptown Lounge on DVD. Legacy will issue an Iron Maiden DVD called The Early Years on November 9.
Columbia and Legacy team to issue a DVD for Kenny Loggins called Live From the Grand Canyon. Kenny Loggins: Live from the Grand Canyon was originally released in 1992.
Columbia will re-issue their 1996 video of Mariah Carey's Fantasy: Mariah Carey at Madsion Square Garden on November 16 as a DVD.
Epic and Legacy are running through the Michael Jackson vault and will issue a DVD Box set of Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour on November 16.
Hey Phish phans...how about a Rhino video called IT, a digipaked 2DVD set, that will be available on October 12. Yeah?..YEAH!
Also by Rhino, David Byrne's Live at Union Chapel and Crosby, Stills, & Nash's CSN: The DVDs (a 3DVD set), both of which will be available on October 26. The CSN issue has 2 live sets, Acoustic (from a 1991 show) and Daylight Again (from their 1983 tour) combined with the never before released Long Time Comin', a documentary of their 30+ years together as a recording and touring unit. Both sets will have 5.1 mixes.
Elektra Records announces a Jet DVD called Family Style, their first. This DVD will be issued with the obligatory 'behind the scenes' as well as a 5.1 mix. There are 13 songs on this DVD from Jet including a cover of Elvis' "That's Alright Mama." You lucky people.
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