I'm getting an early jump on the upcoming weekend and so will save my latest ruminations for Wednesday. For the US readers, enjoy your Memorial Day weekend. I will be. I'm going to work a bit more on the new site version.

Thanks for all of the emails that I received on my last "substance" editorial. I brought some interesting commentary out. It's appreciated.

And while I left you with no new review I DID leave you with a batch of upcoming releases.

We'll see you back here on Wednesday.

Robert Metcalf has presented a review of the recently released new album by Hamadryad called Intrusion.

I want to alert TAP readers to the fact that I have finally put together a FaceBook fan page that you can access and join by clicking on the badge below.  What this offers is the exact same thing as my Twitter feeds provide and that is first buzz on upcoming releases and free offered downloads, many announcements  that beat our main post, sometimes by days.  We also provide a Google BUZZ page that expands on most of the Twitter/FB feeds. On Buzz, you can even hear the music stream if a stream is offered.  There are still things that I'm working on in the FB page, like calender notes as well as links to great sites like The Second Disc.  I invite you to join us at our FB page and bookmark it.  Visit it daily and you'll be rewarded with much news and info.  Of course, you'll still want to come to the main MusicTAP page for our noisy commentaries.  Remember, with our Twitter feeds, you can elect to receive the news bursts as text on your mobile phone keeping you effortlessly up to date with stuff.  Lots of choices.  Find one, or two, that fits.

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Eagle Rock will release an overview Blu-ray (BD) and DVD of Damn The Torpedoes, the timeless album by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. The BD is called Damn The Torpedoes Classic Album and is scheduled for release on August 24.

Wrasse Records will deliver Connections by A. R. Rahman on August 24. Personal note: This guy is fantastic.

Savoy Records plan the release of Beautiful Dreamers from Bill Frisell, releasing on August 24.

Rounder Records will release Silver and Ash by Clair Burson slating September 14.

Sanctuary Records will release Anthology II: Blood on Stone for Uriah Heep as a DD-distributed album on June 22.

On June 15, Foghat Records, with the current Foghat lineup of Roger Earl, Craig MacGregor, Charlie Huhn, and Bryan Bassett, will release a covers set of old blues classics.The album is called Last Train Home.

429 Records will release Tribal by Dr John (Mac Rebennec) & The Lower 911 on August 3.

Hip-O Records will release Live at The Greek Theatre 2008 featuring Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band on July 27 in both CD and DD formats.

Interscope Records puts Betty by Helmet into the digital realm on September 7.

Geffen Records will release the DD of Authorized Bootleg - Live Marquette, Michigan 8/8/94 by Night Ranger on August 24.