We 've reached the weekend. How fast that one sprung by. Regardless, it's here and we're ready for it.
We have the latest Duane's Pit Stop for you. You can dive in and catch the crazy bastard's pics and...well..catch up on his usual digest of Punk News.
We also have John Dunphy's review of Entwine's newest CD issue, Dieversity. Stop in and catch what John has to say about Dieversity. I haven't heard it but this review has convinced me to check it out.
Well, I lied..sorta..about having the Cheap Trick review of their Legacy/Epic issue of The Essential Cheap Trick ready for your consumption today but having received The Rolling Stones Singles package, I got all twisted and had to drop what I was doing. And you can expect some notes on that in the very very near future. I do have to catch up, you know.
On Monday, we will definitely have a review of Steely Dan's Gaucho on SACD by our George Bennett. So make sure you come back for that and more.
Have a neato weekend, k? I'm out! Staffers...you guys rock!!
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I'm quite excited for the upcoming Patti Smith Columbia release called trampin' that's expected on April 27 in both CD and Double LP. We've had the pleasure to hear some of these tracks and all I can say is that they are as great as anything I've heard from her. This will be reviewed in entirety when we get ourselves a copy. Here's some pass on:
- Link to the first song off the album, Jubilee.
- This is Smith's first album in 4 years.
- Will be released in LP (2) Gatefold, and gatefold digipak CD. Interestingly, the LP release will feature a different cover shot than the CD issue.
  The first shot is the CD cover while the second shot is the LP. Me? I prefer the LP shot. The LP will be limited edition.
- Interested? Check out Patti Smith's website for all things Patti. www.pattismith.net.
- Track listing - jubilee / mother rose / stride of the rose / cartwheels / gandhi / trepasses / my blakean year / cash / peaceable kingdom / radio baghdad / trampin'.
Fans of Three Dog Night, take note. Although we've mentioned this release some months back, here's the skinny on their upcoming May 25 Geffen issue of Three Dog Night: The Complete Hit Singles. This is the complete collection that contains every one of their Dunhill classics...every one. Track listing, anyone?
- One
- Try a Little Tenderness
- Easy To Be Hard
- Eli's Coming
- Celebrate
- Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
- Out in the Country
- One Man Band
- Joy to the World
- Liar
- An Old Fashioned Love Song
- Never Been to Spain
- The Family of Man
- Black & White
- Pieces of April
- Shambala
- Let Me Serenade You
- The Show Must Go On
- Sure As I'm Sittin' Here
- Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)
- Til The World Ends
The newly established Universal Series called Sound + Vision will be issued with The Moody Blues as their first artist. A Night at Red Rocks will contain the previously released 2CD Deluxe reissue and will be packaged with a DVD that was issued in 2002 along with the Deluxe Edition. This combo CD/DVD package will be presented by Polydor on July 13.
Need to know anything about the upcoming Scorpions Box? Let me know.
Jackson Browne's Running on Empty, a title that lots of us folks here at TAP are anxiously awaiting, gets it new scheduled date. It is now planned for June 22.
Rounder will release a live 2DVD set for Matchbox 20 called Show: a Night in the Life of Matchbox 20. There will be 2 forms, an edited version and the regular release. These DVDs are scheduled for May 25.
Now I have some info about this release. Here's the scoop:
- This set will be 2DVD and will run approximately 220 minutes. That's around 3 1/2 hours of video time.
- There are 20 songs including the current "Bright Lights." Hits and favourites galore.
- Filmed in High Definition using 17 cameras.
- Bonus features include - 50-minute documentary; a 'behind the scenes' photo gallery; 2 songs in multi-angle viewing format.
- This set is 16x9 Anamorphic.
- Audio options are DD Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround, and SRS Circle Surround 5.1.
April 21, 2004
We're going to push this one through as we have a few things to do however we won't leave you high and dry. In addition to the customary news, we have the new edition of John Dunphy's column, The John Dunphy Experience. It's a great read; you should stop in and check it out.
We also have the review of The Who's Live at the Royal Albert Hall SACD by George Bennett. Check in and see what he thinks of this SACD. We'll have several reviews when we come back on Friday including John Dunphy's review of Entwine's Dieversity. I shold have a review or two ready for you as well including the recently release Essential Cheap Trick by Legacy/Epic.
And so on...
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Capitol Records has announced the upcoming release of Otep's next album, House of Secrets. This second release will be issued on July 27. Mark your calendars, OzzKidz.
The Dave Matthews Band expected Live at The Gorge. Both CD and DVD, have been put on hold. As of right now, the title is 'date to be determined'. We'll let you know when we come across the new dates. And we will.
Zomba/Jive will release the latest R. Kelly album, Happy People / U Saved Me, a 2CD affair, on July 13.
Verve Records will issue an Ella Fitzgerald album, Hello Love, on September 21.
Some Paul McCartney news for fans awaiting his new release. We reported several weeks back about his as yet unnamed mystery release coming up. Despite knowing any news about it we went ahead and let you know that something was coming out. We now have heard that it will be a Box Set...still unnamed. The date is still September 21. I'll leave this up for a few days as there is a lot of interest for this one.
Universal will release a Jodeci 'best of', Greatest Hits, on July 13. Universal will also release Call Off The Search by Katie Melua on June 8.
Rounder will release a 3CD retrospective for Rob Wasserman titled Trilogy. You can expect that one on August 3.
Shout! Factory will issue a tribute album for Bob Dylan on May 18 called Dylan Country. This 16-track CD features some of Country's most famed artists producing the following songs:
- Earl Scruggs (with Bob Dylan) – “
Nashville
Skyline Rag”
- Country Gentlemen – “Girl From The
North Country
”
- Waylon
Jennings
– “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”
- Johnny Cash – “It Ain’t Me Babe”
- Hank Williams, Jr. – “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”
- Buck Owens – “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”
- The Byrds – “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”
- Glen Campbell – “If Not For You”
- Tim O’Brien – “Subterranean Homesick Blues”
- Peter Ostroushko & Norman Blake – “Restless Farewell”
- Willie Nelson – “Heartland”
- Emmylou Harris – “When I Paint My Masterpiece”
- Jennifer Warnes – “Sign On The Window”
- Jerry Jeff Walker – “One Too Many Mornings”
- Nanci Griffith – “Boots Of Spanish Leather”
- Kitty Wells – “Forever Young”
Some of these songs are extra special treats such as the early Johnny Cash cover of "It Ain't Me Babe" and the out of print Buck Owens' cover of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit."
On May 4, Matador Records jumps into the SACD fray by releasing the latest Mission of Burma album, ONoffON. Expect this gem to rock solid. It has been 22 looonnnggg years for these guys. Now if we can get Matador Records to release Interpol in SACD splendour. I'd want it!!!
I've included the cover design of R. Kelly's upcoming DVD-Audio of Chocolate Factory that arrives on May 18.
April 20, 2004
3..2..1...And we're live! That's right folks. After a lengthy but revitalizing trip to the island of Hawai'i, TAP is back to basics, bringing you the new release news and reviews to help in your purchasing decisions as well as those entertaining and informative columns.
I have to admit to being a sort of weepy crybaby. Bill Hunt and I recently collaborated on an article on Sirius Radio. In large part, it helped to fulfill a need for radio discrepency. But I've gone on a trip and that means fillin' up the ole IPOD. This time I created a playlist of old 60s, 70s, and 80s radio favourites and damn if I didn't get all weepy missing the experience of that music as it unleashed itself on the radio...back in the day. It didn't help when I acquired some single videos on Universal's way cool 20th Century Masters DVD Collection. There was Tears for Fears, ABC, Styx, and Asia collections; 5-6 videos on each. And again, I'm reminded of all that great old music coming off the radio. I bloody miss my radio...I MISS IT!!! Discovery...Regionalism...Great Music. Not that today's music doesn't cut the mustard. Of course, it's for a different time but radio with all its charm and revelation just fell off the face of the earth . Methinks I whine too much or perhaps even demand too much of life. I don't wanna be nostalgic...I wanna be entertained.
At least we're back. And we have a bevy of stuff to tell you about. So without too many commercial interruptions or any more of my emotional spillage, I'll proceed to clue you in on the cool stuff coming our way.
We have a revival of an old column, The John Dunphy Experience. And we're glad to see John back in the pulpit with his usual wit and charm. Also in the wings is a review by George Bennett of The Who's Live at Royal Albert Hall on SACD. Check in tomorrow for the likely inclusions of these two items.
It's really good to be back. See you tomorrow.
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RCA Victor and BlueBird labels will converge to release a Bing Crosby title entitled Bing with a Beat. This First Editions Series reissue is remastered and will release on June 8. This jazz album is considered one of Bing's best as it is his tribute to jazz.
 
Sanctuary's upcoming Dokken release, Hell to Pay will be released on July 13. This is Dokken's 10th studio effort. This lineup contains originals Don Dokken and Mick Brown.
Gov't Mule standout, Warren Haynes will get a live issue on June 8 from RCA/ATO Records. Haynes has recorded and toured with The Allman Brothers Band, The Dead, as well as Gov't Mule. Watch for his Live at Bonnaroo when it hits stores.
Speaking of The Allman Brothers Band, Derek Trucks will have an album from Columbia Records called Bootleg which will be available on June 1. The artists will be known as The Derek Trucks Band.
Some Paul McCartney news for fans awaiting his new release. We reported several weeks back about his as yet unnamed mystery release coming up. Despite knowing any news about it we went ahead and let you know that something was coming out. We now have heard that it will be a Box Set...still unnamed. The date is still September 21.
RCA Victor will issue a Leo Kottke title, Try and Stop Me, on June 22.
J Records will issue an album by Mario called 18 on August 24.
Legacy and Columbia Records has an upcoming Billie Holiday album with Jazz Moods: Midnight on the slate for June 15. Also from the duo labels are Jazz Moods issues of Count Basie: Hot; Dave Brubeck: Cool; Duke Ellington: Hot; Freddie Hubbard: Hot; George Benson: Hot; George Duke: Midnight; Grover Washington, Jr: Cool; Herbie Hancock: Midnight; Thelonius Monk: Midnight; Stan Getz: Cool; and Miles Davis: Cool. Also from Miles Davis is The Complete in a Silent Way Sessions scheduled for May 11.
Some Bob Dylan news for you. Some of those SACD issues that arrived last year will be issued as standard CDs. The listing of titles are as follows:
- Blonde on Blonde
- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
- Bringing It All Back Home
- Another Side of Bob Dylan
- John Wesley Harding
- Highway 61 Revisited
- Nashville Skyline
- Blood on the Tracks
- Desire
- Slow Train Coming
- Planet Waves
- Infidels
- Oh Mercy
- Street Legal
You can pick these up on June 1 should you need them.
Kansas fans will get some remastered material with the reissue of Kansas' Song For America and their debut issue, Kansas. I've a personal favouritism for Song For America. These come out on June 15.
Springsteen's wife and bandmate, Patti Scialfa will have a Columbia Records release on the schedule for June 15. The album will be titled 23rd Street Lullaby.
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