Heaven & Hell -- The Devil You Know
Dream Theater -- Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Stryper - Muder By Pride
Megadeth -- as yet untitled
Chickenfoot-- as yet untitled (debut album)
Van Halen (just maybe!)

Def Leppard - TBA, under Bludgeon Riffola.
Van Halen - TBA, Eddie says they will be working on it this summer. I got that in my last newsletter, and it was in the last Rolling Stone. I get a free subscription to RS, otherwise I would not buy the rag.
I wish STP would put out a CD, but Scott said in an interview that he wants to do his own thing.
ZZ Top said that they were working on a CD, at their concert in May of last year.
Maybe Velvet Revolver depending on who their new lead singer is.
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
I'd like to see RATT put out a new CD.

BOB DYLAN -- Together Through Life (April 28)
HEAVEN AND HELL -- The Devil You Know (April 28)
NEW YORK DOLLS -- 'Cause I Sez So (May 5)
MEAT PUPPETS -- Sewn Together (May 12)
GREEN DAY -- 21st Century Breakdown (May 15)
IGGY POP -- Preliminaire (June 2)
RHETT MILLER -- Rhett Miller (June 9th)
CHEAP TRICK -- The Latest (June 23rd)
WiLDHEARTS -- Chutzpah (August 31st)
CHEAP TRICK -- Re-recording Of In Color (TBA)
NOEL GALLAGHER -- solo LP (TBA)
WEEZER -- TBA
LIVING COLOUR -- Chair In The Doorway (Summer)

*** TODAY'S RELEASES ***
BOB DYLAN -- Together Through Life
HEAVEN AND HELL -- The Devil You Know
BLACK CROWES -- Warpaint Live

A rare Friday release today for:

GREEN DAY -- 21st Century Breakdown

There are absolutely no interesting new releases today, but there is a very cool reissue, courtesy of Renaissance Records:

THE ROCKETS -- The Rockets (1979) & No Ballads (1980)

^ their second and third LPs on one CD

^you must be pleased! I guess they finally checked their mailbox !

^Yep -- I have already ordered it ... now if they would only reissue John Hall Band's All Of The Above . . .

Aside from Stratovarius' Polaris and maybe Marilyn Manson's The High End Of Low, no major LP releases today ........... but some cool reissues:


A's - The A's / A Woman's Got The Power
BABYS - Head First
BABYS - Union Jacks
SAMMY HAGAR - Street Machine
PROCOL HARUM - Procol Harum
PROCOL HARUM - A Salty Dog
PROCOL HARUM - Shine On Brightly
MASON RUFFNER - Mason Ruffner / Gypsy Blood
STARBUCK - Moonlight Feels Right / Rock 'N' Roll Rocket

06.02.2009 Releases
CHICKENFOOT -- Chickenfoot
ELVIS COSTELLO -- Secret, Profane And Sugarcane
WALTER EGAN -- Wild Exhibitions (reissue)
IGGY POP -- Preliminaires
RANCID -- Let The Dominoes Fall
UFO -- The Visitor

Notable releases for 16 June 2009:

BUBBLE PUPPY -- A Gathering of Promises (reissue)
MAGNUM -- Into The Valley Of The Moonkin
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE -- Quicksilver Messenger Service (reissue)
SPINAL TAP -- Back From The Dead

charlie robison brand new day comes out next week. cmon tuesday!

SWITCHFOOT: Hello Hurricane.

Do you have a date for that? I love Switchfoot.

Looking forward to Slash's upcoming solo project.

September


2010

Notable releases for 23 June 2009:

DINOSAUR JR. -- Farm
DREAM THEATER -- Black Clouds & Silver Linings
ISAAC HAYES -- Hot Buttered Soul (reissue)
HOT CHOCOLATE -- Cicero Park (reissue)
HOT CHOCOLATE -- Hot Chocolate (reissue)
HOT CHOCOLATE -- Man to Man (reissue)
HOT CHOCOLATE -- Every 1's A Winner (reissue)
CHARLIE ROBISON -- Beautiful Day (just for you, stoneykelly)
VOIVOD -- Infini



...and, saving the best for last:
CHEAP TRICK -- The Latest

it's like christmas day and my birthday all wrapped in one. Brand new day is supposed to deal with his divorce from emily robison of the dixie chicks.

Notable releases for 30 June 2009:

KELLY GROUCUTT -- Kelly (reissue)
HEART -- Private Audition/Passionworks (2-fer) (reissue)
LILLIAN AXE -- Sad Day On Planet Earth
MOTELS -- All Four One/Little Robbers (2-fer) (reissue)
WILCO -- Wilco (The Album)

I'm looking forward to:
Robin Trower - What Lies Beneath (July 14)

It was originally set for September (as Cheapy posted), but I've read in more than one place now that it's been pushed back to August.

Since Switchfoot released Oh! Gravity in 2007, they've since gone independent and recorded 80 songs, so they've got four albums lined up so they can focus on touring. I'm going August 15 to see them in Dallas at the House of Blues.

Notable releases for 7 July 2009:
D.B. COOPER -- Buy American (reissue)
D.B. COOPER -- Dangerous Curves (reissue)
DONNAS -- Greatest Hits Volume 16
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -- Border Lord/Jesus Was A Capricorn (2-fer) (reissue)
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -- Spooky Lady's Sideshow/Shake Hands With The Devil (2-fer) (reissue)
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -- Surreal Thing/Easter Island (2-fer) (reissue)
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON -- Who's To Bless And Who's To Blame/To The Bone (2-fer) (reissue)
NEBULA -- Heavy Psych
SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS -- Gun-Shy (reissue)
SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS -- Bikini Red (reissue)
SON VOLT -- American Central Dust

that kris isnt aprreciated more as a songwriter by country music is a shame. "why me" is a great song.

Notable releases for 14 July 2009:

ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION -- Dog Days/Red Tape (2-fer) (reissue)
EMITT RHODES -- The Emitt Rhodes Recordings 1969-1973
JUDAS PRIEST -- A Touch Of Evil - Live
RAIDERS -- Indian Reservation/Collage (2-fer) (reissue)
SAD CAFE -- Facades/Sad Cafe (2-fer) (reissue)
SHA NA NA -- 40th Anniversary Collection
THREE DOG NIGHT -- It Ain't Easy/Naturally (2-fer) (reissue)
ROBIN TROWER -- What Lies Beneath

STRYPER -- Murder By Pride, comes out tomorrow!

I'm stoked!

Notable releases for 21 July 2009:

BEAT FARMERS -- Fulmination
CHEAP TRICK -- The Latest OFFICIAL RELEASE*
LORNE GREENE -- The Man (reissue)
HICKOIDS -- Waltz-A-Cross-Dress-Texas (reissue)
IAN HUNTER -- Man Overboard
DAVID SOUL -- David Soul (reissue)
STRYPER -- Murder By Pride


*the version of The Latest sold last month was an amazon.com-created CD-R

new cross canadian ragweed cd in september!

Notable releases for 15 September 2009:

ACE FREHLEY -- Anomaly
ANVIL -- This Is Thirteen
DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED -- Sick
LIVING COLOUR -- The Chair In The Doorway
MANIC STREET PREACHERS -- Journal For Plague Lovers
MEGADETH -- Endgame
MUSE -- The Resistance
NEW MODEL ARMY -- Today Is A Good Day
STATUS QUO -- In Search Of The Fourth Chord (reissue)

robert earl keen - the rose hotel 9/29/09

hope its the "west textures- gringo honeymoon" rek not " farm fresh onions"

^ I have no idea what that means!

^lets see how to put this. i hope its more david johannson than buster poindexter.

^ AAAAHHHH -- well played !

thank you.

Notable releases for 6 October 2009:

• SIMPLE MINDS -- Graffiti Soul
• SLADE -- Live At The BBC
• DANIEL JOHNSTON -- Is And Always Was
• EVERCLEAR -- In A Different Light
• JOE PERRY -- Have Guitar, Will Travel
• STEEL PANTER -- Feel The Steel

"devil town" one of the greatest songs ever written.

^ yep . . . I like "Mask" and "I Had Lost My Mind", too

Notable releases for 3 November 2009:

BULLETBOYS -- 10c Billionaire
HALFORD -- Halford III - Winter Songs
NIRVANA -- Live At Reading
SLAYER -- World Painted Blood
WEEZER -- Raditude