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Jackson Browne – Downhill From Everywhere b/w A Little Soon To Say CDEP/12” (Inside Recordings)

Two singles from the forthcoming new studio album from Jackson Browne to be released in October 2020. On “A Little Soon To Say” Browne sings “I wanna see you holding out your light/I wanna see you light the way/But whether everything will be alright/It’s just a little soon to say.” He explains, “[I was] thinking about the generation – the Parkland students, and Greta Thunberg, and the young people who have been very vocal, saying, ‘You’re not making any real attempt to change things in a way for us to have the planet you had.’ How do you pass this mess on to the next generation, the future generations?”

Def Leppard – London To Vegas [Deluxe Limited Edition] 2xDVD+4xCD/2xBlu-ray (Eagle Rock Entertainment)

In 2018, Sheffield’s finest made their long-awaited debut at London’s O2 Arena. Def Leppard performed the ground-breaking Hysteria album in its entirety. In 2019, the newly minted Rock & Roll Hall Of Famers returned to Las Vegas for their infamous Sin City residency, featuring stunning video walls, two stages and rarely performed album cuts, making for an unforgettable concert experience. Includes exclusive behind the scenes bonus features and four audio discs of the entire set.

Morbid Angel – Altars Of Madness – Ultimate Collection [Reissue/1989] 2xCD (Earache)

Expanded two CD edition includes bonus live album Juvenila. Altars Of Madness is the debut studio album by Florida-based death metal band Morbid Angel. It is one of the earliest examples of death metal and is considered to have helped pioneer the sound along with Possessed’s Seven Churches in 1985 and Death’s Scream Bloody Gore in 1987, and set a new precedent for heaviness and extremity, both musically and lyrically.

Prince – The Rainbow Children [Reissue/2001] CD/2xLP (Legacy)

Prince’s twenty-fourth studio album, The Rainbow Children was initially sold on Prince’s trailblazing website the NPG Music Club. It was the first album (outside of the works he distributed through his NPG Music Club) to be released under the name Prince since he had changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol in 1993, and it was his first fully independent release to be issued without any major label backing. The Rainbow Children is a concept album intertwining Prince’s recurring themes of spirituality and sexuality, love and social consciousness, set in a metaphoric utopian narrative. Musically, the album showcased a new jazz-influenced direction for Prince, with live drums and expansive horn charts.

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Tim Burgess – I Love The New Sky CD/LP (Bella Union)

Frontman, singer, label boss, DJ and author, Tim Burgess has been instrumental in so many great records over the years. While in The Charlatans, Tim’s indefatigable energy has been a consistent fuel for the band across thirteen high-charting albums. His solo adventure has been no less extraordinary, scaling new heights with his fifth solo album, I Love The New Sky. It features wonderfully connective songs of everyday minutiae and universal experience, of love and anger, of loss and belonging, all united by elaborate yet natural arrangements and an effortless but deceptively expert way with melody. [Limited white with blue splatter colored vinyl pressing also available.]

Steve Earle And The Dukes – Ghosts Of West Virginia CD/LP (New West)

Ghosts Of West Virginia centers on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed 29 men in that state in 2010, making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. In ten deftly drawn, roughly eloquent, powerfully conveyed sonic portraits, Earle and his long-time band the Dukes explore the historical role of coal in rural communities. More than merely a question of jobs and income, mining has provided a sense of unity and meaning, patriotic pride and purpose.

Jeff Healey – Heal My Soul (Deluxe Edition) 2xCD (Eagle Rock Entertainment)

This special double-CD edition of Healy’s posthumously released, critically acclaimed album Heal My Soul features the album packaged with its companion album, Holding On, for the first time. Heal My Soul is composed of 12 songs recorded during a three year period (1996-‘98) of intense creativity. Holding On features five more studio tracks from this time period, along with a live performance from Rockefeller Music Hall.

Blake Mills – Mutable Set CD/2xLP (Verve/UMG)

Mutable Set is Grammy-winning guitarist, composer, and producer Blake Mills’ fourth studio album, crafted as a soundtrack to the emotional dissonance of modern life. The record reflects the push and pull of opposing forces: harmony and eerie dissonance, orchestral crescendos and moments of near silence, melodic yet un-resolving chord progressions. The sonically warm album holds Mills’ guitar fingerpicking, gentle piano and melancholy tenor at its center.

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Nick Hakim – Will This Make Me Good 2xLP (ATO)

While Will This Make Me Good is distinctly Nick Hakim, it does represent a tonal shift from breakthrough release Green Twins (2017) that reflects the ideas with which he grappled with while making the record. The title is a question Hakim has asked himself since he was young and struggling in school; a reflection of what’s happening in his head as he sorts through his life and the tumult around the globe. It articulates a sense of confusion alongside a desire for hope and clarity. [CD edition due May 22.]

Waylon Jennings – The Outlaw Performance: Live At The Grand Ole Opry 1978 DVD (Eagle Rock Entertainment)

In 1978, at the pinnacle of the outlaw movement in country music, Waylon Jennings gave an exclusive performance in Nashville, Tennessee. This performance was taped, capturing Waylon and his band in front of a sold out house. Now this unique concert footage is combined with Waylon’s own words revealing stories, tales and legacy. Bonus features include “Friends Remember The Outlaw”, featuring archival interviews from George Jones, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson & Richie Albright.

Moby – All Visible Objects CD/2xLP (Mute)

Moby’s new dance-heavy album, All Visible Objects, was created in Studio 3 where Pet Sounds was recorded, using the same board that was used in the making of Ziggy Stardust and the same piano that Frank Sinatra used to record some of his most notable hits. Keeping with Moby’s history of donating to charity (in 2018, he started selling off his records and collection of synthesizers and drum machines, donating the proceeds to charity), he is using this album as a sounding board to bring attention to a long list of charities dedicated to preserving our planet and all its inhabitants.

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