Among this week's new album releases, cool people are especially anxious to hear the Kill Bill 2 soundtrack, particularly a rendition from somewhere of Johnny Cash singing "A Satisfied Mind." Sweet.

The two "roots of rock and roll" sets from Hip-O look pretty interesting, pushing the erudition even of scholars of groovy music such as myself. Put differently, looking at the song titles and artists seemed like I should know more of these than I do.

There are also several classic rock releases of key original albums (not just hits packages) by Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly and (big fave) Chuck Berry's 1964 From St Louis to Liverpool.

Here are this weeks major new album releases [From All Music Guide]:

Autopilot Off Make a Sound Island
Styles: Punk-Pop, Emo, Post-Hardcore

Chuck Berry St. Louis to Liverpool Chess
Styles: Rock & Roll

Blue Rodeo Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Rounder
Styles: Alternative Country-Rock, Folk-Rock, Americana, Heartland Rock

Sam Bush King of My World Sugar Hill
Styles: Progressive Bluegrass

Crossfade Crossfade Columbia
Styles: Post-Grunge

Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger Checker
Styles: Rock & Roll, R&B

Dropbox Dropbox Universal
Styles: Post-Grunge

The "5" Royales The Very Best Of Collectables
Styles: R&B, Doo Wop

Angela Hewitt Francois Couperin: Keyboard Music, Vol. 2 Hyperion
Styles: Baroque Keyboard Music

Buddy Holly Buddy Holly Geffen
Styles: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

Rene Jacobs Lambert: Airs de cour Harmonia Mundi
Styles: Baroque Vocal Music

Kaleidoscope Pulsating Dream Acadia
Styles: Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Blues-Rock

Kazimierz Kord Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs") Universal Classics
Styles: Contemporary Orchestral Music

Allison Moorer Duel Sugar Hill
Styles: Neo-Traditionalist Country, Progressive Country, Americana, Contemporary Country

Kent Nagano Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter [Hybrid SACD] Harmonia Mundi
Styles: Modern Choral Music

Original Soundtrack Kill Bill, Vol. 2 Maverick
Styles: Soundtracks

The Platters All Time Greatest Hits Mercury
Styles: Vocal Pop, Doo Wop, R&B

Radford Sleepwalker Universal
Styles: Post-Grunge

Joe Satriani Is There Love in Space? Epic
Styles: Guitar Virtuoso, Instrumental Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Fusion, Pop-Metal, Glam Rock

Jordi Savall Vivaldi: La Viola da Gamba in Concerto Alia Vox
Styles: Baroque Chamber Music

Sugarcult Palm Trees and Power Lines Artemis
Styles: Punk-Pop, Punk Revival

Tangerine Dream Thief [Wounded Bird] Wounded Bird
Styles: Electronic, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Soundtracks

Cal Tjader Best of the Concord Years Concord Jazz
Styles: Latin Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Latin Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bossa Nova, Cool, Big Band, Cool, Afro-Cuban Jazz

The Treniers They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Collectables
Styles: R&B

Various Artists Bluegrass Express Rounder
Styles: Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, Contemporary Bluegrass

Various Artists Nelson Mandela AIDS Concert: African Prayer WSM
Styles: Pop/Rock, Afro-Pop, Album Rock, Worldbeat

Various Artists Nelson Mandela AIDS Concert: Amandla WSM
Styles: Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Worldbeat

Various Artists Nelson Mandela AIDS Concert: Long Walk to Freedom WSM
Styles: Worldbeat, Afro-Pop, Pop/Rock

Various Artists The Roots of Rock 'N' Roll: 1946-1954 Hip-O
Styles: Rock & Roll, R&B, Jump Blues, Vocal Pop, Electric Blues, Country Boogie, Doo Wop

Various Artists The Roots of Rock 'N' Roll: 1954-1963 Hip-O
Styles: R&B, Jump Blues, New Orleans R&B, Rock & Roll, Urban Blues, Doo Wop, Honky Tonk

Steve Walsh Schemer-Dreamer Kirshner
Styles: Prog-Rock/Art Rock

Warrant Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich [Expanded] Columbia/Legacy
Styles: Hair Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop-Metal

Doc Watson/Merle Watson Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues Rounder
Styles: Old-Timey, Traditional Folk, Traditional Country

Zydeco Party Band The Best of Zydeco Party Band Varese
Styles: Zydeco, Swamp Blues, R&B, Swamp Pop