Miles Davis' December 1970 sessions in DC were an extension of the recent Live Evil group playing The Cellar Door Sessions 1970. They are now re-mastered and presented as a 6-CD set, half of which has never been released before.
Other than that, the Strokes are probably the biggest name with a new album this week, First Impressions of Earth.
A new George Carlin album would probably be of more real interest than most of the music. Life Is Worth Losing is the companion album to his 13th HBO special, described as "assaultive" in the subject matter. Sounds promising.
Also, Dual Disc releases are out this week for some of the old core Talking Heads classics. Notably, that means Fear of Music now has 5.1 Surround Sound. I'm not sure just what that means, but "Animals" can now surround you with perfectly delightful paranoia. I'm sure the animals think it's very clever.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy of AMG:
Miles Davis The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 Legacy
Jazz-Rock, Fusion
The Strokes First Impressions of Earth RCA
Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
We Are Scientists With Love and Squalor Virgin
Indie Rock
BR5-49 Dog Days Dualtone
Neo-Traditionalist Country, Americana, Alternative Country
Berliner Barock Solisten Telemann: Sinfonia Melodica Archiv Produktion
Baroque Orchestral Music
Callenish Circle Pitch Black Effects Metal Blade
Heavy Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal
George Carlin Life Is Worth Losing Atlantic
Observational Humor, Standup Comedy
The Cottars Forerunner Rounder
Celtic Folk, Contemporary Celtic
Buddy DeFranco and His Orchestra 1949-52 Studio Performances Hep
Swing, Classic Jazz, Big Band
Natalie Dessay Delirio: Handel's Italian Cantatas Virgin Classics
Baroque Vocal Music
Michael Gielen Mahler: Symphony No. 10 - A Performing Version by Deryck Cooke Haenssler
Post-Romantic Orchestral Music
Guru Guru In the Guru Lounge Inside/Out
Kraut Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Experimental Rock
Incredible String Band The Circle Is Unbroken: Live and Studio 1967-1972 Castle
British Folk-Rock, British Folk, Psychedelic, Acid Folk
Jack Ingram Live Wherever You Are Big Machine
Contemporary Country, Country-Rock
Etta James The Definitive Collection Geffen
Southern Soul, Soul-Blues, R&B, Soul
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Article comments
1 - Megan
The Strokes came out last week on the Third.
2 - Nik
I bought the strokes last week? Good stuff too.
3 - Al Barger
The Strokes only showed up on my listings this week. My apologies. Hopefully, no one suffered any long lasting damage from the deprivement of knowing about a new Stokes album for an extra week.
4 - Mark Saleski
al, where are you getting your release data from?
maybe consider using ice magazine?
5 - Sister Ray
I get a kick out of categories and genres in this weekly list. Just look at all the genres the Talking Heads fall into.
And "Kraut Rock"? I get that it's German; just struck me funny.
6 - JR
The Miles Davis came out in December.
I have to say, I get a better listing of new releases from the Tower Records site.