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
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