Stevie Ray Vaughan Re-Issued; Robert Cray, Ringo Starr, Avenged Sevenfold Headline New Music Tuesday

Out with the old and in with the new.  It’s the final week of new releases for July and there is a retro feel to the releases that are getting my attention. 

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble –
Couldn’t Stand The Weather (Legacy Edition)

I’ve already pre-ordered this one and may well be listening to it as you’re reading this depending on time zones and UPS.  What can brown do for me?  He can hurry the hell up and deliver the goods.

Couldn’t Stand The Weather was the second album from SRV and while it may not have reached the heights of his Texas Flood debut or swan song In Step, there were some moments of sheer magic and it is being expanded and given the deluxe treatment. This isn’t the first time Vaughan’s albums have been re-released.  The first time his studio output was remastered, each title had bonus tracks added.  Those bonus tracks are here as are a few additional cuts.  While I am sure some of those will be interesting, the real reason to jump on this deluxe edition is the second CD, which features 13 songs from a 1984 performance in Montreal.  I don’t yet know if that’s the full set but looking at the extended run time of some of the songs it may well be.  Vaughan was a brilliant talent and this is one more opportunity to remember and celebrate it. 

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Live At The Greek Theatre 2008

Another Ringo & His All-Starr Band live album?  I know, right?  What does this one have that others haven’t?  Each All-Starr Band has a different lineup than the previous incarnation so you get different performers joining with Ringo to play songs we all know by heart.  This may not rate as the most exciting title of the week but I’ll always love Ringo and he turned 70 earlier this month.  He’s Ringo.  What more do you need?

Robert Cray Band –
Cookin’ In Mobile (CD/DVD)

Robert Cray went years without releasing a live album and now he’s putting out his third in the past few years.  What separates this from the others?  Again, the DVD.  For Cray, this is the first live DVD of his career.  The show was filmed in Mobile, Alabama and the set list includes songs from throughout his career including his hit single “Smoking Gun.”

36 Crazyfists – Collisions And Castaways
A.R. Rahman – Connections           
Ab Quintanilla’s All Starz – La Vida De Un Genio           
Alessi, Ralph – Cognitive Dissonance
Angel Band – Bless My Sole
Angels Of Babylon – Kingdom Of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Beausoleil – Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler
Bennett, Tony – Young Tony           
Best Coast – Crazy For You
Bombay Bicycle Club – I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
Bromberg, David – Wanted Dead Or Alive/Midnight On The Water
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey + Garvey’s Ghost
Butcher Holler (Featuring Eilen Jewell) – Butcher Holler
Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict Live
Cab Calloway – We Cats Can Hep You
Cactus – Ultra Sonic Boogie – Live 1971
Charlie Louvin – Hickory Wind : Live At The Gram Parsons Guitar Pull, Waycross GA
Charlotte – Medusa Groove
Cipollina, John / Gravenites, Nick Band – Rockpalast West Coast Legends Vol. 1
Clarke, Stanley – Rocks, Pebbles And Sand/Let Me Know You
Clayton, Willie – Reloaded
Clyde Mcphatter – Lover Please – The Complete Mgm & Mercury Singles / [2 Cd]
Commander Cody – Rockpalast Blues Rock Legends Vol. 1
Common Grackle – The Great Depression
Cray Band, Robert – Cookin’ In Mobile
Cruel Hand – Lock And Key
Danger Radio – Nothing S Gonna Hold Us Down
Dean & Britta – 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
Decrepit Birth – Polarity
Die Antwoord – 5
Dillinger Escape Plan, The – Option Paralysis
Dino Saluzzi – El Encuentro
Dokkebi Q – Hardcore Cherry Bon Bon
Dru Hill – Indrupendence Day
Duncan, Craig – Country Mountain Barn Dance
Evans Blue – Evans Blue
Fat Joe – The Dark Side
Food (Stronen/Ballamy/Molvaer/Fennesz) – Quiet Inlet
Furnaze – No Stairway To Heaven
Futurebirds – Hampton’s Lullaby
Gales, Eric – Relentless
George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Live In Boston, 1982
Haggard, Merle – Amber Waves Of Grain/Kern River
Hoop, Jesca – Hunting My Dress
I See Stars – 3d – Re-Issue
Iaies, Adrian Trio – A Child S Smile
Incognito – Transatlantic RPM
Insidious Disease – Shadowcast
Ivoryline – Vessels
J Roddy Walston & The Business – J Roddy Walston & The Business
Jaill – That S How We Burn
Jeremy Forgel And The Sherrifs – Exorcism
Johnson, Marcus – This Is How I Rock
Journey – Look Into The Future/Next
Juanita Bynum – The Diary Of Juanita Bynum: Soul Cry (Oh, Oh, Oh) / [Ep]
Kane & Abel – Back On Money
Kaukonen, Jorma & Vital Parts – Rockpalast West Coast Legends Vol. 2
Krayzie Bone – Fixtape Vol. 3 – Lyrical Paraphernalia
Kusworth Group, Dave – The Brink (2xcd)
Kusworth, Dave – An Anthology 1977-2007 (2xcd)
La Gritona – Demasiado Tonto Para Los Ninos Listos. Demasiado Listo Para Los Ninos Tontos
Lachi – Lachi
Lena Horne – Performance
Lil Flip – Leprachaun
Maita, Luisa – Lero-Lero
Major Lazer – Lazers Never Die / [Ep]
Mason, Dave – Mariposa De Oro/Old Crest On A New Wave
Menomena – Mines
Michael Sarver – Michael Sarver
Mike Phillips – Mp3
Miller, Glenn – The Golden Years (1938-1942)
Miniature Tigers – F O R T R E S S
Mop Mop – Ritual Of The Savage
Mr. Big – Lean Into It/Expanded And Rema
Music For Creative Kids, Volume One – Maggie G – Around The House
O’Neal, Alexander – Five Questions – The New Journey
Oliver Schroer & The Stewed Tomatoes – Freedom Row
Olson, Mark – Many Colored Kite
Original Cast Recording – Imaginocean: Original Off Broa
Porcupine Tree – Nil Recurring
Proghma-C – Bar-Do Travel
Red Wanting Blue – These Magnificent Miles
Revamp – Revamp
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band – Live At The Greek Theatre 2008
Rob Schneider – Registered Offender
Roy Orbison – The Final Concert
Rufio – Anybody Out There
Saravah Soul – Cultura Impura
Sedona – Spirit Of The Southwest
Seeger, Pete – Tomorrow’s Children
Sky Sailing – An Airplane Carried Me To Bed
Slum Village – Villa Manifesto
Soundtrack – Get Low
Springer, Rita – All I Have
Springer, Rita – Created To Worship
Springer, Rita – Effortless
Springer, Rita – I Have To Believe
Springer, Rita – Rise Up!
Squier, Billy – Don’t Say No
Steinberg, Jeff – Romance In Tuscany
Step Up 3d – Step Up 3d Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
T-Rock – Roaches In Da Ashtray
Tech N9ne Collabos – The Gates Mixed Plate
Tito El Bambino – Hits
Tom Jones – Praise & Blame
Various – Soufside Red Nawfside Blue
Various – Epitaph For A Legend
Various – From Boppin’ Hillbilly To Red Hot Rockabilly
Various – Return To The Dark Side Of The Moon
Various – This Is Southern Rock
Various – 20 Years Of Century Media Vol3
Various – Best Of Broadway
Various – Gotta Have Gospel! Ultimate Choirs
Various Artists – King Pimp: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various Artists – Classic Sounds Of New Orleans
Various Artists – Babylon Central / [Cd/Dvd Combo] [Deluxe Edition]
Various Artists – Music From Cats And Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore
Vaughan, Stevie Ray, And Double Trouble – Couldn’t Stand The Weather (Legacy Edition)
Young Galaxy – Invisible Republic
Z-Ro – Heroin / [Chopped &Screwed]
Z-Ro & Agonylife – Trappin With This Muzik
Zo! – Sunstorm