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January 08, 2008
New Album Releases, 1-8-2008: Johnny Cash, Tori Amos, Reverend Horton Heat Still not a lot of major new releases in this first full week of the new year, but there is a newly released CD of performances from Johnny Cash's tv show (1969 - 1971). This would be pretty groovy, but much better would be the DVD. To that end, I'd recommend the two DVD Johnny Cash show set. That's an exceptionally good set, even besides being prime time Johnny. There are contemporary performers such as Neil Young singing "The Needle and the Damage Done" and Creedence doing "Bad Moon Rising" as well as, naturally, Mother Maybelle.
But then there's the priceless freaky duet combinations, such as Louis Armstrong and Johnny doing Jimmie Rodgers. My personal pick among many great duets there is "The Long Black Veil", with Joni Mitchell weeping over his bones while the night winds wail. It's really cute how he starts out to tell her some bawdy tale, but then cuts it off cause he shouldn't talk like that around "a nice girl like you." Then there's Johnny and Carl Perkins sitting in with Derek and the Dominoes on "It's Too Late."
This set is by far the most fascinating Johnny Cash video I've seen. Dig on some of the little backstage stories, such as June Carter having to lay down the law to young Linda Ronstadt that she was going to have to wear underwear if she's going on stage with her husband.
Reverend Horton Heat has an album Hi-Fi Stereo on the Yep Rock label. I really like the general psychobilly idea of Horton, except that I've never really been taken with any particular song.
In the way of re-issues, there are re-releases of a couple of live two-disc Tori Amos concerts from 2005.
Here's the listing of this week's new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Johnny Cash The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show Legacy Singer/Songwriter, Traditional Country
Tori Amos Boston, MA 08/21/05 [LIVE] Epic Europe Singer/Songwriter, Grrl Power
Tori Amos London Hammersmith Apollo 4/6/05 [LIVE] Epic Europe Singer/Songwriter, Grrl Power
Marah Angels of Destruction Yep Roc American Trad Rock
Medeski, Martin & Wood Let's Go Everywhere MRI Jam Bands, Post-Bop, Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz
Original Soundtrack The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter -- Five Years of Music from The Wire Nonesuch Television Music, Soundtracks, TV Soundtracks
John Anderson All the People Are Talkin' Collectors' Choice Music Outlaw Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, New Traditionalist, Honky Tonk, Country-Pop
John Anderson Countrified Collectors' Choice Music Outlaw Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, New Traditionalist, Honky Tonk, Country-Pop
John Anderson Eye of the Hurricane Collectors' Choice Music Neo-Traditionalist Country, New Traditionalist, Honky Tonk
John Anderson I Just Came Home to Count the Memories [Bonus Tracks] Collectors' Choice Music New Traditionalist, Outlaw Country, Honky Tonk, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Country-Pop
Mickey Baker In the 50's: Hit, Git and Split Revola East Coast Blues, R&B
The Bangles All Over the Place Wounded Bird Jangle Pop, Paisley Underground, Pop/Rock, New Wave, College Rock
The Bangles Different Light Wounded Bird Jangle Pop, Paisley Underground, Pop/Rock, New Wave, College Rock
The Bangles Everything Wounded Bird Jangle Pop, Paisley Underground, Pop/Rock, New Wave
Blue Oyster Cult Imaginos American Beat Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Album Rock
Pierre Boulez Mahler: Symphonie No. 8 Deutsche Grammophon Post-Romantic Symphony
Delaney Bramlett Something's Coming/Mobius Strip Acadia Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll
Laura Branigan Laura Branigan Wounded Bird Pop/Rock
Laura Branigan Over My Heart Wounded Bird Pop/Rock
Laura Branigan Touch Wounded Bird Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Dance-Pop
Wild Billy Childish and the Buff Medways The XFM Sessions Damaged Goods Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
Randy Crawford Don't Say It's Over Wounded Bird Urban, Soul
James Ehnes Elgar: Violin Concerto; Serenade for Strings Onyx Post-Romantic Orchestral Music
Stephan Genz Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Hyperion Post-Romantic Song Cycle
Sammy Hagar VOA American Beat Arena Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop-Metal, Album Rock
Barbara Hendricks Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Haendel: Endless Pleasure Arte Verum Baroque Vocal Music
Donnie Iris Back on the Streets/King Cool American Beat Arena Rock, Pop/Rock, Power Pop, New Wave, Rock & Roll
Arthur Lee Vindicator Beat Goes On Hard Rock
Marcus Marcus Krescendo Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Wynton Marsalis Septet Citi Movement Wounded Bird Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop, New Orleans Jazz, Neo-Bop, Swing
Wynton Marsalis Septet In This House, On This Morning Wounded Bird Neo-Bop, Black Gospel
Wynton Marsalis Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3 Wounded Bird Jazz Blues, Neo-Bop
Wynton Marsalis Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1 Wounded Bird Neo-Bop
