• Steve Allen, Thinline (Zip)
• Atrocity Solution, Tomorrow’s Too Late (Tent City)
• Bigbang, Edendale (Oglio) CD, vinyl
• Blue Highway, Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection (Rounder)
• Megan Burtt, It Ain’t Love (self-released)
• Cliff And The Shadows, The Final Reunion (Eagle Rock) DVD
• Stace England & The Salt Kings, The Amazing Oscar Micheaux (Rank Outsider)
• Redd Foxx, Nasty (Varese Sarabande)
• Freya, All Hail The End (Victory)
• A Hero A Fake, Let Oceans Lie (Victory)
• Horse Stories, November, November (self-released)
• King Crimson, Lizard (Panegyric) CD/DVD
• Sonny Landreth, Mississippi Blues (Varese Sarabande)
• Jane Baxter Miller, Harm Among The Willows (Durga Disk)
• Makoto Ozone, Jungle (Verve)
• Pearl, Little Immaculate White Fox (Megaforce)
• The Len Price 3, Pictures (Wicked Cool)
• Lawson Rollins, Espirito (Infinita)
• Neil Sedaka, The Music Of My Life (Razor & Tie)
• The Sojourners, The Sojourners (Black Hen)
• Jon Troast, Living Room (self-released)
• Myron Walden, To Feel and What We Share (Demi Sound)
• Eberhard Weber, Colours (ECM) 3 CDs
• Vulture Whale, Bamboo You (Skybucket) EP
• The Wishing Tree, Ostara (Eagle Rock)
• Soundtrack, Tooth Fairy (Varese Sarabande)
• Various, Lost & Found: Real R’N'B And Soul (BBE)

• Pete Lockett’s Network Of Sparks Featuring Bill Bruford, One (Summerfold)
• Wilson Pickett, Funky Midnight Mover — The Atlantic Studio Recordings (Rhino Handmade) 6 CDs

• 7dayBinge, 7dayBinge (Rock Ridge)
• Eric Bibb, Booker’s Guitar (Telarc)
• Billion Dollar Babies, Battle Ax (Varese Sarabande/Fuel) 2 CDs
• David Bowie, A Reality Tour (ISO/Columbia/Legacy) 2 CDs
• Dangerous Toys, XX: 20th Year Anniversary Concert Celebration (MVD) DVD/CD
• Dickie Lee Erwin, Swan (Highplains)
• DMX, The Best Of DMX (Def Jam)
• Evacuate Chicago, Veracity (Rock Ridge)
• Joe Firstman, El Porto (Rock Ridge)
• Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, Blue Again (429) DVD
• Vince Gill, Love Songs (MCA Nashville)
• Hiromi, Place To Be (Telarc)
• Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 25th Anniversary Edition (Arista/Legacy) CD/DVD
• I See Hawks In L.A., Shoulda Been Gold (Collector’s Choice)
• Michael Jackson, This Is It (Sony) DVD, Blu-ray
• Lady Antebellum, Need You Now (Capitol Nashville)
• Locksley, Be In Love (Wicked Cool)
• My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Death Threat (Rustblade)
• New Found Glory, New Found Glory (Geffen) CD/DVD
• Owl City, Ocean Eyes (Universal Republic) 2 CDs
• Postdata, Postdata (self-released)
• Raydience, Raydience (Megawave)
• Redeye Empire, Sea To Sky (29)
• Mike Relm, Everytime (Dread Piper) CD/DVD
• David Sanborn, Only Everything (Decca)
• Shurman, Still Waiting For The Sunset (Sustain/Universal Republic) CD, vinyl
• Frank Sinatra, Strangers In The Night Deluxe Edition (Concord)
• Sugar Blue, Threshold (self-released)
• Time For Three, 3 Fervent Travellers (E1)
• Soundtrack, 44inch Chest (Angelo Badalamenti) (Varese Sarabande)
• Various, Cajun Swamp Rock Party (Varese Sarabande/Fuel)
• Various, Country’s Greatest Stars Live Volume 1 and 2 (Shout! Factory) 2 DVDs

Reprise Records will release Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 in three different formats June 2: Blu-ray, DVD and CD. The Blu-ray edition uses an interactive platform with music, video and text, and allows for material to be added later via the internet.

Pre-orders at www.neilyoung.com will include a free preview version (called Disc 0) to be sent out before the June 2 release date, along with an exclusive 7″ single of the early songs “Aurora” and “Mustang.”

The Blu-Ray and DVD Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 box sets contain ten discs that span the first decade of the artist’s career, starting with his high-school band the Squires and moving all the way to the unreleased film “Journey Through The Past.” Included in these years are previously unreleased songs, outtakes and live tracks from Young’s various groups, including Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Crazy Horse. Blu-ray audio is presented in ultra-high resolution 24-bit/192 kHz stereo PCM state-of-the-art master quality sound. Audio in the DVD edition includes ten discs presented in high resolution 24-bit/96 kHz PCM audiophile-quality sound. The CD edition is eight discs presented in standard resolution 16-bit/44 kHz stereo PCM CD quality sound.

An interactive timeline feature allows the viewer to follow the entire life of the singer-songwriter, and presents never-before-seen memorabilia, handwritten lyrics, letters and other historical documents that add up to Young’s life story.

The Blu-ray and DVD editions are packaged in a durable display box that also houses a 236-page full-color hardbound book that features additional archival materials, a tapes database and detailed descriptions of the music and artwork, a foldout Archives poster, a custom keeper for the 10 sleeved discs and more. The Blu-ray and DVD editions are priced at $299.99 and $199.99, respectively. The CD edition is sold in a custom disc keeper for the 8 sleeved discs and a descriptive booklet and is priced at $99.99. The discs can also be purchased individually in each format.

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Zebrahead is out on the road to support its new album, Phoenix.

The Orange County, Calif.,-based band’s new CD-DVD combo pack features 16 new songs and includes the previously unreleased “Broadcast to the World” DVD, which features live footage, all the band’s videos and behind-the-scenes footage of the band. Band members include: Ali Tabatabaee (vocals), Greg Bergdorf (guitar), Matty Lewis (vocals/guitar), Ben Osmundson (bass) and Ed Udhus (drums).

Zebrahead solo tour dates and venues include:
 
Aug. 15 — House of Blues, San Diego
Aug. 16 — House of Blues, Anaheim, Calif.

Zebrahead tour dates and venues with City Sleeps and Civet:
Aug. 18 The Sets, Phoenix
Aug. 20 Mesa Theater, Grand Junction, Colo.
Aug. 22 The Bluebird, St Louis
Aug. 23 The Rave, MilwaukeeI
Aug. 24 Peabody’s, Cleveland
Aug. 25 Crocodile, Rock Allentown, Pa.
Aug. 27 Blender at Gramercy Park, New York
Aug. 28 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, N.J.
Aug. 30 Magic Stick, Detroit
Aug. 31 Diesel Nightclub, Pittsburgh
Sept. 2 Intersection, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sept. 3 Reggie’s Night Club, Chicago
Sept. 6 Bluebird, Denver
Sept. 8 Club Boom, Ogden, Utah
Sept. 9 Big Easy, Boise, Idaho
Sept. 11 Boulevard, Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 17 Karma Lounge, Ventura, Calif.
Sept. 18 The Knitting Factory, Hollywood, Calif.

Prog rockers Ozric Tentacles are hitting the road this summer to mark its 25th anniversary.

The band has flourished through a number of lineup changes, spawned several side projects (including Eat Static and Nodens Ictus), created their own record label (Dovetail & Stretchy), put out nearly 25 albums, scored a hit record and sold more than a million albums worldwide.

Ozric Tentacles has released a CD + DVD set  of its Sunrise Festival performance to mark its 25th anniversary.

Tour dates, cities and venues include:

June 6-7 — Lawrence, Kan., Wakarusa Music Festival
June 10 — Minneapolis, Trocaderos
June 11 — Chicago, The Abbey
June 13 — Bellevue, Colo., MIshawaka Amphiteatre
June 14 — Boulder, Colo., Fox Theatre

For more information, visit www.snappermusic.com/ms/ozrictentacles.