Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music

Great news for Roxy Music fans!  The band is celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band with a career spanning box set that will be released on April 2, 2012. Comprised of 8 CDs and 4 DVDs, the set entitled ‘Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982′, will feature all eight Roxy Music studio albums – Roxy Music, For Your Pleasure, Stranded, Country Life, Siren, Manifesto, Flesh And Blood, Avalon. In addition, a selection of non-album singles, B-sides and remixes, some of which are available on CD for the first time ever will also be included.  Each album will be represented on DVD format as high-resolution audio, transferred digitally from the original analogue masters, making this release an absolute ‘must have’ for Roxy Music fans and collectors.

The tracklist courtesy of RoxyRama can be seen after the jump.

TRACKLISTING
CD1: Roxy Music
1. Re-make/Re-model 2. Ladytron 3. If There Is Something 4. 2HB 5. The Bob (Medley) 6. Chance Meeting 7. Would You Believe? 8. Sea Breezes 9. Bitters End
Bonus Tracks:
10.  Virginia Plain 11.  The Numberer
CD2: For Your Pleasure
1.  Do The Strand 2.  Beauty Queen 3. Strictly Confidential 4.  Editions Of You 5.  In Every Dream Home A Heartache 6.  The Bogus Man 7.  Grey Lagoons 8.  For Your Pleasure
Bonus Tracks:
9.     Pyjamarama (Island Mix) 10.  Pyjamarama (Polydor Mix) 11.  The Pride And The Pain 12.  Do The Strand (USA 7” Mix 3:19) **never been available on CD before**
CD3: Stranded
1.     Street Life 2.     Just Like You 3.     Amazona 4.     Psalm 5.     Serenade 6.     A Song For Europe 7.     Mother Of Pearl 8.     Sunset
Bonus Track:
9.     Hula Kula
CD4: Country Life
1.   The Thrill Of It All 2.   Three And Nine 3.   All I Want Is You 4.   Out Of The Blue 5.   If It Takes All Night 6.   Bitter Sweet 7.   Triptych 8.   Casanova 9.   A Really Good Time 10.  Prairie Rose
Bonus Tracks:
11.  The Thrill Of It All – 1977 Greatest Hits Edit (4’20) ) **never been available on CD before** 12.  Your Application’s Failed 13.  The Thrill Of It All (USA 7” Mix 3:20)  **never been available on CD before**
CD5: Siren
1.  Love Is The Drug 2.  End Of The Line 3.  Sentimental Fool 4.  Whirlwind 5.  She Sells 6.  Could It Happen To Me? 7.  Both Ends Burning 8.  Nightingale 9.  Just Another High
Bonus Tracks:
10.  Love Is The Drug (USA 7” Mix 3:00)  **never been available on CD before** 11.  Sultanesque 12.  Both Ends Burning (7” Mix 3:58) **never been available on CD before** 13.  For Your Pleasure – Live **never been available on CD before**
CD6: Manifesto
1.  Manifesto 2.  Trash 3.  Angel Eyes (***rock version***) 4.  Still Falls The Rain 5.  Stronger Through The Years 6.  Ain’t That So 7.  My Little Girl 8.  Dance Away (***ballad Version***) 9.  Cry, Cry, Cry 10. Spin Me Round
Bonus Tracks:
11.  Trash 2 12.  Dance Away (Single Version) 13.  Dance Away (Canadian Extended 12” Mix) 14.  Angel Eyes (Single Version) 15.  Angel Eyes (12” Single Version)
CD7: Flesh And Blood
1.   The Midnight Hour 2.   Oh Yeah 3.   Same Old Scene 4.   Flesh And Blood 5.   My Only Love 6.   Over You 7.   Eight Miles High 8.   Rain Rain Rain 9.   No Strange Delight 10.  Running Wild
Bonus Tracks:
11.  Oh Yeah (7” Version) **never been available on CD before** 12.  Manifesto (Remake) 13.  South Downs 14.  Lover 15.  Jealous Guy 16.  To Turn On You (1981 B-Side Version) **never been available on CD before**
CD8: Avalon
1.   More Than This 2.   The Space Between 3.   Avalon 4.   India 5.   While My Heart Is Still Beating 6.   The Main Thing 7.   Take A Chance With Me 8.   To Turn You On 9.   True To Life 10.  Tara
Bonus Tracks:
11.  Avalon (7” Single Version)           **never been available on CD before** 12.  Always Unknowing 13.  Take A Chance With Me (7” Single Version)      **never been available on CD before** 14.  Take A Chance With Me (USA 7” Mix) **never been available on CD before** 15.  The Main Thing (12” Single Version) 16.  The Main Thing – Remix   **never been available on CD before**

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Jay Brannan - Rob Me Blind. Out March 2012

Singer/songwriter Jay Brannan has announced his latest album “Rob Me Blind,” which is set for release in March 2012.  If you pre-order his album, you will also receive a free live digital EP called “Live from Eddie’s Attic.”  There are also special deluxe packages available and one of them includes Jay Brannan lip balm as well as your chance to win a 15 minute Skype call from Jay!  Jay will be announcing a tour tentatively scheduled to begin in April 2012, so stay tuned!  Jay is great live – telling hilarious stories in between songs – so make sure you catch him when he comes to your city!

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Alison Goldfrapp

Celebrate this news with a gold-frappucino!  Electro-pop Goldfrapp will release a career spanning singles collection with 2 new tracks in Feburary 2012.  The track list is:

‘Ooh La La’
‘Number 1′
‘Strict Machine’
‘Lovely Head’
‘Utopia’
‘A&E’
‘Happiness’
‘Train’
‘Ride A White Horse’
‘Rocket’
‘Believer’
‘Black Cherry’
‘Yellow Halo’
‘Melancholy Sky’

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Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures. Out December 6, 2011.

When you listen to the collection of unreleased Amy Winehouse songs “Lioness: Hidden Treasures,” your heart will break all over again.  Amy Winehouse’s death was a real rock and roll tragedy and though she could not be on this planet physically, she’s left behind some amazing songs that showcase her great gift.  Opening with the epic reggae cover “Our Day Will Come,” you’ll see the song can stand up amongst her best tracks.  Again, my heart breaks all over for what a loss her death has left in the world.  “Between The Cheats” is next and it is apparently one of the post-Back to Black songs and her voice sounds a little rough.  Again, a great song, but you can hear in her voice that she could not handle this planet.  “Tears Dry” is the original version (with different lyrics) of “Tears Dry On Their Own.”  The song is much slower and it is really cool to hear the evolution of such a great song.  “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” is probably the most epic song on the album.  It sounds like a cross between the song “Back to Black” and a James Bond Theme!  She really breaths new life into this classic song.  Knowing Amy’s fate, the lyrics of the song are even more haunting, but the answer is an overwhelming YES!  “Like Smoke” features rapper Nas and has a great beat.  The 68 Version of “Valerie” is next.  This sounds similar to the way she performed the song in concert and it’s great to hear that it was recorded in the studio (and the vocals are different than the previously released versions!)  Her cover of “The Girl From Ipanema” is next and it’s another highlight of the record.  The song was recorded pre-Frank and her voice sounds angelic!  The music is loungey with jazzy drum and bass!  I love it!  “Half Time” starts off with just Amy and guitar and as she sings “when the beat kicks in” a laid back beat kicks in and the song has great groove! The original version of “Wake Up Alone” is next and it’s also much different than the released version.    ”Best Friends, Right?” is next and it sounds like a Frank-era song.  “Body and Soul” is the last known studio recording and it also features the legendary Tony Bennett.  The final song is a cover of Leon Russell’s ”A Song For You,” and it really is a powerful, but powerfully sad performance from Amy as you can almost hear the desperation in her voice.  She really gives the song a new feel to it.

This collection of songs will really upset you that such a great talent is gone, but at least she left so many amazing songs for the world to listen to for the rest of time.  “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” by Amy Winehouse is out on December 6, 2011 in the United States.

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