Release Round-Up: Week of October 4
After a blowout week of catalogue titles last Tuesday, you can almost hear the crickets chirp. There’s some seasonal stuff on the horizon, though, so keep your eyes peeled.
John Coltrane, The Impulse! Albums Volume 5 (Hip-o Select/Verve)
Five of ‘Trane’s posthumous albums, boxed. (Hip-o Select)
Joss Stone, The Best of 2003-2009 (Virgin)
A simple overview for the British chanteuse. (Amazon)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, Munki / Stoned and Dethroned: Deluxe Editions (Edsel)
Another batch of JAMC expansions. Almost to the end! (Official site)
Lonnie Smith, Mama Walker / Johnny Hammond, Wild Horses/Rock Steady / Esther Phillips, Performance / Hank Crawford, Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing (Masterworks Jazz)
Four vintage albums from the Kudu label, remastered and reissued on CD. (Original post)
The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (Capitol/EMI)
A straight reissue of the iconic holiday LP. As Joe pointed out last year, there’s plenty of golden compilations for The Beach Boys’ holiday hits out there. (Amazon)
Frank Sinatra, A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (Capitol/EMI)
Another straight reissue, including the same bonus tracks from a 1954 single as heard on a reissue ten years ago. (Amazon)
The Second Disc 
A couple of Bob Dylan tracks pop up today on compilations: “The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams” features Bob performing “The Love That Faded” (his first studio recording since the 2009 Xmas album), while “Hawaii Five-O: Original Songs From The Television Series” contains a previously unreleased 1981 “Shot Of Love” outtake entitled “Don’t Ever Take Yourself Away.”
Hank
October 4, 2011 at 09:39
How many more times can they re-re-re-release “A Jolly Christmas”?
Paul M. Mock
October 4, 2011 at 09:47