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Musings: A Look at December 2002 Releases
After several months of feast,
we now head in to the traditional holiday famine. December and January
are usually a bit slower in terms of new releases, and this year is par
for the course. Most of the notable releases this month are more
for hardcore fans and audiophiles. On December 17th, Dashboard Confessional
releases an MTV Unplugged disc with an accompanying DVD. That same
day sees special releases from Emmylou Harris and New Order. New
releases of note include Denison Witmer on 12/10, as well as the original
soundtrack to this months blockbuster film, The Lord of the Rings: The
Two Towers. Fans of hard rock will enjoy new releases from Justifide
and Few Left Standing the day before Christmas.
12/10
Phish - Round Room
Stereolab - Switched On
Denison Witmer - Philadelphia
Songs
Sountrack - Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers
12/17
Blue Cantrell - Bittersweet
Dashboard Confessional -
MTV Unplugged 2.0 (w/ DVD)
Emmylou Harris - Producer's
Cut (DVD Audio)
New Order - Retro (four
CD box set)
12/24
Few Left Standing - Regeneration
of Self
Justifide - The Beauty of
the Unknown
1/7/03
Kate Rusby - Ten
1/14/03
Johnny Cash - Silver
Richie Furay - Dance a Little
Light (rerelease)
Richie Furay - I Still Have
Dreams (rerelease)
Richie Furay - I've Got
a Reason (rerelease)
Peter Green's Fleetwood
Mac - Live at the BC (DVD Audio)
Gary Numan - Live in Brixton
(double cd)
Utopia - Live KSAN '74 (DVD
Audio)
Paul Weller - Illumination
1/21/03
Sea and Cake - One Bedroom
1/28/03
Dogwood - Seismic
Furthermore - She and I
Lou Reed - The Raven (2
CD w/ Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, Ornette Coleman, David Bowie, etc.)
2/4/03
Caedmon's Call - Back Home
Jars of Clay - Furthermore:
The Live Sessions (2 cd set)
2/11/03
Further Seems Forever -
How to Start a Fire
GlassByrd - Open Wide This
Window (Christine Glass and husband Marc Byrd)
Holland - Photographs &
Tidalwaves
2/25/03
Switchfoot - The Beautiful
Letdown
Various - Songs from the
Material World (George Harrison tribute featuring Dave Davies, Roger McGuinn,
Julian Lennon, Todd Rundgren, Leslie West, Peter Green, Midge Ure,
Jay Bennet, They Might Be Giants, Smithereens, and more)
Also in Feb. 2003
Damian Jurado - tba
Supertramp - The Very Best
Of Vol. 2
3/11/03
Ghoti Hook - So Long, Farewell,
Goodnight (live)
3/18/03
Howie Gelb - Listener
Various - We're a Happy
Family (Ramones tribute)
3/25/03
Juliana Theory - Live: 10/13/2001
Joy Electric - Tick Tock
Treasury
Brave Saint Saturn - The
Hope of Things to Come
Also in March:
The Moody Blues - A Night
at Red Rocks (Deluxe Edition)
4/8/03
Anberlin - Blueprints for
the Black Market
Various - X (Tooth and Nail)
Also out in 2003:
Burlap to Cashmere - tba
Plumb - Beautiful Lumps
of Coal
Stay tuned for more...
Ken Mueller
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