New Releases

ABSOLUTE ROCK NEW RELEASES

May 5
THE DOORS...The Soft Parade (Gold CD)
OASIS...And It's a Good Night from Him (DVD)
ROBERT CRAY...The Robert Cray Collection (DVD)
MUDDY WATERS...The Johnny Winter Sessions 1976-1981
RICK DERRINGER...Knighted by the Blues
LAZY LESTER/JIMMY VAUGHAN...Blues Stop Knockin
JOHN LEE HOOKER...Stomp Boogie
B.B. KING...Icons: B. B. King
THE ROLLING STONES...Sticky Fingers (Original Recording Remastered)
THE ROLLING STONES...Goats Head Soup (Original Recording Remastered)
THE ROLLING STONES...It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (Original Recording Remastered)
THE ROLLING STONES...Black And Blue (Original Recording Remastered)
THE SMITHEREENS...Tommy
ELTON JOHN...The Red Piano (DVD) and blu-ray
Various Artist...Soundstage: Michael McDonald - A Tribute to Motown Live (DVD)
EDDIE COCHRAN/GENE VINCENT...Live: Rock N Roll Rebels
EDDIE COCHRAN...Nervous Breakdown
STEPPENWOLF...The Early Years (DVD)
ELTON JOHN...Spirit in the Sky: Rare Sessions (LP record)
BUDDY HOLLY...Collection
LITTLE RICHARD...Collection
MARC BOLAN & T. REX...Electric Tracks (LP record)
JERRY LEE LEWIS...Collection
GREEN DAY...The Lowdown

May 12
STEVE EARLE...Townes (2 CD Limited Deluxe Edition or Limited Edition 180 gram vinyl)
MEAT PUPPETS...Sewn Together
JOHN MAYALL...Moving On (first CD release)
JOHN MAYALL...Ten Years Are Gone (first CD release)
JOHN MAYALL...Latest Edition (first CD release)
BILL WYMAN...Greatest & Latest: Just a Thrill & Live (Slip)
ALBERT KING/STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN...In Session (first vinyl release)
MUDDY WATERS...Stepping Stones
THE GUESS WHO...Wheatfield Soul (Remastered)
HEAVEN AND HELL...The Devil You Know (Limited Special Edition CD/DVD) and LP record
THUNDER...The Very Best Of Thunder
BETTER THAN EZRA...Paper Empire
QUEEN...Rock In Rio (DVD)
DR. JOHN...Who Was Mac Rebennack?
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL...X2:Bookends/Sounds of Silence
THE YARDBIRDS...Legend of the Yardbirds: 1964-1968
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL...Best Of
GREEN DAY...21st Century Breakdown

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 4
Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 58; Mike Dirnt of Green Day is 37;

ON THIS DATE
1987 Paul Butterfield of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band dies of a heart attack in his home in Hollywood, California at the age of 44
2004 Slash and Duff McKagan file a lawsuit against Axl Rose alleging he stopped movie music deals worth $1 million
2007 Chad Kroeger of Nickelback gets into a fight outside a nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia after the dude shouted "Nickelback sucks!"