New Rock Releases

Rocktober 20
New Releases
ZZ TOP...Double Down Live (DVD)
TIMOTHY B. SCHMIDT...Expando
CAGE THE ELEPHANT...Cage The Elephant (vinyl LP release of new album)
Various Artist...TNT: The Most Explosive Tribute to AC/DC (Import)
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...God And Guns (Import w/ Extra Tracks)
JEFFERSON STARSHIP...Perfoming Jefferson Airplane At Woodstock (Import)

Reissues, Remasters, Anthologies, Greatest Hits
THEORY OF A DEADMAN...Scars And Souvenirs (Special Edition CD w/bonus tracks, DVD), or clean version
LOU REED...New Sensations (Remastered)
LOU REED...Legendary Hearts (Remastered)
JOHN COUGAR...Kid Inside (Remastered, Import)
JOHNNY COUGAR...Chestnut Street Incident (Remastered, Import)
THE SMALL FACES...From The Beginning (vinyl)
THE SMALL FACES...The Small Faces (vinyl)
NAZARETH...The Anthology (Remastered)
MADNESS...One Step Beyond (Remastered, Import)
CHRIS REA...Still So Far To Go- The Best of Chris Rea (Import)
THE STONE ROSES...20th Anniversary Legacy Edition (Import)
OTIS REDDING...The Best: See & Hear, Otis Redding
ROD STEWART...Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998: Highlights (Import)

Rocktober 27
New Releases
R.E.M. ...R.E.M. Live at the Olympia
STING...If On A Winter's Night... and also vinyl
STEPHEN STILLS...Live At Shepherd's Bush (CD/DVD)
MELISSA ETHERIDGE...A New Thought For Christmas
WINGER...Karma
HALFORD...Winter Songs
ATREYU...Congregation Of The Damned or a clean version and also vinyl
TIMOTHY B. SCHMIDT...Expando (vinyl release of new album)
SEAN LENNON...Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Undead soundtrack and also vinyl
THE MOTELS...Atomic Cafe: Greatest Songs Live

Reissues, Remasters, Compilations
FRANK MARINO AND MAHOGANY RUSH...Live/Tales of the Unexpected/What's Next
U2...The Unforgettable Fire (Remastered, 2 cd + DVD)
B.B. KING/FREDDIE KING/ALBERT KING/EARL KING...The Four Kings Of Blues Guitar
JOHN MAYALL with ERIC CLAPTON...Blues Breakers (24 KT Gold)
DEEP PURPLE...Who Do We Think We Are (180 gram vinyl)
ROD STEWART...Never A Dull Moment (24 KT Gold)
NAZARETH...Hair Of The Dog Live (vinyl)

November 3
Reissues, Greatest Hits
FOO FIGHTERS...Foo Fighters Greatest Hits
NIRVANA...Bleach (remastered)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR ROCKTOBER 19
Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers is 61; Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 44;

ON THIS DATE
2004 Gavin Rossdale of Bush admits that 15-year-old British model Daisy Lowe is his daughter after DNA test proved that he was. That same day it is announced that Melissa Etheridge is at home recovering from two breast surgeries
2006 Yoko Ono files court papers to preserve her right to sue the EMI Group and its Capitol Records subsidiary for royalties allegedly owed to her late husband, John Lennon
2007 After 34 years Carlos Santana's wife Deborah files for divorce