This Tuesday brings the highly anticipated release of previously unavailable demos and live sessions from the late singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley and former Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas. Entitled Songs To No One 1991-1992, the 11-track collection bears the Knitting Factory Records imprint and features four tracks recorded at the intimate New York City nightclub.
Bearing full approval of Buckley's mother and estate manager, Mary Guibert, and produced by Hal Willner, the collection documents his introduction to the downtown New York City scene and his collaboration with Lucas, which later included a brief run in Gods & Monsters and the songs "Mojo Pin" and the title track to Buckley's Grace album from 1994. Columbia Records has also announced that in late November it will release a special box set of five rare CD singles from the Grace album. The collection includes some available commercially for the first time and features the Japanese EP of "Last Goodbye," the Australian version of The Grace EP, the Dutch "So Real," and the America "Live From the Bataclan" and "Peyote Radio Theater." Each of these discs contains many rare tracks such as his covers of Big Star's "Kanga-Roo" and Van Morrison's "The Way Lovers Do," as well as the rare studio track "Tongue."
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Beck tonight, the Doves on Thursday, Avril Lavigne on Friday, and Tracy Chapman on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Bon Jovi on Thursday, Pink on Monday, and Faith Hill on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien serves up Cracker on Monday overnight and Badly Drawn Boy on Tuesday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly gets chummy with Craig David on Tuesday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is Faith Hill.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, October 15:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
The All-American Rejects - All-American Rejects (Doghouse) on tour now with CKY
Bad Astronaut - Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem (Honest Don's) with harmonica guest John Popper of Blues Traveler on "Our Greatest Year"
The Bees - Sunshine Hit Me (Astralwerks)
Black Bombay - Black Bombay (Amiata) Hindu curried trip-hop
Blackfire - One Nation Under (Canyon) Navaho punk from the Big Mountain struggle with special guest Joey Ramone
The Blackouts - Every Day Is Sunday Evening (Lucid Records) debut release from the new label started by Chris Broach of Braid
Brian Bromberg - Jaco (A440 Music) tribute to jazz great Jaco Pastorious, with vocals by Bobby Kimball of Toto and Bill Champlin of Chicago
Canyon - Empty Rooms (Gern Blanston)
Condo Painting - original motion picture soundtrack (Gallery Six) with Phish, DJ Spooky, King Crimson, Sebadoh, and Morphine
Coolio - El Cool Magnifico (Riviera) featuring The Replacements on "Your Place or Mine"
DJ Sol - Local Underground Volume 2 (Vitamin) mix CD from the resident spin-master at the Los Angeles club Giant
DJ Touché - Ultraviolet (Journey By DJ) all new from the Wiseguys made man/production wizard Theo Keating
The Exploited - Don't Forget the Chaos (Cleopatra) deluxe-edition retrospective, designed as a mini LP
Fields of the Nephilim - Fallen (Metropolis) the group's first new music in 10 years
Dana Glover - Testimony (Dreamworks)
Good Clean Fun - Positively Positive 1998-2002 (Equal Vision)
Harlem - original cast recording (Columbia Legacy) currently staged at the legendary Apollo Theater
Faith Hill - Cry (Warner Bros)
Katastrophy Wife - Amnesia (Almaframe) collection of new and rare tracks from Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland
King Crimson - Happy with What You Have to Be Happy with (Sanctuary) new 11-track studio EP from Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn, and Pat Mastelotto
Knockout - Searching for Solid Ground (Fearless)
Joshua LaRue - Landscape Tracks (After Hours) with guest Brendan Cantry of Fugazi
Meat Beat Manifesto - R.U.O.K.? (Run/Lakeshore) with guest Alex Patterson of The Orb
Outspoken - Bitter Shovel (Lava) from Louisville
Ozric Tentacles - Live at the Pongmasters Ball (Snapper) DVD recorded on the final gig of the band's recent UK tour, with bonus vintage videos and exclusive interviews
Vern Rumsey - "Red Rumsey" (Troubleman Unlimited) seven-inch single from the Unwound bassist
Santana - Shaman (Arista) with guest Placido Domingo
Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder (Steamhammer/SPV) featuring a bonus disc of live tracks recorded earlier this year in San Antonio
Slick Idiot - DickNity (Cleopatra) all new from Guenter Schulz and En Esch of KMFDM
Theoretical Girls - Theoretical Record (Acute) downtown NYC no-wave from the late 1970s featuring experimental guitarist Glenn Branca
various artists - Red Hot + RIOT! (MCA) a tribute to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Beck tonight, the Doves on Thursday, Avril Lavigne on Friday, and Tracy Chapman on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Bon Jovi on Thursday, Pink on Monday, and Faith Hill on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien serves up Cracker on Monday overnight and Badly Drawn Boy on Tuesday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly gets chummy with Craig David on Tuesday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is Faith Hill.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, October 15:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
The All-American Rejects - All-American Rejects (Doghouse) on tour now with CKY
Bad Astronaut - Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem (Honest Don's) with harmonica guest John Popper of Blues Traveler on "Our Greatest Year"
The Bees - Sunshine Hit Me (Astralwerks)
Black Bombay - Black Bombay (Amiata) Hindu curried trip-hop
Blackfire - One Nation Under (Canyon) Navaho punk from the Big Mountain struggle with special guest Joey Ramone
The Blackouts - Every Day Is Sunday Evening (Lucid Records) debut release from the new label started by Chris Broach of Braid
Brian Bromberg - Jaco (A440 Music) tribute to jazz great Jaco Pastorious, with vocals by Bobby Kimball of Toto and Bill Champlin of Chicago
Canyon - Empty Rooms (Gern Blanston)
Condo Painting - original motion picture soundtrack (Gallery Six) with Phish, DJ Spooky, King Crimson, Sebadoh, and Morphine
Coolio - El Cool Magnifico (Riviera) featuring The Replacements on "Your Place or Mine"
DJ Sol - Local Underground Volume 2 (Vitamin) mix CD from the resident spin-master at the Los Angeles club Giant
DJ Touché - Ultraviolet (Journey By DJ) all new from the Wiseguys made man/production wizard Theo Keating
The Exploited - Don't Forget the Chaos (Cleopatra) deluxe-edition retrospective, designed as a mini LP
Fields of the Nephilim - Fallen (Metropolis) the group's first new music in 10 years
Dana Glover - Testimony (Dreamworks)
Good Clean Fun - Positively Positive 1998-2002 (Equal Vision)
Harlem - original cast recording (Columbia Legacy) currently staged at the legendary Apollo Theater
Faith Hill - Cry (Warner Bros)
Katastrophy Wife - Amnesia (Almaframe) collection of new and rare tracks from Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland
King Crimson - Happy with What You Have to Be Happy with (Sanctuary) new 11-track studio EP from Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn, and Pat Mastelotto
Knockout - Searching for Solid Ground (Fearless)
Joshua LaRue - Landscape Tracks (After Hours) with guest Brendan Cantry of Fugazi
Meat Beat Manifesto - R.U.O.K.? (Run/Lakeshore) with guest Alex Patterson of The Orb
Outspoken - Bitter Shovel (Lava) from Louisville
Ozric Tentacles - Live at the Pongmasters Ball (Snapper) DVD recorded on the final gig of the band's recent UK tour, with bonus vintage videos and exclusive interviews
Vern Rumsey - "Red Rumsey" (Troubleman Unlimited) seven-inch single from the Unwound bassist
Santana - Shaman (Arista) with guest Placido Domingo
Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder (Steamhammer/SPV) featuring a bonus disc of live tracks recorded earlier this year in San Antonio
Slick Idiot - DickNity (Cleopatra) all new from Guenter Schulz and En Esch of KMFDM
Theoretical Girls - Theoretical Record (Acute) downtown NYC no-wave from the late 1970s featuring experimental guitarist Glenn Branca
various artists - Red Hot + RIOT! (MCA) a tribute to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
