Street Date Sept. 3: Ozzfest 2002, The Rolling Stones
BySep 2, 2002 10:00 PM
Also: Aaron Carter, Splender, Living Colour and more.
Also: Aaron Carter, Splender, Living Colour and more.
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Various artists - “Ozzfest 2002” (Epic)
This year’s annual Ozzfest outing, which winds to a close later this week, spawns its latest commemorative soundtrack. The collection features performances from namesake Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Rob Zombie, P.O.D. and Drowning Pool, among others. A complete track listing is posted at Ozzfest’s official website.
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Rolling Stones, “Remastered Series” (ABKCO)
On the day the legendary British rock pioneers kick off their latest world tour, ABKCO releases a new batch of digitally remastered versions of the group’s early albums. The label is reissuing a total of 22 albums, including “Let It Bleed,” “Beggars Banquet,” “Hot Rocks” and “Out of Our Heads,” as well as four U.K. albums previously unavailable in the United States. The label’s website features additional details.
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Aaron Carter - “Another Earthquake!” (Jive)
Though he’s still in his early teens, this is Carter’s fifth album. “Summertime,” the first single from “Another Earthquake,” features the Baha Men. The video is streaming at Jive Records’ GetMusic website.
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Splender - “To Whom It May Concern” (J)
Three years after the release of its debut album, “Halfway Down the Sky"--which spawned the hits “Yeah, Whatever” and “I Think God Can Explain"--this New York quartet returns with sophomore effort. Mark Endert (Fiona Apple, Tonic, Vertical Horizon, The Ours) produced the album, which is streaming at the band’s official website.
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Living Colour - “Vivid [Remastered]” (Sony/Legacy)
As a reunited Living Colour works on its first new album in nine years, Legacy reissues the group’s 1988 debut, which features the breakthrough hit “Cult of Personality.” The digitally remastered re-release includes five bonus cuts not found on the original. Details and sound clips are posted at Legacy’s official http://www.sonymusic.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+smo.custom2.Page?disc=sid_085985&t=legacy%2fselect >website.
Other new releases:
Barry Adamson - “The King of Nothing Hill” (Mute)
Ben Allison - “Peace Pipe” (Palmetto)
Amazing Transparent Man - “The Death of the Party” (Hopeless)
The Belles - “Omerta” (The Get Up Kids guest) (Lakeshore)
Bouncing Souls/Anti-Flag - “Bouncing Souls/Anti-Flag” (BYO)
Djinji Brown - “Sirround Sound” (Seven Heads)
C.O.C.O. - “The Sound” (K)
Common Rider - “This Is Unity Music” (Hopeless)
Cradle of Filth - “Live Bait for the Dead” (Abracadaver)
Dubtribe Sound System Vs. Chillifunk Recordings - “Heavyweight Soundclash” (Shadow)
George Duke - “Face the Music” (BPM)
Fessor’s Big City Band - “Swing City” (Storyville)
The Forgotten - “Control Me” (BYO)
Darin Gray - “St. Louis Shuffle” (Family Vineyard)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - “Chillout Sessions” (Wrasse)
Little Wings - “Light Green Leaves” (K)
Bill Miller - “A Sacred Gift” (Paras Recordings)
Moistboyz - “III” (Ipecac)
Bif Naked - “Purge” (Her Royal Majesty’s/Atlantic)
The Negro Problem - “Welcome Black” (Image Entertainment)
Ben Neill - “Automotive” (Six Degrees)
Joe Nichols - “Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other” (RMG)
Nightmares on Wax - “Mind Elevation” (Warp)
No Knife - “Riot for Romance” (Better Looking)
Nocturnal Rites - “Shadowland” (Century Media)
Ozric Tentacles - “Live at the Pongmaster’s Ball” (Madfish)
Alice Peacock - “Alice Peacock” (Columbia)
The Residents - “Demons Dance Alone” (East Side Digital)
Seldom Seen - “Thug Fest” (East Side)
Sing-Sing - “The Joy of Sing-Sing” (Manifesto)
Sunz of Man - “Savior’s Day” (D3)
Tangerine Dream - “Inferno” (TDI)
Tarwater - “Dwellers on the Threshold” (Mute)
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez - “Let’s Leave This Town” (TMG)
Thee Human Ego Maniacs - “Sin, Win & Grin” (Electrovenus)
Pam Tillis - “It’s All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis” (Epic)
Mia Doi Todd - “The Golden State” (Columbia)
The Derek Trucks Band - “Joyful Noise” (Columbia)
Unstable Ensemble - “The Liturgy of Ghosts” (Family Vineyard)
Various artists - “The Future Sound of the London Underground” (Lakeshore)
Various artists - “The Songs of Pink Floyd” (Cleopatra)
Various artists - “Voodoo Roux Deux” (Waveform)
Various artists - “Welcome to the Machine - The Electronic Tribute to Pink Floyd” (Vitamin)