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iTunes added the "digital version" of the Talking Heads' classic Remain in Light. Added to the remastered album are four unfinished outtakes: "Fela's Riff," "Unison," "Double Groove" and "Right Start."
William Orbit's new single, "Spiral," is at iTunes. It features UK chart-toppers Sugababes on vocals.
It's a big week for new jazz titles at iTunes as a slew of Verve titles made an appearance. Among the additions are Gerry Mulligan's Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet, Max Roach's The Many Sides of Max and Quincy Jones' Newport '61.
DownloadPunk has added Kansas City-based Anodyne Records to its catalog. Its roster includes Dirt Nap, Shiner, The Hearers and Pornhuskers.
Rhapsody has an exclusive Rolling Stone Original EP with Spoon's Britt Daniel. It has three songs: "The Way We Get By," "Lines in the Suit" and "Advance Cassette."
eMusic is now the exclusive distributor of the catalog of indie legend SST. In two weeks everybody else will get SST -- the label had a deal with digital distribution The Orchard. Just a few titles are live so far: fIREHOSE's Ragin', Full-On, Descendents' I Don't Want To Grow Up, and Black Flag's Six Pack.
eMusic has its usual logjam of good, interesting and rare titles. Among them is Silva Screen Records' Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music. At 45 songs, the entire collection will put a dent in your monthly allotment. 40 Years has music from all the classics: Star Wars, Jaws, Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom and Schindler's List. Plus there's music from some not-so-classics like Amistad, The River and Family Plot.
The Pixies eMusic exclusive, Hey - Live Pixies, has fewer songs but just as many classics: "Debaser" recorded in Norfolk, VA in December of 2004, "Monkey Gone To Heaven" taken from a June, 2005 show in Denver and "Planet of Sound" from a August, 2005 performance in Manchester, England. In all the 28 tracks covers all the bases.
Bleep.com has a few good albums for electronic fans. B.Fleischman's new the humbucking coil is available (well before it's in stores). Also new is A Guy Called Gerald's 1995 album Black Street Technology, for those of you who want to start a jungle revival.
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