Announced today out of Japan also are...THIN LIZZY "Breakout" 2CD which contains a previously released stereo soundboard recording of the original line-up captured live at The Tower Theater in Philadelphia on October 20, 1977 issued on an as yet uncredited Import Label...and YES "Mike's Mint" 2CD + Ltd. Bonus DVD-R from the Virtuoso Label that contains the superb Mike Millard audience tape from the Los Angeles Forum  on September 23, 1977 - along with the bonus DVD-R that presents a proshot video from an August 8, 2002 performance at The Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey that looks pretty nice.  Also arriving to market this week is the new unlabeled DVD, "THE EAGLES and LINDA RONSTADT Live At The Seattle Kingdome 1976", a proshot affair that contains the complete sets from both artists, here's the tracklisting:

LINDA RONSTADT:  Lose Again, That’ll Be The Day, Love Has No Pride, Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Willin’, Give One Heart, It’ Doesn't Matter Anymore, When WIll I Be Loved, Crazy, The Tattler, Lo SIento Mi Rose, Love Is A Rose, Hasten Down The Wind, Tracks of my Tears

EAGLES: Take It Easy, Outlaw Man, Doolin-Dalton, Turn To Stone, Seven Bridges Road, Lyin Eyes, Take It to the Limit, Desperado, Midnight Flyer, Already Gone, One of these Nights, Turn to Stone, Funk #49, Good Day In Hell, Witchy Woman, James Dean

Wonderland Records have their October batch of BOB DYLAN releases already available, pictured below are "Revolution Starts Now" 2CD offers another version of the April 23rd, 2007 show from Paris, "Spring Days" 2CD is the Oslo, Norway show on March 30th, "One More Cup Of Beer" 2CD covers the April 19th show in Dusseldorf, "The Other (Funny) Side Of Bob Dylan" compiles what it describes as 'A Selection of Light-Hearted Lyrics, Toe Tapping Tunes and Occaisional Witticisims - Live Performances 1962-2005'...also included in the batch are "The Pope Smokes Dope" 2CD featuring the Amsterdam show from April 9, 2007 and "The Alternate Live/The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" -which I could have sworn was already released earlier in the year but I must be mistaken.

Finally tonight some loose ends...arriving this weekend in the Japanese shops from MisterClaudel is PAUL McCARTNEY "Complete Promo Clips Vol. 2 1980-1992" 2DVD...out now on the Genius Loci Label are 2 new GUNS N ROSES titles, "Brutal Bigotry Injection" 2CD is the July 21, 2007 at Intex Osaka Hall in Japan and "Give Me Time Ron" 2CD features their Chiba, Japan show from July 15, 2007 and is an Audience/Monitor Mix effort...and another new one on the card for this month is FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION "Live From Radio 1968" that pairs 2 shows from Beat Club on October 6th and BBC Studios on October 23rd...and the next 11 BEATLES titles are out from Dr. Ebbet's and feature UK Mono Mixes of: "A Collection Of Beatles Oldies", "A Hard Days Night", "Help", "Beatles For Sale", "Please Please Me", "Rubber Soul", "Revolver", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band", "The Beatles", "With The Beatles" and "Yellow Submarine".

That's all for this week...thanks for the emails and posts, I'm glad some of you are connecting successfully over on The Forums pages.  It looks like that will work out alright!  Keep your emails coming and look for another batch of reviews mid-week through the weekend.  Have a good one.

Svengi, October 1, 2007