Air : Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip To the Moon)is a classic black & white silent film by revered French director Georges Méliès. Released in 1902, this legendary 14-minute film is widely considered one of the most important works in film history, and the very first to use science fiction as its theme, incorporating special effects that were very state-of-the-art at the turn of the 19th century. It was loosely based on two popular novels of the time: Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon and H. G. Wells The First Men In The Moon. Eager to put a contemporary spin on this classic silent film, the producers decided to approach AIR’s Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel, to compose an original modern soundtrack, an enormous honor for French musicians, considering the film s place in the canon of French cinema. With the aim of premiering at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, AIR set themselves a tight deadline, locking their studio doors and working around the clock to serve these classic images with brave new sounds. Complete with a new soundtrack by AIR, the film debuted at Cannes on May 11, 2011 to immediate and unanimous acclaim.

Lila Downs : Pecados Y Milagros

Tim McGraw : Emotional Traffic

A sticker on Tim’s 11th album trumpets it as “My Best Album Ever — Tim McGraw,” That’s awesome. Our store slogan used to be: “If we ain’t the best record store you’ve ever been to, you can kiss my ass. And that’s a promise.”

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Dion : Tank Full of Blues  Here’s my story, it’s sad but true. It’s about a girl that I once knew. She took my love then ran around with EVERY single guy in town. That was 1961, and Dion had a big hit about a slut named Sue. These days, Sue would have her own reality TV show. Dion released Bronx in Blue in 2006, and Son of Skip James in 2007. Tank Full of Blues completes the trilogy of albums chocked full of blues and roots-rock tunes, sung by Dion accompanying himself on acoustic guitar.

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Joe Cocker: Hard Knocks  is a collection of 9 all new songs plus a cover version of the Dixie Chicks’ “I Hope.” Produced by Matt Serletic (Matchbox 20, Carlos Santana), Hard Knocks has the timeless ‘Cocker’ sound fusing rhythm and blues, soul, and pop into an undeniable infectious mix .

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Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan  Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International

salutes both the songwriter and the human rights organization for half a century of their respective work.

Scorpions : Comeblack

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Doors : L. A. Woman (40th Anniversary Edition) (Rhino 2-CD) features a never-before-heard song, She Smells So Nice, which captures the band joyfully barreling through a full-throttle original before segueing into the blues standard Rock Me. As the song closes, Morrison can be heard chanting, Mr. Mojo Risin –an anagram of his name that was made famous during the bridge of L.A. Woman. The track was recently discovered by producer Bruce Botnick while reviewing the L.A. WOMAN session tapes.
In addition to She Smells So Nice, the second disc of the L.A. WOMAN reissue includes eight never-before-heard versions of songs from the album. Alternate takes of L.A. Woman, Love Her Madly and Riders On The Storm offer a fresh view on this landmark album, which was the group s sixth straight Top 10. The studio chatter between the songs is a revelation, transporting listeners to The Doors Workshop: the West Hollywood rehearsal space where they recorded the album with Botnick. One segment in particular captures a fascinating moment of inspiration when Morrison suggests they add the now-iconic thunderstorm sound effects to the beginning of Riders On The Storm.

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Ingrid Michaelsen : Human Again

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Grace Woodroofe : Always Want

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Rodrigo y Gabriela : Area 52  Produced by  Peter Asher. Area 52 contains nine of Rod and Gab’s favorite songs from their own catalogue re-arranged and re-configured for a 13-piece Cuban orchestra comprised of some of Havana’s finest young players, collectively known as C.U.B.A. This two-disc set includes a 30-minute ‘making-of’ documentary on DVD.

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Grateful Dead: Dick’s Picks 33 Oakland Coliseum October 1976

Roll away the dew and pass the biscuits! Fresh from a year-and-a-half touring hiatus, and back to full, two-drummer strength, the Dead opened for The Who as part of Bill Graham s historic Day on the Green concerts in 1976. This 4-disc set which is among the cleanest soundboard recordings in the entire series captures both dates in their entirety, and features one of the most monumental medleys (and that s sayin something!) in band history with a 60-minute, 10-song journey through St. Stephen/Not Fade Away/St. Stephen/Help on the Way/Slipknot!/Drums/Samson and Delilah/Slipknot!/Franklin s Tower/One More Saturday Night on the first day. Day two offers excellent takes on two solo Garcia favorites, Might as Well and The Wheel, that were new to the concert repertoire and a particularly fine Ramble on Rose. Bill Graham had honored the Dead by selecting them to close the year s stellar series of Day on the Green concerts, and that perhaps coupled with the presence of formidable co-headliners The Who sparked some of the band s finest performances of the period. Never before at music retail, and one of the rarest volumes in the series!