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Friday New Releases – October 24, 2025

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Welcome to Friday New Releases and we have a big week for you with almost 50 releases coming out. There is something for everyone. I’m interested in the Mammoth new one as well as the Bon Jovi album that is a reissue of his last album ‘Forever’ and this time with duets for all the songs. There are some interesting people on board. I am sure Demi Lovato will be big this week and cool to see a new one by Big Wreck. Lots to choose from. Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

  • Mammoth – The End – (I Am the Sheriff LLC / BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Bon Jovi – Forever (Legendary Edition) – (Captain Kidd Corp/ Island Records)
  • Demi Lovato – It’s Not That Deep – (DLG Recordings LLC / Island Records)
  • Five Finger Death Punch – Best of Volume 2 – (Better Noise Music)
  • Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute to Bad Company – (Primary Wave Music III)
  • Frank Zappa – Halloween 78 (Super Deluxe) – (Universal Music / UMG)
  • Big Wreck – The Rest of the Story – (Thorn in my Side Publishing / Unyon Records)
  • Brandi Carlile – Returning To Myself – (Interscope Records / Lost Highway)
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Retro Rock Reviews: Ep. 2 – Frank Zappa’s ‘Hot Rats’

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Welcome to a new series I have on YouTube called Retro Rock Reviews. Each week, we are going to pick an album and do a quick review. They won’t be long shows, something quick and fun to get you through your day. For Episode 2, we are tackling the ever interesting Frank Zappa and his album ‘Hot Rats’. Released on October 10, 1969, it was an album and artist I was always afraid to tackle because he is…let’s say…different. It is outside my comfort zone. But I tackled it and here is my review. Enjoy!

So go check it out as it is live now on August 15, 2024 at Noon.…because why not!! Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

Friday New Releases – June 21, 2024

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Welcome to the Friday New Releases. This week we have another handful of releases and there is a lot of variety in this list so hopefully you can find something. There is nothing for me this week which is good because Summer Vacation starts soon and I need to save some money. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wondeful weekend.

  • Avril Lavigne – Greatest Hits – (Sony Music)
  • Daryl Hall – D – (United Artist Productions)
  • Lake Street Dive – Good Together – (Fantasy Records)
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Friday New Releases – June 30, 2023

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This been a great month of releases and two of which might end up on My Top 10 list at the end of the year. We have a lot more for you today, but for me this is a good break week to get caught up on all the stuff I’ve purchased over the last month. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed on our list so everyone will know. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

  • 71sdHhDEJmL._SX522_  The Weeknd – The Idol Vol. 1: Music from the HBO Original Series – (XO Records)
  • 71yt3mi74pL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  The Hu – Rumble of Thunder (Deluxe Edition) – (Better Noise Music)
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Friday New Releases – March 3, 2023

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We are in to March already. Another year flying by, but not without leaving us some new music to hear each and every week. This week we have over 40 choices to choose from and hopefully there is something for you. I actually have a Country artist I’m eager to hear as my daughters (both of them) have introduced me to Morgan Wallen and his music and you know what, I like it!! So, he has another double album coming out today and it is on order and arriving, but it is actually a birthday present for my daughter, but I know I’ll get to borrow it when I want. But otherwise that is it for me. Now, something else exciting this week is De La Soul’s catalog is finally getting released on streaming services and digitally this week, so all you fans, go nuts. What do you want to hear this week? Let me know and let us know what we missed as well. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weeekend!

  • 91zQ1fGh7nL._AC_UL640_FMwebp_QL65_  Morgan Wallen – One Thing at a Time – (Big Loud Records / Mercury Records)

And then all the rest…

  • 91MxexmhZzL._AC_UY218_  Macklemore – Ben – (Bendo, LLC)
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Friday New Releases – December 16, 2022

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Welcome to the last Friday New Releases post of 2022. The next two weeks there aren’t enough releases to bother posting so this is it. We will return on or about January 6, 2023 assuming there is enough releases that week. I am getting the Halestorm Deluxe Edition album for Back From the Dead, but that is it for me. What are you interested in this week? Let us know what that may be and what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

  • 814pgB+ZCWL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Halestorm – Back From the Dead (Deluxe Edition) – (Atlantic Records)
  • Cheap Trick – Live at the Whiskey 1977 (45th Anniversary 4CD Set) – (Real Gone Music)
  • 71vXZMaPclL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Frank Zappa – Waka/Wazoo – (Universal Music)
  • 61IiPaWGE5L._AC_UY218_  Seether – Disclaimer (Deluxe Edition) – (Craft Recordings / Concord)81u+BDbDNeL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_  Kansas – Another Fork in the Road: 50 Years of Kansas – (Inside Out Music)
  • 61VULrgOH9L._AC_UY218_  Bloodclot! – Souls – (Upstate Records / Blood Blast Distribution)
  • 81EZA01Q4LL._AC_UY218_  Jacquees – Sincerely For You – (Cash Money Records)
  • download-11  Marcotic – Mobile Home Rich – (Mobile Home Records)
  • 71Zqm2wM+rL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Percussor – Ravenous Despondency – (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
  • 81aKRtdmk7L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Circa Survive – Two Dreams – (Rise Records)
  • 61o2ZZ76wqL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Mimi Barks – Deadgirl – (Silent Cult)
  • 714jkOsMNTL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Mori Calliope – Sinderella – (Universal Music)

October 2022 Purchases – Vinyl & CDs

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Happy Halloween!! October was not a good month for me. It was mostly Tricks and few Treats! The tricks were that I was recovering from an appendectomy and after two weeks of that, I caught a virus and then a bacterial infection and was sick for 2 more weeks. My motivation is now at all time low and I have no desire to write or even buy as my energy level is completely wiped. I haven’t written much at all this past month and don’t know when I will get back in to a full time mode, if I ever do. It was hard enough to even put this simple post together, but I am trying.

This month might be my smallest number of purchases in quite some time, but doesn’t mean it doesn’t have what I think are some really sweet Treats! I did get to one record store during the month on the sole day in between recovery and illness where I felt good. It didn’t last that long because by the afternoon, it all went down hill. Noble Records was having their 3rd Anniversary Drop and what a drop it was. I picked up a Kiss Bootleg. More to come on this one down the road, but this is a 1981 reissue of a 1978 bootleg of Kiss My Axe 1978.

While there I picked two albums I had reviewed in my You Pick It Series that won for albums I had never heard before. I grabbed Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats and George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass which was the owners personal copy. It is so clean and even includes the poster!!

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Friday New Releases – June 17, 2022

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We are in the middle of the month and still a ton of releases. This week we have around 50 releases for your viewing pleasure today. I actually have a bunch I want to hear (before I buy) and one that is already on order and will be here today. Those are first up and marked in Blue. Let me know what you are digging this week and what we may have missed as that does happen. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.

  • 81Yj5OhV38L._AC_UL640_FMwebp_QL65_  Lit – Tastes Like Gold – (Round Hill Records): It has been 5 years since their last album and it was more tinged towards country than the pop punk they usually do. This time they are going back to their original sound…thank goodness. Here’s hoping for a return to form.
  • 81M+f+CiYnL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Iconic – Second Skin – (Frontiers Records): Another Frontiers Supergroup which is actually getting kind of ridiculous…but is one is featuring Nathan James (Inglorious), Michael Sweet (Stryper), Joel Hoesktra (Whitesnake), Marco Mendoza (ex-Journey, Whitesnake), Tommy Aldridge (Whitesnake). It was co-produced by Michael Sweet and Alessandro Del Vecchio (Hardline, Revolution Saints). Hard to argue with a line-up like that. And the fact Michael Sweet isn’t even singing is a huge surprise. Nathan is a beast on vocals so this should be good.
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You Picked It! – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – ‘Trout Mask Replica’ – Album Review

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Alright…You Picked It! And this one was really, really close. Who am I kidding, this one wasn’t even fair. The winner blew away the competition. The album that one was Captain Beefheart’s ‘Trout Mask Replica which is one I’d never heard before and honestly, don’t think I ever want to hear again, but more on that later. The votes were as follows:

  1. Captain Beefheart – ‘Trout Mask Replica – 13 votes
  2. Iron Maiden – ‘Senjutsu’ – 3 votes
  3. Dr. John – ‘Gris-gris’ – 2 votes
  4. Neal Schon – ‘Late Nite’ – 2 votes
  5. U2 – ‘The Joshua Tree’ – 1 Vote

Thanks to all for participating. The October choices will be up on Saturday!

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND – ‘TROUT MASK REPLICA’

I’m really not sure where to begin with this album. To say I’ve never heard anything like Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band’s ‘Trout Mask Replica’ wouldn’t be a lie…but it also wouldn’t be a good thing. The album came out back on June 16, 1969 only about 6 months after I was born. It combines elements of Experimental Rock, Avant Garde, Blues, Free Jazz, but did anyone ask if those things should be joined in to one. I think that would’ve been a great question to actually ask and be answered by someone that wasn’t doing a massive amount of psychedelic, mind-altering drugs. Frank Zappa produced it so I am sure he wouldn’t have been the right person to ask.

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Friday New Releases – June 18, 2021

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Welcome to the next edition of the Friday New Releases. It was a great week as we were on vacation this week down on Amelia Island in Florida. It was so nice to get away for a little while and just relax. And to come back and be a new release day…even better. We have another strong week of releases so I hope you find something you like. My choices are highlighted in Blue. Let me know what you want to hear this weekend and if I left anything off the list so everyone will know about it. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

  • Caleb Johnson - Mountain Mojo Vol. 1  Caleb Johnson – Mountain Mojo, Vol. 1 – (Caleb Johnson): Caleb Johnson has one of the best voices in music…period. He has never really blown up the airwaves since his American Idol days, but there is no denying he is special. I look forward to every release and this one is no different. His voice is perfect for that old brand of Southern Rock & Roll and I hoping that is what is served up on this one. This one has the both Jason Bonham and Damon Johnson on it so this could be awesome.
  • 71ECew2EL7L._SS500_  Crobot – Rat Child E.P. – (Mascot Label Group): Do you like your rock hard and with a little funk…I thought so. Then check out Crobot and you won’t be disappointed. The only sad thing here is it is only an E.P. I am so ready for another full album. Come on boys, get on that!! In the meantime, be prepared to rock you ass off with this one.
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