CD: Goffin & King Song Collection 1961-1967

Out Oct. 30 on the UK's Ace label, this one-disk release compiles the songwriting duo's biggest hits, along with a few rarities. You can pre-order it now from Amazon.

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Everyone who cares about popular music knows and loves the classic songs of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Between 1959 and 1967 the couple wrote some of the most enduring hits of all time, including 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow', 'Take Good Care Of My Baby', 'Goin' Back', 'The Loco-Motion' and 'It Might As Well Rain Until September'. Those songs have been anthologised hundreds of times - maybe thousands. Now it's time to shine the spotlight on other great G & K songs that haven't always received the attention they deserve.
This collection blends hits and hard-to-find classics, focusing primarily on the latter but also including the original versions of songs that will have many listeners thinking, "I didn't realise they wrote that!"

Many of these tracks are completely new to CD, and several have never been reissued in any format in 40 years.

Exquisitely packaged, with notes by Mick Patrick and revered songwriter-musician Al Kooper - who interviewed Gerry Goffin especially for this project - and the inevitable array of pix, label shots and assorted ephemera, this will be a sure fire 'must have' for those who have invested in our "Phil's Spectre" and Jack Nitzsche series, and will appeal to anyone whose heart have ever been won by a Goffin-King song, no matter how big of a hit.


Track listing:

1. He's In Town - Tokens (1)
2. Let Me Get Close To You - Davis, Skeeter
3. Halfway To Paradise - Orlando, Tony
4. Idol - Vee, Bobby
5. First And Last - Chiffons
6. Brand New Man - Wylie, Richard 'Popcorn'
7. Another Night With The Boys - Drifters (1)
8. Heaven Is Being With You - Deshannon, Jackie
9. I Didn't Have Any Summer Romance - Satisfactions
10. Love Eyes - Dache, Bertell
11. Don't Ever Change - Crickets
12. I'll Love You For A While - Jackson, Jill
13. I Was There - Welch, Lenny
14. I Just Can't Say Goodbye - Rydell, Bobby
15. I Can't Hear You - Everett, Betty
16. Just A Little Girl - Loren, Donna
17. You're Just What I Was Looking For Today - Everly Brothers
18. Hey Everybody - King, Ramona
19. I Can't Make It Alone - Proby, P.J.
20. Some Of Your Lovin' - Honey Bees
21. Man Without A Dream - Righteous Brothers
22. Don't Bring Me Down - Animals
23. Wasn't Born To Follow - Springfield, Dusty
24. So Much Love - King, Ben E.
25. Yours Until Tomorrow - Warwick, Dee Dee
26. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman - Franklin, Aretha

CDs compile music from Ken Burns' "The War"

Three CDs of music from Ken Burns' World War II documentary "The War" are set for release today. They include new music by Norah Jones and others, along with 1940s classics.

You can order any of them by clicking the title links below:

The War: A Ken Burns Film [SOUNDTRACK]
1. American Anthem - Norah Jones
2. Walton, The Death of Falstaff - Leonard Slotkin & London Philharmonic Orchestra
3. The Wang Wang Blues - Benny Goodman Sextet
4. Movin' Back - Wynton Marsalis (composer & arranger)
5. How Long Blues - Count Basie
6. In the Nick of time - Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, Sam Bush & Mike Marshall
7. It's Been a Long, Long Time- Bing Crosby with Les Paul
8. America My Home (Excerpt) - Wynton Marsalis (composer & arranger)
9. If I could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - Kay Starr, accompanied by the Capitol International Jazzmen
10. Blue As the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur (Excerpt) - Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
11. Until I'm In Your Arms Again - Wynton Marsalis
12. Variations For the Healing of Arinushka - Kalle Randalu
13. Basie Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
14. Solitude - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
15. Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano (Excerpt) - Benny Goodman, Aaron Copland & Columbia Symphony Orchestra
16. If You Can't Smile and Say Yes - The King Cole Trio
17. American Anthem - Amanda Forsyth & Bill Charlap

Sentimental Journey - Hits from the Second World War
1. WE'LL MEET AGAIN Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
2. DANCING IN THE DARK Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
3. LITTLE BROWN JUG Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
4. I'LL BE SEEING YOU Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
5. MOONGLOW Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
6. MEMORIES OF YOU Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
7. I'LL GET BY Harry James & His Orchestra
8. ON THE ALAMO Benny Goodman & His Sextet
9. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
10. BODY AND SOUL Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
11. LET'S GET LOST Frank Sinatra
12. BLUES IN THE NIGHT Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
13. THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
14. ECHOES OF HARLEM Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
15. SKLARK Earl Hines & His Orchestra
16. SATURDAY NIGHT IS THE LONELIEST 17.NIGHT OF THE WEEK Frank Sinatra
17. PAPER DOLL The Mills Brothers
18. LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY Frank Sinatra
19. SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Les Brown & His Orchestra
20. WAITING FOR THE TAIN TO COME IN Harry James & His Orchestra

I'm Beginning to See the Light - Dance Hits from the Second World War
1. C JAM BLUES Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2. FRENESI Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
3. IN THE MOOD Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
4. LET ME OFF UPTOWN Gene Krupa & his Orchestra
5. TAXI WAR DANCE Count Basie & His Orchestra
6. THE SHEIK OF ARABY Coleman Hawkins All Star Octet
7. PISTOL PACKIN MAMA Al Dexter & His Troopers, with vocal by Al Dexter
8. AMERICAN PATROL Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
9. FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR COUNTRY Count Basie & His Orchestra
10. CHEROKEE Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
11. ROSE ROOM Benny Goodman Sextet
12. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT Harry James & His Orchestra
13. TUXEDO JUNCTION Erskine Hawkins (the Twentieth Century Gabriel) & His Orchestra
14. ONE O CLOCK JUMP Count Basie & His Orchestra
15. I'M CONFESSIN Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
16. (I'VE GOT A GAL IN) KALAMAZOO Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
17. BOOGIE WOOGIE Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
18. TAIN'T WHAT YOU DO (IT S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT) Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
19. SING, SING, SING Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

Songs Without Words - Classical music from "The War"
1. WALTON: THE DEATH OF FALSTAFF Leonard Slatkin & London Philharmonic Orchestra
2. DVORÁK: CELLO CONCERTO IN B 3.MINOR (SECOND MOVEMENT) Yo-Yo Ma, Kurt Masur & New York Philharmonic
3. COPLAND: CONCERTO FOR CLARINET, STRINGS, HARP AND PIANO Benny Goodman, Aaron Copland & Columbia Symphony Orchestra
4. LIGETI: LAMENTO FROM HOMMAGE Á BRAHMS Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Marie-Luise Neunecker, Saschko Gawriloff
5. FAURÉ: ÉLÉGIE, Op. 24 Steven Isserlis & Pascal Devoyon
6. LISZT: NUAGES GRIS Barry Douglas
7. COPLAND: GROVERS CORNERS FROM OUR TOWN Aaron Copland & New Philharmonia Orchestra
8. MEDELSSOHN: SONG WITHOUT WORDS Yo-Yo Ma & Emmanuel Ax
9. ELGAR: NIMROD FROM ENIGMA VARIATIONS Leonard Slatkin & London Philharmonic Orchestra

Additionally, a four-disk set collecting all the above is also available.

CD: Darlene Love - It's Christmas of Course

Her "(Christmas) Baby Please Come Home" off the Phil Spector Christmas album is a perennial classic, but this is Love's first full-length holiday album.

Out Oct. 2 from Shout! Factory, the release includes her versions of Christmas tunes first recorded by John Lennon, XTC, James Brown, Tom Petty and others. You can pre-order it now from Amazon.

Here' the track list:

1 Christmas All Over Again
2 Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas?
3 Christmas Wish
4 Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
5 Please Come Home for Christmas
6 2000 Miles
7 Christmas Is the Time to Say “I Love You”
8 What Christmas Means To Me
9 Christmas Must Be Tonight
10 Thanks for Christmas
11 Happy XMAS (War Is Over)
12 Night of Peace

DVD new releases Sept. 11, 2007

Grey's Anatomy - The Complete Third Season

Charmed - The Final Season (Season 8)

Bones - The Complete Second Season

Supernatural - The Complete Second Season

Avatar The Last Airbender - The Complete Book 2 Collection

Prime Suspect 7 - The Final Act

Two and a Half Men - The Complete First Season

Las Vegas: Season Four

Addams Family - Volume 3

I Dream of Jeannie - The Complete Fourth Season

McHale's Navy: Season Two

Fraggle Rock - Complete Third Season

Witchfinder General

The Return of Dracula/The Vampire

The Lost World (Special Edition-1960) will also include the 1925 silent version, BW.

Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 3

The Fly Collection (The Fly [1958] / Return Of The Fly [1959] / The Curse Of The Fly [1965])

Phantom from 10,000 Leagues/The Beast with a Million Eyes

The House on Skull Mountain / The Mephisto Waltz

Devils Of Darkness / Witchcraft

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - The Complete Season 2

Gorilla at Large/Mystery on Monster Island

Vincent Price: MGM Scream Legends Collection (The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Tales of Terror/Theater of Blood/Madhouse/Witchfinder General/Dr. Phibes Rises Again/Twice Told Tales)

The Return of the Living Dead (Collector's Edition)

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes Volume 2

Welcome to the Grindhouse: Malibu High/Trip with Teacher

Welcome to Grindhouse: Don't Answer the Phone/Prime Evil

CD new releases Sept. 11, 2007

Live at the BBC by Sandy Denny




Stardust by Original Soundtrack




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DVD: Three new Walt Disney Treasures volumes on the way

These limited edition DVD sets will be out Dec. 11. Click the title links to pre-order any of them from Amazon.


Walt Disney Treasures - Disneyland - Secrets, Stories & Magic
Celebrate 50 remarkable years at the "happiest place on earth!" Featuring exclusive, never-before-seen footage, all-new interviews, and commentary by Walt Disney himself, this fascinating DVD is a keepsake you'll cherish for years to come. Following an introduction by Disney Legend Julie Andrews, go behind the scenes and visit key people who helped make Walt's dream a wonderful reality. Find out about the hilarious "bloopers" on opening day, hear and see outrageous ride ideas that didn't make the cut, and learn about the inspiration for magical attractions, such as The Haunted Mansion and Pirates Of The Caribbean. Discover more Disney secrets with a fun-filled trivia game, and enjoy all the classic Disneyland sing-along songs, such as "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" and "It's A Small World." "It has that thing -- the imagination, and the feeling of happy excitement -- I knew when I was a kid," said Walt Disney of his beloved theme park. Take a trip down Main Street, and enjoy that feeling all over again.

Here is a fantastic “behind-the-scenes’ look at Disneyland. This never-before-seen, feature-length program is a
fun-filled, engaging and nostalgic look on the past 50 years at the happiest place on earth. Via the use
of rare archival footage, new interviews, and through Walt’s own words, the creative magic,
operational know-how, entertainment philosophies and strategies of this beloved American icon is
revealed.

Bonus Features

• Wonderful World of Disneyland Trivia Game
Through the magic of Disney DVD, journey to each realm of the Magic Kingdom and test your
Disneyland knowledge. Be rewarded by seeing secrets revealed and visiting special locations such as
Walt’s firehouse apartment, Club 33 or discover hidden Mickeys throughout the park.

• Disneyland U.S.A. at Radio City Music Hall
1962, CinemaScope – Walt Disney interacts with Mickey Mouse at Radio City Music Hall.

• Disneyland Fun Sing-Along Songs
Sing along with classic Disneyland songs such as “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” and “It’s A Small World”

• Extended Interviews

• In-Pack Premium
Collectable replica of the original E-ticket book


Walt Disney Treasures - The Chronological Donald, Volume Three (1947 - 1950)Features the most prolific of “Walt’s Fab Five,” the short-tempered but
hilarious Donald Duck in rarely seen solo shorts dating 1947 through 1950.


Walt Disney Treasures - The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Predating even Mickey Mouse, the legendary and rarely-seen “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit” was Walt Disney’s first big animated star, and having recently returned to the Disney fold, comes out of the vault for the first time ever on DVD. The silent shorts made from 1926 to 1927 with Walt’s personal touch, are revitalized
with a brand-new score specifically made for the seventh installment of Walt Disney Treasures.

Pop Artifact! Disney's Jungle Book movie poster



Pop Culture Roundup Sept. 10, 2007

The title for the next Indiana Jones film is..."Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

Harrison Ford will once again take up the title role in the star-studded Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone and John Hurt will also feature – but it was actor Shia LaBeouf, also in the film, who let slip the name during last night’s MTV Video Music Awards.


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The New York Times reviews "Doctor Who" spinoff "Torchwood." Doesn't like it.

Best Doctor Who Sites.

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Madeleine L'Engle, author of "A Wrinkle in Time," passed away last Thursday, The Associated Press reports.

Although L'Engle was often labeled a children's author, she disliked that classification. In a 1993 Associated Press interview, she said she did not write down to children.

"In my dreams, I never have an age," she said. "I never write for any age group in mind. ... When you underestimate your audience, you're cutting yourself off from your best work."


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Newsarama has images from the Sept. 22 season premiere of "The Batman," which teams the animated Caped Crusader with Superman.

Best Batman Sites.

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See a trailer for the upcoming "Iron Man" film.

Best Marvel Comics Sites.

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