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Classic Rock New Release Calendar

May 2010

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New in May 2010:

Meat Loaf, Jackson Browne, Carole King & James Taylor, Chickenfoot

1. Carole King & James Taylor 'Live At The Troubadour' CD/DVD

Live at the Troubadour - James Taylor, Carole KingHear Music

Release date: May 4, 2010, Hear Music

The first time Carole King and James Taylor performed together was in 1970 at the Troubadour club in West Hollywood. In 2007, when the club was celebrating its 50th anniversary, the two singer-songwriters who were virtually unkown when they first played the Troubadour returned for an encore. That performance was recorded, and can now be seen and heard on the CD/DVD set, Live At The Troubadour. The release coincides with the duo's 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour, running May through July.

2. Chickenfoot - 'Get Your Buzz On - Live' DVD / Blu-ray

Get Your Buzz On Live - ChickenfootDC3 Music Group

Release date: May 4, 2010, DC3 Music Group

After the release of its self-titled debut album in 2009, Chickenfoot (Sammy Hagar, Mike Anthony, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith) followed up with a summer-fall tour of North America and Europe.  Get Your Buzz On - Live contains the band's full set in Phoenix in September, 2009 and excerpts from shows in Cleveland and Atlanta. The package also includes interviews, photos and bonus performance footage.  

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3. Jackson Browne & David Lindley - 'Love Is Strange' CD

Love Is Strange - Jackson Browne, David LindleyInside Recordings

Release date: May 11, 2010, Inside Recordings

In 2006, Jackson Browne teamed up with multi-instrumentalist David Lindley for a tour of Spain. Performances from that tour have been packaged in the two-CD set, Love Is Strange. Not coincidentally, the album's release coincides with a Browne-Lambert tour of the U.S. and Europe, June through August.

4. Meat Loaf - 'Hang Cool Teddy Bear'

Hang Cool Teddy Bear - Meat LoafRoadrunner / Loud and Proud

Release date: May 11, 2010, Roadrunner Records / Loud and Proud Records

Meat Loaf's 11th studio album, Hang Cool, Teddy Bear is a concept album that tells the story of a wounded soldier's thoughts about his future. The Guardian says the album "is of a piece with the rest of his catalogue: the pounding guitars never slacken, emotions are writ very large and the lyrics rarely lack sly wit."

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5. Remasters, Reissues, Special Editions

Devo - New Traditionalists remastered (5/18/10, WEA/Reprise) CD, Vinyl

Dire Straits - Alchemy Live 20th Anniversary Edition (5/18/10, Hip-O) DVD, Blu-ray

Iggy & The Stooges - Jesus Loves The Stooges reissue (5/4/10, Cleopatra) Vinyl

Judas Priest - British Steel 30th Anniversry Edition (5/11/10, Sony Legacy) CD, Vinyl

Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street remastered (5/18/10, UMVD Labels) CD, Vinyl, MP3

Carly Simon - Live From Martha's Vineyard - The Classic Concert reissue (5/11/10, Red General Catalog) DVD

Johnny Winter - Progressive Blues Experiment reissue (5/11/10, Raven Australia) CD, Vinyl

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