September 2006 Shout! Factory Newsletter: : 9/12/2006 |
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Roll Out The Red Carpet for Dick Cavett
September 12 brings the latest installment of The Dick
Cavett Show to DVD with Hollywood
Greats. This set brings the biggest stars
from the Walk of Fame to your home in candid, unpredictable interviews. The set
features the first-ever televised interview with Katharine Hepburn, plus Bette
Davis, Alfred Hitchcock, Marlon Brando, Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman,
Robert Mitchum, John Huston, Orson Welles and more. In celebration of this
release, Turner Classic Movies will air a brand-new Dick Cavett interview with
Mel Brooks on September 7. Tune in to TCM every Thursday at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT
for Spotlights from the DVD set. Watch the trailer here: http://www.flashenhanced.com/dickcavett/
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Nashville Comes Home to Nashville
Solomon Burke returned to the studio earlier this year to record the follow up to his 2005 Shout!
record Make Do With What You Got. The new disc was recorded in Nashville with Buddy Miller (actually in Miller’s home!) and is appropriately named Nashville. This new set, which Time magazine calls “Unmissable,” features some of country
music’s greatest starlets, including Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch, Emmylou
Harris, Dolly Parton, and Patty
Loveless. If you’re in the area, catch Burke
and Miller live in the album’s namesake town on September 25 at the Belcourt
Theater. Tickets are available here: http://tickets.belcourt.org.
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Good Music Guarantees Good Karma
We don’t need that Carson
what’s-his-face teaching us about the concept of karma— we’re living it!
Shout’s latest contribution to the karma factor comes in the form of the My
Name Is Earl soundtrack. Out September 19,
the CD includes songs heard in the show, as well as a few inspired by it.
Included are new recordings by Matthew Sweet (“Livin’ Thing”), Uncle Kracker (“The Weight”) and John Hiatt (“Instant Karma”), plus favorites by Lynyrd Skynyrd and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Season Two premieres that same week on NBC, so be sure to tune in to catch Earl,
Joy and Randy’s latest antics. Listen to clips from the album at http://www.flashenhanced.com/mynameisearl/
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Turn On, Tune In and Rock Out
These excellent words to live by are taken to heart on the
latest Tomorrow Show DVD release, Tom
Snyder’s Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show. The
new disc features the Grateful Dead, plus Dr. Timothy Leary, and authors Ken
Kesey (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest) and Tom Wolfe (The
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test). The
highlight of the disc has to be the performance by the Dead, who play four
songs never before available on DVD: “On The Road Again,” “Cassidy,” “Dire
Wolf” and “Deep Elem Blues.” The band members then sit down for a chat with Mr.
Snyder. Priceless! Look for it on September 26.
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There’s something About Harry
Back in 1952, renowned musicologist, filmmaker and painter
Harry Smith compiled the groundbreaking Anthology Of American Folk Music box set, which stands today as the definitive
compilation of blues, old-time country, Cajun and gospel. Over the years,
Smith’s work has been celebrated by musicians and musicologists alike,
culminating in a series of concerts staged by Hal Willner in 1999 and 2001.
Shout! proudly presents the best of these live performances in a 2-CD/2-DVD box
set. The Harry Smith Project: Anthology Of American Folk Music
Revisited is an amazing compilation,
featuring Beck, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, Lou
Reed and more, plus a brand-new
full-length documentary about Harry, the Anthology and the
concerts. It all comes packaged in a deluxe12-inch box and includes an
info-packed 40-page booklet. In stores
October 24.
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Special Shout Tip
The good folks over at Parasol
Records created a special double 7'' record for Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs.
The 4-track Pillowcase EP includes “I
See The Rain” and “She May Call You Up Tonight” from their CD, Under The
Covers Vol. 1, as well as The Kinks’ “The Village Green Preservation Society” and The Who’s “I Can See For Miles,” which are exclusive to this
vinyl-only set. It’s a limited edition, so order one today at http://www.parasol.com/labels/parasol/par038.asp.
And if that’s not enough, check
out Sweet & Hoffs performing live and being interviewed on Yahoo’s live
music page at http://music.yahoo.com/live/default.asp |
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