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Happy Halloween everyone. Here’s a great song to get your night going.

Wow, another amazing artist, this time spanning over 50 years.  ‘Kenny Rogers:  The First 50 Years’ is a 45 song collection of all his original hits with 3 new songs, with one of them being with none other than Dolly Parton.  The boxset comes with a booklet with photos from Kenny’s personal collection.

Oh boy here comes some more Bee Gees.  The regular version of ‘The Ultimate Bee Gees’ double cd set will have all of their huge hit singles and the deluxe version with have a DVD with unreleased videos, live performances, tv appearances and promo videos.  Sounds good if you’re really into these guys.  But seriously these guys are no joke.  22 studio albums from 1965 to 2001, 2 live albums, 2 soundtracks, tons of songs they wrote for other artists, over 17 awards and over 205 million records and singles worldwide.  Phew!

A live performance Best Of by Rush titled ‘Working Men’ is coming out on November 16th. It’s a compilation of live performances from their 3 live albums ‘Rush in Rio’, ‘Snakes & Arrows Live’, and ‘R30′ and will be available on CD and by digital download. Here is the track listing

1. Limelight (S&A live)
2. The Spirit of Radio (R30)
3. 2112 (Rush in Rio)
4. Freewill (S&A live)
5. Dreamline (R30)
6. Far Cry (S&A live)
7. Subdivisions (R30)
8. One Little Victory (previously unreleased, R30)
9. Closer To The Heart (Rush in Rio)
10. Tom Sawyer (S&A live)
11. Working Man (R30)
12. YYZ (Rush in Rio)

I never really got into them but I’m here to give you news so here it is.  Their fourth studio album titled ‘Volume 4: songs in theKey of Love & Hate” is coming out on December 8th featuring the single “Spaceship” which is available on iTunes and Amazon as of yesterday.

Here comes the bombardment from WIDEawake/Death Row since they bought Death Row.  First The Chronic Re-Lit, then Snoop Dogg’s Lost Sessions and now this.  The “Ultimate Death Row Collection” (which sounds like a K-tel collection) will be released on November 24th and does include some of the greats.  Check it

DISCS 01
1. California Love – 2pac/Dr. Dre
2. Nuthin But A G Thang – Dr. Dre
3. Gin and Juice – Snoop Doggy Dogg
4. How Do You Want It – 2pac
5. Dre Day – Dr. Dre
6. Who Am I – Snoop Doggy Dogg
7. Regulate – Warren G
8. I Ain’t Mad At Cha – 2pac
9. Let Me Ride – Dr. Dre
10. Doggy Dogg World – Snoop Doggy Dogg
11. 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted – 2pac / Snoop Doggy Dogg
12. To Live and Die In LA – Makaveli
13. Murder Was The Case – Snoop Doggy Dogg
14. New York, New York – Tha Dogg Pound
15. Afro Puffs – Lady of Rage

DISCS 02
1. 6 Shooter – The LBC Crew
2. Everybody Needs To Slow Down – Kurupt
3. With Me Tonight – Jewell, Storm
4. Sticky Situation – J.Flexx
5. Rock, Roll, & Bounce – Danny Boy
6. Consider Me – Sixx Feet Deep
7. That Was Then This Is Now – OFTB, Kurupt, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Big Pimpin’
8. All Eyez On Me – 2pac
9. I Dont Care What The People Say – Tha Dogg Pound
10. These Reasons – Kurupt
11. Aint Got No Time – OFTB
12. Doggystyle 1996 – The LBC Crew, Warren G, Snoop Doggy Dogg
13. Sunday – Big Pimpin’
14. Super Ho – Lil C-Style, Snoop Doggy Dogg
15. Never Had A Friend Like Me – 2pac

DISCS 03
1. Do It Again – Crooked I
2. All We Do – Swoop G
3. So In Love – Danny Boy
4. “Spit Game” by Petey Pablo
5. Natural Born Killaz – Dr. Dre, Ice Cube
6. 187 – Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre
7. Black Diamond – Jewell
8. It Might Sound Crazy (Remix) – Daz Dillinger, Too Short
9. Big Pimpin’ – Tha Dogg Pound
10. Caught Up In The Game – Doobie, Danny Boy
11. Midnite Hour – Lady of Rage
12. Aint No Trippin – Soopafly
13. Aint No Fun – Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Kurupt
14. Real Thugs – Crooked I
15. This Type Of Flow – Soopafly

Oh yeahhhh, I love Chali 2na.  Beginning November 7th in San Francisco “The Deadliest Catch Tour” kicks off a 14 date tour featuring Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab, Mr. Lif and Lyrics Born.  This is gonna be SICK!  Here are the dates.

11/07 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
11/08 – San Jose, CA – The Voodoo Lounge
11/10 – Ft. Collins, CO – Aggie theater
11/11 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theater
11/12 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Tavern
11/13 – Park City, CO – Harry O’s
11/14 – Bozeman, MT – Gallatin County Fairgrounds
11/15 – Missoula, MT – Wilma Theatre
11/17 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret
11/18 – Bellingham, WA – The Nightlight
11/19 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
11/20 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater
11/21 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
11/23 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s

A very interesting story I found indeed.   John Tefteller of “John Tefteller’s World’s Rarest Records” had received a call from a widow of a Capitol Records executive who told him she had a bunch of records she wanted to get rid of.  When he went  and checked out the albums he found a sealed Sgt. Pepper LP and didn’t really think much of it until he really looked closely at it.  All the faces on the album were Capitol Records executives and no Beatles.  He ended up buying the collection then called Stan “The Beatleman” Panenka to ask about it.  Apparently there were only about 100 copies ever made.  Well a deal is now in the making with Stan Panenka for him to purchase it. I thought it was interesting.  Here is the album cover.

You know, I almost skipped over this but it was so embarrassing to watch I had to let you know.  I’m not going to post the video but I’ll give you the option to see it on your own.  On Sunday night at the Black Eyed Peas show, they brought out Slash to do “Sweet Child O’ Mine”.  Just…..horrible.

BEP & Slash

Directed by Alex Vlack and Damani Baker, the movie ‘Still Bill’ is being released across the country at various locations.  The movie follows the great Bill Withers (Ain’t No Sunshine) through his career with concert footage and interviews with his family and friends.  I’ve always loved his music and I’m sure when you listen to his stuff, you’ll hear samples that have been used in a bunch of songs.  You can check out more at Still Bill. Here’s one of his greats