Exciting new releases by favoured musicians for grown-ups

Only one month old, 2007 is already a big year for new releases by favoured musicians for grown-ups. Artefacts on my shopping list include:

* January
Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels, 2CD set
Miles Davis, Best Of The Warner Years
Ella Fitzgerald, Very Best Of The Songbooks 2CD
Joni Mitchell, remastered, expanded 2CD reissues of Court And Spark, Hissing Of Summer Lawns, and Hejira
(no sign of any of these where I shop yet, though)

* February:
12: Van Morrison, At The Movies
19: Lucinda Williams, West
26?: Dylan, Don’t Look Back 2DVD, plus book etc

* March
5: Bryan Ferry, Dylanesque
12?: Neil Young Live At Massey Hall, Toronto

* April
2: Waterboys, The Book Of Lightning

* Later/?
Doors, Legacy, new 2CD compilation
Stones, Scorsese film


Many of the big beasts in the Music for Grown-Ups jungle are stirring at the same time…



Gerry Smith