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Pearl Jam, Yield (Sony) — Feb. Jeff Buckley, My Sweetheart the Drunk (Columbia) — Feb. lan Brown, Unfinished Monkey Business (Polydor). Scott Weiland, 12 Bar Blues (Atlantic) — Stone Temple Pilots singer. Tindersticks, Nenette & Boni (Bar None) — French movie soundtrack. Tricky, Angels With Dirty Faces (Island) — early 1988. James lha, Let It Come Down (Scratchie / Virgin) —l l song solo set from Pumpkins guitarist, Feb. REM, In The Attic (IRS / EMI) — demos, live & rare tracks on sale for six months only. Nine Inch Nails, Dissonance (Universal) —1998. Kirstin Hersh, Strange Angels (Rykodisc). Recoil, Unsound Methods (Reprise) — Alan Wilder, ex Depeche Mode. Pizzicato Five, Remix Album (Matador) — remixes by St Etienne, Gus Gus, Daniel Millerv etc. Chris Bailey, Howling (Triple X) — the Saints man is 40. The Specials, Guilty Until Proven Innocent (Way Cool I MCA). Dropkick Murphys, Do Or Die (Hepcat/Epitaph). : : The Superjesus, Sumo (Warners). Van Halen, Three (Warners). Space, Tin Planet (Gut/Festival). Kylie Minogue, Impossible Princess (Mushroom). Stony Sleep, Music For Chameleons (V2 / Sony). < godhead Silo, Share the Fantasy (Sub Pop). Hepcat, Right On Time (Hellcat/Epitaph). Nick Cave, Best Of (Mute I Liberation). Ramones, We’re Outta Here (Radioactive). Bruce Gilbert, In Esse (Mute) — ex Wire. Roachford, Feel (Columbia). Three Colours Red, Pure (Creation I Sony). Symposium, One Day At A Time (Mushroom). Mark Hollis, Mark Hollis — ex Talk Talk. Fleshtones, More Than Skin Deep (Ichiban). Carter USM, I Blame the Government (Cooking Vinyl). Mark Eitzel, Caught in a Trap I Can’t Back Out ‘Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby (Matador). Hunters & Collectors, Juggernaut (Mushroom). Jennifer Trynin’, Gun Shy Trigger Happy (Liberation). Gas Huffer, Just Beautiful Music (Epitaph). Wet Wet Wet, 10 (Mercury). Yes, Open Your Eyes (Beyond) — Roger Dean cover. CHRISTMAS ALBUMS Hanson, Snowed In (Mercury). Dwight Yoakam, Come On Christmas (Reprise). A Very Special Christmas 3 (A&M) — Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, Patti Smith, Chris Cornell & Eleven, Sting. RuPaul, Ho Ho Ho (Rhino) — includes ‘RuPaul the Red Nosed Reindeer’ and ‘All I Want For Christmas’, a plastic surgery shopping list. AOTEAROA .k Breaks Co-op, Roofers (Deepgrooves). Various, Wildside Best Of (Wildside). ’ Breathe, Carnival (Felix I BMG) Various, Pioneers of a Pacifikan Frontier (Urban Pacifika / BMG). Ermehn, Samoans Pt. (Deepgrooves). Freaker, Moltorubato (Deepgrooves). DANCE / R&B / REGGAE Fun Da Mental, Erotic Terroism (Nation I BMG). DJ Krush, MiLight (Mo Wax) — includes Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’. The Skatalites, Ball of Fire (Island Jamaica). Goldie, Saturnz Return (London).

Tony Rich, The World of the Blue Butterfly (La Face I BMG). The Black Monks, No Mercy (Rap-a-Lot I Virgin). Methodman, T2: Judgement Day (Def Jam). Faith Evans, Keep The Faith (Bad Boy). Notorious BIG, Born Again (Bad Boy /BMG) — 1998. Babyface, Unplugged (Epic). Prince, Crystal Ball — 3 CD set on sale via the USA phone number 1-800-NEW-FUNK. Funkdoobiest, Troubleshooters (Buzztone / RCA). Robert Miles, 23AM (Deconstruction I BMG) Johnny Gill, Favourites (Motown) — best of. ROOTS / ADULT CONTEMPORARY Robbie Robertson, Contact From The Underworld of Red Boy (Capitol) — includes spoken word by Indian activist Leonard Peltier and Howie B has remixed ‘Take Your Partner By The Hand’. Victoria Williams, Musings of a Creekdipper (Atlantic). .. Paul Simon, Songs from the Capeman (Warners) — Broadway musical. ’ t •' ' David Crosby & Graham Nash, Another Stoney Evening I/’ J J . (Grateful Dead Records) — 1991 concert. Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings, Struttin’ My Stuff (Velvet). Mary Coughlan, Live Galway (Big Cat/V2). Ralph McTell, Sand in Your Shoes (Redhouse). Robert Wyatt, Shleep (Thirsty Ear) —ex Soft Machine with guests . Brian Eno, Paul Weller). Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, Star Rise (Real World I Caroline) — remixes by Asian dance artists. Richard Carpenter, Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (A&M). Archie Roach, Looking For Butterboy (Mushroom). Peter Case, Full Service, No Waiting (Vanguard). \ : REISSUES Ben Folds Five, Naked Baby Photos (Caroline). < . - . Black Flag, Live ‘B4 (SST). Joy Division, Heart & Soul (London) — 4 CD box set. Swans, Are Dead (Atavistic) — two CDs live ‘95-'96. Aretha Franklin, Aretha’s Blues: The Delta Meets Detroit (Rhino). Ted Hawkins, Suffer No More (Rhino) — best of. Steve Earle, Early Tracks (Koch). Grace Jones, The Island Anthology (Island Chronicles)— 2 CD set. Ned Kelly (Rykodisc) — Mick Jagger, movie soundtrack. Bobby Womack, Across 110th Street (Rykodisc) — movie soundtrack. Allman Brothers Band, The Road Goes On Forever (Capricorn) — live. Gregg Allman, Laid Back, Playing Up A Storm, The Gregg Allman Tour (Capricorn). Allman Brothers Band, Mycology (Epic) — best of. John Lee Hooker, The Complete 50s Chess Recordings (Universal). Otis Redding, Love Songs (Rhino) .' r , T.Rex, Unchained Vol.l (Polygram Chronicles). T.Rex, Unchained V 01.2 (Polygram Chronicles). Them, The Story of Them featuring Van Morrison (Deram I Polygram). Andy Gibb, After Dark, Flowing Rivers, Shadow Dancing (Polydor /A&M). Trashmen, Kings of the Surf! (Sundazed) — 4 CD box set. Tom Jones, The Best Of (Deram I Polygram). Graham Central Station, Ain’t No Doubt About It (OF Skool / Warners). Chaka Khan, Chaka (OF Skool / Warners). ' A’ - : Christine McVie, Christine McVie (Warners) —1984 album. Skinny Puppy, Vivisect (Nettwork). Marc Almond, Mother Fist and Stories of Johnny (Thirsty Ear). Jeff Beck, Beckology (Legacy / Sony) — repackaged box set).