Bob Dylan fans will hit the mother lode on November 5, when Legacy/Columbia issue the Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One. The boxed set contains Dylan’s complete discography over the past 50 years and includes non-album singles, b-sides and other rarities … Blazing Gentleman is the new Robert Pollard album, due out via GBV Inc. on December 10 … On December 3, Xiu Xiu is releasing an album of Nina Simone covers, Nina, via Graveface … Legacy is issuing Over The Bridge Of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective (1964-2011) on October 15, coinciding with the release of the 15-disc career-spanning Paul Simon: The Complete Albums Collection. The former is the first single-CD collection containing tracks from Paul Simon’s solo catalog as well as Simon & Garfunkel recordings … Kickback City is a crime-noir-inspired project featuring music by Rory Gallagher and a new novella by Ian Rankin, illustrated by Timothy Truman and narrated by Aidan Quinn. The three-disc package is available from Eagle Rock on October 29 … A new live album from Counting Crows, Echoes Of The Outlaw Roadshow, is due out November 12 … Eric Clapton has announced the November 26 release of Eric Clapton—Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recordings, a six-disc boxed set containing 88 unreleased recordings, outtakes and live performances … Thrift Shop will issue No Way There From Here, the new Laura Cantrell album, in January … On October 29, Ed Kowalczyk’s new record, The Flood And The Mercy, will be released from Soul Whisper/Harbour/Caroline … Vince Guaraldi Trio’s classic A Charlie Brown Christmas is being reissued by Concord as the “Snoopy Doghouse Edition” on October 22.
—Emily Costantino
