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In The News: Postal Service, Wu-Tang Clan, Antony And The Johnsons, Waterboys, Cracker, Woody Allen, Shuggie Otis And More

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The feature-length documentary concert film of the Postal Service’s reunion tour last year, Everything Will Change, will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on November 24 from Sub Pop … Warner Bros. has announced the signing of Wu-Tang Clan, and it will issue the band’s 20th-anniversary album, A Better Tomorrow, on December 2 … Antony And The Johnsons and Charles Atlas’ 2006 European tour was captured on film as documentary Turning, and on November 11, Secretly Canadian will issue a deluxe DVD/CD edition of the film to coincide with select television screenings around the world … The BBC Sessions is a collection of recordings by the Chills from 1985-88, due out November 4 from Fire on CD and vinyl for the first time … On November 24, Live In Tokyo will be issued by Eagle Rock on DVD, Blu-Ray and digital video. It features Jeff Beck performing as-yet-unreleased material as well as classic tracks with his new band … The new record from the Waterboys, Modern Blues, is set for a January 20 release via Kobalt … High Moon will issue Love’s 1973 album Black Beauty on CD for the first time on November 11 … Matthew Ryan’s latest release is Boxers, self-released and out October 14 … The 75th anniversary of Blue Note will continue with the release of a five-CD singles boxed set, Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression. Out November 4, it features tracks by Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Norah Jones, Thelonious Monk and more … Two Sides To Every Story, the out-of-print solo album by Gene Clark, will see the light of day again as a deluxe CD on November 18 via High Moon … The 10th studio album from Cracker, Berkeley To Bakersfield, is due out via 429 on December 9 … Teddy Thompson rounded up parents Richard and Linda as well as siblings Jack and Kami to form Thompson, and they’ll release collaborative album Family on November 18 via Concord … November 18 marks the release of Dwight Twilley’s Always from Big Oak … Razor & Tie has announced a two-disc set of Woody Allen material from the ‘60s, The Stand Up Years, which includes previously unavailable bonus recordings. It’s due November 25 … The first-ever live album from Shuggie Otis, Live In Williamsburg, will be released October 14 via Cleopatra … The First Waltz is a live album and concert rockumentary by Hard Working Americans, due out as a two-disc CD and DVD package from Melvin/Thirty Tigers on October 28 … A best-of collection chronicling Spandau Ballet’s career, The Story…, will be out October 14 via Parlophone.

—Emily Costantino