The Roots have announced the December 6 release of undun (Island Def Jam), a conceptually based album about the life of “one Redford Stephens” … The remastered versions of Gish and Siamese Dream, the iconic debut and sophomore releases from the Smashing Pumpkins, will be reissued with bonus content and special features November 29 via EMI Music … On November 15, Shout! Factory will issue both of the momentous performances by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings at the US Festival in 1983 on DVD … Sectors is the new career-spanning release from Rush. It comprises three separate six-disc boxed set, each containing five of the band’s 15 Mercury albums in chronological order. Sectors is available November 21 via Ume … Time Life and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame have teamed up to release Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Live and The Best Of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Live. The first, out November 15, is a 10-volume, digital-only collection containing nearly 200 performances recorded at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies held between 1986 and 2009. The second is a three-disc collection out November 1 … Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller will issue his first-ever solo live recording on November 22 via his Maximum Sunshine Records. The Interpreter Live At Largo contains 14 cover songs (by artists such as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, the Pixies and others) recorded during his final two live performances at the Largo in 2008 … On November 8, Drag City is reissuing Royal Trux’s Singles, Live, Unreleased as a two-CD or three-LP set … The dB’s have released a new song for free download on their website as an appetizer for upcoming album Falling Off the Sky, set for a 2012 release … The Unheard Music is a film featuring the band X at its peak 25 years ago. It’s out on DVD and Blu-ray on December 13 via MVD.
—Emily Costantino
