Come On Pilgrim…It’s Surfer Rosa (4AD) compiles the first two Pixies releases (1987 mini-album Come On Pilgrim and 1988’s Surfer Rosa); it’s out now (as three-CD and three-LP boxed sets) and later (in November on clear vinyl complete with a hardback book) … On October 26, Memento Mori (Anthology 1978-2018) celebrates 40 years of the great Barry Adamson; the 17-track compilation is available via Mute on CD and limited-edition double vinyl … Terry Callier‘s The New Folk Sound Of Terry Callier gets the 50th-anniversary treatment via Craft Recordings on October 19 with five previously unreleased tracks … Town Burned Down (ATO), recorded back in 1990, is the first official release from Adam’s House Cat, Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood’s pre-Drive-By Truckers band … We’ve never been shy about the love we house for House Of Love, and now our friends at Cherry Red have released a 30th-anniversary edition of the band’s self-titled debut (five-CD hardback edition and two-LP version) that’s been remastered and expanded with non-album tracks, demos, radio sessions, live material and more … Also on Cherry Red is Def Comms 86-18, a four-CD collection from Pop Will Eat Itself that includes tracks from all the band’s albums (including the “lost” one), remixes and rarities … acr:set (Mute) is a career-spanning compilation from A Certain Ratio with two new tracks, due October 12 … The Death Of Rock: Peter Holsapple Vs. Alex Chilton (Omnivore) compiles songs by Alex Chilton (Big Star) and Peter Holsapple (dB’s) recorded separately by the two gentleman 40 years ago at Memphis’ Sam Phillips Recording Service … Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey and songwriting partner JD Souther released a self-titled album in 1969 as Longbranch/Pennywhistle, and it’s just made its CD debut and return to vinyl thanks to Geffen/UMe … Whitesnake gets Unzipped on October 19 courtesy of Rhino, with a set of the hard-rock band’s acoustic and unplugged performance from the past two decades; it comes as a five-CD/DVD set, as well as a single CD, double CD and double LP.
