On October 16, Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle will issue the solo Dept Of Disappearance (Anti-). He’ll also be joining Grandaddy for a handful of reunion shows this month, which will be followed by a solo tour in the fall … Jeff Lynne has two albums due out October 9 via Frontiers: the solo Long Wave and Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra. The releases coincide with the 40th anniversary of ELO … From Gainsbourg To Lulu is Lulu Gainsbourg’s tribute to his father, Serge. Out October 30 via MBM, the album features appearances by Scarlett Johansson, Rufus Wainwright, Johnny Depp & Vanessa Paradis, Iggy Pop and more … Available exclusively from Best Buy on September 4 is Green Day’s eight-disc The Studio Albums 1990-2009, a career-spanning boxed set … August will be a busy month for WHY?, which has the six-track Sod In The Seed EP set for an August 14 release via Anticon and an extensive tour of the U.S. and Europe kicking off August 24. A new full-length, Mumps, Etc., is planned for October 9, also via Anticon … Spring 1990 is a whopping 18-disc, limited-edition boxed set featuring footage from six complete Grateful Dead performances from its 1990 spring tour. The set will begin shipping September 1 via Dead.net … Speaking of Jerry Garcia, on September 25 Fantasy will issue the four-disc Keystone Companions/The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings. It features recordings of Garcia’s performances with Merl Saunders in 1973 at the Keystone Club in California … Tracey Thorn’s foray into the world of Christmas records, Tinsel And Lights, will be out October 30 via Merge … The new album from Gallon Drunk, The Road Gets Darker From Here, is slated for a September 11 release … In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s 1972 performance at Madison Square Garden, RCA/Legacy will issue the two-CD+DVD boxed set Prince From Another Planet on October 30 … Documentary The Beatles: Their Golden Age is available now on DVD via MVD, commemorating the 50th anniversary of when Ringo Starr officially joined the Beatles.
—Emily Costantino
