Chimera Music and Secretly Canadian have announced their Yoko Ono reissue project, with the first installment taking place November 11 with the release of Two Virgins, Life With The Lions and Plastic Ono Band … ESP Ohio, Robert Pollard’s new group, will release Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean on November 18 via Rockathon … Athol Brose is a four-song EP by Nouvelle Vague, out now via Kwaidan/!K7. It precedes the November 4 release of the band’s new full-length, I Could Be Happy … The first solo Christmas album by Frankie Valli, ‘Tis The Seasons, will be available from Rhino on October 14 … On November 11, Sting’s new album, 57th And 9th, will be released via A&M/Interscope … Bella Union will reissue Midlake’s The Trials Of Van Occupanther on October 28, in honor of the album’s 10th anniversary. The deluxe reissue will also feature a bonus seven-inch containing previously unreleased tracks and more … The Pretenders’ first new album in more than five years, Alone, is set for an October 21 release on BMG … The Wonder Of You: Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will feature Elvis Presley’s vocals accompanied by brand-new orchestral arrangements, due out from Legacy on October 21 … The latest installment of Omnivore’s Blind Boys Of Alabama reissue initiative will be the November 4 release of Go Tell It On The Mountain and Atom Bomb … October 21 marks the release of the deluxe reissue of The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler’s iconic 1972 debut, from Rhino … Papa M will return on November 11 with the release of Highway Songs on Drag City … The Art Of Elegance is an album of American Songbook classics performed by Kristin Chenoweth, due out from Concord on September 23.
—Emily Costantino
