August 2019 New Music Releases
August is about to get live: Highly anticipated concert recordings from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Yes and Elvis Presley top our list of August 2019 new music releases.
CCR's entire performance at Woodstock, a long-sought-after collector's item, will finally be officially issued – five decades after they played the legendary music festival on Aug. 16, 1969. Along with the expected classics, look for key covers like Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You." Yes' 50 Live marks the long-standing prog band's anniversary with an expansive 2018 performance in Philadelphia that featured 10 current and former members, including original keyboardist Tony Kaye. Presley's celebrated comeback in 1969 is showcased in a pair of new box sets including Live 1969, which collects his shows at Las Vegas' International Hotel in an 11-disc box set.
Elsewhere, ZZ Top marks their own 50th anniversary with a new 50-song comp that's simply titled Goin' 50. Sheryl Crow is back with a guest-filled new studio project featuring Joe Walsh, Keith Richards, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor, among others. Tool is also promising a long-awaited follow up to 10,000 Days, some 13 years – and many false starts – later.
More information on these and other rock releases can be found below. Remember to follow our continuously updated list of New Music Releases for details on music issued throughout the year.
Aug. 2
Bad Company, The Swan Song Years 1974-1982 (6CD boxset)
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Live at Woodstock
Garry Tallent [E Street Band], More Like Me
Saxon, The Eagle Has Landed 40
American Experience: Woodstock - Three Days That Defined a Generation (DVD)
Yes, 50 Live
Aug. 9
Bruce Springsteen, Blinded by the Light (movie soundtrack)
Clarence Clemons, Who Do I Think I Am? (DVD)
Elvis Presley, Live 1969 (11CD box set); Live at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, August 26, 1969 (2LP reissue)
Filter, Title of Record: Expanded Edition
Slipnot, We Are Not Your Kind
Aug. 16
Jimmy Cliff, The Harder They Come: Collector's Edition (Blu-ray)
Spoon, Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon
ZZ Top, Goin' 50
Aug. 23
Arlo Guthrie, Alice's Restaurant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (50th anniversary edition)
Elvis Presley, American Sound 1969 (outtakes box set)
The Hollywood Stars, Sound City
The Rembrandts, Via Satellite
The Rubinoos, From Home
Aug. 30
Bruce Springsteen, Blinded by the Light (movie soundtrack 2LP edition)
Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority: 50th Anniversary Remix
Frank Zappa, Orchestral Favorites: 40th Anniversary Edition (3CD box set)
Nazz [Todd Rundgren], The Complete Nazz (3CD box set)
Poco, The Epic Years 1972-1976 (5CD box set)
Sheryl Crow, Threads [Stevie Nicks, Keith Richards, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, others]
Spirit, The Complete Potatoland (4CD expanded box set)
Tool (untitled, details here)
September and Beyond
The Allman Brothers Band, Fillmore West '71 (4CD box set)
Chrissie Hynde, Valve Bone Woe
The Cult, Sonic Temple 30 (5CD box set)
Stone Temple Pilots, Purple: Super Deluxe Edition
Gerry Beckley [America], Five Mile Road
The Magpie Salute [Black Crowes], High Water II
Steve Miller, Welcome to the Vault
Dan McCafferty [Nazareth], Last Testament
Zakk Sabbath, Vertigo (CD/DVD)