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We’re kicking off the new year strong and we’re bringing you more catalog titles from our top artists. We’ve scheduled more Alabama and Melissa Manchester catalog releases for 1/22. On 2/5 more missing albums from UK boy band Westlife will be available. Remember that huge hit “Swear It Again”? Also slated for 2/5 are albums from Poi Dog Pondering, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ozzy Osbourne and Face To Face. The music rolls on and so does Legacy Recordings. We continue in our promise to bring you more of the best music.

Darkness    3:13    The Police    Ghost in the Machine (Remastered)
Blame It on the Sun    3:25    Stevie Wonder    Talking Book (Reissue)
Peg    4:00    Steely Dan    Aja
Red Rain    5:38    Peter Gabriel    So
Heaven    4:03    Bryan Adams    So Far so Good
Faithfully    4:26    Journey    Journey: Greatest Hits
Finish What Ya Started    4:24    Van Halen    The Best of Both Worlds
Me and My Arrow    2:05    Harry Nilsson    Harry Nilsson: Greatest Hits
Why Can’t It Wait ‘Til Morning    3:04    Phil Collins    Hello, I Must Be Going!
Check out Robert’s playlist on iTunes.

Find out more about Robert at LegacyRecordings.com

Just a little video we whipped up for a record you may be familiar with…

Since Sam raked me over the coals for not doing this sooner, here are my top 10 albums for 2007, in no particular order:

Cotton Teeth
by [The Snake the Cross the Crown]
Equal Vision
(indie rock/americana of the year, as far as i’m concerned)
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Beauty & Crime
by [Suzanne Vega]
Blue Note
(one of the most underrated female voices in music delivers her freshest and most cohesive work since Solitude Standing)
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Re-Imagination
by [Eldar]
Masterworks Jazz
(yes i worked it, and yes i can keep listening to it. this kid is not yet 21 and can jam with ANYONE. crazy good. go to http://www.giantstep.net/artists/920 for a remix by Nicolay, too.)
Listen for FREE

Absolutes
by [Barcelona]
Self-Released
(the second Keane album was a dissapointment. This makes it all okay.)
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Young Galaxy
by [Young Galaxy]
Arts & Crafts
(ok maybe i’m an arts and Crafts nut, but this one gets me every time too.)
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Centuries Before Love and War
by [Stars of Track and Field]
Wind-Up Records
(the Travis album dissapointed me, but this made me feel better)
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Matchless Years
by [Aarktica]
Darla Records
(certainly worth listening to if you haven’t and you enjoy lush indie pop. The default song on my myspace for months.)
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Kurr
by [Amiina]
Ever Records
(delicate, fragile, gentle and lovely)
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Untrue
by [Burial]
Hyperdub
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(I keep going back to it. yes i know its not really dubstep. i can’t stand 99% of dub/reggae so this is actually not a bad thing. reminds me of my first impression of the first The Streets record, without the brain-numbing vocals.)

Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge
by [The Pierces]
Lizard King
(the creepy pop record that Bat For Lashes wants to be)
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Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
by [Spoon]
Merge
(nobody does indie guitar pop like Britt)
Listen for FREE.

Time on Earth
by [Crowded House]
ATO
(I love Neil Finn more than is right. Was looking forward to this one since the reformation announcement, it really grows on you.)
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A Strange Education
by [The Cinematics]
(Eat your heart out, other Joy Division cover bands.)
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Other Categories:

Records everyone else liked that I did not like as much as they did:
Panda Bear
LCD Soundsystem
Radiohead
Battles
Yeasayer
Bat For Lashes (But that might just be cause I dont like bjork much)

Records i wanted to be better:
Tracey Thorn
Lou Rhodes
Underworld

Yet another reason we love the Internet. How else would we have ever seen this?

As Lisa mentioned earlier, several Legacy staffers are pretty big fans of Guitar Hero. I mean, duh, who wouldn’t love a video game that single-handedly turned on a new generation of fans to the likes of Heart, Blue Oyster Cult, and Iron Maiden.

Yesterday I witnessed a heated elevator debate between two staffers discussing their favorite Guitar Hero songs and favorite Guitar Hero videos on YouTube. Obviously, they’d spent a few days out of the office, drinking eggnogg, surfing the web and playing video games.

Here are a couple of their favorites:

South Park’s “Real Guitars Are For Old People”

Freddy on Guitar Hero

Wrapped around Your Finger    5:13    The Police    Synchronicity (Remastered)
Spanish Joint    5:44    D’Angelo    Voodoo
Worry, Worry (Regal Theatre)    6:23    B.B. King    Live at the Regal
River of Tears    7:21    Eric Clapton    Clapton Chronicles - The Best of Eric Clapton
Sleeping with the Lights On    3:40    Teitur    Poetry & Aeroplanes
Bold as Love    4:11    The Jimi Hendrix Experience    Experience Hendrix - The Best of Jimi Hendrix
White Flag    4:00    Dido    Life for Rent
A Song for You    5:28    Donny Hathaway    A Donny Hathaway Collection
Check out John’s playlist on iTunes.

Find out more about John at LegacyRecordings.com

I found a few new things over the past week or so that I want to share. Some of these are not really that new, but they are new to me.

1. Google Mobile Updater - Over the weekend, I clicked on some Google App on my BlackBerry. It prompted me to install Mobile Updater. I did and I now have new versions of Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google News, Google Sync, Google Reader, Google Docs, and Picasa. I haven’t really gotten to play around with everything just yet, but the new Search is at least 10x faster than the old Search.
2. Google Reader - The Google Mobile Updater made me curious about Google Reader, so I went online (thru my PC) and checked it out. I’ve only been using it 3-4 days, but it is great! So far I have subscribed to about 30 feeds. This morning it cut my normal blog checking routine down by 30 mins. It even recommends similar feeds!
3. Rhapsody on Facebook - Two of my favorite things on the Internet now combined. It is better than peanut butter and chocolate.

Holy Night Fever    1:18    Deerhoof    Reveille
Christmas Wrapping    5:24    The Waitresses    20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Season’s Greetings (Box Set)
No Christmas While I’m Talking    4:25    The Walkmen    Bows + Arrows
Santa Baby    3:26    Eartha Kitt & Henri René    Bluebird’s Best - Heavenly Eartha
No Christmas for John Quays    4:39    The Fall    It’s the New Thing! - The Step Forward Years
The Little Drum Machine Boy    7:01    Beck    Sleighed - The Other Side of Christmas
Holiday    3:24    Weezer    Weezer (Deluxe Edition)
A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn’t So)    5:21    The Flaming Lips    Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
Check out Phantom Planet’s playlist on iTunes.

Find out more about Phantom Planet at LegacyRecordings.com