A batch of welcome, unexpected reissues makes this week one of the year's best release weeks ever!

True, someone might take a look at some of the recordings below and note, My, how odd, a significant number of the spotlighted releases appear to be by well-established, sometimes legendary and sometimes dead artists rather than current label signings!

On the other hand, others might say, Wow, that newly signed Jessie James looks like she's gonna sound great!

But, as always, there's enough to go around for everyone!

So there's no point in thinking absolutely nothing of any interest is being released anymore! Because now that Soundscan is going to start considering T-shirts albums...everything has changed!

Various Artists: Woodstock --40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm (Rhino)  Speaking of clothes, hats off to Rhino Records for one of the finest reissues in memory! On the heels of the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival--that historic moment when everything peaked and

After writing over a hundred of these blogs, I thought it was time for a change!

And what better way to make that change than to write it on a brand new computer? Better yet, how about writing it in a completely remodeled office--one which, in California's exotic San Fernando Valley, is now fully air-conditioned and the very picture of writerly comfort?

That's right! After two years of writing this much-acclaimed blog--with sweat rolling down my back, smoke getting in my eyes, and impatience rearing its ugly head every time I'd see an album credit featuring Will.i.am, Kanye West or Timbaland--I can now kick back, cool my bare feet on this wonderful new tile floor, and let my critical acumen fly!

And as a special bonus? I finally bought a CD player!

 Demi Lovato: Here We Go Again (Hollywood)  Even Demi thinks it's great she's back! Despite the stylish cover photo, the pretty young starlet probably doesn't want to keep this new album a secret! Working with exciting songwriters like

I suggest you fasten your safety belts and get ready for a summer of retrospection!

For indeed--between books arriving in the mail and phone calls from record company publicists, all signs indicate that this coming August will bring us the best 40th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival we've ever experienced!

If you're not aware, the original Woodstock Festival, held in upstate New York during the summer of 1969, was an historic event in which teenagers and festival-goers in their early 20s signed a pact asserting that their music, their generation, and their political ideals represented all that mankind could and ever would aspire to! It was great, and pretty significant! Later, after rolling around in the mud a little, they drove home, got jobs, started losing their hair, created heavy metal and bought widescreen TVs!

Others, of course, tragically perished!

It was a pretty special time!

Various Artists: The Woodstock Experience [box set] (Sony Legacy)  Some may call it crass

Wow! What an occasion! Please join me in celebrating this special 100th edition of New This Week--the much-loved blog that can only be written after repeated viewings of Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop and a vast influx of carbonated cola product!

What have I learned after supplying you, the reader, with all this fabulous content?

1) Many of you do not think the Jonas Brothers are the New Beatles!

2) Many of you do not agree that in some ways Led Zeppelin is better than Nickelback!

3) As always, I should continue to aspire to winning over readers who make such comments as "You like Teena Marie? You're either gay or have no taste in music."

4) And, finally, I believe I may actually have peaked as a writer in 2007 with my thought-provoking battle royale: "Soulja Boy Vs. Springsteen!"

Luckily, thanks to your continued encouragement, I'll simply keep at it--telling it like it is, in no uncertain terms, and making or breaking artists' entire careers with one well-placed keystroke!

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