This will probably be the last new releases post for the year with the holidays approaching – but to wrap things up, there are some interesting titles this week, including a live Tears for Fears set from the tour for The Seeds of Love, and also a holiday EP from the Pet Shop Boys.  The Tears for Fears set looks bootleggish – perhaps just an audio release of the previous Going to California live video?

Brian is especially stoked about the above collection of hits from Donny Osmond.  Having told me multiple times over the past few months that he is my “soldier of love,” I was not surprised at all to find out that he was waiting in line early this morning to purchase the Osmond hits collection.  Unfortunately, I forgot to mention to him that this one is an MP3 download.

Sucker!

Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind
Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Sister Sweetly – One of my favorite albums from the ’90s is newly available as an MP3 download.
Dire Straits – Dire Straits (vinyl reissue)
Elizabeth Fraser (former Cocteau Twins singer) – Moses (vinyl single release)
Alicia Keys – The Element of Freedom – also on vinyl
Julian Lennon and James Scott Cook – Lucy EP
George Michael – Christmas EP
Kylie Minogue – Kylie:  Live in New York – c’mon and do the Locomotion with me, eh?  No?  I love that she’s still doing the “Can’t Get Blue Monday out of My Head” mashup version live!
Nirvana – In Utero and Unplugged in New York – 180 gram vinyl reissues
Donny Osmond – Definitive Collection – Dude, you know that you’ve totally been waiting for this one!
Pet Shop Boys – Christmas EP – Speaking of mashups, this new EP features a studio version of the “Viva La Vida (Coldplay)/”Domino Dancing” medley from the current PSB tour.
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life and The Idiot (vinyl reissues)
Shiny Toy Guns – Girls Le Disko (remixes)
Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentleman We are Floating in Space (deluxe edition)
Tears for Fears – Live from Santa Barbara (with Oleta Adams)
Tiny Tim – God Bless Tiny Tim:  The Complete Reprise Studio Masters….and More