Encore Records

Van Halen

A Different Kind Of Truth

Van Halen’s first album since 1998 is a long-awaited reunion with David Lee Roth, who hasn’t recorded with the band since its classic 1984.

Here, the reunited Van Halen touch upon the past—reviving and reworking their old 1976 demo “She’s the Woman”—but look toward the future via new rockers like “Tattoo.”

The deluxe edition of A Different Kind of Truth contains a bonus DVD with acoustic versions of new songs and old tunes, including “Beautiful Girls” and “Panama.

Uncut / Mojo / The Wire / Classic Rock / The Word / Classic Rock Prog / Terrorizer

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Of Montreal

Paralytic Stalks

Quirky, funky indie pop outfit Of Montreal offer their 11th full-length with Paralytic Stalks, finding band brainchild Kevin Barnes at his most personal since 2007 release Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Recorded in Athens, Georgia at Barnes’ home studio with engineer Drew Vanderberg (Deerhunter, Best Coast) and a crew of session musicians (a first in Of Montreal history), Barnes lays bare his emotions to ponder revenge, self-loathing, and relationship turmoil through an eclectic ‘60s pop, revivalist prog, and pseudo country-tinged lens.

Various

This One’s For Him - A Tribute to Guy Clark

2012 two CD collection, released to coincide with Guy Clark’s 70th birthday.

Artists include Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Shawn Colvin, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylous Harris and John Prine, Patty Griffin, Ron Sexsmith, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Vince Gill, Jerry Jeff Walker and others.

The collection was lovingly produced by Grammy-winning producer Tamara Saviano (Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster) and frequent Clark co-writer Shawn Camp (“Sis Draper,” “Magnolia Wind”). The tribute includes 30 tracks by 33 Americana artists who are friends and colleagues of Clark or who have been influenced by his remarkable compositions.

Leonard Cohen

Old Ideas

2012 album from master singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen.

Here are 10 new songs that mine the heart, shake the body and break the boundaries as everybody knows only Leonard can do.

A signature of our time, Leonard’s baritone holds us like the voices of Hank, Frank and Ray. These are songs that nobody knows and everyone will treasure.

Complementing Cohen’s signature baritone on Old Ideas are the exceptional vocalists Dana Glover, Sharon Robinson, The Webb Sisters (Hattie and Charley Webb) and Jennifer Warnes. The album’s cover design and drawings are Cohen’s own.

Craig Finn

Clear Heart Full Eyes

Clear Heart Full Eyes is the debut solo release from Hold Steady and Lifter Puller front man Craig Finn.

The record takes a simpler route than the intricate musings of the Hold Steady, with Americana and country influences manifesting here.

Recorded in Houston, Texas, with producer Mike McCarthy and friends from bands such as Phosphorescent and White Denim during a 5-day session, the album showcases Finn s superb lyrical narrative and accompanying melodic vocals.

Styx

Grand Illusion / Pieces Of Eight Live

Filmed on November 9th, 2010 at the historic Orpheum Theater in Memphis, TN, this stunning show captures Styx performing their classic multi-platinum ‘70s albums The Grand Illusion and Pieces Of Eight live in their entirety for the first time.

Richard Thompson

Live At Celtic Connections

Filmed in January 2011 at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow as part of the annual Celtic Connections festival, this superb performance by The Richard Thompson Band marks their first live concert DVD release for five years.

The first half of the show focuses on Thompson’s latest Dream Attic album with the second half given over to songs reaching back as far as his first solo album Henry The Human Fly and up to recent releases such as Sweet Warrior and The Old Kit Bag .

John K. Samson

Provincial

Debut solo album from the Weakerthans main main. Provincial began with a simple idea: to explore four different roads in Manitoba.  “They’re the places I kept going back to. ” Samson talked to relatives, friends and strangers; he visited archives, a tuberculosis sanatorium turned RV park, a forgotten cemetery. The result is this collection of evocative songs, an album that fits beside Bruce Springsteen s Nebraska, Sun Kil Moon s Ghosts Of The Great Highway, Mountain Goats Tallahassee. While the teenage craving of “Cruise Night” recalls the Cars, “Stop Error” invokes Bach; for “When I Write my Master s Thesis, ” Samson s inspiration was all jukebox serendipity Bob Dylan s “When I Paint My Masterpiece, ” sailing out from the corner of a Yukon dive bar. Provincial is a record full of fierce, tuneful, vivid stories.

Motorhead

Motorhead Vol. 1-world is ours

In celebration of their 35 years on the road, Motörhead are proud to present The Wörld Is Ours Vol. 1: Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else, a blistering DVD containing live footage, interviews and some of the finest moments from the band’s 2011 world tour. The DVD is a pure testament to the power, glory and sheer voltage of the finest Rock ‘n’ Roll played by real legends. Accept NO substitute!
2CD+DVD, BLU RAY, and 2XLP versions available.