Yay. Be aware that Fan Dance got an exclusive track at Borders back in 2001. Same label this time so they may seek similar deals with either Borders or any other store.

Here's what her website has said for a month or two:

"New Sam Phillips record to be released early next year with tour dates to follow. Songs based on her collages, songs about the Los Angeles based preacher from the 20's, Aimee Semple McPherson, and others will be available through Nonesuch come February '08."

Hi Linda:

I just found out this title got moved back to February 26th 2008.

Rebel007

Thanks, Rebel. I'll change the date in the thread title.

Does anyone know for sure what's going on with this release? Several websites are listing January 26 as the release date, while others list February 26th. And Amazon seems to have removed the album entirely from its site. Please don't let this be another Tooth of Crime! Can someone make a call to Nonesuch??

Hi Linda:

Just heard that this title is now TBA from WEA who distributes Nonesuch. No reason given.

I will reserach further and update you when I have more information.

Thanks
Rebel007

Sigh... maybe they should change the title to Don't Release Anything.

Review from Walmart:

In a career of more than two decades, Sam Phillips has built an intensely loyal fan base that has tracked the evolution of her music from Beatles-esque alternative pop to seductively stripped-down torch songs - with an intriguing side trip into the world of The Gilmore Girls, where she served as composer. And she continues to enthrall music critics and her fellow musicians. In fact, one of the most highly praised tracks on the new Robert Plant /Allison Krauss collaboration, Raising Sand, "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us," was written by Phillips and appears on Don't Do Anything in its original form. That song illustrates the power of Phillips' spare yet haunting approach. An evocation of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the legendary performer who bridged gospel and rock & roll, the track sports gypsy rhythms and has a beautifully broken-in feel, as if someone had spun it countless times on vinyl before transferring the song to CD. With lyrics that alternate between confessional and dream-like, Phillips unfolds a multi-layered story about love and loss in which Tharpe serve as a kind of musical and spiritual guardian angel. "With deft, powerful strokes," The Los Angeles Times has said, in a review of Phillips' 2004 A Boot And A Shoe, "the singer-songwriter chisels emotions, impressions, yearnings and regrets."
This is the first album that Phillips, who plays both electric and acoustic guitars as well as piano, has produced on her own. Don't Do Anything has a more pronounced rock feel than her two previous Nonesuch discs, especially on tracks like "My Career in Chemistry," "Under the Night" and the title song. She has assembled an enviable coterie of smart Los Angeles musicians, including the Section Quartet, a string ensemble renowned for its interpretations of the work of rock artists like Radiohead and David Bowie. She's also joined by drummer Jay Bellerose (Aimee Mann, Joe Henry, Rickie Lee Jones); bassist Paul Bryan (Martha Wainwright, Norah Jones); and keyboardist Patrick Warren (Michael Penn, Bruce Springsteen). Minimalism is used for maximum effect: On "Another Song," which sounds as if it were tuned in via some vintage radio, Phillips simply accompanies herself on piano; on "Can't Come Down," it's just Phillips on guitars and Bellerose on drums; "Shake It Down" relies on a big bass drum and clanking percussion, with a banjo slipping in and out to underscore the rhythm. On "Signal" and "Flowers Up," the string players provide understated, movie-score-style atmosphere.
As a vocalist, Phillips remains coolly matter-of-fact even with the most confessional of lyrics. She's often drawn inspiration from Los Angeles, its topography and history, especially on her 2001 Nonesuch debut, Fan Dance. This time she delves into the story of Depression-era preacher Aimee Semple McPherson, whose evangelist empire was brought down by a mysterious disappearance and romantic scandal. She's also been creating visual collages from vintage magazine advertisements, accessible on her website http://www.samphillipsmusic.com - that have become the springboard for songs like "Flowers Up." They're the perfect complement to Phillips' iconoclastic musical aesthetic: while everyone else is posting videos on youtube, she offers these striking, enigmatic artworks, confident that viewers, like her listeners, can discern the artistry and emotion within these pasted-together images. She treats her audience like the grownups they are, making adult contemporary music - both uncompromising and alluring - for contemporary adults.
By T Johnson

Looks like the release date will now be June 3rd, according to her website.

Hello:

I just got an update on the street date for this title.

New street date is 06-03-08.

Also new releases are coming from T-Bone Burnett on 05-20-08 and Emmylou Harris on 06-10-08.

All of the above titles are on Nonesuch.

Rebel007

Searching Borders.com to see if Border's got an exclusive version of this, I found that Sam is doing a Border's bookstore tour:

http://www.bordersmedia.com/bordersonth ... illips.asp

But no mention of whether they have an exclusive version of the album. They usually do. Appears from the website they just have the regular 12 track version of the album.

Barnes & Noble also shows 12 tracks.

We know there are 3 bonus tracks that are being sold as mp3s on Nonesuch:
New versions of "Zero Zero Zero", "Taking Pictures", and "I Don't Know Why".
So hopefully those will turn up on a disc somewhere.

Oh wait, here's something from her MySpace page:


So maybe she's talking about an ep that will be sold at shows in the Autumn.

Here we go -- an MP3 EP called [lilred]Don't Do Anything: The B-Sides[/lilred] has been released:



1. Black Sky 3:03
2. Taking Pictures 1:48
3. I Don't Know Why 1:33
4. Zero Zero Zero 1:41

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001IA852Q/?tag=imwan-20

[bigred]I WANT FLAC, DAMN IT![/bigred]
I'm also getting sick of all the Lisa Loeb MP3 only releases. [bigred]GRR[/bigred] :

Same here on the wanting flac files.

I don't want files at all....I want a good, old fashioned, CD