Is It That Time Of Year Already?!?

Amazingly enough it's only 86 days left to Christmas (!!) and so the Christmas albums are starting to appear. First off the blocks is this seasonal offering from the ever-beautiful Olivia Newton-John, who's birthday it was this week.

Although the album isn't officially released until 1st November, it is already available for pre-order here:

http://www.brickhousedirect.com/product/2037.htm?parentid=700778

Also, whilst browsing the internet last week I stumbled across an incredible Olivia Newton-John site that is just SO great that I almost fell off my chair!! It can be found at

http://www.cut2black.com/onj/index.html

Fish Out Of Water

Chris Squire's actually rather fine 1975 solo album "Fish Out Of Water" has finally made its CD debut on Chris Squire's own label. It comes as a digipack edition with a bonus DVD featuring promotional videos to 'Hold Out Your Hand' and 'You By My Side' along with an interview and audio commentary.

Chris is also currently working on a Christmas album that he is hoping to have finished by the end of the month. He says "I will be doing a prog rock variation of traditional Christmas carols with a baroque choir accompanying me." It'll be a lot better than it sounds - trust me...!

X

Her Divine Kylieness returns with a new single "2 Hearts" on 12th November, with a download version available the previous week. This will be followed by a new album entitled "X" on 26th November. "X" was recorded in London, Stockholm and Ibiza and features 13 tracks:

2 Hearts
Like A Drug
In My Arms
Speakerphone
Sensitized
Heart Beat Rock
The One
No More Rain
All I See
Stars
Wow
Nu-di-ty
Cosmic

Before all of that Kylie features in a brand new Documentary, "White Diamond", which features an intimate look at her Showgirl Homecoming concerts in Australia and the UK. The documentary will be premiered at Vue cinemas across the country on 16th October with a 2 disc DVD version planned for December. The second disc will be Showgirl Homecoming Live from Melbourne in 2006.