Amid much White Stripes product news -- involving box sets, customized record players and even a future new release -- the red-and-white adorned duo have now announced that their first three albums will be reissued on vinyl beginning Nov. 30. And, while the records won't include previously unreleased material, per-se, they are getting quite the analog makeover.

In fact, a message from the band states: "These are the versions the White Stripes want people to have for posterity." And not just because they're on 180-gram vinyl for the first time -- Jack White's Third Man Records really went the whole nine yards with these. Remastered in analog from the original analog recordings -- another first for these titles -- the new tracks have never touched the digital domain, thereby preserving and presenting their true analog character.

Artist: Duffy
Video: 'Well, Well, Wel'
Highlight: The retro-pop temptress stirs up trouble with a flip of a trench coat and a few crafty dance steps in this cinematic, stylized video.

Deerhunter leader Bradford Cox hit something of a personal peak on this year's 'Halycon Digest.' The songs were bigger, glossier and contained far more twists and turns than the hazy, hypnotic folk-rock that defined the band's earlier albums. That said, Cox's solo project, Atlas Sound, has been a refuge from the pressures of his increasingly popular band and he's now taking advantage with a new mixtape that features tons of harmonica, original tracks and covers of songs by Bob Dylan and Kurt Vile.

The free mixtape, 'Bedroom Databank Vol. 1,' shows the pure songcraft behind Cox's work. Recorded at home during three sessions in August, October and November, Cox remains in a loose, coffee-shop mode. He's unafraid to use the computer for electronics, but the set carries a vibe much closer to his Atlas Sound tour from earlier in 2010 -- solo acoustic guitar, loops, heavy harmonica and his spooky voice leading the way.

Due to an unknown illness, Ray Davies has cancelled an upcoming US tour with the Dessoff Chamber Choir. The dates, which were set to begin later this week at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, will presumably be rescheduled for a later time when the legendary Kinks leader is feeling better and cleared by a doctor to travel.

"Ray Davies' US tour dates have been cancelled," the singer's reps said in a statement. "Ray personally did not want to cancel this tour but was ordered by his doctors not to fly or travel until his medical condition has stabilized to their satisfaction. At this moment, his doctors could not provide a time frame as to when he could travel to the US and advised him to cancel [the] dates."

When Peter Hook listens to 'Unknown Pleasures,' the 1979 debut album by his first band, Joy Division, he doesn't hear portents of tragedy. Although singer Ian Curtis committed suicide the following year, just as the British post-punk group was preparing for its inaugural US tour, Hook says that first album reminds him of a time when the now-legendary frontman had not yet succumbed to depression.

"The interesting thing about 'Unknown Pleasures' is it was Ian at his best, at his strongest, his most aggressive and angriest and very confident in his lyrics," Hook tells Spinner. "When you look at the lyrics, you don't see any weakness. I see a very accomplished lyric writer and vocalist doing wonderful things with words. Looking at it in depth has really impressed me. I knew Ian was good. I didn't realize he was great."

Like so many country singers, Gary Allan has gotten a lot of mileage out of his love life. His 1996 debut, released when the onetime car salesman was not yet 30, was called 'Used Heart for Sale.' By the time he recorded his third album, 1999's 'Smoke Rings in the Dark,' he was in a melancholy mood over the abrupt failure of his second marriage, to a Versace model. By then, he already had three children with his first ex-wife.

Allan had seven Top Ten country singles under his belt by the time he began work on his sixth album, which would become 2005's 'Tough All Over.' Now the California country star had new reserves of pain to fuel his singing: On October 2004, his third wife, former flight attendant Angela Herzberg, committed suicide after struggling with depression and migraine headaches.

Joan Baez may be pushing 70, but she's not too old for treehouses.

The legendary folk singer took a 20-foot tumble last week while climbing down from her treehouse in northern California but luckily sustained only minor injuries. She's now recovering and "resting comfortably," her production manager told the San Jose Mercury News.