New CDs arriving in Arts include a few re-releases by Irish supergroup U2, all with a bonus disc.  The recent multi-Grammy award winning English singer, Adele,  features on her 2011 multi-planinum release 21.  There is also High Society : original Broadway cast – a show based on the 1956 MGM musical and last produced in Melbourne by The Production Company in 2004.

Down the Overlanders Trail : the early days of Country Music in Australia is a compilation presented by record producer and broadcaster, Warren Fahey.  Classics are reimagined on Declassified and Arcane is a 2010 release by iconic Australian band of the alternative rock scene, Crow.

Most of these and many more are currently available on Listening Posts 3 & 8 in Arts.  You can listen to the entire CD or just select different tracks.

The Joshua Tree. / U2.

High Society : Broadway’s new musical : original Broadway cast. / music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

The Poet Sings : Australian Art Songs.

Warren Fahey presents Down the Overlanders Trail : the early days of country music in Australia.

21. / Adele.

Declassified : classics re-imagined.

Arcane. / Crow.

October. / U2.

There are eight jukebox listening posts in the Arts Reading Room, where you can listen to CDs from the audiovisual collection.

Other CDs & audiovisual material can be requested through the Library’s online catalogue, for playing on audiovisual equipment in Arts during opening hours.