And speaking of Neil Diamond, he releases his new Three Chord Opera album next month on the Columbia label - the first album since 1974's Serenade set that's been completely written and composed by the singer-songwriter.And how's this for inspired scenarios? The production team of the Dust Brothers performed the knob twisting at Neil Diamond's ArcAngel recording studio. The Epic Records label has just announced that the heavily anticipated debut album from Tenacious D is now on schedule for September release.įueled by the chubby manic powerhouse of Jack Black (last seen stealing scenes in High Fidelity) and Kyle Grass, the CD will include many of their bawdry concert favorites and a swell list of guest stars, such as Phish's Page McConnell, Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, Warren Fitgerald of the Vandals, and Steve MacDonald of Redd Kross.