The National Academy of Recording Arts and...

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has collected some of the top music performances from Grammy Awards telecasts on a new series of CDs and videos. The first set of four CDs and two videos, being released by Atlantic on Feb. 7, includes music from Michael Jackson, Sting, Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton and Aretha Franklin. . . .

Looks like it’ll be a wait for a full new Whitney Houston album, but a greatest-hits package--probably featuring a new song or two--is due in summer or early fall. . . .

TLC is finally putting the finishing touches on its second album, which is now due in April, but the three female rappers will be heard before then, guest starring on Keith Sweat’s single “How Do You Like It?” in March. . . . Speaking of hot guest stars, rappers-singers Nice N’ Smooth scored Bobby Brown for the first single, “Return of the Hip-Hop Freaks,” from their April album. Also guesting: House of Pain’s Everlast and Cypress Hill’s B-Real. . . .

The rap community is eagerly awaiting the second album by Public Enemy’s deejay Terminator X--a collection of songs with him producing, but others rapping. The track that’s really got everyone excited is “Sticka,” featuring Chuck D, Ice Cube, Ice-T and MC Lyte. . . . Meanwhile, despite continued rumors that Public Enemy has retired, the group, with Chuck D at the helm as usual, is in the studio working on an album that’s due this summer. . . .

David Lee Roth does country? Not exactly. His upcoming album, “Your Filthy Little Mouth,” due March 22, features a duet between Roth and Travis Tritt on a number titled “Cheatin’ Heart Cafe” and Diamond Dave’s version of Willie Nelson’s standard “Night Life.” But a spokesman says that the album is all rock. . . .

Anton Corbijn is the director of an upcoming video for longtime collaborators Depeche Mode. The clip for “In Your Room” will feature several images recycled from past Mode clips. The song itself has been remixed by Butch Vig (he produced Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album) and is vastly different from the album version. . . .

John Cale, fresh from the brief Velvet Underground reunion, is teaming with veteran singer-songwriter Bob Neuwirth for “Last Day,” a “song-cycle” album of related songs.*