Archive for August 5th, 2010
New Hendrix Box, More Reissues Slated for October?
Our reliable release date gatekeeper Pause & Play put up a pre-order link to a new Jimi Hendrix set. West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology, slated for release October 19 from Experience Hendrix/Legacy, is said to be a five-disc set (four CDs and a DVD), likely with some rare and unreleased content. No other information has surfaced, although that same date has an Amazon listing for reissues of The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s live set from Woodstock (first released in 1999 when MCA was distributing the Experience Hendrix catalogue) as well as CD/DVD editions of MCA’s 1994 compilation Blues and the BBC Sessions album released in 1998 – which now looks to encompass two CDs and a DVD. (That era also saw the most recent box set of Hendrix material, 2000′s The Jimi Hendrix Experience.)
Apple Announcements and Additions
Apple has announced the full, final specs for its upcoming swath of reissues, and they’ve managed to include some surprises that weren’t previously known about.
The Second Disc posted a rundown last month of some planned bonus tracks based on a beta version of Apple Records’ Web site. Now, the site offers a full press release and track list details for every one of the upcoming releases. Not only does nearly every reissue now contain bonus tracks (including the James Taylor and Jackie Lomax albums), but another reissue has been added to the fold: the self-titled album by The Radha Krishna Temple, an LP of Indian devotional music produced by George Harrison.
Hit the jump to get the scoop on each disc!
News Round-Up: Springsteen’s “Darkness” Doc, Motown Treasures and Porcupine Tree Rarities
- A new Springsteen documentary, to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, is the latest piece of The Boss’ upcoming Darkness on the Edge of Town box set. The Promise: The Making of “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” directed by Thom Zimny (who directed the documentary in the Born to Run box), will feature unseen footage from the album sessions in 1976-1978 and has been confirmed to be a part of the box, which is due in time for this Christmas.
- Here’s a fine surprise: Motown has unveiled another volume of its U.K.-based rarities line A Cellarful of Motown. The two-disc compilation will feature some 50 unreleased gems from the fabled Motown vaults, including cuts by Marvin Gaye, The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops and The Temptations. It’s available in the U.K. on August 23 and has a Stateside date of September 7.
- British prog-rockers Porcupine Tree are reissuing one of their rarest albums: a B-sides compilation simply titled Recordings. First released in limited quantities in 2001, this set collects tracks from the Stupid Dream (1999) and Lightbulb Sun (2000) eras. Look for it September 7.
Track listings for Cellarful Vol. 4 and Recordings are found after the jump.
