Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!
Jimi Hendrix, Both Sides of the Sky (Legacy/Experience Hendrix)
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
The latest collection of posthumously-released material from Jimi Hendrix arrives in CD, vinyl, and digital formats, featuring 13 songs recorded between January 1968 and February 1970 - ten of which are previously unreleased, including performances with Stephen Stills of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" and the original song "$20 Fine."
Eva Cassidy, Songbird 20 (Blix Street) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
The late Eva Cassidy's 1998 posthumous collection Songbird has been remastered and expanded for its 20th anniversary with four acoustic bonus versions of "Songbird," "Wade in the Water," "People Get Ready," and "Autumn Leaves."
Marillion, Brave: Deluxe Edition (Parlophone/Rhino, 2018)
4CD/1Blu-Ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Following the release of last year's remixed expansion of Misplaced Childhood, neo-prog rockers Marillion are jumping ahead to one of their top albums of the 1990s to reissue: 1994's Brave, their seventh album. A 4CD/1Blu-ray expanded box set of the album arrives today from Parlophone/Rhino including Steven Wilson's remixes in both 5.1 surround and stereo! The 5-LP version will feature Wilson's remix of the original album and the live material on vinyl.Read more here!
Uncle Walt's Band, Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing... (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Omnivore delivers the first-ever anthology dedicated to Uncle Walt's Band, a rootsy South Carolina collective that gained fame on the Texas music scene in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Tania Chen with Thurston Moore, David Toop, and John Leidecker, John Cage: Electronic Music for Piano (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Omnivore revisits the music of the late experimental composer John Cage with this newly-recorded performance of a little-known 1964 Cage composition in which he instructed the performer playing it to select parts of his Music for Piano 4-84 and use electronic equipment; the rest was left up to the performer - in this case, Tania Chen and a group of Cage devotees including Thurston Moore.
Leonard Bernstein, Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon & Decca (Deutsche Grammophon) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Another massive box collecting the Leonard Bernstein oeuvre arrives today, this one a limited, numbered set with 121 CDs, 36 DVDs, and a Blu-ray Audio disc collecting the maestro's early recordings for Decca and late-period work at DG.
David Byrne, American Utopia (Nonesuch) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
The adventurous artist and Talking Heads founder returns with his first solo album in 14 years, featuring a number of songs co-written by his frequent collaborator Brian Eno. Available on CD, digital, and vinyl.
Various Artists, Memphis Rent Party (Fat Possum) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Fat Possum has a companion album (available on digital platforms and vinyl) to author Robert Gordon's new book exploring the blues, rock, and soul of music capital Memphis. The album includes previously unheard recordings by Jerry Lee Lewis, Alex Chilton, and more!
Justin Hinds, Know Jah Better / Travel with Love (Omnivore)
Know Jah Better: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Travel with Love: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Omnivore continues its series from the Nighthawk Recordings catalogue with two more deluxe reissues including an expanded reissue of Justin Hinds and the Dominoes' 1984 ska/rocksteady classic Travel with Love!
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