The Rolling Stones’ free concert of July 5, 1969 at London’s Hyde Park is the latest to come to the band’s From the Vault series – this time in DVD and BD formats. DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD
Fare Thee Well [Various Editions]
The final (?) performances of the Grateful Dead, recorded on July 3-5 at Chicago’s Soldier Field, come to CD, DD, DVD and BD in a variety of audio and video formats: FARE THEE WELL – Exclusive Complete Versions (Exclusively for order at dead.net) • 12-CD/7-Blu-ray Complete Version – Full audio and high-definition video from all three shows on CD and Blu-ray plus exclusive bonus disc of behind-the-scenes footage. Individually numbered, limited edition of 20,000. • 12-CD/7-DVD Complete Version – Full audio and video from all three shows on…
Live in Hyde Park
The music of Electric Light Orchestra lives on! Jeff Lynne’s acclaimed performance in 2014 at London’s Hyde Park comes to DVD and Blu-ray in a special edition also containing the documentary film Mr. Blue Sky -The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO.
Can’t Get It Out Of My Head: Jeff Lynne and ELO’s 2014 Hyde Park Concert Gets Fall Release
Last September, 50,000 lucky spectators bore witness to Jeff Lynne’s return to the concert stage when the Electric Light Orchestra frontman took the stage at London’s Hyde Park for the most eagerly-anticipated performance of BBC Radio 2’s Festival in a Day. Now, Lynne’s performance – backed by his band (including ELO’s Richard Tandy) and the BBC Concert Orchestra – is coming to DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats. On September 11, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Live in Hyde Park preserving Lynne’s 17-song set. Per the press release, Jeff Lynne “has been involved every…
End of the Long, Strange Trip? Final Grateful Dead Reunion Shows Arrive From Rhino in November
Over the weekend, the remaining members of the Grateful Dead kicked off their reunion “Fare Thee Well” concerts in Santa Clara, California. These concerts are billed as the last time that Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart and Bob Weir will perform under the name of the Grateful Dead. The final three highly-anticipated shows begin on July 3 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Rhino Records has just announced that these final shows will all be recorded and available in a variety of formats on November 20. The original line-up of the Grateful…
Release Round-Up: Week of June 30
Welcome to our final Tuesday Release Round-Up – and it’s a doozy! As many of you know, the record industry will next week adopt a universal Friday release day. No releases are scheduled for Tuesday, July 7; instead, Friday, July 10 is the date! DVDs and Blu-rays will, for the foreseeable future, remain released on Tuesdays. We’ll resume with a new Release Round-Up on Friday, July 10! Ronny and the Daytonas, The Complete Recordings (2-CD Set) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / The Viscounts, Harlem Nocturne (Limited Mini LP Sleeve Edition) (Amazon U.S….
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 23
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a vintage live concert from The Rolling Stones in a variety of formats, an all-star salute to the great Carole King, a rare soundtrack from a beloved performer to a classic children’s film, and much, much more! The Rolling Stones, From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (Eagle Rock) DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD DVD + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD + LP: Amazon…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 16
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring the return of a veteran artist, celebrations of the renowned musicians of Nashville and Los Angeles, a classic Disney soundtrack, and much more! Various Artists, Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy teams with the Country Music Hall of Fame for this 2-CD, 36-song companion soundtrack to the Nashville museum’s current exhibit chronicling Music City’s fusion of country of rock. One previously unreleased cut by Bob Dylan joins both familiar and rare tracks by Johnny Cash,…
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Live at Shea Stadium 1982
The Who’s October 13, 1982 show at New York’s Shea Stadium – featuring Kenney Jones on drums for a 25-track set (including Who favorites as well as covers of “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Twist and Shout”) – arrives on Standard Definition Blu-ray with DTS-HD Master Audio and LPCM stereo soundtracks. Also available on DVD.
The Wrecking Crew
Denny Tedesco’s acclaimed documentary about the hitmaking L.A. session legends collectively known as The Wrecking Crew arrives on DVD and Blu-ray. Features contributions from Brian Wilson, Leon Russell, Glen Campbell, Cher, Herb Alpert, Micky Dolenz and more.
A MusiCares Tribute to Carole King
A host of artists – including Sara Bareilles, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Steven Tyler and James Taylor – are on hand for this tribute to the one and only Carole King. Available on DVD and BD.
From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971
The Rolling Stones’ eight-song set previewing Sticky Fingers at London’s Marquee Club comes to a variety of audio and video formats from Eagle Rock Entertainment, many with bonus features/songs: DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD + LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Live and Sticky: The Rolling Stones’ “Marquee Club 1971” Comes To CD, DVD and BD
The Rolling Stones whetted some appetites when they announced that two tracks from the band’s 1971 Marquee Club gig would be included on the 2-CD/1-DVD and Super Deluxe Editions of that year’s Sticky Fingers, now due (after a brief delay was announced) on June 8 in the U.K. and June 9 stateside. Now, Eagle Rock Entertainment has revealed that the entirety of the concert – filmed for U.S. television – will be released in DVD, Standard Definition Blu-ray and CD formats on June 22 as part of The Rolling Stones’ From the…
Release Round-Up: Week of March 31
Today’s Release Round-Up has everything from classic country and rock to vintage jazz! Glen Campbell, Rhinestone Cowboy: 40th Anniversary Edition (Capitol Nashville) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) Capitol Nashville remasters and expands Glen Campbell’s smash 1975 album with five bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased “Quits,” two rare new-to-U.S.-CD single sides and remixes of “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.).” Read full details here. Van Halen, remasters and Tokyo Dome Live in Concert (Warner Bros./Rhino) Van Halen: Remastered Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1984: Remastered…
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Release Round-Up: Week of March 23
It’s a Monday release date here in the U.S., so here’s your early Release Round-Up! Bee Gees, 1974-1979 (Reprise/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set brings together the band’s Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown plus a disc of previously issued bonus material. Full track listing and details here. Watch on Record Store Day for a companion vinyl release to this set featuring the 12-inch mixes from Saturday Night Fever! Kansas, Miracles Out of Nowhere (CD/DVD Set) (Epic/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The new…
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A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney
2012’s MusiCares gala tribute to Macca comes to DVD and BD, with performances including Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s “I Saw Her Standing There,” James Taylor and Diana Krall’s “Yesterday” and “For No One,” Sergio Mendes’ “The Fool on the Hill,” Coldplay’s “We Can Work It Out,” Alicia Keys’ “Blackbird” and more!
Live in Dublin
Daryl Hall and John Oates’ July 15, 2014 show at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre – their first in the city – has been captured on audio and video! The concert’s 15 tracks include “Maneater,” “She’s Gone,” “Sara Smile” and more. Live in Dublin will be available in CD/DVD and BD editions.
Release Round-Up: Week of February 17
The Pretenders, 1979-1999 (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This mega-box features all of Edsel’s expanded Pretenders reissues, totaling the band’s eight Sire/Warner Bros. albums across 14 CDs and 8 DVDs (with six of the titles as 2-CD/1-DVD sets and two as 1-CD/1-DVD sets). Wow! All of the box set’s albums are also available individually (see below)! All track listings and discography can be found here. The Pretenders, 1979-1999 individual CD/DVD reissues (Edsel) Pretenders (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Pretenders II (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Learning To Crawl (Amazon U.S. / Amazon…
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Easy Skanking in Boston ’78
Easy Skanking in Boston ’78 kicks off a new program from UMe and the Bob Marley family. This new release, consisting of previously unreleased concert footage, will be available in Blu-Ray/CD combo pack, DVD/CD and standalone CD and vinyl versions. The video was shot with a hand-held camera by a fan that Marley allowed to sit right in front of the stage for his 1978 concert at Boston’s Music Hall. The result captures the artist from just a few feet away. Gaps in the original footage have been filled with newly-created animation over the existing audio….
Something Good: Legacy Expands “The Sound of Music,” Classic Soundtrack Also Comes to SACD and Vinyl
The hills are alive again! On March 10, Legacy Recordings will reissue RCA Victor’s chart-topping 1965 soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s five-time Academy Award-winning The Sound of Music in a new 50th anniversary edition to coincide with the golden anniversary release on Blu-ray. Collectors will note that expanded CD reissues of the classic musical soundtrack starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer are as inevitable as raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; editions have arrived in time for the beloved film’s 35th, 40th and 45th anniversaries. But this 50th anniversary release –…
Release Round-Up: Week of January 20
Jellyfish, Bellybutton and Spilt Milk (Omnivore) Bellybutton: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Spilt Milk: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Here are the deluxe editions that fans of the cult ’90s pop revivalists have been waiting for! A total of 51 bonus tracks are spread across these freshly-remastered reissues of Jellyfish’s two studio albums. Look for Joe’s review later today! Universal Togetherness Band, Universal Togetherness Band (Numero Group) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Numero Group has excavated eight tracks, recorded between 1979 and 1981, from a soulful Chicago collective that may be the…
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Cheek to Cheek Live!
Hot on the heels of their smash 2014 collaborative album, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga are taking their act on the road – and onto home screens with this 72-minute, 19-song concert filmed at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center last summer. The 72-minute special features such standards as “Anything Goes,” “I Won’t Dance,” “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” and Irving Berlin’s title track as performed by Bennett, Gaga and a 39-piece orchestra.
Release Round-Up: Week of December 2
B.J. Thomas, Home Where I Belong/Happy Man (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) B.J. Thomas, You Gave Me Love/Miracle (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Linda Jones, The Complete Atco-Loma-Warner Bros. Recordings (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) The Five Stairsteps, Our Family Portrait/Stairsteps (Expanded Twofer Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) The Unforgiven, The Unforgiven (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) Cowboy, 5’ll Getcha Ten (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Grateful Dead, Dick’s Picks Vol. 14—Boston Music Hall 11/30/73 & 12/2/73 (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Theodore Bikel, Theodore Bikel’s…
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Release Round-Up: Week of November 10
The Monkees, The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino Handmade) (Exclusively available directly from label) It’s Monkeemania all over again: Davy, Micky, Peter and Michael are back with a 3-CD expansion of their debut album featuring 100 tracks – 45 of which are previously unreleased! ABBA, Gracias Por La Musica: Deluxe Edition (Polar/Universal) (Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K.) ABBA is saying “Thank You for the Music” – in Spanish! The band’s Spanish-language 1980 album Gracias Por La Música is going deluxe with 5 bonus tracks, plus a 40-minute DVD featuring vintage promo clips…
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Rush Celebrates 40 Years Of Live Rock With “R40” Box Set
Hot on the heels of the 40th anniversary vinyl reissue earlier this year of Rush’s debut album, the Canadian prog-rock legends are celebrating their four decades of making music with a new career-spanning live box set coming soon from Concord Music Group and Rounder Records. R40, available in both DVD and Blu-ray formats on November 11, brings together live performances by Rush from each decade of the band’s long career. The box includes five videos first released between 2003 and 2013: Rush in Rio (2003); R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005); Snakes…
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
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