Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Official Release Series Discs 5-8 / Official Release Series Discs 8.5-12 (Reprise) Official Release Series Discs 5-8: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Official Release Series Discs 8.5-12: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Finally, CD editions of Young's second and third Official Release Series boxes are available, spanning 1973 to 1979 (Time Fades Away (1973), On The Beach (1974), Tonight's The Night (1975),
The House of Blues picked a hell of a hometown act to open their Cleveland location in the fall of 2004: for the first time in nearly 30 years, the original line-up of power pop heroes the Raspberries reunited on stage. That magical night will now be available for all to enjoy, thanks to a new 2CD set from Omnivore Records due this August! Pop Art Live collects the full set by Eric Carmen (vocals/guitar/piano), Wally Bryson (guitar), Dave Smalley (bass) and Jim Bonfanti (drums) as they played
Will the real Eric Carmen please stand up? There's Eric Carmen, the power pop prince of The Raspberries. There's Eric Carmen, the classically-inspired balladeer of "All By Myself" and "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again." And there's Eric Carmen, the eighties "comeback kid" of "Make Me Lose Control" and the Dirty Dancing perennial "Hungry Eyes." Luckily, all sides of the versatile artist figure prominently on Arista Records and Legacy Recordings' upcoming release of The Essential Eric Carmen.