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Coinciding with the release of the Ultimate Rave 2-CD/DVD box set, Legacy Recordings and NPG will release Prince's Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic as a 2-LP set on limited-edition purple vinyl. The album was originally released in 2001 as an update of its predecessor, Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, with a modified track listing that added the previously unreleased track "Beautiful Strange," and new remixes and modified versions of the Un2 material. In one of many examples of Prince embracing
Coinciding with the new Prince Ultimate Rave 2-CD/DVD box set, Legacy and NPG will release Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic on limited edition purple vinyl as a 2-LP set. The album was initially conceived by Clive Davis as a comeback album a la Santana's Supernatural. The star-studded recording included Chuck D., Eve, Ani DiFranco, Gwen Stefani, Larry Graham, Maceo Parker, and Sheryl Crow lending their talents. Highlights include the title track (left over from an abandoned 1988 project that
Over the last few months, Legacy Recordings has released a number of exciting Prince reissues on purple vinyl and CD as part of the label's initiative to bring Prince's post-1995 catalogue back in print. Today, Legacy has announced the April 26 release of a new 2-CD/DVD set called Ultimate Rave. The collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was
Next month, Stevie Nicks will make music history as the first female artist to receive her second induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, following her 1998 induction with Fleetwood Mac. Nicks has hardly been resting on her laurels; after wrapping a recent, acclaimed solo tour, she's embarked on a 50th anniversary tour with the newly-reconstituted Mac. Now, Rhino is celebrating her accomplishments with a new, career-spanning collection. Stand Back 1981-2017 will arrive in a variety of
Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray/2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD/2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Red 3-LP: Rolling Stones Online Shop Red 3-LP/t-shirt bundle: Rolling Stones Online Shop Voodoo Lounge Uncut marks the first release of The Rolling Stones' full November 25, 1994 concert in Miami, featuring special guests Bo Diddley,
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones..." Those are the exciting words that have let audiences worldwide know they're in for a night of exciting rock and roll. Though The Rolling Stones wrapped up their No Filter Tour in July, fans of live Stones will have good reason to be happy this fall, as a concert from 1994 is finally released in full as Voodoo Lounge Uncut. In recent years, Universal Music and Eagle Rock Entertainment have shone a light on rare and previously unreleased concerts
Frank Zappa, Official Reissues #15-26 (Zappa Records/UMe) FZ's 1972-1979 discography, almost entirely sourced from original analog masters. (Joe breaks it all down for you here!) Various Artists, A&M 50: The Anniversary Collection (A&M/UMe) Three discs of hits and favorites from a most eclectic of major labels. Elvis Presley, A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings (Follow That Dream) The King's complete Sun tenure, with single masters, alternates, live takes and more -
Ask the most voracious of music trivia buffs what "A&M Records" stood for and they'll tell you simply: Herb Alpert, noted jazz trumpeter and bandleader; and music promoter Jerry Moss, a duo who crafted the label from Alpert's garage in 1962. 50 years later, with the upcoming release of the three-disc A&M 50: The Anniversary Collection, it's clear that A&M stood for something else, too: one of the most intriguingly eclectic rosters in pop history, encompassing everything from jazz
Much like the train Johnny Cash so often sang about, the celebration of what would have been his 80th birthday year rolls on. Following the issue of Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth earlier this year, Legacy Recordings has just announced the CD/DVD and Blu-ray releases of We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash. Due on August 7, these preserve the concert held on Friday, April 20, 2012 at Austin, Texas’ Moody Theater in which a wide-ranging roster of musicians paid homage to
