Peter Jackson’s acclaimed documentary, The Beatles Get Back, is finally going to be released on Blu-ray. Collectors’ cards are included in the box.
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Category: music
Clinton Curry shows how to blow a conch shell
Clinton Curry says no talent is needed to blow a conch shell. As long as you can pucker your lips together and blow, you are quite set to go.
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L’Tric 50 Years of “American Pie” with a new electric remix
The music never really died, it just got remixed over and over again. Australia’s L’Tric just remixed American Pie by Don McLean.
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Lou Reed: Words & Music-May 1965 showcases pre-Velvet songs
Lou Reed was raw and original. New York City was his element. If you listen to his early demos from 1965, you will see the beginnings of something special. Lou Reed’s Words & Music – May 1965 is a treasure trove of a pre-constructed lyrical foundation for the musical future of a brilliant musician in infancy.
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‘The Iron Giant’ score is getting a 2-LP Deluxe Edition release
The Iron Giant LP package is a marvel, with a pull tab opening the Giant’s die-cut eyes on the front jacket. Depending on which inner sleeve has been slotted in the first position directly behind the cover, the reveal is different. Open the eyes in normal or defense mode!
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Kenshi Yonezu launches Shin Ultraman movie theme song “M87″
J-Pop singer-songwriter and music producer Kenshi Yonezu, released a new single “M87,” a theme song to the new Shin Ultraman (New Ultraman) film, on May 18 (Wed.). Ranked #1 on the Billboard JAPAN HOT 100, #69 on the Billboard Global 200, and #16 on Billboard Global Excl. US on May 25.
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Def Leppard releases a brand new album, Diamond Star Halos
Their first record since 2015’s Def Leppard, Diamond Star Halos is the band’s 12th studio long-player was recorded in the last two years with Ronan McHugh co-producing. The 15-track album includes singles new single ‘Kick’, future single ‘Fire It Up’ and features guest vocals from Alison Krauss on two tracks: ‘This Guitar’ and ‘Lifeless’.
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Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues (2022 Remake)
Johnny’s in the basement 60 years later and still mixin’ up the medicine with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Noel Fielding, Jim Jarmusch, John Squire, Bobby Gillespie, Julian House, Zep, Cey Adams, Francis Cabrel, Wim Wenders, Anthony Burrill, Naoki Urasawa, Michael Joo and Azazel Jacobs.
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Madonna celebrates ‘Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones’
Madonna made history once again when she topped the Dance Club Songs chart for the 50th time back in February with I Don’t Search I Find, making her the first and only recording artist to have 50 No 1 hits on any single Billboard chart. To celebrate this milestone, she has curated two new collections, to be released 19 August: Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, a new 50-track collection that includes her favourite remixes of those chart-topping dance hits that have filled clubs worldwide for four decades, and an abridged 16-track version, simply titled Finally Enough Love.
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Miles Out To Sea: The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975
‘Miles Out To Sea’ assembles the pick of these recordings, with household names and hit singles (including The First Class’s classic Beach Boys cop ‘Beach Baby’) joined by cult Power Pop names (Rockin’ Horse, Liverpool Echo, Pagliaro) obscure one-off 45s (Atlantis, Fresh Air, Big Star-soundalikes Rotten To The Core), cuts from privately-pressed or non-UK albums (Rusty, Shakane, Majority One, Ironbridge) and many unreleased-at-the-time tracks (including pre-Records band The Fabulous Ratbites From Hell and a previously- unissued demo by pre-Rusty act Sheephouse, who cut a collectible Decca single).
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The Surfrajettes
I came across The Surfrajettes by accident on YouTube. I got hooked instantly. I was surprised that the group originates from Toronto. Never knew there was great surfing on Ontario Lake. What else could a guy want, surfing music and go-go boots guitar-wielding girls? The Surfrajettes are taking it to another level with the release of their first full album. Roller Fink promises great things for the group.
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Purple Haze: Jimi Hendrix Beauty Collection
Talk about cashing in. Collaboration between Authentic Hendrix, LLC; Sony Music’s merchandise wing, The Thread Shop; and retail platform Rock And Roll Beauty want you to be a Foxy Lady. The range includes the Voodoo Child Artistry Palette (which comes in a guitar-shaped compact), the Purple Haze candle, Foxy Lady matte lip duo (of lipstick and liner) and (seemingly, not quite done with the song name) the Purple Haze brush set.
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The Sex Pistols: The Original Recordings
For the first time in over 20 years, 20 of the Sex Pistol’s recordings from 1976 to 1978 are collected together to tell the story of one of the world’s most influential and extraordinary bands.
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The More Things Change – Film, TV & Studio Work 1968-1973
John Barry is a man of mystery to most people outside England. Barry scored perhaps the top movies and TV shows ever known to the human ear in the 60s and 70s. You knew there was magic when the theme song for Beat Girl screamed from the screen in 1960. There was more magic to follow. Ace Records collects some of his best works from 1968-to 1973 with a new offering called The More Things Change – Film, TV & Studio Work 1968-1973. Nobody was doing it better than him at the time. You might also want to buy, Music By John Barry”, a 500-page book covering his greatest scores by Redcliffe Press.
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Double-disc from Bear Family celebrates 100 years of Jack Kerouac with Beatitude
Bear Family Records’ tribute to Jack Kerouac on the occasion of his 100th birthday in March 2022. Jack Kerouac, who along with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs formed the core cell of the Beat Generation.
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Hohner Musikinstrumente gets license for Beatles and Yellow Submarine harmonicas
Hohner Musikinstrumente, a renowned musical instrument maker from Germany is releasing Beatles products that will enter the market in early 2022. One of the first instruments on the market will be a “Yellow Submarine” harmonica version under its “Signature Model” brand.
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Guitar: The World’s Most Seductive Instrument By David Schiller
An obsessive, full-colour book presented in an irresistible slipcase, Guitar features 200 instruments in stunning detail. Here are icons, like Prince’s Yellow Cloud, Willie Nelson’s “Trigger,” Muddy Water’s Thunderbird, and “Rocky,” lovingly hand-painted by its owner, George Harrison. Historic instruments—Fender’s Broadcaster, Les Paul’s “Log,” the Gibson Nick Lucas Special, the very first artist model. Hand-carved archtops, pinnacles of the luthier’s art, from John D’Angelico to Ken Parker. Stunning acoustics from a new wave of women builders, like Rosie Heydenrych of England, who’s known to use 5,000-year-old wood retrieved from a peat bog. And quirky one-of-a-kind guitars, like Linda Manzer’s Pikasso II—four necks, 42 strings, and a thousand pounds of pressure.
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