JOHN MAYALL ‘THE 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT’ ON BLUE-RAY WITH EXTRAS
March 31, 2009 by Your Way To Music
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On 29 June 2009, Eagle Rock Entertainment release “The 70th Birthday Concert” [Cat No ERBRD5032] from John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Friends. Liverpool’s King’s Dock on 19 July 2003 was the venue for a long awaited and much anticipated reunion between Eric Clapton and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. The occasion was both a celebration of John Mayall’s 70th year and a fundraiser for Unicef. This Blu-ray shows the show in all its glory. Eagle was the first visual music company to embrace High Definition and their commitment to the new technology continues with new additions to their Blu-ray catalogue.
Also invited to the party were former Bluesbreaker and Rolling Stone Mick Taylor and veteran trombonist Chris Barber. Eric Clapton appears on eight of the nineteen numbers performed, with Mick Taylor guesting on a further six. If you’re a lover of the blues it doesn’t get much better than this. The show ran for around two and a half hours and the film is now presented here in its entirety for the first time. Thus, the Bonus Features on this Blu-ray release include three tracks from the concert that had to be cut from the original DVD issue for space reasons [Grits Ain’t Groceries, Jacksboro Highway and California]. The release also features an interview with John Mayall.
TRACKLISTING
1. Southside Story
2. Kids Got The Blues
3. Dirty Water
4. Somebody’s Acting Like A Child
5. Blues For The Lost Days
6. Walking On Sunset
7. Oh, Pretty Woman
8. No Big Hurry
9. Please Mr Lofton
10. Hideaway
11. All Your Love
12. Have You Heard
13. Hoochie Coochie Man
14. I’m Tore Down
15. It Ain’t Right
16. Talk To Your Daughter
Seven decades, sixteen tracks and one hundred and sixty minutes of entertainment combine to make this a fantastic release documenting one incredible evening of stunning music. The DVD version of this release is a hugely successful title from Eagle’s catalogue and this brand new Blu-ray release allows the concert not only to look and sound better than ever on but also to be returned to its full length with the addition of the never before seen footage.
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ORNETTE COLEMAN IS THIS YEAR’S MELTDOWN FESTIVAL DIRECTOR FOR JUNE 2009
March 29, 2009 by Your Way To Music
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Ornette Coleman, saxophonist, violinist, metaphysician has been announced as director of this year’s Meltdown festival.
Coleman pioneered the idea of improvising without chord changes in the late-1950s, giving birth to the free jazz revolution and forever changing the musical landscape. From landmark releases in his early career including The Shape of Jazz to Come, Free Jazz and This Is Our Music to the award-winning Sound Grammar in 2006, he has innovated and challenged convention throughout his entire career.
His radical, uncompromising approach to his art has made him a hero to generations of avant-garde artists from John Coltrane, John Zorn and Pat Metheny to Leonard Bernstein, Frank Zappa, Mike Patton, Patti Smith, Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized and Lou Reed.
One of the most anticipated music events of the year, Meltdown offers a guest director the chance to curate their own personal festival, revealing their interests and influences.
The festival’s eclectic mix of music, art, performance and film brings together a diverse range of artists, resulting in unique collaborations and historic one-off events. Now in its 16th year, the illustrious list of Meltdown directors includes David Bowie, Patti Smith, Morrissey, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, John Peel and Massive Attack.
The line-up is to be announced in the coming weeks.
source: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown
TWO MORE BLACK SABBATH EXPANDED DELUXE REISSUES DUE
March 26, 2009 by Your Way To Music
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Following the release of the expanded Paranoid set, Universal issue a further two classic Black Sabbath albums in the Deluxe format with an additional cd of goodies.
Black Sabbath
CD 1
1. Black Sabbath
2. The Wizard
3. Behind The Wall Of Sleep
4. N.I.B.
5. Evil Woman, Don’t Play Your Games With Me
6. Sleeping Village
7. Warning
CD 2
1. Wicked World
2. Black Sabbath Minus Rain and with Alternative Lyrics
3. Black Sabbath Instrumental
4. The Wizard With Jocular Banter
5. Behind The Wall Of Sleep With “Dry” Vocal
6. N.I.B. Alternative Mix
7. Evil Woman, Don’t Play Your Games With Me With Horns & Flute
8. Sleeping Village Alternative Mix
9. Warning Part 1
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Master Of Reality
CD 1
1. Sweet Leaf
2. After Forever
3. Embryo
4. Children Of The Grave
5. Orchid
6. Lord Of This World
7. Solitude
8. Into The Void
CD 2
1. Weevil Woman ’71
2. Sweet Leaf Demo
3. After Forever Instrumental
4. Children Of The Grave Alternative Lyrics
5. Children Of The Grave Instrumental
6. Orchid With Tony Iommi’s Cough and Count In
7. Lord Of This World With Piano and Slide Guitar
8. Solitude Alternative Version With No Flute
9. Spanish Sid Early Version of “Into The Void”
ROCK SUPERGROUP “CHICKEN FOOT” (JOE SATRIANI, CHAD SMITH, MICHAEL ANTHONY & SAMMY HAGAR) ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM AND EUROPEAN TOUR
March 25, 2009 by Your Way To Music
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Former Van Halen members join forces with Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Chad Smith and guitarist Joe Satriani
Tickets on sale Friday 27th March
London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
24 Hour Credit Card Hotline: 0844 576 5483
Box Office: 08444 77 2000 / www.livenation.co.uk
Rock supergroup “Chickenfoot” is set to release their debut self-titled album in June. Comprised of former Van Halen and Montrose vocalist Sammy Hagar, Red Hot Chilli Peppers drummer Chad Smith, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and world renowned electric guitarist Joe Satriani, the band is being hailed as one of the most exciting rock and roll guitar bands since Led Zeppelin.
The debut album, which will be packaged in exclusive “heat sensitive” artwork, will be released on edel entertainment’s recently launched new international rock label earMUSIC in Europe, Australia and Japan on Friday June 5th and in the UK on Monday June 8th, the album will be released by Best Buy in America on Sunday June 7th.
Tracklist:
1. Avenida Revolution
2. Soap on a Rope
3. Sexy Little Thing
4. Oh Yeah
5. Runnin’ Out
6. Get It Up
7. Down the Drain
8. My Kinda Girl
9. Learning to Fall
10. Turnin’ Left
11. Future in the Past
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The album will coincide with a European tour in June and July that will take in a number of outdoor festivals and intimate indoor dates, including a rare concert at the London 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Thursday June 25th.
Tickets for the London show are priced at £29.50 and go on sale Friday March 27th at 9am. Box Office: 08444 77 2000, Book Online: www.livenation.co.uk. 24 hour credit card hotline: 0844 576 5483.
Chickenfoot 2009 European Tour
Saturday June 20AUSTRIA Nova Rock Festival
Tuesday June 23CORK, IRELAND: Live at the Marquee
Thursday June 25LONDON Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Friday June 26HOLLAND: Heerhugowaard
Sunday June 28BELGIUM Graspop Metal Meeting Festival
With Marylyn Manson, Nightwish, Disturbed, Chickenfoot
Monday June 29PARIS: Olympia
Wednesday July 1MADRID (venue tbc)
Friday July 3PISTOIA, ITALY: Blues Festival (line-up TBA)
Saturday July 4MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND: Stravinski Hall
Featuring Steely Dan, Dave Matthews, Chickenfoot
Sunday July 5UDINE, ITALY: Lignano Sbbiadoro
Tuesday July 7HAMBURG: Grosse Freiheit
Wednesday July 8COPENHAGEN: Vega
Friday July 10KILAFORS, SWEDEN: Rockweekend Festival
Sunday July 12WEERT, HOLLAND: Bospop Festival
Featuring Bryan Adams, Journey and Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot – Biography
Rarely has a band come freighted with such expectation and promise than the new outfit that calls itself Chickenfoot.
Yes, you read correctly – Chickenfoot. Say that name again, just to get used to its sound. Chickenfoot.
It’s a silly name for a band – - and album – - that kicks a donkey’s ass six ways to Sunday and back again. Maybe that’s because long before the four men who comprise Chickenfoot came together they already filled the pages of rock history with enough individual mind-blowing chapters to boggle the mind.
The news that they’ve pooled their inordinate talents to one collective whole quickly spread across the Internet last year (and perhaps that crazy name helped just a little). The fact that they’ve succeeded artistically beyond anyone’s wildest dreams (except perhaps their own) is all the more reason to celebrate.
First, let’s consider the stellar line-up. There’s Joe Satriani, he of guitar god status, a dream born on the fateful day of September 18, 1970. It was the day Jimi Hendrix died, and it was the same day that Satriani, upon hearing the news, quit his high school football team and decided, at age 14, to devote his life to the electric guitar.
Interesting, what Satriani wanted more than anything was to be part of a big-time rock band fronted by a larger-than-life singer. He bounced around from group to group, but nothing hit the mark. Finally, he scraped money together and made a record of his solo guitar recordings. Not of this Earth attracted the attention of the guitar cognostici. But it was 1987′s Surfing with the Alien that made Satriani a household name. The album went Gold (it has since gone multi-Platinum) and went on to become a benchmark of its kind.
Since that time, Satriani has become one of the world’s most influential guitarists, releasing albums such as The Extremist and Super Colossal that have sold in the millions around the world. “It was all by accident,” the soft-spoken guitarist says. “I never mapped out a plan to be an instrumentalist. Â I really wanted to be a part of a big vocal-oriented rock band. I had offers, but nothing seemed to fit. Everything seemed like career move…until Chickenfoot.”
So what about that singer? Well, that would be another guy who needs no introduction; Sammy Hagar, the original “Red Rocker”, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee for his tenure with Van Halen, who made his professional debut as the singer for the much-revered group Montrose during the early 70′s. As a replacement for the iconic David Lee Roth, Hagar faced what many would have viewed as an unenviable, if not impossible fast, but as Hagar sees it, “I decided I wasn’t going to get criticized for being the second singer in the band – - I was going to be the only singer in the band.”
Hagar carried the Van Halen brand to new heights, and together they scored a string of No. 1 albums and sold tens of millions of albums. “I upheld the artistry of the band,” reflects Hagar, “and brought them to new places they normally wouldn’t have gone. That, to me, is what I really accomplished in that band.”
Hagar wasn’t looking to form a new group in his post-Van Halen career. “I really wasn’t looking to have a real band, but when I got involved with these guys, only a fool would say, ‘No, I’m not going to do this.’ The minute we started jamming it was obvious, like, ‘This is something that needs to be heard.’”
A great band is nothing without a great rhythm section, and Chickenfoot has one of the best in the two-man team of bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Chad Smith.
As a founding member (and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) of Van Halen, Anthony laid the bedrock for which guitar genius Eddie Van Halen could fly. More than that, he provided a signature style of background vocal that became an intrinsic part of that band. “A total fluke,” the good-natured bassist humbly asserts. “I was just doing what came naturally.”
Hagar sees Anthony’s abilities differently – “Michael keeps the band going. Listen, he’s never going to get the kind of credit he deserves – - he played next to Eddie Van Halen. Hell, Jack Bruce didn’t get much credit compared to Eric Clapton – - that’s just the nature of things. Mikey held down the fort, and he still does.”
Aiding Anthony in holding down the fort is Chad Smith, drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who have, since Smith joined the group in the late Eighties, gone from cult faves to a worldwide force. Â Heretofore thought of as a “funk/alternative” drummer, Smith gets to rock hard with Chickenfoot, and the percussion explosion he creates might come as a surprise to those who only know of his work from tracks like Under The Bridge.
“The guy’s from Detroit, for God’s sake!” says Hagar. “He can play the hell out of funk, but he’s a rocker. He plays hard, man. You could put one mic in a room with Chad, and you can hear all the parts of his kit – - he’s hard, but he’s balanced. The band wouldn’t exist without his groove.”
The members of Chickenfoot admit that the band came together almost by accident, a result of jams held at Hagar’s club, Cabo Wabo Cantina, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
“We were just having fun,” recalls Michael Anthony. “After Sammy and I left Van Halen, we’d get together with musicians, and certain people seemed to really gel. Chad came down and we got on well with him. Gradually, we started talking about doing something more serious, but we needed a guitarist. Somebody smokin’ – somebody who could take us to the Promised Land.”
Enter Satch, who hooked up with Hagar, Anthony and Smith and felt “an immediate connection unlike anything I’d ever experienced before.” To Satriani, who had almost abandoned his lifelong dream of being a part of a “big-time rock band,” here was his chance, and here were his band mates. “After just a few songs, it became stunningly obvious that we shared an overall musical agenda. The only question was could we make a great album?”
The band answered that question last fall when they hunkered down with the illustrious producer Andy Johns at George Lucas’ Skywalker Studios and knocked out a batch of songs that sets a new standard for rock music in the new millennium.
From the thunderous, ominous opening strains of Avenida Revolution (detailing the bloody drug wars in Tijuana, in which Hagar makes his feelings come through his skin) to the album closer, the shimmering rock ballad Future’s in the Past,“Chickenfoot” is a firebomb of a record, the likes of which we haven’t heard in ages.
The band kicks and snorts their way through a passel of take-no-prisoners rockers like Soap on a Rope, Sexy Little Thing, Oh Yeah and My Kind of Girl.
These are the kinds of songs I could never do on my own,” says Satriani, “I needed a band like this to make those songs come alive.” The band explores mature themes on songs such as Runnin’ Out, about a world stretched to the breaking point to Learning to Fall, perhaps the most poignant love song Hagar has ever written lyrics for. As both a vocalist and songwriter, Hagar’s intensity and forcefulness are on vivid display on ”Chickenfoot”.
“I write what comes to mind,” the singer says. “I’m not bound by anything subject-wise. I’m inspired by the music. When I heard the music Joe was going for, it made me reach, it made me stretch. I think it made me sing in a way that I normally wouldn’t have done. We seem to have that kind of effect on each other.”
Satriani agrees. “People have this idea of what this band is about, or what Sammy Hagar is about as a lyricist and a vocalist. The thing is that we manage to get each guy to up his game in a non-confrontational way. When I play with Chickenfoot, I find myself wanting to give them more all the time. I don’t hold anything back. I think the rest of the guys feel the same way.”
That Satriani unleashes sheets of shred magna is, of course, a given, but what’s interesting is, as individualistic and recognizable as his talents are – - and this is true of all the players – - they transform in a strange and beautiful way on “Chickenfoot”.
Likewise, Anthony and Smith, channel past heroes. For Anthony it’s Electric Flag bassist Harvey Brooks. For Smith it’s Zeppelin’s John Bonham. Together, they perform something of an astonishing balancing act, dispending performances that meet at the intersection of Heavy and Nimble. This is what a rhythm section does, drives the band in forceful, creative ways. Listen to Chickenfoot and you’ll hear what a true rhythm section sounds like.
By the way, did we mention they have a weird name?
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NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES SET FOR JUNE (REALLY!)
March 22, 2009 by Your Way To Music
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Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 (10 Disc Blu-Ray) [Blu-ray] is available now (pre-order):
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Neil Young Archives Volume 1 (1963 – 1972) 10 DVD is available now (pre-order):
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Neil Young Archives Volume I (1963 – 1972)(8 CD with 160 page book) [BOX SET] is available now (pre-order):
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Young’s manager Elliot Roberts told a news conference at the South By Southwest Festival in Texas that the project was finally ready for release and would be with us early in June.
The multi-disc set will be released on Blu-Ray, DVD (both 10 disc) and CD (8 disc) and a number of variations of those formats costing from around £200. It will contain a massive amount of unreleased and unheard material (in audio terms alone there are 128 tracks, 43 of those previously unreleased and 13 of those never before heard).
The CD box contains the previously released Fillmore East and Massey Hall concerts as well as six more discs containing a mixture of live and studio material.
The Blu Ray set is something altogether more special. The ten-disc set will act like a “filing cabinet” of music containing all of the material available on the CDs as well as hours of documentary, live and studio footage, hundreds of photographs, notes and bits and pieces of memorabilia. People that purchase the Blu Ray edition of the box will be able to download and update their Archive “filing cabinet” with new material as and when Young adds it.
You will also be able to buy all of the separate discs in all of the formats individually.
Here is the tracklist for one of the most eagerly awaited box sets ever:
Disc 00 EARLY YEARS (1963-1965)
* Aurora The Squires – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
* The Sultan The Squires – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
* I Wonder The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
* Mustang The Squires – previously unreleased instrumental (mono)
* I’ll Love You Forever The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
* (I’m A Man And) I Can’t Cry The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
* Hello Lonely Woman Neil Young & Comrie Smith – previously unreleased version
* Casting Me Away From You Neil Young & Comrie Smith – previously unreleased song
* There Goes My Babe Neil Young & Comrie Smith – previously unreleased song
* Sugar Mountain Neil Young – previously unreleased demo version (mono)
* Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing Neil Young – previously unreleased demo version (mono)
* Runaround Babe Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
* The Ballad Of Peggy Grover Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
* The Rent Is Always Due Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
* Extra, Extra Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
Disc 01 EARLY YEARS (1966-1968)
* Flying On The Ground Is Wrong Neil Young – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
* Burned Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield (mono)
* Out Of My Mind Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield (mono)
* Down, Down, Down Neil Young – previously unreleased version (mono)
* Kahuna Sunset Buffalo Springfield – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
* Mr. Soul Buffalo Springfield – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
* Sell Out Buffalo Springfield – previously unreleased song (mono)
* Down To The Wire Neil Young – from the album Decade (mono)
* Expecting To Fly Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield
* Slowly Burning Neil Young – previously unreleased instrumental
* One More Sign Neil Young – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set
* Broken Arrow Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield Again
* I Am A Child Buffalo Springfield – from the album Last Time Around
Disc 02 TOPANGA 1 (1968-1969)
* Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young – from the stereo promotional 45 RPM single-second pressing
* The Loner Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
* Birds Neil Young – previously unreleased version
* What Did You Do To My Life? Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
* The Last Trip To Tulsa Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
* Here We Are In The Years Neil Young – from the album Neil Young–second version
* I’ve Been Waiting For You Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
* The Old Laughing Lady Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
* I’ve Loved Her So Long Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
* Sugar Mountain Neil Young – previously unreleased stereo master
* Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* Down By The River Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
* Cowgirl In The Sand Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
* Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Disc 03 LIVE AT THE RIVERBOAT (TORONTO 1969)
* Sugar Mountain Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* The Old Laughing Lady Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* Flying On The Ground Is Wrong Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* On The Way Home Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* I’ve Loved Her So Long Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* I Am A Child Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* 1956 Bubblegum Disaster Neil Young – previously unreleased song
* The Last Trip To Tulsa Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* Broken Arrow Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* Whiskey Boot Hill Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* Expecting To Fly Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
Disc 04 TOPANGA 2 (1969-1970)
* Cinnamon Girl Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
* Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets) Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
* Round And Round (It Won’t Be Long) Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
* Oh Lonesome Me Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased stereo mix
* Birds Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
* Everybody’s Alone Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Previously unreleased song
* I Believe In You Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album After The Gold Rush
* Sea Of Madness Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the original soundtrack album Woodstock
* Dance Dance Dance Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased version
* Country Girl Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the album Déjà Vu
* Helpless Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreleased mix
* It Might Have Been Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased live version
Disc 05 NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE–LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST (NEW YORK 1970)
* Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
* Winterlong
* Down By The River
* Wonderin’
* Come On Baby, Let’s Go Downtown
* Cowgirl In The Sand
all previously released live versions
Disc 06 TOPANGA 3 (1970)
* Tell Me Why Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
* After The Gold Rush Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
* Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
* Wonderin’ Neil Young – previously unreleased version
* Don’t Let It Bring You Down Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush-first pressing
* Cripple Creek Ferry Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
* Southern Man Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
* Till The Morning Comes Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
* When You Dance, I Can Really Love Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album After The Gold Rush-first pressing
* Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the stereo 45 RPM single
* Only Love Can Break Your Heart Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreleased live version
* Tell Me Why Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreleased live version
* Music Is Love David Crosby, Graham Nash & Neil Young – from the album If I Could Only Remember My Name
* See The Sky About To Rain Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
Disc 07 LIVE AT MASSEY HALL (TORONTO 1971)
* On The Way Home
* Tell Me Why
* Old Man
* Journey Through The Past
* Helpless
* Love In Mind
* A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold (Suite)
* Cowgirl In The Sand
* Don’t Let It Bring You Down
* There’s A World
* Bad Fog Of Loneliness
* The Needle And The Damage Done
* Ohio
* See The Sky About To Rain
* Down By The River
* Dance Dance Dance
* I Am A Child
all previously released live versions
Disc 08 NORTH COUNTRY (1971-1972)
* Heart Of Gold Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
* The Needle And The Damage Done Neil Young – from the album Harvest
* Bad Fog Of Loneliness Neil Young with The Stray Gators – previously unreleased version
* Old Man Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
* Heart Of Gold Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
* Dance Dance Dance Neil Young – previously unreleased version
* A Man Needs A Maid Neil Young with the London Symphony Orchestra – previously unreleased mix
* Harvest Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
* Journey Through The Past Neil Young with The Stray Gators – previously unreleased version
* Are You Ready For The Country? Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
* Alabama Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
* Words (Between The Lines Of Age) Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the original soundtrack album Journey Through The Past
* Soldier Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
* War Song Neil Young & Graham Nash with The Stray Gators – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
Disc 09 JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST – A FILM BY NEIL YOUNG
* Available for the first time since its original theatrical release in 1973
* In 5.1 DTS© surround sound and stereo
* Includes rare performance and documentary footage of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and scenes from the recording of the Harvest album featuring Neil Young with The Stray Gators
Special features include:
* Theatrical trailer
* Radio spots
* Archival galleries
Now due for release in early June
ERIC CLAPTON AND STEVE WINWOOD LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN DVD DUE 18 MAY
March 20, 2009 by Your Way To Music
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“Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden” will be released on 18 May in the UK and 19 May in the US. It will be available as a deluxe 4 disc set (2 dvds and 2 cds). These will also be available as standard sets sold separately.
It will run as a complete show although the running order is slightly different than on the night.
DVD 1
01. Had To Cry Today
02. Them Changes
03. Forever Man
04. Sleeping In The Ground
05. Presence Of The Lord
06. Glad
07. Well All Right
08. Double Trouble
09. Pearly Queen
10. Tell The Truth
11. No Face No Name No Number
12. After Midnight
13. Split Decision
14. Rambling On My Mind (EC solo acoustic)
15. Georgia On My Mind (SW solo hammond)
16. Little Wing
17. Voodoo Chile
18. Can’t Find My Way Home
19. Dear Mr Fantasy
Encore:
20. Cocaine
DVD 2
Includes ‘The Road to Madison Square Garden’, an exclusive documentary featuring new interviews with Eric and Steve, together with rare footage and photographs of Cream, Traffic and Blind Faith.
‘Rambling On My Mind’: The final preparation for the three legendary performances highlighted by an acoustic soundcheck performance by Eric of the Robert Johnson standard ‘Rambling On My mind’.
Plus Bonus Performances of ‘Lowdown’, ‘Kind Hearted Blues’ and “Crossroads’.
CD 1
01. Had To Cry Today
02. Low Down
03. Them Changes
04. Forever Man
05. Sleeping In The Ground
06. Presence Of The Lord
07. Glad
08. Well Alright
09. Double Trouble
10. Pearly Queen
11. Tell The Truth
12. No Face No Name No Number
CD2
01. After Midnight
02. Split Decision
03. Rambling On My Mind (EC solo acoustic)
04. Georgia On My Mind (SW solo hammond)
05. Little Wing
06. Voodoo Chile
07. Can’t Find My Way Home
08. Dear Mr Fantasy
09. Cocaine
Clapton and Winwood have also just announced a tour of the US for the summer:
Ticket On-Sale Information
Check your local listings for tickets. Tickets can be purchased via ticketmaster.com.
2009 TOUR SCHEDULE:
June 10 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
June 12 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
June 13 Washington, DC Verizon Center
June 15 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
June 17 Chicago, IL United Center
June 18 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
June 20 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
June 21 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
June 23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
June 24 Houston, TX Toyota Center
June 26 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
June 27 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Arena
June 29 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
June 30 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
NEW YORK DOLLS TO RELEASE THE NEW ALBUM ‘CAUSE I SEZ SO
March 18, 2009 by Your Way To Music
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After working together on the New York Dolls’ influential debut in 1973, the group reunited with producer Todd Rundgren this winter to record their fourth studio album,‘Cause I Sez So, set for a May 4th U.K. release on Atco Records (U.S. release is May 5th).
Recorded at Utopia Sound Studio in Kauai, Hawaii, the album features 11 original compositions and a new version of Trash, that originally featured on their milestone 1973 debut album. “It was amazing working with Todd again, and I think we were able to evoke the special sound of our first album and drag it by the hair into the present,” says front man Johansen.
Prior to the album’s release, the New York Dolls-David Johansen (vocals); Sylvain Sylvain (guitar); Steve Conte (guitar); Brian Delaney (drums); and Sami Yaffa (bass)-will appear at the South By Southwest (SXSW) music conference and festival in Austin, Texas in mid March.
The New York Dolls swaggered onto the New York music scene in the early ’70s, influencing a generation with its subversive mix of high-decibel rock and high-heeled androgyny. The original band recorded a pair of milestone records-New York Dolls (1973) and Too Much Too Soon (1974)-before breaking up in 1977.
The surviving members reformed the group in 2004 to much acclaim, but soon lost bassist Arthur Kane to leukemia. Two years later, Johansen and Sylvain reunited again to record the New York Dolls’ third studio album, One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This.
TRACKLISTING:
1.‘Cause I Sez So
2.Muddy Bones
3.Better Than
4.Lonely So Long
5.My World
6.Ridiculous
7.Temptation To Exist
8.Making Rain
9.Drowning
10.Nobody Got No Bizness
11.Trash
12.Exorcism Of Despair
DAVID JOHANSEN - vocals
SYLVAIN SYLVAIN - guitar, background vocals
STEVE CONTE - guitar, background vocals
SAMI YAFFA - bass, maracas, melodica, background vocals
BRIAN DELANEY - drums
Produced & Mixed by Todd Rundgren for Alchemedia Productions, Inc.
Recorded at Utopia Sound Studio, Kauai, Hawaii
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BOB DYLAN RELEASING NEW STUDIO ALBUM 28 APRIL
March 16, 2009 by Your Way To Music
Filed under New Releases - CD's
Bob Dylan’s new studio album will be released on April 27th in the UK. “Together Though Life”, produced by “Jack Frost”, was recorded late last year, prompted by the composition of a new song, “Life Is Hard”, which was written for a forthcoming film by French director Oliver Dahan (La Vie En Rose)
The new album will be the 46th release from Bob Dylan, and follows 2006’s Platinum album “Modern Times”, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and reached the top of the charts in seven additional countries and the Top 5 in 22 countries around the world.
Tracklisting:
Beyond Here Lies Nothing / Life Is Hard / My Wife’s Home Town / If You Ever Go To Houston / Forgetful Heart / Jolene / This Dream Of You / Shake, Shake Mama / Feel A Change Coming On / It’s All Good
Standard version: In jewelcase with 4-panel booklet
Deluxe version: In slipcase, containing:
-Standard album in jewelcase
-DVD in slipsleeve, featuring an interview with Dylan’s first manager Roy Silver, which was taped for the ‘No Direction Home’ documentary but didn’t make the final cut. Included in the interview is the original demo (audio only) of “Blowin’ In The Wind”.
-CD in slipsleeve featuring the ‘Friends and Neighbors’ episode of Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour.
-Sticker and poster featuring the album cover image
Double vinyl LP: Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and including the album on CD, as an insert.
Watch Bob Dylan: “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’”
Together Through Life (Deluxe Edition):
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Read an interview with the man at: http://www.bobdylan.com/#/conversation
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ZOMBIES LIVE ODESSEY AND ORACLE DVD
March 16, 2009 by Your Way To Music
Filed under New Releases - DVD/Blu-ray
During March 2008, The Zombies performed their legendary 1968 psychedelic album “Odessey and Oracle” for the first time in 40 years since its original release. The band played three consecutive sold out concerts at the London Shepherds Bush Empire. One of these nights was filmed for DVD, which will be released in the UK on Monday 20th April by Red House, distributed by Absolute via Arvato.
The DVD coincides with The Zombies’ April 2009 Odessey and Oracle tour; the last time the milestone album will be performed in its entirety in the UK. The four concerts include Glasgow ABC (April 21), Bristol Colston Hall (April 23), Manchester Bridgewater Hall (April 24) and London Hammersmith Apollo (April 25).
Mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound and boasting an exclusive 2008 filmed interview with the entire band, the live DVD lovingly documents the historic night when the original members of The Zombies reunited to perform the premiere of ‘Odessey & Oracle’, preceded by a veritable banquet of Zombie connected material, from Argent hits to Colin Blunstone’s string quintet material from his beautiful album ‘One Year’.
The DVD begins with 8 tracks performed by ‘The Zombies’ Touring Band’, consisting of Rod Argent, Colin Blunstone, Jim and Steve Rodford, and Keith Airey, playing a collection of classic Zombies’ tracks prior to ‘Odessey…’, songs from Rod’s later band ‘Argent’ as well as Colin Blunstone solo material, augmented by a string Quartet.
After a short interval the four remaining original members of ‘The Zombies’ (Rod Argent, Colin Blunstone, Chris White, High Grundy) arrive on stage to perform landmark 1968 album ‘Odessey & Oracle’ in all it’s glory and, after an introduction from recording legend Al Kooper (The man responsible for ‘Odessey’s existence), kick off with ‘Care of Cell 44′, instantly letting you know you’re in for a treat with it’s beautifully escalating harmonies, excelling all expectations when experienced live. This is followed by many further highlights including the layered harmonies of ‘Maybe After He’s Gone’ and ‘Beechwood Park’, the soaring vocals during ‘Hung Up On A Dream’ and an amazing performance of ‘Time of the Season’ heralds a standing ovation before they close with their much loved debut hit ‘She’s Not There’.
Tracklisting:
First half
I Love You
Sticks and Stones
Can’t Nobody Love You
What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
Misty Roses
Her Song
Say You Don’t Mind
Keep On Rolling
Hold Your Head Up
Odessey and Oracle
Care of Cell 44
A Rose For Emily
Maybe After He’s Gone
Beechwood Park
Brief Candles
Hung Up On A Dream
Changes
I Want Her, She Wants Me
This Will Be Our Year
Butchers Tale
Friends Of Mine
Time Of The Season
Tell Her No
She’s Not There
The Shepherds Bush gigs were attended by the crème de la crème of rock royalty including Paul Weller, Robert Plant, Robyn Hitchcock, Snow Patrol and Garbage. This A-List audience confirmed the inspiration and influence the music has had on musicians from all generations. Paul Weller bought tickets for all three nights, while the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl recently claimed that ‘Care of Cell 44′ changed his life.
The Zombies are back from the un-dead to resurrect ‘one of the best albums of the Psychedelic era’, perfect timing for a summer full of pure nostalgia and musical accomplishment. Their forthcoming UK tour will mark the very last time the band will perform this legendary album in its entirety in the UK.
“As their voices soar in the middle of ‘Hung Up On A Dream’, it’s real shivers-down-the-spine stuff……timeless” - The Independent
“You could hardly credit it had taken 40 years to reach this seminal moment, which deserves to be ranked beside Brian Wilson’s remarkable comeback for its impeccable artistry and uplifting power” - The Scotsman
Also available, ‘The Zombies’ 40th Anniversary Concert Live’ on double CD, released by Red House, distributed by Absolute via Arvato.
JEFF BUCKLEY GRACE AROUND THE WORLD CD/DVD
March 16, 2009 by Your Way To Music
Filed under Reissues
GRACE AROUND THE WORLD AVAILABLE IN TWO PACKAGES And, will be available at both physical and digital retail outlets starting June 2, 2009, through Columbia/Legacy
STANDARD PACKAGE INCLUDES: 1) Grace Around The World DVD featuring previously unreleased TV performances from U.S., UK, Germany, Japan – and France, where Buckley was the best-selling international catalog artist of 2008 2) Grace Around The World CD featuring audio versions of all the tracks on the DVD plus two additional previously unreleased tracks
DELUXE PACKAGE INCLUDES: 1) Grace Around The World DVD 2) Grace Around The World CD … PLUS 3) A second DVD featuring the award-winning documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley; Combined running time for both DVDs is 169 minutes (nearly 3 hours!) Worldwide sales of 1994 GRACE album continue to soar in 2008-2009: • Australia – 6-times platinum • France, Ireland, Belgium – all double-platinum • UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Denmark, and Czech Republic – all platinum • U.S., Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal – all gold. As a tribute to the enduring and expanding popularity and critical acclaim that continues to be devoted worldwide to Jeff Buckley more than a decade after his death, GRACE AROUND THE WORLD – to be issued in two separate multi-disc packages -provides the most comprehensive and exciting musical portrait of the artist seen to date.
Executive produced by Mary Guibert (Buckley’s mother), GRACE AROUND THE WORLD focuses on previously unreleased live performances circa 1994-95, in concert and television locales ranging from the U.S. and UK, to Germany, Japan and France (where Buckley was the #1 best-selling international catalog artist in 2008). Accompanying the 108-minute GRACE AROUND THE WORLD DVD will be an audio CD counterpart.
A special limited-edition deluxe package of GRACE AROUND THE WORLD will also contain the one-hour documentary DVD, Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley, thus totaling 169 minutes (nearly three hours) of Jeff Buckley footage for his fans. In advance of this summer’s 15th anniversary of the release of Grace, Buckley’s landmark debut album (August 1994), the two GRACE AROUND THE WORLD packages will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting June 2nd through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
There are three components to the deluxe GRACE AROUND THE WORLD package. First there is the DVD, GRACE AROUND THE WORLD, bearing witness to the fact that Buckley onstage was a transcendent force. In a unique concept, the main program of this DVD presents previously unreleased distinct versions of the songs from the Grace album, culled from a variety of television sources. These include 1994 U.S. shows at Howlin Wolf in New Orleans (“Dream Brother”) and the JBTV acoustic performance in Chicago (“Lover You Should Have Come Over,” the only previously released clip). The balance of the songs all date from 1995: the BBC’s Late Show in London (“Grace”); the tv show Live Aus Dem Sudbahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany (“So Real,” “Mojo Pin,” “What Will You Say”); MTV Japan (“Hallelujah”); MTV’s Most Wanted in London (“Eternal Life,” “Last Goodbye”); and MTV Europe’s coverage of the Eurokeenes Festival in Belfort, France (“Lilac Wine”).
(Note: Buckley’s rarely-performed Qawwali-influenced “What Will You Say” appears instead of Grace’s Benjamin Britten adaptation of “Corpus Christi Carol,” which Buckley did not perform on-tour.) The GRACE AROUND THE WORLD DVD includes 33 minutes of bonus features. These begin with three songs performed in New York for MTV’s 120 Minutes (“Grace,” “So Real,” “Last Goodbye”), then “Vancouver” (from MTV’s Most Wanted in London), and conclude with the original music video for “Hallelujah” (directed by Ernie Fritz). In between are behind-the-scenes on-the-road segments for VH1′s Naked Café, and the Merri Cyr bus interview.
For those preferring to watch the concert footage without the interview segments that appear between songs, a “Just Play the Music” feature will enable the viewer to bypass the interview footage. The second component of GRACE AROUND THE WORLD is an audio CD configuration of the 10 live song performances from the DVD, all previously unreleased on CD. The disc will also feature previously unreleased additional versions of “Grace” and “So Real” from a 1995 performance on MTV’s 120 Minutes.
The third component of GRACE AROUND THE WORLD is Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley, a one-hour DVD documentary created by Indie Filmmakers and fans of Jeff, Laurie Trombley (who was Jeff’s first fan mail reader/intern while in college) and Nyla Bialek Adams, and sanctioned by Mary Guibert. Included are rare performances and outtakes (culled from the Columbia Records archives), footage, and interviews with him. There are interviews with a variety of artists (painter, dancer, poets, singers, and so on) who pay tribute to Buckley’s influence on them. Interviews also include all three surviving members of the Jeff Buckley Band, friends, family, colleagues, DJ’s, producers, critics and fans.
Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley travels from Sydney, New York and London, to Memphis, Montpellier, and Los Angeles, as it presents a very indie and intimate look at Buckley’s relationship to his music. The film has been screened 30 times over the past several years and has won numerous festival awards, including the Seattle Film Festival, San Francisco World Film Festival, CMJ, among others. Finally, GRACE AROUND THE WORLD will include a liner notes booklet curated by Jeff’s former publicist Howard Wuelfing. The notes will be a montage of interviews with Mary Guibert, band members Michael Tighe (guitar, backing vocals), Mick Grondahl (bass), and Matt Johnson (drums), members of Buckley’s touring team, and press quotes from vintage tour reviews.
The magnitude of Jeff Buckley’s popularity around the world is underscored by the continuing best-selling sales of Grace in 2008-2009, with total worldwide sales over 3.4 million copies. Australia leads the tally at 6-times platinum. France, Ireland, Belgium have all logged double-platinum sales. The UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Denmark, and Czech Republic are all in the platinum column. And Grace is gold in the U.S. (over 800,000 copies sold), Sweden, Switzerland, and Portugal.
The centerpiece of GRACE AROUND THE WORLD is “Hallelujah,” the Leonard Cohen song that became a signature track for Jeff Buckley. The song went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs in March 2008 (his first #1), and was certified RIAA platinum on April 22nd, for sales over one million copies. It has been heard at countless crucial moments in movies and on such television shows as the season finales of The O.C., The West Wing, Third Watch, and Without A Trace. In the February 2009 issue of Blender magazine, “Hallelujah” was featured as that month’s “Greatest Song Ever” (a monthly feature).
In the UK, “Hallelujah” began to enjoy renewed commercial success as a digital download single in late 2008, when a version by X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and Buckley’s original studio version (from Grace, the best known version) hit #1 and #2 respectively on the UK Singles Chart. Each has sold hundreds of thousands of copies since then, making it the fastest-selling digital single in European history. Leonard Cohen’s original 1984 version of the song also hit the UK chart at #34. Back in 2005, it was named the 10th greatest Canadian song of all time in Chart magazine’s annual readers’ poll. For the definitive tourography of Jeff Buckley’s shows from 1991 to ’97, go to:
http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/tourography/kfaktourog4.html
DVD: GRACE AROUND THE WORLD Part 1: Main Program (running time 85:47) – Selections: 1. Grace (BBC Late Show, London, 1/17/95) 2. So Real (Live Aus Dem Sudbahnhof tv, Frankfurt, Germany, 2/24/95) 3. Mojo Pin (Live Aus Dem Sudbahnhof tv, Frankfurt, Germany, 2/24/95) 4. What Will You Say (Live Aus Dem Sudbahnhof tv, Frankfurt, Germany, 2/24/95) 5. Hallelujah (MTV Japan, 1/31/95) 6. Dream Brother (Howlin Wolf, New Orleans, 12/2/94) 7. Eternal Life (MTV’s Most Wanted, London, 3/3/95) 8. Last Goodbye (MTV’s Most Wanted, London, 3/3/95) 9. Lover You Should Have Come Over (JBTV Chicago, 11/8/94) 10. Lilac Wine (MTV Europe, Eurokeenes Festival, Belfort, France, 7/9/95) (all footage previously unreleased except # 9) Part 2: Bonus Program (running time 32:28) – Selections: 1. Grace (MTV, 120 Minutes, New York, 1/15/95) 2. So Real (MTV, 120 Minutes, New York, 1/15/95) 3. Last Goodbye (MTV, 120 Minutes, New York, 1/15/95) 4. Vancouver (MTV’s Most Wanted, London, 3/3/95) 5. Hallelujah (music video directed by Ernie Fritz) 6. “Star Tours” (VH1, Naked Cafe Behind The Scenes Piece, 1/9/95) 7. Merri Cyr bus interview (spring 1995)
CD: GRACE AROUND THE WORLD – Selections: 1. Grace (BBC Late Show, London, 1/17/95) 2. So Real (Live Aus Dem Sudbahnhof tv, Frankfurt, Germany, 2/24/95) 3. Mojo Pin (Live Aus Dem Sudbahnhof tv, Frankfurt, Germany, 2/24/95) 4. What Will You Say (Live Aus Dem Sudbahnhof tv, Frankfurt, Germany, 2/24/95) 5. Hallelujah (MTV Japan, 1/31/95) 6. Dream Brother (Howlin Wolf, New Orleans, 12/2/94) 7. Eternal Life (MTV’s Most Wanted, London, 3/3/95) 8. Last Goodbye (MTV’s Most Wanted, London, 3/3/95) 9. Lover You Should Have Come Over (JBTV Chicago, 11/8/94) 10. Lilac Wine (MTV Europe, Eurokeenes Festival, Belfort, France, 7/9/95) 11. Grace (MTV’s 120 Minutes, USA, 01/15/95) 12. So Real (MTV’s 120 Minutes, USA, 01/15/95) DVD: AMAZING GRACE: JEFF BUCKLEY (running time: 61:57)
source: jeffbuckley.com
