STATUS QUO RELEASE NEW DOUBLE CD EXCLUSIVELY VIA TESCO SUPERMARKETS

Status Quo are delighted to announce that their brand new studio album “Quid Pro Quo” will be released on 2CD exclusively through Tesco on 30 May 2011. The album boasts 14 brand new tracks plus the 2010 version of “In The Army Now” and is packaged with a second disc [...]

DEAR MR FANTASY: THE JIM CAPALDI STORY 4CD BOX SET DUE

Jim Capaldi’s story is one of the last great unexplored tales in popular music. The co-founder, drummer and lyricist of the legendary Traffic, Capaldi was one of the most significant, and possibly underrated, songwriters of our generation. He was a five time winner of BMI or ASCAP awards for most [...]

Iconic Rock Guitarist Steve Cropper Readies “DEDICATED”—A Tribute to The 5 Royales w/Special Guests Lucinda Williams, Sharon Jones, Brian May, Steve Winwood, Bettye LaVette, BB King, Delbert McClinton, John Popper and More

Steve Cropper, the Grammy-nominated, Rock Hall of Fame guitarist who has played with Booker T. and the MG’s as well as Otis Redding and Carla Thomas during the Stax era, is putting the finishing touches to his 429 Records debut project, “DEDICATED”— a heartfelt tribute to fellow guitarist Lowman “Pete” [...]

LATEST KINKS DELUXE REISSUES DUE

Face to Face

Face to Face, released in 1966 on Pye Records in the United Kingdom and on Reprise Records in the United States, is the fourth UK studio album by The Kinks. A major artistic breakthrough for Kinks’ songwriter Ray Davies, the LP represents the first full flowering of Davies’ use of [...]

Abrams To Publish Illustrated Life Of George Harrison To Coincide With Martin Scorsese Documentary

ABRAMS announced today that the company has signed an agreement with George Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, to publish the life of her late husband in pictures—Living in the Material World: George Harrison, named for Harrison’s solo album of 1973. The deal was negotiated by ABRAMS’s editor in chief, Eric Himmel, [...]

MARVIN GAYE DELUXE EDITION OF “WHAT’S GOING ON”

On May 21, 1971, Motown Records released an album unique to its vast, already classic catalog: a suite of protest songs, railing, albeit softly and with an undeniable groove, about the planet’s woes and the pain of war. With What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye forever changed the sound and subject [...]

ESOTERIC REISSUE GARY BROOKER’S “LEAD ME TO THE WATER” INCLUDING SPECIAL FRIENDS GEORGE HARRISON, ERIC CLAPTON AND PHIL COLLINS

Released on 30/05/11, ESOTERIC RECORDINGS are proud to release a new remastered CD edition of the album “Lead Me to the Water”, the second solo album by Procol Harum’s keyboard player and songwriter Gary Brooker. Recorded after Brooker had spent two years as a member of Eric Clapton s band, [...]

DOOBIE BROTHERS LIVE AT THE GREEK THEATRE 1982 CD/DVD DUE 27 JUNE

On 27 June 2011, Eagle Rock Entertainment release “Live At The Greek Theatre 1982” by the Doobie Brothers. This is a simultaneous release on DVD and CD formats [Cat No: EREDV887 and EAGCD446 respectively]. “Live At The Greek Theatre 1982” features all their classics including: “Listen To The Music”, “Rockin’ [...]

GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS PAY TRIBUTE TO CHESS RECORDS ON NEW ALBUM

On their 17th studio album, George Thorogood and The Destroyers pay tribute to their Chess Records heroes, including many of Thorogood’s legendary mentors who helped to launch his career in rock & roll. Titled 2120 South Michigan Avenue, the 13-track album will be released by Capitol/EMI on July 12 on [...]

THE JUDDS RELEASE NEW ESSENTIAL COLLECTION

The Judds, country music’s most celebrated mother-daughter duo, have released a new album entitled I Will Stand By You: The Essential Collection. The new compilation will feature twelve classics as well as two brand new songs: “I Will Stand By You” and “Back Home” (featuring Alison Krauss). These new songs [...]