Bob Dylan Official Digital

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live at the Fillmore East 1970 (2006) {Reprise Records 44499-2}
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© 1970, 2006 Reprise Records | 44499-2
Rock / Folk Rock / Hard Rock / Southern Rock / Classic Rock

Ever since he started rumbling about releasing his archives some 20, 30 years ago – it's been so long, it's hard to keep track of the specifics – Neil Young talked about it as a mammoth box set, or perhaps a series of box sets each chronicling a different era in his career, comprised entirely of unreleased recordings, some live, some studio. It was an eagerly anticipated set, since everybody knew that he had scores of unreleased recordings in his vaults. Not just songs, but full albums that were scrapped at the last minute.

On July 3rd, 1973, David Bowie retired Ziggy Stardust, his most famous alter-ego, in front of 5000 stunned fans at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. Now, the fully restored film and soundtrack will be released for the first time for the 50th anniversary of the show. Renowned filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (Monterey Pop, Bob Dylan - Don’t Look Back, Depeche Mode - 101) captured the momentous event by filming Bowie and The Spiders From Mars backstage and onstage. The digital 4K restoration of the new version of the film has been overseen by his son, Frazer Pennebaker with remastered audio.

Frank Zappa - The MOFO (The Making Of Freak Out!) - Project/Object (1966) {4CD Set Zappa Records ZR 20004 rel 2006}
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© 1966, 2006 Zappa Records / The Zappa Family Trust / Munchkin Music | ZR 20004
Rock / Experimental Rock

A deluxe 4cd set and a 2cd set. The annoying thing is that the 2cd set has a few songs that arent on the mega 4 disc version, so if you're a completist, you will need both and you end up with a lot of duplicate material. That is my only real problem with mofo, pretty much everything else about this box is fantastic. For me, the best part is the beautiul remaster of the original 1966 Stereo mix of "Freak Out!". The Freak Out cd that frank released in the 80's and is currently in print through rykodisc was a re-mix which sounds pretty good, but this original mix is much warmer and full of life. There is no contest as which mix I prefer, the original 1966 version is far superior in my opinion. The rest of the sets contains various alternate mixes, backing tracks, interviews, studio improvisations (all lead by Frank) and some early live recordings. There is one bonafide outtake "Groupie Bang Bang" which is as good as anything elese on the album. A great Bo Diddley type rhythm with hilarious lyrics (sung by Ray Collins) about, you guessed it, a groupie!

Collection includes: Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984); Freaky Styley (1985); The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987); Mother's Milk (1989); Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991); One Hot Minute (1995); Californication (1999); By the Way (2002); Stadium Arcadium (2006).

Tin Machine - Live at La Cigale, Paris, 25th June, 1989 (2019) {Parlophone UK}
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© 1989, 2019 Jones–Tintoretto / Parlophone UK
Rock / Pop Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock

On Sunday 25th June, 1989, Tin Machine played at the 1000 capacity La Cigale in Paris for what was only their eighth show. The band played a cracking set comprised of tracks from their debut album, which had been released just a month previously, including covers of both John Lennon’s Working Class Hero and Bob Dylan’s Maggie’s Farm. Here, together, for the first time are all the songs chosen by David from that performance, including five previously unreleased recordings, as well as select tracks previously released as B-sides of Tin Machine singles. Live at La Cigale was mixed by Tin Machine co-producer Tim Palmer and has been specially mastered to tie in with the album’s 30th anniversary.

Since the fifth season of the massively popular BAFTA-winning series BBC drama wrapped up, fans are aching for their next hit of Peaky Blinders. On November 15, UMe will release the first-ever official soundtrack to the series (currently available on BBC's iPlayer and on Netflix in more than 100 countries outside of the U.K.) that has captivated audiences across the globe. The soundtrack will be available on 2CD, 3LP and digital.

Duran Duran personified new wave for much of the mainstream audience. And for good reason. Duran Duran's reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion-model looks and glamorous sense of style. Without music videos, it's likely that their pop-funk – described by the group as the Sex Pistols-meet-Chic – would never have made them international pop stars…