Green Days

Have you been a bad boy or girl this year? Worried that Santa's going to bring you a bag of coal? Maybe he'll bring you some dookie instead. Green Day's patented pop-punk is as timeless as any classic Christmas carol. These all-new holiday versions prove it. Instead of fast licks of guitar solos, you will be getting the jingle of bells and horns. From now on, you'll be singing about the Green Days of Christmas…

THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY 50th ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE BOX SET - 2018 REMASTER This lavishly packaged super-deluxe box set is part of the BMG 'Art Of The Album' series, which focuses specifically on high quality, bespoke packaged re-issues of seminal albums within the BMG catalogue, offering the highest spec audio masters and original artwork…

BMG will issue a 50th anniversary edition of The Kinks‘ 1968 album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society in October.

This 50th Anniversary edition trumps them all by offering three LPs, three 7" singles, and five CDs, all offering a different avenue for exploration of the Village Green. The first two discs look very similar to the 2004 triple-CD set, containing new remasters of the stereo and mono versions of the album, along with their accompanying non-LP tracks, singles, and B-sides, plus songs from the sessions that later appeared on The Great Lost Kinks Album. The third disc concentrates on the Village Green sessions, featuring a ton of alternate mixes, studio chatter, and backing tracks, including the much-bootlegged "Mick Avory's Underpants." The fourth disc features Village Green at the BBC, including interviews and live sessions performed between 1968 and 1969; among the highlights here are "Where Did My Spring Go?" and "When I Turn Off the Living Room Light," which wound up on The Great Lost Kinks Album…

As part of Blue Note's 60th anniversary gala, Benny Green was invited to record a selection of his favorite tunes from the label's venerable catalog. Green picked eight songs previously recorded by the likes of Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, and Dexter Gordon, then he recruited bassist Christian McBride and guitarist Russell Malone. Together, they recorded These Are Soulful Days, a splendid tribute to the glory days of Blue Note, when excellent hard bop musicians ruled the roster. Like the classic albums from the late '50s and early '60s, These Are Soulful Days clocks in at an economical 45 minutes and feels intimate. All eight songs were recorded directly to two-track, giving the music an immediate, vibrant feel.