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The “Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers” television special debuts on PBS tonight. The special, produced by TJL Productions in association with SOFA Entertainment, includes performances from some of the biggest acts of the 1960s, including The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, and Tom Jones.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for August.

Highlights for August include:

• a series of Johnny Cash albums, including a Number Ones deluxe edition (Aug 7)
• a 20-CD box set featuring some of Elvis Presley’s strongest albums (Aug 14)
• “Two Sides – The Very Best Of Mike Oldfield” and deluxe editions of “Platinum” and “QE2” (Aug 14)
• “Kinks at the BBC” 5-CD/single DVD box set (Aug 21)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd’s new album “Last of a Dyin’ Breed” (Aug 21)
• “Roxy Music – Complete Studio Recordings” 10-CD box set (Aug 28)
• Art Garfunkel – The Singer” 2-CD collection (Aug 28)
• remastered editions of 12 original Frank Zappa albums (Aug 28).

Jimi Hendrix has again topped Rolling Stone’s list of the Top 100 Greatest Guitarists, finishing ahead of guitar greats such as Eric Clapton and Eddie Van Halen. The Top 100 list was voted for by an expert panel, including Kirk Hammett, Joe Walsh, Trey Anastasio, Joe Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Albert Hammond, Jr and many more.

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Paul Simon closed another highly successful Hard Rock Calling festival in London’s Hyde Park yesterday (July 15).

Simon entertained the crowd with nearly three hours of classic songs spanning his Simon and Garfunkel and solo careers. The 70-year-old’s set included a complete run through of his 1986 album “Graceland,” with trumpet player Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the South African male choir who appeared on the original album.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for July.

Highlights for July include:

• “Jimi Hendrix at Berkeley” expanded edition on Blu-ray, DVD and CD, + “Voodoo Child” Blu-ray (July 10)
• “Woody at 100: Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection” book and CD box set (July 10)
• “Elton John vs Pnau – Good Morning to the Night” (July 17)
• “Crosby, Stills and Nash – CSN 2012” on DVD and Blu-ray (July 17)
• “I Am An Elvis Fan” compilation (July 31).