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New releases update – March 2012
Written by admin on March 6, 2012 – 5:42 am -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for March.
Highlights for March include:
- Bruce Springsteen’s “Wrecking Ball” in standard and deluxe editions (Mar 5)
- Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company “Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (Mar 13)
- a great value reissue of the 4-CD Elvis box set “The Complete ’68 Comeback Special” (Mar 13)
- the Madonna “Complete Studio Albums – 1983-2008” box set (Mar 20)
- Lionel Richie’s new duets album “Tuskegee” in standard and deluxe editions (Mar 26).
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“The Rolling Stones: 50” photo book
Written by admin on March 3, 2012 – 6:50 pm -The Rolling Stones are releasing a book in July to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
“The Rolling Stones: 50” delves into the archives of the UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper to explore the band’s 50-year history. |
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Rolling Stones – Hampton Coliseum 1981 videos
Written by admin on February 14, 2012 – 9:47 pm -The Rolling Stones have added four videos from their December 18, 1981 show at the Hampton Coliseum to their Youtube channel. This is the first official release of these videos online.
The Hampton Coliseum show on December 18 was the penultimate gig of the Rolling Stones’ 1981 American tour, which promoted the band’s album “Tattoo You”. The show has become infamous for the moment in “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” where Keith Richards hits a fan with his Telecaster to prevent him getting to Mick Jagger. The incident takes place 1 min 14 secs into the “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” video.
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Reg Presley retires from The Troggs
Written by admin on January 27, 2012 – 8:47 am -Reg Presley, frontman with The Troggs, has retired from the band after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
In a statement on The Troggs’ website, Presley said:
“I was taken ill whilst doing a gig in Germany in December. During my stay in hospital tests showed that in fact I have lung cancer. I am receiving chemotherapy treatment and at the moment not feeling too bad. |
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Song of the Week #90 – “Albatross”
Written by admin on January 23, 2012 – 8:14 pm -Fleetwood Mac’s instrumental masterpiece “Albatross” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. |
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