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Pink Floyd and EMI Music have kicked off the extensive “Why Pink Floyd…?” remasters campaign with multi-format editions of the classic album “Dark Side of the Moon,” as well as standard (“Discovery”) editions of 14 albums, available individually or in the Discovery Studio Album Box Set.

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The Ed Sullivan archives are a rich source for vintage performances from the greatest stars in rock ‘n’ roll history, including the Rolling Stones. The band’s complete performances on the show are released in the US on November 1 on the 2-DVD set “6 Ed Sullivan Shows starring The Rolling Stones.”

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

After a fairly ordinary month in August, there are a large number of quality releases this month. Highlights include:

• Beatles “1” album reissue using the 2009 remasters – 13 Sep (US/CA)/5 Sep (UK)
• “Queen: Live At Wembley 25th anniversary” DVD and the latest Queen remasters in standard and deluxe formats (to save space, only deluxe editions are listed in the diary) – 13 Sep (US/CA)/5 Sep (UK)*
• deluxe box set of Jimi Hendrix’s “Wonderland” and other Hendrix CD/DVD reissues – 13 Sep (US/CA)/12 Sep (UK)
• Ed Sullivan Motown DVDs featuring various artists/the Supremes/the Temptations – 13 Sep (US/CA)
• the “Superheavy” collaboration between Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley, and A. R. Rahman – 20 Sep (US/CA)/19 Sep (UK)
• “Elvis Presley – Young Man With the Big Beat” 5-CD box, including an unreleased live show – 27 Sep (US/CA)/26 Sep (UK)
• first releases in the Pink Floyd remasters campaign, including deluxe and super deluxe sets for “Dark Side of the Moon,” and a 16-CD “Discovery” box set – 27 Sep (US/CA)/26 Sep (UK)
• “Johnny Cash: Bootleg Vol 3 – Live Around the World”, which features many previously unheard live performances recorded between 1956 and 1979 – 27 Sep (US)/11 Oct (CA)/10 Oct (UK).

There are also new albums from The Bangles, Lindsey Buckingham and Chris Rhea; box sets from Sting and Madness; the Monkees on DVD; and much more.

You can browse the music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for previous months in the New Releases archive.

The Who will headline the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, according to the Daily Mirror. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend were reportedly asked to play at the event by Take That producer Kim Gavin, who is in charge of the ceremony.

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