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

Highlights for June include:

• Dave Davies’ new album “I Will Be Me” (4 June)
• Paul McCartney & Wings’ “Rockshow” on DVD and Blu-ray (11 June)
• Black Sabbath’s new album “13” in standard and deluxe editions (11 June)
• “Scott Walker – The Collection 1967-1970” 5-CD/5 LP box sets (11 June)
• “ZZ Top – The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990” 10-CD collection (11 June)
• Hawkwind’s “Warrior On The Edge Of Time” reissue in standard and expanded editions (18 June)
• “Moody Blues – Timeless Flight” deluxe and super deluxe box set (25 June)
• Allman Brothers Band’s “Brothers & Sisters” 40th anniversary deluxe and super deluxe editions (25 June)
• The Beatles’ “Help!” on Blu-ray (25 June)
• A new range of 5-CD “Original Album Classics” titles from artists such as Elvis Presley, Billy Joel, Santana, Johnny Cash, and more (25 June).

Paul McCartney dropped by Graceland earlier today to pay tribute to Elvis Presley. McCartney visited the mansion ahead of a gig at Memphis’ FedExForum. This was McCartney’s first Memphis gig since his April 1993 appearance at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Here is Paul at Elvis’ grave.

Photo credit: Paul McCartney’s official Facebook page

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Music historian, Peter Guralnick, has joined Conan O’Brien on the Serious Jibber-Jabber show for an in-depth discussion about Elvis Presley, Sun Records and Sam Cooke.

Guralnick is best known for his acclaimed biographies of Elvis, “Last Train to Memphis” and “Careless Love,” and his excellent biography of Sam Cooke, “Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke”. He is currently working on a biography of Sam Phillips, the man behind the revolutionary Sun Records music label.

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A guitar played by both John Lennon and George Harrison has exceeded expectations by selling for $408,000 (£269,000). The sale was held by Julien’s Auctions at the Hard Rock Café in New York’s Times Square.

The 1966 guitar was a custom prototype built by Mike Bennett, with electronics by Dick Denney of Vox guitars.

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Fox Home Entertainment has announced that Elvis Presley’s debut movie “Love Me Tender” will be released on Blu-ray on July 30.

The movie was filmed and released in 1956, the year that Elvis broke through in a big way on the national stage with a series of huge chart hits, and high-profile television appearances.

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