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David Crosby has rescheduled tour dates after undergoing heart surgery last Friday.

The singer underwent a cardiac catheterization and angiogram, after a routine cardiac stress test revealed the left anterior coronary artery to be 90% blocked. Two stents were placed to provide blood flow to his heart muscle and he is expected to make a full recovery.

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American folk singer-songwriter and political activist Pete Seeger sadly passed away on Monday (January 27) at New York–Presbyterian Hospital. He was 94.

Seeger wrote/co-wrote some of the most significant folk songs of all time, including “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”, “Turn, Turn, Turn!”, and “If I Had a Hammer”.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include this month’s music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases from classic artists.

Highlights for November include:

• “The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs” in standard and deluxe editions (4 Nov – UK release)
• David Bowie’s 2 CD/DVD “The Next Day – Extra” (5 Nov)
• “The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival” album on CD and vinyl, + “Hear My Train A Comin'” on DVD and Blu-ray (5 Nov)
• the 47-CD “Bob Dylan – The Complete Album Collection Vol 1” (5 Nov)
• “The Beatles: On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2” and reissue of Vol 1 (11 Nov)
• “The Rolling Stones: Sweet Summer Sun – Hyde Park Live” in multiple editions (11 Nov)
• The Who’s “Tommy” reissue in multiple editions (11 Nov)
• “Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival” on DVD and Blu-ray (19 Nov)
• Cliff Richard’s “Still Reelin’ and A-Rockin’ – Live at Sydney Opera House” on DVD and Blu-ray, and his new album “The Fabulous Rock ‘N’ Roll Songbook” (19 Nov US, 11 Nov UK)
• “Sinatra Duets – 20th Anniversary” in deluxe and super deluxe editions (19 Nov).

The New Releases page has been updated to include this month’s music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases from classic artists.

Highlights for October include:

• the 7-CD “Rush – The Studio Albums 1989-2007” box set (1 Oct)
• Paul McCartney’s “New” album in standard and deluxe editions (15 Oct)
• “Paul Simon – The Complete Albums Collection” 14-CD collection and single CD “Over the Bridge of Time” retrospective (15 Oct)
• “Eric Clapton Unplugged – Expanded and Remastered” (15 Oct)
• Willie Nelson’s “To All The Girls” (15 Oct)
• Deep Purple’s 10-CD “The Complete Albums 1970-1976” and “Perfect Strangers Live” concert titles (15 Oct)
• Van Morrison’s “Moondance” in expanded, deluxe and standard editions (22 Oct)
• “Springsteen And I” on DVD and Blu-ray (29 Oct)
• Jethro Tull’s “Benefit – Deluxe” collector’s edition (29 Oct)
• “The Eagles – The Studio Albums 1972-1979” 6-LP vinyl box set (29 Oct).

The Byrds’ Gene Clark is the subject of a new documentary, “The Byrd Who Flew Alone – The Triumphs And Tragedy Of Gene Clark,” due for release in November.

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