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Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie spoke to Mark Radcliffe of BBC Radio 6 this week about their new album, “Ghosts of Download”.

The interview includes a clip of Blondie’s new single “A Rose By Any Name,” which features Beth Ditto.

The interview will be available until next Wednesday (July 17). Unfortunately, the stream is only available to those in the UK.

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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:

• Hawkwind’s “Warrior On The Edge Of Time – Super Deluxe Box Set” (2 Jul)
• the 3 CD/DVD “Tom Robinson Band – Anthology (1977-1979)” (9 Jul)
• The Pet Shop Boys’ new studio album “Electric” on CD and vinyl (16 Jul)
• the 6-CD “The Style Council – Classic Album Selection” (23 Jul)
• the 17-CD “Harry Nilsson – The RCA Albums Collection” (30 Jul)
• Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” on Blu-ray (30 Jul)
• Buddy Guy’s new studio album “Rhythm & Blues” on CD and vinyl (30 Jul).

Elton John has postponed his summer tour because he is suffering from appendicitis. The star fell ill during his recent European tour and after a series of exploratory scans and blood test, a diagnosis of appendix abscess surrounding retrocaecal appendicitis was confirmed.

Elton is expected to undergo surgery in the coming weeks, after a course of intensive antibiotics.

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Two multi-album Michael Jackson collections have been released exclusively on iTunes. “The Indispensable Collection” and “The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection” are the most comprehensive packages ever released showcasing Jackson’s body of work.

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Legacy Recordings releases the 17-CD “Harry Nilsson – The RCA Albums Collection” on July 30, two weeks after the publication of the biography “Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter.”

Harry Nilsson – The RCA Albums Collection

The RCA Albums Collection presents the definitive 14 albums in Nilsson’s RCA Records U.S. discography, from his 1967 debut “Pandemonium Shadow Show,” to his final album for the label in 1977, “Knnillssonn”. The set also includes 65 bonus tracks on these albums, of which 26 are previously unreleased. Fans are also treated to three newly-compiled CDs, “Nilsson Sessions 1967-1968,” “Nilsson Sessions 1968-1971,” and “Nilsson Sessions 1971-1974,” which contain 58 tracks, of which 29 are previously unreleased.

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