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Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow and Norah Jones are among the artists who have recorded unheard songs by Hank Williams for “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams” collection.

The country legend, who died in 1953, left behind a number of notebooks which contained many song ideas. Twelve songs have been finished and recorded by 13 artists for inclusion on “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.”

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Queen’s two Wembley Stadium shows from July 1986 will be released in full on DVD for the first time on September 5.

The release celebrates the 25th anniversary of the legendary shows and also coincides with what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday. “Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium – The 25th Anniversary Edition” will feature both the July 11 and 12 concerts in their entirety, with brilliant renditions of some of the band’s best loved songs, including “We Are The Champions,” “We Will Rock You” and “Another One Bites the Dust.” A behind the scenes feature is also included, along with new interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor.

This set upgrades the 2003 DVD set which featured only the second night in full. The footage has also been restored for the Anniversary edition and the sound remastered with a brand new stereo mix and 5.1 sound.

Brian May said:

Queen only ever played two further UK concerts, in Manchester on July 16 and at Knebworth on August 9.

Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium will be released on September 5, which would have been Mercury’s 65th birthday. It will be available as a standard 2DVD set or a deluxe 2DVD/2CD set.

Queen reissues

Queen’s reissue campaign also continues on September 5 with standard and deluxe reissues of the band’s last five albums:

“The Works” (1984)

“A Kind Of Magic” (1986)

“The Miracle” (1989)

“Innuendo” (1991)

“Made In Heaven” (1995).

This was Queen’s most commercially successful period, with each album going platinum in the UK. The reissues will be accompanied by the third “Deep Cuts” compilation.

Click here for details of the Queen CD and DVD reissues on our New Releases page

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

This months sees the usual mix of reissues, compilations and new albums, including:

• several Elvis releases to coincide with the anniversary of his death, including an upgraded 2-DVD set of “The Great Performances” – Aug 2 (US/CA only)
• a number of Deep Purple live titles – Aug 16
• reissues of several Rory Gallagher albums – Aug 16
• Glen Campbell’s final album, available on CD and vinyl – Aug 30.

Click here to head over to the New Releases page.

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