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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 July include:

• Pink Floyd’s “The Division Bell – 20th Anniversary” box set and vinyl editions (1 Jul)
• Bon Jovi’s “New Jersey – Super Deluxe Edition” (1 Jul)
• “Elton John – The Million Dollar Piano” on Blu-ray and DVD (1 Jul)
• the 18-CD “Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – The Classic Albums Box” and 8-CD “Frankie Valli – Selected Solo Works” (1 Jul)
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “CSNY 1974” 3 CDs/DVD collection (8 Jul)
• Morrissey’s new album “World Peace Is None Of Your Business” in standard and deluxe editions (15 Jul)
• the soundtrack to the UK television show “The Nations Favourite Motown Songs” (15 Jul)
• the UK release of “A Hard Day’s Night – 50th Anniversary Restoration” (21 Jul)
• the 19-CD “Average White Band – The Complete Studio Recordings” (22 Jul)
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ “Hypnotic Eye” (29 Jul)
• “The Allman Brothers – The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings” 6-CD box set (29 Jul).

Paul McCartney’s “Early Days” music video features McCartney jamming with a number of musicians, including actor Johnny Depp.

Depp previously appeared in the videos for McCartney’s “My Valentine” and “Queenie Eye.”

McCartney said:

I happened to ring Johnny Depp. I said, ‘Come along and we’ll sit around and jam with these blues guys.’ He said, ‘Yeah, OK, count me in, man.’ I knew it was an offer he couldn’t refuse…

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Pink Floyd’s recent 20th anniversary 7-disc reissue of “The Division Bell” will be followed-up in October with the release of a new album called “The Endless River”. The new album will be based on material worked on at the 1994 sessions that produced “The Division Bell”.

The news of the new album came via the Twitter account of Polly Samson, who is the partner of David Gilmour:

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Willie Nelson’s “Band of Brothers” has become the singer’s highest charting album in the US since “Always On Mind” in 1982. The singer’s first collection of newly penned songs since 1996’s “Spirit” album entered the Billboard 200 at #5 and also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Chart.

“Band of Brothers” is Nelson’s second Top 10 album in less than a year, following “To All The Girls,” which peaked at #9 in October 2013. The 14 tracks on “Band of Brothers” are all new recordings, nine of which are brand new compositions by the country legend and his producer Buddy Cannon.

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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 June include:

• “Bossa Nova Baby – The Ultimate Elvis Presley Party Album” (3 Jun) and the UK-only “Elvis Presley – 15 Original Albums” (9 Jun) and “Elvis Sings…” (16 Jun)
• “Led Zeppelin I, II and III” in multiple remastered editions (3 Jun)
• “Paul Weller – More Modern Classics” in standard and deluxe editions (3 Jun)
• “Super Duper Alice Cooper” on Blu-ray and DVD (3 Jun)
• “The Who – Quadrophenia: Live in London” in multiple editions (10 Jun)
• Chrissie Hynde’s debut solo album “Stockholm” (10 Jun)
• Hank Marvin’s latest album “Hank” (10 Jun)
• Willie Nelson’s new album “Band of Brothers” (17 Jun)
• “Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle of Wight Festival” on Blu-ray (17 Jun)
• Peter Gabriel’s “Back to Front – Live in London” in multiple editions (24 Jun)
• The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” remastered edition on Blu-ray and DVD (24 Jun).