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

Highlights for October include:

• Van Morrison’s new studio album “Born to Sing – No Plan B” (Oct 2)
• The Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour” on DVD, Blu-ray and deluxe box set (Oct 9)
• “The Doors – Live at the Bowl ’68” on DVD, Blu-ray and CD (Oct 22)
• Peter Gabriel’s “So” 25th anniversary edition in standard, deluxe and Immersion formats + DVD/Blu-ray documentaries on the album (Oct 22/23)
• Neil Young’s “Psychedelic Pill” (Oct 30)
• “Velvet Underground and Nico” 40th anniversary edition in standard, deluxe and super-deluxe formats editions (Oct 30)

A great value 20-CD collection of classic Stax/Volt albums is released today in the UK (available October 9 in the US/Canada). “Atlantic Soul Legends: 20 Original Albums” spans the years 1959 to 1975 and includes such legendary artists as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Otis Redding, and Sam and Dave. Each album is presented in a vinyl replica paper sleeve.

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The Grammy Museum has worked with Whitney Houston’s family to put together an exhibit titled “Whitney! Celebrating the Musical Legacy of Whitney Houston”.

The exhibit includes personal memorabilia, iconic gowns, Grammy awards, film scripts, photographs, recorded interviews with artists who have worked with or have been influenced by Houston, and much more.

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

Highlights for August include:

• a series of Johnny Cash albums, including a Number Ones deluxe edition (Aug 7)
• a 20-CD box set featuring some of Elvis Presley’s strongest albums (Aug 14)
• “Two Sides – The Very Best Of Mike Oldfield” and deluxe editions of “Platinum” and “QE2” (Aug 14)
• “Kinks at the BBC” 5-CD/single DVD box set (Aug 21)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd’s new album “Last of a Dyin’ Breed” (Aug 21)
• “Roxy Music – Complete Studio Recordings” 10-CD box set (Aug 28)
• Art Garfunkel – The Singer” 2-CD collection (Aug 28)
• remastered editions of 12 original Frank Zappa albums (Aug 28).

Legacy Recordings releases the 7-CD “Etta James – The Complete Private Music Blues, Rock ‘N’ Soul Albums Collection” on August 28.

The box set features six original albums released on the Private Music label between 1997 and 2004, including the Grammy Award®-winning “Let’s Roll” (Best Contemporary Blues Album of 2003) and “Blues To The Bone” (Best Traditional Blues Album of 2004). Also included is a live session recorded in San Francisco in 1981, and issued on Private Music in 1994.

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