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Chuck Berry’s “No Particular Place to Go” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.

“No Particular Place to Go” was released on single in May 1964, backed with “You Two,” and appeared on the album “St. Louis to Liverpool” (Chess LP-1488) in November 1964.

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“CSNY 1974,” the long awaited boxed set from the historic 1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young arena tour, has topped the Billboard Folk Album Chart, and debuted at #17 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart.

The set features 40 previously unreleased tracks from the 1974 tour, a 188-page booklet, and a bonus DVD of previously unreleased concert footage. It is available in 3 CD/DVD and Blu-ray audio/DVD editions. There is also a single-CD standard edition featuring highlights from the set.

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American blues musician Johnny Winter died on Wednesday 16 July in his hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland. The legendary singer-guitarist was 70 years old.

Winter’s representative, Lori Haynes, said:

His wife, family and bandmates are all saddened by the loss of their loved one and one of the world’s finest guitarists.

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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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