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The Recording Industry Association of America has certified Barbra Streisand’s album “Partners” as Platinum, with over 1,000,000 sold. “Partners” is Streisand’s 31st Platinum album, which is the most achieved by any female recording artist. She also has 53 Gold and 14 multi-Platinum albums.

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Universal Music Group will begin their yearlong commemoration of what would have been Bob Marley’s 70th birthday with the release of “Bob Marley & The Wailers – Easy Skanking in Boston ’78” in February.

Fans can expect a series of music and video releases throughout the year, including previously unheard material from the Marley family vaults.

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Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” will receive the deluxe treatment in February to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album.

The album was originally released in February 1975 and would become one of the band’s most highly rated albums, thanks to memorable songs such as “Kashmir” and “Trampled Under Foot”. It was also a huge commerical success and has been certified 16x platinum in the US.

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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 January include:

• “Elvis Presley – The 60’s Album Collection, Vol. 1 1960-1965” 15 album download set (6 Jan)
• Moody Blues’ “The Magnificent Moodies – 50th Anniversary” deluxe and standard editions (13 Jan)
• “Extreme II – Pornograffitti Deluxe Edition” 2-CD collection (20 Jan)
• Deluxe editions of Jellyfish’s “Bellybutton” and “Spilt Milk” (20 Jan)
• Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga’s “Cheek to Cheek – Live” on DVD and Blu-ray (20 Jan)
• Rainbow’s “A Light In The Black” 5 CD/DVD box set (26 Jan – UK only).

The acetate of Elvis Presley’s first recording, “My Happiness,” has sold for $240,000 at an auction held at Graceland in Memphis.

The acetate was the star lot in the auction, which was held to celebrate what would have been Elvis’ 80th birthday.

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