 CAMBRIDGE ROCKS IN AUGUST
Cambridge Rock Festival takes place 4-7 August at Haggis Farm
Polo Club, Cambridge Road, Barton, Cambridge CB23 7PZ.
Headliners include EDDIE & THE HOT RODS, JOHN OTWAY (Friday
5), THE QUIREBOYS, LARRY MILLER (Saturday 6) and THE ENID, CARAVAN (Sunday 7).
The Festival also includes GRTR! Featured Artists Chantel
McGregor, Panic Room.
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IRON MAIDEN TOUR CONTINUES
Rock legends IRON MAIDEN continue their UK tour this week. For the first time in many years, the band will be playing shows across the full length and breadth of the UK, including places they've not visited for up to three decades! The dates for The Final Frontier UK Tour 2011 are:
JULY 2011
Wed 20 Scotland, Glasgow SECC
Thu 21 Scotland, Aberdeen AECC P&J Arena
Sat 23 England, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Sun 24 England, Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
Wed 27 England, Nottingham Trent FM Arena
Thu 28 England, Manchester MEN Arena
Sun 31 England, Birmingham NIA
AUGUST 2011
Mon 1 Wales, Cardiff CIA Arena
Wed 3 Northern Ireland, Belfast Odyssey
Fri 5 England, London 02 Arena
Maiden founder member Steve Harris comments: "Everything in the Maiden camp has been so full on these last five years or so that we haven't travelled around the UK to play for our home fans for almost that long. These fans supported us by coming to Twickenham Stadium, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Download and, more recently Sonisphere, so we thought we should get off our backsides and do the travelling this time and get round the country to see them all.
We very much look forward to playing all four home countries and a couple of places we haven't been for a very long time, Aberdeen and Belfast! And playing the O2 gets us as close to the East End of London where Maiden started off than we have been for many a year, probably since the Ruskin Arms! All in all l think this is going to be a very special series of shows and a wonderful way to end this whole world tour.
The UK shows will be the culmination of The Final Frontier World Tour, which began in June 2010 with a hugely successful 25 date tour throughout North America, followed by selected European stadium and festival shows, including Knebworth, Sonisphere in the UK.
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Iron Maiden announce the release of 'From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of
1990-2010'. A double-CD set spanning twenty years, this follows the huge success
of 2010's studio album 'The Final Frontier' which hit the number one spot in 28
countries around the world and became the band's highest-charting album in the
US. Iron Maiden have also just been awarded their first Grammy for Best Metal
Performance, for the song 'El Dorado' taken from 'The Final Frontier' album.
Iron Maiden's current phenomenal
global success has seen the band not only scale new-found commercial heights but
has meant their ever-expanding fanbase has become younger and younger over the
past decade. 'From Fear To Eternity' is a chance for new fans of the band to
explore Iron Maiden's rich history, with the highlights of their last eight
studio albums distilled into this handy collection, which follows 2009's
compilation album of their earlier work, 'Somewhere Back In Time'.
Perennial favourites to be found on this album include songs also featured in
Maiden's current 'The Final Frontier World Tour' set list; tracks such as 'Fear
Of The Dark', 'The Wickerman', 'Blood Brothers' and 'Dance Of Death' sit
alongside recent classics such as 'El Dorado' and the hauntingly evocative 'When
The Wild Wind Blows'.
It also
includes singles such as 'Holy Smoke' and 'Be Quick Or Be Dead' together with
more progressive thought-provoking album tracks like 'Afraid To Shoot Strangers'
and 'For The Greater Good Of God'. This new collection charts the musical
development of Britain's most successful metal band as they have evolved their
sound, producing longer, more complex songs, gaining huge critical acclaim in
the process. Featuring many of the epics for which the band has become renowned,
it is accordingly released as a double-CD, but will retail for the price of a
single album.
The full tracklisting for the album is as follows:
DISC ONE
1. The Wicker Man 4.36
2. Holy Smoke 3.49
3. El Dorado 6:49
4. Paschendale 8.28
5. Different World 4.19
6. Man On The Edge (LIVE) 4.40
7. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg 7.22
8. Blood Brothers 7.14
9. Rainmaker 3.49
10. Sign of the Cross (LIVE) 10.49
11. Brave New World 6.19
12. Fear Of The Dark (LIVE) 7.41
DISC 2
1. Be Quick Or Be Dead 3.24
2. Tailgunner 4.15
3. No More Lies 7.22
4. Coming Home 5.52
5. The Clansman (LIVE) 9.06
6. For the Greater Good of God 9.25
7. These Colours Don't Run) 6.52
8. Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter 4.44
9. Afraid to Shoot Strangers 6.57
10. Dance of Death 8.36
11. When the Wild Wind Blows 11.02
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Photo: Keith Thompson/GRTR!
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION TOUR THIS WEEK
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP SUPPORT
Black Country Communion play a series of four UK headline summer concerts in the North of England, following their appearance at London's High Voltage Festival at Victoria Park on Sunday July 24.
Support will be Michael Schenker Group who also play this year's High Voltage
event.
The four piece rock band comprised of Joe Bonamassa (guitar, vocals), Jason Bonham (drums), Glenn Hughes (vocals, bass) and Derek Sherinian (keyboards), play Leeds O2 Academy (Tuesday 26th July), Newcastle O2 Academy (Wednesday 27th July), Glasgow O2 Academy (Friday 29th July) and Manchester Academy (Saturday 30th July).
An additional date has now been added with the band's first-ever Welsh concert
at the Llandudno Cymru Arena on Saturday 23rd July.
A special ticket pre-sale will be available to O2 Academy Priority subscribers from Wednesday 2nd February at 9am. To become an O2 Academy Priority customer please register at www.o2blueroom.co.uk. Tickets will then go on sale to the general public from 9am GMT on Friday 4th February.
Black Country Communion's self-titled debut album was originally released during September 2010 to rave reviews. It entered the official UK album chart at #13 and shot straight to #1 in the official UK rock album chart. BCC's
debut also hit #3 in Classic Rock magazine's Critics Album of the Year poll,
while Planet Rock radio listeners voted them as the Best New Band of 2010.

The band's second album - 2 - will be released in the UK and Europe on June 13th
by Mascot Records and in America on June 14th by J&R Adventures.
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Photo by Noel Buckley
SOS FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR 4th YEAR
The fourth SOS Festival takes place Saturday July 16 and
Sunday July 17 at Radcliffe Civic Centre, Manchester M26 2UH.
Headliners on the Saturday are FURY UK who are joined by
Esoterica, Bablyon Fire and Nightvision amongst others, whilst on Sunday
headliners are the legendary GUN with Exit State, Attica Rage and Vega amongst
the support.
There is also an Acoustic Stage on both days.
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GUILFEST 20th ANNIVERSARY
ROGER DALTREY, JAMES BLUNT and RAZORLIGHT are amongst the artists appearing at
the 20th anniversary GUILFEST, 15-17 July. Nominated twice as
the 'Best Medium Sized Festival in the UK', the family-friendly event features 8
stages and is located close to the M25 in Stoke Park.
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TOTO PLAY LONDON GIG JUNE 26
Internationally renowned rock band TOTO perform their only
UK concert this year at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo on Sunday 26th June,
2011. Ticket Hotline: 0844 888 9991 or 0844 847 1642. Book Online:
www.ticketline.co.uk or
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
TOTO will perform all their
hits including Hold The Line, Rosanna and Africa. The current line-up features
Joseph Williams (lead vocals), David Paich (keyboards), Steve Lukather (guitar,
vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Simon Phillips (drums), and Nathan East
(bass guitar).
TOTO will also perform
songs from their twelve studio albums including their eponymous debut TOTO
(1978), Hydra (1979), Turn Back (1981), Toto IV (1982), Isolation (1984),
Fahrenheit (1986), The Seventh One (1988), Kingdom of Desire (1992), Tambu
(1995), Mindfields (1999), Through The Looking Glass (2002) and Falling In
Between (2006).

RINGO HITS THE ROAD
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band return to the road for
the 12th All Starr tour. Joining Ringo Starr will be Rick Derringer on guitar,
Richard Page on bass, Wally Palmar on guitar & harmonica, Edgar Winter on sax
and keyboards, Gary Wright on keyboards and Gregg Bissonette on drums.
The twenty seven date tour kicks off in Kiev, Ukraine on 4th June, stopping in
Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Latvia, Poland, Britain, France, Czech
Republic, Italy, Holland and Germany before concluding in Vienna, Austria on
17th July.
17th June London, England Hampton Court
18th June Liverpool, England Empire
20th June Birmingham, England Symphony Hall
22nd June Manchester, England Opera House
23rd June Glasgow, Scotland Clyde Auditorium
24th June Bournemouth, England BIC
26th June Paris, France Palais des Sports
28th June Budapest, Hungary Sport Arena
29th June Prague, Czech Republic KCP Congress Centre
2nd July Lyon, France Centre de Congres
3rd July Milan, Italy Civic Arena
4th July Rome, Italy Auditorium Cavea
7th July Hamburg, Germany Stadtpark
9th July Weert, Holland Bospop Festival
10th July Dusseldorf, Germany Philipshalle
12th July Berlin, Germany Zitadelle
13th July Munich, Germany Circus Krone
16th July Frankfurt, Germany Jahrhunderthalle
17th July Vienna, Austria Open Air Arena
The All Starr Band has toured consistently since its inception in 1989. Based on
the concept 'everybody on stage is a star in their own right', each concert sees
Ringo performing songs from his solo and Beatles’ career and each Starr
performing hits from their own careers. Over the years the revolving line up has
included such stellar artists as Joe Walsh, Dr. John, Todd Rundgren, Timothy B.
Schmidt, John Entwhistle, Peter Frampton, Sheila E., Rod Argent and Paul
Carrack.
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FM ANNOUNCE LIVE DATES IN EUROPE
Following their appearances at 2010's Download and Hard Rock
Hell, FM have got the festival bug and the old campervan will see some mileage
this year as the band travel across Europe to perform at some of the highest
profile festivals around.
There will also be a long overdue return to FM
strongholds in Spain and Holland, dates with Journey and Foreigner in Germany,
and just announced this week - FM are honoured to have been invited back to play
Download again this year.
Full list of dates:
June 23 Rock Temple Kerkrade Holland
June 24 Graspop Festival Dessel Belgium
June 25 'Rock The Nation' - Freilichtbuhne Loreley Germany
June 26 'Rock The Nation' - Stadt Aus Eisen Ferropolis Germany
FM are currently writing and recording for the follow-up to last year's
Metropolis album which was voted 'Best of 2010' by the GRTR! reviewers.
www.fmofficial.com


WHITESNAKE 2011 TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK
Whitesnake return to the UK stage as part of the 2011 Whitesnake World Tour,
starting June 13.
Whitesnake will be introducing new Snakes, drummer Briian Tichy and bass player Michael Devin, alongside guitarists Doug Aldrich & Reb Beach.
The band will be touring in support of their as yet un-named new studio album on the Frontiers label, slated for release late March 2011.
"We've had an incredibly creative and productive year off writing and recording and also mixing several projects we plan to release over the next few years.
We're particularly excited about the new album and we look forward to presenting a mix of new and more familiar songs when we tour.
We have all missed the excitement of performing live and are very excited to introduce the new chaps to the Whitesnake Choir."
JUNE 2011
MONDAY 13 NEWCASTLE CITY HALL
TUESDAY 14 GLASGOW CLYDE AUDITORIUM
THURSDAY 16 WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL
FRIDAY 17 O2 APOLLO MANCHESTER
SUNDAY 19 BOURNEMOUTH BIC
MONDAY 20 HMV HAMMERSMITH APOLLO
Tickets go onsale 9am on Friday 17th December 2010 priced at £38.50 regionally / £39.50 London (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk
Album review

WISHBONE UNPLUGGED
Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash play a special gig on Tuesday 31
May at Jazz Cafe, London
The entire first set at the Jazz Café will be acoustic. Following a rapturous
reception at the British Acoustic Festival, there has been a clamour from fans
for MTWA to repeat the performance
Favourite Wishbone Ash songs
including The King Will Come and Ballad Of The Beacon - will receive a
refreshing new treatment that has enthralled audiences recently.
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TANGERINE DREAM PLAY RARE SHOW
Tangerine Dream return to the UK on 28th May for an
exclusive one-off show at The Lowry in Manchester.
As always, the 7 times Grammy nominated pioneers of electronic music, promise to
take their audience on a psychedelic journey through sight and sound.
Tangerine Dream have just released their new album, The Island of the Fay
Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem of the same name.
Album review

Photo: Andrew Lock
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR TOUR CONTINUES
Following her acclaimed performances supporting Black Country Communion at their debut UK concerts in December 2010, JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR returns to the UK in May 2011 to undertake a full-scale nationwide tour of her own.
Shaw Taylor will perform music from her debut album 'White Sugar', alongside tracks taken from her 2010 follow-up 'Diamonds in the Dirt', the exciting new album which has cemented her place as one of the most promising new artists on the international blues circuit.
Dates on the May 2011 UK tour include; Wolverhampton Robin (May 17), Buxton Opera House (May 18), Edinburgh Caves (May 20), Glasgow o2 Academy (May 21), Aberdeen Lemon Tree (May 22), York Opera House (May 23), Newcastle o2 Academy (May 25), Sheffield o2 Academy (May 27), Manchester Academy (May 28), Bristol Tunnels (May 29), London Islington o2 Academy (May 31); Tickets are on sale now and available from 0871 230 1101 and www.seetickets.com.

Photo: Steve Goudie
GLENN HUGHES TOUR
Glenn Hughes UK tour continues until the end of the month. He's
also recently launched his autobiography entitled 'Deep Purple & Beyond: Scenes
From The Life Of A Rock Star'.
May
Wed. 18: Buxton
Opera House
Fri. 20: Edinburgh Picture House
Sat. 21: Aberdeen Lemon Tree
Mon. 23: York Grand Opera House
Tue. 24: Norwich Waterfront
Thu. 26: Brighton Komedia
Fri. 27: Poole Mr. Kyps
Sun. 29: Birmingham Town Hall
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STEVE VAI LAUNCHES GUITAR TV
Grammy Award-winning musician Steve Vai is launching a 24-hour online streaming
video channel on May 10th called GuitarTV.com The site will feature non-stop
programming of the best guitar performances, interviews, lessons, live
broadcasts and more.

GuitarTV then goes a step
further by letting guitar lovers interact with videos through virtual guitar
strings on the player. They can discover more about a performer, get the song
tablature, and even purchase the artist's guitar model, amplifier, record, or
upcoming concert tickets from within GuitarTV.

SAXON NEW ALBUM RELEASED JUNE 6
Hammer of the Gods, the first track from
Saxon's new album Call To Arms (out in June) is available for free download from
the Saxon website now:
www.saxon747.com
The album will be released through Militia Guard Music and UDR Records.

Album review

JOURNEY RETURN
WITH ECLIPSE
Frontiers Records have announced the release of JOURNEY's forthcoming studio
album « Eclipse in UK on May 30th 2011.
Eclipse is Journey's fifteenth studio album and shows the band at the peak
of their creative juices, truly regenerated after the blistering success of
their last studio album Revelation.
"I'm in love with this
record, which I haven't said about one of our albums for a long time," says
founding member and lead guitarist, Neal Schon. "It's a rock record and it
sounds amazing."
Commenting on the upcoming tour, Schon continued, "We've got a lot of hits to
play and there's plenty of time to do some new stuff too, so we're gonna mix it
up. We haven't toured with Foreigner for over 10 years, so we're really looking
forward to this run."
In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, keyboardist Jonathan Cain
recently described "Eclipse" as "a concept record with some spiritual themes to
it…pretty tough, hard-hitting stuff." Jonathan continued, "We just felt like it
was time to send a message to the world about how we feel about life in
general."
The new album release will be preceded by the digital release of the single
"City of Hope" on April 4th.
Journey toured the world for two years in support of their 2008 release, «
Revelation ». More than a million fans attended the shows, and welcomed new lead
singer Arnel Pineda.
Completing the Journey lineup is
Schon (guitars, backing vocals), Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Ross Valory
(bass, backing vocals) and Deen Castronovo (drums, percussion, backing vocals).
Revelation marked the band's biggest first week's sales in more than a decade,
debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200 in June 2008 and with chart entries in the
UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. "Revelation" earned
the band their 11th Platinum album certification to date, leading The New York
Times to declare that "the band…feels alive."
Since its formation in 1973, Journey has earned 19 Top 40 singles and 25 gold
and platinum albums in the US. The band's Greatest Hits album is certified 15
times platinum, bringing Journey into the elite club of Diamond-certified album
holders. The group also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005.
"Eclipse" will include the following tracks :
City of Hope, Edge of the Moment, Chain of Love, Tantra, Anything is Possible,
Resonate, She's a Mystery, Human Feel, Ritual, To Whom It May Concern, Someone,
Venus.
The "Eclipse" tour video trailer can be enjoyed following the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfMqsfozKMk
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NEW JOURNEY BIO
Using original interviews and a wealth of research, Don't Stop Believin' The
Untold Story Of Journey follows Journey's career as they formed, matured and
flourished, succeeded and failed.
It is a story filled with heartache,
bitterness and behind the scenes squabbles but also creativity, dedication,
passion and drive. The book is published by Omnibus Press, May 3.
The author Neil Daniels contributes to Get Ready to ROCK! and several other
websites and publications.
Special feature/interview
ROGER WATERS THE WALL -
LIVE IN BERLIN (20th Anniversary Edition)
Roger Waters' seminal concert of The Wall before a live audience of 250,000 in
Berlin and international live broadcast viewership of ½ billion is, arguably,
the greatest concert event in history.
Staged on vacant terrain
between Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate in the wake of the fall of the
Berlin Wall, it marks a momentous cultural and political landmark. Roger is
taking a new production of The Wall on tour across Europe from March and to
celebrate Universal Music are proud to present a repackaged, limited deluxe
combo edition of the DVD and 2-CD live album.
"30 years ago when I wrote The Wall, I was a frightened young man. Well, not
that young, I was 36 years old. It took me a long time to get over my fears.
Anyway, in the intervening years it has occurred to me that maybe the story of
my fear and loss with its concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and
punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns: nationalism, racism,
sexism, religion, whatever! All these issues and ‘isms are driven by the same
fears that drove my young life.” (Roger Waters, 2010)
In the UK the new production of The Wall will be performed at London's O2 Arena
on six nights in May from the 11th to 18th, followed by two nights at the
Manchester Evening News Arena on the 20th and 21st. It will return to the UK for
a date at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena on 27th June with one more date at
the Manchester Evening News Arena on 28th June.
 DEFINITIVE
EDITIONS OF OZZY OSBOURNE'S LANDMARK SOLO ALBUMS
'BLIZZARD OF OZZ' & 'DIARY OF A MADMAN'
RESTORED & REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS SET FOR RELEASE MONDAY, MAY
30 ON SONY CMG
On May 30th, music fans will have their first taste of re-issues from rock icon
OZZY OSBOURNE's catalogue of work with the releases of two albums which form the
cornerstone of Ozzy Osbourne's career as a solo artist: Blizzard of Ozz and
Diary of a Madman.
Long revered by rock fans around
the world, these two albums created a template for hard rock in the 1980's and
beyond as they were marked by the ground-breaking and historic union of Ozzy and
the late guitar hero Randy Rhoads.
These
definitive versions of 1980's Blizzard of Ozz (with previously unreleased bonus
tracks) and 1981's Diary of a Madman are available individually on vinyl or CD,
or together in a deluxe collector's box. All versions were restored and
re-mastered from the original analog sources by George Marino.
The 30th Anniversary
Edition of Blizzard of Ozz CD includes the original album in its entirety,
restored and re-mastered for this edition, with bonus tracks, while the new
Legacy Edition of Diary of a Madman includes the original album in its entirety,
restored and remastered for this edition, with a bonus second CD of previously
unreleased live performances featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads with
rhythm section Rudy Sarzo (bass) and Tommy Aldridge (drums). A single disc
version of the re-mastered Diary of a Madman will also be available.
For serious fans and collectors, the limited edition 30th Anniversary deluxe
boxed set houses the restored and re-mastered vinyl and CD editions of Blizzard
of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, the "Ozzy Live" compact disc. Beyond the music,
the box set is highlighted by a variety of exclusives including an expansive
100-page coffee table book, a two-sided wall-size poster, a precise and detailed
full-size replica of Ozzy's iconic gold cross that he has worn for 30 years, and
'Thirty Years After The Blizzard' DVD.
This new 'Thirty Years After The Blizzard' DVD chronicles Ozzy's years with
Randy Rhoads features previously unseen footage of Ozzy and Randy filmed in 1981
& 1982; it incorporates rare archival photos and films; along with new and
revelatory interviews with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Lemmy (Motörhead), Steve
Vai, Nikki Sixx, Rob Halford, Zakk Wylde, Bill Ward and more.
The DVD also
contains over 70 minutes of additional rare live performances and interviews;
included is the premiere of more than 30 minutes of newly-discovered
never-bootlegged footage of Ozzy and Randy from the Blizzard of Ozz tour shot
from the front of the stage at New York's fabled Palladium on May 2, 1981. This
new feature is a must-see for aficionados of Ozzy's epic release, Blizzard of
Ozz and its pivotal effect on rock & roll history.
Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman are landmark albums that took metal in a
new direction in the early 1980's, inspiring whole new generations of rock bands
and fans. "Crazy Train," the first single from Blizzard of Ozz, has become one
of Ozzy's musical signatures, a perennial on the rock playlists and as part of
Ozzy's live performances.
DEREK AND THE DOMINOS 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs’ Hits 40!
Special 40th Anniversary Edition released March 29th Via Universal Music.
One of Eric Clapton’s Defining Albums Marks its 40th Anniversary on March 29th
With Deluxe Multi-format Edition Featuring New and Long-Unavailable Music and
Never-Seen Photos
Recorded in 1970 by Derek and the Dominos, the group was comprised of Clapton
and top American musicians Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. Layla and
Other Assorted Love Songs music offers a timeless blend of rock, electric blues
and Southern gospel influences that has shaped generations of roots-oriented
musicians.
To be released March 29, 2011, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: The 40th
Anniversary Deluxe Edition is a multi-format collection offering an
appropriately comprehensive salute to this iconic album and the band that
created it. The set will feature the original double-disc album in both digital
and vinyl formats, expanded to include newly remastered tracks, and a treasure
trove of music.
THE 2CD DELUXE EDITION features:
Six exciting performances from what was to be Derek and the Dominos’ second
album, all remixed by the original session engineer, Andy Johns. The highlight
of the six tracks is 'Got To Get Better In A Little While' - the group’s last
recording - presented in this collection both as a mesmerizing jam version and
as the ?rst-ever release of the fully produced studio version, finally completed
by founding member Bobby Whitlock on keyboards and vocals.
All four audio performances from Derek and the Domino’s sole, historic
television appearance on The Johnny Cash Show, November 9, 1970 - including
Clapton’s famous jam on 'Matchbox Blues' with Cash and rockabilly legend Carl
Perkins.
The two tracks produced by Phil Spector in early summer 1970 that amounted to
the first release by Derek and the Dominos: 'Tell the Truth' and 'Roll It Over,'
the A- and B-side of a single that was quickly pulled from circulation by the
group.
The Layla session out-take 'Mean Old World': the legendary acoustic duet
performed by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman.
The SUPER DELUXE EDITION additionally includes:
Newly remastered and expanded 2-CD set of Derek and the Dominos: In Concert,
recorded at the Fillmore East and remastered from the original master tapes.
Audio only DVD featuring DTS 5.1 and Dolby Surround 5.1 versions of Layla and
Other Assorted Love Songs, mixed by legendary engineer Elliot Scheiner.
High-fidelity, 180-gram reproduction of the original vinyl double album,
remastered directly from the original UK album masters, featuring slightly
alternate mixes of some songs.
A hardcover book, artfully designed with rare and never-seen photographs, and
featuring four meticulously researched essays by noted music historian and
author Ashley Kahn fashioned from new interviews with Bobby Whitlock, Allman
Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, engineer Andy Johns, producer Albhy Galuten,
guitarist Derek Trucks; plus historic interviews with Eric Clapton, Duane Allman,
and producer Tom Dowd.
Facsimiles of Derek and the Dominos concert tickets and various promotional
items, including the famous 'Derek is Eric' button created to assure fans of the
identity of the group’s lead singer and guitarist.
Pop-up 3-D artwork and a high quality Layla art print based on the oil painting
that graced the original album cover - 'La Fille Au Bouquet' by Emile Theodore
Frandsen de Schomberg - which has achieved cultural significance in its own
right.
Album review

URIAH HEEP BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM 'INTO THE WILD' RELEASED
APRIL 18th ON FRONTIERS RECORDS
Legendary British Hard Rockers Uriah
Heep have signed to Frontiers Records to release their 23rd studio album, 'Into
The Wild', on April 18th, distributed via Cargo.
Produced by Mike Paxman (Status Quo,
Asia), 'Into The Wild' contains twelve brand new, technically brilliant, heavy
organ and guitar driven sophisticated melodic hard rock songs, all packed with
the band's soaring, trademark multi-part harmony vocals.
'Into The Wild' was recorded at Liscombe Park Studios in Buckinghamshire,
England, and the album cover art work was once again designed by renowned Greek
- American artist Ioannis (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, Saga etc). The track listing
is; 'Nail On The Head' (the first single, for which a video is currently being
shot and will be added to the album as a special interactive tool) 'I Can See
You', 'Into The Wild', 'Money Talk', 'I'm Ready' 'Trail Of Diamonds', 'Southern
Star', 'Believe', 'Lost', 'T-Bird Angel', and 'Kiss Of Freedom'.
Album review
JOE BONAMASSA NEW ALBUM RELEASED
MARCH 21
Joe Bonamassa releases his 12th full-length solo album, DUST BOWL in the UK on Monday March 21st 2011 (US release is March 22nd)
via Provogue Records.
The album will coincide with Bonamassa's forthcoming 'Dust Bowl 2011 World Tour' that will take in cities across America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia.
'I think Dust Bowl is the best album we've ever done,' says Bonamassa. 'I'm finding more inspiration in storytelling in my 30s, in writing songs that are about something more profound than 'my baby left me.' I like albums that are made with the right intentions and sound organic and a little rough around the edges, like a great band playing live in the room.'
Dust Bowl is Joe Bonamassa's sixth collaboration with producer Kevin 'The Caveman' Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes, Black Country Communion) and features collaborations with Nashville legends Vince Gill and John Hiatt, female vocalist Beth Hart, and Joe's Black Country Communion band-mate, Glenn Hughes.
To celebrate the March 21st release of Joe Bonamassa's highly anticipated new
album 'Dust Bowl', his official website is making the title track available as a
free MP3 download. Click here to download the song -
http://jbonamassa.com/dustbowl/.
Provogue Records has also announced that they will also release a Limited
Edition Digibook version of the Dust Bowl album, along with the standard CD and
vinyl editions throughout the UK and Europe on March 21st.
The limited edition print-run includes a comprehensive 8,000 word, 60-page
digibook that chronicles Bonamassa's fascinating rise in popularity as one the
most exciting blues guitarists of our time. Written with passion and authority
by Henry Yates (guitar correspondent for Classic Rock, Total Guitar and
Guitarist), the exclusive collector's edition book features never-before-seen
personal photographs dating back to Joe's early childhood as a budding
guitarist.
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NEW RON GEESIN ALBUM
RonCycle1: The Journey Of A Melody, represents one of Ron Geesin's most
ambitious projects to date. Perhaps best known for his seminal
work with Pink Floyd (Atom Heart Mother) 'Roncycle 1...' is an integral suite
composed of sixteen pieces - some of them a mere minute short.
Geesin has himself, in fact, referred to his latest creation as
"a monster from the deep". Elements and influences from his entire career are
passing by the audience's ears, ranging from puristic folk and proto-funk to
orchestral meditations and the complex metrics of progressive rock.
Thanks to a clearly defined narrative, which Geesin readily
expounds upon in the liner notes, the result has nonetheless turned out entirely
coherent.
Geesin began work on the album in 1986: "the reason that it has all taken so
long is that, as it grew, it frightened me so much that I had to walk away for
long periods".
Technical issues meant parts of the work had to be transferred from their
original tape to computer and, according to Geesin, "the whole digi-structure
was becoming overwhelmingly complicated".
Meeting Mark Ayres, known for his contribution to the BBC's Dr. Who, proved to
be the solution. Ayres took care of final arrangements in his studio, bringing a
twenty five year long epic journey to a satisfying end.
RonCycle1: The Journey Of A Melody will be released on CD, and LP (with bonus
CD) on March 7, 2011.
THUNDER RELEASE NEW LIVE ALBUM AND
REUNITE FOR ONE-OFF FESTIVAL APPEARANCE
Thunder, who split nearly 2 years ago, will release a live CD, THUNDER - LIVE -
ROUGH & READY on 1st March 2011. The album will be released in a double gatefold
4 CD digipack and will be available exclusively online at
www.thunderonline.com
and
www.thunderonline-shop.co.uk.
Pre-order online now. Thunder will also
reunite for a one-off appearance at High Voltage Festival at Victoria Park,
London on Sunday 24th July.
The 4 CD live release features Thunder recorded at 2 shows during the "The
Magnificent Seventh" tour in 2005. It's called Rough & Ready, to contrast the
difference in audio quality between the two shows (one was recorded straight off
the mixing desk, the other is a proper multi-track recording).
Whilst the audio
quality varies, the band's performance does not. Several songs from The
Magnificent Seventh CD made their live debut on this tour, and two of them
(Monkey See Monkey Do & The Gods Of Love) were seldom played afterwards, though
listening to them on here, it's hard to understand why!
This does not mean that Thunder are getting back together, and there are no
plans to record or release any new material. Luke Morley and Chris Childs have
stressed that whilst they're both looking forward to playing a Thunder show,
their commitment to The Union and the new album release (later this year) is
undiminished. Harry James is about to go on tour with Magnum and other
ex-Thunder band members' Danny Bowes and Ben Matthews other activities will also
remain unchanged.
Danny says: "I can't lie, I've missed singing and being in the band more than I
thought I would over the past couple of years, so when High Voltage called last
week, I was keen to explore it. We're still releasing the new Rough & Ready live
album, but there's no plan to do any other recording going forwards. It will be
great to play again, and we're really excited".
Album review
and video
interview
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