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CROWDED HOUSE 'The Very, Very Best Of' [Release Date 18/10/2010]

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Crowded House's top hits and fan favourites have been gathered for a new CD and CD/DVD collection. Celebrating the Australian band's 25th anniversary, 'The Very, Very Best Of Crowded House' features the hits 'Don't Dream It's Over', 'Weather With You', 'Four Seasons In One Day', 'It's Only Natural' and other standout singles and album tracks.

Originally consisting of New Zealander Neil Finn [vocals, guitar, keyboards] and two Australians, Paul Hester [drums] and Nick Seymour [bass], Crowded House was formed in Melbourne in 1985. Neil Finn's brother and former Split Enz bandmate Tim Finn joined Crowded House for the writing and recording of 'Woodface', the band's third Top 100 album, released in 1991. Tim Finn left the band later that year and was replaced by the American multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart, who became a permanent member. Crowded House founding member Paul Hester died in 2005; Matt Sherrod joined the band on drums.

Thursday's Top Three

Todays favourites are:

  MADONNA Who's That Girl

Rare 1987 UK Sire label limited edition 2-track 12" vinyl PICTURE DISC single, featuring Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero's Extended Version plus White Heat, superb pictures of a blonde-haired Madonna W8341TP.

 

  Y KANT TORI READ Y Kant Tori Read

1988 US original 10-track NON PROMO STAMPED vinyl LP including 'The Big Picture' and 'Cool On Your Island', complete with original lyric inner, glossy picture sleeve with deletion sawcut. Both sleeve & vinylare in superb condition & complete with a double sided press release!)

 

  FRANK ZAPPA One Size Fits All

Scarce original 1975 US 9-track promotional vinyl LP with custom 'Not For Sale' tan labels, housed in the original gatefold picture sleeve which still has the pink promotional sticker on the front. The sleeve shows only minor shelfwear and the vinyl is superb, with no more than a few faint marks spoiling the bright clean vinyl and pristine labels free from spindle marks indicating very little play- a great copy!

Jean Michel Jarre reclaims the future

Jean Michel Jarre wants to go back to the future. The French synthesizer maestro arrives in the UK this weekend with his 2010 tour, named to evoke the “hopes and dreams of my friend Arthur C Clarke”, author of the science-fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

“Suddenly, we are putting ourselves as the next dinosaurs. It’s rather dark; we have narrowed our dreams. It is time to restore our visions. And so it’s not a nostalgic idea; it is based with this unconscious need to restore a kind of dynamic for tomorrow.”

via www.telegraph.co.uk

Bohemian Rhapsody

 

Blue vinyl Bo' Rhap'.

Specially pressed for the luncheon commemorating EMI attaining the Queen's Award to Industry for Export Achievement.

Unique custom purple & gold presentation sleeve.

Hand numbered 100 out of 200 with etched EMI glass wine goblet.

Already a top-of-the-league, jewel in the crown collectible for the Queen fan, and prime number 100… what a number to have!

Primal Scream to tour Screamadelica

 

With two London, Olympia dates sold out, Primal Scream are set to take their euphoric classic, Screamadelica, which won the first-ever Mercury Music Prize, on an extended tour which will last up to March next year. Confirmed dates are as follows:

 

11-19 Madrid, Spain - Riviera

11-20 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz

11-26 London, England - Olympia

11-27 London, England - Olympia

01-21 Auckland, New Zealand - Big Day Out

01-23 Gold Coast, Australia - Big Day Out

01-26 Sydney, Australia - Big Day Out

01-30 Melbourne, Australia - Big Day Out

02-04 Adelaide, Australia - Big Day Out

02-06 Perth, Australia - Big Day Out

03-14 Leeds, England - O2 Academy

03-15 Birmingham, England - O2 Academy

03-16 Newcastle, England - O2 Academy

03-18 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC

03-19 Manchester, England - Apollo

03-22 Brighton, England - Centre

03-25 London, England - O2 Brixton Academy

Pet Shop Boys show us their Ultimate Hits...

 

   

PET SHOP BOYS 'Ultimate' [Release Date 01/11/2010]

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The Pet Shop Boys are one of the most commercially and critically acclaimed bands of the past 25 years.  They have achieved 8 platinum, 2 gold and 4 silver albums in the UK alone.  Their career has spanned 25 years and is in its 3rd decade.  They are as popular as ever, still headlining festivals around the world in 2010.  This collection brings together 19 of their biggest hits, from the very first (West End Girls) in 1985.  The Special Edition includes a 48 track DVD with previously unreleased performances from the BBC (27 tracks from shows such as TOTP, Wogan, The Old Grey Whistle Test) as well as their 2010 headlining performance at Glastonbury (21 tracks).  This is the first time any of this footage will be available to purchase on DVD.

Wednesdays Top Picks

Good Afternoon World..

Here are todays top picks:

  DEPECHE MODE I Feel Loved

Rare 2001 UK 9-track Mute label advance CD-R acetate, issued exclusively to selected radio stations and reviewers. Includes the promotional-only mixes of  Danny Tenaglia's Labor Of Love, Danny Tenaglia's Labor Of Love Instrumental and Umek Remix, custom printed disc & custom title/tracklisting inlay with release date printed on disc and inlay!

  SEX PISTOLS Anarchy In The UK

Original 1976 UK EMI issue 2-track 7" vinyl single, with Chris Thomas production credit on both sides. Also includes I Wanna Be Me, housed in its die-cut EMI company sleeve. The vinyl shows just a little spindle wear on the A-side [for such a defining song, we'll forgive the previous owner for giving it a few spins], but otherwise remains in excellent condition with the push-out centre intact. A great copy of this legendary Pistols rarity EMI2566.

 

  GUIDED BY VOICES Loving Memories - Guided By Voices 1983-2004

Official 2004 US promotional only NTSC DVD featuring the introduction video that was played before the band took the stage during their 2004 Tour, made by 'Memories By Design' a company specialising in memorial video presentations for funerals! Custom printed disc and housed in a standard DVD case with a custom picture sleeve.

991.com at the Buggles "Lost Gig" with Trevor Horn

The 991.com founders were at the “Trevor Horn and Zang Tuum Tumb present The Buggles - The Lost Gig” last night. Trevor regrouped The Buggles and gathered some very special guests including 10cc, OMD, Claudia Brucken, Alison Moyet & Gary Barlow to perform their ground-breaking début album, The Age of Plastic in full for the first (and quite possibly only) time ever. And it was AMAZING. It reminded me again after 20+ years in this industry, that we have the most amazing jobs to be doing something we love. And there would be no 991.com without the music produced by Trevor Horn.

See http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23883092-the-buggles-are-electro-dreamers-that-time-too-easily-forgot.do for a review.  

Tuesdays Top Three

 

Here are todays juicy trio of wonders...

  ABBA The Interview...

Rare 1999 UK promotional-only interview CD featuring interviews with Bjorn Ulvaeus, Michael B. Tretow and Owe Sandsrom.  Issued only to radio stations reviewers complete with a 12-page uniquely designed booklet which includes the full interview cues ABBA.INT

 

  TOOL Lateralus

Rare 2003 US limited edition 13-track double vinyl LP PICTURE DISC with original credits/tracklisting inners in a beautiful metallicised high quality gatefold picture sleeve. This copy has been dedicated to Mike and fully AUTOGRAPHED by Maynard James Keenan, Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor and Adam Jones in silver or purple marker pens which are spread across the four sides of the vinyl, plus also features a custom 'No Ebay' message and the human body image has been adjusted with long hair, glasses and a tongue - a stunning and unique genuinely signed copy of this now very sought after release.

 

EURYTHMICS This Is The House

Rare original 1982 UK 5-track 12" vinyl EP also featuring live versions of 'Your Time Will Come', 'Never Gonna Cry Again', '4/4 In Leather' & 'Take Me To Your Heart'.

Morrissey's Favourite Singles

For those that grew up on music lists, a simple Top 10 by a distinguished artist or DJ was often all it took for fanboys & girls to drop everything and go for a sprint to his or her nearest record shop or library, pre-internet.

Morrissey's Top 13 singles of alltime reads as such:

1 - New York Dolls - 'Jet Boy'
2 - Sparks - 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us'
3 - The Sundown Playboys - 'Saturday Nite Special'
4 - Bob & Marcia - 'Young, Gifted and Black'
5 - The Tams - 'Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy'
6 - Buffy Sainte-Marie - 'Soldier Blue'
7 - Al Martino - 'Granada'
8 - Shocking Blue - 'Mighty Joe'
9 - The Crystals - 'All Grown Up'
10 -Paul Jones - 'I've Been A Bad, Bad Boy'
11 - The Supremes - 'I'm Livin' In Shame'
12 - Roxy Music - 'Do The Strand'
13 - Mr Bloe - 'Groovin With Mr Bloe'

courtesy of XFM

Viva ELVIS

ELVIS PRESLEY 'Viva ELVIS' [Release Date 08/11/2010]

2010 UK 13-track CD album

'Viva ELVIS - The Album', is a 21st century celebration of Elvis and his music, featuring the voice of the king in a whole new context. Originating from the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name, 'Viva ELVIS' is 21st Century Elvis.

The undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, remains one of the most iconic and powerful forces in popular culture. "Before Elvis," said John Lennon, "there was nothing." After Elvis, the world looked and sounded different. With a swivel of his hips and the power of his voice, Elvis broke down barriers and shattered the status quo, revolutionizing the worlds of music, film and fashion, while signalling a seismic shift in gender, class, race, and generational relationships. The Elvis revolution continues with Viva ELVIS - The Album.

This postmodern studio masterwork invokes the spirit and essence of Elvis from a contemporary perspective, while furthering the revolutionary impulses of Elvis' sound. 'Viva ELVIS - The Album' re-imagines the king's own vocal performances in a broad variety of new musical settings. This new sound echoes Elvis' own versatility and ability to master all music genres, from Delta blues to rockabilly, from raw soul to gospel, from Southern folk to Vegas pop, while incorporating elements of garage rock, punk, urban and hip-hop.

61 birthday facts about Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen turns 61 today. To mark the occasion, here are 61 facts about the legendary artist.



The facts in this gallery are all taken from a recent edition of Uncut magazine devoted to Bruce Springsteen.

Springsteen has never had a No.1 single in the US, although the Manfred Mann's Earthband cover of Asbury's Park 'Blinded By The Light' hit the top spot in early 1977.

Astronauts on a 1999 voyage of space shuttle 'Discovery' were played 'Redezvous' as a wake-up call, before docking with the Hubble telescope. The Boss had a planet named after him that same year.

The first song that Springsteen learned to play on a guitar was The Beatles' version of 'Twist And Shout'. He has frequently played the song at live shows - it oftens forms part of the encore.

To read the full list click here for the NME

Quo Back On The Road & Honoured For Decades Of Service

 
Status Quo celebrate their 43rd anniversary this year and have been honoured with a free lunch at the Dorchester Hotel, special Variety Club in London, namely for being one of the hardest working bands in the UK and still splendid after all these years.

Planet Rock fill you in on their forthcoming November and December UK tour dates.

**Monday's pick of the crop!**

 


KYLIE MINOGUE ’K Book’
This wonderful photographic book, is the product of a project undertaken by Minogue and her creative director, William Baker. This superb 'image gallery' shows Kylie in all manner of guises, plus some behind the scenes tour photos. All of the photographs within this collection were taken between 2006 and 2008, many of which are exclusive to this weighty tome. A truly stunning article that shows the perky pop pixie in a wonderful light!
 


K FOUNDATION presents THE RED ARMY CHOIR K. ‘Cera Cera - War Is Over If You Want It’
Ultra rare KLF alias Israel-only limited edition 1-track CD released in honour of the Middle East peace agreement in 1993! A hard-to-find and uber cool piece!
 

 
U2 ‘Electrical Storm’
Island Records 1-track CD-R acetate featuring the Radio Edit Version of the cool single release from the band’s second part compilation album, ‘The Best Of 1990-2000. Issued exclusively to radio stations and reviewers ahead of the release date.

Radiohead could scrap new album

Radiohead fans might have to wait a little while longer to hear the band's next album after they hinted that they might not finish it.



'We've been working on material on and off for a year now,' drummer Phil Selway told The Canadian Press. 'We're basically taking stock on Monday and seeing what we need to do with the material to move it to those final stages.

'We might get back together on Monday and after discussing stuff we might just throw this all out and say maybe we need to go back to the drawing board. Who knows, as I say, it's all up in the air at the
moment.'

Click here to read the full story on Music News

Phil Collins Back At No. 1 In U.K. | Billboard.com

The Atlantic label has both new U.K. chart champions, with Phil Collins topping the U.K. album chart for the first time in 12 years, after his soul covers set "Going Back" (Atlantic/Warner Music) climbed 4-1 on the new Official Charts Company listing last night (Sept. 26)

Read more at The Telegraph here

**Fridays Fun Favourites**

 

THE EAGLES 'Paper Sleeve Collection'

This rare 2004 issue set comprises SEVEN Japanese limited edition CD albums. Each is issued in a replica mini LP style paper cover with all the relevant lyric inserts, liner notes and obi-strips, 'Eagles Live' is a double CD issue. As a bonus this copy also comes with the promo only 'Please Come Home For Christmas' 2-track CD which also includes the track 'Funky New Year', custom card picture sleeve with a unique Japanese title insert featuring both Japanese and English lyrics. Even better and rarely seen is the promotional only gold embossed, smooth matt black outer slip case box that this little lot neatly fit into. The box was only available to those Japanese customers who advance ordered the entire set before release!

 

  ABBA The Best Of Abba

A rarity to find complete, this 1974 Japanese-only 12-track Philips label vinyl LP is housed in an unique group picture sleeve with the lyrics printed on the reverse - because it was never issued with an insert - and it is oh so complete with the ultra rare original biography obi-strip. What more can we say?  This album is vitually impossible to find, so we had to find one, and in such perfect condition too! SFX-6008

 

ROLLING STONES Memory Motel

Scarce 1999 US 3-track promotional yellow tongue picture CD single featuring Remix Edit, LP Version & Call Out Hook, complete with a custom picture sleeve and back insert DPRO-13656.

100 Club Under Threat

  

First set up as a jazz club in 1942, and paying host to a number of legendary punk gigs including the Sex Pistols, the BBC report on the 100 Club's potential closure due to rising rental costs.

Depeche Mode take their fans on a Tour of the Universe

DEPECHE MODE 'Tour Of The Universe - Live In Barcelona' [Release Date 08/11/2010]

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Playing 102 shows in 40 countries, Depeche Mode's acclaimed 'Tour Of The Universe' saw Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andrew 'Fletch' Fletcher performing to over 2.7 million people.

Their epic trip across the globe was one of the most successful tours of recent history and saw them playing a host of stunning material spanning their impressive 30 year history.

'Tour Of The Universe - Live In Barcelona' contains 21 tracks recorded over two sold out nights at the Palau St Jordi in Barcelona on November 20th and 21st 2009, both shows being highlights of the celebrated tour.

Released on Mute, this spectacular DVD comes with a host of bonus content including four bonus tracks recorded across the two nights, a tour documentary - Inside The Universe - two tracks filmed at tour rehearsals in New York and Anton Corbijn's specially created 'screen films' for seven tracks plus further bonus montages created from the on-stage screens.

In addition, the four promotional videos from 2009's acclaimed 'Sounds Of The Universe' album including the Grammy nominated Wrong, directed by Patrick Daughters, are included.

US singer Eddie Fisher dies at 82

US singer Eddie Fisher, who sold millions of records in the 50s and was married to Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds, has died at the age of 82.

Fisher was a teen idol in the 1950s with dozens of Top 40 hits and his own TV show. His marriage to Debbie Reynolds produced two children, including Carrie Fisher, who starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy. Fisher was married five times in all, including also to Connie Stevens. 

Fisher's top songs included Thinking of You, Any Time and Oh, My Pa-pa

Click here to read the full story on the BBC