By Steve Newton Dedicated followers of much-missed musical maestro Frank Zappa have just been given a reason to get a little jiggy. Universal Music announced today that an 88-track, five-disc "Super Deluxe Edition" of Zappa's 1973 Mothers of Invention album, Over-Nite Sensation, will be released on November 3. It will include four CDs and a … Continue reading Zappa fans prepare to freak out! 50th anniversary edition of Over-Nite Sensation to include 57 unreleased and rare tracks
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Richard Buckner’s “barely earned” B.A. in English helped him drop his “Jewelbomb” gem
“Jewelbomb”, the fourth track on American alt-country singer-songwriter Richard Buckner’s Since CD, was one of my favourite tunes last year.
Status Quo box set brings ’70s guitar-boogie in spades
By Steve Newton One of my favourite things to do as a music-crazed teen in the '70s was to go to record stores and buy albums based solely on how rockin' they looked. I can still remember checking out the record bins and laying my eyes on a 1972 album by a group that … Continue reading Status Quo box set brings ’70s guitar-boogie in spades
New John Mellencamp box set crams 19 discs into one tidy package
By Steve Newton If you're a hardcore John Mellencamp fan and you just lost your entire Mellencamp CD collection because your house burned down, and now you've gotta go live in a small apartment without a lot of space for discs, have I got the thing for you. This Tuesday (July 22), Universal Music Canada is … Continue reading New John Mellencamp box set crams 19 discs into one tidy package
Yee-haw! Allman Brothers to release southern-rock masterpiece At Fillmore East as box set
By Steve Newton Southern-rock fans saddened by word that the Allman Brothers will perform their final concerts this year should brighten at the news that an historic deluxe-edition box set is on its way. Yesterday the band announced on its website that a six-disc package titled The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings will be released by … Continue reading Yee-haw! Allman Brothers to release southern-rock masterpiece At Fillmore East as box set
Eric Clapton box set features Slowhand trading licks with Freddie King
By Steve Newton Music lovers of a certain age—let's call them "old fogies" for want of a better term—know that 1973 was an incredible year for guitar-based rock. You can read all about it in music historian Michael Walker's great new book, What You Want Is in the Limo, which focuses on the albums and touring … Continue reading Eric Clapton box set features Slowhand trading licks with Freddie King