Pearl Jam news: archival concert stream, digital reissues, more

Pearl Jam is celebrating the anniversaries of its seminal albums Ten and No Code, launched on the same day, 5 years apart. In the Fall of 1991, a period known as the “60 days that changed rock,” there were epic album releases by artists Soundgarden, Nirvana, Guns N’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica and Pearl Jam with Ten.

The band is asking fans to take to social media to share their memories of these iconic albums using the hashtags #30YearsOfTen and #25YearsOfNoCode. The campaign is a nostalgic look back to the nineties surfacing fan-lensed in-concert videos, behind-the-scenes photos, candid snapshots, ticket stubs, personal anecdotes about meeting the band.

The Ten Club (Pearl Jam's fan community) will present a free streaming event of the historic Moline, Illinois show (October 17, 2014) where Pearl Jam played No Code live from start to finish. Pearl Jam: The No Code Show, a Free Streaming Event begins today on the band’s YouTube channel and runs through Monday, August 30 at 11:59pm (PT).

To further celebrate the anniversary, Epic Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, released newly remixed state-of-the-art digital-only editions of Ten and No Code today.

Both the 30th anniversary digital edition of Ten and the 25th anniversary digital edition of No Code have been mixed by producer/sound engineer Josh Evans in state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 Reality Audio to provide listeners with an immersive sonic experience. 

Evans--who began working with the band as an assistant engineer and tech during the making of the eponymous Pearl Jam (aka the "Avocado" album) in 2006--produced 2020's Gigaton, the first new Pearl Jam studio album in seven years, and deployed Dolby Atmos to bring listeners further into each song with more detail and nuance.

"These two albums sound amazing in the immersive format," said Josh Evans. "For Ten, the goal was to create the best version of the record, bigger, wider and higher fidelity; now, it actually sounds as great coming out of your speakers as it does in your memory of hearing it the first time. 25 years ahead of its time, No Code almost sounds like it was intended to be an immersive album; experimental layers, nuance and raw aggression are all amplified and expanded in a simultaneously bigger and more intimate experience."

Ten, Pearl Jam's groundbreaking debut, was originally released on August 27, 1991. A phenomenal critical and popular success, Ten established Pearl Jam as avatars for a new generation of rock; propelled by the energy of hits like "Alive," "Jeremy," "Even Flow" and "Ocean," the album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified 13x Platinum by the RIAA.

August 27, 1996, marked the release of No Code, Pearl Jam's fourth studio album. The third consecutive Pearl Jam album to enter the Billboard 200 at #1, the RIAA Platinum-certified No Code reinforced the band's commitment to provocative musical exploration with songs like "Who You Are," "Hail, Hail" and "Off He Goes." The album enhanced the band's reputation as international superstars as it hit #1 in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Portugal and Sweden and Top 5 (or better) in Austria, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom, Finland, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands.

On July 17, 2021, with 2021 marking the 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam's iconic debut album, Ten, Legacy Recordings and Record Store Day released special 12" and cassette single editions of "Alive," the track that kicked PJ into high gear. The 12" features the original promo single version of "Alive" plus three rare B-sides: "Wash,” “Dirty Frank" and PJ's cover of the Beatles' "I've Got A Feeling," currently unavailable anywhere else. All four tracks are included on side A while side B contains an etching of the band's 'Stick Man' logo. The "Alive" cassette single is a replica of the promo cassette originally circulated at the time of Ten's release. It includes the promo single version of "Alive" plus "Wash" and "I've Got A Feeling," repeated on both sides.

After a period out-of-print, Epic/Legacy released a new 12" vinyl pressing of No Code on August 13th. This collector's edition features the album's original artwork and packaging with each album containing the same set of nine postcards (original pressings featured nine postcards randomly chosen from a complete set of 36).

Out now: A 2000 live album from John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp and Republic Records release the live album to accompany the The Good Samaritan Tour 2000 documentary available now on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) YouTube channel. Stream The Good Samaritan Tour 2000 live album HERE and watch The Good Samaritan Tour 2000 documentary HERE.

The album features live versions of some of John Mellencamp’s most popular songs including “Pink Houses,” “Small Town” as well as a cover of “Oklahoma Hills” written by Woody Guthrie. See full tracklist below. The Good Samaritan Tour 2000 documentary is available on Turner Classic Movie’s (TCM) YouTube channel starting today. Next month, John Mellencamp will also appear as a guest programmer on TCM. Look out for more information soon.

The documentary, which is narrated by Academy® Award winner Matthew McConaughey, chronicles Mellencamp’s historic tour in 2000 when he performed for free in public parks and common spaces across the country. The film was executive produced by Federal Films, produced by John Mellencamp and Randy Hoffman, directed by Shan Dan Horan, mixed by Andy York and has special contributions by Nora Guthrie.

Track List:

“Small Town”
“Oklahoma Hills”
In My Time Of Dying”
“Captain Bobby Stout”
“Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)”
“All Along The Watchtower”
“The Spider And The Fly”
“Early Bird Café”
“Hey Gyp”
“Street Fighting Man”
“Cut Across Shorty”
“Pink Houses”

Ryan Hurd's debut album coming in October

Pelago, the debut album from country singer Ryan Hurd, is set for release October 15 via Arista Nashville. A new track, “June, July, August,” debuts today—listen and pre-add/pre-save Pelago here.

“June, July, August” follows the recently released “Coast” and “Chasing After You.” Hurd’s first official duet with his wife, Maren Morris, “Chasing After You” is currently in the top 15 and climbing at country radio. Hurd and Morris debuted the song on the 56th ACM Awards and recently performed on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”—watch here.

Pelago, inspired by Hurd’s upbringing on the shores of Lake Michigan, was produced with childhood friend and longtime creative partner Aaron Eshuis, with further contributions from Jesse Frasure (Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, Little Big Town) and Teddy Reimer.

Hurd got his start in Nashville as a songwriter, penning Platinum hits and #1s for Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Lady A and Tim McGraw, among others. As an artist he’s released a series of EPs, spawning hits like the Platinum-certified “To a T” and earning more than 700 million streams to date. He’s garnered attention and praise from entertainment tastemakers including Esquire, GQ, Maxim, American Songwriter, Billboard, People, NBC’s “TODAY,” “CBS This Morning” and more.

Track listing: 

1. Pass It On
2. Coast
3. Chasing After You (with Maren Morris)
4. June, July, August
5. Palm Trees in Ohio
6. If I Had Two Hearts
7. Tab With My Name On It
8. What Are You Drinking
9. Hell is an Island
10. The Knife or the Hatchet
11. I Never Said I’m Sorry
12. Every Other Memory
13. Michigan for the Winter
14. To a T
15. Diamonds or Twine

Marie Osmond returns with classy album selections on upcoming studio release

Marie Osmond covers various styles from opera to Broadway to timeless classics on her upcoming Unexpected album. It is available Dec. 10 via Oliveme LLC and BFD/The Orchard. To pre-order Unexpected and instantly receive the first single, "Unexpected Song" from the musical Song and Dance, click HERE.

"I was captivated by the melody on first hearing this song -- though I was not then entirely familiar yet with the musical Song and Dance. The title alone was intriguing and beckoned my interest," shared Osmond, in a magazine interview.

With theatrical credits that include Anna Leonowens in the Broadway production of The King and I, Osmond performs additional numbers from Into the Woods, West Side Story, The Sound of Music and more on Unexpected.

Osmond, who has spent 20 years of her five-decade career in opera training, is accompanied by The Prague Symphony Orchestra on the album, which also features songs in Italian, French and Czech.

The new album follows Osmond's Top 10 Billboard Country album, Music is Medicine.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Nessun Dorma (from the opera Turandot)
Giacomo Puccini
2. Unexpected Song (from the musical Song and Dance)
Andrew Lloyd Weber/ Don Black
3. What a Wonderful World
Robert Thiele/ George David Weiss
4. Lascia ch’io Pianga (from the opera Rinaldo)
George Frideric Handel
5. Children Will Listen (from the musical Into the Woods)
Stephen Sondheim
6. The Flower Duet (Duo des fleur / Sous le dome epais) (from the opera Lakme)
Leo Delibes, Libretto: Edmond Gondinet and Phillippe Gille
7. Somewhere (from the musical West Side Story)
Leonard Bernstein/ Stephen Sondheim
8. The Prayer
David Foster/ Carole Bayer-Sager/ Alberto Testa/ Tony Renis
9. On My Own
Jean-Marc Natel/ John Caird/ Herbert Kretzmer/ Trevor Robert Nunn/ Alain Boublil/ Claude-Michel Schonberg
10. Pie Jesu (taken from the “Dies Irae”)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
11. Climb Every Mountain (from the musical Sound of Music)
Richard Rogers/ Oscar Hammerstein II
12. Nella Fantasia (theme of ‘Gabriel’s Oboe’ from the film The Mission)
Ennio Morricone/ Chiara Ferrau, Violin Solo Arranged By: Kurt Bestor
13. Over the Rainbow (from the film The Wizard of Oz)
Harold Arlen/ E.Y. Harburg
14. Ombra Mai Fu (from the opera Serse)
George Frideric Handel
15. If I Loved You (from the musical Carousel)
Richard Rogers/ Oscar Hammerstein II
16. Song to the Moon (from the opera Rusalka)
Antonin Dvorak, Libretto: Jaroslav Kvapil
17. But the World Goes ‘Round (from the film New York, New York)
John Kander/ Fred Ebb

Warbly Jets unveil 'Monsterhouse' in November

Alternative rock duo WARBLY JETS premiered a new video for their single “TMI,” the latest offering from their just-announced album, MONSTERHOUSE (out November 12). 

MONSTERHOUSE is the Los Angeles-based duo’s second full-length studio album, following their critically-acclaimed, self-titled debut released in 2017.

“The first album changed our lives explains Samuel Shea. “But parts of it feel too one-dimensional since there are no rules in pop music anymore,” adds Julien O’ Neill. “We’re witnessing a rebirth of what music can be. Music is getting way more flexible and people’s ears are wide open. It’s easy to be inspired by the infinite possibility. That’s what this album is about for us.”

MONSTERHOUSE features their most personal songwriting to date. “It’s a patchwork narrative of our own experiences,” explains O’ Neill, “but I hope people listening will find a lot to relate to with the questions we’ve been asking ourselves. Things like, why do you feel that you can’t go on without that person? How did you grow up so fast? How do you change again for the better?”

The self-titled debut won them the respect and attention of press and streaming outlets, earning spots on Apple Music’s The New Rock playlist, Sirius XM Alt Nation radio, and Matt Wilkinson’s Beats1, as well as touring slots opening for acts like Liam Gallagher, Dandy Warhols, and Rival Sons in-between international tours of their own.

“With the first record, I think there was a bit of us trying to make something that would be well-received,” explains O’ Neill. “Now we’re really focused on creating music that pushes us forward, and that we're excited about.” 

In 2019, the band put out the EP Propaganda, the age of Trump and late-era capitalism leading them to explore darker, politically-charged themes with genre-wrecking, sample-based songs that left the band feeling displaced.

“I think we were labeled as sounding too mainstream for the indie crowd, and too indie sounding for a major label deal,” explains Shea. “It left us in no man’s land, in a bit of an un-cool social purgatory.”

“Becoming the odd man out has the added benefit of being the only one of your kind,” Shea continues. “It’s given us our own lane, and as much as it’s isolated us, it’s also pushed us.”

The new album combines alternative rock, synthpop, loops, and audio collaging, a pastiche of inspirational touchstones. 

“I think we walked into this album more from a producer role than ever before,” explains O’ Neill, citing everyone from Dangermouse to Rick Rubin as sonic inspiration. “There was an intention not to make music as a band playing songs, but to create a sonic landscape you could step into.”

Endless hours in the studio spent teaching themselves how to make records played into every left-of-center choice. “We’ve really learned how to play the studio like an instrument.” explains Shea. “Those long hours pull me straight out of any illusions, and show me that there’s always an infinite amount of learning to be done. Once we start using the same approach too much, it’s time to learn something new.”

Track listing:

1. Monsterhouse
2. Bad News
3. NASA
4. TMI
5. Let Go : Be Free
6. Bloodlust
7. Low Resolution
8. I Want It All
9. Victimizer
10. Young Future Of Amer!ka
11. No Brainer
12. 2020
13. Time On Our Side

The Kooks' biggest album gets a deluxe revamp

In celebration of its 15th anniversary, The Kooks have unveiled a reissue of their popular debut album Inside In/Inside Out. Now repackaged, the deluxe edition features the original album remastered and 13 previously unreleased tracks. It is out today via Virgin Records/UMe, stream here.

The release is coupled with a nostalgic visual for “She Moves In Her Own Way” featuring unseen footage from the iconic music video in 2008, directed by Diane Martel (The Killers, The 1975, The White Stripes). The new video shows a fresh band from Brighton celebrating their successful debut album on the road; a wholesome time capsule that is reminiscent of an unforgettable era in pop culture for British Indie bands. Watch here.

Speaking about the reissue in a press release, The Kooks said: “We’re delighted that Inside In/Inside Out has been reissued to celebrate its 15th anniversary” said Luke. “It brings back so many fond memories of our early days as a band and we can’t wait to celebrate it again on tour next year.”

Originally released in 2006, the quadruple-platinum-selling album spawned hits including BRIT nominated “She Moves In Her Own Way,” “Seaside” and the band’s top five single “Naive.” So There are over 1.3 billion streams on Spotify to date.

The album has been remastered from the original master tapes by John Davis (Gorillaz, The Killers) and is released on heavyweight black vinyl and a limited edition red colored vinyl, both including four alternate versions of fan favorites “Seaside,” “Ooh La,” “She Moves In Her Own Way” and “Naïve” taken from the original album recording sessions by producer Tony Hoffer. It’s also packed with unheard demos that range from acoustic jams such as Jack Johnson’s “Inaudible Melodies” and “Theory Of A Pop Star” to full-blast studio demos such as “Sofa Son” and “Matchbox” that capture the youthful exuberance of this quintessential indie band. Other features include an 8,000-word sleevenote based on new interviews with the original band members.

The Kooks have enjoyed an impressive rise to fame since the release of their debut album, which reached Number One in the U.K. Album Charts. Since then, they’ve gone on to release four further albums with their most recent ‘Let’s Go Sunshine’ achieving top ten status in the U.K. Album Charts in 2018. Alongside a new breed of fans, the band have gained countless streams across multiple platforms and embarked on a number of world tours, including a sold-out U.K. arena tour.

Order The Kooks 15th Anniversary Inside In / Inside Out reissue today here

Inside In / Inside Out 15th anniversary Track list:

DISC ONE (LP + CD): 15th anniversary remaster

Seaside
See The World
Sofa Song
Eddie's Gun
Ooh La
You Don't Love Me
She Moves In Her Own Way
Match Box
Naive
I Want You
If Only
Jackie Big Tits
Time Awaits
Got No Love

DISC TWO (LP + CD): Bonus tracks

Seaside (Alternative take)
Ooh La (Alternative take)
Tell Them From Me
Sofa Song (Original Studio demo)
1984
You Don’t Love Me (Acoustic Demo )
Constantine’s Love (Early studio Demo)
Matchbox (Original studio demo )
She Moves In Her Own Way (Alternative take)
In My Opinion*
Theory Of A Pop Star (Cassette demo)
Naïve (Alternative take)
Inaudible Melodies
Something To Say (Original studio demo)

All tracks previously unreleased except In My Opinion.

The Beatles news: 'Let it Be' box set on the way

Here's more exciting Beatles news for fans. See the press release below for details.

This fall, The Beatles' chart-topping 1970 album, Let It Be, will be presented in a range of Special Edition packages to be released worldwide on October 15 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Three tracks from the newly remixed and expanded edition make their digital release debuts with today’s preorder launch: “Let It Be” (2021 Stereo Mix), “Don’t Let Me Down” (first rooftop performance), and “For You Blue” (Get Back LP Mix).

Preorder / pre-save The Beatles’ Let It Be Special Edition: https://TheBeatles.lnk.to/LetI...
Watch / embed the Let It Be Special Edition trailer: https://TheBeatles.lnk.to/LetI...
Stream “Let It Be” (2021 Stereo Mix): https://TheBeatles.lnk.to/LetI...
Stream “Don’t Let Me Down” (first rooftop performance): https://TheBeatles.lnk.to/Dont...
Stream “For You Blue” (Get Back LP Mix): https://TheBeatles.lnk.to/ForY...

The Let It Be album has been newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell in stereo, 5.1 surround DTS, and Dolby Atmos. The album’s new Special Edition follows the remixed and expanded anniversary editions of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017), The BEATLES (‘White Album’) (2018), and Abbey Road (2019).

All the new Let It Be releases feature the new stereo mix of the album as guided by the original “reproduced for disc” version by Phil Spector and sourced directly from the original session and rooftop performance eight-track tapes. The physical and digital Super Deluxe collections also feature 27 previously unreleased session recordings, a four-track Let It Be EP, and the never before released 14-track Get Back stereo LP mix compiled by engineer Glyn Johns in May 1969.

Work to compile an album to be called “Get Back” was carried out in April and May by Glyn Johns, who, for his version, included false starts, banter between songs, early takes rather than later, more polished performances, and even “I’ve Got A Feeling” falling apart with John explaining, “I cocked it up trying to get loud.” The Beatles, however, decided to shelve the project’s copious tapes, film reels, and photos, in order to record and release their LP masterpiece, Abbey Road. Drawn from the tapes made in January 1969, plus some sessions which preceded and followed those recordings, The Beatles’ final album, Let It Be, was eventually issued on May 8, 1970 (May 18 in the U.S.) to accompany the release of the Let It Be film.

The sessions that brought about the Let It Be album and film represent the only time in The Beatles’ career that they were documented at such great length while creating music in the studio. More than 60 hours of unreleased film footage, more than 150 hours of unreleased audio recordings, and hundreds of unpublished photographs have been newly explored and meticulously restored for three complementary and definitive Beatles releases this fall. The new Let It Be Special Edition is joined by “The Beatles: Get Back”, the documentary series directed by three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, and a new hardcover book also titled The Beatles: Get Back.

“I had always thought the original film Let It Be was pretty sad as it dealt with the break-up of our band, but the new film shows the camaraderie and love the four of us had between us,” writes Paul McCartney in his foreword for the Let It Be Special Edition book. “It also shows the wonderful times we had together, and combined with the newly remastered Let It Be album, stands as a powerful reminder of this time. It’s how I want to remember The Beatles.”

Let It Be Special Edition (Super Deluxe): 57 tracks

* 5CD + 1Blu-ray (album’s new stereo mix in hi-res 96kHz/24-bit; new 5.1 surround DTS and Dolby Atmos album mixes) with 105-page hardbound book in a 10” by 12” die-cut slipcase

* 180-gram, half-speed mastered vinyl 4LP + 45rpm 12-inch vinyl EP with 105-page hardbound book in a 12.5” by 12.5” die-cut slipcase

* Digital Audio Collection (stereo + album mixes in hi res 96kHz/24-bit / Dolby Atmos)
Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album): 12 tracks
Previously unreleased outtakes, studio jams, rehearsals: 27 tracks
Previously unreleased 1969 Get Back LP mix by Glyn Johns, newly mastered: 14 tracks
Let It Be EP: 4 tracks
Glyn Johns’ unreleased 1970 mixes: “Across The Universe” and “I Me Mine”
Giles Martin & Sam Okell’s new stereo mixes: “Don’t Let Me Down” & “Let It Be” singles

The Super Deluxe CD and vinyl collections’ book features Paul McCartney’s foreword; an introduction by Giles Martin; a remembrance by Glyn Johns; chapters and track notes by Beatles historian, author, and radio producer Kevin Howlett; and an essay by journalist and author John Harris exploring the sessions’ myths vs. their reality. The book is illustrated, scrapbook style, with rare and previously unpublished photos by Ethan A. Russell and Linda McCartney, as well as never before published images of handwritten lyrics, session notes, sketches, Beatles correspondence, tape boxes, film frames, and more.

Let It Be Special Edition (Deluxe): 26 tracks

* 2CD in digipak with a 40-page booklet abridged from the Super Deluxe book
Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album): 12 tracks
Previously unreleased outtakes, studio jams, rehearsals: 13 tracks
Previously unreleased 1970 mix for “Across The Universe”

Let It Be Special Edition (Standard): 12 tracks

* 1CD in digipak (new stereo mix of original album)

* Digital (album’s new mixes in stereo + hi res 96kHz/24-bit / Dolby Atmos)

* 180-gram half-speed mastered 1LP vinyl (new stereo mix of original album)

* Limited Edition picture disc 1LP vinyl illustrated with the album art (new stereo mix of original album)

LET IT BE SPECIAL EDITION

Track lists:

SUPER DELUXE [5CD+1Blu-ray + 105-page hardbound book in slipcase | digital audio collection]

CD1: Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album)

1: Two Of Us

2: Dig A Pony

3: Across The Universe

4: I Me Mine

5: Dig It

6: Let It Be

7: Maggie Mae

8: I’ve Got A Feeling

9: One After 909

10: The Long And Winding Road

11: For You Blue

12: Get Back

CD2: Get Back – Apple Sessions

1: Morning Camera (Speech – mono) / Two Of Us (Take 4)

2: Maggie Mae / Fancy My Chances With You (Mono)

3: Can You Dig It?

4: I Don’t Know Why I’m Moaning (Speech – mono)

5: For You Blue (Take 4)

6: Let It Be / Please Please Me / Let It Be (Take 10)

7: I’ve Got A Feeling (Take 10)

8: Dig A Pony (Take 14)

9: Get Back (Take 19)

10: Like Making An Album? (Speech)

11: One After 909 (Take 3)

12: Don’t Let Me Down (First rooftop performance)

13: The Long And Winding Road (Take 19)

14: Wake Up Little Susie / I Me Mine (Take 11)

CD3: Get Back – Rehearsals and Apple Jams

1: On The Day Shift Now (Speech – mono) / All Things Must Pass (Rehearsals – mono)

2: Concentrate On The Sound (mono)

3: Gimme Some Truth (Rehearsal – mono)

4: I Me Mine (Rehearsal – mono)

5: She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Rehearsal)

6: Polythene Pam (Rehearsal – mono)

7: Octopus’s Garden (Rehearsal – mono)

8: Oh! Darling (Jam)

9: Get Back (Take 8)

10: The Walk (Jam)

11: Without A Song (Jam) – Billy Preston with John and Ringo

12: Something (Rehearsal – mono)

13: Let It Be (Take 28)

CD4: Get Back LP – 1969 Glyn Johns Mix

1: One After 909

2: I’m Ready (aka Rocker) / Save The Last Dance For Me / Don’t Let Me Down

3: Don’t Let Me Down

4: Dig A Pony

5: I’ve Got A Feeling

6: Get Back

7: For You Blue

8: Teddy Boy

9: Two Of Us

10: Maggie Mae

11: Dig It

12: Let It Be

13: The Long And Winding Road

14: Get Back (Reprise)

CD5: Let It Be EP

1: Across The Universe (unreleased Glyn Johns 1970 mix)

2: I Me Mine (unreleased Glyn Johns 1970 mix)

3: Don’t Let Me Down (new mix of original single version)

4: Let It Be (new mix of original single version)

Blu-ray: Let It Be Special Edition audio mixes

Dolby Atmos

96kHz/24-bit DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

96kHz/24-bit High Res Stereo (2019 Stereo Mix)

DELUXE [2CD in digipak with 40-page booklet]

CD 1: Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album)

CD 2: Outtake Highlights

1: Morning Camera (Speech – mono) / Two Of Us (Take 4)

2: Maggie Mae / Fancy My Chances With You (Mono)

3: For You Blue (Take 4)

4: Let It Be / Please Please Me / Let It Be (Take 10)

5: The Walk (Jam)

6: I’ve Got A Feeling (Take 10)

7: Dig A Pony (Take 14)

8: Get Back (Take 8)

9: Like Making An Album? (Speech)

10: One After 909 (Take 3)

11: Don’t Let Me Down (First rooftop performance)

12: The Long And Winding Road (Take 19)

13: Wake Up Little Susie / I Me Mine (Take 11)

14: Across The Universe (unreleased Glyn Johns 1970 mix)

STANDARD [1CD | digital | 1LP vinyl | limited edition 1LP picture disc vinyl]

Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album)

Find LP breakdowns at thebeatles.com

A pair of Paul Weller albums from the 2000s to be reissued on LP

The long-awaited vinyl reissue releases of Paul Weller’s early ’00s long-players Days of Speed and Illumination will be released on October 15. The original vinyl versions of these fan favorites have been much sought after over the years. Craft Recordings are finally and faithfully re-releasing both albums in 180-gram black vinyl sets. The pre-order is available now at https://found.ee/PaulWeller-solovinyl.

Originally released on Independiente in 2001, Days of Speed is an acoustic, double live album featuring songs which were performed solo and acoustic at various venues around Europe. 

Originally released in September 2002 on Independiente, Illumination was Paul’s sixth solo studio album and his second solo number one. It includes the UK hit singles “It’s Written in the Stars” and “Leafy Mysteries” and features guest performances from Carleen Anderson, Jocelyn Brown, Kelly Jones and Noel Gallagher.

These 2021 reissues feature faithful original packaging replication. The double album Days of Speed has a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeves and a one-page insert. Illumination has a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeve and a 16-page booklet.

Both were cut at London’s Metropolis Studios.

TRACK LISTINGS

Days Of Speed

Side A
Brand New Start
The Loved
Out Of The Sinking
Clues

Side B
English Rose
Above The Clouds
You Do Something To Me
Amongst Butterflies
Science

Side C
Back In The Fire
Down In The Seine
That’s Entertainment
Love-Less

Side D
There’s No Drinking After You’re Dead
Everything Has A Price To Pay
Wild Wood
Headstart For Happiness
Town Called Malice

Illumination

Side A
Going Places
A Bullet For Everyone
Leafy Mysteries
It’s Written In The Stars
Who Brings Joy
Now The Night Is Here

Side B
Spring (At Last)
One X One
Bag Man
All Good Books
Call Me Up No. 5
Standing Out In The Universe
Illumination

R.E.M. marks 25th anniversary of 'New Adventures in Hi-Fi' with expanded reissue

Craft Recordings celebrates the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi with a special reissue, available for pre-order today and set for release on October 29.

The bonus-filled 2-CD/1-Blu-ray Deluxe Edition includes the newly remastered album, 13 B-sides and rarities, a never-before-released 64-minute outdoor projection film (shown on buildings across five cities in 1996 to promote the album’s original release), and a previously unreleased 30-minute EPK. The Blu-ray features New Adventures in Hi-Fi in Hi-Res and 5.1 Surround Sound audio, plus five HD-restored music videos including “Bittersweet Me,” “Electrolite,” and “E-Bow the Letter.”

Housed in a 52-page hardcover book, the collection includes archival photographs—many of which have never been published—plus new liner notes from journalist Mark Blackwell and reflections from all four original band members, as well as from Patti Smith, Thom Yorke, and producer Scott Litt.

An Expanded Edition is also available as a 2-CD or digital collection, including the remastered album along with B-sides and rarities. The 2-CD offers an exclusive 24” x 24” poster and four collectible postcards, as well as a booklet featuring new liner notes and archival photos. 

The newly remastered album will be available as a 2-LP set, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, with lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. Fans can preview all physical formats via the official unboxing trailer here. A limited-edition pressing on clear and black marbled vinyl is also available exclusively at R.E.M.’s official store (limited to 1,000 worldwide), along with special New Adventures in Hi-Fi merchandise.

Available via digital platforms now is the advance single “Leave – Alternate Version.” Originally recorded for the A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack saw Michael Stipe re-record the vocals this time.

Reflects Stipe, in a press release, “I actually might prefer this version to the one that's on the record… Well, I wouldn’t say I prefer it, it just tells a different story with the lyric.” Fans can stream or download the single now, and pre-save the album.

First released in September 1996, New Adventures in Hi-Fi achieved platinum certification in the U.S. and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Elsewhere, the album went to No. 1 in more than a dozen countries, including Australia, the UK, and Canada.

New Adventures in Hi-Fi was R.E.M.’s final album with drummer and founding member Bill Berry, who left the group amicably the following year. It was mostly created during their 1995 Monster tour.

The band traveled with a mobile recording truck, capturing new songs on an 8-track during soundchecks (as well as in various backstage areas and on the tour bus). The year-long outing, which began in January 1995, marked R.E.M.’s first tour in six years. 

That March, Berry collapsed on stage from an aneurism and spent the next month recuperating. Mills, meanwhile, underwent intestinal surgery in June. A month later, Stipe had emergency surgery for a hernia (which, he asserts, occurred while performing the song “Undertow”).

After the band returned from the eventful—yet highly successful—run of dates, they entered the studio with their longtime producer, Scott Litt, to record a few final tracks and put finishing touches on others.

Among them was the seven-minute-long “Leave;” “E-Bow the Letter,” featuring backing vocals from Patti Smith; “New Test Leper,” which Buck proclaims is his favorite R.E.M. song; and “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us,” one of several songs on the album inspired by Stipe’s experiences living in Los Angeles.

Upon its release, New Adventures in Hi-Fi marked R.E.M.’s longest studio album, with a total run-time of 65 minutes. 

Click here to pre-order New Adventures in Hi-Fi on 2-CD/1-Blu-Ray, 2-CD or 2-LP, or to stream the single and pre-save the deluxe digital album.

NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI 25TH ANNIVERSARY TRACKLISTS:
Deluxe Edition (2-CD/1-Blu-Ray):

Disc 1 – New Adventures in Hi-Fi (remastered audio)

1. How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
2. The Wake-Up Bomb
3. New Test Leper
4. Undertow
5. E-Bow the Letter
6. Leave
7. Departure
8. Bittersweet Me
9. Be Mine
10. Binky the Doormat
11. Zither
12. So Fast, So Numb
13. Low Desert
14. Electrolite

Disc 2 – B-sides and Rarities

1. Tricycle (Instrumental)
2. Departure (Live Rome Soundcheck / Rome, Italy / 2/22/1995)
3. Wall of Death
4. Undertow (Live / Atlanta, GA / 11/18/1995)
5. Wichita Lineman (Live / Houston, TX / 9/15/1995)
6. New Test Leper (Live Acoustic / Seattle, WA / 4/19/1996)
7. The Wake-Up Bomb (Live / Atlanta, GA / 10/4/1995)
8. Binky the Doormat (Live / Atlanta, GA / 11/18/1995)
9. King of Comedy (808 State Remix)
10. Be Mine (Mike on Bus version)
11. Love Is All Around
12. Sponge
13. Leave (Alternate Version)

Disc 3 (Blu-Ray)

1. R.E.M. Outdoor Projections – Saturday Sept 7, 1996 – 5 cities (64:56)
2. New Adventures in Hi-Fi EPK – previously unreleased 30 min version (29:13)
3. New Adventures in Hi-Fi 5.1 Audio
4. New Adventures in Hi-Fi – Hi-Resolution Audio
5. E-Bow the Letter (Music Video)
6. Bittersweet Me (Music Video)
7. Electrolite (Music Video)
8. How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us (Music Video)
9. New Test Leper (Music Video)

My Morning Jacket makes long awaited recording return

My Morning Jacket's self-titled ninth studio album is due October 22 via ATO Records. It will be available at all DSPs and in various physical formats, including CD and special edition 2LP vinyl; pre-orders begin today. 

First single “Regularly Scheduled Programming” is out now with an official music video co-directed by Jim James and George Mays streaming on YouTube.

WATCH “REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING”

PRE-ORDER MY MORNING JACKET

“This song really hits home for me after what we’ve gone through with the pandemic,” says My Morning Jacket’s frontman Jim James, in a prepared statement about the release of “Regularly Scheduled Programming.”

“But even before then, it felt like so many of us were trading real life for social media, trading our own stories for the storylines on TV, trading our consciousness for drugs. We need to help each other wake up to real love before it's too late."

The band’s first new music since 2015’s GRAMMY® Award-nominated THE WATERFALL, MY MORNING JACKET was produced and engineered by James over two multi-week sessions at Los Angeles, CA’s 64 Sound. It followed what looked like a permanent hiatus. But after performing four shows in summer 2019 – beginning with two nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre – My Morning Jacket decided to carry on as a recording entity. 

“I hope this album brings people a lot of joy and relief, especially since we’ve all been cooped up for so long,” says James. “I know that feeling you get from driving around blasting music you love, or even lying in bed and crying to the music you love. The fact that we’re able to be a part of people’s lives in that way is so magical to us, and it feels really good that we’re still around to keep doing that.”

MY MORNING JACKET, the album, will be available on CD as well as two vinyl configurations: 2xLP Clear Vinyl featuring a gatefold jacket with artwork by Robert Beatty, custom inner-sleeves with lyrics, and digital download; and 2xLP 180-Gram Deluxe Colored Vinyl featuring cloudy blue and cloudy orange colored vinyl, deluxe foil gatefold jacket with artwork by Robert Beatty, 24” x 24” circular fold-out poster, custom inner-sleeves with lyrics, and digital download.

Additionally, My Morning Jacket is set to launch their new MMJ LIVE vinyl series next month with LIVE 2015, collecting 16 previously unreleased live tracks recorded during 2015’s THE WATERFALL Tour. LIVE 2015 will arrive Friday, September 3 exclusively on 3LP white vinyl (with digital download card); a digital release will follow at a later date. Pre-orders are available now exclusively via the official My Morning Jacket shop HERE.

My Morning Jacket: Jim James (vocals, guitar), Tom Blankenship (bass), Patrick Hallahan (drums), Carl Broemel (guitar), and Bo Koster (keyboards).

Track listing (Standard and Deluxe):

Regularly Scheduled Programming
Love Love Love
In Color
Least Expected
Never In The Real World
The Devil's In The Details
Lucky To Be Alive
Complex
Out Of Range, Pt. 2
Penny For Your Thoughts
I Never Could Get Enough

Tour dates: 

AUGUST

27 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre “
28 – Lexington, KY – Railbird Festival

SEPTEMBER
3 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre ^
4 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
7 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
8 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann - TD Pavilion ^
10 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium ^
11 – Queens, NY - Forest Hills Stadium ^
23 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl *
24 – Dana Point, CA – Ohana Festival
25 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley *
28 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield Concerts *
29 – Spokane, WA – Riverfront Park Pavilion *

OCTOBER
1 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre *
2– Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre *
3 – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater *
29 – Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theatre # SOLD OUT
30 – Live Oak, FL – Suwannee Hulaween SOLD OUT
31 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theatre # SOLD OUT

NOVEMBER
2 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theater #
4 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre #
5 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre # SOLD OUT
6 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre # SOLD OUT

DECEMBER
29 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
30 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom SOLD OUT
31 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom SOLD OUT

MARCH 2022
2-5 – Riviera Cancún, Mexico – One Big Holiday

^ And Brittany Howard
* Special Guests Durand Jones & The Indications
# Special Guest Bedouine
“ Special Guest Flock of Dimes

Kacey Musgraves news

Six time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves will release her fourth studio album, Star Crossed, on Sept. 10, via Interscope Records/UMG Nashville. Star Crossed: The film directed by Bardia Zeinali, stars Musgraves, and will be streamed exclusively via Paramount+ on the same day.

The title track written by Musgraves, Daniel Tashian, and Ian Fitchuk along with the film’s trailer are both out now. This is the first album of new material from Musgraves since releasing her groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed album Golden Hour in 2018. Check out title track “Star Crossed,” here and the film trailer here.

Her new songs were written once again with co-producers Ian Fitchuk and Daniel Tashian. The album was recorded in Nashville earlier this year in just under 3 weeks. The 15-song collection is structured as a modern-day tragedy in three acts. Pre-order the album here.

The film takes the music from the studio to the screen with a sense of heightened reality envisioned by Musgraves and Zeinali and it was shot by Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Matthew Libatique (A Star Is Born, Black Swan).

“We wanted it to feel cinematic and epic without compromising the heart and the emotion,” Zeinali says, “to feel fantastical and heightened and tell her story through the lens of art and fashion.” The 50 -minute movie was filmed over a 10 day shoot in Los Angeles and features cameos from Emmy Award-winner Eugene Levy, Victoria Pedretti (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, You), singer-songwriter Princess Nokia, Symone (RuPaul’s Drag Race winner) and comedian Megan Stalter.

The global film premiere will exclusively debut on Paramount+ in the US, Latin America, Australia, the Nordics and Canada beginning on Friday, September 10. 

Track listing:

Star Crossed
Good Wife
Cherry Blossom
Simple Times
If This Was a Movie
Justified
Angel
Breadwinner
Camera Roll
Easier Said
Hookup Scene
Keep Lookin’ Up
What Doesn’t Kill Me
There is a Light
Gracias a la Vida

'American Idol' 2019 winner Laine Hardy sets full-length debut album release

Buena Vista Records/Industrial Media’s 19 Recordings artist Laine Hardy's debut album, Here’s To Anyone, is set to release on September 17.

The long-awaited 11-song collection from the American Idol winner and Louisiana native was announced live from his concert in Montana last night via American Idol’s Instagram. Here’s To Anyone was produced by Michael Knox (Jason Aldean) and is available to pre-order/pre-save/pre-add now at https://smarturl.it/HeresToAnyone.

“I'm a down-home guy, from Southeast Louisiana,” Laine says. “ I just want to show all my fans that I'm not going to stray away from who I am, and where I come from. I feel like we really did that with the album and I’m very proud of it.”

The song “Memorize You” was featured in multiple episodes of ABC’s “The Bachelorette” this season and the beachy official video has 8.6 million streams. "Authentic" is also featured on the project.

On Saturday, August 28, the 20-year old will be making his Grand Ole Opry debut and just kicked off his Monster Energy Outbreak headlining tour with dates running through the end of the year. Tickets and information may be found at lainehardymusic.com/tour.

For more information about Laine Hardy, visit LaineHardyMusic.com and join his journey @TheLaineHardy. 

Track listing:

“Authentic” (Jessi Alexander, Matt Jenkins, David Lee Murphy)
“For a Girl” (Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, Tony Martin, Johnny Dailey)
“Here’s to Anyone” (Jacob Rice, John King, Derrick Southerland)
“Memorize You” (Michael Tyler, Eric Arjes, Steven Dale Jones)
“One of Those” (Laine Hardy, Jordan Reynolds, Laura Veltz)
“Comin’ Down” (Justin Weaver, Josh Miller, Josh Mirenda)
“Ground I Grew Up On” (Josh Thompson, Brett Beavers, Brandon Kinney)
“California Won’t” (Mike Busbee, Andrew Dorff, Jon Nite)
“Tiny Town” (Michael Tyler)
“The Other LA” (Laine Hardy, Erik Dylan, Andy Sheridan, Dan Isbell)
“Let There Be Country” (Jason Afable, Steve Moakler, Tim Nicholas

Old Dominion sings about 'Time, Tequila & Therapy'

GRAMMY-nominated Nashville band Old Dominion has announced their fourth full-length album, Time, Tequila & Therapy, will be released on October 8. Pre-add/pre-save HERE (SONY Nashville). The group just shared a new song, “All I Know About Girls.” 

The band's recent hit single “I Was On A Boat That Day” had the biggest radio impact to date.  It has 20 million-plus streams in addition to 2.2 million YouTube views on the music video.

Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series was the setting for the single's television debut (watch it HERE). “I Was On A Boat That Day” is available HERE. Watch the music video HERE.

On the album, Gladys Knight guests on “Lonely Side of Town.” 

Tickets for the band’s tour are on sale now and available HERE. 

Earlier this year, the guys took home the “Vocal Group of the Year” award at the 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards for the fourth consecutive time since 2018. They also garnered first career GRAMMY Award nominations. “Some People Do” picked up nods in the categories of “Best Country Song” and “Best Country Duo/Group Performance.”

Track list:

1. Why Are You Still Here
2. Hawaii
3. Walk On Whiskey
4. All I Know About Girls
5. Blue Jeans
6. No Hard Feelings
7. Lonely Side of Town (feat. Gladys Knight)
8. I Was On A Boat That Day
9. Drinking My Feelings
10. Somethings The Same About You
11. I Want To Live In A House With You
12. Don’t Forget Me
13. Ain’t Nothing Wrong With Love

Tour dates: 

AUG 26 Night in the Country Carolinas Mill Spring, NC
AUG 28 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY
AUG 29 My Country 96.1 - 10th Anniversary Fest 2021 Farmingville, NY
SEP 10 Country Thunder Florida 2021 Kissimmee, FL
SEP 17 Turtle Creek Stadium Traverse City, MI
SEP 25 BECU Live Airway Heights, WA
SEP 26 Washington State Fair Puyallup, WA
SEP 30 Weidner Field Colorado Springs, CO
OCT 08 Principal Park Des Moines, IA
OCT 09&10 Mystic Lake Casino Hotel Prior Lake, MN
OCT 15 Country Thunder Arizona 2021 Florence, AZ
OCT 21&22 Turning Stone Resort Casino Verona, NY
OCT 29 Innsbrook Glen Allen, VA
OCT 30 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
NOV 05&06 The Chelsea Las Vegas, NV
NOV 12&13 Agua Caliente Casino Resort & Spa Rancho Mirage, CA
NOV 18&19 Seven Feathers Casino Resort Canyonville, OR
NOV 20&21 ilani Ridgefield, WA
DEC 02&03 The Factory St Louis, MO
DEC 10 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL
DEC 11&12 St. Augustine Amphitheatre St Augustine, FL
DEC 17&18 ExCITe Center Philadelphia, PA

Lady A news

Lady A has revealed details about the full release of their eighth studio album WHAT A SONG CAN DO (BMLG Records), out October 22. Dann Huff returned to produce. Pre-order the full album here.

“We’ve rediscovered our purpose, and it’s to entertain and spread a positive message – I really truly believe that,” Charles Kelley said. “I want our legacy to be songs that make people feel good. But, I also think there’s more to our story that hasn’t been written yet.”

Along with the current Top-15 single “Like a Lady,” there is "Friends Don’t Let Friends," featuring Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker and Carly Pearce. Lady A guitarist/backing vocalist Dave Haywood sings lead for the first time on "Working On This Love" - an acoustic poem written for his wife, Kelli. 

Listen to "Where Would I Be": https://LA.lnk.to/WWIB_LyricPR

Lady A recently launched their 34-city LADY A: WHAT A SONG CAN DO TOUR with special guests Carly Pearce, Niko Moon and Tenille Arts, as a portion of the ticket sales going towards LadyAID, the group’s philanthropic fund. For more information visit www.ladyamusic.com.

TRACK LIST:

1. “Talk Of This Town”
Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds
2. “What A Song Can Do”
Charles Kelley, Sam Ellis, Ryan Hurd, Laura Veltz
3. “Like A Lady”
Hillary Scott, Dave Barnes, Michelle Buzz, Martin Johnson, Brandon Paddock
4. “Things He Handed Down”
Charles Kelley, Julian Bunetta, Jesse Frasure, Thomas Rhett
5. “Fire”
Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Justin Ebach
6. “Chance Of Rain”
Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Topher Brown, Justin Ebach
7. “Worship What I Hate”
Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott, Natalie Hemby, Amy Wadge
8. “Where Would I Be”
David Garcia, Natalie Hemby, Jordan Terry Minton
9. “Friends Don’t Let Friends” (featuring Carly Pearce, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker)
Charles Kelley, Julian Bunetta, Ashley Gorley, Thomas Rhett
10. “In Waves”
Charles Kelley, Joey Hendricks, Alysa Vanderheym, Michael Whitworth
11. “You Keep Thinking That”
Charles Kelley, Dave Cohen, Chris Gelbuda, Steven Lee Olsen
12. “Be That For You”
Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Corey Crowder
13. “Workin’ On This Love”
Dave Haywood
14. “Swore I Was Leaving”
Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Jordan Reynolds, Parker Welling

Details emerge on Ed Sheeran's new album

Ed Sheeran's new album ‘=’ (pronounced ‘Equals’) will be released on October 29 through Atlantic Records (pre-order HERE). The album track ‘Visiting Hours’ now has a performance video (watch HERE). 

“‘=’ (Equals) is a really personal record and one that means a lot to me," Sheeran says in a press release. "My life changed greatly over the past few years – I got married, became a father, experienced loss, and I reflect on these topics over the course of the album. I see it as my coming-of-age record, and I can’t wait to share this next chapter with you.”

This is the fourth instalment in Sheeran’s symbol album series. The songs were made over a four year period following his ‘÷’ (Divide) album era.  

‘Visiting Hours’ was inspired by the loss of Sheeran mentor and friend, Michael Gudinski, and written shortly after his passing. Performed for the first time at Michael’s State Memorial in March, the track, which is joined by a performance video (watch HERE), features backing vocals from Michael’s close friends, Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Barnes.

Written and recorded across Suffolk, London, Sweden and LA, the album’s executive production comes from Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid (Divide) and others. Sheeran’s brother, Matthew, a composer, also contributes string arrangements on ‘First Times’ and ‘The Joker And The Queen’. The album artwork is a collage of butterfly imagery symbolizing the albums’ thread of ‘new life’ and is backdropped by one of Ed’s own abstract paintings.

In June, Sheeran released the album’s lead single, ‘Bad Habits’, with a companion music video that has amassed over 120 million views ands received 3 nominations at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, including “Video of the Year.”

In his native UK, the track has spent seven consecutive weeks at #1, and is the fastest track to reach half a million sales this year. Looking ahead, Sheeran will play an intimate fan show at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on September 2 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his debut album ‘+’, before coming stateside for a nationally televised performance at the 2021 NFL Kickoff on September 9, ahead of the season opening game between the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys, airing on NBC.

Tracklist:

1. Tides

2. Shivers
3. First Times
4. Bad Habits
5. Overpass Graffiti
6. The Joker And The Queen
7. Leave Your Life
8. Collide
9. 2step
10. Stop The Rain
11. Love In Slow Motion
12. Visiting Hours
13. Sandman
14. Be Right Now

Out now: Two new albums by Jude Cole

After a couple decades as a successful producer, film composer, manager and more, Jude Cole is finally back to making his own music. His self-produced sixth album, COUP DE MAIN is out now on all digital outlets via Fresh Coffee Records. So is the self-produced COOLERATOR, a collection of covers of his favorite songs from the 1950s, also on all digital outlets.

“I never wanted to bookmark myself,” he explains in a press release. “I really do enjoy creating new music, and I don’t care to look back all that much. I have the Gold and Platinum records in my tank, but I don’t hang them on the walls. I don’t always like to look at past achievements — I prefer right now and a little of what’s next. I spent the last 22 years managing artists like Jason Wade and Lifehouse and being a very behind-the-scenes writer, producer and manager. For me, these two new solo projects allow me to do what I’ve always done creatively, but with a new ability to actually stand back and appreciate it.”

COUP DE MAIN encompasses a variety of styles. On “The Dark,” Cole gets assistance from acclaimed fellow producer/artist, Patrick Leonard. “We’ve been friends and very close neighbors for a long time, and he would literally walk his small synth down to my studio and plug in,” details COLE. “He did all the synth work on this song, and I think it’s one of the reasons it sounds the way it does. Patrick knew that’s what I was going for — and since he even produced Pink Floyd, he nailed it. He’s a wonderful, wonderful musician. I can’t say enough about him.”

Lifehouse drummer Ricky Woolstenhulme, Jr. gave COLE and Leonard all the space they needed on “The Dark” to really stretch things out. “I asked Ricky to listen to some specific Pink Floyd records,” he reveals. “I mean, Nick Mason plays everything so painfully simple. He allows all the moving parts to do their job because he’s not in the way. Rick took all that to heart. He gave us a consistent bed of ride cymbal, kick and snare, topped with a few timeless drum fills. It really was fun to emulate that ’70s sound.”

Then there's COOLERATOR, with his take on The Charts’ rare gem “Deserie” (“one of the most beautiful doo-wop songs ever”), “Dear Dad” and Guitar Slim’s “It Hurts to Love Someone (When They Don’t Love You).”

“'COOLERATOR' is a piece of work that’s been over ten years in the making — and it’s not any sort of epic work you would think would take me ten years,” he says with a hearty laugh. “It was really just a pet project in between a lot of other hats, inspired by the true heart and soul of ’50s and ’60s doo-wop music.”

The overall intention for COOLERATOR was to keep it simple and look for the right performance, “I always wondered how they made those records and why are they so soulful… why they’re so moving. When you hear about ’50s music, it’s often bobby socks and malt shops. I know that’s part of the Americana culture, but it doesn’t really reflect the groups that were singing on the street corners.”

Rolling Stones reissue news

This is exciting news about one of my favorite Stones albums - the first by the band that I ever bought as a kid...

The Rolling Stones' 40th anniversary, expanded deluxe editions of their chart-topping, multi-platinum 1981 album Tattoo You arrive via Polydor/Interscope/UMe on October 22. The newly-remastered set will be accompanied by nine previously unreleased tracks from the era. The first of these, “Living In The Heart Of Love,” is available now on all digital services, and Tattoo You (40th Anniversary Edition) is available to pre-order in multiple formats, HERE.

This news comes 40 years to the week since the album was first released on August 24, 1981, and as the rock 'n' roll legends prepare to return to the road with 13 new dates on the No Filter tour in the U.S. The new itinerary starts in September and extends into November.

On new editions of Tattoo You, the deluxe formats will also include Lost & Found: Rarities and Still Life: Wembley Stadium 1982. This has nine songs from the period of the album's original release, newly completed and enhanced with additional vocals and guitar by the band. Lost & Found include a version of “Shame, Shame, Shame,” first recorded in 1963 by one of the band's blues heroes, Jimmy Reed; their reading of Dobie Gray's soul gem “Drift Away;” and a reggae-tinged version of “Start Me Up.”

Still Life: Wembley Stadium 1982 from the Tattoo You tour is a 26-track set. 

Polydor/Interscope/UMe's Tattoo You (40th Anniversary Edition) follows the 2020 reissue of the Stones' 1973 landmark Goats Head Soup, which took the album back to No. 1 in the U.K. This marked the second time their catalog had produced a U.K. chart-topper twice over, after 2010's deluxe edition of their 1972 staple Exile On Main St.

On first release, Tattoo You, produced by the Glimmer Twins with associate producer Chris Kimsey, topped the charts in the U.S. (where it went quadruple platinum), Canada, Australia and across much of Europe, with gold and platinum awards around the world.

PRE-ORDER HERE

LISTEN TO “LIVING IN THE HEART OF LOVE” HERE

Tattoo You (40th Anniversary) will be available in the below formats:

PHYSICAL FORMATS

** CD **

Standard 1CD

Deluxe 2CD

+ 20 page booklet including essay from Kevin Howlett & Jeff Slade

CD 1 - Tattoo You (2021 Remaster)

1. Start Me Up – Remastered 2021

2. Hang Fire – Remastered 2021
3. Slave – Remastered 2021
4. Little T&A – Remastered 2021
5. Black Limousine – Remastered 2021
6. Neighbours – Remastered 2021
7. Worried About You – Remastered 2021
8. Tops – Remastered 2021
9. Heaven – Remastered 2021
10. No Use In Crying – Remastered 2021
11. Waiting On A Friend – Remastered 2021

CD 2 - Lost & Found: Rarities

1. Living In The Heart Of Love
2. Fiji Jim
3. Troubles A’ Comin
4. Shame Shame Shame
5. Drift Away
6. It’s A Lie
7. Come To The Ball
8. Fast Talking Slow Walking
9. Start Me Up (Early Version)

4CD Super Deluxe Boxset

Includes 4 x CDS (CD1 - Remastered Album, CD2 - Bonus 9 Tracks + CD 3 & 4 - “Still Life” (Wembley Stadium Concert 1982)

+ Keith Richards Picture Disc + 124 Page Book featuring over 200 rare photos from recording sessions & world tour + interviews with producer Chris Kimsey & photographer Hubert Kretzschmar + Lenticular Art

CD 1 - Tattoo You (2021 Remaster)
CD 2 – Lost & Found: Rarities

CD 3 – “Still Life” (Wembley Stadium Concert 1982):

1. Under My Thumb
2. When The Whip Comes Down
3. Let’s Spend The Night Together
4. Shattered
5. Neighbours
6. Black Limousine
7. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
8. Twenty Flight Rock
9. Going To A Go Go
10. Chantilly Lace
11. Let Me Go
12. Time Is On My Side
13. Beast Of Burden
14. Let It Bleed

CD 4 – “Still Life” (Wembley Stadium Concert 1982):

1. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
2. Band Introductions
3. Little T&A
4. Tumbling Dice
5. She’s So Cold
6. Hang Fire
7. Miss You
8. Honky Tonk Women
9. Brown Sugar
10. Start Me Up
11. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
12. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

** VINYL **

1LP Standard
180g Black Vinyl

2LP Deluxe Black Vinyl
180g Double Black Vinyl in Gatefold sleeve

2LP Deluxe Clear Vinyl (The Rolling Stones Store Exclusive)
180g Double Clear Vinyl in Gatefold sleeve

5 LP Super Deluxe Boxset

Includes 5 x 180g Heavyweight Vinyl. (LP1 Brand New 2021 Remaster of Tattoo You, LP2 Lost & Found: 9 Previously Unreleased Tracks, LP3, 4 & 5 "Still Life" Live At Wembley Stadium 1982)

Plus 124 page hardback book featuring over 200 rare photos from recording sessions & world tour + interviews with producer Chris Kimsey & photographer Hubert Kretzschmar + Lenticular Art

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