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Eric B. & Rakim’s ‘The Complete Collection’ 8-LP + 2-CD Deluxe Box Set Arrives!

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Eric B. & Rakim’s ‘The Complete Collection’ 8-LP + 2-CD Deluxe Box Set Arrives!

In the decades since they exploded on the scene in the mid-1980s, Eric B. & Rakim have been universally recognized as one of hip-hop’s greatest creative units. Eric B.’s distinctive soundscapes, and cuts, and Rakim’s philosophically deep and lyrically complex raps remain unequaled, and the duo’s classic recordings remain a benchmark of the genre.

Although the duo’s albums have remained immensely influential, all have been out of print on vinyl in the U.S. for many years, making the UMe release The Complete Collection 1987-1992 an especially timely package. Not only a monument to Eric B. & Rakim’s larger-than-life catalog, this ten-piece vinyl / CD set is the first U.S. career-encompassing box set for any hip-hop artist.

The Complete Collection 1987-1992 incorporates 2-LP vinyl editions of each of Eric B. & Rakim’s four original albums — 1987’s Paid In Full, 1988’s Follow the Leader, 1990’s Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em and 1992’s Don’t Sweat the Technique — plus two bonus CDs of classic remixes, none of which have ever appeared on an album, and only a handful of which have previously been available digitally. All four LPs and both CDs are housed in a ridged slipcase that also boasts a 36-page book (with 29 vintage photos spanning the group’s career together, as well as liner notes from writers Tom Terrell and Brian Coleman).

The bonus CDs include an impressive 26 vintage remixes, including such influential classics as Coldcut’s “Seven Minutes of Madness” mix for “Paid In Full”; the “Six Minutes of Soul” reworking of “I Know You Got Soul” (by Double Trouble aka Norman “Fatboy Slim” and Danny D; Marley Marl and M.C. Shan’s original 1986 mix of “My Melody”; and “Friends,” Eric B & Rakim’s 1989 Top Ten collaboration with Jody Watley.

Hailing from Queens, New York and Wyandanch, Long Island, respectively, forward-thinking DJ and producer Eric B (born Eric Barrier) and revered lyricist Rakim (born William Michael Griffin Jr.) are, according to AllMusic, “almost universally recognized as the premier DJ/MC team in all of hip-hop.” After debuting with the independently released “Eric B Is President” single in 1986, they would go on to establish themselves as the hardest, most musically complex and most lyrically challenging rap act in the world. Rakim’s rhymes boasted plain-spoken but complex imagery and thought, ambitious internal rhymes, and a smooth, deliberate and unmistakable flow, while Eric’s innovative sonic experimentation was highlighted by his early manipulation of samples, including his pioneering mining of James Brown’s catalogue.

The Complete Collection 1987-1992 is packed to the ceiling with hip-hop classics. The landmark debut Paid In Full, which many fans consider to be the greatest album in hip-hop history, includes the beloved classics “I Know You Got Soul” and “Eric B Is President,” as well as the title track, which inspired no less than 30 remixes. The equally fierce follow-up Follow the Leader boasts such favorites as “Microphone Fiend” and the title track, and expanded the debut album’s minimalistic sound into broader, darker sonic territory. Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em found the pair maintaining their stature on such tracks as “Step Back” and “In the Ghetto.” And Don’t Sweat the Technique brought the twosome’s sound to a plateau with songs like “Pass the Hand Grenade” and “Casualties of War.”

More than three decades after they hit on wax, Eric B. & Rakim have recently started touring together again, and remain one of hip-hop’s seminal acts. The Complete Collection 1987-1992 presents their brilliant body of work the way it was meant to be heard!

TRACKLIST:
PAID IN FULL [1987] (2-LP)
1. I Ain’t No Joke
2. Eric B. Is on the Cut
3. My Melody
4. I Know You Got Soul
5. Move the Crowd
6. Paid in Full
7. As the Rhyme Goes On
8. Chinese Arithmetic
9. Eric B. Is President
10. Extended Beat

FOLLOW THE LEADER [1988] (2-LP)
1. Follow the Leader
2. Microphone Fiend
3. Lyrics of Fury
4. Eric B. Never Scared
5. Just a Beat
6. Put Your Hands Together
7. To the Listeners
8. No Competition
9. The R
10. Musical Massacre
11. Beats for the Listeners

LET THE RHYTHM HIT EM [1990] (2-LP)
1. Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em
2. No Omega
3. In the Ghetto
4. Step Back
5. Eric B. Made My Day
6. Run for Cover
7. Untouchables
8. Mahogany
9. Keep ‘Em Eager to Listen
10. Set ‘Em Straight

DON’T SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE [1992] (2-LP)
1. What’s on Your Mind?
2. Teach the Children
3. Pass the Hand Grenade
4. Casualties of War
5. Rest Assured
6. The Punisher
7. Relax with Pep
8. Keep the Beat
9. What’s Going On?
10. Know the Ledge
11. Don’t Sweat the Technique
12. Kick Along
BONUS CD ONE
1. Paid In Full seven minutes of madness — the coldcut remix
Originally released on UK 4th & B’way 12-inch single 12 BRW 78, Oct 19, 1987
2. Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em UPSO mix
Remix and additional production by Blacksmith
Originally issued on UK MCA 12-inch single MCAT 1433, 1990
3. The R remix
Remix by C.J. Mackintosh and Dave Dorrell
Originally issued on Uni 12-inch single UNI-8012, December 1988
4. Casualties of War smooth mix
Remix and Additional Production by Soulshock, Cutfather & Karlin for Soulpower Productions.
Mixed by Kenneth Kikkenborg at Werner Studios, Copenhagen.
Originally released on MCA 12-inch single MCA 11505, 1992
5. Don’t Sweat The Technique funky ginger club version
Remixed by Simon ‘The Funky Ginger’ Law & Mr. Lee
Originally released on UK MCA 12-inch single MCA12-54369, 1992
6. My Melody original mix
Mixed by Marley Marl & M.C. Shan
Originally released on Zakia 12-inch ZK-014, 1986
Reissued on 4th & B’way 12-inch BWAY- 431, 1986
7. As The Rhyme Goes On pumpin’ the turbo – chad jay in effect
Remixed by Chad Jay
Human mouth madness by Sefton Terminator
Originally released on UK 4th & B’way 12-inch 12BRW 106, July 18, 1988
8. In The Ghetto drums and Rakim mix
Remixed by Mark Morales and Mark Rooney for Mark Morales Productions
Originally released on MCA 12-inch single MCA12-53901, May 4, 1990
9. Casualties of War militant remix
Additional Production & Remix by Michael “Militant Mixx ‘n” Moor for Militant Mic Productions
Originally released on MCA 12-inch single MCA12-54492, 1992
10. Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em 12″ vocal version remix
Executive Producer: Eric B.
Remixed by DJ Mark “The 45 King”
Originally issued on MCA 12-inch single MCA-24026, 1990
11. Move The Crowd the wild bunch remix
Remixed by The Wild Bunch
Originally released on UK 4th & B’way 12-inch 12BRW 88, Feb 8, 1988
12. I Know You Got Soul six minutes of soul – the double trouble remix
Remixed by Double Trouble
BONUS CD TWO
1. Friends
JODY WATLEY WITH ERIC B. & RAKIM
Produced by Andre Cymone
From Jody Watley’s MCA album Larger Than Life (1989)
2. Put Your Hands Together parkside mix
Remixed by Graeme Park
Originally issued on UK MCA Records 12-inch single MCAT-1300, 1988
3. Casualties of War radical radio edit
Additional Production & Remix by Michael “Militant Mixx ‘n” Moor for Militant Mic Productions
Originally released on MCA 12-inch single MCA8P-2386, 1992
4. Paid In Full derek b.’s urban respray
Remixed b Derek B.
Remix Engineer: Chief Engineer Scott
Originally released on UK 4th & B’way 12-inch 12 BRX 78, 1987
5. Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em 45 king club mix
Remixed by DJ Mark “The 45 King”
Originally issued on MCA 12-inch single MCA-24026, 1990
6. Microphone Fiend extended remix
Remixed by DJ Mark “The 45 King”
Originally issued on Uni 12-inch single UNI-8007, 1990
7. No Omega extended remix version
Remixed by Bret Lover
Issued on MCA 12-inch single MCA12-53997, Feb 12, 1991
8. Don’t Sweat The Technique UK flavor club version
Remixed by Simon ‘The Funky Ginger’ Law & Mr. Lee
Originally released on UK MCA 12-inch single MCA12-54369, 1992
9. Casualties of War soulpower remix
Remix and Additional Production by Soulshock, Cutfather & Karlin for Soulpower Productions.
Mixed by Kenneth Kikkenborg at Werner Studios, Copenhagen.
Originally released on MCA 12-inch single MCA 11505, 1992
10. Mahogany extended remix version
Remixed by Eric B. for Lyn Star
Issued on MCA 12-inch single MCA12-53997, Feb 12, 1991
11. Put Your Hands Together fon force mix
Remixed by Mark Brydon and Robert Gordon for Fon Force
Originally issued on UK MCA Records 12-inch single MCAT-1300, 1988
12. Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em brixton bass mix
Remixed and additional production by Blacksmith
Engineered by Paul Wright
Originally issued on UK MCA 12-inch single MCAT 1433, 1990
13. Move The Crowd beatmix by the democratic 3 featuring dj slack
Beatmix by The Democratic 3
Originally released on UK 4th & B’way 12-inch 12 BRW 88, Feb 8, 1988
14. I Know You Got Soul the richie rich megamix
Megamix by Richie Rich
Remix Engineer: PJ “Dyna-mix” Smith
Originally issued on UK 4th & B’way 12-inch 12 BRW 69, June 1, 1987

David Bowie’s Massive 15-LP or 11-CD ‘Loving the Alien’ Box Set Covers 1983-1988

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David Bowie’s Massive 15-LP or 11-CD ‘Loving the Alien’ Box Set Covers 1983-1988

Parlophone Records are proud to announce DAVID BOWIE ‘LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 – 1988)’ the fourth in a series of box sets spanning his career from 1969.

The follow-up to the award winning and critically acclaimed DAVID BOWIE ‘FIVE YEARS (1969 – 1973)’, DAVID BOWIE ‘WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974 – 1976)’ and DAVID BOWIE ‘A NEW CAREER IN A NEW TOWN (1977 – 1982)’ will be released on 12th October.

DAVID BOWIE ‘LOVING THE ALIEN (1983 – 1988)’ will contain a brand new production of the 1987 album ‘NEVER LET ME DOWN’ by Bowie producer/engineer Mario McNulty with new instrumentation by Bowie collaborators Reeves Gabrels (guitar), David Torn (guitar), Sterling Campbell (drums), Tim Lefebvre (bass) as well as a string quartet with arrangements by Nico Muhly and a guest cameo by Laurie Anderson on ‘Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)’.

The eleven CD box, fifteen-piece vinyl set and standard digital download box set is named after the opening track from the ‘Tonight’ album and includes newly remastered versions of David’s most commercially successful period ‘LET’S DANCE’, ‘TONIGHT’, ‘NEVER LET ME DOWN (ORIGINAL and 2018 VERSIONS)’, the live album ‘GLASS SPIDER (Live Montreal ’87)’, the previously unreleased ‘SERIOUS MOONLIGHT’ live album, a collection of original remixes entitled ‘DANCE’ and the non-album/alternate version/b-sides and soundtrack music compilation RE:CALL 4.

Exclusive to each of the box sets is ‘NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018)’, a new production of the 1987 album. The seeds of this reimagining of the album were first sown in 2008 when David asked Mario McNulty to remix the track ‘Time Will Crawl’ and record new drums by longtime Bowie drummer, Sterling Campbell, along with strings. The track was issued on the iSelect compilation to much acclaim, and in the notes, for that record, David remarked ‘Oh, to redo the rest of that album’.

Fast-forward to early 2018 McNulty entered Electric Lady Studios in New York with Sterling, Tim Lefebvre on bass, who was in the ★ (“Blackstar”) band and Reeves Gabrels and David Torn on guitars. All of the musicians had a history with David, so were a perfect fit for what now sound like brand new songs. Nico Muhly, whom Mario first met when they were both interns working for Philip Glass in 2001, has handled the string arrangements.

The re-workings have revealed ‘Never Let Me Down’ as a very strong collection of songs with a dark thematic thread running through them. Fans listening to ‘NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018)’ would be forgiven for thinking that they were listening to a brand new ‘lost’ Bowie record.

This 2018 version of the album will also feature newly ‘remixed’ artwork reflecting the album’s subject matter and features unseen images from the original cover photographic session from the archive of Greg Gorman.

Also in each box is the never before released ‘SERIOUS MOONLIGHT’ live album recorded in Vancouver, in 1983. Originally mixed at the time by Bob Clearmountain, the double album captures Bowie on what at that time was his most successful tour. The artwork features shots taken by photographer Denis O’Regan.

Also included is the 2CD / 3LP GLASS SPIDER (LIVE MONTREAL ’87) album, making its debut on vinyl (which is exclusive to the LP box). The tour’s innovative set and marriage of music and theatre has been cited as a big inspiration to acts in the 2000’s. Speaking in 1991 about Glass Spider Bowie said, “It was the first time I’d had the opportunity to spend that kind of money and do shows like that! The first time since Diamond Dogs, anyway…I thought, right! Let’s really spend some money! I had all these thwarted dreams of what I’d tried to do with rock ‘n roll in the early ’70s”.

Exclusive to each box is ‘RE:CALL 4’ and ‘DANCE’. The former a new compilation featuring remastered contemporary single versions, non-album singles, album edits, b-sides and songs featured on soundtracks such as Labyrinth, Absolute Beginners and When The Wind Blows. ‘DANCE’ features 12 contemporaneous remixes some of which are appearing on CD and vinyl for the first time and is named after an unreleased Bowie remix album that was originally slated for release in November 1985.

The physical box set’s accompanying book, 128 pages in the CD box and 84 in the vinyl set, will feature rarely seen and previously unpublished photos by photographers including Denis O’Regan, Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts and many others as well as historical press reviews and technical notes about the albums from producers/engineers Nile Rodgers, Hugh Padgham, Mario McNulty and Justin Shirley-Smith.

The CD box set will include faithfully reproduced mini-vinyl versions of the original albums, and the CDs will be gold coloured rather than the usual silver. The vinyl box set has the same content as the CD set and is pressed on audiophile quality 180g vinyl. As well as ‘Never Let Me Down (2018)’, ‘Dance’ and ‘Re:Call 4’, both ‘Serious Moonlight (Live ’83)’ and ‘Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87)’

LOVING THE ALIEN (1983-1988)
Vinyl & CD Track Lists

Let’s Dance
“Modern Love”
“China Girl”
“Let’s Dance”
“Without You”
“Ricochet”
“Criminal World”
“Cat People (Putting Out Fire)”
“Shake It”

Serious Moonlight (Live ’83)
“Look Back In Anger”
“‘Heroes’”
“What In The World”
“Golden Years”
“Fashion”
“Let’s Dance”
“Breaking Glass”
“Life On Mars?”
“Sorrow”
“Cat People (Putting Out Fire)”
“China Girl”
“Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”
“Rebel Rebel”
“White Light / White Heat”
“Station To Station”
“Cracked Actor”
“Ashes To Ashes”
“Space Oddity/Band Introduction”
“Young Americans”
“Fame”
“Modern Love”

Tonight
“Loving The Alien”
“Don’t Look Down”
“God Only Knows”
“Tonight”
“Neighborhood Threat”
“Blue Jean”
“Tumble And Twirl”
“I Keep Forgettin”
“Dancing With The Big Boys”

Never Let Me Down
“Day-In Day-Out”
“Time Will Crawl”
“Beat Of Your Drum”
“Never Let Me Down”
“Zeroes”
“Glass Spider”
“Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)”
“New York’s In Love”
“’87 And Cry”
“Bang”

Never Let Me Down (2018)
“Day-In Day-Out”
“Time Will Crawl”
“Beat Of Your Drum”
“Never Let Me Down”
“Zeroes”
“Glass Spider”
“Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)” (ft Laurie Anderson)
“New York’s In Love”
“87 & Cry”
“Bang Bang”

Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87)
“Up The Hill Backwards”
“Glass Spider”
“Day-In Day-Out”
“Bang Bang”
“Absolute Beginners”
“Loving The Alien”
“China Girl”
“Rebel Rebel”
“Fashion”
“Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”
“All The Mad Men”
“Never Let Me Down”
“Big Brother”
“‘87 And Cry”
“‘Heroes’”
“Sons Of The Silent Age”
“Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction”
“Young Americans”
“Beat Of Your Drum”
“The Jean Genie”
“Let’s Dance”
“Fame”
“Time”
“Blue Jean”
“Modern Love” 

Dance

  1. “Shake It” (Re-mix aka Long Version)
  2. “Blue Jean” (Extended Dance Mix)
  3. “Dancing With The Big Boys” (Extended Dance Mix)
  4. “Tonight” (Vocal Dance Mix)
  5. “Don’t Look Down” (Extended Dance Mix)
  6. “Loving The Alien” (Extended Dub Mix)
  7. “Tumble And Twirl” (Extended Dance Mix)
  8. “Underground” (Extended Dance Mix)
  9. “Day-In Day-Out” (Groucho Mix)
  10. “Time Will Crawl” (Dance Crew Mix)
  11. “Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)” (12″ mix)
  12. “Never Let Me Down” (Dub/Acapella)

Re:Call 4

  1. “Let’s Dance” (Single Version)
  2. “China Girl” (Single Version)
  3. “Modern Love” (Single Version)
  4. “This Is Not America (The Theme From The Falcon And The Snowman)” – David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group
  5. “Loving The Alien” (Re-mixed Version)
  6. “Don’t Look Down” (Re-mixed Version)
  7. “Dancing In The Street” (Clearmountain Mix) – David Bowie and Mick Jagger
  8. “Absolute Beginners” (From Absolute Beginners)
  9. “That’s Motivation” (From Absolute Beginners)
  10. “Volare” (From Absolute Beginners)
  11. “Labyrinth Opening Titles/Underground” (From Labyrinth)
  12. “Magic Dance” (From Labyrinth)
  13. “As The World Falls Down” (From Labyrinth)
  14. “Within You” (From Labyrinth)
  15. “Underground” (From Labyrinth)
  16. “When The Wind Blows” (Single Version) (From When The Wind Blows)
  17. “Day-In Day-Out” (Single Version)
  18. “Julie”
  19. “Beat Of Your Drum” (Vinyl Album Edit)
  20. “Glass Spider” ((Vinyl Album Edit)
  21. “Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)” (Vinyl Album Edit)
  22. “New York’s In Love” (Vinyl Album Edit)
  23. “‘87 And Cry” (Vinyl Album Edit)
  24. “Bang Bang” (Vinyl Album Edit)
  25. “Time Will Crawl” (Single Version)
  26. “Girls” (Extended Edit)
  27. “Never Let Me Down” (7″ Remix Edit)
  28. “Bang Bang” (Live – Promotional Mix)
  29. “Tonight” (Live) – Tina Turner with David Bowie
  30. “Let’s Dance” (Live) – Tina Turner with David Bowie

Watch Bruce Springsteen Show Up And Sing At Billy Joel’s 100th Madison Square Garden Show

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Watch Bruce Springsteen Show Up And Sing At Billy Joel’s 100th Madison Square Garden Show

“I’d like to bring out an old friend,” Billy Joel told the crowd. “We go back a long ways – we were both on the same record label, we both got dumped by the label. But we did it.”

Then The Boss showed up on the The Piano Man’s stage, and sung Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out and Born to Run.

How 78s Were Made In The 1940s

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How 78s Were Made In The 1940s

Before 1925, all 78s were recorded by means of the artist singing or speaking into a horn, the power of their voice directly vibrating the recording stylus and thus cutting the wax of the master disc. The older 78 format continued to be mass produced alongside the newer formats into the 1950s, but had faded from the scene by 1955.

Filmed in 1939-40, this piece takes you behind the scenes at RCA Victor and shows you the manufacturing process that went into the early 78 RPM.

Richard Reed Parry Announces New Solo Album “Quiet River Of Dust Vol. 1” Out September 21

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Richard Reed Parry Announces New Solo Album “Quiet River Of Dust Vol. 1” Out September 21

Richard Reed Parry is thrilled to announce that he has signed to Secret City Records in Canada and will be releasing two albums as a two volume series. This autumnal equinox – September 21 – Quiet River of Dust Vol. 1 will be released while the spring equinox of 2019 will be the release date of Volume 2. Courtesy of Pitchfork, watch the animated video (directed by Caleb Wood and Richard Reed Parry) for two new songs from Vol. 1 – “Sai No Kawara (River of Death)” and “On the Ground” – below. Concert dates supporting the new record will be announced shortly.

Best known as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist in the Grammy-winning rock band Arcade Fire, the Quiet River of Dust volumes are Parry’s first solo work outside of his innovative compositional work with the highly respected Deutsche Grammaphon label. But, Quiet River of Dust is a new direction: a dreamlike journey of immersive, gently psychedelic songs inspired by Japanese death poems and the folk music of the British Isles.

The genesis of these songs came ten years ago after Arcade Fire’s first tour of Japan in February 2008. Parry stayed on for weeks after the last show, heading to a monastery for some solace in what he described as “the biggest silence you’ve ever heard.” Quiet River of Dust has been slowly gestating ever since, in many ways a necessary respite from Parry’s other musical pursuits as creating this music grew into a meditative practice.

“The song ‘On the Ground’ was inspired by an encounter with ghost voices in a Japanese forest near a temple on the sacred mountain Koya-Sān,” Parry explained. “I told director Caleb Wood the story – of being alone in this magical environment of giant cedar trees and hearing a loud chorus of powerful harmony singing that sounded inexplicably identical to my late father’s folk band the Friends of Fiddler’s Green, who were the soundtrack to my entire childhood and upbringing.”

Despite these influences, Parry did not explicitly want to write in a traditional British Isles folk style. Nor did he want to create the kind of pop songs to which tens of thousands of people could sing along, as he does with Arcade Fire. But while that band’s landmark 2004 debut, Funeral, made a grandiose statement through big, bold gestures, Quiet River of Dust does the same, with vertical layers of sonic architecture, but with the inverse approach: small, soft and gentle, though just as grand. Parry wanted to create a tangible aural garden of rapturous colors that invite exploration and create an immersive experience.

“I’m lousy at sitting still and being nothing,” Parry says. “But being out in the natural world or being immersed in music is the meditation for me. That’s the heart of this record: the experience of transcending the place that you’re in, getting lost in the feeling of where you end and where the world begins, in a dreamlike world of music and thought.”

Photo Gallery: Vans Warped Tour at Toronto’s RBC Echo Beach

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Photo Gallery: Vans Warped Tour at Toronto’s RBC Echo Beach

All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com

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Unearth
Mayday Parade
Palaye Royale
Broadside
Motionless In White
Twisted
Courage My Love
Silverstein
Bedouin Soundclash
Everytime I Die
Sum 41
Tonight Alive
Reel Big Fish
Simple Plan
Underoath

Cook with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul in the Breaking Bad RV For Charity

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Cook with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul in the Breaking Bad RV For Charity

To celebrate Breaking Bad’s 10th Anniversary, Bryan Cranston (Walter White, aka Heisenberg) and Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) invite you to cook breakfast, not meth, with them in the original RV. To join them, enter now here.

You can talk about whatever you want: the ending, the iconic theme, the Emmys. It’s up to you! Every donation supports The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Kind Campaign.

“Springsteen on Broadway” coming to Netflix December 15

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“Springsteen on Broadway” coming to Netflix December 15

“Springsteen on Broadway” will launch globally on Netflix on December 15, 2018, which is also the final night of Springsteen’s completely sold out 236-show run at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway.

“Springsteen on Broadway” is a solo acoustic performance written and performed by Tony Award, Academy Award, and 20-time Grammy Award winner Bruce Springsteen. Based on his worldwide best-selling autobiography ‘Born to Run,’ “Springsteen on Broadway” is a unique evening with Bruce, his guitar, a piano, and his very personal stories. In addition, it features a special appearance by Patti Scialfa. The evening has received rave reviews in top media here and abroad.

“Springsteen on Broadway” is written by Bruce Springsteen, and directed and produced by Emmy Award-winner Thom Zimny (“Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Live in New York City (2001)”). In addition to Zimny, the film is being produced by the same team that produced “Springsteen on Broadway,” including Springsteen manager Jon Landau, Springsteen tour director George Travis, and Landau Management partner Barbara Carr.

Said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix: “We are thrilled to bring Bruce Springsteen — a master storyteller, humanitarian and voice of the everyman — to Netflix in this historic one man show. This groundbreaking experience defies the boundaries of theater, concerts and film and will give our global audience an intimate look at one of the biggest cultural icons of our time.”

Said Springsteen manager, Jon Landau: “The purpose of the film is to bring this incredibly intimate show to Bruce’s entire audience intact and complete. In addition to its many other virtues, Netflix has provided for a simultaneous worldwide release which is particularly important for our massive international audience. Ted Sarandos and the entire company’s support has been a perfect match for Bruce’s personal commitment to the filmed version of ‘Springsteen on Broadway.’”

Bruce Springsteen’s historic sold-out series of performances of his one man show “Springsteen On Broadway” began previews on October 3, 2017 and officially opened October 12. The show was extended three times after its initial eight-week run, and will close on Broadway on December 15, 2018, bringing the total number of performances to 236.

Phil Collins Releasing “Plays Well With Others” Massive Box Set

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Phil Collins Releasing “Plays Well With Others” Massive Box Set

He has been a member one of one of Britain’s most significant rock bands and one of the world’s biggest male solo stars, but Phil Collins was always eager to collaborate with an eclectic range of artists. Spanning drums, vocals, production, songwriting and more, Phil Collins’ many talents have been employed by some of his biggest musical heroes.

Now Phil Collins has compiled a 59-track collection of his collaborative highlight in the shape of ‘Plays Well With Others’. The compilation will be released as a four CD boxset and as a digital download on September 28th.

It’s a box set about the byways of a career that stretches from the ersatz psychedelia of Flaming Youth, through the legendary 70s recordings with Brand X, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and John Cale and into the superstar era of the 80s, when Collins became the go-to man for legends in need of a fresh lease of life. It extends into the years when he had the status to do whatever he wanted. Form a big band with Quincy Jones conducting and Tony Bennett singing? Why the hell not!

The title comes from a joke gift that happened to contain a profound truth. Chester Thompson, the man who became Genesis’s day-to-day drummer once Collins had become the frontman, arranged to have a special birthday present made for him. It wasn’t a hugely expensive gift – just a T-shirt. On the front Thompson had a slogan printed to reflect his bandmate’s willingness to take his drums along to pretty much any session, his pleasure in working as a producer to help musicians he respected make the records they wanted: “Plays well with others”.

Collins started branching out in the mid-70s to delve into parts of his musical taste that didn’t fit with Genesis’s sound. The band’s producer John Anthony recognised Collins as a musician with the appetite and ability to adapt to different musical environments. “He was producing all kinds of records, and he would use me because he loves good drumming,” remembers Collins. “We used to go into Trident Studios at midnight, just for the fun of playing, and go home at six or seven in the morning. I enjoyed the possibility of just playing and occasionally being paid for it, and occasionally not. It wasn’t for money, it was just for the hell of playing.”

Working on Peter Gabriel’s third solo album resulted in Collins and engineer Hugh Padgham stumbling across the gated reverb drum sound that would dominate 80s pop. That was first heard on Gabriel’s track ‘Intruder’ and later when hit the charts when used in the drum fill in Collins’ signature hit ‘In The Air Tonight’.

In the wake of his solo success with the ‘Face Value’ album, Collins became sought after by already successful artists who needed to do something different, helping Adam Ant, Eric Clapton, Robert Plant and Abba’s Frida into new eras in their careers.

‘Plays Well With Others’ is a set that captures the dizzying variety of one of the most successful stories in music history. That’s what has earned him the respect of so many musicians of so many different genres – the ‘Urban Renewal’ tribute album, represented here by Lil’ Kim, being a classic example.

DISC ONE: 1969 – 1982
‘Guide Me Orion’ – Flaming Youth
‘Knights (Reprise)’ – Peter Banks
‘Don’t You Feel It’ – Eugene Wallace
‘I Can’t Remember, But Yes’ – Argent
‘Over Fire Island’ – Brian Eno
‘Savannah Woman’ – Tommy Bolin
‘Pablo Picasso’ – John Cale
‘Nuclear Burn’ – Brand X
‘No-One Receiving’ – Brian Eno
‘Home’ – Rod Argent
‘M386’ – Brian Eno
‘And So To F’ – Brand X
‘North Star’ – Robert Fripp
‘Sweet Little Mystery’ – John Martyn
‘Intruder’ – Peter Gabriel
‘I Know There’s Something Going On’ – Frida
‘Pledge Pin’ – Robert Plant
‘Lead Me To The Water’ – Gary Brooker

DISC TWO: 1982 – 1991
‘In The Mood’ – Robert Plant
‘Island Dreamer’ – Al Di Meola
‘Puss ‘n’ Boots’ – Adam Ant
‘Walking On The Chinese Wall’ – Philip Bailey
‘Do They Know It’s Christmas (Feed The World)’ – Band Aid
‘Just Like A Prisoner’ – Eric Clapton
‘Because Of You’ – Philip Bailey
‘Watching The World’ – Chaka Khan
‘No One Is To Blame’ (Phil Collins version) – Howard Jones
‘If Leaving Me Is Easy’ – The Isley Brothers
‘Angry’ – Paul McCartney
‘Loco In Acapulco’ – Four Tops
‘Walking On Air’ – Stephen Bishop
‘Hall Light’ – Stephen Bishop
‘Woman In Chains’ – Tears For Fears
‘Burn Down The Mission’ – Phil Collins

DISC THREE: 1991 – 2011
‘No Son Of Mine’ – Genesis
‘Could’ve Been Me’ – John Martyn
‘Hero’ – David Crosby
‘Ways To Cry’ – John Martyn
‘I’ve Been Trying’ – Phil Collins
‘Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear From Me’ – Quincy Jones
‘Why Can’t It Wait Til Morning’ – Fourplay
‘Suzanne’ – John Martyn
‘Looking For An Angel’ – Laura Pausini
‘Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End’ – George Martin
‘In The Air Tonite’ – Lil’ Kim featuring Phil Collins
‘Welcome’ – Phil Collins
‘Can’t Turn Back The Years’ – John Martyn

DISC FOUR: LIVE 1981 – 2002
‘In The Air Tonight’ (Live At The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball) – Phil Collins
‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ – George Harrison
‘You Win Again’ – The Bee Gees
‘There’ll Be Some Changes Made’ – Phil Collins and Tony Bennett
‘Stormy Weather’ – Phil Collins and Quincy Jones
‘Chips And Salsa’ – The Phil Collins Big Band
‘Birdland’ – Phil Collins with The Buddy Rich Big Band
‘Pick Up The Pieces’ (Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1998) – The Phil Collins Big Band
‘Layla’ (Live At Party At The Palace, 3 June 2002) – Eric Clapton
‘Why’ (Live at Party At The Palace, 3 June 2002) – Annie Lennox
‘Everything I Do (I Do It For You)’ (Live at Party At The Palace, 3 June 2002) – Bryan Adams
‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ (Live at Party At The Palace, 3 June 2002) – Joe Cocker

Cat Power To Release New Album, Wanderer, On October 5

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Cat Power To Release New Album, Wanderer, On October 5

Cat Power, the vocalist, songwriter, musician, and producer Chan Marshall, will release her new album Wanderer on October 5, 2018, via Domino, and also announced a number of tour dates to support.

Produced in its entirety by Marshall, Wanderer includes appearances by longtime friends and compatriots, as well as guest vocals courtesy of friend and recent tour-mate Lana Del Rey. Written and recorded in Miami and Los Angeles over the course of the last few years, the new album Wanderer is a remarkable return from an iconic American voice.

Wanderer’s 11 tracks encompass “my journey so far,” says Marshall.”The course my life has taken in this journey – going from town to town, with my guitar, telling my tale; with reverence to the people who did this generations before me. Folk singers, blues singers, and everything in between.
They were all wanderers, and I am lucky to be among them.”

Cat Power will be touring internationally in support of the album. See below for all dates. Tickets will be on sale on Friday July 20th at 10am local.

Wanderer Tracklisting
Wanderer
In Your Face
You Get
Woman (feat. Lana Del Rey)
Horizon
Stay
Black
Robbin Hood
Nothing Really Matters
Me Voy
Wanderer / Exit

Cat Power Tour Dates
Sat Sept 15 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
Tues Sept 25 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre *
Thurs Sept 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
Fri Sept 28 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion *
Sun Sept 30 – New York, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium ^
Fri Oct5 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Sat Oct 6 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Mon Oct 8 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
Tues Oct 9 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
Thurs Oct 11 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
Fri Oct 12 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
Sat Oct 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Tues Oct 23 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
Thurs Oct 25 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
Fri Oct 26 -Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Sun Oct 28 -Berlin, GE @ Astra
Mon Oct 29 -Zurich, SW @ X-Tra
Tues Oct 30 -Lausanne, SW @ Les Docks
Thurs Nov 1 – Barcelona, SP @ Razzamatazz
Fri Nov 2 – Madrid, SP @ Circo Price
Mon Nov 5 – Bologna, IT @ Estragon
Tues Nov 6 – Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
Sat Nov 17 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Sun Nov 18 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Wed Nov 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
Fri Nov 23 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory OC
Sat Nov 24 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Sun Nov 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Tues Nov 27 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Wed Nov 28 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Thurs Nov 29 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Wed Dec 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre

* with The National

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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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