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Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Say Happy Holidays With Very Special New Single

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Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Say Happy Holidays With Very Special New Single

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul are celebrating the season with a very special holiday single. “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight),” is out today, Friday, December 15th, at all digital music retailers and streaming services here.

“Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)” sees Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul bringing their one-of-a-kind sound to The Ramones’ Yuletide classic, written by Joey Ramone and first found on the B-side to the 1987 single, “I Wanna Live.” The new rendition – arranged and produced by Stevie Van Zandt – was recorded by Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul two weeks ago during soundcheck in Utrecht, Netherlands in the midst of their extraordinary “Soulfire Tour 2017,” capturing all the spirit and energy of the 15-piece rock ‘n’ soul revue at the very peak of their formidable onstage power.

“This is our tribute to the Ramones, keeping their music alive,” Van Zandt told Rolling Stone. “I needed a third verse so I channeled Joey and wrote what I feel is the third verse he would have written. His brother Mickey heard the record and gave me his blessing.”

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul – who recently rocked NPR’s World Music Café with an exclusive interview and three-song live set – will wrap up the “Soulfire Tour 2017” with a pair of holiday homecoming concerts, set for Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Bowl (December 20th) and Red Bank, NJ’s Count Basie Theatre (December 23rd). For ticket availability and exclusive VIP packages, please visit littlesteven.com.

The “Soulfire Tour 2017” of course marked the acclaimed release of Little Steven’s sensational new solo album, SOULFIRE, available now via Wicked Cool/Big Machine/UMe. The album is available as CD, digital download, and 180-gram black vinyl, the latter presented as a double LP housed in a gatefold sleeve with the music on Sides 1-3 and a unique etching of Little Steven on Side 4.

SOULFIRE is Stevie Van Zandt’s first solo album in close to two decades and without question his purest and most uniquely personal artistic statement thus far. The album sees the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer revisiting songs that span the length of his career as artist, performer, producer, arranger, and songwriter, focusing directly on the hugely influential “soul horns-meet-rock ‘n’ roll guitars” approach he first pioneered on Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ classic first three albums.

SOULFIRE has quickly drawn rapturous applause from fans and critics alike, with Rolling Stone declaring, “Rock’s ultimate sideman reclaims the Jersey Shore sound he helped invent.” “Cynicism, irony and cultivated hip detachment have taken their toll on rock ‘n’ roll,” raved USA Today. “With SOULFIRE, Van Zandt aims to blow all that out and lead listeners back to its more passionate essence.” “It’s hard to imagine a more joyous and revelatory contemporary blue-eyed soul recording,” enthused American Songwriter. “The appropriately titled SOULFIRE is a tough, tight and clearly inspired project as well as a most welcome return from the musical shadows for Steven Van Zandt.” SOULFIRE “hearkens back to Van Zandt’s classic first solo album of gritty, greasy, horn-accented ’60s-style rock and soul,” noted Billboard, while Paste proclaimed, “Rockier than Motown or the Sound of Philadelphia, this a joyous invitation to live and love.”

SOULFIRE was arranged and produced by Van Zandt at his own Renegade Studios in New York City, co-produced and recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winner Geoff Sanoff (Fountains of Wayne, Stephen Colbert) and co-produced and music directed by guitarist Marc Ribler. The album was mixed and mastered by Van Zandt’s career-long collaborators and friends Bob Clearmountain (Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Bryan Adams), and Bob Ludwig (Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, The Band, Sly and the Family Stone).

Little Steven Van Zandt is of course known around the world for his utterly personal songwriting and an ambitious adventurousness that has fueled much of his creative output these past two decades. In addition to his ongoing role as a touring and recording member of The E Street Band, he has also expanded his artistic parameters to include landmark work as an actor on The Sopranos and Lilyhammer as well as host, historian, and rock ‘n’ roll advocate on Sirius XM’s one-and-only “Little Steven’s Underground Garage” (not to mention creator of Sirius XM’s long-running “Outlaw Country” format). Van Zandt has also expanded his musical boundaries to include composing the score for all three seasons of Lilyhammer and additional work as producer and songwriter, lending his distinctive craft to records from an array of international garage rockers.

Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul made their long-awaited live return last October at London’s BluesFest 2016. Van Zandt and the band also crossed the Atlantic this fall for a hugely successful European leg of the “Soulfire Tour 2017,” with multiple stops in England, Scotland, Germany, The Netherlands and Spain, highlighted by Paul McCartney sitting in to perform “I Saw Her Standing There” in London, and then the band performing a lunchtime show at Liverpool’s Cavern Club.

Howard Stern to Dedicate His SiriusXM Channel to His Best Celebrity Interviews of 2017

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Howard Stern to Dedicate His SiriusXM Channel to His Best Celebrity Interviews of 2017

Howard Stern and SiriusXM announced today that his exclusive SiriusXM channel, Howard 100, will turn “all interviews, all the time,” celebrating his best conversations of the year. Howard 100: The Interviews will kick off at midnight on December 18th and run through New Year’s Day.

Known for his best-in-career insightful, provocative, and deeply engaging interviews, The New York Times has called Stern “one of the most deft and engrossing celebrity interviewers in the business and a sought-after stop for stars selling a movie or setting the record straight.”

Throughout 2017, Stern spoke at length with some of the biggest musicians, actors, comedians, and newsmakers of the year, getting them to share stories they wouldn’t tell to anyone else. Now, for the first time, Stern’s channel will be dedicated purely to these interviews, including Miley Cyrus, Kevin Hart, Scarlett Johansson, David Letterman, Adam Levine, Robert Plant, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, and more, as well as news figures ranging from Rachel Maddow to Robert O’Neill, the Navy Seal credited with killing Osama Bin Laden.

Howard Stern’s second SiriusXM channel, Howard 101, will also be dedicated to the show’s greatest highlights from the year. Howard 101: Everything Else will feature his top comedic moments with his colorful staff, unusual “Wack Pack” superfans, prank phone calls, characters, impersonations and stunts, as Stern continues to break new ground in comedy and satire.

Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud To Launch new Comedy Channel With SiriusXM

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Laugh Out Loud, the comedy brand and multi-platform network created by Kevin Hart and Lionsgate, and SiriusXM today announced an agreement to launch a new fulltime comedy channel with Hart, one of the top comedians working today. The channel extends the Laugh Out Loud brand to radio for the first time, reaching SiriusXM’s more than 32 million subscribers.

The new channel, which launches early next year, will feature a weekly show hosted by Hart. Considered one of the world’s top comedians, Hart will also handpick a selection of diverse comedic voices to create, produce and star on the channel’s wide range of comedy programming.

“I am very excited to create a channel on SiriusXM that will be home to new frontiers in comedy,” said Hart. “After launching our Laugh Out Loud video network, which is off to a fast start, our goal is to make the world laugh by reaching people wherever they are. SiriusXM is the perfect partner to introduce a whole new audience to our Laugh Out Loud brand. The world will soon discover that – believe it or not – I’m even funnier on radio.”

“Kevin Hart is an unparalleled entertainer. SiriusXM is excited to have Kevin create a new channel that showcases his many talents and features other comedy voices chosen by Kevin. Our subscribers will love it,” said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM. “We are also very proud Kevin has chosen SiriusXM as his audio home and look forward to seeing what he has in store for this channel. Stay tuned.”

The Beach Boys Release Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions And 109-Song Live Album

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The Beach Boys Release Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions And 109-Song Live Album

Today, The Beach Boys release two new digital audio collections worldwide via Capitol/UMe, revealing much more of the legendary band’s pivotal 1967 creative work in the studio and onstage. Following the acclaimed 2CD and digital 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow collection released in June, 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions presents 29 studio session recordings and Live Sunshine – 1967 features 109 live recordings, most of which are previously unreleased.

1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow, 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions, and Live Sunshine – 1967 dive deep into a fascinating and frenetic chapter in The Beach Boys’ long, groundbreaking creative arc, exploring the band’s dynamic year through their recordings. The Beach Boys have personally overseen the creative process for the three collections, which are produced by Mark Linnet and Alan Boyd. Pitchfork reviewer Jesse Jarnow praised 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrowas “remarkable,” saying, “These recordings make it possible to hear The Beach Boys simultaneously as the moody pop geniuses of Pet Sounds and the fresh-faced surf-rockin’ teens from Hawthorne, California.”

1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow features Linett and Boyd’s new, first-ever stereo mix of The Beach Boys’ 1967 Wild Honeyalbum and all three collections throw open the legendary band’s vault to debut sought-after rarities, 50 years after they were put to tape. Previously unreleased highlights across the titles include The Beach Boys’ shelved “live” album, Lei’d in Hawaii, studio recordings from the Wild Honey and Smiley Smile album sessions, and standout concert recordings spanning 1967 to 1970. Wild Honey‘s 2017 stereo mix is also available in a 180-gram vinyl 50th Anniversary Edition.

The Beach Boys’ final studio session for the shelved SMiLE album took place on May 18, 1967, with Smiley Smile album sessions booked at Brian Wilson’s new home studio from June 3 through the end of July. The band’s 12th and 13th studio albums were released exactly three months apart to cap the year’s studio efforts: Smiley Smile on September 18followed by Wild Honey on December 18.

For the Smiley Smile sessions, “I wanted to have a home environment trip where we could record at my house,” recalls Brian Wilson in the liner notes for 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow. “I wanted to try something different, something new. I produced Smiley Smile, but Mike inspired me. He said ‘Brian, let’s make a really good, easygoing album’. We had an engineer convert my den into a studio. We had my piano detuned to make it ring more.”

“Just prior to that, Brian had built up this production peak and then just completely reversed field, and (for Smiley Smile) did something so light and airy, and y’ know, easy,” explains Mike Love. “That was an underground album, I figure, for us. It was completely out of the mainstream of what was going on at that time, which was all hard rock, psychedelic music, and here we come with a song called ‘Wind Chimes.’ It just didn’t have anything to do with what was going on – and that was the idea.”

“Times were changing,” adds Al Jardine. “We were happy to put our musical skills to work. We didn’t have to look at the clock; there was virtually 24-hour availability to experiment.”

On August 25 and 26, 1967, The Beach Boys (absent Bruce Johnston, but with Brian Wilson on organ for his first concert appearances with the band in more than two years) recorded two concerts and rehearsals in Honolulu for a prospective live album to be titled Lei’d In Hawaii, applying a new Smiley Smile-inspired aesthetic to the performances. Just over two weeks later, the band (with both Brian and Bruce participating) began re-recording the live set in-studio at Brian’s house and at Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood, after the Honolulu concert tapes were deemed unusable. Although completed and mixed, the final planned audio element of a canned concert audience was not added and the Lei’d In Hawaii project was canceled. Those live, in-studio performances morphed into sessions for the Wild Honey album, primarily comprised of original Brian Wilson/Mike Love compositions.

Two days after wrapping the Wild Honey sessions on November 15th, 1967, Mike Love, Carl and Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston returned to the road for The Beach Boys’ Thanksgiving Tour, premiering several songs from the forthcoming album at their concerts.

The Beach Boys continue to hold Billboard / Nielsen SoundScan’s record as America’s top-selling band for albums and singles, and they are also the American group with the most Billboard Top 40 chart hits (36). “Good Vibrations” was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame® in 1994. ‘Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys’ has achieved triple-Platinum sales status and ‘The SMiLE Sessions,’ released to worldwide critical acclaim in 2011, was heralded as the year’s Best Reissue by Rolling Stone and earned a GRAMMY Award® for Best Historical Album.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, The Beach Boys are a beloved American institution that remains iconic around the world.

The Beach Boys: 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions [digital]
All tracks previously unreleased

  1. Heroes And Villains – A Cappella
  2. Vegetables – Track And Background Vocals
  3. She’s Going Bald – Track And Background Vocals
  4. Little Pad – A Cappella
  5. With Me Tonight – Session Highlight
  6. Wind Chimes – Track And Background Vocals
  7. Gettin’ Hungry – Track And Background Vocals
  8. Whistle In – Track And Background Vocals
  9. Aren’t You Glad – Stereo Single Mix
  10. I Was Made To Love Her – Track And Background Vocals
  11. Country Air – Track And Background Vocals
  12. Darlin’ – Track And Background Vocals
  13. I’d Love Just Once To See You – Track And Background Vocals
  14. Here Comes The Night – A Cappella
  15. Let The Wind Blow – A Cappella
  16. How She Boogalooed It – Track And Stereo Last Verse
  17. Lonely Days – Session Highlight And Track
  18. Time To Get Alone – Backing Track
  19. Cool Cool Water – Alternate Mix
  20. Can’t Wait Too Long – Alternative Mix With Tag
  21. Tune L – Session – Unreleased
  22. Good News – Outtake
  23. Surfin’ – “Lei’d In Hawaii” / Studio Backing Track
  24. Heroes And Villains – “Lei’d In Hawaii” / Studio Version
  25. With A Little Help From My Friends – Session Highlight And Track With Background Vocals
  26. Barbara Ann – “Lei’d In Hawaii” / Studio Backing Track
  27. California Girls – “Lei’d In Hawaii” / Studio Stereo Mix
  28. God Only Knows – “Lei’d In Hawaii” / Studio Stereo Mix
  29. Surfer Girl – “Lei’d In Hawaii” / Studio Stereo Mix – Alternate Take

The Beach Boys: Live Sunshine – 1967 [digital]
* = track previously released on 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow / all other tracks previously unreleased

  1. Heroes And Villains – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  2. God Only Knows – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  3. Good Vibrations – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  4. The Letter – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  5. You’re So Good To Me – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  6. Hawaii – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  7. All Day All Night – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  8. California Girls – Rehearsal Take 1 / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  9. Surfin’ – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  10. Sloop John B – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  11. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  12. California Girls – Rehearsal Take 2 / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  13. The Letter – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  14. Hawaii – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  15. You’re So Good To Me – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  16. Surfer Girl – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  17. Surfin’ – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  18. Gettin’ Hungry – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  19. Sloop John B – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  20. California Girls – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  21. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  22. Heroes And Villains – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  23. God Only Knows – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  24. Good Vibrations – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  25. Barbara Ann – Live In Hawaii / 8/25/67
  26. The Letter – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  27. Hawaii – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67 [new edit & mix]
  28. You’re So Good To Me – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  29. God Only Knows – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  30. Help Me Rhonda – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  31. California Girls – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  32. Good Vibrations – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  33. Heroes And Villains – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67 [new edit & mix]
  34. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  35. The Lord’s Prayer – Rehearsal / Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  36. Hawthorne Boulevard – Instrumental / Live in Honolulu / 1967 *
  37. Hawaii – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  38. You’re So Good To Me – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  39. Help Me Rhonda – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  40. California Girls – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  41. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  42. Gettin’ Hungry – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67 [new edit & mix]
  43. Surfer Girl – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  44. Surfin’ – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67 [new edit & mix]
  45. Sloop John B – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  46. The Letter – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67 [new edit & mix]
  47. God Only Knows – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  48. Good Vibrations – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  49. Heroes And Villains – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  50. Barbara Ann – Live In Hawaii / 8/26/67
  51. Barbara Ann – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  52. Darlin’ – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  53. Country Air – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67 *
  54. I Get Around – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  55. How She Boogalooed It – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67 *
  56. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  57. God Only Knows – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  58. California Girls – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  59. Wild Honey – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67 *
  60. Graduation Day – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  61. Good Vibrations – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  62. Johnny B. Goode – Live In Detroit / 11/17/67
  63. Barbara Ann – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  64. Darlin’ – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  65. I Get Around – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  66. Surfer Girl – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  67. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  68. God Only Knows – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  69. California Girls – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67 *
  70. Wild Honey – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  71. Good Vibrations – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  72. Graduation Day – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67 *
  73. Johnny B. Goode – Live In Washington, D.C. / 11/19/67
  74. Help Me Rhonda – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  75. Barbara Ann – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  76. Darlin’ – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  77. Surfer Girl – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  78. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  79. God Only Knows – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  80. California Girls – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  81. Wild Honey – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  82. Graduation Day – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  83. Good Vibrations – Live In White Plains, NY / 11/21/67
  84. Help Me Rhonda – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  85. Barbara Ann – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  86. I Get Around – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  87. Darlin’ – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67 *
  88. Surfer Girl – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  89. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  90. God Only Knows – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  91. California Girls – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  92. Wild Honey – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  93. Good Vibrations – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  94. Johnny B. Goode – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  95. Graduation Day – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  96. Sloop John B – Live In Pittsburgh / 11/22/67
  97. Help Me Rhonda – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  98. Barbara Ann – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  99. Darlin’ – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  100. Surfer Girl – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  101. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  102. God Only Knows – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  103. California Girls – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  104. Wild Honey – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  105. Good Vibrations – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  106. I Get Around – Live In Boston / 11/23/67 *
  107. Sloop John B – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  108. Graduation Day – Live In Boston / 11/23/67
  109. Johnny B. Goode – Live In Boston / 11/23/67

Roxy Music The Debut Album 45th Anniversary Four-Disc Super Deluxe Edition To Be Released On February 2, 2018

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Roxy Music The Debut Album 45th Anniversary Four-Disc Super Deluxe Edition To Be Released On February 2, 2018

Every so often an album comes along that changes not just the rules but the game, opening new possibilities for music. In America in the late 1960s, The Velvet Underground & Nico was one such record. And in Britain, released on June 16, 1972, the self-titled debut album by Roxy Music would be another.

From the first lines of the opening track, “Re-Make/Re-Model” — “I tried, but I could not find a way, looking back all I did was look away” — to the final “Should make the cognoscenti think” lyric of the closing song, “Bitters End,” it was immediately clear that Roxy Music’s first record was an album like no other.

By the time the album was released, the band had fewer than ten gigs to their name, they had no two tracks in their repertoire that were alike, and critics simply couldn’t pin down their influences. As Richard Williams said at the time in Melody Maker, “If Roxy Music go very much further, they’ll be one of the great success stories of modern times.”

45 years later, with the group’s involvement, we get an opportunity to assess the album and listen as Roxy evolved and developed. The 3CD/DVD Roxy Music box set, to be released February 2 by Virgin/UMe, provides a thrilling insight into the world of Roxy Music in 1971/1972, starting with the demo tape that caught the attention of writer Richard Williamsthat ultimately led to their deal with EG Management and then Island Records.

Included are the John Peel BBC Sessions which saw the group honing their craft as they prepared to record their debut album. The second CD in the set captures something very special with unheard glimpses into Roxy’s working methods in the studio. Alternate session versions are offered for every album track, plus their first single, “Virginia Plain.”

The original album is presented in the 1999 Bob Ludwig master, while the remainder of the audio has been mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios.

The set’s DVD includes promos and BBC TV appearances, as well as rare footage of Roxy at the Bataclan Club in Paris in November 1972, the only surviving visual document of this line-up live on stage. To round off the audio/visual elements of the set, lifetime admirer Steven Wilson has mixed the album into 5.1 DTS 96/24 and Dolby AC3 Sound.

The box set also contains a 136-page book, featuring many rare and previously unpublished photographs and an essay by aforementioned Guardian journalist and author Richard Williams, the man who first wrote about the group in Melody Maker in 1971.

Speaking today about the band’s debut, guitarist Phil Manzanera commented, “At 21, my musical dreams came true, recording this album with these wonderfully talented and unique band members. Magical times, magical music.”

Saxophonist Andy Mackay recalls, “Late ’71/’72 Roxy was our Arts Lab.  The place where we exchanged ideas and dreams freely and created and explored a new sound landscape. We stepped into Command Studios with a complete album in our heads (and half the next one) and it only needed the tape to start running… no album was as easy to record again.”

Drummer Paul Thompson: “The first Roxy Music album was my opportunity to create. I wasn’t used to this type of line-up, I was used to being in guitar-based bands but always wanted to broaden my horizons and here was my chance. A landmark in the history of pop!”

Looking back on the album, Bryan Ferry reflected, “We never really felt accepted, I can see how the old guard would have felt threatened by it, because it was so jammed full of ideas and a massive amount of energy. But we hadn’t paid our dues, not in the same way. And we’re still not a part of it, not really, even to this day. That’s been very hard over the years, to try and make it work without being one of them. The ‘them’ is always different, but we’re not part of it. It’s been one of the triumphs, that we’ve managed to stay sane. Or sane-ish. We’re a part of it all, somehow, but still on the outside.”

ROXY MUSIC
THE DEBUT ALBUM 45TH ANNIVERSARY (3CD/DVD SUPER DELUXE EDITION)

DISC ONE: THE ALBUM
Re-Make/Re-Model (5.14)
Ladytron (4.28)
If There Is Something (6.34)
Virginia Plain (2.57)
2 HB (4.31)
The BOB (Medley) (5.49)
Chance Meeting (3.10)
Would You Believe? (4.03)
Sea Breezes (7.04)
Bitters End (2.08)

DISC TWO: DEMOS & OUTTAKES

EARLY DEMOS April/May 71
Ladytron (5.21)
2 HB (7.16)
Chance Meeting (4.22)
The BOB (Medley) (5.39)

ALBUM OUT-TAKES
Instrumental (0.32)
Re-Make/Re-Model (8.13)
Ladytron (5.29)
If There Is Something (7.06)
2 HB (4.43)
The BOB (Medley) (6.20)
Chance Meeting (3.05)
Sea Breezes (2.38)
Bitters End (6.04)
Virginia Plain (3.33)

DISC THREE: THE BBC SESSIONS

THE PEEL SESSIONS 4/1/72
If There Is Something (6.38)
The BOB (Medley) (5.50)
Would You Believe? (3.48)
Sea Breezes (8.18)
Re-Make/Re-Model (4.58)

THE PEEL SESSIONS 25/5/72
2 HB (3.46)
Ladytron (6.14)
Chance Meeting (3.01)

THE PEEL SESSIONS 25/5/72
Virginia Plain (4.03)
If There Is Something (12.15)

BBC IN CONCERT 3/8/72
The BOB (Medley) (5.51)
Sea Breezes (7.13)
Virginia Plain (3.27)
Chance Meeting (5.31)
Re-Make/Re-Model (6.28)

DISC FOUR: DVD
The full album remixed in 5.1 by Steven Wilson

VIDEOS
Re-Make/Re-Model The Royal College Of Art, 6/6/72
Ladytron The Old Grey Whistle Test, 20/6/72
Virginia Plain Top Of The Pops, 24/8/72
Re-Make/Re-Model Full House, 25/11/72
Ladytron Full House, 25/11/72
Would You Believe French TV, Bataclan, Paris, 26/11/72
If There Is Something French TV, Bataclan, Paris, 26/11/72
Sea Breezes French TV, Bataclan, Paris, 26/11/72
Virginia Plain French TV, Bataclan, Paris, 26/11/72

ROXY MUSIC
THE DEBUT ALBUM 45TH ANNIVERSARY (2CD / DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION TRACKLISTING)

DISC ONE: THE ALBUM
Re-Make/Re-Model (5.14)
Ladytron (4.28)
If There Is Something (6.34)
Virginia Plain (2.57)
2 HB (4.31)
The BOB (Medley) (5.49)
Chance Meeting (3.10)
Would You Believe? (4.03)
Sea Breezes (7.04)
Bitters End (2.08)

DISC TWO: THE BBC SESSIONS

THE PEEL SESSIONS 4/1/72
If There Is Something (6.38)
The BOB (Medley) (5.50)
Would You Believe? (3.48)
Sea Breezes (8.18)
Re-Make/Re-Model (4.58)

THE PEEL SESSIONS 25/5/72
2 HB (3.46)
Ladytron (6.14)
Chance Meeting (3.01)

THE PEEL SESSIONS 25/5/72
Virginia Plain (4.03)
If There Is Something (12.15)

BBC IN CONCERT 3/8/72
The BOB (Medley) (5.51)
Sea Breezes (7.13)
Virginia Plain (3.27)
Chance Meeting (5.31)
Re-Make/Re-Model (6.28)

Frank Zappa’s Legendary 1973 “The Roxy Performances Captured” On Definitive Seven-CD Boxed Set

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Frank Zappa’s Legendary 1973 “The Roxy Performances Captured” On Definitive Seven-CD Boxed Set

43 years ago in December 1973, Frank Zappa played a series of legendary concerts at the famed Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Considered a high-water mark of his career, owing to the incredible, virtuosic performances of himself and his stellar band The Mothers, the five shows – across three nights – included a private invite-only performance/soundcheck/film shoot followed by back-to-back doubleheaders. A few days later, continuing this incredibly prolific week, Zappa brought his band and camera crew to Ike Turner’s Bolic Sound in Inglewood for a filmed recording session. In typical Zappa fashion, he recorded it all.

On February 2, 2018, Zappa Records will release The Roxy Performances, a definitive seven-CD box set that collects all four public shows from December 9-10, 1973, and the December 8th film shoot/soundcheck, each presented in their entirety for the first time, along with bonus content featuring rarities from a rehearsal, unreleased tracks and highlights from the Bolic Studios recording session. This complete collection, totaling nearly eight hours, documents the Roxy shows as they happened and presents brand new 2016 mixes by Craig Parker Adams from new 96K 24 Bit transfers of the multi-track masters. The set is rounded out with a 48-page booklet that includes photos from the performances, extensive liner notes by Vaultmeister Joe Travers, essays from Zappa family friend, Australian writer Jen Jewel Brown, and American singer/songwriter Dave Alvin, who give their firsthand recollections about the shows, and a selection of archival press reviews. Those who digitally pre-order the box set will receive an instant grat download of “RDNZL.” Culled from the very first show on December 9, the track is a live version of the classic song featuring the never-before-heard 2016 mix that exemplifies the sonics of the new box set.

“This is one of my favorite FZ line-ups ever. This box contains some of the best nights of music Los Angeles has ever seen with their ears at an historic venue,” says Ahmet Zappa, who co-produced the collection along with Travers, “Hold on to your hotdogs people. This box is the be-all-end-all. This is it. This is all of it. It’s time to get your rocks off for the Roxy.”

While portions of these concerts have been released in various formats over the years – first in 1974 on the album Roxy and Elsewhere, which mixed material from the shows with performances recorded in different locations months later, followed by 2014’s Roxy By Proxy, which featured Zappa’s 1987 digital mixes of tracks from various shows, and most recently the 2015 film Roxy The Movie and its accompanying soundtrack – the shows have never been released in their entirety until now.

The Roxy Performances capture Zappa and The Mothers in peak condition as they play to rowdy sold-out crowds in the intimate, just-opened venue in their hometown Los Angeles following the release of Over-Nite Sensation. The extraordinary band was one of Zappa’s best with keyboardist George Duke, bassist Tom Fowler, trombonist Bruce Fowler, tenor saxophonist and vocalist Napoleon Murphy Brock, percussionist Ruth Underwood and drummers Ralph Humphrey and Chester Thompson all flawlessly in lockstep as Zappa led them through his musically adventurous compositions filled with complicated time signatures and sudden tempo changes. As the Los Angeles Times remarked in their review, “The content of any show starring Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention is unpredictable. But the quality of the show is predictable. I have seen this satirical rock group many times and every show has been excellent. True to form, the group performed sensationally at the Roxy on Sunday night.” The (long-defunct) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner was equally impressed: “This time around Zappa, the counter-culture’s John Cage, has assembled a remarkable group of musicians. Tim Fowler on bass, his brother Bruce on trombone, Ralph Humphrey on drums, and George Duke, whose keyboard skills almost upstaged the leader himself. Percussionist Ruth Underwood kept up with the band’s frenetic pace without missing a single swat of the gong, and she was incredible.”

The material expertly performed across the five shows consisted mostly of songs from 1969 and beyond and included a dizzying array of stylistic diverse tracks from Uncle Meat, Hot Rats, Waka/Jawaka and Over-Nite Sensation. The shows also include a number of live favorites like “Village Of The Sun,” “Pygmy Twylyte,” “Cheepnis,” “Penguin In Bondage,” “Echidna’s Arf (Of You),” and “Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing.” Many of these ended up on Roxy & Elsewhere.

Jen Jewel Brown and Dave Alvin give a glimpse at what it was like to be at these historic shows in their richly detailed essays in the liner notes that accompany the recordings. Alvin reflects about meeting Zappa on the Isle of Capri in 1982 while on tour with his band The Blasters and how Zappa’s eyes lit up when he told him he saw him at the Roxy. “You were at a Roxy show?,” he beamed. He goes on to write, “The Roxy Mothers were a grand combination of high art, low art, masterful technique and razor sharp humor with a touch of wild abandon.” In Brown’s reflection, Frank and Gail’s personal friend tells about what it was like for a young girl from Australia to witness Zappa on the Sunset Strip in the ’70s and paints a vivid picture about what the shows were like. “This material shows an absolutely sleek beast at its prime,” she pens, adding, “This is a cultural record and there’s some prime Zappanalia here. Frank had put the crippling disasters of December ’71 behind him and was plunged headlong into some of the most beautiful music and zestful, open-hearted engagement with life imaginable.”

DISC 1
12-9-73 Show 1
1. Sunday Show 1 Start 4:59
2. Cosmik Debris 11:33
3. “We’re Makin’ A Movie” 3:16
4. Pygmy Twylyte 9:08
5. The Idiot Bastard Son 2:19
6. Cheepnis 3:44
7. Hollywood Perverts 1:07
8. Penguin In Bondage 5:54
9. T’Mershi Duween 1:56
10. The Dog Breath Variations 1:44
11. Uncle Meat 2:29
12. RDNZL 5:14
13. Montana 7:49
14. Dupree’s Paradise 15:25
TT: 76:43

DISC 2
1. Dickie’s Such An Asshole 10:29
12-9-73 Show 2
2. Sunday Show 2 Start 4:08
3. Inca Roads 8:27
4. Village Of The Sun 4:19
5. Echidna’s Arf (Of You) 4:01
6. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? 13:22
7. Slime Intro :59
8. I’m The Slime 3:34
9. Big Swifty 9:01
TT: 58:25

DISC 3
1. Tango #1 Intro 3:50
2. Be-Bop Tango
(Of The Old Jazzmen’s Church) 18:12
3. Medley:
King Kong
Chunga’s Revenge
Son Of Mr. Green Genes 9:46

12-10-73 Show 1
4. Monday Show 1 Start 5:31
5. Montana 6:57
6. Dupree’s Paradise 21:26
7. Cosmik Intro 1:05
8. Cosmik Debris 8:05
TT: 74:57

DISC 4
1. Bondage Intro 1:52
2. Penguin In Bondage 6:54
3. T’Mershi Duween 1:52
4. The Dog Breath Variations 1:48
5. Uncle Meat 2:29
6. RDNZL 4:59
7. Audience Participation – RDNZL 3:08
8. Pygmy Twylyte 4:05
9. The Idiot Bastard Son 2:21
10. Cheepnis 4:49
11. Dickie’s Such An Asshole 10:21
12-10-73 Show 2
12. Monday Show 2 Start 5:13
13. Penguin In Bondage 6:33
14. T’Mershi Duween 1:52
15. The Dog Breath Variations 1:46
16. Uncle Meat 2:28
17. RDNZL 5:11
TT: 67:50

DISC 5
1. Village Of The Sun 4:05
2. Echidna’s Arf (Of You) 3:54
3. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? 6:56
4. Cheepnis – Percussion 4:08
5. “I Love Monster Movies” 2:10
6. Cheepnis 3:35
7. “Turn The Light Off”/Pamela’s Intro 3:59
8. Pygmy Twylyte 7:23
9. The Idiot Bastard Son 2:22
10. Tango #2 Intro 2:01
11. Be-Bop Tango
(Of The Old Jazzmen’s Church) 22:08
TT: 62:46

DISC 6
1. Dickie’s Such An Asshole 15:39

Bonus Section: 12-10-73 Roxy Rehearsal
2. Big Swifty – In Rehearsal 2:50
3. Village Of The Sun 3:13
4. Farther O’Blivion – In Rehearsal 5:34
5. Pygmy Twylyte 6:17

Unreleased Track
6. That Arrogant Dick Nixon 2:19

12-12-73 Bolic Studios Recording Session
7. Kung Fu – In Session 4:50
8. Kung Fu – with guitar overdub 1:17
9. Tuning and Studio Chatter 3:38
10. Echidna’s Arf (Of You) – In Session 1:22
11. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow – In Session 9:49
12. Nanook Rubs It – In Session 5:41
13. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast – In Session 2:46
14. Father O’Blivion – In Session 2:31
15. Rollo (Be-Bop Version) 2:36
TT: 70:31

DISC 7
12-8-73 Sound Check/Film Shoot
1. Saturday Show Start 2:20
2. Pygmy Twylyte/Dummy Up* 20:25
3. Pygmy Twylyte – Part II 14:25
4. Echidna’s Arf (Of You) 3:42
5. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? 6:01
6. Orgy, Orgy 3:39
7. Penguin In Bondage 6:30
8. T’Mershi Duween 1:53
9. The Dog Breath Variations 1:45
10. Uncle Meat/Show End 4:01
TT: 64:46

SOCAN Foundation Launches Charitable Fund

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SOCAN Foundation Launches Charitable Fund

The SOCAN Foundation announced that it has established the SOCAN Foundation Charitable Fund.

The launch of the Charitable Fund comes as the SOCAN Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary. So far, the SOCAN Foundation has awarded over $25,000,000 to Canadian music initiatives. This represents more than 6,000 grants to individuals and organizations that have empowered and supported thousands of Canadian composers and songwriters across the country.

“The SOCAN Foundation Charitable Fund will allow the Foundation to continue to support even more music initiatives,” said Charlie Wall-Andrews, Executive Director of the SOCAN Foundation. “It also presents a unique opportunity for music fans, members of SOCAN, and the general public to get involved and easily support Canadian music, ensuring that the music-creator community continues to thrive and build on its extraordinary talent.”

Founded in 1992, SOCAN Foundation is dedicated to fostering musical creativity and promoting a better understanding of the role of music creators in today’s society. SOCAN Foundation is an independent organization guided by its own board of directors. The board, which consists of composers, songwriters and music publishers, reflects concert music and popular music genres as well as the geographic and linguistic regions of Canada. It is closely aligned to the interests of SOCAN—the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.

While the SOCAN Foundation regularly awards and funds individual music creators, and music organizations, proceeds from the Charitable Fund will be awarded only to eligible charitable initiatives that foster Canadian music, such as: music festivals, songwriting camps, awards and scholarship programs.

All proceeds from the SOCAN Foundation Charitable Fund will be administered by the Chimp Foundation while being governed by the SOCAN Foundation Board of Directors. All proceeds will be donated directly to the Foundation’s grants and awards programming.

The Doors At Isle of Wight Festival, 1970 Gets A Proper Release

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August, 1970: With Jim Morrison’s ongoing Miami obscenity trial casting an ominous shadow over the band, The Doors flew to England to play the Isle of Wight Festival. Waiting for them at “The Last Great Festival” were over 600,000 fans who had already torn down the barriers, crashed the gates, and enjoyed performances by the world’s top acts such as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell. The Doors took the stage at 2 am, playing with the weight of the trial on their backs, and showed fans they still had the magic that had propelled them to the top during the Summer of Love. “We played with a controlled fury and Jim was in fine vocal form,” said Doors organist Ray Manzarek. “He sang for all he was worth, but moved nary a muscle. Dionysus had been shackled.” Less than a year later, The Doors were no more. Here, for the very first time, is the last Doors concert ever filmed. The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.

An Incredible Ten-Minute Freestyle From Black Thought Of The Roots

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Today, you can freak out over an incredible ten-minute freestyle that Black Thought of The Roots dropped during a visit to Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 show. “That verse was just what I had to say at the moment,” the rapper later tweeted about the pointed freestyle, which name-drops Nat Turner, Kanye West, characters from Hamlet, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” As Played On Accordions Is Better Than You Think It Would Be

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The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” As Played On Accordions Is Better Than You Think It Would Be

The Who’s classic Baba O’Riley is one of the great rock and roll songs of all time. Here, Those Darn Accordions! turn in a fun cover version of the song, even substituting the synths for their main instruments.

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