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Pearl Jam: Vs. & Vitalogy Deluxe Reissues Out 3/29

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

PEARL JAM’S CLASSIC ALBUMS VS. AND VITALOGY TO BE RELEASED
IN NEWLY-
RESTORED AND
EXPANDED EDITIONS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 29

Pearl Jam

Epic Records and Legacy Recordings celebrate Pearl Jam‘s 20th anniversary with the release of newly restored and expanded editions
of Vs. and Vitalogy, the second and third albums from Pearl Jam which broke all initial SoundScan
records and secured the band’s reputation as a preeminent force in American rock music.

Vs. and Vitalogy will be available in new Expanded Editions (featuring three bonus tracks on each)
or together in a three-disc Deluxe Edition (featuring Live at the Orpheum Theater, Boston, April 12, 1994) and
Limited Edition Collector’s Box Set, on Tuesday, March 29. Each album will also be released in new commemorative
remastered Vinyl Editions on April 12 in time for Record Store Day 2011 (April 16).

Pre-orders for the Vs. and Vitalogy Limited Edition Collector’s Boxed Set begin today at http://www.PearlJam.com.

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Robert Wyatt Reissues

October 4th, 2010 | No Comments

AMAZING CATALOGUE RETURNS TO PRINT

Domino Records is set to reissue the landmark records of Robert Wyatt – one of the most distinguished, visionary, influential and singular catalogues in contemporary music. These reissues will be the first time many of these albums have ever been available on vinyl in the United States, and most of the titles have been out of print for several years.

Also, For The Ghosts Within, a new collaborative album by Robert Wyatt, saxophonist/composer Gilad Atzmon and violinist/composer Ros Stephen, is out November 9 on Domino. Hear the lovely opening track “Laura” below.

Robert Wyatt reissue release dates + original year of release:

November 2, 2010
Rock Bottom (1974)
Ruth is Stranger Than Richard (1975)
Nothing Can Stop Us (1981)
Old Rottenhat (1985)
Dondestan (1991/1998)

November 16, 2010
Schleep (1997)
EPs (CD only) (1998)
Cuckooland (2003)
Theatre Royal Drury Lane (2008)

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2nd Set of Fela Kuti Reissues 5/11

May 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS TO RELEASE SECOND SET OF FELA REISSUES MAY 11, 2010
UNIQUE PRE-SALE OFFERINGS VIA FELA.NET

Fela Kuti

Knitting Factory Records is very excited to announce that the second set of Fela Kuti reissues will be
released on May 11, 2010. Once again, as the reissues are being made available in mostly chronological order,
these seven CDs that contain 14 albums total are mostly from the mid ’70s and represent Fela and Africa ’70 in their
prime. Clearly his and the group’s most productive period (12 of the albums were released in 1975 and 1976 alone),
it is during this point in his life that Fela’s social commentary began to reach a boiling point with songs such as “Icy Blindness” and “Expensive Shit.” However, in this collection of songs he also touched on more sensual subjects as in
“Na Poi,” philosophy as in “Water No Get Enemy” and the shaking loose of the colonial mentality as in “Yellow Fever.”

The titles that are being released are:

Alagbon Close (1974)/Why Black Man Dey Suffer (1971)
Expensive Shit (1975)/He Miss Road (1975)
Everything Scatter (1975) /Noise For Vendor Mouth/ (1975)
Monkey Banana (1975)/Excuse O (1975)
Ikoyi Blindness (1976)/Kalakuta Show (1976)
Yellow Fever (1976)/Na Poi (1976)
J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) (1977)/Unnecessary Begging (1976)

Right now Knitting Factory Records in association with Topspin is making this collection of CDs available for pre-sale in three different configurations: offering one is the digital download of all the titles; offering two is the digital
download plus all the CDs; offering three is all of the above with the inclusion of a t-shirt. All of the titles have been
re-mastered and re-released in unique digi-packs with the original artwork.

Again, the reissue series is well timed as it coincides with the critically acclaimed FELA!, the hit Broadway musical
that has been celebrating Fela’s life and music nightly since it opened in November 2009. It was directed and
choreographed by Tony Award-winner Bill T. Jones and produced by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Will & Jada Pinkett
Smith with music by the world-renowned Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and other members of the NYC Afrobeat community, under the
direction of Aaron Johnson.

The next group of reissues will be released in the fall.

Microsoft Reissues Windows Security Update After Mishap

April 27th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft has reissued a patch for a vulnerability affecting Windows 2000 Server after it was discovered the original fix was ineffective.
– Microsoft has rereleased a security update targeting a vulnerability on Windows 2000 Server.
The company pulled support for MS10-025 last week.
According to Microsoft, the Windows security bulletin failed to
properly fix a remote code execution issue tied to the way Windows
Media Unicast Service…

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Shout! Factory Reissues

March 18th, 2010 | No Comments

MAJORDOMO RECORDS TO REISSUE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION CATALOGUE

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Majordomo Records, a division of Shout! Factory, has teamed up with scuzz-blues pioneers The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion for a unique reissue campaign beginning in March 2010. The Blues Explosion’s catalog will join Shout! Factory’s elite, eclectic roster, which houses Rhett Miller, Von Bondies, Richard Thompson, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs, among others.

“We’re very honored to work with The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion,” says Garson Foos, President of Shout! Factory. “They are a groundbreaking band whose music left an indelible mark and undoubtedly will continue making great music for years to come. We are thrilled to be releasing their catalog.”

Of the signing, Spencer says, “I’m very excited to be releasing the Blues Explosion albums with Shout! Factory. I’m impressed with the quality of material that Shout! releases as well as their attention to detail.” Adds Spencer, “For me, it’s been a wild ride working on the reissues. There is a lot of power in the grooves of these records. The Blues are still No. 1.”

Kicking off the campaign will be Dirty Shirt Rock N’ Roll: The First Ten Years, a compilation featuring the band’s best recordings, which will street on March 30. Reissues of the newly remastered original albums will follow, with rare and unreleased bonus tracks, new liner notes and photos. All titles will also be available digitally, many for the first time.

Dirty Shirt Rock N’ Roll: The First Ten Years Track List

1. Chicken Dog

2. Magical Colors

3. Money Rock’n'Roll

4. Love Ain’t On The Run

5. Blues X Man

6. Buscemi

7. Bellbottoms

8. History of Sex

9. Fuck Shit Up

10. Leave Me Alone So I Can Rock Again

11. Shake’em On Down

12. Train #2

13. Water Main

14. Hell

15. Wail

16. Afro

17. Greyhound

18. Talk About The Blues

19. Flavor (remix)

20. Feeling Of Love

21. Lap Dance

22. She Said (radio edit)

Fela Kuti Reissues To Begin 2/16

January 29th, 2010 | No Comments

KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS TO RELEASE FIRST SET OF FELA KUTI REISSUES 2/16

Fela Kuti

Knitting Factory Records has announced that the first set of Fela Kuti reissues will be released on February 16, 2010. Since the reissues are being made available in chronological order, these six CDs (containing nine albums total) represent the earliest period of the Nigerian legend’s oeuvre.

The time span of the releases is 1969 – 1974, the era during which Fela first created the sound he was to call Afrobeat, a music he always contended was a modern form of danceable, African classical music that was created out of a cross-breeding of funk, jazz, salsa, calypso, with juju, highlife and African percussive patterns.

The titles that are being released are:

The ’69 L.A. Sessions

Live With Ginger Baker

London Scene/Shakara

Roforofo Fight/+2 Singles

Open & Close/Afrodisiac

Gentleman/Confusion

These records give the listener a fascinating glimpse into Fela’s earliest recordings with his first band, the Highlife group he formed in London called Koola Lobitos, and illustrate the evolution of his Afrobeat sound, his experiments with lengthy improvisation, and his emerging political voice, which was to become more scathing and direct as he got older. All of the titles are remastered and re-released in unique digi-packs with the original artwork.

The reissue series is well timed as it coincides with the critically acclaimed FELA!, the hit Broadway musical that celebrates Fela’s life and music. The play, which is leaving sold-out audiences astonished and breathless at the end of every performance, is directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Bill T. Jones and produced by Jay-Z and Will & Jada Pinkett Smith. The Eugene O’Neill Theatre has been dressed to look like the Shrine in Nigeria in which Fela performed for many years to his loyal local following and the world-renowned Antibalas and other members of the NYC Afrobeat community, under the direction of Aaron Johnson, perform Fela’s music live onstage.

The next group of reissues will be released in the spring.

Elliott Smith Reissues Free Unreleased Song

December 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Elliott Smith LPs to be Reissued on KRS, Premiere Unreleased Song

Elliott Smith

Kill Rock Stars is very excited to announce that on April 6, 2010 they will be adding Elliott Smith‘s Roman Candle and From a Basement on the Hill records to their catalog.

Roman Candle is Elliott Smith’s first solo album and was originally released on Portland’s Cavity Search Records in 1994.

Roman Candle had quite an impact on Slim Moon, Kill Rock Stars’ founder: “In 1994, I had been asked to be on this five-person solo-act tour called Pop Chord with Tammy Watson, Carrie Akre, Sean Croghan and Elliott Smith. The first night at the Crocodile in Seattle, I didn’t pay too much attention and people talked all thru Elliott’s set. Sean Croghan got up next and said “all of you people who just talked through Elliott’s set are bummed because you just misssed something very very special.” The next night of the tour, at The Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco, I listened very closely to Elliott’s set, and it was basically one of those life-changing moments. Instead of watching the rest of the performers, I went out to the tour van and popped Roman Candle into the player, and listened to it on endless repeat for the rest of the evening and beyond. It completely blew my mind. I have never heard music as heartwrenchingly, gut-checkingly honest, intimate, and wise – before or since.”

Roman Candle has been remastered for the re-release by Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine and archivist for Elliott’s family.

Larry explains, “The intention that I had was to make the album more listenable. I felt that a lot of the guitar ‘squeaks’ were jarring and very loud, and that many of the hard consonants and ‘S’ sounds were jarring and scratchy sounding. I felt by reducing these noises that the music would become more inviting and the sound would serve the songs better. When I went to Roger Seibel’s SAE Mastering, he proceeded to equalize the tracks a small amount and to make the volume slightly louder. We never tried to make this CD as loud as current, over-limited trends, but just to match the volume of the rest of Elliott’s KRS catalog in a graceful way. Please note that none of this album is ‘remixed’ from the master tapes – it is still composed of the mixes Elliott created himself.”

Kill Rock Stars will also be releasing Roman Candle on vinyl for the first time in the U.S.

From a Basement on the Hill was released posthumously in 2004 on ANTI- records.

With the addition of these two records Kill Rock Stars is now the home for all of Elliott Smith’s independent releases: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, Either/Or, From a Basement on the Hill, and New Moon.

To celebrate the addition of these amazing records KRS are giving away a free, previously unreleased song entitled “Cecilia/Amanda.” It was recorded at Jackpot! Recording Studio in 1997 by Larry Crane. An earlier version of this song was initially written and recorded by Elliott’s high school band, Stranger Than Fiction, and was known as “Time is Ours Now.” “Cecilia/Amanda” is a reworking of that song with almost completely different lyrics. Download/listen here:

http://i.listentokrs.com/bands/elliottsmith/audio/CeciliaAmanda.mp3

Elliott Smith’s back catalog is also on sale until January 4 in KRS mail order and on iTunes.

Gentle Giant: Digital Reissues

October 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

’70s PROG ROCK KINGS RE-RELEASE CATALOG IN NOVEMBER

On November 3rd 2009 Gentle Giant will be digitally releasing seven of their best-known albums and tracks in digital form for the very first time via their own Alucard label through EMI Music’s Label Services unit.

This progressive rock band, which was active from 1970 through 1980, was made up of multi-instrumentalists, and lived to expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular.” The group’s dozen albums combine a range of musical styles-jazz, pop, classical, British soul, rock, blues, medieval, pop, blues, Gentle Giant’s legacy has become influential to a range of artists from the arena rock, jam band, virtuoso players, and chamber pop genres.

In a Glass House, The Power & The Glory, Freehand, Interview, Playing The Fool-The Official Live, The Missing Piece and Giant For a Day will become available through all digital channels.

The digital releases will also include previously unheard bonus tracks and artwork. The band has chosen favorite live versions of songs from each album and some obscure radio sessions. Two of the bonus tracks “Intro 74″ and “Intro 76″ have been partially re-recorded, embellished and remixed by Kerry Minnear of the group.

More Gentle Giant music will be available in a variety of formats in 2010, starting with the January release of the seven CDs Re-Mastered from the original 1⁄4 inch tapes through Hi-Resolution (24bit 96k) transfer. First quarter of 2010 will also find box sets and Limited Edition Vinyl LPs.

GENTLE GIANT DIGITAL RELEASES

TRACK LISTINGS

IN A GLASS HOUSE (1973)
1.The Runaway

2. An Inmates Lullaby

3. Way Of Life

4. Experience

5. A Reunion

6. In A Glass House

Digital Bonus Tracks:
The Runaway/Experience Live 1975
Way Of Life – Radio Session 1973

THE POWER AND THE GLORY (1974)
1. Proclamation

2. So Sincere

3. Aspirations

4. Playing the Game

5. Cogs in Cogs

6. No God’s A Man

7. Valedictory
8. (The Power And The Glory)

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Intro ’74
Proclamation – Live 1975
Aspirations – Radio Session 1974
Cogs In Cogs – Live 1975

FREE HAND (1975)
1. Just The Same

2. On Reflection

3. Free Hand

4. Time To Kill

5. His Last Voyage

6. Talybont

7. Mobile

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Just The Same – Live 1975
On Reflection – Radio Session 1975
Free Hand – Live 1975

INTERVIEW (1976)
1. Interview

2. Give it Back

3. Design

4. Another Show

5. Empty City

6. Timing

7. I Lost My Head

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Intro ’76
Interview – Live 1976
Give It Back – Live 1976

PLAYING THE FOOL – THE OFFICIAL LIVE (1977)
1. Just the Same

2. Proclamation

3. On Reflection

4. Excerpts from Octopus

5. Funny Ways

6. The Runaway

7. Experience

8. So Sincere

9. Free Hand

10. Sweet Georgia Brown (Breakdown in Brussels)

11. Peel the Paint / I Lost My Head

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Just The Same – Radio Session 1975
Excerpts From Octopus – Radio Session 1973

THE MISSING PIECE (1977)
1. Two Weeks In Spain

2. I’m Turning Around

3. Betcha Thought We Couldn’t Do It

4. Who Do You Think You Are?

5. Mountain Time

6. As Old As You’re Young

7. Memories of Old Days

8. Winning

9. For Nobody

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Two Weeks In Spain – Live 1978
I’m Turning Around – Live 1978
For Nobody – Live 1978

GIANT FOR A DAY (1978)
1. Words from the Wise

2. Thank You

3. Giant For A Day

4. Spooky Boogie

5. Take Me

6. Little Brown Bag

7. Friends

8. No Stranger

9. It’s Only Goodbye
10. Rock Climber