Legacy Recordings Celebrates The 75th Birthday Year Of Rock & Roll Legend Roy Orbison With Long-awaited Mono Release Of Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection On April 5, 2011
09 February, 2011
Monument Records - The House That Roy Built: The Big O's Monument Singles Collection Debuts First-Ever CD Release Of Original Mono Mixes of All A & B Sides Cut For The Label, Plus DVD of Nine Songs From "The Monument Concert 1965" Digitally Restored, Includes The Official Video For "Oh Pretty ...
| Krantz Media Group To Release 'John Lennon: The Final Interview' Radio Special Exclusively On Apple iTunes
08 February, 2011
With approval from Yoko Ono, Krantz Media Group will release, "John Lennon: The Final Interview" Radio Special, as an exclusive download, on Apple iTunes available Tuesday, February 8th, 2011. The special centers on John Lennon's last radio interview, along with Yoko, recorded at The Dakota in New York ...
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Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'In Session' In Top 5 Of Billboard Blues Catalog Chart, To Be Carried In Starbucks Stores February 15, 2011
07 February, 2011
If blues legends Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan were still alive, they'd be blown away by the reaction to their 28-year-old live collaboration. The 1983 performance, shot in Hamilton, Ontario for the TV series In Session, has sold an astounding 344,889 units as both an audio CD and combined CD/DVD, ...
| Pearl Jam's Classic Albums Vs. And Vitalogy To Be Released In Newly Restored And Expanded Editions On Tuesday, March 29th
03 February, 2011
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 ...
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Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke To Reunite
03 February, 2011
The Left Banke, popular for the hit song "Walk Away Renee, has reformed and will play its first 2 shows in many years at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street at Cooper Square, New York City on March 5th and 6th, 2011. Founding member Tom Finn and drummer George Cameron, both vocalists, ...
| Sixties Music Legends The Chocolate Watchband Releases New Greatest Hits Album
03 February, 2011
The Beatles' 'LOVE' album and 'All Together Now,' the feature-length documentary about the making of The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil, will make their worldwide digital debuts this month exclusively on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). Both titles are available for pre-order on iTunes starting ...
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Sixties Music Legends The Chocolate Watchband Releases New Greatest Hits Album
01 February, 2011
When discussing legendary psychedelic garage bands of the 1960s, the Chocolate Watchband is at the top of the list. Much to the elation of fans and music critics, this famed sixties group has recorded a new album of their greatest and most popular tunes. Recorded in 2010 at KVP Studio in Santa Clara, ...
| Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 Masterpiece Celebrated With Deluxe DVD+CD Package: Bridge Over Troubled Water: 40th Anniversary Edition
26 January, 2011
Simon & Garfunkel's crowning masterpiece will be celebrated in March with BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION. This deluxe DVD+CD set includes the original 11-song album plus the duo's never-before-commercially-available "Songs Of America" CBS television special from 1969 on DVD. ...
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Hear 'Bossa Nova Baby' From 'Viva Elvis' In The New Trailer For 'no Strings Attached'
26 January, 2011
"Bossa Nova Baby," a track from 'Viva Elvis - The Album' that Billboard says "muscles up the beat and merges it with some contemporary electronic flavors," can be heard in the trailer for Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher's upcoming film, 'No Strings Attached.' This is the second time "Bossa Nova Baby" ...
| Jakob Dylan, Glen Hansard, Aaron Neville, Evan Dando & Juliana Hatfield Join Momentous Tribute To The Music Of Neil Young At Carnegie Hall Feb 10
26 January, 2011
Even more big names have stepped up to pay tribute to the music of Neil Young at the Feb 10 benefit concert at Carnegie Hall. Jakob Dylan, Glen Hansard (The Swell Season), Aaron Neville, Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield have now been added to the star-studded lineup. Curated by music impresario Michael ...
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Legacy Recordings Announces The Premiere Release Of Billy Joel - Live At Shea Stadium, Full Length Concert Film Available For First Time On March 8, 2011
25 January, 2011
On Tuesday, March 8, Legacy Recordings will release, for the very first time, Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium, a full-length music film of Billy Joel's historic shows in July 2008 marking the last-ever concerts at rock's first great arena venue. Billy Joel - Live At Shea Stadium will be available ...
| Derek And The Dominos' 'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' Turns 40!
25 January, 2011
In the world of rock there are recordings that truly resonate in historical importance and continue to cast an enduring shadow of influence. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is one of the most steadfastly revered musical treasures of its era. Its famous title track is still hailed as an essential ...
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Give The Gift Of Rock And Roll With 'viva Elvis' For Valentine's Day
20 January, 2011
If you're assembling a gift guide for Valentine's Day, you can't go wrong with 'Viva ELVIS - The Album,' a 21st century tribute to the King of Rock 'n' Roll and his music, out now from Legacy Recordings. A companion to Cirque Du Soleil's 'Viva ELVIS' Las Vegas show, 'Viva ELVIS - The Album' is a triumphant ...
| Philly's Lost Rock Legends Wax Get Thumbs Up From Rolling Stone!
20 January, 2011
One of the break-out CDs of 2010 by Philadelphia music legends WAX entitled Melted has been receiving rave reviews from fans and music critics around the world. Most recently Rolling Stone's editor David Fricke gave the CD release a thumbs up, listing it as Rolling Stone's Top 10 reissues pick of 2010! ...
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Restoration Of Phil Spector's Catalog Brings 4 New Collections
20 January, 2011
The 50th anniversary of the Philles Records label (1961-2011) has arrived. The long-range campaign promise announced in 2009 by Legacy Recordings and EMI Music Publishing, to dig deep into the rich catalog of Phil Spector's 'Wall Of Sound' on Philles, moves ahead with four newly-compiled albums. The ...
| Legacy Honors The 50th Anniversary Of Aretha Franklin's Pop Recording Career With A Deluxe Box Set
20 January, 2011
The 50th anniversary of Aretha Franklin's arrival on the popular music scene is set for a major celebration in 2011. Signed to Columbia Records by the legendary John Hammond in the spring of 1960 (soon after her 18th birthday), Aretha released her debut album, Aretha (With The Ray Bryant Combo), on ...
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Bird On A Wire: Going For A Song
18 January, 2011
At midnight on 23rd January 2011 legendary rock and roll manager and lawyer Steven Machat will put the 294 reels of original raw footage of the epic Leonard Cohen film 'Bird on a Wire' up for sale to Cohen fans and investors. Steven Machat has negotiated business deals for the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, ...
| Elvis Is Back: Legacy Edition Revisits Groundbreaking Albums Of 1960 & '61
17 January, 2011
Legacy Recordings - Two words exploded worldwide on December 19, 1957 - "Elvis Drafted!" - but three words resounded across the universe even more explosively on March 3, 1960: "Elvis Is Back!" The album that Elvis Presley began recording in Nashville on March 20th, and finished in the legendary overnight ...
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Priscilla Presley Says Elvis Would Have Loved 'Viva Elvis'
17 January, 2011
Priscilla Presley says Elvis Presley would have loved Cirque du Soleil's 'Viva ELVIS' Las Vegas show and 'Viva ELVIS - The Album,' out now from Legacy Recordings. Presley recently told USA Weekend that because "the show is on the Strip in Las Vegas, where he loved to perform, where his presence is, ...
| Nashville Musician Claims Discovery of Secret Elvis Session
14 January, 2011
A Nashville man has discovered a recording that he believes contains more than 30 minutes with Elvis at a private session recorded at what appears to be the home of Jerry Lee Lewis in 1960. The recording lay over a decade in a box of tapes he, Rod Lambert, picked up at a yard sale. "I had no idea what ...
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