The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon received a digital release late last year to a positive reaction, and why wouldn’t it? Flaming Lips covering Dark Side Of The Moon from start to finish in their own unique way.
If you’ve avoided the digital release, or felt “one day someone will release it on vinyl, where DSOTM belongs”, you’ll now get a chance. The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon will be released on vinyl in time for Record Store Day on April 17th. The artwork proofs created by the band’s “Visual Generalist” George Salisbury were approved according to Salisbury himself. This means that the artwork and design for the vinyl version should be very interesting, considering the original Pink Floyd album came with a poster, stickers, and postcards. Considering the visuals Salisbury have created for the group over the years, it will no doubt be very interesting to see. Will it become the new album to roll hash joints on? Only time will tell. The bongwater stains await.
If you watched yesterday’s Super Bowl XLIV, you may have caught a commercial featuring The Who’s “My Generation” but heard in a different fashion. The co-vocals in that mix was done by none other than will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. What you may not have known was that the song also featured guitarist Slash. While the new version is sure to upset purists, it was not bad at all.
The new mix, created by will.i.am with approval from The Who themselves, has now been released as an MP3. All proceeds will be going to the Oxfam America’s Haiti Earthquake Response Fund, a charity selected by will.i.am himself.
With news of a brand new Jimi Hendrix album of previously unreleased recordings, it’s great to know that his music is still being celebrated 40 years after his passing (he died on September 18, 1970 at the age of 27).
“Valleys Of Neptune” is the title track of the new Hendrix collection, and it will be released as a 45 rpm single with picture sleeve on February 9th. The B-side is a non-LP track, as “Cat Talking To Me” (said to have been recorded in 1967) is exclusive to the single. The picture sleeve features an illustration from Hendrix himself, date unknown.
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Valleys Of Neptune will be released on vinyl as a 2-record set, and you can pre-order it with the box below.
If you’re a classic rock fan, you’ll have to pick up these two newly-remastered CD’s when they are released on September 29th.
Yes‘ 90125 was the band’s comeback album in 1983 when they had went on hiatus after the release of Drama. The vocalist of that version of the band, Trevor Horn, would become their producer for their comeback. 90125 featured Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Alan White, Tony Kaye and new guitarist Trevor Rabin, whose contributions were felt throughout the album. The album also featured contributions from various members of Horn’s production team, which also happened to be Art Of Noise. The album lead to three hit singles, including “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”, “Leave It”, and “It Can Happen”, along with album cuts like “Hold On” and “Changes”.
The album was remastered for vinyl and released earlier this year by Friday Music, but this CD is a completely different remastering, handled by Steve Hoffman.
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s second album, appropriately titled Second Helping, was very popular with fans when it was released in 1974, and new fans were introduced to them with the help of what is arguably their second most popular song, “Sweet Home Alabama”. The album also features “Workin’ For MCA”, “The Needle And The Spoon”, and “Call Me The Breeze”. This 2009 remaster was done by noted mastering engineer Kevin Gray.
Both CD’s can be pre-ordered through CD Universe, so if you want 90125 go here; if you want Second Helping, head there
