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TOM SNYDER: 'THE TOMORROW SHOW WITH TOM SNYDER'
SHOUT FACTORY: DVDSF 10129
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 4th AUGUST 2008
Los Angeles, CA – On April 25, 1975, John Lennon gave what was to be his last televised interview on The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder.
No one knew then that Lennon would be taking an extended hiatus from public life, taking time to raise his son and live a less public life. Speaking openly on the subjects of drug use, the breakup of The Beatles,
and his immigration problems while seeking permanent residency in the U.S., the interview Lennon gave Tom Snyder in 1975 revealed he had tremendous humility and an affecting sense of humour.
Five years after that interview, Lennon was fatally shot while coming home from a recording session.
The day after the shooting and Lennon’s tragic death, The Tomorrow Show
re-aired that last interview in tribute to him. Shout! Factory’s The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom And Ringo contains the complete interview with Lennon as rebroadcast on December 9, 1980, along with interviews from that day with journalist Lisa Robinson and Lennon friend and producer Jack Douglas.
The show is a poignant remembrance of the aftermath of his murder and the huge void his passing had on music, and indeed, the world.
The 2-DVD set The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom & Ringo also includes a 1981 interview with Ringo Starr, who discusses his film and music career, as well as remembrances of his band mate and friend John Lennon, and a 1979 interview with Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine and Laurence Juber, from a stage in London, who were then enjoying huge success with Wings.
The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder premiered in October 1973 in the late-night time slot following Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” and continued in one form or another until January 1982.
Disc One:
John Lennon Tribute Original Air Date 9th December 1980
Additional Guests: Lennon Immigration Attorney Leon Wildes, Journalist Lisa Robinson & Music Producer Jack Douglas.
It was December 9, 1980, and John Lennon had been shot and killed just one day earlier outside his New York apartment. Not since April 25, 1975, on The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder had Lennon sat with anyone for a television interview. Snyder re-aired his conversation with the former Beatle while new guests Lisa Robinson and Jack Douglas provided additional commentary in light of the previous day’s tragic event.
Disc Two:
Paul McCartney Interview Original Air Date 12/20/79
Features Wings Music Video “Spin It On”
Additional Guests: Fellow Wings members Linda McCartney, Denny Laine & Laurence Juber
Live via satellite from London, it’s Paul McCartney! By 1979 Wings was already a great band
with a solid following, but that didn’t stop Tom Snyder from asking Paul about a Beatles reunion. This conversation took place via satellite from London just prior to Wings going onstage for a holiday concert.
Ringo Starr Interview Original Air Date 11/25/81
Features Ringo Starr’s Music Video “Wrack My Brain”
Additional Guest: Actress (and Ringo’s wife) Barbra Bach, Actress Angie Dickinson Interviewed in Los Angeles, Ringo talks about his then-current album Stop And Smell The Roses—a title that reflects what Ringo was in effect doing at that time after years of “turmoil, ecstasy, frenzy and confusion,” as Tom notes. Ringo also speaks out about his dear friend John Lennon.
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GONG: 'LIVE AT THE MELWEG AMSTERDAM'
VOICEPRINT: UNGONG DVD 003
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 4th AUGUST 2008
Two unremitting hours of mind-crushing delight – Tim Cumming, The Independent, 24th June 2008,
Hard on the heels of their triumphant appearance at this year’s Meltdown festival, Gong release their superb Live At The Gong Unconventional Gathering (DVD title recorded at The Melkweg, Amsterdam)
on Monday, August 4th 2008.
Featuring twenty tracks, and a line-up that includes such essential Gong members as Daevid Allen, Giili Smyth, Steve Hillage, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe Mike Howlett, and Miquette Giraudy, this DVD represents the first time that they had all been together on stage and performed since the legendary 1977 Gong reunion in Paris, almost thirty years previously.
The performance captured here is not only a stunning musical happening but also historical and the cameras capture the moment beautifully. An absolute must for both fans who attended the UNcon and those who couldn’t travel to Holland to join in the celebrations.
Stev Hillage and other members of Gong are available for interview in support of this release.
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NORAH JONES: 'AUSTIN CITY LIMITS'
NEW WEST RECORDS: NW8056
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 18th AUGUST 2008
Norah Jones - Live From Austin, Texas, was recorded on June 14th 2007 and is now available for the first time on DVD from New West Records on Monday 18th August 2008
After many millions of CDs sold, a shelf full of Grammy Awards and worldwide acclaim, Norah returns to ACL as one of the most successful and respected recording artists of the decade.
Touches of smoky jazz, country twang, Memphis soul and old-fashioned Tin Pan Alley permeate her original songs as well as her choice of other songwriters’ material. Watching her on the ACL stage is the next best thing to having her sitting at a piano in your living room.
Available for the first time ever, the Live From Austin, Texas concert series features previously unreleased performances from the award winning Austin City Limits television show.
Taken from the full concerts with only a limited selection of songs previously aired, these performances have been re-mixed and re-mastered in stereo and 5.1 surround sound to provide the highest quality concert DVDs.
NB: Unfortunately, Norah will not be available for interview.
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JEFFERSON STARSHIP: 'MICK'S PICS VOLUME THREE'
BEAR RECORDS: BEARVP 103CD
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 18th AUGUST 2008
San Francisco rock legends Jefferson Starship release the latest in their ‘Mick’s Picks’ live album series on Monday, August 18th 2008.
This volume is a Three CD set, taken from sound board recordings in Karlsruhe, Germany from June, 2005.
It features the seven-piece line-up of the band, including Paul Kantner (vocals, 12-string electric guitars), David Freiberg (vocals, acoustic guitar), Diana Mangano (vocals), Mark ‘Slick’ Aguilar (vocals, electric lead guitar), Chris Smith (keyboards, bass), Prairie Prince (drums) and Tom Constanten (vocals, piano).
The three CDs feature the band in all their breathtaking scope and musical range – in ‘electric’ and unplugged mode. What’s even better news is that the band will be coming in to the UK to perform some shows.
The dates are as follows:
JULY 30 THE ROBIN 2, BILSTON
JULY 31 THE 100 CLUB, LONDON
AUG 1 THE 100 CLUB, LONDON
AUG 8 BELLADRUM FESTIVAL, INVERNESS
AUG 24 ROOTS FESTIVAL, ROSS-ON-WYE
AUG 28 PICTUREDOME, HOLMFIRTH
AUG 31 THE RHYTHM FESTIVAL, BEDFORD
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SOLOMON BURKE: 'THE KING LIVE AT AVO SESSION, BASEL '
EDEL: EDEL0187108ERE
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 18th AUGUST 2008
One of the most enduring of US Soul Legends, Solomon Burke – the self-styled ‘King’ himself – is featured in all his regal majesty in this superb seventy-five minute DVD. Recorded at the AVO Sessions in Basle, Switzerland in 2003.
One of the great characters of the Southern Soul genre, Burke has led a gloriously chequered life; a father to twenty-one children, and grandfather to sixty-four, Burke recorded the original version of Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, and Cry To Me as cut by The Rolling Stones, and the former a crucial feature of The Blues Brothers movie (A version has also been used in a TV confectionery advert).
He never quite scaled the heights of commercial success of his more illustrious contemporaries such as Otis Redding or Wilson Pickett. However, in recent years, Burke has become one of Soul’s great survivor characters, enjoying the respect and acclaim of artists as varied as Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and Elvis Costello.
This live recording was made at a Swiss ‘Lifestyle’ Music Festival called AVO Session, in which his co-billed star was, in that bizarre continental fashion, Melanie C, former Spice Girl. Whatever, Solomon, in all his magisterial pomp, would’ve been a hard act to share a stage with.
This DVD features magnificent interpretations of Cry To Me and a raucous closing Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, and in between are soulful readings of Sam Cooke’s A Change Is Gonna Come, and his distinctive take on Proud Mary.
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IAN PAICE: 'ON THE DRUMS'
EDEL:018091BERE
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 18th AUGUST
Ian Paice is without doubt one of the world's premier rock drummers.
His reputation was established with Deep Purple
of course, and it was during their last world tour that - in
response to many requests - Ian Paice came up with this
DVD to enable people to study his playing style and technique in detail.
The end result is a unique DVD, two hours of specially filmed material including on and offstage footage, interviews, live and studio work.
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STEPHEN PEARCY: 'UNDER MY SKIN'
EVANGELINE RECORDS: GELM 4120
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 25th AUGUST 2008
Stephen Pearcy, former lead vocalist with US hard rockers RATT releases his third solo album, entitled Under My Skin, on UK indie imprint Evangeline Records on Monday, August 25th 2008.
As the founder, lead singer and songwriter of the popular rock band RATT, Stephen Pearcy led his band to critical praise and multi-platinum success.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1982 from the remains of his band Mickey Ratt, Ratt was known for their flamboyant appearance and rebellious attitude. Atlantic Records recognized Ratt’s potential and signed the band to a contract resulting in the 1984 album Out of the Cellar, which became a top ten multi- platinum success.
The disc generated top ten singles followed by sold out arena tours throughout the world. Ratt played over a thousand shows in arenas around the world.
During the bands fifteen year span with Pearcy, RATT released 10 albums, played over a thousand shows worldwide and sold over 14 million records in the United States alone. Stephen began to explore other avenues in 1992 when he created ARCADE with Cinderella drummer Fred Coury, Vicious Delite in 1995, Nitronic in 2000, and Vertex with guitar wizard Al Petrilli.
Pearcy released his solo debut in late 2002, Social Intercourse, and his second solo release, Fueler, in 2006. Also in 2006, he released an acoustic CD of Ratt ‘n Roll hits titled Stripped. With 20 CD’s to his credit, he continues to record and tour vigorously to the delight of fans.
After a nearly a decade apart, Stephen reunited in 2007 with Ratt for a summer US tour with Poison. In addition to these dates, Ratt also traveled abroad to Japan and Australia.
Throughout this touring, Pearcy continued to write material for his third solo effort, Under My Skin. Unlike his first two solo releases, Under My Skin shows comparisons to his classic recordings with Ratt with rockers like You’re A Lot Like Me and Here We Go Again, and the moving tribute to the late Robin Crosby titled Time Slips Away.
Always the restless and constantly evolving musician and businessman, Pearcy has added President and CEO of Top Fuel Entertainment to his impressive resume.
Pearcy founded Top Fuel Records in 1995 and in 2006 Top Fuel World.
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MATTHEW SWEET: 'SUNSHINE LIES'
SHOUT FACTORY:
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 25th AUGUST 2008
Los Angeles, CA – On August 25th, MATTHEW SWEET will release his 10th studio album, SUNSHINE LIES, in a new alliance with Shout! Factory.
Fans who have eagerly awaited the album's arrival (and have been tracking its progress under the working title Rock Bottom) will not be disappointed.
Call it what you wish; Sweet terms it "power-pop-folk-rock-psychedelic-melodic-singer-songwriter-type stuff" listeners will marvel at the depth and clarity of vision here. The album will also be released as a 2 LP set including four previously unreleased bonus tracks not available on the CD. For customer convenience, a CD will be included with purchases of the LP.
By turns achingly melodic and startlingly visceral, SUNSHINE LIES swirls with poetic emotion and stark attitude, bringing neatly into play the entire gamut of Sweet's stylistic experience. Flowing with masterful ease, Sweet’s uniquely personal songwriting never fails to delight, and he has described the album as "very direct, but seen through the eyes of nature, or rather modelled on its beauty, chaos and freedom, something like a stab at sonic art nouveau."
Sunshine Lies was recorded at Lolina Green Studios in Los Angeles, CA, and produced and mixed by Matthew Sweet. Bangles mainstay Susanna Hoffs appears on the album, providing backup vocals on the title track.
While familiars Ric Menck (drums), ex VoidOid Ivan Julian (guitar), Greg Leisz (guitar/pedal steel guitar) and Television guitarist Richard Lloyd (guitar) are also present and correct, Sweet let chance lead the way during the recording; he managed to teleport his songs into a surprisingly more abstract and psychedelic space, finding a "sure and natural realm in words, melody and performance, like a carousel mind-flower." Indeed. The vibrant Sunshine Lies will certainly revolve in your mind long after each listening.
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Sweet was part of the developing music scene in Athens, Georgia in the 1980s. Sweet came to fame in 1991 with his Top Five Modern Rock hit Girlfriend, off his certified gold album of the same name, followed by the critically acclaimed albums Altered Beast and the platinum follow up 100% Fun.
After releasing a number of other excellent solo albums, Sweet formed The Thorns with fellow singer-songwriters Shawn Mullins and Pete Droge, and they released one self-titled album to positive reviews. Sweet then returned to his solo efforts, releasing Living Things and Kimi Ga Suki. In 2006, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs collaborated on the Shout! Factory release Under The Covers Vol. 1, featuring 15 of the duo’s favourite pop tunes from the 1960s.
Matthew Sweet is available for interview in support of this release.
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JASON & THE SCORCHERS: 'THE EMI YEARS'
ACADIA / EVANGELINE RECORDS: ACAD 8200
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 25th AUGUST 2008
Blazing out of Nashville in the early 1980s, Jason And The Scorchers tore through a jaded music business parlaying a distinctive hard rock sound, with a Punk energy and a Country sensibility. Recording a mini album and two full-length albums for the EMI Capitol label, the band were no strangers to British shores, winning a lot of fans with their high octane live performances.
Their entire EMI catalogue is contained on this excellent two CD set, released on the Acadia reissue imprint of the Evangeline Records label.
Listeners can once again thrill to their breathless take on Bob Dylan’s ‘Absolutely Sweet Marie’, as well as raunchy originals such as White Lies and Shop It Around.
Jason And The Scorchers occasionally reform for shows, and leader Jason Ringenberg has pursued an intermittently successful solo career since the band split in the early 90’s. Their finest recordings, however, are contained on this excellent reissue.
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LIZ PHAIR: 'EXILE IN GUYVILLE'
ATO RECORDS: ATO 0059
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 25th AUGUST 2008
It’s been fifteen years since the release of the groundbreaking Exile In Guyville – and Liz Phair is marking the occasion by returning to her roots.
Exile In Guyville, which was out of print, will be available on CD, vinyl and – for the first time ever – in digital format.
The special reissue package will include four never-before-released songs from the original recording sessions: Ant in Alaska, with Phair simply accompanying herself on guitar, Wild Thing, wherein she uses the melody and central line of The Troggs’ 1966 number 1 hit as a jumping off point for an otherwise all-original song, Say You, which features Phair and a full band, and an untitled instrumental with Liz on guitar. Phair has also just completed a new, 60-minute DVD, Guyville Redux, for the reissue. The reissue is distributed in the UK via Essential.
In Guyville Redux – which features an introduction by Dave Matthews, founder/co-owner of ATO Records – Liz and the “guys” of Guyville take us back to the making of the album, the male-dominated, Chicago independent music scene of the early 1990’s (which included Material Issue, and Smashing Pumpkins), and the Wicker Park neighbourhood where it all happened. Phair interviews Gerard Cosloy and Chris Lombardi of Matador Records, which originally released the record, famed indie producer Steve Albini, Ira Glass of NPR’s “This American Life,” John Henderson of the elusive indie label Feel Good All Over, Brad Wood (producer of Exile In Guyville), John Cusack (who founded the Chicago avant-garde theatre group New Crime Productions), Urge Overkill, and more.
Conceived as a song-by-song response to the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street, Exile In Guyvile was released in 1993, and ranked number 1 that year on both the Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics’ poll and Spin magazine’s year-end critic’s poll.
Incredibly influential to this day, its place as a seminal rock album has been reaffirmed by its inclusion in countless historical “best of” lists over the past 15 years, including: “Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” Spin’s “100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005,” Rolling Stone’s “Women in Rock (the 50 essential albums),” Blender’s “Best Indie Rock Albums of All Time,” Pitchfork’s “Top 100 Albums of the 1990’s,” and VH1’s “Greatest Albums Of All Time” to name but a few.
Exile In Guyville is, in the words of Pitchfork, “a certifiable indie roadtrip classic.”
LIZ PHAIR is available for interview in support of this ground-breaking album, and is to release a new album later this year.
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www.lizphair.com
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GONG: 'THE ARISTA YEARS'
ACADIA / EVANGELINE RECORDS: ACAD 8203
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 25th AUGUST 2008
The enduring legend of Psychedelic heroes Gong has recently undergone a timely return to the fore with the band’s triumphant recent London appearances at the Massive Attack curated Meltdown Festival.
Well, for fans of the bands’ output, there’s more good news – a top-value, mid-price double CD reissue comprising three of the bands albums.
This reissue features three albums recorded for the Arista label in the late 1970s and early 80s, when percussionist Pierre Moerlen helmed the band.
Although not as wigged-out and lysergically enhanced as their earlier work with Daevid Allen and Steve Hillage, the three albums – Time Is The Key, Live, and Leave It Open still contain more than their share of discursive musical
explorations and inspired, often brilliant musicality.
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