Placebo, the London band, who received the 2009 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative Band, last album was released in 2009. That album is Battle For The Sun, which went on to sell a massive number of copies and achieve high charting in as many as 30 countries. With earlier albums and hypnotically punkish pop-rock style, leading up to this kind of fan-base, the anticipation for a new album has been high.
Universal Music plans the release of Placebo‘s newest album, Loud Like Love, on September 16 throughout Europe, and September 17 (in the US). The band’s new album will contain 10 new tracks, all recorded in London during 2012, and the early part of 2013.
Loud Like Love is expected to be released in multiple versions that include the standard CD issue, as well as a CD/DVD Deluxe Edition (Live Session at London’s RAK Studio DVD), and a splashy Super Deluxe Box that will include a 10″x10″ 3D lenticular, the expected 10-track CD, two DVDs (DVD1: Live Session at London’s RAK Studio, DVD2: ten promo videos), three 10″ vinyl LPs, with one of them artistically etched, five postcards, an art print (with the first 1000 signed), and a download rights card for lossless WAV files of the ten tracks.
In addition to the CD sets, there will be a 2LP set with 12″ 180g-weight colored vinyl, both housed in a gatefold jacket. And we won’t forget the new habit of DD releasing so popular these days.
Placebo will follow up the new album with a 23-date European support tour, which is scheduled for kick-off on November 12 in Poland, and ending on December 17 for two shows at the O2 Academy Brixton in London (2 shows due to overwhelming ticket demand). This leg of the tour will be expanded as the band signs up for North America, Africa, and other locations.
Rise Records will release a collection 3CD, 5LP set from the label that covers Rise Records’s 22 years. The sets, each called Rise 200, the label’s 200th release, are scheduled for July 30 and will contain 50 songs overall.
Hardly Art Records will release Street Punk from Hunx And His Punx in both CD and LP formats, both on July 23.
Rhino Records will reissue several Black Sabbath titles as 180g vinyl LP releases. On July 2, watch for Technical Ecstasy, Never Say Die, and We Sold Our Souls For Rock ‘N’ Roll (2LP).
Rhino Records will also reissue Fear of Music by Talking Heads on 180g vinyl LP, planned for July 2.
Capitol Records will digitally release (DD) three volumes of Jackie DeShannon singles on June 18. The titles are chronological and are: The Complete Singles,Volume One (1960-1963), The Complete Singles, Volume Two (1964-1967), and The Complete Singles, Volume Three (1967-1970).
Law Records will release Pepper from Pepper on July 16 on CD.
Virgin Records plan the release of the next White Lies album, Big TV, for August 20. There are expected to be several CD versions, as well as a probable LP issue.
On July 23, Warner Records plan the release of A Life By Design? from Fight Or Flight.
Real Gone Music expands on their Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks series titles with one slated for July 2. That one will be Dick’s Picks Volume 22 – King’s Beach Bowl, King’s Beach Lake – Tahoe, CA 02/22-24/1968.
First National Imp Records will release More Light from Primal Scream in both CD and LP, both on June 18.
A 2CD Edition of Made In Britain by Whitesnake is expected on July 9.
Late Night Tales (UK) have the new Röyksopp album, Late Night Tales, on the slate for issue on June 25 on both CD and LP.
Discipline US will reissue Red by King Crimson on vinyl LP, planned for June 18.
Rock Ridge Music plan the release of One from Sarah Miles, scheduled for July 16.
Ghostly International will release a new Gold Panda album, Half Of Where You Live, on July 16.
RCA/Legacy plan the release of The Best of Merry Clayton on June 25.
Anti Records have One True Vine coming by Mavis Staples, scheduled for LP and CD on June 25.
Beggars Banquet Records have a cool reissue of The Cult album, Electric, on the calendar for issue on July 16. The new album will be called Electric Peace and is a 2CD set completing the Electric and Peace sessions (more here).
Hollywood Records will release an ICON title featuring the music of Stryper on July 16.
Bridges To Babylon, the 1997 Rolling Stones album, has been added to the HD DD schedule that includes Emotional Rescue, and Exile On Main Street, all available on June 11.
Mercury Nashville will release Bakersfield by Vince Gill on July 30.
A remastered and reissued An Evening With Diana Ross in replica LP CD packaging currently championed by Culture Factory is on the calendar for June 18. Also, planned is Supremes A Go-Go, same date.
Culture Factory USA will also release a remastered, Deluxe packaging in the LP replica format of Barking At Airplanes by Kim Carnes, scheduled for August 13.
And finally, Mobile Fidelity will reissue Blood On the Tracks, the classic album from Bob Dylan, on vinyl LP. This is scheduled for August 6.
On April 6, 1987, The Cult released their multi-million selling LP, Electric. That album, following hot on the heels of the band’s highly successful breakthrough album, Love (1985), would generate the high charting hit, “Love Removal Machine”. But there is an ENTIRE story behind the album that most people are unaware of.
When the band recorded their follow-up to Love, it was originally named Peace, in keeping with the flow of the predecessor. However, Peace seemed to have too polished a sound for the band’s liking. They contacted Rick Rubin to ask him to re-mix “Love Removal Machine” in order to give it a more raw sound. Instead, Rubin asked the band to re-record the song. Once completed, the band so liked the sound, they decided to scrap the Peace sessions, and re-record the entirety of the new album with Rubin at the helm.
After the Rubin sessions, the new album was renamed Electric, and some songs that were recorded for, and sequenced into Peace were scrapped in favor of newer recorded tracks. The Peace sessions were shelved.
To not completely ignore the Peace sessions material, the band released some of the tracks as B-sides for singles that issued from Electric. Further, The Cult released The Manor Sessions, a limited edition EP that included five tracks from the Peace sessions. In 2000, the limited run of the band’s Box set, Rare Cult, included the entire Peace sessions, correctly sequenced as it was intended to be released. Rare Cult ran through its press run, and was never reissued.
On July 16, Beggars Banquet plans to reissue Electric along with the original Peace sessions in a 2CD set, and a separately available 2LP set, both to be referred to as Electric Peace. Both discs will celebrate each sessions with their original sequencing, noted below:
Electric:
Wild Flower
Peace Dog
Lil’ Devil
Aphrodisiac Jacket
Electric Ocean
Bad Fun
King Contrary Man
Love Removal Machine
Born To Be Wild
Outlaw
Memphis Hip Shake
Peace:
Love Removal Machine
Wild Flower
Peace Dog
Aphrodisiac Jacket
Electric Ocean
Bad Fun
Conquistador
Zap City
Love Trooper
Out;aw
Groove Co.
There is no word on whether the sets have been remastered or not, or if a celebratory booklet will be created with new content to mark the event of the reissue.
Two important member s of the Rock and Roll elite have left us for loftier plains over these last few days. And while no one member of that same elite club is ever ignored , these two hit especially close to home with their passing.
On Monday, Ray Manzarek, who is best known as the keyboardist for The Doors passed away at the young age of 74, taken by the evil known as cancer.
Ray Manzarek 1939-2013 RIP
Ray Manazarek is well known as a vital member of The Doors. The Doors have left a complete brand on the hide of Rock that is worn with pride even to this day. But not many are aware of Ray Manzarek’s “other” band, Nite City.
Nite City was formed in 1977, just a few years after The Doors collapsed with the death of Jim Morrison. Nite City released two good albums (Nite City; Golden Days, Diamond Nights).
After Nite City, Ray Manzarek did many things including a reformation of The Doors with Ian Astbury (The Cult).
Ray Manzarek’s death hits especially hard given his major status in the beginnings of Rock and Roll. His passing is not without note, and his departed presence not without mourning.
You will be missed, Mr Manzarek. Now go and teach The Great Band a new song…or two!
Today, another of the great ones left us. Trevor Bolder, who knew no Rock and Roll boundaries, having played with David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars (with Mick Ronson), and Uriah Heep, died at the age of 62, also from cancer.
Trevor Bolder 1950-2013 RIP
Bolder joined the Bowie show recording on Hunky Dory (1971), up through Pin Ups (1973). Bolder joined the late ’70s line-up of Uriah Heep beginning with Fireflies (1977) Trevor Bolder joined a touring version of Wishbone Ash in support of that band’s Number The Brave release, which featured John Wetton as the bass player. While most of Bolder’s career was folded around Uriah Heep, his impact is felt just as strongly as the passing of Ray Manzarek. What Ray Manzarek was to a style of Rock, Trevor Bolder was to a harder-edged Heavy Metal.
And 62 was far to young to be removed from this earth. However, he still will add a unique touch to The Great Band.
Mr Bolder, you will be missed. I will be unable to play the previously mentioned Bowie albums, as well as the previously mentioned Uriah Heep albums without remembering your contributions. I saw you during the Wishbone Ash tour at Chicago’s ChicagoFest way back when.
The fine folks over at Legacy Recordings have assembled and announced the upcoming issue of Sound System, a 12-disc set (with cool stuff, too) featuring the music of The Clash. Within this richly filled box will be all of the band’s Epic Records studio recordings (The Clash, Give ‘Em Enough Rope, London Calling, Sandanista!, Combat Rock). Each of the albums will be remastered. And if that wasn’t reason enough to be excited, Sound System provides even more.
Besides the 8CDs used to cover each album (The Clash- 1CD, Give ‘Em Enough Rope – 1CD, London Calling-2CD, Sandanista!-3CD, Combat Rock-1CD), there are an extra three CDs with rare tracks, demos, non-album singles, and B-sides. Those three CDs are highly coveted and contain:
Sound System Extra CDs tracklist:
Disc One
1. White Riot (Single version)
2. 1977 (B-side)
3. Listen (Capital Radio EP) / Interviews (Capital Radio EP)
4. Capital Radio (Capital Radio EP)
5. London’s Burning (Live B-side Remote Control)
6. Complete Control (Single version)
7. City Of The Dead (B-side)
8. Clash City Rockers (Original single version)
9. Jail Guitar Doors (B-side)
10. White Man In Hammersmith Palais (A-side)
11. The Prisoner (B-side)
12. 1-2 Crush On You (B-side Tommy Gun)
13. Time Is Tight (Black Market Clash)
14. Pressure Drop (B-side English Civil War)
15. I Fought The Law (Cost Of Living EP)
16. Groovy Times (Cost Of Living EP)
17. Gates Of The West (Cost Of Living EP)
18. Capital Radio (Cost Of Living EP)
19. Armagideon Time
20. Bankrobber (A-side)
21. Rockers Galore On A UK Tour (B-side)
Disc Two
1. Magnificent Dance (12”) 5:36 (available on Singles box set)
2. Midnight To Stevens (Outtake)
3. Radio One (B-side Hitsville UK)
4. Stop The World (B-side The Call Up)
5. The Cool Out (US 12” B-side of The Call Up)
6. This Is Radio Clash (A-side)
7. This Is Radio Clash (B-side 7” – different lyrics)
8. First Night Back In London (B-side Know Your Rights)
9. Rock The Casbah (Bob Clearmountain 12” mix) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
10. Long Time Jerk (B-side Rock The Casbah)
11. The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too (Outtake) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
12. Idle In Kangaroo Court (Outtake listed as Kill Time) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
13. Ghetto Defendant (Extended version – unedited) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
14. Cool Confusion (B-side Should I Stay Or Should I Go 7”)
15. Sean Flynn (Extended ‘Marcus Music’ version) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
16. Straight To Hell (Extended unedited version from Clash On Broadway) – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Disc Three
Extracts from The Clash’s first ever recording session at Beaconsfield Film School 1976. Recorded by Julien Temple
1. I’m So Bored With The USA
2. London’s Burning – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
3. White Riot
4. 1977 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Polydor Demos – The Clash’s second recording session November 1976
Produced by Guy Stevens
5. Janie Jones
6. Career Opportunities
7. London’s Burning – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
8. 1977 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
9. White Riot – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Live at The Lyceum, London 28th December 1978
10. City Of The Dead
11. Jail Guitar Doors – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
12. English Civil War
13. Stay Free – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
14. Cheapstakes – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
15. I Fought The Law
In addition to those 11 CDs, there is a DVD, which is packed to the full mark with unseen footage filmed by Julian Temple, early Super8 film, ALL of the band’s promo videos, and previously unseen concert footage. Imagine this:
Julien Temple Archive – 6:20
White Riot Interview – 7:10
Promo and interviews with Tony Parsons
1977 1:87
White Riot 1:48
London’s Burning 2:05
Sussex University 1977
I’m So Bored With The USA 2:14 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Hate & War 1:94 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Career Opportunities 1:42 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Remote Control 2:73 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Don Letts Super 8 Medley 11:40
White Riot 1:52
Janie Jones 1:73
City of the Dead 2:04
Clash City Rockers 2:15
White Man in Hammersmith Palais 2:53
1977 1:41
Clash On Broadway – 19:50
London Calling
This Is Radio Clash
The Magnificent Seven
Guns Of Brixton
Safe European Home
Promo Videos
Tommy Gun 3:00
London Calling 3:20
Bankrobber 4:00
Clampdown (Live) 5:00
Train In Vain (Live) 2:10
The Call Up 3:10
Rock The Casbah 3:20
Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Live at Shea Stadium) 2:50
Career Opportunities (Live at Shea Stadium) 3:00
Discs aside, the Box will add in an “Owner’s Manual” booklet, along with a folder that will contain reprints of Armagideon Time 1, 2, qnd 3, new editions of the Clash fanzine recreated by Paul Simonon, and merchandise. The merchandise will include dog tags, badges, stickers, and a Future Is Unknown notebook. Also, a photo poster is included.
The 11CD/1DVD will be housed in a Simonon-designed Boom Box case.
For those unwilling to take this definitive Clash plunge, there will be a 2CD, and a 3LP collection called The Clash – Hits Back with 33 tracks from the band. Track-list of this set follows:
Disc 1
1. London Calling
2. Safe European Home
3. Know Your Rights
4. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
5. Janie Jones
6. The Guns of Brixton
7. Train in Vain
8. Bankrobber
9.Wrong ‘Em Boyo
10. The Magnificent Seven
11. Police On My Back
12. Rock The Casbah
13. Career Opportunities
14. Police & Thieves
15. Somebody Got Murdered
16. Brand New Cadillac
17. Clampdown
Disc 2 (Joe Strummer’s setlist continued)
1. Ghetto Defendant
2. Armigideon Time
3. Stay Free
4. I Fought The Law
5. Straight To Hell
6. Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
7. Garageland
Additional Tracks:
8. White Riot
9. Complete Control
10. Clash City Rockers
11. Tommy Gun
12. English Civil War
13. The Call Up
14. Hitsville UK 15. This Is The Radio Clash
However. if you don’t want the complete Box or the collected tracks, then the next opportunity for the newly remastered Clash albums is to acquire The Clash 5 Studio Album Set, which contains the 8CDs, while a separately available LP set of the same five albums set will be made available with 8LPs.
If you love The Clash, then this set is for you…in any of the available configurations.
Placebo, the London band, who received the 2009 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative Band, last album was released in 2009. That album is Battle For The Sun, which went on to sell a massive number of copies and achieve high charting in as many as 30 countries. With earlier albums and hypnotically punkish pop-rock style, leading up to this kind of fan-base, the anticipation for a new album has been high.
