News & New Releases

September, 2017

• 22 September

  New release round up

  

  Some new releases from various Japanese producers have been announced; Empress Valley continue the release of their U2 ‘Joshua Tree’ tour IEMS featuring both shows from, one, the King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, recorded on the 1st August 2017, titled ‘Set my Mind On Fire’ and secondly, ‘Happy Birthday Malala’ ...
• 22 September

  The LONG trailer for the new HMC set

  

  Finally, it’s ready for release. Here’s a long trailer for the first part of HMC’s latest Magical Mystery Tour release. Take it all in let them take you away .. Long trailer     If you liked this review, buy me a cup of joe. (Suggested: $3 a shot or ...
• 19 September

  News & new releases!

  

  The Beatles – Kinfauns Demos May 1968 (no label) is a single disc of demo recordings for the White Album. The songs believed to have been taped at Kinfauns were recorded on Harrison’s Ampex four-track reel-to-reel tape recorder. The Rolling Stones – Hamburg 2017 (no label) is a 2CD set ...
• 19 September

  The Rolling Stones 2017 shows begin to show

  

  We knew it wouldn’t be long until these shows begin to show – Despite Keith’s on and off nights, we have Ronnie’s sober proficiency, a slightly slower pitch to the songs and a fair few surprises in the set list. This tour is a win! Goldplate are the first out ...
• 12 September

  New titles from The Rolling Stones (& Keith), Bowie, Queen, & GNR!

  

  The Rolling Stones – Los Angeles 1989 1st Night (no label) is a 2CD set from Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA on October 18th, 1989. The Rolling Stones – Yokohama 2003 (no label) is a 2CD set from Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan on March 12th, 2003. Keith Richards ...
• 5 September

  New releases from Sigma, Wardour, Virtuoso, & Zodiac!

  

  Pink Floyd – Rainbow Theatre 1972 3rd Night (Sigma 195) is a triple disc set featuring two different sources for the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, UK on February 19th, 1972. Source one contains the first 107 minutes while source two features only the final hour but contains the encores ...
• 2 September

  A new Dog ‘n Cat release.

  

  Nothing new here but D n’ C have refreshed the old Scorpio classic, ‘Mad Shadows’ and added another CD to expand it. The pre-release blurb gives the impression that nothing has really changed apart from upgrading and remastering from existing sources that have appeared in the 25 years since the ...
• 2 September

  A new Rolling Stones vinyl boxed set appears!

  

  Compiling the old Godfather labels releases, ‘Through The Vaults Darkly’, ‘No Spare Parts’ and ‘The Last Time’, this massive new 11 LP boxed set, also titled, ‘Through The Vaults Darkly’ compiles the previous 6 CDs and spreads them out for the wax factor. For anyone who missed the CDs the ...

August, 2017

• 31 August

  More on that MMT HMC set ..

  

  The HMC label have now released the covers and more info on part one of their Magical Mystery Tour themed set; The 2 DVD set is a game of two halves. The first disk features a total of over 40 minutes of brand new, never seen before (Nope, not even ...
• 29 August

  New CD and DVD releases from no label!

  

  The Beatles – The Compleat Beatles: Japanese Broadcast Edition 1984 (no label) is a single pro-shot DVD initially broadcast on December 31st, 1984. Bob Dylan – The Ginsberg Tapes 1965 (no label) is a four disc set featuring shows from Masonic Memorial Temple, San Francisco, CA on December 11th, 1965 ...
• 22 August

  Eelgrass release ‘Deux Ex Machina’

  

  With thanks to Scottie Savalick on our Facebook group, he has pointed out that the Eelgrass label have copied the EV release, ‘Deus Ex Machine’ as expected. This release is the ‘budget’ version of the deluxe Japanese release and so will make for the more democratic version of this set. ...
• 22 August

  New titles from Darker Than Blue, Wardour, & Zodiac!

  

  Deep Purple – Definitive Budokan 1973 (Darker Than Blue 249/250/251/252) is a four disc set featuring two different recordings from Budokan, Tokyo, Japan on June 25th, 1973.   Deep Purple – Definitive Hiroshima 1973 (Darker Than Blue 253/254) is a 2CD set from Hiroshima-shi Kokaido, Hiroshima, Japan on June 23rd, ...
• 15 August

  New titles from Darker Than Blue, Zion, Zodiac, & no label

  

  Led Zeppelin – Orlando 1971 (no label) is a 2CD set from Sports Stadium, Orlando, FL on August 31st, 1971. If my translation is correct, this comes from the soundboard with the audience source used to fill the gaps. Deep Purple – Osaka 1972 1st Night (Darker Than Blue 243/244) ...
• 2 August

  Empress Valley’s ‘Deus Ex Machina’ gets it’s release!

  

  One of the biggest releases from one of the world’s king of bootleggers has been released and is presented in a grand style. ‘Deus Ex Machina’ features – for the first time anywhere – Led Zeppelin’s show in Seattle on the 21st of March, 1975. A soundboard source, this is ...
• 1 August

  New releases from Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, & Eric Clapton!

  

  Pink Floyd – Aphrodite 1971 (Sigma 194) is a five disc set including Programme Replica featuring all the available sources for Hakone Aphrodite, Hakone, Japan on August 6th, 1971. Among these are Original Cassette Tapes #1 (inc. Set The Controls), Original Cassette Tapes #2 (inc. the Buffy Sainte-Marie track), Original ...

July, 2017

• 29 July

  Another new Rolling Stones release on DnC records

  

  Hot on the heels of ‘The Virchov Tape’ release, The Dog ‘N Cat label have sprung on us, ‘Too Much Blood’, another selection of unheard “Undercover” outtakes from the Path Marconi studios (’82 / ’83), the Compass Point studios & the Hit Factory (1983) According to legend, this comp features ...
• 25 July

  News & new releases!

  

  Led Zeppelin – Live On Blueberry Hill: Another Master (no label) is a 2CD set from the Forum in Inglewood, CA on September 4th, 1970. The Rolling Stones – Memphis 2005 (no label) is a 2CD set from the FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN on December 3rd, 2005. Pink Floyd – ...
• 21 July

  New releases on the Tarantura label

  

  Three brand new releases have just been announced on the Tarantura label From biggest to smallest (In comparison to number of disks); “The Heart Of Punk Rock” is a 5 CD set of U2 IEM / Audience matrix recordings from 2015’s ‘Innocence and Experience’ tour. 3 full shows included over ...
• 20 July

  A new Pink Floyd comp comes our way.

  

  A new Pink Floyd compilation has been released – Seemingly a mixed bag of odds and ends, multi tracks and acetates, ‘Astral Navig/ation’ promises new sources and upgrades but maybe some of our staunch Floyd Freaks might know different. DISC 1 01. Arnold Layne (Acetate) 02. Arnold Layne (Simulated Stereo ...
• 19 July

  New Rolling Stones release on Dog n’ Cat

  

  It wasn’t going to be long until this appeared but after appearing on IORR earlier this year, the so-called ‘Virchov tape’ has now been pressed to silver disk. The rest of the CD concentrates on various snippets posted to the forum by another poster with a few other ‘Undercover’ era ...