Greetings from Cleveland, where you’re only as old as you feel…..and with some of the news from this week, I’m feeling pretty old.
For example, August 5th will see the release of the 15th Anniversary Edition of one my favorite albums from the 90s, a special 2 CD/1DVD package of Sarah Mclachlan’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.
The special anniversary release will be made up of the original album, plus The Freedom Sessions (for years, a standalone release) and a live DVD that looks very similar to the existing Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live DVD. Check out the details and pre-order your copy right here.
There’s also a cool release coming out in the continuing Live at Montreux series of live DVD/CD releases. This time, we get a pair of vintage live performances from Tori Amos, recorded in 1991 and 1992. The track listing for both is awesome, and I am VERY stoked about these releases. Check out the details on the release right here.
One more on the DVD front – a cool performance from the Rockpalast archives, this time featuring a Joe Cocker performance from 1980, with additional tracks from 1983. There will be a U.S. release for this on September 9th, but all I am digging up at the moment, are links for the UK PAL version. Even the bonus tracks look awesome!
I thought this was a cool Van Halen story, and it’s one of many great stories you’ll read from Darren over at He’s A Whore.
Thanks to Jeff over at Sonic Slang for passing along the news that Paul Westerberg’s 49:00 was a number one seller on Amazon MP3 this past week! Sonic Slang also has the link for fan-created art for the back of the “release” as well as an attempt at a track listing. Check it out here.
Here is a classic email from Pete Townshend to Rolling Stone offering reflections on the Rock Honors experience.
Metallica have confirmed the track listing for Death Magnetic. They still haven’t confirmed whether it will be any good.
Sammy Hagar’s new solo album will be called Cosmic Universal Fashion, and will be out late summer/early fall. Matt Sorum shows up behind the drum kit on one of the tracks.
From the excellent Soundcheck blog, here are setlists from recent shows that include Yaz, the Journey/Heart/Cheap Trick package tour, and some fine commentary on a co-headlining show from The Wallflowers and Train(setlist here.)
Regarding Jakob Dylan and crew, I’m glad to see that someone else is calling bullsh*t on the concept of The Wallflowers being “The Wallflowers” without Rami Jaffee!
I disagree however, with the reference in the same article that labels Dylan’s solo CD Seeing Things as “well received.” He must have been listening to a different CD than I was, because THAT was a painful listen.
Oy.
I’ll catch ya’ll around the musical bend with more….