Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are set to reissue 14 albums from their back catalogue on vinyl.
The band released their fifteenth album, Push Away The Sky, in 2013, and over the next year will release every one of the previous 14 full length records.
Releases will begin on the 27th of October, with the first seven albums scheduled as follows:
October 27 From Her To Eternity (1984) The Firstborn Is Dead (1985) Your Funeral… My Trial (1986)
November 17 Nocturama (2003) Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004) Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
November 24 Kicking Against The Pricks (1986)
The remaining 7 albums will be released during the course of 2015.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the soundtrack to Kevin Smith’s cult classic film Clerks is to be released in a vinyl edition for the first time.
The original mix of music and dialogue from the film will be preserved across three sides of two LPs, with the fourth side featuring an etching. The set is scheduled for release on the 11th of November.
The album features cuts from many of the leading lights from the heyday of alternative rock, including Alice in Chains, Girls Against Boys, the Jesus Lizard, Bad Religion, Soul Asylum, Corrosion of Conformity, Stabbing Westward and more besides.
According to Rolling Stone, legend has it that licensing the music for Clerks cost more than the production of the film itself. The movie helped make Alice in Chains’ 1992 song “Got Me Wrong” a hit, and the Kevin Smith–directed clip for Soul Asylum’s “Can’t Even Tell,” which closes out the movie, ensured that it reached No.16 on Billboard’s alternative song chart.
Jack White’s sophomore solo album, Lazaretto, has become the biggest selling vinyl LP for 20 years.
Released to critical acclaim in June, the album has gone on to sell 60,000 copies on vinyl, making it not just the biggest selling vinyl album of the year, but the biggest since Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy was released in 1994.
A breakdown of sales figures shows that vinyl copies made up around a quarter of Lazaretto’s total sales, and that 40,000 of those vinyl copies were sold in the album’s first week of release. That also makes it the fastest selling vinyl album since Nielsen started compiling vinyl sales figures in 1991.
Lazaretto was released in an Ultra LP format, side A of which plays as standard, while side B plays from inside to out. There are also two songs that play at 45rpm hidden under the label on each side.
You can watch White’s official video for Lazaretto’s title track below:
The surviving members of Queen have confirmed that they are to release a rare recording of their landmark concert at The Rainbow.
Live At The Rainbow ’74 has been scheduled for release on the 8th of September in a variety of formats.
The show was originally recorded on the 31st of March 1974 and was due to be released after the concert, but Queen instead chose to release what became their breakthrough studio album, Sheer Heart Attack. The live recording has remained in the Queen archive for over 40 years.
The release will be available as a double-CD, DVD, Blu-ray, and Super Deluxe Collector’s Edition, which will also feature a 60-page hardback book, memorabilia, concert program, poster, and more. Vinyl and digital versions will also be available.
A full tracklisting for the album is as follows:
Disc One: Live at the Rainbow, March ’74
1. “Procession”
2. “Father to Son”
3. “Ogre Battle”
4. “Son and Daughter”
5. “Guitar Solo”
6. “Son and Daughter (Reprise)”
7. “White Queen (As It Began)”
8. “Great King Rat”
9. “The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke”
10. “Keep Yourself Alive”
11. “Drum Solo”
12. “Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise)”
13. “Seven Seas of Rhye”
14. “Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll”
15. “Jailhouse Rock (Medley)”
“Stupid Cupid (Medley)”
“Be Bop A Lula (Medley)”
16. “Liar”
17. “See What a Fool I’ve Been”
Disc Two: Live at the Rainbow, November ’74
1. “Procession”
2. “Now I’m Here”
3. “Ogre Battle”
4. “Father to Son”
5. “White Queen (As It Began)”
6. “Flick of the Wrist”
7. “In the Lap of the Gods”
8. “Killer Queen”
9. “The March of the Black Queen”
10. “Bring Back That Leroy Brown”
11. “Son and Daughter”
12. “Guitar Solo”
13. “Son and Daughter (Reprise)”
14. “Keep Yourself Alive”
15. “Drum Solo”
16. “Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise)”
17. “Seven Seas of Rhye”
18. “Stone Cold Crazy”
19. “Liar”
20. “In the Lap of the Gods. . . Revisited”
21. “Big Spender”
22. “Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll”
23. “Jailhouse Rock”
24. “God Save the Queen”
DVD Bonus Tracks
1. “Son and Daughter”
2. “Guitar Solo”
3. “Son and Daughter (Reprise)”
4. “Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers have confirmed the release date for their new album, Hypnotic Eye.
The album will be the band’s first in four years and is scheduled for release on the 29th of July. A North American tour supporting the release will begin on the 3rd of August.
In a statement, Petty has also announced that every ticket purchased for the upcoming tour will include a copy of Hypnotic Eye.
The announcement reveals that the album will be available on high-resolution Blu-ray audio and vinyl formats: a single LP or a double-album containing a track unavailable elsewhere.
Fan club members will also release a digital album, Live 2013, when they purchase Hypnotic Eye.
You can watch a promo clip for the album below:
Confirmed North American tour dates are as follows:
August 3: San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
August 5: Boise, ID – Taco Bell Arena
August 7: Eugene, OR – Matthew Knight Center
August 9: San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
August 12: Portland, OR – Moda Center
August 14: Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
August 15: George, WA – The Gorge
August 17: Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
August 19: Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
August 21: Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
August 23: Chicago, IL – United Center
August 26: Toronto, ONT – Air Canada Centre
August 28: Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
August 30: Boston, MA – Fenway Park
September 6: Arrington, VA – Lockn’ Festival
September 7: Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake PAC
September 10: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
September 13: Hartford, CT – XL Center
September 15: Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Arena
September 18: Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
September 20: West Palm Beach, FL- Cruzan Amphitheater
September 21: Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum
September 23: Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
September 25: Houston, TX – Toyota Center
September 26: Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
September 28: Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
September 30: Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
October 1: Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
October 7: Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
October 10: Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
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