Zappa, Elvis, Gentry, Bukowski, Booker T & The MG’s
GOATS HEAD SOUP
Docs that Rock, Music That Matters
Cash & Dylan
The Melody Makers
Hendrix
The Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed
Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue
News & To Dos
For the first-time ever, Frank Zappa’s historic October 31 1981 New York Halloween night concerts and the closing November 1 show recorded live at The Palladium in 1981 will be released as a gigantic six-disc box set featuring 78 unreleased live tracks totaling more than seven hours of live performances from three complete concerts. Available […]
Features
To be released via Polydor / Interscope / UMe in Multi-Format and Deluxe Editions By Harvey Kubernik Another prized jewel in the Rolling Stones’ unmatched catalog is restored to its full glory and more, with the September 4 multi-format release of their 1973 classic Goats Head Soup. The album will be available in multiple configurations, including four-disc CD and vinyl […]
Books
An exclusive interview with Harvey Kubernik discussing his newest book By Jim Kaplan Harvey Kubernik our head of editorial at Record Collector News has published his 19th book from Otherworld Cottage Industries, a 520- page, photo-illustrated comprehensive exploration of music history in documentary films for 21st century fans and collectors who never experienced (or wish […]
Country
Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan shared a mutual respect and a musical friendship By Harvey Kubernik In the mid-1980s as Johnny Cash found himself between labels, Mercury Records snatched up the country legend for what would end up being a prolific string of six albums in five years. The records, released from 1986 to 1991, were a diverse collection […]
Features
Filmmaker Leslie Ann Coles discusses her new documentary, Melody Makers, which traces the ascent of rock ‘n’ roll and the British magazine that chronicled the music and musicians that defined an age BY HARVEY KUBERNIK A new music documentary Melody Makers, which had its theatrical premiere in December 2019, is now available on DVD via Cleopatra Entertainment. It chronicles the birth of rock, the ascent […]
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Exploring Jimi Hendrix’s legacy three ways with a new musical release (Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts by Jimi Hendrix from Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings; artwork (Jimi Hendrix Digital Art and Reality Collections from Straxx Art); and a book (Burning Desire – Jimi Hendrix: The Jimi Hendrix Experience through the Lens of […]
Anniversary Editions
The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed 50th Anniversary Limited Edition celebrates the album’s five-decades with a newly remastered release package BY HARVEY KUBERNIK THE ROLLING STONES’ groundbreaking multi-platinum selling album Let It Bleed was originally issued in late 1969, charting at #1 in the UK and #3 in the US. In celebration of the album’s original release a half-century ago, […]
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The Rolling Thunder Revue: the 1975 Live Recordings box set and the Rolling Thunder Revue documentary capture the magic of Bob Dylan’s legendary concert tour BY HARVEY KUBERNIK A COMPREHENSIVE anthology of music from the mythic first leg of Bob Dylan’s groundbreaking Rolling Thunder Revue, this 14CD box set includes all five of Dylan’s full sets from […]
