Out This Week / on 13 October 2017
The Who / Tommy Live at the Royal Albert Hall
The Who‘s 1969 album performed live and in its entirety for the very first time this year at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Plenty of format options.
Bob Marley and The Wailers / Live! (2CD set)
Bob Marley‘s 1975 Live! album is massively expanded with the complete sets from both July ’75 shows at the London Lyceum – one on each CD.
Robert Plant / Carry Fire (new album)
The Led Zeppelin frontman’s 11th solo studio album and his first since 2014’s lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar.
Beck / Colors (new album)
Beck‘s new album is available as a rather lavishly packaged (but pricey) double-LP 45RPM pressing as well as CD and standard red vinyl.
Stone Temple Pilots / Core (super deluxe edition)
This has been out for a few weeks in the US but this week in the UK/Europe the Stone Temple Pilots’ 1992 debut Core is reissued as a six-disc super deluxe.
Tim Buckley / The Complete Album Collection
Eight-CD box set that brings together the body of music the singer-songwriter recorded between 1966 and 1972. Also features 1999 comp Works In Progress.
Anthony Phillips / Invisible Men
Anthony Phillips’ 1983 album is reissued as a deluxe edition. Audio is remastered and this comes with a bonus disc of demos/outtakes, most of which are previously unreleased.
The Pretty Things / Greatest His (2CD)
Pretty Things greatest hits paired with a bonus CD of a gig recorded live at London’s 100 Club.
St Vincent / Masseduction (new album)
St Vincent’s fifth studio album is released this week.
Squeeze / The Knowledge (new album)
Two years on from Cradle To The Grave comes a new Squeeze album with twelve tracks written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
Sainsbury’s are selling some more exclusive vinyls – Madonna Like A Virgin LP on clear vinyl (£18) and Madonna Ray Of Light on blue vinyl (£20). There’s also S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things on red vinyl. They’re disappearing quickly . . .
Expensive week this week, The Pretties, Tim Buckley box, Squeeze, Robert Plant, Anthony Phillips, Beck, Bob Marley. Pretty soon there`ll be no room at the in and my bank balance will flourish!
Also out this Friday PETER CINCOTTI – “Long Way From Home” an extremely talented singer/songwriter/pianist who has written, produced and arranged all original new songs on this album https://www.petercincotti.com/
Think of a modern day Billy Joel who can write catchy well written songs with ease…Peter Cincotti should be a household name I think he’s brilliant…go check him out.
A Heads Up For Anyone In The UK – TIM BUCKLEY COMPLETE COLLECTION – base.com has this for £22.99 including shipping – quite a bit cheaper than anywhere else (although probably will take a little longer to arrive than for amazon prime members buying it that method).
I’d really like to see Stone Temple Pilots’ second album (Purple) get a deluxe treatment. I always felt Core was a strong debut but the follow up really showed the band’s abilities off as it was a lot more experimental. If they could group it in with the rare/pricey Unplugged album at the same time it would be an essential purchase.
I agree about ‘Purple’ – great album. Stone Temple Pilots are very underrated as their stuff is very diverse and they weren’t just a ‘grunge knock-off’ like the UK press portrayed them as. MTV Unplugged was from the ‘Core’ era and is included in the ‘Core’ Super Deluxe
Squeeze is £9.98 on base.com with free postage the CD that is.