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Robert Plant's Saving Grace, his first album with a new band of distinguished players, is what he calls "a song book of the lost and found." Its genesis was during lockdown in "The Shire," when Plant's customary wandering was all but forbidden. It was in the English countryside that he connected closely to this diverse group of musicians-vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, cellist Barney Morse-Brown-who had a shared lean towards his corners of evocative song. Produced by Plant and the band and recorded over six years in the Cotswolds and on the Welsh Borders, Saving Grace breathes fresh life into a treasury of songs by Memphis Minnie, Bob Mosley (Moby Grape), Blind Willie Johnson, The Low Anthem, Martha Scanlan, Sarah Siskind, and Low.

Buckingham Nicks is the only studio album by the iconic duo of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. Produced by Keith Olsen, the album was released in September 1973, just a year prior to the pair joining forces with Fleetwood Mac on New Year's Eve 1974.<br/>Buckingham Nicks has achieved legendary status despite, and perhaps due to the fact, that it has never been remastered, reissued, or officially released digitally. Until now. This was the album that caught Mick Fleetwood's attention and led them becoming one of the most successful bands of all time.<br/><br/>LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: "I met Mick right before New Year's Eve in 1974. Stevie and I were living in LA. We'd done an album on Polydor as a duo, which had come out without making much of a splash, and we were trying to figure out what the hell to do next. Anyway, we were doing demos of new tunes one day at Sound City studio in the San Fernando Valley. At one point I walked towards the control room. I heard a song of ours, "Frozen Love", being played very loudly and I saw this giant of a man standing up, grooving to a guitar solo of mine. I thought, "What is goin' on?", and left them to it. That man was Mick.<br/>When he heard my guitar something obviously clicked in his mind, because after their guitarist Bob Welch left, I got a call from Mick asking if I wanted to join Fleetwood Mac. Originally they weren't looking for a duo, but I said Stevie and I were a package deal."

There are certain albums in the extensive Neil Young Archives that take on a unique life of their own. Maybe it's their rarity, or a galvanizing reputation that sets them apart. One of the most anticipated releases in this ongoing musical march is the live collection ODEON BUDOKAN<br/>Originally recorded in 1976 almost a world apart at two overseas venues: Hammersmith Odeon in London and Nippon Budokan Hall In Tokyo. The ten-track album includes an electrifying range of songs, from well-known classics to true surprises.<br/><br/>This is the first official vinyl release of the previously unissued ODEON BUDOKAN. It has only been available on Compact Disc as part of Neil Young's ARCHIVES VOLUME II box set, released in 2020 in the highest-grade audio high fidelity.

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Talk Talk's iconic 'It's My Life' album, it has been cut at Half-Speed by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios, overseen by Talk Talk drummer Lee Harris and Charlie Hollis, son of Mark Hollis, giving the album a greater depth.

Med låten "Fasta klippa" skrev Pugh Rogefeldt hösten 2022 ett slags musikaliskt testamente över sin karriär. Hans version av en 1700-talspsalm avslutas med toner ur genombrottslåten "Här kommer natten" från 1969. Den massivt hyllade "Fasta klippa" rundade på många sätt av ett slut som inletts med en utsåld spelning på Cirkus i Stockholm i oktober 2019, varpå en neurologisk sjukdom alltmer tog ett oresonligt grepp på mannen som en gång uppfann gebitet rockmusik på svenska. <br/><br/>Men parallellt med att sjukdomsprocessen eskalerade hann Pugh med att spela in ett minialbum som han länge haft visioner om, och som nu släpps . <br/><br/>Anslaget på "Guds finger" är precis som i "Fasta klippa" om man vill "religiöst." I ett sent pressmeddelande slog Pugh visserligen fast: "Jag har inte blivit religiös!". Men det är ur en religiös tradition han med känsla hämtade de låtar som först innebar "Jesus i mobilen", utgiven julen 2019, och tre år senare "Fasta klippa".<br/><br/>Dessa kompletteras på det nya albumet av låtarna "Breda hav", "Ingen annans fel" och "Trassel och problem". Alla inspelade med den mångfaldigt Grammisbelönade producenten och multiinstrumentalisten Johan Lindström i samspel med basisten Robert Östlund och trumslagaren Kontrad Agnas. <br/><br/>Assisterade av Pughs mångårige partner, producenten Micke Lyander, skapades i den senares studio i Visby en känsla av amerikansk söder med hjälp av Hammondorgel, bleckblås och tramporgel.<br/><br/>Bakgrunden till låtarna skiftar från den brittiska hymnen "Amazing Grace" ("Breda hav"), över "Jesus i mobilen" ("1900-talsgospeln "Jesus On The Mainline") och bluesmannen Blind Willie Johnson ("Ingen annans fel"), till suggestiv gospelpunkkraut i "Trassel och problem."<br/><br/>På albumet finns även som avslutning "Begravningslåt", en instrumental som om man vill knyter an till den filmmusik Pugh gjorde på 1970-talet, exempelvis till filmen "Vem älskar Yngve Frej?". Det var ett önskemål från Pugh att det korta stycket skulle spelas på hans begravning. <br/><br/>Han hade gjort en enkel inspelning på egen hand och brände ner låten på en CD. När Pugh blev sämre fick en av sönerna i uppdrag att leta i studion, och där hittade han en skiva som det stod "begravningslåt" skrivet på.<br/><br/>I vinylformatet kommer "Guds finger" med en talande tyst blank sida B, detta är ett starkt men samtidigt oavslutat verk. <br/><br/>Det finns rakt genom de sex spåren en omisskännlig gospel a la Pugh. Stundtals lågmält sakral, andra gånger rockigt rivig. Pugh nosade vid stämningarna redan 1999 med hitlåten "Gammeldags tro". Men det som då lite var en lustifikation är i de nya låtarna på riktigt, det var med stor respekt Pugh & ensemblen närmade sig materialet och det märks med all tydlighet.<br/><br/>"Om nån frågat mig för tio år sedan om jag kan tänka mig att spela in religiösa låtar hade jag svarat nej", sa Pugh Rogefeldt i pressmeddelandet vid utgivningen av "Jesus i mobilen".<br/>Vi är i dag mycket glada att han kom till andra tankar.<br/><br/>Det postuma albumet är en ytterst värdig avrundning på en skivkarriär som inleddes 1968 och hann täcka sju decennier. <br/><br/>En karriär som på åtskilliga sätt definierat även övrig svensk rockmusik. Uppslutningen vid hyllningsgalan 18 oktober 2023, återigen på Cirkus, bekräftade det enorma genomslaget för Anders Sture Torbjörn "Pugh" Rogefeldt, 2 mars 1947 - 1 maj 2023.

Limited 12" EP, white vinyl.<br/><br/>40 years ago today, Live Aid, the benefit concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the famine in Ethiopia, was announced with a press conference on the pitch at Wembley Stadium. The show was held simultaneously on Saturday, 13th July 1985, at Wembley and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. One of the day's highlights was the surprise duet of the Motown classic, 'Dancing In The Street', between David Bowie and Mick Jagger.<br/> <br/>To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the track, a limited edition white vinyl 12" will be released on 29th August, 2 days after its anniversary, bringing together all of the song's mixes for the first time. 30% of the retail price from the sale of this single will be donated by David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Parlophone Records to The Band Aid Charitable Trust.

The final installment in the hugely successful ERA boxes, the sixth boxset includes Bowie's final recordings covering the period from 2002 - 2016. It comprises 4 studio albums, 2 EPs, 2 Live albums and the usual Re:call compilation. <br/><br/>84 page hardback book<br/><br/>Heathen (Remastered) (1LP)<br/><br/>Montreux Jazz Festival (4LP) (Previously unreleased)*<br/><br/>Reality (Remastered) (1LP)<br/><br/>A Reality Tour (Remastered & Re-sequenced) (3LP)<br/><br/>The Next Day (Remastered) (2LP)<br/><br/>The Next Day Extra (Remastered) (1LP)<br/><br/>(Blackstar) (1LP)<br/><br/>No Plan (1LP)<br/><br/>Re:Call 6 (Non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (Remastered) (4LP)