2021

Who are these guys? That's the usual reaction of anyone fortunate enough to have come across this remarkable (and remarkably rare) session from 1963. The last of six albums saxophonist Curtis Amy recorded for Pacific Jazz in the early-1960s, Katanga! transcends not only the rest but plenty of other recorded jazz from that period as well. <br/><br/>Trumpeter Dupree Bolton's brilliant playing here is simply breath-taking in one of his very few recorded appearances during a career plagued with personal problems. Bolton and Amy are joined by guitarist Ray Crawford, pianist Jack Wilson, bassist Victor Gaskin, and drummer Doug Sides on this gem of an album.<br/><br/>Katanga!, a rare gem from the Pacific Jazz catalog will also be released for the first-time digitally. The Tone Poet Vinyl Edition of Katanga! Is not a gatefold but will include a new essay by Thomas Conrad that elucidates the story behind the album.<br/><br/>Blue Note Records' Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tapes, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

Black Vinyl.<br/><br/>Even after hundreds of shows, 15 million records sold, two GRAMMY® Award nominations, Dream Theater continue to look ahead. Their collective gaze never wavers from the future. Instead, the progressive metal trailblazers - James LaBrie (Vocals), John Petrucci (Guitars), Jordan Rudess (Keyboards), John Myung (Bass), and Mike Mangini (Drums) - consistently explore uncharted territory with the same spirit of sonic adventurousness. On their fifteenth album, A View from the Top of the World, the New York quintet rush forward at full speed again with seven tracks equally steeped in articulate arrangements, groove-laden guitars, and skyscraping melodies.<br/><br/>Available as Limited Deluxe Boxset incl. 2LP (in exclusive gatefold sleeve), Limited 2CD/Blu-ray Artbook, Zoetrope Slipmat, Beanie, Enamel Keychain, Poster, Artcards & Certificate of Authenticity in lift-off lid box. Limited 2CD/Blu-ray Artbook includes 5.1 surround sound mix of entire album with visuals, 'Digging For A Spark - A View From Inside DTHQ' Documentary, extended artwork & liner notes. Also available as Special Edition CD Digipak and Gatefold 2LP+CD & LP-booklet.<br/><br/>GATEFOLD SLEEVE<br/>LP+CD

1967-1974 is a 10CD box set that celebrates 50 years since the eponymous debut album of British blues/rock band Ten Years After. This collection gathers long-players from the Chrysalis and Deram eras and includes eight studio albums, one live album and a bonus disc of never before heard recordings from 1972 called The Cap Ferrat Sessions, which has been newly mixed by Chris Kimsey. All the albums have been remastered from the original quarter-inch production master tapes. <br/><br/>The unreleased - The Cap Ferrat Sessions - exists thanks to Alvin Lee's widow, who discovered a box of recordings in their house in Spain. Chris Kimsey recorded and engineered the original recordings during The Rock N Roll Music To The World album sessions. Kimsey: These re-discovered recordings were not rough demos, not rehearsals, but completed masters that did not make the album due to the time limitations of vinyl at the time. <br/><br/>This is a revised package of the previously available, but sold out, book version comes in a clamshell case with a perfect bound booklet featuring extensive sleeve notes by Chris Welch and interviews with the remaining band members, Alvin Lee's family, as well as additional recording notes by Kimsey. The 10CDs are housed in individual album CD wallets.

Vissa band skapar ett sound som är så eget att de får en hel genre uppkallad efter sig. Gamma Ray och Helloween är ett sådana band. Power metal hade aldrig låtit som den gör utan Kai Hansen som var med och grundade Helloween och ett par år senare bildade Gamma Ray. Idag är cirkeln sluten och Hansen är tillbaka i Helloween, men han håller också fortfarande liv i Gamma Ray.<br/><br/>Här kommer en livekonsert som spelades in 2020, för att fira bandets 30 år. På grund av pandemin framfördes denna konsert utan fysisk publik, dock är fansen med digitalt via en livestream. De fick också i efterhand skicka in filmer där de diggar och dessa har klippts in i<br/>själva konserten.

Radiohead släpper ett trippelalbum för att markera 21-årsjubileet för de ikoniska albumen "Kid A" och "Amnesiac". Denna jubileumsutgåva vid namn "Kid A Mnesia" kommer förutom de två<br/>nämnda albumen - bandets fjärde och femte - innehålla ett tredje, helt nytt album, "Kid Amnesiae", som består av material bland annat från "Kid A"- och "Amnesiac"-inspelningarna som aldrig tidigare släppts.

Dio: Strange highways (2021/Rem) [2 Vinyl LP]

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