2024

Swift Taylor: The tortured poets dep. anthology [Gatefold / 4 Vinyl LP]

Helloween är power metals stora fanbärare och har sedan 80-talet levererat fantastisk, melodisk metal. Under senare år han de turnerat med ett antal sångare, både deras nuvarande vokalist Andi Deris och tidigare sångare som Kai Hansen och Michael Kiske.<br/><br/>Denna magnifika live är inspelad i Tokyo, och är den allra sista konserten på Helloweens omfattande världsturné som åkte världen runt 2022 och 2023.

Last year, Clapton hosted and curated the seventh installment of his Crossroads Guitar Festival on September 23 and 24 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. It notably marked the event's return after a four-year break, selling out the iconic arena on both days. Once again, Clapton carefully assembled a powerhouse cohort of influential guitarists representing various eras and styles. The impressive lineup boasted Joe Bonamassa, Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Sheryl Crow, Eric Gales, H.E.R., Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Los Lobos, John Mayer, The Marcus King Band, Roger McGuinn, John McLaughlin, Santana, The Wallflowers, and many more. Not to forget, Bill Murray served as the evening's "Master of Ceremonies." <br/> <br/>Coming together, the set rotated between blues staples, American Songbook classics, and generational rock 'n' roll anthems shocked to life by this elite six-string consortium.

1964 was the year that the U.S.A. first fell head-over-heels for The Beatles, with an unprecedented run of albums and singles topping the charts and going on to sell millions of copies. But these albums are not simply replicas of the 1963 and 1964 albums released by Parlophone in the UK and rest of world. Seeing a different opportunity, Capitol Records and United Artists compiled these albums for U.S. release between January 1964 and March 1965. To celebrate the momentous year when Beatlemania exploded across the U.S., seven Beatles albums are collected for a spectacular new 8LP vinyl box set. Meet The Beatles!; The Beatles' Second Album; A Hard Day's Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track); Something New; The Beatles' Story (2LP); Beatles '65; and The Early Beatles all feature faithfully replicated artwork and new four-panel inserts with essays written by American Beatles historian and author Bruce Spizer. The albums' new vinyl lacquers were cut by Kevin Reeves at Nashville's East Iris Studios with constant reference to the original vinyl first pressings to ensure they are faithful to the original release, while also enabling more musical information to be heard than was possible before. 180 gram audiophile pressing. The Beatles' Story 2LP is exclusive to the box set.

Nightwish: Yesterwynde 2024 [Earbook / 3 CD]

BOX CD+BR & ltd ed colored vinyls (green & white), pen & quill set, lyric sheet, note pad.<br/><br/>Opeth är musikaliska kameleonter som ständigt utmanar och överraskar. På detta album presenterar de sin första konceptplatta; det är i efterdyningarna av första världskriget och en rik patriarks testamente visar sig avslöja mörka familjehemligheter.<br/><br/>Mikael Åkerfeldt leveverar här både den vanliga sången som vi är vana vid från de senaste albumen, men har också gått tillbaka till att growla. Tillsammans med parhästen Fredrik "Kulle" Åkesson levereras ett album som är såväl mörkt, vemodigt och ondskefullt som trollbindande och förföriskt. Albumet som har hyllats av en enig rockpress (bl.a 9 av 10 möjliga i Sweden Rock Magazine) gästas av Joey Tempest (Europe) och Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull).

Spread across nearly three hours of material, this Super Deluxe Edition features a brand new remaster of the original album.<br/><br/>The expanded album also features a collection of rarities encompassing outtakes and previously unreleased alternate versions, including the never before heard 'Psycho Killer (Alternate Version)' and 'Pulled Up (Alternate "Pop" Version)'.<br/><br/>Plus the Super Deluxe Edition offers up a previously unreleased recording of the band's final show at CBGB's in New York City on October 10th, 1977.<br/><br/>The Blu-Ray boasts the new Atmos Mix, 5.1 Mix DTS-HD MA, 5.1 Mix LPCM and the 2024 Stereo Remaster.<br/><br/>All of this is housed in a beautiful 80-page hardcover book featuring new liner notes from Tina, David, Chris & Jerry alongside rare and unreleased photos of the band and ephemera throughout the era.