JONI MITCHELL

ANNOUNCES EXTENSIVE ARCHIVE SERIES

 

Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) Debuts October 30

As 5-CD And Digital Collection Featuring Nearly Six Hours Of Unreleased Audio,

Including Her First Known Recordings, Home Demos, And Live Performances

That Spotlight Mitchell’s Formative Years As A Performer And Songwriter;

Liner Notes Include New Conversations With Mitchell And Cameron Crowe

A 1963 Canadian Radio Performance Of “House Of The Rising Sun,”

Mitchell’s Earliest Known Recording, Is Available Today

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Official Joni Mitchell Website, Social Media Properties,

And YouTube Channel Launch Today;

Limited Edition Vinyl Available For Pre-Order Now Exclusively At JoniMitchell.com

 

LOS ANGELES – Since her debut album arrived in 1968, Joni Mitchell’s songs have been embraced across generations, inspired multitudes of artists around the world, and earned every conceivable accolade. She is now opening her vault for the first time to create the Joni Mitchell Archives, a new series of boxed set releases that will span the next several years, featuring deep dives in to unreleased content from different eras of her storied career. Mitchell has been intimately involved in producing the archive series, lending her vision and personal touch to every element of the project. 
 
The series debuts on October 30 with JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES VOL. 1: THE EARLY YEARS (1963-1967), which features nearly six hours of unreleased home, live, and radio recordings that flow chronologically to paint a rich portrait of Mitchell’s rapid growth as a performer and songwriter during the period leading up to her debut album. This treasure trove of unheard audio includes 29 original Mitchell compositions that have never been released before with her vocals. The collection will be available as a deluxe 5-CD set ($64.98) as well as digitally.

The collection begins in 1963 with her earliest-known recording as a 19-year-old Mitchell performs at CFQC AM, a radio station in her hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The first song from this set, Mitchell’s take on “House Of The Rising Sun,” is available today as a digital single. Click HERE to listen now. The box culminates with a stirring, three-set 1967 nightclub performance recorded at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 
                                                                                                     
Both of these performances will be available separately on 180-gram vinyl on October 30. The first, EARLY JONI – 1963 will be released as a single LP on 180-gram vinyl for $21.98. Like several of Mitchell’s past albums, the cover for EARLY JONI features a self-portrait and marks her first new art in many years. The other, LIVE AT CANTERBURY HOUSE – 1967, is a 3-LP set for $59.98 and includes Mitchell’s entire three-set performance from October 27, 1967. Production of this 180-gram vinyl set will be limited to 10,000 copies. 

To coincide with the JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVE series, Mitchell has launched an official website (www.jonimitchell.com), social media properties (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter), and YouTube channel. These platforms will be sources for news, photos, videos and other historical content as well as exclusive album release, merchandise, and more. Limited edition, colored vinyl versions of both EARLY JONI (1,500 copies on 180-gram clear vinyl) and LIVE AT CANTERBURY HOUSE – 1967 (1,500 copies on 180-gram white vinyl) are available for pre-order now exclusively at store.jonimitchell.com. Any music product purchased on the official Joni Mitchell store comes with an exclusive 7”x7” art print honoring the launch of the archive series. 

Through a wealth of unreleased live performances, home recordings, and radio broadcasts, ARCHIVES VOL. 1 brings into focus the period when Mitchell was finding her voice artistically. It shows her moving away from the folk standards of her early days (“John Hardy” and “House Of The Rising Sun”) and starting to write and sing her own songs (“Day After Day” and “Urge For Going.”)

ARCHIVES VOL. 1 reveals just how prolific a songwriter Mitchell was at the time. In addition to early versions of songs that would appear on Song To A Seagull (“Michael From Mountains” and “I Had A King”), the set also features songs destined for later albums: “Chelsea Morning” “Both Sides Now” (Clouds, 1969); “The Circle Game” (Ladies of the Canyon, 1970); and “Little Green” (Blue, 1971). 

More than a just historic document, these recordings crackle with energy thanks to a vibrant and enchanting Mitchell. On many, you can hear her tuning her guitar and telling a story about the song before playing it. That includes her rare 1967 cover of Neil Young’s “Sugar Mountain,” a song she says inspired her to write “The Circle Game.”

The 5-CD collection includes a 40-page booklet that features many unseen photos from Mitchell’s personal collection as well as new liner notes featuring conversations between writer/filmmaker Cameron Crowe and Mitchell, who recently spent Sunday afternoons together discussing her archives. Crowe will continue to provide liners for future releases in the series. 

Liner notes for both vinyl releases were each composed by people who were in the room when the original performances were recorded. Barry Bowman was working as a DJ at radio station CFQC in 1963 and provides the notes for EARLY JONI. Bob Franke, who was covering Mitchell’s show at Canterbury House for the Michigan Daily while also moonlighting as a doorman at the club, pens the liners for LIVE AT CANTERBURY HOUSE. His original review for the Michigan Daily is also included. 

Looking back, Mitchell reflects on her early label of “folk singer”: “The early stuff, I shouldn’t be such a snob against it. A lot of these songs, I just lost them. They fell away. They only exist in these recordings. For so long I rebelled against the term, ‘I was never a folk-singer.’ I would get pissed off if they put that label on me. I didn’t think it was a good description of what I was. And then I listened and…it was beautiful. It made me forgive my beginnings. And I had this realization…I was a folk singer!” 

JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES VOL. 1: THE EARLY YEARS (1963 TO 1967)
Full Track Listing

Disc One
Radio Station CFQC AM, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (ca. 1963)
1.      “House Of The Rising Sun”
2.      “John Hardy”
3.      “Dark As A Dungeon”
4.      “Tell Old Bill”
5.      “Nancy Whiskey”
6.      “Anathea”
7.      “Copper Kettle”
8.      “Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)”
9.      “Molly Malone”
Live at the Half Beat: Yorkville, Toronto, Canada (October 21, 1964)
First Set
10.  Introduction
11.  “Nancy Whiskey”
12.  Intro to “The Crow On The Cradle”
13.  “The Crow On The Cradle”
14.  “Pastures Of Plenty”
15.  “Every Night When The Sun Goes In”
16.  Intro to “Sail Away”
17.  “Sail Away”
Second Set
18.  “John Hardy”
19.  “Dark As A Dungeon”
20.  Intro to “Maids When You’re Young Never Wed An Old Man”
21.  “Maids When You’re Young Never Wed An Old Man”
22.  “The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow”
23.  “Deportee (Plane Crash At Los Gatos)”
24.  Joni’s Parents’ House: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (February 1965) 
25.  “The Long Black Rifle”
26.  “Ten Thousand Miles”
27.  “Seven Daffodils”

Disc Two 
Myrtle Anderson Birthday Tape: Detroit, MI (1965)
1.      “Urge For Going”
2.      “Born To Take The Highway”
3.      “Here Today And Gone Tomorrow”
Jac Holzman Demo: Detroit, MI (August 24, 1965)
4.      “What Will You Give Me”
5.      “Let It Be Me”
6.      “The Student Song”
7.      “Day After Day”
8.      “Like The Lonely Swallow”
Let’s Sing Out, CBC TV: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (October 4, 1965)
9.      “Favorite Colour”
10.  “Me And My Uncle”
Home Demo: Detroit, MI (ca. 1966)
11.  “Sad Winds Blowin’”
Let’s Sing Out, CBC TV: Laurentian University, London, ON, Canada (October 24, 1966)
12.  “Just Like Me”
13.  “Night In The City”
Live at the 2nd Fret: Philadelphia, PA (November 1966)
14.  “Brandy Eyes”
15.  Intro to “Urge For Going”
16.  “Urge For Going”
17.  Intro to “What’s The Story Mr. Blue”
18.  “What’s The Story Mr. Blue”
19.  “Eastern Rain”
20.  Intro to “The Circle Game”
21.  “The Circle Game”
22.  Intro to “Night In The City”
23.  “Night In The City”
 
Disc Three
Folklore, WHAT FM: Philadelphia, PA, (March 12, 1967)
1.      Intro to “Both Sides Now”
2.      “Both Sides Now”
3.      Intro to “The Circle Game”
4.      “The Circle Game”
Live at the 2nd Fret: Philadelphia, PA (March 17, 1967)
Second Set
5.      “Morning Morgantown”
6.      “Born To Take The Highway”
7.      Intro to “Song To A Seagull”
8.      “Song To A Seagull”
Third Set
9.      “Winter Lady”
10.  Intro to “Both Sides Now”
11.  “Both Sides Now”
Folklore, WHAT FM: Philadelphia, PA (March 19, 1967)
12.  Intro to “Eastern Rain”
13.  “Eastern Rain”
14.  Intro to “Blue On Blue”
15.  “Blue On Blue”
“A Record Of My Changes” – Michael’s Birthday Tape: North Carolina (May 1967)
16.  “Gemini Twin”
17.  “Strawflower Me”
18.  “A Melody In Your Name”
19.  “Tin Angel”
20.  “I Don’t Know Where I Stand”
21.  Joni improvising
Folklore, WHAT FM: Philadelphia, PA (May 28, 1967)
22.  Intro to “Sugar Mountain”
23.  “Sugar Mountain”
 
Disc Four
Home Demo: New York City, NY (ca. June 1967)
1.      “I Had A King”
2.      “Free Darling”
3.      “Conversation”
4.      “Morning Morgantown”
5.      “Dr. Junk”
6.      “Gift Of The Magi”
7.      “Chelsea Morning”
8.      “Michael From Mountains”
9.      “Cara’s Castle”
10.  “Jeremy” (Incomplete)
Live at Canterbury House: Ann Arbor, MI (October 27, 1967)
First Set
11.  “Conversation”
12.  Intro to “Come To The Sunshine”
13.  “Come To The Sunshine”
14.  Intro to “Chelsea Morning”
15.  “Chelsea Morning”
16.  Intro to “Gift Of The Magi”
17.  “Gift Of The Magi”
18.  “Play Little David”
19.  Intro to “The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow”
20.  “The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow”
21.  “I Had A King”
22.  Intro to “Free Darling”
23.  “Free Darling”
24.  Intro to “Cactus Tree”
25.  “Cactus Tree”
 
Disc Five
Live at Canterbury House: Ann Arbor, MI (October 27, 1967)
Second Set
1.      “Little Green”
2.      Intro to “Marcie”
3.      “Marcie”
4.      Intro to “Ballerina Valerie”
5.      “Ballerina Valerie”
6.      “The Circle Game”
7.      Intro to “Michael From Mountains”
8.      “Michael From Mountains”
9.      “Go Tell The Drummer Man”
10.  Intro to “I Don’t Know Where I Stand”
11.  “I Don’t Know Where I Stand”
Third Set
12.  “A Melody In Your Name”
13.  Intro to “Carnival In Kenora”
14.  “Carnival In Kenora”
15.  “Songs To Aging Children Come”
16.  Intro to “Dr. Junk”
17.  “Dr. Junk”
18.  “Morning Morgantown”
19.  Intro to “Night In The City”
20.  “Night In The City”
21.  “Both Sides Now”
22.  “Urge For Going”

EARLY JONI – 1963
LP Track Listing

Side One
1.      “House Of The Rising Sun”
2.      “John Hardy”
3.      “Dark As A Dungeon”
4.      “Tell Old Bill”
5.      “Nancy Whiskey”

Side Two
1.      “Anathea”
2.      “Copper Kettle”
3.      “Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)”
4.      “Molly Malone”

LIVE AT CANTERBURY HOUSE – 1967
3LP Track Listing

Side One: First Set
1.      “Conversation”
2.      Intro to “Come To The Sunshine”
3.      “Come To The Sunshine”
4.      Intro to “Chelsea Morning”
5.      “Chelsea Morning”
6.      Intro to “Gift Of The Magi”
7.      “Gift Of The Magi”

Side Two
1.      “Play Little David”
2.      Intro to “The Dowy Dens Of Yarrow”
3.      “The Dowy Dens Of Yarrow”
4.      “I Had A King”
5.      Intro to “Free Darling”
6.      “Free Darling”
7.      Intro to “Cactus Tree”
8.      “Cactus Tree”

Side Three: Second Set
1.      “Little Green”
2.      Intro to “Marcie”
3.      “Marcie”
4.      Intro to “Ballerina Valerie”
5.      “Ballerina Valerie”
6.      “The Circle Game”

Side Four
1.      Intro to “Michael From Mountains”
2.      “Michael From Mountains”
3.      “Go Tell The Drummer Man”
4.      Intro to “I Don’t Know Where I Stand”
5.      “I Don’t Know Where I Stand”

Side Five: Third Set
1.      “A Melody In Your Name”
2.      Intro to “Carnival In Kenora”
3.      “Carnival In Kenora”
4.      “Songs To Aging Children Come”
5.      Intro to “Dr. Junk”
6.      “Dr. Junk”

Side Six
1.      “Morning Morgantown”
2.      Intro to “Night In The City”
3.      “Night In The City”
4.      “Both Sides Now”
5.      “Urge For Going”

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PANTERA REINVENTING THE STEEL

CELEBRATES 20 YEARS

20th Anniversary Edition Of The Band’s Swan Song Features

A New Mix Of Full Album By Longtime Producer Terry Date,

Plus A Selection Of Rare Covers, Radio Edits, And Instrumentals

New “Terry Date Mixes” Of “Revolution Is My Name,” “Death Rattle,”

And “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time” Available Today Digitally

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3-CD And Digital Versions Will Be Available On October 30 From Rhino;

With A Limited Edition 2-LP Version Available On January 8

 

PANTERA REINVENTING THE STEEL 
CELEBRATES 20 YEARS

20th Anniversary Edition Of The Band’s Swan Song Features 
A New Mix Of Full Album By Longtime Producer Terry Date, 
Plus A Selection Of Rare Covers, Radio Edits, And Instrumentals

New “Terry Date Mixes” Of “Revolution Is My Name,” “Death Rattle,” 
And “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time” Available Today Digitally

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3-CD And Digital Versions Will Be Available On October 30 From Rhino;
With A Limited Edition 2-LP Version Available On January 8

LOS ANGELES – Pantera’s final opus, Reinventing The Steel, represented a recommitment to everything the band loved about heavy metal. Released in 2000 at the peak of nu-metal’s popularity, the album’s back-to-basics approach flew in the face of the trend and served as a potent reminder of the enduring power of primal metal. Pantera’s swan song turns 20 this year and Rhino will celebrate with two new versions that feature an unreleased mix of the album by longtime producer Terry Date. 

The first is REINVENTING THE STEEL: 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, a three-CD set that includes a newly remastered version of the original album and a selection of rarities. A major highlight is the new mix by Terry Date, the legendary producer who was behind the console for the band’s previous four landmark albums: Cowboys from Hell (1990), Vulgar Display of Power (1992), Far Beyond Driven (1994) and The Great Southern Trendkill (1996). The set will be released on October 30 for $29.98 and will also be available through digital and streaming services. Three of Date’s new mixes (“Revolution Is My Name,” “Death Rattle,” and “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time”) are available today digitally. Click HERE to listen now. 

REINVENTING THE STEEL: 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION will also be released as a double-LP set on silver vinyl that features the new Terry Date mix on one album, plus eight rare bonus tracks making their vinyl debut on the other. Limited to 5,000 copies, the 180-gram audiophile vinyl collection comes in an embossed, foil jacket and will be available on January 8 for $39.98. 

Philip Anselmo, Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown, and Vinnie Paul had already earned a #1 album and several Grammy® nominations by the time Pantera began recording Reinventing the Steel in 1999. The album would prove to be a celebration of the skull-rattling strain of metal the quartet had cultivated through the years with songs like, “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time,” “Goddamn Electric,” and “I’ll Cast A Shadow.” Certified gold and embraced by fans and critics alike, the album would unexpectedly become the band’s last. 

The three-CD and digital versions open with an unreleased mix of the album by Terry Date, who had been helping Pantera perfect its piledriving sound since 1990. Date – who likes Sterling Winfield’s original mix of the album – says he was initially apprehensive about remixing Reinventing The Steel for this reissue. Eventually, he agreed knowing that diehard fans would be curious to hear his take on the album. He says, “…I’m just trying to remember what we used to do as I’m going through this stuff. But the riffs and performances are strong. It’s just classic Pantera.” 

The CD and digital collections also include a newly remastered version of the original album, which was co-produced by Darrell, Vinnie, and Winfield. It’s joined by radio edits for singles (“Revolution Is My Name,” “Goddamn Electric”); covers (Black Sabbath’s “Electric Funeral” and “Hole In The Sky,” Ted Nugent’s “Cat Scratch Fever”); soundtrack contributions (“Avoid The Light,” “Immortally Insane”); and previously unreleased instrumental rough mixes for every album track. 

Pre-order now: https://rhino.lnk.to/RTS20 

REINVENTING THE STEEL: 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
3-CD Track Listing

Disc One: New Terry Date Mix
1.      “Hellbound” 
2.      “Goddamn Electric” 
3.      “Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit” 
4.      “You’ve Got To Belong To It” 
5.      “Revolution Is My Name” 
6.      “Death Rattle” 
7.      “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time” 
8.      “Uplift” 
9.      “It Makes Them Disappear” 
10.  “I’ll Cast A Shadow” 

Disc Two: Original Album Remastered
1.      “Hellbound”
2.      “Goddamn Electric”
3.      “Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit”
4.      “You’ve Got To Belong To It”
5.      “Revolution Is My Name”
6.      “Death Rattle”
7.      “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time”
8.      “Uplift”
9.      “It Makes Them Disappear”
10.  “I’ll Cast A Shadow”
Bonus Tracks
11.  “Goddamn Electric” – Radio Mix
12.  “Revolution Is My Name” – Radio Edit
13.  “I’ll Cast A Shadow” – Radio Edit
14.  “Goddamn Electric” – Radio Edit

Disc Three: Bonus Tracks 
Non-Album Tracks & Covers
1.      “Avoid The Light”
2.      “Immortally Insane”
3.      “Cat Scratch Fever”
4.      “Hole In The Sky”
5.      “Electric Funeral”
Instrumental Rough Mixes
6.      “Hellbound” *
7.      “Goddamn Electric” *
8.      “Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit” *
9.      “You’ve Got To Belong To It” *
10.  “Revolution Is My Name” *
11.  “Death Rattle” *
12.  “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time” *
13.  “Uplift” *
14.  “It Makes Them Disappear” *
15.  “I’ll Cast A Shadow” *

REINVENTING THE STEEL: 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
2LP Track Listing

LP One: New Terry Date Mix
Side One
1.      “Hellbound” 
2.      “Goddamn Electric” 
3.      “Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit” 
4.      “You’ve Got To Belong To It” 
5.      “Revolution Is My Name” 

Side Two
1.      “Death Rattle”
2.      “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time” 
3.      “Uplift” 
4.      “It Makes Them Disappear” 
5.      “I’ll Cast A Shadow” 

LP Two: Bonus Tracks
Side One
1.      “Avoid The Light”
2.      “Immortally Insane”
3.      “Cat Scratch Fever”
4.      “Hole In The Sky”

Side Two
1.      “Electric Funeral”
2.      “Goddamn Electric” – Radio Mix
3.      “Revolution Is My Name” – Radio Edit
4.      “I’ll Cast A Shadow” – Radio Edit

* previously unreleased
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THE POGUES - THE BBC SESSIONS 1984 - 1986  

An Extensive Collection Of BBC Recordings  

To Be Released On October 30  

Listen To “Sally MacLennane” Now

The POGUES – THE BBC SESSIONS 1984 - 1986 is an extensive collection of BBC recordings from the band between 1984 and 1986 with 13 of the recordings previously unreleased apart from their initial airing (*see in track listing). Available on CD, digitally and through streaming platforms, it will be released on October 30. A special vinyl version was released for Record Store Day on Saturday, August 29. “Sally MacLennane” taken from the December 1984 - John Peel Show is available to listen to now by going here. 

This 23 track album features a collection of songs from six separate live sessions: The John Peel Show (April 1984), The David ‘Kid’ Jensen Show (July 1984), The John Peel Show (December 1984), The Phil Kennedy Show (March 1985), The Janice Long Show (July 1985) and The Janice Long Show (November 1986). Each session is grouped distinguishing them apart from each other and is available to pre-order now from here.  

The Record Store Day vinyl version featured tracks from The John Peel Show (April 1984), The David ‘Kid’ Jenson Show (July 1984), The John Peel Show (December 1984) and The Janice Long Show (July 1985) session and was available for Record Store Day only.  

Founded in 1982 as "Pogue Mahone" in Kings Cross, London they changed their name to The Pogues in 1984. An Anglo-Irish punk band that drew huge influence from the likes of The Clash and The Sex Pistols, but their sound was unique and distinctive, whilst also drawing from the band’s Irish heritage. They carved out their own niche that would become known as folk-punk or Celtic-punk and at the time of recording these sessions, relatively early in the band’s careers, they had started to find international success with a number of hit albums and singles. This success continued to grow through the 80’s into the early 90’s with infamous frontman Shane MacGowan being lorded as one of the truly great songwriters. In 1991 MacGowan left the band but The Pogues continued for a short time first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals but they eventually disbanded in 1996. They reformed again in 2001 with MacGowan back at the helm playing all over the world but they did not record any new material. 

Tracklisting:   
Broadcast 17/4/84 (as Pogue Mahone) - The John Peel Show 
1)      Streams Of Whiskey* 
2)      Greenland Whale Fisheries* 
3)      Boys From The County Hell* 
4)      The Auld Triangle 
  
Broadcast 9th July 1984 - David ‘Kid’ Jensen 
5)      Dingle Regatta* 
6)      Poor Paddy On The Railway 
7)      Boys From The County Hell 
8)      Connemara, Let’s Go* 
  
Broadcast 12th December 1984 - John Peel Show 
9)      Whiskey You’re The Devil* 
10)    Navigator* 
11)    Sally MacLennane 
12)    Danny Boy 
  
Broadcast 2nd March 1985 - The Phil Kennedy Show 
13)    A Pair Of Brown Eyes *** 
14)    Muirshin Durkin *** 
15)    Sally MacLennane *** 
  
Broadcast 11th July 1985 - Janice Long Show 
16)    Wild Cats Of Kilkenny* 
17)    Billy’s Bones 
18)    The Old Main Drag 
19)    Dirty Old Town* 
  
Broadcast 5th November 1986 - Janice Long Show 
20)    If I Should Fall From Grace With God *** 
21)    Lullaby Of London *** 
22)    The Rake At The Gates Of Hell *** 
23)    Turkish Song Of The Damned *** 
  
     *** Not featured on RSD vinyl release 
 
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GRATEFUL DEAD 
AMERICAN BEAUTY 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION 

Three-CD Deluxe Edition And Limited Edition Vinyl Picture Disc Of The
Grateful Dead’s Fifth Studio Album Will Be Available On October 30

Previously Unreleased Live Version Of “Truckin’” 
Available Today On All Digital Download And Streaming Services

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LOS ANGELES – By any measure, 1970 was a high-water mark for the Grateful Dead. Hot on the heels of the incredible success of Workingman’s Dead that summer, the band returned in the fall with the equally stunning American Beauty. Those back-to-back classics not only introduced songs that would be a key part of the group’s live repertoire for decades, but they also opened a gateway into the world of the Grateful Dead for generations of Dead Heads. American Beauty will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year with two new releases. 
 
AMERICAN BEAUTY: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available on October 30 for $34.98. This three-CD set includes the original album with newly remastered audio, plus an unreleased concert recorded on February 18, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. The show was mixed from the 16-track analog master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir’s Marin County TRI Studios and mastered by Grammy® Award-winning engineer, David Glasser. One of the highlights from the Capitol Theatre show, the previously unreleased performance of “Truckin’” is available today on all digital download and streaming services. Click HERE to listen now. 

AMERICAN BEAUTY: 50th ANNIVERSARY VINYL PICTURE DISC will be available the same day for $21.98. Produced in a limited edition of 15,000 copies, it contains the newly remastered version of the original album. 

Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart recorded American Beauty in August and September 1970 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco with producer Stephen Quinn Barncard. When they entered the studio, Workingman’s Dead was still on the charts going strong. Such a quick follow-up on studio albums was unheard of for the band, and a feat they would never repeat. Equally shocking was the high level of craftsmanship exhibited by new songs like, “Friend Of The Devil,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Truckin’,” and “Ripple.” Today, it’s still considered to be one of the greatest albums ever made. 

“It still boggles my mind to think of the Grateful Dead's creative output in 1970. For any other band, catching lightning with an album as perfect and excellent as Workingman's Dead is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement. The Dead, however, followed up just a few months later with an album that virtually every Dead Head considers its equal. Ten songs, nearly all of which became cornerstones of the band's live repertoire for the next 25 years. Today, 50 years on, these songs are still essential parts of the band members' continuing live activities,” says David Lemieux, Grateful Dead archivist and the set’s producer. “The 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition includes one of the first, and best, live performances of 1971, just a couple of months after the release of American Beauty, and the five live debuts in the show demonstrate that the spectacular creativity of 1970 was no fluke. This was the new Dead, and we're still tapping our feet and humming along to these songs 50 years later.” 
AMERICAN BEAUTY: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION includes the band’s previously unreleased live performance from February 18, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre, one of the most requested archival recordings in the Dead’s vault. 

On stage that night, the Dead debuted a whole new batch of songs, five in all: “Wharf Rat,” “Playing In The Band,” “Bertha,” “Greatest Story Ever Told” and “Loser.” Fans were also treated to a few standbys from the previous decade, including “St. Stephen” and an inspired “Dark Star” jam that led into “Wharf Rat” and back to “Dark Star.” Notably, keyboardist Ned Lagin (who played piano on “Candyman” on American Beauty) sat in with the band for the show. 

In the set’s liner notes, So Many Roads author David Browne recounts the history surrounding the album and dives deep into the making of this masterpiece. He writes: “American Beauty was, at heart, a beautifully made record. The interplay of rippling piano, vocal harmonies, and slide guitar in ‘Brokedown Palace’ was unlike anything they had created before, even on Workingman’s Dead. Thanks to Barncard’s expertise with recording acoustic instruments, ‘Ripple,’ perhaps [Robert] Hunter and Garcia’s most meditative song, had a country-stream clarity. ‘Friend Of The Devil’—a Hunter, Garcia, and John “Marmaduke” Dawson tale of an on-the-run rogue that almost ended up with Dawson’s New Riders Of The Purple Sage—had the same crispiness. (Both tracks also benefited from overdubbed mandolin parts from David Grisman.)” 

An exclusive line of American Beauty merchandise also launched today at dead.net including a Levi’s vintage trucker jacket, sterling silver ring, vintage matchstick tin, crew sweatshirt, and a numbered, limited edition print by Liane Plant. 

AMERICAN BEAUTY: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION 
CD Track Listing

Disc One: Original Album Remastered
1.      “Box Of Rain”
2.      “Friend Of The Devil”
3.      “Sugar Magnolia”
4.      “Operator”
5.      “Candyman”
6.      “Ripple”
7.      “Brokedown Palace”
8.      “Till The Morning Comes”
9.      “Attics Of My Life”
10.  “Truckin’”

Disc Two: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/18/71)
1.      “Bertha”
2.      “Truckin’”
3.      “Hurts Me Too”
4.      “Loser”
5.      “Greatest Story Ever Told”>
6.      “Johnny B. Goode”
7.      “Mama Tried”
8.      “Hard To Handle”
9.      “Dark Star”>
10.  “Warf Rat”>
11.  “Dark Star”>
12.  “Me And My Uncle”

Disc Three: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/18/71)
1.      “Casey Jones”
2.      “Playing In The Band”
3.      “Me And Bobby McGee”
4.      “Candyman”
5.      “Big Boss Man”
6.      “Sugar Magnolia”
7.      “St. Stephen”>
8.      “Not Fade Away”>
9.      “Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad”>
10.  “Not Fade Away”>
11.  “Uncle John’s Band”

AMERICAN BEAUTY: 50th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC
1.      “Box Of Rain”
2.      “Friend Of The Devil”
3.      “Sugar Magnolia”
4.      “Operator”
5.      “Candyman”
6.      “Ripple”
7.      “Brokedown Palace”
8.      “Till The Morning Comes”
9.      “Attics Of My Life”
10.  “Truckin’”

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DAVID BOWIE   
METROBOLIST (AKA THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD)   
50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION   
 
REMIXED BY TONY VISCONTI   
WITH ARTWORK BASED ON ORIGINAL TITLE AND DESIGN  
TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 6 ON LIMITED VINYL AND CD FORMATS  
AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING AND HIGH RESOLUTION DOWNLOAD (96kHz/24bit)  
 

Parlophone Records is proud to announce release details for METROBOLIST (aka THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD) 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION to be released on November 6, 2020.

This November sees the 50th Anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World in North America. The rest of the world would have to wait until April 1971 to witness Bowie’s landmark entry into the 1970s, marking the beginning of a collaboration with guitarist Mick Ronson that would last through classic works including Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane—as well as the first in a 10-year series of indispensable albums stretching through 1980’s Scary Monsters...  
  
Originally titled Metrobolist, the album's name was changed at the last minute to The Man Who Sold The World. The original stereo master tapes were in fact labelled Metrobolist, with the title ultimately crossed out. The 2020 re-release of the album under its Metrobolist moniker has been remixed by original producer Tony Visconti, with the exception of the track “After All” which Visconti considered perfect as is and is featured in its 2015 remaster incarnation.  
  
The Metrobolist 50th anniversary artwork has been created by Mike Weller who was behind the historically controversial “dress” cover which Mercury Records refused to release (the first U.S. version utilized some of the original Metrobolist design elements). The gate-fold sleeve also features many images from the infamous Keith MacMillan Mr Fish “dress” shoot at Haddon Hall that ultimately produced the cover of the The Man Who Sold The World album in the world outside the U.S. in spring of 1971.   
  
As with the Space Oddity 50th anniversary vinyl, as well as a 180g black vinyl edition, it will come in 2020 limited edition handwritten numbered copies on gold vinyl (#1971 - 2020) and on white vinyl (#1 - 1970) all randomly distributed.   
  
For the 50th anniversary the 1970 story of the gate-fold sleeve can be told in full with unused “dress” photos. As Weller explains, “There is a story concealed in the carpet-scattered playing cards, David has thrown a plain 52 card deck in the air as though ‘casting the runes’ but in a significant break from 60s Tarot divinations such as I Ching etc he casts runes using a four-suit pack and switches man-dress, along with the Court Card of the Future from right hand to left, signifying a new decade and new cultural era.”  
  
Bowie personally delivered the Metrobolist concept and his gate-fold plan to the record company for production and now with this release, it can finally be seen much closer to its original concept. Bowie speaking in 2000 said of the sleeve imagery, "Mick Weller devised this kind of very subversive looking cartoon and put in some quite personalized things. The building in the background on the cartoon in fact was the hospital where my half brother had committed himself to. So for me, it had lots of personal resonance about it.” 
   
  
DAVID BOWIE METROBOLIST   
TRACK LISTING  
 
“The Width of a Circle” 
“All the Madmen” 
“Black Country Rock” 
“After All” 
“Running Gun Blues” 
“Saviour Machine” 
“She Shook Me Cold” 
“The Man Who Sold the World” 
“The Supermen” 
 
 
 
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