THE B-52's CELEBRATE COSMIC THING 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH EXPANDED EDITION

The 2-CD Collection Includes Newly Remastered Original Album, 
Along With Remixes And Unreleased Live Show From The Cosmic Thing Tour

Available On June 28, One Day After The Album's Official 30th Anniversary

The B-52's Will Tour Europe And The U.S. This Summer 

LOS ANGELES - The B-52's soared in 1989, propelled by the band's first Top 10 hits "Love Shack" and "Roam." They were breakthrough singles from the Athens, Georgia-based group's fifth studio release, Cosmic Thing. That record reached #3 on the Billboard Album Chart, sold more than four million copies in the U.S., and burnished the B-52's reputation as the World's Greatest Party Band.

It will be the 30th anniversary of Cosmic Thing this summer and the B-52's are taking the party on the road with an extensive tour of Europe and the U.S. (see below for dates). Also, Rhino will introduce an anniversary edition of the album that features newly remastered sound, B-sides, remixes and unreleased concert recordings from the 1990's Cosmic Tour.

On June 28 - one day after the album's official 30th anniversary - Rhino will release COSMIC THING: 30th ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED EDITION. Available for $24.98, the two-disc set is accompanied by a booklet that includes liner notes from journalist and author T. Cole Rachel, song lyrics, and unseen photos of the band from that time period. The music will be available on the same day through digital download and streaming services.  

The COSMIC THING anniversary edition opens with a newly remastered version of the original album, which was recorded by Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Keith Strickland, and co-produced by Nile Rodgers and Don Was. Along with the original album, the two-disc set also includes five newly remastered bonus tracks that spotlight B-sides and remixes like "B-52's Megamix" and "Roam" (Extended Remix). 

The collection's second disc is an unreleased live album that captures the B-52's performing live in Texas in August 1990 during the band's Cosmic Tour. The performance includes seven songs from Cosmic Thing along with several other B-52's classics such as "Rock Lobster" and "Dance This Mess Around" from the group's 1979 self-titled debut; and "Private Idaho" and "Give Me Back My Man" from 1980's Wild Planet.

All songs were recorded during the band's August 4 show at The Pavillion in The Woodlands, Texas except for "Whammy Kiss," which was recorded the previous night during the band's show in Dallas. 

COSMIC THING: 30th ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED EDITION
2-CD Track Listing

Disc One: Newly Remastered Original Album

1.    "Cosmic Thing"
2.    "Dry County"
3.    "Deadbeat Club"
4.    "Love Shack"
5.    "Junebug"
6.    "Roam"
7.    "Bushfire"
8.    "Channel Z"
9.    "Topaz"
10.  "Follow Your Bliss"
Assorted B-Sides And Remixes - Newly Remastered.
11.  "B-52's Megamix"
12.  "Love Shack" (Edit)
13.  "Channel Z" (Rock Mix)
14.  "Roam" (Extended Remix)
15.  "Roam" (12" Remix)

Disc Two: Cosmic Tour: Live In Texas, 1990

1.    "Cosmic Thing"
2.    "Bushfire"
3.    "Quiche Lorraine"
4.    "Dance This Mess Around"
5.    "Dry County"
6.    "Private Idaho"
7.    "Give Me Back My Man"
8.    "Deadbeat Club"
9.    "Mesopotamia" 
10.   "Strobe Light"
11.   "Roam"
12.   "52 Girls"
13.   "Love Shack"
14.   "Rock Lobster"
15.   "Whammy Kiss"
16.    "Channel Z"

The B-52's Summer Tour Dates

May  
12   Arlington, TX    KAABOO Texas
26   Nashville, TN   Nashville Boogie Vintage Weekender

June  

21   Vitoria, ES          Azkena Rock Festival
23   Amsterdam, NL  Paradiso
24   Brussels, BE      Ancienne Belgique
26   Cologne, DE      E-Werk
27   Berlin, DE         Columbiahalle
29   Gateshead Sage, UK  Gateshead Sage
30   London, UK       Eventim Apollo

July  

2    Nottingham, UK  Royal Concert Hall
3    Manchester, UK  O2 Apollo
5.   Paris, FR            Olympia
7    Argeles Sur Me,FR  Festival les Deferlantes
26. Asheville, NC     Biltmore Estate - South Terrace Stage

August  

1    Costa Mesa, CA  Pacific Amphitheatre
3    San Diego, CA    Bayside Summer Nights @ Embarcadero Marina Park
4    Los Angeles, CA Microsoft Theater 
6    Portland, OR       Oregon Zoo Amphitheater 
7    Seattle, WA         BECU ZooTunes Concert Series 
8    Missoula, MT      Kettlehouse Amphitheater 
10  Bend, OR           Les Schwab Amphitheater 
11  Murphys, CA      Ironstone Amphitheatre 
12  Saratoga, CA     The Mountain Winery 
14  Phoenix, AZ       Comerica Theatre 
16  Salt Lake City, UT  Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre 
17  Dillon, CO          Dillon Amphitheater
18  Greenwood Village, CO  Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 
21  San Antonio, TX  The Majestic Theater 
22  Austin, TX          Bass Concert Hall 
24  Sugarland, TX   Smart Financial Centre 
25  New Orleans, LA  Saenger Theatre
28  Clearwater, FL    Ruth Eckerd Hall 
29. Ft Lauderdale, FL   Broward Center Au-Rene Theater

 

September  

6    Greensboro, NC  White Oak Amphitheatre at Greensboro Coliseum Complex 
7    Atlanta, GA          Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park 
8    Huber Heights, OH Rose Music Center at the Heights 
11  Grand Rapids, MI Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts at Meijer Gardens 
13  Toronto, ONT, CA Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 
14  Detroit, MI             Meadow Brook Amphitheatre 
17  Washington, DC   The Anthem 
19  Philadelphia, PA   Mann Center for the Performing Arts 
20  Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Resort Casino - Grand Theater 
22  Asbury Park, NJ   Sea.Hear.Now Festival
24  New York, NY       Summerstage - Central Park

DAVID BOWIE
SPACE ODDITY 50th ANNIVERSARY 2 x 7" BOXED SET
FEATURING BRAND NEW TONY VISCONTI MIXES 

SPACE ODDITY (2019 MIX - SINGLE EDIT) 1 TRACK DIGITAL SINGLE)

BOTH SET FOR RELEASE ON PARLOPHONE JULY 12

As part of the ongoing celebrations marking 50 years since David Bowie’s first hit, and following the recent Spying Through A Keyhole, Clareville Grove Demos, and The “Mercury" Demos’ collections, Parlophone is releasing a very special double 7” single of “Space Oddity” featuring brand new mixes by Tony Visconti. The vinyl set and a one-track digital release of the single edit of the 2019 mix of “Space Oddity” for streaming and download will be released by Parlophone on July 12, the day after the original single’s 50th anniversary.

The “Space Oddity” 50th anniversary double 7” set will come in a boxed set including a double-sided poster featuring an original “Space Oddity” print advertisement and a Ray Stevenson shot of Bowie taken on stage at the “Save Rave ‘69” concert at the London Palladium on November 30, 1969, the backdrop featuring a N.A.S.A. astronaut. The set also includes an information card and a print featuring an alternative shot by Jojanneke Claassen from the “Space Oddity” promo single cover session.

The cover of the original mono single is the rare U.K. promotional picture sleeve which, along with the label, features the original Philips trademark specifically cleared for this 50th anniversary release. The single itself has been cut from the original analog single master tape. The jacket housing the 2019 mixes by Tony Visconti is a new design featuring an alternative Ray Stevenson shot from the “Save Rave ‘69” concert to that on the poster.

First released as a 7-inch single on July 11, 1969, “Space Oddity” was also the opening track of David Bowie’s self-titled second studio album David Bowie. Initially inspired by Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the song gained a huge popularity when it was adopted as the unofficial theme of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission that launched five days after the single’s release.

Over the past 50 years, “Space Oddity” has been on a journey as endless as that of its main character Major Tom. Originally written and demoed in November 1968, the song has gone through many guises from appearing in the television film special Love You Til Tuesday in an earlier recorded incarnation with John “Hutch” Hutchinson, to being recorded in Italian ("Ragazzo solo, Ragazza sola”), winning an Ivor Novello Special Award for Originality in May 1970. The song was Bowie’s first hit on both sides of the Atlantic: #5 in the U.K. in 1969, #1 in the U.K. in 1975, and #15 in the U.S. in 1973. In 2013, it became the first music video shot in space when it was performed by Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield, while aboard the International Space Station. Major Tom continued to be a motif for Bowie throughout his career, revisiting the character in the songs “Ashes to Ashes,” “Hallo Spaceboy,” and in the music video for "★”.

Further news of moments and events celebrating the anniversary of this very special song will follow.

SPACE ODDITY (ONE TRACK DIGITAL SINGLE)

“Space Oddity” (2019 Mix - Single Edit)
2019 mix by Tony Visconti, March 2019

 

DAVID BOWIE
SPACE ODDITY (2 x 7” SINGLE BOXED SET)
Track List

Single 1
Side A
“Space Oddity” (Original Mono Single Edit)

Side B
“Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud” (Original Mono Single Version)

Single 2
Side A
“Space Oddity” (2019 Mix - Single Edit)
2019 mix by Tony Visconti, March 2019

Side B

“Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud” (2019 Mix - Single Version)
2019 mix by Tony Visconti, March 2019

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WOODSTOCK CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
WITH COMPREHENSIVE 38-CD DELUXE BOXED SET

Limited Edition Collection Documents The Historic Festival In A Near
Complete Chronological Reconstruction Of Every Artist Performance
Across 38 Discs And 432 Tracks,
Including Nearly 20 Hours Of Previously Unreleased Audio

Available From Rhino On August 2

10-CD, 3-CD And 5-LP Versions Will Also Be Available On June 28

LOS ANGELES - This summer will be the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the defining event of a generation and one of the most iconic moments in popular music history. Despite its enduring cultural significance, no one has ever attempted to document the historic festival as it unfolded in real time. That is precisely what producers Andy Zax and Steve Woolard have done with a new 38-disc, 432-track boxed set that includes a near complete reconstruction of Woodstock across nearly 36 hours, with every artist performance from the festival included in chronological order. The collection boasts 267 previously unreleased audio tracks, totaling nearly 20 hours. 

Limited to 1,969 individually numbered copies, WOODSTOCK - BACK TO THE GARDEN - THE DEFINITIVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE comes in a screen-printed plywood box with canvas insert inspired by the Woodstock stage set up, designed by Grammy®-winning graphic designer Masaki Koike. The set also includes a Blu-ray copy of the Woodstock film, a replica of the original program, a guitar strap, two Woodstock posters, a reprint of a diary written by an attendee during the festival, two 8x10 prints from legendary rock photographer Henry Diltz, and essays by Zax, acclaimed music scribe Jesse Jarnow, and trailblazing rock critic Ellen Sander. Also included is a copy of Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music (Reel Art Press), a comprehensive new hardbound book about the event written by Michael Lang, one of the festival's co-creators. The collection will be available on August 2 for $799.98. Pre-orders are available now at www.rhino.com/woodstock50, bundled with four exclusive 18x15 lithographs by Dale Saltzman, based on banners that were onsite at the original festival.

Rhino also will release two other collections earlier in the summer on June 28. WOODSTOCK - BACK TO THE GARDEN - 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXPERIENCE features 162 tracks across 10 CDs and is the first Woodstock collection to feature live recordings of every performer at the festival ($149.98). WOODSTOCK - BACK TO THE GARDEN - 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION includes 42 tracks and will be available as both 3-CD ($34.98) and 5-LP ($129.98) sets. The 10-disc version will also be available via digital download.

Between August 15-18, 1969, more than 400,000 people converged on Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in upstate New York for Woodstock. Thirty-two acts performed including some of the most popular and influential musicians of the era such as Joan Baez, The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, and The Who.

The concert spawned Michael Wadleigh's Oscar®-winning documentary as well as a pair of soundtrack albums. Together, the film and records have created a popular mythology surrounding Woodstock, one that only paints a partial picture of what actually happened. BACK TO THE GARDEN, producer Andy Zax writes in the liner notes, is intended to let people hear the festival as it really happened.

"Wadleigh's film tells a story of Woodstock, but it doesn't tell the story...This 50th anniversary archive - which presents nearly all of the audio from the festival in something approximating real time - tells a different kind of story. If Wadleigh's film is a kind of psychedelic Busby Berkeley musical, Back To The Garden is an audio-verité documentary...All of the mythology of Woodstock is here in this box; or at least, everything that would eventually create that mythology. The reality is here, too. And neither invalidates the other."

The time-consuming challenge of reconstructing the concert audio began with locating the more than 60 multi-track reels recorded by Eddie Kramer and Lee Osborne, as well as the 100 or so soundboard reels recorded by the onstage crew. Sorting through those tapes - some of which had been edited, mislabeled or lost - and then reassembling them properly was a process that, in some cases, took years to complete. 

Zax says he, sound producer Brian Kehew and mastering engineer Dave Schultz avoided interfering with the tapes as much as possible in order to preserve their authenticity. "It's not surprising that other producers' first reaction to these tapes over the years has been 'uh-oh,' immediately followed by 'we've gotta find a way to fix this.' I'm not unsympathetic to that approach, but if there's a single overriding lesson that Brian Kehew and I have learned since we began working with the Woodstock tapes in 2005, it's this: you can't fix them... That's less grim than it seems, because once you've accepted the idea that there is no way to make these recordings sound slick, you realize that these tapes are the sonic equivalent of heirloom tomatoes - slightly imperfect, but delicious."

In some cases, however, they needed to take advantage of new technology to perform much-needed restorations that would not have been possible just a few years ago. Zax says: "The only surviving recording of Ravi Shankar's Woodstock performance...is a mono reel with less than optimal sound. But the breakthrough de-mixing process developed by James Clarke at Abbey Road Studios allowed us to isolate and extract the parts played by each instrument and then create a new stereo mix. Similarly, recent improvements in polyphonic tuning have allowed us to repair previously unfixable horn parts in the Blood, Sweat & Tears performance, allowing it, for the first time, to be heard as originally intended." 

But the Woodstock audio isn't solely about music: it's also about the people who were there. Fortunately, the microphones were left on throughout the festival, capturing everything from stagehands discussing lunch and audience members shouting requests for baseball scores, to Max Yasgur's uplifting address to the audience gathered on his farm.

You can also hear the cavalcade of stage announcements made by stage manager John Morris and lighting director Chip Monck, who were drafted as emcees for the festival because no one hired one. On all three of these new anniversary collections, you can hear them between songs making announcements about everything from lost keys to warnings about "flat blue acid." The final disc in the 38-disc box serves as an appendix and contains ancillary recordings and a few bits of audio whose placement within the sequence could not be confirmed.

As the cliché goes: If you can remember the 1960s, you weren't there. BACK TO THE GARDEN provides a way for people who weren't there to remember them. And for anyone who was there, perhaps this will jog their memory.

For more information about WOODSTOCK, please contact Jason Elzy in the Rhino Media Relations Department at jason.elzy@rhino.com or 818-238-6220. 

 

WOODSTOCK- BACK TO THE GARDEN - THE DEFINITIVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE
Includes Full Performances by the Following Artists (In Chronological Order)

 

Richie Havens
Sweetwater
Bert Sommer
Tim Hardin
Ravi Shankar
Melanie
Arlo Guthrie
Joan Baez
Quill
Country Joe McDonald
Santana
John B. Sebastian
The Keef Hartley Band
The Incredible String Band
Canned Heat
Mountain
Grateful Dead

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Janis Joplin
Sly & The Family Stone
The Who
Jefferson Airplane 
Joe Cocker
Country Joe & The Fish
Ten Years After
The Band
Johnny Winter
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Butterfield Blues Band
Sha Na Na
Jimi Hendrix

 

WOODSTOCK - BACK TO THE GARDEN - 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXPERIENCE
10 -CD Track Listing

Disc One
Richie Havens

1. "Hello!" 
2.  "From The Prison>Get Together>From The Prison" 
3.  "High Flying Bird"
4.  "With A Little Help From My Friends"
5.  "Handsome Johnny"
6.  "Freedom"
7.  "It seems there are a few cars blocking the road" - John Morris

 

Sweetwater

8.  "Look Out"
9.  "Day Song"
10."Two Worlds"

Bert Sommer

11. "Jennifer"
12. "And When It's Over"
13. "America"
14. "Smile"
15."Let's see how bright it can be" - John Morris

Tim Hardin

16. "How Can We Hang On To A Dream"
17. "If I Were A Carpenter"
18. "Reason To Believe"
19. "Misty Roses"
20. "We're a pretty big city right now"- John Morris

 

Disc Two

1.  " Somebody, somewhere is giving out some flat blue acid" - John Morris

 

Ravi Shankar

2.  "Raga Manj Kmahaj"

 

Melanie

3.   "Momma Momma"
4.   "Beautiful People"
5.   "Mr. Tambourine Man"
6.   "Birthday Of The Sun"
7.   "It's a free concert from now on" - John Morris

 

Arlo Guthrie

8.   "Coming Into Los Angeles"
9.    Lotta freaks!
10.  "Wheel Of Fortune"
11.  "Walking Down The Line"
12.  "Every Hand In The Land"
13.  "Let's just make the festival, not the other stuff" - John Morris

 

Joan Baez

14. "The Last Thing On My Mind"
15. "I Shall Be Released"
16. "He already had a very, very good hunger strike going"
17. "Joe Hill"
18. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man"- featuring Jeffrey Shurtleff 
19. "That brings us fairly close to the dawn" - John Morris
20. "I guess the reason we're here is music" - John Morris

Quill

21.  "They Live The Life"
22.  "That's How I Eat"

 

Disc Three
1. "Can those of you in the back hear well?" - Chip Monck

 

Country Joe McDonald

2.   "Janis"
3.   "Donovan's Reef"
4.   "The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" 
5.   "Those wishing to be lost, those wishing to be found" - Chip Monck

Santana

6.   "Savor" 
7.   "Jingo"
8.   "Persuasion"
9.    "Soul Sacrifice"
10.  "An exciting set is understandable" - Chip Monck

John B. Sebastian

11.  "How Have You Been"
12.  "Rainbows All Over Your Blues"
13.  "I Had A Dream"
14.  "Darling Be Home Soon"

 

The Keef Hartley Band

15.   Halfbreed Medley: "Sinning For You>Leaving Trunk>Just To Cry>Sinning For You"
16.  "Bring Jerry's nitroglycerin pills to the Indian Pavilion" - Chip Monck

Disc Four
1.   " Go to Mr. Lang's office right away" - Chip Monck

 

The Incredible String Band

2.    "Invocation"
3.    "The Letter"
4.    "Gather 'Round"
5.    "When You Find Out Who You Are"
6.    " If things aren't going well for you or whatever" - Chip Monck & Hugh Romney

Canned Heat

7.    "Going Up The Country"
8.    "Woodstock Boogie"
9.    " Can we have a little juice on this other microphone, please?" - Bob Hite & Chip Monck
10.   "On The Road Again"
11.   "It's your own trip" - Chip Monck

Disc Five
1.    "We'll take care of that right away " - Chip Monck

Mountain

2.    "Theme For An Imaginary Western"
3.    "Long Red"
4.    "Who Am I But You And The Sun (For Yasgur's Farm)"
5.    "Southbound Train"
6.    " Open your eyes wide" - Chip Monck & Joshua White
7.    "So many people have been able to participate in such a debacle" - Ken Babbs

Grateful Dead

8.    "Mama Tried"
9.   "It's a sinister plot!" - Ken Babbs, Country Joe McDonald, et al
10.  "Dark Star"
11.  "High Time"
12.  "You're carrying Janis's wah-wah pedals" - John Morris

Creedence Clearwater Revival

13.   "Green River"
14.   "Bad Moon Rising"
15.   "I Put A Spell On You"
16.   "It's going to be a very long evening" - Chip Monck

Disc Six

 

Janis Joplin

1.   "To Love Somebody"
2.   "Kozmic Blues"
3.   "Piece Of My Heart"
4.   "Music's for grooving, man"
5.   "Ball And Chain"
6.   "Just in case you should get any ideas about leaving " - Chip Monck

 

Sly & The Family Stone

7.    Medley: "Everyday People>Dance To The Music>Music Lover>I Want To Take You Higher"
8.   "Are you supposed to be up there rapping? No, man. " - Abbie Hoffman & stagehand

The Who

9.   "I Can't Explain"
10.  "Pinball Wizard"
11.  "I can dig it" - Abbie Hoffman & Pete Townshend
12.  "We're Not Gonna Take It" 
13.  "Shakin' All Over"
14.  "My Generation"
15.  "Welcome this new day" - Chip Monck

 

Disc Seven

 

Jefferson Airplane

1.   "The Other Side Of This Life"
2.   "Somebody To Love"
3.   "Let's play it out of tune" - Grace Slick
4.    "3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds"
5.    "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon"
6.    "We got a whole lot of orange and it was fine" - Grace Slick 
7.    "Plastic Fantastic Lover"
8.    "Volunteers"
9.    "If you're too tired to chew, pass it on" - Hugh Romney
10.  "The roads are fairly clear now" - John Morris
11.  "This is the largest group of people ever assembled in one place" - Max Yasgur 

Joe Crocker

12.  "Dear Landlord"
13.  "Feelin' Alright"
14.  "Let's Go Get Stoned"
15.  "Hitchcock Railway"
16.  "With A Little Help From My Friends"
17.  "Isn't the rain beautiful?" - John Morris, Barry Melton, rainstorm & audience

Disc Eight

Country Joe & The Fish

1.   "Rock And Soul Music"
2.   "Love"
3.   "Silver And Gold"
4.   "Rock And Soul Music" (Reprise)

Ten Years After

5.    "Help Me"
6.    "I'm Going Home"
7.    "Come down and say hello to us" - Chip Monck

The Band

8.    "Chest Fever"
9.    "Tears Of Rage"
10.  "This Wheel's On Fire"
11.   "I Shall Be Released"
12.   "The Weight"
13.   "We've just had a slight change in running order" - Chip Monck

Disc Nine
1.    "It's really a drag" - Chip Monck

Johnny Winter

2.   "Leland Mississippi Blues"
3.   "Mean Town Blues"
4.   "Johnny B. Goode"
5.   "It just doesn't seem to be necessary" - Chip Monck

Blood, Sweat & Tears

1.    "More And More"
2.    "Spinning Wheel"
3.    "Smiling Phases"
4.    "You've Made Me So Very Happy"

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5.    "Tell 'em who we are, man" 
6.    "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
7.    "Blackbird"
8.    "Marrakesh Express"

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

9.    "Sea Of Madness"
10.   "Wooden Ships"
11.  "Bummer!"
12.   "49 Bye-Byes"

Disc Ten

The Butterfield Blues Band

1.    "No Amount Of Loving"
2.    "Love March" 
3.    "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"

Sha Na Na

4.    "Test" - Chip Monck & Sha Na Na
5.    "Get A Job"
6.    "Come Go With Me" 
7.    "Silhouettes"
8.    "At The Hop"
9.    "Duke Of Earl"
10.   "Get A Job" (Reprise) 
11.   "Thank you for making all this possible" - Chip Monck

Jimi Hendrix

12.   "Hear My Train A Comin'"
13.   "Izabella"
14.   "The Star Spangled Banner>Purple Haze"
15.   "Good wishes, good day, and a good life" - Chip Monck

WOODSTOCK - BACK TO THE GARDEN - 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
3-CD Track Listing (5-LP Version Also Available)

 

Disc One

1.    "Handsome Johnny" - Richie Havens  
2.    "Freedom (Motherless Child)" - Richie Havens 
3.    "Everybody's ground getting comfortable?" - John Morris 
4.    "Reason To Believe" - Tim Hardin  
5.    "It's deadly serious, man" - John Morris  
6.    "Coming Into Los Angeles" - Arlo Guthrie  
7.    "Lotta Freaks! - Arlo Guthrie 
8.    "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" - Joan Baez With Jeffrey Shurtleff  
9.    "Please come down" - Chip Monck  
10.   "The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" - Country Joe McDonald 
11.   "Jingo" - Santana
12.   "Soul Sacrifice" - Santana 
13.   "Helen Savage, please call your father " - Chip Monck 
14.   "Darling Be Home Soon" - John B. Sebastian 
15.   "It's not poison!" - Hugh Romney  
16.   "Going Up The Country" - Canned Heat 
17.   "On The Road Again" - Canned Heat  

Disc Two

1.    "Country common sense!" - Chip Monck, Country Joe Mcdonald, Ken Babbs  
2.    "Dark Star" - Grateful Dead  
3.    "We've got the keys to your house" - John Morris  
4.    "Bad Moon Rising" - Creedence Clearwater Revival 
5.    "I Put A Spell On You" - Creedence Clearwater Revival 
6.    "Kozmic Blues" - Janis Joplin 
7.    "Piece Of My Heart" - Janis Joplin
8.     Medley: "Dance To The Music>Music Lover>I Want To Take You Higher" - Sly & The Family Stone 
9.    "We're Not Gonna Take It" - The Who
10.  "My Generation" - The Who
11.  "Somebody To Love" - Jefferson Airplane
12.  "Volunteers" - Jefferson Airplane
13.  "We must be in heaven, man!" - Hugh Romney

Disc Three

1.    "I think you people have proven something to the world" - Max Yasgur 
2.    "With A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker
3.    "Looks like we're gonna get a little bit of rain" - John Morris 
4.    "I'm Going Home" - Ten Years After
5.    "The Weight" - The Band
6.    "Spinning Wheel" - Blood, Sweat & Tears
7.    "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - Crosby, Stills & Nash
8.    "Sea Of Madness" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 
9.    "Wooden Ships" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
10.  "Love March" - The Butterfield Blues Band 
11.  "At The Hop" - Sha Na Na  
12.  "It's been a delight seeing you" - Chip Monck

 

# # # 

ZZ TOP ARE GOIN' 50

New 50-Song Collection Goin' 50 Spans The Texas Trio's Entire Recording Career 
As 3-CD And 5-LP Sets Available August 16

Single CD And Digital Versions Available June 14

ZZ Top 50th Anniversary North American Kicks Off With "Texas Bash" Dates Later This Month And Continues This August

LOS ANGELES - ZZ Top are celebrating 50 years of beards, blues, hot cars, and fuzzy guitars this year with a new, Texas-sized compilation that includes the 50 songs that helped transform "that little ol' band from Texas" into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame standard bearers they have become in the 21st century. 

On August 16, Warner Bros. Records will release GOIN' 50 as both 3-CD ($29.98) and 180-gram, 5-LP ($99.98) sets. A single-CD version with 18 tracks as well as digital and streaming versions will also be available on June 14. 

ZZ Top will kick off their 50th Anniversary with a trio of "Texas Bash" dates later this month in Dallas, Houston, and Austin, with a full North American tour launching August 16. Full itinerary is listed below and tickets are on sale now. Full itinerary is listed below and tickets are on sale now. 

Packed with enough hits to fill a roadhouse jukebox, GOIN' 50 spans the band's entire musical career, from its 1969 debut, and its multi-platinum zenith during the Eighties, to its most-recent releases. This new retrospective includes an array from each of the 15 studio albums that guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill have recorded since 1970. Two bonus tracks, "Salt Lick" and "Miller's Farm" - a single and b-side respectively - were recorded in 1969 by the original incarnation of ZZ Top.

The first disc of GOIN' 50 focuses on the irresistible FM-radio hits that hooked the first generation of ZZ Top fans during the Seventies and early-Eighties with songs like "La Grange," "Tush," "Cheap Sunglasses," "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide," and "Pearl Necklace."

The additional disc explores the steady stream of hits the band released between 1983 and 1991 that made them international superstars, including six Top 40 tracks: "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Legs," "Sleeping Bag," "Stages," "Rough Boy," and "Velcro Fly."

GOIN' 50 closes with a selection of songs recorded between 1992 and 2016 that find the band returning to its blues roots for fresh inspiration on tracks like "Pincushion," "What's Up With That," "Rhythmeen," and "I Gotsta Get Paid." The set's final two tracks - live versions of "Waitin' For The Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" - are taken from the band's most recent release, Live Greatest Hits from Around the World (2016). 

ZZ Top - Goin' 50
3CD/5LP Track Listing

Disc One
1.  "La Grange"
2.  "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers"
3.   "Tush"
4.   "Salt Lick" 
5.   "Miller's Farm" 
6.   "(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree" 
7.   "Francine"
8.  "Heard It On The X"
9.  "It's Only Love"
10. "Arrested For Driving While Blind"
11. "Enjoy And Get It On"
12. "I Thank You"
13. "Cheap Sunglasses"
14. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
15. "Leila"
16. "Tube Snake Boogie"
17. "Pearl Necklace"

Disc Two 
1.  "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
2.  "Got Me Under Pressure"
3.  "Sharp Dressed Man"
4.  "TV Dinners"
5.  "Legs"
6.  "Sleeping Bag"
7.   "Can't Stop Rockin'"
8.  "Stages"
9.  "Rough Boy"
10. "Delirious"
11. "Woke Up With Wood"
12. "Velcro Fly"
13. "Doubleback"
14. "Concrete And Steel"
15. "My Head's In Mississippi"
16. "Give It Up"
17. "Decision Or Collision"

Disc Three
1. "Viva Las Vegas"
2.  "Gun Love"
3.  "Pincushion"
4.  "Breakaway"
5.  "Girl In A T-Shirt"
6.  "Fuzzbox Voodoo"
7.  "She's Just Killing Me"
8.  "What's Up With That"
9.  "Bang Bang"
10. "Rhythmeen"
11. "Fearless Boogie"
12. "36-22-36"
13. "Piece"
14. "I Gotsta Get Paid"
15. "Waitin' For The Bus" (Live)
16. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" (Live)

ZZ Top - Goin' 50
1-CD Track Listing
1. "La Grange"
2.  "Sharp Dressed Man"
3.  "Gimme All Your Lovin'" 
4.  "Tush"
5.  "Cheap Sunglasses"
6.  "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
7.  "Legs"
8.  "Got Me Under Pressure"
9.  "Rough Boy"
10. "Sleeping Bag"
11. "Velcro Fly"
12. "Doubleback"
13. "Viva Las Vegas"
14. "Pincushion"
15. "What's Up With That"
16. "Fearless Boogie"
17. "Piece"
18. "I Gotsta Get Paid"
 

ZZ Top - 50th Anniversary Tour Dates

May

17 - Dallas, TX - Dos Equis Pavilion***
18 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Pavilion In The Woodlands***
19 - Austin, TX - Austin360 Amphitheater***

Aug         
16 - Ridgefield, WA - Sunlight Supply Amphitheatre*
17 - Airway Heights, WA -  Northern Quest Casino Theater
18 - Vancouver, BC - PNE Amphitheater
20 - Yakima, WA  - Yakima Valley SunDome
21 - Woodinville, WA - Chateau Ste. Michelle*
23 - Irvine, CA - FivePoint Amphitheatre**
24 - Concord, CA - Concord Pavilion**
25 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre*
27 - Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theater
28 - San Diego, CA - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU*  
29 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre*
31 - Lewisville, TX -    International Pop Festival

Sept         
01 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre*    
02 - St. Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fairgrounds
04 - Milwaukee, WI - BMO Harris Pavilion"
06 - Maryland Heights, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
07 - Tinley Park, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
08 - Sterling Heights, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill*
10 - Huber Heights, OH - Rose Music Center at The Heights*
11 - Burgettstown, PA - KeyBank Pavilion*
13 - Ocean City, MD - Ocean City BikeFest 
14 - Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion*
15 - Camden, NJ - BB&T Pavilion*
18 - Boston, MA - Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion*
19 - Wamtagh. NY - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater*
21 - Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica*
22 - Louisville, KY - Bourbon & Beyond Festival at Champions Park

Oct        
05 - Raleigh, NC - Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre*
06 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion*
09 - Charleston, SC - Volvo Cars Stadium*
11 - Cherokee, NC - Harrah's Cherokee - Event Center*
12 - Manchester, TN - Exit 111 Festival 
13 - Alpharetta, GA - Verizon Amphitheatre*
15 - Augusta, GA - The James Brown Arena*
16 - St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre* 
18 - Estero FL -  Hertz Arena*
19 - Tampa, FL - MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre*
20 - West Palm Beach, FL - Coral Sky Amphitheatre*

*  with Cheap Trick
** with Lynyrd Skynyrd
*** with Cheap Trick and Bad Company
 
# # #

 

DAVID BOWIE
(WITH JOHN "HUTCH" HUTCHINSON)

THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS 1-LP BOXED SET FEATURING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DAVID BOWIE RECORDINGS

SET FOR RELEASE ON PARLOPHONE JUNE 28

As part of the ongoing celebrations marking 50 years since David Bowie's first hit, "Space Oddity," and following the recent Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos collections, Parlophone is releasing a further set of recordings known as THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS. 

THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS are ten early Bowie recordings captured live in one take to a Revox reel to reel tape machine in Bowie's flat in spring 1969, with accompaniment from John "Hutch" Hutchinson on guitar and vocals. 

The version of "Space Oddity" from THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS, originally released with edits on the Sound & Vision boxed set, is presented here in its true context for the first time. The other nine recordings on the album are all previously unreleased. In addition to the Bowie originals, the session also includes the Roger Bunn composition "Life Is A Circus" (which features in an earlier demo version on the Clareville Grove Demos set) and the Lesley Duncan composition "Love Song," later recorded by Elton John for his Tumbleweed Connection album. Bowie's own "Conversation Piece" is announced as a new song and "Janine" features a short, 19-second section sung to the melody of The Beatles' "Hey Jude."

The session was a basic recording of the "Bowie & Hutch" duo's set list at the time and was committed to tape at the request of Mercury Records A&R man, Calvin Mark Lee, who wanted the tracks to send them to his boss Bob Reno. Both Lee and Reno are referenced during the 41-minute recording, and the demos were key in securing Bowie his recording deal with Mercury Records.

THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS set will come in a replica of the original tape box and will feature one LP, a print, two photo contact sheets, and sleeve notes by Mark Adams. The labels of the LP feature the same EMIDISC acetate styling as Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos with the song titles in Bowie's own handwriting.

DAVID BOWIE (WITH JOHN 'HUTCH' HUTCHINSON)
THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS 1-LP  BOXED SET
TRACK LIST

Side One
"Space Oddity" 
"Janine"
"An Occasional Dream"

"Conversation Piece"
"Ching-a-Ling"
"I'm Not Quite (aka Letter To Hermione)"

Side Two
"Lover To The Dawn"
"Love Song" 
"When I'm Five"
"Life Is A Circus"

Musicians 
David Bowie - vocals, guitar and Stylophone
John 'Hutch' Hutchinson - vocals and guitar

The LP is mono and plays at 33 1/3 r.p.m.

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