Month: July 2024

Bob Dylan announced details of a new box set called ‘The 1974 Live Recordings’ – a compilation of his arena performances across the year. The project is a new 431-track collection of his performances with The Band, which is set to be released across 27 discs on September 20th.

The deluxe box set features 417 previously-unreleased performances, as well as newly-mixed recordings and liner notes written by journalist and critic Elizabeth Nelson. A press release read: “Booked into arenas for the first time ever, Bob Dylan and The Band performed 30 dates in 42 days (often playing two sets per day) before an average audience of 18,500 – helping set a new standard for what rock concerts could look and sound like. Though they might not have known it at the time, Bob Dylan and The Band were at the vanguard of a new era. Tour ‘74 would help create the template for the major rock tour, and codify many of its shared experiences – from the sight of audiences holding up lighters en masse, to the bright flash of the house lights during a show’s signal moment, in this case their performance of ‘Like A Rolling Stone’.

Third Man Records has also announced the upcoming release of ‘The 1974 Live Recordings – The Missing Songs From Before the Flood’, a 3-LP set culled from the same recordings, featuring hand-selected versions of every song Bob Dylan recorded that was not included on the original 1974 live album.

In honor of the box set announcement, a never-before-released version of ‘Forever Young’ – recorded live in Seattle on February 9, 1974 – has been released. Check it out – here.

Pre-order ‘The 1974 Live Recordings’ box set – here.

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers will commemorate the 25th anniversary of its seventh studio album, Californication, with a 2 LP limited edition colored vinyl pressing. The Chili Peppers will release a 2 LP red and ocean blue vinyl via Rhino Records on July 26th.

The band posted on social media: “Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Californication’ with a 2LP limited-edition repress on red and ocean blue vinyl. This Grammy Award winning album which features “Scar Tissue”, “Otherside,” and “Californication” is available July 26th. Pre-order now.”

Californication was originally released on June 8, 1999; produced by Rick Rubin, the project marked the return of guitarist John Frusciante, his first recording with the band since 1991’s Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

Californication is the band’s best-selling album, led by its three hit singles “Scar Tissue,” “Otherside,” and “Californication,” all achieving five or six-time platinum status.. “Scar Tissue” debuted at No.9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Best Rock Song Grammy Award in 2000.

To preorder the limited edition Californication (2LP Red & Ocean Blue Vinyl), head HERE.

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Alanis Morissette has announced a new reissue of her 1998 album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie in honor of its 25th anniversary.

Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (Thank U Edition) will be released as a two-LP set with reimagined artwork on September 6. There will also be a crystal clear vinyl edition available at select retailers and at Rhino.com. A digital deluxe edition is out now and features bonus songs, including a new remix of the City of Angels song “Uninvited.”

In addition, a new digital deluxe edition of the album is out now, with four bonus tracks — two B-sides, an outtake, and a demo — along with an “Uninvited” remix by electronic duo, Freemasons. The vinyl edition is available for preorder now.

Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, released in November 1998, hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart and went triple platinum in the U.S. The album arrived three years after Morissette’s 1995 album, Jagged Little Pill, and featured the top 20 single “Thank U,” which Alanis wrote with Glen Ballard (who also produced Jagged Little Pill). “Thank U” was also nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards.

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Linking Park will release a limited edition “One-Step” audiophile vinyl for Hybrid Theory (2000), Meteora (2003), Minutes To Midnight (2007) and The Hunting Party (2014) via Warner Records.

The new vinyl releases mark the launch of “Because Sound Matters One-Step,” a series of high-quality audiophile vinyl. Each release includes the original album artwork and details of the audio sourcing and processing and is housed in a newly designed slipcase. Following these releases, audiophile versions of albums by The Flaming Lips and other artists will be available later this year. The Linkin Park “One-Step” releases will be single LP limited edition pressings on 180-gram black vinyl, numbered to 3,000. All three titles will be available on August 9th.

Color vinyl variants for Hybrid Theory, Meteora, and The Hunting Party will also be available on July 26th. Hybrid Theory will be available on single LP translucent yellow vinyl via Best Buy, Meteora on single LP gold and red splatter vinyl, and The Hunting Party on 2 LP translucent light blue vinyl.

• Hybrid Theory was Linkin Park’s groundbreaking debut, and the best-selling album of 2001 in the U.S.  It featuring the iconic singles such as “In The End,” “One Step Closer,” “Papercut,” and “Crawling”.
• Meteora,   the band’s sophomore release, contained the tracks “Somewhere I Belong,” “Faint,” and “Numb,” which has been streamed over five billion times. The album topped the Billboard 200 and has earned eight-time platinum status in the US.
• Minutes To Midnight, the band’s third studio album (and first with producer Rick Rubin), went multi-platinum and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. It features the hit songs “What I’ve Done,” “Shadow Of The Day,” and “Bleed It Out.”
• The Hunting Party featured several guest collabs from Daron Malakian (System of a Down), Page Hamilton (Helmet), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave) and Rakim.

To preorder the exclusive audiophile vinyl releases, head HERE.

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Ghost’s film, RITE HERE RITE NOW, is set for a global online premiere and will make its debut on the streaming platform VEEPS on July 20th.  A statement on the VEEPS website reads: “Join The Congregation for the global broadcast premiere of RITE HERE RITE NOW.”  VEEPS will also mark the event by airing an exclusive Q&A with Ghost’s Tobias Forge, film co-director Alex Ross Perry and live director Jim Parsons, which was filmed at the movie premiere in London last month.

The band’s Papa Emeritus IV also posted on X: “[MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY] We wish to inform you that global access to RITE HERE RITE NOW will be available starting on July 20th streaming exclusively on Veeps. Visit http://ghost.veeps.com for full information and to purchase your tickets. And be sure to join The Congregation for the premiere event at 12pm PDT / 8pm GMT. #RiteHereRightNow”

RITE HERE RITE NOW was given an initial cinema run worldwide on June 20, raking in $5 million plus across its four-day release. The film includes concert footage of Ghost performing at The Forum in Inglewood, California last year, as well as premiering the new track ‘The Future Is a Foreign Land’. The film has since become “the highest-grossing hard-rock cinema event ever in North America.”

In addition, Rite Here Rite Now: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, mixed by Rich Costey, will be released worldwide on July 26th. The 18-song complement to the film marks the band’s first-ever original soundtrack. To preorder, head: HERE.

Tickets for the global online premiere of Rite Here Rite Now are on sale now via VEEPS.com/ghost.

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As I Lay Dying returns with their new single, The Cave We Fear To Enter, alongside the official music video directed by Tom Flynn, which you can check out: here.

The new track was co-produced by guitarist Phil Sgrosso and Hiram Hernandez, mixed by Aaron Chaparian and mastered by Ted Jensen. Vocalist Tim Lambesis shares: “This is the first time I’ve written lyrics based on an idea started by someone else in the band. Sometimes, when we try out different melodies, we’ll temporarily use words that just happen to fit as a placeholder. But in this song, Ryan [bass player/vocalist Ryan Neff] chose words that he felt represented what he had been processing leading up to the demo. It felt right for me leave that therapeutic expression in place. So, when I took over, the imagery of a cave where you face your fears came to mind. While I only know a little of Joseph Campbell’s work, the imagery brought to mind a quote of his that I remembered and used for inspiration as well.”

As I Lay Dying just kicked-off of their US headlining tour in northern California, with support from Chelsea Grin and Entheos.  They will then take their Through Storms Ahead Tour to Europe, beginning November 15th in Würzburg, Germany. For tickets and more information on all shows, visit the band’s official website.

To stream “The Cave We Fear To Enter” head HERE.

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