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Get Ready For The Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival Collection

Carl Coffey — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:34:41 +0000

Attention all you C.C.R. fans. Their new triple-CD "Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival: Greatest Hits & All-Time Classics" — the collection will be available November 6th — compiles 52 tracks that include their well known hits as well as classic album cuts and a string of live material from shows in Oakland, San Francisco, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and stops in between.

On The Way AC/DC Live

Carl Coffey — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:28:07 +0000

AC/DC is ready to let loose with a new live collection. "AC/DC Live At River Plate" it's their first live album in 20 years! The concert features the band's performance in front of a crowd 200,000 over 3 sold-out nights in Buenos Aires in December 2009 on the Black Ice World Tour.

John Fogerty's New Album Delayed

Carl Coffey — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:52:34 +0000

John Fogerty has announced that he will be postponing his new album, Wrote a Song for Everyone, until 2013. The album was set to come out on October 9, John has decieded to halt the album’s release. Additional touches are being added to the recording, including some new original songs and surprises. Check back here [...]

ZZ Top New Album In September

Carl Coffey — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:16:15 +0000

"La Futura", the first collection of new material from ZZ Top will be officially released on September the 11th. It's been nine years since the last album, it contains 10 tracks.

Eagles' Don Felder Set to Release Long-Awaited Solo Album 'Road to Forever'

Carl Coffey — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:07:16 +0000

What ever happened to Former Eagles lead guitarist Don Felder? Well he's back and set to release his long awaited solo album, "Road To Forever." Get ready for some great guitar work, the first single which will be out on August 27th is called, "Fall From The Grace Of Love," with backing vocals by Crosby, Stills & Nash. The album is scheduled to be out on October 9th.

New Album On The Way From Richie Sambora

Carl Coffey — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:04:37 +0000

Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora will release his third solo album, “Aftermath Of The Lowdown,” on September 18th. Richie has written about many of the ups and downs he has experienced in the last decade like divorce, rehab and the death of his father. “It’s stuff that’s cathartic for me to get out. Really things [...]

Paul McCartney Considering Mark Ronson to Produce Next Album

Chad Childers — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:00:16 +0000

Paul McCartney may be starting to think about new music after issuing the ‘Kisses on the Bottom’ album earlier this year. According to NME (via the Sunday Mirror), he may already have his producer picked out.

Heart Unveils Cover Art and Details for New Album 'Fanatic'

Chris M. Junior — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:00:27 +0000

Some of Heart’s best-known albums — among them 1976’s ‘Dreamboat Annie’ and 1977’s ‘Little Queen’ — feature only band mainstays Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson on the cover.

New U2 Available On Line

Carl Coffey — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:33:32 +0000

U2 is offering a new limited-edition double-live CD soundtrack of their 360° Tour tour exclusively to members of their fan club. "U22" contains 22 songs chosen by the fans, and comes in a deluxe book of live photos complete with liner notes from bassist Adam Clayton.

Paul McCartney's "Ram" Reissue

Carl Coffey — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:17 +0000

Paul McCartney’s latest expanded reissue is out now. This time it’s a revamp of the 1971 “Ram.” Paul says in a post on his website that it’s “an album from a long, long time ago, when the world was different.” He wrote much of the material for “Ram” at his farm in Scotland. The former [...]

Jimmy Fallon Mega Star Album

Carl Coffey — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:00:42 +0000

Jimmy is getting together with some of his buddies and it’s quite the list like Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and Dave Matthews? Plus Justin Timberlake, Big & Rich. The comedian/musician is compiling those collaborations into a new album, “Blow Your Pants Off”, according to Rolling Stone. In additions to team-ups with McCartney and [...]

Paul McCartney Announces Tracklisting For 'Ram' Reissues

Dave Lifton — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:57:39 +0000

It was only yesterday that Paul McCartney (see what we did there) released a trailer for the reissue of ‘Ram,’ which will be released on May 22. Today, Hear Music announced the complete tracklisting for all formats.

Wishbone Ash Still Smokin' – Auburn Hills Next Month

Jeff Holbrook — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:36:34 +0000

One of my favorite 1970′s bands, Wishbone Ash is hitting the road here in the US again. I saw them last year and was blown away by how good they still are, after all this time. Founding member Andy Powell and the boys will rock Callahan’s in Auburn Hills on Wednesday, May 2nd, in celebration [...]

Janis Fans – Today is Your Day

Jeff Holbrook — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:04:03 +0000

Miss Joplin's last few works make up the Pearl album, a fan fave since its release in 1971. Today, over 40 years later, it gets an impressive overhaul that any Janis Joplin fan would love. The original album updated, alternate takes, studio chatter and othe

Live Alice Cooper – Brand New 2 CD Set

Jeff Holbrook — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:12:39 +0000

Hey sick things! Just out, it's live Alice, captured in concert on Halloween no less, in England last year. It's a 2 CD set with a good sampling of early and recent Cooper gems, including the rarely played Halo Of Flies, originally from Killer. Check

Live Wishbone Ash – Released Today!

Jeff Holbrook — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:51:46 +0000

I know, I know. Most casual rock fans would ask Wishbone who? But serious classic rock fans would remember Wishbone Ash and all those wonderful lead guitar laiden albums they made during the 1970′s and 1980′s. As a matter of fact, I saw them just last year down near Detroit where they packed the place. [...]

Santana Fans – New Things Coming!

Jeff Holbrook — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:55:22 +0000

It finally happened. Santana in Las Vegas. I'm not kidding. He and band begin a 2 year residency at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues on May 2nd. He also has a new instrumental album coming out called Shape Shifter that

George Harrison New DVD And More

Carl Coffey — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:21:41 +0000

Martin Scorsese’s documentary on George Harrison, “Living In The Material World,” will be released in multiple formats in North America on May 1st. It will be available in a double-DVD set, on Blu-ray and in a deluxe edition with both the DVD and Blu-ray, the 10-track CD, a 96-page book of photos from the film [...]

Jimmy Page Music From 1971 Finally Available

Carl Coffey — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:35:42 +0000

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page will release his legendary “Lucifer Rising And Other Sound Tracks” compilation Tuesday. Jimmy wrote and recorded the compositions and experiments in his home studio in the early Seventies, with some of the music targeted for the film “Lucifer Rising“. But the director changed his plans and hired Bobby Beausoleil, a [...]

Bob Seger Says September For His New Album [VIDEO]

Steph Barber — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:17:18 +0000

Breaking news from the Bob Seger website, he’s been working on a new album. Oh wait, we have been talking about that, haven’t we? What we didn’t have before is a potential release date. There is a very recent Rolling Stone article posted on Bob’s website, and he says that he is hard at work [...]