Pop, Rock & Punk

McGarrigle Kate & Anna: 2 Classic Albums [CD]

Noise & Flowers documents a 9-date tour that began just two weeks after Young's lifetime friend and manager of more than 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at age 76. Performing alongside a photograph of Roberts taped to his road case, Young approached each show as a celebratory memorial service to honor his late friend. It's a trek the legendary singer/songwriter describes as "wondrous."<br/><br/>"Playing in his memory [made it] one of the most special tours ever," Young says in the album's liner notes. "We hit the road and took his great spirit with us into every song. This music belongs to no one. It's in the air. Every note was played for music's great friend, Elliot." In paying tribute to the manager who guided Young's career for over a half-century, Noise & Flowers explores all corners of his vast discography. <br/><br/>It balances all-timer anthems ("Mr. Soul," "Helpless," "Rockin' in the Free World") with rarely aired '70s deep cuts ("Field of Opportunity," "On the Beach") and '90s gems ("From Hank to Hendrix," "Throw Your Hatred Down"). His frequent backing band since 2015, Promise of the Real effectively bridges the extremes in Young's sound, infusing his raging rockers and country serenades with their casual brilliance and telepathic intuition.

På "Country life" fortsatte Roxy Music på samma linje som föregångaren "Stranded", men finpustade den ytterligare. Deras majestätiska art-rock och glamourösa, eleganta poprock smältes samman suveränt och de 10 låtarna på albumet klassas av många som det bästa de gjort. Och DET vill inte säga litet, med tanke på att det finns åtminstone fem Roxy-album som slåss om titeln deras bästa.

4xCD, 60-page photobook.<br/>Remastered album + 2012 Portland, ME concert + 2012 BBC Radio 1 session + 2011 Electro-Vox session.

ABBA: 18 hits 1973-80 (Rem) [CD]

Efter den firade specialutgåvan av "Sgt Pepper" är det nu dags för nästa Beatlesklassiker att bli rejält uppgraderad: 50-årsfirande "The Beatles" - mest känd som "The White Album", bandets kanske mest utmanande och omdiskuterade platta. På fyra sidor presenterade gruppen hårdför rock, vackra ballader, ljudcollage och tidlösa popklassiker. "Vi gav oss ut i helt nya riktningar utan karta", enligt Paul McCartney. Den nya specialutgåvan, som släpps i olika format, är ett himmelrike för alla beundrare av Beatles enastående musikkonst. <br/><br/>"This is the first time The BEATLES ('White Album') has been remixed and presented with an additional disc demo recordings. To create the new stereo audio mixes for 'The White Album,' Giles Martin and Sam Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios in London. This 3CD 'White Album' release includes Martin's new stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original four-track and eight-track session tapes. Martin's new mix is guided by the album's original stereo mix produced by his father, George Martin".<br/><br/>"During the last week of May 1968, The Beatles gathered at George's house in Esher, Surrey, where they recorded acoustic demos for 27 songs. Known as the Esher Demos, all 27 recordings are also included in the 3CD Deluxe package, sourced from the original four-track tapes".<br/><br/>The Deluxe 3CD set is presented in an embossed digipak with the fold-out poster and portrait photos, plus a 24-page booklet.<br/><br/>Expanded 3CD package features the new stereo album mix on 2CDs and adds a third CD of the 'Esher Demos'. Limited Edition.

Camel: Mirage 1974 (Rem) [CD]