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Buckingham Nicks is the only studio album by the iconic duo of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. Produced by Keith Olsen, the album was released in September 1973, just a year prior to the pair joining forces with Fleetwood Mac on New Year's Eve 1974.<br/>Buckingham Nicks has achieved legendary status despite, and perhaps due to the fact, that it has never been remastered, reissued, or officially released digitally. Until now. This was the album that caught Mick Fleetwood's attention and led them becoming one of the most successful bands of all time.<br/><br/>LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: "I met Mick right before New Year's Eve in 1974. Stevie and I were living in LA. We'd done an album on Polydor as a duo, which had come out without making much of a splash, and we were trying to figure out what the hell to do next. Anyway, we were doing demos of new tunes one day at Sound City studio in the San Fernando Valley. At one point I walked towards the control room. I heard a song of ours, "Frozen Love", being played very loudly and I saw this giant of a man standing up, grooving to a guitar solo of mine. I thought, "What is goin' on?", and left them to it. That man was Mick.<br/>When he heard my guitar something obviously clicked in his mind, because after their guitarist Bob Welch left, I got a call from Mick asking if I wanted to join Fleetwood Mac. Originally they weren't looking for a duo, but I said Stevie and I were a package deal."

Paradise Lost: Ascension [Gatefold / 2 Vinyl LP]

Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio [3 Vinyl LP]

"Why do these old songs live so vividly now? They do to me."<br/><br/>Neil Young with Crazy Horse in all their "Ragged Glory". <br/>Neil & The Horse have played together for over 50 years and the performances of these songs is a true highlight of that long relationship.<br/><br/>9 songs on 2 LPs, with the original song titles replaced with selected lyrics. ("Farmer John", being a cover, retains its original title.)<br/><br/>The album was recorded in 2023, with this line-up:<br/><br/>Billy Talbot - Bass, vocal<br/>Ralph Molina - Drums, vocal<br/>Micah Nelson - Guitar, vocal, piano<br/>Nils Lofgren - Guitar, vocal, piano<br/>Neil Young - Guitar, vocal, harmonica<br/><br/>Neil: "In the spirit it's offered...made this for the Horse lovers. I can't stop it. The horse is runnin'. What a ride we have. I don't want to mess with the vibe. I am so happy to have this to share."

Med låten "Fasta klippa" skrev Pugh Rogefeldt hösten 2022 ett slags musikaliskt testamente över sin karriär. Hans version av en 1700-talspsalm avslutas med toner ur genombrottslåten "Här kommer natten" från 1969. Den massivt hyllade "Fasta klippa" rundade på många sätt av ett slut som inletts med en utsåld spelning på Cirkus i Stockholm i oktober 2019, varpå en neurologisk sjukdom alltmer tog ett oresonligt grepp på mannen som en gång uppfann gebitet rockmusik på svenska. <br/><br/>Men parallellt med att sjukdomsprocessen eskalerade hann Pugh med att spela in ett minialbum som han länge haft visioner om, och som nu släpps . <br/><br/>Anslaget på "Guds finger" är precis som i "Fasta klippa" om man vill "religiöst." I ett sent pressmeddelande slog Pugh visserligen fast: "Jag har inte blivit religiös!". Men det är ur en religiös tradition han med känsla hämtade de låtar som först innebar "Jesus i mobilen", utgiven julen 2019, och tre år senare "Fasta klippa".<br/><br/>Dessa kompletteras på det nya albumet av låtarna "Breda hav", "Ingen annans fel" och "Trassel och problem". Alla inspelade med den mångfaldigt Grammisbelönade producenten och multiinstrumentalisten Johan Lindström i samspel med basisten Robert Östlund och trumslagaren Kontrad Agnas. <br/><br/>Assisterade av Pughs mångårige partner, producenten Micke Lyander, skapades i den senares studio i Visby en känsla av amerikansk söder med hjälp av Hammondorgel, bleckblås och tramporgel.<br/><br/>Bakgrunden till låtarna skiftar från den brittiska hymnen "Amazing Grace" ("Breda hav"), över "Jesus i mobilen" ("1900-talsgospeln "Jesus On The Mainline") och bluesmannen Blind Willie Johnson ("Ingen annans fel"), till suggestiv gospelpunkkraut i "Trassel och problem."<br/><br/>På albumet finns även som avslutning "Begravningslåt", en instrumental som om man vill knyter an till den filmmusik Pugh gjorde på 1970-talet, exempelvis till filmen "Vem älskar Yngve Frej?". Det var ett önskemål från Pugh att det korta stycket skulle spelas på hans begravning. <br/><br/>Han hade gjort en enkel inspelning på egen hand och brände ner låten på en CD. När Pugh blev sämre fick en av sönerna i uppdrag att leta i studion, och där hittade han en skiva som det stod "begravningslåt" skrivet på.<br/><br/>I vinylformatet kommer "Guds finger" med en talande tyst blank sida B, detta är ett starkt men samtidigt oavslutat verk. <br/><br/>Det finns rakt genom de sex spåren en omisskännlig gospel a la Pugh. Stundtals lågmält sakral, andra gånger rockigt rivig. Pugh nosade vid stämningarna redan 1999 med hitlåten "Gammeldags tro". Men det som då lite var en lustifikation är i de nya låtarna på riktigt, det var med stor respekt Pugh & ensemblen närmade sig materialet och det märks med all tydlighet.<br/><br/>"Om nån frågat mig för tio år sedan om jag kan tänka mig att spela in religiösa låtar hade jag svarat nej", sa Pugh Rogefeldt i pressmeddelandet vid utgivningen av "Jesus i mobilen".<br/>Vi är i dag mycket glada att han kom till andra tankar.<br/><br/>Det postuma albumet är en ytterst värdig avrundning på en skivkarriär som inleddes 1968 och hann täcka sju decennier. <br/><br/>En karriär som på åtskilliga sätt definierat även övrig svensk rockmusik. Uppslutningen vid hyllningsgalan 18 oktober 2023, återigen på Cirkus, bekräftade det enorma genomslaget för Anders Sture Torbjörn "Pugh" Rogefeldt, 2 mars 1947 - 1 maj 2023.

Van Halen: Right here Right now/Live 1992 [Gatefold / 4 Vinyl LP]

Warner Music are delighted to announce the release of a commemorative triple black vinyl album in honour of the 40th Anniversary of IRON MAIDEN's seminal third album, The Number Of The Beast, which was also the first to feature Bruce Dickinson on vocals and was to become the record which catapulted the band to international stardom. Included in the new vinyl package is Beast Over Hammersmith - available now officially for the very first time on vinyl - featuring the live concert from March 1982's now legendary Hammersmith Odeon London show from the Beast On The Road World Tour. Recorded only days before the release of The Number Of The Beast album, its remarkable to think these now classic songs at that time were still brand new, unfamiliar and being heard live by fans for the very first time. A real piece of history in the making.<br/><br/>The package features exclusive liner notes written by Maiden founder and bassist Steve Harris as well as restored and expanded artwork taken from the CD format of Beast Over Hammersmith, previously only available in the Limited Edition Eddie's Archive boxset originally released in 2002. <br/><br/>Steve Harris comments, <br/>"On this vinyl release we get the chance to put Total Eclipse in its rightful spot on the album for the first time. The reason it didn't make it in the first place was that it was all a mad rush when we were finishing the record and we had to get the Run to the Hills single out before the tour and we basically had to pick a B-side and it was between Gangland and Total Eclipse and we just picked the wrong one, really! I think Total Eclipse is a stronger song and the album would have been stronger if it had been on there."