2017

Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio [3 Vinyl LP]

U2: Songs of experience (Blue/Ltd) [Gatefold / 2 Vinyl LP]

Metallica: Live at Winston Farm 1994 (Orange) [2 Vinyl LP]

Neil Young opens his archive and release Hitchhiker, an unreleased new studio album. The 10-track acoustic solo album was recorded in Malibu, CA at Indigo Studio in 1976. The original session was produced by Young's long-time studio collaborator David Briggs.<br/> <br/>Recorded between Zuma and American Stars and Bars as a solo album in a single session, the resultant performances are truly breathtaking and passionate. The simplicity of a single voice and guitar captured here is as pure and powerful as it gets, with only Young, Briggs and actor Dean Stockwell in the room at the time of recording. A few of the songs would not appear on vinyl until years later. Some have never been heard, included in the original sessions for Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Dume, another unreleased record of original sessions that yielded the classic album, Zuma. When the Hitchhiker album was recorded, none of the included songs had ever been released and many of the performances of the songs were the first ever. This is truly an album of original performances.

50 år efter att Beatles överraskade musikvärlden med denna evigt unga klassiker är det<br/>fortfarande många som anser att "Sgt Pepper" håller ställningen i toppen. <br/>Den fräscha stereomixen av Giles Martin som 180 gram vinyl.

Ginsburg Amanda: Jag har funderat på en sak [Vinyl LP]

"Sångarna Samuel Ljungblahd och Ole Børud har gjort årets julskiva. Med ett norsksvenskt komp lyfter de upp albumets tio amerikanska julmelodier till granens topp och får det att låta som det funkigt souliga julalbum Stevie Wonder aldrig lyckats göra. Versionen av "Have yourself a merry little christmas" är årets svängigaste." (Dan Backman, Svenska Dagbladet)<br/><br/>Låtmaterialet är också noga utvalt; här finns förstås några av de givna klassikerna som "Silent night" och "Away in a manger" (hela albumet är på engelska), personliga favoriter som Harry Connick jr's "I pray on Christmas" och Richard Pages "I always cry at Christmas" men också varsin egenskriven låt i samma anda. Musikerna på plattan består av ett (mestadels) norskt all-star team med producenten Ruben Dalen i spetsen.