...Japanese release announcements for tonight include two new titles from Wardour shown above:  JEFF BECK with THEJAN HAMMER GROUP "Masonic Temple" 2CD presents a superb audience tape recorded at Detroit's Masonic Temple on July 3, 1976...

Disc 1
1. Sister Andrea, 2. Oh Yeah?, 3. Country And Eastern Music, 4. Darkness - Earth In Search Of A Sun, 5. You Know What I Mean 6. Scatterbrain

Disc 2
1. Freeway Jam, 2. Earth (Still Our Only Home), 3. Diamond Dust, 4. Full Moon Boogie, 5. Sophie 6. Led Boots

QUEEN "A NIght At Boston" 2CD leverages what is described as a perfect audie tape from Boston Music Hall on January 30, 1976...

Disc 1
1. Bohemian Rhapsody (opera part & reprise), 2. Ogre Battle, 3. Sweet Lady, 4. White Queen, 5. Flick Of The Wrist, 6. Bohemian Rhapsody, 7. Killer Queen, 8. The March Of The Black Queen, 9. Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise),10. Bring Back That Leroy Brown, 11. Brighton Rock, 12. Guitar Solo,13. Son And Daughter, 14. The Prophet's Song, 15. Stone Cold Crazy 16. Doing Allright

Disc 2
1. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, 2. Keep Yourself Alive, 3. Seven Seas Of Rhye, 4. Liar, 5. In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, 6. Now I'm Here, 7. Hey Big Surrender, 8. Jailhouse Rock, 9. Stupid Cupid / Be-Bop-A-Lula 10. Jailhouse Rock, 11. God Save The Queen

...Also announced this evening is the latest DEEP PURPLE project from Darker Than Blue called "Mandrake Rock", a single CD release of their Birmingham Town Hall UK performance on February 12, 1971...Here's the tracklisting breakdown:

1. Strange Kind Of Woman, 2. Child In Time, 3. Paint It Black/Drum Solo, 4. Mandrake Root, 5. Black Night, 6. Lucille

There are three new LED ZEPPELIN titles on the way from Graf Zeppelin..."Midwest Rock Festival" is a single disc of the nice Milwaukee State Fair audience tape from July 25th, 1969..."Schaefer Music Festival" is another single disc show of one more early, nice tape, recorded in New York City's Central Park 4 days earlier on the 21st of July, 1969...And, "Return To Blueberry Hill' 2CD is yet another in this batch of reissues--this one from Oakland on September 2, 1970 nicely captured from a strategic audience position...all titles are limited runs of 200 copies with the first 30 numbered and stickered...

...Beano will release the ERIC CLAPTON 2CD, "Applause For The Harlots", an April 27, 1977 audience recording from London's Hammersmith Odeon...Arriving shortly from Misterclaudel is WINGS "First Flight 1972" 2CD which compiles the February 9, 1972 Nottingham University audience recording with the Hull University audie tape from February 11th (1972) -Including ICA rehearsals...THE BEATLES "Live In Philadelphia, PA September 1964 Whiskey Flats" 1CD (below) is a reissue from Quarter Apple that contains the audience tape from the Philadelphia Convention Hall on September 2nd along with the Atlanta Stadium tape from August 18, 1965...

...Finally, a couple of ROLLING STONES sets that are packaged/modeled after their vinyl counterparts..."Pave Boulder '81" 2CD is the spirited Boulder, Colorado show from October 3, 1981 recorded from an excellent audience tape..."Light Up The Town" 2CD is recorded live at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego on October 7, 1981 these are issued from a generic japanese label...From XTV, look for THE VELVET UNDERGROUND "Psychedelic Sounds From The Gymnasium" 1CD...

...And that puts the wraps on another round of shared news/updates on the latest silver disc offerings from the undergound.  Thanks for the time and if you have any other noteworthy release information that you've come across along the way, feel free to post below.  Have a great week!

Svengi, July 13, 2009