...Primo vinyl announcements kick off the proceedings for this week...pictured above is the November PINK FLOYD release coming from Aurora Australis. "Memories From The Future" is a 3LP, numbered and limited pressing contains the excellent audience recording from Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany on October 12th, 1973 and provides a nice transfer to vinyl of this rare and complete listen to one of the few shows to open with selections from Obscured By Clouds ("Obscured By Clouds/ "When You're In")...

...On the way from Lost Treasure Records is this deluxe 3LP, IRON MAIDEN "Final Frontier In Oberhausen" with a nice recording of their concert at K�nig-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany on May 29, 2011 and comes with a 6-page LP size color booklet shown above...

...It didn't take long to get the recent stereo soundboard recording of the final LED ZEPPELIN rehearsals at Shepperton Studios in London 2007 on to vinyl!...shown above is a euro 2LP pressing of the Tarantura version of the soundboard which has "No Quarter" and "Misty Mountain Hop" cut and incomplete...In other ZEPPELIN boot news, Wendy Records has just issued "How I Won The West" 3CD set containing 4 different tape sources of the Long Beach Arena performance from June 27, 1972, one of these supposedly previously unreleased and apparently incomplete......

...Coming in early November via Non-Label silver disc is the PINK FLOYD 2CD set "A Total Zabriskie Point Of View: The Complete Collection" - an ultimate collection of rare tracks from the film project, stereo studio soundboard...here's the tracklisting:

Disc 1
370 Roman Yards - The Lost Album
1. Heart Beat, Pig Meat 2. Country Song 3. Fingal's Cave 4. Crumbling Land
5. Alan's Blues 6. Oenone 7. Rain In the Country 8. Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up

The Extension - The Main Outtakes
9. The Violent Sequence 10. Take Off (Version II) 11. Country Song Theme (Band)
12. Country Song Theme (Acoustic) 13. Love Scene 1 (Organ & Guitar) 14. Love Scene 3 (Band)
15. Love Scene 4 (Piano & Vibes) 16. Love Scene 5 (Double Vibes)

Disc 2
Other Outtakes
1. Country Song (Full Mix) 2. The Violent Sequence (Us And Them Rick's Demo)
3. Take Off (Version II) and Crumbling Land (Film Version) 4. Crumbling Land (Full Mix)
5. Love Scene 6 (The Blues) 6. Love Scene 6 (The Blues - Full Mix)
7. Love Scene 2 (Oenone - Full Mix) 8. Love Scene 4 (Piano Only)
9. Rain In The Country (Unknown Song - Alternate Version)
10. Rain In The Country (Unknown Song - Full Mix)

A Special Outtake
11. The Christmas Song
Official Soundtrack Version
12. Crumbling Land (Soundtrack Edited Version)

Film Versions
13. Heart Beat, Pig Meat (Film Version) 14. Crumbling Land (Film Version)
15. Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up (Film Version)
16. Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up (Movie Trailer Version)

...Virtuoso has quite a batch of titles ready to go...above is the ROBIN TROWER "Misty Nights' 2CD package which features a very nice audience tape from Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo on January 22, 1977 and comes with the bonus CDR "2nd Night In Tokyo" containing his Sun Plaza Hall show from Tokyo on January 24, 1977...

...Also arriving from Virtuoso are a pair of PETER GABRIEL titles...shown above is "Japan Aid 1986" 2CD capturing his performances at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on December 20th & 21st, 1986 and comes with the bonus DVD-R featuring 62 minutes of proshot video from the show on the 20th...the other GABRIEL title is "Human Rights Now!: Tokyo 1988" 1CD with a superb audience source from the Tokyo Dome on September 27, 1988...

...Virtuoso doesn't stop there, they've also got two GENESIS reissus with bonuses slated to hit channels soon...above is "The Lamb Lies Down On Empire" 2CD stereo soundboard from The Empire Theater in Liverpool on April 19, 1975, - and it comes with the bonus CDR "BBC Master Reels" with a pre-fm of the Empire recording...then there's "Ultimate Lamb" 2CD with the definitive Lakeland, Florida stereo sounboard and comes with the bonus DVD-R, "The Lamb Lies Down On Switzerland"  with 26 minutes of superbly shot amateur footage from Bern on March 29, 1975...

...ROXY MUSIC "Pale Blue Eyes" 2CD is a strictly limited pressing of only 50 copies from Virtuoso and features a stereo soundboard from Newcastle City Hall, UK on October 28, 1974 and comes with the bonus DVD-R "Tokyo 1977" - a 45 minute proshot video from NHK 101 Studio in Tokyo on June 9th, 1977...

...And finally tonight, from Reel Masters comes FOCUS "Out Of Focus" 2CD  (above) with a combo of London BBC Studio sounboard recordings from December '72 and excellent audience tape from the Reading Festival in England on August 8, 1972..it comes with the bonus proshot DVD-R of their Rainbow Theater show in London on May 5, 1973... in other clean-up tidbits Mid Valley has released the ERIC CLAPTON title "God's Extracurricular Activity" 4CD featuring recordings from Surrey, UK on June 4, 2011 and Italy on June 24, 2011...Digital Archives will release PAUL McCARTNEY "McCartney" DVD  of the McCartney video album and supplemented by Macca selections from THE BEATLES Twickenham and Abbey Road sessions 1969...Look for THE BEATLES 4DVD set "Music Video Chronicles" with yet another compilation of various promos and alternate edit clips...oh and there's another superfluous ROLLING STONES compilation out called "Exile On Main ST. Chronology" 2CD with previously released outtakes and alternates from 1969 - 1972....that's it!  Thanks.

Svengi, October 25, 2011