...The new batch of titles from Godfather Records arrive February 28th and they've given the LED ZEPPELIN Studio Sessions a comprehensive upgrade!..."Studio Magic: Sessions 1968-1980" is an 18CD box set with 60-page booklet...



...an excerpt from the release notes:
The twenty hours of music in this box set extend from extremely primitive cassette demos made in the wilds of Snowdonia to initial rehearsals in Headley Grange to perfectly polished alternate takes and mixes of classic songs.

Several attempts have been made in the past to offer a complete collection.

The first is the classic 11 CD set Studio Sessions on Antrabata. This set collected every piece of tape known at the time and presented them in a chronological, cohesive order. Despite the knock against it for using inferior sounding tapes, it remains a popular and sought after item.
Akashic attempted a comprehensive box set in the winter of 1999 called The Final Option. The project was scrapped after only five discs spread out over three titles, Meet Led Zeppelin, Scorpio Rising and The Smithereens were released. And the Akashic contained spurious Houses Of The Holy outtakes. In 2007 the Scorpio label produced the 12 CD set Studio Sessions Ultimate, an impressive update of the Antrabata set.
In the intervening years, many more tracks surfaced including the legendary Led Zeppelin II sessions and superior sounding versions of already existing tracks. Studio Magik gives a much needed overhaul of Led Zeppelin outtakes.

Not only are the new sessions presented, but all of the older tracks have been given a remastering job from the best available sources and are presented in their definitive form.

The balance of the GFR releases for February 28th include titles from EDDIE VEDDER, THE ROLLING STONES, KISS and U2..

...New PRINCE from Mid Valley Records..."Light And Shadow: Montreux Jazz Festival 2009" is a 2DVD/3CD set that delivers a comprehensive collectible of the event, here's the tracklisting:
DISC 1 DVD1: FIRST SHOW 01 When I Lay My Hands On U 02 Little Red Corvette 03 Somewhere Here On You 04 When The Lights G Down 05 Willing And Able 06 Eye Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 07 She Spoke 2 Me 08 Drums Solo 09 Love Like Jazz 10 All This Love 11 Empty Room 12 Elixir 13 In A Large Room With No Light 14 Insatiable (Incl. Band Introduction) 15 Scandalous 16 The Beautiful Ones 17 Nothing Compares 2 U 18 First Show Closing (Claude Nobs Speech)

DISC 2 DVD 2 : SECOND SHOW 01 Band Introduction 02 When I Lay My Hands On U 03 Stratus 04 Drums Solo 05 Stratus Reprise / All Shook Up 06 Peach 07 Spanish Castle Magic 08 When You Were Mine 09 Little Red Corvette 10 Somewhere Here On Earth 11 She Spoke 2 Me 12 Eye Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 13 Love Like Jazz 14 All The Critics Love U In Montreux 15 In A Large Room With No Light 16 Purple Rain 17 Secound Show Closing (Claude Nobs Speech)

DISC 3 FIRST SHOW 01 When I Lay My Hands On U 02 Little Red Corvette 03 Somewhere Here On You 04 When The Lights G Down 05 Willing And Able 06 Eye Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 07 She Spoke 2 Me 08 Drums Solo 09 Love Like Jazz 10 All This Love 11 Empty Room 12 Elixir 13 In A Large Room With No Light

DISC 4 01 Insatiable (Incl. Band Introduction) 02 Scandalous 03 The Beautiful Ones 04 Nothing Compares 2 U 05 First Show Closing (Cloude Nobs Speech) SECOUND SHOW: 06 Band Introduction 07 When I Lay My Hands On U 08 Stratus 09 Drums Solo 10 Stratus Reprise / All Shook Up 11 Peach 12 Spanish Castle Magic 13 When You Were Mine 14 Little Red Corvette 15 Somewhere Here On Earth

DISC 5 01 She Spoke 2 Me 02 Eye Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore 03 Love Like Jazz 04 All The Critics Love U In Montreux 05 In A Large Room With No Light 06 Purple Rain 07 Secound Show Closing (Claude Nobs Speech)

Bonus Track:1994 June 9: Glam Slam Miami FL 08 Soul Sacrifice / Santana Medley

...DAVID BOWIE "Tremble Like A Flower" 2CD from Wardour is an excellent audience recording of his June 4, 1983 concert at Wembley Arena in London, initial copies come with the bonus 2CDR, "From Memories To Modernity" and contains his June 30th London show at the Hammersmith Odeon...

...One non-label release this week...BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND "Frankie Goes To Cleveland" 4CD presents a soundboard recording from the Allen Theater in Cleveland on April 7, 1976 -AND an excellent audience tape of their show in Durham, North Carolina on March 28, 1976...initial sets also come with the bonus CDR "Frankie Goes To Cleveland Vol. 2" containing a soundboard from the April 8th, 1976 show at the Allen Theater in Cleveland...

...Sigma will be issuing PINK FLOYD "March Of The Dambusters: Definitive Edition" 4CD which contains an upgrade to the Frankfurt tapes from November 16 & 17, 1972  at Festhalle, the first 50 copies are numbered/stickered editions, and initial copies come with the bonus 4CDR "March Of The Dambusters" - the initial version from Sirene...and finally this week, look for an underground 12" vinyl single version of THE ROLLING STONES "Doom And Gloom" from the Grrrrr! compilation, it will be available on light blue or yellow marbled vinyl and is pressed on 500 limited edition copies with the original version on the A-side, paired with an electro house remix by BENNY BENASSI on the B-side....Have a great week!

Svengi, February 19, 2013