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ALICE COOPER - "ALONG CAME A SPIDER" RELEASED 28TH JULY
'A dark and menacing album for dark and menacing times' is perhaps the most fitting description for Alice's 25th studio album, released through SPV on 28th July.
A chilling, conceptual thread runs through the songs, which are told through the voice of a serial killer named Spider. Alice Cooper, the master storyteller, weaves a web of danger, intrigue and death that rivals his best work.
Co-produced by Danny Saber, Greg Hampton and Alice himself, 'Along Came A Spider' manages to marry both vintage and modern day Alice. As theatrical as ever, the album has got hard rock with hooks and classic balladry, always with an overtone of evil - an instantly recognizable presence that will be welcomed by his fans.
Danny Saber, formerly of Black Grape, has also worked with Ozzy Osbourne & David Bowie, while Greg Hampton's been working on a new album project teaming up Buckethead and Bootsy Collins.
Joining Alice on the album are members of his touring band - long-time Alice drummer Eric Singer, bassist Chuck Garric, guitarists Keri Kelli and Jason Hook, while Slash contributes guitar style to "Vengeance Is Mine."
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MEMORABILIA EXHIBITS FLOOD IN AS LED ZEPPELIN 'MEMORIES IN MUSIC 1968-2008' CATCHES THE ATTENTION OF GLOBAL ZEPHEADS!
The response to the news that there is to be a special month-long Led Zeppelin Memorabilia Exhibit - 'Memories in Music 1968-2008', held during August at Knebworth House, has been overwhelming!
Led Zeppelin fans around the world, on hearing of the event on websites and in the printed press, have been quick and eager to support the event by loaning some outstanding Zeppelin memorabilia exhibits.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the formation of Led Zeppelin - with the proceeds of all donations/raffle-prize money going to the ABC Trust, Action for Brazil's Children, Zeppelin fans can view a selection of all things Led Zeppelin over four decades from badges to bathrobes.
Amongst the many juicy items are large amounts of handbills, tickets, rare vinyl, programs, signed photos...it's a long list which keeps growing...and you'll have to be there to experience it all! For example - visitors will see a red leather jacket belonging to John Bonham which still has the Guest Artist Pass for the Knebworth show on August 11th '79 attached to it. There's also photos by Frank Melfi, all the albums signed by the band, a rare Japanese release of LZ I, 46 singles from around the world in full colour sleeves, Celebration Day sheet music signed by band, original sheet music and song books from the 70s, tour programs from 69, 75 and 77, a rare Atlantic promotional inflatable Zeppelin (with photo of the band in front of it), 300 tickets from shows 1969-1980, 'The Object', original printer's proof of album artwork for LZ IV and Jimmy Page's robe from the 1980 tour.
Held by kind permission of the Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust, the Led Zeppelin Memorabilia Exhibit takes place in the family library of Edward Bulwer Lytton at Knebworth House from 1 August - 3 September 2008. The Exhibition will open daily from 12.00 noon-5.00 pm (last tour at 4.00pm). All tours of Knebworth House are guided except on weekends where the House operates 'free flow.' Those wishing to spend more time at the 'Memories in Music 1968-2008' exhibit on guided tour days can be taken back at the end of the visit. Entrance to the exhibit is included in the price of the Knebworth House tour. Tickets to the House and Gardens are £9.50 for adults, £9.00 for seniors and children (aged 4-16). A Family day ticket to Knebworth House, including the Gardens (for 4 persons) is £33.00.
Do you have any Led Zeppelin memorabilia that you could loan the exhibition? It can be anything from a programme, signed pictures, plectrums or backstage passes - up to clothing, microphones and musical instruments. Please contact Annie Hollinshead if you think you can help. (ayhollinshead@hotmail.com)
The forthcoming Led Zeppelin Memories in Music Memorabilia Exhibit is offering fans around the world an online opportunity to pick up a fantastic Meridian F80 complete home entertainment system signed by Led Zeppelin's legendary guitarist Jimmy Page! The F80 is one of the prizes up for grabs in a great competition offer.
Exhibition website (Win Jon Ellinor's painting of the band, signed by Jimmy Page, and donated to the Memories in Music Exhibit to benefit the ABC Trust).
ROCK GUITAR HERO MEL GALLEY PASSES AWAY
Mel Galley passed away on 1 July. He is one of the founding members of the multi-media rock music project PHENOMENA and former Whitesnake and Trapeze member.
At the beginning of this year he was diagnosed with cancer of the opheophages. He decided not have an operation but to try to survive his 60 birthday, which was celebrated just 2 months ago in the presence of Glenn Hughes and Chris Evans.
Rock legend Glenn Hughes comments the passing of his close friend and Phenomena participant: 'For me there was Clapton, Hendrix and Mel Galley. What a loss for rock music.'
Whitesnake singer David Coverdale gives tribute to Mel, as one of the most gifted rock musicians ever, who had a major impact with many other bands and artists career: 'Music was his life. Whitesnake celebrates every night the brilliant songs he has written for us. Mel, we salute you.'
THE ZOMBIES 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT LIVE NOW AVAILABLE
For the first time since its release 4 decades ago, The Zombies seminal album 'Odessey & Oracle' was staged in its entirety at the Shepherds Bush Empire earlier this year.
It is now released as a double CD. The original members of The Zombies reunited to perform the premiere of 'Odessey & Oracle', preceded by a veritable banquet of Zombie connected material, from Argent hits to Colin Blunstone's string quintet material from his beautiful album 'One Year'.
On May 26, a 20 track album 'The Zombies and Beyond', was released featuring songs previously released by The Zombies or subsequently recorded by band members Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent.
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NEW WALTER BECKER ALBUM OUT IN JULY
Sonic360 is pleased to announce the UK release of 'Circus Money', Walter Becker's first solo album in 14 years. "It is," the artist acknowledges, "a unique career strategy." The album is released in the UK on Monday July 14th.
Over the past 38 years, Becker and his long-time collaborator Donald Fagen have released 10 albums under the Steely Dan moniker. Circus Money is Becker's second solo effort. To suggest that the new album, produced by Grammy® Award winning Larry Klein, has long been highly anticipated is something of an understatement among the Becker cognoscenti.
It was in 1994 that 11 'Tracks of Whack', Becker's debut solo outing arrived, with conclusive proof that the songwriter, multi-tasking musician and studio habitué had more to say - and more ways to say it - than could be contained in the epochal oeuvre of Steely Dan.
The album features Steely Dan sidemen Keith Carlock (drums) and Jon Herington (guitar), plus keyboardists Ted Baker and Jim Beard.
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TWO FOR THE SHOW: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION FROM KANSAS, EXPANDS 1978 CONCERT DOUBLE-ALBUM TO TWO CDs
10 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE CUTS FROM 1977-78 ON DISC TWO
Double-CD package in environmentally friendly, plastic-free soft pack, with 24-page full-color booklet arrives in stores July 1,2008, on Kirshner/Epic/Legacy - with new Kansas ringtones and ringbacks scheduled to coincide with release
'Carry On Wayward Son' by Kansas, their 1976 RIAA gold Top 10 singles chart debut, received the ultimate accolade in today's competitive PlayStation universe when it was inducted into the track list of 2006's enormously popular Guitar Hero II, which has sold more than 3 million copies to date.
The song's magnetism has delivered a new generation of fans for Kansas - who have sold more than 20 million albums in the U.S. during their career, continue to tour around the world, and maintain a colorful and vastly informative website at http://www.kansasband.com/.
'Carry On Wayward Son' now takes its place as one of the band's signature tracks on TWO FOR THE SHOW: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, which restores the full-length original two-LP concert album of 1978 for the first time in the digital era.
The new double-CD edition is expanded with a second disc including 10 previously unreleased live tracks from the same 1977-78 tour grid that provided the tracks for the original live album.
Thirty years later, TWO FOR THE SHOW: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION will arrive in stores July 1st on Kirshner/Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. The double-CD package will be housed in a beautifully designed, environmentally friendly, plastic-free soft pack, containing a 24-page full-color booklet with many unseen photographs, and a new liner notes essay written by Jeb Wright.
CLASSIC ALBUMS RE-ISSUED IN RHINO ENCORE SERIES
On June 23rd 2008 Rhino Records is set to re-issue several out of print albums from its vaults.
For the first time ever the first two Alice Cooper albums will be available on CD in the UK - Pretties For You and Easy Action!
The Flesh Eaters 1981 record A Minute To Pray, A Second To Die, Dinosaur Jr's seventh studio album Hand It Over and fan favourite live album The Living End by Husker Du are also released.
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