Record Collector 21

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SMASH HITSSmashing Pumpkins’ catalogue is due for revamp by EMI with bonuses starting this autumn with Gish, Siamese Dreams, Pisces Iscariot; in 2012, Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness, The Aeroplane Flies High, Adore; 2013, Machina/The Machines Of God, Machina II – The Friends & Enemies Of Modern Music and a new best-of.

GREAT SCOTT AC/DC’s 13-song Let There Be Rock DVD and BD are issued by Warners on 7 June. The last filmed show with Bon Scott, from Paris, 1979, has backstage footage, five featurettes and interviews with Rick Allen (Def Leppard), Matt Sorum (Guns N’Roses), Lemmy (Motörhead), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) and The Donnas. NOT SO FUCKED Fucked Up’s David Comes To Life is issued via 4AD on 6 June, and pre-orders via buyearlygetnow.com receive exclusives along with their CD or 2-LP of four 7” singles, five non-album tracks, a download of the band’s exclusive David’s TownIndependent Record Store Day 12” release, and a poster.

! Donovan’s 2-CD Sunshine Superman is issued in mono and stereo by EMI, 6 June. ! The upcoming Winnie The Pooh movie soundtrack features She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel. The 1000-copy Two Flags West/North To Alaska soundtrack twofer is out via US Intrada. ! Sandy Denny’s The North Star Grassman And The Ravens 2-CD is issued by Universal this month with demos, four BBC In Concert cuts from 1972 and unissued instrumental. ! Mark Nevin’s first album in nine years, Stand Beside Me In The Sun, is out, featuring Dubstar’s Sarah Blackwood. ! Michael Chapman’s 1000-copy Growing Pains 3 is out via Market Square, 20 June, with out-takes and instrumentals. ! Woody Guthrie’s 18-song The Live Wire, from Newark, New Jersey, 1949, is out via Rounder, 6 June.

! The Prodigy’s World’s On Fire is issued as a CD/DVD and CD/BD, 23 May, taking in the 17-song Milton Keynes 2010 show, 5.1 mix and 10-song Invaders Alive tour clips and films. ! Pendulum’s unissued Ransom DL is out via pendulum.com in aid of Japan. ! The upcoming The Sweeney film features Plan B. SOUL ! Marv Johnson’s I’ll Pick A Rose For My Rose is out via Kent with five unissued cuts. ! Marvin Gaye’s 40th Anniversary What’s Going On? Super Deluxe Edition 2-CD/LP is out via US Motown, 17 May, with 14 unissued mono mixes, alternate takes and instrumental jams. REGGAE ! Peter Tosh’s Legalize It Legacy Edition 2-CD and Equal Rights Legacy Edition 2-CD are issued via US Columbia/Legacy, 21 June, with unissued bonuses. BLUES ! Errol Linton’s first set in 10 years, Mama Said, is out via Ruby, 20 June. ! Duffy Power’s first set in 30+ years, Tigers, is due via Market Square in August, featuring Colosseum’s Dick Heckstall-Smith’s last recordings.

! An Entertainment Retailers Association award in April for Best Independent Record Store went to Glasgow’s Love Music, the best in England, Brighton’s Resident; Wales, Carmarthen’s Tangled Parrot; N. Ireland, Belfast’s Head. See indierecordshop.org. ! The UK government announced in April that it aims to close a VAT loophole on Channel Isles CD sales by 2012. ! Squared Roots T-shirts has a design based on vinyl and record shops available at squaredrootsclothing.co.uk.

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Young at heart A record of the A MusiCares Tribute To Neil Young concert, from the USA, 2010, is issued on DVD and BD by US Shout! Factory, 31 May. It features Keith Urban, ex-Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty, Booker T Jones (Booker T & The MGs), Lady Antebellum, Dave Matthews, Norah Jones, Dierks Bentley, Josh Groban, Ben Harper, Jackson Browne, Wilco, Jason Mraz, Shawn Colvin, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, T-Bone Burnett, Crosby Stills & Nash, Elton John, Leon Russell, Neko Case, Sheryl Crow and Ozomatli. ! Ben Harper appears on INXS’ Original Sin Deluxe Edition, which is available via Petrol Electric, along with John Mayer, Matchbox 20’s Rob Thomas, Tricky and Nikka Costa. ! A Bob Dylan symposium, The Seven Ages Of Dylan, is at University Of Bristol Dept. Of English, 24 May. See Dylan-at-seventy-weebly.com. ! Barb Jungr’s Man In The Long Black Coat tribute to Bob Dylan, featur-ing new cuts, is issued by Linn, 30 May.

Picture thisThe Now And Then: Photographs By John Swannell photo exhibition is at London’s National Portrait Gallery to 31 December, including unpublished shots of Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott. ! Yuliya B. Stephenal has canvases of John Lennon, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix via http://artstephanel.Carbonmade.com, the latter selling in April for £900. ! An exhibition at Dorothy’s Gallery, Rue Keller, Bastille, Paris, to mid-June, includes work by Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Dorothysgallery.com/art. ! Johnny Cash’s home at Dyess, Arkansas, has been bought by Arkansas State University for a museum with arti-facts, photos and art. ! The Totem Body exhibition is at London’s Crypt Gallery, St. Pancras Church, Euston Road, 10-26 June, featuring art on shamanism and animal instincts in man, co-sponsored by Sir George Martin and Kindred Spirit, and with music from the Royall College Of Music. Earth-awareness.com.

Q&A

Yes man Jon Anderson has a new album in the pipeline and RC found out more. “I’m writing with people around the world via the internet, from a Violin Concerto For Dance, to musicals, and songs for my next release. I put songs on Facebook every week, and it’ll be a selection from that, through my recovery from three near-death moments in 2008”. Is there anything unreleased at all?A zillion ideas and songs. A box set might be the way to go, and I have an idea that would change the marketing of music, so we’ll see what happens. Have you done anything fans may not know about?I’m singing on Jonathan Alias’ Prayer Cycle, and one with Rahatt Ali Khan. What’s your favourite record shop?Boo Boo, San Luis Obispo, California. They have every record ever!What’s the last album you bought?Etheopian Old School Music.The first?Duane Eddy’s Rebel Rouser.What music moves you most?Sibelius’ symphonies, which I’ve played more than any. When was the best era for music?The 40s and 60s.What record would you save from your burning house?Sibelius Symphony Number 7.Which band would you answer questions about on Mastermind?The Beatles.What would you be if not a musician?Soccer player.What fact about you would surprise people?I’m shy.Which question do you wish people would stop asking?Can I help you madame?Who would you most like to record with?The Kin.What unfulfilled ambitions do you have?To play Carnegie Hall, create musicals and operas, and there’s a book in the works.

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