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VIOLENT FEMMES Celebrate 30th Birthday Of Fifth Album ‘WHY DO BIRDS SING? With Deluxe Edition

Posted on August 3, 2021 by JL

3 August 2021

Band: VIOLENT FEMMES (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.)
Active: 1979–1987, 1988–2009, 2013–present / 10 studio LPs

Deluxe album: WHY DO BIRDS SING?
Fifth LP, originally released on 18 May 1991.

Content: This 30th-anniversary 2-CD edition features a complete
1991 live set captured at The Boat House in Norfolk, VA, plus a trove
of previously unreleased outtakes/alternate takes, and new liner
notes by acclaimed songwriter/journalist Jeff Slate.

Their Culture Club cover

Out: 8th October 2021 via Craft Recordings
Order info: here

AllMusic wrote back then: “Every Violent Femmes fan has their favorite
record and these tend to vary wildly. More than likely, this one will not be
anyone’s favorite, but still has some redeeming moments. The strong opener
“American Music” is reminiscent of their classic songwriting style.”

Original album…

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(Image: cover of ‘BBC Live’ album)

Coming Soon… BOB DYLAN: Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol.16

Posted on July 22, 2021 by JL

22 July 2021

Artist: BOB DYLAN
The troubadour celebrated his 80th birthday this year.
Active: Since 1961, yes, 60 (!) years / 39 studio albums (so far)

Album: (Take a deep breath) BOB DYLAN: SPRINGTIME
IN NEW YORK – The Bootleg Series 1980-1985

Info: The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg
Series revisits an often-forgotten, rich vein in Dylan’s vast and complex catalog, shining fresh light on the provocative new musical directions Dylan was taking as a songwriter
and a recording artist from 1980 through 1985.

In the early 1980s, while the music industry was grappling with the arrival of new trends and technology, from MTV to compact discs to digital recording, Bob Dylan was writing
and recording new songs for a new decade, creating an essential new chapter in his studio catalog. Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York (1980-1985) celebrates the rich creative period surrounding Dylan’s albums Shot Of Love (1981), Infidels, and Empire Burlesque with previously unreleased outtakes, alternate takes, rehearsal recordings, live performances, and more.

Content: Deluxe 5-CD package, also available in 2-CD and 2-LP highlight editions, will feature 54 previously unreleased recordings, including outtakes, rehearsal recordings,
and live performances from Dylan’s early-’80s albums Shot Of Love, Infidels, and Empire Burlesque.

Out: 17 September 2021
Pre-order: here

More info and tracklist: here

The original of Jokerman, the opener of Infidels…

Deluxe Edition Of 2014 Debut Album ‘STREET VENOM’ By DEATH VALLEY GIRLS

Posted on July 4, 2021 by JL

4 July 2021

Band: DEATH VALLEY GIRLS
Who: Garage rock fury from Los Angeles, led by
vocalist/guitarist/organist and charismatic voodoo
doll Bonnie Bloomgarden, fabricating Californian
doom boogie.
Active since 2013 / 4 albums so far

Debut album STREET VENOM – released in 2014, only on
a small run of cassettes – comes back 30th July, for the first
time on vinyl, courtesy of Suicide Squeeze Records.

This deluxe edition is a fully remixed and remastered version
of Street Venom plus two bonus tracks. The initial vinyl pressing
is limited to 2000 copies—1,500 on Satan’s Fingerprint (retail only),
300 on Full Moon Fever, and 200 on Eye of the Beholder (both available
only direct from the label store and Bandcamp). A digital issue is
also obtainable. More info right HERE.

I still love you, Bonnie (photo by Turn Up The Volume)

To get in the right mood, the band shared a psychedelia-colored
video clip for Sanitarium Blues, one of the album’s highlights.

Bonnie Bloomgarden about the song…

“When I was a kid, I ended up in a mental institution after trying to finish my life!
I eventually found out that I am bipolar and extremely empathetic. Life just got too intense/scary to know how to deal with alone! I didn’t know how to get help or that
help would work… This song is about my stay at the institution! The combination of
stuff I do that is currently keeping me alive/balanced is taking antidepressants,
walking a lot, meditating, therapy, plant medicine, space from humans, and my dog.”

Listen/watch here below…

Original album…

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(concert pics by Turn Up The Volume)

NEIL YOUNG And GRAHAM NASH – Two Birds Singing

Posted on March 22, 2021 by JL

22 March 2021

Last year the classic LP DÉJÀ VU by vocal supergroup
CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG turned 50.

On 14 May a deluxe edition will see the day of light. The expansive issue
will be available on both LP and CD, features a remastered version of the
original album and discs dedicated to demos, outtakes, and alternates from
the recording sessions. It will also come with a hardcover book with rare
photos & liner notes/annotations from Cameron Crowe. Order info here.

Ahead of it comes a demo of a song called BIRDS that Young wrote
at the time and recorded by Young and recorded with Nash. It was
planned to be part of Déjà Vu but ended up on Young‘s album After
The Gold Rush.

Here’s a pair of birds…