New exhibit of unseen early photographs of David Bowie

Photo: Gerald Fearnly

Snap Galleries in London has just announced that never before published photographs of David Bowie taken in the late 1960's will be exhibited in a couple of weeks.

The photographer is Gerald Fearnly who shot the cover photo for the 1967 self titled David Bowie album.

Fifteen of these unseen photographs will be shown in the gallery from August 15 to September 24, 2016. And there are of course prints for sale.

More on the photographs here:

http://www.snapgalleries.com/exhibitions/bowie-photographs-by-gerald-fearnley/

Pink Floyd release: giant set of early stuff

The Early Years 1965 - 1972 is a 27-disc box set featuring a lot of previously unreleased material. 
The press release says that it "contains unreleased tracks, BBC Radio Sessions, remixes, outtakes and alternative versions over 11 hours, 45 minutes of audio and live and TV performance in over 14 hours of audio-visual material."

"The content includes over 20 unreleased songs, more than 7 hours of previously unreleased live audio and over 5 hours of rare concert footage, along with 5 meticulously produced 7” singles in replica sleeves, collectable memorabilia, feature films and new sound mixes. Previously unreleased tracks include 1967’s Vegetable Man and In The Beechwoods, which have been mixed for the first time, specially for this release."
Release date: November 11, 2016.

Trailer!

http://www.pinkfloyd.com

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Upcoming release: The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl

The album "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" is set for a re-release on September 9. The album is directly sourced, remixed, and remastered from the original three-track recordings, and includes four tracks that have never been released before.

The original album was released in 1977 and has never been reissued on CD (or in any other digital format). The music site Pitchfork has the story. Check it out here.

King Crimson: Great sample from upcoming album

"Easy Money" live in Japan - an excerpt from King Crimson's forthcoming album - "Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind" - a triple CD and BluRay set available from 3rd September. Sounds great, right?

More information on the album and the upcoming European tour here.

Ex Turtle dislikes Republicans' use of "Happy Together"

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-turtles-gop-convention-happy-together-20160718-snap-story.html

Fifty years ago today...

Today on July 27 it is fifty years since the release of Freak Out!, the first album by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention.
A ground breaking album in several ways; the collage technique in the music, the satirical lyrics and attitude, the idea of a concept album.

Listen to the album here:
https://play.spotify.com/album/6qfS5de8GAy1G5tk7tyiof

Listen to Sveriges Radio's celebration of the 50th anniversary of Freak Out! (Not sure if the link works outside Sweden though):
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/734110?programid=767

Catch the Steely Dan Marathon on Inside MusiCast Radio!

The Inside MusiCast Radio Steely Dan Marathon, hosted by "Steely Danologist" and Monkey House frontman Don Breithaupt started yesterday and will run for a few more hours. If you miss it there's other fine music on the station. And a lot of audio and text on the site for you to enjoy.

http://www.insidemusicast.com/

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

A new documentary on Frank Zappa has premiered. It's 90 minutes long, titled "Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words" and directed by Thorsten Schütte.

https://www.facebook.com/eatthatquestion.frankzappainhisownwords/

It's getting good reviews and here's what brother Bob thinks about it.

Dweezil Zappa on the Zappa vs Zappa spat

The place to hear it is comedian Mark Maron's WTF-podcast. Link here. Interview starts seven minutes in.

The Zappa name has been in the news lately thanks to, errrr... "diverse opinions" regarding financial matters among the Zappa siblings. Add a few lawyers and you get a downward spiral of a mess.

Zappa fans might find this interview interesting, even heartbreaking. Go give it a listen.

Celebrate Midsummer with Radio Dupree!

It's that time of year again. Midsummer. Next to Christmas the most important holiday of the year. Here's a surprisingly true video of the whole weekend:

Swedish Midsummer for Dummies from Sweden on Vimeo.

Swedish Midsummer – a holiday devoted to eating, drinking, dancing and assorted pagan rituals. This is a guide to making the most of it.

Read more about Midsummer in Sweden: https://sweden.se/traditions/midsummer/

Pink Floyd albums back on vinyl again - and on UK stamps!

Pink Floyd Records has begun the reintroduction of the group's catalogue on vinyl for the first time in over two decades. 
The first four records are ‘The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn’, ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’, the soundtrack from the film ‘More’ and the 2 LP set ‘Ummagumma’.

More here: www.pinkfloyd.com/vinyl

Also, Royal Mail in the UK is celebrating Pink Floyd with the release of special Pink Floyd stamps. 

Release date: July 7.
Details here: royalmail.com/pinkfloyd

"Circus Money" 8 years old today

It was June 10 back in 2008 that Walter Becker released his second solo album; Circus Money.
Here's hoping the third one will appear before June 10 2017! ;-)

(While we wait we'll give Circus Money a few more listens...)

Two new Frank Zappa albums

What a surprise! We just got Road Tapes #3 and now there are two more CD's on there way. 
The Crux Of The Biscuit seems to be the most interesting one. It was created in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of Zappa's highly rated 1974 album Apostrophe ('). It contains rare alternate mixes, live performances & studio session outtakes.
The other one is called Frank Zappa For President. Seems to include some 80's material, but maybe other stuff as well. You never know what is behind those titles.

Track lists to both albums here.

Unboxing Jon Herington's Adult Entertainment (Special Edition)

Hot on the heels of our first unboxing video in September last year comes this, our second, featuring a light brown box with a few CD:s and t-shirts. Enjoy!

More over on jonherington.com

Rickie Lee Jones joins Steely Dan for October shows

Steely Dan has just announced the by now traditional run of New York shows to the 2016 tour.
Ten nights at the Beacon Theatre with four of the band's albums getting one night each; Aja, The Royal Scam, Gaucho and Countdown to Ecstasy.

There's also the usual Greatest Hits night and the By Popular Demand night. Four of the ten shows will have Rickie Lee Jones as a Special Guest. Can we expect Steely Dan to join during her version of Show Biz Kids?

Tickets go on sale June 10 with an American Express Pre-sale starting June 2.

Oct 12……The Royal Scam - Plus Selected Hits

Oct 14……Special Guest - Rickie Lee Jones

Oct 15……Special Guest - Rickie Lee Jones

Oct 18……Aja - Plus Selected Hits

Oct 19……By Popular Demand

Oct 22……Gaucho - Plus Selected Hits

Oct 25……Special Guest - Rickie Lee Jones

Oct 26……Special Guest - Rickie Lee Jones

Oct 28…… Countdown to Ecstasy - Plus Selected Hits

Oct 29…… Greatest Hits

More (including the June 7 - July 17 summer dates):
steelydan.com
facebook.com/steelydan