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June 2002
Slade
Slade´s first new single in many
years, "Some Exercise", freshly
recorded in May 2002 will be released shortly by major label Virgin Records!
The 3-track CD-single will feature a radio version, a dance mix and "H´s
mix".
Placebo
The next couple of months Placebo will
spend most of the time in studio to record their 4th album. With top producer
Jim Abbiss they have professional assistance, before Placebo Jim worked
with Bjork, U.N.K.L.E., Sneaker Pimps, Kylie Minogue and others. Though
there is no title for the album yet, a few songtitles are known so far:
"Protect me", "Special
Needs", "Multiply", "Fade
Out", "Cavity Search" and
"English Summer Rain".
T.Rex
"The T.Rex Wax
Co. Singles - A´s and B´s 1972-77" is the beginning
of a new series of Marc Bolan & T.Rex releases by Edsel Records. Although
there is no surprise on this new concept-compilation including all Singles
from 1972 ("Telegram Sam") to 1977
("Celebrate Summer") this double CD
is nicely packaged with sleeve notes to every track and comes in a slipcase.
As the booklet reveals all albums from
"The Slider" to "Dandy
In The Underworld" will be reissued once again - which is no
real surprise in the anniversary year - as double CD sets, CDs1 featuring
the original album and the single tracks of the year and CDs2 the alternative
albums with demos, studio outtakes - all released before, too.
T.Rex Wax Co. Singles at Amazon:
 The
T-Rex Wax Co. Singles A's and B's... |
 T
Rex Wax Co Singles A's & B's 1972-77 |
 The
T-Rex Wax Co. Singles 1972-1977 |
Marilyn Manson
The recording of the new album "The
Golden Age Of Grotesque" is almost completed and features a
new line-up. Long-time member Twiggy Ramirez has left the band, the new
Marilyn Manson bassist is Tim Skold. The album release is expected for
Autumn on Interscope Records.
In The meantime Marilyn Manson will play
a part in the movie "Party Monster"
which is currently filmed in New York.
Junk-shop Glam
Within just one month a lot of activities
took place at the pages of our friends at the 70´s
Invasion. It is safe to say that they have created the most comprehensive
documentary on rare and forgotten glam singles, the so-called "Junk-shop
Glam", having found an unexpected new popularity recently. Already categorized
in several chapters you find masses of information on : Junk-shop
Glam, Glitterrock
and the introduction.
That not enough, check them out frequently for further pages there very
soon.
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Sweet
Finally the long awaited new Andy Scott´s Sweet album "Sweetlife" has been released in the UK at the end of April. There is a special Sweetlife page now at the official Sweet website with all the album details (tracklist, track snippets and fan reviews on each track) and also a very own website for the album here.
The new Sweet album at Amazon.de:
| Sweetlife |
David Bowie
At the moment news-updates on David´s
forthcoming album "Heathen" (see April
news) arrive daily from the various Bowie websites. There will be a special
limited edition (Japanese import) with a bonus disc.
The first single will be "Slow
Burn", which certainly is not his most exciting single. In fact
it sounds very typically 1979/80 Bowie and could easily be a Lodger or
Scary Monsters outtake. However, it is said that the single is not representative
for the entire album.
The various European and American formats
of the single offer a great value for money as they contain numerous "real
b-side tracks", both Heathen session outtakes and songs from the unreleased
"Toy" album.
You can make your own mind listening to
a real audio version of "Slow Burn"
here.
Meanwhile a lot of new concert dates are
now in the massively updated on
tour section.
David Bowie´s new album "Heathen" at Amazon:
|
Heathen |
Heathen |
Heathen |
Special limited "Heathen" edition with bonus disc at Amazon:
| Heathen |
Heathen
[Limited Edition w/Bonus Disc] |
"Slow Burn" at Amazon:
| Slowburn |
Slow
Burn |
Slow
Burn |
Ziggy
Stardust - 30th anniversary special edition
Celebrating the
30th anniversary of Bowie´s glam masterpiece a new 2 CD edition of
the classic will be released by EMI on July 1st.
Tracklist
of CD2:
1
Moonage Daydream (Arnold Corns version)
2 Hang On To Yourself (Arnold Corns version)
3 Lady Stardust (Demo)
4 Ziggy Stardust (Demo)
5 John, I'm Only Dancing
6 Velvet Goldmine
7 Holy Holy
8 Port Of Amsterdam
9 The Supermen
10
Round And Round
11
Sweet Head (Outtake - Take 5)
12
Moonage Daydream (Alan Moulder Mix)
The set will come
in a special packaging with extensive sleeve notes and many rare photos.
Check the excellent
5years.com
website specializing on the album for further details and updates of this
release. That not enough, there probably will be Ziggy related DVD releases
in the near future, both the D.A. Pennebaker concert movie (so far only
available in the United States) in restored form and a completely new one
containing rare concert footage filmed by Mick Rock.
After last year´s T.Rex Electric Warrior 30th anniversary edition and the excellent Alice Cooper re-releases of "Billion Dollar Babies" and most recently "Welcome To My Nightmare" there now seems to be a new trend for deluxe reissues of classic albums. Hopefully there will be lots more in the future, i.e. we demand a 2004 special edition of Sparks´ "Kimono My House", to name just one.
Ziggy Stardust special 30th anniversary deluxe edition at Amazon:
| The
Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust &... |
Ziggy
Stardust: 30th Anniv (Bonus CD) |
Ziggy
Stardust/30th Aniversary |
Steve Harley
With securing the
most attractive URL www.steveharley.com
the official website has started a complete new relaunch presenting the
contents in a more clearly structured way.
As a special treat
there will be a live
chat with Steve on Saturday, May 18th at 6 pm UK time / 7 pm CET.
Roxy Music
While there are no further Roxy concerts planned at the moment (though Bryan Ferry´s extensive "Frantic" world-tour is on the way, please check our tour page) one of last year´s remarkable shows has been captured for a brand new DVD release. "Roxy Music Live At The Apollo" (Region 2 - Europe, Middle East and Japan only) will be out this month in the UK, in Germany in the first week of June. The DVD features the complete Hammersmith Apollo concert (20 songs) plus 20 minutes bonus documentary footage.
The new Roxy Music live DVD at Amazon:
| Roxy
Music - Live At The Apollo |
Roxy
Music - Live At The Apollo |
Original 70s Roxy footage from the Musikladen appearances 1973/74 is now available on a new audio/video CD entitled "Reflection", published by re-issue label NMC (Catalogue Number Pilot 120). Roxy Music captured live for German TV in the early seventies. This specially priced 2 disc set pulls together all the material originally released on Valentine and Vintage. Both these discs are to be deleted.Each disc contains the full enhanced section which includes the full video performances of each song taken from the "Beat Club" shows. Includes new artwork, informative booklet and interview with Phil Manzanera.
Disc One:
Do
The Strand - Street Life - In Every Dream Home A Heartache - Remake Remodel
- All I Want Is You - Virginia Plain
Disc Two:
Out
Of The Blue - Psalm - If It Takes All Night - Editions Of You - A Hard
Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Roxy Music - Reflection
Roxy Music´s "Reflection" at Amazon:
|
Reflection |
Reflection [UK-Import] |
Junk-shop glam
Following a brilliant
article in the January issue of Record Collector there seems to be a strong
new interest in rare 70s novelty glam singles. Since then there has been
another article published by The Guardian
and the 70s Invasion
website has started a new special page here.
Ch-ch-ch-ch changes... at glam-rock.de
Some of you will have noticed a lot of activity at glam-rock.de apart from the usual monthly news and concert dates, so here is a brief summary:
April
2002
Marc Bolan
So far not much has
happened officially in the first quarter of the 25th anniversary year.
Normally you won´t read much about bootlegs on this website but when
something sensational like "Marc Bolan´s
Pure Magic - The Soul Recordings" turns
up it is time for an exception. Currently in circulation at record fairs
is this well-compiled collection of Marc Bolan´s most soul-influenced
recordings, many of them never heard before. The CD features Marc´s
collaborations with Gloria Jones,
Pat
Hall and for the first time material of
the formerly mysterious sessions with
Richard
Jones, but also the more "souly" T.Rex
tracks from the "Bolan´s Zip Gun" and "Futuristic Dragon" periods.
The highlights are 4 songs by Richard Jones (Gloria´s brother who
sadly died last year). 3 of them are strong soul ballads, a little bit
reminiscent of Barry White plus the smashing "Lovin´ You" which many
fans knew before as "Walking Through That Door". For the first time this
what could have been a very successful single at the time appears in top
sound quality - which is due to the excellent remastering of the entire
material of this album.
Once again the diversity
of Marc´s talent is presented impressively and after the Pat Hall
material released by Edsel a few years ago this CD is another proof that
Marc discovered soul music before David did.
Though the booklet
is kept rather basic (4 pages) it probably contains all the available background
information of the various recordings plus some exclusive photos of Gloria
and Richard Jones and Pat Hall. "Pure Magic"
though it is a bootleg is a carefully put-together collection that upstages
many recent official Bolan releases soundwise not only is a must for every
Bolan fan but also a wonderful tribute to the late Richard Jones.
David Bowie
The new Bowie album
"Heathen",
produced by Tony Visconti with appearances by Pete Townshend and Dave Grohl
is scheduled for a June 11th release. The 25th David Bowie album will be
the first on his own new ISO label will be distributed by Columbia.
The album will feature
the new songs 'Sunday', 'Slow Burn',
'I Would Be Your Slave', 'Afraid', 'Marching', 'Wood
Jackson', '5:15 The Angels Have Gone', 'A Better Future','Heathen',
'Slip Away', and
'Everyone Says Hi'.
Suzi Quatro
This year sees the
release of a brandnew Suzi Quatro album in the UK: "Naked
Under Leather". The CD might be preceeded
by a single called "No Choice",
for which a video clip is planned. More infos on Suzi´s new releases
and tour dates you will find at her official
website.
Slade
Slade IIare
planning to record a new album. As the
Bak
´ome website reports, two new tracks, "End Of The World"
and "Take Me Home"
are already completed, one of them will appear on a World Trade Center
tribute sampler. There are even rumours of a new record deal for Slade
II with Virgin Records.
Suede
The recording of
the yet untitled new album is completed now and will be mastered at the
beginning of May. The release expected for September will be the first
Suede album on their new UK label Epic. There are no concrete plans for
a tour yet but Suede might appear at some summer festivals, already confirmed
is a festival in Denmark (see our live section). Also the band has been
asked by David Bowie to play at this year´s Meltdown festival which
is still to be put together.
Showaddywaddy
In conjunction with
their theatre shows Showaddywaddy will release their new album "Hey
Rock´n Roll" very soon. Among the
massive 30 songs the CD will include the tracks "Peter
Gunn", "FBI",
"Chantilly Lace",
"Rock Around The Clock",
"Weekend",
"Somethin´ Else",
"Tell Laura I Love Her"
and "Runaround Sue".
The first 1000 copies
are exclusively available from www.showaddywaddy.net
at the price of £ 9,99.
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