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Vintage Rock Digital LoungeWelcome to the Vintage Rock Digital Lounge where we offer streaming audio and video — as well as various swag — from the newest CD and DVD releases. The audio and video clips featured below are either links to other media sites or optimized to be played using a media player, such as Windows Media Player, QuickTime player, and/or RealPlayer. ~
Columbia Records presents Neil Diamond’s Home Before Dark, a powerful work, crossing generational lines with an extraordinary range and level of songcraft. Imbued with the same style of inspired melodies that has made his music so enduring, the album’s highlights include the stunning lead single “Pretty Amazing Grace” and a striking duet with the Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines entitled “Another Day (That Time Forgot).” The new collection was written by Diamond and recorded in Los Angeles with guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), bassist/acoustic guitarist Smokey Hormel and guitarist Matt Sweeney. Produced by Rick Rubin, Home Before Dark is available on vinyl and also as a deluxe CD version that includes two bonus tracks and a DVD with rare footage of Neil Diamond in the studio. To the delight of his millions of fans, Neil Diamond will return to concert stages this summer. Tickets for the North American tour, scheduled to kick off July 19th in St. Paul, Minnesota, go on sale in select markets beginning Monday, April 28th. The North American leg follows a series of European dates starting May 24th in Rotterdam. Check out the video clip of “Pretty Amazing Grace” below. Release Date: 05/06/08 Pretty Amazing Grace (video stream)
Hear Music announces Carly Simon's This Kind Of Love, her highly anticipated first album of all-original songs in eight years. It ranks among Simon’s most personal albums as well as one of her most stylistically diverse excursions with songs ranging from gorgeous melodies to driving rhythms. The CD is co-produced by Simon, Frank Filipetti and Jimmy Webb who also wrote or co-wrote most of the arrangements. Filipetti worked his talent as the engineer as well as producer. The musical inspiration of the CD comes from Simon’s fascination with Brazilian music, whose rhythms are subtly infused throughout. Even though she grew up listening to such classic artists as Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfa, it was Simon’s recent discovery of modern-day Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Jorge Ben that made her realize “you don’t have to be singing bossa nova or samba to get the essence [of Brazilian music]. There are songs that fit no one rhythm or generic type or song progression.” This Kind Of Love marks the next chapter in Simon's prolific career as a top-drawer vocalist and songwriter. “Many of these tunes are autobiographical,” she says. “My songs always come from something that personally happens to me or that I overhear or that are inspired by a book or film” Simon adds, “In many [of these] songs, we were led down a garden path in Rio, and most often we didn't say 'no.'” Check out audio clips from This Kind Of Love below. Release Date: 04/29/08 “Hold Out Your Heart” - audio stream
Steve Winwood has released “Dirty City” featuring Eric Clapton, the first single from his upcoming album Nine Lives. Fans can personally interact with the legendary rocker through the “Leave A Message For Steve Winwood Mobile Contest.” By calling (212) 784-6085, supporters can leave a voicemail for Winwood, and one lucky winner will receive a personal phone call in return. Be sure to check out Steve Winwood’s official web site for an exclusive “Dirty City” video clip and to pre-order Nine Lives. After playing with Clapton for a special three-night engagement at New York City's legendary Madison Square Garden, Winwood will prepare for a U.S. tour supporting Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers that begins in May and runs through the end of summer. Check out the audio clip of "Dirty City" below. Release Date: 04/29/08
Rhino celebrates the 40th anniversary of this truly essential album with a Collector's Edition of Forever Changes that contains the original 11 songs along with an alternate mix of the album comprised almost entirely of unreleased tracks. The bonus material also includes a trove of unreleased gems culled from the album's recording sessions. Recorded during the Summer of Love in Hollywood, CA, the album is the group's most fully realized studio effort, featuring Arthur Lee (vocals, guitar), John Echols (lead guitar), Bryan MacLean (rhythm guitar, vocals), Ken Forssi (bass) and Michael Stuart (drums, percussion). The original album includes the classic "Andmoreagain," plus the Lee-penned tracks "Red Telephone," "A House Is Not A Motel" and "Live And Let Live," as well as "Alone Again Or" and "Old Man" written by MacLean. Disc 2 contains an unreleased alternate mix of all but one of the original tracks. (The alternate mix of the album closer, "You Set The Scene," first appeared on Rhino's 2001 reissue of the album.) The disc's ten bonus songs feature six unreleased tracks including an original mix for the album outtake "Wonder People (I Do Wonder)," an alternate electric backing track for "Andmoreagain," tracking session highlights for "The Red Telephone" and an outtake of "Wooly Bully." The previously released bonus cuts include "Your Mind And We Belong Together," the b-side "Laughing Stock" and a demo version of "Hummingbirds," a song that would later become "The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This." Forever Changes was recently inducted into the 2008 Grammy Hall of Fame. You can listen to the entire album by clicking on one of the links below. Release Date: 04/22/08 Forever Changes Listening Party - audio stream
Shout! Factory presents The Mickey Hart Collection, a series focusing on landmark world music albums, including Diga Rhythm Band’s Diga, Planet Drum, At The Edge, Mickey Hart’s Mystery Box and Supralingua.For the innovative Planet Drum CD, Hart convened some of the world’s finest drum talent for a collaboration that won the very first GRAMMY for world music — bringing together Nigerian drum legend Babatunde Olatunji, Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, Nigerian talking drum ace Sikiru Adepoju, and Puerto Rico’s master conguero Giovanni Hidalgo, among others. The 1991 album spent an unprecedented 26 weeks at #1 on the Billboard world music chart, and continues to sell as a perennial favorite. Over a decade later, the musical partnership of Hart and Hussain — which began with their groundbreaking 1970s world fusion experiment Diga Rhythm Band — resumes on Global Drum Project, a fresh collaboration of tranced-out grooves, elegant electronic programming and hypnotic tuned percussion and again enlists the great partnership of Adepoju and Hidalgo. This time they are joined by Taufiq Qureshi on percussion & vocals, Niladari Kumar on sitar, Dilshad Khan on sarangi, and the late, great Olatunji in sampled vocals from the original sessions. Elements from Hart’s various world music recordings, including the Kaluli tribespeople of Papua New Guinea’s rainforest, are woven with the live performances into a danceable, multi-textured celebration of rhythm. Check out two audio samples from Planet Drum below. Release Date: 04/15/08 “Udu
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On April 25, 1975, John Lennon gave what was to be his last televised interview on “The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder.” No one knew then that Lennon would be taking an extended hiatus from public life, taking time to raise his son and live a less public life. Speaking openly on the subjects of drug use, the breakup of the Beatles, and his immigration problems while seeking permanent residency in the U.S., the interview Lennon gave Tom Snyder in 1975 revealed he had tremendous humility and an affecting sense of humor. Five years after that interview, Lennon was fatally shot while coming home from a recording session. The day after the shooting and Lennon’s tragic death, “The Tomorrow Show” re-aired that last interview in tribute to him. Shout! Factory’s The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom And Ringo contains the complete interview with Lennon as rebroadcast on December 9, 1980, along with interviews from that day with journalist Lisa Robinson and Lennon friend and producer Jack Douglas. The show is a poignant remembrance of the aftermath of his murder and the huge void his passing had on music, and indeed, the world. The 2-DVD set also includes a 1981 interview with Ringo Starr, who discusses his film and music career, as well as remembrances of his band mate and friend John Lennon, and a 1979 interview with Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine & Laurence Juber, from a stage in London, who were then enjoying huge success with Wings.Check out the trailer below. Release Date: 04/01/08 The Tomorrow Show Trailer (video stream)
Lost Highway Records is proud to release Van Morrison’s Keep It Simple. Few singers know as many paths to the heart as Morrison. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has spent most of the past five decades seeking and discovering new inroads to that spiritual core. By the time he rose to the fore of Britain’s nascent blues-rock scene as leader of Them, Morrison had already pulled years in the trenches, singing skiffle, country and rhythm and blues tunes with some of Belfast’s cagiest combos. He’s journeyed far and wide since, but inevitably, the man Bob Geldof called “the one true genius in Irish music” has invariably come back to the philosophy summed up in the title of his new album, Keep It Simple. Check out the audio clip of "That’s Entrainment" below. Release Date: 04/01/08 That’s Entrainment (audio stream)
Warpaint, the Black Crowes' first album of all-new studio material in seven years is due out on March 4 and will be independently released on the band's own newly formed Silver Arrow Records and distributed through Megaforce/Red/SonyBMG. Produced and mixed by Paul Stacey at Allaire Studios, Woodstock, NY, the album features 11 songs, all of which were written by Chris and Rich Robison, except "God's Got It," which was penned by the Reverend Charlie Jackson. The album builds on the band's trademark adventurous brew of rock, blues, country, soul and gospel. Chris Robinson says the album's title signifies, "the revolution that could take place in all our souls." For the first time in their 18-year career, The Black Crowes will perform an album of theirs in its entirety. On a special run of "One Night Only" shows beginning on March 2, fans will experience Warpaint, performed in its entirety, after which the band will play songs from their catalog and selected surprises. Catch up with the band's activities at the Black Crowes official web site, and check out the video for "Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution" below. Release Date: 03/04/08 Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution (video stream)
Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow has released her sixth studio album Detours. The album marks the return of producer Bill Bottrell, who previously worked with Crow on her breakthrough debut album Tuesday Night Music Club, which earned the singer three Grammy Awards, and sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. “This is the most honest record I’ve ever made. It’s about being forced to wake up,” says Crow. Lyrically the album is the most politically and personally outspoken record of her career, addressing the current state of the world from different perspectives as well as some of the personal challenges she’s faced over the last several years. The album, which in the end remains spiritually hopeful, retains the raw freshness of Bottrell’s production and subtly pushes the boundaries of her previous work into new musical territories. Track titles include “Shine Over Babylon” (currently available on iTunes, and the centerpiece of the album in Crow’s opinion), “Love Is Free,” the Arabic-tinged “Peace Be Upon Us,” “Lullaby for Wyatt” (from Grace Is Gone, starring John Cusack) and the stark folky album opener “God Bless This Mess.” Check out the video for "Love Is Free" below.. Release Date: 02/05/08
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