Out This Week / on 20 November 2020

Out this Friday…
Neil Diamond – Classic Diamonds With The London Symphony Orchestra 2020
Classic songs by Neil who’s recently re-sung new vocals and added the legendary orchestra.

Josh Groban – Harmony
Josh delivers some superb renditions of his favourite songs plus 2 new songs.

The Dirty Knobs – Wreckless Abandon
New group formed by guitarist Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Out the previous Friday and definitely worthy of a mention…
George Benson – Weekend In London
Which is Benson’s first new live recording in 30 years, capturing his 2019 performance at London’s intimate 250-seat Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club.

I’m pretty sure Bowie’s Great Live Adventures Pt. 2 is released on the 20th November. Not enturely sure – as I’d have bought it anyways I ordered my copy without paying full attention to the release date. It seems to have been announced far closer to the release date than was the case with Pt. 1. Hope that’s of some interest to somebody.

Jimi Hendrix live Maui hawaii cd dvd due for for release 20 11

… and what about the new Jimi Hendrix box set ? ( I did post this before but I just don´t know why I can´t see it here. )

I firstly wanted to support the many other comments I have read over a few years by saying what a great music website this is. Paul, your descriptions, reviews and video unboxing of so many fantastic sets are always spot on. I’m looking forward to the solo Nick Cave album ‘Idiot Prayer’. Nick Cave is a consistently fascinating artist stretching back to the days of The Birthday Party. The reissue of Pink Floyd’s ‘Delicate Sound of Thunder’ will also be a first rate listen. I also wanted to make a brief comment about what I consider the best box set of the year and that is the absolutely wonderful Richard and Linda Thompson set ‘ Hard Luck Stories’ 1972-1982. I was totally nervous when it arrived at my local record store in Canberra given all the trouble with crap discs for some people. My set played perfectly on my Marantz CD player and every album is a winner. I reckon the hidden treasure on this set is the 1974 album ‘Hokey Pokey’. Richard and Linda’s voices mesh beautifully and every song is heartfelt. The remastering of the set is a class act as are the photos in the book. Music doesn’t get better than this.

Graham G/Re Amazon ‘packaging’. I ticked the ‘Gift option’ to try to get some decent packaging. A Neil Young back catalogue album came from Germany in a flimsy paper bag. Guess what? Similarly, things ordered from Amazon US seem to come in a soft eco bag. Again, guess what? I resent paying new prices for second hand looking goods on arrival that no retail shop would accept back as ‘in the condition sold’. I have also had Amazon threaten to refuse to sell to me because the returns I have sent back in their own packaging are arriving in poor condition! Waiting for the shops to reopen in the UK in the hope of getting Xmas presents that don’t look like charity shop buys! Avoiding Amazon as much as possible, which is difficult at the current time.

Nights Of The Dead, the new Iron Maiden live album is also due out this Friday

the annie lennox is on lp as well as cd…cd is red with a supposed 24 page insert. very much looking forward to the jewel and annie

I would like The Specials vinyl but loath to buy from Amazon after I came home from work last week to find my copy of The Colour of Spring by Talk Talk sitting on the doorstep in the damp November air with zero packaging -just my address stuck to the shrink wrap!

Didn’t David Bowie used to be in Tim Minchin?

Apart Together*

When he says it’s his first ‘proper’ album, does Tim Minchin mean it’s not a comedy album?

Hi Paul. Any idea when Archives 2 will be available through “Normal” UK outlets such as your own?