On July 25, 2023 The Who played a special show with the Heart of England Philharmonic Orchestra at Cornwall's Eden Project. The setlist was not that suprising - basically the greatest hits and a handful of deep cuts like >Cry If You Want and bringing back Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere. The venue wasn't that big, so it was a sense of occasion for those who were there. The complete show will be released on May 29 (3LP, 2CD, digital).
Live at Eden Project 25 / 07 / 2023 is available for pre-order here.
New Year's Eve 1995: Live At Madison Square Garden, the massive Phish 6LP box set that was sold as a Record Store Day exclusive in 2015, will be reissued on "countdown confetti color vinyl" on May 8th. It is available for pre-order here.
Kevin Feazey, member of English prog experimentalists The Fierce & The Dead, goes out on his own with his side-project The Brass Dragon Ritual. His first release is the dreamy Judgement on which he explores "late-night psych-jazz and orchestral soul". Being a versatile multi-instrumentalist enabled him to create a multi-layered soundscape with a tinkling top melody. It is dreamy and soothing, but also a bit dark and dangerous, like being seized up by something that is not exactly friendly.
A FM radio broadcast of a free Ramones concert at the Summer In The City music festival on June 8th, 1979 will be released as a 2LP on pink vinyl for Record Store Day (April 18). 6000 copies of Summer in the City - Live In San Francisco will be available worldwide. Collectors are likely to own a bootleg of this show already.
Shortly after the release of their second album Street Light Shine Brooklyn's finest power pop meets New Wave band The Shirts performed at Boston's Paradise Rock Club on August 27, 1979. The show was recorded for a radio broadcast by local station WBCN. The tapes were digitized by Wout de Kruif (Dutch Tape Transfers) and demixed/remastered by retired sound engineer Prof Stoned.
