Rolling Reissues 2024

The endless churn of cultural excavation, recycling and mulching continues...

isn't it great?

From Metal Injection:

After two years of waiting, we actually have a (sort of) release date for the Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath box set! According to Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi in his New Year's greeting video, the box will see the light of day sometime this May. No word on if this also includes all the albums being available on streaming services, but here's hoping it does.

Martin sang for Black Sabbath between 1987 and 1991, and then again between 1993 and 1997. Martin's discography with the band includes The Eternal Idol, Headless Cross, Tyr, Cross Purposes, and Forbidden, all of which are largely unavailable on any format.

Are they good? I've never heard Sabs w/o Ozzy.

I'm not a fan but they have their defenders (except for Forbidden, which nobody likes).

You've never heard the Dio albums, Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules and then Dehumanizer and The Devil You Know (released as Heaven & Hell)? Dude, you're missing out. They're all really good and The Devil You Know is great; genuinely scary doom.

Your enjoyment of Tony Martin-era Sabbath, much as with Ian Gillian-era Sabbath, will depend greatly upon how much you are willing to listen to those albums as if they were made by any other band than Black Sabbath. Strictly as hard rock or metal records, most of them are at least pretty good. I definitely rep for Headless Cross and TYR. Just go into them as if you are hearing some lost late 80s metal band you've never heard before and forget the legacy of Sabbath and its impossibly high standards. Tough to imagine someone who loves metal not being at least somewhat moved by the title track of Headless Cross, to cite one example.

unperson otm about Dio era, though. Entirely different ball of wax there.

this was mentioned on the post fahey thread, very interesting compilation
https://n-t-s.bandcamp.com/album/european-primitive-guitar-1974-1987

NEW LIVE ALBUM FROM FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS

On July 23, 1968, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention took over the Whisky a Go Go for an all-night affair. Although bits and pieces were released by Zappa over the years, a full live album never happened, and the tapes sat in the vault for 56 years. Now all three sets by The Mothers are being released as Whisky a Go Go 1968, featuring brand new 2023 mixes on 3CD, 5LP and a 2LP highlights edition with liner notes by Joe Travers, Pamela Des Barres (The GTO’s), and an interview between Alice Cooper and Ahmet Zappa. The album be available digitally and on 3CD June 21st with the 5LP and 2LP edition coming July 12th!

This release compiles everything The Mothers of Invention played in their designated sets, complete and newly re-mixed from high-resolution digital transfers of the original master tapes. Yet another historic moment in time from the vault and a reminder of how special the original Mothers of Invention were.

Ahead of June 21st, the previously unreleased first single off the album "The Duke – Take 2 (Live at Whisky a Go Go, 1968)” is streaming now on all platforms!

Phil Mogg Shines His Misty Green and Blue Light on the Newly Expanded 180g 3LP Deluxe Edition of UFO’s 1977 Hard Rock Classic, Lights Out

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/phil-mogg-shines-his-misty-green-and-blue-light-newly-expanded-180g-3lp-deluxe-edition-ufo%E2%80%99s

CHILD BITE Releases Limited Ten-Year Anniversary Edition Of Strange Waste EP On Vinyl Via Housecore Records
Strange Waste fuses all walks of extreme from metal, noise, and hardcore without falling squarely into any of one those genres. A wholly bastardized hybrid of the Melvins, Dead Kennedys, Big Black, and System Of A Down, CHILD BITE's self-proclaimed “music for losers” is ugly, anxious, and dangerously habit-forming. Originally issue by Housecore Records as a double 7” in 2014, Strange Waste was captured at Russian Recording in Indianapolis, Indiana and produced by CHILD BITE. The 2024 edition features new cover art: an original painting commissioned by Brad Moore (Tomb Mold, Gatecreeper).

Comments vocalist Shawn Knight, "It's been a decade since this bad boy came out, and I think it's safe to say we're even more fucked up now after all of these years. Lots of good memories from around this time, like our first tours with King Parrot and Acid Witch. The music video with King Buzzo... I still don’t know how we pulled that one off. I managed to put my ego in check just long enough to hire surrealist Brad Moore to paint the new cover and I couldn't be happier with what he did for us. And it's our first time pressing a record with Waxwork; both vinyl variants they came up with are amazing.
trange Waste is limited to 300 copies (100 x Splatter vinyl, 200 x Butterfly vinyl). Order yours today at the Housecore Records webshop or Bandcamp.

Strange Waste EP Track Listing:

1. Still Fucked Up After All These Years

2. Garbage Odyssey

3. Sinking In Your Skin

4. Ancestral Ooze

5. Molestation of the Arts

6. Foreign Tissue Purge

7. Mongoloid Obsession

8. Obey The Wraith

9. In A Cloud Of Blood

10. Bog Infinity

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Paul McCartney and Wings’ One Hand Clapping, one of the most bootlegged live albums in musical history, is available for pre-order and releasing digitally on June 14th!

In August 1974, Paul McCartney and Wings headed to Abbey Road Studios for the filming of a video documentary and possible live studio album now known as One Hand Clapping. Despite overwhelming demand for newly recorded material from the biggest band in the world at that time, it was never officially released.

Filmed and recorded over four days and directed by David Litchfield, the release of One Hand Clapping is a historic moment for McCartney fans. Over the years, various parts of the album have been bootlegged with varying degrees of success. Some of the material has also appeared on official McCartney releases. However, June 14th will be the first time the audio for the film - plus 12 additional songs - have been officially issued. The release will feature the original artwork designed for the project and a TV sales brochure for the unreleased film at the time.

One Hand Clapping will be available in multiple formats, including an online exclusive 2LP + 7” package featuring an exclusive vinyl single of previously unreleased solo performances recorded on the final day of the sessions in the backyard of Abbey Road studios. These include the unreleased track “Blackpool,” The Beatles’ iconic “Blackbird,” Wings B-side “Country Dreamer,” and cover versions of Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock” (the first song Paul played to John Lennon when they met in 1957) and Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue” and “I’m Gonna Love You Too.”

The first single off the album, “Junior’s Farm,” is available now for streaming on your platform of choice. Originally released as a non-album single in 1974, this blazing version was recorded as part of the One Hand Clapping sessions BEFORE the single version was recorded!

Paul McCartney & Wings Official Music Videos

Check out all the Wings music videos in one place. Remastered in HD - up to 4K. Streaming now on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_bl1BP6bvU