London – August 8, 2019 – It was 50 years ago today, on August 8, 1969, that the world’s most famous band stepped out from London’s EMI Recording Studios to stride, single-file, across the black and white stripes of Abbey Road’s nearby zebra crossing. With photographer Iain Macmillan balanced on a stepladder and one policeman stopping the street’s light traffic, The Beatles crossed back and forth three times, led by John Lennon, followed by Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. Just six photos were taken, with the fifth selected as the cover shot for The Beatles’ penultimate studio album, Abbey Road, named after the tree-lined street in which the studios are located. Released September 26, 1969, Abbey Road was not The Beatles’ final album, as Let It Be followed in 1970, but it was the last one John, Paul, George, and Ringo recorded together as a band. The Beatles will celebrate Abbey Road’s anniversary with a suite of beautifully presented packages to be released worldwide on September 27 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Now available for preorder, the album’s 17 tracks are newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo, high res stereo, 5.1 surround, and Dolby Atmos, accompanied by 23 session recordings and demos, most of which are previously unreleased.

“The Beatles recording journey had gone through many twists and turns, learning curves and thrilling rides. Here we were – still wondering at the magic of it all,” McCartney recalls in his written foreword for Abbey Road’s anniversary edition packages.

This is the first time Abbey Road has been remixed and presented with additional session recordings and demos. The album’s sweeping new edition follows the universally acclaimed remixed and expanded anniversary editions of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and The BEATLES (‘White Album’) released in 2017 and 2018, respectively. To create Abbey Road’s new stereo, 5.1 surround, and Dolby Atmos mixes, Martin and Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios. All the new Abbey Road releases feature the new stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original eight-track session tapes. To produce the mix, Giles was guided by the album’s original stereo mix supervised by his father, George Martin.

“The magic comes from the hands playing the instruments, the blend of The Beatles’ voices, the beauty of the arrangements,” Giles Martin explains in his written introduction for the new edition. “Our quest is simply to ensure everything sounds as fresh and hits you as hard as it would have on the day it was recorded.”

Abbey Road’s Super Deluxe box set presents 40 tracks – including “The Long One” Trial Edit & Mix for the album’s epic Side 2 medley – on three CDs (stereo) and one Blu-ray disc (Dolby Atmos, 96kHz/24 bit high resolution stereo, and 96 kHz/24 bit DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1). The four discs are housed in a slip-sleeved 12” by 12” 100-page hardbound book with McCartney’s foreword; Martin’s introduction; insightful, in-depth chapters written by Beatles historian, author, and radio producer Kevin Howlett covering the months preceding The Beatles’ Abbey Road sessions, track-by-track details and session notes, the cover art and photo shoot, and the album’s reception upon its release; plus an essay by music journalist and author David Hepworth looking at the album’s influence through 50 years. The gorgeous book is illustrated with rare and previously unpublished photographs, including many taken by Linda McCartney; never before published images of handwritten lyrics, sketches, and a George Martin score; Beatles correspondence, recording sheets, and tape boxes; and reproduced original print ads. The Super Deluxe digital audio collection presents all 40 tracks for download purchase and streaming in standard and MFiT formats, as well as in high resolution audio (96kHz/24 bit) for download.

Abbey Road’s limited edition Deluxe vinyl box set features all 40 tracks from the Super Deluxe collection on three 180-gram vinyl LPs. The album’s new stereo mix LP is packaged in a faithfully replicated sleeve, with the two Sessions LPs paired in their own jacket, presented with a four-page insert in a lift-top box. The Deluxe 2CD set pairs the new stereo mix with versions taken from the session takes and demo recordings of its 17 songs, sequenced to match the album’s running order. The two discs are presented in a digipak with a 40-page booklet abridged from the Super Deluxe book. The album’s new stereo mix is also available in 1CD and 180-gram 1LP vinyl packages, for digital download in standard and MFiT audio, and on a limited edition picture disc vinyl LP illustrated by the album’s front and back cover art images.

Abbey Road’s Super Deluxe and Deluxe vinyl box sets’ 23 session and demo recordings are presented in chronological order of their first recording dates. “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” leads the charge:

For an overnight session on February 22, 1969, The Beatles were joined at London’s Trident Studios by producer George Martin and engineer Glyn Johns to record “I Want You (She’s So Heavy).” Abbey Road’s new edition combines a take from that session with the concluding part of the Trident master’s eight-track reduction mix made later at the EMI studios, revealing for the first time Billy Preston’s thrilling overdubbed organ solo. With their amps turned up high, The Beatles received a noise complaint from one of the studio’s neighbors in the Soho area of the city. The take starts with Lennon exclaiming, “My boys are ready to go!,” before the band is told about the complaint. Lennon replies, “What are they doing here at this time of night?,” then lays it down: “Well, we’ll try it once more very loud. And then if we don’t get it, we’ll try it quiet, like it might do it the other way. OK. The loud one, last go. Last chance to be loud!”

In the same month that the raucous Trident session took place, McCartney recorded a home demo of “Goodbye” for the Apple-signed singer Mary Hopkin and Harrison recorded a solo demo of “Something” at EMI Recording Studios. Both demos are featured on Abbey Road’s new edition. “Goodbye” makes its release debut. Although previously released on Anthology 3 in a version featuring guitar and vocal, the new anniversary mix of George’s “Something” demo features for the first time vocal, guitar and piano.

The Beatles reconvened at EMI’s studios and Olympic Sound Studios for sessions spanning mid-April to early May. On April 14, Lennon and McCartney recorded the single “The Ballad Of John And Yoko” in EMI’s Studio Three, with Geoff Emerick as the balance engineer. Two days later, the single’s B-side, “Old Brown Shoe” was recorded. Session recordings for these tracks, as well as three more songs started during this period, “Oh! Darling,” “Octopus’s Garden,” and “You Never Give Me Your Money,” are featured in Abbey Road’s anniversary edition.

The remainder of Abbey Road’s sessions took place in July and in August with George Martin producing, and with principal engineers Geoff Emerick and Phil McDonald taking turns at EMI’s groundbreaking new mixing console, the TG12345. On July 2, 3, and 4, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr recorded “Golden Slumbers”/“Carry That Weight” as a medley (Lennon was hospitalized in Scotland, recuperating after a car accident). A sequence of Takes 1-3 from the first day’s session is featured in the anniversary edition. Take 9 from McCartney, Harrison, and Starr’s backing track session for “Here Comes The Sun” on Starr’s July 7 birthday is also included.

On July 21, 22, and 23, The Beatles were in-studio to record “Come Together,” followed by additional sessions on July 25, 29, and 30. The anniversary edition features Take 5. On July 23, The Beatles began recording “The End,” which, along with McCartney’s timeless couplet – “And in the end, the love you take / Is equal to the love you make” – features Starr’s only drum solo on a Beatles recording. Take 3 is included in Abbey Road’s new edition. The next day, just before the band’s 34-take session for “Sun King” and “Mean Mr Mustard,” McCartney cut a quick studio demo for “Come And Get It” – later a hit for the Apple-signed band Badfinger. The demo’s original 1969 stereo mix, made with McCartney and Lennon present in the control room, is released for the first time in the new edition, as is Take 20 from The Beatles’ “Sun King” and “Mean Mr Mustard” session. On July 25, two more songs, “Polythene Pam” and “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window,” were recorded as one for inclusion in the album’s epic medley. Take 27 from that session is featured on the new edition.

After Harrison had transported his rare and cumbersome Moog synthesizer to the studios, four songs received Beatle-played synthesizer parts: “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” (Lennon), “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” (McCartney), and “Here Comes The Sun” and “Because” (Harrison). This was a very early use of the newly-invented instrument on a pop record. George Martin wrote arrangements for several tracks that were recorded in Studio One toward the end of the sessions in August 1969. The original overdubbed recordings of Martin’s scores for “Something” and “Golden Slumbers”/“Carry That Weight” are included in Abbey Road’s anniversary edition.

August 20, 1969 was the last time The Beatles were together as a band at the EMI studios, for an evening session to compile Abbey Road’s master tapes. The album’s sides were sequenced, with “Come Together” opening Side 1, and with the medley of “You Never Give Me Your Money,” “Sun King,” “Mean Mr Mustard,” “Polythene Pam,” “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window,” “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight,” and “The End” placed on Side 2. “The Long One,” a different trial edit and mix of the medley, including “Her Majesty” (ultimately placed 14 seconds after “The End” as an unlisted, hidden track) is included in Abbey Road’s new edition.

A few weeks before Abbey Road’s release on September 26, 1969, Apple’s press officer Derek Taylor revealed that the album was “recorded at nice, workmanlike sessions which usually began at 2pm and continued until the end of the evening.” Millions of Abbey Road LPs were pressed at manufacturing plants around the world. The album was another blockbuster release for The Beatles, holding the No. 1 spot on the U.K. albums chart for a total of 17 weeks and topping Billboard’s U.S. albums chart for 11 weeks. For their work on Abbey Road, Geoff Emerick and Phil McDonald won the year’s GRAMMY Award® for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical. In 1995, Abbey Road was inducted into the Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Hall of Fame, recognizing “recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.” The Beatles’ best-selling studio album, Abbey Road’s universal popularity and influence have continued to grow since its debut.

Since Abbey Road’s release, the street’s zebra crossing has been one of the most celebrated and photographed sites in the world, protected as an historic landmark and visited by thousands of Beatles fans each year. Due to the success of The Beatles’ album, EMI Recording Studios was renamed Abbey Road Studios. Owned and operated by Universal Music Group, Abbey Road Studios is the most famous recording studio in the world and a global music icon.

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Tracklists

SUPER DELUXE [3CD+1Blu-ray set; digital audio collection]

CD ONE: 2019 Stereo Mix

1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus’s Garden
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. The End
17. Her Majesty

CD TWO: Sessions

1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
2. Goodbye (Home Demo)
3. Something (Studio Demo)
4. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Take 7)
5. Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)
6. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
7. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
8. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
9. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
10. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3 / Medley)
11. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
12. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)

CD THREE: Sessions

1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. The End (Take 3)
3. Come And Get It (Studio Demo)
4. Sun King (Take 20)
5. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
6. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
8. Because (Take 1 – Instrumental)
9. The Long One (Trial Edit & Mix – 30 July 1969)

(Medley: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr Mustard, Her Majesty, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End)

10. Something (Take 39 – Instrumental – Strings Only)
11. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 17 – Instrumental – Strings & Brass Only)

BLU-RAY: Abbey Road

Audio Features:

– Dolby Atmos

– 96kHz/24 bit DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

– 96kHz/24 bit High Res Stereo (2019 Stereo Mix)

DELUXE 3LP VINYL BOX SET (limited edition)

LP ONE: Side 1 (2019 Stereo Mix)

1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus’s Garden
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

LP ONE: Side 2 (2019 Stereo Mix)

1. Here Comes The Sun
2. Because
3. You Never Give Me Your Money
4. Sun King
5. Mean Mr Mustard
6. Polythene Pam
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
8. Golden Slumbers
9. Carry That Weight
10. The End
11. Her Majesty

LP TWO: Side 1 (Sessions)

1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session and Reduction Mix)
2. Goodbye (Home Demo)
3. Something (Studio Demo)
4. The Ballad of John and Yoko (Take 7)
5. Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)

LP TWO: Side 2 (Sessions)

1. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
2. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
3. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
4. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
5. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3) / Medley)
6. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
7. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)

LP THREE: Side 1 (Sessions)

1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. The End (Take 3)
3. Come and Get It (Studio Demo)
4. Sun King (Take 20)
5. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
6. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
8. Because (Take 1 Instrumental)

LP THREE: Side 2 (Sessions)

1. The Long One (Trial Edit & Mix – 30 July 1969)
2. Something (Take 39 – Instrumental – Strings Only)
3. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 17 – Instrumental – Strings & Brass Only)

DELUXE 2CD

CD ONE: 2019 Stereo Mix

CD TWO: Sessions

1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. Something (Studio Demo)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)
4. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
5. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
7. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
8. Because (Take 1 Instrumental)
9. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
10. Sun King (Take 20)
11. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
12. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
14. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3 / Medley)
15. The End (Take 3)
16. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)

STANDARD [1CD; digital; 1LP vinyl; limited edition 1LP picture disc vinyl]

2019 Stereo Mix

Today, Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Natasha Bedingfield releases “Kick It,” off her highly anticipated forthcoming album Roll With Me, due out August 30. With its anthemic chorus, rhythmic melody and palpitating beat, the introspective track — produced by Linda Perry and Adam Bravin — explores the challenges and ineffable rewards of a long-term relationship.

Listen to ‘Kick It’ HERE

Roll With Me was produced by multi-platinum producer Linda Perry and will be released via WE ARE HEAR, the combination label/publishing/management company Perry co-founded with fellow multi-platinum producer Kerry Brown.  The album is available for pre-order HERE. Album pre-orders include a download of “Kick It,” and “Roller Skate,” which are available via Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify and all DSPs.

The new album finds Natasha embracing one of her most undeniable strengths as a songwriter: a rare ability to instill each of her songs with infectious positivity, without ever sacrificing emotional honesty or lyrical depth. “Through so much of my life, music has been the thing that helps me to have faith and keep believing in the positive,” said Natasha.

“Kick It,” arrives on the heels of Natasha’s recent performance at the Kennedy Center for “NSO Pops: Apollo 11: A Fiftieth Anniversary.” Joined by the National Symphony Orchestra, she performed a special version of “Fly Me to the Moon” at the event celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

The evening also featured performances by Pharrell Williams and Herbie Hancock, as well as an appearance by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins and a never-before-seen 1997 performance of David Bowie singing “Space Oddity. To watch Natasha’s performance, click HERE.

Earlier this summer, Natasha released a special new remix of her iconic song “Unwritten” created expressly for MTV’s The Hills: New Beginnings.  VICE called the remix “an earworm for a whole new generation,” with MTV describing it as a “fresh version” of her “incredibly catchy and infectious song.”  “Unwritten” emerged as the most-played song on US Top 40 radio the year it was released, with the double-platinum hit cementing Natasha as one of the most important and distinct female voices of our generation.

Named one of VH1’s “100 Greatest Women in Music,” Natasha has sold over 10 million albums and 10 million singles, totaling over 20 million records worldwide and has earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and multiple Brit Award nominations for Best British Female Artist.  Her illustrious career also includes collaborations with icons like Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Nikki Minaj, Bruno Mars and Sheryl Crow.

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CELEBRATING THE 20^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1999 PERFORMANCE AND GRAMMY-WINNING S&M ALBUM, METALLICA & SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY REUNITE FOR S&M².

THE FILM WILL FEATURE THE FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCES OF S&M ARRANGEMENTS IN 20 YEARS PLUS RENDITIONS OF SONGS WRITTEN AND RELEASED SINCE ORIGINAL SHOW.

TICKETS ON SALE FROM AUGUST 7 FROM METALLICA.FILM

Trafalgar Releasing is excited to announce the forthcoming release of Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² in cinemas worldwide this October 9. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony reunite to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of their original S&M (Symphony & Metallica) show with S&M², filmed at San Francisco’s new Chase Center.

Tickets will be on sale on August 7 from metallica.film.

The original S&M concerts were performed by Metallica and San Francisco Symphony and conducted by the late Michael Kamen in spring of 1999 at the Berkeley Community Theatre. 2019’s S&M² concert will feature the first live performances of these arrangements in 20 years, plus the first-ever Metallica and San Francisco Symphony renditions of songs written and released since the original concert, with new orchestral charts by Bruce Coughlin.

Legendary conductor Michael Tilson Thomas completes the first week of his final season as San Francisco Symphony Music Director with a special appearance, conducting a portion of the show.

Metallica’s first collaboration with San Francisco Symphony was documented by the Grammy-winning live album S&M.

Kymberli Frueh, SVP for Programming and Content Acquisitions at Trafalgar Releasing has said: “Trafalgar Releasing is excited to give Metallica fans around the world a chance to celebrate this anniversary concert together in local cinemas in October.

The original collaboration between two San Francisco legends—Metallica and San Francisco Symphony became a true moment in music history two decades ago. Reuniting again to perform S&M² is a salute to the legendary collaboration and creates a special moment for Metallica fans to see this iconic pairing.”

The event will be screened in cinemas around the world on October 9. More information can be found at metallica.film, where fans can sign up for event alerts including when tickets go on sale.

This announcement follows a busy 2019 in music for Trafalgar Releasing with the upcoming release of Roger Waters  Us + Them, Rush: Cinema Stangiato, The 9^th Annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies coming to cinemas worldwide for the first time ever and BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE, the latest film from K-Pop phenomenon BTS. Recent releases have included Tribeca documentary Between Me and My Mind about Phish front man Trey Anastasio, The Cure – Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London, Khalid Free Spirit and The Music Center presents Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration.

About Metallica

Formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica has become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold nearly 120 million albums worldwide and generating more than 2.5 billion streams while playing to millions of fans on literally all seven continents. The band’s several multi-platinum albums include Kill ‘em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, … And Justice for All, Metallica (commonly referred to as The Black Album), Load, Reload, St. Anger, Death Magnetic, and most recently Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, released in November 2016 and charting at #1 in 32 countries.

Metallica’s numerous awards and accolades include nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and multiple MTV Video Music Awards, and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.  In June of 2018, the band was awarded one of the most prestigious musical honors in the world: Sweden’s Polar Music Prize. Metallica is currently in the midst of its WorldWired tour, which began in 2016 and is scheduled to continue through 2020.

About Trafalgar Releasing

Trafalgar Releasing is the global leader in event cinema distribution. A subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, Trafalgar Releasing’s global operations include production, acquisition, marketing and distribution of specialised content to over 4,000 cinemas in more than 100 countries worldwide.

A full spectrum of releases includes high arts (The Metropolitan Opera, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House), award winning theatre (The King and I: from the London Palladium, An American In Paris, Funny Girl), iconic moments (Monty Python Live, David Bowie is happening now, They Shall Not Grow Old), heritage music acts (Roger Waters The Wall, David Gilmour Live in Pompeii, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) and contemporary music sensations (BTS’ Burn the Stage the Movie, Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams, Muse Drones World Tour).

Headquartered in London, the company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Denver. More information about Trafalgar Releasing can be found at www.Trafalgar-Releasing.com.

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To mark its 50^th anniversary, The Kinks today announce a special release of  ‘Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire’ – out October 25^th on BMG, which includes previously unreleased track ‘The Future’ – listen here: https://thekinks.lnk.to/Arthur50P

Without doubt, the Kinks 7^th studio album is one of the greatest rock albums ever made, a near perfect example of Ray Davies’ incredible storytelling ability in what was an innovation in 1969: a concept album. It’s also poignant that a record based on the story of emigrating from the UK around its potential to enter the Common Market should hit its 50th anniversary right now. With Brexit on the horizon, the themes of ‘Arthur’ ring alarmingly familiar.

‘Arthur’ received unanimous acclaim on its release. Each of its 12 original album tracks is an absolute gem and all perfect examples of Ray Davies’ intrinsic ability to weave a story around a song. In what was a golden period for the Kinks, ‘Arthur’ followed another classic, ‘The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society’ when it was released on October 10^th 1969.

Rolling Stone wrote: “Arthur is a masterpiece on every level. The Kinks supreme achievement and the best British album of 1969.” Melody Maker was equally enthusiastic: “Ray Davies’ finest hour……beautifully British to the core”.

“I started Arthur before the end of Village Green.” says Ray. “The albums piggyback one another because they are joined. I’d already written the song ‘Arthur’. I think I wrote ‘Australia’ when I was still living at 87 Fortis Green so it was quite early on. I remember taking it over to Dave, he lived in Cockfosters at the time, and playing it to him. We were laughing at the irony in the line, ‘nobody’s got a chip on their shoulder’.”

In the midst of the ‘Arthur’ sessions, studio time was devoted to completing tracks for Dave Davies’ proposed solo album. The idea had progressed in staggered intervals since the initial success of Dave’s 1967 single, ‘Death Of A Clown’ but, ultimately, never reached completion.

“One of the reasons the album wasn’t finished was because I felt The Kinks’ management and record company were forcing me too much,” Dave reflects. I felt very comfortable being in The Kinks and it seemed fulfilling to be part of a band. I didn’t really want for more. I couldn’t see the point.”

Ray says; “Hearing Dave’s songs again after all this time, I found them quite moving because they were like the back story of what The Kinks were going through at the time.

Reprise eventually scrapped the release by September 1969 and over the years, Kinks fans continued to obsess as to what Dave’s album – which some referred to as ‘A Hole In The Sock Of’, a working title Ray had jokingly thrown to a music journalist – might have contained.

Included in this anniversary edition are 4 CDs comprising of 81 tracks in total, 5 of them unreleased and 28 previously unreleased versions. These include 2019 newly remastered versions of the original album from HD sources (in its original track listing), mono and stereo single versions, B-sides, alternate mono and stereo mixes, rehearsal tracks, BBC mixes and the lost Dave Davies’ solo album, with bonus tracks.

It also includes Ray Davies’ compiled medley of unreleased demo tracks, 2 new recordings of Ray Davies with The Doo Wop Choir, ‘Arthur & The Emigrants’ including one previously unreleased track, 3 previously unreleased ‘The Come Dancing Workshop Ensemble’ tracks, and new Ray Davies remixes of ‘Australia’ and ‘Shangri-La’.

A 68-page softback book has also been included, featuring extensive essays by world-renowned Kinks experts, original cancelled Arthur play co-scriptwriter Julian Mitchell, and original album sleeve designer Bob Lawrie. There are also new interviews with Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory, as well as band photos, original release international cover artwork and printed memorabilia.

Four 7” singles from the album can also be found – ‘Drivin’, ‘Victoria’, ‘Shangri-La’ & ‘Hold My Hand’ (Dave Davies solo) – all reproduced with original international artwork. Finally, a bespoke, exclusive, metal & enamel Kinks logo pin badge is included for fans to wear.

The Kinks – Arthur 50^th Anniversary Edition is available to Pre-Order https://thekinks.lnk.to/Arthur50P

THE KINKS ‘ARTHUR OR THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE’

LIMITED EDITION, 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE BOX SET

• 88 TRACKS, INCLUDING 5 UNRELEASED TRACKS &

26 UNRELEASED VERSIONS

• 4 x CDs: REMASTERED MONO & STEREO ALBUM,

SINGLES, B-SIDES, ALTERNATE TRACK VERSIONS,

NEW DOO WOP CHOIR RECORDINGS, RAY DAVIES

REMIXES & DEMOS MEDLEY, THEATRICAL & BBC

TRACKS, ‘LOST’ DAVE DAVIES ALBUM

• 4 x REPRODUCED 7″ SINGLES
• 68 PAGE DELUXE BOOK WITH ESSAYS, NEW BAND

INTERVIEWS, RARE IMAGES

• REPRODUCED POSTERS & PHOTOS
• KINKS METAL PIN BADGE

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THE KINKS – ARTHUR BOX SET – TRACK LISTING 

DISC ONE

ORIGINAL STEREO ALBUM, 2019 REMASTER

1. Victoria (Stereo)
2. Yes Sir, No Sir (Stereo)
3. Some Mother’s Son (Stereo)
4. Drivin’ (Stereo)
5. Brainwashed (Stereo)
6. Australia (Stereo)
7. Shangri-La (Stereo)
8. Mr. Churchill Says (Stereo)
9. She’s Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina (Stereo)
10. Young And Innocent Days (Stereo)
11. Nothing To Say (Stereo)
12. Arthur (Stereo)

Bonus Tracks

13. Plastic Man (Stereo)
14. Victoria (Alternate Stereo Mix)
15. Yes Sir, No Sir (Alternate Stereo Mix)
16. Drivin’ (Alternate Stereo Mix)
17. Brainwashed (Alternate Stereo Mix)
18. Australia (Alternate Stereo Mix)
19. Shangri-La (Alternate Stereo Mix)

DISC TWO

ORIGINAL MONO ALBUM, 2019 REMASTER

1. Victoria (Mono)
2. Yes Sir, No Sir (Mono)
3. Some Mother’s Son (Mono)
4. Drivin’ (Mono)
5. Brainwashed (Mono)
6. Australia (Mono)
7. Shangri-La (Mono)
8. Mr. Churchill Says (Mono)
9. She’s Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina (Mono)
10. Young And Innocent Days (Mono)
11. Nothing To Say (Mono)
12. Arthur (Mono)

Bonus Tracks

13. Plastic Man (Mono)
14. King Kong (Mono)
15. Victoria (Alternate Mono Mix)
16. Australia (Alternate Mono Acetate Mix)
17. Shangri-La (Alternate Mono Mix)
18. She’s Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina (Alternate Mono Mix)
19. Australia (Australian Mono Single Mix/Edit)

DISC THREE

THE GREAT LOST DAVE DAVIES ALBUM PLUS

1. This Man He Weeps Tonight (Stereo)
2. Mindless Child Of Motherhood (Stereo)
3. Hold My Hand (Stereo)
4. Do You Wish To Be A Man? (Stereo)
5. Are You Ready? (Stereo)
6. Creeping Jean (Stereo)
7. I’m Crying (Stereo)
8. Lincoln County (Stereo)
9. Mr. Shoemaker’s Daughter (Stereo)
10. Mr. Reporter (Stereo)
11. Groovy Movies (Stereo)
12. There Is No Life Without Love (Stereo)

Bonus Tracks

13. Lincoln County (Mono Single Mix/Edit)
14. There Is No Life Without Love (Mono)
15. Hold My Hand (Mono)
16. Creeping Jean (Mono Single Mix/Edit)
17. Mindless Child Of Motherhood (Mono)
18. This Man He Weeps Tonight (Mono)
19. Mr. Shoemaker’s Daughter (Alternate Stereo Mix)
20. Mr. Reporter (Alternate Stereo Mix)
21. Groovy Movies (Alternate Stereo Mix)
22. Lincoln County (Acoustic Mix)
23. Hold My Hand (Alternate Take)

DISC FOUR

DEMOS, REHEARSALS, BBC & REMIXES

Part 1

1. Arthur’s Journey (Introduction)
2. Australia (2019 Mix)
3. Home Demos Medley, 1969: Arthur / Victoria / Some Mother’s Son / Drivin’ /

Brainwashed / Mr. Churchill Says (TV Premix)

 Part 2

4. Shangri-La (2019 Mix)
5. My Big Sister (Theatrical Version)
6. Stevenage (Theatrical Version)
7. Space (Theatrical Version) (Full Version)
8. The Future (Doo-Wop Version)
9. Arthur (Doo-Wop Version)

Part 3

10. The Virgin Soldiers March
11. Soldiers Coming Home (Instrumental)
12. King Kong (BBC Mix)
13. Victoria (Ray Davies & Band With The DR Symphony & Vocal Ensemble) (Stereo)
14. Arthur (BBC Mix)

  “‘Our Little World’ possesses that extra something special that just shouts, “I’m a hit song”…the song hits on all cylinders and evokes a nostalgic mood.” – Pop Matters

In the midst of playing a string of festivals this summer including an epic set at Latitude last weekend, County Line Runner, aka singer-songwriter Adam Day, today releases his new single ‘Our Little World’ on KIDinaKORNER and Polydor Records.

Soaked in reverb, ‘Our Little World’ is a euphoric indie-rock track made for stadiums and an impressive sound for an artist just at the beginning of his exciting career. On the track Adam said, “’Our Little World’ is about knowing what matters. It’s a reaction against this obsession to be successful or appear successful and the importance some people put on that.”

Listen to ‘Our Little World’ HERE

Named after a character from a US nineties TV show who robbed banks across county lines, the moniker summarises his place at a handful of intersections -upbeat energy versus introverted vulnerability, folk sensibilities versus rock ambition, with a nod towards post-punk and nostalgia for days gone by versus hope for the future.

With early support from the likes of BBC Music, The Independent and Clash Magazine, County Line Runner grace the stages of a handful of festivals this summer, including Reeperbahn Festival, Latitude and Mosley Folk Festival, before a headline tour in October, with a date at London’s Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on 24^thOctober. Tickets for the October headline dates on sale now from – https://listings.ticketmaster.co.uk/countylinerunner

Catch County Line Runner at the following dates:

August

Fri 30^th                                    BIRMINGHAM, UK, Mosley Folk Festival

October

Tues 15^th                                DUBLIN, IR, The Grand Social

Thurs 17^th                               MANCHESTER, UK, YES

Fri 18^th                                    GLASGOW, UK, King Tuts

Tues 22^nd                               BRIGHTON, UK, Green Door Store

Thurs 24^th                               LONDON, UK, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen

Sat 26^th                                   AMSTERDAM, NL, London Calling

http://www.countylinerunner.com/

Following the release of her soulful-fun-anthem ‘Roller Skate’ last week and the announcement of her highly anticipated fourth album, ‘Roll With Me’ which will be released on August 30^th, Natasha Bedingfield has just announced a special one off show at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on 28^th August.

Named one of VH1’s “100 Greatest Women in Music,” ‘Roll With Me’ is produced by multiplatinum producer Linda Perry and released on WE ARE HEAR, the combination label/publishing/management company co-founded by Linda Perry and Kerry Brown.

“I wanted to make music that moves people and makes them move,” says Natasha of her new album, Roll With Me. “It’s bright and bold but in a way that is also raw and honest.” Linda Perry says of Natasha and the album, “I wanted to work with Natasha because she is one of the best live performers I have ever seen and has one of the most versatile voices I have ever heard. It was important to both of us to capture the true spirit of who Natasha Bedingfield is and we nailed it!”

Natasha will play the following UK dates. Tickets on sale Friday 26^th July from http://gigst.rs/NB

August

Wed 28^th                   LONDON, Islington Assembly Hall

Natasha has sold over 10 million albums and 10 million singles, totaling over 20 million records worldwide. Bedingfield’s infectious rhythmic pop sound netted her Platinum artist status, a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” and multiple Brit Awards nominations for “Best British Female Artist.” VH1 ranked Bedingfield number 66 on the list of “100 Greatest Women in Music” and Natasha has collaborated with a wide range of artists during her illustrious career, including Paul McCartney, Nikki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Big Sean, Rascal Flatts, Stevie Wonder, Lil Wayne, Brandy, Sheryl Crow, Sean Kingston and Jon Bon Jovi.

Website / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube

Rufus and Martha Wainwright bring their acclaimed Christmas show

‘A Not So Silent Night’ back to London for the first time in ten years for what promises to be one of the concert highlights of the year. These special shows have become a holiday tradition for the Wainwright and McGarrigle families.

“Ten years ago our mother Kate McGarrigle played what was to be her last performance ever at the Royal Albert Hall which was one of the most beautiful and emotional nights of my life,” Rufus Wainwright recalls. “Martha and I are honoured and excited to return to London to celebrate the 10^th anniversary and Christmas.”

Tickets go on sale July 26^th.

Rufus and Martha play the following shows:

December

Mon 2^nd          Dublin, National Concert Hall

Tues 3^rd           Dublin, National Concert Hall

Fri 6^th               London, Royal Festival Hall

First performed in 2005, this holiday celebration is equal parts concert and family reunion. Dan Gillespie Sells, lead singer of the Feeling and composer of the hit West End musical ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’, will be the show’s musical director. All proceeds from the concerts will go towards the Kate McGarrigle Fund supporting sarcoma research and a music therapy program for cancer patients to be launched by Martha Wainwright in conjunction with Stand Up To Cancer Canada.

The Telegraph called the ‘Not So Silent Night’ Royal Albert Hall show

‘the best family party ever’ in their 4* review. Expect another Christmas cracker! Special guests will be announced shortly.

Exclusive South Bank Centre and National Concert Hall Members pre-sale on July 23^rd HERE and HERE. Exclusive artist pre-sale on July 24^th. General public on Friday July 26^th.

Special experiences are available to augment your concert experiences through the National Concert Hall and South Bank Centre websites.

All profits from these shows and the sale of the special experiences go towards the Kate McGarrigle Fund. The Kate McGarrigle Fund is a new collaborative program from Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Kate McGarrigle Foundation that aims to provide music therapy resources to cancer patients with a passion for music, as well as much-needed funds for sarcoma research.

For more information please visit https://standuptocancer.org/kate-mcgarrigle-fund/

Following the release of her gutsy emotional ballad, ‘Second Hand’ and currently in the studio working on her debut album, LION, aka Beth Lowen, returns with her new single, ‘Wolf’, out now on Fiction Records. LION will also play a string of UK dates this summer, including headlining the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading and Leeds Festival, and NME Girls To The Front at Shacklewell Arms on 30^th July.

The perfect showcase of both her musical sides: the rocky and the stripped back, LION pays true homage to her moniker, defiantly roaring the anthemic chorus in ‘Wolf’, with fast-paced finger picking guitar adding speed and depth to the single. On the single Beth commented, “It’s about being fucking scared and not knowing what the hell you’re doing and just rolling with it. It’s a song of release, a personal song about myself and mental health problems and taking a leap of faith.”

Directed by Elliott Gonzo, the enchanting video for ‘Wolf’ perfectly captures and mirrors the rebellious and bold nature of the single. “I wanted to let Elliott do his thing,” Beth said of the video. “He has a wonderful mind and knows me pretty well so I knew he would capture the song in a beautiful way.”

Watch the video for ‘Wolf’ HERE

Off the back of supporting Band of Horses on their European tour, LION plays the following UK dates this summer:

July

Fri 26^th                         DERBYSHIRE, Y Not Festival

Tues 30^th                     LONDON, NME Girls To The Front, Shacklewell Arms

August

Thurs 8^th                      NEWQUAY, The Dead Famous Liquor Lounge

Fri 9^th                            NEWQUAY, Boardmasters Festival

Sat 24^th                       READING, Reading Festival

Sun 25^th                      LEEDS, Leeds Festival

www.iamlionofficial.com

Natasha Bedingfield is heating up the summer with the release today of her new soulful-fun-anthem “Roller Skate.” She will drop the second track off the album – the infectious pop-gem “Kick It” – on August 2. Both songs are featured on her highly-anticipated fourth new studio album, “Roll With Me”, which will be released on August 30. Select additional tracks will become available in the coming weeks before the album’s release. “Roll With Me” is now available for pre-order. Album pre-orders include a download of the first track “Roller Skate,” which is available across Apple, Spotify (pre-save), Amazon and all DSPs.

Listen To ‘Roller Skate’ HERE

Named one of VH1’s “100 Greatest Women in Music,” Roll With Me is produced by multiplatinum producer Linda Perry and released on WE ARE HEAR, the combination label/publishing/management company co-founded by Linda Perry and Kerry Brown.

“I wanted to make music that moves people and makes them move,” says Natasha of her new album, Roll With Me. “It’s bright and bold but in a way that is also raw and honest.” Linda Perry says of Natasha and the album, “I wanted to work with Natasha because she is one of the best live performers I have ever seen and has one of the most versatile voices I have ever heard. It was important to both of us to capture the true spirit of who Natasha Bedingfield is and we nailed it!”

Natasha recently released a special new remix of her iconic song “Unwritten” for MTV’s The Hills: New Beginnings. VICE says, “’Unwritten’ … is ready to become an earworm for a whole new generation,” and MTV calls the new “Unwritten” remix a “fresh version of her incredibly catchy and infectious song.” The remix, produced by Kyle Moorman (P!nk, Miley Cyrus), and available now on all streaming partners. You can listen to the song HERE. “Unwritten” was the most played song on US Top 40 radio the year it was released and cemented Natasha as one of the most important and distinct female voices of our generation, becoming synonymous with the groundbreaking hit MTV show The Hills, which featured the song in its opening credits.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, Natasha is also set to perform a special version of “Fly Me to the Moon” with the National Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, July 20 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. “NSO Pops: Apollo 11: A Fiftieth Anniversary” will marry music and video, and in addition to Natasha, the evening will also feature performances by Pharrell Williams and Kacey Musgraves, an appearance by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins and a never-before-seen 1997 performance of David Bowie singing “Space Oddity.

Bedingfield has sold over 10 million albums and 10 million singles, totaling over 20 million records worldwide. Bedingfield’s infectious rhythmic pop sound netted her Platinum artist status, a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” and multiple Brit Awards nominations for “Best British Female Artist.” VH1 ranked Bedingfield number 66 on the list of “100 Greatest Women in Music” and Natasha has collaborated with a wide range of artists during her illustrious career, including Paul McCartney, Nikki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Big Sean, Rascal Flatts, Stevie Wonder, Lil Wayne, Brandy, Sheryl Crow, Sean Kingston and Jon Bon Jovi.

Website / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube

Madonna gives an intimate, behind-the-scenes look of how her recent #1 album came together in the documentary short “World of Madame X,” which is available now globally in over 100 countries and territories on Amazon Prime Video. Madonna is joined in the 23-minute documentary, beautifully set in Lisbon, Portugal, by collaborators that were part of, and inspired, Madame X.

Watch a Clip From “Madonna – World Of Madame X” at Amazon Music:

https://youtu.be/kYuuGIxZXUg

In “World of Madame X,” she tells the story of how she was given the name Madame X when she was 19 and newly arrived in New York City as she took dance classes at the Martha Graham School and how the album was born while living in Lisbon, Portugal for the past several years.

Amazon Music is currently streaming an exclusive clip from the documentary, which is available to watch here. In addition, fans can hear two, brand-new Amazon Original remixes of tracks from Madonna’s new album from Robbie Rivera and Erick Morillo, and simply ask, “Alexa play the Amazon Original by Madonna” on enabled devices and with Alexa in the Amazon Music app for iOS and Android.

A longtime fan of Fado (a form of Portuguese singing done in social environments) and Morna (widely considered the national music of Cape Verde), Madonna formed a bond with Dino d’Santiago, a Portuguese singer of Cape Verdean descent, who invited her to join local musicians to living-room sessions, where singers and instrumentalists gather in someone’s home to play music. “What struck me most was this organic, authentic feeling of people being there because they just love music,” she recalls. “Money had nothing to do with it. Fame had nothing to do with it. Instagram followers had nothing to do with it. It was really about passion, and music, and art.”

Madonna began filming the proceedings, as shared in the documentary, and sending clips to her longtime producer Mirwais. “I said to him, ‘I know this is crazy, but tell me if it inspires you. Let’s chop up the guitar sounds, and synch them to modern sounding drums.’ Within a week, he had sent me back music. It was amazing and I felt super inspired.” Thus, that is how Madame X was born. “I had the honor of meeting musicians from all of these places, to be inspired by their music, and to let it influence me. That’s how these songs came to be.”

Madonna’s critically-acclaimed 14^th studio album Madame X debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The #1 chart debut marks another milestone in her legendary career, becoming her ninth #1 studio album. In addition to Mirwais, Madonna collaborated on Madame with producers Mike Dean and Diplo, among others.

Madonna is getting ready to bring Madame X to life by embarking on a series of rare and intimate concert performances to take place exclusively in theaters, giving fans an opportunity to see her perform in an environment like they never have before. The Madame X Tour will kick off September 12^th at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in New York and will feature multiple nights of shows in each city including performances at the Chicago Theatre, The Wiltern in Los Angeles, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston, The Met Philadelphia and at the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre. The Madame X Tour will continue in early 2020 with performances at the Coliseum in Lisbon, the Palladium in London and at the Grand Rex in Paris.  Madonna is the best-selling female solo touring artist of all time and has the highest-grossing concert tour ever by a female artist with her Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008-2009) at $408 million. Tickets and further information is available at https://www.madonna.com/tour.  Here is a link to a video from Madonna about the Tour: https://madonna.lnk.to/TourVid.

Madame X comes in a standard and deluxe version of the album and exclusive album bundles with limited edition merchandise are now available direct from Madonna.com.

Off the back of the incredible latest album ‘I Trawl The Megahertz‘, Prefab Sprout have announced exciting release plans for remastered vinyl versions of three of the band’s classic albums along with their incredible greatest hits collection ‘A Life of Surprises: The Best Of’ – out September 27th. From the remastering and artwork, to sourcing new images, the project has been fully orchestrated by both Paddy and Martin McAloon.

The releases include Prefab Sprout’s debut album ‘Swoon’ – a complex collection of songs that announced the band’s idiosyncratic style in an explosive way, as well as their third album ‘From Langley Park To Memphis’, containing their biggest hit “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” along with one of the best pop anthems of the 1980s – “Cars And Girls”. The album also features contributions from Stevie Wonder and Pete Townshend. 

The band will also include the release of ‘Jordan: The Comeback’ from 1990 as a double LP for the first time internationally. This is an expansive album that draws on a huge breadth of influences and includes “Wild Horses”, which was not a single, but has grown to become one of the band’s best loved tracks. 

Finally, the fourth part in this batch is the band’s hit collection, ‘A Life of Surprises: The Best Of’ which is available as a double LP for the first time.

The full package comes remastered and available as digital versions. Format details below:

• Swoon (Remastered) – 1LP on 180g black vinyl in gatefold sleeve with download code

• From Langley Park To Memphis (Remastered) – 1LP on 180g black vinyl in standard sleeve with printed inner and download code

• Jordan: The Comeback (Remastered) – 2LP on 180g black vinyl in gatefold sleeve with download code

• A Life of Surprises: The Best Of (Remastered) – 2LP on 180g black vinyl in gatefold sleeve with download code

Swoon (Remastered)

Side 1

Don’t Sing

Cue Fanfare

Green Isaac

Here On The Eerie

Cruel

Side 2

Couldn’t Bear To Be Special

I Never Play Basketball Now

Ghost Town Blues

Elegance

Technique

Green Isaac II

From Langley Park To Memphis (Remastered)

Side 1

The King Of Rock ‘N’ Roll

Cars And Girls

I Remember That

Enchanted

Nightingales

Side 2

Hey Manhattan!

Knock On Wood

The Golden Calf

Nancy (Let Your Hair Down For Me)

The Venus Of The Soup Kitchen

Jordan: The Comeback (Remastered)

Side 1

Looking For Atlantis

Wild Horses

Machine Gun Ibiza

We Let The Stars Go

Carnival 2000

Side 2

Jordan: The Comeback

Jesse James Symphony

Jesse James Bolero

Moon Dog

Side 3

All The World Loves Lovers

All Boys Believe Anything

The Ice Maiden

Paris Smith

The Wedding March

Side 4

One Of The Broken

Michael

Mercy

Scarlet Nights

Doo Wop In Harlem

A Life of Surprises: The Best Of (Remastered)

Side 1

The King Of Rock’n’ Roll

When Love Breaks Down

The Sound Of Crying

Faron Young

Side 2

Carnival 2000

Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)

I Remember That

Cruel

Side 3

Cars And Girls

We Let The Stars Go

Life Of Surprises

Appetite

Side 4

If You Don’t Love Me

Wild Horses

Hey Manhattan!

All The World Loves Lovers

2019 marks the 30th anniversary of The Cult’s seminal album Sonic Temple. To celebrate the anniversary, Beggars Arkive will release The Cult: Sonic Temple 30 on September 13th. It will be released as a deluxe box set and a 5-CD set, as well as reissuing Sonic Temple on Double LP, which has been out of print for over 20 years. The sets both contain limited-release demos in addition to previously unreleased tracks. Full details and track-listings are below.

The band is also happy to announce more A Sonic Temple tour dates. After a run of hugely successful and completely sold out US shows, they will play 10 shows in the UK in October. Tickets on sale Friday, July 5th at 10.00am – www.myticket.co.uk – full dates below:

October

Tue 15th         Nottingham, UK –  Rock City

Thu 17th         Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy

Fri 18th           Cardiff, Wales – Cardiff University

Sun 20th         Leeds, UK – O2 Academy

Mon 21st        Aberdeen, Scotland – The Music Hall

Tue 22nd        Glasgow, Scotland – O2 Academy

Thu 24th         Manchester, UK – Apollo

Sun 27th         London, UK – Eventim Apollo

Mon 28th       Bristol, UK – O2 Academy

Tue 29th         Portsmouth, UK – Guildhall

Originally released in 1989, Sonic Temple proved to be a pivotal moment for both band and the wider rock scene.  Produced by the legendary Bob Rock, Sonic Temple had four chart-topping singles; “Fire Woman”, “Edie (Ciao Baby)”, “Sun King” and “Sweet Soul Sister”.

In a recent interview about the album, Ian Astbury explained how the band brought together hard rock and indie rock to create the unique, game-changing sounds on Sonic Temple. “We wanted to retain our core DNA as we went deeper into psych and hard rock influences. It was a complete immersion for me into art, film, music, poetry and literature, weaving those influences into what was to become Sonic Temple. The band was becoming more popular. We were in uncharted waters. Most of the bands we had come up with had split up or fallen off. We were accelerating. There was no real time to breathe. We were forming new allegiances and breaking the glass ceiling of ‘the indie outsider.’”

The album catapulted The Cult into superstar status and remains their most commercially successful release. It has sold over 1.5 million copies in the US alone, and was declared platinum in 1990. It made it to #10 on the Billboard charts, and the aforementioned songs all remain rock-radio staples to this day.

The set list for the “A Sonic Temple” tour draws from The Cult’s 10 studio albums with the centerpiece being a super set that’s focused on the core songs from Sonic Temple; some of these songs have not been performed since the album was originally released. Each show will be a gathering and celebration for Cult fans–an opportunity to come together for one night–an event that will be memorable for all who attend. As Billy Duffy stated about the tour in a recent interview, “I’d like fans to not only allow themselves a little indulgence into maybe simpler happier times of the late 80s for a few hours at a ST19 show, but also be happy that the music is now really their possession, not ours, and to do with it what they will.”

The BOX SET contains three pieces of vinyl and a cassette plus tour memorabilia and ephemera (replica of original laminate, backstage pass, original press releases, label copy and more). It’s numbered and limited to 3000 pieces worldwide and contains 40 tracks, four of which are previously unreleased. LP1+2 contain the album as originally released. LP3 contains Live At Wembley recorded by the BBC, and the included cassette contains limited-release demos. Four of the live tracks are previously unreleased.

The FIVE-CD SET contains 53 tracks (including 6 previously unreleased) with the original album on disc 1, alternate edits, mixes, extended versions and acoustic versions on disc 2, limited-release demos on discs 3 & 4 and Live at Wembley recorded by the BBC on disc 5. Six of the live tracks are previously unreleased. It is beautifully packaged in book form with rare photographs and interviews with the band by esteemed UK journalist James Brown.

The DOUBLE LP is a revamped reissue of the original album. Now cut onto two pieces of black vinyl, the audio is improved and contains 16 tracks total, which comprise the original album plus 6 B-sides. It’s been out of print for over 20 years.

The DIGITAL version will replicate the CD-set but excludes the original album for a total of 43 tracks.

BOX SET

3XLP

A1 Sun King

A2 Fire Woman

A3 American Horse

A4 Edie (Ciao Baby)

B1 Sweet Soul Sister

B2 Soul Asylum

B3 New York City

B4 Automatic Blues

C1 Soldier Blue

C2 Wake Up Time For Freedom

C3 Medicine Train (From the Edie (Ciao Baby) single)

C4 The River (From the Sweet Soul Sister single)

D1 Bleeding Heart Graffiti (from the Edie (Ciao Baby) single)

D2 Messin’ Up The Blues (from the Fire Woman single)

D3 Fire Woman (NYC Rock Mix) (from the Fire Woman CD EP)

D4 Edie (Ciao Baby) (Acoustic) (From The Heart Of Soul CD single)

E1 New York City (live) *previously unreleased)

E2 Automatic Blues (live) *previously unreleased)

E3 American Horse (live) (from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

E4 Sun King (live) *previously unreleased

F1 Soul Asylum (live) (from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

F2 Sweet Soul Sister (live) (from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

F3 Fire Woman (live) *previously unreleased

CASSETTE

A1 Sonic Temple Radio Promo

A2 New York City (demo)

A3 American Horse (demo)

A4 Sun King (demo)

A5 Automatic Blues (demo)

A6 Yes Man (demo)

A7 Wake Up Time For Freedom (demo)

A8 Citadel (demo)

A9 The River (demo)

B1 The Crystal Ocean (demo)

B2 Cashmere (demo)

B3 Edie (Cao Baby) (demo)

B4 Bleeding Heart Revival (demo)

B5 Star Child (demo)

B6 Medicine Train (Rock Demo)

B7 New York City (Rock Demo)

B8 Fire (Rock Demo)

5-CD SET

1-1 Sun King

1-2 Fire Woman

1-3 American Horse

1-4 Edie (Ciao Baby)

1-5 Sweet Soul Sister

1-6 Soul Asylum

1-7 New York City

1-8 Automatic Blues

1-9 Soldier Blue

1-10 Wake Up Time For Freedom

2-1 Sonic Temple Radio Promo

2-2 Fire Woman (Edit)

2-3 Messin’ Up The Blues (from the Fire Woman single)

2-4 Medicine Train (From the Edie (Ciao Baby) single)

2-5 Fire Woman (NYC Rock Mix) (from the Fire Woman CD EP)

2-6 Edie (Ciao Baby) (Edit)

2-7 Bleeding Heart Graffiti (from the Edie (Ciao Baby) CD EP)

2-8 Sun King (Edit)

2-9 Sweet Soul Sister (Edit)

2-10 The River (From the Sweet Soul Sister single)

2-11 Soldier Blue (Werman Extended Version)

2-12 Fire Woman (LA Rock Mix)

2-13 Sweet Soul Sister (Rock’s Mix)

2-14 Edie (Ciao Baby) (Acoustic) (From The Heart Of Soul CD single)

3-1 Medicine Train (demo)

3-2 New York City (demo)

3-3 American Horse (demo)

3-4 Sun King (demo)

3-5 Automatic Blues (demo)

3-6 Yes Man (demo)

3-7 Fire (demo)

3-8 Wake Up Time For Freedom (demo)

3-9 Citadel (demo)

3-10 The River (demo)

4-1 The Crystal Ocean (demo)

4-2 Cashmere (demo)

4-3 Edie (Ciao Baby) (demo)

4-4 Bleeding Heart Revival (demo)

4-5 My Love (demo)

4-6 Star Child (demo)

4-7 Medicine Train (Rock Demo)

4-8 New York City (Rock Demo)

4-9 Fire (rock Demo)

4-10 Spanish Gold (jam Demo)

5-1 New York City (live) *previously unreleased)

5-2 Automatic Blues (live) *previously unreleased)

5-3 American Horse (live) (from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

5-4 Sun King (live) *previously unreleased

5-5 Soul Asylum (live) (from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

5-6 Rain (live) *previously unreleased

5-7 Sweet Soul Sister (live) (from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

5-8 She Sells Sanctuary (live) *previously unreleased

5-9 Fire Woman (live) *previously unreleased

STANDARD DOUBLE LP

A1 Sun King

A2 Fire Woman

A3 American Horse

A4 Edie (Ciao Baby)

B1 Sweet Soul Sister

B2 Soul Asylum

B3 New York City

B4 Automatic Blues

C1 Soldier Blue

C2 Wake Up Time For Freedom

C3 Medicine Train (From the Edie (Ciao Baby) single)

C4 The River (From the Sweet Soul Sister single)

D1 Bleeding Heart Graffiti (from the Edie (Ciao Baby) CD EP)

D2 Messin’ Up The Blues (from the Fire Woman single)

D3 Fire Woman (NYC Rock Mix) (from the Fire Woman CD EP)

D4 Edie (Ciao Baby) (Acoustic) (From The Heart Of Soul CD single)

DIGITAL ALBUM

1 Sonic Temple Radio Promo

2 Fire Woman (Edit)

3 Messin’ Up The Blues (from the Fire Woman single)

4 Medicine Train (From the Edie(Ciao Baby) single)

5 Fire Woman (NYC Rock Mix) (from the Fire Woman CD EP)

6 Edie (Ciao Baby) (Edit)

7 Bleeding Heart Graffiti (from the Edie (Ciao Baby) CD EP)

8 Sun King (Edit)

9 Sweet Soul Sister (Edit)

10 The River (From the Sweet Soul Sister single)

11 Soldier Blue (Werman Extended Version)

12 Fire Woman (LA Rock Mix)

13 Sweet Soul Sister (Rock’s Mix)

14 Edie (Ciao Baby) (Acoustic) (From The Heart Of Soul CD single)

15 Medicine Train (demo)

16 New York City (demo)

17 American Horse (demo)

18 Sun King (demo)

19 Automatic Blues (demo)

20 Yes Man (demo)

21 Fire (demo)

22 Wake Up Time For Freedom (demo)

23 Citadel (demo)

24 The River (demo)

25 The Crystal Ocean (demo)

26 Cashmere (demo)

27 Edie (Ciao Baby) (demo)

28 Bleeding Heart Revival (demo)

29 My Love (demo)

30 Star Child (demo)

31 Medicine Train (Rock Demo)

32 New York City (Rock Demo)

33 Fire (rock Demo)

34 Spanish Gold (jam Demo)

35 New York City (live) *previously unreleased)

36 Automatic Blues (live) *previously unreleased)

37 American Horse (live) (from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

38 Sun King (live) *previously unreleased

39 Soul Asylum (live) from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

40 Rain (live) *previously unreleased

41 Sweet Soul Sister (live) (from the Sweet Soul Sister single)

42 She Sells Sanctuary (live) *previously unreleased

43 Fire Woman (live) *previously unreleased

https://thecult.us/