Details Announced For New Cypress Hill Concert Event, Recording
Feb. 26 — Two musical worlds will collide this year in a new Cypress Hill theatrical concert event. Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall will be presented in U.S. and Canadian Theaters March 30, 31, and Apr. 2. The three-day event will see Cypress Hill revisit its classic album, Black Sunday alongside the London Symphony Orchestra. The unique concert event will …
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Hans Zimmer Concert To Get 4K UHD Re-Issue
Jan. 29 — More than seven years after its initial release, Mercury Studios’ presentation of Hans Zimmer Live in Prague is getting the 4K UHD re-issue treatment. Originally released in November 2017 through Mercury Studios (then Eagle Rock Entertainment), the recording is now set for its upcoming re-issue March 21. Pre-orders are open. The concert featured in the recording was filmed May 7, …
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Chicago’s New Live Recording Is A Great Celebration Of The Band’s History, Influence
Chicago has, over the course of its more than half century life, become one of the most acclaimed bands in the world. Having released more than 30 albums (some of which being compilation records and others studio recordings), the band’s music has earned it awards from Billboard magazine, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and Songwriters Hall of Fame. The band …
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New Rolling Stones Concert Recording Coming This Fall
Oct. 22 — Another archived concert recording from The Rolling Stones will tentatively be released this winter. Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush is scheduled for release Dec. 6 through Mercury Studios. The recording will be the second Rolling Stones concert released this year through Mercury Studios behind the release of Live at the Wiltern March 8. The recording will be released separately on 2CD, …
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Def Leppard’s Latest Live Recording Will Appeal To Band’s Most Diehard Fans
Early this year Def Leppard released a new live recording, One Night Only: Live at The Leadmill Sheffield – May 19, 2023, as a special offering for fans on Record Store Day. Now months after the recording was released exclusively on vinyl the band will make the recording available for all of its fans on a CD, DVD/CD and Blu-ray/CD combo packs. …
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Rainbow “Live” Re-Issue Is A Successful New Presentation Of A Classic Concert
Nearly two decades after Eagle Rock Entertainment released its presentation of Rainbow’s 1977 concert in Munich, Germany separately on DVD and 2CD, the company – now known as Mercury Studios – has united those two presentations in one package in a brand-new re-issue of the recording. Released Sept. 19, the three-disc set is an offering that plenty of Rainbow fans …
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Black Sabbath, Eric Clapton 4K Concert Re-Issues Are More Mostly Successful Offerings From Mercury Studios, UMe
The summer music push (as this critic has come to call it) is nearing its end as labels wind down the year. As the last week of the annual push winds down, Mercury Studios and its parent company, Universal Music Group, have revisited two more previously released concert recordings from Mercury Studios in the forms of Black Sabbath’s The End and Eric …
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Details Announced For Rainbow Archived Concert Re-Issue
July 24 — Mercury Studios has re-opened the Rainbow live vault. The company (nee Eagle Rock Entertainment) announced Wednesday, it is scheduled to re-issue Rainbow’s 1977 concert in Munich, Germany Sept. 19 on a 2 CD/DVD set. The release will mark the first time since 2016 that Mercury Studios has released an archived concert from Rainbow. That release was Monsters of …
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Mercury Studios’ New Pink Floyd Doc Is Well Worth Watching
Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett is one of the most intriguing figures in the modern history of music. Having helped found what is one of the most influential acts in rock history, he also parted ways with the band early in its infancy. Much has been said and written of his departure and what happened after, in years since, …
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Details Announced For Black Sabbath, Eric Clapton Concert Re-Issues
July 16 — Two more previously released concert recordings from Mercury Studios (nee Eagle Rock Entertainment) will get renewed attention later this summer. The label’s previously released Black Sabbath recording The End and Eric Clapton’s Slowhand at 70: Live at the Royal Albert Hall are scheduled to get the 4k re-issue treatment Sept. 13. Originally released Nov. 17, 2017, The End captures what was supposed to be …
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