Today sees the release of the first in a series of half speed mastered studio albums from The Who; My Generation and A Quick One. These limited-edition black vinyl versions have been mastered by long-time Who engineer Jon Astley and cut for vinyl by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios with a half-speed mastering technique which produces a […]
Los Angeles – May 5, 2022 – Since launching in 2020, Verve/UMe’s all-analog vinyl reissue series, Acoustic Sounds, has provided definitive, best-in-class audiophile grade pressings of some of the most important and beloved jazz records of all time, each mastered from the original tapes and produced with the utmost care. The nearly two dozen releases to date feature many […]
(April 26, 2022 – NASHVILLE, TN) Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson will release a new album of some of the famed singer/songwriter’s hits, As Far As I Can See: The Best Of, on June 10. Preorder HERE. The collection of sixteen songs shares its name with the current exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame, Bill Anderson: As […]
THE BEACH BOYS ANNOUNCE YEARLONG 60TH ANNIVERSARY GLOBAL CELEBRATION LEGENDARY GROUP’S TIMELESS AND INFLUENTIAL MUSIC AND CAREER FETED WITH NEW MUSIC RELEASES, OFFICIAL NEW MUSIC VIDEOS FOR CLASSIC SONGS, IMMERSIVE DOLBY ATMOS MIXES, AND MUCH MORE 4X PLATINUM BEST OF COLLECTION, SOUNDS OF SUMMER, REMASTERED AND EXPANDED FROM 30 TO 80 TRACKS TO KICK OFF 60TH ANNIVERSARY AVAILABLE JUNE […]
UMe today announces the 50th-anniversary reissue of Elton John’s Madman Across The Water. Available to pre-order now on stunning 3-CD and 1 Blu-ray Super Deluxe Box Set, 4-LP, 1-LP Limited Edition colored vinyl, and 2-CD formats, the album will be released on June 10. Pre-order here. Spawning the hits “Tiny Dancer” and “Levon,”Madman Across The Water was Elton’s fourth studio album, released […]
UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell & Astro will release their new album Unprecedented, June 17 via UMe. The album will be released as a black 2LP, a limited-edition white-color 2LP, 1CD, limited-edition cassette as well as digitally. All formats include their new single “Sufferer”, which Ali has dedicated to his beloved friend and bandmate of over four […]
Wednesday, April 13th – Today, UMe, Island Records, and BBC announce the release of Live at Glastonbury 2007– the iconic performance of Amy Winehouse’s Pyramid Stage set at Glastonbury 2007, coming to vinyl for the very first time on Friday, June 3rd. Showcasing the inimitable artistry of one of the UK’s most gifted and accomplished singers of all time, […]
Los Angeles, CA – April 8, 2022 – In celebration of their 50th anniversary, today Aerosmith released one of their earliest known recordings, Aerosmith – 1971: The Road Starts Hear (UMe), on CD and digital and can now be streamed, HERE. This rare recording from 1971 was recently discovered in Aerosmith’s Vindaloo Vaults and was originally only available as a limited-edition cassette and vinyl release for Record Store Day in 2021. The heavily sought-after RSD release quickly […]
Los Angeles, CA – April 1, 2022 – For the first time in over 20 years, 20 of the Sex Pistol’s recordings from 1976 to 1978 are collected together to tell the story of one of the world’s most influential and extraordinary bands. The Sex Pistols: The Original Recordings covers a historic period when the band were […]
April 8, 2022 – The legacy of Frank Sinatra – one of the world’s most enduring singers – includes a studio album no one anticipated: Watertown. Recorded in 1969 and released in 1970, the concept of Watertown unfolds as a personal tragedy about a working man with children whose wife suddenly leaves him. Sinatra’s performance elicits sadness, defeat and forlornness. Ultimately, as […]
NEW FRANK ZAPPA BOXED SET, ZAPPA/ERIE, COLLECTS TOGETHER AN EXCITING TRIO OF SHOWS FROM ERIE, PA AND SURROUNDING AREA BETWEEN 1974-76 SIX-DISC BOX/DIGITAL COLLECTION FEATURES MORE THAN SEVEN HOURS OF UNRELEASED LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM THREE DIFFERENT LINE-UPS, INCLUDING UNIQUE ARRANGEMENTS OF CLASSIC SONGS AVAILABLE JUNE 3 VIA ZAPPA RECORDS/UMe Los Angeles – April 8, 2022 – The […]
When Voyage, the first new ABBA album in 40 years, and the accompanying shows in London were announced in September 2021, the global headlines it garnered underlined the phenomenal popularity of ABBA, four decades after they pressed the pause button on their career. We’d all thought that the perfect arc of eight album releases from the […]
