Including Aretha Franklin, Train, Within Temptation, Curve, Carole King and Modern Talking amongst others.
Hopefully, you all enjoyed Record Store Day 2023 and successfully recovered from it, because the following titles are new in stores now:
Starting with the Queen of Soul and her 3LP compilation album The Queen In Waiting - The Columbia Years 1960-1965. It features early recordings from 1960 to 1965, when Aretha Franklin was signed to Columbia Records, and is available as a limited edition on gold and black marbled vinyl. Also new is Drops Of Jupiter by Train, which includes their massive hit song “Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)”. The album is available on red and black marbled vinyl.
From Jupiter back to earth with symphonic metal band Within Temptation and their live album Mother Earth Tour, pressed on red and black marbled vinyl. Also, their next live album The Silent Force Tour, on translucent blue vinyl, is new in stores.
Another band with more than just one title new in stores is Curve. As part of their EP series, Faît Accompli, Faît Accompli (Extended) and Horror Head are available as limited editions on coloured vinyl. The Wild Swans' debut album Bringing Home The Ashes is now available as a limited edition on translucent green vinyl.
The original soundtrack of Spider-Man: Homecoming (Michael Giacchino) is now available on blue vinyl and as an At The Movies shop exclusive on red vinyl. Both versions have an exclusive Spider-Man pop-up gatefold sleeve.
In addition, several reissues on coloured vinyl: Carole King's Simple Things, the 3rd and 4th Modern Talking albums Ready For Romance and In The Middle Of Nowhere, and Michael Kamen's original soundtrack for the HBO Series Band Of Brothers.
Reissued on black vinyl is Funky Divas by En Vogue.
Available on vinyl for the first time, on translucent yellow vinyl, is Dutch classic André Hazes Met Heel Mijn Hart.
Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1993 non-fiction book of the same name. The theme music was composed by the late Michael Kamen, known for his scores for titles such as the Die Hard films, X-Men, Memento as well as several HBO series. He had also collaborated previously with Tom Hanks, who produced the score for Band of Brothers. The bold, evocative soundtrack to the series was very well received, with critics calling it Kamen's best work to date.
"Faît Accompli" was released on 24 February 1992, and reached #22 in the UK singles chart, becoming their highest-charting single in the UK. It was one of the first singles in the UK to reach the Top 40 without a release on 7" vinyl. The Faît Accompli EP is co-produced by Flood, who has worked with a wide variety of artists, including U2, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and New Order amongst others.
The British post-punk band the Wild Swans ventured into U2 territory on their 1988 debut album Bringing Home The Ashes. The haunting voice of Paul Simpson injects every track with emotional weight; whether he tries to convey joy or sorrow, his icy baritone chills to the bone. The album is about somebody coming of age, growing up in an age of war and trying to find comfort from God and love. The Wild Swans were never promoted as a Christian group, but Simpson's uses his spirituality to express hope or despair.
The San Francisco-based band Train released their second studio album Drops Of Jupiter in 2001. Debuting at #6 on the US Album Charts, the album has since been certified 3x Platinum in the US, 3x Platinum in Australia, and 2x Platinum in Canada. "Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)", its lead single was a major international hit and won two Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Song.
Mother Earth Tour was originally Within Temptation's first live DVD with footage from the 2002 rock festivals Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop and Lowlands. Mother Earth was the second studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation.
Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The movie was directed by Jon Watts and the soundtrack composed by Michael Giacchino. Besides the original motion picture soundtrack by the award-winning composer, the score also features the theme from the 1960s cartoon series composed by Paul Francis Webster and Robert "Bob" Harris.
Before Aretha Franklin rose to fame, she was signed to Columbia Records. This 3LP compilation album is a collection of some of Aretha's most notable songs during her time at Columbia from 1960 to 1965. The Queen in Waiting highlights Franklin's jazz and big-band recordings, and includes the songs "Won't Be Long", "Walk On By", "Today I Sing The Blues" and "Try A Little Tenderness" a.o.
Ready for Romance is the third studio album by German duo Modern Talking. The album spent five consecutive weeks atop the German chart and topped the charts in Austria and Switzerland, while reaching the top 10 in Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. The album spawned two successful singles, “Brother Louie” and “Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)”.
Carole King's 1977 album Simple Things was her first release on the Avatar/Capitol label, which featured the international hit “Hard Rock Café'. The album was certified Gold in the US and reached the top 20 on the Billboard charts. It was also the album where Carole King introduced Rick Evers as her lyric collaborator, who later became her husband.
The Silent Force Tour was originally released as a double DVD in 2005, consisting of the full concert Within Temptation gave at Java-eiland, Amsterdam on July 22nd, 2005. This concert was part of the tour in support of their album The Silent Force which was the the third studio album.
"Horror Head" is co-produced by Flood, who has worked with a wide variety of artists, including U2, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and New Order. It was remixed by Alan Moulder, who has worked with bands like The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, and The Cure amongs others. The non-album tracks "Falling Free", "Mission From God" and "Today Is Not The Day" which are also featured on this EP.
Met Heel Mijn Hart verscheen in 1993 en behaalde de 17e plaats in de Nederlandse Album Top 100. De eerste single was "Droomland" een duet met Paul de Leeuw, waar André en Paul verkleed als kabouters, optraden tijdens de populaire tv-show Schreeuw Van De Leeuw. Het nummer behaalde noteringen in de Nationale Hit Parade en de Mega Top 50. Het album bevat ook de tweede single "Uit M'n Bol" en het populaire "Ik Leef M'n Eigen Leven".
Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The movie was directed by Jon Watts and the soundtrack composed by Michael Giacchino. Besides the original motion picture soundtrack by the award-winning composer, the score also features the theme from the 1960s cartoon series composed by Paul Francis Webster and Robert "Bob" Harris.
Funky Divas is En Vogue's most commercially and critically successful album. The album stands as one of the best pop/R&B albums to emerge from that time, incorporating soul, hip-hop, pop, dance, and rock to create one of the era's most diverse, dazzling, and exciting pieces of work. The album scored no less than five hit singles, three of which became Top 10 pop hits.
In the Middle of Nowhere is the fourth studio album by Modern Talking. It was released on 10 November 1986 in Germany and in other territories. The album contains the international hit single “Geronimo's Cadillac”.
The track "Faît Accompli (Extended, Extended, Extended ...)" is an extended version, quite obviously, of Curve's most popular song "Faît Accompli". This extended version was featured on the band's compilation album Public Fruit, which was exclusively released in the United Stated in November 1992. This EP is co-produced by Flood, who has worked with a wide variety of artists, including U2, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and New Order amongst others.
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