Music business engines start to idle every December, as many of the main album releases have already arrived. The ultimate month’s schedule is usually one of many quietest. This 12 months, nonetheless, is a bit completely different.
Nestled among the many ordinary gift-idea compilations and reissues is the primary unique music from Peter Gabriel since 2002’s Up. His most up-to-date album earlier than i/o, 2011’s New Blood, included orchestral rerecordings of earlier songs.
Neil Young’s Before and After likewise consists of re-recordings of songs from all through his profession, however this time in an acoustic format. Young has included one beforehand unreleased observe, titled “If You Got Love.”
Elsewhere, Pink Floyd’s expanded special-edition reissue of 1970’s Atom Heart Mother can be accompanied by footage from the band’s first live performance in Japan. The Black Crowes’ deluxe reissue of their second album, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, will embody unreleased studio recordings, uncommon B-sides and a reside efficiency from 1993 in Houston.
More info on these and different new rock-related efforts may be discovered beneath. Remember to comply with our repeatedly up to date listing of 2023 New Music Releases for particulars on initiatives issued all year long.
Dec. 1
Argent, Original Album Classics (5CD field with Argent, Ring of Hands, All Together Now, In Deep and Nexus)
Aretha Franklin, A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974 (5CD field)
Bobby Keys [Rolling Stones], Lover’s Rockin’: The Lost Album (with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood)
The Grass Roots, Leaving It All Behind / Move Along / Alotta’ Mileage (2CD set)
Peter Gabriel, i/o
Robben Ford [Joni Mitchell/Kiss], Night within the City
Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes (2CD fortieth anniversary deluxe version)
Dec. 8
Bryan Adams, Into the Fire: Live on the Royal Albert Hall (3CD/Blu-ray field)
Mott the Hoople, All the Young Dudes: fiftieth Anniversary Deluxe Edition (5CD field)
Neil Young, Before and After
Pink Floyd, Atom Heart Mother (expanded special-edition reissue)
Warren Haynes, Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20 (3CD/Blu-ray field with Dave Grohl, Joe Bonamassa, others)
Dec. 15
Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (expanded reissue)
Johnny Winter, The Johnny Winter Story: The GRT/Janus Recordings (2CD set)
Various artists, Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 (2CD/Blu-ray field with Keith Richards, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, others)
January and Beyond
Dire Straits, Dire Straits: Live 1978-1992 (8CD field)
10cc, 20 Years: 1972-1992 (14CD field)
The Smile, Wall of Eyes
Blackberry Smoke, Be Right Here
Mick Mars [Motley Crue], The Other Side of Mars
Judas Priest, Invincible Shield
Lenny Kravitz, Blue Electric Light
Scott Stapp [Creed], Higher Power
Sheryl Crow, Evolution
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