Here’s a quick look at the bright and shiny new releases this week at The Record Exchange:

CD

Pink Floyd – Cre/ation: The Early Years 1967-1972

Pink Floyd – The Early Years 1965-1972

David Bowie – Legacy (deluxe edition available)

Bob Dylan – 1966 Live Recordings

The Band – The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Edition

Various Artists – The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris (three versions available)

Sting – 57th and 9th (three versions available)

Enigma – The Fall of a Rebel Angel (deluxe edition available)

The Griswolds – High Times for Low Lives

Wakrat – Wakrat

In Flames – Battles

Emeli Sande – Long Live the Angels (three versions available)

Balkan Beat Box – Shout It Out

Sleigh Bells – Jessica Rabbit

Daniel Bachman – Daniel Bachman

Mike Watt – Ring Spiel Tour 95

Animals As Leaders – The Madness of Many

You Blew It! – Abendrot

Black Sabbath – Paranoid Super Deluxe Edition

Various Artists – Killed By Deathrock 2

Superjoint – Caught Up in the Gears of Application

Sad13 – Slugger

Radkey – Delicious Rock Noise

Wolf People – Ruins

Islands – Return to the Sea

Jacuzzi Boys – Ping Pong

David Bazan – Dark Sacred Night

Papa M – Highway Songs

Simple Minds – Acoustic

Illum Sphere – Glass

Leon Redbone – Long Way From Home

Merle Haggard – Down Every Road 1962-1994

Ronnie Dunn – Tattooed Heart

Dizzy Gillespie and Friends – Concert of the Century: A Tribute to Charlie Parker

Ennio Morricone – Conducts

Ennio Morricone – Morricone 60

Yoko Ono – Plastic Ono Band

Matt Costa – Orange Sunshine: Music from the Motion Picture

The Iguanas – The Iguanas

Rhonda Vincent – All the Rage Vol. 1

Blue Rodeo – 1000 Arms

Downfall of Gaia – Atrophy

Lex the Hex Master – Contact

VINYL

2Pac – 2pacalypse Now

Temple of the Dog – Temple of the Dog

Rolling Stones – Havana Moon

The Band – The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Edition

Wakrat – Wakrat

Sting – 57th and 9th

Mike Watt – Ring Spiel Tour 95

Lou Barlow – Apocalypse Fetish

John Williams – Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

John Williams – Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Sleigh Bells – Jessica Rabbit

The Men – Devil Music

Mandolin Orange – Blindfaller

David Bazan – Christmas Bonus

David Bazan – Dark Sacred Night

The Roots – Illidelph Halflife

The Whigs – Live in Little Five

Autechre – Various Reissues

Yoko Ono – Plastic Ono Band

Various Artists – Killed By Deathrock 2

Romare – Love Songs Pt. 2

Illum Sphere – Glass

Shlohmo – Bad Vibes (Rarities and Extras)

Jagwar Ma – Every Now and Then

Papa M – Highway Songs

Daniel Bachman – Daniel Bachman

Greensky Bluegrass – Shouted, Written Down and Quoted

Dizzy Gillespie and Friends – Concert of the Century: A Tribute to Charlie Parker

Enya – The Memory of Trees

Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness

Carcass – Heartwork

Periphery – Periphery III: Select Difficulty

Dazzling Killmen – Face of Collapse

Nadja – The Stone Is Not Hit by the Sun, Nor Carved With a Knife

You Blew It! – Abendrot

DVD/BLU-RAY

Rolling Stones – Havana Moon DVD and Blu-ray

Various Artists – The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris DVD

CASSETTE

Bright Eyes – Cassadaga

Bright Eyes – Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

Tags: cdnew releasesvinylwhats playing

Before there was The Dark Side of the Moon, there were Pink Floyd’s Early Years, and on Nov. 11 this phenomenal, wildly experimental period of the band’s career will be celebrated with an epic box set and 2CD compilation.

The Early Years 1965-1972 is a comprehensive 27-disc box set that sees Pink Floyd delve into their vast music archive to produce a deluxe package that includes 7 individual book-style volumes featuring much previously unreleased material. The Early Years box set contains unreleased tracks, BBC Radio Sessions, remixes, outtakes and alternative versions over an incredible 11 hours, 45 mins of audio (made up of 130+ tracks) and live and TV performance in over 14 hours of audio-visual material.

A 2CD compilation entitled Cre/ation culls highlights from the box: 27 tracks (19 previously unreleased) including rarities, early versions, BBC Radio sessions, singles, b-sides, remixes and live recordings.

The box set content includes over 20 unreleased songs, more than 7 hours of previously unreleased live audio and over 5 hours of rare concert footage, along with 5 meticulously produced 7″ singles in replica sleeves, collectable memorabilia, feature films and new sound mixes. Previously unreleased tracks include 1967’s Vegetable Man and In The Beechwoods, which have been mixed for the first time specially for this release. The Early Years 1967-1972 will give collectors the opportunity to hear the evolution of the band and witness their part in cultural revolutions from their earliest recordings and studio sessions to the years prior to the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon, one of the biggest selling albums of all time. From the single Arnold Layne to the 20-minute epic Echoes, fans will see the invention of psychedelic progressive rock via an insightful collection that explores the Pink Floyd story from the time Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and Syd Barrett met at London’s Regent Street Polytechnic, through to Syd’s departure and David Gilmour joining to form the iconic lineup.

This set includes: 10 CDs, 8 Blu-ray Discs, 9 DVDs, 5 seven-inch vinyl singles, collectable memorabilia and more.

Forty+ items of archival memorabilia including: posters, flyers, tour programs, tickets, press advertisements and much more.

7 inch singles:
1. Side A: Arnold Layne Side B: Candy And A Currant Bun
2. Side A: See Emily Play Side B: The Scarecrow
3. Side A: Apples And Oranges Side B: Paintbox
4. Side A: It Would Be So Nice Side B: Julia Dream
5. Side A: Point Me At The Sky Side B: Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Tags: cdnew releasesvinylwhats playing