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THIS WEEK IN ROCK

March 15, 2020

From charts to shows, record releases to record-setters – it’s This Week In Rock…

#OnThisDay March 9, 1968
Bob Dylan starts an incredible 10-week stay at the top of the UK album charts with ‘John Wesley Harding’, his eighth studio album. Marking a return to acoustic music after his move into electric rock, the album’s success is made all the more remarkable after Dylan’s insistence on minimal publicity.

#OnThisDay March 10, 1963 and 1968
Two birthdays in one band! Many happy return to Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and the band’s original drummer Dave Krusen who were both born on the same day but in 1963 and 1968 respectively.

Did you know that ‘Take Five’ by the Dave Brubeck Quartet was actually composed by the band’s saxophonist Paul Desmond? Released in 1959 and taken from the album ‘Time Out’, it’s the biggest-selling jazz single of all time.

#OnThisDay March 12, 1994
Branded ‘dance traitors’ by certain sections of the music press, Primal Scream release the perennial floor-filler that is ‘Rocks’. Even after all this time it’s still impossible to sit still to.

#OnThisDay March 13, 1973
Teen sensation David Cassidy kicks off a completely sold-out, 10-date UK tour with a gig at Belle Vue Kings Hall in Manchester.

#OnThisDay March 14, 1982
Bow Wow Wow’s first UK Top 10 hit, ‘Go Wild In The Country’, peaks at No. 7. Managed by Malcolm McLaren, the band features former members of Adam And The Ants, and are fronted by teenager Annabella Lwin.

#OnThisDay March 15, 1970
Jamaican vocal duo Bob And Marcia – that’ll be Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths – move up seven places to No. 15 in the UK singles chart with their fantastic cover of Nina Simone’s ‘Young, Gifted And Black’. It goes on to peak at No. 5.

Bob Dylan ‘Shadow Kingdom’ Out Now

Bob Dylan ‘Shadow Kingdom’ Out Now

Shadow Kingdom presents Bob Dylan performing revelatory 21st century versions of songs from his storied back catalog — including fan favourites like “Forever Young” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” and deep catalog gems like “Queen Jane Approximately” and “The Wicked Messenger.”

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HMV Vinyl Week – Releases

HMV Vinyl Week – Releases

We’re excited to be releasing a host of iconic albums as part of HMV Vinyl Week. Happening on 17th June, in-store & online.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s essentials—Like A Rolling Stone, The Times They Are A-Changin’, Hurricane, Every Grain of Sand, Blowin’ In The Wind, Mr. Tambourine Man & more—show why he was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
Bob Dylan ‘Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions’ Bootleg Vol. 17 To Be Released January 27

Bob Dylan ‘Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions’ Bootleg Vol. 17 To Be Released January 27

Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 to be released in deluxe 5 disc set on Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings on Friday, January 27th.

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Artist Spotlight: Bob Dylan

Artist Spotlight: Bob Dylan

In celebration of Bob Dylan’s Birthday today, he just had to be this month’s Artist Spotlight!

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Celebrating Bob Dylan’s 60th Anniversary as a recording artist!

Celebrating Bob Dylan’s 60th Anniversary as a recording artist!

To commemorate Bob Dylan’s 60th Anniversary as a recording artist of immeasurable musical and cultural impact, a new music video, “Subterranean Homesick Blues 2022,” – featuring a kinetic collage of visuals by a diverse array of artists inspired by the original video’s lyric cue cards – has been launched.

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Primal Scream release ‘Demodelica’

Primal Scream release ‘Demodelica’

Primal Scream complete a retrospective campaign celebrating the 30th anniversary of their classic 1991 album ‘Screamadelica’ with the release of ‘Demodelica’.

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Album of The Month: Primal Scream Screamadelica

Album of The Month: Primal Scream Screamadelica

Our Album of The Month for September is ‘Screamadelica’, the third studio album from Primal Scream.

 

 

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Celebrate 30 years of Pearl Jam’s ‘Ten’

Celebrate 30 years of Pearl Jam’s ‘Ten’

Celebrate 30 years of Pearl Jam’s iconic debut album ‘Ten’.

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30 years of Primal Scream’s album Screamadelica!

30 years of Primal Scream’s album Screamadelica!

Primal Scream announce 30th Anniversary ‘Screamadelica’ 12″ singles boxset and picture disc.

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