The White Stripes have continued celebrating the 20th-anniversary ofthe band’s sophomore album, De Stijl, this week with the release ofarchival footage from their television debut. This video follows twoprevious archival releases celebrating the De Stijl anniversary, “HelloOperator” and “Death Letter” live at Jay’s Upstairs in Missoula, MT onJune 15th, 2000.Filmed live for the Detroit, MI public access television programBackstage Pass on May 28th, 2000,

this clip sees Jack and Meg Whiteperforming two songs from the De Stijl album which would see anofficial release just three weeks later. The garage-rock duo began with“Apple Blossom”. Jack played his red and white Airline guitar, as was customary during the early part of The White Stripes’ career.

In later years, Jack would often perform the song on keys, however, he had not yet added the instrument to his repertoire. Performed basically as itappeared on the album, aside from using an electric guitar as opposedto acoustic, this rendition seemed a bit sterile when compared to otherlive versions, perhaps due to the nerves of being on television for thefirst time. It wasn’t bad by any means, but it did lack the energy that defined the band over their career.“A blues song is simple and raw and not polished, but it is perfect because it’s based on a simple idea,” the show’s host said, quoting Jack.The next song, a cover of Son House‘s “Death Letter”, embodied this sentiment, which explains why it went on to be the most popular songon the album apart from “Apple Blossom”.

With his Kay Hollowbody strapped across his shoulders and a glass slidein hand, Jack opened the song with Son House’s legendary riff, beforeMeg joined in with a customary blues kick and snare after a couple ofmeasures. Both members seemed to loosen up during “Death Letter”,evidenced by Jack’s free-flowing vocals and more dominating stagepresence. Unfortunately, the episode concluded just before Jack beganthe solo—which is always a highlight of the song—but there are plentyof live versions available for anybody interested in seeking them out.Watch The White Stripes make their television debut via the videoplayer below and head to the band’s YouTube page for more videos

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CREDITS: https://liveforlivemusic.com/

The estate of Bob Marley has shared a clip of the reggae icon performing“Could You Be Loved” in Milan, Italy in 1980. This concert, held June 27th, 1980 at the Stadio San Siro, would prove to be Marley’s largestconcert ever, with an estimated crowd of 110,000 people.

The video come as the Marley estate continues its year-long celebration of what would have been Bob’s 75th birthday. The singer-songwriter passed away in 1981 from melanoma.The video features a montage of grainy footage of the concert, whichcame as part of Marley’s 1980 Uprising Tour with The Wailers, his final tour. As the song begins, hundreds of fans are shown dashing to thein field for a spot as close to the stage as they can get. Meanwhile, Marley comes off of his tour bus to a swarm of fans. As night falls andthe show begins, we see vintage footage of the captivating performerthat Marley was.

As the camera pans over the crowd, all of the light semanating from fans make the stadium look like a small city. Watch Bob Marley and The Wailers perform “Could You Be Loved” to acrowd of 110,000 people at Stadio San Siro in Milan.

CREDITS: Michael Broerman - https://liveforlivemusic.com/

Capitol/UMe will release an essential selection of some of the greatestlive performances by Neil Diamond on 7 August. His five Hot August Night albums will each be available in 2LP black and limited edition colorvinyl sets.The albums capture the full excitement and drama of Diamond’s famous concert experiences, across five memorable titles: Hot August Night,Love At The Greek, Hot August Night II, Hot August Night III and HotAugust Night/NYC, the latter available on vinyl for the very first time.

Additionally, Neil Diamond’s 23-track All-Time Greatest Hits, will also be released on black vinyl as a standard weight 2LP edition on 7 August.“Among the most celebrated series of shows” On 24 August 1972, with Diamond and his band in peak form, they took over the Greek Theater in Los Angeles for ten sold-out nights.

The shows were immortalized on the two-record set Hot August Night, with the residency described by Robert Hilburn in the Los Angeles Times as“among the most celebrated series of shows by a mainstream pop-rock performer ever in Los Angeles.”Hot August Night went double platinum in the US, topping the Australian charts for a mighty 29 weeks, and became one of the bedrocks ofDiamond’s discography. Its title came from the opening lyric in one of hisbest-loved songs to that point, 1969’s ‘Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show.’

The new edition will be available as a black 2LP orcrystal-clear limited-edition 2LP.The 1977 double album Love At The Greek was the star’s second LP tobe recorded at the famous Hollywood location, and his second album produced by Robbie Robertson. Highlights included ‘Holly Holly’ and a 15-minute version of ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull.’ It will be available on vinyl for the first time in 30 years as a black 2LP or a translucent non-metallic gold limited-edition 2LP.

The platinum-certified Hot August Night II was recorded in August 1986 and first released the following year. It showcased new live versions of20 of Diamond’s biggest hits, including ‘Love On The Rocks’ and ‘SongSung Blue.’ It will also be making its first vinyl appearance for 30 years,as a black 2LP or a white limited-edition 2LP.Hot August Night III marked Diamond’s triumphant return to the Greek Theater in August 2012. This 40th anniversary celebration of the original concerts and album release had Billboard remarking: “His voice remains powerful and accurate; he reaches towards the baritone register foremphasis, just as he did in the ’70s…

He never falters in delivering every line with conviction. ”The album features ‘Forever in Blue Jeans,’ the early ‘Kentucky Woman’and other such signatures as Sweet Caroline’ and ‘I Am…I Said.’ In itsvinyl debut, it will be released as a black 2LP or a sea glass limited-edition 2LP.

Hot August Night/NYC was cut at Madison Square Garden in August 2008 and released the next year. It boasts 25 career-spanning hits from Diamond’s four-night run at the famous New York location. The album opened on the Billboard 200 at No. 2 and went platinum. Hot AugustNight/NYC is also making its first appearance on vinyl and will be out as ablack 2LP or translucent red limited-edition 2LP.The black vinyl 2LP edition of All-Time Greatest Hits is a comprehensive hits collection with the original studio recordings of such standards as‘Sweet Caroline,’ ‘Holly Holy,’ ‘I Am…I Said,’ ‘Cracklin’ Rosie’ and manyothers, including his seldom-performed original solo version of ‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,’ his huge hit with Barbra Streisand.

The new vinyl editions of Hot August Night, Love At The Greek, Hot August Night II, Hot August Night III, Hot August Night/NYC and All-Time Greatest Hits will be released on 7 August.

CREDITS: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/

Tom Petty's family unveiled a posthumous home recording of the rockicon's 1994 single "You Don't Know How It Feels" on Friday (June 26).While the date of the recording isn't specified, one of Petty's daughters discovered the previously unheard version of the song while going through his archives.

"The song, well known for the lyric 'Let’s Get ToThe Point, and Let’s Roll Another Joint' has slightly different lyrics,"according to a post on the late artist's Instagram account. "It shows aninsight to Tom’s writing process and introduces a line from another favorite Wild flowers track 'Crawling Back To You' stating, 'most things I worry about never happen anyway'.""You Don't Know How It Feels" was first featured as the lead single on Petty's sophomore solo album, 1994's Wildflowers.

The song eventually reached No. 13 on the Hot 100, as well as peaking at No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart. While he released another solo album 12 years later (2006's Highway Companion) and continued recording and touring with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers up until his death in 2017,"You Don't Know How It Feels" served as the final Top 40 hit of therocker's illustrious career.Since his passing, Petty's estate has also released two posthumous collections of his work: 2018's An American Treasure and 2019's career-spanning greatest hits album The Best of Everything.

CREDITS: Billboard Magazine - Glenn Rowley