The summer of 2024 is seeing a parade of highly-anticipated releases for music fans, including new music and deluxe reissues. Here is a roundup of several upcoming high-profile titles.
Artist: Deep Purple
Title: =1 (earMUSIC)
Tell me more: Set for release on July 19, Deep Purple's wonderful Bob Ezrin-produced return =1 definitely delivers on the British rock troupe's signature rock sound. Several enticing advance tracks from =1 have already been released, including the infectious "Lazy Sod," bewitching "Portable Door" and hard rocking "Pictures Of You." =1 will be released on a number of formats including CD+DVD (Digipak), audio CD, and several collectible vinyl editions. In connection with the release of =1, Deep Purple will perform more than 60 concerts across the globe as part of the band's "=1 More Time" Tour. Information: deeppurple.com.
Artist: Cat Stevens
Title: Foreigner (Interscope/Geffen/A&M)
Tell me more: Yusuf / Cat Stevens' classic 1973 album Foreigner has been remastered and will be reissued via A&M/UMe on vinyl for the first time since its original release as well as on audio CD and via streaming services on July 26. As noted in a media release, Foreigner showed enormous artistic ambition and courage with Cat boldly stepping away from his signature acoustic sound in order to freely explore the heat and love of the soul and R&B genres. Recorded in the heart of Jamaica, his fearlessness was rewarded with the album reaching No. 3 on both the U.S. and U.K. album charts. The album will be available on vinyl for the first time since its original release, on both 180-gram black vinyl and limited edition 180-gram blue vinyl, with a replica 12” lyric card insert. The blue vinyl pressing can be purchased exclusively at CatStevens.com, uDiscover Music and Sound of Vinyl. Foreigner will also return to CD for the first time since its reissue in 2000, complete with a 16-page booklet. The new remaster will also be available for streaming in both standard and stunning hi-resolution audio. The initial production run of the vinyl and CD versions will feature the super rare color front cover, originally released only on the original A&M pressings in 1973.
Additionally, his trio of iconic 1970s albums (Mona Bone Jakon, Tea For The Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat) were released on limited edition color vinyl on July 5, 2024. Information: CatStevens.com.
Artist: Oasis
Title: Definitely Maybe (Big Brother Recordings)
Tell me more: Set for release on Aug. 30, the 30th Anniversary Deluxe Editions of Oasis' Definitely Maybe will be released on deluxe 4LP, 2CD, exclusive colored vinyl, digitally and even cassette. The expanded reissue features tracks from the British band's abandoned original recording session completed at Mono Valley Studios, as well as outtakes from the definitive album recording sessions at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall where the official debut album was recorded. All of the aforementioned formats will include the 2014 remastered version of Definitely Maybe as well; the enduring masterwork includes favorites such as "Supersonic," "Slide Away," "Live Forever" and "Rock 'n' Roll Star." Information: amazon.com.
Title: Both Sides — 30th Anniversary edition (Rhino Records)
Tell me more: The fifth solo album from Phil Collins, Both Sides was originally released in 1993. Now the album will be reissued on Sept. 20 as a 5LP box set. According to a news release from Rhino Records: This deluxe edition contains the remastered full original album, cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, and is a compendium of early demo tracks from the recording of the album as well as rarities from the singles originally released on the album — "Both Sides of the Story," "Everyday" and "We Wait and We Wonder." Both Sides (All The Sides) brings this full collection together with live tracks from the era, such as “Can’t Turn Back the Years,” “Both Sides of the Story” taken from Collins’ MTV Unplugged performance, “Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore” and more, as one release for the first time on vinyl. The set is housed in a slipcase with picture sleeves and a 16-page booklet containing newly written and extensive liner notes by esteemed journalist Michael Hann. Information: rhino.com.
Title: HIGH (UMG Nashville)
Tell me more: Acclaimed country music artist Keith Urban will return with his first new album HIGH on Sept. 20. According to a news release, HIGH is "a musical journey, intentionally sequenced through themes of what it is to be alive, human connection, cutting loose, huge hook choruses, hope, nostalgia, shredding solos, straight-up fun, and some personal life revelations." Fans interested in hearing music from the forthcoming album are in luck; "Wildside," "Straight Line," "Go Home W U" with Lainey Wilson and "Messed Up As Me" are among the advance tracks available to hear now.
Information: keithurban.com.
Robert Kinsler
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