![]() ![]() ![]() Rex concerts ever filmed, the band’s earliest surviving TV performance and, of course, great tunes such as "Get It On,” "Children of the Revolution” and "Cosmic Dancer,” all remastered in DTS. Rex : Born to Boogie” (Sanctuary, $35) is a two-DVD set containing the entire restored 1972 motion picture on the ultimate cosmic boogie-man Bolan, co-starring friends Ringo Starr and Elton John, plus the only two full-length T. Many of the best of their passionate, politically charged songs are packaged in replicas of the original 45 sleeves, available in CD or 7-inch vinyl formats.įrom Britain’s glam era, " Marc Bolan/T. ![]() singles and plenty of bonus tracks, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first release from "the only band that really mattered” in the British punk movement of the late ’70s. Meanwhile, London is calling, and The Clash is answering again with "The Singles” (Epic/Legacy, $60), a 19-disc box set of all the U.K. ![]() Handsome Bob’s testosterone-driven yelps and moans were matched with a world of musical influences during this period, from Celtic, English folk, blues and vintage rock ’n’ roll, to Arabic, Moroccan, West African and Indian sounds. If something sonically heavier is in order, "Nine Lives” (Rhino, $100) packages all nine albums from Robert Plant’s post-Led Zeppelin solo work, remastered and expanded with previously unreleased tracks, plus a DVD compilation of 20 videos and interviews with Plant and friends such as Ahmet Ertegun, Tori Amos and Roger Daltrey. The box is designed like a door, with a peephole that reveals rotating images of the band. The big treat is seeing the leather-clad Lizard King (Morrison) in all his sinister glory, deeply intoning his way through "The End” in a 1967 "Soundstage” appearance from Toronto, and leaving out the controversial spoken-word finale to appease censors of the day. "The Studio Albums 1967-1968” (Reprise, $75) collects their first three albums, "Bee Gees 1st,” "Horizontal” and "Idea.” Hits such as "New York Mining Disaster 1941,” "Holiday,” "Massachusetts,” "I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You” and "I Started a Joke” are packed in with lesser-known album track gems such as "And the Sun Will Shine” and "World,” plus dozens of unreleased bonus tracks.įor a walk on the darker side of the ’60s, open The Doors’ 12-disc box set, "Perception” (Elektra, $150), and find all six of the Jim Morrison-era albums, each containing a remastered CD and DVD with 5.1 surround mix of the album, unreleased bonus tracks, photo gallery and two videos from the album. Believe it or not, youngsters, long before the Brothers Gibb caught Saturday night fever and sold out to disco, they were pop-rock hitmakers in a very Beatle-esque vein. Hilarious and moving.Ĭoyne’s fans may also be interested in discovering one of his earliest influences: the Bee Gees. A very special extra is "2006 Classen High Commencement Speech,” Lips leader Wayne Coyne’s filmed address to the graduating class of his alma mater, which was screened at the ceremony. Ambulance Driver,” "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” and the seldom seen "The W.A.N.D.” Bonus tracks include the existential beauty "Why Does It End?,” the slow, dreamlike march of "The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness,” the playfully bouncy "You Gotta Hold On” and the Lips’ mighty cover of Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody.” Another rare treat is the Lips’ mash-up combination of Sonic Youth’s "Unmade Bed” and Led Zeppelin’s "No Quarter.” Lips service at its finest. And homegrown stars The Flaming Lips never sounded better than on the new 5.1 special edition of "At War With the Mystics” (Warner Bros., $25), which contains the original CD and a DVD featuring the entire album in surround audio, with the videos for "Mr. ![]()
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