Los Angeles – September 16, 2022 – This year marks the 40th anniversary of “Valley Girl,”Frank Zappa’s sardonic, GRAMMY®-nominated Top 40 hit co-written with and featuring his then teenage daughter Moon Unit Zappa offering up the “totally bitchin’” local slang of the day over a gonzo riff set to an energetic beat. Released in 1982, the satirical track – which poked […]
Los Angeles – September 16, 2022 – Much like Santa Claus himself, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong devoted his life to “the cause of happiness,” as he once put it, bringing joy to audiences around the globe every time he put his trumpet to his lips or crooned with his instantly-recognizable, gravelly voice. Yet, while Satchmo’s holiday recordings have become standard […]
Los Angeles – September 16, 2022 – Led by the songwriting and virtuoso musical duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan released an extraordinary run of seven albums on ABC Records and MCA Records from 1972 through 1980. Filled with topline musicianship, clever and subversive wordplay, ironic humor, genius arrangements, and pop hits that outshone the Top 40 of its day, their records, […]
Los Angeles – September 16, 2022 – On October 28, Capitol/UMe will celebrate the full breadth of Neil Diamond’s holiday spirit with the release of A Neil Diamond Christmas, a special, artist-curated compilation of the greatest songs culled from Neil’s four beloved and best-selling Christmas albums. The tracks Neil has personally selected for this compilation all originally […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – September 13, 2022 – MEGADETH debuts at the top of the charts with their new album The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! its first week of sales, taking the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 marking their eighth Top Ten album of their career, and matching the chart impact of the band’s last […]
LOS ANGELES – September 9, 2022 – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame®-inducted, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Sammy Hagar today debuted, “Funky Feng Shui,” the third single and video off his upcoming album “Crazy Times,” with his Billboard chart-topping supergroup The Circle – watch the official video above and HERE. “Funky Feng Shui,” is an […]
Bonnie Raitt has just finished releasing her entire Capitol Records music video catalog in remastered High Definition video. A joint initiative was launched in 2019 between YouTube Music and Universal Music Group to upgrade some of the most iconic music videos of all time to the highest visual quality, to ensure that current and future […]
Los Angeles, CA – September 16, 2022 – Today, UMe released Ringo Starr’s third EP, titled simply – EP3. It is available digitally and on CD right now and will be available on 10” vinyl and as a limited edition translucent royal blue cassette on November 18, 2022. To order go, HERE. “Every song on this EP relates to Peace […]
Ghost In The Machine, The Police’s fourth album which was first released in 1981, is to be reissued as a stunning limited edition picture disc, featuring the alternate, ‘original’ track-listing and sequencing. To be released on November 4 and now available on pre-order, this special reissue features three additional tracks not included on the original album – […]
Los Angeles – September 9, 2022 – Four of The Beach Boys’ most timeless and legendary songs – “Barbara Ann,” “Don’t Worry Baby,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” and “God Only Knows” – serve as the soundtrack to a stunning, unprecedented four-part video series that builds on itself to become one long narrative when watched in order or can […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – September 8, 2022 – On November 4th PJ Harvey’s final reissue from her back catalog is released on vinyl with B-SIDES, DEMOS AND RARITIES (UMe), a 59-track collection spanning decades, with most of the songs previously unavailable physically or digitally, and 14 tracks either previously unreleased or in previously unreleased versions. Available as a 6 […]
Los Angeles, CA – September 8, 2022 – ALL SOULS (UMe) is a new collection of Siouxsie And The Banshees tracks personally curated by Siouxsie Sioux, which collates classic tracks and rarities into an Autumnal celebration. Siouxsie And The Banshees were undoubtedly one of the most influential, fearless, and uncompromising bands to come from the punk era […]
