New Entry: Led Zeppelin Share "Hots On For Nowhere (Reference Mix)"

British rock legends Led Zeppelin have shared the Reference Mix of "Hots On For Nowhere".

The song is taken from the Companion Audio Disc for Presence, and is now available as an instant download when you pre-order Presence (Deluxe Edition) here.

Their extensive reissue campaign with PRESENCE, IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR and CODA will be released on July 31st. 

Listen to "Hots On For Nowhere (Reference Mix)" below.

(facebook.com/ledzeppelin)

New Entry: Led Zeppelin Air Previously Unreleased Song "Sugar Mama (Mix)"

British rock legends Led Zeppelin have aired an excellent new version of their previously unreleased song "Sugar Mama".

Their extensive reissue campaign with PRESENCE, IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR and CODA will be released on July 31st. 

The appropriately titled Coda was Led Zeppelin’s final album of studio recordings. Released in 1982, it was comprised of eight unreleased tracks recorded between 1970 and 1978. It peaked at #6 on the album charts and has been certified platinum in the U.S.

The reissue campaign ends with a double-barrel blast of Led. Coda will be the only Led Zeppelin deluxe edition to include two companion discs, featuring 15 tracks recorded between 1968 and 1974. The oldest song in the collection is also perhaps the most interesting. The frenetic blues jam “Sugar Mama” was recorded in 1968 at Olympic Studios during sessions for the band’s eponymous debut. The song was completed but never officially released until now. “Baby Come On Home” from the same session is also included in the set. Also included is the previously unreleased “St. Tristan’s Sword,” a rollicking instrumental recorded during the Led Zeppelin III sessions in 1970.

Listen to "Sugar Mama (Mix)"below and pre-order your copy here.

(facebook.com/ledzeppelin)

Watch: Pink Floyd Reveal Music Video For "Louder Than Words"

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd have revealed the music video for "Louder Than Words". 

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their just released new album 'The Endless River'. Get your copy here.

In an interview, guitarist David Gilmour explained that the song is likely the last the band will ever record. "I don't see how to could be otherwise," he said. "Anything of value is on The Endless River. Trying to do it again would mean using second best stuff. That's not good enough for me."

Directed by P Powell, the video features beautiful landscape footage from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan near the Aral Sea, interspersing footage of the band recording with a live action reference to the album's cover image.

Check out below.

Website: pinkfloyd.com

Pink Floyd Tease New Album 'The Endless River' With Two 30-Second Clips

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd have revealed two 30-second teaser clips from their forthcoming album 'The Endless River', which will be out on November 10.

It is the band's fifteenth album and their first new release in twenty years. Pre-order your copy here.

In a statement, producer David Gilmour said: "The Endless River has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 Division Bell sessions. We listened to over 30 hours of the three of us playing together and selected the music we wanted to work for the new album."

Mason added, "The Endless River is a tribute to Rick. I think this record is a good way of recognizing a lot of what he does and how his playing was at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. Listening back to the sessions, it really brought home to me what a special player he was."

The 30-second clips should give fans a tiny taste of what is to come. Check out below.

Website: pinkfloyd.com

Pink Floyd Reveal New Album 'The Endless River' Details

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd have revealed full details of their upcoming album 'The Endless River', the band's first record in 20 years.

The band told in an interview that the album will feature "more atmospheric and digressive aspects of Pink Floyd and includes snippets of conversation". It will be out on November 10 and you can pre-order your copy here right now.

According to the press release: 

"The Endless River is a tribute to Rick Wright, whose keyboards are at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. It is a mainly instrumental album with one song, ‘Louder Than Words’, (with new lyrics by Polly Samson), arranged across four sides and produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Youth and Andy Jackson."

Tracklist:

SIDE 1
Things Left Unsaid
It’s What We Do
Ebb and Flow

SIDE 2
Sum
Skins
Unsung
Anisina

SIDE 3
The Lost Art of Conversation
On Noodle Street
Night Light
Allons-y (1)
Autumn ’68
Allons-y (2)
Talkin’ Hawkin’

SIDE 4
Calling
Eyes to Pearls
Surfacing
Louder Than Words

More info: pinkfloyd.com/theendlessriver

Pink Floyd To Release 'The Endless River', Their First Record in 20 Years

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd are set to release a new record called 'The Endless River' in October.

According to a tweet from Polly Samson, the wife of singer-guitarist David Gilmour, the follow up to their last full length 'The Division Bell', is based on a 1994 recording session with the late Richard Wright, which began during sessions for The Division Bell. A representative for Gilmour confirmed the release of the album to Rolling Stone.

The record, which will not involved Roger Waters, who left the band after 1983's The Final Cut, will consist entirely of previously unreleased tracks, though a tracklist has not yet been announced.   

The news has been also confirmed in a Facebook post by backing singer Durga McBroom-Hudson, who has toured with the band.

"YES. THERE IS A NEW PINK FLOYD ALBUM COMING OUT. AND I'M ON IT. And there was much rejoicing," she wrote.

Led Zeppelin Unviel New Video For "Whole Lotta Love (Rough Mix With Vocal)"

British rock legends Led Zeppelin have unveiled a new video for the Rough Mix With Vocal of their classic track "Whole Lotta Love".

The remix is taken from from the companion audio of Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe Edition), which is part of the first three albums the band will re-issue on June 3rd. Pre-order the edition of your preference here.

About the alternate version of the song, Jimmy Page said: "This version of ‘Whole Lotta Love’ is the mix down from the night that we recorded it, so it doesn’t have any of the overdubs that everyone will be familiar with, because when they hear this they’ll think, ‘Oh yeah, that’s the original’ and all of a sudden they’ll go ‘No, it’s not.’"

Robert Plant added: "You can see how songs grow. There must have been five or six other takes of that, which are not present. So the shaping of these things is very interesting and you can hear with this particular version that we haven’t quite reached the point yet, and that it’s very, very close."

The video features a number of live recordings of the track. Check out below.

Website: ledzeppelin.com

Stevie Nicks Announces New Album '24 Karat Gold'

Despite working on a new record with Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks has announced the release of a new solo album, tentatively titled 24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault.

The LP will feature reworked versions of previously unreleased material. All of the tracks that she has worked on over the years will be especially re-recorded or the new release, with Nicks working with Dave Stewart and Waddy Watchel on production duties.

Nicks says that she just recorded "18 tracks in three weeks" for the album -- saying that it's the "fastest I have ever recorded."

"We found all the songs that, somehow, were taken from my house or picked up or loaned out or whatever… and we went to Nashville (and recorded them). So they’re like all starting from like 1969 maybe? I call them my 24 Karat Gold songs." She told the Associated Press.  

The album is tentatively scheduled to arrive in October via Reprise/Warner Bros. Listen to the 24 Karat Gold bootleg by Stevie Nicks below.

Led Zeppelin To Reissue First 3 LPs With Unreleased Songs

British rock legends Led Zeppelin have announced they will reissue its first three albums as deluxe editions, including previously unreleased tracks.

With the June 3 release of deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III, the band will launch an extensive reissue program of all nine of its studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. 

Led Zeppelin will also open its vaults to share dozens of unheard studio and live recordings, with each album featuring a second disc of companion audio comprised entirely of unreleased music related to that album.

"The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin,” says Page. “It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time”

Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III will each be available June 3 from Atlantic/Swan Song in the following formats:

• Single CD – Remastered album packaged in a gatefold card wallet.
• Deluxe Edition (2CD) – Remastered album, plus a second disc of unreleased companion audio.
• Single LP – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl, packaged in a sleeve that replicates the LP’s first pressing in exacting detail. (For example, III will feature the original wheel and die cut holes.)
• Deluxe Edition Vinyl – Remastered album and unreleased companion audio on 180-gram vinyl.
• Digital Download – Remastered album and companion audio will both be available.
• Super Deluxe Boxed Set – This collection includes: 

o    Remastered album on CD in vinyl replica sleeve. 

o    Companion audio on CD in card wallet.

o    Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve replicating first pressing.

o    Companion audio on 180-gram vinyl. 

o    High-def audio download card of all content at 96kHz/24 bit. (Live tracks are 48kHz/24 bit).

o    Hard bound, 70+ page book filled with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia.

o    High quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered. 

o    Led Zeppelin will also include a replica of the band’s original Atlantic press kit.

Website: ledzeppelin.com

Fleetwood Mac Release New 'Extended Play' EP, First New Music In A Decade

Fleetwood Mac have unveiled their new EP 'Extended Play' on iTunes. 

The collection, released yesterday (30 April, 2013) is the band's first studio material since their 2003 LP 'Say You Will' and features for new tracks.

In a message posted in their Facebook page,  lead singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham says: "Fleetwood Mac just released an EP of new songs. It's a work in progress but we’re so enthused by what we've done that we thought we'd share some of it with our fans."  

Tracklist:

01. Sad Angel

02. Without You

03. It Takes Time

04. Miss Fantasy

The tracks "Sad Angel", "Miss Fantasy" and "Without You" have been added to our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com. You can buy your copy of 'Extended Play' now on iTunes.