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George Harrison demo has been released today (July 9) – you can listen to ‘Cosmic Empire’ below.The track will appear on the late Beatles guitarist’s recently announced 50th anniversary boxset of his classic album ‘All Things Must Pass’.As part of the new release, due out August 6, demos of 30 tracks from the ‘All Things Must Pass’ sessions, including a handful of songs that didn’t make the album, are set to be released for the first time.The 1971 album has been completely remixed from the original tapes, with Harrison’s son Dhani serving as executive producer.

INXS have announced a 40th anniversary deluxe for their classic 1985 album ‘Listen Like Thieves’ – find out more below.Last night (February 12), the Sydney rock veterans took to social media to announce the new collection, which is due for release on May 9. The deluxe edition – meant to celebrate the album’s 40th anniversary – will be available in several variations, including a 1LP and 3CD set.The ‘Listen Like Thieves’ anniversary deluxe features a new mix of the album by Giles Martin and Paul Hicks, and includes a number of unreleased outtakes, previously unheard songs and demos and an interview with the band by writer Paul Sexton.It will also include a selection of B-sides, remixes and live recordings, as well as the rare BBC recording ‘Live From The Royal Albert Hall, London, 1986’.You can pre-order your copy of INXS’ ‘Listen Like Thieves’ 40th anniversary deluxe edition now.A post shared by INXS (@officialinxs)The band’s 1985 record marked their international breakthrough, and in 1986, INXS played a career-defining show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, which was recorded by the BBC and only recently unearthed.

George Harrison‘s 1973 solo album ‘Living In The Material World’ is receiving a 50th anniversary boxset reissue – find out all the details below.The late Beatles guitarist’s fourth album as a solo musician is getting a massive reissue later this year in celebration of the record’s 50th anniversary. The anniversary reissue was announced yesterday (September 19), and is due for release on November 15 via Dark Horse Records/BMG.

Joe Strummer and his post-The Clash band The Mescaleros has been announced.Set to be release by Dark Horse Records, ‘Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years’ will be released on September 16 and marks the first time a comprehensive anthology of the outfit’s work has been issued.The collection will feature remastered versions of the band’s three studio albums – ‘Rock Art And The X-Ray Style (1999), ‘Global A Go-Go’ (2001) and ‘Streetcore’ (2003), the latter released posthumously.As well as this, some of the first demos Strummer wrote for the group will appear in the box set’s 15 rare and unreleased tracks, remastered by Paul Hicks.Per Pitchfork, the collection also includes the song ‘Ocean Of Dreams’, which featured Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.To mark the box set announcement, the label has put out the previously unreleased song ‘The Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll’. Listen below.Strummer’s widow, Lucinda Tait, served as executive producer for ‘Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years’.

George Harrison‘s estate has marked the 50th anniversary of his seminal album ‘All Things Must Pass’ by releasing a new stereo mix of the stunning title track.The new mix of the 1970 track was led by Grammy-winning producer Paul Hicks – who previously worked on recent re-workings of The Rolling Stones‘ ‘Goat’s Head Soup’ and John Lennon‘s ‘Gimme Some Truth’.“The new stereo mix of the album’s title track is just a taste of more things to come in 2021 as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of my father’s legendary All Things Must Pass album,” said George’s son, Dhani Harrison.“We’ve been digging through mountains of tapes, and they just kept coming – boxes and boxes of them.