New Music This Week: Talking Heads, Pete Townshend, the Police and More

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Stop Making Sense is widely regarded as the best concert film of all time. This 2CD/1Blu-Ray disc edition features the complete show on 2-CDs, addiitonal liner notes written by Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison as well as photos not previosuly available with the CD, and the audio mixed in beautiful Dolby Atmos surround sound on the Blu-Ray audio disc. A live "best-of," Stop Making Sense starts strong with the band's hit off their debut album "Psycho Killer," and dives into favorites and deep cuts from "Burning Down the House" and "This Must Be The Place" to "Girlfriend Is Better" and "Heaven." The band also performs' the Tom Tom Club's "Genius Of Love."

Spanning the tracklist of the original album, the fresh, exciting, and utterly surprising reinterpretations create new content for longtime Talking Heads fans and introduce a new generation to the magic of the music. The brilliant selection of artists recontextualizes STOP MAKING SENSE in popular music and culture, with a focus on generational and stylistic breadth.

Explore the depths of The Police's magnum opus with this 6CD Box Set reissue of "Synchronicity." Disc 1 features the original album, remastered. Discs 2-6 offer an unprecedented 55 previously unreleased tracks, including alternate takes, demos, live recordings, and Sting's original song demos. With new liner notes and rare memorabilia. Hailed as "The Police's finest album" by Rolling Stone, this definitive reissue captures the essence of a timeless masterpiece.

A brand new compilation celebrating the early years of Fleetwood Mac (1969 - 1974). The release features selections from Then Play On (1969), Kiln House(1970), Future Games (1971), Bare Trees (1972), Penguin (1973), Mystery To Me (1973) & Heroes Are Hard To Find (1974). Including the classic tracks "Oh Well (Pt. 1)," "Jewel Eyed Judy," "Future Games," "Hypnotized," "Prove Your Love" & Many More! This release will be a companion piece to the current Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits, which features tracks from 1975 and later.

For the first time, all the Eel Pie live shows have been compiled in one place to create, Live: In Concert 1985-2001, an expanded complete live albums 14 CD set. The albums in the set have been newly remastered by Jon Astley (longtime engineer for the Who) and have been unavailable since 2000. In tribute to this release, the set features rare artist photos and memorabilia in an expanded 28-page book. The set also contains sleeve notes by archivist Matt Kent with a new, exclusive interview from Pete Townshend.

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