Month: October 2022

Bruce Springsteen has announced Only The Strong Survive, a new studio album comprised of 15 soul music covers. The project will be released on CD and 2 LP on November 11th via Columbia Records.

Only The Strong Survive celebrates soul music from the legendary catalogues of Motown, Gamble and Huff, Stax and many more. The album will also feature guest vocals by Sam Moore, as well as contributions from The E Street Horns, full string arrangements by Rob Mathes, and backing vocals by Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Curtis King Jr., Dennis Collins and Fonzi Thornton.

Springsteen said of the new LP: “I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies? I’ve taken my inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Iceman Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Dobie Gray, and Scott Walker, among many others. I’ve tried to do justice to them all—and to the fabulous writers of this glorious music. My goal is for the modern audience to experience its beauty and joy, just as I have since I first heard it. I hope you love listening to it as much as I loved making it.”

Only The Strong Survive marks Springsteen’s first studio album since 2020’s Letter To You. Springsteen will also be reuniting with the legendary E Street Band in February for his 2023 international tour, which to date has sold over 1.6 million tickets across the United States and Europe.

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The late Scott Weiland recorded an album of holiday standards in 2011 titled The Most Wonderful Time of the Year; now, the original 10-song collection will be expanded with four unreleased recordings, marking the first posthumous music to be released from the Weiland vault.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Deluxe Edition will be available on November 4th for in two vinyl versions. The limited edition of 2,000 units of red vinyl will be available exclusively at ScottWeiland.com, the Rhino.com store and at indie retailers. The limited edition of 3,000 units of green vinyl will be available everywhere that vinyl is sold. The newly expanded holiday album also will be available the same day on digital and streaming services.

One of the previously unreleased tracks featured on the deluxe edition is Weiland’s cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s anti-war anthem, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” Weiland’s version is available now on all digital download and streaming services along with a new lyric video for the track featuring Weiland family Christmas photos, which can be viewed – here.

The other unreleased tracks debuting on the upcoming Deluxe Edition are alternate versions of three album tracks — “White Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.”

To pre-order The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Deluxe Edition, head here.

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