Thursday, November 11, 2010

"Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts" album released


The groundbreaking and critically acclaimed 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts are available for the first time in a variety of audio formats and configurations, including both CD and digital download. Released November 2nd through Time Life, these formats joins the already available DVD and Blu-ray releases, which have brought music’s biggest night to fans across the country. The DVD release of the legendary concerts has also received critical praise, including a 5-star review in Rolling Stone magazine.

Filmed over two nights at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the concerts brought together a who’s who of rock ‘n’ roll history for once-in-a-lifetime performances and rare collaborations like Billy Joel teaming up with Bruce Springsteen for a rollicking rendition of “Born to Run” and Mick Jagger, Fergie and U2 taking on the Rolling Stones classic “Gimme Shelter.” The three-DVD set captures all 51 amazing performances that aired on the HBO special along with an additional 16 bonus performances not seen on TV.

The stellar lineup captured on The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Anniversary Concerts includes sets by Crosby, Stills & Nash; Stevie Wonder; Paul Simon; Simon & Garfunkel; Aretha Franklin; Metallica; U2; Jeff Beck and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Additional special guest appearances include Tom Hanks, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, B.B. King, Sting, Dion, DiMucci, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Annie Lennox, Lou Reed, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Davies, Patti Smith, Roy Bittan, Fergie, will.i.am, Buddy Guy, Billy Gibbons, Sam Moore, Tom Morello, John Fogerty and Darlene Love.

The audio release of The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts is available in multiple CD formats, including separate two-disc sets for each night of the historic concerts and a four-disc set that captures both nights of amazing performances and includes several performances not available on the individual night releases. The concerts are also available for digital download on iTunes.

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts were originally released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 28th. The companion HBO special also received recognition when it took home two Emmys at this year’s Creative Emmy Awards in August.


The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Concerts

Night One

Disc One
1. Woodstock by Crosby, Stills & Nash
2. Almost Cut My Hair by Crosby, Stills & Nash
3. Love Has No Pride by Crosby, Stills & Nash with Bonnie Raitt
4. The Pretender by Crosby, Stills & Nash with Jackson Browne
5. Mexico by Crosby, Stills & Nash with James Taylor**
6. Love the One You’re With by Crosby, Stills & Nash with James Taylor
7. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard by Paul Simon**
8. You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon
9. The Wanderer by Paul Simon with Dion DiMucci
10. Here Comes the Sun by Paul Simon with David Crosby and Graham Nash
11. Two People in the World by Little Anthony and the Imperials
12. The Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
13. Mrs. Robinson/Not Fade Away by Simon & Garfunkel**
14. The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel
15. Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
16. For Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder
17. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours by Stevie Wonder**
18. The Tracks of My Tears by Stevie Wonder with Smokey Robinson

Disc Two
1. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Stevie Wonder with John Legend**
2. The Way You Make Me Feel by Stevie Wonder with John Legend
3. The Thrill Is Gone by Stevie Wonder with B.B. King
4. Higher Ground/Roxanne by Stevie Wonder with Sting
5. Superstition by Stevie Wonder with Jeff Beck
6. The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with Tom Morello
7. Fortunate Son by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with John Fogerty
8. Oh, Pretty Woman by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with John Fogerty
9. Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
10. A Fine Fine Boy by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with Darlene Love
11. London Calling by Bruce Springsteen & TESB with Tom Morello**
12. New York State of Mind by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with Billy Joel
13. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with Billy Joel
14. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (A TRIBUTE TO JACKIE WILSON) by Bruce Springsteen & TESB with Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Sam Moore, Billy Joel and Tom Morello

Night Two

Disc One
1. Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis
2. People Get Ready by Jeff Beck with Sting
3. Let Me Love You Baby by Jeff Beck with Buddy Guy
4. Rice Pudding by Jeff Beck
5. Foxey Lady by Jeff Beck with Billy Gibbons
6. A Day in the Life by Jeff Beck
7. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica
8. Turn the Page by Metallica
9. Sweet Jane by Metallica with Lou Reed
10. Iron Man by Metallica with Ozzy Osbourne
11. Paranoid by Metallica with Ozzy Osbourne
11. All Day and All of the Night by Metallica with Ray Davies
12. Enter Sandman by Metallica

Disc Two
1. Vertigo by U2
2. Magnificent by U2
3. Because the Night by U2 with Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and Roy Bittan
4. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by U2 with Bruce Springsteen
5. Mysterious Ways by U2
6. Where Is the Love/One by U2 with the Black Eyed Peas
7. Gimme Shelter by U2 with Mick Jagger, Fergie and will.i.am
8. Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of by U2 with Mick Jagger
9. Beautiful Day by U2

**Bonus track only available on four-disc set.

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