News Catch-up 27 March 2023

Welcome back everyone

It's almost the end of March, and as the weather begins to cool down, we remain here to bring you some upcoming music release news to heat you and your anticipation up!

Silverchair's Diorama can be called a lot of things; 'amazing, awesome', '5-time-ARIA-award-winning'... '21 years old'!!!

That last one might be scary, but fortunately we've got just the thing to soften the blow: a brand new re-issue. And not just any re-issue. This new version of Diorama is pressed on purple vinyl and is housed within a rainbow laminated sleeve. Oh, and it's limited to 3000 individually numbered copies.

Get ready to spin Without You and The Greatest View on the turntable again this May when this brand new version of one of Australia's proudest musical achievments drops.

Silverchair Diorama 2023 reissue purple vinyl LP is available to pre-order HERE. 

And if it's hard to believe that Diorama is 21 years-old, wait until we tell you that Dr. Dre's iconic album, The Chronic is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year!!!

But fortunately, the album is being re-released its original distributor. As Dr. Dre himself states, "I am thrilled to bring the Chronic home to its original distribution partner, Interscope Records. Working alongside my longtime colleagues, Steve Berman and John Janick, to re-release the album and make it available to fans all over the world is a full circle moment for me."

Featuring Fuck Wit Dre Day and Nuthin' But A G Thang (which also featured Snoop Dogg), The Chronic went on to hit number 3 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Last year, it was even featured in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All-Time List, where the album was described as redefining "the West Coast Hip Hop sound."

The Chronic will be releasing this April (the day after 4/20, hmm...) on double black vinyl. Oh yeah, this is going to be a high-prized released for Dr. Dre and hip-hop fans alike!

Dr Dre The Chronic 30th anniversary vinyl LP is available to pre-order HERE. 

As I'm sure, most of you have heard by now, possibly the biggest show on television this year has just come to its season finale. The Last Of Us has been an absolute hit commercially and critically. The post-apocalyptic drama is based on the 2013 video game, which originally wowed players with its awesome graphics, amazing dialogue and, of course, its hauntingly beautiful soundtrack.

Academy Award winning composer, Gustavo Santaolalla is the man responsible for the soundtrack. His acoustic guitar driven themes helped players feel the loneliness and desolation of broken people living in a broken America. He perfectly captured the sadness, but also the heavy pulse of the intense action sequences. For those who loved the game - not to mention the brand new TV series - the original The Last Of Us soundtrack will be reissued next month as a special double LP edition, pressed on green and silver marble vinyl and packaged along with an 8-page booklet with notes written by original game director, Neil Druckmann.

The Last Of Us soundtrack green & silver 2 LP vinyl is available to pre-order HERE.

A very special treat for ABBA fans is coming this June: the Ring Ring 7'' box set!

This set contains 5 singles from the Ring Ring studio album, complete B-sides and packaged in individual sleeves. The singles are:

• He Is Your Brother / Santa Rosa (on transparent red vinyl)
• People Need Love / Merry-Go-Round (on transparent yellow vinyl)
• Ring Ring (English version) / She's My Kind Of Girl (on white vinyl)
• Ring Ring (Swedish version) / Ah, Vilka Tider (on blue vinyl)
• Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) / I Am Just A Girl (on red vinyl)

All 7'' discs are housed in a very special lift-off lid box.

ABBA Ring Ring 7'' box set is available to pre-order ​HERE.