JETHRO TULL Take “Walk Into Light” Into “Under Wraps” Box

April 1, 2026

It was announced some time ago, that when “Under Wraps” would be released as the next installment in JETHRO TULL‘s exemplary reissue series, it would include Ian Anderson‘s “Walk Into Light” as part of the package. Which is only logical, of course, because the former album, from 1984, and the latter platter, out in 1983, share not only a temporal point and the presence of Peter-John Vettese on keyboards, but also the sound – steeped in the now obsolete trend of using synthesizer and electronic percussion to quite an unnatural effect. No surprises here, then, in what is out as “Under Wraps (The Unwrapped Edition)” on May 15th… or, rather, there are things to get disappointed about.

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Joan Jett To Release Live Album From 1981

March 30, 2026

There’s been a lot of entries in Joan Jett‘s discography in the last four and a half decades since she her ensemble THE BLACKHEARTS issued their first two albums. Both out in 1981, “Bad Reputation” and “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” showed more than convincingly what a great creative, and interpretative, force the singing guitarist was, something that she couldn’t fully demonstrate as part of THE RUNAWAYS. Missing from the band’s history, however, was an official concert record, because 2001’s “Live!” saw the light only on DVD, which is why the forthcoming release of the collective’s 1981 performance seems important on many levels.

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When Do Bands Become A Tribute To Themselves?

March 27, 2026

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Todd Rundgren’s First Solo Concert Comes Out

March 26, 2026

Nobody apart from aficionados remembers that what’s considered Todd Rundgren‘s initial brace of albums was actually issued as platters credited to a band called RUNT which the singer fronted, and it wasn’t until 1972’s “Something/Anything?” that he emerged as a solo artist. A lot of material the American ensemble used to perform didn’t make it to the confusingly titled “Runt” and “Runt. The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren”; a few of those tracks debuted on "Box O'Todd" ten years ago, yet most remained in the shelf. But now a recording of Rundgren’s concert from June 30th, 1971, staged at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia is ready for release.

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John Prine’s Vault Opens For Record Store Day

March 25, 2026

More than five years after he died, John Prine‘s works still attract a lot of listeners’ attention, his works commanding respect and admiration, and there’s no better illustration of this point than the release of not one but two of the American troubadour’s titles on 2026’s Record Store Day, April 18th. One of those records, titled “BBC Sessions” and harking back to April 24th, 1973, when Prine visited London, will be issued on both vinyl and CD; the other, called “Found Dogs” and celebrating 30th anniversary of his “Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings” album, seems to get only the former format for now.

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