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In The News: The Beatles, Best Coast, We Are Scientists, Morrissey, Gringo Star And More

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On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 is the second release of recordings from the Beatles’ performances at the BBC between 1962-65. Due out November 11, the two-CD collection features 63 tracks including previously unreleased recordings of music along with in-studio banter and conversation between the band members and radio hosts … Best Coast has announced the October 22 release of new mini-album Fade Away, via Bethany Cosentino’s Jewel City label … A new five-track EP from We Are Scientists, Business Casual, will be available from Dine Alone Records on October 15 … Eagle Records will issue 25 Live, a concert film marking Morrissey’s 25-year solo career, on Blu-ray, DVD and digital video on October 22 … The third album from Gringo Star, Floating Out to See, is set for an October 22 release on the band’s own label, My Anxious Mouth Inc. A supporting U.S. tour will kick off September 28 … On October 29, a limited-edition vinyl boxed set containing all of the Eagles’ original Asylum Records studio albums will be released … Five Spanish Songs is Destroyer’s new EP, featuring songs written by Spanish musician Antonio Luque, set for a November 29 release … Erasure’s new album, Snow Globe, will be available from Mute on November 11 … Concord Records has partnered with Lionsgate to bring us Mad Men Christmas, which features music from and inspired by the TV series by RJD2, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Otis Redding and more. It’s out October 15 exclusively at Target stores nationwide … The 30th birthday of Billy Bragg’s debut recording, Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs Spy, will be celebrated with the release of a special anniversary edition on October 29 via Cooking Vinyl … September 24 marks the release of Bryan Ferry’s Live In Lyon on DVD, Blu-Ray and deluxe editions via Eagle Rock Entertainment … The soundtrack to the upcoming film All Is Lost, featuring 10 original compositions by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros frontman Alexander Ebert, will be available from Community Music on October 1 … On October 29, Fat Wreck Chords will issue The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute, a 26-track covers compilation in honor of late No Use For A Name frontman Tony Sly … A retrospective of Speed The Plough’s 30-year career, The Plough & The Stars, will be out from Bar/None on September 17.

—Emily Costantino