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In The News: Velvet Underground, Minus The Bear, Van Morrison, British Sea Power, Chris Isaak, Loren Connors, Alarm And More

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The 45th anniversary of the Velvet Underground’s Loaded will be celebrated October 30 when Rhino releases an expanded six-disc boxed set, complete with stereo, mono and surround mixes as well as rarities and live performances … Menos El Oso, the second full-length from Minus The Bear, turns 10 this year. Suicide Squeeze Records will reissue the album as a deluxe version December 4, and the band will perform the LP in its entirety on tour this fall … Legacy Recordings has acquired the rights to the complete discography of Van Morrison, spanning more than 50 years of music, and plans to issue several compilations, deluxe editions and digital releases beginning August 28 … Speaking of Van Morrison, his Astral Weeks and His Band And The Street Choir, will be honored October 30 as expanded and remastered versions via Warner Bros. … British Sea Power’s new album, Sea Of Brass, is due out from Golden Chariot on October 30 … On October 2, a best-of album chronicling the work of Bad Company, Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy: The Very Best Of Bad Company, will be available from Rhino … After a six-year hiatus, Chris Isaak will return November 13 with the release of First Comes The Night via Vanguard … Just Let Go, a new live concert film featuring Lenny Kravitz, will be released by Eagle Rock on DVD, Blu-rayband digital formats October 23 … Temporary Residence Ltd. will issue Rehumanizer II, the new Maserati album, October 30 … Phish’s Trey Anastasio’s new solo record, Paper Wheels, is set for an October 30 release via Rubber Jungle/ATO … Iconic Alarm album Strength has been re-arranged and re-worked by singer/songwriter Mike Peters in honor of its 30th anniversary. It will be out via Twenty First Century on October 2 … September 18 marks the release of the new album from Loren Connors, Live In New York, via Family Vineyard … For the first time ever, Scott Fagan’s 1968 debut record, South Atlantic Blues, will be available on vinyl and CD on November 20 … An eight-disc boxed set featuring the work of Billy Cobham, The Atlantic Years 1973-1978, will be released September 25 via Rhino … Population Wars, the new book from Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin, will be available September 15 … Concord will reissue the classic soundtracks to Amadeus, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings as deluxe vinyl boxed sets September 11.

—Emily Costantino