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Experience Hendrix LLC & Legacy Recordings have announced the first ever release of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s performance at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival, and an expanded DVD/Blu-ray edition of the American Masters documentary “Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train A Comin'”.

“The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival”

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A long-awaited second volume of the Beatles’ performances at the BBC will be released in November. “The Beatles: On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2” will feature 63 tracks, with 37 unreleased performances and 23 previously unheard recordings of in-studio chat between the band and the BBC radio hosts.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for September.

Highlights for September include:

• Rod Stewart’s “Rarities” (3 Sep)
• the 6-CD “Marc Bolan at the BBC” and 2-CD “Marc Bolan – Best of the BBC Recordings” (3 Sep)
• the 13-CD “The Clash – Sound System” box set (10 Sep) and reissues of original albums (17 Sep)
• Madonna’s “MDNA Tour” on CD, DVD and Blu-ray (10 Sep)
• the 6-CD “The Shadows – The Early Years: 1959-1966” box set (17 Sep)
• Elvis Costello & The Roots “Wise Up Ghost” in standard and deluxe editions (17 Sep)
• The Band’s “Live at the Academy Of Music 1971” standard and deluxe editions (17 Sep) and “The Last Waltz” box set (24 Sep)
• Elton John’s new studio album “Diving Board” in standard, deluxe and super deluxe editions (24 Sep)
• Sting’s new album “The Last Ship” in standard and deluxe editions (24 Sep).

Elvis Presley’s Graceland has topped USA Today’s Best Iconic American Attraction list, as voted for by its readers. The public had four weeks to vote on 20 nominees, including attractions such as the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore and the White House. Graceland amassed nearly half of all votes.

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An expanded and remastered version of Eric Clapton’s multi-Grammy winning “Unplugged” album will be released next month. The 2-CD/DVD collection features the original album with six unreleased outtakes, a newly restored version of the concert on DVD, as well as more than an hour of previously unseen footage from the rehearsal.

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