...Wonderland Records will check yet another ROLLING STONES chapter off their box set checklist this week by issuing the "Bridges To Babylon '97" Box, a 13CD/DVD package featuring Rehearsals, Double Door and Soldier Field performances from Chicago in September of 1997, Plus the MGM Grand Show audience tape, Rio proshot DVD and more...

...Wendy Records is also filling hole in their LED ZEPPELIN catalog this month, their next audio release is "On Stage Auckland" 2CD featuring the nice audience recording from the February 25, 1972 performance at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand...

...Sigma has announced that their next PINK FLOYD presentation will be "A Generation's Legacy" 3CD featuring the superb audience tape from the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York on June 17, 1975...

...A couple of other new announcements today are non-label titles...COZY POWELL "Over The Top Session" 2CD that serves up a compilation of stereo soundboard sourced session recordings for Over The Top..WHITESNAKE "The Night Serpent" 2CD is a stereo soundboard tape upgrade of their June 13, 1988 concert at Yoyogi Olympic Pool in Tokyo...

...Splashing into the marketplace October 12th are these titles from The Godfather Records, which includes....THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE "Titan Top Show" 1CD, an audience tape of the first show in Rome at Teatro Brancaccio on May 25, 1968...THE BEATLES "The Jimmy Nicol Days" 2CD featuring soundboard tapes from June 5th & 6th, 1964 in the Netherlands, and Australian Tour in mid-to late June 1964 with miniature poster and deluxe 4-page booklet...BOB DYLAN "How Sweet The Sound" 2CD contains a nice audience recording from Hershey, Pennsylvania on August 13, 1997 making it's debut on silver disc and comes with a generous portion of various 1997 bonus track performances...NEIL YOUNG "Honey Slides" 1CD captures a rare solo acoustic performance at The Bottom Line Club in New York City on May 16, 1974...The other 2 titles in this batch are U2 releases: "What Time Is It In The World?" 2CD with an excellent audience recording of their August 10, 2010 concert at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, Germany...and, "Like A Hurricane" 3CD which serves up two complete concerts in Zurich, Switzerland on September 11th & 12th, 2010 and includes a miniature 8-page booklet with pics... 

..Also arriving next week is the lone release from Apocalypse Sound DVD...MICHAEL JACKSON "The Dangerous Tour MTV Diary"  revisited through the best live performances, tour facts and band & crew members words...Note October 6th, 2010: additional titles previously listed 10/5/10 as being from Godfather Records for later this month were erroneously identifed as such and have been removed for further verification....

...and that's a wrap for this October 5th edition of the news here at HotWacks On-line...have yourselves a fantastic week!

Svengi, October 5, 2010