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The Complete Budokan 1978
Bob Dylan
The 1978 double-LP live set At Budokan gets a remixed, remastered release of its source recordings, becoming the next maligned Dylan album ripe for critical revision.
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rockstar
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton’s star-powered, overly reverential, 30-song rock album aims straight down the middle.
By Allison Hussey
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (50th Anniversary Edition)
Vince Guaraldi
A new reissue collects the entirety of the 1973 television score for the first time; it’s a lithe, funky counterpart to the wintry, wistful moods of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
By Vanessa Ague
And the Wind (Live and Loose!)
MJ Lenderman
On this triumphant live album, the Asheville songwriter transforms his dreamlike narratives into something joyous, collective, and free.
By Arielle Gordon
Rainbow Revisited
Thandi Ntuli / Carlos Niño
The acclaimed South African pianist meets Los Angeles’ ambient-jazz ringleader for a session that shuttles between atmospheric studio experiments and gorgeously unadorned solo takes.
By Piotr Orlov
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In the concluding episode of our Amplify x Pitchfork London series, in partnership with American music publication Pitchfork, talented UK-based electronic musician Hinako Omori builds upon a demo she has been working on. Using a combination of our microphones and Yamaha piano, Hinako expertly weaves together different fragments of sound to create a cohesive and uninterrupted piece, akin to that of a patchwork quilt, as she says. ABOUT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS A global music icon and the world’s first purpose-built recording studio, Abbey Road Studios has been home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in music technology for over 90 years. The studios’ phenomenal history encompasses celebrated work by artists from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Kate Bush, Oasis and Radiohead to Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, Lady Gaga, Frank Ocean, Little Simz, Amy Winehouse, Brockhampton and Adele, as well as scores to films from Raiders of The Lost Ark, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy and many of the Harry Potter and Star Wars movies, to Gravity, The Shape of Water, 1917, Black Panther, Black Widow, Tar, Bohemian Rhapsody and Avengers: Endgame. Since stereo was patented at Abbey Road in 1933, the studios have been home to numerous innovations in recording technology and continue to innovate today with Europe’s first music tech incubator, Abbey Road Red. Discover more at http://www.abbeyroad.com 100 gecs Rate Korn, Giant Tattoos and Magicians
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I. Jordan x Planningtorock: Abbey Road Amplify x Pitchfork London Sessions
ABOUT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS A global music icon and the world’s first purpose-built recording studio, Abbey Road Studios has been home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in music technology for over 90 years. The studios’ phenomenal history encompasses celebrated work by artists from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Kate Bush, Oasis and Radiohead to Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, Lady Gaga, Frank Ocean, Little Simz, Amy Winehouse, Brockhampton and Adele, as well as scores to films from Raiders of The Lost Ark, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy and many of the Harry Potter and Star Wars movies, to Gravity, The Shape of Water, 1917, Black Panther, Black Widow, Tar, Bohemian Rhapsody and Avengers: Endgame. Since stereo was patented at Abbey Road in 1933, the studios have been home to numerous innovations in recording technology and continue to innovate today with Europe’s first music tech incubator, Abbey Road Red. Discover more at http://www.abbeyroad.com Boygenius Share Songs for Prom, Being Stuck on the Runway, and More
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Okay Kaya: Abbey Road Amplify x Pitchfork London Sessions
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Yaya Bey: Abbey Road Amplify x Pitchfork London Sessions
Abbey Road Studios has today revealed details of its second Amplify x Pitchfork London series, in partnership with leading American music publication Pitchfork.
This series will feature a number of artists playing the Pitchfork London festival come into the studios to work with Abbey Road’s engineers to record something new. The sessions are documented on film, with revealing interviews about the songwriting, recording and production process captured, as well as insights into each artist’s journey. Abbey Road Studios’ Pitchfork London series launched in 2021 with sessions from Cassandra Jenkins, Iceage, L’Rain and Emma-Jean Thackray.
The second series launches today with Yaya Bey’s film around the release of her new track "ascendant motherf*cker," taken from her new EP Exodus the North Star, out today on Big Dada records. Following a show opening for the legendary Roy Ayers in New York earlier this month, Yaya Bey was recently confirmed as part of this year’s Glastonbury Festival where she will play on the West Holts stage. Yaya’s new EP Exodus the North Star follows her critically acclaimed album Remember Your North Star which was named as one of the albums of 2022 by Pitchfork, The New York Times, The Guardian, GQ and NPR.
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A global music icon and the world’s first purpose-built recording studio, Abbey Road Studios has been home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in music technology for over 90 years. The studios’ phenomenal history encompasses celebrated work by artists from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Kate Bush, Oasis and Radiohead to Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, Lady Gaga, Frank Ocean, Little Simz, Amy Winehouse, Brockhampton and Adele, as well as scores to films from Raiders of The Lost Ark, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy and many of the Harry Potter and Star Wars movies, to Gravity, The Shape of Water, 1917, Black Panther, Black Widow, Tar, Bohemian Rhapsody and Avengers: Endgame. Since stereo was patented at Abbey Road in 1933, the studios have been home to numerous innovations in recording technology and continue to innovate today with Europe’s first music tech incubator, Abbey Road Red. Discover more at http://www.abbeyroad.com Kali Uchis Breaks Down Red Moon in Venus’ Inspirations
Fresh off the release of her newest record, Red Moon in Venus, Kali Uchis explains the kinds of images and feelings that make up her hypothetical mood board for the album.- Video
What’s on Mavi’s Mood Board?
"I wanted my album to feel like a child stumbling through a garden, sticking their hand in the dirt and touching a turnip." Watch as rapper Mavi explains the kinds of images and feelings that make up his hypothetical mood board.
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