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“To me, Lou stood out. The real deal! Something important to American music and to ALL MUSIC! I miss him and his dog.” - Keith Richards
In honor of Lou Reed’s birthday, Keith Richards has recorded a cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man.” The digital single & music video are out now and featured on the upcoming album The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, which includes newly recorded covers from Keith Richards, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen, Rickie Lee Jones, Mary Gauthier, Bobby Rush, Automatic, The Afghan Whigs, and Rosanne Cash. This special collection will be released by Light in the Attic Records and available on Vinyl & CD at fine independent record shops worldwide on Record Store Day (April 20th).
It goes without saying that the legendary Lou Reed was a true rock ’n’ roll pioneer. From The Velvet Underground’s debut in 1967 all the way through the end of his days, Reed sang truth from his heart. He lived life to the limit—and then some. The Power of the Heart is a tribute to Reed’s freedom of expression with covers spanning his groundbreaking years with the Velvets into his majestic solo career. Each track is a glorious extension of the Rock ’n’ Roll Animal’s soul, ever adventurous and avant-garde.
LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY & KEITH RICHARDS SCRATCH'D
Exclusively at independent record stores this Black Friday, November 24, 2023.
Scratch’d, the RSD Black Friday vinyl EP, includes the original vocal versions, “Books Of Moses” and “Heavy Voodoo,” plus new instrumental cuts, “Moses Books” (Dub Mix) and ‘Who Dares” (Dub Mix), which feature Keith’s guitar on the frontline.
Keith’s guitar parts for “Heavy Voodoo” and its dubplate companion “Who Dares Dub” were recorded during New York City sessions for the 2008 Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry album, Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered. Shortly after Keith’s contributions were laid down, Scratch set to work at his home in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, jamming live on mic alongside Keith’s new guitar parts. Lee’s Swiss mountain lair was not strictly for recording, but the combination art studio, shrine and junk yard with its view of a valley and up into the snow-capped Alpine peaks, added its own influence to the recordings. Captured on portable recording gear with Lee using his special sacred jewel-encrusted Shure microphone, the Voodoo was indeed heavy that day.
A year later, Keith was back in the same New York studio to record parts for “Books Of Moses,” for what would become Scratch’s Grammy-nominated 2010 album, Revelation. This time Keith stripped out the original track and replaced everything, except the drums and organ with multiple instrumental takes of his own: bass guitar, Wurlitzer organ, acoustic piano, big drum boom and his inimitable RnB guitar riffs. Once again, vocals wizardry was added in Switzerland, in another Transcontinental collaboration.
Scratch and Keith finally got together in person in 2013 when Keith invited Scratch to New York to mix Keith’s cover of the Gregory Isaacs gem, ”Love Overdue.” It would be the final pairing of these two musical minds, but their small body of work was infused with magic, history, mystery, and prophecy all at once.
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If you missed out on Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concerts last month in Los Angeles, you can see all the special performances honoring the 12-time Grammy winner in a limited theatrical run.
“Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90” will be shown in theaters on June 11, with an encore presentation on June 13 and 14. Recorded at the Hollywood Bowl over two nights in April, the concert film will include performances by Nelson, Keith Richards, Neil Young, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Snoop Dogg and many more.
Tickets for the concert film, presented by Blackbird Presents, Joe Hand Promotions and Nelson’s manager Mark Rothbaum, go on sale today at willienelson90experience.com .
Pre-order exclusive KeithRichards.com coloured-vinyl editions of the 2020 & 2021 Record Store Day 7” 45s - "Hate It When You Leave" b/w “Key to the Highway” and live versions of “Wicked As It Seems" b/w “Gimme Shelter”.
For our international fans and others who missed out on those Record Store Days, we also have a very limited number of copies of the original pressings from those two events.
Each record is available individually or all together in one special bundle – while supplies last.
On April 22, 2023, a new, double-LP colored vinyl reissue of Keith’s out-of-print Best Of package, Vintage Vinos is back for a limited Record Store Day run.
Vintage Vinos includes three sides of music and an all-new etching on the fourth side, different from the original 2010 edition. Includes three litho prints, also different from the 2010 version. An all-new collector's item.
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X-Pensive Winos logo etching
This Saturday (June 18) we are excited to release a double-feature Record Store Day exclusive! Grab Keith’s 1988 debut solo album, Talk Is Cheap, on transparent-red tape cassette, and Live At The Hollywood Palladium—recorded during the Talk Is Cheap tour on December 15, 1988 with the X-Pensive Winos—on transparent-gold cassette.
Featuring some of the greatest Keith hits such as “Take It So Hard”, “How I Wish”, “Whip It Up (Live)”, “Happy (Live)” & more. There are only 650 copies available exclusively at independent record stores near you so you better move quick!
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Main Offender (30th Anniversary Edition)
Special Deluxe Box Set of 2nd Solo Album
Out March 18th via BMG
Includes the previously-unreleased ‘Winos Live in London ’92’ concert
‘How I Wish (Live)’ Out Now
Keith Richards releases a limited edition super-deluxe boxset of his acclaimed, second solo album Main Offender, on March 18th via BMG, featuring a host of previously unreleased gems from the ‘Winos Live In London ‘92’ performance recorded at the Town & Country Club, Kentish Town.
This collection also includes an 88-page book with never-before-seen photos, reproductions of handwritten lyrics, reprinted essays from the album’s release, and more, plus an archival envelope containing exact replicas of promotional and tour materials from Keith’s archive.
Main Offender is the latest treasure trove of Keith Richards material to be released and follows last year’s Live At The Hollywood Palladium and the 2019 unveiling of his now legendary, first solo album Talk Is Cheap.
The album was originally released in October 1992, four years after Talk Is Cheap and features the much-loved X-Pensive Winos: drummer and long-time collaborator Steve Jordan (who recently drummed with the Rolling Stones on their 2021 No Filter Tour of the US), guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Charley Drayton, keyboard player Ivan Neville, singer Sarah Dash and backing vocalist’s Bernard Fowler and Babi Floyd.
The captivating 10-tracks on Main Offender include the electric singles ‘Wicked As It Seems’, ‘Eileen’ and ‘Hate It When You Leave’. The album was produced by Keith Richards, Waddy Wachtel and Steve Jordan. The bonus live album was mixed and produced by Jordan as well.
Keith says:
“This is the second time around & the Winos are kind of developing—and if I can keep those guys together for as long as I can, it’s one of the best bands in the world. It’s a very intriguing band and the potential is only just starting to show itself.
If I hadn’t have taken the Winos on the road, this record would probably have been totally different than it is.
I tried to avoid making too much sense on this record because to me that ambiguity and mystery, and a little provocation to make you think, is something far more powerful and more important than just wagging your finger and saying, ‘I know what he’s saying don’t do this, do that.’ If you’re a musician, silence is your canvas and you never want to fill-in the whole thing because then you’ve just covered it all…
One of the most interesting parts about music is where you don’t play.”
The new, super-deluxe Main Offender boxset includes an exclusive collector’s case, housing a removable, hand-numbered print of the original, uncropped album cover portrait. Inside is a unique Art-Book with the album pressed on Smoke-Coloured vinyl.
The Main Offender LP & CD are newly remastered under the supervision of original producer & X-Pensive Wino, Steve Jordan. The exclusive Winos Live in London ’92 album puts you right in the pit at the show with previously unreleased versions of “Eileen”, “Hate It When you Leave”, “Happy”, and more.
Package contains: • 180g Smoke Colored LP & CD of the fully remastered Main Offender alum • Previously unreleased Winos Live In London ‘92 on 180g double LP & CD • All audio remastering overseen by original producer and X-Pensive Wino Steve Jordan • 88-page, leather-bound book with never-before-seen photos and Keith’s handwritten lyrics • Main Offender tour guitar pick, bumper sticker, promotional posters, & more!
Also available in 2CD Mediabook, Limited 1LP Red 180g Vinyl, 1LP Black 180g Vinyl, 1CD Digipak and digital formats.
Available to Pre-Order HERE
‘Main Offender’ Tracklisting 1. 999 2. Wicked As It Seems 3. Eileen 4. Words Of Wonder 5. Yap Yap 6. Bodytalks 7. Hate It When You Leave 8. Runnin’ Too Deep 9. Will But You Won’t 10. Demon
‘Winos Live In London ‘92’ Tracklisting 1. Take It So Hard 2. 999 3. Wicked As It Seems 4. How I Wish 5. Gimme Shelter 6. Hate It When You Leave 7. Before They Make Me Run 8. Eileen 9. Will But You Won’t 10. Bodytalks 11. Happy 12. Whip It Up
Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos: Live At The Hollywood Palladium is out now! Order your copy HERE.
New video for 'You Don't Move Me' out now! From the X-Pensive Winos: Live at the Hollywood Palladium album out November 13!
New video for 'Hate It When You Leave' premiere on RollingStone.com now!
The Hate It When You Leave / Key To The Highway 7" release is available in participating Record Store Day stores Saturday, October 24.
Keith Richards And The X-Pensive Winos
Live at the Hollywood Palladium
‘The Loosest Tight Band You’ve Ever Heard’
Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set
Released November 13th 2020 on BMG
On December 15th, 1988, Keith Richards and his incomparable band, The X-Pensive Winos, played the Hollywood Palladium. It was the penultimate show in a 12 city US tour and a night both band and audience will never forget. Now this legendary concert is available for the first time as a limited edition box set.
Across all formats – Boxset, CD, 2LP vinyl & digital - Keith Richards leads his absolutely smokin’ band through one classic after another including his landmark solo tracks ‘Take It So Hard’, ‘Make No Mistake’, to Stones classics ‘Happy’ and ‘Connection’. Exclusive to the Boxset and Digital formats are 3 previously unreleased tracks ‘Little T&A’, ‘You Don’t Move Me’ and the Lennon-McCartney penned hit ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’.
“The real stuff,” is how Keith Richards describes The X-Pensive Winos.
“I wish to thank all the guys in this crazy beautiful band. Something to love. I know I do.”
Keith had assembled the core of this band throughout 1987 and ’88 during the ‘Talk Is Cheap’ sessions. For this first ever live solo Keith Richards tour, the stellar line-up was a who’s who of the finest musicians on the planet: guitarist Waddy Wachtel (Everly Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstandt, Stevie Nicks), drummer Steve Jordan (long time Keith collaborator), bassist Charley Drayton, keyboard player Ivan Neville (Rolling Stones collaborator), singer Sarah Dash, and on saxophone, the inimitable, late great, long time Rolling Stones sideman Bobby Keys.
Live At The Hollywood Palladium comes as a special deluxe box set, presented in a matching folio, wrapped in a black cotton replica of the tour shirt sold that night, complete with a satin VIP pass on top, also including an impeccable all-new essay ‘The Loosest Tight Band You’ve Ever Heard’ by renowned rock writer David Fricke. It comes as a reissue after the original album was released due to popularity of the bootlegs.
Reproductions of archival materials from the tour including:
Other formats available include:
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