Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony : S&M2

METALLICA & SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: S&M2

LIVE ALBUM & VIDEO DOCUMENTING SEPTEMBER 6 & 8 SHOWS AT SAN FRANCISCO’S CHASE CENTER 

TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 28, WITH PREORDERS BEGINNING TODAY

VIEW THE NEW S&M2 TRAILER HERE

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony’s September 6 & 8, 2019 S&M2 concerts were historic on multiple levels: They served as the grand opening of San Francisco’s Chase Center, reunited the band and Symphony for the first time since the 1999 performances captured on the Grammy-winning S&M album, and featured the first-ever symphonic renditions of songs written and released since those original S&M shows.

The sold out shows were rapturously received by the 40,000 fans who traveled from nearly 70 countries, as well as the media: Rolling Stone raved “the group proved that anything was possible,” Variety noted an atmosphere “buzzing with excitement,” while the Mercury News witnessed "a concert that fans will be talking about for decades to come,” and Consequence of Sound hailed "a true celebration of Metallica and their musical prowess.” 

On August 28, S&M2 comes to life once more with the release of Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2. S&M2 will be available in a staggering array of formats, ranging from a digital album on all leading streaming outlets, to 4LP vinyl, 2CD, DVD and Blu-ray versions, to a limited edition color vinyl 4LP + 2CD + Blu-ray Deluxe Box featuring sheet music, guitar picks, poster and more, all the way up to a Metallica.com exclusive Super Deluxe Box, limited to 500 copies, each featuring actual sheet music used by the Symphony during the shows and hand-signed by all four band members (in addition to including everything in the Deluxe Box). With this long-awaited Blackened Recordings release, S&M2 can be fully experienced by others beyond those who squeezed into the Chase Center over those two unforgettable evenings. 

S&M2 is a landmark release in the Metallica catalogue, both sonically and visually. Produced by Greg Fidelman with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, the S&M2 live album captures more than two and a half hours of James, Lars, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo joining forces with the nearly 80-strong SF Symphony, legendary Musical Director of the orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas, and conductor Edwin Outwater. The concert film is a brand-new edit done by Joe Hutching (Through The Never) and both the audio and visuals have been taken to the next level from the October 2019 theatrical version that played in over 3,700 cinemas worldwide 

S&M2 is available for pre-order now, preceded by the S&M2 versions of “All Within My Hands” and “Nothing Else Matters,” both now available across digital platforms. See below for track listing and detailed list of configurations, and stay tuned to metallica.com/sm2 for further information.

METALLICA & SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: S&M2

Configurations:

- Deluxe Box (limited edition 4LP color vinyl, exclusive photobook, 2CDs, Blu-ray, sheet music, five guitar picks, poster, download card) 

- Super Deluxe Box (all of the above + original sheet music signed by the band. Limited to 500 via Metallica.com)

- Black 4LP set w/photobook and download card

- Color 4LP set w/photobook and download card (exclusive to indie retail + Metallica.com)

- 2CD set w/36-page booklet

- 2CD/Blu-ray set w/36-page booklet

- 2CD/DVD set w/36-page booklet

- Blu-Ray

- DVD

- Digital Album

- Digital Movie 

Track Listings:

     LP 1 / SIDE ONE

     1 The Ecstasy of Gold

     2 The Call of Ktulu

     3 For Whom the Bell Tolls

     LP 1 / SIDE TWO 

     1 The Day that Never Comes

     2 The Memory Remains

     3 Confusion

     LP 2 / SIDE THREE 

     1 Moth Into Flame

     2 The Outlaw Torn

     LP 2 / SIDE FOUR 

     1 No Leaf Clover

     2 Halo on Fire

     LP 3 / SIDE FIVE 

     1 Intro to Scythian Suite

     2 Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God and the Dance of the Dark Spirits 

     3 Intro to The Iron Foundry

     4 The Iron Foundry, Opus 19

     5 The Unforgiven III

     LP 3 / SIDE SIX 

     1 All Within My Hands

     2 (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth

     3 Wherever I May Roam

     LP 4 / SIDE SEVEN 

     1 One

     2 Master of Puppets

     LP 4 / SIDE EIGHT 

     1 Nothing Else Matters

     2 Enter Sandman

     CD 1  

     1 The Ecstasy of Gold (Live)

    2 The Call of Ktulu (Live)

    3 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)

    4 The Day That Never Comes (Live)

    5 The Memory Remains (Live)

    6 Confusion (Live)

  7 Moth Into Flame (Live)

    8 The Outlaw Torn (Live)

    9 No Leaf Clover (Live)

    10 Halo on Fire (Live)

    CD 2  

     1 Intro to Scythian Suite (Live)

    2 Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God And The Dance Of The Dark Spirits (Live)

    3 Intro to The Iron Foundry (Live)

    4 The Iron Foundry, Opus 19 (Live)

    5 The Unforgiven III (Live)

    6 All Within My Hands (Live)

    7 (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (Live)

    8 Wherever I May Roam (Live)

    9 One (Live)

    10 Master of Puppets (Live)

    11 Nothing Else Matters (Live)

    12 Enter Sandman (Live)

     DVD / BLU-RAY  

     1 Menu (features "Moth Into Flame")

    2 Intro (features "Wherever I May Roam" and "All Within My Hands")

    3 The Ecstasy of Gold (Live)

    4 The Call of Ktulu (Live)

    5 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)

    6 The Day That Never Comes (Live)

    7 The Memory Remains (Live)

    8 Confusion (Live)

    9 Moth Into Flame (Live)

    10 The Outlaw Torn (Live)

    11 No Leaf Clover (Live)

    12 Halo on Fire (Live)

    13 Intro to Scythian Suite (Live)

    14 Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God And The Dance Of The Dark Spirits (Live)

    15 Intro to The Iron Foundry (Live)

    16 The Iron Foundry, Opus 19 (Live)

    17 The Unforgiven III (Live)

    18 All Within My Hands (Live)

    19 (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (Live)

    20 Wherever I May Roam (Live)

    21 One (Live)

    22 Master of Puppets (Live)

    23 Nothing Else Matters (Live)

    23 Enter Sandman (Live)

    24 Credits

    25 Behind the Scenes: Making of the Show

    26 All Within My Hands Promo

     DIGITAL FILM  

    1 Intro (features "Wherever I May Roam" and "All Within My Hands")

    2 The Ecstasy of Gold (Live)

    3 The Call of Ktulu (Live)

    4 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)

    5 The Day That Never Comes (Live)

    6 The Memory Remains (Live)

    7 Confusion (Live)

    8 Moth Into Flame (Live)

    9 The Outlaw Torn (Live)

  10 No Leaf Clover (Live)

    11 Halo on Fire (Live)

    12 Intro to Scythian Suite (Live)

    13 Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God And The Dance Of The Dark Spirits (Live)

    14 Intro to The Iron Foundry (Live)

    15 The Iron Foundry, Opus 19 (Live)

    16 The Unforgiven III (Live)

    17 All Within My Hands (Live)

    18 (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (Live)

    19 Wherever I May Roam (Live)

    20 One (Live)

    21 Master of Puppets (Live)

    22 Nothing Else Matters (Live)

    23 Enter Sandman (Live)

    24 Credits



Petty Family Releases Original Demo Version of "You Don't Know How It Feels"

June 26, 2020 (Los Angeles, CA) —The Petty Family today releases Tom’s 8 track demo of his classic song “YouDon’t Know How It Feels” which will be part of a forthcoming Wildflowers project on Warner Records. Listen here.

The home recording premiered on Tom Petty Radio (channel 31) on SiriusXM yesterday, along with an exclusive interview with Adria Petty about the release.

The demo, recorded in his home studio, is stunning and intimate. The song, well known for the lyric “Let’s Get To The Point, and Let’s Roll Another Joint” has slightly different lyrics. It shows an insight to his writing process and introduces a line from another favorite Wildflowers track “Crawling Back To You” stating, “most things I worry about never happen anyway”.

A humorous, animated video created and directed by Ben “Blaze” Brooks and Aaron Hymes is also being released today. Watch here.

“The family and the band are in a joyful process of discovering the Wildflowers sessions and demos and wanted to share a tiny bit of that with the fans today,” adds Adria Petty on behalf of the Petty Family.

“You Don’t Know How It Feels” was first released in November of 1994, on Petty’s Wildflowers album. 

More information and specific details to come soon on the upcoming release. 

Jazz news - Blue Note Tone Poet Series

If you love jazz you’ll be delighted to hear that we are participating in the Blue Note Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series. These 41 releases set new standards of audio reproduction (direct from the original master tapes) and feature gatefold sleeves. Here’s the details from their site.

In honor of Blue Note Records’ 80th Anniversary, the legendary Jazz label is launching the Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series. Blue Note President Don Was brought in “Tone Poet” Joe Harley—co-founder and co-producer of the acclaimed Music Matters audiophile vinyl series—to produce this new series of all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is being manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

The titles were handpicked by Harley and cover lesser-known Blue Note classics, modern era standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note catalog. The first two albums in the series—Wayne Shorter Etcetera and Chick Corea Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

Read Harley’s essay Blue Note, Tone Poetry and Audiophilia about his history with Blue Note, Music Matters, and his “quest to capture the sound of those master tapes on vinyl and to allow listeners to know what it would sound like to actually be in Rudy [Van Gelder]’s living room in Hackensack or later in Rudy’s studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.”

You can see the entire series here and we can order them for you and usually have them on your turntables in less than a week!