Rock cont’d

lithograph, 24 March, cassette, 5 April, both with revamped sleeves, shop.bonjovi. com. ■ Gillian Gaar Bruce Springsteen at 75 photobook, Motorbooks, 2 April.

■ Martin Popoff Led Zeppelin A Visual Biography book, 5 April, Queen Live! book, 24 May, Laura Shenton ELO A Visual Biography book, 3 May, Wymer. ■ Lesleyann Jones Perfect Christine Mcvie book, Nine Eight, 20 June. ■ Status Quo In Search Of The Fourth Chord CD, LP,

Under The Influence CD, The Frantic Four Reunion 2013 2CD, 2DVD, 2BD, 29 March, Bula Quo!, Quid Pro Quo CDS,

The Frantic Four’s Final Fling 2CD, 2DVD, 2BD, 26 April, The Party Ain’t Over Yet 2CD, Don’t Stop CD, 31 May, EARMUSIC.

■ Mandoki Soulmates’ upcoming set features Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), John Helliwell (Supertramp), Nick Van Eede (Cutting Crew), Simon Phillips (ex-toto),

Al Di Meola, and is due as an old-school analogue production LP, having been recorded and mixed to tape, before the tapes were mastered in New York, then vinyl lacquers cut from them in Berlin.

■ Queen Kizuna live compilation CD, LP are on Universal Japan, 23 February. Due: February (23) The Quireboys 35 & Live 2CD/DVD, Off Yer Rocka, The Church

Eros Zeta & The Perfumed Guitars, Easy Action, Kim Fowley Times Have Changed, Wienerworld, Slade Live In London 1972, Timeline March (1) CJ Wildheart Split, Kicks, Too Many Robots (15) The Legendary Pink Dots Traumstadt 2 2CD, Klanggalerie, Ry Cooder, Music On CD, The Archies Sugar Sugar 5CD, Cleopatra (8) Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Where’s The Money?/striking It Rich!/last Train To Hicksville/the Home Of Happy Feet 2CD, BGO (22) ex-fleetwood Mac’s Rick Vito Cadillac Man, Blue Heart (29) The Quill Wheel Of illusion, Metalville April Alien Ant Farm Mantras, (5) FM’S latest, [TBC] (12) Thin Lizzy Shades Of A Blue Orphanage, UCJ May (3) Sunny Day Real Estate

Diary – Live At London Bridge Studio, sunnyday.realestate June Black Country Communion’s latest, [TBC].