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JOE JACKSON
To release bonus DVD
with new album

Click for hi-res imageJoe Jackson's first studio album in four years, "Rain", released in Europe on January 28th (January 29th in North America), will now be released by Rykodisc as a two-disc set, including a bonus DVD directed by Paul Smith and produced by Julie Gardner, the recording engineer who recorded Joe’s last two albums. 

With a running time of over 40 minutes, the DVD will feature recent live performance footage, behind-the-scenes footage and a rare television interview.

"We decided to let Julie Gardner, who we've worked with for years now," says Jackson, " to follow us around as we worked, playing a live show, rehearsing, and just talking about playing together and our long history together as band mates and just mates."

The DVD will consist of three live songs that Jackson performed at London’s Islington Academy on 24th May 2007.   The songs performed include “Invisible Man”, “Wasted Time” and “Good Bad Boy”, all of which appear on the forthcoming studio album.   Other DVD features include a rare interview with Alan Bangs, long-time host of Rockpalast, a long-running German music television program on which Joe appeared twice early in his career.

The DVD also boasts informal chats with Dave Houghton (drums) and Graham Maby (bass), talking about their history with Joe and trading funny stories.  Both musicians played on Jackson’s first three studio albums - “Look Sharp” (1979), “I’m The Man” (1979) and “Beat Crazy” (1980).

The DVD also includes an informal walk around Berlin with Joe, pointing out some of his favorite things about the city, plus video footage of the band in the studio working on the new album, having their photos taken by “Rain” album photographer Jim Rakete, and goofing off during a bit of down time in the recording process.

Jackson follows the release of the album with a rare London concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Sunday 2nd March 2008. 

For more details about the album and the London concert, click here.



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Essential Web Links:

www.joejackson.com | www.rykodisc.com

The Joe Jackson Archive (fansite)
www.jj-archive.net/albums/rn.html

Joe Jackson Net Forum
www.joejackson.net/../

All Music Guide - The Definitive Joe Jackson Discography
http://wm07.allmusic.com/../

Joe Jackson's new MySpace page
http://myspace.com/joejacksonmusic

News, Interviews and Reviews

Get Ready To Rock - London Gig Review
www.getreadytorock.com/../

The Times - London Gig Review
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/../

icWales - Gig Review: Cardiff, The Point
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/../

icWales - Interview
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/../

The Guardian - London gig review
http://music.guardian.co.uk/../

The Irish Independent - There's plenty of life left
in this reliable old piano man
www.independent.ie/../

Sara Schafer's "Bring Back Joe"
"30 Rock" Style Propaganda Video
www.youtube.com

The Independent – Joe Jackson Interview
www.independent.co.uk/../

Welcome To The Pond - It's Not Cool To Like Joe Jackson?
http://rfduck.blogspot.com/../

Obscuriosity: Week 3 (Something Going Wrong Around Here)
www.grabbingsand.com/wordpress/../

Quick Before It Melts - A Cure For Gravity
http://qbim.blogspot.com/../

musicOMH – Album Review
www.musicomh.com/../

Post Modern Renaissance Man's review of 'Rain' http://andrewhamm.blogspot.com/../

Live Daily – Album Review
www.livedaily.com/../

Toronto Daily Star – Album Review
www.thestar.com/../

Music-News.com – Album Review
www.music-news.com/../

Slant - Album Review
www.slantmagazine.com/../

New York Daily News - Joe Jackson's Pounding "Rain"
www.nydailynews.com/../

Daily Telegraph - The Robert Sandall interview
www.telegraph.co.uk/../

Total Music Magazine - David Davies talks to Joe Jackson
www.totalmusicmagazine.com/../

Terry Staunton's Blog - Joe Jackson Q&A
http://mog.com/../

Rock Sellout - News Story
http://rocksellout.com/

Get Ready To Rock - CD Review
www.getreadytorock.com/../

Steppin' Out with Sara Schaefer
www.youtube.com/../

Contact Music - 'Rain' album preview
www.contactmusic.com/../

My Old Kentucky Blog - The Skinny on Joe Jackson's 'Rain' http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/../

Joe Jackson performs 'Common People' with William Shatner
and Ben Folds on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eISBTBwWKeE

On A Clear Day You Can See Nebraska -
Raindrops keep falling on Joe Jackson
http://cleardaynebraska.blogspot.com/

Here Comes The Flood - Hans Werkman's Dutch Delight
http://blogger.xs4all.nl/../

Retro Low Fi - The Gospel According to Joe Jackson
http://retrolowfi.com/2007/../

We Heart Music - Joe Jackson to release bonus DVD
http://weheartmusic.vox.com/../

Amazon.co.uk - Treat Reynolds' 5 star review of 'Rain'
www.amazon.co.uk/../

Claude Pate.com – Joe Jackson is getting
a good buzz on the new album
www.claudepate.com/../

Komodo Rock – New album to come with bonus DVD
www.komodorock.com/new-releases/../

Total Music Online - News Story
www.totalmusicmagazine.com/

Undercover.com - News Story
http://undercover.com.au/../

Paste Magazine - News Story
www.pastemagazine.com/../

Subculture Magazine - News Story
www.subculturemagazine.com/../


USA Today.com - News Story
www.usatoday.com/life/../

Stereogum.com - News Story
www.stereogum.com/../

Variety Weblog - The Set List
http://weblogs.variety.com/../

ReadJunk.com - News Story
www.readjunk.com/../

LiveDaily.com - Blog News
http://blogs.livedaily.com/index.php/../

Soulshine.com - News Story
www.soulshine.ca/../

Prefixmag.com - New Story
www.prefixmag.com/../

Komodo Rock - News Story
www.komodorock.com/../

Music-News.com - News Story
www.music-news.com/../

antiMusic.com - News Story
www.antimusic.com/news/../

Sympatico MSN - News Story
http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/../


PUBLICITY CONTACT:

For interview opportunities and review copies of the new album, please contact:

Peter Noble @ Peter Noble PR Consultancy Ltd.
Central Ignition, 1 Mercers Mews
London, N19 4PL
Tel: +44 (0) 207 272 7772
Fax: +44 (0) 207 272 2227
E-mail: peter@noblepr.co.uk

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