{"id":22843,"date":"2023-08-02T20:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=22843"},"modified":"2023-08-01T12:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T12:39:33","slug":"slade-get-set-for-beginnings-alive-at-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=22843","title":{"rendered":"Slade &#8211; get set for &#8216;Beginnings&#8217; &#038; &#8216;Alive At Reading&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Slade announce<\/strong> <strong>continuation of official deluxe vinyl album reissues series\u00a0with\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u2018Beginnings\u2019<\/strong> <strong>&amp;<\/strong> <strong>the never before released on vinyl\u00a0\u2018Alive! At Reading\u2019<\/strong> <strong>released 15<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pre Order <a href=\"https:\/\/slade.lnk.to\/aarbegPR\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/slade.lnk.to\/aarbegPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BMG<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Records<\/strong>&nbsp;continue their new series of limited edition vinyl reissues and deluxe CDs from&nbsp;<strong>Slade,&nbsp;<\/strong>with the release of<strong>&nbsp;<em>Beginnings<\/em><\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;<em>Alive! At Reading&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>on 15<sup>th&nbsp;<\/sup>September.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA-1140x1140.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jOULtEOA.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>These new beautifully presented album reissues represent pivotal moments in Slade\u2019s career;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><em>Beginnings<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em>is released on limited edition transparent yellow and orange splatter vinyl. While&nbsp;<strong><em>Alive! At Reading<\/em><\/strong><em>,&nbsp;<\/em>sees the full festival performance made available for the first time ever on vinyl, when it isreleased on limited edition orange and black splatter vinyl.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;<strong><em>Beginnings<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;CD housed in deluxe mediabook, which includes an original extended essay and&nbsp;<strong><em>Alive! At Reading&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>will be available as a CD digipack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally released in 1969<strong><em>&nbsp;Beginnings<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is the debut album by Ambrose Slade, who later achieved fame as Slade.&nbsp;<em>Beginnings<\/em>&nbsp;is a mixture of self-penned songs and diverse cover versions including two tracks by Steppenwolf, plus Ted Nugent &amp; The Amboy Dukes&#8217; &#8220;Journey to the Centre of Your Mind&#8221;, &#8220;Ain&#8217;t Got No Heart&#8221; by Frank Zappa &amp; The Mothers of Invention, Lennon and McCartney&#8217;s &#8220;Martha My Dear&#8221; and &#8220;If This World Were Mine&#8221; by Marvin Gaye.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA-1140x1140.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VSiw-NNA.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Alive! At Reading<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em>captures the band delivering a sensational live performance to over 80,000 people. As last minute replacements for Ozzy Osbourne, few knew they were going to be performing but their sensational set was the highlight of the festival and led to Slade enjoying a renaissance in the Eighties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slade are without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain. With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock\u2019n\u2019roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No.1 smash hits\u2026plus multiple hit albums.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a chart career that has spanned 3 decades Slade have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To pre-order&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><em>Beginnings<\/em><\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong><em>Alive! At Reading<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;go to:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/slade.lnk.to\/aarbegPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/slade.lnk.to\/aarbegPR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To order other releases in this series of limited edition vinyl reissues and deluxe CDs, including&nbsp;<strong>\u2018<em>Sladest\u2019,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>\u2018<strong><em>Slayed?\u2019,&nbsp;<\/em>\u2018<em>Old New Borrowed And Blue\u2019,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>\u2019<strong><em>Slade In Flame\u2019 ,&nbsp;<\/em>\u2018<em>Slade Alive!\u2019&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em>&nbsp;<strong><em>Nobody\u2019s Fools&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>and<strong><em>The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>go to:<a href=\"https:\/\/slade.lnk.to\/OfficialStore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/slade.lnk.to\/OfficialStore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, available the&nbsp;<strong><em>\u2018All The World Is A Stage\u2019<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;5 live CD box:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/slade.lnk.to\/alltheworldPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/slade.lnk.to\/alltheworldPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slade announce continuation of official deluxe vinyl album reissues series\u00a0with\u00a0 \u2018Beginnings\u2019 &amp; the never before released on vinyl\u00a0\u2018Alive! At Reading\u2019 released 15th\u00a0September Pre Order Here BMG&nbsp;Records&nbsp;continue their new series of limited edition vinyl reissues and deluxe CDs from&nbsp;Slade,&nbsp;with the release of&nbsp;Beginningsand&nbsp;Alive! At Reading&nbsp;on 15th&nbsp;September.&nbsp; These new beautifully presented album reissues represent pivotal moments in Slade\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22846,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22843\/revisions\/22846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}