Showing posts with label Steven Van Zandt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steven Van Zandt. Show all posts

Little Steven ( Steven Van Zandt ) - Freedom – No Compromise (1987/2019 Deluxe) [24-96]


Freedom – No Compromise is the third solo studio album by Little Steven, released in May 1987 by EMI.

Following on the moderate success of Artists United Against Apartheid's "Sun City" in 1985, Steven Van Zandt's next record was a full-on dance-rock record, verging in places on world music. Bruce Springsteen and Rubén Blades join Van Zandt on lead vocals on "Native American" and "Bitter Fruit", respectively. Politics were even more at the forefront than before, centering on U.S. transgressions in Central America, South Africa, and against Native Americans. By this time, the old Disciples of Soul band had almost completely disappeared.

In 2019, the album was remastered for release as part of Van Zandt's career-spanning box set Rock N Roll Rebel: The Early Work. The digital deluxe edition of the album was released on November 29, 2019 containing five bonus tracks, along with the reissued Bitter Fruit bonus EP. 


 

Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul - Soulfire Live ! (4 CD Expanded, 2021/FLAC)


 Soulfire Live! is a live album released by Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul in 2018. The album was recorded during various live performances on the Soulfire tour in 2017 and 2018. While the initial release of the album was digital-only, deluxe versions of the album were reissued on CD and vinyl containing additional songs recorded during the tour. A Blu-ray edition was also released, containing video of all of the tracks present on the digital, CD, and vinyl editions. An "Expanded Edition" of the album containing four CDs of material was released on January 29, 2021.