The Eagles are cutting it really close with their upcoming 40th anniversary edition of the iconic Hotel California album. The set will actually be turning 41 on December 8.
Two weeks before that anniversary, on November 24, Rhino and the band will release a new 2-CD/1-Blu Ray edition of the album which Rolling Stone calls one of the forty greatest of the rock era.
Recorded between March and October of 2016, the album would be the first for Joe Walsh, who replaced Bernie Leadon, and the last for Randy Meisner.
It reached the top of the Billboard Albums chart a month later where it would end up spending eight weeks. To date, it has sold over 16 million copies, has been certified Diamond by the RIAA and produced three major hits, New Kid in Town (1976 / #1), Hotel California (1977 / #1) and Life in the Fast Lane (1977 / #11).
For the new release, disc 1 is a newly remastered edition of the album while disc 2 has ten live performances from an October 1976 show at the Los Angeles forum. The Blu-Ray includes a 5.1 surround mix, and advance rsolution multi-channel surround mix (96 KHz/24-bit) and a 192/24 stereo mix.
Also being released is a 2-CD Expanded Edition without the Blu-Ray and a single CD remaster along with associated digital versions.
The track list:
Disc 1 (Original Album)
Hotel California
New Kid In Town
Life In The Fast Lane
Wasted Time
Wasted Time (Reprise)
Victim Of Love
Pretty Maids All In A Row
Try And Love Again
The Last Resort
Disc 2 (Live at The Los Angeles Forum (October 1976))
Take It Easy
Take It To The Limit
New Kid In Town
James Dean
Good Day In Hell
Witchy Woman
Funk #49
One Of These Nights
Hotel California
Already Gone
Blu-ray (Audio of the Original Album)
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Advanced Resolution Multi-Channel Surround Sound (96 KHz/24-Bit)
Advanced Resolution Stereo (192 KHz/24-Bit)
