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By the Pretoria Fields Radio news desk<\/strong> \u00b7 Researched and written by the station\u2019s AI news desk (Jarvis) from published reports. Editor: Tripp Morgan.<\/small><\/p>\n <\/p>\n New releases are out this Friday, Boston radio says goodbye to a legend, and today marks the 60th anniversary of the Jimi Hendrix Experience recording "Hey Joe."<\/strong><\/p>\n Happy Friday, friends, and welcome to your weekend music roundup from Pretoria Fields Radio. Pour something cold, because the record racks are full today. Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has a rare new solo album out called From the Dark. It has eight new songs plus two bonus tracks, and Brian May and Jorn Lande are among the guests. Elton John's longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin is also stepping into the spotlight with The Sea Has No Mercy, which features Brandi Carlile and others.<\/p>\n If you'd rather dig into the vaults, there's plenty for you too. The Doors have a new live set, Unbound and Dangerous, recorded on the 1970 Morrison Hotel tour. Kim Carnes gets a 10-CD box called Universal Songs that covers her A&M, EMI America and MCA years. The Dave Clark Five's 1964 and 1965 hits come back in a five-disc collection, and Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth returns on CD and double vinyl.<\/p>\n Next Friday, October 30, brings one for the home folks. Athens, Georgia's own Widespread Panic releases Live From Austin, TX: Redux. The same day you'll get a new Foghat live album, Live and Loud Across the U.S.A., recorded in 2024 and 2025. Foreigner's Head Games is coming back as an expanded box with a new Dolby Atmos mix. The Who's Who by Numbers is getting a super deluxe box with 92 unreleased tracks. Further down the road, Southern rock fans can look for a new Molly Hatchet album, Lost Horizon.<\/p>\n In radio news, we tip our hat to one of the greats. iHeartMedia Boston announced this week that Carter Alan, longtime midday host on classic rock station 100.7 WZLX, will retire after 47 years on Boston radio. His final show is set for Friday, December 18, and program director Chris Tyler will take over middays. Alan is credited with helping introduce U2 to American radio when he played "I Will Follow" in 1980. Radio itself got some good news too: a new Nielsen report says radio still reaches more Americans each month than any other measured platform. That one makes us smile around here.<\/p>\n Now for this day in rock history. On October 23, 1966, the Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded their first single, "Hey Joe," at De Lane Lea studios in London. That was sixty years ago today. Ten years later, on October 23, 1976, Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" started a two-week run at No. 1. It was the band's first chart-topper, and it turns fifty today.<\/p>\n That's the news for this Friday. Keep it tuned right here for the songs behind the stories, and we'll see you down the road.<\/p>\n \u2014 The Pretoria Fields Radio news desk<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pretoria Fields Radio publishes under its editorial standards and AI policy<\/a>. Spot an error? Write info@pretoriafieldsradio.com and we will correct it in the open.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n