IN the late summer of 1968, Big Brother and the Holding Companyhad nearly finished recording "Cheap Thrills" when Janis Joplin, the band’s singer, slipped the drummer Dave Getz a set of lyrics she’d handwritten to accompany a piano riff he had been practicing. The song, "Can’t Be the Only One," with words by Joplin and music by Mr. Getz, was something of a parting gift. Within days, Joplin gathered her band mates in a room at the Chelsea Hotel and announced that she was going solo.

The Collector's Edition of Bitches Brew, including 2CDs with original 94-plus minutes of music and six bonus tracks, a 3rd CD of a previously unissued performance at Tanglewood, DVD of previously unissued performance at Copenhagen, 180-gram vinyl double LP, 48 page color 12x12 book, and memorabilia and fold out poster, all packaged in a 12x12 slipcase box, is out today and receiving great press.

The GRAMMY Museum recently paid tribute to the 40th Anniversary of Miles Davis’ jazz-funk-rock masterpiece Bitches Brew, which was just released in both deluxe and collector’s box set editions.

Bitches Brew, Miles Davis' groundbreaking double-LP of 1969, whose 40th anniversary will be celebrated with two separate retail packages, both released August 31st, but can be Pre-Ordered now:

• Bitches Brew: Legacy Edition (a three-disc set, comprising two CDs that contain the original 94-plus minutes of music, in their original 8-track studio mixes unavailable on CD for many years, plus several bonus cuts; and a DVD that contains a previously unissued concert performance by the Miles Davis Quintet filmed in Copenhagen, November 1969)

Elvis In Memphis: Legacy Edition includes 36 Tracks Across 2 CDs, With 10 Original Mono Single Masters

Elvis Presley's Memphis sessions proved that sometimes you can go home again. It was January 1969, and Elvis had not recorded in his hometown since leaving Sun Records for RCA in 1955. But the renewed focus and ambition sparked by his wildly successful TV comeback special the previous month propelled him back into a Memphis studio, where in just two weeks of sessions he made some of the most memorable and artistically satisfying music of his career.