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Eric Clapton, Gary Clark. Jr., Jeff Beck and other guitar icons will appear on the Crossroads Festival’s first-ever vinyl set, a six-lp live release.

Performances from Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Zz Top, Joe Walsh, Keith Urban, Susan Tedeschi with the Derek Trucks Band, Willie Nelson and Buddy Guy also appear on the package, Crossroads Revisited: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festival, out December 6th via Rhino.

Clapton’s selections include “Cocaine,” “Crossroads,” “Layla,” “Have You Ever Loved a Woman,” a cover of George Harrison...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas created what is rightly considered one of the greatest films ever, launching a phenomenon that still shows no sign of waning, even despite those who might suggest that the director has spent the past ten or so years undoing his creation’s own heritage. Regardless of that, the Star Wars franchise is a behemoth that won’t be stopped any time soon, and as long as there are new formats, there will be new versions of the six original films, as well as a multitude of spin-offs.

Today the most anticipated of home video releases lands on shelves, as Lucas’ entire franchise – his sci-fi opera if you want to label it in such terms – gets the high definition treatment, and is packaged with a veritable treasure trove of special features that will have even the most cynical of...