Beastie Boys: Check Your Head Reissue, Hollywood Bowl Sept 24
By Team JamBase Mar 22, 2009 • 5:06 am PDT

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The Check Your Head reissue news coincides with the announcement today that Beastie Boys will headline the Hollywood Bowl on September 24. Following on a confirmed appearance at this year’s Bonnaroo festival and ongoing speculation regarding the band’s appearances at various other summer festivals, the Hollywood Bowl show is both the first headline show in the run-up to a new Beastie Boys album due later this year as well as the first time Beastie Boys have ever headlined the hallowed L.A. venue.
Originally released in April 1992, Check Your Head was a milestone for Beastie Boys on multiple levels: It was the first B Boys album to be produced in its entirety by Mario Caldato Jr. and to feature keyboard player Money Mark, as well as the first to be recorded at the band’s own G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, CA. Most significantly, however, Check Your Head marked the return of live instrumentation to the forefront and backbone of the Beastie Boys’ sound, with the bulk of the album featuring Mike D on drums, Adrock on guitar and MCA on bass for the first time since the band’s early 1980s hardcore punk recordings.
The full list of Check Your Head reissue configurations is as follows:
*Digital Download (album and b-sides)
– Deluxe Digital Option (also includes videos and video commentary)
* Deluxe, limited collector’s vinyl + Digital Download
* Standard double vinyl + Digital Download
* Ecopack double CD + Digital Download
* Shirt combos:
– Deluxe Digital + shirt:
– Standard Vinyl + shirt:
– CD + shirt:
– Deluxe, limited collector’s vinyl + shirt