The Stone Roses

April 2009 marked the 20th Anniversary of the release of The Stone Roses début seminal album.

For the last two decades, the album’s impact has increased exponentially, inspiring musicians and winning accolades.

There has been a lot of activity to mark the occasion, so here’s a quick round-up of the highlights:

• Three very special editions of the album will be released this August: the Collector’s Edition, the Legacy edition and a Special edition
• A limited series of singles will be released from July
• Two brand new podcasts - an official one from Sony and one from Xfm
• Lot’s of press coverage, special features and front covers.

Hit the ‘stone roses 20‘ category for the full range of coverage.

The fifth part of the Stone Roses 20th Anniversary podcast series is now available on iTunes.

Check it out on iTunes or through Feedburner.

It’s never too late to discover the Roses and now you can do it for free.

Here’s the debut album in full and for free for your listening pleasure.

Here’s another great issue of Melody Maker from 1989. Once again the Roses were on the cover and there’s some good photography throughout.

Once again special thanks to Charles from Archived Music Press who scanned this issue. You can find this and many more great Melody Maker articles on his website Archived Music Press.

You can find this and other classic Roses’ interviews in the Press Section.

The Stone Roses are releasing five 7″ singles in the run-up to the album release.

Here’s a sneak look at the cover artwork for the new singles.

The fourth part of the Stone Roses podcast series is available on iTunes.

Highlights include interviews from Noel Gallagher and Roses photographer Ian Tilton.

Check it out on iTunes or through Feedburner.