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Across The Sun - Before The Night Takes Us
Adebisi Shank -This is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank (vinyl)
Al Green - Best of the Gospel Sessions
Alan Hampton - The Moving Sidewalk
Alex Turner - Submarine
Andy D - Songs In The Key Of Magic
Antonionian - Antonionian
As Blood Runs Black - Instinct
Assaulter - Boundless!
Black Francis - Abbabubba (b-sides. etc.)
Black Francis - The Golem
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Scandalous (2xLP)(vinyl)
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Souls for Rock N Roll (reissue)(vinyl)
Blondes - Lover/Hater (7")
Bob Geldof - How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live & In The Studio (3 CDs)
Brave Irene - Brave Irene (EP)
Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
Brown Recluse - Evening Tapestry
Bryan Master - For People Like Us
Bull Moose Jackson - Moose on the Loose (vinyl)
Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now
Cex - Tiny Creature
Chemical Brothers - Hanna (Soundtrack)
Clash - Give Em Enough Rope (reissue)(vinyl)
Colosseum - Lost Broadcasts 2 CDs
Cornershop - Cornershop & The Double ‘O’ Groove
D. Charles Speer - Arghiledes (vinyl)
D. Watusi - Summer Nights 7? (vinyl)
Darlings - Warma (vinyl)
Davila 666 - Tan Bajo (vinyl)
Deadlock - Bizarro World
Dionne Warwick - Only Trust Your Heart
Discharge - Apocalypse Now (vinyl)
Dodos - No Color
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You (vinyl)
Eartha Kitt - Essential Eartha Kitt 2 CDs
Eksi Ekso - Brown Shark, Red Lion
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
Eleventh Dream Day - Riot Now! (vinyl)
Eric Johnson - AH VIA MUSICOM (180 gram audiophile)
Eternal Tapestry - Beyond the 4th Door (vinyl)
Etta James - Tough Woman - The Early Recordings 1955-60 (2 CDs)
Fenech-Soler - Demons (EP)
Fifth Dimension - Essential Fifth Dimension (2 CDs)
Fleshtones - Brooklyn Sound Solution (vinyl)
Forbidden Friends - Tiny Hands b/w For You (vinyl)
Found - Factorycraft
Funeral For A Friend - Welcome Home Armageddon
Funkystepz - Fuller/Hurricane Riddim 12? single (vinyl)
Giant Hand - Starting as People
Giant Sand - Purge & Slouch: 25th Anniversary Edition (reissue)
Giant Sand - Ramp: 25th Anniversary Edition (reissue)
Grand Lake - Leaves Ellipse
Heart - Dreamboat Annie (180 gram audiophile)(vinyl)
Heidecker & Wood - Starting From Nowhere
Hype Williams - One Nation
J.Mascis - Several Shades of Why (vinyl)
Jad Fair - Beautiful Songs: The Best of Jad Fair (3-CD box set)
James Taylor - Walking Man (Gold CD)
James Wesley - Real
Jules Chaz - Toppings (vinyl)
KEN mode - Venerable
Keith Emerson Band - Moscow (2 CDs)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (EP) - Single
Laura Jansen - Bells
Laura Nyro - First Songs
Lovett - Highway Collection
Mamiffer Mare Decendriii
Mastodon - Live At The Aragon
Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts - How Snakes Eat
Matt Wertz - Weights & Wings
Matthew Friedberger - Meet Me in Miramas (vinyl)
Matthews Southern Comfort - Matthews Southern Comfort (vinyl)
Mi Am I - Dolphins (12" EP)(vinyl)
Micachu and the Shapes - Chopped and Screwed
Miranda Cosgrove - High Maintenance
Modern Lovers - 96 Tears (vinyl)
Mother Mother - Eureka (vinyl)
New York Dolls - Dancing Backwards in High Heels
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
Nina Simone - Essential Nina Simone (2 CDs)
Noah and the Whale - Last Night On Earth (vinyl)
North Mississippi Allstars - Keys to the Kingdom (vinyl)
Nouvelle Vague - Singers
Oh Land - Oh Land
Owls - S/T (limited edition reissue, 550 copies)(vinyl)
Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong 7" (vinyl)
Paper Tiger - Made Like Us
Pat Benatar - Classic Albums (2 CDs)
Patti Page - Near To You - Celebrating A Career - Defining Class (4 CDs)
Paul Anka - The Story of Love: 21 Early Greatest Hits
Paul Revere & the Raiders - Essential Paul Revere & The Raiders (2 CDs)
Pink Snowflakes - You Don’t Miss Your Planet 7"
Poison Tree - Poison Tree
Rick Springfield - Essential Rick Springfield (2 CDs))
Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings (reissue)(vinyl)
Rise Against - Endgame (vinyl)
Robert Pete Williams - Louisiana Blues
Robotanists - Plans In Progress
Rotten Sound - Cursed
Salt The Wound - Kill the Crown
Screeching Weasel - First World Manifest (vinyl)
Serenity - Death & Legacy
Sin Fang - Summer Echoes
Slash - Slash: Deluxe (2 CDs)
Smoking Popes - This Is Only A Test
Snowblink - Long Live (vinyl)
Starfucker (STRFKR) - Reptilians (vinyl)
Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers - Rare Bird Alert (vinyl)
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Steve Miller Band - Italian X-Rays
Steve Vai - Essential Steve Vai 2 CDs
Stevie Nicks - Other Side of the Mirror (reissue)
Stevie Nicks - Rock a Little (reissue)
Stevie Nicks - Street Angel (reissue)
Storms - Lay Your Sea Coat Aside
TIdle Hands - Life Is Beautiful
Tape - Revelationes (vinyl)
Telekinesis -12 Desperate Straight Lines
The Berg Sans Nipple - Build With Erosion (vinyl)
The Boom Bang - World War Fun
The Damnwells - No One Listens to the Band Anymore
The Death Set - Michel Poiccard
The Deer Tracks - The Archer Trilogy Pt. 1 (EP)
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (vinyl)
The Pierces - You'll Be Mine
The Wedding Present - Live 1989
Tony Castles - No Service (12" EP) (vinyl)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (remastered with bonus CD)
Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
Travis Barker - Give the Drummer Some (vinyl)
Twisted Sister - Come Out and Play
Twisted Sister - Love is For Suckers
VYGR - Hypersleep
Various Artists - American Idol: 10th Anniversary - The Hits Volume 1
Various Artists - The Lincoln Lawyer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Warrior Soul - REISSUES (vinyl)
Weedeater - Jason the Dragon
Wilson Pickett - The Best of Wilson Pickett (180 gram audiophile)(vinyl)
Withered Hand - Good News
Wolf & Lamb - DJ Kicks (vinyl)
Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting (vinyl)
Remember, if you are a record company and have new releases or know of any I missed (especially vinyl), please email me and I will add your music to the list. I also do reviews of new vinyl, email me for more information.
Learning Spanish was never so profitable. Since it first showed up on the Top 5 about six weeks ago "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish" has been popping up on auction and making the list every other week. Andy Warhol provided illustrations for the album cover and the book, but the album is much more rare than original copies of the book. This record was available through mail-order only out the book of the same name.
The rest of this week's list consists of small label and private press funk, psych and rockabilly.
8) Quintron and Miss Pussycat / Turbo Fruits – Bruise Cruse Vol. 3 (7-inch)
9) Ty segall / Thee Oh Sees – Bruise Cruise Vol. 1 (7-inch)
10) Alexander – Alexander
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Grimey’s Vinyl Top 10 Best Sellers 2/28-3/06/2011
1. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
2. Middle Brother – Middle Brother
3. The Strokes – Under Cover Of Darkness 7″
4. Lucinda Williams – Blessed
5. The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
6. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
7. Tristen – Charlatans At The Garden Gate
8. Adele – 21
9. Quintron / Turbo Fruits – Bruise Cruise V.3 7″
10. Black Lips / Strange Boys – Bruise Cruise V.4 7″
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The Cult Back in Studio with QOTSA Producer
Michael Wright
The Cult have returned to the studio to record their first album since 2007’s Born into This. The group are joined in the studio by producer Chris Goss (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Mark Lanegan). The band, now featuring singer Ian Astbury, guitarist Billy Duffy, bassist Chris Wyse, rhythm guitarist Mike Dimkich and drummer John Tempesta, has been releasing mini-album “Capsules” since fall 2010.
any fan of album cover art has got to love this post. I also enjoyed the comments:
The Most Badass Sci-Fi Album Covers
The future has long been a popular subject for album covers - check this awesome gallery of robots, spaceships, and much more.
By K. Thor Jensen
Read the rest and look at some stunning album cover art at: ugo.com
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Rainbow, Uriah Heep's Mark Clarke Releases Solo Album
(Glass Onyon) Colosseum, Natural Gas, Rainbow, Uriah Heep member Mark Clarke has released his debut solo album, Moving To The Moon, via ItsAboutMusic.com.
Encompassing all the styles of music he has worked with the past 40 years, Mark Clarke's new solo album is a must for collectors and music enthusiasts worldwide. It's a masterful collection of extremely well
recorded and performed tracks that rival any from the bands he's played in.
Porcupine Tree and Zappa Stars Guest on Todd Grubbs' New Album
Todd Grubbs' new CD 'Return of the Worm' features an array of special guest artists including Mike Keneally (Zappa), Blues Saraceno, John Wesley (Porcupine Tree), Sean Malone, Mark Prator, Jerry Outlaw, Pattrick Bettison, Jeff Henry and Alan Tatum.
"I am thrilled to have some great guest artists on this CD," Grubb's exclaims excitedly. "I was very happy to get Mike Keneally to do a solo, he is a huge inspiration to me on a number of levels, number one his talent is huge, but even more important, his true passion for creating pure music for art's sake has moved me to do the same. Blues Saraceno also contributes an excellent solo, he has always been one of my favorite players because he has such a cool feel. Last but not least, my friend John Wesley from Porcupine Tree was nice enough to add a great solo and help me finish my CD with a dual jam as it fades out."
another 'feel good' story about our beloved vinyl!
SUMERIAN RECORDS Creator Launches SOUNDCHECK HOLLYWOOD Record Store
In an age where music retailers are closing at a rapid rate and record labels are going bankrupt due to online piracy and declining sales, Sumerian Records creator Ash Avildsen has taken a stand to prove that there is still an undeniable excitement to buying physical product.
Avildsen has now boldly put his money where his mouth is by announcing the launch of SoundCheck Hollywood (located across from the infamous Whisky A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip and a couple doors down from the Viper Room) — a store that harkens back to the days when Tower Records ruled the strip and also served as a place for musicians and music fans to unite.
The official SoundCheck Hollywood grand opening party will take place on Wednesday, March 23 and will feature signings from ASKING ALEXANDRIA, EMMURE, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, THE FACELESS, SUICIDE SILENCE, WINDS OF PLAGUE and many others.
THE boss of a retro record shop believes HMV’s woes could be music to the ears of vinyl enthusiasts.
Alex Lee said he wants to bring back the ‘old fashioned’ way of buying music instead of downloading through the internet.
His new record shop, Ultravinyls, has opened at the Traders Outlet in Sale, which he describes as ‘a mini Afflecks Palace’.
Mr Lee, 41, who is also a journalist, said: “With HMV closing 60 stores in the UK, and CD sales falling over 12 per cent last year, there will be a need for more independent record shops like Ultravinyls to cater for a market that still enjoys buying records. Although technology has made music more accessible and cheaper, and even I am guilty of owning an iPod, for many music lovers there is still something very exciting about going into a record shop and looking through various collections before buying.
Vinyl is increasingly getting more attention these days (like this humble blog post). Either that or it’s a lazy news cycle capitalizing on a news trend. Rolling Stone ran a story several issues back on the rise of vinyl sales in the music industry. As of late there’s been articles by NPR and USA Today.
Given how much music unsigned bands are giving away as a free download it seems the only way for a band to make money is playing live, its been that way for years now. Selling music is hard and the old format of vinyl may be helping a little, especially for smaller bands.
already on my top ten list for album cover art for 2011!
Sky Architect new album coming,Cover art revealed!
here's what the band had to say about the release:
'A Dying Man's Hymn'
Our new record will see its first glimpses of daylight June 6 2011! Galileo-records will again take care of that :)
We hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do.
This will be the cover. Art created by the legendary Mark Wilkinson:
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billboard.com has a great interview with alice cooper (yeah, another post about cooper - can you tell i am a big fan?)
Alice Cooper Calls Rock Hall Induction 'A Dream,' Plots 'Nightmare' Sequel
As he prepares for the "dream" of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday (Mar. 14), Alice Cooper is also delivering a nightmare.
Make that another nightmare. This fall, the shock rocker will be releasing "Welcome 2 My Nightmare," a sequel to his 1975 concept album "Welcome to My Nightmare" -- his first "solo" release after the break-up of the original Alice Cooper band. Cooper tells Billboard.com that the project grew out of a desire to work again with original "Nightmare" producer Bob Ezrin, but on a sequel to another of his albums.
The Beastie Boys will release their long-awaited next album on May 3, the band has confirmed.
Announcing the album on their website, Beastie Adam Yauch wrote, “Since the dawn of time, and perhaps even before, there was a silent order who were tasked with a mission. On May 3rd The Hot Sauce
Committee Part Two will be unleashed on the general public. Hold fast ye heathens.”
an interesting opinion from the uk, it really got people talking (read some of the replies):
Why I frown upon the Beach Boys releasing Smile
Brian Wilson's unfinished opus is the greatest record almost made. It should be left incomplete, leaving us to imagine an album that would have made Sgt Pepper sound 'meh'
Haven't we been here before? News that the the Beach Boys' Smile is to be released later this year is both confusing and something I really wish they wouldn't do.
Every pop fan knows that the greatest record ever made – or rather, the greatest ever record almost made, which would have shown Sgt Pepper to be a bit "meh" – was the the follow-up to Pet Sounds. But then Brian Wilson lost his way in the sandbox and never got round to finishing it, although Good Vibrations and fragments of other songs surfaced on subsequent Beach Boys albums.
Breaking records: Vinyl records making a 21st-century resurgence
By Michael Wayland
BAY CITY — Walk through Reggie’s Amusement & Records in Bay City’s South End and take a stroll through music history.
Thousands of vinyl records — from John Lennon’s 1973 “Mind Games” to Shaquille O’Neal’s 1996 “You Can’t Stop the Reign” — line the walls of the music shop that opened nearly half a century before iPods were invented.
“We were the first ones here and we’re still here,” says owner Reginald Niedzinski, as he gazes around the store filled with music paraphernalia and gaming accessories.
Interview: Euclid Records New Orleans Manager James Weber Gives a State of the Store
By Diana Benanti
A to Z took an impromptu trip to our sweaty sister in the dirty south for the Mardi Gras festivities, and we were saddened to find the New Orleans outpost of Euclid Records shuttered. "We closed that Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. There was nothing happening," says James Weber, the St. Louis transplant who mans the happy pink and yellow building in the charming, graffiti-splashed Marigny neighborhood. Indeed, all the action was down in the French Quarter, but we caught up with Weber last week to get an update on the the store, the vinyl scene in New Orleans, and his take on St. Louis from 677 miles down I-55.
In 1955, CBS talent scout Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley. Instead, at the same audition, he signed Pat Boone. Ooops...
In 1958, Perry Como's "Catch A Falling Star" becomes the first recipient of a Gold record awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America. The achievement represented sales of one million discs. The first known Gold record was presented as a one time award to The Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1942 for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
In 1959, Elvis Presley led the Billboard album chart with "For LP Fans Only". It was the first LP ever issued without the artist's name to be found anywhere on the cover - front or back.
In 1964, Billboard Magazine reported that Beatle records have claimed 60-percent of the US singles market and that the album "Meet the Beatles" had reached a record 3.5 million copies sold.
1965 - Petula Clark made her American TV debut on CBS' "Ed Sullivan Show."
In 1968, the promotional film for The Beatles’ “Lady Madonna” was broadcast in black and white on BBC’s Top Of The Pops. The film was shot while the group was recording the track “Hey Bulldog” in Studio 2, EMI Studios.
Carole King's "Tapestry" LP was named Album Of The Year at the 14th Grammy Awards in 1972. The disc had been 1971's best selling record.
Jon Bon Jovi formed the band Bon Jovi in 1983.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2005 with a ceremony at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel that saw Bruce Springsteen ushering in U2 and Rod Stewart inducting Soul singer Percy Sledge. Neil Young welcomed the Pretenders into the Hall, while Justin Timberlake introduced The O'Jays.
2006, U2 topped Rolling Stone’s annual list of 2005’s biggest money earners with $154.2 million. The top five were rounded out by The Rolling Stones ($92.5 million), The Eagles ($ 63.2 million), Paul
McCartney ($56 million) and Elton John ($48.9 million).
Birthdays today include producer/music mogul Quincy Jones (1933), "Disco Duck" minion Rick Dees was born in 1950 and Michael Martin Murphey (1945)
