press release
The Beach Boys Announce 50th Anniversary Reunion, New Album and Tour
Legendary Band's Golden Anniversary CELEBRATION to Include a New Capitol Album and Commemorative Catalog Releases, a Major International Tour and More!
Brian Wilson says, "This anniversary is special to me because I miss the boys and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again."
Mike Love says, "We got together at Capitol Records and re-recorded 'Do It Again.' Brian and I wrote that song which went to number 1 in Great Britain, Australia and elsewhere some 44 years ago. Brian paid me a compliment saying, 'How can a guy sound that great so many years later?' Later on, while working out some harmonies on a new song Brian had written, I got a chance to return the compliment. It was a thrill to be around a piano again with Brian, Alan and Bruce and experience firsthand the brilliance of Cousin Brian's gift for vocal arrangements. I am very much looking forward to David Marks joining us and thrilling with his surf guitar licks. Music has been the unifying and harmonizing fact of life in our family since childhood. It has been a huge blessing that we have been able to share with the world. Wouldn't It Be Nice to Do It Again? Absolutely!"
Al Jardine says, "The Beach Boys were recently inducted into the California Hall of Fame. From our humble beginnings as brothers, cousins and friends, we have been honored to sing the praises of California, and I'm really excited for our fans to be able to see us again in concert on the world stage, and to celebrate our 50th anniversary together with a new studio album."
Bruce Johnston says, "I will be looking forward to singing Brian Wilson's melodies and Mike Love's lyrics once again in concert with many of the original band members, but imagine what we all could come up with vocally in a recording studio atmosphere under Brian's musical direction."
David Marks says, "I'm really looking forward to celebrating this important milestone in The Beach Boys' history with the other guys, and with Capitol Records - where it all began 50 years ago. It means a lot to me that we can all reunite and pay tribute to the fans who have kept the music alive."
The Beach Boys have already recorded several songs for their new album, to be released in 2012 by Capitol/EMI, with more tracks to be recorded before its completion. The as-yet-untitled album, the first to feature all of the band's surviving original members in decades, is being produced by Brian Wilson and executive produced by Mike Love.
The Beach Boys and Capitol/EMI have also teamed up for a 50th Anniversary campaign spotlighting the band's entire catalog, with several new commemorative releases planned for 2012, including a new hits collection and a career-spanning box set.
Roger Faxon, CEO of EMI Group commented: "It's no exaggeration to say that The Beach Boys are one of the greatest and most loved bands that the world has ever produced, and true American icons. We are incredibly proud to take this next step with them as our partnership enters its fiftieth year, and I can't wait to see the band back together doing what they do better than anyone else."
Colin Finkelstein, COO of EMI Music North America said: "We're honored to continue Capitol/EMI's historic partnership with The Beach Boys as they celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. The Beach Boys bring the best of California's sun and surf culture to people all over the world with their music, and we're really looking forward to working with the band on the new album and commemorative catalog releases - a real CELEBRATION of fifty years!"
Quint Davis, producer/director, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival says, "It's an honor to present the original Beach Boys reunion at Jazz Fest 2012. Hosting the greatest artists of our era has always been the primary mission of Jazz Fest, and certainly The Beach Boys are unsurpassed as an iconic American musical and cultural institution. Every spring Jazz Fest is the number-one destination for good vibrations and fun, fun, fun; on April 27th, when The Beach Boys reunite on our biggest stage, it's going to feel like a thrilling homecoming for everyone lucky enough to be there. We're all looking forward to experiencing the magic and the joy."
Founded in Hawthorne, California in 1961, The Beach Boys were originally comprised of the three teenaged Wilson brothers: Brian, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and school friend Al Jardine. In 1962, neighbor David Marks joined the group for their first wave of hits on Capitol Records, leaving in late 1963, and in 1965, Bruce Johnston joined the band when Brian Wilson retired from touring to focus on writing and producing records for the group. For five decades, America's first pop band to reach the 50 year milestone has recorded and performed the music that has become the world's favorite soundtrack to summer.
The Beach Boys signed with Capitol Records in July 1962 and released their first album, Surfin' Safari, that same year. The album spent 37 weeks on the Billboard chart, launching the young group known for its shimmering vocal harmonies and relaxed California style into international stardom. The Wilson/Love collaboration resulted in many huge international chart hits, and under Brian Wilson's musical leadership, the band's initial surf-rock focus was soon broadened to include other themes, making The Beach Boys America's preeminent band of the 1960s.
In 1966, The Beach Boys were one of the first bands to found its own record label with the launch of Brother Records, Inc. (BRI), with the band's members as its shareholders and Capitol Records as its distribution partner. BRI continues to manage The Beach Boys' intellectual property, including the band's catalog with Capitol/EMI and other label partners, as well as its name, logos, image and likeness.
The Beach Boys continue to hold Billboard / Nielsen SoundScan's record as the top-selling American band for albums and singles, and they are also the American group with the most Billboard Top 40 chart hits (36). 'Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys' is fast approaching triple-Platinum sales status, and 'The SMiLE Sessions,' released to worldwide critical acclaim in November, has been heralded as 2011's #1 Reissue of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, The Beach Boys are an American institution that is iconic around the world.
www.thebeachboys.com
www.facebook.com/thebeachboys
www.youtube.com/beachboys
SOURCE Capitol/EMI & Brother Records, Inc.
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with Tull being a topic of conversation in recent posts, there is a great review over at ultimateclassicrock.com
Jethro Tull, ‘Aqualung’ (40th Anniversary Edition) – Album Review
by: Nancy Dunham
Jethro Tull fans often lament that the band and its founder, master and guiding light, Ian Anderson, are the Rodney “I don’t get no respect” Dangerfields of progressive rock.
Just look at how their record label wouldn’t fly the band to Los Angeles for the 1989 Grammy Awards because the execs thought Tull’s ‘Crest of a Knave’ had no chance of winning Best Metal/Hard Rock Performance over Metallica’s ‘…And Justice For All.’
Of course Tull’s win has set up a fan feud that’s lasted over two decades. Let’s not even get started on the band’s absence from the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame.
Now that the 40th anniversary of the group’s seminal album ‘Aqualung’ is upon us, fans are ready to celebrate all things Tull.
Read the rest at ultimateclassicrock.com
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Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record - Sales Week Ending 12/10/2011
No doubt the Beatles stuff is hot right now. The "Love Me Do" 45 usually goes for $7k - 10k with the sleeve. But if a scrap of paper (see Lennon to-do list post) sells for $16k, what Beatles item isn't worth more than its weight in gold? The non-Beatle entries on this week's list are worth a look. The Maitrey Kali LP is the very rare double LP version, not the more typical single LP repress. And the "Love Buzz" 7" as a test pressing gets about double what one of the regular releases bring.
1. 45 - The Beatles "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" Parlophone Demo with sleeve - $17,338.20
2. LP - Maitreya Kali "Apache/Inca" Private Press - $10,101.00
3. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone Stereo UK 2nd Pressing - $7,029.00
4. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" / "Big Cheese" Test Pressing - $4,350.00
5. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone Stereo UK 1st Pressing - $3.982.10
As always, a thank you to Norm & Jane over at Vinyl Record Talk for this enlightening data!
Radio Dentata is currently going through a server upgrade, with all new features planned for next year. So VRT Show is going on haitus. This space will still be active with the Top 5 and whatever other record collecting freaky stuff we find.
So, VRT will be back next year. We'll update here on the continuing saga. Listen HERE!
And a cry out from Norm & Jane (if you are looking for a specific record, if they don't have it, they can probably get it!)
Support Those Who Scour The Earth For Grooved Black Gold - Buy Some Stuff Damn It
Even Santa appreciates our shameless self-promotion via guilt trip that you aren't spending enough with Mom and Pop's this year.
And you can't get much more Mom and Pop than Vinyl Record Talk's Store. Jane and Norm search the country for lost treasures of music history because, simply stated, people buy this stuff from them.
Vinyl Record Talk Show on Radio Dentata is Jane and Norm promoting vinyl, record collecting, and the huge cache of music that has yet to be transfered to digital media. Each week we play several pieces of vinyl history that are not available for commercial download. We cover news topics on collecting, auctioning and internet broadcasting.
And did you know, many of Jane's fans turn off the NFL Network just to hear her voice. So listen to us on Radio Dentata and click and go to our store. Buy stuff. It will atone for many corporate sins.
Vinyl Record Talk Store
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consequenceofsound.net has named their top 50 albums of the year:
Top 50 Albums of 2011
See the rest (i won't tell you is was at #1) at consequenceofsound.net
50. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
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and in music history for december 16th:
Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1770.
In 1907, Eugene Farrar became the first singer to broadcast on radio when he sang "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. Culture Club would take a different song with the same title to number one in 1982. .
In 1954, Bill Hayes recorded "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett," one of three versions to appear on the Billboard pop chart in 1955 owing to the popularity of Davy Crockett stories airing on TV's "Disneyland" series. Fess Parker, who played Crockett on TV, reached #6 on the record chart with his version of the song. Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition peaked at #5. Bill Hayes' version went all the way to #1, where it stayed for five weeks.
In 1965, Peter & Gordon recorded "Woman," written by Paul McCartney under the pseudonym Bernard Webb.
In the UK in 1966, Jimi Hendrix released his first single, "Hey Joe."
Released on this date in 1966, Hendrix's version became a hit in the United Kingdom, entering the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart in January 1967 and peaking at #6. The single was released in the United States on May 1, 1967 with the B-side "51st Anniversary" but failed to chart. "Hey Joe", as recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, remains the best known version of the song and is listed as #198 on Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2009 it was named the 22nd greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. "Hey Joe" was the last song Jimi Hendrix performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and as such, it was also the final song of the whole festival. The song was performed after the crowd, comprising the 80,000 who hadn't yet left the festival, cheered for an encore
He followed with "Purple Haze", "The Wind Cries Mary", "All Along the Watchtower" and "Voodoo Chile", all of which made the British Top 10, but in America, only "All Along the Watchtower" reached the Top 40, peaking at number 20.
In 1967, the Rolling Stones announced that singer Marianne Faithfull was the first artist signed to their Mother Earth record label.
In 1967, the Lemon Pipers released the single "Green Tambourine." The song has often been credited as being the first bubblegum pop chart-topper. Released on this date in 1967, it peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week at the start of February, 1968 and earned the group a gold record for over a million copies sold. The record remained on the chart for three months. It was also the first US number-one hit for the Buddah label.
The song is the story of a street musician pleading for someone to give him money. In exchange, he would play his "green" tambourine, "green" referencing the color of United States currency. The song's instrumentation contains the title tambourine as well as an electric sitar, a frequent signature of the so-called "psychedelic sound". Another hook is the heavy, psychedelic tape echo applied to the word "play" in each chorus and at the end, fading into a drumroll ("Listen while I play play play play play play/my green tambourine"). The echo is noticeably different in the mono and stereo mixes. The mono version also starts fading out slightly earlier than in the stereo version.
On December 16, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono commissioned the placement of stark black-and-white billboards in eleven international cities proclaiming "WAR IS OVER!" and then, in smaller type, "If You Want It. Happy Christmas From John And Yoko." It was part of their new campaign against the war in Vietnam.
In 1970, five singles and five albums by Creedence Clearwater Revival were certified Gold. The singles were: "Down on the Corner", "Lookin' out My Back Door", "Travelin' Band", "Bad Moon Rising" and "Up around the Bend". The LPs were "Cosmo's Factory", "Willy and the Poor Boys", "Green River", "Bayou Country" and "Creedence Clearwater Revival". people knew good music when they heard it back then.....
200 Motels, the Frank Zappa film, opened in London in 1971.
In 1974, saying he felt that now was the time to move on and do something new, guitarist Mick Taylor announced he was leaving the Rolling Stones.
In 1974, John Lennon released the single "#9 Dream" in North America, six weeks before it was issued in the UK. The backing vocal on the song was provided by May Pang, Lennon's partner at the time. First issued on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges. It was released as the second single from that album months later, on Apple Records catalogue Apple 1878 in the United States and Apple R6003 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #23 on the British singles chart.
Lennon liked the string arrangement he wrote for Harry Nilsson's rendition of "Many Rivers to Cross" from the album Pussy Cats so much that he decided to incorporate it into the song.
According to Pang's website, two working titles for the song were "So Long Ago" and "Walls & Bridges". Pang also states that the phrase repeated in the chorus, "Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé", came to Lennon in a dream and has no specific meaning. Lennon wrote and arranged the song around his dream, hence the title and atmospheric, dreamlike feel, including the use of cellos in the chorus
Mott the Hoople broke up in 1974.
The Who officially disbanded in 1983.
In 1991, Chubby Checker filed a lawsuit against McDonald's Restaurants of Canada seeking $14 million in damages because they allegedly used an imitation of his voice. The song "The Twist" had been used in a French fry commercial.
In 1993, KEZK in St. Louis became the first U.S. radio station to ban Michael Jackson records following recent allegations of Jackson's child sexual abuse.
In 1995, the Beatles' "Free As A Bird" peaks at number 2 on the UK charts and number 6 in the US. Written by John Lennon and performed by him on piano as a rough demo shortly before he was murdered, the track was completed by the remaining Beatles at Paul McCartney's home studio.
In 1997, pop singer Nicolette Larson, best known for her hit version of Neil Young's "Lotta Love" in 1978, passed away at the age of 45. She had been admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank with massive liver failure and was then transferred to UCLA Medical Center, where she died from an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the brain.
In 2004, the iTunes Music Store reached 200 million songs sold.
In 2005, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison sued EMI for royalties estimated at £30m ($45 million).
In 2006, Paul McCartney left EMI, his record label for 45 years, saying it had become "boring" and he "dreaded going to see" its executives. McCartney told The London Times that the company's handling of his music had become "symbolic of the treadmill." He later signed with Hear Music, the Starbucks label.
In 2007, 56 year old singer / songwriter Dan Fogelberg, whose hits "Longer", "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne", helped define the Soft Rock era of the '70s and '80s, died after a three year battle with prostate cancer.
In 2010, Paul McCartney paid tribute to his Beatles band mate John Lennon during an appearance on Saturday Night Live where he performed "A Day in the Life" and then thrilled viewers with a cover version of his late friend's anti-war anthem "Give Peace a Chance".
Also in 2010, a spokesman for the British Recorded Music Industry said that over 7.7 million people illegally downloaded 1.2 billion tracks this year. Calling for swift action to be taken, he went on to say "It is a parasite that threatens to deprive a generation of talented young people of their chance to make a career in music, and is holding back investment in the burgeoning digital entertainment sector."
birthdays today include (among others): Christopher Thorn (Blind Melon) (43), Tony Hicks (Hollies) (66), Benny Andersson (ABBA) (65) and the great Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) (62)
The Beach Boys Announce 50th Anniversary Reunion, New Album and Tour
Legendary Band's Golden Anniversary CELEBRATION to Include a New Capitol Album and Commemorative Catalog Releases, a Major International Tour and More!
PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The founding members of The Beach Boys, one of the world's most legendary bands in popular music history, will reunite for a global 50th Anniversary CELEBRATION in 2012. Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks will come together for a new studio album and commemorative catalog releases with Capitol/EMI and a 50-date international tour to begin in April with a headlining performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ("Jazz Fest") as well as other exciting events to be announced.
Brian Wilson says, "This anniversary is special to me because I miss the boys and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again."
Mike Love says, "We got together at Capitol Records and re-recorded 'Do It Again.' Brian and I wrote that song which went to number 1 in Great Britain, Australia and elsewhere some 44 years ago. Brian paid me a compliment saying, 'How can a guy sound that great so many years later?' Later on, while working out some harmonies on a new song Brian had written, I got a chance to return the compliment. It was a thrill to be around a piano again with Brian, Alan and Bruce and experience firsthand the brilliance of Cousin Brian's gift for vocal arrangements. I am very much looking forward to David Marks joining us and thrilling with his surf guitar licks. Music has been the unifying and harmonizing fact of life in our family since childhood. It has been a huge blessing that we have been able to share with the world. Wouldn't It Be Nice to Do It Again? Absolutely!"
Al Jardine says, "The Beach Boys were recently inducted into the California Hall of Fame. From our humble beginnings as brothers, cousins and friends, we have been honored to sing the praises of California, and I'm really excited for our fans to be able to see us again in concert on the world stage, and to celebrate our 50th anniversary together with a new studio album."
Bruce Johnston says, "I will be looking forward to singing Brian Wilson's melodies and Mike Love's lyrics once again in concert with many of the original band members, but imagine what we all could come up with vocally in a recording studio atmosphere under Brian's musical direction."
David Marks says, "I'm really looking forward to celebrating this important milestone in The Beach Boys' history with the other guys, and with Capitol Records - where it all began 50 years ago. It means a lot to me that we can all reunite and pay tribute to the fans who have kept the music alive."
The Beach Boys have already recorded several songs for their new album, to be released in 2012 by Capitol/EMI, with more tracks to be recorded before its completion. The as-yet-untitled album, the first to feature all of the band's surviving original members in decades, is being produced by Brian Wilson and executive produced by Mike Love.
The Beach Boys and Capitol/EMI have also teamed up for a 50th Anniversary campaign spotlighting the band's entire catalog, with several new commemorative releases planned for 2012, including a new hits collection and a career-spanning box set.
Roger Faxon, CEO of EMI Group commented: "It's no exaggeration to say that The Beach Boys are one of the greatest and most loved bands that the world has ever produced, and true American icons. We are incredibly proud to take this next step with them as our partnership enters its fiftieth year, and I can't wait to see the band back together doing what they do better than anyone else."
Colin Finkelstein, COO of EMI Music North America said: "We're honored to continue Capitol/EMI's historic partnership with The Beach Boys as they celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. The Beach Boys bring the best of California's sun and surf culture to people all over the world with their music, and we're really looking forward to working with the band on the new album and commemorative catalog releases - a real CELEBRATION of fifty years!"
Quint Davis, producer/director, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival says, "It's an honor to present the original Beach Boys reunion at Jazz Fest 2012. Hosting the greatest artists of our era has always been the primary mission of Jazz Fest, and certainly The Beach Boys are unsurpassed as an iconic American musical and cultural institution. Every spring Jazz Fest is the number-one destination for good vibrations and fun, fun, fun; on April 27th, when The Beach Boys reunite on our biggest stage, it's going to feel like a thrilling homecoming for everyone lucky enough to be there. We're all looking forward to experiencing the magic and the joy."
Founded in Hawthorne, California in 1961, The Beach Boys were originally comprised of the three teenaged Wilson brothers: Brian, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and school friend Al Jardine. In 1962, neighbor David Marks joined the group for their first wave of hits on Capitol Records, leaving in late 1963, and in 1965, Bruce Johnston joined the band when Brian Wilson retired from touring to focus on writing and producing records for the group. For five decades, America's first pop band to reach the 50 year milestone has recorded and performed the music that has become the world's favorite soundtrack to summer.
The Beach Boys signed with Capitol Records in July 1962 and released their first album, Surfin' Safari, that same year. The album spent 37 weeks on the Billboard chart, launching the young group known for its shimmering vocal harmonies and relaxed California style into international stardom. The Wilson/Love collaboration resulted in many huge international chart hits, and under Brian Wilson's musical leadership, the band's initial surf-rock focus was soon broadened to include other themes, making The Beach Boys America's preeminent band of the 1960s.
In 1966, The Beach Boys were one of the first bands to found its own record label with the launch of Brother Records, Inc. (BRI), with the band's members as its shareholders and Capitol Records as its distribution partner. BRI continues to manage The Beach Boys' intellectual property, including the band's catalog with Capitol/EMI and other label partners, as well as its name, logos, image and likeness.
The Beach Boys continue to hold Billboard / Nielsen SoundScan's record as the top-selling American band for albums and singles, and they are also the American group with the most Billboard Top 40 chart hits (36). 'Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys' is fast approaching triple-Platinum sales status, and 'The SMiLE Sessions,' released to worldwide critical acclaim in November, has been heralded as 2011's #1 Reissue of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, The Beach Boys are an American institution that is iconic around the world.
www.thebeachboys.com
www.facebook.com/thebeachboys
www.youtube.com/beachboys
SOURCE Capitol/EMI & Brother Records, Inc.
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with Tull being a topic of conversation in recent posts, there is a great review over at ultimateclassicrock.com
Jethro Tull, ‘Aqualung’ (40th Anniversary Edition) – Album Review
by: Nancy Dunham
Jethro Tull fans often lament that the band and its founder, master and guiding light, Ian Anderson, are the Rodney “I don’t get no respect” Dangerfields of progressive rock.Just look at how their record label wouldn’t fly the band to Los Angeles for the 1989 Grammy Awards because the execs thought Tull’s ‘Crest of a Knave’ had no chance of winning Best Metal/Hard Rock Performance over Metallica’s ‘…And Justice For All.’
Of course Tull’s win has set up a fan feud that’s lasted over two decades. Let’s not even get started on the band’s absence from the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame.
Now that the 40th anniversary of the group’s seminal album ‘Aqualung’ is upon us, fans are ready to celebrate all things Tull.
Read the rest at ultimateclassicrock.com
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Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record - Sales Week Ending 12/10/2011
No doubt the Beatles stuff is hot right now. The "Love Me Do" 45 usually goes for $7k - 10k with the sleeve. But if a scrap of paper (see Lennon to-do list post) sells for $16k, what Beatles item isn't worth more than its weight in gold? The non-Beatle entries on this week's list are worth a look. The Maitrey Kali LP is the very rare double LP version, not the more typical single LP repress. And the "Love Buzz" 7" as a test pressing gets about double what one of the regular releases bring.1. 45 - The Beatles "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" Parlophone Demo with sleeve - $17,338.20
2. LP - Maitreya Kali "Apache/Inca" Private Press - $10,101.00
3. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone Stereo UK 2nd Pressing - $7,029.00
4. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" / "Big Cheese" Test Pressing - $4,350.00
5. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone Stereo UK 1st Pressing - $3.982.10
As always, a thank you to Norm & Jane over at Vinyl Record Talk for this enlightening data!
Radio Dentata is currently going through a server upgrade, with all new features planned for next year. So VRT Show is going on haitus. This space will still be active with the Top 5 and whatever other record collecting freaky stuff we find.
So, VRT will be back next year. We'll update here on the continuing saga. Listen HERE!
And a cry out from Norm & Jane (if you are looking for a specific record, if they don't have it, they can probably get it!)
Support Those Who Scour The Earth For Grooved Black Gold - Buy Some Stuff Damn It
And you can't get much more Mom and Pop than Vinyl Record Talk's Store. Jane and Norm search the country for lost treasures of music history because, simply stated, people buy this stuff from them.
Vinyl Record Talk Show on Radio Dentata is Jane and Norm promoting vinyl, record collecting, and the huge cache of music that has yet to be transfered to digital media. Each week we play several pieces of vinyl history that are not available for commercial download. We cover news topics on collecting, auctioning and internet broadcasting.
And did you know, many of Jane's fans turn off the NFL Network just to hear her voice. So listen to us on Radio Dentata and click and go to our store. Buy stuff. It will atone for many corporate sins.
Vinyl Record Talk Store
Free World-Wide Shipping For 45's - Over 3000 45's Reduced 15% - 25%
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consequenceofsound.net has named their top 50 albums of the year:
See the rest (i won't tell you is was at #1) at consequenceofsound.net
50. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
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and in music history for december 16th:
Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1770.
In 1907, Eugene Farrar became the first singer to broadcast on radio when he sang "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. Culture Club would take a different song with the same title to number one in 1982. .
In 1954, Bill Hayes recorded "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett," one of three versions to appear on the Billboard pop chart in 1955 owing to the popularity of Davy Crockett stories airing on TV's "Disneyland" series. Fess Parker, who played Crockett on TV, reached #6 on the record chart with his version of the song. Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition peaked at #5. Bill Hayes' version went all the way to #1, where it stayed for five weeks.
In 1965, Peter & Gordon recorded "Woman," written by Paul McCartney under the pseudonym Bernard Webb.
In the UK in 1966, Jimi Hendrix released his first single, "Hey Joe." Released on this date in 1966, Hendrix's version became a hit in the United Kingdom, entering the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart in January 1967 and peaking at #6. The single was released in the United States on May 1, 1967 with the B-side "51st Anniversary" but failed to chart. "Hey Joe", as recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, remains the best known version of the song and is listed as #198 on Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2009 it was named the 22nd greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. "Hey Joe" was the last song Jimi Hendrix performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and as such, it was also the final song of the whole festival. The song was performed after the crowd, comprising the 80,000 who hadn't yet left the festival, cheered for an encore
He followed with "Purple Haze", "The Wind Cries Mary", "All Along the Watchtower" and "Voodoo Chile", all of which made the British Top 10, but in America, only "All Along the Watchtower" reached the Top 40, peaking at number 20.
In 1967, the Rolling Stones announced that singer Marianne Faithfull was the first artist signed to their Mother Earth record label.
In 1967, the Lemon Pipers released the single "Green Tambourine." The song has often been credited as being the first bubblegum pop chart-topper. Released on this date in 1967, it peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week at the start of February, 1968 and earned the group a gold record for over a million copies sold. The record remained on the chart for three months. It was also the first US number-one hit for the Buddah label.
The song is the story of a street musician pleading for someone to give him money. In exchange, he would play his "green" tambourine, "green" referencing the color of United States currency. The song's instrumentation contains the title tambourine as well as an electric sitar, a frequent signature of the so-called "psychedelic sound". Another hook is the heavy, psychedelic tape echo applied to the word "play" in each chorus and at the end, fading into a drumroll ("Listen while I play play play play play play/my green tambourine"). The echo is noticeably different in the mono and stereo mixes. The mono version also starts fading out slightly earlier than in the stereo version.
On December 16, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono commissioned the placement of stark black-and-white billboards in eleven international cities proclaiming "WAR IS OVER!" and then, in smaller type, "If You Want It. Happy Christmas From John And Yoko." It was part of their new campaign against the war in Vietnam.In 1970, five singles and five albums by Creedence Clearwater Revival were certified Gold. The singles were: "Down on the Corner", "Lookin' out My Back Door", "Travelin' Band", "Bad Moon Rising" and "Up around the Bend". The LPs were "Cosmo's Factory", "Willy and the Poor Boys", "Green River", "Bayou Country" and "Creedence Clearwater Revival". people knew good music when they heard it back then.....
200 Motels, the Frank Zappa film, opened in London in 1971.
In 1974, saying he felt that now was the time to move on and do something new, guitarist Mick Taylor announced he was leaving the Rolling Stones.
In 1974, John Lennon released the single "#9 Dream" in North America, six weeks before it was issued in the UK. The backing vocal on the song was provided by May Pang, Lennon's partner at the time. First issued on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges. It was released as the second single from that album months later, on Apple Records catalogue Apple 1878 in the United States and Apple R6003 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #23 on the British singles chart.Lennon liked the string arrangement he wrote for Harry Nilsson's rendition of "Many Rivers to Cross" from the album Pussy Cats so much that he decided to incorporate it into the song.
According to Pang's website, two working titles for the song were "So Long Ago" and "Walls & Bridges". Pang also states that the phrase repeated in the chorus, "Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé", came to Lennon in a dream and has no specific meaning. Lennon wrote and arranged the song around his dream, hence the title and atmospheric, dreamlike feel, including the use of cellos in the chorus
Mott the Hoople broke up in 1974.
The Who officially disbanded in 1983.
In 1991, Chubby Checker filed a lawsuit against McDonald's Restaurants of Canada seeking $14 million in damages because they allegedly used an imitation of his voice. The song "The Twist" had been used in a French fry commercial.
In 1993, KEZK in St. Louis became the first U.S. radio station to ban Michael Jackson records following recent allegations of Jackson's child sexual abuse.
In 1995, the Beatles' "Free As A Bird" peaks at number 2 on the UK charts and number 6 in the US. Written by John Lennon and performed by him on piano as a rough demo shortly before he was murdered, the track was completed by the remaining Beatles at Paul McCartney's home studio.
In 1997, pop singer Nicolette Larson, best known for her hit version of Neil Young's "Lotta Love" in 1978, passed away at the age of 45. She had been admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank with massive liver failure and was then transferred to UCLA Medical Center, where she died from an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the brain.
In 2004, the iTunes Music Store reached 200 million songs sold.
In 2005, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison sued EMI for royalties estimated at £30m ($45 million).
In 2006, Paul McCartney left EMI, his record label for 45 years, saying it had become "boring" and he "dreaded going to see" its executives. McCartney told The London Times that the company's handling of his music had become "symbolic of the treadmill." He later signed with Hear Music, the Starbucks label.
In 2007, 56 year old singer / songwriter Dan Fogelberg, whose hits "Longer", "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne", helped define the Soft Rock era of the '70s and '80s, died after a three year battle with prostate cancer.
In 2010, Paul McCartney paid tribute to his Beatles band mate John Lennon during an appearance on Saturday Night Live where he performed "A Day in the Life" and then thrilled viewers with a cover version of his late friend's anti-war anthem "Give Peace a Chance".
Also in 2010, a spokesman for the British Recorded Music Industry said that over 7.7 million people illegally downloaded 1.2 billion tracks this year. Calling for swift action to be taken, he went on to say "It is a parasite that threatens to deprive a generation of talented young people of their chance to make a career in music, and is holding back investment in the burgeoning digital entertainment sector."
birthdays today include (among others): Christopher Thorn (Blind Melon) (43), Tony Hicks (Hollies) (66), Benny Andersson (ABBA) (65) and the great Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) (62)
