Friday, May 17, 2013

Music Record Shop Weekly


Welcome to the new weekly feature (look for it every Friday) called MusicRecordShop Weekly.   Here we take a look at new releases and some hard to find vinyl that will easily satisfy even the most serious record collectors.  Here are three vinyl deals that will get any record collectors attention. 



Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

Vinyl 2-LP Import 2013 (PRE-ORDER 5-27)

The 6th studio album of Dream Theater is a concept album in its truest form. As the title implies, the albums contains six songs, each dealing with a facet of inner struggle. Themes like alcoholism, loss of faith and self isolation are dealt with in a true virtuoso manner. The second disc contains one 42-minute long song, divided over two sides, telling six stories about various mental illnesses like autism and schizophrenia. This album has never been issued on vinyl before - Music On Vinyl has the distinct honour to present this masterpiece on 180 gram audiophile vinyl!
  • Release date: 05/27/2013
  • Merchant SKU: LAFMOV2926
  • Label Music On Vinyl
  • 180 Gram Vinyl Records - 2-LP - Sealed
  • First vinyl issue ever!
  • Insert
LP1
1. The Glass Prison
2. Blind Faith
3. Misunderstood
4. The Great Debate


LP2
1. Disappear
2. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (part 1)
I. Overture
II. About To Crash
III. War Inside My Head
IV. The Test That Stumped Them All
3. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (part 2)
V. Goodnight Kiss
VI. Solitary Shell
VII. About To Crash (Reprise)
VIII. Losing Time / Grand Finale


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Mother Love Bone - Mother Love Bone

Vinyl 2-LP Import 2013

When grunge took off in the early nineties, mainstream interest raised in a Seattle based band that had already ceased to exist but was very important in the formation process of Pearl Jam. Mother Love Bone was founded in 1988 by future Pearl Jam's guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament as an outlet for their Punk and Glam urges - citing Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin as their main influences. The band's promising career was primarily cut short by the tragic death of vocalist Andrew Wood in 1990, after having released just one EP called Shine. More material from studio recordings with Wood was released as the Apple album. Riding Pearl Jam's band wagon in 1992, Mother Love Bone was released as a combination of both releases - holding itself together as a seminal album with two bonus tracks: "Capricorn Sister" and "Lady Godiva Blues". First 1500 copies are pressed on heavy weight purple vinyl!
  • Label Music On Vinyl
  • 180 Gram Vinyl Records - 2-LP - Sealed
  • Limited Edition - 1500
  • Colored Vinyl - Purple
  • First Vinyl Issue Ever
  • Poster + Lyric Sheets
LP1
1. This Is Shangri-La
2. Stardog Champion
3. Holy Roller
4. Bone China
5. Come Bite The Apple
6. Stargazer
7. Heartshine
8. Captain Hi-Top
9. Man of Golden Words
10. Capricorn Sister


LP2
1. Gentle Groove
2. Mr. Danny Boy
3. Crown of Thorns
4. Thru Fade Away
5. Mindshaker Meltdown
6. Half Ass Monkey Boy
7. Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
8. Capricorn Sister (Shine Version)
9. Lady Godiva Blues


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Stone Temple Pilots - Purple Vinyl Record

Import 2013 (PRE-ORDER 6-17)

Purple is the second studio album released by the Stone Temple Pilots. The album, building on the foundations laid by the band's debut album Core (soon to be released by MOV) was a huge success for the band, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over six million copies worldwide. The album's style sees an expansion of the band's sound. They shifted to a more alternative rock-style, incorporating some psychedelic and southern rock influences. It produced a number of successful singles a.o. "Vasoline", "Interstate Love Song" and "Big Empty". Music On Vinyl is proud to add this legendary name to their catalogue. Be quick because the first 1500 copies will be gone in the blink of an eye.
  • Label Music On Vinyl
  • 180 Gram Vinyl Record - LP - Sealed
  • Limited Edition - 1500
  • Colored Vinyl - Purple
  • Hand Numbered
  • Four Page Insert
Side 1
1. Meatplow
2. Vaseline
3. Lounge Fly
4. Interstate Love Song
5. Still Remains
6. Pretty Penny


Side 2
1. Silvergun Superman
2. Big Empty
3. Unglued
4. Army Ants
5. Kitchenware and Candybars


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Musicology 101

Let's have a little fun, so here are some rock and roll nuggets so you can win at music trivia games and become a top musicologist!

Because so many special effects and studio musicans had been used record "This Diamond Ring," Gary Lewis And The Playboys could not re-create their sound when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. In compromise, Lewis sang along with pre-recorded tracks as the Playboys pretended to play their instruments.

The largest group to ever have a hit record on the Billboard Top 40 was The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The 375 voice ensemble reached #13 with "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" in 1959.

The real name of the theme song from the TV show Jeopardy is "Think Music," written by the show's creator, Merv Griffin, who has collected millions of dollars in royalties from the tune since the show went on the air in 1964.

Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" has been recorded by over 900 other artists. Co-writer Keith Reid told the website www.songfacts.com that he came up with the title after overhearing someone at a party saying to a woman, "You've turned a whiter shade of pale."

Vocalist Peter Kraemer of Sopwith Camel had actually suggested the name "Sopwith Camel" for another newly formed group, but they passed on it and decided on Big Brother and The Holding Company.
 

Roy Orbison's million selling, #2 hit, "Only The Lonely" was rejected by both Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers.

As a child, Brian Wilson's mother told him that dogs could pick up vibrations from people, so that a dog would bark at "bad vibrations." In 1966, Wilson turned that idea into The Beach Boys' number one hit "Good Vibrations".

The title of the Hollies 1969 hit "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" was first used as the title of a column in Kiwanis Magazine, published by Roe Fulkerson in 1924. The phrase later became associated with Father Edward J. Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, who came across a drawing, created by Van B. Hooper, of a young boy carrying his brother in the Christmas 1941 edition of the Louis Allis Messenger. The caption read "He ain't heavy Mister — he's m' brother!" With permission from the magazine, the phrase became the motto of Boys Town.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is most often associated with the song "Sweet Home Alabama", but the band was actually formed in Jacksonville, Florida.

Roger Daltrey's stuttering delivery on The Who's recording of "My Generation" is said to have come about because he had not rehearsed the song prior to the recording and was unable to hear his own voice through the monitors. Daltrey tried to fit the lyrics to the music as best he could, and the band decided the stammering worked well enough to keep. The BBC initially refused to play "My Generation" because it did not want to offend people who stutter, but reversed its decision after the song soared to #2 on the UK charts.


 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes


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Austra - Olympia (2 LP+CD)

Label: Paper Bag


Olympia is an album of transformation. Though it has only been two years since Austra's 2010 debut Feel It Break, it presents a quantum evolution in the Toronto-based band’s sound, structure and style.

After three years of non-stop international touring with the likes of the XX, Grimes and the Gossip, when it came time to record Olympia, Austra had evolved into a complex collaborative effort between its six members. “Previously, I would flesh out songs before I brought them to the band, but this time I left them bare and let the others fill them in” explains Katie Stelmanis, the principal songwriter/vocalist.

Olympia is also the first confessional record for Stelmanis as evidenced by the heartfelt lyrics of piano driven lead single"Home". "Home" expresses the anxieties of waiting up all night for a lover to return. “I was mad and upset and the song just wrote itself,” says the singer. The album touches on a range of sentiments that stem from a relationship ending, a relationship beginning, and friends' struggles with addiction and motivation. Despite the sometimes dark lyrics written in collaboration with band member Sari Lightman, Olympia is bubbly and buoyant— fundamentally a dance record, which Stelmanis says was the band's aim all along. “We are really into dense harmonies and big beautiful melodies, but I also love techno and dance music. I wanted to bring those elements together.”

We expect this item to be in stock on June 18, 2013

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Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2 LP)

Label: Warp Records

The idolized and enigmatic duo are back. After considerable speculation by their rabid fan base (not to mention the media following every step of the way), Boards of Canada have revealed that their new album Tomorrow s Harvest will be released on June 11 via their long time home, Warp Records. Musically, the album is somehow dark yet positive, with atmospheric dissonance and mind-bending melodic creations.

Includes download card.

We expect this item to be in stock on June 11, 2013

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from our friends at MusicOnVinyl.com

Mother Love Bone - Mother Love Bone 

When grunge took off in the early nineties, mainstream interest raised in a Seattle based band that had already ceased to exist but was very important in the formation process of Pearl Jam. Mother Love Bone was founded in 1988 by future Pearl Jam's guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament as an outlet for their Punk and Glam urges – citing Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin as their main influences.

The band's promising career was primarily cut short by the tragic death of vocalist Andrew Wood in 1990, after having released just one EP called Shine. More material from studio recordings with Wood was released as the Apple album. Riding Pearl Jam's band wagon in 1992, Mother Love Bone was released as a combination of both releases – holding itself together as a seminal album with two bonus tracks: "Capricorn Sister" and "Lady Godiva Blues". First 1500 copies are pressed on heavy weight purple vinyl
  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Poster / lyric sheet
  • First 1500 copies numbered & limited on purple vinyl
  • 2 bonus tracks
  • First vinyl issue ever!

 
 
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MONDO/The Raid: Redemption Soundtrack on Limited Edition Vinyl
 
Mondo, the collectible art division of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is excited to announce the release of The Raid: Redemption Motion Picture Soundtrack on limited edition black vinyl with randomly inserted smokey grey vinyl discs.  The limited edition vinyl features the perfectly imposing artwork of Mondo artist Jock in stark shades of black and white along with music from the film by Joe Trapanese and Mike Shinoda. 
 
Joe Trapanese is most well known for his collaboration with Daft Punk on 2009's TRON: LEGACY soundtrack, as well as Mondo's most recent LP release of the soundtrack to OBLIVION.  Joe's work varies from television (DEXTER) to collaborations with M83 on their 2011 album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming."

Mike Shinoda is perhaps best known as the principal songwriter, guitarist and rapper of Linkin Park.  He has a diverse musical background, producing tracks for everyone from Depeche Mode to Lupe
Fiasco. His collaboration with Joe Trapanese marks his first film score.
 
The Raid: Redemption vinyl will be available for purchase on May 24 at MondoTees.com, follow @MondoNews on Twitter for the exact sale time.  Starting June 26th the limited edition vinyl will be available for purchase from select retail stores.

The Raid: Redemption is an Indonesian martial arts action film written and directed by Gareth Evans.  Set in an apartment block in Jarkarta's slums, The Raid: Redemption is a fast-paced, high-action thriller focused on a police raid aimed to kill a ruthless crime lord.  Released in 2012, the film has been hailed as a breakthrough in martial-arts films.

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 5/06 - 5/12, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:

1. She & Him - Volume 3
2. Deerhunter - Monomania
3. Mikal Cronin - MCII
4. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
5. Various - Jean-Luc Godard: Bandes Originales 1959-1980
6. The Civil Wars - Unplugged On VH-1
7. Love - Black Beauty
8. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
9. The Replacements - Songs For Slim
10. The Features - The Features
11. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
12. Dawes - Stories Don't End
13. Fitz & The Tantrums - More Than Just A Dream
14. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
15. The Weeks - Dear Bo Jackson
16. Justin Townes Earle - Yuma 10"
17. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
18. Appleseed Cast - Illumination Ritual
19. Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
20. Savages - Silence Yourself
21. The Flaming Lips - The Terror
22. Shuggie Otis - Introducing Shuggie
23. Kings Of Leon - Rarely
24. David Bowie - The Next Day
25. Phosphorescent - Muchacho

 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 13, 2013
 
DEAR JERRY: I don't know if I typify music collectors or not, but the last time I bought an album, either LP or CD, was in 2004.

No, I didn't stop collecting my favorite tunes then. Quite the contrary, I have never acquired so much music as in the past 10 years — all via downloads.

How does my transition compare to the rest of the country?
—Chuck Davidson, Madison, Wis.



DEAR CHUCK: You could be the poster boy for a decade of changes in the way most people acquire their music.

Notice I didn't say "purchase" their music, though paying for the product accounts for a great deal of how it changes hands, but the numerous sources for peer-to-peer and otherwise gratis audio files cannot be overlooked.

As for some specifics, the only data reported to the Record Industry Association of America are of transactions resulting in revenue.

Here are those numbers:

In 2004, physical audio products — mostly digital media (CDs), but with some analog (vinyl and tapes) — accounted for roughly 98.5% of music sales. Paid digital downloads, then in its infancy, made up about 1.5%.

Now, physical media and digital downloads are essentially equal, both at approximately 40%. The remaining 20% accounts for miscellaneous income sources, such as from licensing fees and concert revenues.

Missing from the comparatively lonely process of downloading files, at least for me, is the many wonderful face-to-face connections I have enjoyed while record hunting in stores.

Fortunately, an international day now exists for shopping and socializing at authentic brick and mortar record retailers. Read on:



DEAR JERRY: Normally on Record Store Day (April 20) I am buzzing around the Bay area shops, in search of the RSD limited edition vinyl releases.

This year, however, I was in Paris, and was pleasantly surprised to find RSD being celebrated there, with lots of stores participating. They call it Les Pochettes du Disquaire Day (The Covers of Record Day), and they have many French pressings of American stars along with records by their own artists.

How many other countries are on the Record Store Day bandwagon?
—Christian Chappelle, Pittsburg, Calif.



DEAR CHRISTIAN: For Record Store Day, we now know of at least eight countries where it's a big deal. All have one-day exclusives and limited editions of 1,000 or fewer, plus in-store festivities including appearances by artists whose records are on sale.

This year, several hundred RSD albums came out here as well as in Great Britain.

Besides the U.S., France, and the UK, April 20th is also Record Store Day in Canada; Germany; Belgium; Australia, and the Netherlands.



DEAR JERRY: Of the eight current coaches and judges on The Voice and American Idol, how many are themselves Grammy Award winners?
—Dee Dee Fitzsimmons, Deming, N.M.



DEAR DEE DEE: Here are the current National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy totals for each of the singing competition shows:

The Voice coaches (20):
Shakira (9); Usher (8); Adam Levine/Maroon 5 (3); Blake Shelton (0)
Though the Grammy is about the only major award not yet on Shelton's mantle, he has received four nominations from the NARAS.

American Idol judges (10):
Mariah Carey (5); Keith Urban (4); ); Randy Jackson (1); Nicki Minaj (0)
Jackson's award is based on his being co-producer of Gladys Knight's 2001 album, "At Last," though the NARAS does not credit him individually. If he has it, he has it. So we'll count it.
Nicki Minaj, the most entertaining Idol judge since Simon, has been nominated four times but is still waiting on her first Grammy win.



IZ ZAT SO? Keith Urban, who was born in New Zealand but raised in Australia, is among the few from Down Under to win a Grammy. Here are a few other famous Aussies to be so honored in America, and when they won:

Helen Reddy (1972)
Olivia Newton-John (1973, 1974, 1982). Olivia was born in England and raised in Australia.
Barry Gibb/Bee Gees (1977, 1978, 1980). Barry was born in England, but in 1958 the family moved to Australia, where the Bee Gees group was born
Rick Springfield (1981)
Men At Work (1982)
Kylie Minogue (2003)


Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column.  Write Jerry at: Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368  E-mail: jpo@olympus.net   Visit his Web site: www.jerryosborne.com.

All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.

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