The Cars - Dangerous Type
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Cuff The Duke
Every now and then I find a band from Canada (they have musicians there too!) that I enjoy, thought I'd share this one....Cuff The Duke
BIOGRAPHY
Having spent several years carving their teeth on the road with the likes of The Sadies, Sloan, Hayden, The Weakerthans, Calexico and Nick Cave, Toronto's Cuff the Duke are poised to make the jump from indie-scene-darlings to bona-fide Canadian music icons. Their new album, Way Down Here was co-produced by Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor at his beautiful barn studio in rural Ontario and features the band's most mature, captivating and impressive collection of songs to date.
Cuff the Duke started out in Oshawa before making the move to Toronto in 2002. Their debut album, Life Stories for Minimum Wage was released on Three Gut Records, at the time one of the most exciting indie-labels in Canada. Their second and third albums, Cuff the Duke and Sidelines and the City respectively, were both released on Hardwood Records alongside label mates Basia Bulat and Hayden.
Last year the band won accolades backing Hayden on his Canadian and North American tours.
Having played in venues ranging from Canada’s small clubs to many of the country's largest arenas and concert auditoriums, Cuff the Duke have earned their road stripes -- and now with the release of Way Down Here, they are sure to earn a place in the hearts of music lovers everywhere. Watch for it in stores and online in Canada in September, and in the USA in January via The Ernest Jenning Record Co.
WAYNE PETTI
Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Piano and Lead Vocals
PAUL LOWMAN
Electric and Stand Up Bass, Piano, Organ and Vocals
DALE MURRAY
Electric, Acoustic and Baritone Guitar, Pedal Steel and Vocals
COREY WOOD
Drums, Percussion and Vocals
Life Stories for Minimum Wage
CD - 2002
Cuff the Duke
CD - 2005 - Hardwood
Sidelines In the City
CD/VINYL - 2007 - Hardwood
WAY DOWN HERE
CD/VINYL
CDN - Noble Recording Co./Universal (Sept. 8, 2009)
USA - Ernest Jenning Record Co. (January 2010)
Recorded in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the winter of 2009, Way Down Here was produced by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor and Cuff The Duke.
In stores and online Sept. 8th in Canada and January 2010 in the USA.
Cuff The Duke 'The Ballad of Poor John Henry'
BIOGRAPHY
Having spent several years carving their teeth on the road with the likes of The Sadies, Sloan, Hayden, The Weakerthans, Calexico and Nick Cave, Toronto's Cuff the Duke are poised to make the jump from indie-scene-darlings to bona-fide Canadian music icons. Their new album, Way Down Here was co-produced by Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor at his beautiful barn studio in rural Ontario and features the band's most mature, captivating and impressive collection of songs to date.
Cuff the Duke started out in Oshawa before making the move to Toronto in 2002. Their debut album, Life Stories for Minimum Wage was released on Three Gut Records, at the time one of the most exciting indie-labels in Canada. Their second and third albums, Cuff the Duke and Sidelines and the City respectively, were both released on Hardwood Records alongside label mates Basia Bulat and Hayden.
Last year the band won accolades backing Hayden on his Canadian and North American tours.
Having played in venues ranging from Canada’s small clubs to many of the country's largest arenas and concert auditoriums, Cuff the Duke have earned their road stripes -- and now with the release of Way Down Here, they are sure to earn a place in the hearts of music lovers everywhere. Watch for it in stores and online in Canada in September, and in the USA in January via The Ernest Jenning Record Co.
WAYNE PETTI
Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Piano and Lead Vocals
PAUL LOWMAN
Electric and Stand Up Bass, Piano, Organ and Vocals
DALE MURRAY
Electric, Acoustic and Baritone Guitar, Pedal Steel and Vocals
COREY WOOD
Drums, Percussion and Vocals
Life Stories for Minimum Wage
CD - 2002
Cuff the Duke
CD - 2005 - Hardwood
Sidelines In the City
CD/VINYL - 2007 - Hardwood
WAY DOWN HERE
CD/VINYL
CDN - Noble Recording Co./Universal (Sept. 8, 2009)
USA - Ernest Jenning Record Co. (January 2010)
Recorded in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the winter of 2009, Way Down Here was produced by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor and Cuff The Duke.
In stores and online Sept. 8th in Canada and January 2010 in the USA.
Cuff The Duke 'The Ballad of Poor John Henry'
Music News & Notes
SECRETS OF THE MOON: 'Privilegivm' Artwork Unveiled
German progressive black metallers SECRETS OF THE MOON will release their new album, "Privilegivm", on September 11 in Germany and September 14 in the rest of Europe via Prophecy Productions. According to the band. The CD's cover art was designed by "France's best media artist" Metastazis.
"Privilegivm" was was produced by Markus Stock and was mastered by Peter in De Betou at Stockholm, Sweden's Tailor Maid Production.
The group also recorded two more tracks, including the cover of a song from "a well-known band."
SECRETS OF THE MOON last year announced the addition of guitarist K.S.A. to the group's ranks. According to the band, "His skills and his exigent nature just feel right for the band and he already contributed some extremely good ideas to what will become the new album."
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Sonata Arctica Unveil Cover Art And Tracklisting For New Album
SONATA ARCTICA, hailing from Finland, have unveiled the new artwork, track listing as well as the album title of their forthcoming album.
“THE DAYS OF GRAYS” will see a worldwide release (excluding Asia) through Nuclear Blast Records on September 21st, 2009
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AWAKEN DEMONS Signs With TRUSTKILL RECORDS
Cesena, Italy's AWAKEN DEMONS has inked a deal with Trustkill Records. The band's new album, "The Mirror", will be released on CD and vinyl on August 25. According to a press release, the CD contains "10 songs of pure aggression" and includes guest appearances by Vincent Bennet (THE ACACIA STRAIN) and Karl Buechner (EARTH CRISIS). Both the European version of the CD and the vinyl release will feature exclusive and rare bonus tracks.
Look for the band to invade the U.S. in 2009 with a full tour kicking off in September as well as a full European tour in November and December.
AWAKEN DEMONS released its debut album, "From Heaven To Hell", in 2007 through Seventh Dagger and subsequently invaded the U.S. with their friends xAFBx and RHINOCEROS.
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Sir Paul- The Political Beatle?
So he says, 40 years later, hmmm. Sir Paul has said that it is he who turned the Beatles on to politics, introducing John, Paul and Ringo to the evils of the Vietnam war.
Whereas John Lennon was widely considered the "political one," penning songs like "Revolution" and "Give Peace a Chance" Sir McCartney is now presenting an alternative history. In a forthcoming interview with Prospect Magazine, Sir Paul claims to have been the catalyst for the group's anti-war position.
"Just when we were getting to be well known, someone said to me: 'Bertrand Russell is living not far from here in Chelsea, why don't you go and see him?'" McCartney said. Russell, then in his 90s, was a prominent philosopher and activist. "So I just took a taxi down there and knocked on the door."
"He was fabulous. He told me about the Vietnam war – most of us didn't know about it, it wasn't yet in the papers – and also that it was a very bad war. I remember going back to the studio either that evening or the next day and telling the guys, particularly John, about this meeting and saying what a bad war this was.
"I politicized the Beatles," McCartney insists.
And now he has passed the "megaphone" to a new generation of political artists, he said. People like Bono. Yeah, Ok Sir Paul, we believe you. Yeah, and I am the freaking walrus (how odd for the truth to come out now because John lennon IS the political Beatle- always was- always will be!)
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Should Be A Good Flick
The history of the electric guitar as seen from the point of view of three significant musicians: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's The Edge and the White Stripes' Jack White:
Eye of the beholderIs it a treasure?: Rarity, condition, market determine value of collectibles
DEBBIE CAFAZZO; The News Tribune
Valuable collectibles are made, not born.
“Anything that says ‘limited edition’ or ‘collectible’ on it probably isn’t,” says Mary Sudar of Mary Sudar Appraisals and Estate Sales in Tacoma. “History and popular culture make a collectible. A manufacturer doesn’t.”
During her 25 years of appraising and selling other people’s possessions, Sudar has seen plenty of items that clients assumed were worth big money, but turned out to have very little value.
When Sudar enters a client’s home and is asked to assess the value of items, she rarely looks in the china cabinet.
“We always head to the attic or the basement, or the cabinet under the sink,” she says. That’s usually where the forgotten treasure is buried.
There’s no formula to determine the value of an old piece of costume jewelry, a poster, a statuette or a toy from a bygone era. It’s a combination of factors, including an object’s condition, how rare it is and what other people are willing to pay.
“Knockoffs have hurt the value of genuine old stuff,” says Peggy Colclasure, owner of Antiques Olympia. While reproductions can be enjoyed for what they are, they don’t often hold their value into the future.
And there’s a difference between fads and true collectibles.
Read the rest here: Collectibles
Valuable collectibles are made, not born.
“Anything that says ‘limited edition’ or ‘collectible’ on it probably isn’t,” says Mary Sudar of Mary Sudar Appraisals and Estate Sales in Tacoma. “History and popular culture make a collectible. A manufacturer doesn’t.”
During her 25 years of appraising and selling other people’s possessions, Sudar has seen plenty of items that clients assumed were worth big money, but turned out to have very little value.
When Sudar enters a client’s home and is asked to assess the value of items, she rarely looks in the china cabinet.
“We always head to the attic or the basement, or the cabinet under the sink,” she says. That’s usually where the forgotten treasure is buried.
There’s no formula to determine the value of an old piece of costume jewelry, a poster, a statuette or a toy from a bygone era. It’s a combination of factors, including an object’s condition, how rare it is and what other people are willing to pay.
“Knockoffs have hurt the value of genuine old stuff,” says Peggy Colclasure, owner of Antiques Olympia. While reproductions can be enjoyed for what they are, they don’t often hold their value into the future.
And there’s a difference between fads and true collectibles.
Read the rest here: Collectibles
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Circus Magazine....A Blast From The Past
Got a call today from Shawn Foxx, a DJ out of Waterloo, Iowa. We had a great conversation about music, vinyl records (he is an avid collector of music) and the general state of the music industry, among other things. He did bring back an old, faded memory for me that has been stored away for many years ~ Circus Magazine. For those who can remember, it was the authorative music magazine of its time and I vividly recall cutting out many of the pictures to make posters from them. You to can learn more about the magazine and what it stood for, check it out:
Running Away With the Circus
An Oral History of Circus Magazine
By Steven Ward
Rolling Stone is not the only rock magazine still publishing today that was founded in the late '60s; believe it or not, Circus magazine has appeared on newsstands, unabated, since 1968. And like Jann Wenner at Rolling Stone, Circus Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Gerald Rothberg is still at the helm. Rothberg actually started Circus in 1966, under the title, Hullabaloo. In the almost 40 years since, Circus has been many different kinds of music publication. It started out as a general interest rock magazine, running stories on classic rockers such as the Doors, Genesis, and Grand Funk Railroad. Later, Rothberg realized that his target audience--teen boys--loved to read about their favorite rock stars over and over, month after month. So when a band like Kiss hit, they were one of Circus's biggest cover stars. Circus covered all kinds of rock and pop music but always featured a large number of heavy metal and hard rock bands in its pages......
Unlike Rolling Stone, there are no books, websites, or articles that exist on the history of Circus magazine. Thus rockcritics.com presents this ongoing oral history of the magazine. Here, former Circus writers and editors--and even a few who continue to write for the magazine today--talk about Circus, their time there, and the man behind the magazine, Gerald Rothberg.
Read More Here
Check out Shawn's facebook group Shawns facebook group http://www.facebook.com
Vinyl LPs selling at a record-setting pace
Vinyl LPs haven't lost their groove. In fact, albums still are selling at a record-setting pace
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas
Jul. 10--Everywhere you turn, traditional media are dying.
Yet against all odds, a cumbersome, fussy and pricey method of consuming recorded music isn't just surviving -- it's thriving.
Vinyl LPs, as has been breathlessly touted for months, are surprisingly resurgent in the midst of this analog twilight and the ascent of portable, digital technology.
Looking at the most complete sales data available (for 2008), the sales of vinyl LPs jumped an eye-popping 89 percent, from 990,000 units sold to 1.88 million units sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan's year-end report.
The top-selling LP of 2008? Radiohead's In Rainbows, which moved a little over 25,000 copies. Nothing to sneeze at, but by comparison, the top-selling nonvinyl album of the year, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, moved nearly 3 million copies.
LPs were just a fraction of the year's total music sales (less than 1 percent overall), but they nevertheless offer a flicker of hope -- or a brief delay of the inevitable -- for an industry that has seen nothing but bad news for years. Indeed, according to Nielsen SoundScan, vinyl LP sales are on course to top out at a record-setting 2.8 million units sold in 2009, a 50 percent increase from 2008's total.
"People are truly embracing the warmth of the sound," says Chris Penn, manager of Dallas' Good Records. "It's becoming a 'Saturday night, I'm going to listen to records [thing].' It's kind of an event -- that's what I'm excited about. [The format] has a little more longevity with that kind of listening." Vinyl may be enjoying a resurgence, but most record stores point out that the format never completely died. Customers simply were more taken with the cutting-edge formats like CD and MP3.
Read the rest here:
vinyl
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas
Jul. 10--Everywhere you turn, traditional media are dying.
Yet against all odds, a cumbersome, fussy and pricey method of consuming recorded music isn't just surviving -- it's thriving.
Vinyl LPs, as has been breathlessly touted for months, are surprisingly resurgent in the midst of this analog twilight and the ascent of portable, digital technology.
Looking at the most complete sales data available (for 2008), the sales of vinyl LPs jumped an eye-popping 89 percent, from 990,000 units sold to 1.88 million units sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan's year-end report.
The top-selling LP of 2008? Radiohead's In Rainbows, which moved a little over 25,000 copies. Nothing to sneeze at, but by comparison, the top-selling nonvinyl album of the year, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, moved nearly 3 million copies.
LPs were just a fraction of the year's total music sales (less than 1 percent overall), but they nevertheless offer a flicker of hope -- or a brief delay of the inevitable -- for an industry that has seen nothing but bad news for years. Indeed, according to Nielsen SoundScan, vinyl LP sales are on course to top out at a record-setting 2.8 million units sold in 2009, a 50 percent increase from 2008's total.
"People are truly embracing the warmth of the sound," says Chris Penn, manager of Dallas' Good Records. "It's becoming a 'Saturday night, I'm going to listen to records [thing].' It's kind of an event -- that's what I'm excited about. [The format] has a little more longevity with that kind of listening." Vinyl may be enjoying a resurgence, but most record stores point out that the format never completely died. Customers simply were more taken with the cutting-edge formats like CD and MP3.
Read the rest here:
vinyl
Music News & Notes
Richard Hell remakes album 27 years after first release
The punk-rock legend has re-recorded his 1982 album Destiny Street because the original sounded like a 'high-pitched sludge of guitar noise'
Richard Hell and the Voidoids' final album has been remade. Twenty-seven years after the release of Destiny Street, the punk-rock legend has re-recorded the album and will release the "repaired" version on 1 September.
"At the time of the original recording I was so debilitated by despair and drug-need that I was useless," Hell said. "The record ended up being a high-pitched sludge of guitar noise. It was a shame because the songs were clean, simple, and well-constructed, but those values were sabotaged by the inappropriate arrangements and production."
Destiny Street was the follow-up to Blank Generation, arguably one of the greatest punk albums ever made. With two of the original Voidoids absent from the lineup, the 1982 record failed to find the same success – and has been out of print for the last three years.
After finding the original rhythm tracks, Hell "couldn't resist trying to use them to fill and patch up the record". He recruited three stellar guitarists – Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and original Voidoid Ivan Julian – and recorded new vocals. Robert Quine, the Voidoids' inimitable lead guitarist, died in 2004.
Destiny Street Repaired, which includes covers of songs by Bob Dylan and the Kinks, will be released as a standard CD and a limited-edition CD/vinyl/poster set with bonus material. All 1,000 copies of the deluxe set are signed by Hell himself.
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Maroon 5 Music
Maroon 5 has announced that it will be entering the studio this month with legendary producer Mutt Lange to start working the follow-up to their multi-platinum album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. The album is due out in 2010…
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New Soulsavers Album
Soulsavers will release their third album, Broken, August 18 via Columbia Records, in digital formats only. Vocalist Mark Lanegan, who fronted eight tracks on the collective’s sophomore set, returns on 10 tracks on the new album.
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Sister Hazel LP
Gainesville, Florida’s Sister Hazel will release it’s seventh studio album, Take A Bow, August 18 and will hit the road, starting with a show Friday (July 10), in Aurora, Illinois. The group has partnered with Ford for the automobile company’s Sync My Ride promotion…
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More From Living Colour
Living Colour will release its fifth studio album (and first album of new material in nearly six years), The Chair In The Doorway, September 15, via Megaforce Records. The 11-track collection was recorded over the past several years…
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New George Benson Album
Ten-time Grammy winner George Benson will return with Songs And Stories, August 25, via Concord Records/Monster Music. The album is a collection of songs written by many of the most famous songwriters of the past 50 years, including Bill Withers (who came out of retirement), Lamont Dozier, James Taylor, and Donny Hathaway…
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Third Man Records News
Third Man Records has announced the opening of The Vault, a social networking and subscription service that provides exclusive offerings from the label’s artists. Subscribers to the $7 per month Premium Service (three month minimum) will get unlimited access to all online Vault services, including exclusive pre-sale concert tickets, streaming video, video messages, official chat rooms, photos, artist updates and pay per view live concerts. The $20 per month Platinum Service (three month minimum) includes all online content as well as quarterly Third Man 12” LPs, extremely limited 7” records and t-shirts These products will only be available through The Vault and will not be distributed to shops or available from Third Man’s online mail order service. Platinum subscribers who sign up between July 3 and July 21 will receive a double album of The White Stripes’ LP Icky Thump featuring an exclusive MONO mix, 180 Gram Vinyl and customized artwork, as well as a Third Man Records exclusive T-shirt and a 45 of The Dead Weather performing two covers, “Forever My Queen” and “Outside,” with special dedicated labels and sleeves exclusive to The Vault.
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Patty Loveless Album
Patty Loveless has announced plans for the release of her follow-up to 2001’s “Mountain Soul,” explaining “It’s Appalachian, bluegrass and country combined. You should never try to duplicate something like ‘Mountain Soul.’ What you should do is enhance. So this is like a continuation.”
Joining Patty on the new album will be Vince Gill, bluegrass greats Del and Ronnie McCoury, Carl Jackson, Bryan Sutton, Mike Auldridge, Emmylou Harris, steel guitarist Al Perkins, and Loveless’ 16-year-old vocal discovery Sydni Perry.
The album is slated to drop September 29th on Saguaro Road.
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Terri Clark Releases New Single
Terri Clark is set to release a new single from her upcoming album. The song has a blues feel and offers a glimpse into the singer's own life. The single, "Gypsy Boots," may be familiar to Terri's fans because she has been playing it in concert. Terri says the song says a lot about who she is and where she comes from.
The song has been a hit with fans so Terri decided to record it with a band. The song was co-written by Terri, Jon Randall and Leslie Satcher, and tells of restlessness, rebellion and living life to the fullest. Clark asked to be released from her contract with Sony/BMG Nashville so she could make an album that was close to her heart and her life.
"Gypsy Boots" hits the radio airwaves on July 20. Her album, The Long Way Home, was self-produced and will be released in September. Terri wrote or co-wrote all the tracks on the album and it will be Terri's first new music in almost three years.
The punk-rock legend has re-recorded his 1982 album Destiny Street because the original sounded like a 'high-pitched sludge of guitar noise'
Richard Hell and the Voidoids' final album has been remade. Twenty-seven years after the release of Destiny Street, the punk-rock legend has re-recorded the album and will release the "repaired" version on 1 September.
"At the time of the original recording I was so debilitated by despair and drug-need that I was useless," Hell said. "The record ended up being a high-pitched sludge of guitar noise. It was a shame because the songs were clean, simple, and well-constructed, but those values were sabotaged by the inappropriate arrangements and production."
Destiny Street was the follow-up to Blank Generation, arguably one of the greatest punk albums ever made. With two of the original Voidoids absent from the lineup, the 1982 record failed to find the same success – and has been out of print for the last three years.
After finding the original rhythm tracks, Hell "couldn't resist trying to use them to fill and patch up the record". He recruited three stellar guitarists – Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and original Voidoid Ivan Julian – and recorded new vocals. Robert Quine, the Voidoids' inimitable lead guitarist, died in 2004.
Destiny Street Repaired, which includes covers of songs by Bob Dylan and the Kinks, will be released as a standard CD and a limited-edition CD/vinyl/poster set with bonus material. All 1,000 copies of the deluxe set are signed by Hell himself.
===================
Maroon 5 Music
Maroon 5 has announced that it will be entering the studio this month with legendary producer Mutt Lange to start working the follow-up to their multi-platinum album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. The album is due out in 2010…
===================
New Soulsavers Album
Soulsavers will release their third album, Broken, August 18 via Columbia Records, in digital formats only. Vocalist Mark Lanegan, who fronted eight tracks on the collective’s sophomore set, returns on 10 tracks on the new album.
===================
Sister Hazel LP
Gainesville, Florida’s Sister Hazel will release it’s seventh studio album, Take A Bow, August 18 and will hit the road, starting with a show Friday (July 10), in Aurora, Illinois. The group has partnered with Ford for the automobile company’s Sync My Ride promotion…
===================
More From Living Colour
Living Colour will release its fifth studio album (and first album of new material in nearly six years), The Chair In The Doorway, September 15, via Megaforce Records. The 11-track collection was recorded over the past several years…
===================
New George Benson Album
Ten-time Grammy winner George Benson will return with Songs And Stories, August 25, via Concord Records/Monster Music. The album is a collection of songs written by many of the most famous songwriters of the past 50 years, including Bill Withers (who came out of retirement), Lamont Dozier, James Taylor, and Donny Hathaway…
===================
Third Man Records News
Third Man Records has announced the opening of The Vault, a social networking and subscription service that provides exclusive offerings from the label’s artists. Subscribers to the $7 per month Premium Service (three month minimum) will get unlimited access to all online Vault services, including exclusive pre-sale concert tickets, streaming video, video messages, official chat rooms, photos, artist updates and pay per view live concerts. The $20 per month Platinum Service (three month minimum) includes all online content as well as quarterly Third Man 12” LPs, extremely limited 7” records and t-shirts These products will only be available through The Vault and will not be distributed to shops or available from Third Man’s online mail order service. Platinum subscribers who sign up between July 3 and July 21 will receive a double album of The White Stripes’ LP Icky Thump featuring an exclusive MONO mix, 180 Gram Vinyl and customized artwork, as well as a Third Man Records exclusive T-shirt and a 45 of The Dead Weather performing two covers, “Forever My Queen” and “Outside,” with special dedicated labels and sleeves exclusive to The Vault.
===================
Patty Loveless Album
Patty Loveless has announced plans for the release of her follow-up to 2001’s “Mountain Soul,” explaining “It’s Appalachian, bluegrass and country combined. You should never try to duplicate something like ‘Mountain Soul.’ What you should do is enhance. So this is like a continuation.”
Joining Patty on the new album will be Vince Gill, bluegrass greats Del and Ronnie McCoury, Carl Jackson, Bryan Sutton, Mike Auldridge, Emmylou Harris, steel guitarist Al Perkins, and Loveless’ 16-year-old vocal discovery Sydni Perry.
The album is slated to drop September 29th on Saguaro Road.
==================
Terri Clark Releases New Single
Terri Clark is set to release a new single from her upcoming album. The song has a blues feel and offers a glimpse into the singer's own life. The single, "Gypsy Boots," may be familiar to Terri's fans because she has been playing it in concert. Terri says the song says a lot about who she is and where she comes from.
The song has been a hit with fans so Terri decided to record it with a band. The song was co-written by Terri, Jon Randall and Leslie Satcher, and tells of restlessness, rebellion and living life to the fullest. Clark asked to be released from her contract with Sony/BMG Nashville so she could make an album that was close to her heart and her life.
"Gypsy Boots" hits the radio airwaves on July 20. Her album, The Long Way Home, was self-produced and will be released in September. Terri wrote or co-wrote all the tracks on the album and it will be Terri's first new music in almost three years.
This Date In Music History-July 11
Birthdays:
Lil' Kim (1975)
Scott Shriner - Weezer (1965)
Richie Sambora - Bon Jovi (1959)
Susanne Vega (1959)
Peter Murphy – Bauhaus (1957)
Benny DeFranco - DeFranco Family (1954)
Bonnie Pointer - Pointer Sisters (1951)
Jeff Hana - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1949)
They Are Missed:
In 2006, Bill Miller, who played piano with Frank Sinatra's combo for over 40 years, died at age 91. You can hear him on "My Way," "Strangers in the Night" and "Young at Heart."
R&B pioneer Rosco Gordon died in 2002 (age 68).
Singer and lyricist Roger Christian died in 1991. Worked with the Beach Boys and co-wrote songs recorded by Jan and Dean.
Herbert Kenny, of doo-wop pioneers the Ink Spots, died in 1992 (age 77).
Jonathan Melvoin, keyboard player with the Smashing Pumpkins, died from a drug overdose in New York City in 1996 (age 34). Band member Jimmy Chamberlin was with Melvoin tried but failed to revive him after Chamberlin was allegedly advised by 911 operators to put Melvoin's head in the shower.
In 1937, composer George Gershwin died from a brain tumor in Beverly Hills, California. He was 38.
Thurston Harris (July 11, 1931 - April 14, 1990)
History:
Crooner Dean Martin recorded his first four songs in 1946.
In 1951, DJ Alan Freed, working under the name ‘Moondog’ in Cleveland, launched his Moondog Rock n’ Roll Party on WJW Radio. Freed’s promotional initiatives are a big reason the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame is located in the "mistake by the lake."
Joan Baez made her first recording in 1959, a duet with Bob Gibson, which was recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival.
Hollywood Argyles went to #1 on the singles chart in 1960 with “Alley Oop.”
In 1964, the Beatles appeared live on the ABC Television program "Lucky Stars (Summer Spin),” performing “A Hard Day's Night,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Things We Said Today” and “You Can't Do That.” To avoid the crowd of fans waiting for them, The Beatles arrived at the Teddington Studio Centre by boat, traveling down the River Thames.
David Bowie released his album Space Oddity in 1969. It’s timed to coincide with the first moon landing.
The soundtrack album “Woodstock” started a four-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1970. It is the first triple-LP to do so.
In 1970, the Who unleashed the definitive Hard Rock version of “Summertime Blues.” Eddie Cochran’s version is still the best.
Also in 1970, Three Dog Night started a two-week run at #1 in the US with their version of the Randy Newman song “Mamma Told Me Not To Come.”
The Bruce Springsteen Band opened for Humble Pie at the Sunshine In, Asbury Park in New Jersey in 1971. After the show an impressed Peter Frampton from Humble Pie, tells Springsteen and the band he'd like to have them open for them on a national basis. Frampton also said he would be happy to get the band an audition with his record label, A & M Records. For no logical reason Springsteen’s manager Tinker West declined both offers on the spot.
A poll in 1991 determined that the most-requested Elvis Presley song is "Jailhouse Rock."
Ricky Martin started a five-week run at #1 on the singles chart in 1999 with “Livin' La Vida Loca.” The song was the first #1 song to be recorded, edited, and mixed totally on a DAW (digital audio workstation).
In 2000, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich testified before a Senate committee claiming Napster and other music sharing services are having a detrimental effect of the music industry. While that may be true, Ulrich’s comments alienate fans.
Lil' Kim (1975)
Scott Shriner - Weezer (1965)
Richie Sambora - Bon Jovi (1959)
Susanne Vega (1959)
Peter Murphy – Bauhaus (1957)
Benny DeFranco - DeFranco Family (1954)
Bonnie Pointer - Pointer Sisters (1951)
Jeff Hana - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1949)
They Are Missed:
In 2006, Bill Miller, who played piano with Frank Sinatra's combo for over 40 years, died at age 91. You can hear him on "My Way," "Strangers in the Night" and "Young at Heart."
R&B pioneer Rosco Gordon died in 2002 (age 68).
Singer and lyricist Roger Christian died in 1991. Worked with the Beach Boys and co-wrote songs recorded by Jan and Dean.
Herbert Kenny, of doo-wop pioneers the Ink Spots, died in 1992 (age 77).
Jonathan Melvoin, keyboard player with the Smashing Pumpkins, died from a drug overdose in New York City in 1996 (age 34). Band member Jimmy Chamberlin was with Melvoin tried but failed to revive him after Chamberlin was allegedly advised by 911 operators to put Melvoin's head in the shower.
In 1937, composer George Gershwin died from a brain tumor in Beverly Hills, California. He was 38.
Thurston Harris (July 11, 1931 - April 14, 1990)
History:
Crooner Dean Martin recorded his first four songs in 1946.
In 1951, DJ Alan Freed, working under the name ‘Moondog’ in Cleveland, launched his Moondog Rock n’ Roll Party on WJW Radio. Freed’s promotional initiatives are a big reason the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame is located in the "mistake by the lake."
Joan Baez made her first recording in 1959, a duet with Bob Gibson, which was recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival.
Hollywood Argyles went to #1 on the singles chart in 1960 with “Alley Oop.”
In 1964, the Beatles appeared live on the ABC Television program "Lucky Stars (Summer Spin),” performing “A Hard Day's Night,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Things We Said Today” and “You Can't Do That.” To avoid the crowd of fans waiting for them, The Beatles arrived at the Teddington Studio Centre by boat, traveling down the River Thames.
David Bowie released his album Space Oddity in 1969. It’s timed to coincide with the first moon landing.
The soundtrack album “Woodstock” started a four-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1970. It is the first triple-LP to do so.
In 1970, the Who unleashed the definitive Hard Rock version of “Summertime Blues.” Eddie Cochran’s version is still the best.
Also in 1970, Three Dog Night started a two-week run at #1 in the US with their version of the Randy Newman song “Mamma Told Me Not To Come.”
The Bruce Springsteen Band opened for Humble Pie at the Sunshine In, Asbury Park in New Jersey in 1971. After the show an impressed Peter Frampton from Humble Pie, tells Springsteen and the band he'd like to have them open for them on a national basis. Frampton also said he would be happy to get the band an audition with his record label, A & M Records. For no logical reason Springsteen’s manager Tinker West declined both offers on the spot.
A poll in 1991 determined that the most-requested Elvis Presley song is "Jailhouse Rock."
Ricky Martin started a five-week run at #1 on the singles chart in 1999 with “Livin' La Vida Loca.” The song was the first #1 song to be recorded, edited, and mixed totally on a DAW (digital audio workstation).
In 2000, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich testified before a Senate committee claiming Napster and other music sharing services are having a detrimental effect of the music industry. While that may be true, Ulrich’s comments alienate fans.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Record Collectors.org
I have just joined on with this club, stop by the site, see what they are doing to help promote vinyl record collecting and join up!
www.recordcollectors.org
“The Keystone Record Collectors, a non-profit club, is dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the hobby of music collecting”. It was organized by collectors, for collectors, with the express purpose of providing a way for music collectors to obtain knowledge about their hobby and to increase their personal collections in their specific area(s) of interest."
The club is officially 30 years old in 2009 after being organized in September of 1979. Anyone with an interest in music is encouraged to join. The KRC has no restriction as to age, race, national origin, religious preference, or country of residence.
The mailing address for the KRC is P.O. Box 1516, Lancaster, PA 17608. Since officers of the KRC reside in several different counties in Pennsylvania, “headquarters” is generally considered to be South Central Pennsylvania. Yearly dues are $15 and the club offers may benefits including:
•The opportunity to associate with people who have common interest in music, and music collecting in particular, thereby increasing one’s knowledge in the hobby, while making some lasting friends.
•The KEY-NOTES newsletter sent every other month to all members keeping them abreast of club activities and other items of interest involving upcoming music expos and concerts.
•Twelve issues of KEY-NOTES, Cyberspace Edition that arrives in your e-mailbox a few days before each show. It contains the very latest show and club information. (Members who provide their e-mail address will receive this timely benefit.)
•A FREE subscription to Recollections, our magazine that keeps track of artists who have made a big impact in our region. It generally comes out once or twice a year.
•The 12 Pennsylvania Music Expos/swap meets the KRC hosts each year at the German Trading Post Auction Hall, 2152 N. Reading Road, Denver, PA
•The best discount prices available on music books, record sleeves, storage boxes, poly bags (7” and 12”), and sample copies of leading Music Publications.
•The KRC Membership Directory listing all members, their addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails, and specific collecting interests. This can be handy when trying to track down that one record you can’t seem to locate.
•The satisfaction of knowing that you are supporting the efforts of the largest organized group of music collectors in the country that host a monthly Music Expo, BY collectors FOR collectors.
Membership applications can be obtained by writing KRC, P.O. Box 1516, Lancaster, PA 17608, or by phoning 717-898-1246.
Music News & Notes
Artwork, tracklisting and release date announced for new Ravage album, The End Of Tomorrow
Metal Blade Records has confirmed August 18th as the official release date for THE END OF TOMORROW, the new album from Massachusetts metallers Ravage.
The artwork was handled by the famed artist Ed Repka who is known best for his MEGADETH covers as well as cover art for DEATH, MUNICIPAL WASTE, TOXIC HOLOCAUST and AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE.
According to a press release, “THE EDN OF TOMORROW seamlessly intertwines the sounds of New Wave of British Heavy Metal, late 80’s American Thrash Metal and late 90’s European power metal to showcase the band’s signature style. The album is sure to be enjoyed by metal maniacs young and old as it blends the soaring vocal and guitar melodies of IRON MAIDEN and HELLOWEEN with the raw power of thrashers like TESTAMENT and KREATOR, presented in a crisply modern production-style courtesy of producer Peter Rutcho.”
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Metal Churhc Disbanding
Heavy Metal band Metal Church have called it quits after a 28-year career. Their first album was released in 1984 and were touted early in their career by Metallica. Their final album, This Present Wasteland, was released last year.
They posted the following explanation on their MySpace page.www.myspace.com/metalchurch
"There has been far too much frustration and disappointment in trying to keep moving forward. The collapse of our record company, SPV, has made it next to impossible for us continue in any kind of professional manner due to lack of tour support. This decision was not made lightly."
METAL CHURCH - Start The Fire
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Pearl Jam Announce North American Tour Dates
Pearl Jam has announced that they will play a series of select North American tour dates in support of their ninth studio album, "Backspacer." Scheduled for release in the US on Sunday, September 20, 2009, the album will be released in the US through Target, the exclusive mass retail partner, Pearl Jam's own Ten Club and independent retailers, as well as online through digital, and gaming platforms yet to be announced. Internationally, the album will be available beginning on September 21, 2009, via Universal/Island Records. The first single, "The Fixer," will be released at radio on July 20, 2009.
Pearl Jam's North American dates kick-off in the band's hometown of Seattle with two shows at Key Arena (September 21st and 22nd) and close with two concerts at Philadelphia's historic Spectrum (October 28th and 30th).
Ben Harper and Relentless7 will open all dates except for the Spectrum shows.
Jam's North America Concert Dates:
•Sep-21 Seattle, WA Key Arena
•Sep-22 Seattle, WA Key Arena
•Sep-30 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
•Oct-1 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
•Oct-6 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
•Oct-7 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
•Oct-9 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
•Oct-28 Philadelphia, PA The Spectrum
•Oct-30 Philadelphia, PA The Spectrum
Pearl Jam's North American tour dates are in addition to the band's previously announced headlining performances at the Virgin Festival in Calgary, Alberta (Aug 8), Rotterdam's Sportspaleis Ahoy (Aug 13), Berlin's Wuhlheide (Aug 15), Manchester Evening News Arena (Aug 17), London's 02 Arena (Aug 18), Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre (Aug 21), Chicago's United Center (Aug 23 & 24), San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival (Aug 28) and Austin City Limits Festival (Oct 4).
Michael Jackson’s Death Might Be Ruled Homicide, Police Chief Says
I have purposely omitted most of the media circus that has surfaced due to the death of Michael Jackson, but this is a very interesting twist to an already sad situation. This from Rolling Stone....
"Investigators probing the death of Michael Jackson are awaiting the results of a toxicology report before determining whether the superstar’s sudden cardiac arrest on June 25th can be ruled an accidental overdose or homicide, Los Angeles Police chief William Bratton told CNN: “We are still awaiting corroboration from the coroner’s office as to cause of death. That is going to be very dependent on the toxicology reports that are due to come back,” Bratton said. “And based on those, we will have an idea of what it is we are dealing [with]: are we dealing with a homicide or are we dealing with accidental overdose?” While Bratton would not confirm what items were seized from Jackson’s home, the chief’s comments make it clear prescription drugs are at the center of the department’s investigation.
CNN also unearthed a 2004 document stating Jackson reportedly took 10 Xanax a night and that the King of Pop asked his own employees to obtain prescription drugs under their own names. The document comes from the statements of two former Jackson bodyguards interviewed by Santa Barbara County law officials when Jackson was awaiting trial in 2005 for child molestation charges."
Read the rest here:
Rolling Stone Magazine-Michael Jackson
Michael Fremer Review
I am very proud to continue our new feature (look for this every Friday), music reviews that are written by the senior contributing editor of Stereophile magazine- Michael Fremer. It has been a pleasure to speak with Michael and learn more about audio sound and equipment. In fact, his new DVD, "It's A Vinyl World, After All" has hit the shelves and is selling out very quickly. This is a must have for anybody who loves vinyl, it is a true masterpiece.
Apple Corps LTD. And EMI Music Announce Remastered Beatles Catalogue For Worldwide Release September 9, 2009
The Beatles
Michael Fremer 2009-07-01
The late summer releases include all albums in stereo for the first time. PPM, With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be will include a QuickTime mini-documentary for a limited time.
These will be available separately or as a boxed set. A second boxed set, The Beatles in Mono will contain the first four above that were originally issued in mono on CD plus for the first time the original mono mixes of Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s…, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles and Mono Masters. In addition, Help! and Rubber Soul will include the original 1965 stereo mixes (the first CD go-round featured remixes of those). Each CD includes original UK album art, expanded liner notes and rare photos.
The transfers utilized a ProTools work station operating at 192/24 via a Prism A-D converter, one track at a time. EMI tape did not suffer oxide shedding but dust necessitated head cleaning after each track transfer. All transfers were done using “vintage studio equipment,” which, unfortunately was not specified with the same precision as the digital gear used.
According to the press release, the remastering team decided to “improve” “…where possible… electrical clicks, microphone vocal pops, excessive sibilance and bad edits…so long as it didn’t impact on the original integrity of the songs.”
De-noising technology was used “subtly and sparingly,” on “…less (sic) than five of the 525 minutes of Beatles music…”
However, the press release also contained this sour note: “Finally, as is common with today’s music, overall limiting - to increase the volume level of the CD - has been used, but on the stereo versions only. However, it was unanimously agreed that because of the importance of The Beatles’ music, limiting would be used moderately, so as to retain the original dynamics of the recordings.” Who cares if it’s “common with today’s music”? Today’s music sounds mostly like over-compressed crap.
Before mastering, each song was auditioned several times to locate “…any of the agreed imperfections,” which were then addressed by members of the restoration team.
“Earliest vinyl pressings” and the original CDs were loaded into ProTools for comparison with master tapes during the EQ process. Finished albums were auditioned in studio three—a location familiar to all involved—with further alterations (if necessary) made back in the mastering room and then listened to in yet another location. This process was followed until all 13 albums were completed “…to the team’s satisfaction.”
The Abbey Road Team consisted of Allan Rouse (Project Coordinator), Guy Massey (Recording Engineer), Steve Rooke (Mastering Engineer), Paul Hicks (Recording Engineer), Sean Magee (Mastering Engineer), Sam Okell (Recording Engineer) and Simon Gibson (Audio Restoration Engineer).
Rooke and Magee will be familiar names to many as they appear in mastering credits on may recent LP reissues. Rouse joined EMI in 1971 and frequently worked with Norman (Hurricane) Smith, The Beatles’ first recording engineer. He did the first digital backups of Beatles master tapes (mono, stereo, 4-track and 8-track) in 1991. He was also involved in the 5.1 channel and stereo remixes of Yellow Submarine.
However, Rouse also was involved in the John Lennon album remixes, which most agree sound digitally awful on vinyl. Rouse, Guy Massey and Paul Hicks were responsible for Let It Be…Naked.
Steve Rooke, the studio’s senior mastering engineer, joined Abbey Road in 1983 and worked on all The Beatles’ projects since 1999, including mastering Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Ringo albums.
Audio Restoration Engineer Simon Gibson joined Abbey Road in 1990. His work includes the reissue of George Harrison’s Living in the Material World among other Beatles catalog reissues.
Will there be vinyl? There was nothing in the press release about it, but if there is, probably, in the interest of “uniformity,” they will be mastered from the high resolution, re-EQ’d, “cleaned-up” masters. Why not run the original analogue tapes, which are in such excellent condition and cut DMM or lacquers to give analog fans the “real deal?”
That’s’ a question that needs to be asked. Or how about a series of CDs from needle drops of clean original pressings? That would be an authentic experience for those exiled in the digital domain!
SOURCE: http://www.musicangle.com Reprinted By Permission
Pick up Michael's DVD's Here:
Apple Corps LTD. And EMI Music Announce Remastered Beatles Catalogue For Worldwide Release September 9, 2009
The Beatles
Michael Fremer 2009-07-01
The late summer releases include all albums in stereo for the first time. PPM, With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be will include a QuickTime mini-documentary for a limited time.
These will be available separately or as a boxed set. A second boxed set, The Beatles in Mono will contain the first four above that were originally issued in mono on CD plus for the first time the original mono mixes of Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s…, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles and Mono Masters. In addition, Help! and Rubber Soul will include the original 1965 stereo mixes (the first CD go-round featured remixes of those). Each CD includes original UK album art, expanded liner notes and rare photos.
The transfers utilized a ProTools work station operating at 192/24 via a Prism A-D converter, one track at a time. EMI tape did not suffer oxide shedding but dust necessitated head cleaning after each track transfer. All transfers were done using “vintage studio equipment,” which, unfortunately was not specified with the same precision as the digital gear used.
According to the press release, the remastering team decided to “improve” “…where possible… electrical clicks, microphone vocal pops, excessive sibilance and bad edits…so long as it didn’t impact on the original integrity of the songs.”
De-noising technology was used “subtly and sparingly,” on “…less (sic) than five of the 525 minutes of Beatles music…”
However, the press release also contained this sour note: “Finally, as is common with today’s music, overall limiting - to increase the volume level of the CD - has been used, but on the stereo versions only. However, it was unanimously agreed that because of the importance of The Beatles’ music, limiting would be used moderately, so as to retain the original dynamics of the recordings.” Who cares if it’s “common with today’s music”? Today’s music sounds mostly like over-compressed crap.
Before mastering, each song was auditioned several times to locate “…any of the agreed imperfections,” which were then addressed by members of the restoration team.
“Earliest vinyl pressings” and the original CDs were loaded into ProTools for comparison with master tapes during the EQ process. Finished albums were auditioned in studio three—a location familiar to all involved—with further alterations (if necessary) made back in the mastering room and then listened to in yet another location. This process was followed until all 13 albums were completed “…to the team’s satisfaction.”
The Abbey Road Team consisted of Allan Rouse (Project Coordinator), Guy Massey (Recording Engineer), Steve Rooke (Mastering Engineer), Paul Hicks (Recording Engineer), Sean Magee (Mastering Engineer), Sam Okell (Recording Engineer) and Simon Gibson (Audio Restoration Engineer).
Rooke and Magee will be familiar names to many as they appear in mastering credits on may recent LP reissues. Rouse joined EMI in 1971 and frequently worked with Norman (Hurricane) Smith, The Beatles’ first recording engineer. He did the first digital backups of Beatles master tapes (mono, stereo, 4-track and 8-track) in 1991. He was also involved in the 5.1 channel and stereo remixes of Yellow Submarine.
However, Rouse also was involved in the John Lennon album remixes, which most agree sound digitally awful on vinyl. Rouse, Guy Massey and Paul Hicks were responsible for Let It Be…Naked.
Steve Rooke, the studio’s senior mastering engineer, joined Abbey Road in 1983 and worked on all The Beatles’ projects since 1999, including mastering Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Ringo albums.
Audio Restoration Engineer Simon Gibson joined Abbey Road in 1990. His work includes the reissue of George Harrison’s Living in the Material World among other Beatles catalog reissues.
Will there be vinyl? There was nothing in the press release about it, but if there is, probably, in the interest of “uniformity,” they will be mastered from the high resolution, re-EQ’d, “cleaned-up” masters. Why not run the original analogue tapes, which are in such excellent condition and cut DMM or lacquers to give analog fans the “real deal?”
That’s’ a question that needs to be asked. Or how about a series of CDs from needle drops of clean original pressings? That would be an authentic experience for those exiled in the digital domain!
SOURCE: http://www.musicangle.com Reprinted By Permission
Pick up Michael's DVD's Here:
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