Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11’s landing on the moon.
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour watched the lunar landing on July 20th, but recently wrote in The Guardian that he and his bandmates were live-soundtracking the event for the BBC. The resulting jam was called “Moonhead,” a song that has frequently popped up on Floyd bootlegs throughout the years but never officially released.
“[Pink Floyd] were in a BBC TV studio jamming to the landing. It was a live broadcast, and there was a panel of scientists on one side of the studio, with us on the other. I was 23,” Gilmour writes in the Guardian. “The programming was a little looser in those days, and if a producer of a late-night programme felt like it, they would do something a bit off the wall. Funnily enough I’ve never really heard it since, but it is on YouTube.”
“It was fantastic to be thinking that we were in there making up a piece of music, while the astronauts were standing on the moon. It doesn’t seem conceivable that that would happen on the BBC nowadays,” Gilmour says in his Guardian piece. “We didn’t make any songs out of the jam session. We did, on occasions, do music live that would be a jam session of some sort… And I’ve heard documentaries where I recognize my music. It’s very odd to be watching a documentary and to hear something that you know is yourself, but you have no recognition of when you did it or how. I’ve never forgotten Moonhead, though. After all, it’s not hard to remember exactly where I was.”
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
New Music Releases- July 21
13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Circus
Aspects of Physics: Marginalized Information Forms 3: Other [Imputor? Records]
Average White Band - Warmer Communications
Awol One & Factor: Owl Hours [Fake Four Inc.]
Bad Company - Bad Company
Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction Collectible red vinyl reissue
Bad Veins: Bad Veins [Dangerbird Records]
Ben E. King - Supernatural / Benny & Us
Benny Andersson Band - Story of a Heart
Bert Jansch - A Rare Conundrum
Betty LaVette - Change Is Gonna Come Sessions
Bikini Kill: "New Radio" [7"] [Kill Rock Stars][reissue]
Billy Childish - Archive From 1959: The Billy Childish Story 3xLP
Bird Names: Sings the Browns [Upset the Rhythm]
Birds of Avalon: Uncanny Valley [Volcom Entertainment]
Black Kids, "Partie Traumatic" (Red Ink)
Black Sabbath, "The Rules of Hell" (Rhino)
Bo Diddley - Ride On/The Chess Masters, Volume 3 2XCD
Bo Diddley - Ride On: The Chess Masters, Volume 3 - 1960-1961
Boy in Static: Candy Cigarette [Fake Four Inc.]
Bronze Nazareth: Bronzestrumentals Vol. 1 [Babygrande]
David Bowie, "Live in Santa Monica '72" (Virgin)
Candlebox, "Into the Sun" (Silent Majority)
Cheap Trick - The Latest
Clark: Totems Flare [Warp Records]
Cock Sparrer: Here We Stand [Pirates Press]
Dr. Dog, "Fate" (Park the Van)
Bob Dylan, "Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol. 2" (Video Music)
Noel Gourdin, "After My Time" (Epic)
Buddy Guy, "Skin Deep" (Zomba)
Janis Ian, "Best of Janis Ian--The Autobiography Collection" (Rude Girl)
Dave Seaman - This Is Audio Therapy, Volume Two
David Soul - Playing to an Audience of One
Deep Purple - In Rock (Audio Fidelity)
Delbert McClinton - Honky Tonkin' All Night
Discovery - LP LP+MP3
Eyedea & Abilities: By the Throat [Rhymesayers]
Factor: Chandelier [Fake Four Inc.]
Floating Action: Floating Action [Park the Van]
Generationals: Con Law [Park The Van]
Government Issue - Punk Remains The Same
Gordon Giltrap & Rick Wakeman - From Brush & Stone
Greg Davis: Mutually Arising [Kranky]
Helen Reddy - Rarities From the Capitol Vaults
High Places/Soft Circle: Split 12" [Post Present Medium]
I Roy - Original Deejay At King Tubby’s
Ian Hunter - Man Overboard
Incubus - Monuments And Melodies
Nick Lowe - Brentford Trilogy 3xCD
Jay & the Americans - Complete United Artist Singles
Jefferson Airplane - Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (with Bonus Tracks)
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock
Kenny Loggins - All Join In
Lights: Rites [Drag City]
Lorne Greene - The Man (Bonus Tracks)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz: C'est La Dernière Chanson [K Records]
Megafaun: Gather, Form And Fly [Hometapes]
Michael Jackson - The Collection (5 CDs)
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs – Under the Covers: Vol. 2
Jordin Sparks – Battlefield
Our Lady Peace – Burn Burn
Riceboy Sleeps – S/T
The Fiery Furnaces – I’m Going Away
Sugar Ray – Music for Cougars
Brooke Hogan – The Redemption
Portugal. The Man – The Satanic Satanist
Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine
Wheat – White Ink, Black Ink
Young Jeezy – Old School Chevys/Drop Top Porsches
The Working Title – Bone Island
Mighty Sam McClain - Betcha Didn't Know
Modest Mouse - Perpetual Motion Machine 7”
Motley Crue - Live: Entertainment or Death
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (Live)
Netherfriends: Calling You Out [Emergency Umbrella]
Nick Lowe: Brentford Trilogy [Yep Roc Records]
Patti Smith - Peace and Noise (Remastered)
Peter Broderick: Falling From Trees [Western Vinyl]
Peter Hammill - Thin Air
Portugal The Man - Satanic Satanist
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (2 LPs)
Riceboy Sleeps: Riceboy Sleeps [XL Records]
Rick Danko & Richard Manuel - Live in Scranton 85
Ricky Skaggs - Don't Cheat in Our Hometown (CD/DVD)
Robert Wyatt - Radio Experiment Rome, February 1981
Rolling Stones - Box Set (Amazon Exclusive) (13 CDs)
Roy Orbison & Faron Young - Sing Elvis Presley & Others
Sean Bones: Rings [Frenchkiss]
Silk Flowers: Silk Flowers [Post Present Medium]
Sinkane: Sinkane [Emergency Umbrella]
Soft Machine - Volume 2 (Remastered & Expanded)
Spindrift: The Legend of God's Gun [Tee Pee Recordings]
Starlight Mints: Change Remains [Barsuk Records]
Steve Hillage Band - Live at the Gong Unconvention
Sugar Ray - Music For Cougars
Sun Ra - Live in Paris at The “Gibus”
Talbot Tagora: Lessons in the Woods or a City [Hardly Art]
The (Beat) Farmers – Fulmination
The Fiery Furnaces – The End Is Near (mp3) from the forthcoming I’m Going Away
The Fiery Furnaces: I'm Going Away [Thrill Jockey]
The Skygreen Leopards: Gorgeous Johnny [Jagjaguwar]
Tommy Cash - Rise & Shine / Six White Horses
Various Artists - Land of a Thousand Dances: All Twistin' Edition
Various Artists (5th Dimension, Mamas & Papas, Rascals, more) - Chartbusters USA: Sunshine Pop
Various Artists (Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Hollies, more) - Wild Thing: The Songs of Chip Taylor
Wheat – I Met a Girl (mp3) from Per Second, Per Second, Per Second…Every Second
Wheat: White Ink, Black Ink [The Rebel Group]
Willie Bobo - Hell of an Act to Follow/Bobo
Wye Oak: The Knot [Merge]
Young Widows / My Disco - Young Widows Split Series: Volume 4 7”
Zak Sally: "Why We Hide" 7" [Sub Pop Records]
Music News & Notes
Suagr Ray Release
Sugar Ray will release "Music for Cougars," its first new studio album in some six years. The album was recorded last year after producer and Pulse label head Josh Abraham suggested the band record a new album on a small budget with the goal of simply having some fun and seeing what happens (via Billboard). The result is a 12-track effort that reportedly hears the band returning to the "lazy grooves, easy beats, and catchy harmonies" that gave the California rockers quite a bit of success in the 1990s.
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Riceboy Sleeps Debut
Tuesday will also mark the debut release of Riceboy Sleeps, the side-project of Sigur Rós singer Jón Þór Birgisson and partner Alex Somers. Their self-titled effort is an instrumental affair, featuring 68 minutes and nine tracks of acoustically-driven material.
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BALTIMOORE Album Coming In October
Swedish hard rockers BALTIMOORE will release their twelfth LP on October 30. The album's ten tracks were written this past spring by vocalist Björn Lodin and guitarist Lars Åke Löwin.
The recording lineup for the new CD is as follows:
Björn Lodin - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Örjan Fernkvist - Keyboards
Lars-Åke Löwin - Guitar
Robban Bäck - Drums
BALTIMOORE's eleventh album, "Quick Fix", was released on May 15, 2009 via BLP Music. Written, engineered and produced by Lodin at his home studio — "the only thinkable method" — the effort saw a re-acquaintance with Hammond organist Örjan Fernkvist whose vintage tones brought back a more melodic edge after the last three dual guitar releases. In addition, the CD featured a new rhythm section of bassist Björn Lundkvist and drummer Robban Bäck (both from BALLS — the short-lived 2008 band involving Lodin) knit closely with a talented newcomer on guitar in the guise of Emanuel Hedberg.
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New MUSE Album, and They'll Open for U2 !
The British trio Muse have announced they're done recording their fifth album, entitled The Resistance, (due for a September 15 release by Warner Bros. Records). Produced by Muse, the album was mixed by famed audio engineer Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, who is known for his work with U2, Depeche Mode, No Doubt, and Oasis, among many others. In perfect timing, Muse will perform at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, and the band will open several U2 shows (a daunting task), including two shows at Giants Stadium in E Rutherford, NJ
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Capitol/EMI Releasing 2-CD Edition of Duran Duran's Rio & CD/DVD Hammersmith '82 Concert Set
Capitol/EMI have announced a September 22 release date for two new Duran Duran products.
First up is the 2-CD deluxe edition of their landmark album Rio. Included on the first disc is the original U.K. mix plus additional versions of tracks remixed for the U.S. release. The second disc is demos, B-sides, and other rarities. For those that purchase the album as a digital download, you will receive two additional rare tracks.
The second release is Live at Hammersmith '82, recorded and filmed at the height of the initial Duran Duran fever. The DVD version includes the concert plus original Rio videos and two performances from the U.K.'s Top of the Pops program. A digital concert album will also be sold without any associated video tracks.
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DETHKLOK: New Album Details Revealed
"The Dethalbum II", the new album by DETHKLOK, the animated metal band from Adult Swim's "Metalocalypse", will be released on September 8 via Williams Street Records. The effort features 12 full-length tracks detailing DETHKLOK's exploits in murder, mayhem and all things brutal. Written by series co-creator Brendon Small and recorded alongside legendary drummer Gene Hoglan, "Dethklok: The Dethalbum II" will be released as both a standard edition and a two-disc deluxe edition on CD and digital download beginning September 8. Additionally, a limited edition vinyl of the album will be released in to local record shops on September 29.
Sugar Ray will release "Music for Cougars," its first new studio album in some six years. The album was recorded last year after producer and Pulse label head Josh Abraham suggested the band record a new album on a small budget with the goal of simply having some fun and seeing what happens (via Billboard). The result is a 12-track effort that reportedly hears the band returning to the "lazy grooves, easy beats, and catchy harmonies" that gave the California rockers quite a bit of success in the 1990s.
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Riceboy Sleeps Debut
Tuesday will also mark the debut release of Riceboy Sleeps, the side-project of Sigur Rós singer Jón Þór Birgisson and partner Alex Somers. Their self-titled effort is an instrumental affair, featuring 68 minutes and nine tracks of acoustically-driven material.
======================
BALTIMOORE Album Coming In October
Swedish hard rockers BALTIMOORE will release their twelfth LP on October 30. The album's ten tracks were written this past spring by vocalist Björn Lodin and guitarist Lars Åke Löwin.
The recording lineup for the new CD is as follows:
Björn Lodin - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Örjan Fernkvist - Keyboards
Lars-Åke Löwin - Guitar
Robban Bäck - Drums
BALTIMOORE's eleventh album, "Quick Fix", was released on May 15, 2009 via BLP Music. Written, engineered and produced by Lodin at his home studio — "the only thinkable method" — the effort saw a re-acquaintance with Hammond organist Örjan Fernkvist whose vintage tones brought back a more melodic edge after the last three dual guitar releases. In addition, the CD featured a new rhythm section of bassist Björn Lundkvist and drummer Robban Bäck (both from BALLS — the short-lived 2008 band involving Lodin) knit closely with a talented newcomer on guitar in the guise of Emanuel Hedberg.
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New MUSE Album, and They'll Open for U2 !
The British trio Muse have announced they're done recording their fifth album, entitled The Resistance, (due for a September 15 release by Warner Bros. Records). Produced by Muse, the album was mixed by famed audio engineer Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, who is known for his work with U2, Depeche Mode, No Doubt, and Oasis, among many others. In perfect timing, Muse will perform at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, and the band will open several U2 shows (a daunting task), including two shows at Giants Stadium in E Rutherford, NJ
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Capitol/EMI Releasing 2-CD Edition of Duran Duran's Rio & CD/DVD Hammersmith '82 Concert Set
Capitol/EMI have announced a September 22 release date for two new Duran Duran products.
First up is the 2-CD deluxe edition of their landmark album Rio. Included on the first disc is the original U.K. mix plus additional versions of tracks remixed for the U.S. release. The second disc is demos, B-sides, and other rarities. For those that purchase the album as a digital download, you will receive two additional rare tracks.
The second release is Live at Hammersmith '82, recorded and filmed at the height of the initial Duran Duran fever. The DVD version includes the concert plus original Rio videos and two performances from the U.K.'s Top of the Pops program. A digital concert album will also be sold without any associated video tracks.
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DETHKLOK: New Album Details Revealed
"The Dethalbum II", the new album by DETHKLOK, the animated metal band from Adult Swim's "Metalocalypse", will be released on September 8 via Williams Street Records. The effort features 12 full-length tracks detailing DETHKLOK's exploits in murder, mayhem and all things brutal. Written by series co-creator Brendon Small and recorded alongside legendary drummer Gene Hoglan, "Dethklok: The Dethalbum II" will be released as both a standard edition and a two-disc deluxe edition on CD and digital download beginning September 8. Additionally, a limited edition vinyl of the album will be released in to local record shops on September 29.
Michael Jackson's Thriller Set To Become Top-Selling Album Of All Time
RIAA says Jackson classic is poised to surpass Eagles' greatest-hits collection in U.S. sales.
In the weeks since Michael Jackson's death, his posthumous sales have been breaking long standing sales records, regularly outperforming the top new releases on the Billboard albums chart. Jackson's "Number Ones" has faired the best, but demand for his classic "Thriller" isn't far behind. In fact, sales have been so robust that the Recording Industry Association of America is reporting that "Thriller" is about to surpass the Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) as the top-selling album of all time.
"Their Greatest Hits" was certified platinum for the 29th time back in 2006, meaning that sales of the compilation surpassed 29 million copies in the United States. Meanwhile, "Thriller" was last certified in March, when it passed 28 million. Demand for physical copies of Jackson albums (an estimated 82 percent of his sales have been actual CDs) have ramped up the number of copies of "Thriller" in circulation, and the RIAA believes that said demand has brought the number up to 29 million.
That does not necessarily mean that "Thriller" has sold 29 million copies, as the RIAA's certification process is based on the number of albums shipped to stores, not necessarily the number actually scanned and sold. But based on the rabid consumption of Jackson's music in the past few weeks and the hard numbers released weekly by SoundScan, it's doubtful that there is much distance between the number of CDs shipped and the number sold. If the pace continues, "Thriller" will become the first album to go triple diamond, meaning 30 million albums sold.
The RIAA's certifications are simply a formality, though, as Jackson's "Thriller" is already recognized as the top-selling album according to worldwide sales. Though numbers vary, it's reasonable to estimate that the album has moved 110 million copies worldwide since its 1982 release. As a comparison, the Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits" has moved an estimated 42 million — a formidable number for sure, but less than half of Jackson's total.
This Date In Music History-July 21
Birthdays:
Kay Starr ("Rock & Roll Waltz") turns 87.
Producer Kim Fowley ("Alley-Oop", "Nutrocker" and the Runaways) is 67.
Barry Whitham - Herman's Hermits (1946)
Cat Stevens (1947)
Howie Epstein - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1955)
Guitarist Jim Martin - formerly of Faith No More (1961)
Emerson Hart – Tonic (1969)
Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & the Originals ("Angel Baby") is 62.
They Are Missed:
Producer Gus Dudgeon was killed in a car accident in 2002. Best known for his work with Elton John, also produced David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Zombies, Kiki Dee, Strawbs, XTC, Joan Armatrading.
Composer Jerry Goldsmith died in 2004 after a long battle with cancer (age 75). Created the music for scores of classic movies and television shows such as Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Dr. Kildare.
Influential British Blues musician Long John Baldry died in Vancouver, B.C. in 2005 (age 64). Baldry's long and storied career included 40 albums. He was also a mentor to Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. Baldry's band, Bluesology, had a young pianist named Reginald Dwight, who went on to become Elton John.
In 2007, Sharon Osbourne's music mogul father Don Arden died in a Los Angeles nursing home at the age of 81. Dubbed the Al Capone of Pop for his uncompromising business practices, he steered The Small Faces, Black Sabbath and ELO to stardom.
History:
In 1956, Johnny Cash went to #1 on the country chart with "I Walk the Line."
In 1956, Billboard called Elvis Presley "the most controversial entertainer since Liberace." The article also noted that Ed Sullivan, who once said Presley would never appear on his show, just signed the singer for three appearances.
Today in 1958, the song "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
In 1969, the Beatles started work on the John Lennon song “Come Together” at Abbey Road studios in London.
Rod Stewart released “Never a Dull Moment” in 1972. The album peaked at #2 and has two top 40 hits, "You Wear it Well" and a re-make of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel."
Jim Croce started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1973 with “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.” Croce was killed in a plane crash three months later.
Robert Palmer's "Bad Case Of Loving You" was released in 1979.
In 1980, Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) was injured in a car accident. He died two days later.
Guns 'n Roses released their debut album, “Appetite For Destruction” in 1987.
In 1990, Roger Waters performed The Wall at Potsdamer Platz, Germany — the site of the former Berlin Wall. Other artists making guest appearances include Cyndi Lauper, Joni Mitchell, Bryan Adams and Phil Collins. At the end of the concert, a mock wall made of plastic foam fell. Proceeds from ticket sales went to an international fund for disaster relief.
In 1995, a judge in Los Angeles threw out a lawsuit against Michael Jackson by five of his former security guards. The guards had claimed they were fired for knowing too much about night-time visits by young boys to Jackson's estate. The singer denied any improprieties.
In 2008, the Police played the first of two nights at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado during the final leg of their 152-date world Reunion tour. The tour became the third highest grossing tour of all time, with revenues reaching over $340 million.
Kay Starr ("Rock & Roll Waltz") turns 87.
Producer Kim Fowley ("Alley-Oop", "Nutrocker" and the Runaways) is 67.
Barry Whitham - Herman's Hermits (1946)
Cat Stevens (1947)
Howie Epstein - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1955)
Guitarist Jim Martin - formerly of Faith No More (1961)
Emerson Hart – Tonic (1969)
Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & the Originals ("Angel Baby") is 62.
They Are Missed:
Producer Gus Dudgeon was killed in a car accident in 2002. Best known for his work with Elton John, also produced David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Zombies, Kiki Dee, Strawbs, XTC, Joan Armatrading.
Composer Jerry Goldsmith died in 2004 after a long battle with cancer (age 75). Created the music for scores of classic movies and television shows such as Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Dr. Kildare.
Influential British Blues musician Long John Baldry died in Vancouver, B.C. in 2005 (age 64). Baldry's long and storied career included 40 albums. He was also a mentor to Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. Baldry's band, Bluesology, had a young pianist named Reginald Dwight, who went on to become Elton John.
In 2007, Sharon Osbourne's music mogul father Don Arden died in a Los Angeles nursing home at the age of 81. Dubbed the Al Capone of Pop for his uncompromising business practices, he steered The Small Faces, Black Sabbath and ELO to stardom.
History:
In 1956, Johnny Cash went to #1 on the country chart with "I Walk the Line."
In 1956, Billboard called Elvis Presley "the most controversial entertainer since Liberace." The article also noted that Ed Sullivan, who once said Presley would never appear on his show, just signed the singer for three appearances.
Today in 1958, the song "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
In 1969, the Beatles started work on the John Lennon song “Come Together” at Abbey Road studios in London.
Rod Stewart released “Never a Dull Moment” in 1972. The album peaked at #2 and has two top 40 hits, "You Wear it Well" and a re-make of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel."
Jim Croce started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1973 with “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.” Croce was killed in a plane crash three months later.
Robert Palmer's "Bad Case Of Loving You" was released in 1979.
In 1980, Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) was injured in a car accident. He died two days later.
Guns 'n Roses released their debut album, “Appetite For Destruction” in 1987.
In 1990, Roger Waters performed The Wall at Potsdamer Platz, Germany — the site of the former Berlin Wall. Other artists making guest appearances include Cyndi Lauper, Joni Mitchell, Bryan Adams and Phil Collins. At the end of the concert, a mock wall made of plastic foam fell. Proceeds from ticket sales went to an international fund for disaster relief.
In 1995, a judge in Los Angeles threw out a lawsuit against Michael Jackson by five of his former security guards. The guards had claimed they were fired for knowing too much about night-time visits by young boys to Jackson's estate. The singer denied any improprieties.
In 2008, the Police played the first of two nights at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado during the final leg of their 152-date world Reunion tour. The tour became the third highest grossing tour of all time, with revenues reaching over $340 million.
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales
Week Ending 07/04/2009
1. 45 - Iron Maiden "2 Minutes To Midnight" Japan promo - $3,600.00
2. EP - The Thought Criminals "Hilton Bomber" Doublethink - $3,350.00
3. LP - The Rolling Stones self titled Decca UK 1st Press alt mix - $3,278.51
4. LP - Gioconda De Vito "Bach Violin Concerto Mozart Violin Concert No.3" RCA UK - $2,413.00
5. 45 - The Sloths "Makin' Love" / "You Mean Everthing To Me" Impression - $2,258.45
Week Ending 07/11/2009
1. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday and Today" Butcher First State Mono Perry Cox COA - $5,500.00
2. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold and Black - $4,932.00
3. 45 - The Nu Rons "All My Life" b/w "I'm A Loner" Nu Ron - $3,550.00
4. 12" - Led Zeppelin "Road Box" - $3,300.00
5. 45 - The Fix "Vengence" / "In This Town" - $3,200.00
As always, a special thank you to Norm at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com for this great data. Stop in and listen to their unique radio show Accidental Nostalgia with Norm & Jane On Radio Dentata Thursdays 4PM PDT/7PM EDT
1. 45 - Iron Maiden "2 Minutes To Midnight" Japan promo - $3,600.00
2. EP - The Thought Criminals "Hilton Bomber" Doublethink - $3,350.00
3. LP - The Rolling Stones self titled Decca UK 1st Press alt mix - $3,278.51
4. LP - Gioconda De Vito "Bach Violin Concerto Mozart Violin Concert No.3" RCA UK - $2,413.00
5. 45 - The Sloths "Makin' Love" / "You Mean Everthing To Me" Impression - $2,258.45
Week Ending 07/11/2009
1. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday and Today" Butcher First State Mono Perry Cox COA - $5,500.00
2. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold and Black - $4,932.00
3. 45 - The Nu Rons "All My Life" b/w "I'm A Loner" Nu Ron - $3,550.00
4. 12" - Led Zeppelin "Road Box" - $3,300.00
5. 45 - The Fix "Vengence" / "In This Town" - $3,200.00
As always, a special thank you to Norm at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com for this great data. Stop in and listen to their unique radio show Accidental Nostalgia with Norm & Jane On Radio Dentata Thursdays 4PM PDT/7PM EDT
Monday, July 20, 2009
Music News & Notes
SLIPKNOT INTRODUCE THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET
June 29th marked the ten year anniversary of the very first release from Slipknot. To commemorate this epic event, Roadrunner will be releaseing a special Slipknot 10th Anniversary box set.
Slipknot wants to introduce you to it...
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PEARL JAM: New Single Available For Streaming
"The Fixer", the first single from PEARL JAM's upcoming album, "Backspacer", is available for streaming at the link below. The group's ninth studio effort will be available in two formats through their official web site, as both a special fan club CD package and a 180-gram vinyl edition. The latter comes with a 24-page booklet featuring original art by cartoonist Tom Tomorrow. "Backspacer" will arrive on September 20, with its standard CD release being handled exclusively through Target.
A seven-inch, white vinyl version of "The Fixer" can also be ordered through the PEARL JAM web site.
Pearl Jam
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Rod Stewart Music Release
The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998. The four-disc set contains 63 tracks from throughout Stewart's career including alternate versions and previously unheard songs. The album will be out on September 29.Here is what Warner Bros Says:
More than a third of THE ROD STEWART SESSIONS 1971-1998 chronicles the torrent of indelible recordings Stewart unleashed during the ’70s. Fittingly, the set opens with a decidedly rough take of Maggie May, the #1 hit from Stewart’s third solo album–Every Picture Tells A Story–that broke him as a solo artist in 1971. SESSIONS offers alternate versions of well-known hits from that era such as Sailing, Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright), You Wear It Well, and an acoustic version of You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim). Alongside those are rarities like the unfinished Think I’ll Pack My Bags (which later appeared on Ron Wood’s solo debut rewritten as Mystifies Me), an early version of So Tired that finds the band working out the arrangement in the studio, and an acoustic version of the B-side Rosie. Of special note is the rumored-to-exist but never heard—until now—sequel to The Killing of Georgie; Innocent (The Killing of Georgie Part III) completes the epic narrative begun on 1976's A Night On The Town album with a ferociously rocking performance taken from the sessions for the following year's Foot Loose & Fancy Free. Stewart ended the decade with a hits package that was to include his cover of British pub-rocker Frankie Miller’s When I’m Away From You that has remained unreleased until now.
SESSIONS touches on six albums Stewart released during the ’80s, including Foolish Behaviour (1980), which was originally intended to be a double album, but was eventually scaled back to a single disc. Along with an early version of the album track Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight the collection also features four unreleased tracks presumably destined for the second disc Time Of My Life, TV Mama, Stupid, and Buddy Holly’s Maybe Baby. While the multitracks for Tonight I’m Yours (1981) have gone missing, the producers managed to recover an unreleased song called Thunderbird from the session’s only surviving mixdown tape. The collection closes out the decade with several tracks from Out Of Order (1988), including a tender reading of Forever Young that features Stewart accompanied only by a piano and the improvised in the studio and then abandoned I Go To Jail For You.
The final SESSIONS disc is dedicated to Stewart’s resurgence as an artistic and commercial force in the ’90s. It begins with six songs recorded in the summer of 1992 that were shelved in favor of Unplugged…And Seated, including a cover of Bob Dylan and The Band’s This Wheel’s On Fire, and an all-star remake of the 1969 Python Lee Jackson song (originally also sung by Rod) In A Broken Dream, which features Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones. Also included is Stewart’s cover of Bobby Womack’s Looking For A Love, which was surprisingly left off A Spanner In The Works (1995) and a version of Oasis’ Rockin’ Chair that he recorded for When We Were The New Boys (1998).
The full track list is after the cut.
•Maggie May (Early Version)
•Seems Like A Long Time (Alternate Version)
•Italian Girls (Early Version)
•You Wear It Well (Early Version)
•Lost Paraguayos (Alternate Version)
•I'd Rather Go Blind (Alternate Version)
•Angel (Alternate Version)
•Think I'll Pack My Bags (Early Version of Mystifies Me)
•Farewell (Early Version)
•Girl From The North Country (Alternate Version)
•(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man (Alternate Version)
•So Tired (Early Version)
•This Old Heart Of Mine (Alternate Version)
•To Love Somebody (Early Take)
•Sailing (Alternate Version)
•Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) (Early Take)
•The First Cut Is The Deepest (Alternate Version)
•Rosie (Acoustic Version)
•Innocent (The Killing Of Georgie Part III)
•Hot Legs (Early Take)
•You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) (Acoustic Version)
•I Was Only Joking (Early Take)
•Scarred & Scared (Early Take)
•When I'm Away From You
•Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight (Early Version)
•Time Of My Life
•TV Mama
•Maybe Baby
•Stupid
•Guess I'll Always Love You (Alternate Version)
•The Great Pretender (Acoustic Version)
•Thunderbird
•Dancing Alone (Alternate Version)
•I Wish You Would
•Sweet Surrender (Alternate Version)
•Show Me
•Ghetto Blaster (Early Version)
•Satisfied (Alternate Version)
•Hard Lesson To Learn (Alternate Version)
•Heaven
•In My Life (Piano Version)
•Love Is A Four Letter Word
•Forever Young (Piano Version)
•My Heart Can't Tell You No (Alternate Version)
•I Go To Jail For You
•A Good Lover Is Hard To Find
•Let The Day Begin (Alternate Version)
•The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar (Alternate Version)
•Windy Town (Piano Version)
•In A Broken Dream (1992)
•This Wheel's On Fire
•I Wanna Stay Home
•I'm A King Bee
•Looking For A Love
•Kiss Her For Me
•The Long Journey Home
•Now That You're On Your Own
•Dylan's Day Off
•On And On
•Rockin' Chair
•Sugar Lips
•The Changingman
•May You Never
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Foreigner/Wal Mart Exclusive
Foreigner is taking a cue from Journey and releasing its own three-disc album exclusively through Wal-Mart.
Can't Slow Down, out September 29 via Rhino will contain a disc of 13 new songs produced by Marti Frederiksen and Mark Ronson, a disc of remixed classics from their catalog and a DVD of live performances.
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Guster Announces "Lost & Gone Forever Ten Year Anniversary Tour"
Boston-bred band Guster have just announced their nine-date headline tour, Lost & Gone Forever Ten Year Anniversary Tour, which will kick off October 28th in Charlotte, NC, and wrap on November 27th at the Beacon Theater in New York. This anniversary tour will be Guster's only headline dates of this year.
Ten years have passed since the band's critically acclaimed release of "Lost and Gone Forever" which in their words "helped us graduate from our van to a bus." These nine very special evenings with Guster will include two sets, one of which will be the album in its entirety and no opening act.
LOST & GONE FOREVER TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR:
•10/28 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theater
•10/29 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
•10/30 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
•10/31 Boston, MA Orpheum Theater
•11/04 Cincinnati, OH Madison Theatre
•11/05 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
•11/06 Rochester, NY Armory
•11/07 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
•11/27 New York, NY Beacon Theater
Meet Your Neighbors: Independent record seller a downtown fixture for two decades
Another great article about a local record shop, this one from Grand Junction, Colorado:
By Sharon Sullivan
Free Press Staff Writer
Triple Play Records is an anachronism.
Rock Cesario, owner of Triple Pay Records in downtown Grand Junction, opened the store in May 1988.
Sharon Sullivan I Free Press
With its tie-dyed clothing, incense, and collection of new and used vinyl records (as well as CDs), the independent music store is reminiscent of the 1970s when record stores were less glossy, and more earthy. It's not necessary to have grown up in that era, however, to appreciate Triple Play's vibe.
Owner Rock Cesario's clientele ranges from baby boomers and teenagers who come for the music and conversation, to kids passing time while their parents shop downtown.
Signed photographs of rock stars, a collage of the Beatles, and posters of the Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, and scores of other bands plaster the brick walls of the shop at 530 W. Main St.
Colorful Frisbees decorate the wall behind the cash register. Cesario plays Frisbee golf and sells the discs at his store as well.
“My real first name is Rock,” Cesario said. “With a name like Rock, born in 1957 in the middle of the rock and roll revival...” — it's fitting music is his passion.
“We sell the kind of quality music that endures, that transcends time and genres,” Cesario said.
Cesario was born and raised in Grand Junction except for five years when Cesario's dad was transferred to Gypsum where he worked for the Rio Grande Railroad. The family moved back to Grand Junction in 1969.
“Music has been a hobby since I was 10 years old,” Cesario said.
Read the rest here: Triple Play
By Sharon Sullivan
Free Press Staff Writer
Triple Play Records is an anachronism.
Rock Cesario, owner of Triple Pay Records in downtown Grand Junction, opened the store in May 1988.
Sharon Sullivan I Free Press
With its tie-dyed clothing, incense, and collection of new and used vinyl records (as well as CDs), the independent music store is reminiscent of the 1970s when record stores were less glossy, and more earthy. It's not necessary to have grown up in that era, however, to appreciate Triple Play's vibe.
Owner Rock Cesario's clientele ranges from baby boomers and teenagers who come for the music and conversation, to kids passing time while their parents shop downtown.
Signed photographs of rock stars, a collage of the Beatles, and posters of the Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, and scores of other bands plaster the brick walls of the shop at 530 W. Main St.
Colorful Frisbees decorate the wall behind the cash register. Cesario plays Frisbee golf and sells the discs at his store as well.
“My real first name is Rock,” Cesario said. “With a name like Rock, born in 1957 in the middle of the rock and roll revival...” — it's fitting music is his passion.
“We sell the kind of quality music that endures, that transcends time and genres,” Cesario said.
Cesario was born and raised in Grand Junction except for five years when Cesario's dad was transferred to Gypsum where he worked for the Rio Grande Railroad. The family moved back to Grand Junction in 1969.
“Music has been a hobby since I was 10 years old,” Cesario said.
Read the rest here: Triple Play
Father, son move record store to near Cultural District
Longtime readers of the blog know that I love stories about small record shops and I like to feature the write ups from the local newpapers, here's another great story out of Fort Worth:
BY JOHN-LAURENT TRONCHE
July 20, 2009
The image of a vinyl record spinning round and round, at 33 and one-third revolutions per minute, might seem antiquated to some, but to a father and son it’s a way of life.
Jerry Boyd and his son, Jenkins Boyd, recently moved their record shop from its Hurst location to a new location on Montgomery Street last month, not far from the Cultural District.
Doc’s Records and Vintage is their two and a half year old store that sells records, CDs, T-shirts, music memorabilia and a whole lot more. (The name Doc’s comes from the fact that father Jerry Boyd is a practicing Dentist.)
“Anybody who owns record stores owns them because they love records,” Jerry Boyd said. “Hopefully you can make some money, but we do it because we love records.”
Read the rest of the article here: www.fwbusinesspress.com
BY JOHN-LAURENT TRONCHE
July 20, 2009
The image of a vinyl record spinning round and round, at 33 and one-third revolutions per minute, might seem antiquated to some, but to a father and son it’s a way of life.
Jerry Boyd and his son, Jenkins Boyd, recently moved their record shop from its Hurst location to a new location on Montgomery Street last month, not far from the Cultural District.
Doc’s Records and Vintage is their two and a half year old store that sells records, CDs, T-shirts, music memorabilia and a whole lot more. (The name Doc’s comes from the fact that father Jerry Boyd is a practicing Dentist.)
“Anybody who owns record stores owns them because they love records,” Jerry Boyd said. “Hopefully you can make some money, but we do it because we love records.”
Read the rest of the article here: www.fwbusinesspress.com
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Music News & Notes
MJ Video Bidding
AEG is in the process of auctioning off the film of Michael Jackson's last rehearsal for the "This Is It" run. Word is that Sony, Universal and Fox are in the bidding and it is current around $50 million.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame News
It's being reported that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is planning its 25th anniversary for the fall of 2009 at Madison Square Garden. They have have booked Oct. 29 and 30 for a two-day extravaganza at the Garden.
Tentatively scheduled for the Thursday show are Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon as a solo act, Stevie Wonder, and the whole posse that includes Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young and friends. Then on Friday: Aretha Franklin headlines, with U2, Metallica, and Eric Clapton. More details are expected to be announced very soon.....
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After Midnight Project Reveal Album Cover
After Midnight Project have revealed the cover art for their debut album, ‘Let’s Build Something to Break‘, due out August 11th.
Man, I love cover art!
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WHYZDOM announced that the official release date of our debut album "From The Brink Of Infinity." It will be available worldwide the 21st of September
It's described as Melodic metal with massive orchestra and choir ensembles blended in.
AEG is in the process of auctioning off the film of Michael Jackson's last rehearsal for the "This Is It" run. Word is that Sony, Universal and Fox are in the bidding and it is current around $50 million.
======================
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame News
It's being reported that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is planning its 25th anniversary for the fall of 2009 at Madison Square Garden. They have have booked Oct. 29 and 30 for a two-day extravaganza at the Garden.
Tentatively scheduled for the Thursday show are Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon as a solo act, Stevie Wonder, and the whole posse that includes Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young and friends. Then on Friday: Aretha Franklin headlines, with U2, Metallica, and Eric Clapton. More details are expected to be announced very soon.....
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After Midnight Project Reveal Album Cover
After Midnight Project have revealed the cover art for their debut album, ‘Let’s Build Something to Break‘, due out August 11th.
Man, I love cover art!
======================
WHYZDOM announced that the official release date of our debut album "From The Brink Of Infinity." It will be available worldwide the 21st of September
It's described as Melodic metal with massive orchestra and choir ensembles blended in.
This Date In Music History-July 19
Birthdays:
Martha Reeves - Martha and the Vandellas (1941)
Commander Cody (George Frayne) - Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen (1944)
Commander Cody Hot Rod Lincoln
Allan Gorrie - Average White Band (1946)
Bernie Leadon - Flying Burrito Brothers/Eagles/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1947)
Brian May – Queen (1948)
Cesar Zuiderwyk - Golden Earring (1950)
Terry Chambers – XTC (1955)
Nigel Twist – Alarm (1958)
Kevin Haskins – Bauhaus/Love and Rockets (1960)
Jason McGerr - Death Cab For Cutie (1974)
Sue Thompson turns 84
Vikki Carr is 71
They Are Missed:
Country singer Lefty Frizzell died in Nashville in 1975 at the age of 47.
In 1991, jazz/R&B trumpeter David Hines was killed on his 49th birthday when his motorcycle was hit by a car in University City, MO.
Keith Richard Godchaux - keyboard player for the Grateful Dead (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) Died after being involved in a car crash.
Allen Collins Jr.(July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
In 2001, soul/gospel singer Judy Clay died. Was a member of the Drinkard Singers - who later became better known as The Sweet Inspirations , also worked with Billy Vera, and had hits with William Bell and sang with Wilson Pickett and Ray Charles.
History:
Harry Belafonte began recording his first sessions for Capitol Records in 1949. They included the songs "They Didn’t Believe Me" and "Close Your Eyes."
Elvis Presley's first record, "That's All Right (Mama)" backed with "Blue Moon of Kentucky," was released in 1954 on the Sun label. Elvis had recorded the tunes two weeks earlier with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black at the Sun studio in Memphis. When the record was first aired on a Memphis radio station, Elvis was reported to have hid in a movie theatre because he thought people would laugh at his effort.
In 1958, the manager of The Drifters, George Treadwell, sacked the entire group and hired the unknown Ben E King and The Five Crowns as their replacements.
The Monkees recorded their TV theme song in 1966. The world would never be the same…
The Rolling Stones released one of their biggest hits “Honky Tonk Women” in 1969. The song was nearly banned due to lyrical content but a quick thinking promo guy claims Jagger sang “played a divorcee” not “laid a divorcee.”
The Spencer Davis Group broke up in 1969.
Paul McCartney and Wings went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1975 with “Listen To What The Man Said,” his fourth US #1 (#6 hit in the UK). Wings also had the US #1 album chart with “Venus And Mars,” Paul McCartney's fourth #1 album since The Beatles.
“Rust Never Sleeps,” by Neil Young, was released in 1979. It peaks at #8 and is certified platinum (one million sales) a year later.
Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock & Roll To Me" hits #1 in 1980.
In 1980, David Bowie made his stage debut in the title role of a Denver production of "The Elephant Man."
Queen's “The Game” LP entered the charts in 1980. It featured the #1 hits, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites The Dust."
The Rolling Stones "Emotional Rescue" LP entered the album chart in 1980. It eventually hits #1 for 7 weeks.
Genesis went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with “Invisible Touch.” The band’s former lead singer Peter Gabriel was at #2 with “Sledgehammer.”
Former Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler filed a lawsuit against the band in 1991. He claimed the other members had forced him to use heroin, then made him quit the band while he tried to kick his drug habit.
In 1995, Elvis Presley's former doctor Dr. George Nichopoulous, lost his medical license for being "too liberal" in prescribing addictive drugs. It only took eighteen years……
Martha Reeves - Martha and the Vandellas (1941)
Commander Cody (George Frayne) - Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen (1944)
Commander Cody Hot Rod Lincoln
Allan Gorrie - Average White Band (1946)
Bernie Leadon - Flying Burrito Brothers/Eagles/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1947)
Brian May – Queen (1948)
Cesar Zuiderwyk - Golden Earring (1950)
Terry Chambers – XTC (1955)
Nigel Twist – Alarm (1958)
Kevin Haskins – Bauhaus/Love and Rockets (1960)
Jason McGerr - Death Cab For Cutie (1974)
Sue Thompson turns 84
Vikki Carr is 71
They Are Missed:
Country singer Lefty Frizzell died in Nashville in 1975 at the age of 47.
In 1991, jazz/R&B trumpeter David Hines was killed on his 49th birthday when his motorcycle was hit by a car in University City, MO.
Keith Richard Godchaux - keyboard player for the Grateful Dead (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) Died after being involved in a car crash.
Allen Collins Jr.(July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
In 2001, soul/gospel singer Judy Clay died. Was a member of the Drinkard Singers - who later became better known as The Sweet Inspirations , also worked with Billy Vera, and had hits with William Bell and sang with Wilson Pickett and Ray Charles.
History:
Harry Belafonte began recording his first sessions for Capitol Records in 1949. They included the songs "They Didn’t Believe Me" and "Close Your Eyes."
Elvis Presley's first record, "That's All Right (Mama)" backed with "Blue Moon of Kentucky," was released in 1954 on the Sun label. Elvis had recorded the tunes two weeks earlier with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black at the Sun studio in Memphis. When the record was first aired on a Memphis radio station, Elvis was reported to have hid in a movie theatre because he thought people would laugh at his effort.
In 1958, the manager of The Drifters, George Treadwell, sacked the entire group and hired the unknown Ben E King and The Five Crowns as their replacements.
The Monkees recorded their TV theme song in 1966. The world would never be the same…
The Rolling Stones released one of their biggest hits “Honky Tonk Women” in 1969. The song was nearly banned due to lyrical content but a quick thinking promo guy claims Jagger sang “played a divorcee” not “laid a divorcee.”
The Spencer Davis Group broke up in 1969.
Paul McCartney and Wings went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1975 with “Listen To What The Man Said,” his fourth US #1 (#6 hit in the UK). Wings also had the US #1 album chart with “Venus And Mars,” Paul McCartney's fourth #1 album since The Beatles.
“Rust Never Sleeps,” by Neil Young, was released in 1979. It peaks at #8 and is certified platinum (one million sales) a year later.
Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock & Roll To Me" hits #1 in 1980.
In 1980, David Bowie made his stage debut in the title role of a Denver production of "The Elephant Man."
Queen's “The Game” LP entered the charts in 1980. It featured the #1 hits, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites The Dust."
The Rolling Stones "Emotional Rescue" LP entered the album chart in 1980. It eventually hits #1 for 7 weeks.
Genesis went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with “Invisible Touch.” The band’s former lead singer Peter Gabriel was at #2 with “Sledgehammer.”
Former Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler filed a lawsuit against the band in 1991. He claimed the other members had forced him to use heroin, then made him quit the band while he tried to kick his drug habit.
In 1995, Elvis Presley's former doctor Dr. George Nichopoulous, lost his medical license for being "too liberal" in prescribing addictive drugs. It only took eighteen years……
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon Passes Away
Gordon Waller, who sang with the British invasion duo, Peter & Gordon, died on July 16, 2009. Waller went into cardiac arrest and was taken to a nearby hospital; however despite intensive efforts by hospital personnel, they were unable to revive the sixty-four year old singer.
Long time friend and musical partner Peter Asher stated:
"Gordon played such a significant role in my life that losing him is hard to comprehend – let alone to tolerate. He was my best friend at school almost half a century ago. He was not only my musical partner but played a key role in my conversion from only a snooty jazz fan to a true rock and roll believer as well. Without Gordon I would never have begun my career in the music business in the first place. Our professional years together in the sixties constitute a major part of my life and I have always treasured them.”
While both were attending Westminster School, Waller met fellow student and future singing partner Peter Asher and they began playing together as a duo — Peter & Gordon. As luck would have it, Peter Asher’s sister, actress Jane Asher, was dating Beatle Paul McCartney at the time and Peter and Gordon recorded the Lennon/McCartney penned song “A World Without Love,” which went to #1 in the US in 1964.
The duo reached the Billboard Top 40 a total of ten times with songs such as "Nobody I Know" (#12 in 1964), "I Don't Want To See You Again" (#16 in 1964), the Del Shannon penned single “I Go To Pieces” (#9 in 1965), a remake of the Buddy Holly classic “True Love Ways” (#14 in 1965), a cover of the Phil Spector-led group the Teddy Bears, with the song “To Know You Is To Love You” (they changed the title from “To Know Him Is To Love Him) and the 1966 single “Woman.” Interestingly, the songwriting credit for this song listed Bernard Webb as the songwriter; however this was just an alias for Paul McCartney, who wanted to see if he could have a hit song without his famous name attached to it. The song reached #14 in the US and #28 in the UK. They also reached #6 with the cut “Lady Godiva” in 1966.
The duo had their last hits in 1967 with “Knight In Rusty Armour” (#15) and “Sunday For Tea,” which peaked at #31. Peter & Gordon broke up in 1968 and Asher became head of A&R for Apple Records. Waller attempted a solo career with little success, releasing one record, “and Gordon” (1972). He also appeared in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Pharaoh, a performance that he reprised on the LP. In 2007, Gordon released a solo album “Plays the Beatles,” which featured a new recording of the duo’s 1966 hit "Woman." He followed up with another album in 2008 called “Rebel Rider.”
In 2005, Peter & Gordon reunited onstage for the first time in over 30 years, as part of two tribute concerts for Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five. They followed up this appearance with several other performances including concerts at The Festival for Beatles Fans (formerly Beatlefest), where according to a report by Journalist Peter Palmiere for Beatlefan magazine, the pair was the performing highlight of the convention. On July 19, 2008 Peter & Gordon performed together at The Cannery Casino in North Las Vegas, Nevada and on August 21, 2008, they performed a free concert on the pier in Santa Monica, California, briefly accompanied by Joan Baez.
Peter Asher was truly saddened by the news of his partner in music passing away, saying:
"I shall miss him in so many different ways. The idea that I shall never get to sing those songs with him again, that I shall never again be able to get annoyed when he interrupts me on stage or to laugh at his unpredictable sense of humor or even to admire his newest model train or his latest gardening effort is an unthinkable change in my life with which I have not even begun to come to terms.”
"Gordon remains one of my very favorite singers of all time and I am still so proud of the work that we did together. I am just a harmony guy and Gordon was the heart and soul of our duo.”
Written By Robert Benson 2009 www.collectingvinylrecords.com
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