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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Bird and Animal Names In Rock And Roll History- part twenty-six
Let’s continue our ongoing series about “bird” and “animal” group names and individuals in rock and roll history, this time, let’s devote some time to some of the ‘indie’ bands that are making a name for themselves.
After an eight-year run with the band Carissa’a Weird, multi-instrumentalists Ben Bridwell and Mat Brooke founded the indie rock outfit Band Of Horses in 2004.
The band received attention and critical acclaim after a tour opening for another indie band Iron & Wine. In 2005, the native Northwesterners released an EP that was sold exclusively at their shows and at their record label’s website, Sub Pop. Their full length debut “Everything All The Time” was released in March of 2006 to positive reviews.
However, Brooke did not tour in support of the releases and ultimately quit the band to form another Sub Poop act, Grand Archives. Bridwell recruited two new bandmates, Rob Hampton (bass) and Creighton Barrett (drums) to tour and the pair became permanent members; although the full lineup has changed and is listed below.
After relocating to South Carolina to be closer to his family, Bidwell and his band cut their second LP “Cease To Begin” in October of 2007. It was voted as one of the best ten albums of 2007 by Paste magazine and featured the cuts “The General Specific” and “Detlef Schrempf.”
Amazingly, you have probably heard their music, but not know who the artist was. Their song, “The Funeral” appeared in the television commercials for SUVs, in the trailer for the movie Penelope and in the television series’ CSI, Criminal Minds, One Tree Hill and Numb3rs. In 2008, the band stated that they planned on entering the studio to begin recording their third LP, with Bridwell claiming to have twenty seven songs already written.
Hailing from London is a post-punk band called Dogs. The band acquired a loyal fan base by touring with Paul Weller, Razorlight and The Enemy and is consistently ranked as one of Britain’s best live bands.
Their first album "Turn Against This Land," was released on in September of 2005 and was recorded at Sawmills Studio in Cornwall and was produced by John Cornfield. It was released via Island Records. The LP contains the singles “London Bridge/End Of An Era” (double A-side), “Tuned to a Different Station” and “Selfish Ways."
The Dogs returned in 2007, this time under Weekender Records, with three singles: “Soldier On," followed by “This Stone Is A Bullet” and thirdly “Dirty Little Shop”, released on June 18, 2007. The song "Chained to No-One" was released at the end of 2007 as a download only single. The band released its second album, "Tall Stories from Under the Table" on June 25, 2007.
Their music may remind some of the peppy pop sounds of the Talking Heads or XTC, but Scotland’s Dogs Die In Hot Cars cut their teeth absorbing the music of stalwarts such as Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The band, vocalists/guitarists Craig Macintosh and Gary Smith, bassist Lee Worrall, keyboardist/vocalist Ruth Quigley, and drummer Laurence Davey was formed while all were in high school. Playing cover songs at local pubs, the group started sprinkling in a few of their own songs into the set list. After a few years of saving money, upgrading their equipment and sound and writing songs, they relocated to Glasgow to focus on their music. In summer 2003, the band released their first single on Radiate, "I Love You Cause I Have To," and the mix of ska rhythms and new wave pop won the band critical and commercial acclaim.
In early 2004, the group released the EP “Man Bites Man” and their debut album was released in July of that same year. The LP, “Please Describe Yourself” included the tracks "I Love You 'Cause I Have To,” "Godhopping" and "Lounger.” "Godhopping" peaked at #24 on the UK Singles Chart and remains the band's biggest hit. "I Love You 'Cause I Have To" peaked at #32 on the UK Singles Chart and narrowly missed the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States.
On September 18, 2007 the band posted a blog on their MySpace website indicating that they had decided to end all work on a new album. With this news they also said that they are going their separate ways and may or may not reunite. In April 2008 the band began to release their second album demos along with their individual track files, free for all to download from their website. Visitors could these songs to make their own versions of the songs and then send those versions back to the band. The band would then later announce a closing date (closing date was announced for May 1, 2009), and then the band would compile the second album using ideas from the submitted versions from their fans, and share 50% of the royalties that come from its release with everyone who has contributed towards making it. The project is called "Dogs Die In Hot Cars is making Pop Nonsense” and is certainly a novel concept and the submissions and finished songs are now available on the band’s Facebook page.
The Golden Dogs are a pop-rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada that formed in 2000. Dave Azzolini is the songwriting force, supported by Jessica Grassia on keyboards, vocals, and percussion, and Taylor Knox (musician) on drums. The group released their debut, “Everything in 3 Parts,” and the single "Can't Get Your Face Out of My Head" was very popular in the indie music scene. The band enjoyed even more success with the release of their follow-up single "Yeah!" In 2006 the band followed up with “Big Eye Little Eye” with the single "Never Meant Any Harm" proving to be quite popular.
In 2008, the band had a busy year in the USA, touring with the likes of Feist, Sloan and Electric Six. As of late 2008, the Golden Dogs were currently recording their third studio album in Toronto. Expect great things from this band and more infectious music in the near future.
In part twenty-seven, we will continue our look at some of the indie bands that have made and are making a name for themselves in the music industry.
Band Of Horses Tidbits:
The band often draws comparisons to My Morning Jacket, largely due to the vocal similarities between Bridwell and My Morning Jacket lead singer Jim James, the occasional Southern rock tendencies that the two groups have in common and a penchant for glimmering reverb.
The band's current lineup includes Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe and Tyler Ramsey, who also provides opening performances on tour, as well as bassist Bill Reynolds and guitarist Blake Mills.
In 2007, the band's song "No One's Gonna Love You" was played in the first season of Chuck, in the season 1 finale of 90210, and in the season 5 finale of Numb3rs. In 2008, they appeared in a Ford commercial for the company's new SYNC voice recognition audio control system.
Buy Band Of Horses Music
Dogs Tidbits:
Dogs are: Johnny Cooke (vocals), Luciano Vargas (vocals, guitar), Rikki Mehta (guitar), Duncan Timms (bass guitar) and Paul Warren (drums).
Dogs Die In Hot Cars Tidbits:
The band's name comes from a RSPCA campaign to advise dog owners not to leave their pets in hot cars and has often been a strong talking point of polarized views.
In an interview with U.S. Rolling Stone magazine, singer/guitarist Craig Macintosh mentioned that "Rolling Stone in Australia said it was the best band name in the history of rock & roll. But then the NME said it was the worst.”
Buy Dogs Die In Hot Cars Music
After an eight-year run with the band Carissa’a Weird, multi-instrumentalists Ben Bridwell and Mat Brooke founded the indie rock outfit Band Of Horses in 2004.
The band received attention and critical acclaim after a tour opening for another indie band Iron & Wine. In 2005, the native Northwesterners released an EP that was sold exclusively at their shows and at their record label’s website, Sub Pop. Their full length debut “Everything All The Time” was released in March of 2006 to positive reviews.
However, Brooke did not tour in support of the releases and ultimately quit the band to form another Sub Poop act, Grand Archives. Bridwell recruited two new bandmates, Rob Hampton (bass) and Creighton Barrett (drums) to tour and the pair became permanent members; although the full lineup has changed and is listed below.
After relocating to South Carolina to be closer to his family, Bidwell and his band cut their second LP “Cease To Begin” in October of 2007. It was voted as one of the best ten albums of 2007 by Paste magazine and featured the cuts “The General Specific” and “Detlef Schrempf.”
Amazingly, you have probably heard their music, but not know who the artist was. Their song, “The Funeral” appeared in the television commercials for SUVs, in the trailer for the movie Penelope and in the television series’ CSI, Criminal Minds, One Tree Hill and Numb3rs. In 2008, the band stated that they planned on entering the studio to begin recording their third LP, with Bridwell claiming to have twenty seven songs already written.
Hailing from London is a post-punk band called Dogs. The band acquired a loyal fan base by touring with Paul Weller, Razorlight and The Enemy and is consistently ranked as one of Britain’s best live bands.
Their first album "Turn Against This Land," was released on in September of 2005 and was recorded at Sawmills Studio in Cornwall and was produced by John Cornfield. It was released via Island Records. The LP contains the singles “London Bridge/End Of An Era” (double A-side), “Tuned to a Different Station” and “Selfish Ways."
The Dogs returned in 2007, this time under Weekender Records, with three singles: “Soldier On," followed by “This Stone Is A Bullet” and thirdly “Dirty Little Shop”, released on June 18, 2007. The song "Chained to No-One" was released at the end of 2007 as a download only single. The band released its second album, "Tall Stories from Under the Table" on June 25, 2007.
Their music may remind some of the peppy pop sounds of the Talking Heads or XTC, but Scotland’s Dogs Die In Hot Cars cut their teeth absorbing the music of stalwarts such as Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The band, vocalists/guitarists Craig Macintosh and Gary Smith, bassist Lee Worrall, keyboardist/vocalist Ruth Quigley, and drummer Laurence Davey was formed while all were in high school. Playing cover songs at local pubs, the group started sprinkling in a few of their own songs into the set list. After a few years of saving money, upgrading their equipment and sound and writing songs, they relocated to Glasgow to focus on their music. In summer 2003, the band released their first single on Radiate, "I Love You Cause I Have To," and the mix of ska rhythms and new wave pop won the band critical and commercial acclaim.
In early 2004, the group released the EP “Man Bites Man” and their debut album was released in July of that same year. The LP, “Please Describe Yourself” included the tracks "I Love You 'Cause I Have To,” "Godhopping" and "Lounger.” "Godhopping" peaked at #24 on the UK Singles Chart and remains the band's biggest hit. "I Love You 'Cause I Have To" peaked at #32 on the UK Singles Chart and narrowly missed the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States.
On September 18, 2007 the band posted a blog on their MySpace website indicating that they had decided to end all work on a new album. With this news they also said that they are going their separate ways and may or may not reunite. In April 2008 the band began to release their second album demos along with their individual track files, free for all to download from their website. Visitors could these songs to make their own versions of the songs and then send those versions back to the band. The band would then later announce a closing date (closing date was announced for May 1, 2009), and then the band would compile the second album using ideas from the submitted versions from their fans, and share 50% of the royalties that come from its release with everyone who has contributed towards making it. The project is called "Dogs Die In Hot Cars is making Pop Nonsense” and is certainly a novel concept and the submissions and finished songs are now available on the band’s Facebook page.
The Golden Dogs are a pop-rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada that formed in 2000. Dave Azzolini is the songwriting force, supported by Jessica Grassia on keyboards, vocals, and percussion, and Taylor Knox (musician) on drums. The group released their debut, “Everything in 3 Parts,” and the single "Can't Get Your Face Out of My Head" was very popular in the indie music scene. The band enjoyed even more success with the release of their follow-up single "Yeah!" In 2006 the band followed up with “Big Eye Little Eye” with the single "Never Meant Any Harm" proving to be quite popular.
In 2008, the band had a busy year in the USA, touring with the likes of Feist, Sloan and Electric Six. As of late 2008, the Golden Dogs were currently recording their third studio album in Toronto. Expect great things from this band and more infectious music in the near future.
In part twenty-seven, we will continue our look at some of the indie bands that have made and are making a name for themselves in the music industry.
Band Of Horses Tidbits:
The band often draws comparisons to My Morning Jacket, largely due to the vocal similarities between Bridwell and My Morning Jacket lead singer Jim James, the occasional Southern rock tendencies that the two groups have in common and a penchant for glimmering reverb.
The band's current lineup includes Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe and Tyler Ramsey, who also provides opening performances on tour, as well as bassist Bill Reynolds and guitarist Blake Mills.
In 2007, the band's song "No One's Gonna Love You" was played in the first season of Chuck, in the season 1 finale of 90210, and in the season 5 finale of Numb3rs. In 2008, they appeared in a Ford commercial for the company's new SYNC voice recognition audio control system.
Buy Band Of Horses Music
Dogs Tidbits:
Dogs are: Johnny Cooke (vocals), Luciano Vargas (vocals, guitar), Rikki Mehta (guitar), Duncan Timms (bass guitar) and Paul Warren (drums).
Dogs Die In Hot Cars Tidbits:
The band's name comes from a RSPCA campaign to advise dog owners not to leave their pets in hot cars and has often been a strong talking point of polarized views.
In an interview with U.S. Rolling Stone magazine, singer/guitarist Craig Macintosh mentioned that "Rolling Stone in Australia said it was the best band name in the history of rock & roll. But then the NME said it was the worst.”
Buy Dogs Die In Hot Cars Music
KISS: Behind The 'Sonic Boom' Album Cover Art
The cover art for the new KISS album, "Sonic Boom," was created by Michael Doret, who also designed the band's classic "Rock And Roll Over" album cover.
Doret explains the process of how the new artwork came to be and writes on his blog:
"When Paul Stanley [KISS guitarist/vocalist] came by my studio to discuss how to proceed on the art for the cover of their upcoming CD/DVD package, 'Sonic Boom', I had no idea what to expect. I hadn't met with him since working on 'Rock And Roll Over', and had very little memory of what that had been like.
"Any anxiety I had melted away when we started talking. Paul is a 'gentlemen's gentleman' and I immediately felt at ease talking with him — as if all those years had not intervened since the last time we had spoken.
"After some small talk, he explained what he was after with the new cover art. His vision for this album was to make it as vital and raw as it had been when they did 'Rock And Roll Over'. He felt that that had been some of the best work that they had ever done, and wanted the new album to recreate that energy both musically and visually. While he didn't want me to reprise what I had done with my art for the earlier cover, he did want me to try to capture some of the same spirit, attitude, energy, and look that I had instilled in that piece. Also, one of his stipulations was that unlike 'Rock And Roll Over' (where I had created abstract, graphic versions of the KISS personas), this time he wanted photographic representations of the four group members in full makeup.
"When I did 'Rock And Roll Over', I had a 12" canvas to work on. Now with CD covers and digital booklets, that canvas had been reduced to less than 40% of its original size. Designing in a 4¾" space poses some very different problems from what I faced while working on covers for vinyl releases. In fact, the older cover design would not have worked at that size; its many elements would have felt crowded into a small space. So the elements of 'Sonic Boom' had to be bigger, bolder — and fewer. I made the decision to make the title the main focus of the graphics, moving the other elements (faces, KISS logo) into prominent — but subordinate—roles.
"So I set about putting pencil to paper and trying to solve this the way I solve any other design problem. I did not want to get psyched-out by thinking too much about how the new design would compare with 'Rock And Roll Over'. That cover had taken on a life of its own and had become a pop culture icon. Creating an iconic cover could not have been one of my goals. All I was capable of doing was to try to create the most compelling graphics possible within the parameters and limitations that had been set out for me. So I started out at the core of this design by creating what I call a 'word constellation' out of the title. I tried to make it communicate its meaning visually by not only making it angular and 'explosive,' but also by creating a shape that was somewhat suggestive of flight — a 'flying wing,' if you will. Bearing in mind the symmetrical, mandala-like layout of 'Rock And Roll Over', I started designing the new piece as a field growing out of the center of the square, with the four members faces moving outwards from the center, and capped with my version of the ubiquitous KISS logo.
"It took about a week for me to develop my sketch to the point where I felt confident in what I had come up with. As I had done with 'Rock And Roll Over', I felt so strongly about this cover design that I decided to not present any other options — I wanted this to be the ONE.
"This is the rough pencil [see below] I first presented to Paul. I held my breath as he first took it in, and then was able to exhale when I saw a big smile appear on his face."
Doret explains the process of how the new artwork came to be and writes on his blog:
"When Paul Stanley [KISS guitarist/vocalist] came by my studio to discuss how to proceed on the art for the cover of their upcoming CD/DVD package, 'Sonic Boom', I had no idea what to expect. I hadn't met with him since working on 'Rock And Roll Over', and had very little memory of what that had been like.
"Any anxiety I had melted away when we started talking. Paul is a 'gentlemen's gentleman' and I immediately felt at ease talking with him — as if all those years had not intervened since the last time we had spoken.
"After some small talk, he explained what he was after with the new cover art. His vision for this album was to make it as vital and raw as it had been when they did 'Rock And Roll Over'. He felt that that had been some of the best work that they had ever done, and wanted the new album to recreate that energy both musically and visually. While he didn't want me to reprise what I had done with my art for the earlier cover, he did want me to try to capture some of the same spirit, attitude, energy, and look that I had instilled in that piece. Also, one of his stipulations was that unlike 'Rock And Roll Over' (where I had created abstract, graphic versions of the KISS personas), this time he wanted photographic representations of the four group members in full makeup.
"When I did 'Rock And Roll Over', I had a 12" canvas to work on. Now with CD covers and digital booklets, that canvas had been reduced to less than 40% of its original size. Designing in a 4¾" space poses some very different problems from what I faced while working on covers for vinyl releases. In fact, the older cover design would not have worked at that size; its many elements would have felt crowded into a small space. So the elements of 'Sonic Boom' had to be bigger, bolder — and fewer. I made the decision to make the title the main focus of the graphics, moving the other elements (faces, KISS logo) into prominent — but subordinate—roles.
"So I set about putting pencil to paper and trying to solve this the way I solve any other design problem. I did not want to get psyched-out by thinking too much about how the new design would compare with 'Rock And Roll Over'. That cover had taken on a life of its own and had become a pop culture icon. Creating an iconic cover could not have been one of my goals. All I was capable of doing was to try to create the most compelling graphics possible within the parameters and limitations that had been set out for me. So I started out at the core of this design by creating what I call a 'word constellation' out of the title. I tried to make it communicate its meaning visually by not only making it angular and 'explosive,' but also by creating a shape that was somewhat suggestive of flight — a 'flying wing,' if you will. Bearing in mind the symmetrical, mandala-like layout of 'Rock And Roll Over', I started designing the new piece as a field growing out of the center of the square, with the four members faces moving outwards from the center, and capped with my version of the ubiquitous KISS logo.
"It took about a week for me to develop my sketch to the point where I felt confident in what I had come up with. As I had done with 'Rock And Roll Over', I felt so strongly about this cover design that I decided to not present any other options — I wanted this to be the ONE.
"This is the rough pencil [see below] I first presented to Paul. I held my breath as he first took it in, and then was able to exhale when I saw a big smile appear on his face."
Music News & Notes
Details of Beatles Remasters summarized in Chicago
by David Haber, Beatles News Editor
On August 15 at the 2009 Fest for Beatles Fans in Chicago, respected journalist and Beatles historian Matt Hurwitz and Beatles author Bruce Spizer gave a presentation to the large audience of Beatles fans about the remastering of the Beatles catalogue, which will be released this September 9th, 09-09-09. Both Mr. Hurwitz and Mr. Spizer have had the privilege of hearing some of the remasters. Below is a summary of what we know about the 09-09-09 Beatles remasters.
Read the rest here:
www.beatlesnews.com
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Bouncing Souls Stick Together for '20th Anniversary Series'
New Jersey punk band the Bouncing Souls are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate the milestone, the New Brunswick-based band decided to release a new album in an unconventional way. Beginning in January, they began digitally releasing songs from their '20th Anniversary Series' on a monthly basis, collecting them quarterly on 7" vinyl EPs via their record label, Chunksaah.
"It seemed like it would be fun because, without having any money for marketing or advertising, we would be able to expand the awareness of the record coming out," frontman Greg Attonito says. "When a record came out, it used to be an event. Nowadays, when you release one, it's on everyone's iPod mixed up with all the old songs within a week. So this has helped us."
As for the band's ability to stick together, Attonito says it hasn't always been easy -- especially when the band split with original drummer Shal Khichi in 2000 -- but they've figured out how to cope.
"There's the drive, the music, the uplifting feeling that we get from performing, creating and sharing the music with the audience," he says. "All the relationships we've developed drive us through all the financial crap and long hours of travel and being uncomfortable and away from people we want to be with. It's what we do. It's what we were born to do. It truly is great."
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Les Paul Coming Home
Les Paul, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 94, will be buried on Friday in his hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
A private funeral service will be held in New York on Wednesday followed by a reception at the Gibson Showroom. On Friday from 10 to 2 (CDT), there will be a public viewing at the Discovery World Museum in Milwaukee followed by a private family service at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha. I live about 100 miles from the city, I may go pay my respects to this guitar and music icon.
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The Happy Hollows Announce October Release Of Debut Full Length
Acclaimed Los Angeles trio The Happy Hollows have announced the release of their debut full length on October 6th. The album, "Spells" is a culmination of their work with producer and former Mighty Lemon Drops guitarist David Newton (The Little Ones, The Blood Arm), who also produced the group's 2008 EP "Imaginary."
The rock outfit has been getting rave reviews of late with the BBC picking them as a band to watch for 2009, the Los Angeles Times has described the group's sound as a "pugilistic mix of stinging guitars, turbulent rhythms, and shouted vocals" that "alternates between childlike experimentation and ferocious firestorm." AllMusic wrote that the band's "appeal is immediate" and LAist has labeled them "a must see!"
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SOIL 'Wanted To Move In More Of A Clean, Classic-Rock Style' For New Album Artwork
Stephen Jensen, the art director, photographer, and graphic designer and founder of F3 Studios in Crystal Lake, Illinois, created the cover artwork for "Picture Perfect", the new album from Chicago heavy rockers SOIL.
Regarding how the design for the new CD was conceived, a posting on the F3 web site reads: "[SOIL] wanted to take a different direction with their artwork. The band returned to Stephen and F3 Studios, who also created their last album, 'True Self', to help take them in a new direction. They were growing tired of the typical dark, edgy design styles in metal music lately and wanted to move in more of a clean, classic-rock style and more photography-driven for the album cover. Stephen was excited about the idea because it's much more of the style that he was influenced by early in his career and was certainly down for the challenge."
"Picture Perfect" will be released in the U.S. on October 20 via Bieler Bros. Records and three days later in Europe through AFM Records/Soulfood.
Looks like a 'squeaky clean' album cover to me.....
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R.E.M. Reveal Live Album Details
“R.E.M. Live At The Olympia,” is a two-CD set featuring 39 songs from their acclaimed 2007 working rehearsals in Dublin, Ireland. R.E.M. set up camp at the venerable Olympia Theatre in Ireland’s capital city and tested new material over five nights before passionate, capacity crowds. This live album was produced by Dublin native Jacknife Lee who, along with R.E.M., co-produced Accelerate, the album which emerged from these shows. “Live At The Olympia” gives fans an opportunity to hear those songs at their earliest stages of development. In addition to the new material, the band also served up twenty-nine other songs, spanning their entire career, all of which can be found on this album.
A special edition 2 CD & DVD set will contain a film of the Dublin shows by Vincent Moon and Jeremiah, who previously worked with R.E.M. on Ninetynights, Six Days and the Supernatural Superserious Video.
This may disappoint some casual fans who insist that every R.E.M. concert have their most popular songs (i.e. "Man On The Moon" "Losing My Religion" "Orange Crush" among others) rehashed again - but for me, I love it, a chance to hear and see some new music. And, coming from R.E.M., I already know it is great!
1 Living Well is the Best Revenge
2 Second Guessing
3 Letter Never Sent
4 Staring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance
5 Disturbance at the Heron House
6 Mr. Richards
7 Houston
8 New Test Leper
9 Cuyahoga
10 Electrolite
11 Man-Sized Wreath
12 So. Central Rain
13 On The Fly
14 Maps and Legends
15 Sitting Still
16 Driver 8
17 Horse to Water
18 I'm Gonna DJ
19 Circus Envy
20 These Days
21 Drive
22 Feeling Gravitys Pull
23 Until the Day is Done
24 Accelerate
25 Auctioneer
26 Little America
27 1,000,000
28 Disguised
29 The Worst Joke Ever
30 Welcome to the Occupation
31 Carnival of Sorts
32 Harborcoat
33 Wolves, Lower
34 I've Been High
35 Kohoutek
36 West of the Fields
37 Pretty Persuasion
38 Romance
39 Gardening at Night
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You Go George!
George Strait will have the number one album when the charts are released on Friday with Twang. Hits Daily Double estimates it will have sold about 157,000 copies.
Strait's isn't the only big debut for the week. Neil Diamond's Hot August Night/NYC looks to move around 60,000 which is good for number three on the week.
In between the two is Michael Jackson's Number Ones with sales of around 80,000 with his Essential moving an additional 42,000 (number 6).
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No Go For Alice
Alice Cooper's new live show, "Theatre of Death," has been banned from playing in Tampere, Finland due to a lack of "Christian values." A letter was sent to Cooper stating:
“Performances including representation of false gods, demons, evilness and forces of darkness and all these kind of symbols, words or markings are highly prohibited. These rules are valid also in all of the advertisement and material related to the concert. Breaking this rule causes immediate cancellation of the contract, and a 100,000 € penalty fee.”
Cooper's management expressed their disappointment to the fans in Tampere and said they hoped they could make it to Helsinki where the show would still go on.
by David Haber, Beatles News Editor
On August 15 at the 2009 Fest for Beatles Fans in Chicago, respected journalist and Beatles historian Matt Hurwitz and Beatles author Bruce Spizer gave a presentation to the large audience of Beatles fans about the remastering of the Beatles catalogue, which will be released this September 9th, 09-09-09. Both Mr. Hurwitz and Mr. Spizer have had the privilege of hearing some of the remasters. Below is a summary of what we know about the 09-09-09 Beatles remasters.
Read the rest here:
www.beatlesnews.com
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Bouncing Souls Stick Together for '20th Anniversary Series'
New Jersey punk band the Bouncing Souls are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate the milestone, the New Brunswick-based band decided to release a new album in an unconventional way. Beginning in January, they began digitally releasing songs from their '20th Anniversary Series' on a monthly basis, collecting them quarterly on 7" vinyl EPs via their record label, Chunksaah."It seemed like it would be fun because, without having any money for marketing or advertising, we would be able to expand the awareness of the record coming out," frontman Greg Attonito says. "When a record came out, it used to be an event. Nowadays, when you release one, it's on everyone's iPod mixed up with all the old songs within a week. So this has helped us."
As for the band's ability to stick together, Attonito says it hasn't always been easy -- especially when the band split with original drummer Shal Khichi in 2000 -- but they've figured out how to cope.
"There's the drive, the music, the uplifting feeling that we get from performing, creating and sharing the music with the audience," he says. "All the relationships we've developed drive us through all the financial crap and long hours of travel and being uncomfortable and away from people we want to be with. It's what we do. It's what we were born to do. It truly is great."
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Les Paul Coming Home
Les Paul, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 94, will be buried on Friday in his hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
A private funeral service will be held in New York on Wednesday followed by a reception at the Gibson Showroom. On Friday from 10 to 2 (CDT), there will be a public viewing at the Discovery World Museum in Milwaukee followed by a private family service at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha. I live about 100 miles from the city, I may go pay my respects to this guitar and music icon.
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The Happy Hollows Announce October Release Of Debut Full Length
Acclaimed Los Angeles trio The Happy Hollows have announced the release of their debut full length on October 6th. The album, "Spells" is a culmination of their work with producer and former Mighty Lemon Drops guitarist David Newton (The Little Ones, The Blood Arm), who also produced the group's 2008 EP "Imaginary."
The rock outfit has been getting rave reviews of late with the BBC picking them as a band to watch for 2009, the Los Angeles Times has described the group's sound as a "pugilistic mix of stinging guitars, turbulent rhythms, and shouted vocals" that "alternates between childlike experimentation and ferocious firestorm." AllMusic wrote that the band's "appeal is immediate" and LAist has labeled them "a must see!"
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SOIL 'Wanted To Move In More Of A Clean, Classic-Rock Style' For New Album Artwork
Stephen Jensen, the art director, photographer, and graphic designer and founder of F3 Studios in Crystal Lake, Illinois, created the cover artwork for "Picture Perfect", the new album from Chicago heavy rockers SOIL.
Regarding how the design for the new CD was conceived, a posting on the F3 web site reads: "[SOIL] wanted to take a different direction with their artwork. The band returned to Stephen and F3 Studios, who also created their last album, 'True Self', to help take them in a new direction. They were growing tired of the typical dark, edgy design styles in metal music lately and wanted to move in more of a clean, classic-rock style and more photography-driven for the album cover. Stephen was excited about the idea because it's much more of the style that he was influenced by early in his career and was certainly down for the challenge."
"Picture Perfect" will be released in the U.S. on October 20 via Bieler Bros. Records and three days later in Europe through AFM Records/Soulfood.
Looks like a 'squeaky clean' album cover to me.....
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R.E.M. Reveal Live Album Details
“R.E.M. Live At The Olympia,” is a two-CD set featuring 39 songs from their acclaimed 2007 working rehearsals in Dublin, Ireland. R.E.M. set up camp at the venerable Olympia Theatre in Ireland’s capital city and tested new material over five nights before passionate, capacity crowds. This live album was produced by Dublin native Jacknife Lee who, along with R.E.M., co-produced Accelerate, the album which emerged from these shows. “Live At The Olympia” gives fans an opportunity to hear those songs at their earliest stages of development. In addition to the new material, the band also served up twenty-nine other songs, spanning their entire career, all of which can be found on this album.
A special edition 2 CD & DVD set will contain a film of the Dublin shows by Vincent Moon and Jeremiah, who previously worked with R.E.M. on Ninetynights, Six Days and the Supernatural Superserious Video.
This may disappoint some casual fans who insist that every R.E.M. concert have their most popular songs (i.e. "Man On The Moon" "Losing My Religion" "Orange Crush" among others) rehashed again - but for me, I love it, a chance to hear and see some new music. And, coming from R.E.M., I already know it is great!
1 Living Well is the Best Revenge
2 Second Guessing
3 Letter Never Sent
4 Staring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance
5 Disturbance at the Heron House
6 Mr. Richards
7 Houston
8 New Test Leper
9 Cuyahoga
10 Electrolite
11 Man-Sized Wreath
12 So. Central Rain
13 On The Fly
14 Maps and Legends
15 Sitting Still
16 Driver 8
17 Horse to Water
18 I'm Gonna DJ
19 Circus Envy
20 These Days
21 Drive
22 Feeling Gravitys Pull
23 Until the Day is Done
24 Accelerate
25 Auctioneer
26 Little America
27 1,000,000
28 Disguised
29 The Worst Joke Ever
30 Welcome to the Occupation
31 Carnival of Sorts
32 Harborcoat
33 Wolves, Lower
34 I've Been High
35 Kohoutek
36 West of the Fields
37 Pretty Persuasion
38 Romance
39 Gardening at Night
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You Go George!
George Strait will have the number one album when the charts are released on Friday with Twang. Hits Daily Double estimates it will have sold about 157,000 copies.
Strait's isn't the only big debut for the week. Neil Diamond's Hot August Night/NYC looks to move around 60,000 which is good for number three on the week.
In between the two is Michael Jackson's Number Ones with sales of around 80,000 with his Essential moving an additional 42,000 (number 6).
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No Go For Alice
Alice Cooper's new live show, "Theatre of Death," has been banned from playing in Tampere, Finland due to a lack of "Christian values." A letter was sent to Cooper stating:
“Performances including representation of false gods, demons, evilness and forces of darkness and all these kind of symbols, words or markings are highly prohibited. These rules are valid also in all of the advertisement and material related to the concert. Breaking this rule causes immediate cancellation of the contract, and a 100,000 € penalty fee.”
Cooper's management expressed their disappointment to the fans in Tampere and said they hoped they could make it to Helsinki where the show would still go on.
Dream sleeves: How a 40-year-old idea could save the music industry
I found this write up very interesting, but the writer seems to omit the most important element of why people bought vinyl then, and now. As we all know it is about the sound quality, but hte article makes some great points about the status of owning a certain copy of a record.
By Rob Sharp
Digital downloads and free streaming have changed the music industry for ever. Now record labels have hatched a plan to revive the album format with 1960s-influenced, art-laden packaging. John Walsh thinks the idea rocks.
Remember the days when you bought a record not only because you wanted to hear the music but also because you wanted to own the packaging? Those days may be coming back.
The music market is in dire trouble. Album sales here (UK) and in the USA were down by 14 per cent last year, while digital downloads, perversely, went up. No matter how much record companies discount brand-new CDs, they remain on the shelves of HMV; potential buyers prefer to select a few tracks of a new album and download them from iTunes, rather than shell out on the whole work. Young listeners, the companies claim, have lost the acquisitive impulse that makes you want to own a record album, or build up a collection of the things in your wobbling CD tower.
So how does the industry plan to persuade music fans to buy albums again? By changing the packaging to echo the design of albums from 35-40 years ago.
Apple, creator of the iPod and the iTunes store – the sworn enemies of commercially-packaged music – is getting into bed with the four largest record labels, to help them stimulate album sales. They're working with EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music Group on something called "Project Cocktail" that will produce all manner of extras to go with albums: interactive booklets, sleeve notes, photographs, lyric sheets, even video clips. Buyers will be able to call up album tracks through the interactive booklet, while leafing through pictures of the band and trying to make sense of the lyrics.
Does this remind you of anything? Of course it does – it describes the experience, among slightly older rock 'n' roll fans, of Owning An LP Record. The people at Apple, to their credit, recognise this as a calculated piece of applied nostalgia. "It's all about recreating the heyday of the album," said one (unnamed) Apple executive, "when you could sit around with your friends looking at the artwork while you listened to the music."
Yes yes – but it was about so much more than that. To a generation that grew up and went to university in the 1960s and 1970s, the long-playing album was a thing of wonder: a thin but substantial 12in square package of cultural signifiers and quirky allusions, a window onto a world of psychedelic weirdness and fey romanticism, rock posturing and folkie dreaminess. It was, even more than the clothes you wore, the main signifier of your identity. The album you were currently digging, in 1967 or 1971 or 1976, said more about you than money, uniform or Ben Sherman shirt ever could.
Read the rest here:
www.independent.co.uk
By Rob Sharp
Digital downloads and free streaming have changed the music industry for ever. Now record labels have hatched a plan to revive the album format with 1960s-influenced, art-laden packaging. John Walsh thinks the idea rocks.
Remember the days when you bought a record not only because you wanted to hear the music but also because you wanted to own the packaging? Those days may be coming back.
The music market is in dire trouble. Album sales here (UK) and in the USA were down by 14 per cent last year, while digital downloads, perversely, went up. No matter how much record companies discount brand-new CDs, they remain on the shelves of HMV; potential buyers prefer to select a few tracks of a new album and download them from iTunes, rather than shell out on the whole work. Young listeners, the companies claim, have lost the acquisitive impulse that makes you want to own a record album, or build up a collection of the things in your wobbling CD tower.
So how does the industry plan to persuade music fans to buy albums again? By changing the packaging to echo the design of albums from 35-40 years ago.
Apple, creator of the iPod and the iTunes store – the sworn enemies of commercially-packaged music – is getting into bed with the four largest record labels, to help them stimulate album sales. They're working with EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music Group on something called "Project Cocktail" that will produce all manner of extras to go with albums: interactive booklets, sleeve notes, photographs, lyric sheets, even video clips. Buyers will be able to call up album tracks through the interactive booklet, while leafing through pictures of the band and trying to make sense of the lyrics.
Does this remind you of anything? Of course it does – it describes the experience, among slightly older rock 'n' roll fans, of Owning An LP Record. The people at Apple, to their credit, recognise this as a calculated piece of applied nostalgia. "It's all about recreating the heyday of the album," said one (unnamed) Apple executive, "when you could sit around with your friends looking at the artwork while you listened to the music."
Yes yes – but it was about so much more than that. To a generation that grew up and went to university in the 1960s and 1970s, the long-playing album was a thing of wonder: a thin but substantial 12in square package of cultural signifiers and quirky allusions, a window onto a world of psychedelic weirdness and fey romanticism, rock posturing and folkie dreaminess. It was, even more than the clothes you wore, the main signifier of your identity. The album you were currently digging, in 1967 or 1971 or 1976, said more about you than money, uniform or Ben Sherman shirt ever could.
Read the rest here:
www.independent.co.uk
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
New Music Releases - August 18, 2009
Buy New Vinyl Here: vinyluniverse/CollectingVinyl
Ana Popovic- Blind For Love
Ann Peebles - If This Is Heaven
Ann Peebles - Part Time Love
Antlers - Hospice
Arlo Guthrie Arlo Guthrie- Tales of '69
Bad Religion- Stranger Than Fiction (vinyl reissue)
Bad Veins- Bad Veins
Beat Farmers- Fulmination
Bert Jansch- A Rare Conundrum (remastered with bonus tracks)
Bert Jansch -L.A. Turnaround (remastered with bonus tracks)
Bert Jansch -Santa Barbara Honeymoon (remastered with bonus tracks)
Bettye LaVette -Change Is Gonna Come Sessions
Bill Frisell- Disfarmer
Birds of Avalon- Uncanny Valley (vinyl)
Bish- Surrounded by Mountains (vinyl)
Blue Roses- Blue Roses (vinyl)
Bo Diddley- Ride On: The Chess Masters, Vol. 3 - 1960-1961
Bob Dylan - Essential 3.0
Bob Dylan - The Best of Bob Dylan (Limited Edition Collector's Crate)
Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend
Cable - The Failed Convict
Cave Singers -Welcome Joy
Charlie Patton - Electrically Recorded: High Water Everywhere
Charlie Patton - Electrically Recorded: Jesus Is a Dying - Bed Maker
Charlie Patton - You're Gonna Need Someone When You Die: The Recorded Works
Choir of Young Believers- This Is for the White in Your Eyes
Christopher O'Riley - Out Of My Hands
Chthonic - Mirror Of Retribution
Chuck Willis - Hit & Run Blues
Clint Mansell - Moon
Colin Hay - American Sunshine
Cult - Love (Expanded Edition)
Decoder Ring - They Blind the Stars & the Wild Team
Delbert McClinton - Acquired Taste (with DVD)
Delbert McClinton - Honky Tonkin' All Night
Destroyer Bay Of Pigs [EP] Vinyl-only
Discovery - LP (vinyl)
Divisible- Less Than Lion
Doors - Morrison Hotel (Audio Fidelity)
Doors - The Soft Parade (Audio Fidelity)
Dreaming In Stereo - Dreaming In Stereo
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Essential 3.0
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader (vinyl reissue)
Eric Copeland - Alien in a Garbage Dump
Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat
Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away (vinyl)
Floating Action - Floating Action (vinyl)
Florence & the Machine -Lungs
Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song
Generationals - Con Law (vinyl)
Greg Davis - Mutually Arising
Gwar - Lust In Space
Hall & Oates - Essential 3.0
He Is Legend - It Hates You
Heart - Greatest Hits (Limited Edition Collector's Crate)
Her Space Holiday - Sleepy Tigers
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - Anything Goes
Ian Hunter -Man Overboard
Impressions - Complete A & B Sides: 1961-1968 (2 CDs)
J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House
Jack Penate - Everythig Is New
Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
Jay-Z: D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) (vinyl)
Jeff Garlin - Young And Handsome: A Night With Jeff Garlin
Jefferson Airplane - Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (remastered)
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock (3-CD box set)
Johann Johannsson - Englaborn (vinyl)
John Denver - Essential 3.0
John Lee Hooker - Driving Blues
John Phillips: Andy Warhol Presents Man on the Moon
Josh Mease - Wilderness
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: -Ice-9 Ballads
La Roux - Bulletproof
Light This City - The Hero Cycle Re-Release
Lights - Rites (vinyl)
Lil Wayne - Rebirth
Lydia Lunch: Big Sexy Noise (vinyl)
Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgat
Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine (vinyl)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - C est La Derniere Chanson
Major Lazer -Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do
Mando Diao - Mean Street EP
Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers: Vol. 2
Megafaun - Gather, Form And Fly (vinyl)
Michael Jackson - The Ultimate Collection (5 CDs)
Mt. Eerie - Wind Poem
Mungolian Jetset - We Gave It All Away… Now We Are Taking It Back
MuteMath –Armistice
Nathan Maxwell and the Originally Bunny Gang -White Rabbit
Neil Young - Fork In The Road (2-LP vinyl)
Nerves - One Way Ticket (vinyl)
Netherfriends - Calling You Out
Nick Lowe - Brentford Trilogy Box Set (3-CD box set)
O'Jays - Essential 3.0
Otep - Smash The Control Machine
Patti Smith - Peace and Noise (reissue)
Paul Dianno - Classics: The Maiden Years
Peter Hammill: Thin Air
Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
R.E.O. Speedwagon - Essential 3.0
Rainbow Arabia - Kabukimono
Ramona Falls - Intuit
Ravage - The End Of Tomorrow
Ray Charles: The Genius of Ray Charles (remastered vinyl)
Reba McEntire - Keep on Loving You
Riceboy Sleeps -Riceboy Sleeps
Richard Thompson - Walking on a Wire: Richard Thompson (1968-2009) (4 CDs)
Robert Pete Williams - Broken - Hearted Man
Robert Wyatt - Radio Experiment Rome, February 1981
Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (Remastered)
Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing (Remastered)
Roger Chapman - Riff Burglars / Live at Munster Hall
Rolling Stones - Jump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971-1993
Roy Orbison - Essential 3.0
Rural Alberta Advantage: -Hometowns (vinyl)
Rx Bandits -Mandala (vinyl)
School of Seven Bells -Alpinisms (with bonus tracks)
Sean Bones: -Rings
Sean Paul - Imperial Balze
Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie and Clyde (vinyl)
Sinkane - Sinkane (vinyl)
Sister Hazel -Release
Skygreen Leopards: -Gorgeous Johnny (vinyl)
Soulsavers - Broken
Spindrift - The Legend Of God's Gun (vinyl)
Starlight Mints - Change Remains
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Essential 3.0
Strawbs - Dancing to the Devil's Beat
Supersuckers - Split 10" Christmas EP (vinyl)
Talbot Tagora - Lessons In The Woods Or A City (vinyl)
Teddy Pendergrass - Essential 3.0
Television Personalities - And Don't the Kids Just Love It (vinyl)
Television Personalities -Mummy Your Not Watching Me (vinyl)
Third Eye Blind -Ursa Major
U2 - Rattle and Hum [Blu-ray] (dvd)
Various Artists - Funky Frauleins - Female Beat, Groove, Disco, Funk in Germany 1968-1978
Various Artists - Mad Men -Music From The Series Volume 2
Various Artists - Wild Thing: The Songs of Chip Taylor
Various Artists – Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace and Music
Various Artists: New York City Hardcore
Wheat - White Ink, Black Ink
Willie Mitchell - Ooh Baby You Turn Me On
Willie Nelson - Essential 3.0
Working Title - Bone Island
Wye Oak - The Knot
Young Widows & My Disco - Young Widows Split Series Vol. 4 (vinyl)
Zak Sally's Fear Of Song - Why We Hide
Ana Popovic- Blind For Love
Ann Peebles - If This Is Heaven
Ann Peebles - Part Time Love
Antlers - Hospice
Arlo Guthrie Arlo Guthrie- Tales of '69
Bad Religion- Stranger Than Fiction (vinyl reissue)
Bad Veins- Bad Veins
Beat Farmers- Fulmination
Bert Jansch- A Rare Conundrum (remastered with bonus tracks)
Bert Jansch -L.A. Turnaround (remastered with bonus tracks)
Bert Jansch -Santa Barbara Honeymoon (remastered with bonus tracks)
Bettye LaVette -Change Is Gonna Come Sessions
Bill Frisell- Disfarmer
Birds of Avalon- Uncanny Valley (vinyl)
Bish- Surrounded by Mountains (vinyl)
Blue Roses- Blue Roses (vinyl)
Bo Diddley- Ride On: The Chess Masters, Vol. 3 - 1960-1961
Bob Dylan - Essential 3.0
Bob Dylan - The Best of Bob Dylan (Limited Edition Collector's Crate)
Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend
Cable - The Failed Convict
Cave Singers -Welcome Joy
Charlie Patton - Electrically Recorded: High Water Everywhere
Charlie Patton - Electrically Recorded: Jesus Is a Dying - Bed Maker
Charlie Patton - You're Gonna Need Someone When You Die: The Recorded Works
Choir of Young Believers- This Is for the White in Your Eyes
Christopher O'Riley - Out Of My Hands
Chthonic - Mirror Of Retribution
Chuck Willis - Hit & Run Blues
Clint Mansell - Moon
Colin Hay - American Sunshine
Cult - Love (Expanded Edition)
Decoder Ring - They Blind the Stars & the Wild Team
Delbert McClinton - Acquired Taste (with DVD)
Delbert McClinton - Honky Tonkin' All Night
Destroyer Bay Of Pigs [EP] Vinyl-only
Discovery - LP (vinyl)
Divisible- Less Than Lion
Doors - Morrison Hotel (Audio Fidelity)
Doors - The Soft Parade (Audio Fidelity)
Dreaming In Stereo - Dreaming In Stereo
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Essential 3.0
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader (vinyl reissue)
Eric Copeland - Alien in a Garbage Dump
Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat
Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away (vinyl)
Floating Action - Floating Action (vinyl)
Florence & the Machine -Lungs
Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song
Generationals - Con Law (vinyl)
Greg Davis - Mutually Arising
Gwar - Lust In Space
Hall & Oates - Essential 3.0
He Is Legend - It Hates You
Heart - Greatest Hits (Limited Edition Collector's Crate)
Her Space Holiday - Sleepy Tigers
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - Anything Goes
Ian Hunter -Man Overboard
Impressions - Complete A & B Sides: 1961-1968 (2 CDs)
J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House
Jack Penate - Everythig Is New
Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
Jay-Z: D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) (vinyl)
Jeff Garlin - Young And Handsome: A Night With Jeff Garlin
Jefferson Airplane - Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (remastered)
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock (3-CD box set)
Johann Johannsson - Englaborn (vinyl)
John Denver - Essential 3.0
John Lee Hooker - Driving Blues
John Phillips: Andy Warhol Presents Man on the Moon
Josh Mease - Wilderness
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: -Ice-9 Ballads
La Roux - Bulletproof
Light This City - The Hero Cycle Re-Release
Lights - Rites (vinyl)
Lil Wayne - Rebirth
Lydia Lunch: Big Sexy Noise (vinyl)
Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgat
Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine (vinyl)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - C est La Derniere Chanson
Major Lazer -Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do
Mando Diao - Mean Street EP
Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers: Vol. 2
Megafaun - Gather, Form And Fly (vinyl)
Michael Jackson - The Ultimate Collection (5 CDs)
Mt. Eerie - Wind Poem
Mungolian Jetset - We Gave It All Away… Now We Are Taking It Back
MuteMath –Armistice
Nathan Maxwell and the Originally Bunny Gang -White Rabbit
Neil Young - Fork In The Road (2-LP vinyl)
Nerves - One Way Ticket (vinyl)
Netherfriends - Calling You Out
Nick Lowe - Brentford Trilogy Box Set (3-CD box set)
O'Jays - Essential 3.0
Otep - Smash The Control Machine
Patti Smith - Peace and Noise (reissue)
Paul Dianno - Classics: The Maiden Years
Peter Hammill: Thin Air
Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
R.E.O. Speedwagon - Essential 3.0
Rainbow Arabia - Kabukimono
Ramona Falls - Intuit
Ravage - The End Of Tomorrow
Ray Charles: The Genius of Ray Charles (remastered vinyl)
Reba McEntire - Keep on Loving You
Riceboy Sleeps -Riceboy Sleeps
Richard Thompson - Walking on a Wire: Richard Thompson (1968-2009) (4 CDs)
Robert Pete Williams - Broken - Hearted Man
Robert Wyatt - Radio Experiment Rome, February 1981
Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (Remastered)
Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing (Remastered)
Roger Chapman - Riff Burglars / Live at Munster Hall
Rolling Stones - Jump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971-1993
Roy Orbison - Essential 3.0
Rural Alberta Advantage: -Hometowns (vinyl)
Rx Bandits -Mandala (vinyl)
School of Seven Bells -Alpinisms (with bonus tracks)
Sean Bones: -Rings
Sean Paul - Imperial Balze
Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie and Clyde (vinyl)
Sinkane - Sinkane (vinyl)
Sister Hazel -Release
Skygreen Leopards: -Gorgeous Johnny (vinyl)
Soulsavers - Broken
Spindrift - The Legend Of God's Gun (vinyl)
Starlight Mints - Change Remains
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Essential 3.0
Strawbs - Dancing to the Devil's Beat
Supersuckers - Split 10" Christmas EP (vinyl)
Talbot Tagora - Lessons In The Woods Or A City (vinyl)
Teddy Pendergrass - Essential 3.0
Television Personalities - And Don't the Kids Just Love It (vinyl)
Television Personalities -Mummy Your Not Watching Me (vinyl)
Third Eye Blind -Ursa Major
U2 - Rattle and Hum [Blu-ray] (dvd)
Various Artists - Funky Frauleins - Female Beat, Groove, Disco, Funk in Germany 1968-1978
Various Artists - Mad Men -Music From The Series Volume 2
Various Artists - Wild Thing: The Songs of Chip Taylor
Various Artists – Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace and Music
Various Artists: New York City Hardcore
Wheat - White Ink, Black Ink
Willie Mitchell - Ooh Baby You Turn Me On
Willie Nelson - Essential 3.0
Working Title - Bone Island
Wye Oak - The Knot
Young Widows & My Disco - Young Widows Split Series Vol. 4 (vinyl)
Zak Sally's Fear Of Song - Why We Hide
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales
Week Ending 08/15/2009
1. LP - Dexter Grodon "Blows Hot And Cold" Dootone DL-207 red vinyl - $3,059.00
2. LP - Slayer "Nightmare On Elm St" - $2,999.99
3. LP - Jungle "self titled" Private Press - $2,900.00
4. LP - Hank Mobley-Lee Morgan "Pickin' Time" Blue Note 1574 - $2,605.00
5. LP - Lee Morgan "self titled" Blue Note 1557
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. LP - Dexter Grodon "Blows Hot And Cold" Dootone DL-207 red vinyl - $3,059.00
2. LP - Slayer "Nightmare On Elm St" - $2,999.99
3. LP - Jungle "self titled" Private Press - $2,900.00
4. LP - Hank Mobley-Lee Morgan "Pickin' Time" Blue Note 1574 - $2,605.00
5. LP - Lee Morgan "self titled" Blue Note 1557
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
This Date In Music History-August 18
Birthdays:
Johnny Preston - (1930) 1960 US & UK #1 single "Running Bear," with Indian sound effects provided by the Big Bopper.
Sarah Dash - Labelle (1942)
Nona Hendryx - Labelle (1945)
Barbara Harris - Toys (1945)
Nigel Griggs - Split Enz (1949)
Dennis Elliott - Foreigner (1950)
John Rees - Men At Work (1951)
Ron Strykert - Men At Work (1957)
The Edge (real name Dave Evans) - U2 (1961)
Dan Peters - Mudhoney (1967)
Erik Schrody - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, House Of Pain/Everlast (1969)
Richard James - Aphex Twin (1971)
They Are Missed:
The late Sonny Til of the Orioles ("Crying In The Chapel") was born in 1925.
Rick Griffith, died in 1991 after being forced off the road by a van he was attempting to pass on his Harley Heritage Softail motorbike. He designed album sleeves for Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane and designed countless Rock posters.
Elmer Bernstein, Oscar winning composer who wrote the themes to The Magnificent Seven, The Man With the Golden Arm, and The Great Escape, died in 2004 (age 82).
Born today in 1944, Carl Wayne - The Move (died of cancer on Aug 31, 2004)
Johnny Byrne guitarist with 60's Liverpool band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes died in 1999 (age 60).
Tony Jackson bass player with The Searchers died in 2003.
Soul singer Pervis Jackson died of cancer in 2008. Was a member of The Spinners
History:
Little Willie John's original version of "Fever" entered the pop charts at #24 in 1956. The song will be a big hit for both the McCoys and Peggy Lee.
In 1956, the two-sided hit “Don’t Be Cruel”/”Hound Dog” begins an eleven week stay at #1 on the Billboard singles chart. It is eventually displaced by “Love Me Tender” giving Elvis Presley an incredible sixteen-week consecutive run at #1. Also, “Hound Dog” hits the R&B charts exactly three years to the day after Big Mama Thornton’s original version.
Peter, Paul & Mary's "If I Had A Hammer" was released in 1962.
In 1962, Ringo Starr made his debut with The Beatles at the horticultural society Dance, Birkenhead, England, having had a two-hour rehearsal in preparation. This was the first appearance of The Beatles as the world would come to know them: John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
In 1964, over 9,000 frenzied fans met The Beatles as they arrived in San Francisco, to begin an American tour. The Beatles were driven into a protective fence enclosure so that photographers could take pictures. As the 9,000 fans pressed against the fencing, it gave way, with The Beatles managing to get out split-seconds before it came crashing down.
Paul Jones left Manfred Mann in 1966 just as ‘Pretty Flamingo’ was climbing the US charts. He was replaced by singer Mike D’Abo, who would take over lead vocals on the bands next hit, ‘The Mighty Quinn,’ a song written by Bob Dylan.
Mick Jagger was accidentally shot while filming the movie "Ned Kelly" in Australia in 1969.
Neil Young reaches #1 on the Billboard charts in 1972 with "Heart Of Gold."
The Doobie Brothers' "China Grove" was released in 1973.
Funeral services for Elvis Presley were held at Graceland in 1977. Inside are 150 mourners, outside are 75,000. Presley was entombed in a white marble mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetary in Memphis near the grave of his mother, Gladys.
In 1973, Diana Ross scored her second US #1 single with “Touch Me In The Morning.”
Jethro Tull scored their second US #1 album with 'A Passion Play' in 1973.
The Police made their live debut as a three-piece band when they played at Rebecca's Birmingham, England in 1977.
The Who's Who Are You album was released in 1978.
Chic went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1979 with 'Good Times.'
In 1982, the City of Liverpool named four Streets after the fab four: John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.
Sweet Jesus appeared at the Boardwalk, Manchester in 1991. Support act was The Rain (later to become Oasis), minus Noel Gallagher who had yet to join his brothers band.
To announce their Bridges to Babylon tour in 1997, the Rolling Stones drove to a press conference at the Brooklyn Bridge in a '55 Cadillac. Mick steers.
In 1999, Kiss' and Alice Cooper's music publishers reach a settlement out of court. Six Palms Music Corp. had sued Kiss, claiming their song "Dreamin'," from Psycho Circus, sounded a little too close to the Coop's 1971 hit "Eighteen." My Dad says it all sounds alike...
Also in 1999, Universal Records confirmed that Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron has been diagnosed with a rare paralysis of his vocal chords. Doctors reportedly say he may never regain full use of his voice.
In 2005, Kanye West called for an end to homophobia in the hip-hop community during an MTV interview saying “hip-hop was always about speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates, I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it'."
In 2006, US film-maker Adam Muskiewicz set up elviswanted.com as part of a documentary exploring the myth that the singer was still alive and offered a $3 million dollar reward for anybody who found Elvis Presley alive. The film was due for release in August 2007, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. No one claimed the prize....
In 2009, a six-CD box set “Woodstock -- 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm” features 38 previously unreleased performances from Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, the Grateful Dead and Mountain. T he 77-song package is arranged according to the order acts appeared at the event.
Johnny Preston - (1930) 1960 US & UK #1 single "Running Bear," with Indian sound effects provided by the Big Bopper.
Sarah Dash - Labelle (1942)
Nona Hendryx - Labelle (1945)
Barbara Harris - Toys (1945)
Nigel Griggs - Split Enz (1949)
Dennis Elliott - Foreigner (1950)
John Rees - Men At Work (1951)
Ron Strykert - Men At Work (1957)
The Edge (real name Dave Evans) - U2 (1961)
Dan Peters - Mudhoney (1967)
Erik Schrody - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, House Of Pain/Everlast (1969)
Richard James - Aphex Twin (1971)
They Are Missed:
The late Sonny Til of the Orioles ("Crying In The Chapel") was born in 1925.
Rick Griffith, died in 1991 after being forced off the road by a van he was attempting to pass on his Harley Heritage Softail motorbike. He designed album sleeves for Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane and designed countless Rock posters.
Elmer Bernstein, Oscar winning composer who wrote the themes to The Magnificent Seven, The Man With the Golden Arm, and The Great Escape, died in 2004 (age 82).
Born today in 1944, Carl Wayne - The Move (died of cancer on Aug 31, 2004)
Johnny Byrne guitarist with 60's Liverpool band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes died in 1999 (age 60).
Tony Jackson bass player with The Searchers died in 2003.
Soul singer Pervis Jackson died of cancer in 2008. Was a member of The Spinners
History:
Little Willie John's original version of "Fever" entered the pop charts at #24 in 1956. The song will be a big hit for both the McCoys and Peggy Lee.
In 1956, the two-sided hit “Don’t Be Cruel”/”Hound Dog” begins an eleven week stay at #1 on the Billboard singles chart. It is eventually displaced by “Love Me Tender” giving Elvis Presley an incredible sixteen-week consecutive run at #1. Also, “Hound Dog” hits the R&B charts exactly three years to the day after Big Mama Thornton’s original version.
Peter, Paul & Mary's "If I Had A Hammer" was released in 1962.
In 1962, Ringo Starr made his debut with The Beatles at the horticultural society Dance, Birkenhead, England, having had a two-hour rehearsal in preparation. This was the first appearance of The Beatles as the world would come to know them: John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
In 1964, over 9,000 frenzied fans met The Beatles as they arrived in San Francisco, to begin an American tour. The Beatles were driven into a protective fence enclosure so that photographers could take pictures. As the 9,000 fans pressed against the fencing, it gave way, with The Beatles managing to get out split-seconds before it came crashing down.
Paul Jones left Manfred Mann in 1966 just as ‘Pretty Flamingo’ was climbing the US charts. He was replaced by singer Mike D’Abo, who would take over lead vocals on the bands next hit, ‘The Mighty Quinn,’ a song written by Bob Dylan.
Mick Jagger was accidentally shot while filming the movie "Ned Kelly" in Australia in 1969.
Neil Young reaches #1 on the Billboard charts in 1972 with "Heart Of Gold."
The Doobie Brothers' "China Grove" was released in 1973.
Funeral services for Elvis Presley were held at Graceland in 1977. Inside are 150 mourners, outside are 75,000. Presley was entombed in a white marble mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetary in Memphis near the grave of his mother, Gladys.
In 1973, Diana Ross scored her second US #1 single with “Touch Me In The Morning.”
Jethro Tull scored their second US #1 album with 'A Passion Play' in 1973.
The Police made their live debut as a three-piece band when they played at Rebecca's Birmingham, England in 1977.
The Who's Who Are You album was released in 1978.
Chic went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1979 with 'Good Times.'
In 1982, the City of Liverpool named four Streets after the fab four: John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.
Sweet Jesus appeared at the Boardwalk, Manchester in 1991. Support act was The Rain (later to become Oasis), minus Noel Gallagher who had yet to join his brothers band.
To announce their Bridges to Babylon tour in 1997, the Rolling Stones drove to a press conference at the Brooklyn Bridge in a '55 Cadillac. Mick steers.
In 1999, Kiss' and Alice Cooper's music publishers reach a settlement out of court. Six Palms Music Corp. had sued Kiss, claiming their song "Dreamin'," from Psycho Circus, sounded a little too close to the Coop's 1971 hit "Eighteen." My Dad says it all sounds alike...
Also in 1999, Universal Records confirmed that Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron has been diagnosed with a rare paralysis of his vocal chords. Doctors reportedly say he may never regain full use of his voice.
In 2005, Kanye West called for an end to homophobia in the hip-hop community during an MTV interview saying “hip-hop was always about speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates, I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it'."
In 2006, US film-maker Adam Muskiewicz set up elviswanted.com as part of a documentary exploring the myth that the singer was still alive and offered a $3 million dollar reward for anybody who found Elvis Presley alive. The film was due for release in August 2007, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. No one claimed the prize....
In 2009, a six-CD box set “Woodstock -- 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm” features 38 previously unreleased performances from Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, the Grateful Dead and Mountain. T he 77-song package is arranged according to the order acts appeared at the event.
Music News & Notes
Arena-Ready Rocker Nathan Lee Releases Risk Everything
Nashville, Tenn. – Arena ready rocker Nathan Lee releases his latest album, Risk Everything on September 1st through One Revolution Entertainment. With a new collection of heartfelt rock anthems, a weekly concert series in Nashville benefiting World Vision and an upcoming appearance on TLC’s LA Ink, this multi-faceted artist is ready to turn heads and make a difference.
Lee kicks off the album with “Open Road,” a windows-down, pounding rock anthem. His raspy growl brings an expressive resonance to songs like “El Diablo Y El Angel” and “Bring Down the Fire” as he explores issues of choice and redemption. His ability to blend foot-stomping, heart-pounding music with the intrinsic spirituality of his lyrics allows listeners to join him on his journey from “Broke and Hollow Man” to “Hold Me Down.” Living up to its title, Risk Everything is an intimate portrait of an artist who is still searching for the answers.
The new album is available on September 1st with a direct to fan pre-sale that begin on July 15th. Nathan Lee is a creative force with undeniable talent and a huge heart. With his determination to touch people in all facets of his music, from the raw intensity of his live performance to the international imprint of giving, Lee continues to live by his self-imposed Risk Everything challenge.
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Ruben Blades releases new CD after 6-year absence
PANAMA CITY — Famed salsa musician Ruben Blades has released a new album after a six-year absence from the music scene.
The 61-year-old Grammy winner from Panama says the CD, "Songs of Underdevelopment," is a tribute to Cuba, his mother's homeland.
In a statement Monday, he says the CD will be sold through his Web site. He plans a tour that will start Aug. 21 with a concert in Puerto Rico.
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Herb Alpert New LP - First In Ten Years
Music Legend Herb Alpert Releases First Album in 10 YearsConcord Music Group presents "Anything Goes," Herb Alpert and his wife Lani Hall’s live collection of beautifully reinterpreted standards.08.17.2009 – Los Angeles, CA -- Music icon, legendary trumpet player and philanthropist Herb Alpert will release his first album in 10 years entitled "Anything Goes" LIVE on Tuesday, August 18, 2009. "Anything Goes" is a live collection of beautifully reinterpreted standards featuring his wife and musical partner Lani Hall. Accompanied by tour dates around the country, "Anything Goes" is a tribute to their enduring personal and professional relationship.
Anything Goes" was produced by Herb Alpert and Lani Hall and recorded live at venues in Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, Washington DC, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco and the Napa Valley Opera House. The 14-song collection features American standards such as Cole Porter’s original song and title track “Anything Goes” as well as a few instrumental songs including “Laura” and Consuelo Velazquez’s “Besame Mucho.” Lani also sings in Portuguese on the tracks “Pararaio” and “Dinorah/Morning.”
The recording features Herb Alpert on trumpet and vocals, Lani Hall on vocals, Michael Shapiro on drums and percussion, Bill Cantos on keyboards and background vocals and Hussain Jiffry on electric bass.
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Dirty Projectors EP
Brooklyn-based six-piece Dirty Projectors will release a new four-track EP, Temecula Sunrise, on September 28th. The release includes Bitte Orca album tracks, “Temecula Sunrise” and “Cannibal Resourse”, alongside new tracks, “Ascending Melody” and “Emblem of the World”.
The release will available on 12-inch vinyl.
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Built to Spill Reveal Album Cover and Tracklist for There is No Enemy
Following Built to Spill's hiatus between 2001's Ancient Melodies of the Future and 2006's You In Reverse, the three years we've had to wait for the band's upcoming LP There Is No Enemy seem as breezy as BtS' own inimitable brand of guitar rock. As we wind down to the album's Oct. 6 release, a steady trickle of details about a supporting tour have emerged, and now the tracklist and album art have been unveiled to boot. The mildly ominous and quasi-impressionist cover above depicts an indistinct giant hunched over a small cottage. It's no doubt a bellwether for the album's politically-charged content, as if the name wasn't enough of a hint (Martsch has also frequently professed his admiration for Noam Chomsky and the Democracy Now! TV show.)
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BBC Beatles Documentary
Nearly 40 years after the breakup of the Beatles, the Fab Four’s lasting legacy will once again take center stage in September 2009: In addition to the upcoming release of both The Beatles: Rock Band and the entire remastered catalog reissues, the BBC are set to air a new documentary dedicated to the band titled The Beatles on Record. The week-long tribute will feature the history of the Beatles in the studio, complete with never-before-heard outtakes and conversations from the band in the studio, plus rare footage and photographs.
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon will provide archival narration, along with producer George Martin. More than 60 Beatles songs will be featured in the doc, which was directed by Bob Smeaton, who also directed 1995’s The Beatles Anthology.
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Smashing Pumpkins Find Drummer
Billy Corgan officially announced that drummer Mike Byrne is now a member of Smashing Pumpkins, adding that the 19-year-old will make his official debut on the band’s next tour and album. Corgan also hinted that an announcement regarding that album — the Pumpkins’ first since 2007’s Zeitgeist — would be made in September. “I’m super excited to be playing with the band. Dream come true, man,” Byrne said on the Pumpkins’ official site.
Before Byrne makes his Smashing Pumpkins debut, the drummer will perform six shows with Corgan and the Spirits in the Sky, a tribute band to the Seeds’ Sky Saxon. Check out the group’s newly-announced tour dates below:
August 26 - Visalia, CA @ Tazzaria
August 27 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Muddy Waters
August 28 - Long Beach, CA @ Open
August 29 - Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s Palace
August 30 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
August 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe
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Dolly Parton Gets Career Spanning 4-CD Box Set
On October 27, RCA Nashville/Legacy will release Dolly, her first multi-CD box set career restrospective. Drawing on the libraries of Goldband, Mercury, Monument, RCA Victor and Columbia Records, the 4-CD set covers Parton's music from her first single in 1957 up through the 1993 hit Romeo from her Slow Dancing on the Moon album.
In between are 99 songs, 98 as performed by Parton and one by Bill Phillips who recorded Dolly's Put It Off Until Tomorrow, a song she wrote when she was 19 and her first composition to ever hit the charts.
Included in the package is a 60-page book with never-before-seen photographs and memorabilia. The introduction was written by Laura Cantrell and a 5,000-word biographical essay by Holly George-Warren.
There are also seven previously unreleased recordings.
Nashville, Tenn. – Arena ready rocker Nathan Lee releases his latest album, Risk Everything on September 1st through One Revolution Entertainment. With a new collection of heartfelt rock anthems, a weekly concert series in Nashville benefiting World Vision and an upcoming appearance on TLC’s LA Ink, this multi-faceted artist is ready to turn heads and make a difference.
Lee kicks off the album with “Open Road,” a windows-down, pounding rock anthem. His raspy growl brings an expressive resonance to songs like “El Diablo Y El Angel” and “Bring Down the Fire” as he explores issues of choice and redemption. His ability to blend foot-stomping, heart-pounding music with the intrinsic spirituality of his lyrics allows listeners to join him on his journey from “Broke and Hollow Man” to “Hold Me Down.” Living up to its title, Risk Everything is an intimate portrait of an artist who is still searching for the answers.
The new album is available on September 1st with a direct to fan pre-sale that begin on July 15th. Nathan Lee is a creative force with undeniable talent and a huge heart. With his determination to touch people in all facets of his music, from the raw intensity of his live performance to the international imprint of giving, Lee continues to live by his self-imposed Risk Everything challenge.
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Ruben Blades releases new CD after 6-year absence
PANAMA CITY — Famed salsa musician Ruben Blades has released a new album after a six-year absence from the music scene.
The 61-year-old Grammy winner from Panama says the CD, "Songs of Underdevelopment," is a tribute to Cuba, his mother's homeland.
In a statement Monday, he says the CD will be sold through his Web site. He plans a tour that will start Aug. 21 with a concert in Puerto Rico.
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Herb Alpert New LP - First In Ten Years
Music Legend Herb Alpert Releases First Album in 10 YearsConcord Music Group presents "Anything Goes," Herb Alpert and his wife Lani Hall’s live collection of beautifully reinterpreted standards.08.17.2009 – Los Angeles, CA -- Music icon, legendary trumpet player and philanthropist Herb Alpert will release his first album in 10 years entitled "Anything Goes" LIVE on Tuesday, August 18, 2009. "Anything Goes" is a live collection of beautifully reinterpreted standards featuring his wife and musical partner Lani Hall. Accompanied by tour dates around the country, "Anything Goes" is a tribute to their enduring personal and professional relationship.
Anything Goes" was produced by Herb Alpert and Lani Hall and recorded live at venues in Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, Washington DC, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco and the Napa Valley Opera House. The 14-song collection features American standards such as Cole Porter’s original song and title track “Anything Goes” as well as a few instrumental songs including “Laura” and Consuelo Velazquez’s “Besame Mucho.” Lani also sings in Portuguese on the tracks “Pararaio” and “Dinorah/Morning.”
The recording features Herb Alpert on trumpet and vocals, Lani Hall on vocals, Michael Shapiro on drums and percussion, Bill Cantos on keyboards and background vocals and Hussain Jiffry on electric bass.
=================================
Dirty Projectors EP
Brooklyn-based six-piece Dirty Projectors will release a new four-track EP, Temecula Sunrise, on September 28th. The release includes Bitte Orca album tracks, “Temecula Sunrise” and “Cannibal Resourse”, alongside new tracks, “Ascending Melody” and “Emblem of the World”.
The release will available on 12-inch vinyl.
=================================
Built to Spill Reveal Album Cover and Tracklist for There is No Enemy
Following Built to Spill's hiatus between 2001's Ancient Melodies of the Future and 2006's You In Reverse, the three years we've had to wait for the band's upcoming LP There Is No Enemy seem as breezy as BtS' own inimitable brand of guitar rock. As we wind down to the album's Oct. 6 release, a steady trickle of details about a supporting tour have emerged, and now the tracklist and album art have been unveiled to boot. The mildly ominous and quasi-impressionist cover above depicts an indistinct giant hunched over a small cottage. It's no doubt a bellwether for the album's politically-charged content, as if the name wasn't enough of a hint (Martsch has also frequently professed his admiration for Noam Chomsky and the Democracy Now! TV show.)
=================================
BBC Beatles Documentary
Nearly 40 years after the breakup of the Beatles, the Fab Four’s lasting legacy will once again take center stage in September 2009: In addition to the upcoming release of both The Beatles: Rock Band and the entire remastered catalog reissues, the BBC are set to air a new documentary dedicated to the band titled The Beatles on Record. The week-long tribute will feature the history of the Beatles in the studio, complete with never-before-heard outtakes and conversations from the band in the studio, plus rare footage and photographs.
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon will provide archival narration, along with producer George Martin. More than 60 Beatles songs will be featured in the doc, which was directed by Bob Smeaton, who also directed 1995’s The Beatles Anthology.
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Smashing Pumpkins Find Drummer
Billy Corgan officially announced that drummer Mike Byrne is now a member of Smashing Pumpkins, adding that the 19-year-old will make his official debut on the band’s next tour and album. Corgan also hinted that an announcement regarding that album — the Pumpkins’ first since 2007’s Zeitgeist — would be made in September. “I’m super excited to be playing with the band. Dream come true, man,” Byrne said on the Pumpkins’ official site.
Before Byrne makes his Smashing Pumpkins debut, the drummer will perform six shows with Corgan and the Spirits in the Sky, a tribute band to the Seeds’ Sky Saxon. Check out the group’s newly-announced tour dates below:
August 26 - Visalia, CA @ Tazzaria
August 27 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Muddy Waters
August 28 - Long Beach, CA @ Open
August 29 - Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s Palace
August 30 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
August 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe
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Dolly Parton Gets Career Spanning 4-CD Box Set
On October 27, RCA Nashville/Legacy will release Dolly, her first multi-CD box set career restrospective. Drawing on the libraries of Goldband, Mercury, Monument, RCA Victor and Columbia Records, the 4-CD set covers Parton's music from her first single in 1957 up through the 1993 hit Romeo from her Slow Dancing on the Moon album.
In between are 99 songs, 98 as performed by Parton and one by Bill Phillips who recorded Dolly's Put It Off Until Tomorrow, a song she wrote when she was 19 and her first composition to ever hit the charts.
Included in the package is a 60-page book with never-before-seen photographs and memorabilia. The introduction was written by Laura Cantrell and a 5,000-word biographical essay by Holly George-Warren.
There are also seven previously unreleased recordings.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales For July 2009
Let’s start a new feature here at CollectingVinylRecords.com, one that helps us to keep track of the top five best selling vinyl records at eBay in the last month. This is a real-time indication of what is ‘hot’ and selling at the present time and reflects the rare vinyl records that are changing hands in the collector’s market these days.
Here we will see test pressings, acetates, promos, and alternate versions of songs, foreign releases as well as a wide variety of musical genres being bought and sold. No matter what the record price guides may quote, these are the real numbers that people are actually paying for specific records. Look for this feature around the middle of each month, where we will review the past month’s listings and best selling vinyl records.
Week Ending 07/04/2009
1. 45 rpm - 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 rpm - 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 rpm- 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
Week Ending 07/18/2009
1. LP - John Hartman and Circles "Music Of My Heart" Private Press - $5,205.00
2. 10" - Kurt Cobain William Burroughs "The Priest They Call Him" Test Press - $3,999.99
3. 45 rpm - The Crystals "The Screw Part 1" / "The Screw Part 2" Phillies - $3,799.99
4. LP - Dave Bixby "Ode To Quetzalcoatl" Private Press - $3,199.99
5. 45 rpm- King Of Soul "Is Your Love For Me" / "Girl What Have You Done" Down To Earth - $2,693.13
Week Ending 07/25/2009
1. 45 rpm- Brute Force "King Of Fuh" / "Nobody Knows" Apple 8 - $8,023.16
2. 78 rpm- Dock Boggs "Old Rub Alcohol Blues" / "False Hearted Lover's Blues" The Lonesome Ace - $4,000.00
78 rpm- Dock Boggs "Lost Love Blues" / "Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There" The Lonesome Ace - $4,000.00
3. 45 rpm- James Cotton "Cotton Crop Blues" / "Hold Me In Your Arms" Sun 206 - $3,050.00
4. 45 rpm- Pink Floyd "Free Four" / "Absolutely Curtains" Odeon Japan Promo - $2,500.00
5. 7" - Elvis Presley "His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" RCA Victor Compact Single - $2,200.00
Week Ending 08/01/2009
1. 45 rpm - The Beatles "Our First Four" Promotional Presentation (Plastic) - $13,058.88
2. 45 rpm- Ellipsis "People" / "Gregory Moore" Briarmeade - $3,383.33
3. 45 rpm- Al Williams "I Am Nothing" / "Brand New Love" Palmer - $2,650.00
4. LP - The Who "self titled" Italy Polydor (A Quick One) - $2,300.00
5. 45 rpm- Nirvana "Love Buzz" 462/1000 Sub Pop - $2,224.99
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
Restocks: Vinyl Collective
Head on over to www.vinylcollective.com for some great vinyl!
A PERFECT CIRCLE “Mer De Noms” dbl LP
AFI/ SWINGIN’ UTTERS split 7
ANBERLIN “New Surrender” LP
BEATLES “Abbey Road” LP
BECK “Stereopathetic Soul Manure” LP
BUILT TO SPILL “You In Reverse” LP
COHEED & CAMBRIA “No World For Tomorrow” dbl LP
DRIVE LIKE JEHU ìYank Crimeî LP
JACK JOHNSON “Brushfire Fairytales” LP
JIMMY EAT WORLD “Chase This Light” LP
KINGS OF LEON “Aha Shake Heartbreak” dbl 10
KINGS OF LEON “The Bucket” LP
MISFITS “Collection II” LP
MISFITS “Static Age” LP
NAS “Illmatic” LP
PHOENIX “Lisztomania Remixes” LP import
PHOENIX “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” LP
RACONTEURS “Consolers of the Lonely” LP
ROBERT PLANT/ ALISON KRAUSS “Raising Sand” dbl LP
SLAYER “Psychopathy Red” 7
SMASHING PUMPKINS “Siamese Dream” dbl LP
SPINNERETTE “S/T” LP
SUBLIME “Superstar Punani” 7
THE CLASH “London Calling” dbl LP
A PERFECT CIRCLE “Mer De Noms” dbl LP
AFI/ SWINGIN’ UTTERS split 7
ANBERLIN “New Surrender” LP
BEATLES “Abbey Road” LP
BECK “Stereopathetic Soul Manure” LP
BUILT TO SPILL “You In Reverse” LP
COHEED & CAMBRIA “No World For Tomorrow” dbl LP
DRIVE LIKE JEHU ìYank Crimeî LP
JACK JOHNSON “Brushfire Fairytales” LP
JIMMY EAT WORLD “Chase This Light” LP
KINGS OF LEON “Aha Shake Heartbreak” dbl 10
KINGS OF LEON “The Bucket” LP
MISFITS “Collection II” LP
MISFITS “Static Age” LP
NAS “Illmatic” LP
PHOENIX “Lisztomania Remixes” LP import
PHOENIX “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” LP
RACONTEURS “Consolers of the Lonely” LP
ROBERT PLANT/ ALISON KRAUSS “Raising Sand” dbl LP
SLAYER “Psychopathy Red” 7
SMASHING PUMPKINS “Siamese Dream” dbl LP
SPINNERETTE “S/T” LP
SUBLIME “Superstar Punani” 7
THE CLASH “London Calling” dbl LP
Sunday, August 16, 2009
This Date In Music History-August 16
An unusally busy day in Music History, this is an expanded version of the feature, enjoy and listen to some of the music of the past.
Birthdays:
Robert Lester - The Chi-Lites (1942)
Kevin Ayers - Soft Machine (1945)
Gary Loizzo - American Breed (1945)
Gordon Fleet – Easybeats (1946)
Barry Hay - Golden Earring (1948)
Scott Asheton - Iggy Pop And The Stooges (1949)
Joey Spampinato – NRBQ (1950)
James Taylor - Kool & The Gang (1953)
Kevin Rowland - Dexy's Midnight Runners (1953)
Tim Farriss – INXS (1957)Belinda Carlisle – Go Go’s (1958)
Matt Lukin – Mudhoney (1964)
LL Cool J (1968)
Emily Robinson - Dixie Chicks (1972)
Venessa Carlton (1980)
Bob Hardy - Franz Ferdinand (1980)
Madonna, (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) (1958)
They Are Missed:
American blues musician Robert Johnson died at the age of 27 at a country crossroads near Greenwood, Mississippi in 1938. He caught pneumonia after allegedly being poisoned by the jealous husband of one of his many conquests. His recordings from 1936–1937 have influenced generations of musicians including Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton; just to name a few.
In 1977, Elvis Presley was found dead lying on the floor in his bathroom by his girlfriend Ginger Alden, he had been seated on the toilet reading “The Scientific Search For Jesus.” He died of heart failure at the age of 42. His first record for RCA, “Heartbreak Hotel,” was also his first US #1. He starred in 31 films. Elvis holds the record for the most entries on the US Hot 100 chart with 154. Elvis became the first rock 'n' roll artist to be honored by the US Postal Service with a stamp. He is still a legend and loved by millions - what a sad end.
Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died in 1997 (age 48). He had recorded with Bruce Springsteen Eddie Vedder and Peter Gabriel.
Alan Caddy guitarist with The Tornadoes died in 2000. Caddy also played on sessions and worked on arrangements for Spencer Davis Group, Kiki Dee, Pretty Things and Dusty Springfield.
"Hillbilly jazz" fiddler Vasser Clements died in 2005. The 77-year-old instrumentalist worked with Emmylou Harris, The Byrds, Bonnie Raitt and Kris Kristofferson.
History:
Yodeling cowgirl Patsy Montana recorded "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" in 1935. The record later becomes the first million-selling country single by a female artist.
Booked on a race music tour package because the promoter thought they were black, Buddy Holly & the Crickets played the unlikely venue of the Apollo Theatre in 1957. Also on the bill were the G-Clef's, whose Ted Scott remembered, "People were saying, 'What is this?' and I think Buddy and his group were shaken by playing in a black theater in a black territory. But he was a different kind of white act - he did a lot of jumping around - and really put on a good show."
In 1962, Little Stevie Wonder, (age 12), released his first single, “I Call It Pretty Music, (But The Old People Call It The Blues),” the single featured Marvin Gaye on drums.
Also in 1962 - Ringo Starr was picked to replace Pete Best as the drummer for the Beatles. Best had been with the group for about 2 1/2 years.
The Monkees' first single, "Last Train to Clarksville," was released in 1966.
In Blackpool, England, in 1964, the Beatles played a concert supported by the High Numbers. The High Numbers later become the Who.
The Jackson Five made their formal debut with Diana Ross and The Supremes at the Great Western Forum, California in 1968.
Working at Abbey Road studios in 1968, The Beatles recorded 14 takes of the new George Harrison song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” taking the song from its early acoustic version into an electric version.
In 1968, Bruce Springsteen’s new band Earth made their live debut at the Off Broad Street Coffee House in Red Bank, New Jersey.
In 1969, during a North American tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park with Joe Cocker as support. Zeppelin had been asked to perform at Woodstock but due to this gig commitment they were unable to attend. And down the road Bruce Springsteen’s band Child played the first of two shows over two days at the Student Prince, Ashbury Park. Springsteen was also unable to attend Woodstock due to these gigs.
The Who and Janis Joplin performed at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, N.Y. in 1969. During the Who's set, Abbie Hoffman leaps onstage to protest something or other, but Pete Townshend is having none of it. He clobbers the activist with his electric guitar. Townshend later explains he had no idea who Abbie Hoffman was.
In 1974,the Ramones played their first show at CBGB's in New York's Bowery district.
Peter Gabriel announced he was leaving Genesis to go solo in 1975.
The biggest single of the summer of 1979 was The Knack's "My Sharona," which goes gold. The success of the group was the gimmick of Beatle-esque posturing which the group treats as tounge-in-cheek. The Knack disbanded less than two years later.
Madonna started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with “Papa Don't Preach,” her fourth US #1, & # 1 in the UK. Also on this day Madonna went to #1on the US album chart with 'True Blue'.
In 1997, on the 20th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death over 30,000 fans descended on Memphis Tennessee for a 10-minute mourning circuit circling his grave. A poll found that almost a third of the fans were keeping an eye out for him in the crowd. See the story in the Enquirer for details…..
In 2005, the artist formerly known as Sean Combs, then Sean "Puffy" Combs, then Puff Daddy, and currently as P. Diddy announced he is changing his name to "Diddy." The name change to Diddy upset Richard "Diddy" Dearlove, a London based DJ who took out court proceedings against P Diddy over the use of the name. He won when an out of court settlement of £110,000 was agreed and as a result, Combs is no longer be able to use the name Diddy in the UK. I used to be Robert ‘Diddy’ Benson…. Just call me Robert....
In 2007, a fan of the 1980s pop band Wham! was silenced after becoming the first noise nuisance to be prosecuted by Newcastle city council's night watch team. Brian Turner had tormented neighbors by playing their hit song ‘Last Christmas’ all night at full volume from 1 am onwards. Magistrates fined Turner, of Sandyford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, £200 and ordered him to pay £215 costs. Good thing he wasn’t playing Tiny Tim.
Birthdays:
Robert Lester - The Chi-Lites (1942)
Kevin Ayers - Soft Machine (1945)
Gary Loizzo - American Breed (1945)
Gordon Fleet – Easybeats (1946)
Barry Hay - Golden Earring (1948)
Scott Asheton - Iggy Pop And The Stooges (1949)
Joey Spampinato – NRBQ (1950)
James Taylor - Kool & The Gang (1953)
Kevin Rowland - Dexy's Midnight Runners (1953)
Tim Farriss – INXS (1957)Belinda Carlisle – Go Go’s (1958)
Matt Lukin – Mudhoney (1964)
LL Cool J (1968)
Emily Robinson - Dixie Chicks (1972)
Venessa Carlton (1980)
Bob Hardy - Franz Ferdinand (1980)
Madonna, (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) (1958)
They Are Missed:
American blues musician Robert Johnson died at the age of 27 at a country crossroads near Greenwood, Mississippi in 1938. He caught pneumonia after allegedly being poisoned by the jealous husband of one of his many conquests. His recordings from 1936–1937 have influenced generations of musicians including Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton; just to name a few.
In 1977, Elvis Presley was found dead lying on the floor in his bathroom by his girlfriend Ginger Alden, he had been seated on the toilet reading “The Scientific Search For Jesus.” He died of heart failure at the age of 42. His first record for RCA, “Heartbreak Hotel,” was also his first US #1. He starred in 31 films. Elvis holds the record for the most entries on the US Hot 100 chart with 154. Elvis became the first rock 'n' roll artist to be honored by the US Postal Service with a stamp. He is still a legend and loved by millions - what a sad end.
Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died in 1997 (age 48). He had recorded with Bruce Springsteen Eddie Vedder and Peter Gabriel.
Alan Caddy guitarist with The Tornadoes died in 2000. Caddy also played on sessions and worked on arrangements for Spencer Davis Group, Kiki Dee, Pretty Things and Dusty Springfield.
"Hillbilly jazz" fiddler Vasser Clements died in 2005. The 77-year-old instrumentalist worked with Emmylou Harris, The Byrds, Bonnie Raitt and Kris Kristofferson.
History:
Yodeling cowgirl Patsy Montana recorded "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" in 1935. The record later becomes the first million-selling country single by a female artist.
Booked on a race music tour package because the promoter thought they were black, Buddy Holly & the Crickets played the unlikely venue of the Apollo Theatre in 1957. Also on the bill were the G-Clef's, whose Ted Scott remembered, "People were saying, 'What is this?' and I think Buddy and his group were shaken by playing in a black theater in a black territory. But he was a different kind of white act - he did a lot of jumping around - and really put on a good show."
In 1962, Little Stevie Wonder, (age 12), released his first single, “I Call It Pretty Music, (But The Old People Call It The Blues),” the single featured Marvin Gaye on drums.
Also in 1962 - Ringo Starr was picked to replace Pete Best as the drummer for the Beatles. Best had been with the group for about 2 1/2 years.
The Monkees' first single, "Last Train to Clarksville," was released in 1966.
In Blackpool, England, in 1964, the Beatles played a concert supported by the High Numbers. The High Numbers later become the Who.
The Jackson Five made their formal debut with Diana Ross and The Supremes at the Great Western Forum, California in 1968.
Working at Abbey Road studios in 1968, The Beatles recorded 14 takes of the new George Harrison song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” taking the song from its early acoustic version into an electric version.
In 1968, Bruce Springsteen’s new band Earth made their live debut at the Off Broad Street Coffee House in Red Bank, New Jersey.
In 1969, during a North American tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park with Joe Cocker as support. Zeppelin had been asked to perform at Woodstock but due to this gig commitment they were unable to attend. And down the road Bruce Springsteen’s band Child played the first of two shows over two days at the Student Prince, Ashbury Park. Springsteen was also unable to attend Woodstock due to these gigs.
The Who and Janis Joplin performed at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, N.Y. in 1969. During the Who's set, Abbie Hoffman leaps onstage to protest something or other, but Pete Townshend is having none of it. He clobbers the activist with his electric guitar. Townshend later explains he had no idea who Abbie Hoffman was.
In 1974,the Ramones played their first show at CBGB's in New York's Bowery district.
Peter Gabriel announced he was leaving Genesis to go solo in 1975.
The biggest single of the summer of 1979 was The Knack's "My Sharona," which goes gold. The success of the group was the gimmick of Beatle-esque posturing which the group treats as tounge-in-cheek. The Knack disbanded less than two years later.
Madonna started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with “Papa Don't Preach,” her fourth US #1, & # 1 in the UK. Also on this day Madonna went to #1on the US album chart with 'True Blue'.
In 1997, on the 20th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death over 30,000 fans descended on Memphis Tennessee for a 10-minute mourning circuit circling his grave. A poll found that almost a third of the fans were keeping an eye out for him in the crowd. See the story in the Enquirer for details…..
In 2005, the artist formerly known as Sean Combs, then Sean "Puffy" Combs, then Puff Daddy, and currently as P. Diddy announced he is changing his name to "Diddy." The name change to Diddy upset Richard "Diddy" Dearlove, a London based DJ who took out court proceedings against P Diddy over the use of the name. He won when an out of court settlement of £110,000 was agreed and as a result, Combs is no longer be able to use the name Diddy in the UK. I used to be Robert ‘Diddy’ Benson…. Just call me Robert....
In 2007, a fan of the 1980s pop band Wham! was silenced after becoming the first noise nuisance to be prosecuted by Newcastle city council's night watch team. Brian Turner had tormented neighbors by playing their hit song ‘Last Christmas’ all night at full volume from 1 am onwards. Magistrates fined Turner, of Sandyford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, £200 and ordered him to pay £215 costs. Good thing he wasn’t playing Tiny Tim.
Music News & Notes
SCORPIONS Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album
SCORPIONS vocalist Klaus Meine has recorded a duet with EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet for the forthcoming album from Tobias' AVANTASIA project.
Commented Tobias: "We played a couple of shows with the SCORPIONS here and there and they are not only the biggest and greatest rock band ever to emerge from Germany, they are also cool rock 'n' roll people who are aware of what's going on in the world of heavy guitars. Lately, we played Bulgaria together, EDGUY and the SCORPIONS, and I watched their full show from onstage. They kicked serious ass! Rudolf (Schenker) did some cool guitar work on the previous [AVANTASIA] record, and now Klaus is on the forthcoming one. He has done a superb job, he opens his mouth and you immediately hear it's that cutting voice that has sung 'Rock You Like A Hurricane' and 'Blackout'! The track we did together is an anthemic mid-tempo tune, big choir chorus. And I am still speechless thinking of Klaus' performance. He is a real pro and he would still blow away 99% of all us rock singers with a quarter of his left lung. People, get ready for a monster song!"
Other musicians who are scheduled to appear on the forthcoming AVANTASIA album include powerhouse Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, ARK, MILLENIUM, VAGABOND, THE SNAKES) and acclaimed drummers Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER, BLACK SABBATH) and Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY OF FIRE, ANGRA, SIEGES EVEN.
The most recent album from AVANTASIA, "The Scarecrow", was one of the 20 best-selling albums in whole Europe during the fourth week of January 2008, according to a press release.
"The Scarecrow" was released on January 25, 2008 as a standard CD as well as rare picture (double) vinyl. It features a long list of guest musicians, including Bob Catley, ex-MASTERPLAN frontman Jorn Lande, ex-HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, Alice Cooper, KISS drummer Eric Singer, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen. The album produced a Top 10 German hit single, "Lost In Space", and entered the national charts in 15 countries, with the CD landing in the Top 10 in four countries.
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Video for NEIL NATHAN Re-styling of ELO's "DO YA" Released !
MUSIC NEWS - NJ born alt-folk singer, Neil Nathan has just released a new video for his folky cover of ELO's hit single 'DoYa.' His version will featured on the Califonication Season 2 Soundtrack (out August 19th via Lionsgate Records, order below thru MNN) alongside Sheryl Crow and Nick Cave. Neil was thrilled to get Jeff Lynne's approval for the show! Watch the video, directed by Brian Goodwin, below.
Neil's forthcoming debut LP, The Distance Calls, (on Pirate Vinyl) features musicians from The Dead Weather, Queens of The Stone Age, Kid Rock, Detroit Cobras and The Go.
SCORPIONS vocalist Klaus Meine has recorded a duet with EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet for the forthcoming album from Tobias' AVANTASIA project.
Commented Tobias: "We played a couple of shows with the SCORPIONS here and there and they are not only the biggest and greatest rock band ever to emerge from Germany, they are also cool rock 'n' roll people who are aware of what's going on in the world of heavy guitars. Lately, we played Bulgaria together, EDGUY and the SCORPIONS, and I watched their full show from onstage. They kicked serious ass! Rudolf (Schenker) did some cool guitar work on the previous [AVANTASIA] record, and now Klaus is on the forthcoming one. He has done a superb job, he opens his mouth and you immediately hear it's that cutting voice that has sung 'Rock You Like A Hurricane' and 'Blackout'! The track we did together is an anthemic mid-tempo tune, big choir chorus. And I am still speechless thinking of Klaus' performance. He is a real pro and he would still blow away 99% of all us rock singers with a quarter of his left lung. People, get ready for a monster song!"
Other musicians who are scheduled to appear on the forthcoming AVANTASIA album include powerhouse Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, ARK, MILLENIUM, VAGABOND, THE SNAKES) and acclaimed drummers Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER, BLACK SABBATH) and Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY OF FIRE, ANGRA, SIEGES EVEN.
The most recent album from AVANTASIA, "The Scarecrow", was one of the 20 best-selling albums in whole Europe during the fourth week of January 2008, according to a press release.
"The Scarecrow" was released on January 25, 2008 as a standard CD as well as rare picture (double) vinyl. It features a long list of guest musicians, including Bob Catley, ex-MASTERPLAN frontman Jorn Lande, ex-HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, Alice Cooper, KISS drummer Eric Singer, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen. The album produced a Top 10 German hit single, "Lost In Space", and entered the national charts in 15 countries, with the CD landing in the Top 10 in four countries.
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Video for NEIL NATHAN Re-styling of ELO's "DO YA" Released !
MUSIC NEWS - NJ born alt-folk singer, Neil Nathan has just released a new video for his folky cover of ELO's hit single 'DoYa.' His version will featured on the Califonication Season 2 Soundtrack (out August 19th via Lionsgate Records, order below thru MNN) alongside Sheryl Crow and Nick Cave. Neil was thrilled to get Jeff Lynne's approval for the show! Watch the video, directed by Brian Goodwin, below.
Neil's forthcoming debut LP, The Distance Calls, (on Pirate Vinyl) features musicians from The Dead Weather, Queens of The Stone Age, Kid Rock, Detroit Cobras and The Go.
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.
Additionally, make sure to stop by his site, www.musicangle.com and bookmark it for further exploration. I certainly want to thank Michael for the exclusive rights to reprint his fantastic material.
Billie Holiday (reissue)
Music for Torching
Clef/Speakers Corner MG C-669
Produced by: Norma Granz
Engineered by: N/A
Mixed by: N/A
Mastered by: Maarten de Boer at UMG Berliner
Review by: Michael Fremer
2009-08-01
This summer of 1955 set probably recorded at United in Los Angeles August 23rd and 25th 1955 just a few days after a successful Hollywood Bowl appearance finds Holiday covering standards in fine voice backed up a great small combo.
Holliday (born Eleanora Fagan) covers “I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore,” “It Had to Be You,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “A Fine Romance” and some others taken at a slow, summer’s eve pace, with both musical feet firmly set in the 1940s but with hi-fidelity sonics.
The backing musicians, including Harry “Sweets” Edison on trumpet, Benny Carter on alto and tenor sax, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, John Simmons on bass and Larry Bunker on bass, provide exceptionally sympathetic support for Holiday’s sensual renderings of these introspective romantic musings.
From the photos on the jacket it’s obvious that the then 40 year old Holiday had lost her youthful sexual allure to both natural aging and substance abuse and was getting a bit jowly, but she still looked involved and invigorated and certainly what poured forth from her vocal cords was, with her upper registers still vibrant if just a bit scratchy.
The fine performances here, with her voice still relatively supple and expressive, make the vocal devastation that would render her second to final full album Lady in Satin (Columbia CS 8048), recorded just three years later, such a difficult listen.
Four years after this album Holiday would be gone. Between Holiday’s sophisticated interpretations, the compact, sympathetic arrangements and precise performances, and the “birth of hi-fi” sonics, this is an album that will bring repeated pleasure. A minor gem and highly recommended.
SOURCE: http://www.musicangle.com Reprinted By Permission
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Pick up Michael's DVD's Here:
Additionally, make sure to stop by his site, www.musicangle.com and bookmark it for further exploration. I certainly want to thank Michael for the exclusive rights to reprint his fantastic material.
Billie Holiday (reissue)
Music for Torching
Clef/Speakers Corner MG C-669
Produced by: Norma Granz
Engineered by: N/A
Mixed by: N/A
Mastered by: Maarten de Boer at UMG Berliner
Review by: Michael Fremer
2009-08-01
This summer of 1955 set probably recorded at United in Los Angeles August 23rd and 25th 1955 just a few days after a successful Hollywood Bowl appearance finds Holiday covering standards in fine voice backed up a great small combo.
Holliday (born Eleanora Fagan) covers “I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore,” “It Had to Be You,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “A Fine Romance” and some others taken at a slow, summer’s eve pace, with both musical feet firmly set in the 1940s but with hi-fidelity sonics.
The backing musicians, including Harry “Sweets” Edison on trumpet, Benny Carter on alto and tenor sax, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Barney Kessel on guitar, John Simmons on bass and Larry Bunker on bass, provide exceptionally sympathetic support for Holiday’s sensual renderings of these introspective romantic musings.
From the photos on the jacket it’s obvious that the then 40 year old Holiday had lost her youthful sexual allure to both natural aging and substance abuse and was getting a bit jowly, but she still looked involved and invigorated and certainly what poured forth from her vocal cords was, with her upper registers still vibrant if just a bit scratchy.
The fine performances here, with her voice still relatively supple and expressive, make the vocal devastation that would render her second to final full album Lady in Satin (Columbia CS 8048), recorded just three years later, such a difficult listen.
Four years after this album Holiday would be gone. Between Holiday’s sophisticated interpretations, the compact, sympathetic arrangements and precise performances, and the “birth of hi-fi” sonics, this is an album that will bring repeated pleasure. A minor gem and highly recommended.
SOURCE: http://www.musicangle.com Reprinted By Permission
------------------------------------------
Pick up Michael's DVD's Here:
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