Slim pickings as we approach the Christmas holidays, although there are some great releases to choose from including Mary J. Blige with Stronger with Each Tear, new music from Mudvayne and Lady GaGa with Bad Romance (Remixes) EP, among others. Some nice vinyl to be had starting with Animal Collective’s Fall Be Kind EP, Neil Young - Greatest Hits and the Madonna - Celebration 4-LP set. Also look for the Best of Bryan Ferry, The Legend Lives On from Buddy Holly (3 CDs), Public Image Ltd - Plastic Box (4-CD box set), Everly Brothers - Dream Dream Dream (3 CDs), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live Anthology (UK 9-disc box set) as well as the Dave Matthews Band - Europe 2009 (Box Set). Also a good buy would be the Blue Note Highlights Collectors Box (8-CD box set) and the Complete Introduction to Tamla Motown (4 CD set). Watch for things to heat up in January, with lots of great music still in the works!
Buy Vinyl Here: CollectingVinyl
Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP (vinyl)
Arthur Brown - Tantric Lover
Arthur Brown & Jimmy Carl Black - Brown, Black & Blue
Ash - F (vinyl)
Blur - All the People (2-CD)
Bones Thugs-N-Harmony - Uni5 The World's Enemy
Box Tops - Neon Rainbow Best of
Browns - Country Music Odyssey
Bruce Springsteen - The Essential Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Ferry - Best of Bryan Ferry (Deluxe Edition) (CD & DVD)
Buddy Holly - Legend Lives On (3 CDs)
Celtic Woman - When You Believe
Charlie Rich - Ballads of
Dave Matthews Band - Europe 2009 (Box Set)
Elvis Presley - Elvis Now
Elvis Presley - From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis Tennessee
Elvis Presley - Good Times
Eminem - Relapse- Refill
Everly Brothers - Dream Dream Dream (3 CDs)
Flash - Flash
Great Lake Swimmers - Song Sung Blue EP
Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes (Soundtrack)
Hurricane Chris - Unleashed
Isaac Hayes - Sings for Lovers
James Brown - The Singles, Volume Eight 1972-1973
John Reuben - Sex, Drugs and Self-Control
Journey - The Essential Journey
Lady Antebellum - American Honey (Single)
Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (Remixes) EP
Landscape - Landscape / Manhattan Boogie Woogie
Leo Sayer - Show Must Go On The Very Best of (2 CDs)
Love - Love Lost (vinyl)
Madonna - Celebration (4-LP vinyl)
Mantovani - Christmas Carols (Remastered)
Mary J. Blige - Stronger with Each Tear
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly (vinyl reissue)
Metallica - Orgullo, Passion Y Gloria (2-CD 2-DVD box set)
Mick Ronson - Play Don't Worry
Mick Ronson - Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Mike Batt - Music Cube (14 CDs/2 DVDs)
Mudvayne - Mudvayne
Neil Young - Greatest Hits (Vinyl)
Nelly Furtado - Más (Humby Remix)
Ng2 - Exitos Y Mas
Pete Sinfield - Still (2 CDs)
Peter Banks - Two Sides of
Prince Lasha - Insight
Public Image Ltd - Metal Box (Vinyl Replica Edition) (remastered 3-CD box set)
Public Image Ltd - Plastic Box (4-CD box set)
Rain Parade - Crashing Dream (reissue)
Ray Charles - Sings for Lovers
Ray Price - City Lights
Royaltones - Detroit Rock N Roll Began Here!
Timbaland - Morning After Dark (feat. Nelly Furtado & SoShy) Remixes - EP
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live Anthology (UK 9-disc box set)
Tone Trump - Trump Life
Various Artists - Blue Note Highlights Collectors Box (8-CD box set)
Various Artists - Complete Introduction to Tamla Motown (4 CDs)
Various Artists - Country & Western Hit Parade 1951
Various Artists - Country & Western Hit Parade 1952
Various Artists - Country & Western Hit Parade 1953
Various Artists - Country & Western Hit Parade 1954
Various Artists - Country & Western Hit Parade 1955
Various Artists - Nippon Girls Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-1970
Various Artists - The Twilight Saga New Moon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2-LP vinyl)
Various Artists - This Is Gothic The Bat Cave Anthology
Who - Greatest Hits
Wondermints - Kaleidoscopin' Exploring Prisms of the Past
Young Money - We Are Young Money
Zone d’Ta - Esto Tiene Boom Boom
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Music News & Notes
Amazing Decade For Veteran Musicians
It was a great decade for the Rolling Stones, U2 and Madonna. They all grossed over $800 million on the road over the course of ten years.
Even more amazing is that U2, who is also the number one touring act of 2009, sold out every one of their 288 shows since 2000.
Billboard's Top Tour Artists of the 2000's
•1. Rollings Stones (Gross: $869 million/Attendance: 8.2 million/190 of 264 shows sold out)
•2. U2 ($844 million/9.9 million/288 of 288)
•3. Madonna ($801 million/6.4 million/244 of 248)
•4. Bruce Springsteen ($688 million/8.6 million/248 of 403)
•5. Elton John ($604 million/5.8 million/470 of 541)
===========================
Page Wants Work
Jimmy Page plans to return to the stage in 2010, but it won’t be alongside the rest of Led Zeppelin. With Robert Plant and Alison Krauss working on the follow-up to the Grammy-winning Raising Sand and John Paul Jones now playing with Josh Homme and Dave Grohl in Them Crooked Vultures, Page is tired of waiting to rock and will take whatever new material he’s cultivated to the stage next year.
“We’re running up to Christmas now and next year I have every intention of playing music live and manifesting it,” Page tells Sky News (via Spinner). “I’ve got the music waiting, and that’s what I’ll be doing. It’s been two years since the 02, so it’s time to do that.”
===========================
Nickelback Named Band of the Decade by Billboard
Nickelback has lived their entire chart-topping history in the '00s, and it started off well with the band's first No. 1, "How You Remind Me" at the the very turn of this millenium.
Since then, the Canada-based rock act has earned five more top 10 singles, even breaking the record for most No. 1s in the 13-year history of the Adult Pop songs chart just earlier this year with "Gotta Be Somebody" rising in January.
Need some more stats? The band's last four albums reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200, including All the Right Reasons, which rang in at No. 1 and spent 156 weeks on the list between 2005 and 2006..
This year, as Nickelback celebrate a Grammy nomination for Dark Horse, the band can also celebrate their victory as Billboard's appointed "top duo/group" of the last decade.
It was a great decade for the Rolling Stones, U2 and Madonna. They all grossed over $800 million on the road over the course of ten years.
Even more amazing is that U2, who is also the number one touring act of 2009, sold out every one of their 288 shows since 2000.
Billboard's Top Tour Artists of the 2000's
•1. Rollings Stones (Gross: $869 million/Attendance: 8.2 million/190 of 264 shows sold out)
•2. U2 ($844 million/9.9 million/288 of 288)
•3. Madonna ($801 million/6.4 million/244 of 248)
•4. Bruce Springsteen ($688 million/8.6 million/248 of 403)
•5. Elton John ($604 million/5.8 million/470 of 541)
===========================
Page Wants Work
Jimmy Page plans to return to the stage in 2010, but it won’t be alongside the rest of Led Zeppelin. With Robert Plant and Alison Krauss working on the follow-up to the Grammy-winning Raising Sand and John Paul Jones now playing with Josh Homme and Dave Grohl in Them Crooked Vultures, Page is tired of waiting to rock and will take whatever new material he’s cultivated to the stage next year.
“We’re running up to Christmas now and next year I have every intention of playing music live and manifesting it,” Page tells Sky News (via Spinner). “I’ve got the music waiting, and that’s what I’ll be doing. It’s been two years since the 02, so it’s time to do that.”
===========================
Nickelback Named Band of the Decade by Billboard
Nickelback has lived their entire chart-topping history in the '00s, and it started off well with the band's first No. 1, "How You Remind Me" at the the very turn of this millenium.
Since then, the Canada-based rock act has earned five more top 10 singles, even breaking the record for most No. 1s in the 13-year history of the Adult Pop songs chart just earlier this year with "Gotta Be Somebody" rising in January.
Need some more stats? The band's last four albums reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200, including All the Right Reasons, which rang in at No. 1 and spent 156 weeks on the list between 2005 and 2006..
This year, as Nickelback celebrate a Grammy nomination for Dark Horse, the band can also celebrate their victory as Billboard's appointed "top duo/group" of the last decade.
This Date In Music History-December 22
Birthdays:
Barry Jenkins - Animals (1944)
Robin and the late Maurice Gibb - Bee Gees (1949)
Rick Nielsen - Cheap Trick (1950)
Jordin Brianna Sparks - Winner of the sixth season of American Idol (1989)
They Are Missed:
Richard James Edwards - Manic Street Preachers (1968) - Disappeared on February 1, 1995, after leaving his car at a service station by The Severn Bridge, near Bristol, England. He was declared presumed deceased in November 2008.
Joe Strummer, vocalist and guitarist of the pioneering punk band the Clash, was found dead in his home in southwest England in 2002. An autopsy later reveals that Strummer died of a sudden cardiac arrest. Strummer was 50.
Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees died on January 12, 2003 of a heart attack.
American songwriter Dennis Linde died in 2006 (age 63) from a rare lung disease. Linde wrote one of Elvis Presley's last major hits, "Burning Love" and also wrote "Goodbye Earl" for the Dixie Chicks, and "Callin' Baton Rouge" for Garth Brooks.
Joe Ames of the Ames Brothers ("The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane") died of a heart attack at his home in Germany in 2007.
History:
In 1956, Elvis Presley had the most charting records the year with 17. Billboard reported Pat Boone was next with five, followed by Fats Domino, Little Richard and the Platters with three each.
Today in 1958, "The Chipmunk Song," by the Chipmunks topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks.
The Rebels' instrumental "Wild Weekend" was released on Swan Records in 1962. It makes it to #8 on the pop chart.
In 1962, the Tornadoes' "Telstar" became the first record by a British group to top the American pop chart. The song was inspired by the launching of the Telstar commu-satellite in July.
The Dave Clark Five scored their only US #1 single in 1963 with "Over And Over."
In an article in the New York Times in 1968, New York Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein expresses his enthusiasm for the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, a group whose repertoire includes both rock and classical music.
Eric Burdon left the Animals in 1968.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono met for one hour with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in Ottawa in 1969. Earlier in the day, they saw the Minister of Health, John Munro and discussed drug abuse.
Elton John started a two-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1973 with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," it also had a eight week run at #1 on the UK chart.
Ike and Tina Turner were robbed of $86,000 in 1975 when a suitcase containing concert receipts went missing.
In 1976, Bob Seger began his breakthrough to stardom as his album, Live Bullet, goes gold. The album features in-concert versions of "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," "Beautiful Loser," "Get Out of Denver," "Travelin' Man" and "Katmandu."
Faces drummer Kenney Jones became the Who's drummer in 1978, replacing the late Keith Moon who died two months earlier.
Rupert Holmes started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1979 with "Escape, (The Pina Colada Song)."
Sotheby's in London held a rock & roll auction in 1981. Though the majority of the stuff was sold for far more than expected, an enameled Abbey Road street sign went for $600, an autographed program from the Beatles Royal Command Performance sold for $2,000, $2,000 for a letter of introduction from Buddy Holly to Decca Records. John and Cynthia Lennon’s marriage certificate was sold for $850 and an autographed program from the world premiere of the Beatles film "Help!" brought in $2,100. Other items were disapointing. For example, a jacket once worn by Tom Jones only brought in $12.
Duran Duran peaks at #2 on the Hot 100 in 1984 with "Wild Boys." Two former wild boys, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, masquerading as the Honeydrippers land at #4 with a remake of Phil Phillips' lame "Sea Of Love."
Madonna started a six-week run at #1 in the US charts in 1984 with 'Like A Virgin', her first US #1.
In 1987, Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue was pronounced 'dead on arrival' in an ambulance when his heart stopped beating for two minutes. Sixx was given two shots of adrenaline in his chest to revive him. Fellow band members were prematurely informed of his death.
In 2005, Janet Jackson was the most-searched name during 2005 according to Google, the singer topped a list of searches with people looking for pictures from her infamous ‘wardrobe malfunction’ at the 2004 Super Bowl when she exposed her right breast.
A cassette tape of a "drunk" John Lennon recording a cover version of a rock 'n' roll song sold at auction in Los Angeles for $30,000 in 2008. The six-minute recording, made in autumn 1973, is of Lennon performing Lloyd Price's Just Because. "Debauched lyrics" improvised by "a drunk Lennon" include "just a little cocaine will set me right", and, "I wanna take all them new singers, Carol and the other one with the nipples, I wanna take 'em and hold 'em tight,"
Perfect for last-minute Christmas shopping: Mudvayne issue their self-titled album in 2009. The CD comes in the regular jewel box and deluxe packaging. The latter uses black light ink technology for the cover art and poster. "What anyone else thinks should have no bearing on what any individual thinks about this work," says Mudvayne bassist Ryan Martinie.
In 2009, The Flaming Lips digitally release their version of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon,” one of the all-time classic albums. The Lips’ work is officially titled “The Flaming Lips And Stardeath And White Dwarfs With Henry Rollins And Peaches Doing The Dark Side Of The Moon.” It’s initially an iTunes exclusive.
Barry Jenkins - Animals (1944)
Robin and the late Maurice Gibb - Bee Gees (1949)
Rick Nielsen - Cheap Trick (1950)
Jordin Brianna Sparks - Winner of the sixth season of American Idol (1989)
They Are Missed:
Richard James Edwards - Manic Street Preachers (1968) - Disappeared on February 1, 1995, after leaving his car at a service station by The Severn Bridge, near Bristol, England. He was declared presumed deceased in November 2008.
Joe Strummer, vocalist and guitarist of the pioneering punk band the Clash, was found dead in his home in southwest England in 2002. An autopsy later reveals that Strummer died of a sudden cardiac arrest. Strummer was 50.
Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees died on January 12, 2003 of a heart attack.
American songwriter Dennis Linde died in 2006 (age 63) from a rare lung disease. Linde wrote one of Elvis Presley's last major hits, "Burning Love" and also wrote "Goodbye Earl" for the Dixie Chicks, and "Callin' Baton Rouge" for Garth Brooks.
Joe Ames of the Ames Brothers ("The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane") died of a heart attack at his home in Germany in 2007.
History:
In 1956, Elvis Presley had the most charting records the year with 17. Billboard reported Pat Boone was next with five, followed by Fats Domino, Little Richard and the Platters with three each.
Today in 1958, "The Chipmunk Song," by the Chipmunks topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks.
The Rebels' instrumental "Wild Weekend" was released on Swan Records in 1962. It makes it to #8 on the pop chart.
In 1962, the Tornadoes' "Telstar" became the first record by a British group to top the American pop chart. The song was inspired by the launching of the Telstar commu-satellite in July.
The Dave Clark Five scored their only US #1 single in 1963 with "Over And Over."
In an article in the New York Times in 1968, New York Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein expresses his enthusiasm for the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, a group whose repertoire includes both rock and classical music.
Eric Burdon left the Animals in 1968.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono met for one hour with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in Ottawa in 1969. Earlier in the day, they saw the Minister of Health, John Munro and discussed drug abuse.
Elton John started a two-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1973 with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," it also had a eight week run at #1 on the UK chart.
Ike and Tina Turner were robbed of $86,000 in 1975 when a suitcase containing concert receipts went missing.
In 1976, Bob Seger began his breakthrough to stardom as his album, Live Bullet, goes gold. The album features in-concert versions of "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," "Beautiful Loser," "Get Out of Denver," "Travelin' Man" and "Katmandu."
Faces drummer Kenney Jones became the Who's drummer in 1978, replacing the late Keith Moon who died two months earlier.
Rupert Holmes started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1979 with "Escape, (The Pina Colada Song)."
Sotheby's in London held a rock & roll auction in 1981. Though the majority of the stuff was sold for far more than expected, an enameled Abbey Road street sign went for $600, an autographed program from the Beatles Royal Command Performance sold for $2,000, $2,000 for a letter of introduction from Buddy Holly to Decca Records. John and Cynthia Lennon’s marriage certificate was sold for $850 and an autographed program from the world premiere of the Beatles film "Help!" brought in $2,100. Other items were disapointing. For example, a jacket once worn by Tom Jones only brought in $12.
Duran Duran peaks at #2 on the Hot 100 in 1984 with "Wild Boys." Two former wild boys, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, masquerading as the Honeydrippers land at #4 with a remake of Phil Phillips' lame "Sea Of Love."
Madonna started a six-week run at #1 in the US charts in 1984 with 'Like A Virgin', her first US #1.
In 1987, Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue was pronounced 'dead on arrival' in an ambulance when his heart stopped beating for two minutes. Sixx was given two shots of adrenaline in his chest to revive him. Fellow band members were prematurely informed of his death.
In 2005, Janet Jackson was the most-searched name during 2005 according to Google, the singer topped a list of searches with people looking for pictures from her infamous ‘wardrobe malfunction’ at the 2004 Super Bowl when she exposed her right breast.
A cassette tape of a "drunk" John Lennon recording a cover version of a rock 'n' roll song sold at auction in Los Angeles for $30,000 in 2008. The six-minute recording, made in autumn 1973, is of Lennon performing Lloyd Price's Just Because. "Debauched lyrics" improvised by "a drunk Lennon" include "just a little cocaine will set me right", and, "I wanna take all them new singers, Carol and the other one with the nipples, I wanna take 'em and hold 'em tight,"
Perfect for last-minute Christmas shopping: Mudvayne issue their self-titled album in 2009. The CD comes in the regular jewel box and deluxe packaging. The latter uses black light ink technology for the cover art and poster. "What anyone else thinks should have no bearing on what any individual thinks about this work," says Mudvayne bassist Ryan Martinie.
In 2009, The Flaming Lips digitally release their version of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon,” one of the all-time classic albums. The Lips’ work is officially titled “The Flaming Lips And Stardeath And White Dwarfs With Henry Rollins And Peaches Doing The Dark Side Of The Moon.” It’s initially an iTunes exclusive.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 12/19/2009
1. LP - Metallica "Kill Em All" Test Pressing - $6,660.00
2. LP - Vlado Perlemuter "Mozart Sonatas" Vox Box Set - $6,200.00
3. LP - The Beatles "Introducing The Beatles" VeeJay ad back - $4,939.00
4. EP - Misfits "Horror Business" Acetate - $3,751.01
5. LP - Can "Monster Movie" Music Factory German Pressing - $3,457.52
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 - 60 minutes of rare records and nugatory narration. Every Tuesday 4PM PT/7PM ET, Sunday 9AM PT/12PM ET & Monday 12AM PT/3AM ET
2. LP - Vlado Perlemuter "Mozart Sonatas" Vox Box Set - $6,200.00
3. LP - The Beatles "Introducing The Beatles" VeeJay ad back - $4,939.00
4. EP - Misfits "Horror Business" Acetate - $3,751.01
5. LP - Can "Monster Movie" Music Factory German Pressing - $3,457.52
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 - 60 minutes of rare records and nugatory narration. Every Tuesday 4PM PT/7PM ET, Sunday 9AM PT/12PM ET & Monday 12AM PT/3AM ET
Music News & Notes
Bloodbath To Re-Release "Breeding Death" EP With Two Extra Songs
Swedish death metallers Bloodbath have issued the following announcement about re-releasing a limited edition version of their "Breeding Death" EP with two additional songs:
"After the quickly sold out Picture-LP of ‘Breeding Death’ Animate Records from Germany will release this album again as a high quality matt Gatefold-12?-MLP with black inner sleeve on 180 g vinyl. The LP contains two bonus tracks and will be limited to 999 copies (first 200 copies as collectors edition in golden wax). On side B there's an etched picture which is laser-manufactured and simply looks killer… The release date is set to January 8th, 2010
====================
Radiohead To Resume Recording New Album In January
Ed O'Brien reveals...
Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien says the band plan to resume work on their new album in January.
In a message on the group's website, O'Brien said he was “genuinely excited” about completing the work they started in the summer.
“The vibe in the camp is fantastic at present, and we head off into the studio in January to continue on from the work we started last Summer. I am so genuinely excited about what we’re doing, but for obvious reasons I can’t divulge anything more,” O’Brien posted on December 19th. “10 years ago we were all collectively (that’s the band) in the land of Kid A, and although hugely proud of that record, it wasn’t a fun place to be. What’s reassuring now, is that we are most definitely a different band, which should therefore mean that the music is different too and that is the aim of the game.”
At present, it's not clear when the follow-up to 2007's 'In Rainbows' is due to be released.
However, O'Brien admitted that the band had come along way in the last ten years since the release of their fourth album, 'Kid A', in 2000.
====================
Who Landmark
The venue where Pete Townshend smashed his first guitar has been declared a landmark by local officials. A plaque has been placed at the former location of the Railway Hotel in Harrow, England. A town councilman said "It seemed to us only right that music fans on pilgrimages around London can see another landmark associated with a true great of rock music."
====================
Megadeth's Mustaine Ailing
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth is talking seriously about retirement due to an on-going neck problem. He told Metal Hammer
"Yeah, retirement is a concern. It has to do with the limitations of my body. I’ve got stuff going on with my neck. I try not to make it obvious but the range of motion in my neck is becoming very limited. I don’t think it has as much to do with wear and tear, as it does with the lack of preparation. There were so many years where I would go out there and just start headbanging. I didn’t think, 'OK Dave, you’re an elite athlete, you do metal calisthenics with your left hand… so why don’t you limber up the rest of your body?"
Swedish death metallers Bloodbath have issued the following announcement about re-releasing a limited edition version of their "Breeding Death" EP with two additional songs:
"After the quickly sold out Picture-LP of ‘Breeding Death’ Animate Records from Germany will release this album again as a high quality matt Gatefold-12?-MLP with black inner sleeve on 180 g vinyl. The LP contains two bonus tracks and will be limited to 999 copies (first 200 copies as collectors edition in golden wax). On side B there's an etched picture which is laser-manufactured and simply looks killer… The release date is set to January 8th, 2010
====================
Radiohead To Resume Recording New Album In January
Ed O'Brien reveals...
Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien says the band plan to resume work on their new album in January.
In a message on the group's website, O'Brien said he was “genuinely excited” about completing the work they started in the summer.
“The vibe in the camp is fantastic at present, and we head off into the studio in January to continue on from the work we started last Summer. I am so genuinely excited about what we’re doing, but for obvious reasons I can’t divulge anything more,” O’Brien posted on December 19th. “10 years ago we were all collectively (that’s the band) in the land of Kid A, and although hugely proud of that record, it wasn’t a fun place to be. What’s reassuring now, is that we are most definitely a different band, which should therefore mean that the music is different too and that is the aim of the game.”
At present, it's not clear when the follow-up to 2007's 'In Rainbows' is due to be released.
However, O'Brien admitted that the band had come along way in the last ten years since the release of their fourth album, 'Kid A', in 2000.
====================
Who Landmark
The venue where Pete Townshend smashed his first guitar has been declared a landmark by local officials. A plaque has been placed at the former location of the Railway Hotel in Harrow, England. A town councilman said "It seemed to us only right that music fans on pilgrimages around London can see another landmark associated with a true great of rock music."
====================
Megadeth's Mustaine Ailing
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth is talking seriously about retirement due to an on-going neck problem. He told Metal Hammer
"Yeah, retirement is a concern. It has to do with the limitations of my body. I’ve got stuff going on with my neck. I try not to make it obvious but the range of motion in my neck is becoming very limited. I don’t think it has as much to do with wear and tear, as it does with the lack of preparation. There were so many years where I would go out there and just start headbanging. I didn’t think, 'OK Dave, you’re an elite athlete, you do metal calisthenics with your left hand… so why don’t you limber up the rest of your body?"
Because Sound Matters $1000 Vinyl LP Giveaway
Because Sound Matters, the Warner Bros. vinyl store, is giving away a whopping $1000 worth of vinyl records in a contest running until December 24th.
The Rules: create an account at Because Sound Matters, fill out a two line contest form with your name and valid e-mail address, and you’re automatically entered into the Holiday Vinyl Giveaway.
The Prize: a single winner gets a collection of vinyl including vintage Neil Young titles from ‘69 and ‘70 put out as part of the Neil Young Official Release series, a set of Metallica 45RPM limited edition box sets, the complete Oasis collection, three Nirvana albums, Wilco vinyl and plenty of other goodies.
Free vinyl is always a good thing, even if you’re no fan of Metallica (especially Death Magnetic–yuck–, though the limited edition 180 gram vinyl set of …And Justice For All does not suck one little bit). The prize package is eclectic enough to entice some of us to sign up (yes, it’s true–at least one of us) and the Neil Young four disc set is enough to warrant a look all by itself.
If you are intrigued by the possibility of winning 30 vinyl LPs, some of which are nice, limited editions and at least one signed-by-the-band LP, have a look, register and sign up to enter the Because Sound Matters Holiday Vinyl Giveaway. You’ve only got until December 24th, so no procrastinating.
Sign Up Here: http://www.becausesoundmatters.com/
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Music News & Notes
VENOM ON VINYL
Venom have their first three albums reissued next month on vinyl, by Back On Black Records. 'Welcome To Hell' , 'Black Metal' and 'At War With Satan' will be available on the Back On Black label. Each will come on 180g coloured vinyl and have deluxe gatefold sleeve.
============================
Einherjer Rising Reveals New Album, "Berserk," Artwork
The cover artwork for Einherjer Rising's upcoming album, "Berserk," has been revealed. The artwork was done by artist Craig Granato (USA) exclusively for Einherjer Rising.
Einherjer Rising comments, "I would like to thank Mr. Craig Granato for his great and sincere effort in making the illustration. It is a perfectly executed representation of my image for the album cover. This artwork will definitely strengthen the whole album atmosphere yet more"
============================
Lil Wayne LP Leaked
After six different release date changes, Rebirth, Lil Wayne's forthcoming rock album, isn't due in stores until February 1. But the album is now out there in the world, thanks to Amazon.com.
Billboard reports that the online retail giant mistakenly sent 500 copies of the CD to customers who had pre-ordered it. A "shipping mishap" was the reason for the early leak, which caused Rebirth to show up in mailboxes this past Monday.
============================
Elliott Smith LPs to be reissued on KRS
Kill Rock Stars record label has announced that on April 6 it will add the late Elliott Smith's "Roman Candle" and "From a Basement on the Hill" records to its catalog.
“Roman Candle” is Smith’s first solo album and was originally released by Portland’s Cavity Search Records in 1994. It has been remastered for the re-release by Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine and archivist for Smith’s family, although Crane reassures that none of the album is “remixed” from the master tapes. It is still composed of the mixes Smith created himself, he said.
Kill Rock Stars also will release “Roman Candle” on vinyl for the first time in the United States.
“From a Basement on the Hill” was released posthumously in 2004 on ANTI-records.
With the addition of these two records, Kill Rock Stars is now the home for all of Smith’s independent releases: “Roman Candle,” “Elliott Smith,” “Either/Or,” “From a Basement on the Hill” and “New Moon.”
Venom have their first three albums reissued next month on vinyl, by Back On Black Records. 'Welcome To Hell' , 'Black Metal' and 'At War With Satan' will be available on the Back On Black label. Each will come on 180g coloured vinyl and have deluxe gatefold sleeve.
============================
The cover artwork for Einherjer Rising's upcoming album, "Berserk," has been revealed. The artwork was done by artist Craig Granato (USA) exclusively for Einherjer Rising.
Einherjer Rising comments, "I would like to thank Mr. Craig Granato for his great and sincere effort in making the illustration. It is a perfectly executed representation of my image for the album cover. This artwork will definitely strengthen the whole album atmosphere yet more"
============================
Lil Wayne LP Leaked
After six different release date changes, Rebirth, Lil Wayne's forthcoming rock album, isn't due in stores until February 1. But the album is now out there in the world, thanks to Amazon.com.
Billboard reports that the online retail giant mistakenly sent 500 copies of the CD to customers who had pre-ordered it. A "shipping mishap" was the reason for the early leak, which caused Rebirth to show up in mailboxes this past Monday.
============================
Elliott Smith LPs to be reissued on KRS
Kill Rock Stars record label has announced that on April 6 it will add the late Elliott Smith's "Roman Candle" and "From a Basement on the Hill" records to its catalog.
“Roman Candle” is Smith’s first solo album and was originally released by Portland’s Cavity Search Records in 1994. It has been remastered for the re-release by Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine and archivist for Smith’s family, although Crane reassures that none of the album is “remixed” from the master tapes. It is still composed of the mixes Smith created himself, he said.
Kill Rock Stars also will release “Roman Candle” on vinyl for the first time in the United States.
“From a Basement on the Hill” was released posthumously in 2004 on ANTI-records.
With the addition of these two records, Kill Rock Stars is now the home for all of Smith’s independent releases: “Roman Candle,” “Elliott Smith,” “Either/Or,” “From a Basement on the Hill” and “New Moon.”
This Date In Music History-December 20
Birthdays:
Bobby Colombo - Blood Sweat & Tears (1944)
Peter Criss - Kiss (1947)
Stevie Wright - Easybeats (1948)
Alan Parsons (1949)
Billy Bragg - UK singer, songwriter (1957)
Chris Robinson - Black Crowes (1966)
They Are Missed:
Singer Bobby Darin died in 1973 (age 37). One of the first teen idols, he had the 1959 #1 with "Dream Lover" plus 20 other US Top 40 hits during the 60's including "Mack the Knife," (Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1960) and #1 for nine weeks in 1959.
American blues singer and guitarist, Albert King died from a heart attack in Memphis, Tennessee in 1992. He recorded dozens of influential songs, such as "Crosscut Saw" and "As The Years Go Passing By," and the 1967 album, "Born Under a Bad Sign."
Canadian Country singer Hank Snow died in 1999. 'The Singing Ranger' released over 100 albums and scored more than seventy singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. A regular at the Grand Ole Opry, in 1954 Snow persuaded the directors to allow a new singer by the name of Elvis Presley to appear at the Grand Ole Opry.
History:
Elvis Presley received his draft notice in 1957.
In 1958, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison appeared as The Quarry Men at the wedding reception of George's older brother, Harry. The event was held at the Harrison family home at 25 Upton Green, Speke, Liverpool.
The Osmond Brothers (minus Donny, who was only five years old) make their first appearance on the "Andy Williams Show" on NBC-TV in 1962.
Capitol Records released “Meet The Beatles” in the US in 1963 and Beatlemania officially gets underway in the states.
In 1967, folk singer Joan Baez was sentenced to 45 days in prison after being arrested during an anti-war demonstration.
In Blackpool, England, in 1967, two recently departed members of the John Evans Blues Band, vocalist Ian Anderson and bassist Glenn Cornick, form Jethro Tull, naming their group after the 18th century inventor of a number of farm implements, Evan will later rejoin them as Jethro Tull's keyboard player.
The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother)" was released in 1967.
Glen Campbell went to #1 on the US album chart in 1968 with "Wichita Lineman."
In 1968, the Beatles sixth Christmas record "The Beatles' 1968 Christmas Record", was sent to fan club members in the UK and the US. It included the song "Nowhere Man" sung by Tiny Tim.
Peter Paul and Mary went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1969 with "Leavin' On A Jet Plane."
The Main Ingredient recorded "Everybody Plays The Fool" in 1971.
Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" and Paul Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" were released in 1975.
Guitarist Joe Walsh joined forces with the Eagles in 1975, replacing original member Bernie Leadon, who leaves for a solo career.
In 1982, Ozzy Osbourne was hospitalized and treated for rabies after biting the head off a bat during a concert.
The Bangles started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with "Walk Like An Egyptian."
The Beatles and the Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. However, the Beach Boys’ Mike Love was totally ungracious and insulted just about everybody in the music business, adding much needed, if stupid, edge to the affair.
Figures from the RIAA of America in 2000 showed that Teen Pop was alive and doing very well. Pop accounted for most of the record sales in America with Jive records, home to Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC selling 31m records
In 2006, nearly forty years after it was recorded, Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher was awarded part of the songwriting credit for "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by a London court (the award was overturned, then reinstated during appeals).
Britney Spears went to #1 on the US album chart in 2008 with ‘Circus’, the singer’s sixth studio album.
In 2008, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry offered a free download of his version of "Run Rudolph Run" on the band's fan site Aero Force One. "This is my favorite Christmas song and one I've always wanted to cover," says Perry of the classic popularized by Chuck Berry (written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie). "I hope everyone enjoys it and this makes the holidays a little happier this year."
Bobby Colombo - Blood Sweat & Tears (1944)
Peter Criss - Kiss (1947)
Stevie Wright - Easybeats (1948)
Alan Parsons (1949)
Billy Bragg - UK singer, songwriter (1957)
Chris Robinson - Black Crowes (1966)
They Are Missed:
Singer Bobby Darin died in 1973 (age 37). One of the first teen idols, he had the 1959 #1 with "Dream Lover" plus 20 other US Top 40 hits during the 60's including "Mack the Knife," (Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1960) and #1 for nine weeks in 1959.
American blues singer and guitarist, Albert King died from a heart attack in Memphis, Tennessee in 1992. He recorded dozens of influential songs, such as "Crosscut Saw" and "As The Years Go Passing By," and the 1967 album, "Born Under a Bad Sign."
Canadian Country singer Hank Snow died in 1999. 'The Singing Ranger' released over 100 albums and scored more than seventy singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. A regular at the Grand Ole Opry, in 1954 Snow persuaded the directors to allow a new singer by the name of Elvis Presley to appear at the Grand Ole Opry.
History:
Elvis Presley received his draft notice in 1957.
In 1958, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison appeared as The Quarry Men at the wedding reception of George's older brother, Harry. The event was held at the Harrison family home at 25 Upton Green, Speke, Liverpool.
The Osmond Brothers (minus Donny, who was only five years old) make their first appearance on the "Andy Williams Show" on NBC-TV in 1962.
Capitol Records released “Meet The Beatles” in the US in 1963 and Beatlemania officially gets underway in the states.
In 1967, folk singer Joan Baez was sentenced to 45 days in prison after being arrested during an anti-war demonstration.
In Blackpool, England, in 1967, two recently departed members of the John Evans Blues Band, vocalist Ian Anderson and bassist Glenn Cornick, form Jethro Tull, naming their group after the 18th century inventor of a number of farm implements, Evan will later rejoin them as Jethro Tull's keyboard player.
The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother)" was released in 1967.
Glen Campbell went to #1 on the US album chart in 1968 with "Wichita Lineman."
In 1968, the Beatles sixth Christmas record "The Beatles' 1968 Christmas Record", was sent to fan club members in the UK and the US. It included the song "Nowhere Man" sung by Tiny Tim.
Peter Paul and Mary went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1969 with "Leavin' On A Jet Plane."
The Main Ingredient recorded "Everybody Plays The Fool" in 1971.
Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" and Paul Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" were released in 1975.
Guitarist Joe Walsh joined forces with the Eagles in 1975, replacing original member Bernie Leadon, who leaves for a solo career.
In 1982, Ozzy Osbourne was hospitalized and treated for rabies after biting the head off a bat during a concert.
The Bangles started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with "Walk Like An Egyptian."
The Beatles and the Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. However, the Beach Boys’ Mike Love was totally ungracious and insulted just about everybody in the music business, adding much needed, if stupid, edge to the affair.
Figures from the RIAA of America in 2000 showed that Teen Pop was alive and doing very well. Pop accounted for most of the record sales in America with Jive records, home to Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC selling 31m records
In 2006, nearly forty years after it was recorded, Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher was awarded part of the songwriting credit for "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by a London court (the award was overturned, then reinstated during appeals).
Britney Spears went to #1 on the US album chart in 2008 with ‘Circus’, the singer’s sixth studio album.
In 2008, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry offered a free download of his version of "Run Rudolph Run" on the band's fan site Aero Force One. "This is my favorite Christmas song and one I've always wanted to cover," says Perry of the classic popularized by Chuck Berry (written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie). "I hope everyone enjoys it and this makes the holidays a little happier this year."
Friday, December 18, 2009
Michael Fremer Review
I am very proud to continue our 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 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.
ALBUM REVIEW:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (reissue)
The Nutcracker Suite
Columbia/Pure Pleasure CS 8341 180g LP
Produced by: Irving Townsend
Engineered by: N/A
Mixed by: N/A
Mastered by: Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman
Review by: Michael Fremer
2009-12-01
Back in 1969, five years before Vince Guaraldi jazzed up Christmas music for "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn conceived of and superbly executed this delightfully good-humored jazz version of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite".
Ellington and Strayhorn made up hip new names for Peter Ilich's originals, like "Sugar Rum Cherry," and "Toot Toot Tootie Toot" (Dance of the Reed-Pipes), but even without the novelty titles, you'd know The Duke was going for lightness and good humor.
The suite will be familiar to all, but the retelling as a jazz tale will be novel. The orchestra with Hodges, Carney, Gonzalves, Ray Nance and all the other great vets including drummer Sam Woodyard, swing their way easily through these rhythmically charged, nimbly struck arrangements.
My only criticism here are the short sides. Each is over too quickly.
The recording, produced in Los Angeles May through June of 1960 is clean, crisp and three dimensional, though the mix is more 3 track than stereo, with instruments panned fairly hard left and right with a prominent center fill and little to the its sides until you get to the hard left/right stuff.
Still, despite the somewhat dated staging, the recording quality itself is superb. The horns have a full, brassy swagger, the reeds plenty of buzzy warmth and Woodyard's drum kit is nicely developed with a juicy, woody rim shot that pops brilliantly and crisply chiming cymbals. Ellington's piano is also nicely recorded and there's an emphasis on close-miked percussion that helps make this an audiophile's delight.
A nice blend of direct, closely miked sound and chamber reverb produce a big, exciting picture you'll wrap your ears around with pleasure.
Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman's mastering and the quiet Pallas pressing make this reissue superior to the original, though if you have a clean one of those, you don't need this.
Though it was issued by Pure Pleasure last Spring, now's the time to remind you of this swinging Christmas record, perfect for right now!
I've been loving my original pressing for years. It's a record that comes out every Christmas. Get it and I guarantee it will become a tradition in your house every holiday season for years to come.
SOURCE: http://www.musicangle.com/Reprinted By Permission
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (reissue)
The Nutcracker Suite
Columbia/Pure Pleasure CS 8341 180g LP
Produced by: Irving Townsend
Engineered by: N/A
Mixed by: N/A
Mastered by: Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman
Review by: Michael Fremer
2009-12-01
Back in 1969, five years before Vince Guaraldi jazzed up Christmas music for "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn conceived of and superbly executed this delightfully good-humored jazz version of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite".
Ellington and Strayhorn made up hip new names for Peter Ilich's originals, like "Sugar Rum Cherry," and "Toot Toot Tootie Toot" (Dance of the Reed-Pipes), but even without the novelty titles, you'd know The Duke was going for lightness and good humor.
The suite will be familiar to all, but the retelling as a jazz tale will be novel. The orchestra with Hodges, Carney, Gonzalves, Ray Nance and all the other great vets including drummer Sam Woodyard, swing their way easily through these rhythmically charged, nimbly struck arrangements.
My only criticism here are the short sides. Each is over too quickly.
The recording, produced in Los Angeles May through June of 1960 is clean, crisp and three dimensional, though the mix is more 3 track than stereo, with instruments panned fairly hard left and right with a prominent center fill and little to the its sides until you get to the hard left/right stuff.
Still, despite the somewhat dated staging, the recording quality itself is superb. The horns have a full, brassy swagger, the reeds plenty of buzzy warmth and Woodyard's drum kit is nicely developed with a juicy, woody rim shot that pops brilliantly and crisply chiming cymbals. Ellington's piano is also nicely recorded and there's an emphasis on close-miked percussion that helps make this an audiophile's delight.
A nice blend of direct, closely miked sound and chamber reverb produce a big, exciting picture you'll wrap your ears around with pleasure.
Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman's mastering and the quiet Pallas pressing make this reissue superior to the original, though if you have a clean one of those, you don't need this.
Though it was issued by Pure Pleasure last Spring, now's the time to remind you of this swinging Christmas record, perfect for right now!
I've been loving my original pressing for years. It's a record that comes out every Christmas. Get it and I guarantee it will become a tradition in your house every holiday season for years to come.
SOURCE: http://www.musicangle.com/Reprinted By Permission
This Date In Music History-December 18
Birthdays:
Blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks (1933)
Sam Andrew - Big Brother & the Holding Company (1941)
Keith Richards - Rolling Stones (1943)
Bill Nelson - Be Bop Deluxe (1948)
Martha Johnson - Martha And The Muffins (1950)
Elliot Easton - Cars (1953)
Geordie - Killing Joke (1958)
Greg d'Angelo - White Lion (1963)
DMX (Earl Simmons) - (1970)
Christina Aguilera (1980)
They Are Missed:
Jimmy Nolen, guitarist for James Brown, died in Atlanta, GA in 1983.
Born today in 1938, Chas Chandler, bass, The Animals. Chandler became the manager of Jimi Hendrix and Slade, he died on July 17, 1996.
UK singer, songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Mexico in 2000 when a speedboat hit her. MacColl was aged 41.
History:
The Tokens started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1961 with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
In 1961, Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was on the Hot 100 chart for 23 straight weeks, longer than any other disc on the chart.
Funeral services are held in Chicago for Sam Cooke in 1964. Hundreds of fans break the glass doors off and cause other damage to the A.R. Leak Funeral Home where Cooke's body is on display. Among his big hits were "Cupid," "You Send Me," "Chain Gang," "Having a Party," "Twistin' the Night Away" and "Wonderful World."
Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" enters the Hot 100 in 1965, where it stays put for 14 weeks, peaking at #3. It's Wonder's first trip to the top ten since his first smash, "Fingertips, Part Two."
S/Sgt. Barry Sadler recorded "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" in 1965.
The Beatles enter the Hot 100 in 1965 with both sides of their latest record, "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper." The former is on the charts for 12 weeks making it to #1 while the latter only makes it up to #5.
Tara Browne was killed in 1966 when driving at high speed in his Lotus Elan after it collided with a parked lorry in South Kensington, London. A close friend of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, his death was immortalized in The Beatles’s song "A Day In The Life" after John Lennon read a report on the coroner's verdict into Browne's death.
At a Christmas Party called "An Alchemical Wedding" at the Underground Club in London in 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared, sort of. They're both onstage but they aren't visible. They're crawling inside a large white bag. This is the start of what Yoko terms "bag-ism." Umm, OK.
A 1969 New York Times article estimated that the youth audience in America accounted for 75-percent of the $1 billion spent annually on recorded music. The same issue contained one of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's full page "War is Over" ads.
Freakazoid Tiny Tim, 40, married Miss Vicki, 17, in 1970 on "The Tonight Show."
Sly and the Family Stone went to #1 on the US album chart in 1971 with "There's A Riot Going On."
Dial Records, a subsidiary of Mercury Records, released Joe Tex's funk record "I Gotcha" in 1971. In late January 1972, the song will reach #2 on the pop chart. A big factor in the success of the song is Tex's slurred delivery of the line "Told you not to play with my affection," which causes millions to mistake the last word for "erection." Anything to sell a record....
At a press conference in London in 1975, Rod Stewart announced he's leaving the Faces to go solo.
The Steve Miller Band's Fly Like An Eagle LP was released in 1976.
An estimated 35 million people around the world watched Rod Stewart's satellite televised concert at the Forum in Los Angeles in 1981. The show featured guest appearances by Kim Carnes, who sings "Tonight's the Night" with Stewart and Tina Turner who duets on "Hot Legs," "Stay with Me" and "Get Back." The broadcast is the first of its kind since Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaii," back in 1973.
Hall and Oates started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1982 with "Maneater," the duo's 5th #1 hit.
Madonna's "Like a Virgin was the #1 Billboard Pop Hit in 1984. The song was Madonna's first #1 hit.
In 2003, Michael Jackson was formally charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering intoxicating liquor to a minor with the intent of committing a crime. The abuse was claimed to have taken place between 7 February and 10 March 2003 and the alleged victim was identified only as 'John Doe'. Jackson's lawyer said the entertainer was 'unequivocally and absolutely innocent' and would fight the charges 'with every fibre of his soul.'
A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon sold for $570,000 at auction in New York in 2004. The Gibson SG guitar was used by Harrison from 1966 to 1969, including the recording of Revolver, and by Lennon during White Album sessions. Other items sold in the Christie's auction included a letter by Kurt Cobain, which fetched $19,400, and a school book report by Britney Spears $1,200.
Blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks (1933)
Sam Andrew - Big Brother & the Holding Company (1941)
Keith Richards - Rolling Stones (1943)
Bill Nelson - Be Bop Deluxe (1948)
Martha Johnson - Martha And The Muffins (1950)
Elliot Easton - Cars (1953)
Geordie - Killing Joke (1958)
Greg d'Angelo - White Lion (1963)
DMX (Earl Simmons) - (1970)
Christina Aguilera (1980)
They Are Missed:
Jimmy Nolen, guitarist for James Brown, died in Atlanta, GA in 1983.
Born today in 1938, Chas Chandler, bass, The Animals. Chandler became the manager of Jimi Hendrix and Slade, he died on July 17, 1996.
UK singer, songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Mexico in 2000 when a speedboat hit her. MacColl was aged 41.
History:
The Tokens started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1961 with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
In 1961, Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was on the Hot 100 chart for 23 straight weeks, longer than any other disc on the chart.
Funeral services are held in Chicago for Sam Cooke in 1964. Hundreds of fans break the glass doors off and cause other damage to the A.R. Leak Funeral Home where Cooke's body is on display. Among his big hits were "Cupid," "You Send Me," "Chain Gang," "Having a Party," "Twistin' the Night Away" and "Wonderful World."
Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" enters the Hot 100 in 1965, where it stays put for 14 weeks, peaking at #3. It's Wonder's first trip to the top ten since his first smash, "Fingertips, Part Two."
S/Sgt. Barry Sadler recorded "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" in 1965.
The Beatles enter the Hot 100 in 1965 with both sides of their latest record, "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper." The former is on the charts for 12 weeks making it to #1 while the latter only makes it up to #5.
Tara Browne was killed in 1966 when driving at high speed in his Lotus Elan after it collided with a parked lorry in South Kensington, London. A close friend of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, his death was immortalized in The Beatles’s song "A Day In The Life" after John Lennon read a report on the coroner's verdict into Browne's death.
At a Christmas Party called "An Alchemical Wedding" at the Underground Club in London in 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared, sort of. They're both onstage but they aren't visible. They're crawling inside a large white bag. This is the start of what Yoko terms "bag-ism." Umm, OK.
A 1969 New York Times article estimated that the youth audience in America accounted for 75-percent of the $1 billion spent annually on recorded music. The same issue contained one of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's full page "War is Over" ads.
Freakazoid Tiny Tim, 40, married Miss Vicki, 17, in 1970 on "The Tonight Show."
Sly and the Family Stone went to #1 on the US album chart in 1971 with "There's A Riot Going On."
Dial Records, a subsidiary of Mercury Records, released Joe Tex's funk record "I Gotcha" in 1971. In late January 1972, the song will reach #2 on the pop chart. A big factor in the success of the song is Tex's slurred delivery of the line "Told you not to play with my affection," which causes millions to mistake the last word for "erection." Anything to sell a record....
At a press conference in London in 1975, Rod Stewart announced he's leaving the Faces to go solo.
The Steve Miller Band's Fly Like An Eagle LP was released in 1976.
An estimated 35 million people around the world watched Rod Stewart's satellite televised concert at the Forum in Los Angeles in 1981. The show featured guest appearances by Kim Carnes, who sings "Tonight's the Night" with Stewart and Tina Turner who duets on "Hot Legs," "Stay with Me" and "Get Back." The broadcast is the first of its kind since Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaii," back in 1973.
Hall and Oates started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1982 with "Maneater," the duo's 5th #1 hit.
Madonna's "Like a Virgin was the #1 Billboard Pop Hit in 1984. The song was Madonna's first #1 hit.
In 2003, Michael Jackson was formally charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering intoxicating liquor to a minor with the intent of committing a crime. The abuse was claimed to have taken place between 7 February and 10 March 2003 and the alleged victim was identified only as 'John Doe'. Jackson's lawyer said the entertainer was 'unequivocally and absolutely innocent' and would fight the charges 'with every fibre of his soul.'
A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon sold for $570,000 at auction in New York in 2004. The Gibson SG guitar was used by Harrison from 1966 to 1969, including the recording of Revolver, and by Lennon during White Album sessions. Other items sold in the Christie's auction included a letter by Kurt Cobain, which fetched $19,400, and a school book report by Britney Spears $1,200.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010 Class Named
Yesterday (December 15, 2009), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced its 2010 inductees. They include ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, the Hollies and the Stooges. (of this list ABBA and the Stooges have been previously nominated). Missing out on the class of 2010 were Donna Summer, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Laura Nyro, KISS, the Chantels, Darlene Love and LL Cool J.
December 15, 2010—New York— Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges as its 2010 artist inductees. Also being inducted this year as individual recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award will be David Geffen and songwriters Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Elle Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman and Otis Blackwell. The ceremony will take place on March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City and will air live on Fuse, Madison Square Garden’s national music television network, as part of the three-year broadcast deal between the Foundation and Fuse.
“We are very happy to present this year’s inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as they represent a great cross-section of artists that define the broad spectrum and history of rock and roll and people that have contributed immeasurably to our business” says Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President & CEO Joel Peresman.
The performer inductees are:
ABBA
GENESIS
JIMMY CLIFF
THE HOLLIES
THE STOOGES
Ahmet Ertegun Award (nonperformers):
DAVID GEFFEN
BARRY MANN & CYNTHIA WEIL
ELLIE GREENWICH & JEFF BARRY
JESSE STONE
MORT SHUMAN
OTIS BLACKWELL
The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by over 500 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording is released.
All inductees are ultimately represented in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Through approaches as creative and diverse as the music itself, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum tells the story of rock music with its exhibits, education programs and Library and Archives, which will open to the public in downtown Cleveland in late 2010.
Presenters and performers at the induction will be announced at a later date. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be televised live on Fuse; more information can be found at fuse.tv.
More about the inductees:
ABBA
They are one of the biggest-selling acts in pop-history – and if Stockholm is now a hit making mecca, it’s because ABBA first put Sweden on rock’s global map. The four members came together in enchanting, late-1960s post-Euro-hippie fashion – initialed for the two couples, Agnetha ‘Anna’ Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus; and Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid ‘Frida’ Lyngstad. ABBA was a dominant music force throughout the 70’s, and world¬wide licensing deals made Polar Music the second biggest corporation in Sweden. Bjorn and Benny’s studio finesse over the course of ABBA’s eight studio LPs drew wide praise from pure pop punks and New Wavers for whom ABBA became a guilty pleasure. They went their solo ways in 1982, but tribute albums and the boffo musical Mamma Mia are keeping ABBA on permanent display.
GENESIS
Almost no group in rock history has had such a long and varied career as Genesis, who began as a cult art-rock band in England in the late 1960’s and went on to pack stadiums across the globe in the 1980’s, 1990’s and on their 2007 reunion tour. In the early 1970’s frontman Peter Gabriel shocked audiences and grabbed headlines by taking the stages in outrageous costumes and occasionally even levitating above the audience. Their music was equally innovative, and early albums Selling England By The Pound and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway are two of the most acclaimed prog-rock albums in the history of the genre. In 1975 Gabriel left the band to pursue a solo career and drummer Phil Collins stepped out from behind the kit to take over. The band experienced many more hits and successful worldwide tours over the next 30 years.
JIMMY CLIFF
Very few single albums can be said to have changed music forever. Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come is one. The album – and the movie that spawned it – introduced reggae to a worldwide audience and changed the image of the genre from cruise ship soundtrack to music of rebellion and inspiration. “Sitting in Limbo,” “The Harder They Come,” “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” and “Many Rivers to Cross” made Jimmy Cliff the first international reggae superstar and created the model that Bob Marley would soon follow. A beautifully gifted singer and a uniquely influential songwriter, Jimmy Cliff has made a profound impact on rock and pop music all over the world for 40 years.
THE HOLLIES
Above all, it was the wide-open three-part vocal harmonies of original members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Eric Haydock, inspired by the Everly Brothers, that gave the Hollies a sound apart from other British Invasion beat groups. Songwriter Graham Gouldman supplied them with “Look Through Any Window” and “Bus Stop.” And the original writing talent of Clarke, Nash, and lead guitarist Tony Hicks took over on “Stop! Stop! Stop!” and “On a Carousel,” as the Hollies went on to chart 21 consecutive Top 20 UK hits through 1970. After Nash’s departure in 1968, new hits carried them into the mid-70’s including “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,” “Long Dark Road,” “Magic Woman Touch,” “The Air That I Breathe,” and others.
THE STOOGES
The “Big Bang” that became punk, alternative, heavy metal, new wave, grunge, hardcore and industrial music, could very well have been the advent of Iggy and the Stooges in Ann Arbor in the late 1960’s. Confrontational, out of the mainstream and the complete antitheses of the hippie movement, the Stooges were adopted by those on the margins of rock. Their debut Elektra LP was produced in four days by the Velvet Undergound’s John Cale and contained at least three landmarks: “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “No Fun” and “1969.” Immediately embraced in New York, London and Los Angeles for the nuclear-powered simplicity of their music, the ironic nihilism of their lyrics, and the persona of Iggy himself, the Stooges have become icons in the history of modern music.
More about the Ahmet Ertegun Award recipients:
DAVID GEFFEN began his legendary career in the William Morris Agency mailroom, quickly becoming an agent, before leaving to form his own management and then record label. He signed artists who have now become legends, including Laura Nyro, The Eagles, Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills and Nash, Tom Waits and Linda Ronstadt. David founded Geffen Records in 1980, whose artist roster included John Lennon, Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel, Guns N Roses, Nirvana and many more iconic artists. More recently David formed the film and entertainment company SKG, along with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg. David has been and continues to be involved in many philanthropic endeavors.
The Ahmet Ertegun Award will also be presented to an extraordinary group of songwriters who wrote some of the most classic, lasting songs of the 20th century and defined the “Brill Building sound”. Husband and wife songwriting team BARRY MANN and CYNTHIA WEIL, have had an extraordinary impact on the past five decades of popular music. Their numerous hits include: “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” (with Phil Spector), “On Broadway” (with Leiber and Stoller), “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” and “Walking in the Rain.” Songwriting couple JEFF BARRY and ELLIE GREENWICH, wrote a countless number of classics including “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “Then He Kissed Me,” “Be My Baby” and “River Deep, Mountain High.” Additionally, songwriter MORT SHUMAN, along with his songwriting partner Doc Pomus (who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992), wrote some of the most important songs of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s including: “This Magic Moment,” “Save the Last Dance for Me” and “Viva Las Vegas.” Prolific songwriter OTIS BLACKWELL wrote many hits including “Great Balls of Fire,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “All Shook Up” and “Fever.” Lastly, songwriter JESSE STONE, who was an architect of the early rock and roll sound, wrote “Shake, Rattle and Roll” and “Money Honey.”
# # #
About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and Museum: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established 25 years ago by legendary record executive Ahmet Ertegun and a group of music business executives to honor the artists that have defined rock and roll and have inspired and continue to inspire a generation. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum designed by I.M. Pei in Cleveland, Ohio that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as educational programs. For further information, please visit rockhall.com.
Here is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame press release with more information on the inductees:
December 15, 2010—New York— Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges as its 2010 artist inductees. Also being inducted this year as individual recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award will be David Geffen and songwriters Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Elle Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman and Otis Blackwell. The ceremony will take place on March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City and will air live on Fuse, Madison Square Garden’s national music television network, as part of the three-year broadcast deal between the Foundation and Fuse.
“We are very happy to present this year’s inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as they represent a great cross-section of artists that define the broad spectrum and history of rock and roll and people that have contributed immeasurably to our business” says Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President & CEO Joel Peresman.
The performer inductees are:
ABBA
GENESIS
JIMMY CLIFF
THE HOLLIES
THE STOOGES
Ahmet Ertegun Award (nonperformers):
DAVID GEFFEN
BARRY MANN & CYNTHIA WEIL
ELLIE GREENWICH & JEFF BARRY
JESSE STONE
MORT SHUMAN
OTIS BLACKWELL
The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by over 500 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording is released.
All inductees are ultimately represented in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Through approaches as creative and diverse as the music itself, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum tells the story of rock music with its exhibits, education programs and Library and Archives, which will open to the public in downtown Cleveland in late 2010.
Presenters and performers at the induction will be announced at a later date. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be televised live on Fuse; more information can be found at fuse.tv.
More about the inductees:
ABBA
They are one of the biggest-selling acts in pop-history – and if Stockholm is now a hit making mecca, it’s because ABBA first put Sweden on rock’s global map. The four members came together in enchanting, late-1960s post-Euro-hippie fashion – initialed for the two couples, Agnetha ‘Anna’ Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus; and Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid ‘Frida’ Lyngstad. ABBA was a dominant music force throughout the 70’s, and world¬wide licensing deals made Polar Music the second biggest corporation in Sweden. Bjorn and Benny’s studio finesse over the course of ABBA’s eight studio LPs drew wide praise from pure pop punks and New Wavers for whom ABBA became a guilty pleasure. They went their solo ways in 1982, but tribute albums and the boffo musical Mamma Mia are keeping ABBA on permanent display.
GENESIS
Almost no group in rock history has had such a long and varied career as Genesis, who began as a cult art-rock band in England in the late 1960’s and went on to pack stadiums across the globe in the 1980’s, 1990’s and on their 2007 reunion tour. In the early 1970’s frontman Peter Gabriel shocked audiences and grabbed headlines by taking the stages in outrageous costumes and occasionally even levitating above the audience. Their music was equally innovative, and early albums Selling England By The Pound and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway are two of the most acclaimed prog-rock albums in the history of the genre. In 1975 Gabriel left the band to pursue a solo career and drummer Phil Collins stepped out from behind the kit to take over. The band experienced many more hits and successful worldwide tours over the next 30 years.
JIMMY CLIFF
Very few single albums can be said to have changed music forever. Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come is one. The album – and the movie that spawned it – introduced reggae to a worldwide audience and changed the image of the genre from cruise ship soundtrack to music of rebellion and inspiration. “Sitting in Limbo,” “The Harder They Come,” “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” and “Many Rivers to Cross” made Jimmy Cliff the first international reggae superstar and created the model that Bob Marley would soon follow. A beautifully gifted singer and a uniquely influential songwriter, Jimmy Cliff has made a profound impact on rock and pop music all over the world for 40 years.
THE HOLLIES
Above all, it was the wide-open three-part vocal harmonies of original members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Eric Haydock, inspired by the Everly Brothers, that gave the Hollies a sound apart from other British Invasion beat groups. Songwriter Graham Gouldman supplied them with “Look Through Any Window” and “Bus Stop.” And the original writing talent of Clarke, Nash, and lead guitarist Tony Hicks took over on “Stop! Stop! Stop!” and “On a Carousel,” as the Hollies went on to chart 21 consecutive Top 20 UK hits through 1970. After Nash’s departure in 1968, new hits carried them into the mid-70’s including “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,” “Long Dark Road,” “Magic Woman Touch,” “The Air That I Breathe,” and others.
THE STOOGES
The “Big Bang” that became punk, alternative, heavy metal, new wave, grunge, hardcore and industrial music, could very well have been the advent of Iggy and the Stooges in Ann Arbor in the late 1960’s. Confrontational, out of the mainstream and the complete antitheses of the hippie movement, the Stooges were adopted by those on the margins of rock. Their debut Elektra LP was produced in four days by the Velvet Undergound’s John Cale and contained at least three landmarks: “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “No Fun” and “1969.” Immediately embraced in New York, London and Los Angeles for the nuclear-powered simplicity of their music, the ironic nihilism of their lyrics, and the persona of Iggy himself, the Stooges have become icons in the history of modern music.
More about the Ahmet Ertegun Award recipients:
DAVID GEFFEN began his legendary career in the William Morris Agency mailroom, quickly becoming an agent, before leaving to form his own management and then record label. He signed artists who have now become legends, including Laura Nyro, The Eagles, Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills and Nash, Tom Waits and Linda Ronstadt. David founded Geffen Records in 1980, whose artist roster included John Lennon, Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel, Guns N Roses, Nirvana and many more iconic artists. More recently David formed the film and entertainment company SKG, along with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg. David has been and continues to be involved in many philanthropic endeavors.
The Ahmet Ertegun Award will also be presented to an extraordinary group of songwriters who wrote some of the most classic, lasting songs of the 20th century and defined the “Brill Building sound”. Husband and wife songwriting team BARRY MANN and CYNTHIA WEIL, have had an extraordinary impact on the past five decades of popular music. Their numerous hits include: “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” (with Phil Spector), “On Broadway” (with Leiber and Stoller), “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” and “Walking in the Rain.” Songwriting couple JEFF BARRY and ELLIE GREENWICH, wrote a countless number of classics including “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “Then He Kissed Me,” “Be My Baby” and “River Deep, Mountain High.” Additionally, songwriter MORT SHUMAN, along with his songwriting partner Doc Pomus (who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992), wrote some of the most important songs of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s including: “This Magic Moment,” “Save the Last Dance for Me” and “Viva Las Vegas.” Prolific songwriter OTIS BLACKWELL wrote many hits including “Great Balls of Fire,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “All Shook Up” and “Fever.” Lastly, songwriter JESSE STONE, who was an architect of the early rock and roll sound, wrote “Shake, Rattle and Roll” and “Money Honey.”
# # #
About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and Museum: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established 25 years ago by legendary record executive Ahmet Ertegun and a group of music business executives to honor the artists that have defined rock and roll and have inspired and continue to inspire a generation. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum designed by I.M. Pei in Cleveland, Ohio that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as educational programs. For further information, please visit rockhall.com.
Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
I am continuing our new feature: Ask "Mr. Music." Now in its 23rd year of syndication (1986-2009), Jerry Osborne's weekly Q&A feature will be a regular post every Wednesday from now on. Be sure to stop by Jerry's site (http://www.jerryosborne.com/) for more Mr. Music archives, record price guides, anything Elvis, buy & sell collectibles, record appraisals and much more. I thank Jerry for allowing the reprints.
DEAR JERRY: The History Channel recently ran a well-produced special titled “The Beatles on Record.” However, I must challenge them on one point and need your guidance.
Which of the group's official releases is really the first to use backward tape technology?
I always thought it is “Rain,” but “The Beatles on Record” plays “Tomorrow Never Knows,” along with a audio clip of John Lennon saying it is “the first recording using backwards technology.” So which is it?
Also, is there an earlier example of this technique on a hit record?
—Michael T. Breitbach, Muskego, Wisc.
DEAR MICHAEL: You and John are both correct!
“Tomorrow Never Knows,” recorded April 6th and 7th 1966, is the first Beatles “recording” containing portions of tape playing in reverse — an effect created by flipping a full-track audio tape over, then playing it forward.
On “Tomorrow Never Knows,” the backward gimmick is used only during the instrumental riffs.
“Rain,” from a session one week later, is the first Beatles “release” with a backward tape segment. Making “Rain” more significant in this regard is the reverse portion includes John's vocal, about six seconds worth, beginning roughly 20 seconds before the music ends.
Unlike “Tomorrow Never Knows,” this tune, backed with “Paperback Writer” (Capitol 5651), is a hit single.
Finally, “Rain” came out May 27, 1966, about nine weeks earlier than the “Revolver” LP (Capitol 2576) with “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
Memories and accounts of how all of this unfolded vary, but here is producer George Martin's frequently published recollection:
“I was always playing around with tapes and I thought it might be fun to do something extra with John's voice [on “Rain”]. So I lifted a bit of his main vocal off the four track, put it onto another spool, turned it around and then slid it back and forth until it fitted.
“John was out of the studio at the time but when he came back he was amazed. It was backwards forever after that.”
Still, the Beatles are not the first ones with a hit record utilizing backward shenanigans.
A Top 3 hit 10 years before “Rain,” Buchanan & Goodman's “The Flying Saucer (Part 2)” (Luniverse 101), includes both a forward and backward playing of the words “Washington: the Secretary of Defense.”
DEAR JERRY: With so many Rock Era Christmas tunes considered classics, and played every year, I am wondering how many ranked among the Top 10 sellers overall (not a separate Christmas category) when first released.
I'd guess very few.
—Josephine Lanier, Rolling Hills, Calif.
DEAR JOSEPHINE: Very few indeed, especially by limiting the list to those times when Christmas records competed with all the other popular hits for survey positions.
Here they are, all four of 'em:
1955: “Nuttin' for Christmas” (Barry Gordon with the Art Mooney Orchestra); 1958: “Jingle Bell Rock” (Bobby Helms); “The Chipmunk Song” (Chipmunks with David Seville); and 1964: “Amen” (Impressions). Though “Amen” is not really a Christmas song, we include it because they do make one mention of “Christmas morning.”
Your question also provides an interesting reminder of how remarkable it was for “The Chipmunk Song” to leap to No. 1 over Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, the Everly Brothers, and other late-'50s megastars.
Incredibly, “The Chipmunk Song” is the only Christmas record since 1952 to top the Pop & Rock charts.
IZ ZAT SO? In the pre-rock 1950s, Christmas tunes frequently ranked among the Top 10. Those deserving honorable mention are:
1950: “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry); “I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas” and “Yingle Bells” (Yogi Yorgesson); “White Christmas” (Bing Crosby); 1951: “Christmas in Killarney” (Dennis Day); “Frosty the Snow Man” (Nat King Cole); 1952: “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” (by Jimmy Boyd as well as Spike Jones); “The Night Before Christmas Song” (Rosemary Clooney & Gene Autry); and 1953: “Santa Baby” (Eartha Kitt).
Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column. Write Jerry at Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368, e-mail: jpo@olympus.net, or visit his Web site: http://www.jerryosborne.com/. All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.
Copyright 2009 Osbourne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission
FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 14, 2009
DEAR JERRY: The History Channel recently ran a well-produced special titled “The Beatles on Record.” However, I must challenge them on one point and need your guidance.
Which of the group's official releases is really the first to use backward tape technology?
I always thought it is “Rain,” but “The Beatles on Record” plays “Tomorrow Never Knows,” along with a audio clip of John Lennon saying it is “the first recording using backwards technology.” So which is it?
Also, is there an earlier example of this technique on a hit record?
—Michael T. Breitbach, Muskego, Wisc.
DEAR MICHAEL: You and John are both correct!
“Tomorrow Never Knows,” recorded April 6th and 7th 1966, is the first Beatles “recording” containing portions of tape playing in reverse — an effect created by flipping a full-track audio tape over, then playing it forward.
On “Tomorrow Never Knows,” the backward gimmick is used only during the instrumental riffs.
“Rain,” from a session one week later, is the first Beatles “release” with a backward tape segment. Making “Rain” more significant in this regard is the reverse portion includes John's vocal, about six seconds worth, beginning roughly 20 seconds before the music ends.
Unlike “Tomorrow Never Knows,” this tune, backed with “Paperback Writer” (Capitol 5651), is a hit single.
Finally, “Rain” came out May 27, 1966, about nine weeks earlier than the “Revolver” LP (Capitol 2576) with “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
Memories and accounts of how all of this unfolded vary, but here is producer George Martin's frequently published recollection:
“I was always playing around with tapes and I thought it might be fun to do something extra with John's voice [on “Rain”]. So I lifted a bit of his main vocal off the four track, put it onto another spool, turned it around and then slid it back and forth until it fitted.
“John was out of the studio at the time but when he came back he was amazed. It was backwards forever after that.”
Still, the Beatles are not the first ones with a hit record utilizing backward shenanigans.
A Top 3 hit 10 years before “Rain,” Buchanan & Goodman's “The Flying Saucer (Part 2)” (Luniverse 101), includes both a forward and backward playing of the words “Washington: the Secretary of Defense.”
DEAR JERRY: With so many Rock Era Christmas tunes considered classics, and played every year, I am wondering how many ranked among the Top 10 sellers overall (not a separate Christmas category) when first released.
I'd guess very few.
—Josephine Lanier, Rolling Hills, Calif.
DEAR JOSEPHINE: Very few indeed, especially by limiting the list to those times when Christmas records competed with all the other popular hits for survey positions.
Here they are, all four of 'em:
1955: “Nuttin' for Christmas” (Barry Gordon with the Art Mooney Orchestra); 1958: “Jingle Bell Rock” (Bobby Helms); “The Chipmunk Song” (Chipmunks with David Seville); and 1964: “Amen” (Impressions). Though “Amen” is not really a Christmas song, we include it because they do make one mention of “Christmas morning.”
Your question also provides an interesting reminder of how remarkable it was for “The Chipmunk Song” to leap to No. 1 over Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, the Everly Brothers, and other late-'50s megastars.
Incredibly, “The Chipmunk Song” is the only Christmas record since 1952 to top the Pop & Rock charts.
IZ ZAT SO? In the pre-rock 1950s, Christmas tunes frequently ranked among the Top 10. Those deserving honorable mention are:
1950: “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry); “I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas” and “Yingle Bells” (Yogi Yorgesson); “White Christmas” (Bing Crosby); 1951: “Christmas in Killarney” (Dennis Day); “Frosty the Snow Man” (Nat King Cole); 1952: “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” (by Jimmy Boyd as well as Spike Jones); “The Night Before Christmas Song” (Rosemary Clooney & Gene Autry); and 1953: “Santa Baby” (Eartha Kitt).
Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column. Write Jerry at Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368, e-mail: jpo@olympus.net, or visit his Web site: http://www.jerryosborne.com/. All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.
Copyright 2009 Osbourne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission
This Date In Music History-December 16
Birthdays:
Paul Butterfield - Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1942)
Tony Hicks - Hollies (1945)
Benny Anderson - Abba (1946)
Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top (1950) He plays a classic ‘59 Gibson Les Paul guitar he calls Miss Pearly Gates and uses a quarter or a peso as a pick for a distinctive sound.
Blues-Rock singer Robben Ford (1951)
Christopher Thorn - Blind Melon (1968)
Michael McCary - Boyz II Men (1972)
They Are Missed:
The late, late Ludwig von Beethoven was born in 1770
Singer-songwriter Nicolette Larson died (age 45) of complications arising from cerebral edema in 1997. Worked with Neil Young, (Comes a Time and Harvest Moon albums), Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Michael McDonald, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, The Beach Boys and The Doobie Brothers. Best known for her 1978 cover of Neil Young's "Lotta Love."
"I Will Survive" songwriter Freddie Perren died in 2004 (age 61). With the Corporation, he also co-wrote and produced "I Want You Back" and "ABC" for the Jackson 5, as well as hits for Tavares, Peaches & Herb, and G.C. Cameron.
In 2007, singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg died at his home in Maine at the age of 56. The singer, songwriter discovered he had advanced prostate cancer in 2004. Had the 1981 album ‘The Innocent Age’, which featured the hits "Leader of the Band," "Hard to Say," and "Run for the Roses."
History:
In 1907, Eugene H. Farrar became the first singer to broadcast on radio. He sang from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York.
In 1958, Ritchie Valens performed a concert at the junior high school he'd attended. The show is recorded and posthumously released in 1960 as Ritchie Valens Live at Pacoima Junior High.
The soundtrack to Blue Hawaii reached #1 on the album charts in 1961, where it remained for 20 weeks. With sales of 2 million, it was Elvis Presley's best-selling album to date.
George Harrison was deported from Germany in 1960 for being too young to perform with the Beatles there.
The first Jimi Hendrix Experience single "Hey Joe," was released in the UK on Polydor records in 1966, the track had been rejected by the Decca label. It went on to be a #6 hit in the UK, but failed to chart in America.
In 1967, the Rolling Stones announced that Marianne Faithfull was the first signing to their 'Mother Earth' record label.
The Lemon Pipers released the cut "Green Tambourine" in 1967.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono traveled to Toronto in 1969 to perform at the Peace Festival. During their stay they stayed on Ronnie Hawkins' farm. Billboards reading "War Is Over! If You Want It" go up in 11 cities as part of the Lennons' own peace campaign.
On this date in 1970, five singles and five albums by Creedance Clearwater Revival were certified gold: "Down on the Corner," "Lookin out My Back Door," "Travelin' Band," "Bad Moon Rising," "Up around the Bend" and the LPs Cosmo's Factory, Willy and the Poor Boys, Green River, Bayou Country and Creedance Clearwater Revival.
Don McLean’s eight-minute-plus version of "American Pie" was released in 1971.
Billy Paul started a three week run at #1 in 1972 with "Me and Mrs Jones."
In 1974, guitarist Mick Taylor announced he was leaving The Rolling Stones, saying he felt that now was the time to move on and do something new.
UK group Mott The Hoople announced they had split up in 1974.
The Bay City Rollers earned their first gold record in 1975 for their first US hit single, "Saturday Night." It would make it to #1 on the pop chart early next year. On the 31st of this month, the album "Bay City Rollers" went gold. They will go on to have five more Top Forty hits in the US.
In 1977, the Bee Gees received a gold record for "How Deep is Your Love," the fourth of their seven #1singles. The song will become the subject of a copyright infringement suit five years later, when an amateur songwriter claims the brothers Gibb lifted the melody from a composition he'd written.
The Who announced that they were splitting up in 1983.
Billy Joel went to #1 on the album chart in 1989 with Storm Front.
Chubby Checker filed a lawsuit against McDonald's in Canada in 1991 seeking $14million for it's alleged use of an imitation of his voice. The song "The Twist" had been used on a French fries commercial.
MTV aired Nirvana's 'Unplugged' session for the first time in 1993.
In 1999, it was announced that Celine Dion has sold more than a 100 million albums around the world. Her albums Let's Talk About Love and Falling Into You have also shipped more than 10 million copies each.
In 2003, a Web site offered up for auction an audio tape of five songs that the Beatles allegedly recorded in 1976 during a reunion at an L.A. studio. Paul McCartney's spokesperson says, "I am not aware of any Beatles reunion during the '70s."
A Detroit studio where Eminem recorded ‘My Name Is’ went up for auction on the website eBay in 2004. Studio 8, in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale was to be listed in eBay's commercial property section for 30 days, with a minimum bid is $215,000 (slow news day)
In 2005, the surviving Beatles and relatives of the band's late members began legal action against EMI to get royalties allegedly worth 40m. Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and relations of George Harrison and John Lennon claimed EMI owed record royalties to their company Apple Corps.
Incubus started a two-week run at #1 on the album chart in 2006 with ‘Light Grenades’ the bands sixth album.
Paul Butterfield - Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1942)
Tony Hicks - Hollies (1945)
Benny Anderson - Abba (1946)
Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top (1950) He plays a classic ‘59 Gibson Les Paul guitar he calls Miss Pearly Gates and uses a quarter or a peso as a pick for a distinctive sound.
Blues-Rock singer Robben Ford (1951)
Christopher Thorn - Blind Melon (1968)
Michael McCary - Boyz II Men (1972)
They Are Missed:
The late, late Ludwig von Beethoven was born in 1770
Singer-songwriter Nicolette Larson died (age 45) of complications arising from cerebral edema in 1997. Worked with Neil Young, (Comes a Time and Harvest Moon albums), Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Michael McDonald, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, The Beach Boys and The Doobie Brothers. Best known for her 1978 cover of Neil Young's "Lotta Love."
"I Will Survive" songwriter Freddie Perren died in 2004 (age 61). With the Corporation, he also co-wrote and produced "I Want You Back" and "ABC" for the Jackson 5, as well as hits for Tavares, Peaches & Herb, and G.C. Cameron.
In 2007, singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg died at his home in Maine at the age of 56. The singer, songwriter discovered he had advanced prostate cancer in 2004. Had the 1981 album ‘The Innocent Age’, which featured the hits "Leader of the Band," "Hard to Say," and "Run for the Roses."
History:
In 1907, Eugene H. Farrar became the first singer to broadcast on radio. He sang from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York.
In 1958, Ritchie Valens performed a concert at the junior high school he'd attended. The show is recorded and posthumously released in 1960 as Ritchie Valens Live at Pacoima Junior High.
The soundtrack to Blue Hawaii reached #1 on the album charts in 1961, where it remained for 20 weeks. With sales of 2 million, it was Elvis Presley's best-selling album to date.
George Harrison was deported from Germany in 1960 for being too young to perform with the Beatles there.
The first Jimi Hendrix Experience single "Hey Joe," was released in the UK on Polydor records in 1966, the track had been rejected by the Decca label. It went on to be a #6 hit in the UK, but failed to chart in America.
In 1967, the Rolling Stones announced that Marianne Faithfull was the first signing to their 'Mother Earth' record label.
The Lemon Pipers released the cut "Green Tambourine" in 1967.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono traveled to Toronto in 1969 to perform at the Peace Festival. During their stay they stayed on Ronnie Hawkins' farm. Billboards reading "War Is Over! If You Want It" go up in 11 cities as part of the Lennons' own peace campaign.
On this date in 1970, five singles and five albums by Creedance Clearwater Revival were certified gold: "Down on the Corner," "Lookin out My Back Door," "Travelin' Band," "Bad Moon Rising," "Up around the Bend" and the LPs Cosmo's Factory, Willy and the Poor Boys, Green River, Bayou Country and Creedance Clearwater Revival.
Don McLean’s eight-minute-plus version of "American Pie" was released in 1971.
Billy Paul started a three week run at #1 in 1972 with "Me and Mrs Jones."
In 1974, guitarist Mick Taylor announced he was leaving The Rolling Stones, saying he felt that now was the time to move on and do something new.
UK group Mott The Hoople announced they had split up in 1974.
The Bay City Rollers earned their first gold record in 1975 for their first US hit single, "Saturday Night." It would make it to #1 on the pop chart early next year. On the 31st of this month, the album "Bay City Rollers" went gold. They will go on to have five more Top Forty hits in the US.
In 1977, the Bee Gees received a gold record for "How Deep is Your Love," the fourth of their seven #1singles. The song will become the subject of a copyright infringement suit five years later, when an amateur songwriter claims the brothers Gibb lifted the melody from a composition he'd written.
The Who announced that they were splitting up in 1983.
Billy Joel went to #1 on the album chart in 1989 with Storm Front.
Chubby Checker filed a lawsuit against McDonald's in Canada in 1991 seeking $14million for it's alleged use of an imitation of his voice. The song "The Twist" had been used on a French fries commercial.
MTV aired Nirvana's 'Unplugged' session for the first time in 1993.
In 1999, it was announced that Celine Dion has sold more than a 100 million albums around the world. Her albums Let's Talk About Love and Falling Into You have also shipped more than 10 million copies each.
In 2003, a Web site offered up for auction an audio tape of five songs that the Beatles allegedly recorded in 1976 during a reunion at an L.A. studio. Paul McCartney's spokesperson says, "I am not aware of any Beatles reunion during the '70s."
A Detroit studio where Eminem recorded ‘My Name Is’ went up for auction on the website eBay in 2004. Studio 8, in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale was to be listed in eBay's commercial property section for 30 days, with a minimum bid is $215,000 (slow news day)
In 2005, the surviving Beatles and relatives of the band's late members began legal action against EMI to get royalties allegedly worth 40m. Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and relations of George Harrison and John Lennon claimed EMI owed record royalties to their company Apple Corps.
Incubus started a two-week run at #1 on the album chart in 2006 with ‘Light Grenades’ the bands sixth album.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
New Music Releases Decmber 15, 2009
New releases this week include Chris Brown, with his album Graffiti, Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom, Jamie Foxx – Body and the soundtracks for Avatar and Invictus (among others). Lots of vinyl reissues starting with three from Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown, Bullet In A Bible (2 LPs) and a 7-inch Vinyl Box Set, Solomon Burke with You Can Run But You Can't Hide, the Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons and Iggy Pop - Lust for Life and Idiot and Nirvana - In Utero and MTV Live Unplugged. Also we have vinyl releases from Nurse with Wound - Space Music, Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind [EP], CFCF – Continent, Vampire Weekend - Cousins, YACHT - Psychic City, Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Pin Points & Gin Joints, Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land and Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others. Also, look for a limited, deluxe edition, picture vinyl from Lady Gaga, called The Fame Monster.
Buy Vinyl Here: CollectingVinyl
Alan Parsons Project - Flashback (2 CDs)
Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty (vinyl)
Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom
Anberlin - New Surrender (CD & DVD deluxe edition with bonus tracks)
Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind [EP]
Basement Jaxx - Twerk (vinyl)
Beatles - Beatles With Love Pack (4-CD remastered box set)
Bert Jansch - L.A. Turnaround (vinyl reissue)
Bert Jansch - Rare Conundrum (vinyl reissue)
Bert Jansch - Santa Barbara Honeymoon (vinyl reissue)
Black River Brethren - Anatomy Of A Gun
Bueno - Can’t Knock The Hustle
CFCF - Continent (vinyl)
Chicane - The Best of Chicane
Chris Brown - Graffiti
Donny Osmond - Definitive Collection
Dukes of the Stratosphere - The Complete And Utter Dukes (2 CDs/2 LPs/1 Vinyl Single)
El Guincho - Kalise (vinyl)
Elis - Catharsis
Elizabeth Fraser - Moses (vinyl)
Ella Fitzgerald - Essential Collection
Elvis Presley - Rock 'n' Roll Years
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land (vinyl)
George Benson - Songs and Stories (CD/Audio-DVD)
George Jackson - In Memphis 1972-77
George Lopez - Tall, Dark & Chicano
George Michael - December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas) (EP)
George Thorogood - Ten Great Songs
Gerry Rafferty - Life Goes On
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2-LP & CD vinyl reissue)
Green Day - 7-inch Vinyl Box Set (vinyl)
Green Day - Bullet In A Bible (2-LP vinyl reissue)
Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others (vinyl)
Ian Hunter - All the Young Dudes
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (vinyl reissue)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (vinyl reissue)
James Brown - Singles 8 1972-1973
James Horner - Avatar (soundtrack)
James Yuill - Earth/Fire EP (vinyl)
Jamie Foxx - Body
Janet Jackson – Best - International Edition (2 CDs)
Jesca Hoop - Hunting My Dress
Jimmy Barnes - Rhythm & the Blues the (Collector's Edition)
Joe Simon - Soul for the Dancefloor
John Farnham - Romeo's Heart
Johnny Cash - Essential Collection (3 CDs)
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (vinyl reissue)
Julian Lennon & James Scott Cook - Lucy (EP)
Kylie - Kylie Live In New York
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (limited deluxe edition) (picture vinyl)
Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered in Snow) (vinyl)
Lifehouse - Smoke & Mirrors
Lisa Gerrard - Mirror Pool (2-LP remastered vinyl)
Mance Lipscomb - The Best of
Midnight Masses - Rapture Ready, I Gazed At The Body EP (vinyl)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Pin Points & Gin Joints (vinyl)
Nirvana - In Utero (vinyl reissue)
Nirvana - MTV Live Unplugged (vinyl reissue)
Nurse With Wound - Paranoia In Hi-Fi
Nurse with Wound - Space Music (vinyl)
Patti Smith - Flashback (2 CDs)
Paul Weller - Paul Weller (Deluxe Edition) (2 CDs)
Pet Shop Boys - Pet Shop Boys Christmas
Phil Vassar - Traveling Circus
Prince - Lotus Flow3r (2 LPs)
Rachel Noelle - Rachel Noelle
Rob White - Keep Riding
Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy
Rockie Robbins - You And Me
Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (vinyl reissue)
Shiny Toy Guns - Girls Le Disko
Shirley Bassey - That's What Friends Are For
Solomon Burke - You Can Run But You Can't Hide (vinyl reissue)
Soundtrack - Avatar
Soundtrack - Invictus
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (remastered)
Steeleye Span - Cogs, Wheels And Lovers
Tears for Fears - Live From Santa Barbara
Ted Nugent - Caveman (Remastered)
The Willowz - Everyone
Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
Tift Merritt - Home Is Loud
Tim Cohen - Laugh Tracks
Tony Allen - Here Comes the Nite Owl!
Vampire Weekend - Cousins (vinyl)
YACHT - Psychic City (vinyl)
Young Money - We Are Young
Buy Music Here: insound.
Buy Vinyl Here: CollectingVinyl
Alan Parsons Project - Flashback (2 CDs)
Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty (vinyl)
Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom
Anberlin - New Surrender (CD & DVD deluxe edition with bonus tracks)
Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind [EP]
Basement Jaxx - Twerk (vinyl)
Beatles - Beatles With Love Pack (4-CD remastered box set)
Bert Jansch - L.A. Turnaround (vinyl reissue)
Bert Jansch - Rare Conundrum (vinyl reissue)
Bert Jansch - Santa Barbara Honeymoon (vinyl reissue)
Black River Brethren - Anatomy Of A Gun
Bueno - Can’t Knock The Hustle
CFCF - Continent (vinyl)
Chicane - The Best of Chicane
Chris Brown - Graffiti
Donny Osmond - Definitive Collection
Dukes of the Stratosphere - The Complete And Utter Dukes (2 CDs/2 LPs/1 Vinyl Single)
El Guincho - Kalise (vinyl)
Elis - Catharsis
Elizabeth Fraser - Moses (vinyl)
Ella Fitzgerald - Essential Collection
Elvis Presley - Rock 'n' Roll Years
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land (vinyl)
George Benson - Songs and Stories (CD/Audio-DVD)
George Jackson - In Memphis 1972-77
George Lopez - Tall, Dark & Chicano
George Michael - December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas) (EP)
George Thorogood - Ten Great Songs
Gerry Rafferty - Life Goes On
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2-LP & CD vinyl reissue)
Green Day - 7-inch Vinyl Box Set (vinyl)
Green Day - Bullet In A Bible (2-LP vinyl reissue)
Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others (vinyl)
Ian Hunter - All the Young Dudes
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (vinyl reissue)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (vinyl reissue)
James Brown - Singles 8 1972-1973
James Horner - Avatar (soundtrack)
James Yuill - Earth/Fire EP (vinyl)
Jamie Foxx - Body
Janet Jackson – Best - International Edition (2 CDs)
Jesca Hoop - Hunting My Dress
Jimmy Barnes - Rhythm & the Blues the (Collector's Edition)
Joe Simon - Soul for the Dancefloor
John Farnham - Romeo's Heart
Johnny Cash - Essential Collection (3 CDs)
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (vinyl reissue)
Julian Lennon & James Scott Cook - Lucy (EP)
Kylie - Kylie Live In New York
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (limited deluxe edition) (picture vinyl)
Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered in Snow) (vinyl)
Lifehouse - Smoke & Mirrors
Lisa Gerrard - Mirror Pool (2-LP remastered vinyl)
Mance Lipscomb - The Best of
Midnight Masses - Rapture Ready, I Gazed At The Body EP (vinyl)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Pin Points & Gin Joints (vinyl)
Nirvana - In Utero (vinyl reissue)
Nirvana - MTV Live Unplugged (vinyl reissue)
Nurse With Wound - Paranoia In Hi-Fi
Nurse with Wound - Space Music (vinyl)
Patti Smith - Flashback (2 CDs)
Paul Weller - Paul Weller (Deluxe Edition) (2 CDs)
Pet Shop Boys - Pet Shop Boys Christmas
Phil Vassar - Traveling Circus
Prince - Lotus Flow3r (2 LPs)
Rachel Noelle - Rachel Noelle
Rob White - Keep Riding
Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy
Rockie Robbins - You And Me
Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (vinyl reissue)
Shiny Toy Guns - Girls Le Disko
Shirley Bassey - That's What Friends Are For
Solomon Burke - You Can Run But You Can't Hide (vinyl reissue)
Soundtrack - Avatar
Soundtrack - Invictus
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (remastered)
Steeleye Span - Cogs, Wheels And Lovers
Tears for Fears - Live From Santa Barbara
Ted Nugent - Caveman (Remastered)
The Willowz - Everyone
Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
Tift Merritt - Home Is Loud
Tim Cohen - Laugh Tracks
Tony Allen - Here Comes the Nite Owl!
Vampire Weekend - Cousins (vinyl)
YACHT - Psychic City (vinyl)
Young Money - We Are Young
Buy Music Here: insound.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales
We will be posting two weeks worth, as Norm & Jane at counterclockrecords.com have been working to acquire a new stash of vinyl and working on the radio show.
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 12/05/2009
1. 45 - J.D. Bryant "Walk On In" / "I Won't Be Coming Back" Shrine - $10,223.00
2. 45 - Magnetics "Count The Days" / "When I'm With My Baby" Sable - $4,938.00
3. 45 - The Factory "Try A Little Sunshine" / "Red Chalk Hill" CBD Demo UK Pressing - $3,652.31
4. 45 - Young Brothers - "Baby" / "What's Your Game" Soul Brothers - $3,416.00
5. LP - Dexter Gordon "Blows Hot and Cold" Dootone Red Vinyl - $3,371.00
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 12/12/2009
1. 45 - Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen" / "No Feeling" A&M AMS-7284 - $10,266.48
2. LP - Can "Monster Movie" Music Factory German Pressing - $6,295.00
3. 45 - Walter Wilson "Love Keeps Me Crying" / "Not Now But Later" Wand - $6,149.00
4. LP - Calvin Johnson "What Was Me" K Records Test Pressing - $3,999.99
5. LP - Derek and the Dominos "Layla" DJ Mono WLP - $3,050.00
As always, thanks 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 - 60 minutes of rare records and nugatory narration. Every Tuesday 4PM PT/7PM ET, Sunday 9AM PT/12PM ET & Monday 12AM PT/3AM ET
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 12/05/2009
1. 45 - J.D. Bryant "Walk On In" / "I Won't Be Coming Back" Shrine - $10,223.00
2. 45 - Magnetics "Count The Days" / "When I'm With My Baby" Sable - $4,938.00
3. 45 - The Factory "Try A Little Sunshine" / "Red Chalk Hill" CBD Demo UK Pressing - $3,652.31
4. 45 - Young Brothers - "Baby" / "What's Your Game" Soul Brothers - $3,416.00
5. LP - Dexter Gordon "Blows Hot and Cold" Dootone Red Vinyl - $3,371.00
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 12/12/2009
1. 45 - Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen" / "No Feeling" A&M AMS-7284 - $10,266.48
2. LP - Can "Monster Movie" Music Factory German Pressing - $6,295.00
3. 45 - Walter Wilson "Love Keeps Me Crying" / "Not Now But Later" Wand - $6,149.00
4. LP - Calvin Johnson "What Was Me" K Records Test Pressing - $3,999.99
5. LP - Derek and the Dominos "Layla" DJ Mono WLP - $3,050.00
As always, thanks 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 - 60 minutes of rare records and nugatory narration. Every Tuesday 4PM PT/7PM ET, Sunday 9AM PT/12PM ET & Monday 12AM PT/3AM ET
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
