The Last Record Store
Valley-based Turn It Up! remains a successful outpost of old-school music-buying.
By Matthew Dube
He stole the entire Bob Dylan section.
The grizzled and affable gentleman—think Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart—in the oversized Celtics warm-up jacket was a fixture for several days in early 2001. He'd come into the Northampton Turn It Up! soon after I'd hung the Open sign and spend his mornings listening to music and chatting about everything from the weather to Kevin McHale to Fred Eaglesmith.
Then one day, as I was on the phone with another customer, he hurriedly disappeared up the stairs and onto the street. Instinctively I went and checked out the D section, as he'd previously been relaxing at one of the listening stations with a large pile of live Dylan CDs. Sure enough, it was empty. He'd ripped us off.
I sprinted out of the shop and found him—and the stack of Dylan—in the alleyway behind the store. Later I spoke with a policeman, recommended a few jazz CDs for someone's birthday, bought three boxes of dusty LPs, and helped an elderly man call a cab.
Just a typical day in the wacky life of a record store employee.......
Read the rest here: http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=11462
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A comprehensive report about record conventions and record collecting, certainly worth the time to read:
Preamble / By Way of Introduction
This paper represents a component of my research into vinyl record fairs and vinyl record collecting, work that has been ongoing for close to three years now. I was first drawn to record fairs as a burgeoning collector, but my research interest in records has grown beyond the phenomenological aspects of the consumption and collecting of musical recordings. Indeed, the question “Why do people collect records?” I find to be unsatisfying, if not because the answers are simple then because there are simply too many of them to be useful for a broader understanding of the forces at work.
Instead, I’m interested in what we can learn about music recordings as commodities in contemporary Western society through the study of record circulation; that is, the buying, selling, and collecting of records. What types of value and capital inform the exchange of musical recordings? To what degree are these processes of exchange dependent upon the subjective lived experiences, emotional lives, and individual interactions of and between individuals? And finally, in what ways can these subjectivities inform responsible research into musical cultures and communities?
This morning I will focus specifically on the experiences of record dealers—the collectors concerned with finding that mythical “compilation of every good song ever done by anybody” alluded to by the band LCD Soundsystem will have to wait patiently for the next conference—and my proposal, drawing from anthropologist Arjun Appadurai’s concept of commodity value, is that the exchange of records at record fairs is structured and disciplined by a broad confluence of mutable values, which differ from record to record and from dealer to dealer depending on their individual circumstances, their expectations of their customers, and their business philosophies. My findings are based on ethnographic research at Chicago-area record fairs conducted over the last three years, a number of interviews with record fair dealers and organizers, and a survey of 30 vendors at a record fair in April, 2009.
Read the rest here: http://atm4.net/?p=294
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Hot Wax – Vinyl Making a Comeback
By Bryan Reed
Perched behind his old Apple laptop and a glass counter filled with stickers and buttons emblazoned with the names of punk bands, Scott Wishart is an anomaly. Lunchbox Records, the Central Avenue storefront he owns, is one of an ever-slimming number of truly independent record stores. As the posters for local shows and indie-label releases plastered on the windows of the shop can attest, Lunchbox isn’t the place to go to pick up the latest T-Pain or Taylor Swift CDs. But that’s precisely what drives Wishart’s business.
As a specialty shop, Lunchbox has been largely unaffected by the record industry’s catastrophic fall from grace that began around the turn of the millennium when a kid named Shawn Fanning developed a little computer program he called Napster. Internet file-sharing boomed, then gave way to digital music sales through services such as iTunes. All the while, CD sales busted with little help from the antagonizing efforts of the Recording Industry Association of America. Big box stores like Best Buy and Wal-Mart continually downsize the floor space devoted to music. At large, the future of recorded music looks dismal.
But at Lunchbox, business is just fine, thanks in no small part to the store’s unique and eclectic offerings—and helped along by a surprising resurgence in the popularity of the most outmoded of recording formats, vinyl records. Wishart, who has been in the music retail business since 1997, says, “I’ve always bought records, but when I first started, records were on the way out. Labels, especially big ones, weren’t even releasing them and it kind of continued that way until a few years ago.”
Read the rest of this interesting article here: http://uptownclt.com/2010/03/hot-wax-vinyl-making-a-comeback/
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 8, 2010
DEAR JERRY: Has anyone ever told you they keep a scrapbook of your columns? Well I do, and it is several hundred pages.
In one written about 10 years ago, you say that Billboard began using their Star Performer symbol (a.k.a., “bullet”) in mid-August 1958.
I raise the question because a book I read about Phil Spector states the first record to ever get a bullet, for strong upward movement on the chart, is “Hey Baby,” by Bruce Channel.
Since this is a 1962 hit, one of these accounts must be wrong, unless they refer to another chart.
Did Cash Box, for example, not begin using bullets until 1962?
While on the subject, did Pete Wingfield's “Eighteen with a Bullet” make it to No. 18 with a bullet on Cash Box, as it did on Billboard?
Of course I'll add your responses to my scrapbook.
—Julie Kenyon, Vincennes, Ind.
DEAR JULIE: How could you not, especially with you as a guest star this week?
For the week ending November 22, 1975, Joel Whitburn's “Hot 100 Billboard Charts” has Pete Wingfield, after 14 weeks on the survey, moving up five spots, from No. 23 to No. 18.
That same week, Cash Box showed Wingfield as jumping from No. 22 to No. 18.
It is reasonable to suspect the record would end up at 18 with a bullet on everyone's chart, that is if it were anywhere close to that number.
Of course dee jays enjoyed their only opportunity ever to say something like: this week “Eighteen with a Bullet” is really 18 with a bullet.
The following week “Eighteen with a Bullet” became 15 with a bullet, but that would be its peak position. Six weeks later it fell off the charts.
Examining the January and February 1962 charts, I find nothing unusual, bulletwise or otherwise, about “Hey Baby,” so I have no idea as to the meaning of what you read.
By then, both Billboard (August 1958) and Cash Box (February 1959) had used the bullet concept for three or more years, though neither magazine's symbol actually resembled a bullet.
You say it's a book about Phil Spector, but they must not have asked him about any of this. Surely he would recall the three consecutive weeks in November 1958, when his first hit, “To Know Him Is to Love Him” (Teddy Bears), had bullets on its way to No. 1.
I don't recall anyone saying they keep a scrapbook, though I know many do clip and save columns of interest. Your lasting attentiveness to the feature is very much appreciated.
DEAR JERRY: Among the tens of thousands of 20th century recording artists, it seems that someone with the same family name as mine would have had a hit record.
Several famous performers with uncommon names — Garfunkel; Zacherle; Humperdinck; Zappa; Kostelanetz; etc. — come to mind, yet we can't find even one successful Browning.
Is there one out there that we have overlooked? My family's honor is at stake here.
—Albert Browning, Towson, Md.
DEAR ALBERT: Life can be cruel.
Hopefully this confirmation of your worst fears, likely a devastating blow to Brownings everywhere, will be offset by knowing you have stumbled onto a great bar bet.
Even senior level musicologists would be shocked to learn that in 100 years no one named Browning ever had a hit record — in any of the mainstream fields of music.
If it's any consolation, it is not for lack of effort.
Here are some of your namesake artists with non-charting records, and their time period: Betty (1964); Bill (1957-'60); Bill Zeke (1957-'61); Dot (1961); and Harry Robert (1980).
There is also a group known only as Browning (1970-;71), and another named the Browning Sisters (1950s).
There are even a few 21st century Brownings you might want to know about: Admiral (2009); Andy (2009); Angie (2007); Bruno (2010); John (2009); and Mark (2001).
IZ ZAT SO? Two hit records also come to mind today, neither by a Browning but both about one.
First is a parody of the Coasters' “Charlie Brown,” titled “Charlie Browning.”
By the Young Men, this is about Charles Browning, a real-life football star at the University of Washington. It went to No. 1 in Seattle in December 1963.
Then there is Porter Wagoner's “Carroll County Accident,” in which a fictitious Walter Browning is killed in an auto crash.
Issued in late 1968, this juicy tale with a twist reached No. 2 nationally (C&W).
Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column.
Write Jerry at: Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368
E-mail: jpo@olympus.net
Visit his Web site: www.jerryosborne.com .
All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.
Copyright 2010 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission
DEAR JERRY: Has anyone ever told you they keep a scrapbook of your columns? Well I do, and it is several hundred pages.
In one written about 10 years ago, you say that Billboard began using their Star Performer symbol (a.k.a., “bullet”) in mid-August 1958.
I raise the question because a book I read about Phil Spector states the first record to ever get a bullet, for strong upward movement on the chart, is “Hey Baby,” by Bruce Channel.
Since this is a 1962 hit, one of these accounts must be wrong, unless they refer to another chart.
Did Cash Box, for example, not begin using bullets until 1962?
While on the subject, did Pete Wingfield's “Eighteen with a Bullet” make it to No. 18 with a bullet on Cash Box, as it did on Billboard?
Of course I'll add your responses to my scrapbook.
—Julie Kenyon, Vincennes, Ind.
DEAR JULIE: How could you not, especially with you as a guest star this week?
For the week ending November 22, 1975, Joel Whitburn's “Hot 100 Billboard Charts” has Pete Wingfield, after 14 weeks on the survey, moving up five spots, from No. 23 to No. 18.
That same week, Cash Box showed Wingfield as jumping from No. 22 to No. 18.
It is reasonable to suspect the record would end up at 18 with a bullet on everyone's chart, that is if it were anywhere close to that number.
Of course dee jays enjoyed their only opportunity ever to say something like: this week “Eighteen with a Bullet” is really 18 with a bullet.
The following week “Eighteen with a Bullet” became 15 with a bullet, but that would be its peak position. Six weeks later it fell off the charts.
Examining the January and February 1962 charts, I find nothing unusual, bulletwise or otherwise, about “Hey Baby,” so I have no idea as to the meaning of what you read.
By then, both Billboard (August 1958) and Cash Box (February 1959) had used the bullet concept for three or more years, though neither magazine's symbol actually resembled a bullet.
You say it's a book about Phil Spector, but they must not have asked him about any of this. Surely he would recall the three consecutive weeks in November 1958, when his first hit, “To Know Him Is to Love Him” (Teddy Bears), had bullets on its way to No. 1.
I don't recall anyone saying they keep a scrapbook, though I know many do clip and save columns of interest. Your lasting attentiveness to the feature is very much appreciated.
DEAR JERRY: Among the tens of thousands of 20th century recording artists, it seems that someone with the same family name as mine would have had a hit record.
Several famous performers with uncommon names — Garfunkel; Zacherle; Humperdinck; Zappa; Kostelanetz; etc. — come to mind, yet we can't find even one successful Browning.
Is there one out there that we have overlooked? My family's honor is at stake here.
—Albert Browning, Towson, Md.
DEAR ALBERT: Life can be cruel.
Hopefully this confirmation of your worst fears, likely a devastating blow to Brownings everywhere, will be offset by knowing you have stumbled onto a great bar bet.
Even senior level musicologists would be shocked to learn that in 100 years no one named Browning ever had a hit record — in any of the mainstream fields of music.
If it's any consolation, it is not for lack of effort.
Here are some of your namesake artists with non-charting records, and their time period: Betty (1964); Bill (1957-'60); Bill Zeke (1957-'61); Dot (1961); and Harry Robert (1980).
There is also a group known only as Browning (1970-;71), and another named the Browning Sisters (1950s).
There are even a few 21st century Brownings you might want to know about: Admiral (2009); Andy (2009); Angie (2007); Bruno (2010); John (2009); and Mark (2001).
IZ ZAT SO? Two hit records also come to mind today, neither by a Browning but both about one.
First is a parody of the Coasters' “Charlie Brown,” titled “Charlie Browning.”
By the Young Men, this is about Charles Browning, a real-life football star at the University of Washington. It went to No. 1 in Seattle in December 1963.
Then there is Porter Wagoner's “Carroll County Accident,” in which a fictitious Walter Browning is killed in an auto crash.
Issued in late 1968, this juicy tale with a twist reached No. 2 nationally (C&W).
Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column.
Write Jerry at: Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368
E-mail: jpo@olympus.net
Visit his Web site: www.jerryosborne.com .
All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.
Copyright 2010 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission
Music News & Notes
The Pipettes confirm new single, tour
The Pipettes have confirmed the details of their comeback single and a spring UK tour. The girl-group will release 'Stop The Music' on CD, limited edition red vinyl and download on April 19 through Fortuna POP. In support of the release and forthcoming album Earth vs. Pipettes, the band will play a number of live dates in April and May. The current lineup of The Pipettes features Gwenno Saunders and her younger sister Ani.
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Dan Deacon to Release Remix EP
Last year, Dan Deacon released the heady album called Bromst, a stark departure from the day-glo raveups he'd made in the past. Next month, a new EP will include remixes of a few tracks from Bromst.
On April 19, the British label Amazing Sounds will release the extremely limited Woof Woof EP-- just 500 vinyl copies are being pressed up worldwide
The EP will also include remixes from Allez-Allez and Luke Abbot. That's the cover art up there, and you can see the tracklist below.
Woof Woof:
01 Woof Woof (Original Mix)
02 Woof Woof (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
03 Build Voice (Allez-Allez Remix)
04 Surprise Stefani (Luke Abbott Remix)
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The Grascals Set New Album Release
The Grascals, one of bluegrass music's most highly awarded and acclaimed bands, will release their brand new CD, The Famous Lefty Flynn's, on Rounder Records March 30, just a few days before the band hits the road as a part of Hank Williams Jr.'s Rowdy Friends Tour, an opportunity that will showcase bluegrass music to tens of thousands of music fans. As a guest on the CD, Williams also joins the band for a quintessential country/bluegrass version of "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome," written by his dad, Hank Williams, and the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe.
Known for their seamless harmonies, soaring trios and stellar instrumental talents, The Grascals rose to critical acclaim in 2005 when they won Emerging Artist of the Year at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards. This was only the beginning as they catapulted to the top of their genre, being named 2006 and 2007 Entertainers of the Year the following two years. The Boston Globe said, "DJs rhapsodize about The Grascals as though they were the second coming of Bill Monroe. The hype machine is at full throttle, but the Grascals justify every scrap of it… astonishing instrumentalists."
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Acid Tiger (members of Converge, Thursday) detail debut LP
More details have been announced regarding the upcoming debut from Acid Tiger. The band, which features Ben Koller (Converge, United Nations) and Lukas Previn (Thursday, The A.K.A.s, United Nations), will release their eponymous debut on April 27, 2010 through Deathwish Inc.
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Band of Horses Album to be released on May 18th by Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records
PRNewswire/ -- Band of Horses, the Low Country's premier rock n' roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled Infinite Arms, on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records.
The album package will feature the photography of the band's long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.
Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed by Dave Sardy, and recorded over a 16-month period, the songs on Infinite Arms project the essence of the different locales across America that became the setting for the recording and songwriting process behind the album. The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville's Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group's most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band's native Carolinas inspired the songwriting, lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity.
Band of Horses are Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds. Long time touring members of the group, Infinite Arms marks the recording debut of Ramsey and Reynolds, while Barrett and Monroe graced the last album, Cease to Begin. Through touring together in support of Cease to Begin and during breaks in the Infinite Arms recording process, the band have become a cohesive force with all members making invaluable contributions to the unmistakable sound that founder Bridwell has crafted since the band's inception. As Bridwell himself concedes, "in many ways, this is the first Band of Horses record."
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Artwork For Special Edition Of 1349's DEMONIOR Revealed
Norwegian black metal act 1349 have unveiled the cover art for the North American and European special edition of their upcoming album, "DEMONIOR." The album will be released by Indie Recordings throughout Europe on April 26, and by Prosthetic Records in North America on April 27.
For the band's fifth full-length release, 1349 decided to suck out the fiercest and most potent energies from every single member and surroundings, channeling it into songs that are pulsating with uncanny atmospheres, rawness and nerve shattering intensity. The whole process of getting the material on record was like one long, exhausting black magic summoning that could not be allowed to go wrong.
"DEMONOIR" is without a shadow of a doubt 1349's darkest, most sinister and brutal work to date, and in this case it comes to mean that the band has gone from the utterly extreme to the genre-expanding and mindboggling. Black Metal cannot, and will never be the same.
"DEMONOIR" will be available in North America as a digipack CD and a limited edition 12" picture disc LP.
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An email to my inbox:
The greatest political songs of all time
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/03/greatest-political-songs
We'd love their opinions on what is worthy, or unworthy, of canonisation.
A top 20 will be chosen by PSA members and a judging panel later in the month.
To mark its sixtieth birthday, the Political Studies Association is compiling a list of the greatest ever political songs. As you can see below, their longlist is a varied beast, ranging from Verdi's opera Aida, to the righteous Afrobeat of Fela Kuti, to Woody Guthrie's folky "This Land is Your Land" -- the latter a favourite of US progressives in the 1950s and 1960s that had a brief resurgence in 2009 when it was performed (including the "communist" verses) at Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony.
Annie Lennox & Aretha Franklin - "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves"
Anon. - "Bella Ciao"
Barry McGuire - "Eve of Destruction"
Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit"
Billy Bragg - "Which Side Are You on?"
Bob Dylan - "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
Bob Marley - "Redemption Song"
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Carl Bean - "I Was Born This Way"
Cecil A Spring-Rice - "I vow to thee my country"
Charles A Tindley - "We Shall Overcome"
Charly García - "Nos siguen pegando abajo"
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle - "Le Marseillaise"
Donovan - "Universal Soldier"
Edwin Starr - "War"
Elvis Costello - "Tramp the Dirt Down"
Enoch Sontonga - "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
Eugène Pottier - "The Internationale"
Fela Kuti - "Zombie"
Gil Scott Heron - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
Horst Wessel - "Die Fahne hoch"
Jim Connell - "The Red Flag"
John Lennon - "Imagine"
Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi"
Leornard Cohen - "The Partisan"
Li Youyuan - "The East is Red (???)"
Marvin Gaye - "What's Going on?"
Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning"
Nena - "99 Luftballons"
Nina Simone - "Mississippi Goddam"
Pete Seeger - "Where have all the flowers gone?"
Peter Gabriel - "Biko"
Plastic Ono Band - "Give Peace a Chance"
Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
Randy Newman - "Political Science"
Rage Against the Machine - "Killing in the Name"
Robert Wyatt - "Shipbuilding"
Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
Sex Pistols - "God Save the Queen"
The Beatles - "Revolution"
The Clash - "Know Your Rights"
The Cranberries - "Zombie"
The Jam - "Eton Rifles"
The Police - "Invisible Sun"
The Special AKA - "Free Nelson Mandela"
The Strawbs - "Part of the Union"
Tracy Chapman - "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution"
U2 - "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
UB40 - "1 in 10"
Verdi - "Chorus of Hebrew Slaves"
Victor Jara - "Te Recuerdo Amanda"
William Blake - "Jerusalem"
Woody Guthrie - "This Land Is Your Land"
Stop by the site and add your own two-cents worth, there are many songs that can and should be included.
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/03/greatest-political-songs
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Dan Deacon to Release Remix EP
On April 19, the British label Amazing Sounds will release the extremely limited Woof Woof EP-- just 500 vinyl copies are being pressed up worldwide
The EP will also include remixes from Allez-Allez and Luke Abbot. That's the cover art up there, and you can see the tracklist below.
Woof Woof:
01 Woof Woof (Original Mix)
02 Woof Woof (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
03 Build Voice (Allez-Allez Remix)
04 Surprise Stefani (Luke Abbott Remix)
==========================================
The Grascals Set New Album Release
The Grascals, one of bluegrass music's most highly awarded and acclaimed bands, will release their brand new CD, The Famous Lefty Flynn's, on Rounder Records March 30, just a few days before the band hits the road as a part of Hank Williams Jr.'s Rowdy Friends Tour, an opportunity that will showcase bluegrass music to tens of thousands of music fans. As a guest on the CD, Williams also joins the band for a quintessential country/bluegrass version of "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome," written by his dad, Hank Williams, and the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe.
Known for their seamless harmonies, soaring trios and stellar instrumental talents, The Grascals rose to critical acclaim in 2005 when they won Emerging Artist of the Year at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards. This was only the beginning as they catapulted to the top of their genre, being named 2006 and 2007 Entertainers of the Year the following two years. The Boston Globe said, "DJs rhapsodize about The Grascals as though they were the second coming of Bill Monroe. The hype machine is at full throttle, but the Grascals justify every scrap of it… astonishing instrumentalists."
==========================================
Acid Tiger (members of Converge, Thursday) detail debut LP
More details have been announced regarding the upcoming debut from Acid Tiger. The band, which features Ben Koller (Converge, United Nations) and Lukas Previn (Thursday, The A.K.A.s, United Nations), will release their eponymous debut on April 27, 2010 through Deathwish Inc.
==========================================
Band of Horses Album to be released on May 18th by Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records
PRNewswire/ -- Band of Horses, the Low Country's premier rock n' roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled Infinite Arms, on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records.
The album package will feature the photography of the band's long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.
Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed by Dave Sardy, and recorded over a 16-month period, the songs on Infinite Arms project the essence of the different locales across America that became the setting for the recording and songwriting process behind the album. The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville's Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group's most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band's native Carolinas inspired the songwriting, lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity.
Band of Horses are Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds. Long time touring members of the group, Infinite Arms marks the recording debut of Ramsey and Reynolds, while Barrett and Monroe graced the last album, Cease to Begin. Through touring together in support of Cease to Begin and during breaks in the Infinite Arms recording process, the band have become a cohesive force with all members making invaluable contributions to the unmistakable sound that founder Bridwell has crafted since the band's inception. As Bridwell himself concedes, "in many ways, this is the first Band of Horses record."
==========================================
Artwork For Special Edition Of 1349's DEMONIOR Revealed
For the band's fifth full-length release, 1349 decided to suck out the fiercest and most potent energies from every single member and surroundings, channeling it into songs that are pulsating with uncanny atmospheres, rawness and nerve shattering intensity. The whole process of getting the material on record was like one long, exhausting black magic summoning that could not be allowed to go wrong.
"DEMONOIR" is without a shadow of a doubt 1349's darkest, most sinister and brutal work to date, and in this case it comes to mean that the band has gone from the utterly extreme to the genre-expanding and mindboggling. Black Metal cannot, and will never be the same.
"DEMONOIR" will be available in North America as a digipack CD and a limited edition 12" picture disc LP.
==========================================
An email to my inbox:
The greatest political songs of all time
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/03/greatest-political-songs
We'd love their opinions on what is worthy, or unworthy, of canonisation.
A top 20 will be chosen by PSA members and a judging panel later in the month.
To mark its sixtieth birthday, the Political Studies Association is compiling a list of the greatest ever political songs. As you can see below, their longlist is a varied beast, ranging from Verdi's opera Aida, to the righteous Afrobeat of Fela Kuti, to Woody Guthrie's folky "This Land is Your Land" -- the latter a favourite of US progressives in the 1950s and 1960s that had a brief resurgence in 2009 when it was performed (including the "communist" verses) at Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony.
Annie Lennox & Aretha Franklin - "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves"
Anon. - "Bella Ciao"
Barry McGuire - "Eve of Destruction"
Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit"
Billy Bragg - "Which Side Are You on?"
Bob Dylan - "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
Bob Marley - "Redemption Song"
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Carl Bean - "I Was Born This Way"
Cecil A Spring-Rice - "I vow to thee my country"
Charles A Tindley - "We Shall Overcome"
Charly García - "Nos siguen pegando abajo"
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle - "Le Marseillaise"
Donovan - "Universal Soldier"
Edwin Starr - "War"
Elvis Costello - "Tramp the Dirt Down"
Enoch Sontonga - "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
Eugène Pottier - "The Internationale"
Fela Kuti - "Zombie"
Gil Scott Heron - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
Horst Wessel - "Die Fahne hoch"
Jim Connell - "The Red Flag"
John Lennon - "Imagine"
Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi"
Leornard Cohen - "The Partisan"
Li Youyuan - "The East is Red (???)"
Marvin Gaye - "What's Going on?"
Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning"
Nena - "99 Luftballons"
Nina Simone - "Mississippi Goddam"
Pete Seeger - "Where have all the flowers gone?"
Peter Gabriel - "Biko"
Plastic Ono Band - "Give Peace a Chance"
Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
Randy Newman - "Political Science"
Rage Against the Machine - "Killing in the Name"
Robert Wyatt - "Shipbuilding"
Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
Sex Pistols - "God Save the Queen"
The Beatles - "Revolution"
The Clash - "Know Your Rights"
The Cranberries - "Zombie"
The Jam - "Eton Rifles"
The Police - "Invisible Sun"
The Special AKA - "Free Nelson Mandela"
The Strawbs - "Part of the Union"
Tracy Chapman - "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution"
U2 - "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
UB40 - "1 in 10"
Verdi - "Chorus of Hebrew Slaves"
Victor Jara - "Te Recuerdo Amanda"
William Blake - "Jerusalem"
Woody Guthrie - "This Land Is Your Land"
Stop by the site and add your own two-cents worth, there are many songs that can and should be included.
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/03/greatest-political-songs
This Date In Music History-March 10
Birthdays:
Dean Torrence - Jan and Dean (1940)
Pete Nelson - Flowerpot Men (1945)
Tom Scholz - Boston (1947)
Ted McKenna - Sensational Alex Harvey Band (1950)
Bunny Debarge - Debarge (1955)
Gail Greenwood - Belly/L7 (1960)
Jeff Ament - Pearl Jam (1963)
Neneh Cherry (1964)
Edie Brickell (1965)
Dave Krusen - Pearl Jam (1966)
Dylan Keefe - Marcy Playground (1970)
Timothy Z. Mosley - Timbaland (1971)
John Charles LeCompt - Evanescence (1973)
Jackson Burnley - Breaking Benjamin’s (1978)
Carrie Underwood (1983)
They Are Missed:
Younger brother of The Bee Gees, Andy Gibb, died in 1988. His death from myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) followed a long battle with cocaine addiction, which had weakened his heart.
American rhythm and blues singer Lavern Baker died from coronary complications in 1997 (age 57).
Danny Joe Brown, lead singer of Molly Hatchet, died of complications from diabetes at his home in Davie, FL in 2005. The 53 year-old singer joined Molly Hatchet in ’75. Three years later the group’s self-titled album went platinum.
History:
In 1956, RCA Records placed a half page ad in Billboard Magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was 'the new singing rage.' They were right.
Bruce Channel started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1962 with "Hey! Baby."
The Monkees held the #1 position on the US album chart in 1967 with 'More Of The Monkees.'
Cream played San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom in 1968. During the show they uncorked Robert Johnson’s Blues classic “Crossroads.” This version lands on the group’s studio/live “Wheels Of Fire” album. With vocals (and guitar) by Eric Clapton it is one of his signature songs.
Grand Funk Railroad recorded "Closer To Home" in 1970.
The Pink Floyd album 'Dark Side Of The Moon' was released in America in 1973, where it spent over 740 weeks on the chart over a 14-year period.
Pink Floyd’s “Animals” goes platinum in 1977.
Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1979 with "I Will Survive." The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called "Substitute."
At the invitation of country star Porter Wagoner, James Brown performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in 1979, singing "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Tennessee Waltz" and "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag."
Van Halen held the #1 position on the US singles chart in 1984 with "Jump."
In 1996, Alanis Morissette won Best Album for 'Jagged Little Pill', Best Female singer, Best Rock Album, Best songwriter and best single at the 25th Juno Awards held in Hamilton, Canada.
In 2000, Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde was arrested for leading an animal rights protest against the clothing firm Gap, who were accused of using leather from cows slaughtered 'illegally and cruelly'. The protest took place in a store in Manhattan. Oh, have a hamburger and shut up!
Also in 2000, The Daily Mail published pictures of Paul McCartney dancing with a cowgirl on the bar of a New York club. McCartney sang along to "Whole Lotta Shakin" through a megaphone and mimicked a strip tease in front of 100 onlookers.
Alanis Morissette went to #1 on the US album chart in 2002 with 'Under Rug Swept.'
In 2005, a survey carried out by Music Choice concluded that "Angels" by Robbie Williams was the song Britons would most like played at their funeral. Frank Sinatra's "My Way" was second and Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was voted into third place.
Also in 2005, Michael Jackson arrived in court an hour late dressed in his pyjamas after being treated for a back injury. Jackson was attending the Santa Moria court for his child abuse trial.
In 2006, U2 heads Rolling Stone's list of Rock's Top 30 Moneymakers after bringing in an estimated $154.2 million during '05. The Rolling Stones ($92.5 million), the Eagles ($63.2 million), Paul McCartney ($56 million), Elton John ($48.9 million) round out the Top 5. Earnings are tabulated from concerts, recording sales and other income sources.
Billy Joel inducted John Mellencamp into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in New York in 2008. "I was fortunate enough to write a couple of songs that connected with people," says the heartland singer. "People thought the songs were about them, and I want to thank those people." The Ventures, Dave Clark Five and Madonna (?) are also inducted. Mellencamp joins Joan Jett, John Fogerty and Joel in a tribute to the DC5.
In 2009, Tickets for a one-off gig by Sir Paul McCartney in Las Vegas sold out seven seconds after going on sale. The former Beatle was booked to perform at the opening of the New Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on 19 April 2009 in-front of 4,000 fans.
The Runaways, based on the ‘70s female Punk band, is in theaters in 2010. Directed by Floria Sigismondi, the film stars Twilight's Kristen Stewart as guitarist Joan Jett, and Dakota Fanning as frontwoman Cherie Currie.
Dean Torrence - Jan and Dean (1940)
Pete Nelson - Flowerpot Men (1945)
Tom Scholz - Boston (1947)
Ted McKenna - Sensational Alex Harvey Band (1950)
Bunny Debarge - Debarge (1955)
Gail Greenwood - Belly/L7 (1960)
Jeff Ament - Pearl Jam (1963)
Neneh Cherry (1964)
Edie Brickell (1965)
Dave Krusen - Pearl Jam (1966)
Dylan Keefe - Marcy Playground (1970)
Timothy Z. Mosley - Timbaland (1971)
John Charles LeCompt - Evanescence (1973)
Jackson Burnley - Breaking Benjamin’s (1978)
Carrie Underwood (1983)
They Are Missed:
Younger brother of The Bee Gees, Andy Gibb, died in 1988. His death from myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) followed a long battle with cocaine addiction, which had weakened his heart.
American rhythm and blues singer Lavern Baker died from coronary complications in 1997 (age 57).
Danny Joe Brown, lead singer of Molly Hatchet, died of complications from diabetes at his home in Davie, FL in 2005. The 53 year-old singer joined Molly Hatchet in ’75. Three years later the group’s self-titled album went platinum.
History:
In 1956, RCA Records placed a half page ad in Billboard Magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was 'the new singing rage.' They were right.
Bruce Channel started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1962 with "Hey! Baby."
The Monkees held the #1 position on the US album chart in 1967 with 'More Of The Monkees.'
Cream played San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom in 1968. During the show they uncorked Robert Johnson’s Blues classic “Crossroads.” This version lands on the group’s studio/live “Wheels Of Fire” album. With vocals (and guitar) by Eric Clapton it is one of his signature songs.
Grand Funk Railroad recorded "Closer To Home" in 1970.
The Pink Floyd album 'Dark Side Of The Moon' was released in America in 1973, where it spent over 740 weeks on the chart over a 14-year period.
Pink Floyd’s “Animals” goes platinum in 1977.
Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1979 with "I Will Survive." The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called "Substitute."
At the invitation of country star Porter Wagoner, James Brown performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in 1979, singing "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Tennessee Waltz" and "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag."
Van Halen held the #1 position on the US singles chart in 1984 with "Jump."
In 1996, Alanis Morissette won Best Album for 'Jagged Little Pill', Best Female singer, Best Rock Album, Best songwriter and best single at the 25th Juno Awards held in Hamilton, Canada.
In 2000, Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde was arrested for leading an animal rights protest against the clothing firm Gap, who were accused of using leather from cows slaughtered 'illegally and cruelly'. The protest took place in a store in Manhattan. Oh, have a hamburger and shut up!
Also in 2000, The Daily Mail published pictures of Paul McCartney dancing with a cowgirl on the bar of a New York club. McCartney sang along to "Whole Lotta Shakin" through a megaphone and mimicked a strip tease in front of 100 onlookers.
Alanis Morissette went to #1 on the US album chart in 2002 with 'Under Rug Swept.'
In 2005, a survey carried out by Music Choice concluded that "Angels" by Robbie Williams was the song Britons would most like played at their funeral. Frank Sinatra's "My Way" was second and Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was voted into third place.
Also in 2005, Michael Jackson arrived in court an hour late dressed in his pyjamas after being treated for a back injury. Jackson was attending the Santa Moria court for his child abuse trial.
In 2006, U2 heads Rolling Stone's list of Rock's Top 30 Moneymakers after bringing in an estimated $154.2 million during '05. The Rolling Stones ($92.5 million), the Eagles ($63.2 million), Paul McCartney ($56 million), Elton John ($48.9 million) round out the Top 5. Earnings are tabulated from concerts, recording sales and other income sources.
Billy Joel inducted John Mellencamp into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in New York in 2008. "I was fortunate enough to write a couple of songs that connected with people," says the heartland singer. "People thought the songs were about them, and I want to thank those people." The Ventures, Dave Clark Five and Madonna (?) are also inducted. Mellencamp joins Joan Jett, John Fogerty and Joel in a tribute to the DC5.
In 2009, Tickets for a one-off gig by Sir Paul McCartney in Las Vegas sold out seven seconds after going on sale. The former Beatle was booked to perform at the opening of the New Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on 19 April 2009 in-front of 4,000 fans.
The Runaways, based on the ‘70s female Punk band, is in theaters in 2010. Directed by Floria Sigismondi, the film stars Twilight's Kristen Stewart as guitarist Joan Jett, and Dakota Fanning as frontwoman Cherie Currie.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
New Music Releases - March 9, 2010
1986 - Everybody Is Whatever I Think They Are
Abscess – Dawn of Inhumanity
Acrassicauda – Only the Dead See the End of the War (EP)
Al Stewart - Uncorked: Al Stewart Live
Alan Charing – Stitch
Alberta Cross - Broken Side of Time (vinyl)
Aloha - Home Acres (2-LP vinyl)
Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me: Greatest Hits Live
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
Andrew Graham & Swarming Bunch – Andrew Graham’s Good Word (vinyl version, limited to 500 copies)
Andy Williams - Unchained Melody (2 CDs)
Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - The Best Of
Before Their Eyes - Untouchable
Ben Harper - Live From the Montreal International Jazz Festival (CD & DVD)
Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo (vinyl)
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
Bobby Darin - Original Album Series (5 CDs)
Breathing Process – Odyssey: (Un)Dead
Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothins
Broken Bells - Broken Bells (2-CD box set) (vinyl)
Burning Star Core - Papercuts Theater (vinyl)
Chieftains - San Patricio (CD & DVD)
Chieftans Featuring Ry Cooder - San Patricio (CD/DVD)
Choir of Young Believers - Claustrophobia
Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me
Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Finnegan's Wake
Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It
Coconuts - Coconuts (vinyl)
Dark Tranquillity – We Are the Void
Daughters – Daughters
Demon Hunter - World Is a Thorn
Deru - Say Goodbye To Useless
Diamond Rings: Wait & See b/w On Fire
EELS - Line in the Dirt (vinyl)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ira & George Gershwin Song Book
Eluveitie - Everything Remains: As It Never Was
Emanuel and the Fear – Listen
Empires – Bang (EP)
Epstein y El Conjunto – When Man Gets Full He Falls Asleep
Finntroll – Nifelvind
Fleshtones - It's Super-Rock Time! The IRS Years, 1980-85
Four Year Strong - Enemy of the World
Fraction – Moon Blood (vinyl version, limited to 1,000 copies)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks (vinyl)
Gama Bomb - Tales From the Grave in Space (available as a vinyl limited to 1,000 copies or limited-edition CD with bonus Half Cut EP)
Gary Allan - Get Off on the Pain
Goldfrapp – “Rocket” (single)
Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer (vinyl)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (CD & DVD)
Gyptian - Hold On
Harry Chapin - Original Album Series (5 CDs)
Hawkwind - Minneapolis 1989 (2 CDs)
Hawkwind - Sonic Attack (2 CDs)
Hollies - Midas Touch: The Very Best Of
Iggy & the Stooges - Anthology Box: Stooges & Beyond (2 CDs)
JJ - No 3 (vinyl)
Jason & the Scorchers - Halcyon Times
Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat (vinyl)
Jatun - Blanket of Ash (vinyl)
Javelin - 2 (vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced (remastered with bonus DVD) (vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love (remastered with bonus DVD) (vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (remastered with bonus DVD) (2-LP vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of the New Rising Sun (remastered with bonus DVD) (2-LP vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock (DVD)
Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits (remastered)
Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune (2-LP vinyl)
Joan Jett & Blackhearts - Greatest Hits (remastered)
Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave (Vinyl)
Josh Rouse - El Turista (vinyl)
Judson Claiborne - Time and Temperature
Kartick & Gotam – Business Class Refugees
Ken Hensley - Eager To Please
Kissaway Trail - Sleep Mountain
Koot Hoomi - Koot Hoomi Presents: The Dark Side of Hall and Oates - A Tribute
Kristin Hersh - Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight (reissue)
Kristin Hersh - Strange Angels (reissue)
Lawrence Arabia – Chant Darling
Lay Low – Farewell Good Night’s Sleep
Lemonade – Pure Moods (EP)
Liars - Sisterworld (CD & DVD)
Librarians – Present Passed (Postfact)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (Mobile Fidelity)
Longital – Gloria
Ludacris - Battle of the Sexes
Marty Wilde - Bad Boy
Mary Onettes - Islands (vinyl)
Method Actors - This Is Still It
Miles Davis - Live in Berlin 1969 (remastered)
Miles Kurosky - The Desert of Shallow Effects
Mimicking Birds - Mimicking Birds
Mindbenders - Groovy Kind Of Love
Monica - Still Standing
Morning Benders - Big Echo (vinyl)
Nervous Curtains - Out of Sync With Time (vinyl)
New Young Pony Club - The Optimist (vinyl)
Numero Group - Good God! Born Again Funk
Ortolan - Time On a String
Os Mutantes - E Seus Cometas No Pais Do Baurets (vinyl)
Patti Dahlstrom - Emotion: the Music of
Patty Larkin - 25
Pavement - Brighten the Corners (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement (2-LP vinyl)
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Terror Twilight (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Watery Domestic (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (vinyl reissue)
Pearly Gate Music – ?Big Escape (limited-edition 7-inch single)
Peter, Paul & Mary - With Symphony Orchestra: Prague
Pocket Featuring Danny Seim - Backwards From Ten
Pocket Featuring Mark Burgess - A Force Of Nature
Randal Bramblett - The Meantime
Redman - Reggie Noble 9 ½
Rotting Christ - Aealo
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (Vinyl)
Sectioned – Purulent Reality
Serge Gainsbourg - L'eau a La Bouche (reissue)
Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead Symphony (2-LP vinyl)
Shooter Jennings & Hierophan -: Black Ribbons
Standard Fare - The Novelle Beat
Stephen Stills & Manassas - Manassas (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Tanlines – Settings (EP)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks (vinyl)
The Bundles - The Bundles (vinyl)
The Ex & Tom Cora - Scrabbling at the Lock (vinyl)
The Knife - Tomorrow, In A Year
The Pharmacy - Weekend
The Splinters – Kick
Throwing Muses - Red Heaven
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
Thrushes - Night Falls
Thunder Power – Hearts Intersect
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (vinyl)
Various Artists - Buddha Lounge Renditions of Coldplay
Various Artists - Ceremony - A New Order Tribute
Various Artists - Ethiopiques
Various Artists - Putumayo Kids Presents: Jazz Playground
Via Audio - Animalore (vinyl)
Violent Soho - Violent Soho
White Hinterland - Kairos (vinyl)
Who - The Kids Are Alright (Blu-ray DVD)
Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings - Country Outlaws (Tin)
Woodpigeon – Die Stadt Muzikanten
Year Long Disaster – Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed
Zola Jesus – Stridulum (EP)
Buy Vinyl Here: http://www.insound.com/index.php?from=5141
Abscess – Dawn of Inhumanity
Acrassicauda – Only the Dead See the End of the War (EP)
Al Stewart - Uncorked: Al Stewart Live
Alan Charing – Stitch
Alberta Cross - Broken Side of Time (vinyl)
Aloha - Home Acres (2-LP vinyl)
Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me: Greatest Hits Live
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown
Andrew Graham & Swarming Bunch – Andrew Graham’s Good Word (vinyl version, limited to 500 copies)
Andy Williams - Unchained Melody (2 CDs)
Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - The Best Of
Before Their Eyes - Untouchable
Ben Harper - Live From the Montreal International Jazz Festival (CD & DVD)
Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo (vinyl)
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
Bobby Darin - Original Album Series (5 CDs)
Breathing Process – Odyssey: (Un)Dead
Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothins
Broken Bells - Broken Bells (2-CD box set) (vinyl)
Burning Star Core - Papercuts Theater (vinyl)
Chieftains - San Patricio (CD & DVD)
Chieftans Featuring Ry Cooder - San Patricio (CD/DVD)
Choir of Young Believers - Claustrophobia
Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me
Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Finnegan's Wake
Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It
Coconuts - Coconuts (vinyl)
Dark Tranquillity – We Are the Void
Daughters – Daughters
Demon Hunter - World Is a Thorn
Deru - Say Goodbye To Useless
Diamond Rings: Wait & See b/w On Fire
EELS - Line in the Dirt (vinyl)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ira & George Gershwin Song Book
Eluveitie - Everything Remains: As It Never Was
Emanuel and the Fear – Listen
Empires – Bang (EP)
Epstein y El Conjunto – When Man Gets Full He Falls Asleep
Finntroll – Nifelvind
Fleshtones - It's Super-Rock Time! The IRS Years, 1980-85
Four Year Strong - Enemy of the World
Fraction – Moon Blood (vinyl version, limited to 1,000 copies)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks (vinyl)
Gama Bomb - Tales From the Grave in Space (available as a vinyl limited to 1,000 copies or limited-edition CD with bonus Half Cut EP)
Gary Allan - Get Off on the Pain
Goldfrapp – “Rocket” (single)
Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer (vinyl)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (CD & DVD)
Gyptian - Hold On
Harry Chapin - Original Album Series (5 CDs)
Hawkwind - Minneapolis 1989 (2 CDs)
Hawkwind - Sonic Attack (2 CDs)
Hollies - Midas Touch: The Very Best Of
Iggy & the Stooges - Anthology Box: Stooges & Beyond (2 CDs)
JJ - No 3 (vinyl)
Jason & the Scorchers - Halcyon Times
Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat (vinyl)
Jatun - Blanket of Ash (vinyl)
Javelin - 2 (vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced (remastered with bonus DVD) (vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love (remastered with bonus DVD) (vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (remastered with bonus DVD) (2-LP vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of the New Rising Sun (remastered with bonus DVD) (2-LP vinyl)
Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock (DVD)
Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits (remastered)
Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune (2-LP vinyl)
Joan Jett & Blackhearts - Greatest Hits (remastered)
Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave (Vinyl)
Josh Rouse - El Turista (vinyl)
Judson Claiborne - Time and Temperature
Kartick & Gotam – Business Class Refugees
Ken Hensley - Eager To Please
Kissaway Trail - Sleep Mountain
Koot Hoomi - Koot Hoomi Presents: The Dark Side of Hall and Oates - A Tribute
Kristin Hersh - Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight (reissue)
Kristin Hersh - Strange Angels (reissue)
Lawrence Arabia – Chant Darling
Lay Low – Farewell Good Night’s Sleep
Lemonade – Pure Moods (EP)
Liars - Sisterworld (CD & DVD)
Librarians – Present Passed (Postfact)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (Mobile Fidelity)
Longital – Gloria
Ludacris - Battle of the Sexes
Marty Wilde - Bad Boy
Mary Onettes - Islands (vinyl)
Method Actors - This Is Still It
Miles Davis - Live in Berlin 1969 (remastered)
Miles Kurosky - The Desert of Shallow Effects
Mimicking Birds - Mimicking Birds
Mindbenders - Groovy Kind Of Love
Monica - Still Standing
Morning Benders - Big Echo (vinyl)
Nervous Curtains - Out of Sync With Time (vinyl)
New Young Pony Club - The Optimist (vinyl)
Numero Group - Good God! Born Again Funk
Ortolan - Time On a String
Os Mutantes - E Seus Cometas No Pais Do Baurets (vinyl)
Patti Dahlstrom - Emotion: the Music of
Patty Larkin - 25
Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement (2-LP vinyl)
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Terror Twilight (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Watery Domestic (vinyl reissue)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (vinyl reissue)
Pearly Gate Music – ?Big Escape (limited-edition 7-inch single)
Peter, Paul & Mary - With Symphony Orchestra: Prague
Pocket Featuring Danny Seim - Backwards From Ten
Pocket Featuring Mark Burgess - A Force Of Nature
Randal Bramblett - The Meantime
Redman - Reggie Noble 9 ½
Rotting Christ - Aealo
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (Vinyl)
Sectioned – Purulent Reality
Serge Gainsbourg - L'eau a La Bouche (reissue)
Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead Symphony (2-LP vinyl)
Shooter Jennings & Hierophan -: Black Ribbons
Standard Fare - The Novelle Beat
Stephen Stills & Manassas - Manassas (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Tanlines – Settings (EP)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks (vinyl)
The Bundles - The Bundles (vinyl)
The Ex & Tom Cora - Scrabbling at the Lock (vinyl)
The Knife - Tomorrow, In A Year
The Pharmacy - Weekend
The Splinters – Kick
Throwing Muses - Red Heaven
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
Thrushes - Night Falls
Thunder Power – Hearts Intersect
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (vinyl)
Various Artists - Buddha Lounge Renditions of Coldplay
Various Artists - Ceremony - A New Order Tribute
Various Artists - Ethiopiques
Various Artists - Putumayo Kids Presents: Jazz Playground
Via Audio - Animalore (vinyl)
Violent Soho - Violent Soho
White Hinterland - Kairos (vinyl)
Who - The Kids Are Alright (Blu-ray DVD)
Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings - Country Outlaws (Tin)
Woodpigeon – Die Stadt Muzikanten
Year Long Disaster – Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed
Zola Jesus – Stridulum (EP)
Buy Vinyl Here: http://www.insound.com/index.php?from=5141
Music News & Notes
Bon Iver Covers Peter Gabriel for Record Store Day Single
Bon Iver is teaming up with Peter Gabriel to release a split 7" single on Record Store Day, which is happening April 17 this year. The single, which will only be available at independent record stores, will feature Gabriel's cover of Bon Iver's "Flume", a track that appeared on Gabriel's covers album Scratch My Back, on one side. On the other, Bon Iver will return the favor by covering "Come Talk to Me", a seven-minute song from Gabriel's 1992 Us album.
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Bird and the Bee cover Hall & Oates' 'Sara Smile'
When multi-instrumentalist and producer Greg Kurstin (he’s worked with everyone from Britney and Kylie to Lily Allen and Little Boots) and singer-songwriter Inara George, a.k.a. indie-pop duo The Bird and the Bee, take on a covers album, they aim high. Like, Hall & Oates high.
The third full-length from the duo will be the faux-loftily titled Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates, featuring their take on H&O classics like “Maneater,” “Rich Girl,” “Private Eyes” and the exclusive-to-EW ballad “Sarah Smile.” (March 23 release date)
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Broken Social Scene Reveal Forgiveness Rock Record Track List, Limited-Edition Album
Broken Social Scene obsessives: If you've ever wished one of the band's records would be released as several vinyl discs, today is your lucky day.
The Toronto musical collective's Forgiveness Rock Record will be available as a limited-edition, numbered box set containing seven 180-gram 10-inch vinyl records that will also come with a digital download of the record. Only 1,000 copies of the box set will be made, and it's going for $125.
Forgiveness Rock Record will also be available as a standard CD, vinyl and digital release for those of you who are less hardcore.
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The Melvins Return With "The Bride Screamed Murder" On June 1
The Melvins are set to release "The Bride Screamed Murder" on June 1 via Ipecac Recordings with a US tour launching the same day in San Diego and including a stop at the Bonnaroo Festival. "The Bride Screamed Murder" is the third release featuring Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Big Businesses' Coady Willis and Jared Warren. While the Melvins recently celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary, the latest incarnation debuted with the highly-praised "(A) Senile Animal" (2006) and continued with "Nude With Boots" (2008).
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OVERMASTER's 'Madness Of War' Due In April
The debut CD from OVERMASTER, entitled "Madness of War", will be released on April 23 via Cruz Del Sur Music.
OVERMASTER features the wailing power of Gustavo "Gus" Gabarró (formerly of WHITE SKULL) on vocals, along with several other professional and skilled Italian musicians hailing from SKYLARK, HIGHLORD, EDGE OF FOREVER and other talented Italian acts.
"Madness of War" was recorded, mixed and mastered at Fear Studio during the crossover into 2010, with the usual high standard sound quality of Fear's previous productions.
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/overmasterband
Bon Iver is teaming up with Peter Gabriel to release a split 7" single on Record Store Day, which is happening April 17 this year. The single, which will only be available at independent record stores, will feature Gabriel's cover of Bon Iver's "Flume", a track that appeared on Gabriel's covers album Scratch My Back, on one side. On the other, Bon Iver will return the favor by covering "Come Talk to Me", a seven-minute song from Gabriel's 1992 Us album.
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Bird and the Bee cover Hall & Oates' 'Sara Smile'
When multi-instrumentalist and producer Greg Kurstin (he’s worked with everyone from Britney and Kylie to Lily Allen and Little Boots) and singer-songwriter Inara George, a.k.a. indie-pop duo The Bird and the Bee, take on a covers album, they aim high. Like, Hall & Oates high.
The third full-length from the duo will be the faux-loftily titled Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates, featuring their take on H&O classics like “Maneater,” “Rich Girl,” “Private Eyes” and the exclusive-to-EW ballad “Sarah Smile.” (March 23 release date)
================================================
Broken Social Scene Reveal Forgiveness Rock Record Track List, Limited-Edition Album
Broken Social Scene obsessives: If you've ever wished one of the band's records would be released as several vinyl discs, today is your lucky day.
The Toronto musical collective's Forgiveness Rock Record will be available as a limited-edition, numbered box set containing seven 180-gram 10-inch vinyl records that will also come with a digital download of the record. Only 1,000 copies of the box set will be made, and it's going for $125.
Forgiveness Rock Record will also be available as a standard CD, vinyl and digital release for those of you who are less hardcore.
================================================
The Melvins Return With "The Bride Screamed Murder" On June 1
The Melvins are set to release "The Bride Screamed Murder" on June 1 via Ipecac Recordings with a US tour launching the same day in San Diego and including a stop at the Bonnaroo Festival. "The Bride Screamed Murder" is the third release featuring Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Big Businesses' Coady Willis and Jared Warren. While the Melvins recently celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary, the latest incarnation debuted with the highly-praised "(A) Senile Animal" (2006) and continued with "Nude With Boots" (2008).
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OVERMASTER's 'Madness Of War' Due In April
OVERMASTER features the wailing power of Gustavo "Gus" Gabarró (formerly of WHITE SKULL) on vocals, along with several other professional and skilled Italian musicians hailing from SKYLARK, HIGHLORD, EDGE OF FOREVER and other talented Italian acts.
"Madness of War" was recorded, mixed and mastered at Fear Studio during the crossover into 2010, with the usual high standard sound quality of Fear's previous productions.
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/overmasterband
Monday, March 8, 2010
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales
Week Ending 03/06/2010
1. 78 - Ed Bell "Frisco Whistle" / "Mean Conductor Blues" Paramount - $3,938.88
2. LP - The Beatles "Mono Collection" Box Set - $3,500.00
3. 45 - David Bowie "Rock N' Roll With Me" / "Panic In Detroit" Canadian Pressing - $3,050.00
4. LP - Hank Mobley self titled Blue Note 1568 - $2,999.99
5. 45 - David Bowie "Can't Help Thinking About Me" / "And I Say To Myself" UK Promo w/ Press Photo - $2,219.70
More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 7:00PM Eastern / 4:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata. http://www.radiodentata.com
Tune in tommorrow - as I am a guest on Vinyl Record Talk !
1. 78 - Ed Bell "Frisco Whistle" / "Mean Conductor Blues" Paramount - $3,938.88
2. LP - The Beatles "Mono Collection" Box Set - $3,500.00
3. 45 - David Bowie "Rock N' Roll With Me" / "Panic In Detroit" Canadian Pressing - $3,050.00
4. LP - Hank Mobley self titled Blue Note 1568 - $2,999.99
5. 45 - David Bowie "Can't Help Thinking About Me" / "And I Say To Myself" UK Promo w/ Press Photo - $2,219.70
Tune in tommorrow - as I am a guest on Vinyl Record Talk !
Music News & Notes
STRYPER Begins Recording Covers Album
Christian hard rockers STRYPER entered the studio on March 6 to begin recording an album of covers songs, set to be released later in the year. The CD will include STRYPER's renditions of the following classics:
* JUDAS PRIEST - "Breaking The Law"
* IRON MAIDEN - "The Trooper"
* SCORPIONS - "Blackout"
* OZZY OSBOURNE - "Over The Mountain"
* SWEET - "Set Me Free"
* VAN HALEN - "On Fire"
* DEEP PURPLE - "Highway Star"
* BLACK SABBATH - "Heaven And Hell"
* UFO - "Lights Out"
* KANSAS - "Carry On Wayward Son"
STRYPER guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet recently explained the band's decision to pay tribute to its influences on the new album:
"We grew up listening to many different styles of music and there is a list of bands that influenced us throughout our musical education. Bands like JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, SCORPIONS, VAN HALEN, UFO, DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN, KANSAS and many others, helped to shape our sound and make us who we are today, musically speaking. '
Check out this fan-filmed video footage of STRYPER performing a cover version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Breaking The Law" on January 23, 2010 at Tivoli in Utrecht, The Netherlands can be viewed below.
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Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous Takes Own Life
Prolific singer/songwriter Mark Linkous has committed suicide, according to his publicist. He was best known for his acclaimed work with the bandSparklehorse, who released four albums of imaginative ambient psych-folk. Linkous also produced Daniel Johnston’s 2003 album Fear Yourself and collaborated with Danger Mouse on Dark Night of the Soul. His exact age is unknown, but he was in his forties.
“It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and family member, Mark Linkous, took his own life today,” reads a statement from his family. “We are thankful for his time with us and will hold him forever in our hearts.
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Kinks Working On New Album
It's being reported that the Kinks are in the process of putting together a new album that will include some older, never released tracks along with the possibility of a few new ones.
Drummer Mick Avory told Spinner's UK site, "Things are always bubbling under or over with the Kinks -- I'm never quite sure if we're going to do them or not. We are certainly doing another album. We've got old tracks which need to be baked. You have to go through this process to transfer them to digital, it's a bit of a process and you only get one shot at it. We've certainly got eight tracks we could use there, so we're going to have to do some more to make the numbers up for an album."
Of course, the big problem in trying to get those new tracks recorded is the long running feud between brothers Ray and Dave Davies. "...in our case it's Ray and Dave that have got to work together, once they've slotted together, we can go ahead. All the while they are not wanting to do what the other wants to do, it goes nowhere."
The group's last original recordings were released on the revised 2-CD edition of To The Bone (1996) while their last performance together was in the same year.
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Neil Young's Trunk Show Coming to Select Theaters on March 19
Jonathan Deeme will be releasing the second installment of three Neil Young concert documentaries in eleven cities starting March 19, 2010 for a one-week run. Trunk Show was shot during two Pennsylvania shows during Young's 2007 Chrome Dreams II tour. Partway through the follow-up to the 2006 documentary Heart of Gold, Young launches into “No Hidden Path” and 20 blistering heart-drenching minutes later he ends. The new documentary mixes live and backstage footage and includes new music from the Chrome Dreams II album along with classics like "Cinnamon Girl" and "Cowgirls in the Sand."
Trunk Show is subtitled “scenes from a concert,” specifically from a pair of shows Young performed at the 1927-built Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, as part of his intimate Chrome Dreams II theater tour in 2007. Onstage, he performed a full acoustic set, followed by a full electric one with bandmates Ben Keith, Rick Rosas, Ralph Molina, Anthony “Sweetpea” Crawford and wife Pegi Young.
The following theaters will be showing the film beginning March 19:
•Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA
•Sunshine Cinema, New York, NY
•Ritz Five, Philadelphia, PA
•Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL
•Lagoon Cinema, Minneapolis, MN
•Chez Artiste Theatre, Denver, CO
•Shattuck Cinemas, Berkeley, CA
•Lumiere Theatre, San Francisco, CA
•Embarcadero Center Cinema, San Francisco, CA
•Nuart Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
•Landmark's Varsity Theatre, Seattle, WA
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Bloc Party Star's Side Project Announce Debut Album
Pin Me Down, the side-project of Bloc Party guitarist Russell Lissack, have announced plans to release their debut album. The self-titled effort was recorded by Alex Elena and Daniel Lingren in London and New York throughout 2009. The group Pin Me Down, also features vocalist Milena Mepris, will release a new single 'Treasure Hunter' on limited edition 7” and digital download. Both the album and the single will be available from April 19.
Christian hard rockers STRYPER entered the studio on March 6 to begin recording an album of covers songs, set to be released later in the year. The CD will include STRYPER's renditions of the following classics:
* JUDAS PRIEST - "Breaking The Law"
* IRON MAIDEN - "The Trooper"
* SCORPIONS - "Blackout"
* OZZY OSBOURNE - "Over The Mountain"
* SWEET - "Set Me Free"
* VAN HALEN - "On Fire"
* DEEP PURPLE - "Highway Star"
* BLACK SABBATH - "Heaven And Hell"
* UFO - "Lights Out"
* KANSAS - "Carry On Wayward Son"
STRYPER guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet recently explained the band's decision to pay tribute to its influences on the new album:
"We grew up listening to many different styles of music and there is a list of bands that influenced us throughout our musical education. Bands like JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, SCORPIONS, VAN HALEN, UFO, DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN, KANSAS and many others, helped to shape our sound and make us who we are today, musically speaking. '
Check out this fan-filmed video footage of STRYPER performing a cover version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Breaking The Law" on January 23, 2010 at Tivoli in Utrecht, The Netherlands can be viewed below.
===============================================
Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous Takes Own Life
Prolific singer/songwriter Mark Linkous has committed suicide, according to his publicist. He was best known for his acclaimed work with the bandSparklehorse, who released four albums of imaginative ambient psych-folk. Linkous also produced Daniel Johnston’s 2003 album Fear Yourself and collaborated with Danger Mouse on Dark Night of the Soul. His exact age is unknown, but he was in his forties.
“It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and family member, Mark Linkous, took his own life today,” reads a statement from his family. “We are thankful for his time with us and will hold him forever in our hearts.
===============================================
Kinks Working On New Album
It's being reported that the Kinks are in the process of putting together a new album that will include some older, never released tracks along with the possibility of a few new ones.
Drummer Mick Avory told Spinner's UK site, "Things are always bubbling under or over with the Kinks -- I'm never quite sure if we're going to do them or not. We are certainly doing another album. We've got old tracks which need to be baked. You have to go through this process to transfer them to digital, it's a bit of a process and you only get one shot at it. We've certainly got eight tracks we could use there, so we're going to have to do some more to make the numbers up for an album."
Of course, the big problem in trying to get those new tracks recorded is the long running feud between brothers Ray and Dave Davies. "...in our case it's Ray and Dave that have got to work together, once they've slotted together, we can go ahead. All the while they are not wanting to do what the other wants to do, it goes nowhere."
The group's last original recordings were released on the revised 2-CD edition of To The Bone (1996) while their last performance together was in the same year.
===============================================
Neil Young's Trunk Show Coming to Select Theaters on March 19
Trunk Show is subtitled “scenes from a concert,” specifically from a pair of shows Young performed at the 1927-built Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, as part of his intimate Chrome Dreams II theater tour in 2007. Onstage, he performed a full acoustic set, followed by a full electric one with bandmates Ben Keith, Rick Rosas, Ralph Molina, Anthony “Sweetpea” Crawford and wife Pegi Young.
The following theaters will be showing the film beginning March 19:
•Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA
•Sunshine Cinema, New York, NY
•Ritz Five, Philadelphia, PA
•Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL
•Lagoon Cinema, Minneapolis, MN
•Chez Artiste Theatre, Denver, CO
•Shattuck Cinemas, Berkeley, CA
•Lumiere Theatre, San Francisco, CA
•Embarcadero Center Cinema, San Francisco, CA
•Nuart Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
•Landmark's Varsity Theatre, Seattle, WA
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Bloc Party Star's Side Project Announce Debut Album
Pin Me Down, the side-project of Bloc Party guitarist Russell Lissack, have announced plans to release their debut album. The self-titled effort was recorded by Alex Elena and Daniel Lingren in London and New York throughout 2009. The group Pin Me Down, also features vocalist Milena Mepris, will release a new single 'Treasure Hunter' on limited edition 7” and digital download. Both the album and the single will be available from April 19.
This Date In Music History-March 8
Birthdays:
Ralph Ellis - Swinging Blue Jeans (1942)
Andrew Semple - Fortunes(1943)
Keef Hartley - Keef Hartley Band (1944)
Michael Dolenz - Monkees (1945)
Carole Bayer Sager - singer/songwriter. Wrote "Groovy Kind Of Love," hit for The Mindbenders (1946)
Randy Meisner - Poco / Eagles (1946)
Mike Allsup - Three Dog Night (1947)
"Little" Peggy March (1948)
Dave Lambert - Strawbs (1949)
Clive Burr - Iron Maiden (1957)
Gary Numan - Tubeway Army (1958)
Jimmy Dormire - Confederate Railroad (1960)
Cheryl "Salt" James - Salt-N-Pepa (1964)
Peter Gill - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1964)
Shawn Mullins (1968)
Gareth Coombes - Supergrass (1976)
Tom Chaplin - Keane (1979)
Andy Ross - OK Go (1979)
Bob Moffatt - The Moffatts (1984)
Clint Moffatt - The Moffatts (1984)
David Moffatt - The Moffatts (1984)
Eleanor Jackson - La Roux (1988)
They Are Missed:
Ron Mckernan, keyboard player with The Grateful Dead, died in 1973 (age 27) from liver failure brought on by alcohol poisoning.
Born today in 1948, Mel Galley, guitar, Whitesnake. Died of cancer on July 1, 2008.
History:
In 1961, the Beatles played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool at lunchtime. That night they performed twice: at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool, and at Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool.
The Beatles make their British national radio debut in 1962, singing "Dream Baby", "Maybelline" and "Please Mr. Postman" on the BBC's "Teenagers' Turn" program.
In 1964, the Dave Clark Five make the first of 18 appearances on CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show."
David Bowie made his TV debut in 1965 with The Manish Boys on a UK program called 'Gadzooks! It's All Happening' when they performed their current single 'I Pity The Fool.'
Bob Dylan recorded "Just Like A Woman" for his Blonde On Blonde album at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee in 1966.
Albert King, Janis Joplin and Tim Buckley appeared at the opening of New York's Filmore East, New York in 1968.
“Proud Mary” was Creedence Clearwater Revival’s first million selling single (1969).
The Small Faces split up in 1969 after singer Steve Marriott announced he was leaving the band. Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones linked up with Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart and formed The Faces.
Lulu became the first British female singer to appear behind the Iron curtain, when she toured Poland with The Hollies in 1966.
Diana Ross made her first performance as a solo act when she appeared in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1970.
In 1973, Paul McCartney was fined £100 ($170) for growing cannabis at his farm in Campbeltown, Scotland. McCartney claimed some fans gave the seeds to him and that he didn’t know what they would grow. Umm, OK Sir Paul....
Bad Company kicked off their first UK tour at Newcastle City Hall in 1974. The band was made up by ex members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople, (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell).
Olivia Newton-John went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1975 with "Have You Ever Been Mellow," the singers second US #1.
Whitney Houston went to #1 on the US album chart in 1986 with her self-titled album. It spent a total of 14 weeks at the #1 position.
In 1990, Cher won the worst dressed female, and worst video for 'If I Could Turn Back Time', in The Rolling Stone Magazine's awards, Donny Osmond won the most unwelcome comeback award.
"Beavis and Butthead" premiered on MTV as a series in 1993.
The Wallflowers’ dramatic “One Headlight” topped the Modern Rock chart in 1997.
In 2005, a 9-year-old boy wakes from a coma after hearing Green Day’s "American Idiot." Wales resident Corey George, a Green Day fan, was hit by a car and unconscious for two weeks when his parents played him the disc. "Within an hour he had opened his eyes," says Corey’s father.
Pearl Jam’s "World Wide Suicide," hits #3 on Billboard Radio Monitor's Modern Rock chart in 2006 becoming the group’s highest debut (to date) single. Nine Inch Nail’s "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" and Fall Out Boy’s "Dance, Dance" are #1 and 2 respectively. A week later, Pearl Jam tops the chart.
In 2008, China was set to impose stricter rules on foreign pop stars after Bjork caused controversy by shouting "Tibet, Tibet" at a Shanghai concert after a powerful performance of her song Declare Independence. Talk of Tibetan independence was considered taboo in China, which had ruled the territory since 1951. A spokesperson from the culture ministry said Bjork would be banned from performing in China if there was a repeat performance.
In 2009, late Who drummer Keith Moon was honored with a special plaque at the site of London's Marquee Club, where the group cut its teeth. Surviving Who members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend attend the marker's unveiling, which is sponsored by the U.K.’s Heritage Foundation. "Keith Moon . . . deserves many plaques," Daltrey tells the crowd.
Ralph Ellis - Swinging Blue Jeans (1942)
Andrew Semple - Fortunes(1943)
Keef Hartley - Keef Hartley Band (1944)
Michael Dolenz - Monkees (1945)
Carole Bayer Sager - singer/songwriter. Wrote "Groovy Kind Of Love," hit for The Mindbenders (1946)
Randy Meisner - Poco / Eagles (1946)
Mike Allsup - Three Dog Night (1947)
"Little" Peggy March (1948)
Dave Lambert - Strawbs (1949)
Clive Burr - Iron Maiden (1957)
Gary Numan - Tubeway Army (1958)
Jimmy Dormire - Confederate Railroad (1960)
Cheryl "Salt" James - Salt-N-Pepa (1964)
Peter Gill - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1964)
Shawn Mullins (1968)
Gareth Coombes - Supergrass (1976)
Tom Chaplin - Keane (1979)
Andy Ross - OK Go (1979)
Bob Moffatt - The Moffatts (1984)
Clint Moffatt - The Moffatts (1984)
David Moffatt - The Moffatts (1984)
Eleanor Jackson - La Roux (1988)
They Are Missed:
Ron Mckernan, keyboard player with The Grateful Dead, died in 1973 (age 27) from liver failure brought on by alcohol poisoning.
Born today in 1948, Mel Galley, guitar, Whitesnake. Died of cancer on July 1, 2008.
History:
In 1961, the Beatles played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool at lunchtime. That night they performed twice: at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool, and at Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool.
The Beatles make their British national radio debut in 1962, singing "Dream Baby", "Maybelline" and "Please Mr. Postman" on the BBC's "Teenagers' Turn" program.
In 1964, the Dave Clark Five make the first of 18 appearances on CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show."
David Bowie made his TV debut in 1965 with The Manish Boys on a UK program called 'Gadzooks! It's All Happening' when they performed their current single 'I Pity The Fool.'
Bob Dylan recorded "Just Like A Woman" for his Blonde On Blonde album at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee in 1966.
Albert King, Janis Joplin and Tim Buckley appeared at the opening of New York's Filmore East, New York in 1968.
“Proud Mary” was Creedence Clearwater Revival’s first million selling single (1969).
The Small Faces split up in 1969 after singer Steve Marriott announced he was leaving the band. Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones linked up with Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart and formed The Faces.
Lulu became the first British female singer to appear behind the Iron curtain, when she toured Poland with The Hollies in 1966.
Diana Ross made her first performance as a solo act when she appeared in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1970.
In 1973, Paul McCartney was fined £100 ($170) for growing cannabis at his farm in Campbeltown, Scotland. McCartney claimed some fans gave the seeds to him and that he didn’t know what they would grow. Umm, OK Sir Paul....
Bad Company kicked off their first UK tour at Newcastle City Hall in 1974. The band was made up by ex members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople, (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell).
Olivia Newton-John went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1975 with "Have You Ever Been Mellow," the singers second US #1.
Whitney Houston went to #1 on the US album chart in 1986 with her self-titled album. It spent a total of 14 weeks at the #1 position.
In 1990, Cher won the worst dressed female, and worst video for 'If I Could Turn Back Time', in The Rolling Stone Magazine's awards, Donny Osmond won the most unwelcome comeback award.
"Beavis and Butthead" premiered on MTV as a series in 1993.
The Wallflowers’ dramatic “One Headlight” topped the Modern Rock chart in 1997.
In 2005, a 9-year-old boy wakes from a coma after hearing Green Day’s "American Idiot." Wales resident Corey George, a Green Day fan, was hit by a car and unconscious for two weeks when his parents played him the disc. "Within an hour he had opened his eyes," says Corey’s father.
Pearl Jam’s "World Wide Suicide," hits #3 on Billboard Radio Monitor's Modern Rock chart in 2006 becoming the group’s highest debut (to date) single. Nine Inch Nail’s "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" and Fall Out Boy’s "Dance, Dance" are #1 and 2 respectively. A week later, Pearl Jam tops the chart.
In 2008, China was set to impose stricter rules on foreign pop stars after Bjork caused controversy by shouting "Tibet, Tibet" at a Shanghai concert after a powerful performance of her song Declare Independence. Talk of Tibetan independence was considered taboo in China, which had ruled the territory since 1951. A spokesperson from the culture ministry said Bjork would be banned from performing in China if there was a repeat performance.
In 2009, late Who drummer Keith Moon was honored with a special plaque at the site of London's Marquee Club, where the group cut its teeth. Surviving Who members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend attend the marker's unveiling, which is sponsored by the U.K.’s Heritage Foundation. "Keith Moon . . . deserves many plaques," Daltrey tells the crowd.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Top Selling Vinyl Records Sales at eBay - February 2010
Here is the month in review of the top selling ebay vinyl record sales, on a weekly basis, for February of 2010. First and foremost, a special thank you to Norm and Jane at http://ccdiscoveries/blogspot.com and Vinyl Record Talk for putting together this interesting data.
February's top seller is a rare UK Classical LP by Leonid Kogan ("Beethoven Violin Concerto" Columbia SAX 2386 UK Pressing), which came in at just over $6,300. An LP by John Heartsman And Circles ("Music Of My Heart" Private) and a 45 rpm single by the Magnetics ("Lady In Green" / "Heart You're Made Of Stone" Bonnie) both came in at $5,500.
Familiar entrant The Beatles ("Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Stereo) sold for $5,475 and $3,900 respectively. A Pink Floyd LP ("Ummagumma" Japan Red Vinyl) sold for $4,200.00, followed by a 45 rpm single from The Beatles ("I Want To Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There" w/pic sleeve radio promo), which sold for a bit over $4,100. The Beatles also had two other entrants, "Let It Be" UK Box Set PXS 1, with one selling for around $3,200 and the other selling for $2,716.
Interesting entrants include a 45 rpm record from Soul Drifter ("Funky Brother pt 1" / "Funky Brother pt 2" Smoke), selling for $3,450.00, a 45 rpm single by George Lemons ("Fascinating Girl" / "Fascinating Girl" Gold Soul) selling for $3,388 and a rather new release with a Pearl Jam LP ("Backspacer" White Vinyl) which sold for $3,275.00.
Week Ending 02/06/2010
1. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Stereo - $5,475.40
2. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Mono - $3,911.00
3. 45 - Soul Drifter "Funky Brother pt 1" / "Funky Brother pt 2" Smoke - $3,450.00
4. LP - The Beatles "Let It Be" UK Box Set PXS 1 - $3,207.02
5. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $3,200.00
Week Ending 02/13/2010
1. 45 - The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There" w/pic sleeve radio promo - $4,109.99
2. 45 - Necros "Sex Drive" Touch and Go Original - $3,550.00
3. LP - Judge "Chung King Can Suck It Up" Revelation white vinyl - $3,383.33
4. LP - Damon "Song Of A Gypsy" Private Press - $3,218.00
5. 45 - Connor Cagle & The Bachelors Four "Always Let Your Good Side Show" / "Nobody Wants To See You When You're Down" Sunshine - $3,000.00
Week Ending 02/20/2010
1. LP - Leonid Kogan "Beethoven Violin Concerto" Columbia SAX 2386 UK Pressing - $6,320.97
2. LP - LP - John Heartsman And Circles "Music Of My Heart" Private - $5,500.00
3. 45 - George Lemons "Fascinating Girl" / "Fascinating Girl" Gold Soul - $3,388.00
4. LP - Pear Jam "Backspacer" White Vinyl - $3,275.00
5. 45 - Joy Division "Licht un Blindheit" A4 Gatefold Pak Signed - $3,000.00
Week Ending 02/27/2010
1. 45 - Magnetics "Lady In Green" / "Heart You're Made Of Stone" Bonnie - $5,500.00
2. LP - Pink Floyd "Ummagumma" Japan Red Vinyl - $4,200.00
3. 12" - Ryvon DJ "I'm gonna dance (take me tonight) - $3,551.00
4. LP - Andre Cluytens "Ravel The Complete Orchestral Works" Columbia SAX 2476-9 UK Pressing - $2,794.67
5. LP - The Beatles "Let It Be" UK Box Set PXS 1 - $2,716.00
More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 7:00PM Eastern / 4:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata. http://www.radiodentata.com/
February's top seller is a rare UK Classical LP by Leonid Kogan ("Beethoven Violin Concerto" Columbia SAX 2386 UK Pressing), which came in at just over $6,300. An LP by John Heartsman And Circles ("Music Of My Heart" Private) and a 45 rpm single by the Magnetics ("Lady In Green" / "Heart You're Made Of Stone" Bonnie) both came in at $5,500.
Familiar entrant The Beatles ("Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Stereo) sold for $5,475 and $3,900 respectively. A Pink Floyd LP ("Ummagumma" Japan Red Vinyl) sold for $4,200.00, followed by a 45 rpm single from The Beatles ("I Want To Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There" w/pic sleeve radio promo), which sold for a bit over $4,100. The Beatles also had two other entrants, "Let It Be" UK Box Set PXS 1, with one selling for around $3,200 and the other selling for $2,716.
Interesting entrants include a 45 rpm record from Soul Drifter ("Funky Brother pt 1" / "Funky Brother pt 2" Smoke), selling for $3,450.00, a 45 rpm single by George Lemons ("Fascinating Girl" / "Fascinating Girl" Gold Soul) selling for $3,388 and a rather new release with a Pearl Jam LP ("Backspacer" White Vinyl) which sold for $3,275.00.
Week Ending 02/06/2010
1. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Stereo - $5,475.40
2. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Mono - $3,911.00
3. 45 - Soul Drifter "Funky Brother pt 1" / "Funky Brother pt 2" Smoke - $3,450.00
4. LP - The Beatles "Let It Be" UK Box Set PXS 1 - $3,207.02
5. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $3,200.00
Week Ending 02/13/2010
1. 45 - The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There" w/pic sleeve radio promo - $4,109.99
2. 45 - Necros "Sex Drive" Touch and Go Original - $3,550.00
3. LP - Judge "Chung King Can Suck It Up" Revelation white vinyl - $3,383.33
4. LP - Damon "Song Of A Gypsy" Private Press - $3,218.00
5. 45 - Connor Cagle & The Bachelors Four "Always Let Your Good Side Show" / "Nobody Wants To See You When You're Down" Sunshine - $3,000.00
Week Ending 02/20/2010
1. LP - Leonid Kogan "Beethoven Violin Concerto" Columbia SAX 2386 UK Pressing - $6,320.97
2. LP - LP - John Heartsman And Circles "Music Of My Heart" Private - $5,500.00
3. 45 - George Lemons "Fascinating Girl" / "Fascinating Girl" Gold Soul - $3,388.00
4. LP - Pear Jam "Backspacer" White Vinyl - $3,275.00
5. 45 - Joy Division "Licht un Blindheit" A4 Gatefold Pak Signed - $3,000.00
Week Ending 02/27/2010
1. 45 - Magnetics "Lady In Green" / "Heart You're Made Of Stone" Bonnie - $5,500.00
2. LP - Pink Floyd "Ummagumma" Japan Red Vinyl - $4,200.00
3. 12" - Ryvon DJ "I'm gonna dance (take me tonight) - $3,551.00
4. LP - Andre Cluytens "Ravel The Complete Orchestral Works" Columbia SAX 2476-9 UK Pressing - $2,794.67
5. LP - The Beatles "Let It Be" UK Box Set PXS 1 - $2,716.00
Saturday, March 6, 2010
RIAA Tallies The Decade's Top Gold & Platinum Award Winners
WASHINGTON -- Late last month the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) released a tally of the decade's highest Gold and Platinum award achievements.
Included in the RIAA’s 2000-2009 tally (below) are the artists who received the most G&P certifications, the best selling music releases, and a timeline of notable decade dates.
“We’ve seen a decade of major music milestones and extraordinary artist achievements as part of our historic Gold and Platinum program,” said Mitch Bainwol, Chairman and CEO, RIAA. “The names, songs and albums on our list are the decade’s best and are etched in our music DNA.”
“As the way fans access and enjoy music continues to evolve, so has and will the G&P program in recognizing the highest commercial and artistic success,” added Bainwol. “As a community, we’ve endured our share of challenges, but the new decade brings reasons for hope and optimism. The appetite for music is stronger than ever and the breadth of innovation is amazing. In this ever-evolving landscape, we’re grateful that the RIAA’s Gold and Platinum program continues to be the music industry’s recognized brand for success.”
While the RIAA’s Gold and Platinum program was officially launched in 1958, the past decade included a number of significant milestones:
On May 10, 2001 Sony/Jive boy band *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (2000) became the first album of the decade to earn an RIAA Diamond award marking more than ten million in U.S. sales. The decade of Diamond albums that followed -- from Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory to Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me and more -- represent some of the best and most influential recordings in G&P history.
In 2004 the RIAA formally expanded its G&P program to include a Digital Sales award in endorsement of the significant sales of emerging digital music formats. Two years later, in 2006, the RIAA launched the Master Ringtone Sales Award to recognize the growing popularity of enjoying music through cellular phones.
Come 2008 the RIAA heralded the 50th anniversary of its historic Gold Record, marking 50 years to the day Elvis was awarded his first Gold award for “Hard Headed Woman,” one of the King’s 53 Gold single certifications from the RIAA.
Several of the decade’s best awards were presented in 2009, including the best-selling digital download of all time -- at 5x multi-Platinum -- to Warner/Atlantic rapper Flo Rida for his hit “Low” as well as the highest certified ringtone ever to Universal/Cash Money artist Lil Wayne for his hot phone tone “Lollipop,” also at 5x multi-Platinum.
The following are the decade’s highest Gold and Platinum award achievements:
TOP ARTIST TALLIES
*Each level of multi-Platinum counts as its own unit and contributes to the tally
*Only music released, as well as certifications granted, during 2000 - 2009 are included
Most total certifications (includes cumulative album, digital song, master ringtone, and music video certifications):
Group: The Eagles – 47 (Warner)
Male solo artist: Michael Jackson – 49 (Sony/Epic)
Female solo artist: Beyonce – 64 (Sony/Columbia)
Most album certifications:
Group: Nickelback – 25 (Roadrunner)
Male solo artist: George Strait – 29 (UMG/MCA Nashville)
Female solo artist: Britney Spears – 23 (Sony/Jive)
Most digital song certifications:
Group: Linkin Park – 13 (Warner)
Male solo artist: Kanye West – 19 (UMG/Def Jam)
Female solo artist: Taylor Swift – 25 (Big Machine)
Most master ringtone certifications:
Male solo artist: T.I. – 15 (WMG/Atlantic/Grand Hustle)
Female solo artist: Beyonce – 19 (Sony/Columbia)
HIGHEST CERTIFIED RELEASES
*Format is: (record label/year released)
Highest certified album:
Group: *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (Sony/Jive, 2000), – 11x Platinum & OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – 11x Platinum (LaFace/Jive, 2003)
Male solo artist: Usher’s Confessions – 10x Platinum (LaFace/Jive, 2004)
Female solo artist: Shania Twain’s Up! – 11x Platinum (UMG/Mercury Nashville, 2002)
Highest certified digital song:
Group: Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” – 3x multi-Platinum (EMI/Capitol, 2008) and The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” – 3x multi-Platinum (Sony/Epic, 2006)
Male solo artist: Flo Rida’s “Low” – 5x multi-Platinum (Warner/Atlantic, 2008)
Female solo artist: Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” – 4x multi-Platinum (UMG/Interscope, 2008) and Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” – 4x multi-Platinum (Big Machine, 2008)
Included in the RIAA’s 2000-2009 tally (below) are the artists who received the most G&P certifications, the best selling music releases, and a timeline of notable decade dates.
“We’ve seen a decade of major music milestones and extraordinary artist achievements as part of our historic Gold and Platinum program,” said Mitch Bainwol, Chairman and CEO, RIAA. “The names, songs and albums on our list are the decade’s best and are etched in our music DNA.”
“As the way fans access and enjoy music continues to evolve, so has and will the G&P program in recognizing the highest commercial and artistic success,” added Bainwol. “As a community, we’ve endured our share of challenges, but the new decade brings reasons for hope and optimism. The appetite for music is stronger than ever and the breadth of innovation is amazing. In this ever-evolving landscape, we’re grateful that the RIAA’s Gold and Platinum program continues to be the music industry’s recognized brand for success.”
While the RIAA’s Gold and Platinum program was officially launched in 1958, the past decade included a number of significant milestones:
On May 10, 2001 Sony/Jive boy band *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (2000) became the first album of the decade to earn an RIAA Diamond award marking more than ten million in U.S. sales. The decade of Diamond albums that followed -- from Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory to Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me and more -- represent some of the best and most influential recordings in G&P history.
In 2004 the RIAA formally expanded its G&P program to include a Digital Sales award in endorsement of the significant sales of emerging digital music formats. Two years later, in 2006, the RIAA launched the Master Ringtone Sales Award to recognize the growing popularity of enjoying music through cellular phones.
Come 2008 the RIAA heralded the 50th anniversary of its historic Gold Record, marking 50 years to the day Elvis was awarded his first Gold award for “Hard Headed Woman,” one of the King’s 53 Gold single certifications from the RIAA.
Several of the decade’s best awards were presented in 2009, including the best-selling digital download of all time -- at 5x multi-Platinum -- to Warner/Atlantic rapper Flo Rida for his hit “Low” as well as the highest certified ringtone ever to Universal/Cash Money artist Lil Wayne for his hot phone tone “Lollipop,” also at 5x multi-Platinum.
The following are the decade’s highest Gold and Platinum award achievements:
TOP ARTIST TALLIES
*Each level of multi-Platinum counts as its own unit and contributes to the tally
*Only music released, as well as certifications granted, during 2000 - 2009 are included
Most total certifications (includes cumulative album, digital song, master ringtone, and music video certifications):
Group: The Eagles – 47 (Warner)
Male solo artist: Michael Jackson – 49 (Sony/Epic)
Female solo artist: Beyonce – 64 (Sony/Columbia)
Most album certifications:
Group: Nickelback – 25 (Roadrunner)
Male solo artist: George Strait – 29 (UMG/MCA Nashville)
Female solo artist: Britney Spears – 23 (Sony/Jive)
Most digital song certifications:
Group: Linkin Park – 13 (Warner)
Male solo artist: Kanye West – 19 (UMG/Def Jam)
Female solo artist: Taylor Swift – 25 (Big Machine)
Most master ringtone certifications:
Male solo artist: T.I. – 15 (WMG/Atlantic/Grand Hustle)
Female solo artist: Beyonce – 19 (Sony/Columbia)
HIGHEST CERTIFIED RELEASES
*Format is: (record label/year released)
Highest certified album:
Group: *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (Sony/Jive, 2000), – 11x Platinum & OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – 11x Platinum (LaFace/Jive, 2003)
Male solo artist: Usher’s Confessions – 10x Platinum (LaFace/Jive, 2004)
Female solo artist: Shania Twain’s Up! – 11x Platinum (UMG/Mercury Nashville, 2002)
Highest certified digital song:
Group: Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” – 3x multi-Platinum (EMI/Capitol, 2008) and The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” – 3x multi-Platinum (Sony/Epic, 2006)
Male solo artist: Flo Rida’s “Low” – 5x multi-Platinum (Warner/Atlantic, 2008)
Female solo artist: Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” – 4x multi-Platinum (UMG/Interscope, 2008) and Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” – 4x multi-Platinum (Big Machine, 2008)
Music News & Notes
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: 'Fever' Cover Artwork Unveiled
Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will release their third album, "Fever", in the U.S. on April 27 (one day earlier internationally) via Jive/Zomba.
"Fever" pairs BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE with producer Don Gilmore, best known for his work with LINKIN PARK and GOOD CHARLOTTE. "He totally beat me up to get the best songwriting out of me," Tuck told Rock Sound. "We needed someone to take us to another level even though we've had such huge success off our own backs."
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SONIC SYNDICATE: New Album Title, Artwork Unveiled
Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE have set "We Rule The Night" as the title of their new album, due in Europe on May 28 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Bohus Sound studios in Kungälv, Sweden with producer Toby Wright, who has previously worked with KORN, SLAYER, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KISS, FEAR FACTORY, IN FLAMES, STONE SOUR and OZZY OSBOURNE, among others.
The cover artwork for "We Rule The Night" was created by Gustavo Savez of Abstrata Art and can be viewed at the left.
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Iron Maiden Announces The Final Frontier World Tour
Band Photo: Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden has announced that the forthcoming new studio album will be called "The Final Frontier" and is expected be released late summer of this year. The announcement comes with news of a North American Tour with special guests Dream Theater to open in Dallas, Texas, on 9th June and finish in Washington D.C. on 20th July, making it Maiden's most extensive North American tour in many years.
Following these shows in USA and Canada, The Final Frontier World Tour will travel back to Europe for a few selected major festival and stadium shows with the band planning to continue to many other countries in 2011.
IMTV will return to www.ironmaiden.com to cover The Final Frontier World Tour to give fan club members an insight to the band's touring world. This exclusive footage includes regular video from the live shows, touring, band interviews, insights into the crew and what they do and much much more. The website will also feature exclusive tour diaries, exclusive photographs and anything else that helps the fans get a real insight into the dynamics of a big tour.
Confirmed dates for The Final Frontier 2010 North American Tour with Dream Theater:
Jun. 09 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
Jun. 11 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Jun. 12 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
Jun. 14 Denver, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Jun. 16 Albuquerque, NM - The Pavilion
Jun. 17 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Jun. 19 San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheatre
Jun. 20 Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
Jun. 22 Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Jun. 24 Vancouver, BC - GM Place
Jun. 26 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
Jun. 29 Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Center
Jun. 30 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Center (without Dream Theater)
Jul. 03 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
Jul. 07 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
Jul. 11 Holmdel, NJ - PNC
Jul. 12 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Jul. 14 Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagra Pavilion
Jul. 15 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
Jul. 17 Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jul. 18 Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul. 20 Washington D.C. - Jiffy Lube Live
The Final Frontier 2010 European Tour:
Jul. 30 - Aug. 01 UK - Knebworth Sonisphere Festival
Aug. 05 Germany - Wacken Festival
Aug. 07 Sweden - Stockholm Stora Skuggan Sonisphere Festival
Aug. 08 Finland - Helsinki Pori's Kirjurinluoto Sonisphere Festival
Aug. 11 Norway- Bergen Bergenhus Festning - Koengen
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DROWNING POOL: New Album Artwork
Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL will release their new, self-titled album in April via Eleven Seven Music. Commented the band: "After months of lockdown in the recording studio in New Jersey, we are proud to emerge with our most solid and dynamic album yet. All you DROWNING POOL fans will dig the new tunes so crank it up and rock out with us!"
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Thrice Tour and Extremely Limited Edition Vinyl
Vagrant Records has announced that a second pressing of Thrice's latest studio album, Beggars (09/09), will be available on vinyl as of yesterday. Of the 1000 piece limited run, only 100 will be pressed on colored vinyl and available exclusively through the Vagrant store. The package includes a 24-page booklet with exclusive liner notes written by the band (this second run is not numbered or autographed and does not contain a download card).
The Orange County, CA-based quartet will be joining Manchester Orchestra next month for a string of co-headlining dates across the country.
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First Dates Announced for Simon & Garfunkel North American Tour
The following concert dates are now being shown on the Simon & Garfunkel website along with the individual sites of both men, but are not yet being shown on many of the concert aggregation sites such as Pollstar. Tickets for Fargo go on sale this morning. St. Paul, Madison and Montreal go on sale on the 13th. All of the rest are set for the 12th. Look for confirmation of these shows and more shows to be added soon.
04/24 - New Orleans, LA - Jazz & Heritage Festival
04/29 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
05/01 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
05/02 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
05/04 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
05/05 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
05/07 - Fargo, ND - Fargodome
05/08 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
05/09 - Madison, WI - Kohl Center Arena
05/12 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
05/14 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
05/15 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
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Foreigner, Styx And Kansas United In Rock Tour
The tour of the summer unites three iconic bands, Styx, Foreigner and special guests Kansas, responsible for countless Top Ten hits and well over 100 million album sales.
United In Rock, scheduled to kick off in May, brings together three bands that helped shape rock and roll for a generation of music fans by dominating the charts and airwaves for decades. Tickets go on sale March 6th for shows in Boston and Chicago with additional tour dates and ticket on sale information to be announced shortly at LiveNation.com. With tickets beginning at $10* in select markets, this is sure to be the summer's biggest night of hits in 2010, uniting fans from all over the country to a rock bash for less cash.
"I am very excited to be performing this summer with both Foreigner and Kansas on our United In Rock Tour. These three bands represent the more rocking side of the classic rock genre. With the countless great rock songs each band will be performing this is going to be a guitars-a-blazin' good time had by all. STYX is a band that one of our best known songs is about the blue collar man in the unemployment line and we totally identify with the average hard working people that are facing difficult economic times. We want to say thank you with affordable tickets for you and your family," said James "JY" Young of Styx.
"Super line up, amazing songs, can't wait, let's rock," said Foreigner's Mick Jones.
The three rock legends will team up for an evening full of some of the most memorable rock songs ever recorded, mining 30 years of hits on a tour that will take them to Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Atlanta, Virginia Beach, DC, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Detroit and more cities to be announced.
June 3 Kansas City Starlight Theatre On sale now
June 4 St. Louis Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre On sale now
June 5 Chicago Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island On sale 3/6
June 20 Boston Bank of America Pavilion On sale 3/6
*More dates to be announced soon.
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YES and Peter Frampton To Come Alive Together This Summer
Two of the most influential and ground-breaking artists of the 1970s- YES and Peter Frampton- are reuniting for a twenty-five city national co-headline summer tour, which kicks-off in early June and runs through the middle of July.
The two performed stadium shows together in 1976, including a show to more than 100,000 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Tickets will go on sale for the June 16, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY show on March 5. For additional ticket information please visit: www.yesworld.com or www.frampton.com.
The concerts will feature more than three hours of music from the Grammy Award winners, performances which are sure to include YES classics such as "I've Seen All Good People," "Starship Trooper," as well as Frampton hits "Show Me The Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way" and "Do You Feel Like We Do."
One of history's greatest, legendary, progressive rock bands, YES will feature a lineup of guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Alan White, as well as Oliver Wakeman (son of Rick Wakeman) on keyboards and lead singer Benoit David. Songs that have left an indelible mark on rock 'n' roll history and a concert spectacular that has become synonymous with YES, make this tour one that should not be missed.
YES's performance will include the hugely successful and indelible catalogue of music from hit albums such as Drama, Fragile, Close to the Edge and 90125. Classics such as "Roundabout," a seminal hit which consistently appears on "the best songs of all-time" lists, and the group's #1 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" are sure to be featured for an evening of music not to be missed.
One of the most popular concert attractions of all-time YES's remarkable career has served to re-define the boundaries of rock. As a dominant force for more than four decades, YES has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Their symphonic use of sound and innovative musical styles has made each of the group's players virtuosos in their own right.
Frampton remains one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. Raised in London, Frampton taught himself to play guitar while still in single digits. He studied at the Bromley Technical School with classmate David Bowie (with whom he later recorded and toured). At 16, he was lead singer and guitarist for British teen band, the Herd. At 18, he co-founded one of the first super groups, seminal rock act Humble Pie. His fifth solo album, the electrifying Frampton Comes Alive!, is one of the top selling live records of all time. Frampton is so identified as the quintessential rocker, that he served as a consultant on Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, Crowe's semi-autobiographical film about a teenage journalist covering the fictional rock band Stillwater.
YES/PETER FRAMPTON TOUR DATES (MORE TO BE ADDED)
June 16 Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
June 18 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
June 19 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA
June 20 Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Meadow Lands, PA
June 23 Wolf Trap Foundation for Performing Arts, Vienna, VA
July 4 Lake Forest Venue, Blue Ash, OH
July 7 Sandia Casino, Albuquerque, NM
July 9 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
July 10 Harrah's Rincon-Open Sky Theater, Valley Center, CA
"Fever" pairs BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE with producer Don Gilmore, best known for his work with LINKIN PARK and GOOD CHARLOTTE. "He totally beat me up to get the best songwriting out of me," Tuck told Rock Sound. "We needed someone to take us to another level even though we've had such huge success off our own backs."
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SONIC SYNDICATE: New Album Title, Artwork Unveiled
The cover artwork for "We Rule The Night" was created by Gustavo Savez of Abstrata Art and can be viewed at the left.
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Iron Maiden Announces The Final Frontier World Tour
Band Photo: Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden has announced that the forthcoming new studio album will be called "The Final Frontier" and is expected be released late summer of this year. The announcement comes with news of a North American Tour with special guests Dream Theater to open in Dallas, Texas, on 9th June and finish in Washington D.C. on 20th July, making it Maiden's most extensive North American tour in many years.
Following these shows in USA and Canada, The Final Frontier World Tour will travel back to Europe for a few selected major festival and stadium shows with the band planning to continue to many other countries in 2011.
IMTV will return to www.ironmaiden.com to cover The Final Frontier World Tour to give fan club members an insight to the band's touring world. This exclusive footage includes regular video from the live shows, touring, band interviews, insights into the crew and what they do and much much more. The website will also feature exclusive tour diaries, exclusive photographs and anything else that helps the fans get a real insight into the dynamics of a big tour.
Confirmed dates for The Final Frontier 2010 North American Tour with Dream Theater:
Jun. 09 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
Jun. 11 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Jun. 12 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
Jun. 14 Denver, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Jun. 16 Albuquerque, NM - The Pavilion
Jun. 17 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Jun. 19 San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheatre
Jun. 20 Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
Jun. 22 Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Jun. 24 Vancouver, BC - GM Place
Jun. 26 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
Jun. 29 Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Center
Jun. 30 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Center (without Dream Theater)
Jul. 03 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
Jul. 07 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
Jul. 11 Holmdel, NJ - PNC
Jul. 12 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Jul. 14 Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagra Pavilion
Jul. 15 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
Jul. 17 Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jul. 18 Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul. 20 Washington D.C. - Jiffy Lube Live
The Final Frontier 2010 European Tour:
Jul. 30 - Aug. 01 UK - Knebworth Sonisphere Festival
Aug. 05 Germany - Wacken Festival
Aug. 07 Sweden - Stockholm Stora Skuggan Sonisphere Festival
Aug. 08 Finland - Helsinki Pori's Kirjurinluoto Sonisphere Festival
Aug. 11 Norway- Bergen Bergenhus Festning - Koengen
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DROWNING POOL: New Album Artwork
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Thrice Tour and Extremely Limited Edition Vinyl
Vagrant Records has announced that a second pressing of Thrice's latest studio album, Beggars (09/09), will be available on vinyl as of yesterday. Of the 1000 piece limited run, only 100 will be pressed on colored vinyl and available exclusively through the Vagrant store. The package includes a 24-page booklet with exclusive liner notes written by the band (this second run is not numbered or autographed and does not contain a download card).
The Orange County, CA-based quartet will be joining Manchester Orchestra next month for a string of co-headlining dates across the country.
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First Dates Announced for Simon & Garfunkel North American Tour
The following concert dates are now being shown on the Simon & Garfunkel website along with the individual sites of both men, but are not yet being shown on many of the concert aggregation sites such as Pollstar. Tickets for Fargo go on sale this morning. St. Paul, Madison and Montreal go on sale on the 13th. All of the rest are set for the 12th. Look for confirmation of these shows and more shows to be added soon.
04/24 - New Orleans, LA - Jazz & Heritage Festival
04/29 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
05/01 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
05/02 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
05/04 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
05/05 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
05/07 - Fargo, ND - Fargodome
05/08 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
05/09 - Madison, WI - Kohl Center Arena
05/12 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
05/14 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
05/15 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
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Foreigner, Styx And Kansas United In Rock Tour
The tour of the summer unites three iconic bands, Styx, Foreigner and special guests Kansas, responsible for countless Top Ten hits and well over 100 million album sales.
United In Rock, scheduled to kick off in May, brings together three bands that helped shape rock and roll for a generation of music fans by dominating the charts and airwaves for decades. Tickets go on sale March 6th for shows in Boston and Chicago with additional tour dates and ticket on sale information to be announced shortly at LiveNation.com. With tickets beginning at $10* in select markets, this is sure to be the summer's biggest night of hits in 2010, uniting fans from all over the country to a rock bash for less cash.
"I am very excited to be performing this summer with both Foreigner and Kansas on our United In Rock Tour. These three bands represent the more rocking side of the classic rock genre. With the countless great rock songs each band will be performing this is going to be a guitars-a-blazin' good time had by all. STYX is a band that one of our best known songs is about the blue collar man in the unemployment line and we totally identify with the average hard working people that are facing difficult economic times. We want to say thank you with affordable tickets for you and your family," said James "JY" Young of Styx.
"Super line up, amazing songs, can't wait, let's rock," said Foreigner's Mick Jones.
The three rock legends will team up for an evening full of some of the most memorable rock songs ever recorded, mining 30 years of hits on a tour that will take them to Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Atlanta, Virginia Beach, DC, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Detroit and more cities to be announced.
June 3 Kansas City Starlight Theatre On sale now
June 4 St. Louis Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre On sale now
June 5 Chicago Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island On sale 3/6
June 20 Boston Bank of America Pavilion On sale 3/6
*More dates to be announced soon.
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YES and Peter Frampton To Come Alive Together This Summer
Two of the most influential and ground-breaking artists of the 1970s- YES and Peter Frampton- are reuniting for a twenty-five city national co-headline summer tour, which kicks-off in early June and runs through the middle of July.
The two performed stadium shows together in 1976, including a show to more than 100,000 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Tickets will go on sale for the June 16, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY show on March 5. For additional ticket information please visit: www.yesworld.com or www.frampton.com.
The concerts will feature more than three hours of music from the Grammy Award winners, performances which are sure to include YES classics such as "I've Seen All Good People," "Starship Trooper," as well as Frampton hits "Show Me The Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way" and "Do You Feel Like We Do."
One of history's greatest, legendary, progressive rock bands, YES will feature a lineup of guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Alan White, as well as Oliver Wakeman (son of Rick Wakeman) on keyboards and lead singer Benoit David. Songs that have left an indelible mark on rock 'n' roll history and a concert spectacular that has become synonymous with YES, make this tour one that should not be missed.
YES's performance will include the hugely successful and indelible catalogue of music from hit albums such as Drama, Fragile, Close to the Edge and 90125. Classics such as "Roundabout," a seminal hit which consistently appears on "the best songs of all-time" lists, and the group's #1 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" are sure to be featured for an evening of music not to be missed.
One of the most popular concert attractions of all-time YES's remarkable career has served to re-define the boundaries of rock. As a dominant force for more than four decades, YES has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Their symphonic use of sound and innovative musical styles has made each of the group's players virtuosos in their own right.
Frampton remains one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. Raised in London, Frampton taught himself to play guitar while still in single digits. He studied at the Bromley Technical School with classmate David Bowie (with whom he later recorded and toured). At 16, he was lead singer and guitarist for British teen band, the Herd. At 18, he co-founded one of the first super groups, seminal rock act Humble Pie. His fifth solo album, the electrifying Frampton Comes Alive!, is one of the top selling live records of all time. Frampton is so identified as the quintessential rocker, that he served as a consultant on Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, Crowe's semi-autobiographical film about a teenage journalist covering the fictional rock band Stillwater.
YES/PETER FRAMPTON TOUR DATES (MORE TO BE ADDED)
June 16 Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
June 18 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
June 19 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA
June 20 Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Meadow Lands, PA
June 23 Wolf Trap Foundation for Performing Arts, Vienna, VA
July 4 Lake Forest Venue, Blue Ash, OH
July 7 Sandia Casino, Albuquerque, NM
July 9 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
July 10 Harrah's Rincon-Open Sky Theater, Valley Center, CA
This Date In Music History-March 6
Birthdays:
Sylvia Robinson - Mickey & Sylvia (1936)
David Gilmour - Pink Floyd (1944)
Mary Wilson - Supremes (1944)
Hugh Grundy - Zombies (1945)
Murray Head (1946)
Kiki Dee (1947)
Stephen Bier (Wayne Gacy) - Marilyn Manson (1964)
Dwight Grant (Beanie Sigel) (1974)
They Are Missed:
Welsh composer, singer and actor Ivor Novello died in 1951 (age 58). He first became known for the song ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning,’ which he composed during World War I. The annual British songwriter award is named after him.
George Formby died in 1961 (age 57). UK singing comedian and ukulele player. Made over 20 films, best known song 'Leaning On A Lamp Post.' Made an OBE in 1946. Influenced George Harrison.
Born today in 1893, Memphis blues artist Walter “Furry” Lewis. He was the first guitarist to play with a bottleneck. He lost a leg in a railroad accident and once supported The Rolling Stones. Joni Mitchell wrote the song "Furry Sings The Blues" after him. Lewis died on September 14, 1981 (age 88).
Paul Revere and the Raiders’ drummer, Mike Smith, died in 2001 at age 58.
King Floyd ("Groove Me") died in 2006 of complications from a stroke and diabetes.
History:
The Everly Brothers recorded "All I Have To Do Is Dream" in 1958.
The Drifters record one of their classics "There Goes My Baby" in 1959.
Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Capitol Records in Hollywood in 1962.
The Temptations went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1965 with the Smokey Robinson penned song "My Girl," making the group the first male act to have a #1 hit for Motown.
In 1966, the Rolling Stones started recording sessions for their tenth UK single "Paint It Black" at RCA studios in Hollywood.
The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at Abbey Road studios in London in 1967. The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, along with screams from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
In 1970, Awareness records released the Charles Manson album 'Lie' in the US. Manson was unable to promote the LP due to the fact he was serving a life sentence for the Sharon Tate murders.
An attempt to bring Elvis Presley to the UK for shows at London's Earl's Court failed in 1973. Promoters had hoped that Elvis would be available during the summer but were told that Elvis now had US tour and filming commitments.
John Lennon's visa extension was canceled by the New York Office of the Immigration Department in 1973. It had been granted only five days before.
Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” gets a gold record award in 1975.
Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" was released in 1976.
In 1976, EMI Records re-released all 22 British Beatles singles. In addition "Yesterday" was released for the first time on 45 rpm in the UK.
The Go-Go's started a six-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1982 with 'Beauty And The Beast.'
Dick Clark’s American Bandstand podium was given to the Smithsonian in 1982.
Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1993 with "A Whole New World'(Aladdin's Theme)". The single ended Whitney Houston's 14-week run at the top of the charts.
In 1999, Monica had the US #1 single with "Angel Of Mine."
In 2001, a man who hid for 24 hours in the rafters of a Cathedral and secretly filmed the Christening of Madonna's baby appeared in court. Security staff discovered the man after the ceremony when he made a noise as he climbed down from the rafters.
In 2004, David Crosby was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana after leaving his bag in a New York hotel. The luggage was found by a hotel employee looking for identification, finding instead a handgun and marijuana. The employee called authorities, and Crosby, discovering the missing luggage himself, telephoned to say he would return for it. He was met by New York police, who arrested him.
Yet another Jimi Hendrix related law suit in 2007. Experience Hendrix, the business entity that oversees Hendrix's estate files in a Washington court against a company that allegedly is using the guitar icon's name and image for a brand of vodka without authorization. They accuse Electric Hendrix, the makers of Electric Hendrix Vodka, of trademark infringement and false advertising. Electric Hendrix's owners include Jimi's brother, the disenfranchised Leon Hendrix, and the guitar-great's one-time drummer Buddy Miles. Leon says he's "shocked and saddened" by the lawsuit.
A two-hour film culled from rare footage of John Lennon that was to premiere at a free screening at Berwick Academy in South Berwick, MA in 2007, gets cancelled after the legal team representing Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, orders the school not to screen the movie. Ono claims she owns the rights to 3 Days In The Life, though its director, Ono's first husband, Tony Cox, sold the film to three fans in ‘00. The footage was shot in February '70 for a never-completed documentary project.
The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was chosen by the Librarian of Congress to enter the '06 National Recording Registry in 2007. The selection is for recordings deemed "significant."
In 2009, Phil Collins participated in a San Antonio ceremony commemorating the historic 1836 battle at the Alamo between Mexican soldiers and Texan defenders. The Genesis frontman is an Alamo aficionado, and collects artifacts and memorabilia. He’s also made an honorary member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas. "Basically, now I've stopped being Phil Collins the singer. This has become what I do," says Collins of his avocation. Isn't he British?
Sylvia Robinson - Mickey & Sylvia (1936)
David Gilmour - Pink Floyd (1944)
Mary Wilson - Supremes (1944)
Hugh Grundy - Zombies (1945)
Murray Head (1946)
Kiki Dee (1947)
Stephen Bier (Wayne Gacy) - Marilyn Manson (1964)
Dwight Grant (Beanie Sigel) (1974)
They Are Missed:
Welsh composer, singer and actor Ivor Novello died in 1951 (age 58). He first became known for the song ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning,’ which he composed during World War I. The annual British songwriter award is named after him.
George Formby died in 1961 (age 57). UK singing comedian and ukulele player. Made over 20 films, best known song 'Leaning On A Lamp Post.' Made an OBE in 1946. Influenced George Harrison.
Born today in 1893, Memphis blues artist Walter “Furry” Lewis. He was the first guitarist to play with a bottleneck. He lost a leg in a railroad accident and once supported The Rolling Stones. Joni Mitchell wrote the song "Furry Sings The Blues" after him. Lewis died on September 14, 1981 (age 88).
Paul Revere and the Raiders’ drummer, Mike Smith, died in 2001 at age 58.
King Floyd ("Groove Me") died in 2006 of complications from a stroke and diabetes.
History:
The Everly Brothers recorded "All I Have To Do Is Dream" in 1958.
The Drifters record one of their classics "There Goes My Baby" in 1959.
Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Capitol Records in Hollywood in 1962.
The Temptations went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1965 with the Smokey Robinson penned song "My Girl," making the group the first male act to have a #1 hit for Motown.
In 1966, the Rolling Stones started recording sessions for their tenth UK single "Paint It Black" at RCA studios in Hollywood.
The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at Abbey Road studios in London in 1967. The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, along with screams from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
In 1970, Awareness records released the Charles Manson album 'Lie' in the US. Manson was unable to promote the LP due to the fact he was serving a life sentence for the Sharon Tate murders.
An attempt to bring Elvis Presley to the UK for shows at London's Earl's Court failed in 1973. Promoters had hoped that Elvis would be available during the summer but were told that Elvis now had US tour and filming commitments.
John Lennon's visa extension was canceled by the New York Office of the Immigration Department in 1973. It had been granted only five days before.
Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” gets a gold record award in 1975.
Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" was released in 1976.
In 1976, EMI Records re-released all 22 British Beatles singles. In addition "Yesterday" was released for the first time on 45 rpm in the UK.
The Go-Go's started a six-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1982 with 'Beauty And The Beast.'
Dick Clark’s American Bandstand podium was given to the Smithsonian in 1982.
Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1993 with "A Whole New World'(Aladdin's Theme)". The single ended Whitney Houston's 14-week run at the top of the charts.
In 1999, Monica had the US #1 single with "Angel Of Mine."
In 2001, a man who hid for 24 hours in the rafters of a Cathedral and secretly filmed the Christening of Madonna's baby appeared in court. Security staff discovered the man after the ceremony when he made a noise as he climbed down from the rafters.
In 2004, David Crosby was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana after leaving his bag in a New York hotel. The luggage was found by a hotel employee looking for identification, finding instead a handgun and marijuana. The employee called authorities, and Crosby, discovering the missing luggage himself, telephoned to say he would return for it. He was met by New York police, who arrested him.
Yet another Jimi Hendrix related law suit in 2007. Experience Hendrix, the business entity that oversees Hendrix's estate files in a Washington court against a company that allegedly is using the guitar icon's name and image for a brand of vodka without authorization. They accuse Electric Hendrix, the makers of Electric Hendrix Vodka, of trademark infringement and false advertising. Electric Hendrix's owners include Jimi's brother, the disenfranchised Leon Hendrix, and the guitar-great's one-time drummer Buddy Miles. Leon says he's "shocked and saddened" by the lawsuit.
A two-hour film culled from rare footage of John Lennon that was to premiere at a free screening at Berwick Academy in South Berwick, MA in 2007, gets cancelled after the legal team representing Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, orders the school not to screen the movie. Ono claims she owns the rights to 3 Days In The Life, though its director, Ono's first husband, Tony Cox, sold the film to three fans in ‘00. The footage was shot in February '70 for a never-completed documentary project.
The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was chosen by the Librarian of Congress to enter the '06 National Recording Registry in 2007. The selection is for recordings deemed "significant."
In 2009, Phil Collins participated in a San Antonio ceremony commemorating the historic 1836 battle at the Alamo between Mexican soldiers and Texan defenders. The Genesis frontman is an Alamo aficionado, and collects artifacts and memorabilia. He’s also made an honorary member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas. "Basically, now I've stopped being Phil Collins the singer. This has become what I do," says Collins of his avocation. Isn't he British?
Friday, March 5, 2010
Record Store Day Releases
To go along with all the joy surrounding the Soundgarden reunion, Sub-Pop Records is going to offer a limited edition, orange vinyl 7″ reissue of the band’s Sub-Pop debut single, “Hunted Down,” with “Nothing To Say” on the B-side.
Sub-Pop’s special vinyl release will be available at select retailers as part of Record Store Day on April 17. The Hold Steady are to release a limited edition run of their new album on vinyl to mark Record Store Day. Each special edition of 'Heaven Is Whenever' will feature custom screen printed artwork. The “highly limited” copies will only be available in independent record stores participating in Record Store Day, which takes place on April 17. 'Heaven Is Whenever' was produced by Dean Baltulonis, who also engineered the band's 2004 debut 'Almost Killed Me'.
Here's a sneak peak at some of the exciting releases coming our way for Record Store Day(April 17th this year).
Elvis Costello Live At Hollywood High 7" Vinyl (3 cuts)
Godsmack Godsmack 7" Vinyl
La Roux Bulletproof Live & Remixed 7" Vinyl
Owl City Owl City 7" Vinyl
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Live In Skowhegan CD
Queens Of The Stone Age Feel Good Hit Of The Summer 10" Pic. Disc
R.E.M. Chronic Town 12" Vinyl
Sonic Youth Hits Are For Squares 2 LP
Them Crooked Vultures Mind Eraser, No Chaser LP
TV On The Radio Dear Science LP w/d.load card
Weezer … Raditude Happy RSD CD
White Lies The Remix EP CD
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Skeletons 7" Vinyl
Very Limited Supplies!
1. Soundgarden “Hunted Down” 7” vinyl—STREET: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!!)
2. Mason Jennings “Live at Fingerprints” CD---STREET: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!!)
3. Get Up Kids “Simple Science” CD---STREET: 4/13/10 (RECORD STORE DAY WEEK RELEASE)
4. Royce Da 5’9” “Street Hop” 12” vinyl---STREET: RECORD STORE DAY!
5. Ani Difranco “Live at Bull Moose” CD---STREET: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED!! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!!)
6. Rodriguez “Inner City Blues” 7” vinyl---STREET: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!!)
7. Dios “We Are Dios” CD---STREET: RECORD STORE DAY!
8. Phoenix “Fences” 12” vinyl single---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED!! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED)
9. Drive By Truckers “Your Woman is a Living Thing” 7” vinyl---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED, FIRST COME…)
10. Cage the Elephant “Live at Grimey’s” CD/EP---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED, FIRST COME…)
11. Shooter Jennings & Hierophant “Don’t Feed the Animals” CD/EP---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED, FIRST COME…)
12. White Rabbits & Antlers “Live from Daytrotter” 7” vinyl---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED, FIRST COME…)
13. Asteroids Galaxy Tour “Fruit” 12” vinyl---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED, FIRST COME…)
14. Fela Kuti 10” vinyl EP---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED, FIRST COME…)
15. Infected Mushroom “Killing Time Remix” 12” vinyl---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED, FIRST COME…)
16. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey “The Sensation of Seeing Light” 7” vinyl---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED, FIRST COME…)
17. Nonpoint “Miracle” DVD Single---Street: RECORD STORE DAY! (LIMITED! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!!)
Music News & Notes
Taproot: New Album Artwork Unveiled
Michigan-based hard rock quartet Taproot will release its fifth album, "Plead The Fifth", on April 13 via Victory Records. The CD was recorded on farm in Sullivan, Michigan with producer Tim Patalan.
Taproot guitarist Mike DeWolf recently told AOL's Noisecreep that "Plead The Fifth" will sound closer to the band's 2000 debut, "Gift", than 2008's "Our Long Road Home", which was progressive in nature.
"We're definitely making it as heavy as possible and aggressive while still keeping a lot of the beautiful melodies and just the general beauty of things in it," he said of the forthcoming disc. "We're using a lot more of our baritone guitars, which was sort of the signature of the 'Gift' and 'Welcome' [2002] years, so that immediately makes things a lot heavier."
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GOD.FEAR.NONE: 'Over Black Clouds' Artwork Revealed
Greek death metallers GOD.FEAR.NONE will release their new album, "Over Black Clouds", later in the year. The CD contains 11 new songs of technical and melodic death metal, plus three re-recordings of songs taken from the "Vultures" album, which was released in 2007 (available only through iTunes and Uppercut Music). For more information, visit www.myspace.com/godfearnone.
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Rare Brazilian Psychedelic 45s Released on New CD
'Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967-1976' is the title of a newly issued compilation CD containing 16 extremely rare recordings from the heyday of early heavy Brazilian rock. Released on Tropicalia in Furs Records, the collection, compiled by Joel Stones, includes what is described in a press release as "some of the rarest and best examples of fuzzy, funky Brazilian psychedelia," all of it previously un-reissued and newly remastered.
The package also includes a 36-page full-color booklet stuffed with detailed annotation (in both English and Portuguese) and vivid images. In addition, also included is an enhanced CD, 'What are Fuzz Bananas?,' a documentary on the making of the album. A vinyl two-LP gatefold edition includes a 48-page booklet and 3-D glasses. Examples of the artwork can be found here and the album in either configuration can be purchased here. (http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/various/brazilian-guitar-fuzz-bananas)
The gatefold 2LP comes with an oversized 12x12” full color booklet with all of the liner notes and photos from the CD and contains original artwork on the inside (3D glasses included in the first pressing).
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SEVENDUST: 'Cold Day Memory' Artwork Unveiled
Atlanta, Georgia's SEVENDUST will release its new album, "Cold Day Memory", on April 20 via the band's own 7Bros. Records through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The CD was recorded at Groovemaster Studios in Chicago, Illinois with producer Johnny K (DISTURBED, STAIND, MACHINE HEAD). "Cold Day Memory" marks SEVENDUST's first studio recording with the band's original lineup since 2003's "Seasons".
SEVENDUST's new single, "Unraveling", was released via iTunes on March 2 and is available to stream on the the band's MySpace page. (http://www.myspace.com/sevendust)
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Harvey Milk Ready New Album
Athens scuzz-rock survivors Harvey Milk cranked out Life... The Best Game in Town in 2008, which was a crushing slab of bottom-heavy, generally unfriendly metal that landed them Pitchfork's Best New Music section. On May 18, they'll follow that late-career triumph with a new full-length, A Small Turn of Human Kindness, via Hydra Head.
That ominous-looking photo above is the album's cover art, and below, you'll find a list of the album's seven songs, arranged sequentially. And yes, the album really does lead off with a song called "*"; that's not a typo. The other titles read something like a very sad short story.
Harvey Milk will spend their spring touring North America with fellow eardrum-abusing veterans like Converge and Coalesce.
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Nada Surf Covers LP
Nada Surf have a new covers album called If I Had a Hi-Fi. On June 8, Nada Surf's own Mardev Records will release the album, which includes their takes on tracks from Spoon, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, and more. Until then, you'll only be able to buy it at the band's shows. Holly Miranda and Calexico's Martin Wenk make guest appearances.
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Rolling Stones To Record New Material 'This Year'
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has said he expects that the band will record new material before the end of 2010. The band's future has been uncertain since they completed their Bigger Bang world tour in 2007.
But in an interview with Rolling Stone, Richards said: “There’s no definite plans, but I can’t see any of them stopping.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we did some recording later this year.”
However, Richards, who is currently writing his autobiography, cast doubt over the Rolling Stones' future as a live act. He said the group may consider scaling down any future concerts, despite the success of recent stadium tours.
“Maybe we’ll search for a different way for the Stones to go back on the road,” Richard said.
“Maybe not the football stadiums anymore. Maybe something different. You can’t go around there in lemon-yellow tights forever.”
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Sean Lennon Defends Yoko Over Controversial Advertisement
Sean Lennon came to the defense of his mother, Yoko Ono, over her perceived "selling out" of John Lennon's memory by licensing old footage for a Citroen D3 advertisement.
Lennon took to Twitter even before he had viewed the commercial, writing "She did not do it for money. Has to do w hoping to keep dad in public consciousness. No new LPs, so TV ad is exposure to young."
He then evidently viewed the actual commercial (see below) and added "Having just seen ad I realize why people are mad. But intention was not financial, was simply wanting to keep him out there in the world."
I agree to disagree here, Lennon would have never thought that this would be a way to keep him relevant. You would think that his music would be enough......Any other thoughts?
Taproot guitarist Mike DeWolf recently told AOL's Noisecreep that "Plead The Fifth" will sound closer to the band's 2000 debut, "Gift", than 2008's "Our Long Road Home", which was progressive in nature.
"We're definitely making it as heavy as possible and aggressive while still keeping a lot of the beautiful melodies and just the general beauty of things in it," he said of the forthcoming disc. "We're using a lot more of our baritone guitars, which was sort of the signature of the 'Gift' and 'Welcome' [2002] years, so that immediately makes things a lot heavier."
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GOD.FEAR.NONE: 'Over Black Clouds' Artwork Revealed
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Rare Brazilian Psychedelic 45s Released on New CD
The package also includes a 36-page full-color booklet stuffed with detailed annotation (in both English and Portuguese) and vivid images. In addition, also included is an enhanced CD, 'What are Fuzz Bananas?,' a documentary on the making of the album. A vinyl two-LP gatefold edition includes a 48-page booklet and 3-D glasses. Examples of the artwork can be found here and the album in either configuration can be purchased here. (http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/various/brazilian-guitar-fuzz-bananas)
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SEVENDUST: 'Cold Day Memory' Artwork Unveiled
SEVENDUST's new single, "Unraveling", was released via iTunes on March 2 and is available to stream on the the band's MySpace page. (http://www.myspace.com/sevendust)
=======================================
Harvey Milk Ready New Album
That ominous-looking photo above is the album's cover art, and below, you'll find a list of the album's seven songs, arranged sequentially. And yes, the album really does lead off with a song called "*"; that's not a typo. The other titles read something like a very sad short story.
Harvey Milk will spend their spring touring North America with fellow eardrum-abusing veterans like Converge and Coalesce.
========================================
Nada Surf Covers LP
Nada Surf have a new covers album called If I Had a Hi-Fi. On June 8, Nada Surf's own Mardev Records will release the album, which includes their takes on tracks from Spoon, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, and more. Until then, you'll only be able to buy it at the band's shows. Holly Miranda and Calexico's Martin Wenk make guest appearances.
========================================
Rolling Stones To Record New Material 'This Year'
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has said he expects that the band will record new material before the end of 2010. The band's future has been uncertain since they completed their Bigger Bang world tour in 2007.
But in an interview with Rolling Stone, Richards said: “There’s no definite plans, but I can’t see any of them stopping.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we did some recording later this year.”
However, Richards, who is currently writing his autobiography, cast doubt over the Rolling Stones' future as a live act. He said the group may consider scaling down any future concerts, despite the success of recent stadium tours.
“Maybe we’ll search for a different way for the Stones to go back on the road,” Richard said.
“Maybe not the football stadiums anymore. Maybe something different. You can’t go around there in lemon-yellow tights forever.”
========================================
Sean Lennon Defends Yoko Over Controversial Advertisement
Sean Lennon came to the defense of his mother, Yoko Ono, over her perceived "selling out" of John Lennon's memory by licensing old footage for a Citroen D3 advertisement.
Lennon took to Twitter even before he had viewed the commercial, writing "She did not do it for money. Has to do w hoping to keep dad in public consciousness. No new LPs, so TV ad is exposure to young."
He then evidently viewed the actual commercial (see below) and added "Having just seen ad I realize why people are mad. But intention was not financial, was simply wanting to keep him out there in the world."
I agree to disagree here, Lennon would have never thought that this would be a way to keep him relevant. You would think that his music would be enough......Any other thoughts?
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