Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 14, 2010

DEAR JERRY: Born in 1950, and being a Paula, you can imagine I was shocked the first time I heard Paul & Paula's “Hey Paula.” Before then, I never once heard my name in a song, much less the title.

Even Steve Lawrence's “Girls, Girls, Girls,” which you wrote about last year, does not include Paula r— and this tune mentions over 100 names of girls!

Against all odds, at the same time as “Hey Paula,” Dickey Lee came along with “Don't Wanna Think About Paula.”

Naturally I bought both of these right away. But there is another Paul & Paula song, titled “Dear Paula,” but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Though not in the title, Paul & Paula also referred to each other by name in “Young Lovers,” their second hit.
Before “Hey Paula,” did any boy-girl duo have a No. 1 pop/rock hit? I can't thank of a one.
—Paula Blake, Gettysburg, Pa.

DEAR PAULA: Actually, we'll deal with “Dear Paula” later. Let's start with “Hey Paula.”

You can't think of one because there isn't one, at least not in your lifetime. Paul & Paula became the first male-female vocal duo since the 1940s with a No. 1 pop hit!

Right after their success, many others followed, including: Nino Tempo & April Stevens (“Deep Purple”); Dale & Grace (“I'm Leaving It Up to You”); Sonny & Cher (“I Got You Babe”); Nancy & Frank Sinatra (“Somethin' Stupid”), etc. Still, “Hey Paula” outsold all the others and became the No. 1 male-female duo hit of the entire '60s decade.

Excluded as per your question are same gender vocal duos (Everly Brothers); instrumental duos (Santo & Johnny); and duos with only one singer (Les Paul & Mary Ford).

Now for some material for an “Overnight Sensation” scrapbook for all Paulas:

For four weeks in 1963 (March 10 through April 6) “Hey Paula,” “Don't Wanna Think About Paula,” and “Young Lovers” were all on the nation's charts. Your name was on the air everywhere!

The only other girl's names in hit titles at that time were: “Alice in Wonderland” (Neil Sedaka); “Amy” (Paul Petersen); “Linda” (Jan & Dean); “What Will My Mary Say” (Johnny Mathis); “Ruby Baby” (Dion); and “Sandy” (Dion). Yet none of these reached the heights of “Hey Paula.”

Two different songs on the chart with the same girl's name in the titles is not common, nor is it unheard of.

For example, in late February as “Hey Paula” sat at No. 1, Jan & Dean (“Linda”) and Dickie Lee (“I Saw Linda Yesterday”) both charted with separate serenades to Linda.

What is very atypical is seeing the same artist, in this case Dicky Lee, with consecutive releases of hit songs (“I Saw Linda Yesterday” and “Don't Wanna Think About Paula”), each of which is one of two simultaneous hits (one by Lee, the other by someone else) containing the same girl's name r— first Linda and then Paula.

Everybody got that?

“Dear Paula,” issued in 1965 (Philips 40296), is an unusual and fascinating recording. With the original “Hey Paula” playing in the background, Paul first reads his letter written to Paula, then she reads her reply to Paul.

In this story, they haven't seen each other in quite some time and both reminisce fondly about their real-life experiences and adventures in 1963 and '64.

Let's take a peek at their mail:

PAUL: “Remember on the Dick Clark show [1963], when we began to pantomime our record [“Hey Paula”] it started to skip and everyone started laughing? Dick said that was the first time he'd ever seen anything happen like that.”

PAULA: “It seems like yesterday when we made our records and started our travels all over the world. Do you remember on Bandstand when they gave us the Gold Records [1963], and they dropped one? I thought it was the end of the world.”

“Dear Paula,” along with all of their essential tunes, can be had on the easily available 31-track CD, “Greatest Hits” (Underground 103324).


IZ ZAT SO? Several weeks before “Hey Paula” hit the charts, the same song came out by the same pair, but using their real first names: Jill (Jackson) & Ray (Hildebrand).

Copies of the Jill & Ray original (Le Cam 979) now bring $70 to $100, compared to about $10 for the smash hit crediting Paul & Paula (Philips 40084).

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


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Music News & Notes

Amebix to release new EP, working on new album

Legendary metal/crust punk godfathers Amebix have risen from the dead, and a three-song EP entitled Redux will be released by Profane Existence Records on June 28th, 2010. The EP will feature live and rerecorded versions of several of the band’s best-loved classics, including “Winter,” “Chain Reaction,” and the immortal battle cry, “Arise.” Redux will be available on CD, 12? LP and digitally. The vinyl edition will include a free download card, which will feature a live version of “Progress?” as a bonus track.

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UNEARTHLY TRANCE: New Album Artwork Unveiled

New York's UNEARTHLY TRANCE will release its fifth studio album, aptly titled "V", on September 28 in North America and October 4 internationally. The follow-up to "Electrocution" was recorded in at SIR studios in the band's hometown with engineering help from Sanford Parker and Rich Tapper. The record was mastered by Collin Jordan at the Boiler Room and mixed by the band's own Jay Newman. The CD artwork was designed by Glyn Scrawled and can be viewed below. Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Unveiled", "Solar Eye", "Sleeping While They Feast" and "Into A Chasm".

UNEARTHLY TRANCE recently released a split LP with THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE via Chrome Peeler and Humanless Records.






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Avenged Sevenfold Unveil 'Nightmare' CD Details

Following the huge success of their first single "Nightmare" – which hit the #1 Rock Song spot on iTunes in its debut week and racked up nearly two million hits on YouTube – Avenged Sevenfold have rolled out some new info on the album of the same name, including ultra-sick cover art, the complete track listing and the specs on a pretty cool deluxe edition.

Nightmare is slated tobe released on July 27th in standard CD and download versions, as well as the short-run “Book of Nightmares” limited edition which comes with alternate cover art, a black-bound book containing lyric sheets, liner notes and artwork topped off with a silver-plated crest, plus a poster-sized “Death Bat Anatomy” embossed lithograph.










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Listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Gimme Three Steps" Live From Freedom Hall!

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Heaven & Hell Announce Ronnie James Dio Tribute Show

Heaven & Hell, the group made up of Black Sabbath alumni from the 80's, will reassemble for a one-time concert in tribute to their late lead singer Ronnie James Dio. The performance will be on July 24 at the High Voltage Festival, a date that had originally scheduled for the group and canceled two-weeks before Dio's passing.

Making up the group for the show will be Heaven and Hell members Tony Iommi on guitar, Geezer Butler on bass and Vinny Appice on drums. Taking Dio's vocal spot will be Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion) and Jorn Lande (Norwegian band Masterplan).

Tony Iommi said "Ronnie's passing has left a huge hole, we hadn't anywhere near finished what we set out to do as a band together. He was so looking forward to the European tour and we hope this appearance will go some way to fulfilling that."

Geezer Butler added, "It's going to be a very emotional occasion. Ronnie loved his fans like no-one else I know - and they loved him. It will be a privilege doing a gig in honour of his memory, and to help towards his charity. Above all, I hope it encourages people to have regular check-ups for this disease. Early detection is vital, and greatly improves the chance of a cure. I know everyone has heard that a million times before, but seeing one of your best friends die because we all think we're immune from this disease, really brings it home. Do it for yourself, your family, your friends. Ronnie would be proud of you."

Proceeds from the show will go to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout cancer program.

Rediscovering Ukrainian Album Cover Art - Permanent Collection Exhibit, Ukrainian National Museum

“Rediscovering Ukrainian Album Cover Art” Permanent Collection Exhibit opens Fri July 9, 2010 7:00 pm. Exhibit thru July 30. Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W Superior St, Chgo. Thurs-Sun, 11 am to 4 pm. 312-421-8020 Adults $5.00 (312) 421-8020

Ukrainian Album Cover Art Exhibit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 15, 2010 – “Rediscovering Ukrainian Album Cover Art” an exhibit from the permanent collection of the Ukrainian National Museum opens Friday, July 9, 2010 7:00 pm. Over 110 album covers will be exhibited through July 30th.

Album cover art, as artistic expression, is nearing extinction. The album cover was a true 'marriage' of two very distinct and different media -- art and music. LP covers were an outlet for experimentation, art, fun, social comment and the power of the visual image to entice you to listen to the music contained therein. As technology advanced, music became available on cassette, CD, and now as a download. The exhibit celebrates the artists who, in most cases, anonymously contributed their art.

The album covers selected in our Album Cover Art exhibit also reflect the artistic expression of both musician and cover artist as well as the impact of two cultures. Influences of the American culture on the immigrant’s life experience are evident in many of the later album covers from the 50’s thru the 90’s.

Well over 100 album covers were selected from the 1200 albums that comprise the permanent collection of the Ukrainian National Museum. Along with the album covers, archived treasures, never before displayed, will be available for viewing during this exhibit. LP’s will also be for sale.

The Ukrainian National Museum is located in the heart of the Ukrainian Village, at 2249 West Superior Street in Chicago. Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission: Adults $5.00, Children under 12 - Free. Free Parking is available beside the Museum. For driving instructions, visit the Museum's website at www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org. For additional information, please feel free to call (312) 421-8020 or e-mail Admin@UkrainianNationalMuseum.org

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The Ukrainian National Museum boasts a library, permanent collections and extensive archives and an exhibit hall. The Museum collects, preserves, exhibits and serves as a resource for research, the artifacts and records of the Ukrainian Immigration.

UnCovered Interview - by Michael Goldstein

UnCovered Interview - Over-Nite Sensation by Dave McMacken

UnCovered Interview - Over-Nite Sensation - a painting by artist Dave McMacken


Subject - the making of the cover of the Frank Zappa album titled Over-Nite Sensation, released in 1973 on DiscReet Records.

I credit my brother Bob for introducing me to Frank Zappa. While I was engrossed in my Black Sabbath, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Santana albums, Bob was happy to memorize every word of his George Carlin and Frank Zappa records, and since we had to share the stereo (located on top of my mother's player piano), I listened (and learned) while Bob would play Over-Nite Sensation almost endlessly.

I'd always been attracted to bands whose lyrics included doses of comedy and nod-nod wink-wink innuendo (beginning with The Kinks and, later on, The Sex Pistols), but this Zappa album was the first one where I just could not believe that I was hearing what I was hearing (and, at the same time, praying that my Mom was not listening as well). He goofed on TV programmers, Montana ranchers and sex, but these parodies were laid on top of really impressive musical beds - the Mothers band augmented by virtuosos including George Duke on keyboards and Jon-Luc Ponty on violin - and so the total package resonated with me in ways unlike anything I'd heard before.

The record proved to be much more popular to the mainstream AOR audience (than the 16 records he'd released since his 1966 debut titled Freak Out!) and, therefore, became FZ's first gold-selling LP. Of course, this popularity confused those self-appointed protectors of pure Zappa-ness (who branded the record as being too commercial - I mean, he'd go on to perform "I'm The Slime" on SNL, for goodness sakes! - Click here to view ), while others who'd always appreciated his clever word-play thought he'd abandoned the Intelligentsia to gleefully muck about in some of the slime he was singing about. Whatever. I just thought that he was having fun (while telling you exactly what he was thinking/fantasizing about) which is, after all, the reason most of us joined bands in the first place.

Another thing about Zappa was clearly illustrated by the artwork he commissioned for this record - he appreciated the opportunity to use the record's packaging to give fans even more to talk about along with his music and lyrics. I touched on his portfolio of cover art a couple of years back during my interview with Jerry Schatzberg about the hilarious Sgt. Peppers parody he helped produce for We're Only In It For The Money and have long been a fan of Cal Schenkel's body of work but, just as the composer's music would continue to take new and exciting turns, so would his cover art.

To continue this tradition of album art excellence, they (Zappa and Schenkel) would turn to the illustrator that had helped them with the promo artwork for the soundtrack album for 200 Motels, artist Dave McMacken. Dave had recently set out on his own after a somewhat messy break-up with his former studio-mates, so this opportunity couldn't have come at a better time, and Dave was up for something new and exciting in his career. As you'd expect, the job - and the resulting image - pushed cover art - and the illustrator - to new extremes, so if you'd like to learn the story behind "the making of" Over-Nite Sensation, "don't touch that dial"!

In the words of the artist, Dave McMacken (interviewed late March/early April, 2010) -

After getting out of the Art Center College of Design in LA in 1967, I joined up with Craig Butler, Art Snyder and Patti Mitsui to form a design studio called "The Institute For Better Vision". We specialized in rock music and film projects and did a number of projects together including Sweetheart of the Rodeo and Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde for The Byrds, Pickin' Up The Pieces for Poco and, finally, all of the promo graphics - including the record cover, billboards, movie poster and whatever - for Frank Zappa. At this point in time, Bizarre Records was becoming Discreet Records and Cal Schenkel was Frank's in-house artist. Frank and Cal were putting the wraps on 200 Motels and were looking for an artist to help them, so we heard about it and met up at Murakami Wolf Swenson Films in Hollywood - just off Sunset Boulevard - and showed Cal my work.

They decided to try me and asked me to do a comp of a section of the cover that would feature Frank in a "pulp-style look", looming over the populace and "bingo", 200 Motels (editor's note - this comp would later be reworked to be used as the cover of the Zappa EP for Rhino titled Rare Meat, see image, below). Cal was a very calm character, a great artist for Frank, and I was honored to work with him, FZ and Murakami Wolf Swenson Films. Cal and I bumped into each other all of the time while he was doing animations and I was doing backgrounds. Zappa always amazed me - he was very disciplined, stern and could be abrupt - but his talent dropped my jaw. One time, he and Gail invited me to dinner and he took me to his basement studio and showed me his quadraphonic sound system and all his guitars, drums and pianos. Gail kind of scared the crap out of me and I had to bail to go feed my dogs. 200 Motels turned out that that was my last work with "The Institute", because right after the movie project was done, we dissolved the company then and there during an argument that included throwing furniture and each of us calling the others all kinds of cool names.

Fast forward a couple of years and Frank calls and asks if I want to paint another cover for him. I nearly fell off my chair. He wanted to get started immediately and so that night I listened to a truly bizarre take of the scene that Zappa imagined. In fantastic detail, he proceeded to tell me the story of Over-Nite Sensation and that the cover painting was to be done in a formal, realistic "Dutch Master" style, with the objects in the painting to be portrayed as visual elements from the story.

The painting captures a moment in the life of a band roadie on tour, with "Over-Nite Sensation" being a reference to the horniness of bands on the road. The space we're looking at is in a true perspective, but they're in a mirror and the object on the viewer's side are in reverse. Our focal object is a grapefruit, the symbol of a sexual object, and the grapefruit's been penetrated, with "cum" oozing out of it. The fire extinguisher symbolizes the completion of the act of intercourse, and even the frame is a sexual fantasy, starting off in gold and going to rot. All of the other items - the Holiday Inn, the food, maps and oozing TV - represent the doldrums of being on the road.

I took tight notes during this session - I wasn't given a written assignment or description - and worked on this painting for 2 months, meeting many times with Frank to discuss the work in progress. I started with a pencil and it evolved as we went along, with Frank adding more as "more was always better"- it is really cool when the musical act is also the Art Director and owns the production company! During the process, we had one meeting with Chris Whorf at Warner Brothers just to include the record company at some stage during the development and I showed him the pencil sketch I'd done. He loved it and picked it up and was going to leave with it to use it as the final art. In hind-sight, it might not have been such a bad idea, but there was no way that I was going to miss out on the fun I was having, so I retrieved the sketch and went off to Illustrationland to continue my work. I did the final painting using casein paints, which were a cool mixture of oils and acrylics and had the lovely aroma of vanilla. They later discontinued these paints and I new paint exclusively in acrylics - they're way less fussy.

In the end, I had all the time I needed, and that helped this job become one of my favorite experiences ever. Since we all knew each other, this post-200 Motels life was easy. Cal and I became good friends, with both of us living close-by in LA. I loved the rock scene and even though Frank was all business, all the time - in the art and in the music - I'd show up at Frank's studio in Glendale and offer him a beer - which he never accepted - and I'd get to work, hanging around listening to The Mothers rehearse. Frank would show George Duke how to lay down some music and then jump over to Aynsley Dunbar's drum kit to do the same - prodding and pushing them to produce what he wanted - really fun stuff but, at times, it was a bit much for me. My black lab "Shakespeare" was a buffer for my shyness, since she loved all of the attention, but sometimes I just wanted to finish my work and go home...

When I was done with the project and my clients were happy, I looked back on the time I'd spent with everyone associated with Frank Zappa and realized that the experience would have a colossal effect on my work going forward. It indeed has lasted all of my life - I worked for Frank Zappa - there's no need to say anything more.

About the artist, Dave McMacken -
Dave left Newport, OR in the Fall of 1963 and rode the Greyhound to Los Angeles to attend the Art Center College of Design, graduating in 1967. He started his career in advertising as a junior art director at Sinay/Lipson in Hollywood, during which time his college draft-deferment status came to an end and, with the prospect of Vietnam looming in every young man's lives, he applied for C.O. status and the draft board in Newport granted his request, sending him to work as a psychiatric tech at LA County Hospital for two years. Afterwards, he met up with his college buddies and started "The Institute For Better Vision".

After The Institute split up, Dave took on a number of freelance assignments for clients such as Peter Whorf (ABC Jazz), Chris Whorf at Bizarre (Frank Zappa, Bootsy Collins), Nancy Donald and Tony Lane at Columbia (Weather Report, Flo & Eddie) and Roland Young at A&M Records (Tom Scott, Louis Armstrong, The Tubes, Peggy Lee, The Carpenters, Horizon Jazz, etc.). It was also at A&M that he met his wife, Judy, who worked as a creative secretary for the Art department there.

Other album cover projects of note include AC/DC's Ballbreaker, Warrant's Dog Eat Dog, Freak Show for The Bullet Boys, Black Market for Weather Report, Reel Music for The Beatles, The Joker for Steve Miller, 1941 for Steven Spielberg's film of the same name, and Leftoverture for Kansas. He also did work for The Temptations, Jackyl, Bedlam and The Beachboys.

Non-music clients have included the JWT, Y&R and Arnold advertising agencies; Apple Computer, Microsoft and E/A in consumer electronics, Harper Collins and Simon & Schuster in books, and a large number of travel posters for various locales' tourist bureaus. His film work includes assignments painting backgrounds for the animated films Puff The Magic Dragon and FernGully:2.

Dave currently is working on campaigns for the California Avocado Commission and BBC Channel 4 in London. He lives in the Torrington, CT area with his wife and a large pack of dogs.
To see more of his work, please visit Dave's web site at http://www.mcmackengraphics.com/cgi-local/content.cgi

All images featured in this UnCovered story are Copyright 1971 - 2010 David B McMacken/McMacken Graphics - All rights reserved. Except as noted, all other text Copyright 2010 - Mike Goldstein & RockPoP Gallery (http://www.rockpopgallery.com/) - All rights reserved.

This Date In Music History - June 15

Birthdays:

Nigel Pickering - Spanky And Our Gang (1929)

Johnny Halliday - 'the French Elvis', major star in Europe. Jimmy Page, Peter Frampton and Foreigner's Mick Jones have played on his records (1943)

Muff Winwood - Spencer Davis Group. Became a producer and A&R man for Sony Records (1943)

Noddy Holder - Slade (1946)

Russell Hitchcock - Air Supply (1949)

Steve Walsh - Kansas (1951)



Scott Rockenfield - Queensryche (1963)

Michael Britt - Lonestar (1966)

Ice Cube (1969)

Gary Lightbody - Snow Patrol (1976)

Dryden Vera Mitchell - Alien Ant Farm (1976)

Billy Martin - Good Charlotte (1981)


They Are Missed:

In 1982, Pete Farndon, bass player with The Pretenders, was fired from the group, he went on to form a group with Topper Headon from The Clash. Farndon was found dead in his bath on April 14, 1983.

David Rose was born in 1910. He was the composer of "Little House on the Prairie" and "Bonanza." He won four Emmys and 22 Grammys in his career and was musical director for the Red Skelton show during its 21-year-run on the CBS and NBC networks. Died August 23, 1990.

Born on this day in 1941, Harry Nilsson, US singer, songwriter. The Monkees, Three Dog Night & Ronettes all covered his songs. He died on January 15, 1994.



Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald died in Beverly Hills, California in 1996 (age 79). Already blinded by the effects of diabetes, Fitzgerald had both her legs amputated in 1993. Winner of 13 Grammy Awards, the 1956 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook' was the first of eight "Songbook" sets. Appeared in the TV commercial for Memorex, where she sang a note that shattered a glass while being recorded on a Memorex cassette tape. The tape was played back and the recording also broke the glass, asking "Is it live, or is it Memorex?"

Born today in 1933, Waylon Jennings, US country singer. Played bass with Buddy Holly in 1959. Jennings died on February 13, 2002.

Keyboardist Richard Bell, one-time member of Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band, died in Toronto in 2007 at age 62. Bell is heard on Joplin's "Pearl" album. He also recorded with Joe Walsh and Bonnie Raitt.


History:

The Platters sang "Twilight Time" on Ed Sullivan in 1958.

Jan & Dean's "Surf City" was released in 1963.

Kyu Sakamoto started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1963 with "Sukiyaki," the first-ever Japanese song to do so.

Bob Dylan recorded "Like A Rolling Stone" in 1965.

In 1966 - The Beatles album, "Yesterday & Today" was released by Capitol Records. Ticked that Capitol Records U.S. has been leaving off a track or two from previous Beatles albums and now has enough for this compilation, the group poses for the notorious “butcher block” cover with them sitting among cuts of raw meat and decapitated dolls. Public outcry gets the cover changed to a standard group photo (three Beatles standing around a upright open trunk with Paul actually sitting in it).




Guitarist Peter Green quit the John Mayall Band in 1967. Green went on to form Fleetwood Mac.

The Beatles' announced the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as a public mistake at a press conference in New York in 1968.

In 1976, the Sex Pistols recorded their first demos in Clapham's Majestic studios followed by a gig that night at The 100 club, London.

In 1977, The Sex Pistols held a party on a boat as it sailed down The River Thames in London. The Pistols performed "Anarchy In The UK" outside The Houses Of Parliament resulting in members from the party being arrested when the boat docked later that day.

Future MTV parents Ozzy Osbourne and the former Sharon Arden got hitched in 1982. She already was his personal manager.

Dire Straits started a nine-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1985 with 'Brothers In Arms.'

In 1986, U2 and Sting headlined a concert in New Jersey celebrating 25 years of Amnesty International.

In 1988, during Bruce Springsteen's stay in Rome during a world tour a photographer took a shot of Bruce in his underpants sharing an intimate moment with his backing singer Patti Scialfa. The picture confirmed the rumours that Bruce and Patti were having an affair.

Nirvana's debut album 'Bleach' was released in the US in 1989. The title for the album came from a poster 'Bleach Your Works' urging drug users to bleach their needles.

In 1989, Pink Floyd appeared in Canal di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy on a floating stage. Over 200,000 people attended the gig causing damage to buildings and bridges.

Paula Abdul started a five week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1991 with "Rush Rush," her 5th US #1.

Carlos Santana’s “comeback” album, “Supernatural” was released in 1999. The set features matchbox 20’s Rob Thomas on the hit “Smooth.”



Jack and Meg make their debut on "The White Stripes" in 1999.

In 2002, a rare autographed copy of The Beatles’ album 'Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' sold at auction for $57,800, more than five times the estimated price.

Metallica were at #1 on the US album chart in 2003 with ‘St Anger’, the bands fourth US #1.

The iTunes Music Store was launched in France, Germany and the UK in 2004.

Velvet Revolver’s debut album 'Contraband' sells 256,000 copies in its first week of release to nail the top spot on the Billboard 200 Album Chart in 2004.

In 2005, Coldplay went straight to #1 on US album chart with their third album 'X&Y', having already entered at number one in the UK. The last time a British artist had a simultaneous US and UK number one was in November 2000 with '1', a compilation of hits by The Beatles. The last studio album to reach number one on both sides of the Atlantic was Radiohead's 'Kid A' in October 2000. 'X&Y' went on to top over 30 global charts.

Also in 2005, Destiny's Child announced they would disband upon completion of their current world tour.

In 2007, strong winds cause amplification towers to fall canceling performances by Linkin Park, Pearl Jam, the Killers and My Chemical Romance on the second day of the Heineken Jammin' Festival in Venice, Italy. The towers crash into the crowd sending nineteen fans to the hospital. Only one person suffers a serious injury. The rest of the four-day festival was canceled.

Following a 17 year lapse without a studio album, the Steve Miller Band returns with “Bingo!” in 2010. "This is a party record, man,” says Miller. “It's about getting up and getting ready to dance. It's like the fraternity party gigs I used to play in college. I went through and picked all my favorite tunes that I really, really loved.”

Also in 2010 - Metallica rolled out a vinyl version of ‘96 album “Load.” It’s available either in a two-disc gatefold package for the 33.3 version or a four-disc box set, 180-gram, 45-rpm deluxe edition.

New Music Releases - June 15, 2010

Adai - Felo De Se Cavity Records
Aretha Franklin - Essential 3.0 (3 CDs)
Arif Mardin - All My Friends Are Here
Big Star - #1 Record (vinyl reissue)
Big Star - Radio City (vinyl reissue)
Billy Joel - Innocent Man (Vinyl)
Blood Feathers - Good Gracious (vinyl)
Blood Sweat & Tears - Sail Away Live in Stockholm 1973
Casanova - One Night Stand (Deluxe Edition) Tribunal Records
Charlie Daniels Band - Essential 3.0 (3 CDs)
Chris Isaak - Live at the Fillmore (mp3)
Cowboy Junkies - Renmin Park (mp3)
Cure - Disintegration (2-LP vinyl remastered edition)
Dee Dee Sharp - Happy Bout the Whole Thing / What Color Is Love? / Dee Dee (2 CDs)
Devo - Something For Everybody
Drake - Thank Me Later (mp3)
Dream Syndicate - Medicine Show
Ed Harcourt - Lustre (mp3)
Edgar Winter - Rebel Road
Elvin Bishop - Red Dog Speaks
Equilibrium - Rekreatur
Eric Bibb - Spirit & The Blues
Esther Phillips - Capricorn Princess
Fabulous Ginn Sisters - You Can't Take a Bad Girl Home (mp3)
Field Music - Let's Write a Book (vinyl)
Foals - Total Life Forever (vinyl) (mp3)
Foghat - Last Train Home
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris
Fred Eaglesmith - Cha Cha Cha
Gaslight Anthem - American Slang (vinyl) (mp3)
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Jyoti-Ocotea (mp3)
Ginger Baker & African Friends - Live in Berlin: Germany 1978
Goldfrapp - Alive (vinyl)
Grave - Burial Ground Regain Records
Grupo Fantasma - Existential (mp3)
Guggenheim Grotto - The Universe Is Laughing (mp3)
Heartsounds - Until We Surrender Epitaph Records
Henry Mancini - Complete Peter Gunn
Holy Hail - The Dying (After) Party (vinyl)
Hosannas - Song Force Crystal (mp3)
In Fear And Faith - Imperial
Isley Brothers - Essential 3.0 (3 CDs)
Jack Rose and D.Charles Speer and the Helix - Ragged and Right (vinyl) (mp3)
Jimi Hendrix - Bleeding Heart/Jam 292 (Single) (Vinyl)
Jimmy Dawkins - The Leric Story
John Cunningham - John Cunningham 1998-2002 (mp3)
John Jackson - Rappahannock Blues
John Mellencamp - On the Rural Route 7609: Special Edition (4 CDs) (Preview)
Johnny Horton - Springtime In Alaska: 26 Classic Recordings
Johnny Mathis - Essential 3.0 (3 CDs)
Junior Wells - Southside Blues Jam (Vinyl)
Keepaway - Baby Style (vinyl)
Kevin Welch - Patch of Blue Sky (mp3)
Lady Gaga - Alejandro the Remixes
Laurie Anderson - Homeland
Lewis Black - Stark Raving Black (mp3)
Light Pollution - Apparitions
Locks - Suicides Don't Commit Themselves (mp3)
Lucy Woodward - Hooked
Madness - Keep Moving (2 CDs)
Madness - Rise & Fall (2 CDs)
Marina And The Diamonds - The Family Jewels (vinyl)
Metallica - Load (4 LPs @ 45 RPM) (Vinyl)
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge (Vinyl)
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (Vinyl)
Miles Davis - Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1981
Mitch Woods - Gumbo Blues
Morcheeba - Blood Like Lemonade (mp3)
Mountain - Live in NYC
Nat King Cole - Anthology (3 CDs)
Nat King Cole - The Very Thought of You
Nazareth - Expect No Mercy (Remastered & Expanded)
Nazareth - No Mean City (Remastered & Expanded)
O.V. Wright - A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades
Oasis - Time Flies...1994-2009 (5-LP vinyl box set) (mp3)
Oval - Oh (vinyl) (mp3)
Papa Roach - To Be Loved
Paul Rodgers - Live at Hammersmith Apollo 09 (3 CDs)
People Like Us & Wobbly - Music for the Fire (mp3)
Pernice Brothers - Goodbye, Killer
Pineapple Thief - Someone Here Is Missing (mp3)
Pitbull - Armando
Playing for Change - Playing for Change Live
Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (dvd)
Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic (2-CD & DVD) (mp3)
Rasputina - Sister Kinderhook
Richard Hawley - False Lights from the Land EP (vinyl & CD) (mp3)
Robert Wyatt - Greatest Misses
Robyn - Body Talk Pt 1 (mp3)
Ron Dante - Favorites
Santana - Essential 3.0 (3 CDs)
Sarah McLachlan - Laws Of Illusion (CD & DVD) (vinyl) (mp3)
Scritti Politti - Best of
Sex Pistols - Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (Vinyl)
Sleep Good - Skyclimber (mp3)
Spandau Ballet - Parade (2 CDs)
Spandau Ballet - True (2 CDs/1 DVD)
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (2-LP vinyl reissue)
Stephen Egerton - Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton (mp3)
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere - Midnight Flyer
Steve Miller Band - Bingo! (10 Tracks)
Steve Miller Band - Bingo! (14 Tracks)
Steve Miller Band - Bingo! (mp3)
Steve Winwood - Revolutions: The Very Best of Steve Winwood (mp3)
Stewart - Kicks
Suzanne Vega - Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs (Retail release)
Tangerine Dream - Booster III (2 CDs)
Tangerine Dream - Great Wall of China
Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea 2008
Tangerine Dream - Run to Vegas (CD/LP)
Tangerine Dream - Tangram 2008
Teenage Fanclub - Shadows (vinyl)
The Dimes - The King Can Drink The Harbour Dry (vinyl)
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
The Like - Release Me (vinyl) (mp3)
The Loons - Red Dissolving Rays of Light (vinyl) (mp3)
Those Poor Bastards - Gospel Haunted (vinyl & CD) (mp3)
Tom Jones - Burning Hell (Single) (Vinyl)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo
Tracey Thorn - Love & Its Opposite (with bonus CD)
UB40 - Live at Birmingham LG Arena (2 CDs)
Uriah Heep - Live at Sweden Rock Festival 2009
Various Artists - Bustin' Out 1982: New Wave To New Beat Vol 2
Various Artists - Disco Boogie (2 CDs)
Various Artists - History of Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3: Rock n Roll
Various Artists - Kitsune Maison Compilation 9 (vinyl)
Various Artists - Lilith 2010 Compilation (mp3)
Various Artists - NOW 34
Various Artists - The Bunny 'Striker' Lee Story (4 CDs)
Vic Chesnutt - About To Choke (reissue) (vinyl)
Walter Egan - Collection (2 CDs)
We Are Scientists - Barbara (mp3)
Wilburn Brothers - In Harmony: Classic Albums & Singles (3 CDs)
Woodsman - Mystery Tape (vinyl) (mp3)





New Jazz Releases

Africa-My Jazz - Africa-My Jazz
After Work-My Jazz - After Work-My Jazz
Al Haig / Jimmy Raney - Freedom Jazz Dance
Alley Cats - Greatest Hits
Alley Cats - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Archie Shepp - New York Contemporary Five
Artswest - Redefinition
Artswest - Vocal Jazz Collection: Redefinition
Artswest: Vocal Jazz Collective - Redefinition
Bob Barnard - Cornet Chop Suey
Bob Scobey & His FR - Feelin The Spirit
Bob Scobey & His Frisco Jazz Band - Feelin' The Spirit
Broadway Bell-Hops - Broadway Bell Hops 1926-1928
Broadway Bell-Hops - Broadway Bell-Hops 1926-28
Broadway Bell-Hops - 1926-1928
Cab Calloway - Hi De Hi De Ho
Chet Baker - Groovy
Clancy Hayes - Feelin The Spirit
Coleman Hawkins - Free And Easy
Count Basie - Count Basie And The Kansas City 7
Curtis Fuller - I Will Tell Her
Dave Anderson Quartet - Clarity
Dave Burrell - Plays His Songs Featuring Leena Conquest
Dinner For Two-My Jazz - Dinner For Two-My Jazz
Discotheque Ideale - Discotheque Ideale: 25 Original Jazz Albums
Don Redman & His Or - Free And Easy
Don Redman & His Orchestra - Free & Easy
Durchatmen-My Jazz - Durchatmen-My Jazz
Eddie Johnson - Love You Madly
Embryo - Embryo's Rache
Eric Hofbauer - American Fear
Eric Hofrauer - American Fear
Erstrand-Lind Quarte - Tribute To The Benny Goodman Quartet
Fantastic Sound Of Wer - Fantastic Sound Of Wer
Fern Von Dir-My Jazz - Fern Von Dir-My Jazz
Freiheit-My Jazz - Freiheit-My Jazz
Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga
Gentle Jazz (My Jazz) - Gentle Jazz (My Jazz)
George Kahn - Secrets From The Jazz Ghetto
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Jyoti-Ocotea
Gerald Albright - Pushing The Envelope
Gerardo Frisina - Join Dance
Gipsy Kings - Gipsy Kings
Girls From Ipanema - Girls From Ipanema
Greatest Jazz Stars (M - Greatest Jazz Stars
Guitar Dreams (My Jazz - Guitar Dreams
Jazz Club-Chill Out Ja - Jazz Club-Chill Out Ja
Jazz Club-Party Jazz - Jazz Club-Party Jazz
Jazz For Kids (My Jazz - Jazz For Kids (My Jazz
Jazz For Rainy Days-My - Jazz For Rainy Days-My
Jazz Macchiato-My Ja - Jazz Macchiato-My Ja
Jazz Swings Motown-Jaz - Jazz Swings Motown-Jaz
Jimmy Raney - Freedom Jazz Dance
Joe Venuti - Blue Five Swing
Joe Venuti & His Blue Five - Blue Five Swing
Joseph Patrick Moore's Drum n B - To Africa With Love
KAI WARNER - Jazz Club-Fantastic So
Ken Colyer - 1966
Kenneth Arnstrom - Rhythm King
Klanggold-My Jazz - Klanggold-My Jazz
Knud Jazz Jorgenson Trio - Knud Jorgensen Jazz Trio
Ladies' Jazz-My Jazz - Ladies' Jazz-My Jazz
Lars Erstrand - Lars Estrand Sessions
Lars Erstrand - Two Sides Of Lars Erstrand
Lars Erstrand - Lars Erstrand And Four Brothers
Lars Quart Erstrand - Dream Dancing With Lars Erstrand Quar
Lenny Popkin - 317 East 3ND
Lenny Popkin - 317 East 32ND
Lucy Woodward - Hooked
Makoto Ozone / Phil Wilson - Live At The Berklee Performance Center
Martin Sasse Trio - Good Times
Mary Kastle - Beneath The Folds
Mccoy Tyner - Nights Of Ballads And Blues
Midnight Jazz-My Jazz - Midnight Jazz-My Jazz
Miguel Frasconi - Gleam
Miguel Frasconi / Denman Maroney - Gleam
Mikrokolektyw - Revisit
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis - Miles In The Movies
Monica Mancini - Upcoming Release
Monica Mancini - I've Loved These Days
Nat "King" Cole - Honeysuckle Rose-Jazz
Nathan Group Eklund - Coin Flip
Neal Hefti & His Or - Winner Is/Award Winning Songs1934-57
Neal Hefti & His Orchestra - And The Winner Is The Award Winning Songs From 1934 To 1957
New Latin Quarter - Jazz & Blues Collection 1
Night Club Jazz (My Ja - Night Club Jazz
Nur Mit Dir-My Jazz - Nur Mit Dir-My Jazz
Ocho Pies - Tropical Footprint
Paname Dandies - Le Swing De L'Escargot
Phil Wilson - Live At The Berklee Performance Cente
Piano Jazz-My Jazz - Piano Jazz-My Jazz
Pietro Ciancaglini - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird
Re: Jazz - Electrified
Relax & Dream-My Jazz - Relax & Dream-My Jazz
Rich Corpolongo - Get Happy
Richard Sussman - Live At Sweet Rhyhm
Romantic Gentlemen-My - Romantic Gentlemen-My
Romantic Jazz-My Jazz - Romantic Jazz-My Jazz
Royal Air Force Squadronaires` - In The Mood-The Glenn Miller Celebration
Soul Food (My Jazz) - Soul Food
Spaced-Out Jazz-Jazz C - Spaced-Out Jazz-Jazz C
Stacey Kent - Fine Romance
Stacey Kent / Jim Tomlinson - Fine Romance
Stan Getz - Jazz Club-Plays Bossa
Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke Band
Steve Lacy - November
Steve Tibbetts - Natural Causes
Sunny Jazz - Sunny Jazz
Swedish Jazz Kings - It's Right Here For You
Tea For Two (My Jazz) - Tea For Two
Tomas Ornberg - Nobody's Blues But Mine
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Hey There
Tommy Orches Dorsey - Hey There
Voices Of The World-My - Voices Of The World-My
Warren Covington - Hey There
What A Wonderful World - What A Wonderful World
Zachary Kellogg - Red Velvet
Ziggurat Quartet - Calculated Gestures

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Rock and Roll Guru, Joe Heuer, On Tomorrow's VRT, 8pm ET / 5pm PT Radio Dentata

No, his hand isn't out 'cause he's asking for a miracle ticket. Joe Heuer is the author of three books, including The Rock 'n Roll Guide to Customer Loyalty. He'll join us on Vinyl Record Talk thisTuesday to share his insights on how to build a loyal tribe that will love you and promote you to the world.


He'll share how rock n' roll transformed his own life and career . . . and he'll even help Norm with his "Basil Fawlty" moods.

VINYL RECORD TALK ~ Tune In!

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Top 5 eBay Vinyl Records Sales - Week Ending 06/12/2010

1. 78 - Fury Lewis "Judge Harsh Blues" / "I Will Turn Your Money Green" Victor - $4,500.00

2. LP - Beatles "Yesterday And Today" Red Capitol Label - $4,000.00

3. 45 - The Thought Criminals "Hilton Bomber / I Won't Pay" / "Fun / O. Bleak T.V." - $2,929.74

4. LP - Tinkerbells "Fairydust" Decca UK Pressing - 4,009.08

5. LP - Tina Brooks "True Blues" Blue Note 4041 Original Pressing - $2,800.00

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.

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Music News & Notes

Singer, sausage businessman Jimmy Dean dies at 81

RICHMOND, Va. -- Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81.

His wife, Donna Meade Dean, said her husband died at their Henrico County, Va., home.

She told The Associated Press that he had some health problems but was still functioning well, so his death came as a shock. She said he was eating in front of the television. She left the room for a time and came back and he was unresponsive. She said he was pronounced dead at 7:54 p.m.

"He was amazing," she said. "He had a lot of talents."

Born in 1928, Dean was raised in poverty in Plainview, Texas, and dropped out of high school after the ninth grade. He went on to a successful entertainment career in the 1950s and '60s that included the nationally televised "The Jimmy Dean Show."

In 1969, Dean went into the sausage business, starting the Jimmy Dean Meat Co. in his hometown. He sold the company to Sara Lee Corp. in 1984.

Dean lived in semiretirement with his wife, who is a songwriter and recording artist, on their 200-acre estate just outside Richmond, where he enjoyed investing, boating and watching the sun set over the James River.



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Jack White records live album with Conan O'Brien

Jack White has recorded a live album with US talk-show host Conan O'Brien. White joined the comedian for a one-off gig in Nashville, Tennessee, which is to be released on vinyl release in July.

The White Stripes frontman appeared with O'Brien at White's Third Man Records headquarters. Although 1,000 fans lined up, only 300 were admitted to the gig, which began with O'Brien performing solo, then accompanied by a backing band. White joined America's most famous redhead for two songs: covers of Eddie Cochran's 20 Flight Rock and Ronnie Hawkins's 40 Days. The concert was recorded to tape – no, not to a hard drive – and at one point the evening had to be stopped so that a new reel of tape could be inserted.

O'Brien and White's Live at Third Man recording is now available for pre-order, exclusively on vinyl. ( http://store.thirdmanrecords.com/conanliveatthirdman.aspx) O'Brien has also reportedly prepared a spoken word single to be released by Third Man.

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Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant Announces New Album 'Band Of Joy'

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has announced details about a new solo album. ‘Band Of Joy’, which is the follow-up to 2007’s ‘Raising Sand’, will be released on September 13.

The record was co-produced by Plant and Nashville guitarist Buddy Miller.

“Buddy’s integral to this album, you can hear his taste all over the instrumentation,” Plant said.

Music News & Notes

LA Artist To Get Vinyl Releases

IAMSOUND Records one of the biggest independent distributors of Vinyl records will be releasing a series of limited edition split 7-inches representing L.A. artists(Local Natives, Nosaj Thing, Fool’s Gold, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic 0’s and many more) called the LA Collection.

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Decrepit Birth Reveals "Polarity" Album Artwork


Santa Cruz CA’s tech-death metallers Decrepit Birth have revealed the artwork for their upcoming "Polarity" album, which is to be released on July 27th in North America on Nuclear Blast Records. The artwork was completed by artist Dan Seagrave and can be viewed through Decibel Magazine.

Guitarist Matt Sotelo explained the meaning behind the cover: "Dan's art fits the overall theme of the album perfectly. We had approached Dan with some ideas at a show of ours he attended. It was really cool to finally meet Dan in person and get the chance to explain to him some of our song themes as well as ideas for the new album cover. We could tell that he was excited to help us on this one! The cover depicts images of ancient energies and balance, which is something that is personal for us, and perfectly reflects our abstract lyrical and musical style. Dan's art is so unmistakable!"



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Crenshaw plans periodic vinyl releases

Marshall Crenshaw's album releases have been somewhat sporadic in the past, but the Berkley-bred rocker plans to record a series of singles that will come out "one every four months for the next two years." Each will carry one original song on the A side and a cover on the flip, and they'll be pressed on vinyl as well as available in the same manner online.

"It's not exactly formalized yet, but that's where I'm heading," said Crenshaw, 56, who resides with his wife and two children in upstate New York and is best known for his '80s hits "Someday Someway" and "Cynical Girl" and for playing John Lennon in an off-Broadway production of "Beatlemania."

"I'm thinking that whoever is left out there who still buys records, I should be trying to connect with them and relate with them, 'cause I still love records myself.

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NBC News-Vinyl Records Make a Huge Comeback

This Date In Music History - June 13

Birthdays:

Bobby Freeman (1940)

Dennis Locorriere - Dr Hook (1949)

Bo Donaldson is 60

Biography
Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods shot to prominence in 1974 with "Billy, Don't Be a Hero." Sales that topped three million copies brought the group a gold record. The single spent two weeks in the top spot on the charts. The number one single was the band's greatest success, but it didn't mark the first time that the group charted. Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods made a showing on the charts with "Someone Special" in 1972 and "Deeper and Deeper" the following year. The band was ten years old when "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" made such a splash, and it had already performed as the opening act for such artists as Herman's Hermits, the Box Tops, the Osmond Brothers, the Rascals, the Grass Roots, and Paul Revere & the Raiders. The group also performed on American Bandstand. After "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," the band took "Who Do You Think You Are" into the Top 20. "The Heartbreak Kid" followed, reaching the Top 40. The group charted again with "House on Telegraph Hill" and "Our Last Song Together."

Donaldson, whose real name is Robert Walter Donaldson, sang and played keyboard and the trumpet. The group also included lead vocalist James Michael Gibbons on bass and trumpet; lead vocalist Richard Leon Joswick on percussion; Gary James Coveyou on vocals, woodwinds, and reeds; David Alan Krock on vocals, trumpet, and bass; Richard Brunetti on vocals, percussion, and drums; and Earl Baker Scott on vocals and guitar. Danny Loveland, a co-vocalist on the Heywoods' number one single, dropped out in 1975 to pursue a solo career and record "Black Is Black." Originally a drummer, Loveland began singing because the group kept losing its lead singers. When he gave up singing, the Kansas native launched a disco that he named Backstage. He went on to establish a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. ~ Linda Seida, All Music Guide




Howard Lees - Heart (1951)

Rolf Brendel - Nena (1957)

Robbie Merrill - Godsmack (1963)

Paul deLisle - Smash Mouth (1963)

UK singer David Gray (1968)

Deneice Pearson - 5 Star (1968)

Rivers Cuomo - Weezer (1970)


They Are Missed:

Clyde McPhatter, original lead vocalist with The Drifters, died of a heart attack in New York in 1972. Joined Billy Ward & the Dominoes in 1950, formed The Drifters in 1953, had several solo hits including 1962 "Lover Please," was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

Born on this day in 1934, Uriel Jones, session drummer for Motown Records' in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s. Jones played on many Motown classics including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," by Marvin Gaye, "Cloud Nine" by the Temptations, "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder. Died on 24th March 2009.


History:

Frank Zappa graduated from Antelope Valley High in Lancaster, CA in 1958.

Ricky Nelson records "It's Up To You" in 1962.

Louis Armstrong started a six week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1964 with 'Hello Dolly!'



The Beatles performed another two shows at Centennial Hall, Adelaide, South Australia in 1964. For the four shows that The Beatles performed in Adelaide there were 12,000 tickets, for which 50,000 requests had been placed. The two shows on this day were drummer’s Jimmy Nicol's last as a "temporary Beatle". Ringo Starr (who had been ill), re-joined The Beatles in Melbourne the next day.

The Rolling Stones appeared on ABC-TV's "Hollywood Palace" in 1964 and are the butt of several jokes by guest host Dean Martin.

The Bee Gees appeared live on the UK TV show 'As You Like It' in 1967. The group were promoting their debut single "New York Mining Disaster 1941."



The Rolling Stones held a photo call in Hyde Park in 1969 to introduce new guitarist Mick Taylor.

The Beatles started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1970 with 'The Long And Winding Road', the group's 20th US #1. The album 'Let It Be' started a four-week run at #1 the US album chart on the same day.

The Allman Brothers Band, Traffic, the Mothers Of Invention and Ike & Tina Turner perform at the Cosmic Carnival at Atlanta Stadium in 1970.

Grand Funk Railroad, supported by Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) appeared at the Ocean Ice Palace in Bricktown, New Jersey, in 1970 (tickets $5.00).

John Lennon made his last ever TV appearance in 1975 when he appeared on 'Salute To Sir Lew Grade', performing "Slippin And Slidin" and "Imagine."

The Deborah Harry/Meat Loaf film, "Roadie", opened in 1980.

The Jacksons' "State of Shock," was released in 1984. Mick Jagger did guest vocals.

Atlantic Starr went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1987 with "Always."

In 1988, the biggest charity Rock concert since Live Aid three years earlier took place at London's Wembley Stadium, to denounce South African apartheid. Among the performers were Sting, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, George Michael, Whitney Houston and Dire Straits. Half the money raised went towards anti-apartheid activities in Britain, the rest was donated to children's charities in southern Africa.

Billy Ray Cyrus started a 17-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1992 with 'Some Gave All'.

In 1992, future U.S. President Bill Clinton criticized Sister Souljah for making remarks "filled with hatred" towards whites.

Law enforcement officials in Texas called for a ban on Ice-T's "Cop Killer" album in 1992.

Alanis Morissette released 'Jagged Little Pill' in 1995. The album went on to sell over 30 million copies world-wide making Morissette the first female Canadian to score a US #1 album.

In 2000, 37-year-old Susan E Santodonato collapsed and died of a heart attack outside New York radio station Star 105.7. after a Britney Spears impersonator left the building. A crowd had gathered after a DJ claimed Britney Spears was in the studio.

In 2000, a roadie who worked for The Spice Girls, Oasis, Elton John and Whitney Houston was arrested and charged with smuggling millions of pounds worth of Ecstasy into the UK.

Metallica’s “St. Anger” debuts at #1 in 2003. The album’s release date was moved up to thwart bootleggers.

The Arctic Monkeys made their live debut at The Grapes pub in Sheffield, England in 2003.

In 2005, Michael Jackson was cleared of all charges of child abuse by a jury of eight women and four men at the end of a 16-week hearing in Santa Maria, California. Jackson was found not guilty of all 10 charges including abusing a 13-year-old boy, conspiracy to kidnap and supplying alcohol to a minor to assist with a felony.

A two-disc Billy Joel album, "12 Gardens Live," recorded during a record-breaking 12-night run of sold-out concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden, was issued in 2006.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts issue "Sinner," in 2006, their first new studio album in nearly 12 years. On the album, Jett gets political for the first time. She says, "I've wanted to write about political issues and the state of our country, but how do you do that without coming off being preachy? I think a lot of that fear stopped me from even trying.”

Reissues of the first two Boston albums, ‘76's self-titled effort and ‘78's Don't Look Back, hit stores in 2006. Remastered by Tom Scholz, Boston's lead guitarist and studio wizard, the package features his liner notes. "Boston turned the disco-crazed music industry on its head," claims Scholz.

Also in 2006, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Mike Love, Beach Boys founders and survivors, appear together publically for the first time in 10 years to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the classic “Pet Sounds” album.

In 2008, A Chicago jury acquitted R. Kelly of all 14 charges of child pornography against him. The US singer was found not guilty of making an explicit sex video that prosecutors had said showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13. Both Kelly and the alleged victim, now 23, denied they were the people shown on the tape, which the jury saw. The defence argued that the man in the tape did not have a large mole on his back as does Mr Kelly, and that the tape could have been doctored.

Michael Fremer Album Review

ALBUM REVIEW:
John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat (reissue)
Hooker 'n Heat


Liberty/pure pleasure PPAN LST-35002 2 180g LPs


Produced by: Skip Taylor and Robert Hite, Jr.
Engineered by: Dino Lappas
Mixed by: Martin Birch and Robert Zimbler
Mastered by: Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios

Review by: Michael Fremer
2010-06-01

The first two sides of this double record set spotlight Hooker, his incendiary, coiled-snake stinging guitar, his foot stomping, mutable time-keeping and his chant-like, mournful singing all recorded intimately. Canned Heat co-founder Al Wilson contributes harmonica and piano on some of the tunes that are otherwise all Hooker.

On most songs the engineer puts Hooker in one channel, his guitar in the other and his foot in the center and you won’t know which to fixate upon and that includes the foot. When Wilson joins in, he’s center stage too, the harmonica bathed in reverb and therefore inhabiting a wet space somewhere other than from where Hooker plays.

Having Hooker playing and singing live and putting his guitar in effect ten feet from his voice produces an unrealistic but entertaining and useful perspective. You can zone out the voice and listen to Hooker’s adrenaline-charged guitar, appreciating the complexity he wrings from seemingly simple and familiar riffs, most of which he invented and everyone else copied.

A fierce, agitated intensity and an almost religious fervor you just don’t seem to hear anymore jump from Hooker as he chugs his way through these basic tunes. Van Morrison resonates with a similar jumpy edge. No wonder he grew up a big fan. Hooker’s song “You Talk Too Much” doesn’t go much beyond the four words except at the end where he closes it out with “Shut up.”

A few more collaborations with Wilson begin side three and then finally Canned Heat comes in for the final five tunes, ending with signature “Boogie Chillen NO. 2.”

Hooker improvises a song describing the state of the world 1970. About the young people, change, race relations, the war in Vietnam and the need for the old generation to pass away in order for there to be an end to the conflicts unsettling the world. It didn’t exactly turn out that way but the sentiment was sweet.

The hotel room cover captures the intimacy of the sonics. The recording sounds as if it was recorded in a small room like that but the inside shows you the studio recording session.

The between song patter with the recording booth serves to document the recording process: Hooker was hired for a performance that would be recorded. He was on the clock or so it sounded. Wilson and the band would be added to some tunes, but in no way was this a cooperative, collaborative effort. It was Canned Heat going for a thrill ride.

It’s pure music making of the simplest yet most complex kind, simply and purely recorded. I have to admit I was either too stupid or too frozen to appreciate this when this was first issued in 1970. I’d heard all of this kind of thing before, I thought, as a kid and so dismissed it looking for new thrills. But clearly I wasn’t listening. Al Wilson died shortly after this was recorded. Hooker lived long enough to see his career resurrected yet again as he hit old age. He kept boogie-ing until the end, attracting yet another generation of kids to his particularly visceral place in the sun. Highly recommended.

Thanks to Michael over at http://www.musicangle.com/  for the exclusive rights to reprint this material.

Copyright © 2008 MusicAngle.com & Michael Fremer - All rights reserved Reprinted by Permission

Pied Piper Singer Crispian St. Peters Passes Away at 71

Crispian St. Peters, the singer who took the song "Pied Piper" to the top ten in 1966, has passed away at the age of 71. While no cause of death was announced, it is known that he had been a long-time sufferer of Emphysema and had been on permanent oxygen for some time.

St. Peters was born in Kent, England as Robin Peter Smith and originally played in a number of local bands including the Two Tones, the Country Gentlemen and Beat Formula Three. He broke away in 1965 when manager Dave Nicholson saw promise and changed directions to a folk-rock sound. Crispian signed with Decca Records and, after a few unsuccessful releases, he came upon the Ian & Sylvia song You Were On My Mind. Already a big hit for the We Five in the U.S., he and Nicholson recorded a slightly slower version. The song took off in the U.K., peaking at number 2 in early 1966.

With the hit came a great deal of focus by the press and St. Peters started to make outlandish statements to get publicity, including a statement that the Beatles were "past it" and that he was a better singer than Elvis Presley and more exciting than Tom Jones.

At first, the statements kept him in the public eye and he followed up his initial success with the single The Pied Piper which went to number 5 in the U.K and number 4 in the U.S. Unfortunately, his outlandish comments in the press and a lack of musical identity sank his chances of another hit on either side of the Atlantic.

In 1968, he tried to move to country music with no success and has since been a fixture on the British oldies circuit along with occasionally reentering the recording studio with his band Old Crow. Over the years, he suffered three nervous breakdowns, a stroke, a divorce and the emphysema that may have taken his life.

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This Date In Music History - June 11

Birthdays:

Joseph DiNicola - Joey and the Starlighters (1940) (Jimi Hendrix was a member of the band during 1964).



John Lawton - Uriah Heep (1946)

Glenn Leonard - Temptations (1947)

Alan Skipper - Pretty Things (1948)

Bonnie Pointer - Pointer Sisters (1951)

Connie Van Zandt - .38 Special (1952)

Frank Beard (ironically, the one without the beard) - ZZ Top (1949)

Robert Birch - Stereo MC's (1961)

Dan Lavery - Tonic (1969)


They Are Missed:

The late James "Pookie" Hudson, lead singer of the Spaniels ("Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight") was born in 1934.




History:

The Ink Spots recorded "Maybe" in 1940.

In 1949, Hank Williams made his debut at the 'Grand Ole Opry' in Nashville and received an unprecedented total of six encores.

Elvis Presley's "Teddy Bear/Loving You" single was released in 1957.

In 1962, the Beatles recorded a BBC radio program, "Here We Go", at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester, in front of a studio audience composed largely of loyal Cavern fans. This was the last recording on which Pete Best played drums.

In 1964, Chicago police broke up a Rolling Stones "press conference" in the middle of Michigan Avenue.

Manfred Mann recorded "Do Wah Diddy" in 1964.



The Rolling Stones released the album "Got Live If You Want It" in 1965.

The British government announced in 1965 that the Beatles will receive the MBE (Members of the British Empire) Award. Some conservative MBE holders grumble that the it shouldn’t go to a bunch of Rock ‘n’ Rollers and turn in their awards. The Beatles get their MBEs just the same. After all, they about single-handedly saved the British economy. Later, John Lennon returns his award to protest the British government’s support of the war in Vietnam.

Janis Joplin debuted on stage at the Avalon ballroom in San Francisco in 1966.

The Rolling Stones started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1966 with "Paint It Black," the group's third US #1 single (also a #1 in the UK)..



Also in 1966, European radio stations mistakenly report that The Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey is dead. Actually, it was guitarist Pete Townshend who had been injured in a car accident a few days earlier.

Working late at the Abbey Road studios in London on The White Album in 1968, John Lennon worked on ‘Revolution 9’ in studio 3, while Paul McCartney recorded ‘Blackbird’ in studio 2.

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The Rolling Stones released "Some Girls" in 1978.

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Aaliyah went to #1 on the US singles chart in 2000 with "Try Again." It became the first "airplay-only" song to reach #1 on the US singles chart (no points from a commercial single release).

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The live Bee Gees album "One Night Only" was released on CD in 2002.

In 2001, Sir Paul McCartney married Heather Mills at St Salvator Church, Ireland. Guests included Ringo Starr, David Gilmour, Jools Holland and Chrissie Hynde. Heather walked down the aisle clutching a bouquet of 11 'McCartney' roses.

Courtney Love surrendered to US police in 2004 after allegedly assaulting a woman at the home of her former manager and ex-boyfriend. Ms Love was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. She was later released on bail. The charges related to an incident on 25 April 2004, when Ms Love allegedly assaulted a woman with a bottle and a torch at the LA home of Jim Barber.

In 2005, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin founding member and guitarist, was awarded an OBE in the Queen of England's Birthday Honours list and Queen guitarist and founding member Brian May was awarded a CBE.

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Chicago vinyl record stores survive digital music era

Written by Katie Schweiker, Jeremy Mikula and Leah Hendrickson

Dave's Records photo by Katie Schweiker


Audio Slideshow:Chicago On The Record – A visit to three Chicago Record Stores

In a world of iPods, Zunes, .mp3s, .wavs, .flacs, .aifs, .rms, .snds and other digital audio formats, 33 1/3 revolutions per minute still counts to some.

Despite Apple’s announcement that the 10 billionth song was downloaded from iTunes in February, many Chicagoans still listen to vinyl Long Play (LP) records from both new and old artists.

“.mp3s were really cool, and they still are,” said Dave Hofer, a new products buyer at Reckless Records’ Wicker Park location. “You could fit so many of them into a little thing, you know. You don’t have to carry a book of CDs in your car anymore, for example. But there’s just something about vinyl that draws people in.”

Reckless is a music store with three Chicago locations that sells new and used vinyl – LPs, 45s, and 78s – and used DVDs and CDs. In spite of the era of readily available digital media and an economic downturn, they still do a pretty good business, Hofer said.

“We have people who come in and only look for used DVDs and CDs,” Hofer said. “However, if we didn’t have vinyl, we’d go out of business. People come in with their old records because they grow out of stuff and are amazed that people are interested in [their old records]. I have people who come up and ask when we put out new stuff and I always say, ‘All day, every day, dude.’”

“No CD’s. Never had ‘em. Never will.” This sign hangs on the door to Dave’s Records in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. For owner Dave Crain, there is no other alternative to the sound of vinyl records. Dave’s, “will always be a store where vinyl is king,” Crain said.

Dave's Records photo by Katie Schweiker

Dave’s Records is one of the few strictly vinyl shops in Chicago with 40,000 titles to choose from. When you walk in you are greeted with the sweet, musty aroma of vinyl. The floor tiles beckon you further into the store with their checkered pattern. The walls are lined from floor to ceiling with vinyl. Each record in its spot is watched over by Crain as he sits at a raised counter.

These include new albums by new artists, used albums, imports, reissues and even albums that are out of print and difficult to find. Hand Crain a record and he will throw it on the store’s turntable for a spin to help shopper’s make an educated decision. Dave’s makes sure that if you can’t find what you are looking for in their store, they will send you to another local record store.

Crain said Dave’s is for “people who love records. They are part of the ever evolving and ever revolving world of record shoppers.”

Dusty Groove America is a hub for certain niche music lovers: jazz, soul and funk are what the store specializes in. Customers appreciate the specific target audience compared to other music providers.

Dusty Groove America photo by Leah Hendrickson


“Best Buy is trying to cater to a broad audience,” said Phil Garrison of Chicago while he thumbed through a stack of records. “It’s going to be hard to find obscure items. That’s the main reason why I come to places like this.”

According to Nielsen SoundScan more than 2 million vinyl albums were sold in 2009. That is an increase of 35 percent from 2008.

While record sales are on the rise, CD sales continue to fall. Even though CDs cost nearly half as much as their vinyl counterpart, their sales have dropped 20 percent this year, according to Nielsen. However, vinyl record sales only account for about 1 percent of all album sales.




vinyl at Reckless photo by Jeremy Mikula


Statistics show that digital music formats aren’t going away, either.

According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the digital music industry grew internationally by about 25 percent in 2008, making $3.7 billion. Digital platforms now account for nearly 20 percent of all music sales, a five percent growth from 2007, IFPI said.

One reason for these figures is the ease and portability of things like the iPod, whose numerous models can store anywhere from 500 to 40,000 songs.

“iPods were a crazy new inventions when they came out, but I think the novelty of them is starting to wear off,” Hofer said. “.mp3s and digital music, even CDs, are functional but that’s about it. They’re like decorative buttons on a sport coat. Whereas something like an LP comes down to being able to hold it and having a thing, like buying a book that you really like instead of just reading it on the Kindle. If I were to sum it up in one word, I’d say ‘physicality’ plays a big part in it.”

But while the idea of having physical media is important to some, comparing things like audio quality and physicality is like comparing apples and oranges.

Reckless Records Wicker Park photo by Jeremy Mikula

“Are [records] better? I don’t know,” said Stephen Sowley as he shopped in Reckless’ Wicker Park location. “For me they’re better, but for others .mp3s are better. ‘Better’ is a relevant term, you know? You can’t take a record player with you when you go jogging.”













A special thank you to the authors (Katie Schweiker, Jeremy Mikula, Leah Hendrickson) for the exclusive rights to reprint their material.

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