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Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 07/19/2010

Northern Soul makes its return to the Top of the list, though at $2k less than the last sale of this Walter Wilson record in December of '09. Still, it shows that a nation can't live on Beans On Toast alone (ok, I have no clue if this record sold to a buyer in the UK, but that's the case 90% of the time a Northern Soul record gets big buck). A genuine copy of the most bootlegged record of all time, The Beatles "Introducing The Beatles" on VeeJay made the list. This one was the "blank back" version.


1. 45 - Walter Wilson "Love Keeps Me Crying" / "Not Now But Later" Wand - $4,155.00

2. 45 - Elvis Presley / Jaye P Morgan EPA-992 EPA-993 EP - $3,500.00

3. LP - Michele Auclair "JS Bach Sonates pour clavier et violon" Les Discophiles Francais - $3,205.00

4. LP - The Beatles "Introducing The Beatles" VeeJay Blank Back - $3,000.00

5. LP - Arthur Grumiaux "Bach 6 Sonaten Un Parttien Fur Violini Alllein" Philips Hi Fi Stereo - $2,856.00


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Sheryl Crow 'Heads Home' With New Release

Nine-Time Grammy Award-Winning Artist to Debut Her Much-Anticipated New Album 100 MILES FROM MEMPHIS with Special QVC Performance


WEST CHESTER, Pa., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Who says you can never go home? After conquering the rock and pop worlds with six Top 10 albums, iconic singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow is headed back to her Southern roots with her new album 100 Miles from Memphis. To celebrate the release of what many critics are hailing as "her best album to date," the Missouri native is scheduled to appear on QVC Monday, July 19 at 10 PM (ET) for a special live performance.

During the QVC Presents QSessions Live Featuring Sheryl Crow broadcast, Crow will not only give fans a sneak peek of her highly anticipated new album but also take them behind-the-scenes of the journey that led her back "home." She will offer viewers the opportunity to order the CD, which comes with an additional bonus CD created especially for QVC customers containing 6 previously released hits, before street date.

"100 Miles from Memphis is one of the most exciting releases of the year and marks a pivotal moment in Sheryl's career," said John Kelly, vice president of merchandising for QVC. "We are thrilled that she is debuting this much-talked-about new CD on QVC and that she is bringing our viewers inside her world with a special performance."

100 Miles from Memphis is Crow's seventh album and its title reflects a statement of purpose, both musical and emotional, that marks her long-awaited return to the sounds that first drew her to making music. With the help of critically acclaimed producers Doyle Bramhall II and Justin Stanley, the album features an eclectic mix of songs. Standout tracks include the CD's first single "Summer Day," which is already topping the charts, as well as innovative renditions of classic top hits, including Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name" and a special tribute to Michael Jackson with The Jackson Five's "I Want You Back."

"This album was an important project for me because it allowed me to delve back into the music and sounds that I grew up with," said Crow. "I am excited to have the opportunity to share my music, and the story behind this special record, with QVC's viewers. It's going to be an amazing show."

100 Miles from Memphis, with the special bonus CD containing previously released hits (QVC Item #F08971), will be available through QVC starting July 19 at QVC.com or 800.345.1515, while supplies last.

About Sheryl Crow

Since the release of her seven times platinum debut set Tuesday Night Music Club in 1993, which was nominated for five Grammys and won three, Crow has released six studio albums (each charting Top 10, four of them platinum-plus), a quadruple-platinum greatest hits collection, a Christmas album and has performed duets with musical luminaries such as Sting, Kid Rock, Mick Jagger and more. She has also been nominated for an additional 27 Grammys, winning six more. Her most recent nomination was for her sixth album, 2008's critically acclaimed Detours. Crow saw the launch of her very own clothing line Bootheel Trading Co., is a cancer survivor and passionate supporter of a variety of environmental and health-related charities, including The NRDC, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and The World Food Program. Recently Crow has taken an interest in acting having appeared in a three episode arc of "Cougar Town" and an appearance on her friend Jerry Seinfeld's show "The Marriage Ref." Crow has sold more than 35 million records worldwide.

About QVC

QVC, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Interactive Group (Nasdaq: LINTA), is one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world. QVC is committed to providing its customers with thousands of the most innovative and contemporary beauty, fashion, jewelry and home products. Its programming is distributed to more than 180 million homes worldwide. The company's Web site, QVC.com, is ranked among the top general merchant Internet sites. With operations in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, and launching in Italy in 2010, West Chester, Pa.-based QVC has shipped more than a billion packages in its 24-year history. QVC, Q, and the Q Ribbon Logo are registered service marks of ER Marks, Inc.


SOURCE QVC, Inc.

This Date In Music History - July 18

Birthdays:

Dion Dimucci (1939)



Lonnie Mack - Memphis (1941)

Martha Reeves (1941)

Robin McDonald - Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas (1943)

Danny McCullock - Animals (1945)

Tim Lynch - Flamin Groovies (1946)

Phil Harris - Ace (1948)

Wally Bryson - Young Rascals, Raspberries (1949)

Cesar Zuiderwyk - Golden Earring (1950)



Richard Branson - founder of Virgin Records and the Virgin Empire (1950)

Ricky Scaggs (1954)

Terry Chambers - XTC (1955)

Keith Levene - Public Image Ltd (1957)

Nigel Twist - Alarm (1958)

John Herman - Widespread Panic (1962)

Jack Irons - Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers (1962)

Daron Malakian - System of a Down (1975)

Tony Fagenson - Eve 6 (1978)


They Are Missed:

Bobby Fuller, leader of The Bobby Fuller Four, was found dead in his car in Los Angles in 1966 (age 22). Fuller died mysteriously from gasoline asphyxiation, while parked outside his apartment. Police labelled it a suicide, but the possibility of foul play has always been mentioned. Had the 1966 #9 single "I Fought The Law," which was written by Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly's Crickets and covered by The Clash.



Born on this day in 1938, Ian Stewart, keyboard player, The Rolling Stones. Died of a heart attack in his doctor's Harley Street waiting room on December 12, 1985.

Born today in 1931, Papa Dee Allen, War. Died from a heart attack while performing on stage on August 30, 1988.

In 1988, Nico (Christa Päffgen) died after suffering a minor heart attack while riding a bicycle on holiday with her son in Ibiza, Spain. The German born singer-songwriter and keyboard player with Velvet Underground, had also worked as a fashion model and actress.

Born on this day in 1929, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, (Jalacy Hawkins), R&B singer. Hawkins died on February 12, 2000.

Born today in 1950, Glenn Hughes, Village People. Hughes died on 4th March 2001.

Born on this day in 1935, Johnny Funches, singer, The Dells. He died on January 23, 1998.


History:

In 1953, Elvis Presley recorded (for a fee of $4) a song ("My Happiness") supposedly for his mother's birthday (which actually was in April) at the Memphis recording service (he is noticed by the secretary there and it eventually leads to a contract). Music history will never be the same.

In 1960, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters released "The Twist." The song didn't become a hit until later in the year when Chubby Checker covered it.

Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never" was released in 1960.

In 1963, the Beatles entered the studio to record their second album. Many songs, including "You Really Got A Hold On Me" and "Money (That’s What I Want)" are covers.

The Beatles album "A Hard Days Night" was released in 1964.

The Four Seasons started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1964 with "Rag Doll," the group's fourth #1 hit. Co-writer Bob Gaudio said that he got the inspiration for the song from a young girl in tattered clothes that cleaned his car windows at a stop light.

In 1966, one of the Beach Boys all-time great songs, “God Only Knows,” was released as the B-side of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice."



This week's Top 3 US singles in 1967, #3, "Light My Fire," The Doors, #2, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," Frankie Valli, and #1, The Association "Windy."

Working at Abbey Road studios in 1968, the Beatles recorded "Cry Baby Cry" and "Helter Skelter." One take of "Helter Skelter" lasted 27' 11'', the longest Beatle recording ever.

The Grateful Dead released their 2nd album, "Anthem of the Sun" in 1968.

During sessions at Abbey Road studios in 1969, Ringo Starr recorded his vocal to "Octopus’s Garden."

Pink Floyd and Deep Purple played a free concert at London's Hyde Park in 1970.

In 1974, the U.S. Justice Department ordered John Lennon out of the country by September 10. The Immigration and Naturalization Service denied him an extension of his non-immigrant visa because of his guilty plea in England to a 1968 marijuana possession charge. Further appeals and other legal action transpires. Though it looks bad, Lennon does finally get his “Green Card.”

Members from Sly and the Family Stone were arrested in 1972 after police found two pounds of marijuana in the group's motor home. Ooops.....

In 1973, Bruce Springsteen played the first of four nights at Max's Kansas City in New York City, New York, supported by Bob Marley and The Wailers who were on their first ever North American tour.

In 1978, Def Leppard made their live debut at Westfield School, Sheffield, England in front of 150 students.

Billy Joel held the top position of both the US albums and singles charts in 1980. His album, 'Glass Houses' contained his first and biggest #1 hit, "It’s Still Rock ’n’ Roll to Me."

In 1988, Ike Turner was sentenced in Santa Monica, California to one year in jail for possessing and transporting cocaine. Police had stopped Turner, former husband of Tina Turner, in August 1987 for driving erratically and found about six grams of rock cocaine in his car.

Also in 1988 - A California appeals court upheld a lower courts' decision to dismiss a case against Ozzy Osbourne and CBS Records. In 1984 a teenager allegedly killed himself after listening to Ozzy's "Suicide Solution."

Rage against the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC). On the Philadelphia stop of the Lollapalooza tour in 1993, Rage Against The Machine appear nude onstage for a 25 minute silent protest (with duct tape across their mouths) of the PMRC’s censorship efforts. PMRC was scrawled across band member’s chests. Nice.

The oldest known musical instrument in the world was found in 1995 in the Indrijca River Valley in Slovenia. The 45,000 year-old relic was a bear bone with four artificial holes along its length.

Selena's "Dreaming of You" was posthumously released in 1995.

Metallica played at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA in 2000. The crowd was 1,000 contest winners of the "Blind Date" competition organized by Miller Genuine Draft.

In 2001 - MTV premiered the original movie "Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story."

Also in 2001, Kiss, added another product to their ever-growing merchandising universe: the "Kiss Kasket." The coffin featured the faces of the four founding members of the band, the Kiss logo and the words "Kiss Forever." Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was buried in one after he was shot and killed on-stage in Dec 2004.

In 2002, rapper Mystikal and two other men were arrested on suspicion of raping a 40-year-old woman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mystikal, (real name Michael Tyler), was charged with the offense as well as one of extortion after giving himself up to police, he was subsequently released on $250,000 bail.

Usher was at #1 on the US singles chart in 2004 with "Confessions Part 2," his third US #1 of 2004.

The iTunes Music Store reached 500 million songs sold in 2005.

The self-titled debut album by Black Stone Cherry was released in 2006. Also, it’s announced that the quartet’s “Lonely Train” has been chosen as the official theme song for World Wrestling Entertainment's Great American Bash pay-per-view event in Indianapolis. The group was honored. "Growing up in South Central Kentucky you either work on the farm, play music or watch wrestling," says BSC drummer John Fred Young. OK ...YOU tell him it's fake......

In 2006, Pollstar releases its list of the Top 100 highest-grossing US tours for the first half of ‘06. The Rolling Stones land at #2 earning $52.5 million with Billy Joel 3rd, making $47.2 million. Madonna tops the list raking in over $54 million.

In 2006, original Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer released his first solo album, 'Precious Little,' in more than a quarter century. Spencer joined the Fleetwood Mac in ‘67, and exited in ‘71 to join the religious cult Children of God. Spencer's last solo effort, 'Flee,' came out in ‘79.

In 2007, Paul Simon filed a law suit against Rhythm USA Inc. a Georgia-based subsidiary of a Japanese firm, claiming the company never had his permission to sell wall clocks that played "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The suit claimed that as one of the best known songs throughout the world, a proper licensing agreement would earn at least a $1 million licensing fee.

In 2008, Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood was ‘seeking help’ with his battle with alcohol in a rehabilitation centre. The move followed tabloid speculation over the state of his 23-year marriage to former model Jo Wood. Following Ronnie's continued battle with alcohol he has entered a period of rehab,’ his spokeswoman said.

Bon Jovi was named the top-grossing live act in the world according to Billboard Boxscore's midyear report of 2008. The New Jersey group earned approximately $112.4 million in tour revenue from 11/14/07 to 5/13/08. The Police are #3. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band and Van Halen are also in the Top 10.

The last concert at Shea Stadium was held in 2008. The Billy Joel show features an appearance by Paul McCartney. The two perform renditions of the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Let It Be." The Beatles played Shea in the ‘60s.

And last but not least - In 2008, Ben & Jerry's offered limited-edition ice cream in honor of Elton John called Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road. The flavor's Vermont only introduction coincides with the musician's first concert in the state – at Essex Junction. Proceeds from the week-long promotion benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road has chocolate ice cream, peanut butter cookie dough, butter brickle and white chocolate pieces. mmmmm

Michael Fremer Album Review

ALBUM REVIEW:
Johnny Hartman (reissue)
I Just Dropped By to Say Hello


Impulse/ORG A-57 2 45rpm 180g LPs


Produced by: Bob Thiele
Engineered by: Rudy Van Gelder
Mixed by: Rudy Van Gelder
Mastered by: Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering

Review by: Michael Fremer
2010-07-01


Perhaps had the dulcet-toned baritone Johnny Hartman lived beyond sixty (he passed away from lung cancer in 1983) he might have experienced a resurgence similar to Tony Bennett’s—not that Hartman was ever as popular as Bennett.

Though Hartman’s brand of sophisticated balladry was rooted in pure jazz (why else would John Coltrane ask to collaborate with him?) he drifted occasionally towards an easy Mel Tormé or even Bobby Short cabaret style delivery and in his later years as popular jazz singing hit hard times he played cocktail lounges.

His phrasing was impeccable and his tone gave “the velvet fog” a run for his money and here, backed by jazz greats Hank Jones, Illinois Jacquet, Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Milt Hinton and Elvin Jones (sounding more laid-back than you’ve probably ever heard him) Hartman finds the pocket from the first note of “Charade” and doesn’t stray.

The eleven song set doesn’t have a bad moment—unless you’re not enamored of sophisticated, popular balladry. Hartman’s timing and phrasing are exquisite and he plays it close to the vest except for a few brief phrases of “Our Time,” a tune he co-wrote, where he sings with greater fervor and passion than I can recall hearing him on record.

Rudy Van Gelder gets this one, recorded in two sessions fall of 1963, just right including the piano sound. The instruments are panned hard right/left leaving center stage to Hartman and it works fine, though the “instruments in a box” perspective now sounds somewhat dated—as do most recordings of that time, but in terms of timbral accuracy and transparency they can’t be beat.

Hartman recorded a great record for the tiny Evanston, Illinois based Bee Hive label in August of 1980 backed by a small group. While he suffered an occasional lyric lapse, his phrasing, timing and unerringly perfect diction were intact. The recording by the late Ben Rizzi, who went on to own Astoria Studios in Long Island City, is spectacularly intimate and natural, but don’t look for it on reissued vinyl anytime soon.

Clint Eastwood’s Malpaso Productions locked up the rights to the album back in 1995 and some of the tunes were featured on the soundtrack to Eastwood’s movie “Bridges of Madison County.”

I got an advance of the soundtrack CD and was surprised to hear the Beehive songs had been transferree at the wrong speed making Hartman’s voice sound cartoonishly deep.

As I remember it, I contacted Eastwood’s office to alert them to the problem and I was initially told it was impossible but later I received a thank you call for spotting a problem caused by someone playing the digital transfer at the wrong sampling rate! I think they caught it in time to fix it for either the initial release or maybe the second pressing.

Clint, do you want to go into the vinyl record business? Call me!

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

This Date In Music History - July 16

Birthdays:

Thomas Boggs - Box Tops (1947)

Stewart Copeland - Police (1952)

Edward Joel Kowalczyk - Live (1971)


They Are Missed:

Singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, who had success in the ‘70s with "Taxi," "W-O-L-D" and the #1 hit "Cat’s In The Cradle," was killed in 1981 (age 38) after suffering a cardiac arrest while driving on a New York expressway. His car was hit from behind by a tractor-trailer, causing the gas tank to explode.



Latin jazz musician Cal Tjader was born today in 1925. He died on May 5, 1982.

Singer Billy Williams died in 1984 (age 74). Had the 1957 US #3 single "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)."

In 1988, Steve Cayter, a road crew technician with Def Leppard, died of a brain hemorrhage on stage before an American show at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre.

John Panozzo, drummer with Styx, died from cirrhosis of the liver in 1996 (age 48).

Born on this day in 1940, Tony Jackson, bass, vocals, The Searchers. Jackson died on August 18, 2003.

Born today in 1941, Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer. Died May 25, 2006.



Jo Stafford ("You Belong To Me") died of congestive heart failure in 2008.

Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon ("A World Without Love") died of a heart attack in 2009.


History:

"Baby Let’s Play House" is the first Elvis Presley song to land on a national chart. But it’s not on pop or even R&B. The track gets listed on the Country survey. 1955

The Coasters recorded "Poison Ivy" in 1959.

The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962, their first hit was in September of the same year with the immortal "Surfin' Safari."

The Beach Boys recorded "In My Room" in 1963.

Tommy James and the Shondells started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1966 with "Hanky Panky," a song first recorded by The Raindrops.



The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer In The City" was released in 1966.

Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton formed Cream in 1966, and although the three piece group only lasted 2 years, they left behind some classic recordings including "Sunshine of Your Love," "Badge," "Strange Brew" and "White Room;" among others.

During recordings at Abbey Road studio’s in London in 1969, the Beatles worked on two new George Harrison songs, "Here Comes The Sun" and "Something."

The Who's "I'm Free" was released in 1969.



Smokey Robinson made his last appearance with The Miracles at a concert in Washington DC in 1972.

Bob Dylan released the soundtrack to "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" in 1973. It contains Bob Dylan’s mournful “Knocking On Heaven’s Door.” The film stars Dylan and Kris Kristofferson.

Loggins and Messina broke up in 1976.

Barry Manilow went to #1 on the US album chart in 1977 with 'Barry Manilow Live,' the singers only US chart topper.

Shaun Cassidy went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1977 with "Da Doo Ron Ron."

In 1989, Tom Jones lost a paternity suit, and was ordered by Judge Judy Sheindlin to pay $200 a week in child support to 27 year old, Katherine Berkery, of New York. Further terms of the settlement were agreed upon a couple of months later.

The film soundtrack to 'The Lion King' started a nine-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1994.

In 1995, rap singer and actress Queen Latifah was the victim of a car-jacking attempt that went wrong, leaving her bodyguard shot and wounded.

Michael Jackson performed at a birthday party for the Sultan of Brunei in 1996 and receives an estimated 15-20 million dollars.

Matchbox 20 went to #1 on the US singles chart in 2000 with "Bent."



In 2003, the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is detained by police following a PETA (Physicians for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) protest outside a Paris KFC. Despite the efforts of Hynde and others, the chickens inside, original recipe and extra crispy, remain dead and tasty.

Pollstar's Top 100 North American Tours list for the first half of 2007 puts Rod Stewart at #1 grossing $48.1 million and the Police's at #3 taking in $41.9 million.

In 2007, three masked men, carrying sledgehammers and crowbars, broke into the home of former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona and escaped with goods including the singers BMW M5 sports car, two laptops, two gaming machines and two televisions. The robbers held a knife to the neck of the former pop star during the raid on her home in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Also in 2007, the White Stripes played their 'shortest live show ever' at George Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Jack White played a single C# note accompanied by a bass drum/crash cymbal hit from Meg. At the end of the show, Jack announced, "We have now officially played in every province and territory in Canada." They then left the stage and performed a full show later that night in St John's.

In 2008, Rush performed "Tom Sawyer" on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report. The Canadian trio's last US television appearance was on a ‘75 episode of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. Later, fellow Canadain Neil Young does a turn on CBS' Late Show With David Letterman.

2009 - A stage being built in France for a concert by Madonna collapsed, killing two workers and injuring six others. Technicians had been setting up the stage at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille when the partially-built roof fell in, bringing down a crane. Madonna was performing on her Sticky and Sweet tour in Udine, Italy, when she received news of the incident and was said to be "devastated" by the news.

Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 07/10/2010

78 RPM records are continuing to make a stand on the Top 5. Soul has returned with two entries for this week, one of them on the most sought after label in record collecting, Shrine. This copy of The Cairos record sold for a respectable price, but still below the two previous sales of this record.


1. 78 - Willie Harris "Never Drive With A Stranger" / "Lonesome Midnight Dream" Brunswick 7149 - $4,449.99

2. 78 - Dusty Brooks "Tears And Wine" / "Heaven Or Fire" Sun 182 - $3,056.00

3. 45 - The Cairos "Don't Fight It" / "Stop Overlooking Me" Shrine 111 - $2,283.00

4. 45 - High Powered Spirit Band "Be A Winner" / "I Know You Can" Spirit - 2,247.00

5. LP - Sonny Rollins "Saxophone Colossus" Prestige 7079 - $2,125.00



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Music News & Notes

R.E.M Finish Recording New Studio Album In Berlin

According to recent reports, R.E.M have finished recording their new studio album. The alternative radio giants band have been working on the follow-up to 2008's 'Accelerate' alongside producer Jacknife Lee in Berlin, Germany. The group are due to mix the album in the autumn ahead of release in spring 2011.

R.E.M's manager Bertis Downs said: "I will not report on the sound or the dimension of the recordings so far, to my ears it all sounds like quite a wonderful set of songs."

The band's 15th studio release has yet to be given a title.

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White's Marling single details revealed

Rough Trade has recently announced the details of Laura Marling's upcoming single for Jack White's Third Man Records label. The double A-side 7" features Marling's covers of Jackson C. Frank's "Blues Run The Game" and Neil Young's "The Needle And The Damage Done" and will be released on August 9. The songs were recorded by White at his own Nashville studio. The tracks feature only Marling with an acoustic guitar.

The blue vinyl is limited to 1,500 copies and was laid down in one 25-minute take. It is available to pre-order now.

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Hill, McGraw flood benefit raises $2 million

It was announced that a benefit concert led by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw reportedly raised more than $2m for theTennessee flood victims. Funds collected at the Nashville Rising event will be distributed through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, reports The AP.

The concert featured performances and appearances by stars like Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Taylor Swift and ZZ Top.

Oscar winner Sandra Bullock also made a surprise appearance on stage. The flooding in May caused more than $2m of damage in the city of Nashville alone.

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Amy Winehouse Recording Comeback Album

It has been nearly four years since the embroiled British singer released her multi-Grammy Award-winning 'Back to Black' record. During her time off from the music business, Amy has battled drug and alcohol addictions and married and then divorced Blake Fielder-Civil.

Now clean and sober and dating a new man, Amy is preparing to go into the recording studio again (reportedly be released in January). She has reportedly written enough material for “three separate albums” but will choose just 14 tracks for her long-awaited comeback. She has promised her record label the LP will be better than anything she has done before.

"It's been an incredible past few weeks for Amy. She has completely turned her life around,” an insider told British newspaper The Daily Mirror.

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MORRISSEY TO RE-RELEASE 'BONA DRAG' WITH RARITIES

Morrissey has announced details of the re-release of his 1990 compilation album 'Bona Drag.'

He will release a re-mastered version of the album, featuring six rare and unreleased tracks, on September 27 of this year. The album's release has been overseen by the frontman, who has also directed the artwork. It will come out on Major Minor Records, the first release on the legendary '60s label since 1970.

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Michael Jackson Dolls Recreate 'Thriller' And 'Billie Jean' Poses

US toymaker Playmates is set to launch a new line of collectable Michael Jackson dolls this fall. The 10” scale figures capture the singer's likeness and fashions. The launch models – which can be viewed below – depict the late King of Pop in his 'Thriller' and 'Billie Jean' videos.

Tom Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of the merchandising company Bravado, said the figures celebrated Jackson's “unmistakable style and irreplaceable talent”.

One Record Store Owner Refuses to Go Out of Business

Play the Music

By TOLU OLORUNDA (originaly published at http://www.counterpunch.org/ Reprinted By Permission of Author)

It’s a scorchingly hot Sunday afternoon in Muncie, Indiana, and several men—young as 20 and old as 60—file in and out of Dan’s Downtown Records. Each pass through the doors with brown cartons, with green and black and pink plastic crates, stacked full with the tens of thousands of articles contained in this building which for 6 years held forth as Muncie’s premier—and, in many ways, only—record store.

“Push!”

“Pull!” …

“What?”

“I said, I pulled the damn thing out.” …

“Grab that one first.”

“Watch your fingers.”

“I got you.”

Everything must go—must be moved. Everything!—the 15,000+ vinyls and cassettes and CDs and VHS tapes and DVDs and Aloha shirts and pin-back buttons and bumper stickers and magazines and Beatles figurines and KISS action figures and cassette shelves and Ozzy and Slipknot concert t-shirts.

Seated side by side at different angles are 18 big arch-shaped wooden record racks—all claiming 15 rectangles: 5 rows per column—within which most of the vinyls and CDs dwell, housing 300-400 vinyls each. But even with such set up, improvisation became necessary to make use of the persistent records which kept finding their way into this store. Below many of the racks can be found vinyls stuffed into box cartons and milk crates. And right on the front counter is a high pile of newly welcomed records.

This house of records which Dan Walter built has fast become solace for customers near and far—some traveling from out of city and state just to visit—who find small business record stores so rare these days that stumbling into one becomes a sort of ritual, to assure the customer all isn’t lost in the bubble of technology closing in on society. And in the middle stands Dan, a music aficionado with hands in the business since ’86. For two years, he managed the late Musicland; and for a decade after he managed Karma Records, another casualty of the anti-record frenzy heaved in—however unintentionally—by internet downloaders at the tip of the new millennium.

November 2003, Karma shut its doors, and 6 months blew by as Dan sought out map lines to a meaningful future. A gig to load supplies overnight at Wal-Mart couldn’t cut it. “I got more talent than that,” he promised himself, even as unemployment checks started running thin.

Gathering $300 from his last check and another $300 in loan from his dad, Dan paid off a month’s rent on a sizeable outlet, knocked down the walls—with crowbars and sledgehammers—of this once-upon-a-time corporate office, hauled in—with a friend’s help—all 18 record racks, installed scraps of vinyls and cassettes and CDs and VHS tapes from personal and professional collections, stuck a banner to the front window, and hoped his bet on music would somehow check out even in front of frightening obstacles.

On June 1, 2004, Dan’s Downtown Records opened.

And even though starting with 1/8th the content and worth his store today boasts stock of, this former farmer—who, for 9 years before Musicland, once fed livestock, drove tractors, picked, and hosed—planted a seed that has blossomed good and well through the last 7 years.

His CDs span great range—from Janet Jackson to The Jets, from Bo Diddley to The Black Crowes, from Lauryn Hill to Lou Reed.

Cassettes come through missing boundaries, as KRS-One, Public Enemy, Paul McCartney, Louis Armstrong, A Tribe Called Quest, and Van Halen all have a say.

Vinyl records (33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm) go with the limitlessness of all from Kraftwerk to Alan Parsons, to Mahalia Jackson, to The Temptations, to Hugh Masekela, to R.E.M., to Nas, to Peter Frampton, to Ray Charles, to Peter Wolf, to Bette Midler, to Sade, to children favorites such as Walt Disney’s “Mary Poppins,” “The Night Before Christmas,” and “Pete’s Dragon.” And they stretch in cost just as well—from 49 cents to $49 apiece.

And though financial success has shown around less frequently than hardship and uncertainty, the store has kept spirits up, opening 6 days a week, 11-7, prepared to take some 40- or 50- or 60-year-old back decades to the night when she first heard Smokey Robinson or Bobby Caldwell lament lost love or celebrate commitment. The store has kept open because people need an institution like it in their small and big towns—places where the owners don’t need the resources of computers to register a customer’s desire to be flung back 30 or 40 years in search of one song or one album.

Two months ago, 9 a.m. one morning, the telephone rings in Dan’s home. A man, representing a local community college, greets him in friendly tones, and soon enough business gets personal.

“We purchased your building,” he tells Dan, “and we’ll like to have it cleaned out by July 1st.”

The plan is to raze this building, and build upon its ashes a parking garage, to support the college’s $7 million downtown project constituting new classrooms and labs for nursing, science, physical therapy, and physical technology students—students responsible for the 30% enrollment hike since last year. Dan and his neighbors—Grand Master Jong Woo Kim’s 40-year staple: Mudokwan Martial Arts, USA; the nonprofit Take Five Community Outreach, which provides domestic supplies to many Muncie families—would have to pack up and find other arrangements.

Dan hung up, hopped on his bike, and bolted right into action.

The search for a new home was on, and he combed the city clean. Soon enough, he stumbled upon a spot that would do the trick—house tens of thousands of records but retain enough space to stave off customer congestion, while maintaining the intimate feel a small record store strives to live by. The space, which for years had stayed unoccupied, was perfect; so he stepped up to the lady who owned it and explained the stakes.

“I’ll like to rent this place,” he informed her.

“Fine,” she complied.

“And here’s a $300 deposit to show good faith,” he said, handing her the bills.

The space would be Dan’s if he could provide some character references, proof of financial stability, and few other arbitrary particulars she felt necessary to review before delivering any keys.

6 weeks later, right before eviction date, she calls up to deliver some news, explaining displeasure with his inability to follow given orders, which, she says, have forfeited him any chances of moving in. Even with $900 as financial assurance, she was staying firm.

So, again, the search was on. And again he began scouring the city for unoccupied spaces. This would prove easy. But soon he realized that the absence of traffic within these buildings and offices didn’t seem to bother owners much. Some, it almost seemed, were well happy to keep them unoccupied—as certain tax benefits might come in play. Others demanded twice his current rent rate, willing to pass up on a small business owner who could do wonders with these spaces which for years—some up to a decade—had remained vacant.

The harshness of life was wearing down on Dan. He was losing what little confidence he tried hard to retain—that this store was worth longevity, that 7 years wouldn’t turn to rubble in one week.

“I spent about a week,” he reflects. “I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. You know, you’re talking about your livelihood, here.”

Nothing seemed to connect: all doors were being slammed shut, leaving Dan wondering, “What the hell am I going to do?”

In the background, The Doors sing of breaking on through to the other side—

You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Tried to run
Tried to hide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side…

Customers felt just as incredulous of survival, though many were quick to lend their guarantee of bluer skies once this storm blew past. One after the other, they shuffled in, heard the same chorus of uncertainty, and maintained strong belief their record store—something that had become part of their identity and being—wouldn’t go the way of many of its kind in cities nationwide. They tried to assure this owner, their champion, the world wasn’t as it was seeming to be—where, in but a matter of days, years of excruciating, and oft unrewarded, service and labor will be excavated and removed, never to be seen again, all remnants arraigned and disposed of. Their messages rang with thin conviction but deep trust:

“Good luck.”

“Everything’s going to work out—one way or the other.”

“I’m sure you’ll find a spot, Dan.”

And then, desperation:

“Please don’t go out of business.”

All the while this champion imagined this The End—the final lap to a 7-year run that was worth it, that for all its imperfections documented the magic of music in binding people across a common purpose. It seemed all hope would inevitably fizzle out, and the sharpest move would be to resolve to that conclusion by immediately calling up his main distributor to see about returning new vinyls and new CDs, to cut part of all losses still lingering. But even in the depth of insecurity, the stubbornness of conviction hung on.

“I was going everywhere: looking at whatever I could look at, scope out; or get a telephone number…”

He eventually made way to the East Central Indiana Small Business Development Center, and was introduced to its director.

“Do you know Jay—red hair … he comes to your store?” he was asked immediately.

“I’ll probably know him if I saw him,” Dan replied.

“That’s my son!” the director announced.

Dan then told him of his travails in finding a spot with enough room for his records and a reasonable rental rate to keep the store on its feet. The director was sympathetic to the cause of an hardworking owner who represented the ideals espoused by his organization. Dan kept faith, but kept looking for a few days, until ultimately deciding to take 10 or so steps from his front door across the street, and see about a relatively smaller, but manageable, building owned by a like-minded small business entrepreneur.

“I’m looking for a spot, just in case: Are you interested?” Dan asked.

“Yeah, maybe,” the owner replied.

Before long, a deal was struck to consider this a backup plan, in case expectations with the Small Business Development Center fell short.

Last Monday, paperworks were signed, handshakes exchanged, and a second life christened. And though the new store fails to achieve the luxury of space featured in the old, Dan’s customers are happy and willing to put up with any inconvenience to have this store—this part of their lives—stay alive.

“It’s going to be tight in there,” Dan expects. But it would work “because of what we sell. Music is such a powerful thing that draws people to it. Every record store I’ve ever worked at, people come there—even from long distance—because of the music.”

And this record store is critical to Muncie not only for its richness and dexterity, or for the charismatic and relentless character in the middle, but for the striking quickness with which record stores are losing ground across states and towns, for the growing complacency among music buyers to abandon all sense of it in the physical form for digital downloads which, while gratifying and convenient, tend to rob the listener of the experiences and cultivated curiosities which once stood as requisite for serious listeners. Dan’s Downtown Records has managed a remarkable existence because customers felt it necessary to the social and cultural life of their surroundings.

So, today, Wednesday the 14th, in testament to that conviction, Dan opens in his new location, aware of his responsibility to his community of customers—local and beyond. He also opens with a statement of courage—against glaring possibilities hanging about him like shadows on a sunny day. True enough, he admits, “most towns don’t have one.”

And whether or not this reopening offers fresh perspective on his bold step 7 years ago is a supposition yet to manifest. Either way, he’s at peace, proud without boast.

“I’m still here,” he confirms. “I’ve had to live poor. But I don’t care about that. I mean, I see too many people that don’t have nothing.”

Tolu Olorunda is a cultural critic. He can be reached at: Tolu.Olorunda@gmail.com .

SOURCE:  www.counterpunch.org

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 12, 2010


DEAR JERRY: Just saw an interview with Robert David Hall, a.k.a. Dr. Robbins, medical examiner on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Since they mentioned “last night's presidential election,” I know it took place in November 2008.

Hall said he was going to Austin to record an album of original songs, which really surprised me. Like millions of CSI viewers, this is a side of my favorite TV coroner that I never knew.

Did he ever complete his album?
—Gillian Willbury, Santa Cruz, Calif.

DEAR GILLIAN: Finally, Robert David Hall's dream project is a reality.

Titled “Things They Don't Teach You in School,” this CD is on his own label, Robert David Hall Music (RDHM01).

All but three of the 12 tunes are written or co-written by Robert, including the title track.

One I'm especially fond of is “For Judy,” written for and dedicated to his wife. Judy must love the line “You've got a heart that sets you apart … and more soul than Motown in its prime.” I know I do.

On June 19th, Hall fulfilled another of his childhood dreams; a guest appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.

“I've been listening to the Opry since I was a little kid,” the 62-year-old actor told “The Tennessean” before taking the stage.

“I wanted to play guitar and be a musician ever since seeing Roy Rogers and Gene Autry movies. I was seven.

“I ended up joining a theater company, but I still played music all the time. When I started getting paid as an actor I realized the way you make money determines your career directions.

“Now, all I want to do is be in tune and sound good. After all, how many people get the opportunity to sing and play on the Grand Ole Opry stage?”


DEAR JERRY: One of those internet-only oldies radio stations played a song that is surely by Dion and the Belmonts, but one I have never heard.

They have no dee jays (usually a plus) so no title was announced, but it sounds very much like “A Teenager in Love.” Most likely it's a follow-up.

From the lyrics, I'm guessing it is “A Long Way.” It's great and should have been a hit!

What can you tell me about this tune?
—Don Hayes, Vincennes, Ind.

DEAR DON: Probably everything that matters.

This track, titled “Such a Long Way” (Laurie 3080), is by the Belmonts without Dion. In fact, it came out the same week in January 1961 as Dion's second solo hit, “Havin' Fun” (Laurie 3081), his follow-up to “Lonely Teenager.”

Backed with the delightfully doo-wopish “We Belong Together,” a regional hit of sorts, this is the first post-Dion record for his Belmonts: Carlo Mastrangelo, Angelo D'Aleo and Fred Milano.

You are right on both counts: “Such a Long Way” borrows heavily from “A Teenager in Love,” and it should have been a hit.






IZ ZAT SO? Despite being the Rock Era's No. 1 label for singles sales, Columbia achieved that rank with mostly non-rock recordings. This applies specifically to the parent company and not their subsidiaries (Epic, Okeh, etc.).

From January 1, 1955 through February 9, 1963 — the Golden Age and peak period for rock and roll music — Columbia had no flourishing rock artists , and only one Top 10 rock hit: Buzz Clifford's “Baby Sittin' Boogie” (1961).

It sounds impossible, but they offset their aversion to the teen scene with a bevy of pop, folk, and country stars, all with impressive Top 10 credentials:

Tony Bennett; Brothers Four; Don Cherry; Rosemary Clooney; Vic Damone; Doris Day; Jimmy Dean; Percy Faith & His Orchestra; Four Lads; Terry Gilkyson & Easy Riders; Johnny Horton; Stonewall Jackson; Frankie Laine; Johnny Mathis; Guy Mitchell; Mitch Miller; Fess Parker; Johnny Ray; Marty Robbins; and Joan Weber.

Then Columbia signed Dion DiMucci, who immediately became their first rock star. His Columbia debut single, “Ruby Baby,” reached No. 2 in February '63.

In June 1965, a Columbia rock record finally claimed the No. 1 position: “Mr. Tambourine Man,” by the Byrds.

As for rock's Silver Age, the British Invasion, Columbia again remained on the sidelines. Not once during the '60s did they even have a Top 25 hit with a foreign-based act.

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: http://www.jerryosborne.com/

All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.

Copyright 2010 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission

Music News & Notes

Amalgama Reveals New EP "Amethyst" Artwork

New York's Amalgama has issued the following update about posting the artwork for the band's new EP "Amethyst" online:

"We're not sure if you've already seen it, but we have debuted our new EP cover and title - Amethyst. We worked closely with Al Berardi once again (who last designed our new logo) and came up with a fantastic final result. Let us know what you think about it and get yourself pumped for the tracks that will be following soon."

Great cover.....












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MAYHEM/KORN contest

KORN and ROB ZOMBIE are heading out on the Mayhem Festival, and KORN is releasing their new album 'KORN III: Remember Who You Are' on 7/13. Right now you can enter to win a guitar autographed by KORN, from Roadrunner Records and Record Store Day.


http://www.recordstoreday.com/Contest/376







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Brad's 4th Studio Album "Best Friends?" Set To Arrive August 10th

Long-time Northwest favorite Brad is set to release its eagerly awaited new studio record "Best Friends?" Tuesday, August 10, 2010, on Pearl Jam's Monkeywrench Records. Marking the band's first studio release in eight years, "Best Friends?" is the fourth record from the iconic collaboration of vocalist/pianist Shawn Smith, guitarist Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam), drummer Regan Hagar (Satchel) and bassist Mike Berg.

Brad is seeing a long awaited resurgence in 2010. The trio rebooted its web site, brought Gossard's Hank Khoir bassist Keith Lowe into the fold, and played several sold-out Seattle shows (and a set at the Sasquatch music festival) leading up to its "Best Friends?" release.

"Best Friends?" will be available on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, through independent retailers including CIMS, AIMS and MMN stores, various digital partners and online through Pearl Jam's Ten Club at http://www.pearljam.com/

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METALLICA: Deluxe Vinyl Edition Of 'Kill 'Em All' Available - July 14, 2010

As previously reported, METALLICA is making a deluxe vinyl edition of its 1983 debut album, "Kill 'Em All", available for order online on Thursday (July 15), beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. The two-platter set comes in heavyweight 180-gram red vinyl, packaged in a gatefold sleeve and remastered from the original album master tapes. Only 1,000 copies are available and can be ordered by METALLICA fan club members at MetClub.com.

Originally issued on July 25, 1983 through the independent label Megaforce Records, "Kill 'Em All" was recorded in two weeks on a miniscule budget in upstate New York. Although only 1,500 copies were initially pressed, the album was reissued by Elektra Records after the band signed to that label in 1984 and has since been certified triple platinum for sales of more than three million copies.

Interestingly, the original title of "Kill 'Em All" was "Metal Up Your Ass."  Kill em all is much better.



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KING OF ASGARD: Reveal Cover Art  For Debut Album

Swedish Viking Folk Death Metallers KING OF ASGARD have revealed the cover art and tracklisting for their upcoming debut album Fi’mbulvintr, to be released August 13/16 via Metal Blade Records in Europe!

The album was recorded back in March by Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) as engineer and co-producer over an intense two week period










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Brandon Flowers' Flamingo Cover Art Revealed

The covert art for The Killers leader singer Brandon Flowers' first solo album has been released. Brandon Flowers is standing in a Vegas hotel room on the album cover. Flamingo will gon on sale September 14th. The music video for "Crossfire" was recently released.

Terrible cover, if you ask me.

Undercover Jewel at Karaoke Club for Surprise Web Video

NEW YORK -- On a recent Monday night at a Los Angeles karaoke bar, a meek-looking woman in a business suit and glasses was coaxed on stage by her co-workers.

While the unsuspecting crowd readied itself for four minutes of awkward singing, the woman -- "Karen" -- suddenly belted out exquisite, pitch-perfect renditions of the popular Jewel songs "Who Will Save Your Soul" and "Foolish Games."

Astonished crowd members picked their jaws off the floor and cheered wildly.

Karen really was Jewel, and the proceedings had been filmed by FunnyOrDie.com, the comedy video website co-founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The video was posted Tuesday and was rapidly circulating online, with more than 160,000 views as of evening.

What a hoot:

Undercover Karaoke with Jewel from Jewel

This Date In Music History - July 14

Birthdays:

Tommy Mattola - music executive, Sony Records. Married Mariah Carey in 1993, separated in 1997. (1948)

Chris Cross - Ultravox (1952)

Ellen Reid - Crash Test Dummies (1966)



Tonya Donelly - Belly (1966)

Nick McCabe - The Verve (1971)

Taboo - Black Eyed Peas (1975)

Tameka Cottle - Xscape (1975)

Ruben Studdard - American Idol (1978)


They Are Missed:

Born on this day in 1912, influential US folk singer Woody Guthrie. Was a major influence on Bob Dylan and American folk music. 70's film 'Bound For Glory' based on his life. Guthrie died on October 3, 1967.



A drunk driver killed Clarence White of The Byrds while he was loading equipment after a gig in Palmdale, California in 1973.

Born today in 1926, Lowman Pauling, guitarist, The Five Royales, co-wrote 1967 hit for Mamas and the Papas, "Dedicated To The One I Love." He died on December 26, 1973.

In 1984, Phillippe Wynne, lead singer with The Detroit Spinners, died of a heart attack while performing at Ivey's nightclub in Oakland, California (age 43).

In 2003, Skip Battin, former bassist for the Byrds and other notable country-rock bands of the ’70s and ’80s, dies near Palm Springs, Calif., of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 69. Battin appeared on the Byrds’ 1970-71 albums “Untitled,” Byrdmaniax and “Farther Along.”

In 2005, pioneering African-American country artist Big Al Downing died at a hospital near his home in Leicester, Mass. Downing, 65, was felled by complications from Leukemia, with which he had been recently diagnosed.


History:

Fats Domino hit #1 on the R&B chart and #3 on the pop chart in 1956 with his song "I'm In Love Again."

1960 #1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “I’m Sorry,” Brenda Lee.



Bobby Vinton started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1962 with "Roses Are Red, My Love."

In 1962, the Beatles played their first ever gig in Wales when they appeared at The Regent Dansette in Rhyl. Tickets cost 70 cents.

In 1967, the Who began their first full North American tour at the Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, appearing as support band to Herman's Hermits on 55 dates.

Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance with The Band at the Mississippi River Rock Festival in 1969. He performed three songs.

In 1973, Gary Glitter and the Glitter Men made their live debut at Mecksham, Wiltshire, England.

During a concert at the John Wayne Theatre in Hollywood (Knott's Berry Farm), California in 1973, Phil Everly smashed his guitar and stormed of stage. Don bravely finished the set by himself and announced that The Everly Brothers had split.

In 1977, Elvis Costello and The Attractions made their live debut supporting Wayne County at The Garden, Penzance, Cornwall, England.

Donna Summer scored her third #1 US single in 1979 with "Bad Girls" and the album of the same name also started a five week run at #1.



Allen Klein, ex manager of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, began serving a two-month prison sentence in 1980 for falsifying tax returns.

The movie premier for Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' was held at The Empire, Leicester Square, London, England in 1982.

The “Is Elvis Alive?” frenzy reached a high point in 1988 as Nashville radio station WYHY offered $1 million to anyone who can produce the King alive. Despite our best efforts, Elvis still refused to emerge from his quarters at the 23rd Street YMCA in New York. So the reward was unclaimed.

Michael Jackson gave himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1988 for setting a new attendance record, when he played the first of seven nights at Wembley Stadium in London. The shows on his 'Bad World Tour' were attended by a total of 504,000 fans beating the record previously held by Genesis, with four sold out nights.

Cyndi Lauper released the first closed-captioned video in 1989. The video was for the song "My First Night Without You."

Alice Cooper releases his comeback single “Poison” in 1989. It later goes to #7, his biggest hit since 1972’s “School’s Out.”



At The Peach Festival, South Carolina in 1989, 432 guitarist's broke the world record for the most guitar players appearing in unison for the longest period of time, when they performed "Louie Louie" for 30 minutes. Peach Festival?

In 1992, Megadeth released their fifth album Countdown to Extinction, which becomes their most successful record to date – peaking at No. 2 in the Billboard album charts.

Aretha Franklin sang the US national anthem at the Democratic national convention in 1992.

Also in 1992 - Olivia Newton-John announced that she had breast cancer. Her publicist said that doctors expected a full recovery. They were right.

In 1993, the US Postal Service released 29-cent stamps that honored four Broadway musicals. The featured scenes were from "My Fair Lady," "Porgy and Bess," "Show Boat" and "Oklahoma!"

Garbage was nominated in eight, count ‘em eight, categories for the upcoming 15th annual MTV Music Awards in September of 1998. When the awards were handed out Garbage, sadly, comes up empty.

In 2000, it was announced that the Go-Go's had gotten back together again for a tour, new album, a book and a movie.

Also in 2000 - Dr. Dre filed suit against the city of Detroit alleging censorship. The lawsuit stemmed from a concert stop in Detroit on July 6, 2000, when Dre was told he and the tour organizers would be arrested if he showed a video during the concert. The video contained nudity and graphic violence.

In 2003, plans for Sting to write an official anthem for Tuscany came under fire by locals who insisted the job should go to an Italian and not a foreigner. The British pop star owned a house in Tuscany and had been nominated to compose the anthem by Franco Banchi who lived nearby. In other news, buttfuckIdaho is now the motto on the license plates for the residents of Idaho...

Planet Waves wine was introduced in 2004. The name comes from the 1974 Bob Dylan album. An Italian winery, Fattoria La Terrazze, produced 415 cases with only 125 of them available in the US. The wine sold for $65 a bottle.

In 2006, ex-Vice President Dan Quayle exited a John Mellencamp's concert in Stateline, NV, after the singer criticized the Bush administration while introducing the song "Walk Tall." Quayle’s publicist says the "performance was not very good to begin with, and the comment put it over the top." "It's kind of telling that he chose to walk out as I was doing a song about tolerance," says Mellencamp.



A Rolling Stones concert scheduled at a racetrack in Belgrade, Serbia, was relocated to a city park in 2007. Animal-rights activists claim the group's music (as melodic and tasteful as it is) will distress horses sheltered in nearby stables. Umm, OK......

In 2007, a pair of glasses worn by former Beatle John Lennon sparked a bidding war after being offered for sale online. The circular sunglasses were worn by Lennon during the Beatles 1966 tour of Japan, where the band played some of their last ever live dates. Anonymous rival bidders had pushed the price over the 1 million mark at online auction house 991.com.

Michael Jackson fans from all over the world congregated at London's O2 arena in 2009, where the star had been due to begin his run of 50 concerts. Fans who left messages to a wall of tributes and conducted Jackson sing-a-longs, held a minute's silence at 1830 BST to mark the time when the doors to the concert would have opened.

The Dead Weather, with Jack White (White Stripes/Raconteurs) on drums, rolled out their debut "Horehound" in 2009.

Judas Priest unfurled "A Touch Of Evil: Live" in 2009. The collection features 11 songs that have never appeared on any of the group's previous concert discs, including songs from ‘08’s "Nostradamus." "It's a very fierce record and just captures the band's attitude and feeling in a very strong, determined way," says frontman Rob Halford.

The Doors DVD documentary, From The Outside, was in stores in 2009. Among the friends and family interviewed is Jim Morrison's one-time girlfriend (and wife if you believe in occult weddings) Patricia Kennealy-Morrison. "It was probably the best interview anyone has ever gotten out of me," says Kennealy-Morrison. "I got to talk about Jim as an artist-hero and also as a flawed, brave, tragic person."

New Music Releases - July 13, 2010

The 25th anniversary edition of R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction is in stores today!!  The album has been digitally remastered and includes a bonus disc of demos.  Get your copy here:

http://www.insound.com/search/results4.jsp?from=5141&query=R.E.M.






  





New Music:

54-40 - 54-40
AC/DC - Talks (Shape Disc)
Admiral Radley - I Heart California [mp3] [vinyl]
Alabama - Setlist: The Very Best of Alabama Live
Alexis Korner - Bootleg Him!
Allen Toussaint, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair - Alligator Alley
Alpha & Omega - Life Swallower
Ashers - Kill Your Master
Asleep at the Wheel - Asleep at the Wheel
Au Revoir Simone - Night Light: Remix Album [mp3]
Autechre - Move of Ten 1 [vinyl]
Autechre - Move of Ten 2 [vinyl]
Autechre - Move of Ten [mp3]
Backseat Dreamer - The Colors Of Dreams, They're In You [mp3]
Bad Brains - Live at CBGB [vinyl]
Barnaby Bye - Room to Grow
Billy Thorpe - 21st Century Man
Blasters - Hard Line
Blasters - Non Fiction
Blasters - The Blasters
Blue Giant - Blue Giant
Blue Oyster Cult - Setlist: The Very Best of Blue Oyster Cult Live
Blue Things - Blue Things Story 1 (Vinyl)
Bojura - Night Flight Night Sight
Bow Wow Wow - Bow Wow Wow (2 CDs)
Bridigit St. John - Best of
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record 10 inch Vinyl Box Set [7-LP vinyl box set]
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict Live
Cameo - Cardiac Arrest / We All Know Who We Are
Canvas Solaris - Irradiance
Caravan Palace - Caravan Palace [mp3]
Carissa's Weird - They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 [mp3]
Carnival Season - Misguided Promise: Carnival Season Complete 1984-1989 [mp3]
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig [vinyl with bonus CD]
Ceo - White Magic
Chatham County Line - Wildwood [mp3] [vinyl]
Cheap Trick - Setlist: The Very Best of Cheap Trick Live
Chris Connor - Sings Ballads Of The Sad Cafe
Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants - Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants
Clash - The Clash

Buy Clash Here:  http://www.insound.com/search/results4.jsp?from=5141&query=Clash

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (20th Anniversary Edition) (remastered with bonus tracks) [mp3]
Connie Francis - Essential Hits & Early Recordings (2 CDs)
Cro-Mags - Alpha Omega
Crowded House - Intriguer [CD & DVD] [mp3]
Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Dean Martin - Greatest Hits
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Devotionals - Devotionals [mp3] [vinyl]
Dickies - Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) (Vinyl)
Duane Eddy - Especially For You...
El Guincho - Piratas de Sudamerica [mp3]
Eliza Gilkyson & John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky - Red Horse [mp3]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Sprocket Sessions
Etta James - Essential
Fang Island - Fang Island [vinyl]
Fat Joe - The Darkside Vol.1
Flock of Seagulls - Listen
Four Aces - Hits From Hollywood & Broadway
Furniture - Wrong People (remastered with bonus tracks)
Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache
Great Big Sea - Safe Upon the Shore
Greg Lake - Live on the King Biscuit Flower Hour
Grief - Come To Grief (reissue)
Gypsy Nomads - Happy Madness [mp3]
Halford - Crucible: Remixed & Remastered
Hans Zimmer - Inception (soundtrack) [mp3]
Hell Within - God Grant Me Vengeance
Honeymoon Suite - Honeymoon Suite / Racing After Midnight
Honeymoon Suite - The Singles
Ian Gillan - Toolbox (Remastered)
Ian Gillan Band - Clear Air Turbulance (Remastered)
Innocence - The Innocence
Innocence Mission - My Room in the Trees [mp3]
Isis / Melvins split 12"
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers - The Definitive Collection
Jane Krakowski - The Laziest Gal In Town
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid [2-LP vinyl]
Jefferson Airplane - Setlist: The Very Best of Jefferson Airplane Live
Jerrod Niemann - Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury
Jerry Douglas - Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor
Jesse Belvin - Just Jesse Belvin
Jim Reeves - Girls I Have Known
Jo Stafford - Beyond the Stars Key Recordings 1940-1959
Joe Elliott - My Regeneration
John Powell - Knight & Day (soundtrack) [mp3]
Johnny Cash - Setlist: The Very Best of Johnny Cash Live
Johnny Mathis - Heavenly
Johnny Winter - Progressive Blues Experiment / Johnny Winter
Judas Priest - Setlist: The Very Best of Judas Priest Live
Jujus - You Treat Me Bad
Junior Wells - Messin With the Kid: Original Masters
Kansas - Leftoverture (Vinyl)
Kim Wilde - Another Step (2 CDs)
Kim Wilde - Teases & Dares (2 CDs)
Kingston Trio - At Large
Korn - Korn III: Remember Who You Are
Kruger - For Death, Glory and the End of the World
Lamont Dozier - Black Bach
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Mighty Upsetter
Lemon Drops - Sunshine Flower Power (Vinyl)
Leon Redbone - Christmas Island
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins / His Blues (2 CDs)
Lonesome River Band - Still Learning
Loudness - Best of Loudness 8688: Atlantic Years
Loudness - Masters of Loudness (2 CDs)
Love Language - Libraries [mp3]
M.I.A. - M A Y A [deluxe edition with bonus tracks] [mp3] [vinyl]
Maffitt & Davies - The Rise & Fall of Honesty
Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang [vinyl]
Martin Denny - Exotica
Matmos and So Percussion - Treasure State [mp3]
Matt Bianco - Sunshine Days: Official Greatest Hits
Max Bygraves - Unbeatable Bygraves
McGuire Sisters - May You Always
Melvins & Isis - Split Single [vinyl]
Merle Haggard - 20 #1 Hits
Metallica - Talks
Missing Persons - Live From the Danger Zone
Mission (UK) - Dum-Dum Bullets [mp3]
Morcheeba - Blood Like Lemonade [mp3]
Morning Dew - At Last 1968-1970
Morning Dew - No More 1966-1969
Mystery Jets - Serotonin [mp3]
Nazareth - Fool Circle
Nazareth - Malice in Wonderland
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms [vinyl]
Newsboys - Born Again
Nils Frahm & Anne Muller - 7 Fingers [mp3] [vinyl]
Noctiferia - Death Culture
Norma Jean - Meridional
Otis Williams & the Charms - It's A Treat: The King / De Luxe Recordings 1959-1963
Panda Bear - Tomboy [vinyl]

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Pat Boone - Star Dust / Tenderly
Paul Davis - Paul Davis
Paul Wall - Heart of a Champion
Powerpoint - Mission Statement
Quiet Riot - Setlist: The Very Best of Quiet Riot Live
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (remastered with bonus CD) [mp3] [vinyl]
REO Speedwagon - Setlist: The Very Best of REO Speedwagon Live
Ray Charles - 4 Classic Albums (2 CDs)
Ready Set - I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming [mp3]
Rick Springfield - Wait For Night
Robin George - Crying Diamonds / Dangerous Music Live'85 (2 CDs)
Sandy Denny & the Strawbs - All Our Own Work
School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire

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Seu Jorge - Everybody Love the Sunshine [vinyl]
Shelly Berman - Outside
Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame - Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame
Sly & the Family Stone - Dance To the Music (Expanded)
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh (Expanded)
Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! (Expanded)
Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin On
Soft Machine - Softs
Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast
Spencer Wiggins - Feed the Flame: the Fame & Xl Recordings
Stephen Pearcy - Under My Skin
Steve Marriott - Lend Us a Quid
Stevie Woods - Attitude
Stevie Woods - Take Me to Your Heaven
Stevie Woods - Woman in My Life
Sting - Symphonicities
Stray - New Dawn / Alive And Giggin' (2 CDs)
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
Superchunk - Digging for Something b/w February Punk [vinyl]
Swallow - Out of the Nest
Swallow - Swallow
Sybreed - The Pulse of Awakening
Sylvain Sylvain - Bowery Butterflies ('78 Vintage Nyc Rock & Roll Gems)
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Revisited: 35th Anniversary Edition
Tangerine Dream - The London Eye Concert
Tangerine Dream - Views from a Red Train

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Ted Nugent - Setlist: The Very Best of Ted Nugent Live
The Frames - Another Love Song (remastered with bonus tracks)
The Frames - Dance the Devil... (remastered with bonus tracks)
The Frames - Fitzcarraldo (remastered with bonus tracks)
The Maine - Black & White
The Spires - Curved Space [mp3]
Tim O'Brien - Chicken & Egg [mp3]
Tired Pony - Dead American Writers [vinyl]
Tommy Keene - Tommy Keene You Hear Me: A Retrospective 1983-2009 (2 CDs)
Tony Lucca - Rendezvous With The Angels
Torche/Boris - Chapter Ahead Being Fake [vinyl]
Tracy Bonham - Masts of Manhattan [mp3]
Tradewinds - Excursions
Tymon Dogg - Bitter Thoughts of Tymon Dogg: Collection 68-09
Van Morrison - Blowin Your Mind
Various Artists - Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth
Various Artists - Classic Field Recordings (4 CDs)
Various Artists - End of an Era: 20 Years in Bluesland
Various Artists - Great Googly Moo - And More Undisputed Truths
Various Artists - Hoss Allen's 1966 Rhythm & Blues Review: The Beat
Various Artists - Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands
Various Artists - London American Label: 1962
Various Artists - Love From Finland: The Love Records Anthology 1968-1976
Various Artists - Next Stop Vietnam - The War On Record, 1961-2008 [13-CD box set]
Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: Tribute to a Reggae Legend
Various Artists - Real Cool Time Revisited: Swedish Punk, Pop & Garage Rock 1962-1989 (2 CDs)
Various Artists - Steelin It: The Steel Guitar Story
Various Artists - The History of Indian Film Music [box set]
Various Artists - You Baby: Words & Music By P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri
Vic Chesnutt - About to Choke [vinyl reissue]
Walkmen - You & Me [vinyl reissue]
Westworld - Beatbox Rock N Roll: Greatest Hits
Willie Nelson - Setlist: The Very Best of Willie Nelson Live
Wolvhammer - Black Marketeers of WWIII
Woodpigeon - Balladeer: To All the Guys I've Loved Before [vinyl]

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X - Under the Big Black Sun [vinyl reissue]
Zoroaster - Matador


Upcoming New Jazz Releases - July 13, 2010

Al Haig - Cerendy Pitty
Alessio Pamovio - Alone At The Window
Anthony Braxton & Gerry Hemingway - Old Dogs
Art Pepper - Thursday Night At Village Vanguard
Art Pepper - Friday Night At Village Vanguard
Art Pepper - Saturday Night At Village Vanguard
Art Pepper - More For Les:At Village Vanguard Vol
Barry Harris - Listen To Solo Piano
Barry Harris - Live In Rennes
Bebo Valdes - Bebo Rides Again
Bill Evans - On Green Dolphin Street
Bill Evans - Loose Blues
Bill Evans - Jazzhouse
Bill Evans - Blue In Green
Bill Evans - Album
Bill Evans - Piano Player
Bill Evans - Living Time
Bill Evans - Solo Sessions Vol 1
Bill Evans - Solo Sessions Vol 2
Bill Evans - You're Gonna Hear From Me
Bill Evans - Montreux3
Bill Evans - Pike's Peak
Billie Holiday - 100 Hits Legends-Billie Holiday
Bing Crosby - 100 Hits Legends-Bing Crosby
Bobby Timmons - Soul Man
Bobby Vince Paunetto - El Sonido Moderno
Build An Ark - Love, PT. 2
Burt Ecoff - Whisper Knot
Buselli / Wallarab Jazz Orchestra - Mezzanine
Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orch - Mezzanine
Cannonball Adderley - Quintet Plus
Caravan Palace - Caravan Palace
Carlo Morena Trio - Some Portraits
Carlos "Patato" Valdez - Masterpiece
Carmen McRae - Standards
Carmen McRae - Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances
Cecilia Coleman - Illusion
Charles Trenet - Integrale V.9: 1952-1953
Charles Trenet - Trenet,Charles Vol. 9-Complete Charles Trenet
Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine:Best
Chris Washburne - Fields Of Moons
Claudio Carboni - Secondo A Nessuno
Count Basie - Basie Big Band
Count Basie - For The First Time
Daniel Erdmann & Francis Le Bras - Daniel Erdmann & Francis Le Bras
Daniel Humair - Pas De Danse
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
Dave Holland - Hands
Dave Pike - Pike's Peak
David Amram - Latin-Jazz Celebration
David Kikoski - Live At Smalls
Deep Rumba - Calm In The Fire Of Dances
Deep Rumba - This Night Becomes A Rumba
Dehumanizers & Deep Throat - New World Odor
Dexter Gordon - Resurgence Of Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon - Jumpin Blues
Dinah Washington - Standards
Domenic Landolf - New Brighton
Edward Decker - Dear Mr. Pizzarelli
Elmo Hope - Trio
Etta James - Essential Etta James
Evans Bradshaw - Look Out For Evans Bradshaw
Evans Bradshaw - Pieces Of Eighty Eight
Filippo Fano' - Pagine
Forevers Edge - Chaotic Silence
Fred "Sugar" Hall & His Sugar B - Look Who's Here!
Fred Hall's Sugar Babies - Look Who's Here!
Fred Sugar Hall / His Sugar B - Look Who's Here!
Fuambolique - Disponibili Anche Su
G.Sabbioni / Girardi / Recchia D. - Time Remembered
Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga
Gary Bartz - I've Known Rivers And Other Bodies
George Fame - Mod Classics 1964-66
Georgie Fame - Mod Classics: 1964-1966
Gerry Hemingway - Old Dogs
Grandes Gueules - Absolut Jazz Vocal A Capella
Hampton Hawes - Bird Song
Hampton Hawes - All Night Session Vol 1
Hampton Hawes - All Night Session Vol 2
Hampton Hawes - All Night Session Vol 3
Hank Mobley - Mobley's Message
Hank Mobley - Mobley's Second Message
Imparato Andrea 5tet - Jazzola!
James Annesley Quartet - Vicious Cycle
Jan Verwey - Standards & Other Pieces
Jan Verwey / B van den Brink - Standards & Other Pieces
Janko Nilovic - Rythmes Contemporains
Jeroen Van Vliet - Sikeda Thin Air
Jerome Richardson - Roamin
Jim Brickman - Essential Jim Brickman
Jimmy Heath - Thumper
Jimmy Smith - Eighth Wonder Of The World
Jimmy Smith - Plays The Hits
Jimmy Smith - Plays The Hits: Great Songs/Great Performances
Joe Venuti - Performance
John Coltrane - European Tour
John Wright - Mr. Soul
Kenny Burrell - Standards
Kip Hanrahan - Beautiful Scars
Kip Hanrahan - Coup De Tete
Klima Kalima - Loru
Laura Villa - Bossa Nova
Lee Konitz - Konitz Plays Konitz
Lester Young - Standards
Lester Young - Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances
Louis Armstrong - 100 Hits Legends: Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong - Standards
Louis Armstrong - Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances
Macry & Orquesta Termidor - Rumba Macry
Marco Detto - In The Meantime
Matt Darriau - Paradox Trio With Bojan Z.
Miles Davis - Live At The Barrell
Nina Simone - Essential Nina Simone Collection
Nobuki Takamen - Live At The Iridium
Paname Dandies - Le Swing De L'Escargot
Paquito D'Rivera - Improvise One Live
Pat Bianchi - Back Home
Patato Valdes - Valdes, Patato - Masterpiece
Paul S., Bishop Morton - Memorable Performances
Paulien Van Schaik - Tenderly
Paulien Van Schaik - Tenderly: Live At Baseline Theater
Pepe Habichuela / Dave Holland - Hands
Peter Brotzmann - 3 Nights In Oslo
Peter Chi Brotzmann - 3 Nights In Oslo
Peter Chicago Tentet + 1 Brotzmann - 3 Nights In Oslo
Piero Sidoti - Gente In Attesa
Puma - Half Nelson Courtship
Quincy Jones - Standards
Radio Utopia - Algebra Of Delight
Red Garland - Trio
Red Garland - Solar
Red Garland - Crossings
Red Garland - Trio With Eddie Lockjaw Davis
Red Garland - Red's Good Groove
Renato Sellani Trio & C.Battaglia - Joy Spring
Rodolphe Rafalli - Un Pied Su Lile
Roy Haynes - Cracklin
Roy Haynes - Cymbalism
Schlippenbach Trio - Bauhaus Dessau
Sergio Mendes - Play The Hits
Shelly Manne - More Swinging Sounds
Sikeda - Thin Air
Soho After Dark - Soho After Dark
Stanley Cowell - New World
Stian Westerhus - Pitch Black Star Spangled
Susi Hyldgaard - Magic Words
SYOTOS Band / Chris Washburne - Fields Of Moons
Terry Oldfield - Spirit Of The Rainforest
Three As One - Decisions
Tony Bennett - Album
Trichotomy - Variations
United Jazz + Rock Ensemble - Live Im Schutzenhaus/Live In Berlin
United Jazz + Rock Ensemble - Plays Wolfgang Dauner/Plays Volker Kriegel
Up trio - Uplifting
Van Schaik / Van de Geyn - Tenderly
Voci Di Corridoio - Edizione Straordinaria
Volker Kriegel - Journal/Palazzo Blue
Walter Bishop Jr. - Live In Tokyo
WD-41+2 Willie Oteri and Dave Laczko with Dino J. A. Deane and Scott Amendola - Temi Per Cinema (self produced) - Download
Wolfgang Dauner - Changes/Zeitlaufe
Youd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Youd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Reissues

Art Farmer - Early Art
Bill Evans - Live in Tokyo
Bill Evans - Time Remembered
Billie Holiday - Essential Collection
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues
Don Sleet - All Members
Duke Ellington - Drum Is A Woman
Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack
John Coltrane - Soultrane
Kenny Burrell - Soul Call
Miles Davis - Relaxin'
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue )

Special thanks to www.allaboutjazz.com  for New Release information

The Upcoming Release Center at allaboutjazz.com is the most comprehensive new release listing for jazz music on the internet.  The information is updated biweekly by John Kelman


New releases put together from a variety of online sources by Robert Benson - http://collectingvinylrecords.blogspot.com/  


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