New Music Releases - July 27, 2010

36 Crazyfists - Collisions & Castaways
Art of Noise - Influence: Best of Art of Noise

Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare Buy Avenged Sevenfold Here

Best Coast - Crazy for You [vinyl]
Billy Squire - Don't Say No (Remastered plus 2 live bonus tracks)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Mirror Image / New City (2 CDs)
Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose
Brutal Truth - No Need to Control Re-Release
Buck Owens - Buck Owens: All Time Greatest Hits
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey / Garvey's Ghost
Butcher Holler - Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
Cactus - Ultra Sonic Boogie: Live 1971
Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender (Vinyl)
Charlie Louvin - Hickory Wind: Live at the Gram Parsons Guitar Pull
Charlotte - Medusa Groove
Chipmunks - Chipmunks: All Time Greatest Hits
Christopher Willits - Tiger Flower Circle Sun
Clyde McPhatter - Lover Please: The Complete MGM & Mercury Singles
Cruel Hand - Lock & Key
Cut Chemist - Sound Of The Police [vinyl]
Dave Mason - Mariposa De Oro / Old Crest on a New Wave
David Bromberg - Wanted Dead Or Alive / Midnight on the Water
Dean & Britta - 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Decrepit Birth - Polarity
Delaney & Bonnie - On Tour with Eric Clapton (4 CDs) (Rhino Handmade Exclusive Release)
Die Antwoord - 5 EP
Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis (box set)
Dru Hill - Indrupendence Day
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - High Voltage (2 CDs)
Eminem - Recovery [vinyl]
Eric Carmen - Eric Carmen / Boats Against the Current / Change of He
Eric Gales - Relentless
everyBoy - The Last Lala's
Fat Joe - Dark Side
Foreigner - Can't Slow Down (2 LPs)
Futurebirds - Hampton's Lullaby
George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Live in Boston 1982
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - Kings of The Streets: Definitive Collection (2 CDs)
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message (Expanded Edition)
Heart - WTF (Single)
Insidious Disease - Shadowcast
Jaill - That's How We Burn [mp3] [vinyl]
Jerry Castle - Don't Even Ask
Jesca Hoop - Hunting My Dress
Jesu - Lifeline EP [vinyl]
Jimmy Edgar - XXX
Journey - Look Into The Future / Next
Judy Collins - Bread & Roses
Judy Collins - Christmas at the Biltmore
Judy Collins - Fifth Album
Judy Collins - Home Again
Judy Collins - In My Life
Judy Collins - Running For My Life
Judy Collins - Times of Our Lives
Judy Collins - True Stories & Other Dreams
Judy Collins - Whales & Nightingales
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - The McGarrigle Hour [vinyl]
Kimberly Caldwell [American Idol] - Without Regret
King Crimson - Collectable King Crimson, Volume 5
King James - The Fall Re-Release
Kinks - Give the People What They Want (reissue)
Kinks - Low Budget (reissue)
Kinks - Misfits (reissue)
Kinks - One for the Road (reissue)
Kinks - Schoolboys in Disgrace (reissue)
Kinks - Sleepwalker (reissue)
Kinks - Soap Opera (reissue)
Kinks - State of Confusion (reissue)
Kinks - Word of Mouth (reissue)
Lachi - Lachi
Loudness - Best of Loudness 8688: Atlantic Years
Loudon Wainwright III - 10 Songs for the New Depression
Madlib - Medicine Show No. 7: High Jazz (Yesterday's New Quintet) [vinyl]
Magic Slim - Legend of the Blues, Vol. 1 & 2
Major Lazer - Lazers Never Die EP
Manhattans - Black Tie / Love Talk
Mark Olson - Many Colored Kite [vinyl]
Masada String Trio - Zorn: Haborym: The Book of Angels Vol 16
Matt Pond PA - The Dark Leaves [vinyl ]
Melissa Manchester - Melissa / Better Days & Happy Endings
Melvin Van Peebles - Brer Soul
Menomena - Double Seven Inch [vinyl]
Menomena - Mines
Merle Haggard - Amber Waves of Grain / Kern River
Michael Sarver - Michael Sarver
Miniature Tigers - Fortress [mp3] [vinyl
Mystery Jets - Serotonin [vinyl]
Pete Seeger - Tomorrow's Children
Proghma-C - Bar-do Travel
Propaganda - Secret Wish: 25th Anniversary (2 CDs)
RPA & United Nations Of Sound [The Verve's Richard Ashcroft] - RPA & United Nations Of Sound
Raydio - Raydio / Rock On
Red Wanting Blues - These Magnificent Miles
Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories (CD) + Filmed At Mill House & Bray Studios 1979 (DVD)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band - Live at the Greek Theatre 2008
Robert Cray Band - Cookin' in Mobile (CD/DVD)
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - We Walk This Road [vinyl]
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs [vinyl reissue]
Savannah Jo Lack - Knitting Songs
Seu Jorge - Seu Jorge And Almaz [vinyl]
Shimmies - To All Beloved Enemies
Sky Sailing - An Airplane Carried Me to Bed
Slum Village - Villa Manifesto
Social Studies - Wind Up Wooden Heart
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather (remastered with bonus disc)
Sugarhill Gang - 30th Anniversary (2 CDs)
Sugarhill Gang - Rhythm & Rhymes- Definitve Collection (2 CDs)
The Robert Cray Band - Cookin' in Memphis
Tim Easton - Live at Water Canyon
Tom Jones - Praise and Blame
Tony Da Gartorra vs. Gruff Rhys -The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness
Various Artists - Babylon Central (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Beginners Guide to Cumbia
Various Artists - Get Low (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Let Me Tell You About The Blues: West Coast (3 CDs)
Various Artists - Sugar Hill Rap Classics: Pioneers of Hip-Hop (2 CDs)
Various Artists - This Is Southern Rock
Young Galaxy - Invisible Republic

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Upcoming New Jazz Releases - July 27, 2010

Adrian Iaies Trio - Child's Smile
Al Cohn - Four Classic Albums
Al Di Meola - Splendido Hotel/Electric Rendevous
Anita O'Day - Anita Sings The Most/The Lady Is A Tramp
Anja Lechner W / Metrop / Dino Saluzzi - El Encuentro
Antonio Sanchez - Live In New York At Jazz Standard
Big Town Playboys - Roll The Dice
Blossom Dearie - Four Classic LPS
Bwana If - 31
Cab Calloway - We Cats Can Hep You
Cafe Bossa - Cafe Bossa Vol. 3-Cafe Bossa
Chico Hamilton - Chico Hamilton Quintet/In Hi-Fi/Chico Hamilton Trio
Chie Sugiyama - Meets Benny Green
Chris Dean - Once Upon A Time
Cleo Laine & John Dankworth - Three Early LP's & More
Courtney Pine - Journey To The Urge Within
Dizzy Gillespie - Four Classic Albums
Eartha Kitt - Four Classic Albums
Ella Fitzgerald - One Side Of Me
Evelyn Laye - Queen Of Musical Comedy
Food - Quiet Inlet
Freddy Gardner - Essential Collection
Fusion Flavours-20th Anniversary Edition - Fusion Flavours-20th Anniversary Edition
Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga
Gen Ken Montgomery - Birds & Machines
Gerry Hemingway - Old Dogs
Gerry Mulligan - Three Classic Albums Plus
Gilberto Gil - Fe Na Festa
Glenn Miller - We're Still In Love
Henry "Red" Allen - Four Classic Albums Plus
Incognito - Transatlantic RPM
Instroville-Hits & Rarities From The Golden Age Of - Instroville-Hits & Rarities From The Golden Age Of
Janko Nilovic - Rythmes Contemporains
Jeff Steinberg - Romance In Tuscany
Jessica Walker - A Quiet Girl
Jimmy Giuffre - Jimmy Giuffre/Jimmy Giuffre 3/Tangents In Jazz/Historic Jazz
John Coltrane - Bags & Trane
John Lewis & The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lewis,John & The Modern Jazz Quartet Vol. 2four Classic Albums
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra - Too Cool For The Blues
Lena Horne - Performance
Les Baxter - African Jazz/Jungle Jazz
Lionel Hampton - Three Classic LPS
Marcus Johnson - This Is How I Rock
Matthew Shipp - Creation Out Of Nothing: Live In Moscow
Mike Phillips - MP3
Miles Davis - Miles In The Movies
Modern Jazz Quartet - Modern Jazz Quartet/Django/Fontessa
Mop Mop - Ritual Of The Savage
Mose Allison - Way Of World
Muggsy Spanier - Essential Collection
Nat "King" Cole - Essential Collection
Nat Gonella - Confessin
Norfolk & Western - Dinero Severo
Ornette Coleman - Something Else
Pat Kirkwood - Unforgettable Pat Kirkwood
Rachel Pennell - Bare 'N' Blue
Ralph Alessi - Cognitive Dissonance
Rpa & The United Nations Of So - United Nations Of Sound
Rpa & The United Nations Of Sound - United Nations Of Sound
Sam Levine - Smooth Worship
Scott Colley - Empire
Sidney Bechet - Essential Collection
Soft Machine - Softs
Sonny Rollins - Bridge
Sonny Rollins - Four Classic Albums
Stan Getz - Three Classic LPS
Syd Orchestra Lawrence - Re: Generation
Syd Orchestra Lawrence - Strictly Big Band
Syd Orchestra Lawrence - Salute To Glenn Miller
Teddy Sexte Charles - On Campus
Thelonious Monk - Four Classic Albums
Tommy Dorsey - Irish American Trombone

Reissues
Hi-Lo's - Listen!
John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound
Ornette Coleman - Tomorrow Is The Question!

Special thanks to http://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/  

Have new music for the list? Email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com  

Record collectors keep Valley's passion for vinyl alive

Special thanks to author Crystal Olvera of The Monitor (www.themonitor.com) for the exclusive rights and permission to reprint this interesting article.


As CD sales continue to fall and music giants like Tower Records are all but a memory, there’s an unexpected medium that is slowly rising from the dead: vinyl.

According to Nielsen Soundscan, vinyl sales sky-rocketed, surpassing sales of the previous year by a whopping 89 percent in. Although the pace slowed in 2009, Vinyl sales were still up 33 percent from the previous year.

Whether it’s people feeling a little nostalgic, or just a trend, vinyl’s return to popularity has brought longtime collectors out of the woodworks and into the business market.

Independent music shops are popping up in the Rio Grande Valley to help baby boomers rediscover their love for the old school and introduce a new generation to a music medium that’s been brought back to life.

FRANK’S RECORD SHOP

123 E. Jackson St., Harlingen | (956) 245-9777

Tony Ramirez sits at a wooden table on the third floor of what used to be the Palm Hotel in Downtown Harlingen, overlooking Jackson Street. The third floor is equipped with a pool table, a bar and a smorgasbord of pop culture memorabilia. With a cigarette in one hand and a bottle of Shiner Bock in the other, Ramirez talks about the significance of Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction,” how The Beatles’ mop tops changed rock ‘n’ roll and why he prefers the sound of a classic vinyl record over a CD any day.

“A CD is perfection,” said Ramirez as he takes a swig of his beer. “A record is used, scratched, and it takes you back to the club, back to the concert — because bands, musicians, they don’t play perfectly. A CD is pristine, but there’s nothing pristine in music.”

Having spent the past 50 years collecting records, Ramirez is a rock ‘n’ roll relic with expertise in classic rock that could arguably rival any modern music historian. He spent much of his life as an English instructor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Texas A&I Kingsville and South Texas College, but also dabbled in disc jockeying and record collecting, finally retiring to open Frank’s Record Shop with his daughter Shannon.

“He’s the beauty, and I’m the brains,” Shannon jokes.

Ramirez and his wife June purchased the Palm Hotel nearly 20 years ago and converted the first floor into an antique shop and record store. They made the second and third floors their home.

Shannon recalls the slow metamorphosis of her father’s collection from merely a fun project into something out of control.

“He just wanted to sit around, listen to music and drink beer,” Shannon said. “It started off as just a hobby, but it turned into a monster.”

Tony’s shop is currently the largest vinyl shop in the Valley. He offers every popular musical genre you can think of along with CDs, cassettes, antique knives and coins. He began collecting records as a 12-year-old paperboy in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.

“My first album was Big John,” said Ramirez. “I bought it for 39 cents because I couldn’t afford the full-length albums.”

With the advent of CD players and cassettes, he said he spent much of the ‘80s in flea markets buying up the vinyl albums many people were abandoning. But he doesn’t blame vinyl’s demise on new technology.

“Vinyl died because no one was selling record players,” said Ramirez. “They stopped selling them and stopped selling the parts to fix them.”

But Shannon begs to differ.

“The ‘80s was about keeping up with the Joneses,” said Shannon about people’s obsession with new technology. “But vinyl never died. People kept their vinyls and stuck them in closets or hid them under their beds.”

The father and daughter team have partnered with Victor Cantu of Valley Vinyls in McAllen. Both stores work together to help customers find whatever they’re looking for, be it Kitty Wells or Iron Maiden.

Ramirez said he takes pride in owning a “mom-and-pop” store. He invites shoppers to bring in their own vinyl records to sell or spin on the shop’s record player. He spends much of his time chatting about music with customers and telling stories — like the one about how his copy of Marvin Gaye’s Soulful Mood met an untimely death on the floor of his house. The record was worth $800.

“I can’t compete with volume,” says Ramirez of the large corporate-owned music outlets. “But I can compete with personality.”

Ramirez is also happy a new generation is discovering music through vinyl. He equates vinyl records with the stories and lessons passed on from generation to generation.

“Vinyl records are memories. They were meant to last forever,” Ramirez explains.

VALLEY VINYLS

2201 N. 10th St. Suite I, McAllen (Inside the Petite Mall) | (956) 928-1005

Twenty-one-year-old Bianca Cantu sifts through a crate of records labeled “P” at Valley Vinyls, inside The Petite Mall on 10th Street in McAllen. She pulls out Prince and The Revolution’s Purple Rain album.

“It’s only worth something if you get the double set, which is a regular black vinyl and a purple vinyl,” she said. She goes on to explain the importance of an orange label on a Jimi Hendrix album, and that anything by the Beatles is a good buy.

Bianca has slowly become a connoisseur of vinyl and she’s learned from the best. Her father, Victor Cantu, raised his kids on Kiss, The Beatles, Janis Joplin and most classic rock from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Victor said it was always a dream of his to open a record store, and after partnering up with Tony Ramirez of Frank’s Record Shop in Harlingen, he decided to take the leap last October.

Since then, he’s never looked back. His store, which began with only a handful of crates, is now overflowing with music. Cardboard sleeves filled with classical music lie behind the counter and a sea of 45s hides underneath tables covered with rock, jazz, Spanish language, hip-hop and pop records.

Winter Texan shoppers in search of older fare by the likes of Trini Lopez, Frank Sinatra and Liberace are Victor’s usual clientélè but he’s seeing a larger number of young people who have become interested in record collecting.

“We see 16-year-olds in here buying Janis Joplin and Grand Funk Railroad,” Victor said. “I’m standing there thinking, ‘Do you know who this is?’”

Victor said he doesn’t know the exact number of records in his home collection anymore, but he estimates it’s about 10,000.

“The first record I got was Kiss Alive!” said Victor, wearing a pair of John Lennon-style sunglasses and an AC/DC shirt as he sits on a mall bench just outside the shop. He was just a preteen in the seventh grade. “Ever since then I was hooked.”

Why has he stuck with vinyl all this time?

“There’s nothing like a vinyl record – opening the sleeve up and looking inside,” Victor said. “With a CD, it’s not the same. Digital has a quieter sound. You don’t hear the Rice Krispies you hear on a vinyl when you pick up the volume,” Ramirez said referring to the common crackling sound on a vinyl record. “Vinyl makes you feel like you’re in the room with the band.”

Victor’s love for vinyl and classic musical formats has prevailed over decades of technological developments. He says vinyl can stand the test of time and blames convenience for the downfall of CDs, cassettes and eight-tracks.

“CDs are disposable, and they’re easily damaged because you’re always taking them everywhere. Vinyls you can’t take anywhere,” Victor said. Portable devices allow for more carelessness, like leaving cassettes in hot cars, he added.

“Vinyls are more like keepsakes that you can pass down to your children.”

But he isn’t completely against new technology. He still has an eight-track player in his truck, which he uses regularly.

“I’m old school,” he confesses.

HAVOK RECORDS

416 N. 10th St. Suite 4 (Next to The Gallery) | (956) 627-2742

What do Radiohead’s OK Computer, Lady Gaga’s The Fame and the Twilight Soundtrack have in common? Besides being some of the most popular albums on the planet, they can also be found in vinyl form at Havok Records on 10th Street in McAllen. Apart from a corner of crates with used records of yesteryear, hundreds of newly packaged 12-inch sleeves glisten on the stores’ shelves. Havok Records is filled with the latest punk, rock and even hip-hop and pop records of today.

Owner, Orlie Ozuna, hails from a new generation of record collectors. Unlike most vinyl addicts, The 31-year-old wasn’t around for the first pressing of The Beatles’ Abby Road or Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced. He was, however, born a music lover and his interest in vinyl grew from his love of punk rock. He bought his first album, a seven-inch NOFX record, in his early 20s.

After finding success as a licensed contractor, he saved enough money to open up his own record store with the help of his friend Abel Herrera. The shop sells record players and accessories, T-shirts, skate decks and other novelties. He said business has picked up since the store opened in February.

Punk-wise, the most popular artists customers look for are NOFX, 7 Seconds, Propagandi and Fugazi, while rock lovers seek classic records by The Beach Boys or contemporary artists like Depeche Mode and Radiohead, Ozuna said.

He believes that collecting vinyl is simply more fun than collecting CDs because the LPs offer larger album art and lyric sheets. Ozuna’s home collection is now made up of nearly 600 albums. But Ozuna said they weren’t easy to find. Much of his own catalog was attained from scouring bigger cities like Austin and San Antonio and winning auctions on eBay.

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” Ozuna said. “Many people go giving their records away not knowing what they have. The search in itself is quite exciting.”

The vinyl industry has also evolved to accommodate today’s techno-savvy buyers by offering ways for purchasers to place digital copies of albums on their iPods or CDs. Many newly released LPs offer coupons or download cards to allow buyers to download albums in Mp3 format for free.

“There are (new) record players with USB cables, which are universal that can connect to any desktop or laptop (computer),” Ozuna said. “Software is usually included, and it’s a matter of installing software and having your laptop recognize the record player. You can pretty much convert all your vinyl to mp3s.”



THE MOST VALUABLE VINYL RECORDS

The value of vinyl records will change over time and vary according to what region of the world you’re in, but these three albums are commonly listed as the most valuable.

John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy (Geffen US Album, 1980) - This copy of the album was autographed by Lennon five hours before he was assassinated by Mark David Chapman. It’s valued at $525,000.

The Quarrymen – “That’ll Be the Day”/”In Spite Of All The Danger” (UK 78 RPM, Acetate in plain sleeve, 1958) - There was only one copy pressed of this album by The Quarrymen, a band which would later become The Beatles, and Paul McCartney owns it. Value: $180,000

The Beatles – Yesterday and Today (Capitol, U.S. Album in ‘butcher’ sleeve, 1966) Value: $38,500. The album, which features the Fab Four posing with pieces of meat, fake blood and baby doll parts, was pulled after an outcry from retailers.

Viva ELVIS - The Album To Be Released November 2010

Legacy Recordings Celebrates Elvis' 75th Birthday Year with a New Studio Work Inspired by Viva ELVIS by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas

NEW YORK, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings, in cooperation with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. and Viva ELVIS by Cirque du Soleil at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, proudly announces the release of Viva ELVIS - The Album, a 21st century celebration of Elvis and his music, featuring the voice of the King in a whole new context. Viva ELVIS - The Album will be available everywhere this November. For more information, please visit http://www.vivaelvis.com/

The undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley remains one of the most iconic and powerful forces in popular culture. "Before Elvis," said John Lennon, "there was nothing."

After Elvis, the world looked and sounded different. With a swivel of his hips and the power of his voice, Elvis broke down barriers and shattered the status quo, revolutionizing the worlds of music, film and fashion while signaling a seismic shift in gender, class, race, and generational relationships.

The Elvis revolution continues with Viva ELVIS - The Album.

The postmodern studio masterwork invokes the spirit and essence of Elvis from a contemporary perspective while furthering the revolutionary impulses of Elvis' sound. Viva ELVIS - The Album re-imagines the king's own vocal performances in a broad variety of new musical settings. This new sound echoes Elvis' own versatility and ability to master all music genres, from Delta blues to rockabilly, from raw soul to gospel, from Southern folk to Vegas pop, while incorporating elements of garage rock, punk, urban and hip-hop.

"Viva ELVIS is a tantalizing musical experience," said Adam Block, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Legacy Recordings. "It's so creative and so contemporary, it effortlessly places Elvis in a current context that appeals to fans of all ages and all kinds of music. There's a freshness, a newness to these songs that grabs you and shakes you and ultimately testifies to the remarkable artist Elvis remains to this very day."

"What would the songs of Elvis be like if he were doing them for the first time today?" asks the album's producer and arranger Erich van Tourneau, Musical Director and Arranger for Viva ELVIS by Cirque du Soleil. "We set out to evoke the soul and spirit of Elvis Presley while building a bridge between his music and future generations of fans."

When working on the music for Viva ELVIS, van Tourneau -- aided by Hugo Bombardier, Assistant Producer and Assistant Arranger on Viva ELVIS - The Album -- spent more than 3,000 hours reviewing countless albums, films, concert recordings, interviews and home recordings of Elvis. More than 17,000 samples of Elvis' songs – the raw material for the show – were made during the process.

Working with tens of thousands of samples of Elvis' voice, van Tourneau and Bombardier often wove several sequences and sounds into the same songs, sometimes changing details such as the key and tempo. In creating Viva ELVIS - The Album, van Tourneau was looking to accentuate and boost the emotional charge of the songs with the incorporation of ragga, punk or hip-hop elements into classic recordings. In all cases, however, the goal was to respect and understand the essence of the original recordings.

In celebration of all eras of Elvis' musical genius, Viva ELVIS - The Album includes songs from Elvis' rise to fame in the '50s, his movie soundtracks, his triumphant return to the stage in the "'68 Special," and his ground-breaking appearances in Las Vegas. "Burning Love," "Suspicious Minds," "Blue Suede Shoes" and "It's Now or Never" are among the songs that have been re-imagined and transformed for Viva ELVIS - The Album.

The first opportunity to hear a sample from this ground-breaking album will take place during Elvis Week in Memphis on Saturday, August 14, during the event "Conversations on Elvis."

Viva ELVIS by Cirque du Soleil, a harmonious fusion of dance, acrobatics and live music, opened earlier this year in a specially designed 1,800 seat theater at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. A tribute to the life and music of Elvis Presley, Viva ELVIS focuses on the essential humanity of the one superstar whose name will forever be linked with the history of Las Vegas: Elvis Presley. Significant moments in his life – intimate, playful and grandiose – blend with timeless songs that remain as relevant today as when they first hit the top of the charts.

Viva ELVIS - The Album is a 21st century venue for rock's first and biggest superstar. The King's Music Lives!

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About Elvis Presley Enterprises

Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. is based in Memphis, with additional offices in Los Angeles. In addition to Graceland and its related attractions in Memphis, including the Heartbreak Hotel, EPE is aggressively involved in a worldwide licensing program, merchandising, music publishing, and television, film, video and Internet projects. For more information on EPE and Graceland, visit www.elvis.com. EPE is a subsidiary of CKX, Inc. (www.ckx.com), a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market® under the ticker symbol CKXE.

About Cirque du Soleil

From a group of 20 street performers at its beginnings in 1984, Cirque du Soleil is now a major international organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. Since its founding, Cirque du Soleil has thrilled over 100 million spectators in close to 300 cities on five continents. In Las Vegas, Cirque du Soleil has a privileged partnership with MGM Resorts International to create and present unique and innovative productions. In addition to Viva ELVIS, these productions include Mystere™ at Treasure Island, "O™" at Bellagio, Zumanity™ the Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil at New York-New York Hotel & Casino™, KA™ at MGM Grand, The Beatles™ LOVE™ and CRISS ANGEL Believe™ at Luxor. For more information, visit the Cirque du Soleil website at www.cirquedusoleil.com/lasvegas.

About Legacy Recordings

The multiple Grammy-winning Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division, produces and maintains the world's foremost catalog of historic reissues, an unparalleled compendium of thousands of digitally re-mastered archival titles representing virtually every musical genre including popular, rock, jazz, blues, R&B, folk, country, gospel, Broadway musicals, movie soundtracks, ethnic, world music, classical, comedy and more.

http://www.vivaelvis.com/

http://www.legacyrecordings.com/


SOURCE Legacy Recordings

Music News & Notes

Billy Corgan Collapses On Stage

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan collapsed on stage during a Florida concert last Thursday night. The singer fell down while performing the bands's hit, "Bullet with Butterfly Wings."

Corgan explained the fall on Twitter: "That wasn't a stage move or clumsiness. That was me blacking out and wiping out. I have no memory of falling against the drum riser and my guitar cabinet, but I can tell you I've got quite a good bruise [and] am moving slow."

- Andrew Vaughan of Gibson.com

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Gary Numan Box Set

The Vinyl 180 has announced a Gary Numan box set containing "Replicas" and "The Pleasure Principle" as well as the brand new release of the self titled debut album from Tubeway Army and a bonus disc, "The Plan."

If you're thinking "Hang on... I've already bought the other Gary Numan re-issues", don't panic! "Tubeway Army" is available as a special deluxe edition with the presentation box and The Plan so collectors won't find that they have to buy copies of albums they already own. The boxes are very limited however, with only 500 copies being available worldwide.

The Vinyl 180 label produces new vinyl editions of classic 80's post-punk albums, remastered from original analogue tapes and pressed onto 180g heavyweight vinyl to capture the warmth and depth of sound that currently only vinyl can offer... just as they were meant to be heard. All releases are packaged in deluxe gatefold sleeves on heavyweight cardboard stock. The titles are distributed domestically through ADA. - http://www.vinyl180.com/

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KISS – Sings THE BEATLES

TMD unearths a rare audio clip from 1990 of legendary rock act KISS doing an interview in a New York City rehearsal studio right before the start of the band’s infamous “Hot In The Shade” tour. At the start of the clip is Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons trying their hand at some classic songs by THE BEATLES. The first one is “Help!” and the second is “Please Please Me”. In the KISS lineup at this point in time was Bruce Kulick on lead guitar and the late great Eric Carr on drums.



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Official Cover Art and Tracklisting for Usher's 'Versus' Revealed

Aceshowbiz : A month before "Versus" is released, Usher unleashes official cover art and tracklisting.

The artwork features a side-look at him wearing sunglasses, and the tracklisting reveals nine songs, including a remixed version of Justin Bieber's "Somebody to Love".

The lead single is a floor-filler "DJ Got Us Fallin In Love" which features Pitbull. Another song which has been embraced by music fans is titled "Get in My Car" which has Usher teaming with Bun B. Also lending their vocal in this extended play are Jay-Z and Ciara.

Usher will drop "Versus" in United States on August 24, less than 6 months after his new album "Raymond vs. Raymond" was released. There is no particular reason explained on why he rushes another set but it might have something to do with "Raymond" success.



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AC/DC Celebrating 30th Anniversary Of 'Back In Black'

On July 25, 1980, AC/DC released "Back In Black" in the U.S., followed by the album's U.K. release on July 31. It was the band's first album without lead singer Bon Scott, who had died a few months earlier after passing out and choking on his own vomit following a long night of drinking.

The group quickly decided to press on and hired Brian Johnson from the band GEORDIE to take over on vocals, and they headed to the Bahamas for about six weeks to do the album. AC/DC had made some serious headway in America before Scott's death, but no one knew how "Back In Black" would be received. The album took off, and eventually sold over 21 million copies in the U.S.

Johnson told The Pulse of Radio that he didn't have a clue how successful "Back In Black" would turn out to be. "I'd just melted me brain in there, and I didn't know if it was good or bad," he said. "That was the first time I'd been in the Bahamas, anyway, or near America, you know, and you (have to) remember, I was just fascinated by the whole culture and all, and I had no idea what the hell I was doing! And (laughs) lucky, really — I was a bit lucky, I think."

"Back In Black" included the singles "You Shook Me All Night Long", which peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Back In Black", which peaked at No. 37.

Despite its massive success, it never got higher than No. 4 on the album charts. The band's next album, "For Those About To Rock", reached No. 1.

"Back In Black" is tied for fifth place with BILLY JOEL's "Greatest Hits Vols I & II" on the list of the biggest selling albums in the U.S.

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Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 07/24/2010

All LPs on this week's Top 5, with The Beatles taking the top two spots. The sought-after private press jazz/funk record from Uncle Funkenstein is the only non-rock record on this week's list.

1. LP - The Beatles vs The Four Seasons "self titled" Vee Jay Sealed - $5,858.99

2. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Stereo - $4,929.28

3. LP - Led Zeppelin "I" Test Pressing - $4,153.00

4. LP - Uncle Funkenstein "Together Again" - $4,000.00

5. LP - George Harrison "Concert For Bangladesh" Sides 5/6 Acetate - $3,702.00


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Filmmaker Jeanie Finlay Talks About Her Documentary "Sound It Out", Next Tuesday On Vinyl Record Talk July 27, 5pm PDT/ 8pm EDT

Jeanie Finlay (Goth Cruise The Movie) joins us from the UK to discuss her new film, Sound It Out, and the different ways she's gone about making her films. Jeanie is currently funding Sound It Out, about one of the last independent record stores in the north of England, through indiegogo, where films get made by us, the audience, for as little as $5.00. (We're in for $10 - it's been a slow week. But if we do well with the radio broadcast records we have for auction in our store, we're jumping back in for the DVD.)

Jeanie is best known in the US for her IFC film Goth Cruise. We talk about what its like to make films for the BBC and IFC, as well as her next project after Sound It Out, Orion. Orion is one of history's strangest Rock n Roll icons. He was a sort of Elvis impersonator, sort of not, sort of an insist-I'm-not-an-Elvis-impersonator-so-to-make-you-think-I-am-actually-the-real-not-really-dead-Elvis. I think its a fantastic idea for a documentary. Orion (real name Jimmy Ellis) belongs up on the Pantheon of Strange, next to Syd Barrett, Roky Erickson, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy.

Join us for a completely entertaining, and informative interview with Jeanie Findlay, on next week's Vinyl Record Talk on Radio Dentata, Tuesday July 27th 8:00pm ET / 5:00 PT.

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Music News & Notes

Rolling Stones To Announce 'Last Ever' World Tour

It's being reported that the Rolling Stones are set to announce their last ever world tour. The band is said to be in talks with concert promoter Live Nation about the 50th anniversary jaunt. The dates will apparently begin next year and last into 2012.

"They're likely to perform in stadiums,” a source told The Sun. “It's almost certainly the last full-scale world tour.”

The band, who formed in 1962, have become a prolific live act over the latter stages of their career. Their most recent A Bigger Bang tour, which ran for two years, grossed $558million.

Drummer Charlie Watts will turn 70 during the tour, while Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are all in their 60s.

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Obscura Begin Work On New Album

Progressive death metal act Obscura has begun recording the follow-up album to their breakthrough release Cosmogenesis at Woodshed Studio in southern Germany. Engineer V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress) will helm the recording. An early 2011 release date is expected with additional album details to be announced soon.

Obscura's recording and touring line-up remains as Kummerer on guitar and vocals, Christian Muenzner on guitar, Jeroen Paul Thesseling on bass and Hannes Grossman on drums. The band will round out the Cosmogenesis touring cycle with a performance as part of the Mezcal Metal Festival in Mexico City, Mexico in September.

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Orbs Ready Debut Album For Release

Pre-orders for Orbs' debut album, "Asleep Next To Science," are now available through MerchNow.com. The album will be released on August 17th. Orbs is made up of Adam Fisher and Clayton "Goose" Holyoak (Fear Before), Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me), Ashley Ellyllon (Abigail Williams/Cradle of Filth) and Chuck Johnson (Torch Runner). The band will be heading out on the road with Junius in August.










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Linkin Park reveal 'A Thousand Suns' album artwork and tracklisting

Linkin Park have revealed the cover art for their fourth studio album A Thousand Suns, which is set for a release date of 13th September. They've also released the tracklisting which will be produced by Minutes To Midnight producer Rick Rubin and band MC and guitarist Mike Shinoda. All songs and music will be written by the band. The Catalyst will be the first single from the album and will be released on 2nd August.

1.The Requiem
2.The Radiance
3.Burning In The Skies
4.Empty Spaces
5.When They Come To Me
6.Robot Boy
7.Jornada Del Muerto
8.Waiting For The End
9.Blackout
10.Wretches And Kings
11.Wisdom, Justice And Love
12.Iridescent
13.Fallout
14.The Catalyst
15.The Messenger

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Pantera deluxe release

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pantera's Cowboys From Hell album, Warner Music will be releasing a special three-disc deluxe boxed set on November 22.

The package will include the original album plus rare and unreleased tracks as well as demo and live versions.





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Science of Silence Release Vinyl-Only Voyager/Monolith Split LP

With the slow, grueling death of the CD medium upon us, you might raise an eyebrow over the existence of a limited-edition, vinyl-only record label, but it's actually brilliant. Sure, vinyl died years before the CD, but like anything that goes extinct, there are people still interested in collecting it, whether it's music or dinosaur bones. Marc Schapiro and Tim Tatulli have launched Science of Silence to serve vinyl collectors, not the masses. Their debut release was a split clear LP with Voyager and Monolith.

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UK RELEASE OF RED VELVET CAR ON EAGLE RECORDS!


Eagle Records

Eagle Records are delighted to announce the release of “Red Velvet Car”, the first new studio album in six years from the groundbreaking Seattle-based band Heart. The record is released on 30 August 2010 [Cat. No. EAGCD424].

For this album, the first ladies of arena rock added an acoustic slant to a collection of songs inspired by the world around them, arranged for an assortment of strings including guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, fiddle, viola, cello and autoharp, all played by Nancy Wilson and the album’s producer, Grammy winner Ben Mink.

Nine of the album’s songs were written for, and appear for the first time on “Red Velvet Car”. The album’s closer, “Sand,” is a newly recorded version of a song originally written and recorded by the Lovemongers, Ann and Nancy’s 1990’s acoustic side project. Tracks on “Red Velvet Car” include “Death Valley,” “Safronia’s Mark,” “Red Velvet Car,” “Queen City,” “Sunflower,” “Wheels,” “There You Go,” “WTF,” “Hey You” and “Sand.”

Ann Wilson describes the album as having, “A fresh sound with all the original Heart magic.” “This album feels so right for the times,” said Nancy Wilson. “We can’t wait to share this one with the world!” Ann Wilson and her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, first showed the world that women can rock when their band Heart stormed the charts in the ’70s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” ‘Straight On,” “Even It Up,” “Kick It Out” and so many more. Not only did the Wilson sisters lead the band, they wrote the songs, and played the instruments too, making them the first women in rock to do so. Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80s and into the ‘90s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” “What About Love,” “If Looks Could Kill,” “Never,” showcasing the sisters’ enormous talents as both musicians and singers. Along the way, Heart sold more than 30 million records, had 21 top 40 hits, sold out arenas worldwide, and had a profound influence on rock music – “Red Velvet Car” continues that journey, and in considerable style.

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Anberlin Album Art

Anberlin have released the album art for their upcoming September 21 release, "Dark is the Way, Light is a Place"

This Date In Music History - July 26

Birthdays:

Bobby Hebb (1941)

Neil Landon - The Flowerpot Men, The Ivy League (1941)

Darlene Love - Crystals (1941)

Dobie Gray (1942)

Mick Jagger - Rolling Stones (1943)



Roger Taylor - Queen (1949)

Gary Cherone - Extreme, Van Halen (1961)

Scott Francis Crago, session drummer, worked with The Eagles since 1994 as well as Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Bryan Adams, Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger and

Chris Isaak (1963)

Tim Barnwell - Arrested Development (1967)

Dan Konopka - OK Go (1974)

Dave 'Brown Sound' Baksh - Sum 41- Quit Sum 41 in 2006 to pursue his career with his second band Brown Brigade and The Organ Thieves (1980)


They Are Missed:

Brent Mydland, from The Grateful Dead, was found dead on the floor of his home in 1990 (age 38) from a drug overdose.

Singer and Motown artist, Mary Wells, referred to as 'The First Lady of Motown' and who had a 1964 #1 single "My Guy," died in 1992 of laryngeal cancer (age 49). Forced to give up her career and with no health insurance, forced to sell her home, Wells’ old Motown friends including Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, The Temptations and Martha Reeves, along with Dionne Warwick, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin and Bonnie Raitt, personally pledged donations in support.




History:

Hank Ballard recorded "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" in 1960.

Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" was released in 1960.



"Mickey's Monkey" was released by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles in 1963.

The Monkees recorded "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" in 1966.

Jeannie C. Riley recorded "Harper Valley P.T.A." in 1968.

The Jackson Five signed a one-year contract with Motown Records in 1968.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney completed the song "Hey Jude" in 1968.

The release of the Rolling Stones’ “Beggars Banquet” was postponed in 1969 over the album cover art. The Stones want a graffiti laden bathroom. Their label objects. In the end, the album was released with a white cover. The group’s name and LP title are written in script. It’s also the first album where Mick Jagger plays guitar.

Brian Jones was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1969, on sale for 35 cents.

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. of the Fifth Dimension got married in 1969.

Jimi Hendrix played in his home town of Seattle for the last time when he appeared at Sicks Stadium in 1970.

Graffiti artists were hired to spray paint sites in London in 1974 to promote the UK release of The Rolling Stones new single "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll."



The Eagles started a five-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1975 with 'One Of These Nights'.

Van McCoy and the Soul City went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1975 with "The Hustle," his only US chart hit. McCoy died on July 6, 1979.

The last Three Dog Night concert was held (until their 1981 reunion), in Los Angeles in 1976.

1977, Elvis Costello was arrested as he performed outside a CBS Records sales conference at The London Hilton Hotel and was fined £5.

Elvis Costello was arrested in 1977 while performing outside the London Hilton. CBS Record executives are meeting there and Elvis wants an audition for a US deal. Costello was taken away and fined but CBS invited him back for a proper audition.

Punk band The Plasmatics played at New York's CBGB's in 1978.



A revised version of the Clash's debut album was released in the US in 1979.

The Rolling Stones started a seven week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1980 with 'Emotional Rescue,' the group's eighth US #1.

Prince's movie "Purple Rain" premiered in Hollywood, CA in 1984.

Peter Gabriel went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with "Sledgehammer."


The film soundtrack to 'Top Gun' went to #1 on the US album chart in 1986.

Oasis were booed of stage during a show at the Paleo Festival in Switzerland in 2000 after singer Liam Gallagher had insulted the 35,000 strong audience. Smart.....

In 2000, The celebrity management company Cassandra left dozens of acts out of pocket when it was rocked by fraud charges, filing for bankruptcy at the Manhattan Bankruptcy Court. Clients included Alanis Morissette, Pish and Afghan Wiggs.

A U.S. federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Napster, Inc in 2000. The injunction had been requested by the Recording Industry of Association of America (RIAA). The website was ordered to cease trade in music covered by RIAA member copyrights by midnight July 28, 2000.

VH-1 premiered the movie "Meatloaf: To Hell and Back" in 2000.

In 2001, Sir Paul McCartney announced his engagement to Heather Mills, the anti-landmine campaigner and former model. The couple split-up in 2006.

Also in 2001, Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews was admitted to a rehabiliation centre, after collapsing with exhaustion. Her record company said the Welsh singer was "receiving treatment for exhaustion and a recurrent asthma complaint - both of which have been exacerbated by drinking and smoking." Smart....

Courtney Love blasted ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in Spin magazine in 2005. "Dave gets to walk away unscathed and be the happy guy in Rock, when he's one of the biggest jerks," says the widow Cobain. "He's been taking money from my child (that would be Francis Bean Cobain) for years." Grohl wisely declined to respond.

Fans attending a Billy Corgan concert in Melbourne, Australia in 2005, shouted requests for Smashing Pumpkins songs. The ex-Pumpkins frontman, who is touring to support his solo album "TheFutureEmbrace," gets angry when the shouting doesn't subside and walks off the stage. Baby.

In 2006, the guitar on which Sir Paul McCartney learned his first chords sold for £330,000 at an auction at London's Abbey Road Studios. The Rex acoustic guitar helped McCartney persuade John Lennon to let him join his band, The Quarrymen, in 1957.

In 2006, the final edition of Top of the Pops was recorded at BBC Television Centre in London. Just under 200 members of the public were in the audience for the show which was co-hosted by veteran disc jockey Sir Jimmy Savile, its very first presenter. Classic performances from the Spice Girls, Wham, Madonna, Beyonce Knowles and Robbie Williams will feature in the show alongside the Rolling Stones – who were the very first band to appear on Top of the Pops on New Year's Day in 1964.

In 2008, Klaxons singer Jamie Reynolds postponed the group's Australian tour dates after he broke his leg at a gig in France. The bands singer said he "drastically misjudged" the distance when he jumped from the stage during their final song in the set. Real smart......

Jimmy Page took the stand at a music-bootlegging trial in Glasgow, Scotland in 2007. The defendant, Robert Langley, was accused of attempting to sell unauthorized Led Zeppelin recordings (among other charges). Defense lawyers argued that Page had previously shown a flexible attitude toward bootlegging, but the legendary guitarist insisted there's a difference between trading pirated recordings and selling them. "What is unacceptable with this passing off is when somebody is trying to make a huge profit and is making it look official when it's substandard quality," says Page. Following Page’s testimony Langley changed his plea to guilty. "Page's evidence was important to the trial and, after how impressive he was, Langley knew that . . . the game was up for him," said a source at the court. Langley was eventually sentenced to 20 months in prison.

Selling culture and history: Oroville radio station puts its record library up for sale to raise funds

By BARBARA ARRIGONI - Staff Writer

OROVILLE, CA— An archive that reflects changes in music and cultures spanning several generations is up for sale, a sad but necessary move for members of Oroville radio station KRBS, a representative said.
The station is selling its collection of more than 7,000 long-playing, vinyl records.

Station Manager Salud Almaguel said in a phone interview Friday the collection includes all genres of music.

Almaguel and staff have extensively gone through each album to be sure of its value. She estimated the majority of albums are worth between $600 to $800 apiece, and some records are valued at $2,000. She did not give specific asking prices.

The reason for the sale is to raise money to build two badly needed sound rooms and upgrade some equipment.

"It's the only way for us to raise the funds," she said.

New sound rooms are necessary because with the recent move to its location on Oro-Quincy Highway, the KRBS disc jockeys are operating in an open room. Employees can't do any other work in the area because the sound will be heard over the radio.

The sound rooms alone will cost about $5,000. In addition, the station needs to upgrade its on-the-air emergency alert system.

Almaguel figured if the albums are sold individually, the station could raise as much as $50,000, which would cover the station's needs. She's willing to work with people on some prices, especially if anyone is interested in buying the entire stock at once.

Almaguel said there are a lot of record collectors looking for specific items. However, she warned that she has learned that the value of an album isn't just in who recorded it: It depends on the label and lettering on the label, which she said many people aren't aware of.

The records still play.

"I've been playing them and playing them," she said.

Almaguel indicated the choice to sell the records was difficult.

"I wish we didn't have to sell them and could have a special library," she said. "We have to build the sound rooms ... right now, that is more important than just hanging on to vinyl. I'm trying very hard to keep us up in the air."

The sale is ongoing. KRBS is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For information call 534-1200.

This Date In Music History - July 22

Birthdays:

Barbara Love - Friends Of Distinction (1941)

Jim Armstrong - Them (1944)

Alan Whitehead - Marmalade (1947)

Larry Gott - James (1957)

Robbie Grey - Modern English (1957)

Gary Cherone - Extreme, Van Halen (1961)

Jennifer Lopez (1970)

Mecca - Digable Planets (1973)


They Are Missed:

Nervous Norvus ("Transfusion"-- his real name was Jimmy Drake) died of liver failure in 1968.



Bobby Ramirez, drummer with Edger Winters White Trash, was killed in 1972 after becoming involved in a brawl in a Chicago bar. The fight started after comments were made about the length of his hair.

Born on this day in 1942, Heinz Burt, bass, The Tornadoes. The first major hit from a UK act on the American chart. He died on 7th April 2000.

In 2003, Ozzy Osbournes long-standing tour manager, Bobby Thompson, was found dead in his Detroit hotel room. Thompson had been battling throat cancer.

In 2005, Bad Beat singer Patrick Sherry died after a stage dive went wrong during a gig at the Warehouse in Leeds, England. Sherry lept towards the crowd at the end of the bands set and tried to grab a lighting rig from the ceiling but missed and hit the floor.


History:

The Ventures’ instrumental “Walk Don’t Run” hit the charts in 1960.



A riot brook out during a Rolling Stones gig at The Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1964 after Keith Richards aims a kick at a yob who was spitting at the group. Two policemen and 30 fans were injured and the damage is estimated at over £4,000.

The Byrds were at #1 on the UK singles chart in 1965 with their version of the Bob Dylan song "Mr Tambourine Man." The first Bob Dylan song to reach #1.

The Beach Boys' "California Girls" was released in 1965.

The Elvis Presley movie "Double Trouble" premiered in 1967.

In 1967, all four Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein signed a petition printed in The Times newspaper calling for the legalisation of marijuana.

Also in 1967, the Beatles meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose lecture on Transcendental Meditation (TM) they had gone to hear at the Hilton Hotel in London. TM involved the silent repetition of a word or sound to produce a state of mind that reduces stress, calms the mind, and energizes both mind and body. The Maharishi invited The Beatles to travel with him to Bangor, in North Wales, to attend more lectures. They accepted his invitation.

Jefferson Airplane’s second album, the classic “Surrealistic Pillow” went gold in 1967. The record contains two Airplane classics “White Rabbit” and “Somebody To Love.” Both songs were originally recorded by singer Grace Slick’s previous band, The Great Society. Good idea to bring her on board.



In 1969, Paul McCartney recorded a demo of his new song "Come and Get It" at Abbey Road studios in London. McCartney gave the song to The Iveys, (soon to become known as Badfinger). The song was later used as the theme for the movie 'The Magic Christian.' The Beatles also recorded "Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard" for their forthcoming Abbey Road album.

Paul Revere and the Raiders went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1971 with "Indian Reservation."

Hall & Oates' "She's Gone" was released in 1976.

Thin Lizzy’s classic, and biggest hit, "The Boys Are Back In Town," peaked at #12 in the US in 1976.



The Manhattans started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1976 with "Kiss And Say Goodbye," the group's only US #1.

In 1976, Elton John scored his first UK number 1 single with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," a duet with Kiki Dee. It was written by Elton John without Bernie Taupin under the pseudonym "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche" and was Elton's first UK #1 after 16 Top 40 hits. John had met Dee when she was working as a backing singer. John would later re-record the song with RuPaul for his 1993, Duets album.

In 1978, the Robert Stigwood film 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', was released, featuring The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton.

Survivor started a six week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1982 with "Eye Of The Tiger," taken from the film 'Rocky III'. Also #1 in the UK. Survivor won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance for the song.

The Ritchie Valens biographical movie "La Bamba" opened nationwide in 1987.

Pantera released "Cowboys From Hell" in 1990. It was their first major label release.

Also in 1990 - A wrongful death trial involving Judas Priest opened in Reno, NV. Parents had charged in a lawsuit that the band's "Stained Class" album contained subliminal messages that drove two teen-agers to attempt suicide. The judge cleared the group.

U2 started a two-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1993 with 'Zooropa' the Irish bands fourth US #1.

UB40 started a seven week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1993 with "Can't Help Falling In Love." Elvis Presley had the first hit with the song, in 1961, Corey Hart was next up with a top 30 hit in 1987, and Hall and Oates recorded the song for 1990’s, The Last Temptation of Elvis charity album. UB40 originally covered the song for the Honeymoon in Vegas soundtrack, but Bono’s version was chosen instead.

A three-night celebration of Frank Sinatra's 80th birthday began at Carnegie Hall in 1995.

Woodstock ’99 in Rome, NY. Fire, rain and riots – in other words, a disaster. Limp Bizkit, Rage Against The Machine, Dave Matthews Band, Metallica and Counting Crows provide the soundtrack for the destruction.

Jimmy Eat World deliver their self-titled debut album in 2001.

In 2002, a garden centre was sued over claims it killed a collection of the late singer Freddie Mercury's prized koi fish. Mercury's former partner, Mary Austin who inherited the Japanese koi collection claimed 84 fish died when the electricity powering a temporary pond was accidentally turned off by a worker from Clifton Nurseries, of Maida Vale, West London. At the time of Mercury's death he had amassed one of the best collections of the fish in the UK. One koi can be worth £250,000.

Ex-Jane`s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro appeared on FOX`s "America`s Most Wanted" in 2004. He discussed how the show helped catch his mother's murderer. Caroline Navarro was shot in '83 and her killer was apprehended 13 years later on a tip from a viewer.

In 2007, Beyonce tripped down twelve stairs while performing "Ring the Alarm" on tour in Orlando, Florida. Video from the night of the concert captured her stepping on her trench coat and then tumbling head-first down twelve steps at the Amway Arena appeared within hours on YouTube.



In 2008, Rapper 50 Cent sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast food chain used his name and image without permission in an advertising campaign. New York court papers say the advertisement featured the star being encouraged to change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent. The rapper was accusing the chain of ‘diluting the value of his good name.' The advertisement is part of Taco Bell's ‘Why Pay More?’ campaign, which promoted items for under a dollar.

In 2009, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan fronts a one-off outfit called Spirit In The Sky at a Los Angeles remembrance of the late Sky Saxon, lead singer for the 60’s Garage Rock band the Seeds ("Pushin’ Too Hard"). It’s Corgan’s first public performance with Pumpkins drummer Mike Bryne - who replaced Jimmy Chamberlin.

Music News & Notes

COMEBACK KID: Releases New Song and Reveals Special Enhanced Album Details

Hardcore band COMEBACK KID is preparing for the release of their fourth studio album Symptoms + Cures on August 31. Produced by Eric Ratz (Cancer Bats, Billy Talent) and Kenny Luong (Cancer Bats, Billy Talent), fans can get a taste of the new record by visiting the band’s MySpace page, where the first track “Do Yourself A Favor” has been posted: http://www.myspace.com/comebackkid.










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Screen Vinyl Image Announces New EP, 7″ and Tour Dates

Virginian shoegazers Screen Vinyl Image have announced the release of two new records, along with a few new tour dates. The first release will be the Ice Station EP, which will be issued first as a limited run of 200 cassette tapes, followed by the “Siberian Eclipse” 7″ in the fall (both on Fan Death Records). The Ice Station cassette includes the new songs “Siberian Eclipse” and “New Visions,” as well as live tracks from the band’s show with Spectrum at the Velvet Lounge in Washington, DC, in May and a few other songs from the Ice Station (SVI’s own studio) sessions. Another single, “Too Much Speed,” is also slated for release in the fall on Custom Made Music.

Tour Dates:

07/23 – Washington, DC – The Submarine (with Bloody Knives and Space Tigers)

08/15 – Washington, DC – Velvet Lounge (with Telltale and Soren Well)

08/21 – Kalamazoo, MI – Kalamashoegazer Festival at The Strutt (with Glowfriends, Brief Candles, Olympus Mons, Pilot Cloud, Love Culture, 800 Beloved, Crash City Saints, Rosen Association)

09/03 – Washington, DC – Velvet Lounge (with W/ Night & The City, Hot Cha Cha, Hiding Places)

09/17 – Philadelphia, PA – Pilam (with Ceremony, The Vandelles, Sounds of Kaleidescope, Stellarscope, 28 Degrees Taurus)

09/18 – Baltimore, MD – The Otto Bar (with The Flying Eyes and The Vandelles)

10/16 – Baltimore, MD – Talking Head Fan Death Records Presents (with Puerto Rico Flowers and Pfisters)

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Fatal Embrace Releases Most Recent Album on Vinyl; Three Versions to Choose From

Thrash vets Fatal Embrace have released their newest album, "The Empires of Inhumanity," on vinyl through Iron Shield Records.

Available in classic black, quirky green or brutal orange splatter, the package includes the gatefold sleeve with complete album art and a poster. These limited edition releases are priced to sell, however:

Black: 275 copies, 12 euros
Green: 150 copes, 14 euros
Splatter: 100 copies, 16 euros

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Release New Solo Album Next Month

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will release his tenth solo album, "Bad D.N.A.", in Japan on August 25 via Avex. The CD was produced by Marty and engineered by Steve Hardy and Shinnosuke Miyazawa (LADY GAGA, GUNS N' ROSES) this April/May at The Village in Los Angeles, California.

According to a posting on Friedman's web site, "Bad D.N.A." is "a natural progression, picking up where 'Loudspeaker' and 'Tokyo Jukebox' left off and adding its own twists and turns."

The first Japanese pressing will include the first music video for the title track, "Bad D.N.A.", directed by Visual Trap, which has directed all of the videos for DIR EN GREY.

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Record Store Day News

HEART - The Sisters Wilson are back with a new album in August, but this Tuesday you can pick up a special heart-shaped red vinyl single, featuring their new song, "WTF" and a special live version of their classic "Magic Man." Welcome back, ladies!

COMING IN AUGUST TO INDIE RECORD STORES:

The HIVES Tarred & Feathered vinyl 7" EP!
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World soundtrack—on vinyl!

J.P., CHRISSIE & THE FAIRGROUND BOYS - Chrissie just keeps on making us smile here at RSD HQ. This time it's about the new record, FIDELITY!, but also about the story behind it, kind of a really kick-ass rock version of a made-for-tv movie: Bad-ass rocker girl meets scruffy Welsh guy, dares him to write a song, likes the song, likes the boy, boy and girl hole up in a hotel room in Cuba, write an album, form a band, rock out happily ever after. The album actually probably tells the stories better. But until FIDELITY! is released in August, hear some new music on a special indies-only 7", which streets this coming Tuesday. What's on the 7"? A brand new song, "If You Let Me" and "Skinny Love", a Bon Iver cover, recorded live in Chicago.

Find the latest info at http://www.recordstoreday.com/

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Devo Head Out On Tour

After releasing "Something For Everybody" to critical acclaim in June, Devo is heading out on a North American tour beginning July 23rd in Kansas City, MO. USAToday.com raves "Something For Everybody" "delivers plenty of humor and hooks," while RollingStone.com says "combining the punk-funk fury of Devo's earliest recordings with synth pop, this ninth disc is frantic and wall-to-wall catchy."



Tour Dates:

•7/23 - Kansas City, MO - City Market
•7/24 - Des Moines, IA - Simon Estes Riverfront
•7/26 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
•7/28 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park
•7/30 - Richmond, VA - The National
•7/31 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
•8/1 - Montreal, QC, Canada - Osheaga Music & Arts Festival
•8/4 - Columbus, OH - Ohio State Fair
•8/5 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
•8/6 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza 2010
•9/4 - Squamish, British Columbia - Live at Squamish
•9/18 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Fall Frenzy

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Katy Perry Teenage Dream Album Cover

Singer Katy Perry finally unveiled the cover for her new album “Teenage Dream”, which comes out on August 24, 2010. The cover artwork is a portrait of Katy by one of her favorite artists, Will Cotton, whose work has been a major inspiration for the singer’s forthcoming album.









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Robyn announces new album details

RobynMusicRobyn has revealed the tracklisting and cover art for her new album.

Body Talk Pt 2, the second in a trilogy of records the Swedish pop singer plans to release in 2010, will feature eight new tracks including 'U Should Know Better', a collaboration with Snoop Dogg.

The album, whose cover art appears to the right, also includes songwriting and production contributions from longtime Robyn cohort Klas Ahlund, M.I.A. associate Diplo, Swedish DJ duo Savage Skulls and Kleerup, with whom she previously collaborated on the 2007 UK chart-topper 'With Every Heartbeat'.



The album tracklisting in full:

•'In My Eyes'
•'Include Me Out'
•'Hang With Me'
•'Love Kills'
•'We Dance To The Beat'
•'Criminal Intent'
•'U Should Know Better' ft. Snoop Dogg
•'Indestructible' (acoustic version)

Michael Fremer Album Review

ALBUM REVIEW:
Grant Green (reissue)
Matador


Blue Note/Music Matters MMBST 84442 2 45rpm 180g LPs


Produced by: Alfred Lion
Engineered by: Rudy Van Gelder
Mixed by: Tony Sestanovich
Mastered by: Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman at AcousTech
Produced for Release by: Michael Cuscuna

Review by: Michael Fremer
2010-07-01


With the rhythm section of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Sonny Rollins’ bassist of choice Bob Cranshaw behind him, the long underappreciated Grant Green’s take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “My Favorite Things” superficially sounds like a transcript lifted from Coltrane’s 1961 Atlantic album of the same name from a few years earlier.
It’s even taken in the same 6/8 time. But listen more carefully and behind the similarities comes guitarist Grant Green’s very different take on the tune’s melodic thrust. Tyner follows Grant’s lead and the result is an adrenaline rush of precisely struck, ultra-clarified notes.

Unlike Coltrane, who takes off into uncharted territory before returning to the tune (that was the first jazz album I ever bought as a kid and that long solo always made me feel like I was walking a tightrope until the group got back to the melody), Green manages an elegant solo that doesn’t wander too far both melodically and rhythmically while sustaining and building the song’s joyful emotional backdrop.

You can listen to Elvin and McCoy alone and get sufficient pleasure from this album. Both adapt different, you could say more sunny personas to accompany Green compared to how they sound with Coltrane. If you love Wes and don’t know Mr. Green, this record will knock you down from Green’s first solo on the title tune, which he penned. There are but four extended tunes on this 1964 recording that strangely stayed in the can until a 1979 Japanese release. An American CD first appeared in 1990.

The sound here, remixed from the original Van Gelder recording is remarkably good and sounds more modern in the best sense of that word than some other albums of the time. It sounds nothing like a “typical” Blue Note, being drier, more detailed and punchier than usual. Being able to hear Green pick notes from an intimate perspective adds to the pleasure. The piano and drums too are very well recorded. An easy album to recommend.

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

A new generation of fans are giving records a spin

By Chris Serico • cserico@lohud.com • July 22, 2010

If the refrain that the Internet has killed the music industry sounds like a broken record, consider this: A whole generation has never even heard a record spinning unless a disc jockey's involved.

Yet, the same Internet that slashed so much of the music industry is enabling some local entrepreneurs to continue to profit from a product that might seem counterintuitive: vinyl.

It's not just boomers nostalgic for their youth, either. College kids, collectors, and yes, even those boomers looking for a vintage "Frampton Comes Alive," album are fueling a resurgent interest in LPs.

John Bastone, 49, who ran the Record Room on North Avenue in New Rochelle in the late '80s, and Exile on Main Street in Mount Kisco in the mid-'90s, is one of them.

Within three years of opening the latter store, a Sam Goody branch opened around the corner, and Borders opened directly across the street. Bastone closed the store's doors in about 2004.

However, he and his wife, Margaret, continue to sell CDs and vinyl from their White Plains home. Via their website, recordriots.com, and eBay, Amazon.com and regional record conventions — including one held in May at the New Rochelle Radisson — Exile CDs makes most of its revenue through digital music, but vinyl has helped keep the business afloat.

"It's still a portion of the market," he says. "Even though it's 10 times as popular as it was ... a year ago, it's still a fraction of what it was back in its heyday."

Tony Pradlik can relate. A fellow White Plains resident, Pradlik worked at several record stores — two in Yonkers and another in New York City — before shutting down Rockin' Rex in the '90s. In recent years, he's returned to selling music, but now he's doing it from his house, and on the Internet (www.the-rockin-rex.com), in lieu of a traditional storefront.

The venue has changed, but love for big, round records has not, he says.

"There's always been interest (in vinyl)," Pradlik says. "It's never died."

DJs and hard-core collectors comprise a niche demographic that has sustained the vinyl business for Bastone since the digital revolution. When he visits Purchase College, which he's done eight to 12 times per year for 18 years, students also pay for their penchant for vinyl records — or at least the large album covers that contain them.

"Vinyl outsells CDs when I'm there," he says. "College kids are driving the resurgence of vinyl. I have a theory that kids who live on college campuses (think) 'Why would I spend $5 to $10 on a poster when I can go to a flea market or a yard sale or a street fair and find records for a dollar and just hang up the cover?' ...

For them, it wasn't retro. For them, it was something totally brand new."

There's also value in purchasing common vintage vinyl records.

"You can find a lot of $1, $2 and $3 records, and buy a lot more music for a much cheaper price," Bastone adds.

There's also consumer interest in rarities. Pradlik says some vinyl records never made the leap to digital formats due to legal disputes over music rights, musicians dying off, and other reasons.

For both record dealers, the steadiest and most popular vinyl sales are those featuring classic rock acts, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, iconic jazz artists, such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and soul legends.

"A lot of the DJs and new bands who use old soul records are looking for beats and samples," Bastone says.

Punk records from the '70s and '80s also generate interest among Pradlik's clients.

"That kind of stuff is through the roof now," he says.

The trend has prompted record labels to issue and reissue albums on vinyl, allowing for additional interest and sales.

Bastone has hopes for bringing a record convention to the Westchester County Center, provided the cost isn't prohibitive. He believes the vinyl trend is best buoyed by the experience of listening to a record when the needle hits the groove.

"If you have a brand new piece of vinyl and a brand new CD, the fact is a CD could never sound as good as a record," he says. "And I'm not an audiophile , but any audiophile can tell you that. You get that warm, fuzzy feeling that you're not going to get from ... your iPod or your CD."

Pradlik agrees: "It's about time travel. You can put yourself back in the time this thing was made, even if you weren't from that era."

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