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It's being reported that electro-pop darlings Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have recently announced that they will be releasing their first new studio album since 1996’s 'Universal this September.' The album, 'History of Modern,' will be released by 100% Records on September 20th in the U.K. and by Bright Antenna on September 28th in the US. The record’s artwork was created by legendary Factory Records designer Peter Saville, who designed all of the band’s record sleeves from their 1979 debut single, “Electricity,” to 1984’s Junk Culture full-length. The album will also be available as a limited-edition, Saville-designed embossed boxset, which will include the album on two heavyweight slabs of vinyl, a picture book, an artwork print, a DVD on making the album, and a Saville-designed T-shirt.
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Dunes Announce "Old Souls" 7", Launch Tour
Art Fag Recordings presents Dune's limited edition "Old Souls" 7" vinyl record which will be available on August 31st. Pressed in an edition of 500 vinyl records, "Old Souls" features all exclusive unreleased tracks. Additionally, the digital version of the EP will include the washed out bonus track "Lemon Drop You."
Dunes is an LA-based trio, who bend timeless, ornate darkness into new and forlorn forms. The three artists have deconstructed the classic instrumental set up and rebuilt from the drums up, creating tools for their own dreamy vision of pop. Their inspiration forms itself in themes from outside forces to inner balance. Though serious in musical intentions, they do bring a fun and kinetic element to their live performances.
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MELECHESH: 'The Epigenesis' Artwork, Release Date Revealed
The cover artwork for "The Epigenesis", the upcoming fifth album from Sumerian black metallers MELECHESH, has been released. The cover art was created by the U.K.-based renowned occult artist John Coulthart, who had already collaborated with MELECHESH in the past. Commented mainman and founding member Ashmedi: "The art was meticulously discussed over several phone calls and John like a real credible artist worked in utmost professionalism while having a real short deadline.
"The cover art perfectly represents our music and themes. It portrays an occult, mystical Near Eastern/ Mesopotamian atmosphere while strictly adhering to a non-cliché standard.
MELECHESH's last album, "Emissaries" — the follow-up to 2003's "Sphynx" — was released January 23, 2007 on Osmose Productions/The End Records.
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LORDI: 'Babez For Breakfast' Cover Artwork Unveiled; 'Lordi The Game' Details Revealed
Finnish heavy metal legends LORDI will be releasing their fifth studio album, 'Babez For Breakfast' on September 14 in the US, September 15 in Europe and on October 27 in Japan. The CD was recorded in early 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee with highly regarded producer Michael Wagener, who has produced albums for artists as varied as OZZY OSBOURNE, ALICE COOPER and JANET JACKSON and mixed METALLICA's classic "Master of Puppets".
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No Age Unveil New Album Cover Art
No Age have unveiled their cover art to their new album, 'Everything In Between.' The Los Angeles band will release their sophomore album on September 28 via Sub Pop. The cover art was designed by Brian Roettinger . The first single off the forthcoming album, "Glitter," is set for release on August 24.
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INTERMENT: 'Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy' Release Date Announced
Re-born Swedish death metalers INTERMENT will release their debut album, 'Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy,' in North American on August 31, via Pulverised Records. The CD, which came out in Europe on August 2, was recorded at Erebos Studios with Peter Bjärgo (TYRANT, CRYPT OF KERBEROS). The cover artwork was created by Polish artist Rafal Kruszyk.
INTERMENT released a split CD with FUNEBRARUM, "Conjuration of the Sepulchral", in January 2007 on Conqueror Of Thorn Records.
IT must be catalogued, in mint condition and great care should be taken with its handling. the picture on the face must not be damaged and it should be kept in a clear, see-through envelope. the rarer it is the more it is worth and unlike most antiquities a flawed example can be more valuable than the perfect original.
And no, we’re not talking about stamp collecting. today those who once might have steamed off the one- inch gummed square from an envelope or attended a weekend market to swap their twosomes and threesomes are nowadays more interested in seven or 12 inches of black plastic, known collectively as vinyl.
For collecting old pop singles and albums is, if you’ll excuse the cliché, the new rock and roll. this month 991.com, the world’s biggest dealers in collectable records, reported a 15 per cent increase in sales in the past trading year. the online operation of the British-based company has racked up sales of £50 million.
“We’ve seen an increase in sales of collectible stock all over the UK and abroad, especially in the USA and Japan,” said managing director Rob Croydon who nowaday s employs 40 people at the company’s HQ in Meopham, Kent. “A mint copy of a scarce single for example can be worth more than its weight in gold.”
This boom in vinyl has in turn seen a need for turntables. this week tesco announced that sales of its turntables have doubled every month since they started selling them in May. “Vinyl gives us something that downloads can’t – it is more tangible, you can keep it and collect it,” said Matt Finch of tesco. Collecting records for the baby-boomer generation was for a large majority an essential part of their early lives. In their teens and 20s when pop and rock music blossomed they bought the music by their favourite singers and bands on 45s and long players and spun them on their gramophones, Dansettes and hi-fi systems. Keeping a collection of the plastic discs (and frequently cataloguing them) was as important as shrinking one’s blue jeans in the dryer.
The arrival of the compact disc in the early Eighties spelled the end of vinyl. CD players replaced stereo systems and record collections disappeared into attics, charity shops and skips. A few of the obsessed kept their collections but most were switching their favourite sounds to CD.
And yet the arrival of the iPod/MP3 player and the downloading of music at the beginning of this century brought a surprising sea change – suddenly vinyl was back and it was cool. “When CDs and then down- loading music came along they offered more convenience and they seemed an exciting alternative,” said 42-year-old Jean Paul Cuesta-Vayon, who runs the Vinyl Junkies shop in Soho, central London.
“But as time has gone by music lovers have come back to the more lasting appeal of vinyl. You can’t beat records, they are not just more tactile and boast superior sound quality but they have wonderful art work.”
The result of this nostalgic return to the platter is that records have become highly collectable. And while the appeal of vinyl crosses all types of music from jazz to hip-hop it is the singers and groups with international appeal that have stood the test of time and which are the blue-chip investments. It is their records that in mint condition can be worth serious money.
Heading the list of collectable records are those by the Beatles.
Other bands whose rare discs are worth looking out for are the Rolling Stones, the Who, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Queen and the Smiths. Record Collector magazine puts the first 10 numbered copies of the Beatles’ White Album as some of the most collectable records, each worth around £25,000 and possibly more. Other rarities include the Beatles’ single Please Please Me signed by all four members of the band that recently sold for £7,000, and Queen’s anniversary pressing of Bohemian Rhapsody in blue vinyl valued at around £3,000.
Professional collectors claim the rarest record – if it actually exists and came up for sale and its provenance could be checked – would be the Double Fantasy album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono allegedly autographed by Lennon five hours before Mark David Chapman assassinated him in 1980. If it went to auction it would sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds. So would that’ll Be the Day recorded by the Quarrymen in 1958 before three of them went on to form the Beatles. Sir Paul McCartney owns the only known copy. And then there is Bob Dylan’s the Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, a very rare stereo copy of the album featuring four tracks deleted from all subsequent releases and worth six figures.
These one-offs are so rare they are museum pieces. For most of us it is a case of searching car boot sales, charity shops and eBay to find the bargain album that may be worth a few hundred pounds.
“Seven or eight years ago vinyl was dead as a format,” says Rob Croydon.
“Nowadays it is not only cool but collectable – rare records can be worth a lot of money. And unlike stocks and shares which have had a pretty unsettled time over the past couple of years, the collectable vinyl market is stable.”
According to Rob fi rst pressings are the most valuable as they were produced in small numbers before the record became a hit. Early demos, press copies and limited exports are also sought after.
Other things that make a record worth money are whether or not it was a commercial release or simply produced as a promotional record, whether it was recorded in stereo or mono and if it had any photographs or inserts and if so that they are still intact.
Most importantly however is rarity and how it has been looked after, just like a Penny Black stamp in fact. That was once produced in its thousands and yet today in mint condition it can fetch as much as £500,000. It’s very possible that they will one day be saying the same about vinyl.
Rick Derringer ("Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo" and leader of the McCoys) is 63
Airto Moreira - Weather Report (1941)
Rick Huxley - Dave Clark Five (1942)
Jimmy Webb - Wrote the 1968 hit for Richard Harris "MacArthur Park," plus "Galverston," for Glen Campbell, "Up Up and Away," 5th Dimension (1946)
Gregory Leskiw - Guess Who (1947)
Samantha Sang (1953)
Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda - Twisted Sister (1955)
Pat Smear - Nirvana, (fourth member), Foo Fighters (1959)
Calvin Hayes - Johnny Hates Jazz (1960)
Mike Nocito - Johnny Hates Jazz (1963)
Adam Yauch - Beastie Boys (1964)
Jeff Coffin - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and Dave Matthews Band (1965)
Jennifer Finch - L7 (1966)
They Are Missed:
The late Sammi Smith ("Help Me Make It Through The Night") was born in 1943.
The late Damita Jo (Dublanc-- sang the answer records "I'll Save The Last Dance For You" and "I'll Be There") was born in 1940.
Marilyn Monroe died of an overdose of sleeping pills in 1962.
Country guitarist Luther Perkins died in 1968 (age 40) as a result of severe burns and smoke inhalation. Perkins fell asleep at home in his den with a cigarette in his hand. He was dragged from the fire unconscious with severe second and third degree burns. Perkins never regained consciousness. He worked with Johnny Cash and The Carter Family and featured on the live album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
Pete Meaden, former manager and publicist for The Who, committed suicide in 1978.
Culture Club keyboard player Michael Rudetsky was found dead at Boy George’s London home in 1986.
Jeff Porcaro drummer from Toto died in 1992 (age 38). His death has been the subject of controversy: some say the attack was caused by an allergic reaction to garden pesticide, while others say Porcaro's heart was weakened by smoking and cocaine use. Porcaro also worked with many other acts including Sonny and Cher, Roger Waters, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Steely Dan, Paul Simon and Boz Scaggs.
Randy Hobbs, bass player with The McCoys, Edgar Winter Group and Motrose was found dead in his hotel room in Dayton Ohio from a drug overdose in 1993 (age 45).
Singer-songwriter Robert Hazard died in 2008 after surgery for pancreatic cancer. He wrote Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," and fronted Robert Hazard and the Heroes in the 80’s.
History:
American Bandstand first aired on US TV in 1957. Dick Clark had replaced Bob Horn the previous year when the show was still called Bandstand, Clark went on to host the show until 1989. First guest was Billy Williams and the Chordettes. Countless acts appeared on the show over the years, including Abba, The Doors, Talking Heads, Madonna, Otis Redding, R.E.M. and Pink Floyd.
Sonny Bono was hired by Specialty Records in 1957 as their Hollywood "artists & repertoire" man.
Frankie Avalon's "Just Ask Your Heart" was released in 1959 and it sold a reported 200,000 copies nationally (10,000 in Chicago alone).
The Isley Brothers recorded "Shout" in 1959.
The Beach Boys recorded "When I Grow Up To Be A Man" in 1964.
In 1965, Jan Berry of Jan and Dean was accidentally knocked off a camera car and broke his leg on the first day of filming a new film Easy Come, Easy Go. Several other people were also hurt, causing Paramount to cancel the movie entirely.
The Beatles Revolver was released in the UK in 1966. The bands seventh album featured: "Taxman," "Eleanor Rigby," "I'm Only Sleeping," "Here, There and Everywhere," "She Said She Said," "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Tomorrow Never Knows." Often considered by many as their crowning achievement.
In 1967, Pink Floyd released their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett.
In 1969, George Harrison had his new Moog synthesizer brought into the studio for The Beatles to use in finishing their forthcoming album ‘Abbey Road’. Moog overdubs were recorded onto ‘Because’.
Aerosmith signed to CBS Records in 1972 for $125,000 after record company boss Clive Davis saw them play at Max's Kansas City Club New York.
Stevie Wonder signed a $13 million deal with Motown Records in 1972, the richest ever at that time.
Kim Fowley formed the first ever all female heavy rock band, The Runaways in 1975. Joan Jett was one of the members.
"The Beach Boys: It's OK" TV special (with guests John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) aired on NBC in 1976.
The Rolling Stones went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1978 with "Miss You," the group's eighth US #1 hit.
Def Leppard signed to Phonogram records in 1979 with an advance of $180,000 giving them a 10% royalty on 100% of sales for the first two years.
In 1983, Crosby Stills Nash & Young member David Crosby was sentenced to five years in jail in Texas for cocaine and firearms offences. Crosby had slept through most of his trial. (the conviction was overturned after he spends less than a year in prison). Lucky man.....
In 1984, Bruce Springsteen played the first of ten nights at the Meadowlands in New Jersey to mark the homecoming of the Born in the USA Tour.
Taken from the Batman movie, Prince was at #1 on the US singles chart in 1989 with "Batdance."
Music written by Johann Sebastian Bach was found in the Ukraine in 1999. The music was thought to have been destroyed over 50 years ago during World War II. The material was found in the musical estate of Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach, who was on of J.S. Bach's children.
Police were called to Gary Glitter's West London home in 2000 after a crowd gathered outside and started to shout abuse. The former pop star was back in London to attend to business affairs before heading abroad again.
*NSYNC started a three-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 2001 with 'Celebrity.'
In 2005, Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" topped a poll of rock and film stars to find the music, movies, TV shows and books that changed the world. The 1965 single beat Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" into second place in a survey for Uncut magazine. Sir Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Robert Downey Jr, Rolling Stone Keith Richards and Lou Reed were among those who gave their opinions.
DNA testing in 2007 on about a dozen people who claimed late soul star James Brown was their father revealed that at least two of them were telling the truth. A former adviser for the singer, Buddy Dallas, said he could not confirm exact figures, as further test results were forthcoming. His will, which was being disputed in court, named six children.
Beatles fans feared the misuse of the Fab Four’s music had hit rock bottom in 2007 following the decision to license "All You Need Is Love" for use in a nappy advert. Procter & Gamble had purchased the rights to use the song from Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which now owned Northern Songs, the Beatles’ catalogue. The ad featured a baby jumping on a teddy bear in a disposable nappy which offered “ultimate leak protection.” Say it ain't so......
Hundreds of KISS fans, some in full face paint, protested outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland in 2006, demanding that the band be inducted. According to a Rock Hall rep, the half-hour demonstration was the first of its kind. KISS became eligible for inclusion in the Rock Hall 10 years earlier.
Pearl Jam headlined the closing night of Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2007. During the show, lyrics criticizing President Bush are censored from a live webcast by AT&T Inc. The lines are cut from a rendition of "Daughter" (with a part to the tune of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall") include "George Bush, leave this world alone," the second time it was sung, and "George Bush find yourself another home." Days later AT&T says they made a mistake (no kidding). Following the incident Pearl Jam posts a notice. "This troubles us . . . as citizens concerned with the issue of censorship and the increasingly consolidated control of the media," writes the band. They also promise to “work harder to ensure live broadcasts or webcasts are ‘free from arbitrary edits’."
The "Songs For Tibet" compilation was released in 2008. Featuring Rush and Sting, the acoustic album sends "a musical message of support to Tibet and the Dalai Lama" to coincide with the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Proceeds go to Art of Peace Foundation and projects championed by the Dalai Lama.
Experience Hendrix, a DVD with footage from a pair of ’02 all-star Jimi Hendrix tribute concerts, was in stores in 2008. Filmed in San Diego and Seattle, the 17 song set includes performances by Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Double Trouble ("Voodoo Chile"), Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, Living Colour ("Crosstown Traffic") and former Hendrix bandmates Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler suffered serious injuries when he falls off a catwalk during the band's concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota in 2009. Tyler was airlifted to a hospital for treatment. He has a broken shoulder, gashes in his back and his head needs stitches. With Tyler on the mend, Aerosmith pulls the plug on the remaining dates. "Words can't express the sadness I feel for having to cancel this tour," says guitarist Joe Perry. "We hope we can get the Aerosmith machine up and running again as soon as possible."
In 2009, a 53-year-old who claimed he was secretly engaged to Miley Cyrus was charged with trying to stalk the US singer. Mark McLeod was arrested after trying to contact the Hannah Montana actress on a film set near Savannah, Georgia. McLeod claimed he had met Cyrus 18 months earlier and that she had accepted his marriage proposal. He told police that Cyrus' father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, approved of their relationship and that Cyrus had sent him "secret messages" through her TV show.
DEAR JERRY:There are two different instrumental versions of “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” both quite popular in the 1960s.
The differences between them are so slight that I can never tell which one is being played (I listen to a jazz channel without dee jays). They both feature a piano.
Who does these? Is there any way to put into words how to identify which is which? —Jolene Boyd, Milwaukee
DEAR JOLENE: With these recordings being so similar, knowing which one you are hearing can be a challenge, but I found one way.
The first release of “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” came out in late 1962, by the Vince Guaraldi Trio (Fantasy 563). Guaraldi, who wrote the song and plays piano, is accompanied by Monte Budwig (bass) and Colin Bailey (drums). Those are the only instruments used.
In 1964, UK-Pye record producer John Schroeder assembled a British trio in the Guaraldi mold. Named Sounds Orchestral, they feature Johnny Pearson (piano), Kenny Clare (drums), and Tony Reeves (bass).
But unlike the Vince Guaraldi Trio, this threesome is not alone. Sounds Orchestral also included, of all things, orchestral sounds — which makes it easy to distinguish this “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” from the other.
This is most apparent on the Sounds Orchestral track by the string section, with violins especially prominent around the 1:24 mark.
After ranking among the Top 5 hits in England, their U.S. single (Parkway 942) nearly did as well, landing in the Top 10. Worldwide sales eventually topped one million, earning these Brits a gold record.
When Sounds Orchestral entered the Billboard Top 10, May 8, 1965, with “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” they gave British Commonwealth artists an unprecedented 90% of the Top 10. Only “Count Me In,” by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, saved the U.S. from being counted out:
1. “Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter” (Herman's Hermits).
2. “Count Me In” (Gary Lewis and the Playboys).
3. “Ticket to Ride” (Beatles).
4. “Game of Love” (Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders).
5. “I'll Never Find Another You” (Seekers).
6. “I Know a Place” (Petula Clark).
7. “Silhouettes” (Herman's Hermits).
8. “I'm Telling You Now” (Freddie and the Dreamers).
9. “The Last Time” (Rolling Stones).
10. “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” (Sounds Orchestral).
One week earlier, Cash Box also showed Gary Lewis as the only American artist in their Top 10; however, the other nine differed slightly from the Billboard survey above.
“Tired of Waiting for You” and “Go Now” are still hanging around though “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” and “Silhouettes” will replace them a week later:
1. “Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter” (Herman's Hermits).
2. “I Know a Place” (Petula Clark).
3. “Game of Love” (Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders).
4. “I'm Telling You Now” (Freddie and the Dreamers).
5. “Tired of Waiting for You” (Kinks).
6. “Count Me In” (Gary Lewis and the Playboys).
7. “I'll Never Find Another You” (Seekers).
8. “Go Now” (Moody Blues).
9. “Ticket to Ride” (Beatles).
10. “The Last Time” (Rolling Stones).
IZ ZAT SO? In the 14 years from 1950 through 1963, only four British artists topped the U.S. charts. They include one female and one male vocal, and two instrumentals: Vera Lynn (“Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart”) (1952); Laurie London (“He's Got the Whole World in His Hands”) (1958); Mr. Acker Bilk (“Stranger on the Shore”) (1962); and the Tornadoes (“Telstar”) (1962).
Then came 1964.
During the last six years of the decade, 40 British acts reached No. 1 in the U.S. Nearly half of those (18) are by the Beatles. None are instrumentals.
Now you know why they call it the British Invasion!
Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column. Write Jerry at: Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368 E-mail: jpo@olympus.net Visit his Web site: www.jerryosborne.com
All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.
Copyright 2010 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission
Off With Their Heads announce upcoming shaped picture disc release
Off With Their Heads will be releasing a new 12-inch picture disc via Pirates Press Records on August 31st. The disc will feature the song, I Will Follow You on the a-side and live songs, Drain / East River Park and Janie, on the other side.
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DEVIN TOWNSEND's Solo Catalog Reissued On Colored Vinyl
Back On Black — the company which specializes in vinyl reissues of classic metal albums and is dedicated to providing top-quality releases for record collectors and metal fans worldwide — is set to reissue the solo catalog from Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) on 180-gram colored vinyl. Each release will feature a gatefold cover and different colored vinyl for each package.
The "Ocean Machine" and "Terria" vinyl reissues will be available soon.
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Soundgarden set to release retrospective 'Telephantasm' on Sept. 28
Soundgarden has announced that it will release “Telephantasm” on Sept. 28. The retrospective includes tunes from all previous Soundgarden releases, as well as “Black Rain,” a previously unreleased track from the “Badmotorfinger” era.
The group will also put out its first DVD, but gave no details on what that will include other than “never before-seen videos.”
Soundgarden, which reunited earlier this year, headlines Lollapalooza which begins on Aug. 8.
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Iron Fire Reveals New Album, "Metalmorphosized," Artwork
Iron Fire has revealed the cover art for their new album "Metalmorphosized." The album will be released on the following dates:
29.09.2010 Spain
01.10.2010 G/A/S, SWE, Benelux+ ITS
04.10.2010 Rest of Europe
12.10.2010 USA/CAN
Norm and Jane host a new Vinyl Record Talk. Summer music and chatter is scheduled for today. We have Jersey Shore vs The Beatles in the news, and one the best Top 5's in months to talk about.
Co-founder of the group the 5th Dimension, Ron Townson, died in 2001 of kidney failure (age 68).
Arthur Lee, singer and guitarist of the influential 1960s band Love, died in Memphis in 2006 (age 61), following a battle with acute myeloid leukaemia. He called himself the "first black hippie" and formed Love in Los Angeles in 1965.
Louis Teicher of Ferrante & Teicher died from a heart attack in 2008.
History:
The Kingston Trio appeared on the cover of Life magazine in 1959.
The Tymes went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1963 with "So Much in Love."
In 1963, the Beatles played their last ever performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. The Beatles, whose fee for their first performance at the Cavern had been £5, received a fee of £300 for this performance. They had performed nearly 300 shows at the club since 1961.
Allan Sherman released "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadda" in 1963.
The Beach Boys released "Surfer Girl" in 1963, the first song Brian Wilson ever wrote and the first one he produced.
A documentary ‘Follow The Beatles’ filmed while the group were making ‘A Hard Days Night’ was shown on BBC1 in the UK in 1964.
The Rolling Stones recorded "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby" in 1966.
In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of five nights at the Salvation Club in New York City.
Light on material for their third album in 1968, “Waiting For The Sun,” the Doors resurrected an early demo called “Hello, I Love You.” The re-recorded version is #1 in the US. The group had 8 top 40 US hits from 67-71.
Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead played the first Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, CA in 1968.
In 1971, Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new group Wings with his wife Linda and former Moody Blues guitarist and singer Denny Laine.
Anne Murray appeared at The Schaefer Festival in New York in 1974 as the headlining act. The opening act was Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
Bad Company went to #1 on the US album chart in 1974 with their self-titled debut album.
"Get The Knack" and their single "My Sharona" topped the charts in 1979.
Power Station’s “Get It On” peaks at #9 on the US pop chart in 1985. That’s one position higher than the T-Rex original in '72 - when the song was known as “(Bang A Gong) Get It On.”
"Drive" by The Cars was re-released following it's dramatic use on TV during the Live Aid concert in 1985. All the royalties from the record went to the Band Aid trust.
Tears For Fears started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1985 with "Shout."
Def Leppard released their album "Hysteria" in 1987.
Metallic held a playback party in 1991 to launch their self-titled album at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Kurt Cobain and Chris Novoselic from Nirvana both attended.
Los Del Rio started a 14 week run a t#1 on the US singles chart in 1996 with "Macarena."
More than a dozen animal trophies bagged by Metallica's James Hetfield were auctioned on eBay in 2005. The proceeds benefit the Musician's Assistance Program and VH1 Save The Music.
In 2005, 3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold and drummer Greg Upchurch performed an unplugged set after a tree knocked down some nearby power lines halfway through the band's Cincinnati show. With a snare drum, a small PA and flashlights, the duo performed for 40 minutes. Even so, the group rescheduled the show for later in the year.
A guard dog goes berserk at the British Children’s Museum in 2006 and ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including Mabel, a teddy bear made in Germany in 1909, which was once owned by Elvis Presley. Before the dog went wild, the collection was valued at $900,000. Wow....
Buckcherry’s “All Night Long” is released in 2010. The album, produced by Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Def Leppard and Fuel), is the follow-up to ‘08’s “Black Butterfly.”
Also in 2010, the Black Crowes issue a double album, “Croweology,” containing acoustic renditions of the band's top tracks.
Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster
Autolux - Transit Transit
Bill Wyman's Bootleg Kings - Jump Jive and Wail - The Very Best Of
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (Audio Fidelity)
VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 5000 copies; on 180 gram vinyl triple gatefold! 'Releasing a compilation of acoustic material to mark the twentieth anniversary of their mutli-platinum selling debut Shake Your Money Maker, the Black Crowes - America's most viable rock 'n' roll band - are leaving fans with Croweology, the last piece of studio material before embarking on an extended hiatus in 2011. Recorded in Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California and produced by Paul Stacey, the collection of unreleased material, fan favorites and classics serves as an intimate portrait into the creative aspiration of the brothers Robinson. "Jealous Again," starts the recording in a pretty straight forward manner before "Share the Ride," off the 1996 release of Three Snakes and One Charm, is altered from its electric fury and transformed into a hand-clapping country romp. "Remedy" remains its traditional locomotive with the vocals of Mona and Charity accompanying the addition of wah-funk. Once the radio singles are off the plate, the oozing cool of the Black Crowes' cosmic-cowboy psychedelic brilliance comes into view. "Nonfiction" goes spacey before a blindsiding version of Southern Harmony's "Hotel Illness." Chris Robinson's harmonica on this track is particularly inspirational. The grass backbone of Luther Dickinson's guitar picking drives the dynamics of the acoustic numbers, while Rich Robinson holds steadfast, fat and firm. "Soul Singing" appears as the only track from the 2001 release of Lions, before the epic combination of "Ballad in Urgency" and a bombastic "Wiser Time" sends the recording into outer-space. But within the classics, there resides an unreleased gem dating back from 2005 and the buried writing sessions following the Black Crowes reunion. A beautiful interlude leads into "Cold Boy Smile" where Chris Robinson's vocals shine.
Disc two shines just as bright. The Shake Your Money Maker single "She Talks to Angels" leads into the first acoustic version of the colossal "My Morning Song." The foundation of Rich Robinson's lick acoustically is very similar to the Open-G blues pull of Jimmy Page's interpretation of "Traveling Riverside Blues," complete with the three-note walk-down. The band breaks the shed during the reprise with hand-claps and a sizzling piano. The sermon in the church of rock 'n' roll is full-blown. The moment in which the band returns to the chorus is a slice of salvation, bringing the faithless to their knees. "Downtown Money Waster" includes Appalachian fiddles and a burning banjo before opening up with the melancholy of "Good Friday." Luther Dickinson walks away with the leads on this number. "Thorn in My Pride," the By Your Side gem "Welcome to the Goodtimes" and "Girl from a Pawnshop" round out the mix. Croweology is capped with ballads starting with a Gram Parson's cover of "She." For Chris Robinson, Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers 68-70 have been a common thread that has permeated his artistic influence throughout his catalog of the Black Crowes and his solo projects as well. A sorrowful "Bad Luck Blue Eyes" bids farewell to the bad boys of American rock 'n' roll, at least for now.' - Martin Halo / TheWaster.com
Black Ryder - Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Bob Dylan - Original Album Classics (3 CDs)
Brandon Flowers - Crossfire / On The Floor (vinyl)
Buckcherry - All Night Long
Bun B - Trill O.G.
Candy Claws - Hidden Lands
Chris Barber, Kenny Ball & Mr. Acker Bilk - Best of Barber Ball & Bilk (3 CDs)
Crowded House - Intriguer (Vinyl)
Dash Rip Rock - Call of the Wild
David Dondero - # Zero with a Bullet (vinyl)
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em and Smile
Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight to the World
Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month - Your Wicked Man
Dr. John And The Lower 911 - Tribal
El-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3
El Ten Eleven - El Ten Eleven (vinyl)
Ferraby Lionheart - The Jack of Hearts
Fleshwrought - Dementia/Dyslexia
Four Tet - Angel Echoes Remixes (vinyl)
Gaelic Storm - Cabbage
Gate - Republic of Sadness (vinyl)
Gloria Estefan - Original Album Classics (3 CDs)
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (vinyl)
La Roux - Sidetracked
Lady Gaga - The Cherrytree Sessions EP
Lady Gaga - The Remix (vinyl)
Level 42 - Living It Up (4-CD box set)
Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics - Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics
Lonnie Donnegan - Puttin' On The Style (Expanded Edition)
Lonnie Donnegan - Sundown (Expanded Edition)
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust
Loudness - Best of Loudness 8688: Atlantic Years
Love Language - Libraries [vinyl]
Magic Numbers - The Runaway (2-CD edition)
Manhattans - Black Tie / Love Talk
VINYL FORMAT. This limited DELUXE EDITION features the album spread out over four 180 gram pieces of vinyl, mastered at 45 RPM! "Reload is Metallica's second experimental album and it's meant to be the ideal follow up to Load. But I consider them as twins, as a double CD, since these two albums have the same sound, similar covers, identical artwork and even similar disposition of the tracks . . . The opening single 'Fuel' has become a true classic. I think it's Metallica's most innovative song: speed riffs, impeccable guitar work, excellent backing vocals, powerful chorus and amazing drums. Lyrics deal with high speed, fuel, fire, gasoline, engines, adrenaline . . . The third track has a slow evil rhythm and great demoniac effects: Kirk's guitar sounds like a howling cat! Really good. On the following track, a familiar horn intro brings us six years back: another 'Unforgiven'! This single is one of my favorite songs of all time. This one is played on a special Fender Telecaster that gives it an amazing sound. All guitars are perfectly harmonized and effected. As in the first 'Unforgiven,' there are some strings before the chorus. 'The Unforgiven II' shares some elements with the first version: the horn intro, the main guitar melody [now in the background] and the lines "What I've felt, what I've known," "So I dub thee unforgiven," "Never free, never me." But it is totally different from 'The Unforgiven': it has a different mood, it is more open, it is a true heavy ballad." - Metalstorm.net
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - Where The Messengers Meet (vinyl)
Night Horse - Perdition Hymns (vinyl)
On/Fennesz - Something That Has Form & Something That Does Not
Patti Smith - Original Album Classics (3 CDs)
Poison Arrows - Newfound Resolutions
Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R - Deluxe Edition
Rickie Lee Jones - Flying Cowboys (Audio Fidelity)
Ryan Star - 11:59
Sage Francis - Best of Times (vinyl)
School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire (vinyl)
VINYL FORMAT. 'Disconnect from Desire, the eagerly anticipated sophomore album from Brooklyn's dreamscape "nu-gaze" trio School of Seven Bells, was produced by the band's Benjamin Curtis and was recorded in their home studio. Heavily influenced by the pioneering 80's band The Cocteau Twins, Curtis and twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza created densely textured, atmospheric aural excursions for their acclaimed debut 2008 Alpinisms, a sound that the band expands upon with Desire. "We realized something else about our music," reflects Curtis, "which is that there's this heavy quality to it, this powerful quality that we weren't really aware of because we were just writing at home. Going out and playing every night and discovering that, we got really inspired." Lead track "Babelonia" mixes mesmerizing electronic rhythms, Curtis' chiming two-chord guitar riffs and the Deheza's ethereal vocals for a stiff elixir of propulsive power, a sound that straddles gracefully lithe motion and arena-sized aural fireworks. New single "Windstorm" has a sweeping, cinematic scope, near-chanting vocals building and intertwining with buzzing synths and darting guitar lines. "From the start, we knew we wanted to make a record that connected on more of a direct and personal level than we ever had before," says Curtis. "It's a complete account of our lives this past year, and it's crazy how taking an honest look at yourself can tell you the most about the world around you."' - Direct Current Music
Secondhand Serenade - Hear Me Now
Shapes and Sizes - Candle to Your Eyes
Squeeze - Spot the Difference
Steve Poltz - Dreamhouse (vinyl)
Tages - Studio Album Plus
Tammar - I Live Here Now
Trentemoller - Even Though You're With Another Girl: Remixes (vinyl)
Various Artists - Book a Trip: Psych Pop Sounds of Capitol Records
Various Artists - Middle Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists - Next Stop Soweto Vol. 3: Giants, Ministers And Makers- Jazz In South Aftrica 1963-1984 (vinyl)
Various Artists - The Kids Are All Right
Versus - On the Ones and Threes 2-LP (vinyl)
Vic Chesnutt - About to Choke (vinyl reissue)
Votum - Metafiction
Order the album and receive this 11" x 17" poster for free (while supplies last)!
VINYL FORMAT. 'Wavves returns with a new album this summer. After all the fuss of the last couple of years, it's great to see Nathan Williams and co. getting back to showing us the fruits of his studio work. The album is called King of the Beach . . . Unlike Wavves' previously released material, recorded in haphazard bursts on Williams' laptop, King of the Beach was toiled over for three months at Sweet Tea Recording, a world-renowned studio in Oxford, Mississippi. Sweet Tea is also the home of Dennis Herring, producer of the last two Modest Mouse albums, and the man who dismantled and re-assembled the sound on this record. "There was a conscious effort going into this that I didn't want to make the same record again. I already made the same record twice, with the same fucking cover art," says Williams. "It wasn't overbearing, but I didn't want to recreate something I'd done. I wanted to make something bigger, something stronger." Although you may think King of the Beach is somewhat appropriately titled, Williams says the album name isn't meant to be ironic or a self-deprecating joke. It's a declaration. "Without sounding cheesy, we all wanted to make something inspiring," says Williams. "It's the type of thing where you have this much, but you could have more, so go get it." We get the feeling this is going to be one hell of a comeback album.' - Gavin Riley / Strange Glue
Buy All Your New Vinyl Here (Help support the blog and get some great records to boot!):
Alex Brown - Pianist
Andre Previn & David Rose - Secret Songs For Young Lovers
Augie's Side Effect - About Time
Benny Goodman - Ultimate Big Band Collection
Charles Mingus - Original Album Classics
Chris Connor - Sings Ballards Of The Sad Cafe
Dean Martin - Sings The Hits
Debbie Reynolds - Love Is A Simple Thing
Freddy Cole - Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B
Gabor Sazbo - In Budapest Live (1974)
Hirth Martinez - Teenage Hirth
Jackiem Joyner - Jackiem Joyner
John Coltrane - Trane's Comin
John Helliwell - Creme Anglaise
Larkin's Jazz - Larkins Jazz
Lena Horne - Bewitched
Les Sabler - Crescent Shores
Lester Teddy Wilson Young - Prez & Teddy: The Great Recordings
Louis Armstrong - Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
Mike Westbrook - Fine 'N' Yellow
Miles Davis - King Of Blue
Miles Davis - Original Album Classics
Miles Davis - Walkin Cookin Relaxin Workin & Steami
Nick Rosen - Into The Sky
Nina Simone - Family, Friends, French Lessons
Paul Hardcastle - Paul Hardcastle 1983-09
Stanley Clarke - Rock Pebbles & Sand/Let Me Know You
Stephane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt - With The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France
Steve Turre - Delicious And Delightful
Tim Bowman - Collection
Tubby Hayes - Voodoo Session
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The information is updated biweekly by John Kelman
The Top 5 is a Beatles sandwich with the UK Promo of the Love Me Do 45 at the top of the list and a Butcher Cover at the bottom. A rare punk 45 from Detroit band The Fix makes it to the middle of this week's list.
1. 45 - The Beatles "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" Parlophone UK Promo - $9,788.13
2. 78 - Robert Johnson "Come On In My Kitchen" / "They're Red Hot" Vocalion 03563 - $5,000.00
3. 45 - The Fix "Vengence" / "In This Town" - $4,250.00
4. 45 - Elvis Presley "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" Sun 209 - $4,000.00
5. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" Second State Butcher Stereo - $3,800.00
More on this month's top sellers on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 4:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.
BROKEN RIM RECORDS RELEASES A LIMITED VINYL EDITION OF I CALL FIVES’ BAD ADVICE
Broken Rim Records is proud to present the exclusive and limited vinyl release of I Call Fives’ sophomore EP Bad Advice.
The record will be available on the Broken Rim Records online store brokenrimrecords.storenvy.com starting July 21st, 2010. All orders will be shipped no later than August 3rd, 2010. Additionally, fans have the opportunity to enter to win a test press of the vinyl edition of Bad Advice by ordering a 3 LP bundle. After 25 bundles have been sold, one person will be selected at random to win.
Quickly becoming recognized as leaders in the next generation pop-punk, I Call Fives has recently been compared to the youthful and upbeat sound of pop-punk legends, The Starting Line. ICF joined the No Sleep Records family earlier this year, and is currently on tour through the end of August. Bad Advice has received excellent reviews, and attention from Alternative Press and AMP magazines.
Don’t miss this chance to pick up this edition of the record, that features:
Hi-Scores Recording Library announces Team B's limited edition Genesis/Reply To Censure 7" Vinyl record and digital EP. Available online today, the digital version features an additional remix from 4AD recording artist Minotaur Shock.
To celebrate the release, Hi-Scores is making "Genesis/Reply To Censure (Minotaur Shock Remix)" available for free download. Limited to a pressing of 500 colored blue marble vinyl records and the pre order is happening now right here. http://www.hiscoresrecordinglibrary.com/releases/SCORE003/
Team B is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Kelly Pratt. As a member of Beirut, a touring member of Arcade Fire, and with recordings for Coldplay, James Iha, Owen Pallett, Nina Persson.
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BRUTAL PANDA to release Kowloon Walled City, Fight Amp, Ladder Devils Split 12"
Brutal Panda Records is set to release Lose/Lose/Lose, a three-way split featuring noise rock powerhouses KOWLOON WALLED CITY, FIGHT AMP and LADDER DEVILS. The album, recorded this summer, will feature 2 brand new songs from each band. These mark the first new tracks from New Jersey’s FIGHT AMP and San Francisco’s KOWLOON WALLED CITY since their previous full lengths, both released last year. The split also features the first ever recorded tracks from Philadelphia’s LADDER DEVILS, the new band featuring members of The Minor Times.
The pressing is strictly limited to 300 copies on clear vinyl and is packaged with a special silk screened poly bag plus a fold-under insert.
The record will be available in early September with pre-orders available at this location.
Neurot Recordings is proud to unleash the latest full-length from psychedelic, high-volume blues rock ensemble U.S. CHRISTMAS. Entitled Run Thick In The Night, the band’s fifth long player was recorded by Sanford Parker at Fahrenheit Studio in Johnson City, Tennessee, mixed by Parker and USX members Nate Hall, Matt Johnson and Josh Holt at Semaphore Studios in Chicago, IL and mastered by Collin Jordan.
Hailing from the Appalachian Mountains in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, U.S. CHRISTMAS create a kaleidoscopic brand of sound that evades easy classification. Founded in Marion, North Carolina in the summer of 2002, the band played rough biker bars, art spaces, and house shows all over the southeast dirt circuit for years, self-releasing albums in rough CDR format. Scott Kelly of Neurosis heard the band’s third record, Salt The Wound (released in Russia by the label RAIG) through his show on Combat Music Radio/KMBT, which inevitably lead to the release of the band’s fourth album Eat The Low Dogs on Neurot Recordings.
‘Run Thick In The Night’ will be released via Neurot Recordings on September 20, 2010.
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Death Metal Supergroup CRUCIFYRE Unveil Cover Art
Stockholm death metallers CRUCIFYRE, who recently joined the Pulverised Records roster, are pleased to unveil the cover art of their upcoming debut full-length titled ‘Infernal Earthly Divine’. Conceptualized by the band and brought to life by graphic artist Stefan Hansson [stefanhansson.org], the dramatic illustration compliments what the band describes as, “nine tracks of pure oldschool hell!”
Formed in 2006, CRUCIFYRE features the crushing lineup of vocalist Erik Tormentor Sahlström (General Surgery, Maze Of Torment, Serpent Obscene et al), guitarists TG (The Sun, Morbid) and Urban Skytt (Crematory, Regurgitate, Nasum), bassist Henrik Doltz Nilsson (Dobermann Cult) and drummer Yasin Hillborg (Afflicted).
The Cult are scheduled to release their first new music since 2007, with the new track "Everyman and Woman is a Star." The song will be available for the first two week exclusively through the iTunes store.
"Everyman and Woman is a Star" is a preview for a 4-song "capsule" that the group will release in the fall. A capsule is described as a new way to market both music and the artist with a mixture of songs, film, art and fashion. These capsules will be released on CD, vinyl, digital, USB and DVD.
Mitch Miller, an influential record producer who became a hugely popular recording artist and an unlikely television star a half century ago by leading a choral group in familiar old songs and inviting people to sing along, died Saturday in Manhattan. He was 99.
Legendary American Artist's Follow Up To His 2008 Grammy Winning Recording 'City That Care Forgot' Available on 429 Records August 3rd
Guest Artists Appearing on 'Tribal' include Grammy Winner Derek Trucks, Allen Touissant, Donald Harrison and the late Bobby Charles
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- 429 Records will release "Tribal", the extraordinary new album by Dr. John and the follow up to his Grammy winning 429 Records album, "The City That Care Forgot" (2008). AKA the Night Tripper, the iconic American musician has returned with another spectacular slice of mercurial sounds. Steeped in his trademark melange of rock, funk, jazz, voodoo-inflected r&b and Creole flavor, "Tribal" is a statement that builds upon his already formidable musical legacy. Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennac) is joined by his band, the Lower 911 and they perform alongside several guest artists including 2009 Grammy winner Derek Trucks, New Orleans legend Allen Touissant, Donald Harrison and the late Bobby Charles, for whom the album is dedicated. "Tribal" is available August 3rd on 429 Records. Dr. John and the Lower 911 are currently on an extensive North American tour.
Dr. John has long been considered the physical embodiment of the vibrant culture of New Orleans. Throughout his illustrious musical career--from his roots as a New Orleans-based session musician back in the 1950's playing with legends like Professor Longhair, Art Neville and Joe Tex, to forging his distinctive voodoo-inflected rhythm and blues psychedelia throughout the 60's and 70's, to his tireless efforts recording, performing and being a spokesman for the city today, (he had a recurring role in the critically acclaimed HBO series "Treme") his colorful persona and talents transcend musical genres and art forms garnering respect from fans, cultural peers, civic leaders and beyond.
429 Records is a unit of the Savoy Label Group (SLG). SLG is the North American unit of CME (Columbia Music Entertainment), the oldest music company in Japan. The Savoy Label Group has evolved into a leading independent company in the adult music genres consistently outperforming competitors in key music categories as monitored by Billboard Magazine. SLG is led by Steve Vining.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest edition of the world's best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 35, will be released on August 31.
NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 35 features 16 major pop, hip-hop and crossover country hits, plus four up-and-coming "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview tracks from hot new artists. Included in NOW 35's CD and digital tracklist are top chart hits from Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber featuring Usher, David Guetta & Chris Willis (featuring Fergie & LMFAO), The Black Eyed Peas, La Roux, Lady Gaga, Mike Posner, Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars, Jason Derulo, Shontelle, Jaron And The Long Road To Love, Nickelback, Miranda Cosgrove, 3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha, Carrie Underwood, and Jerrod Niemann, plus "NOW What's Next" emerging tracks from Jennette McCurdy, Days Difference, Sky Ferreira, and Tiffany Dunn.
The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a joint venture from EMI Music North America, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group. NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 35 will be distributed by EMI Music North America. NOW and NOW That's What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited.
The NOW That's What I Call Music! series debuted in the U.S. in 1998 after the brand had been a multi-platinum international success for 15 years. The series has generated sales exceeding 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 77 million copies in the U.S. Every album in the numbered U.S. series has reached Billboard's Top 10, with NOW 3 the first non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection in history to reach #1.
Anyone who has used the conventional brush type record cleaner knows how awkward they are to use and that they have limited ability. The Spin-Clean® record washing system enables you to clean both sides of your record at once without using your valuable
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Here is the month in review of the top selling ebay vinyl record sales, on a weekly basis, for May of 2010. First and foremost, a special thank you to Norm and Jane at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com/ and Vinyl Record Talk for putting together this interesting data.
The honor of our top seller for the month of May 2010 is none other than the King himself (the REAL King), Mr. Elvis Presely with a 45 rpm of "That's All Right"/"Blue Moon Of Kentucky" (Sun 209), selling for almost $11,000.
Next up is a 45rpm record from Larry Clinton "She's Wanted"/"If I Knew" (Dynamo - stock copy) which sold for $6766.66. A classical music recording, an LP by Georges Enesco (Bach Sonatas - Continental) which came in at an even $5,500. Another high-priced 45 rpm, this one by The Lonesome Drifter ("Eager Boy"/"Tear Drop Alley") sold for a shade over $5,100.
Interestingly, 78 rpm records made the list each week, starting with a 78 rpm blues record by Mississippi John Hurt ("Avalon Blues"/"Ain't No Tellin'" - Okeh) selling for $4,740, followed by the Halfway House Orchestra ("Pussy Cat Rag"/"Barataria" - Okeh) which sold for $2,606. Next up is a foreign release Los Beatles (The Beatles) "Twist Y Gritos" (Twist And Shout)/"La Vi Parada"(I Saw Her Standing There) on Odeon Pops Argentina which sold for an even $3,500 and lastly, a 78 rpm by Charly Jordan ("Keep It Clean No 2"/"You Run And Tell Your Daddy" Vocalio which came in at a penny under $4,750.
As usual, the Beatles had several entries on the weekly lists including a 'butcher cover' "Yesterday And Today" 3rd State Mono ($3,954.85), "Sgt Pepper" Stereo UK 1st Pressing Complete ($2,797.38) as well as the aforementioned 78 rpm record.
Week Ending 05/08/2010
1. 78 - Mississippi John Hurt "Avalon Blues" / "Ain't No Tellin'" Okeh - $4,740.00
2. LP - The Beatles "Sgt Pepper" Stereo UK 1st Pressing Complete - $2,797.38
3. LP - Andre Cluytens "Ravel Complete Orchestral Works" Columbia UK Box Set - $2,789.96
4. 45 - Conner Cagle "Always Let Your Good Side Show" Sunshine - $2,500.00
5. 45 - The Cairos "Stop Overlooking Me" / "Don't Fight It" Shrine - $2,247.00
Week Ending 05/15/2010
1. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" 3rd State Mono - $3,954.85
2. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" 28/1000 Sub Pop - $3,050.99
