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Deep Purple To Reissues First Three Albums Along With Bonus Material
Eagle Rock Entertainment is scheduled to reissue the first three Deep Purple albums, 'Shades Of Deep Purple,' 'The Book Of Taliesyn' and their 1969 eponymous third album on July 26, 2011. All three re-releases will also include bonus tracks of b-sides, studio outtakes and BBC jams.
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Macabre To Release 12" Version Of New Album
Murder Metal vets Macabre are set to self-release a 12" picture disc LP version of their recent album, 'Grim Scary Tales,' via Decomposed Records. Thie vinyl picture disc bears the bold, Scott Jackson-crafted front cover art to the album on the A-side, and a portrait of the Macabre trio, armed for battle on the B-side.
lovely....
============= First Four Ramones Albums Reissued On Vinyl
Rhino Records are adding to the frenzy with plans to reissue the group’s first four LPs later this month on 180-gram audiophile vinyl (via SlicingUpEyeballs.com).
Set for release on July 19th, Ramones (1976), Leave Home (1977), Rocket to Russia (1977), and Road to Ruin (1978) will each be available for $17.98. According to Rhino, the four releases “come in accurate representations of the original packaging” manufactured “using lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.” For fans willing to pay $24.98, they get to receive a bonus reproduction 7″ featuring that album’s B-side pressed on blue vinyl. Those bonus records, though, are limited to just 500 copies per album.
Leave Home will also have its original tracklist reinstated as “Carbona Not Glue” will once again be track five after it was replaced by the B-side “Babysitter” and eventually “Sheena is a Punk Rocker”.
Ramones Tracklist:
Side A
01. Blitzkreig Bop
02. Beat On The Brat
03. Judy Is A Punk
04. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
05. Chain Saw
06. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
07. I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement
Side B
01. Loudmouth
02. Havana Affair
03. Listen To My Heart
04. 53rd & 3rd
05. Let’s Dance
06. I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You
07. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
Bonus 7”
A. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
B. California Sun/I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You
Leave Home Tracklist:
Side A
01. Glad To See You Go
02. Gimmie Gimmie Shock Treatment
03. I Remember You
04. Oh Oh I Love Her So
05. Carbona Not Glue
06. Suzy Is A Headbanger
07. Pinhead
Side B
01. Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy
02. Swallow My Pride
03. What’s Your Game
04. California Sun
05. Commando
06. You’re Gonna Kill That Girl
07. You Should Have Never Opened That Door
Bonus 7”
A. Swallow My Pride
B. Pinhead and Recorded Live at the Roxy Let’s Dance
Rocket to Russia Tracklist:
Side A
01. Cretin Hop
02. Rockaway Beach
03. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
04. Locket Love
05. I Don’t Care
06. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
07. We’re A Happy Family
Side B
01. Teenage Lobotomy
02. Do You Wanna Dance
03. I Wanna Be Well
04. I Can’t Give You Anything
05. Ramona
06. Surfin’ Bird
07. Why Is It Always This Way
Bonus 7”
A. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
B. I Don’t Care
Road to Ruin Tracklist:
Side A
01. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
02. I Wanted Everything
03. Don’t Come Close
04. I Don’t Want You
05. Needles And Pins
06. I’m Against It
Side B
01. I Wanna Be Sedated
02. Go Mental
03. Questioningly
04. She’s The One
05. Bad Brain
06. It’s A Long Way Back
Bonus 7”
A. She’s The One
B. I Wanna Be Sedated
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and in music history for the day:
In 1955, a landmark in music history was established on July 9th, when Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" reaches number one on the Billboard chart. Many music historians will eventually acknowledge the song as a dividing line, separating Rock and Roll from everything that preceded it.
In 1955, Pat Boone releases his cover version of Fats Domino's "Ain't That A Shame". Domino's recording reached number ten in the US while Boone's version went all the way to number one.
Also in 1955, Les Paul and Mary Ford enter the Billboard charts with "Hummingbird", which will reach #7 and become the first of their five Pop chart entries.
In 1956, Dick Clark made his debut as host of Bandstand on Philadelphia TV station WFIL. He took over from Bob Horn, who had been charged with driving while intoxicated during a highly-publicized police crackdown. The show's name would be changed to American Bandstand when it went to ABC-TV in 1957. Clark relinquished his hosting duties in 1989 to 26 year-old David Hirsch, but the program died within a matter of months. Still, it had been on the air for 37 years - a record for a television variety show.
In 1956, after the June 30th trouble at Asbury Park, Bill Haley and His Comets are denied permission to play at the Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. A city ordnance was passed that read: "Rock and roll music encouraged juvenile delinquency and inspired young females in lewd bathing suits to perform obscene dances on the city's beaches."
In 1957, Bobby Helms records "My Special Angel", which will become his first US Top 40 hit when it reaches #7 later in the year.
Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records in 1958, where he will remain for the next 30 years.
"Blowin' in the Wind" was recodred by Bob Dylan in 1962.
In 1971, Jim Morrison was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
In 1972, Paul McCartney and Wings played their very first show in the small French town of Chateauvillon. The band included Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Henry McCullough and Paul's wife, Linda. It was McCartney's first time on the road since the Beatles quit touring in 1966.
In 1977, "Undercover Angel" by Alan O'Day reached the top spot on the Billboard Pop chart. It was his only solo hit, but it was not the first visit to the top of the Pop music world. He wrote "Angie Baby", a #1 hit for Helen Reddy and the #3 hit, "Rock And Roll Heaven" for The Righteous Brothers. "Undercover Angel" stalled at #43 in the UK.
In 1983, the Police started an eight week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "Every Breath You Take", also a chart topper in the UK.
In 1995, the Grateful Dead gave their last concert with Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field. Garcia died the next month of a heart attack.
In 1998, Janet Jackson set a gross revenue record of $875,000 at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. The previous record was set my Yanni on January 31, 1998, with $860,300.
In 2006, Milan B. Williams, one of the founding members of The Commodores, died at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer. He wrote the band's first hit, "Machine Gun".
The great Bon Scott (AC/DC) was born today in 1946 (he died in 1980).
birthdays today include:Jack White (36), Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) (52), Courtney Love (47) and Frank Bello (Anthrax) (23), to name a few.
According To Nielsen SoundScan 2011 Midyear Report
Music sales, which include singles, CD's and digital tracks are at 821 million units sold versus 756 for 2010, which is an 8.5 percent increase.
Broken out by genre, rock still leads the way with sales of 52.3 million, up 2% compared to 2010. Alternative music, the second most popular genre with 26.9 million, was off 1% compared to last year, while R&B, third with 26.5 million sales, has dropped 8%. Rap sales are less than a quarter of rock titles, but show an increase over 2010 of 1%, up to 12.5 million.
The biggest gainers are classical music, up 13% to 3.8 million, and electronic music, showing a 9% gain to 5.2 million.
However, the most impressive gain was the Vinyl Record LP category which saw vinyl records increase from 1.3 million sales last year to 1.9 this year. That's a 41 percent increase folks!
Keep vinyl alive, buy vinyl!
The top 10 vinyl records of 2011 so far, are:
1. Abbey Road, The Beatles (20,200) 2. Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes (20,200) 3. King of Limbs, Radiohead (15,400) 4. Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons (14,800) 5. Tomboy, Panda Bear (11,500) 6. Bon Iver, Bon Iver (10,900) 7. The King Is Dead, The Decemberists (8,300) 8. Chinese Democracy, Guns 'N Roses (8,200) 9. Angels, The Strokes (7,900) 10. People's Key, Bright Eyes (7,900)
The cover artwork for "Jerusalem", the new album from Swedish melodic metallers ASTRAL DOORS, can be seen below. Due in October, the effort was mixed by Daniel Bergstrand, who has previously worked with BEHEMOTH, MESHUGGAH, DIMMU BORGIR, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and SOILWORK, among others.
ASTRAL DOORS previously stated that the upcoming album will "be something special. This time around we deal with religion, and all the shit it has brought to the world, once and for all."
Sundowner is an acoustic project of Chris McCaughan of The Lawrence Arms, also featuring Jenny Choi, Neil Hennessy, and Eli Caterer. Their debut album, 'Four One Five Two,' was released on Red Scare Records on March 13, 2007. They are extremely excited to announce 'Four One Five Two' will be reissued on vinyl for the first time!
The release is an extremely limited run with an official street date of August 9th
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Roger Waters Tops World Concert Grosses for June
Roger Waters' The Wall tour far out-grossed all other treks in June with a take of $29,362,701 from 17 sold-out shows with total attendance of 203,763.
According to Billboard's Box Office, Taylor Swift came in second for the month with a gross of $15,726,19
The New York-based announced details of their next single and will release 'My Machines', a collaboration with electronic pioneer Gary Numan, on August 15. It will be available for download as well as a limited edition silver-colored 12" vinyl.
The song appears on their second album Gloss Drop, which reached number 48 in the UK album chart last month. The single will also feature brand new track 'A.M. Gestalt'.
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HELL MILITIA RELEASE NEW ALBUM ON VINYL
Hell Militia, the band that comprises a virtual who's-who of French black metal, are preparing for the vinyl release of their most recent record, 'Last Station on the Road to Death'.
The vinyl release is scheduled for release on 29th July, complete with a 29cm, 16-page booklet and brand new artwork.
Formed in 1999, Hell Militia is made up of Persecutor (otherwise known as Torturer from Arkhon Infaustus), Hellsukkubus (AKA LSK from Antaeus and Secrets of the Moon), Dave Terror, Arkdaemon (also of Temple of Baal) and Meynach from Mutiilation. The band promise that this album is "more subtle, darker and still more necro."
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Milk Carton Kids Announce Vinyl Release of 'Prologue'
Produced by The Milk Carton Kids (Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan) and Eric Robinson, 'PROLOGUE' contains nine new songs recorded live and mixed over four days at Marlay Studios in North Hollywood.
A limited run will be printed on CD and vinyl for purchase. CD and vinyl copies of PROLOGUE are available for pre-order now thru July 18th. After July 18th physical copies will only be available at live shows.
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New Beady Eye Vinyl Coming
A new Beady Eye song "In The Bubble With A Bullet" has emerged online.
The track, which is set to feature as a b-side on their forthcoming single "The Beat Goes On", has been posted on the net ahead of its release on July 18. The single will available for download and on limited edition 7" vinyl.
Chris Burland over at chartattack.com has put togther a list of Thirty-Two Banned Album Covers. yes, we have seen lots of these lists, however, this particular list has a few that i have not seen before, some are instantly recoginzable, but will shock you!
follow up to a story several weeks ago, i sure hope they reach their goals!
Baldwin-Wallace College students plan to set the record straight in vinyl's popularity
By Joanne Berger DuMound, Sun News
BEREA -- Baldwin-Wallace College students Owen M. McCafferty II and Ben Meadors are old school when listening to music.
They were raised on “black wax” — record albums.
“Vinyl records have been part of my and Ben’s life since we were kids. My mother and father listened to them. When I was at my grandmother’s house, she would listen to them. We both grew up with a passion for them,” said McCafferty, a North Olmsted High grad. “Now, as we’ve grown older, we’ve noticed vinyl is becoming more popular with those our age.”
That vinyl resurrection begs the question — why.
Meadors and McCafferty plan to ask young record collectors, store owners and vinyl-lovers in Cleveland, New York City, Chicago, Portland and San Francisco that question. Their travels will lead to “The New Face of Vinyl: Youth’s Digital Devolution” project. It will be a 180-plus page, full color photo-documentary-book that explores the vinyl comeback as they share their experiences along the way
In 1957, "Teddy Bear" became Elvis Presley's eighth US number one hit in the past fifteen months.
In 1958, the first Gold record album presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was awarded to the soundtrack LP, "Oklahoma". The honor signified that the album had reached one million dollars in sales. The first Gold single issued by the RIAA was "Catch a Falling Star" by Perry Como in March of 1958. A Gold single represented sales of one million records.
Also in 1958, Hank Ballard recorded a self-penned tune called "The Twist" at Vee-Jay Records' studios in Gary, Indiana. A re-recorded version released by King Records would make a modest splash on the R&B charts in 1959, but it would take Chubby Checker to make a giant hit out of it in 1960.
In 1963, Freddie And The Dreamers record "I'm Telling You Now", which would climb to number 2 in England. When it was released in the US the following year, during the height of the British Invasion, it made the Top Ten.
In 1965, the Dave Clark Five followed the Beatles onto the silver screen with a movie of their own called Catch Us If You Can. The film was renamed to Having a Wild Weekend for its US release and featured the group performing "Catch Us If You Can", "Having a Wild Weekend" and "I Can't Stand It".
In 1968, Pink Floyd opened their North American tour in Chicago.
In 1971, a small riot occurred at the Mott the Hoople show at London's Royal Albert Hall, causing a short ban on rock shows at the venue.
In 1978, after a six month stay, the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever is finally knocked out of the top spot on the Billboard album chart by Gerry Rafferty's "City To City", which contained the single "Baker Street".
Exile's "Kiss You All Over" was released in 1978.
In 1979, after signing with Island Records, the B-52s make their live debut at London's Lyceum Ballroom.
Nude photos of Madonna, taken early in her career, are published by Playboy and Penthouse in 1985.
In 1998 - Nancy Sinatra announced that her father, Frank Sinatra's archive would be donated to the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institute.
birthdays today include Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) (69), Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson (Allman Brothers Band) (67), Carlos Cavazo (Quiet Riot) (54), Toby Keith (50), Joan Osborne (49), Beck (41) and Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys) (26), to name a few....
Sulphur, La. — Imagine if you're storming Utah or Omaha beach during the Normandy Invasion in 1944, you reach the cities of Bayeux or St. Vigor le Grand and you have no way of communicating with the locals.
In World War II, the U.S. Army wasn't quite concerned about communication skills, with understanding. However, there was an attempt in 1943 to teach American soldiers enough foreign language for basic interraction. Former Sulphur resident Gary Doucet found this out, while combing through a flea market in Winnie, Texas.
Doucet, who is an avid collector of vintage vinyl records, stumbled upon a World War II Audio teaching aid in near mint condition, which he considers to be one of his prized possessions.
"I've been collecting records for several years and enjoy coming across vintage items," he said. "But this one, was really unusual. I basically came upon an old beat up box at this flea market in Texas. Inside this tattered box was a few old 78s in their original sleeve.
"When I reached the last record, the memo sheet was underneath," he continued. "It was miraculous that the record and the memo survived over 60 years."
Finnish metal group Ghost Brigade are set to release their third studio LP on August 23. 'Called Until Fear No Longer Defines Us' is scheduled for release in Europe on August 19.
The disc has 10 tracks, including “In The Woods,” “Clawmaster,” “Chamber,” “Traces Of Liberty,” “Divine Act Of Lunacy” (which is funny, because that’s the same term I use for marriage), “Grain,” “Breakwater,” “Cult Of Decay,” “Torn,” and “Soulcarvers.”
The disc will be released as a CD digipak limited to the first pressing, a double gatefold colored vinyl with digital download card, and a collector’s box with CD digipak, regular or unisex T-shirt, leather bracelet, postcard hand-signed by all band members and metal button badges.
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Poison City to release Luca Brasi LP
Poison City are proud to announce a special 12" vinyl release of Luca Brasi's forthcoming debut album, 'Extended Family'. Produced by Nic White and Linc Le Fevre (The Scandal, Ride The Tiger) and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side NY, 'Extended Family' is a refreshing and mature take on the melodic-punk sound pioneered by the likes of Lifetime and Jawbreaker.
'Extended Family' LP is due out September 26th via Poison City Records. Limited Edition color vinyl preorder will be available later this month.
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The Raconteurs Plan First Gig in Two Years
Music workaholic Jack White back at it
The Raconteurs will play their first live show in two years, and their only planned concert of the year, as headliners of the inaugural MI Fest, which takes place Sept. 17 at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. The performance will break a hiatus for the band, which features Jack White, Brendan Benson and the Greenhornes rhythm section of bassist Jack Lawrence (who also plays with White in the Dead Weather) and drummer Patrick Keeler.
The individual group members have been working on other side projects since the summer of 2008. The Raconteurs have released two studio albums, the most recent being 2008’s Consolers of the Lonely. There’s no word yet on if the guys are working on a follow-up.
The Raconteurs will be joined at the MI Fest by co-headliner Sheryl Crow, while a variety of Michigan-based artists will fill out the two-stage bill, including Mitch Ryder, former Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner, the Romantics, the Rockets, Alto Reed from Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band and Kid Rock protege Ty Stone & the Truth. The festival will also include an art show featuring works by legendary rock poster artists such as Gary Grimshaw, Stanley Mouse and Mark Arminski.
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not a fan of this album cover art....
MASTODON Reveal Odd New Album Cover for 'The Hunter'
Atlanta, Georgia based heavy metal outfit Mastodon has revealed the front cover artwork for their forthcoming new studio album, "The Hunter." The album will be released in October through Reprise Records.
The band is notorious for their album covers consisting of strange and beautiful acid trip-like designs. For 'The Hunter' though, the band decided to go with a new artist for the first time and hired their set designer/sculptor AJ Fosik. Their last record covers were drawn by acclaimed artist Paul Romano.
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freaking fantastic vinyl story, a must read for vinyl lovers!
'The Vinylist,' Gene Webb, puts his passion for records on the line in Central Square store
By Mark Bialczak/The Post-Standard
It’s a lazy Friday afternoon in June inside the Disc-Connection in Central Square.
Owner Gene Webb grabs his phone on the first ring.
It’s Rich Valentine, of Morris (near Oneonta), ready to talk about his monthly order.
“Sometimes I spend $80. Sometimes $60. Or $20,” Valentine says when Webb hands his phone to the reporter.
Why has Valentine been doing business with Webb for 20 years?
“He has a whole lot of stuff that’s interesting and hard to find,” Valentine says. “If you can get it, he’ll get it.”
In fact, Webb’s knack for securing the product Valentine wants has earned the proprietor a nickname.
“I call him Gene, Gene, the Vinyl Machine,” Valentine says.
Webb digs it. He calls himself The Vinylist on eBay.
“I still believe in the vinyl,” he says. “I never thought it would go away. And it hasn’t. We’re getting a new generation listening to it. That’s a good thing.”
lovely story from 'down under,' they love their vinyl!
Vinyl revival
BY KATHRYN KERNOHAN
While CD sales slump, Melburnians can’t get enough of those black plastic discs.
Everybody has a vice. Some people spend hours playing video games. Others watch four games of football every weekend, or blow their pay on shoes or books. Judging by the queues stretching down Bourke Street Mall, a fair few Melburnians already have Spanish fashion giant Zara as theirs.
My vice is vinyl. I can’t get enough of those beautiful discs of black plastic. Earlier this year I visited the United States and had to smuggle my newly acquired records home in my carry-on luggage to avoid excess baggage charges.
Many will remain in their shrink wrapping, unopened and in mint condition until the end of time. Others, bought second-hand, come lovingly scuffed. I love flipping the sleeves over, wondering where they lived before they ended up in my possession.
Evile will be releasing their new album 'Five Serpent's Teeth' on September 26th, 2011. Here is the album's artwork. Evile's Matt Drake commented on the new album cover:
"So here it is, the artwork for Five Serpent's Teeth. As is always the case with Evile, we try and do things a bit differently from what we've done before, so we fancied something a bit more design-orientated this time around. It's been done by a great artist by the name of Gustavo Sazes and he really came through for us as we were struggling to find something that visually accompanied the music, so hats off to the man! Make what you will of any meaning you think the cover may hold, much the same as you will be able to do with the lyrical content of the album; we know what it means to us, so enjoy!"
Chunksaah have announced the release of “Natural Disaster”, Gregory Attonito of the Bouncing Souls solo album debut, due out July 12, 2011. Natural Disaster will pressed on a 10″ available in 3 different colors; Aqua Blue (Chunksaah Exclusive, Limited to 500 copies), Oxblood Red (Limited to 500 copies, available at Shop Radio Cast and other retailers), and a Highlighter yellow (Tour exclusive, Limited to 250).
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UFO Reissuing Back Catalog
UFO will have nine of their albums re-released on heavyweight LPs with gatefold sleeves with the first 1,000 of each going out on colored vinyl. In the release will be Phenomenon (1974), Force It (1975), No Heavy Petting (1976), Lights Out (1977), Obsession (1978), Strangers in the Night (1979), No Place to Run (1980), The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981), Mechanix (1982), Making Contact (1983) and Misdemeanor (1985).
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Blondie Announces North American Tour
Blondie will be in North America from early September to mid-October in support of their new album Panic of Girls. The new album will be out on September 13 preceded by the first single, Mother. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2. Foster The People - Torches
3. Stephen Colbert & The Black Belles - Charlene II (I'm Over You) 7"
4. Jeff The Brotherhood - We Are The Champions
5. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
6. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
7. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
8. Various - Rave On Buddy Holly
9. Eddie Vedder - Longing To Belong 7"
10. Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread
11. Radiohead - Supercollider 12"
12. KORT - Please Don't Touch 7"
13. Paperhead - Focus In On The Looking Glass
14. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2
15. The Flaming Lips w/ Prefuse 73 - The Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee 12"
16. Adele - 21
17. Bon Iver - Calgary 12"
18. Battles - Gloss Drop
19. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
20. Levon Helm - Ramble At the Ryman
21. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It & See
22. D. Watusi - Summer Nights 7"
23. Slowdive - Pygmalion
24. Radiohead - OK Computer
25. Metallica - Live At Grimey's
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and in music history for today:
In 1954, Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips became the first person to air an Elvis Presley record ("That's Alright Mama").
Also in 1954, two versions of "Sh-Boom" hit the US Top 10. The original version by a Black group called the Chords was at #9 and the cover version by a White group called The Crew Cuts was at #5.
In 1956, the Platters' "My Prayer" was released.
In 1958, Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" entered the US charts, where it will eventually reach number one.
"Only the Lonely" by the immortal Roy Orbison (single) was released in 1960.
The Rolling Stones made their debut on British TV in 1963 on Thank Your Lucky Stars.
In 1965, Sonny and Cher perform their new single "I Got You Babe" on US TV's Rock and Roll show, Shindig.
In 1967, the Monkees kicked off a U.S. tour. Their opening act was Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix was dropped after eight shows, being told that his music was not suitable for a young audience.
In 1968, the Yardbirds played their final show in Luton, U.K. Guitarist Jimmy Page was determined to keep the act going, renaming a new line-up The New Yardbirds. Keith Moon of The Who is rumored to have said "...it'll probably go over like a lead zeppelin", thus inspiring the final name change.
In 1969, George Harrison recorded his new song, “Here Comes the Sun,” with just two other Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, at Abbey Road Studios in London. John Lennon was absent, recovering from a car crash in Scotland.
Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die" was released in 1973.
In 1980, Led Zeppelin played their last-ever concert when they appeared in West Berlin at the end of a European tour. The set included “Black Dog,” “Rock and Roll,” “Kashmir,” “Trampled Underfoot” and “Stairway to Heaven.” They finished the show with “Whole Lotta Love.”
In 1984, Bruce Springsteen went to #1 on the U.S. album chart with Born in the U.S.A. The album went on to spend a total of 139 weeks on the U.S. chart. It is also one of three albums (Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814) to produce seven Top 10 U.S. singles.
Sadly in 1989 - CD sales exceeded vinyl for the first time. The dominance of CDs virtually wiped out the 45 RPM single format, as nothing ended up replacing them. The 3½ inch CD single would die out after record companies refused to offer them at a reasonable price. and yet, vinyl is coming back!!
In 2006, Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes. He was 60. The singer, songwriter and guitarist was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion. He joined Pink Floyd in 1965 but left three years later after one album. Barrett released two solo albums before going into a self-imposed seclusion lasting more than 30 years, with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.
In 2009, Michael Jackson's family and fans said farewell to the pop superstar at an emotional memorial service. The singer’s coffin was placed in front of the stage during the event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles after an earlier private funeral. Jackson’s daughter Paris, 11, fought back tears to describe him as, “the best father you could ever imagine.” Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey paid tribute before the family joined a somber finale on stage. Motown boss Berry Gordy, who signed the Jackson Five, ended his tribute with the words: “Michael, thank you for the joy, thank you for the love. You will live in my heart forever.”
And in 2010, Paul McCartney joined Ringo Starr onstage at a concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall to help celebrate the former Beatle drummer's 70th birthday. With Ringo's All Starr Band joined by Yoko Ono, Joe Walsh, Angus Young and Steven Van Zandt, Paul belted out "Birthday" and Ringo delivered "With A Little Help From My Friends".
birthdays today include: Ringo Starr (71), James Rodford (Argent) (70), Vonda Shepard (48) and Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (Iron Butterfly) (63), just to name a few
DEAR JERRY: Here I am right in the middle of a recording session, but I just told the band to take a short break so I can tell you everything I recall about the recordings I made in 1964 with the You Know Who Group.
Considering you couldn't reach me back in May, when you first wrote about “Roses Are Red My Love,” you did a good job piecing things together. Having moved to Canada many years ago can make finding me a bit more difficult.
The You Know Who Group, as you indicated, were not British at all. Chances are none of them ever set foot in England.
However, they were not a happenstance gathering of studio musicians. They were a real self-contained garage band and they played all their own instruments.
From their home base in Brooklyn, they came to my Manhattan studio, Talent Masters, wanting to record two original songs: “Roses Are Red My Love” and “Playboy.” Both were written by Robert Esposito, their leader and also their lead singer.
Other than Esposito, I don't recall the names of any of the other “Boys with That Great New English Sound.”
Now, nearly 50 years after their LP came out, it can also be told that the four guys on the front cover, wearing capes and masks, are indeed the same band that's singing and playing on the record! Pictured third from the left is Robert Esposito.
As for my musical contribution, I think I played some guitar, and possibly piano, which I overdubbed after the session. Contrary to frequently published reports, this was not a studio band. Other than myself, no outside musicians were involved.
These boys probably had a group name when they arrived at Talent Masters, but I doubt I ever knew it. My partner, Bob Harvey, came up with the idea of having them try to sound British. He also named them the You Know Who Group, and dreamed up the whole secret identity stunt, complete with masks and capes.
Esposito and the guys were not very happy about Bob's brainstorm, but they went along with it on the chance it would create more publicity if people thought they might be the Beatles, for example, singing under another name. Like the 4 Seasons did as the Wonder Who?
It turned out Harvey was right. If not for the gimmick angle, they probably would never have gotten to put out an album after just one moderately successful single.
Break time is over now. Gotta get back to making music.
—Bob Gallo, Toronto, Ontario
DEAR BOB: Unless we hear from Robert Esposito, or another of the You Know Who Group, it is very unlikely we'll ever learn the names behind the other three masks — but what a huge help you have been!
Count me among those who pegged the You Know Who Group as a makeshift, middle-aged group of studio musicians, and not the four young men pictured on the LP cover.
As far-fetched as it seems, some publications go so far as to suggest “Roses Are Red My Love” is really by the 4 Seasons. Clearly, the Jersey Boys have nothing to do with any of this.
The You Know Who Group is neither the first nor the last act to come across as mysterious by being masked.
Best known is Orion (Jimmy Ellis), who had about a dozen Country hits in the early '80s. But let's look at an earlier masked man, one not nearly as familiar:
In 1958, at Gold Coast Studio in Mobile, Ala., Jerry Lott recorded two original songs, “Love Me,” a frantic rocker, and “Whisper Your Love,” a rock-a-ballad. For over a year, those masters existed only on tape.
Then, in late 1959 when pure rock and roll vocals were few and far between, Lott played “Love Me” for Dot Records' top recording artist, Pat Boone.
Based on Pat's belief in the record's potential, Dot released a single in January 1960 with both of Lott's tunes (45-16056). Boone is also the one who suggested crediting the record to “The Phantom.”
Amazingly, Dot even issued the single in a custom black-and-white sleeve, picturing Jerry wearing a Lone Ranger-style mask. Having a picture sleeve was highly unusual for a Dot debut release by an unknown artist.
Even many the label's top-selling acts (Gale Storm; Hilltoppers; Fontane Sisters; Louis Prima; Lawrence Welk; etc.) didn't see a picture sleeve made for any of their Dot hits. Furthermore, only about 10% of Pat Boone's singles came with a custom sleeve.
IZ ZAT SO? Billboard's review (Feb. 29, 1960) of “Love Me” states: “A wild vocal that attempts to outdo Elvis at his wildest. Sleeve shows the Pantom (sic) with a blindfold over his eyes.”
This reviewer didn't know the difference between a blindfold, through which you see nothing, and a mask, with two cut out holes for the eyes.
Sounding like nothing else out there is sometimes an advantage, but that didn't help the Phantom. Dee jays didn't seem to love him and the record flopped.
Now quite rare, “Love Me,” the Phantom's only known record, can sell for around $300. With the picture sleeve that amount can more than double.
Both sides of the Phantom's single have been revived in recent decades; “Love Me,” by the Blue Cats in 1981, and “Whisper Your Love” by the Flat Duo Jets in '93.
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 2011 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Exclusive Permission
SLASH, ZAKK WYLDE Featured On New LESLIE WEST Album
Legendary guitarist and MOUNTAIN founder Leslie West will release a brand new solo album entitled "Unusual Suspects" in Europe on Monday, September 19 via Provogue Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Blue Me" features West alongside a hand-picked line-up of the finest guitar players alive today including Slash, blues-rock guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY frontman and ex-OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde, ZZ TOP's Billy Gibbons and TOTO's Steve Lukather.
"These guys don't just show up to play on everybody's albums," says West of his special guests and the album's title.
"They're all stars in their own right, and fantastic players — everyone with their own sound and style, about as far from ‘the usual suspects' as it gets."
these lists always seem to get something wrong........
NME Readers Name Michael Jackson as the Greatest Singer of All Time
England's NME recently asked their readers to name the greatest singers of all time and over 10 million votes were cast along with 4,000 Facebook comments.
Pulling ahead at the end was Michael Jackson who had been sitting in second behind Freddie Mercury. Third was Elvis Presley followed by Axl Rose and John Lennon.
Hot Graves To Release New 7" Vinyl "Desecration Time"
Greyhaze Records has announced the upcoming release of a brand-new 7” from Hot Graves. Entitled "Desecration Time," the record will be available both on classic black vinyl and on limited editionhot pink. "Desecration Time" features two original songs and an Anti Climex cover, and will see an official release on July 19th, 2011.
The 7-inch release serves as a warm up to the band's upcoming full-length "Knights in White Phosphorous," which is due out later this year via Greyhaze Records.
On September 13, post-punk originators the Raincoats will release a reissue of their 1981 sophomore album Odyshape on CD and vinyl via their own We ThRee label. The album has been remastered, and it'll include liner notes by Sonic Youth co-leader Kim Gordon.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have just released the cover for their upcoming album ‘I’m With You‘, which was designed by respected British artist Damien Hurst.
The band unveiled the artwork via their website with a note that reads: “Check out our new album cover – officially revealed! Damien Hirst did it for us and we’re happy to get this out to ya,” while frontman Anthony Kiedis told Classic Rock: “It’s an image. It’s art. Iconic. We didn’t give it it’s meaning but it’s clearly open to interpretation.”
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our friends at pitchfork.com have a revealing article about some great album cover art, well worth checking out:
Take Cover: Bon Iver: Bon Iver
Artist Gregory Euclide on his surreal landscape sleeve
Notable record covers help to define artists. With Take Cover, we aim to track down the most striking sleeves and get the stories behind them.
Over the last few years, Minnesota artist Gregory Euclide has racked up an impressive list of gallery and museum showings for his skewed, three-dimensional take on the traditional landscape painting. His surreal and woodsy cover for Bon Iver's sophomore album is an excellent representation of his overall style; the original piece-- made specifically for the record-- is a surreal swirl of paint, melted snow, pine cones, and more. By including unorthodox, found elements in his work, Euclide offers art that not only depicts nature but emulates its cycle of transformation, too.
In an era of iPods and digital music, it's become the hippest of audio anachronisms - the vinyl record.
Declared dead in the 1980s, when major record store chains replaced vinyl record albums with the jewel cases for compact discs, records appeared destined for the great vinyl Frisbee dumpster.
Now a new generation of musicians and audiophiles, most of them raised on CDs and MP3, are giving records a spin again.
And that is giving a boost to everything from independent record stores to artists who are rediscovering the lost art of cover album art.
"It's the whole full-circle theory thing," said Curt Peterson, owner of Off the Record, a North Park music store that sells new and used vinyl records and CDs. "Vinyl is cool again."
as always, these lists are subjective, where's The Band? see if you agree with their selections:
Top 50 American Rock Bands of All Time
Gibson.com – July, 2011
1. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
2. Aerosmith
3. Nirvana
4. The Ramones
5. Metallica
6. Van Halen
7. The Byrds
8. R.E.M.
9. The Beach Boys
10. The Allman Brothers Band
11. Guns N' Roses
12. The Doors
13. Eagles
14. Creedence Clearwater Revival
15. The Stooges
16. Lynyrd Skynyrd
17. The Velvet Underground
18. Pearl Jam
19. Wilco
20. Buddy Holly and The Crickets
21. The Grateful Dead
22. The White Stripes
23. Sly and The Family Stone
24. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
25. The Replacements
26. KISS
27. Big Star
28. Red Hot Chili Peppers
29. Foo Fighters
30. ZZ Top
31. Sonic Youth
32. Los Lobos
33. X
34. Pixies
35. Talking Heads
36. Booker T. and The MG's
37. The Flaming Lips
38. Mountain
39. The J. Geils Band
40. Buffalo Springfield
41. NRBQ
42. Cheap Trick
43. The Strokes
44. Alice Cooper
45. The Lovin' Spoonful
46. Kings of Leon
47. Elvis Presley and The Blue Moon Boys
48. Yo La Tengo
49. Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention
50. Green Day
again, some I disagree with, I mean Poco ahead of ZZ Top? never!
Gibson.com Readers Poll – Top 25 American Rock Bands
Gibson.com – July, 2011
1. Van Halen
2. Guns N' Roses
3. Allman Brothers Band
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Aerosmith
6. Wilco
7. Mountain
8. Poco
9. The Replacements
10. The Byrds
11. ZZ Top
12. Grateful Dead
13. KISS
14. The Ramones
15. The Doors
16. The White Stripes
17. Metallica
18. Nirvana
19. Steppenwolf
20. Talking Heads
21. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
22. Buffalo Springfield
23. Alice In Chains
24. Cracker
25. Foo Fighters
The Devil’s Walk Tracklisting: Sweet Unrest Song Of Los Black Water Goodbye Candil De La Calle The Soft Voices Die Escape Ash/Black Veil A Bang In The Void Your House Is My World
Apparat’s forthcoming album, The Devils Walk, will be released September 27th on Mute. The 10-track LP features “Black Water” and “Ash/Black Veil”, two new tracks off the new album that have been released as free downloads. Enthusiasm for both tracks has been overwhelmingly positive with close to 200,000 listens combined on SoundCloud alone.
It is safe to say that any electronic music enthusiast will have come across Berlin artist Sascha Ring at some point. Whether it be via the releases of his first three albums under Apparat, through the music of electronic supergroup Moderat, through his collaborations with other music greats such as Ellen Allien, or at one of his epic live club or festival performances, Sascha’s restless presence within the field of electronic music is unavoidable and elementary to the evolution of the genre.
The past year has seen Sacha’s creative focus return once again to Apparat. For the album, which was conceived during a trip to Mexico in early 2010, Sascha enlisted the talents of Joshua Eustis (of Telefon Tel Aviv) and Fredo Noguerira to help him write the music in a makeshift studio in the small town of Sayulita. After experiencing a lull in creative productivity induced by his return to Europe, it was upon meeting Patrick “Nackt” Christensen (formerly of electro-goth outfit Warren Suicide,) that Sacha became re-inspired. With the Nackt on board as a co-producer they re-worked the Mexican material taking it in a new and more esoteric direction, arriving at the majestic finished product that is The Devil’s Walk.
As an early track to be taken from the album, “Black Water” is a striking composition, compelling not only in its emotional content and aural beauty, but also in its capacity to represent Apparat’s eclecticmake-upand theiraptitude for breaking down electronic boundaries. As the mastermind behind Apparat’s evolution, Sascha approaches many of the mechanics of techno music; richly textured layers, sombre melodies and entrancing dynamics and revises them to produce an orchestral work, driven by fervent emotion rather than mechanical rhythm. His melancholic vocal supplements guitars, keyboards and drums.
Together they are suggestive of the progression from studio computer production to stage performance with a live band.
Within The Devil’s Walk, Saschahas evidently transcended both his love for techno and his expert programming skills to investigate an unknown musical realm.
Apparat proves they have the faculty to captivate listeners everywhere.
Apparat announces details of the first full scale tour as a four-piece band with UK dates including London’s Scala on July 25th, and dates across the UK in October. Visit www.apparat.net for a list of dates.
ERASURE
ALBUM: Tomorrow's World
WHEN: October 4th, 2011
TOUR: US dates, onsale NOW
SINGLE: "When I Start (To Break It All Down)"
On October 4th, 2011 Erasure will release their highly anticipated new album Tomorrow’s World and their first single, “When I Start To (Break It All Down)."
The new album news is accompanied by the announcement of the US tour dates, the first in more than FIVE years.
Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster and TicketFly. Following the US tour, Erasure heads to the UK for a 16 dates starting October 12th, including an October 25th show at London’s Roundhouse.
Tomorrow’s World is the band’s first album in more than four years.
Tomorrow’s World is produced by one of the dance scene’s most exciting new talents, Frankmusik (production credits include Lady Gaga, Pet Shop Boys, Ellie Goulding) and mixed by Rob Orton.
Tomorrow’s World was written in New York, London, and at Vince Clarke’s cabin studio. It was recorded in Maine, London and Los Angeles between January and June 2011, with Vince using his vintage collection of analog synths for the final touch.
The end result is a collection of electronic songs that sound totally contemporary and classic at the same time. All songs are written by Bell and Clarke.
From Lady Gaga to La Roux, the futurist, electronic sound Erasure championed is more relevant today than ever, and once again re-charging the global music scene. The award-winning duo of Vince Clarke and Andy Bell unleashed on the nation a succession of both influential and chart-topping pop anthems. Songs like “A Little Respect”, “Sometimes”, “Victim Of Love”, “Ship Of Fools”, “Chains Of Love”, “The Circus”, and “Breathe,” ensured a formidable presence on the singles charts
complemented by five consecutive No 1 albums in the UK including “The Innocents”, “Wild!”, “Chorus” and the beginning of the worldwide Abba revival “Abba-esque”.
U.S Tour Dates:
8/31/11--The Ritz Ybor--Tampa, FL
9/2/11--House of Blues--Orlando, FL
9/3/11--Center Stage--Atlanta, GA
9/4/11--Orange Peel--Asheville, NC
9/6/11--9:30 Club--Washington, DC
9/7/11--9:30 Club--Washington DC
9/8/11--Theatre of Living Arts--Philadelphia, PA
9/10/11--House of Blues--Boston, MA
9/11/11--Sound Academy--Toronto, ON
9/13/11--Terminal 5--NYC
9/14/11--Terminal 5--NYC
9/16/11--Congress Theatre--Chicago, IL
9/17/11--Congress Theatre--Chicago, IL
9/18/11--Pabst Theater--Milwaukee, WI
9/20/11--The Vogue Theatre--Indianapolis, IN
9/21/11--The Pageant--St.Louis, MO
9/23/11--Austin City Limits--Austin, TX
9/24/11--Verizon Wireless Theatre--Houstin, TX
9/25/11--House of Blues--Dallas, TX
9/27/11--Ogden Theater--Denver, CO
9/28/11--Kingsbury Hall--Salt Lake City, UT
9/30/11--The Palms Concert Theater--Las Vegas, NV
10/1/11--Hollywood Palladium--Los Angeles, CA
10/2/11--House of Blues--San Diego, CA
10/4/11--Fox Theatre--Oakland, CA
10/5/11--Crystal Ballroom--Portland, OR
10/6/11--Neptune--Seattle, WA
In 1954, Sam Phillips gave Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips an acetate of Elvis Presley's That's All Right Mama.
In 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at The Woolton Church Parish Fete where The Quarry Men were appearing. As The Quarry Men were setting up for their evening performance, McCartney eager to impress Lennon picked up a guitar and played “Twenty Flight Rock” (Eddie Cochran) and “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (Gene Vincent). Lennon was impressed, and even more so when McCartney showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars, something they'd been paying someone else to do for them.
In 1963, two weeks after being released, The Surfaris' classic surf tune "Wipe Out" cracks the Billboard Hot 100 on its way to number two. The song was recorded as a "filler" in just two takes, but would stay in the Top 40 for ten weeks and become one of the most popular instrumentals in Rock 'n' Roll history.
The Beatles' A Hard Days Night premiered in London in 1964.
The Jefferson Airplane formed in 1965.
In 1971, jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, Louis Armstrong died. Had many hits including the 1964 U.S. #1 “Hello Dolly!” and the 1968 U.K. #1 “What a Wonderful World’ plus “When The Saints Go Marching In.” “Ain't Misbehavin’.” and “We Have all the Time in the World.” He made frequent use of laxatives as a means of controlling his weight, resulting in Armstrong appearing in humorous, advertisements for laxative product Swiss Kriss; the ads bore a picture of him sitting on a toilet, as viewed through a keyhole, with the slogan "Satch says, 'Leave it all behind ya!"
Queen released their first single, "Keep Yourself Alive" in 1973.
In 1974, The Hues Corporation had the top tune in the US with "Rock The Boat". The song features a lead vocal by Fleming Williams, who left the group shortly after the song was recorded.
The Damned performed for the first time in London in 1976.
In 1979, singer, producer songwriter, Van McCoy died from a heart attack in Englewood, New Jersey. Van McCoy and the Soul City had the U.S. #1 single “The Hustle.” He worked with Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Stylistics, Aretha Franklin and David Ruffin.
In 1980, 36 people are arrested at a Ted Nugent show in Hollywood, FL for smoking pot and throwing bottles.
In 2003, Clyde "Skip" Batton of Skip and Flip, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 69. The duo scored a pair of Billboard number eleven hits with "It Was I" and "Cherry Pie". Batton also toured and recorded as a member of The Byrds from 1970 to 1973.
In 2003, eight people were struck by lightning in East Troy, WI while waiting for a Dave Matthews Band concert.
In 2010, Harvey Fuqua, a founding member of the Doo-Wop group The Moonglows who would go on to guide the career of Soul great Marvin Gaye, died of coronary problems at the age of 80 in a Detroit hospital.
birthdays today include Mike Shrieve (Santana) (62), John Keeble (Spandau Ballet) (52) and Nancy Griffith (58) (among many others)
The Be Good Tanyas (Blue Horse) highlight vinyl reissues and releases and the CVR Blog can also recommend reissues by Deerhoof (Milk Man), Paul McCartney's Driving Rain and Def Leppard with Mirrorball: Live & More (3 LPs).
TheCVR Blogalso recommends vinyl releases by Alison Krauss & Union Stations with Paper Airplane, Brian Eno's Drums Between the Bells (2 LPs), The Postelles' self-titled effort, Grownups with Handholder, Chip Taylor's Rock & Roll Joe and Grownups with Handholder.
Some interesting CD releases this week as well with Carly Simon's No Secrets (Gold CD), Ten Years After with Space in Time (Gold CD), Jim Capaldi with Dear Mr Fantasy: Jim Capaldi Story (4 CDs), Suede's New Morning (remastered with bonus CD & DVD) and I guess every jazz music collector's dream with a various artists compilation called the Perfect Jazz Collection 2 (25-CD box set) (I assume they did't get all the perfect jazz music right in the first installment).
As always, no wagering allowed and enjoy your music!
Alison Krauss & Union Stations - Paper Airplane (vinyl)
Amon Tobin - Surge (vinyl)
Andrew Liles - Where The Long Shadows Fall
Ar - Wolf Notes (vinyl)
Ashford & Simpson - High Rise
Basement - I Wish I Could Stay Here
Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (reissue) (2-LP with bonus tracks)(vinyl)
Beyonce - 4
Biffy Clyro - Revolutions: Live from Wembley (CD & DVD)
Big Spider's Back - Memory Man
Biosphere - N-Plants
Blanck Mass - Blanck Mass (vinyl)
Bon Iver - Calgary (vinyl)
Brian Eno - Drums Between the Bells (2 LPs) (vinyl)
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Illuminomi / There's a War Going on (vinyl)
Bright Archer - Hidden System
CHLLNGR - Haven
Caged Animals - Girls on Medication (vinyl)
Call To Preserve - Validation
Carly Simon - No Secrets (Gold CD)
Chip Taylor - Rock & Roll Joe (vinyl)
Circuit Des Yeux - Portrait
Clams Casino - Rainforest
Com Truise - Galactic Melt (vinyl)
Deerhoof - Milk Man (reissue) (vinyl)
Def Leppard - Mirrorball: Live & More (3 LPs) (vinyl)
Digitalism - I Love You, Dude
Draconia - A Rose for the Apocalypse
Evie Sands - Suspended Animation
Exhumed - All Guts, No Glory
Fennesz - Seven Stars (vinyl)
Fire! With Jim O'Rourke - Unreleased?
Five Stairsteps - Complete Curtis Mayfield Years
Gardens & Villa - Gardens & Villa
Gary Moore - Live in Stockholm 1987
George Ellias - (EP)
Grayson Capps - Lost Cause Minstrels
Grownups - Handholder (vinyl)
Hands - Give Me Rest
Harm's Way - Isolation
Heights - Dead Ends
Jackie O Motherfucker - Earth Sound System
Jarse - Alas (vinyl)
Jim Capaldi - Dear Mr Fantasy: Jim Capaldi Story (4 CDs)
Julia Stone - The Memory Machine
Kaiser Chiefs - Future Is Medieval
Knuckle Up! - Motivation From Misery
Las Kellies - Kellies
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
Lloyd - King Of Hearts
Memory Tapes - Player Piano
Motor City Drum Ensemble - DJ-Kicks
Murder Death Kill - Investigate Infiltrate Annihilate
My Epic - Broken Voice
Nick Colionne - Feel The Heat
Nurse With Wound - Salt: Music From the Horse Hospital (vinyl)
Old 97's - Grand Theatre Vol. 2
Oren Ambarchi & Jim O'Rourke - Indeed (vinyl)
Paul McCartney - Driving Rain (reissue) (vinyl)
Pop Evil - War Of Angles
Pure X - Pleasure
Radiohead - “Little By Little” (Caribou Remix)/”Lotus Flower” (Jacques Green Remix) (12") (vinyl)
Robert Ellis - Photographs
Sam Cooke - Eight Classic Albums Plus
Samiyam - Sam Baker's Album
SebastiAn - Total
Shonen Knife - Free Time
Siriusmo - Pearls & Embarassments: 2000-2010
Slugabed - Moonbeam Rider EP (vinyl)
Stream of Passion - Darker Days
Suede - New Morning (remastered with bonus CD & DVD)
TUUSANUUSKAT - Nääksää Nää Mun Kyyneleet
Teddybears - Devil's Music
Ten Years After - Space in Time (Gold CD)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette Anniversary Live Set
The Deer Tracks - The Archer Trilogy Pt. 2
The Postelles - The Postelles (vinyl)
The R's - I Love My Family (vinyl)
The Telescopes - Taste + The Perfect Needle (EP)
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (2 CDs)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose (2 CDs)
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown (2 CDs)
Unearth - Darkness In The Light
Various Artists - The London American Label - Year by Year: 1958
Various Artists - Horse Meat Disco III
Various Artists - Perfect Jazz Collection 2 (25-CD box set)
Various Artists - Red Hot + Rio 2 (vinyl)
Various Artists - Super Funk's Mission Impossible (vinyl)
Wild Moccasins - Skin Collision Past (vinyl)
Yarbrough & Peoples - Guilty
Remember, if you are a record company and have new releases or know of any I missed (especially vinyl), please email me and I will add your music to the list. I also do reviews of new vinyl, email me for more information.
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 06/25/2011
Birthed from the tar pits of Beverly Hills High School in the late sixties, the rare garage 45 from The Sloths, including the much rarer picture sleeve, makes the top of the list this week. Two classical LPs follow, both original Columbia UK Pressings. A funk 45 out of the Carolina's and a "Please Please Me" round out this week's Top 5.
1. 45 - The Sloths "Making Love" / "You Mean Everything" Impression 104 w/ Pic Sleeve - $6,500.00
2. LP - Johanna Martzy "Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" Columbia Box set UK - $4,573.11
3. LP - Leonid Kogan & Elisabeth Gilels "Sonatas For Two Violins" Columbia SAX 2531 UK Pressing - $3,847.83
4. 45 - Carleen and the Groovers "Right On" / "The Things" Music World - $3,716.00
5. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black Stereo "Dick James" - $3,610.35
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 07/03/2011
Two singles from the legendary Shrine label made it out into the world and to the top of the list this week. All but about 50 copies of the first and only run of singles pressed by Shrine survived a warehouse fire that destroyed the complete production run and the label itself.
A rare Prog LP on the Vertigo label gets the #3 spot, and a Kogan violin concerto makes the list for a second week in a row. The #5 spot goes to a rare Rockabilly 45.
1. 45 - J D Bryant "I Won't Be Coming Back" / "Walk On It" Shring 108 - $8,001.00
2. 45 - Bill Dennis "I'll Never Let You Get Away" / "Poor Little Fool" - $7,866.00
3. LP - Dr Z "Three Parts To My Soul" Vertigo - $2,810.00
4. LP - Leonid Kogan "Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto" SAX 2323 UK Pressing - $2,422.95
5. 45 - Jimmy Johnson "All Dressed Up" / "Woman Love" Starday 561 - $2,391.16
More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.
Rock supergroup Chickenfoot just announced a while ago that they had finished mixing their upcoming second album, "Chickenfoot IV". With the record's release quickly approaching, bassist Michael Anthony, in a recent interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, answered several questions about the new album and related the group to Van Halen.
"[Chickenfoot is] like how Van Halen was in the early days. It's four friends getting together and having a good time", the bassist remarked. "I guess a lot of that has to do with, you know, we've all had our own careers and done really well. So, it's not like we have anything to prove, and we don't need to do it for the money, so we can do it just purely for the enjoyment of making music."
Patti Smith to Release Career-Spanning Compilation
Bryan Wawzenek
Punk poet and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Patti Smith has announced she will release her first single-disc, career-spanning retrospective this summer. Outside Society will include highlights of Smith’s recordings from 1975 to 2007.
The collection, due on August 23, will feature material from both her tenure with Arista and Columbia. Selections include “Gloria” from 1975’s Horses, “Because the Night” from 1978’s Easter, “Dancing Barefoot” from 1979’s Wave, “People Have the Power” from 1988’s Dream of Life and “Glitter in Their Eyes” from 2000’s Gung Ho. The collection also includes her radically different version of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” from 2007.
this out of new zealand (i believe, given the za link), some really intriguing artwork
Chilling art of the dark
Nerine Dorman
Welcome to a wonderland of the grotesque and the bizarre.
A skeletal horse accompanied by circling crows oozes horror as it splashes through a sepia-toned landscape. A man frowns out of a background littered with arcane symbols, something chillingly Charles Mansonesque about his demeanour.
These are just two of Sam Shearon’s photo-realistic visions that evoke Dali’s surrealist paintings and distort viewers’ perspectives, tipping them into a twisted wonderland populated by the grotesque and the bizarre.
Hailed as a master of dark art with a strong horror and steampunk theme, Shearon has carved a niche for himself in contemporary media, his somewhat macabre yet fascinating work appearing on album covers, posters and merchandise.
Read the rest of this fasinating look at an artist's work at artlink.co.za
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USA
Albums:
1. Bad Meets Evil :Hell The Sequel
2. Jackie Evancho :Dream With Me
3. Adele :21
4. Lady Gaga :Born This Way
5. Jason Aldean :My Kinda Party
6. Owl City :All Things Bright And Beautiful
7. Barry Manilow :15 Minutes
8. Ledisi :Pieces Of Me
9. Brad Paisley :The Is Country Music
10. Original Broadway Cast Recording :The Book Of Mormon
Singles:
1. Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer :Give Me Everything
2. Adele :Rolling In The Deep
3. LMFAO :Party Rock Anthem
4. Katy Perry :Last Friday Night
5. Nicki Minaj :Super Bass
6. Lady Gaga :The Edge Of Glory
7. Katy Perry feat. Kanye West :E.T.
8. Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera :Moves Like Jagger
9. Bruno Mars :The Lazy Song
10. Lil Wayne :How To Love
UK
Albums:
1. Beyonce :4
2. Adele :21
3. Lady Gaga :Born This Way
4. Take That :Progress
5. Adele :19
6. Jessie J :Who You Are
7. Caro Emerald :Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor
8. Bruno Mars :Doo Wops and Hooligans
9. Biffy Clyro :Revolutions/Live At Wembley
10. Kaisher Chiefs :The Future Is Medieval
Singles:
1. Jason Derulo :Don't Wanna Go Home
2. Example :Changed The Way You Kiss Me
3. Beyonce :Changed The Way You Kiss Me
4. Calvin Harris :Bounce
5. Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer :Give Me Everything
6. Ed Sheeran :The A Team
7. Lady Gaga :The Edge Of Glory
8. Alexandra Stan :Mr Saxobeat
9. Katy Perry :Last Friday Night
10. Coldplay :Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
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and in music history for today:
In 1832, the song "America" was sung in public for the first time at the Park Street Church in Boston, MA.
In 1895, the song "America the Beautiful" was first published.
In 1964, "I Get Around" becomes the first US number one single for The Beach Boys.
The Rolling Stones' "Tell Me" was released in 1964.
In 1966, the Beatles played two shows at Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila, Philippines to over 80,000 fans. The band failed to appear at a palace reception hosted by President Marcos' family, who were not informed that The Beatles had declined their invitation. The Philippine media misrepresented this as a deliberate snub, and when Brian Epstein tried to make a televised statement, his comments were disrupted by static. As The Beatles made their way to the airport the next day, they were greeted by angry mobs as the Philippine government retaliated by refusing them police protection.
In 1969, Grand Funk Railroad performs at the Atlanta Pop Festival in Hampton, Georgia. Capitol Records executives see the band at the show and later sign them to a record deal.
In 1970, Casey Kasem hosted radio’s "American Top 40" for the first time.
In 1970, the 3-day Atlanta Pop Festival opens at Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron, Georgia in front of a crowd of 200,000. Jimi Hendrix played his feedback filled version of "The Star Spangled Banner". Two days later, Georgia Governor Lester Maddox says he will seek legislation to ban all Rock festivals in the state.
Also in 1970, "Tighter and Tighter" by Alive 'n' Kickin' debuts on the Billboard chart, on its way to #7
In 1980, the Beach Boys perform at a free Fourth of July concert for 500,000 people in Washington, D.C.
In 1986, more than 40,000 people flocked to a race track in Manor, Texas where Willie Nelson presided over an 18-hour Farm Aid Two concert, aimed at helping save US farmers from financial disaster. Among the performers were The Beach Boys, Waylon Jennings and Judy Collins. The first Farm Aid concert was held in September 1985 in Champaign, Illinois.
In 2001, in a major victory for record companies, a US federal judge orders file sharing service Napster to cease all operations.
In 2003, rhythm and blues star Barry White, known for his lush baritone voice and lyrics that oozed sex appeal on the hits "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" and "You're The First, The Last, My Everything", passed away at the age of 58.
In 2007, Bill Pinkney, the last surviving member of the original Drifters passed away from unknown causes. He was 81.
In 2009, Drake Levin, the lead guitarist for Paul Revere and The Raiders on their early hits that included "Steppin' Out", "Just Like Me" and "Kicks", died of cancer at the age of 62.
Also in 2009, 77-year-old Allen Klein, the former manager of The Rolling Stones and later The Beatles, died after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. The assets of his company, ABKCO Music & Records, include recordings by the Rolling Stones, the Animals, Herman's Hermits, Bobby Womack, The Kinks, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell and many others.
birthdays today include Bill Withers (73), Annette Sterling (Martha and the Vandellas) (68), John Waite (59) and Andy Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies) (40), to name a few.....
