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DEAR JERRY:You have provided details of various ways the Beatles either set new, or broke existing, sales records in 1964.
What I have not seen covered is how many Top 10 songs they had for that whole year. Can you compile this info?
Has anyone ever had more than they in one year?
—Carl Davidson, New York City
DEAR CARL: Yes, but not in the past 70 years.
Combining data from the national charts, we credit the Beatles with 12 Top 10 hits in '64, and they are (in order of issue):
“I Want to Hold Your Hand”; “I Saw Her Standing There”; “She Loves You”; “Please Please Me”; “Twist and Shout”; “Can't Buy Me Love”; “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”; “Love Me Do”; “P.S. I Love You”; “A Hard Day's Night”; “I Feel Fine”; and “She's a Woman.”
Two decades before Beatlemania, and the British Invasion, the nation was similarly caught up in Big Band mania. One of the leaders of that pack was Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
In 1940, Glenn's band chalked up 23 Top 10 hits, which eclipsed Bing Crosby's 1937 total of 18.
DEAR JERRY:In the late 1960s, around the time Jerry Lee Lewis successfully revived Jimmie Rodgers' “Waiting for a Train,” I heard a Jimmie Rodgers tribute song that I'd like to know more about.
The lyrics include the titles of many of Jimmie's famous songs, one of which is “Waiting for a Train.”
It must have not been a big seller, because I only heard it a time or two and then it disappeared forever.
Who is the singer, and what are the other titles he mentions?
—Lenore Post, York, Pa.
DEAR LENORE: The singer is Elton Britt, one of the top C&W stars of the 1940s. His biggest hit is the million-selling “There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere” (Bluebird 9000), a patriotic classic released in 1942, in the midst of World War II.
However, the recording you ask about, appropriately titled “The Jimmie Rodgers Blues” (RCA Victor 9503), didn't come along until 1968.
“Waiting for a Train” is one of 27 Jimmie Rodgers song titles interwoven into “The Jimmie Rodgers Blues.”
In the order mentioned or referenced, they are:
“Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)”; “You and My Old Guitar”; “Daddy and Home”; “Travelin' Blues”; “Waiting for a Train”; “Mississippi River Blues”; “Away Out on the Mountain”; “The Brakeman's Blues”; “T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1).”
“Peach Pickin' Time Down in Georgia”; “My Blue-Eyed Jane”; “My Carolina Sunshine Girl”; “My Little Lady”; “My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans”; “The Land of My Boyhood Dreams”; “Lullaby Yodel”; “Treasures Untold”; “Those Gambler's Blues.”
“Jimmie the Kid”; “In the Jailhouse Now”; “My Rough and Rowdy Ways”; “Any Old Time”; “Train Whistle Blues”; “When the Cactus Is in Bloom”; “My Time Ain't Long”; “T.B. Blues”; and “Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel.”
DEAR JERRY:Our family owned a record store in the 1970s, and we still have many items from those days.
One LP that might be collectible is a self-titled picture disc by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.
It is in a plain black cover, with a big hole to show the photo in the vinyl.
Do you know its value?
—Kristie Cromwell, Prescott, Ariz.
DEAR KRISTIE: This is just one of dozens of experimental picture disc albums made in 1978 and '79, as the various manufacturers tested and tinkered with the embedded photo process.
Yes, “Kenny Rogers and the First Edition” is shown on the album, but only to identify the artist. The correct title is “Backroads” (Jolly Roger 5001), and it originally came out in December 1972.
Most Pic-Discs were made in very small quantities, usually 10 or fewer, and all are collectible to some degree. The “Backroads” one usually sells for $50 to $100.
IZ ZAT SO? For Houston's tiny Kix Record Company, in 1957, Kenneth Rogers — as they billed him then — recorded the doo-wop flavored Ray Doggett tune, “That Crazy Feeling.”
Initially, not much attention was paid to Kenneth's debut single. However, a few months later New York-based Carlton picked up the master for national distribution. Carlton's “That Crazy Feeling” did much better, rising as high as No. 51 on the Cash Box Top 100.
First pressings (Carlton 454) copied the Kix label, and credited Kenneth Rogers, but second pressings show him as Kenny Rogers, as he would be known evermore.
The earlier the release of “That Crazy Feeling,” the greater its value. On Kix, $150; Carlton as Kenneth, $75; and Carlton as Kenny, $40.
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
ALICE COOPER's 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare': First-Week Sales, Chart Position Revealed
"Welcome 2 My Nightmare", the new album from legendary rocker Alice Cooper, sold 18,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart. Cooper's previous CD, 2008's "Along Came A Spider", opened with just under 10,000 copies to debut at No. 53.
Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum "Welcome To My Nightmare" album in 1975, "Welcome 2 My Nightmare" picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.
Lou Reed and Metallica's 'Lulu' poster banned by London Underground
Apparently, London Underground have banned promo posters for Lou Reed and Metallica's upcoming collaboration LP 'Lulu' from being displayed in stations. Transport For London bosses made the decision not to allow the image on tubes or in stations after a spokesperson claimed it looked too much like graffiti.
The album cover features a limbless mannequin with a realistic expression on a photograph and the album name 'Lulu' written across it.
get over it, it's an album cover!
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Evanescence Announce Tracklist For New Album
Evanescence have revealed the tracklisting for their third studio album, which is self-titled.
The album, which is the follow-up to the band's 2007 second album 'The Open Door', will be released formally on October 10, with a single 'What You Want' out now. The LP is 12 tracks in total, with 'What You Want' acting as the opener and 'The Other Side', which the band have also previewed online, track number five.
Tracklist
'What You Want' 'Made Of Stone' 'The Change' 'My Heart Is Broken' 'The Other Side' 'Erase This' 'Lost In Paradise' 'Sick' 'End Of The Dream' 'Oceans' 'Never Go Back' 'Swimming Home'
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metalunderground.com has a fantastic article about the ever evolving ways to get music to the masses
When Social Media Overshadows the Music: A Message from a Serial Social Network Offender
by Joe Reviled
Underground metal bands in these modern Net-centric times of ours are utterly awash in the offal of social networking-cum-marketing options. With Facebook increasingly rising to the forefront as the anchor site of choice for both established and up and coming acts, there is also Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, ReverbNation, StereoKiller, BandCamp, SoundCloud, PureVolume, Last.FM and the smoldering wreckage of the once dominant empire that is Myspace, just to name a few of the major players. Put all of them together, and that’s eleven separate websites, some of which can by synced together, mind you, that a single band potentially needs to constantly maintain and update—an even dozen if they actually have their own domain.
Neil Young is the latest A-list rock star to decide to write a memoir: His book Waging Heavy Peace will hit shelves in the fall of 2012. "I felt like writing books fit me like a glove," Young said in a statement.
The Misfits Announce New Album 'The Devil's Rain' To Be Released November 7th 2011
The Misfits return with their long awaited, first full-length release of all-new, original material in nearly a decade! Rooted in the horror and sci-fi themes fiends crave, "The Devil's Rain" showcases 16 fiendish, soon-to-be Misfits classics including "Twilight of the Dead", "Dark Shadows", "Curse of the Mummy's Hand" and the title track itself, "The Devil's Rain". Produced by Ed Stasium, (who's credits include the Ramones' "Road to Ruin" and "Too Tough to Die", as well as the Misfits' 1999 release "Famous Monsters"), the album showcases a jaw-dropping, two-panel front/back cover painting featuring the rebirth of the band's iconic "Fiend" mascot in an epic setting rendered by Arthur Suydam (known for his immensely popular work on the Marvel Zombies series, among others). The packaging, designed to emulate a CD sized gatefold LP, also features some incredible new Misfits portraits shot by the legendary Mick Rock. Rock's imagery (which includes Bowie, Iggy, Queen, Debbie Harry, and the Ramones to name a few), has become part of the very fabric of rock 'n' roll. Having also served as an on-set photographer for cult-movie classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", Rock lends a perfectly suited eye to view the band's surrealistic and highly theatrical persona. "The Devil's Rain" is not just a continuation of a historic legacy, it's a total reboot ushering in a new era of terror. In a sense, it's the debut album from the legendary Misfits of this decade. From fans of their classics, to newcomers discovering the band for the very first time, "The Devil's Rain" sets the bar, and redefines the ferocity and melody that has made the Misfits omnipresent and immortal.
First press Ltd. Deluxe Edition CD digipak includes an exclusive 9.5” x 14” two-sided poster featuring the incredible cover art by Arthur Suydam (treated with Glow-In-The-Dark ink!), plus a fantastic new band portrait by legendary photographer Mick Rock on the reverse.
Pre-order now @ Misfits Records online and receive a free, instant MP3 Download of the single “Twilight of the Dead” to draw first blood from the upcoming album.
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local story out of houston, texas...it's great to see another vinyl rcord store opening!
Heights Vinyl Prepares To Plant Its Flag
By Marc Brubaker
Houston vinyl enthusiasts will soon have a new spot to score their drug of choice. Avid collectors may have come across notices advertising a "Big Pre-Opening 45 Sale" for a mysterious locale known as Heights Vinyl, set for this Saturday. The shop itself won't be open until November, but the ad promises thousands of unpicked 45s to be set out between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Rocks Off managed to track down Craig Brown, proprietor of the soon-to-be record store on White Oak, to learn a bit more about his plans - and the boxes upon boxes of singles set to hit the street Saturday morning.
1. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
2. St Vincent - Strange Mercy
3. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
4. Beirut - The Rip Tide
5. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
6. Wooden Shjips - West
7. Primus - Green Naugahyde
9. Nick Lowe - The Old Magic
10. Neon Indian - Era Extrana
11. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
12. The Flaming Lips w/ Lightning Bolt - I'm Working At NASA On Acid 12"
13. Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing
14. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig
15. Neon Indian - Fallout 7"
16. TV On The Radio - World Cafe Live
17. Mates Of State - Mountaintops
18. Hands Off Cuba - Volumes Of Sobering Liquids
19. T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Walker
20. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii 10"
21. The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
22. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
23. The Ettes - No Home 7"
24. Mogwai - Earth Division
25. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
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yet another slideshow of banned and controversial album cover art:
X-rated: Banned album covers!
From Kanye West to Bon Jovi to The Beatles - heaps of artists have tried to release albums with artwork deemed too racy for the eyes of innocent music fans.
In 1955, the Platters' "Only You" enters the Billboard Pop chart at #24 on its way to becoming a million selling, US number one hit. The song would also become the first record to sell more than a million copies in France.
In 1956, Pittsburgh city officials barred Elvis Presley from Syria Mosque, except for one previously scheduled show, because of the damage done to the auditorium by teenage audiences.
In 1957, Scotty Moore and Bill Black quit Elvis Presley's backup band in a salary dispute with Colonel Tom Parker. Drummer D.J. Fontana stays on. Black went on to form Bill Black's Combo and placed eight songs in the US Top 30 before his death in 1965.
In 1959, "Sleep Walk" by Santo and Johnny becomes Billboard's number one record. In the UK, more than 20 cover versions flooded the air waves and held the Farina brothers' version to number 22.
In 1962, a song called "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" by The Springfields became the first British record to crack the US Top 20. The vocal group was made up of Tim Field, Tom Springfield and his sister Dusty, who would go on to have her own solo hits like "I Only Want To Be With You".
In 1963, Bobby Vinton's second Top Ten entry, a cover of Tony Bennett's 1951 hit, "Blue Velvet", climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. It was a song that Bobby recorded in two takes as a filler for an album of all "blue" songs. Session musicians on the track included Floyd Cramer ("Last Date") and Boots Randolph ("Yakety Sax").
It was rare that a Country tune could top the Billboard Pop chart, but Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A." did just that in 1968. The record sold over 1,750,000 copies in the first two weeks after its release. Although she never cracked the top 50 on the Pop chart again, Riley went on to have several big Country hits.
Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" was released in the US in 1968 where will become his only Top 40 hit single, topping out at number 20. Hendrix had been working on and off with the members of the band Traffic as he recorded Electric Ladyland. Traffic guitarist Dave Mason caught Hendrix at a party and the two discussed Bob Dylan's newest album, John Wesley Harding, containing "All Along The Watchtower." Hendrix, long fascinated with Dylan, decided to cover the song on the album. On the resulting track, Mason plays rhythm on a 12-string acoustic guitar.This was recorded while Hendrix played with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hendrix on guitar, Noel Redding on bass, and Mitch Mitchell on drums. For this song, however, Redding was not on bass; Hendrix did it. Redding was also the guitar player for his band Fat Mattress, which Hendrix referred to as Thin Pillow. Hendrix often felt that Redding did not put his heart into the bass and was concerned that Redding concentrated more on Fat Mattress than he did on the Experience. Things like these led to him being replaced by Billy Cox. Hendrix: "All those people who don't like Bob Dylan's songs should read his lyrics. They are filled with the joys and sadness of life. I am as Dylan, none of us can sing normally. Sometimes, I play Dylan's songs and they are so much like me that it seems to me that I wrote them. I have the feeling that Watchtower is a song I could have come up with, but I'm sure I would never have finished it. Thinking about Dylan, I often consider that I'd never be able to write the words he manages to come up with, but I'd like him to help me, because I have loads of songs I can't finish. I just lay a few words on the paper, and I just can't go forward. But now things are getting better, I'm a bit more self-confident."
In 1968, the Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions" entered the Billboard Pop chart where it will peak at #5, becoming their most successful record.
In 1972, ABC-TV debuted "In Concert." Alice Cooper appeared in the first episode. loved to stay up and watch it, they had some great guests!!!
In 1974, BTO released "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet." Randy Bachman didn't intend to release this with the stuttering vocal. He sang it with the stutter to make fun his brother, Gary, who had a speech impediment. During microphone checks, he would sing it with the stutter and recorded a version that was to give to Gary. His record company liked it a lot better than the non-stuttering version, so that's the one they released. Eventually, Gary stopped stuttering. Since they didn't think this take was going to be released, they considered it a scratch track to get the sound correct in the studio. The band didn't even tune their instruments for it. It was released while they were on tour and later had to be remastered to hide the fact that the instruments were not in tune
Also in 1974, at 300 pounds, he didn't look like a Rock star, but Barry White scored his first US number one and second of five Top Ten singles with "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe".
In 1974, Walter Brennan, a well known actor who reached number five on the Hot 100 in 1962 with a spoken word hit called "Old Rivers", died at the age of 80.
In 1980, during a North American tour, Bob Marley collapsed while jogging in New York’s Central Park. After hospital tests, he was diagnosed as having cancer. Marley played his last-ever concert two nights later at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In 1986, the National Inquirer magazine featured a picture of Michael Jackson in an oxygen chamber with a story claiming that Jackson had a bizarre plan to live until he was 150 years old. Jackson refuted the story, saying the picture of him was taken in a burn victim machine that he donated to the Brotman Memorial Hospital.
In 1987, American jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius died from injuries sustained in a fight. Pastorius was trying to enter the Midnight Bottle Club in Wilton Manors, Florida, (where he’d been banned), and became involved in a fight with a bouncer. Pastorius fell into a coma and was put on life support. In 2006, Pastorius was voted “The Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived” by readers in Bass Guitar magazine. He was a member of Weather Report and worked with various acts including Joni Mitchell and Herbie Hancock.
The Bangles broke up in 1989.
In 1998, Oz Bach, bassist for Spanky and Our Gang on their 1967 hit, "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" died of cancer at the age of 59.
In 2000, the Guess Who teamed up with Lenny Kravitz at the Much Music Video awards in Toronto to perform "American Woman". Kravitz had recorded the Randy Bachman / Burton Cummings tune for the soundtrack to Mike Myers' The Spy Who Shagged Me nearly thirty years after the original became The Guess Who's biggest hit.
In 2001, America: A Tribute to Heroes, a commercial-free, live TV program was broadcast on all of the major US TV networks to raise money following the September 11th terrorist attacks. The show featured performances by Bruce Springsteen ("My City in Ruins"), Tom Petty ("I Won't Back Down"), Paul Simon ("Bridge Over Troubled Water"), Billy Joel ("New York State of Mind"), U2 ("Walk On"), Celine Dion ("God Bless America") and Willie Nelson ("America The Beautiful"). Accepting pledges over the telephone were Robin Williams, Meg Ryan, Danny DeVito, Sally Field, Jack Nicholson, Goldie Hawn, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kurt Russell, Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Whoopi Goldberg and many more. The broadcast and soundtrack album helped raise over $128 million for the victims and their families.
In 2002, Farm Aid '02 was held in Burgettstown, PA with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack, Kid Rock, Gillian Welch, Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Double Trouble, The Drive-By Truckers, Los Lonely Boys and Anthony Smith
In 2004, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) was denied entrance into the U.S. when his name turned up on an anti-terrorist watch list.
In 2006, Boz Burrell, bass guitarist known for his involvement in King Crimson and Bad Company, died following a heart attack at the age of 60.
birthdays today include (among others): Leonard Cohen (77), Don Felder (Eagles) (64), Phil Taylor (Motorhead) (52), Faith Hill (44), Liam Gallagher (Oasis) (39), David Silveria (Korn) (39) & Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies) (44)
The newly formed Real Gone Music re-issue label boasts a diverse release schedule for 2011 and 2012 drawing from both major label licensing arms and independents, featuring such artists as the Grateful Dead, Connie Stevens, Rick Nelson and, kicking off Real Gone’s licensing arrangement with ABKCO Music & Records, Inc., ? and the Mysterians.
Real Gone Music will debut in November with 12 titles headlined by the Grateful Dead’s Dick’s Picks, Vols. 34, 35 & 36. “Dick” was Dick Latvala, the official tape archivist for the Dead until 1999, whose inspiration and encyclopedic knowledge of the band’s vaults spawned the fabled Dick’s Picks series of Dead concert volumes. Comprising 36 volumes, Dick’s Picks follows the band on its long, strange trip through a multitude of eras, tours and venues, featuring handpicked shows that display the band at its most visionary, improvisational height. Real Gone Music will bring this cache of Dead concert brilliance to record stores. Many have never been previously available at retail.
November will also bring two original albums from ? and the Mysterians, the legendary garage band known for the smash “96 Tears” on the Cameo label, available on vinyl for the first time in America since their original LP release. Real Gone will reissue the LPs, 96 Tears and Action, on 180-gram vinyl, re-mastered from the original tape sources at 45 rpm for maximum fidelity. Hailing from Saginaw, Michigan, this group of Mexican-American teenagers will forever be anointed as the garage band’s garage band by collectors of ’60s cool: the sound, an insistent three-chord beat powered by that unmistakable Vox organ; the name, taken from a Japanese horror film, and, of course, the sunglasses-donning “Question Mark” himself, who claimed to have been born on Mars and lived among dinosaurs in a past life. The debut album reached #66 on Billboard. And while the Action album saw no chart action, it contains the nuggets “Girl (You Captivate Me)” and “Can’t Get Enough of You Baby!”
Other November highlights include singles collections from ’60s songbirds Connie Stevens, Joanie Sommers and Shelby Flint, each boasting dozens of sides yet to see release on CD. The Girls From Petticoat Junction: Sixties Sounds features sunshine pop from the Hooterville Honeys (Linda Kaye Henning, Lori Saunders and Meredith MacRae), originally released on Imperial Records and timed to coincide with the release of the series on DVD. And, finally, Cameo Parkway: Holiday Hits features 18 holiday-themed tracks (13 never on CD) from the hallowed vaults of the Philly-based indie label by such artists as Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker, Bobby the Poet, Rudolph Statler Orchestra, the Lonesome Travelers and, last but not least, Bob Seger and the Last Heard, while the label extends its holiday celebration to include long sought-after Christmas albums from composer-arranger David Rose and singer-actor Ed Ames.
REAL GONE NOVEMBER 2011 RELEASE SCHEDULE
November 8
Shelby Flint: The Complete Valiant Singles CD
Connie Stevens: The Complete Warner Bros. Singles 2-CD SET
Joanie Sommers: The Complete Warner Bros. Singles 2-CD SET
The Girls from Petticoat Junction CD
November 15
Grateful Dead: Dick’s Picks Vol. 34—Rochester, NY 11/5/77 3-CD set
Grateful Dead: Dick’s Picks Vol. 35—San Diego, CA 8/7/71, Chicago, IL 8/24/71 4-CD set
Grateful Dead: Dick’s Picks Vol. 36—The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 9/21/72 4-CD set
? and the Mysterians: 96 Tears 180-gram LP
? and the Mysterians: Action 180-gram LP
Cameo Parkway: Holiday Hits CD
November 22
David Rose: The David Rose Christmas Album CD
Ed Ames: Christmas With Ed Ames/Christmas Is the Warmest Time of the Year CD
this from their website:
THE REAL REAL GONE STORY
In 1993, two Ohio boys, Gordon Anderson and Gabby Castellana, both separately started businesses—Collectors' Choice Music and Hep Cat Records & Distribution--that were to become two of the most important outlets for buyers and sellers of vintage music recordings. Now, 18 years later, they have joined forces to launch Real Gone Music, a reissue label dedicated to serving both the collector community and the casual music fan with a robust release schedule combining big-name artists with esoteric cult favorites.
Real Gone Music is a music company dedicated to combing the vaults for sounds that aren't just gone—they're REAL GONE.
What makes a piece of music real gone? It can be from any era, any genre, from superstar acts or the most overlooked artist—but if it's REAL GONE, it's an essential recording coming to you with excellent sound and packaging, designed to make you feel like you did the first time you bought an album or single at your local record store.
And, unique among American indie reissue labels, our release schedule is going to feature about ten titles per month. Because there is still a lot of music out there to rediscover, savor and celebrate.
i look forward to lots of great and really gone music for many years to come!
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David Lynch Unveils Cover Art For Debut Album Crazy Clown Time
Marking a departure from his revered and influential musical collaborations in the past with Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks), Polish pianist Marek Zebrowski (Inland Empire), and Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse (Dark Night of the Soul), David Lynch now reveals his first solo musical project, with the release of Crazy Clown Time on Sunday Best Recordings on November 7.
Recorded over a year at his own studio with engineer Dean Hurley (who also contributes guitar and drums), "Crazy Clown Time" unveils a majestic, yet powerfully idiosyncratic vision of "modern blues" that could only be drawn from the mind of David Lynch. Filled with foreboding soundscapes, hypnotic rhythms and enigmatic lyrics, this is music that will resonate not only with fans of Lynch's films, but also to listeners who appreciate daring, experimental music.
nymag.com has a fantastic slide show of the late Alex Steinweiss's work (remind anyone of another album cover?):
Sample the Work of Alex Steinweiss, Inventor of Album Cover Art
You don't really think of anyone "inventing" the idea of putting graphics on an album cover, but Alex Steinweiss did just that in 1940. Before he figured out that Columbia Records' releases would benefit from some bright graphic design, most discs were packaged in brown paper sleeves.
Read more and see some classic album cover art at nymag.com
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RUSH: More 'Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland' DVD And Blu-Ray Details Revealed
Legendary rock band RUSH has announced details for the first offerings through their recently announced partnership with Roadrunner Records. On November 7, Anthem/Roadrunner will simultaneously release a two-disc live album entitled "Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland" as well as "Moving Pictures: Live 2011" on vinyl and digital formats.
Captured in April at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena during the renowned trio's extensive "Time Machine" world tour, "Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland" marks the band's first live album recorded at a U.S show, a deliberate nod of gratitude to the first city to support Rush on its radio airwaves.
Read more and get the tracklist at out friends at Blabbermouth
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loudwire.com has revealed the cover art for the next jane's addiction LP and they disect what it may mean....
Jane’s Addiction Reveal ‘The Great Escape Artist’ Cover Art
Read their comments about the cover art at loudwire.com
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BOLT THROWER Albums To Be Reissued On Vinyl
The last three albums from British extreme metal pioneers BOLT THROWER - "Mercenary" (1998), "Honour Valour Pride" (2001) and "Those Once Loyal" (2005) - will be reissued on vinyl on October 24 via Metal Blade Records. All three albums will be released as gatefold LPs in colored vinyl, limited to 1.000 units each.
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Disturbed Reveal Track List and Release Date for B-Sides Album
Disturbed singer David Draiman has revealed the track list and release date of the band’s upcoming B-sides and rarities album, ‘The Lost Children,’ via his twitter account. The effort hits the ground running on Nov. 8th and the album contains covers of Faith No More’s ‘Midlife Crisis’ and Judas Priest’s ‘Living After Midnight.’
Tracklist:
1. ‘Hell’ 2. ‘A Welcome Burden’ 3. ‘This Moment’ 4. ‘Old Friend’ 5. ‘Monster’ 6. ‘Run’ 7. ‘Leave It Alone’ 8. ‘Two Worlds’ 9. ‘God of The Mind’ 10. ‘Sickened’ 11. ‘Mine’ 12. ‘Parasite’ 13. ‘Dehumanized’ 14. ’3′ 15. ‘Midlife Crisis’ (Faith No More cover) 16. ‘Living After Midnight’ (Judas Priest cover)
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this in my email box:
LIGHTNING DUST | HARD DRUGS
Never Again b/w Summertime Blues
Split 7” vinyl | Digital Download
RELEASE: OCTOBER 4, 2011
The Storyboard Label (Vancouver, BC) is excited to announce the official release of the Lightning Dust / Hard Drugs split 7” single, available in select stores and online October 04, 2011. It is the inaugural release of The Storyboard Label Singles Collection, a series featuring limited edition, hand numbered vinyl records. This release is limited to only 550 copies.
Featuring one fresh, unreleased track by each band, Lightning Dust (Amber Webber and Josh Wells of Black Mountain) offer “Never Again", a song that expands Lightning Dust’s sonic palette using deft synthesizer work and Webber’s always heart stirring vocals. It’s the sound of love and moving forward.
On the flip side, Hard Drugs brings a characteristically anthemic stomper. While not as over the edge as their handle may suggest, this rotating cast of Vancouverites led by husband and wife duo Jeffry Lee and Jenny Lee-Nelson, are easily as addictive as the street gear peddled around Main and Hastings each and every day. Here they’ve created one hell of an uplifting holy racket on “Summertime Blues.”
With liner notes contributed by Kevin “Sipreano” Howes and artwork by Jeffry Lee, this record is sure to keep your eyes and ears pleasantly occupied
To listen and share this record with your friends, please visit storyboardlabel.com
AMANDA SOMERVILLE To Release TRILLIUM Debut In November
Frontiers Records has set a November 1 North American release date (three days later in Europe) for "Alloy", the debut album from TRILLIUM, the new metal project masterminded by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville.
"Alloy" is a collection of songs that's charged with emotion and exploration and a very personal statement from Amanda.
"Since I'm an eclectic and diverse person and musician, that certainly comes out in this album," the singer states in a press release. "I think that the diversity is what is going to set this album apart from other stuff that's out there right now. It's got big choruses and epic symphonic hits, guitar solos you could imagine being played on a mountain top with an aerial camera view, but it's also got a lot of soul added to the raise-your-fists-in-the-air-and-make-a-mean-face vibe".
Musically, TRILLIUM melts rock and metal in a new, interesting and different way from anything Amanda has worked on so far.
Read more and get the tracklist at out friends at Blabbermouth
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TOXIC HOLOCAUST Releases Benefit Split 7" With MIDNIGHT
Portland, Oregon metal-punk warriors TOXIC HOLOCAUST have teamed up with Cleveland's MIDNIGHT for a split seven-inch single to benefit Japanese victims of the tsunami disaster.
The single is limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies on Japanese-flag-colored heavyeight vinyl, and features tracks from both bands ("A.T.O.M.I.C." by TOXIC HOLOCAUST, "Destroy Tsunami's Power" by MIDNIGHT) exclusive to this release. The split also features exclusive artwork by Daniel "Sawblade" Shaw (TOXIC HOLOCAUST, INSECT WARFARE, COFFINS). NOTE: All proceeds of this project will be sent to the Red Cross's relief fund for the country of Japan
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ROWLAND S. HOWARD Limited Double Vinyl Release
Liberation Music will release a limited edition double vinyl set (500 copies only) of the long out of print ‘Teenage Snuff Film’. Original bonus track ‘Shut Me Down’ will be replaced on the new edition with “Ocean”, the Velvet Underground classic recorded by Rowland with the Devastations and previously only available on 7” vinyl.
Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of September 13 – September 19, 2011:
1. Mock Orange – Nines & Sixes LP 2. Saves The Day – Daybreak LP 3. Thrice – Major/Minor 4. Between the Buried and Me – Colors (2XLP) 5. Polar Bear Club – Clash Battle Guilt Pride LP 6. Blink 182 – Neighborhoods LP 7. Mock Orange – Disguised As Ghosts LP (Exclusive) 8. The Horrible Crowes – Elsie 9. Minus The Bear – Highly Refind Pirates LP 10. Chuck Ragan – Covering Ground LP (w/ Free Coozie & Coasters)
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Columbia/Legacy Recordings Commemorates Billy Joel's 40-Year Solo Career With Two Special Releases:
BILLY JOEL - THE COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTION - A 15-CD BOX SET INCLUDING ALL HIS ORIGINAL RECORDINGS & 2-DISC LEGACY EDITION OF THE PIANO MAN ALBUM FEATURING LEGENDARY 1972 WMMR RADIO PERFORMANCE RECORDED LIVE AT PHILADELPHIA'S SIGMA SOUND STUDIOS
Available Tuesday, November 8
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia/Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, is commemorating forty years of Billy Joel's career as a solo recording artist with a pair of historic releases - a limited edition Billy Joel - The Complete Albums Collection boxed set and a two-disc Legacy Edition of 1973's Piano Man album (exclusively featuring a long-lost fabled radio concert from 1972) - each appealing to aficionados of the iconic American singer-songwriter-performer.
Please visit Billy's website (www.billyjoel.com) for more information.
Billy Joel - The Complete Albums Collection brings together for the first time, in one elegantly designed box, the artist's complete catalog of 14 essential titles, from 1971's Cold Spring Harbor through 1979's Grammy-winning Album of The Year 52nd Street and 1981's live Songs In The Attic to 2001's Fantasies & Delusions, the first album of Billy's classical compositions. Each album has been recently remastered in 24 bit audio for this edition and comes in cardboard jackets replicating the original album covers and sleeves. Included in the box are:
1.Cold Spring Harbor (1971) 2. Piano Man (1973) 3. Streetlife Serenade (1974) 4. Turnstiles (1976) 5. The Stranger (1977) 6. 52nd Street (1978) 7. Glass Houses (1980) 8. Songs In The Attic (1981) 9. The Nylon Curtain (1982) 10. An Innocent Man (1983) 11. The Bridge (1986) 12. Storm Front (1989) 13. River Of Dreams (1993) 14. Fantasies & Delusions (2001) 15. Collected Additional Masters (1985-2007)
"This has been a long time coming, putting all my albums into one package," said Billy in a recent in-depth interview for The Complete Albums Collection. "I'd never seen them all together in one place until I got the box set. It represents a lot of work! It's a little overwhelming, actually, looking at each individual album and remembering how much writing and recording, the time spent arranging and producing everything that went into each album."
In addition to offering brand-new remasters of every Billy Joel studio album, Billy Joel - The Complete Albums Collection includes two lavish 60-page booklets, printed lyrics to every Billy Joel composition, a new Q&A with Billy conducted by noted music journalist Steve Morse, and a bonus disc of 17 rare and non-album recordings including "Elvis Presley Boulevard" (B-side of the "Allentown" single, 1982); the live cover version of the Beatles' "I'll Cry Instead" (B-side of "An Innocent Man," 1983); "House Of Blue Light" (B-side of "We Didn't Start The Fire," 1989); and "You Picked A Real Bad Time" (B-side of "All About Soul," 1993). "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" and "The Night Is Still Young" are outtakes that did not see light of day until 1985.
Several tracks on the bonus disc originated as Billy Joel's contributions to various multi-artist movie soundtracks, notably his covers of the Elvis Presley hits "Heartbreak Hotel" and "All Shook Up," both from 1992's Honeymoon In Vegas. Billy covered Lloyd Price's 1959 hit, "Where Were You On Our Wedding Day," for the 1999 movie, Runaway Bride, and Duke Ellington's "In A Sentimental Mood" for A League Of Their Own in 1992. In 1982, Billy Joel contributed his original "Nobody Knows But Me" to In Harmony II, a Columbia LP to benefit Sesame Street/Children's Television Workshop.
Other cover tunes on the bonus disc range from Bob Dylan's "To Make You Feel My Love" and Leonard Cohen's "Light as the Breeze" to the Gerry Goffin-Carole King standard "Hey Girl" (Freddie Scott, 1963). In 1991, Billy Joel contributed "When You Wish Upon A Star" to Columbia's Disney tribute album, Simply Mad About The Mouse. And in 2001, Billy Joel sang the Beach Boys' "Don't Worry Baby" at the Radio City Music Hall All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson concert.
The exclusive bonus disc included on Billy Joel - The Complete Albums Collection closes with "All My Life," a 2007 single (which marked Billy's first newly-written song since 1993's River of Dreams) now making its first appearance on an album.
The forthcoming Legacy Edition of Piano Man, Billy Joel's 1973 debut album on Columbia Records, includes the 10-song original album in its entirety, remastered for this release in addition to a second disc premiering the first-ever release of Billy's mythic performance at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studio on April 15, 1972 (a year prior to his signing with Columbia). Philadelphia Daily News music writer Jon Takiff, an eye-witness to the event, has penned a new essay on the Sigma Sound show for the Legacy Edition of Piano Man.
The release and failure of a flawed Cold Spring Harbor, his first solo album, on an indie label in 1971 prompted then-struggling musician Billy Joel to go to Los Angeles and cut-his-chops incognito in local piano bars as Bill Martin (chronicled in Piano Man's title track). Unbeknown to Billy, WMMR, a top-rated Philadelphia FM station, had begun spinning "Captain Jack," a live track from a Billy Joel show they'd recorded at Sigma Sound, and the station's phones were going off-the-hook. The "Captain Jack" live recording was turning into a bonafide underground FM anthem, opening the door for a New York audition, competing major label interest, and a Columbia Records contract for the song's author and performer.
"Columbia was Bob Dylan's label," Billy said. "That was the deciding factor. At this time, you were allowed to build your career through FM radio, album tracks, concerts, singles and Bob Dylan was iconic for not being a hit singles type of artist. This was a company that knows how to build a career with an artist, so we decided to go with Columbia.
"I never sat down and said I'm gonna write a hit record. I wouldn't know a hit record if it bit me. I just wrote songs. I wrote them for me, I wrote them for the band, or I wrote a song for the women in my life. I was just writing songs for me. It's music that I wanted to hear. If I didn't hear certain kind of music on the radio, I realized, 'Well, if I write and record this it'll probably be on the radio and that's what I'll hear.' That's what I was thinking. Not so much about having hits, but about making music that I liked. I only really ever did it for me. That may sound selfish, but I'm the only person that I really know all that well."
The Legacy Edition of Piano Man makes available, for the first time ever, Billy's full performance at Sigma Sound, re-mixed from the original studio recording. The concert includes three Billy Joel songs--"Long, Long Time," "Josephine," and "Rosalinda"--which do not appear on any other albums by the artist and, of course, the performance of "Captain Jack" which launched one of the most remarkable careers in show business. The legendary Sigma Sound performance is available exclusively on the new Legacy Edition of Piano Man (and is not included on The Complete Albums Collection).
Billy Joel - Piano Man (Legacy Edition)
DISC ONE: The Original Album 1.Travelin' Prayer 2.Piano Man 3.Ain't No Crime 4.You're My Home 5.The Ballad Of Billy The Kid 6.Worse Comes To Worse 7.Stop In Nevada 8.If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You) 9.Somewhere Along The Line 10.Captain Jack
DISC TWO: The Sigma Sound Studios Performance Introduction Falling Travelin' Prayer The Ballad of Billy the Kid She's Got A Way Everybody Loves You Now Nocturne Turnaround Long, Long Time Captain Jack Josephine Rosalind Tomorrow isToday
Recorded live in April 1972 at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, PA Previously unreleased
gigwise.com has there (almost) annual controversial album covers list, if you are curious, take a look at 40 of them. nothing that i have not seen before, however, these covers caused a ruckus when issued and are part of rock and roll lore.....
our friends at vintagevinylnews.com have this sad news:
Passings: Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Wade Mainer, Wilma Lee Cooper
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, longtime drummer for Muddy Waters, passed away on Friday morning in Chicago from a stroke. He was 75 years old.
Smith was born in Arkansas and moved to Chicago when he was 17, becoming enamored with the local blues music. He formed a trio in 1954 to play in local clubs and eventually started playing harp with such artists as Bo Diddley and Johnny Shines.
In 1964, after a charity show that finished their US tour, the Beatles appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show."
In 1966, George Harrison went to India for his first visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
In 1969, based on the comic book and TV series Archie, The Archies started a four-week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Sugar, Sugar.” It became the longest-running one-hit wonder in the U.K. after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts
45 rpm SongFacts The Archies group was put together by Don Kirshner, a prolific promoter and producer. Kirshner also created The Monkees, and wanted to do the same thing with cartoon characters because they are much easier to work with than people. The song was written by Andy Kim and Jeff Barry, and was performed by session musicians including Kim, Toni Wine, Ron Dante and Ellie Greenwich.
The song is said to have been earlier offered to The Monkees (although songwriter Jeff Barry, in an interview published in the book Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth, says this is not true), although additional rumors that it was recorded using session musicians with Davy Jones providing all the vocals, but never released, are false. Don Kirshner has said that Mike Nesmith put his fist through the wall of the Beverly Hills Hotel refusing to do "Sugar, Sugar". Jones confirmed that Kirshner had offered it to them, but stated they turned it down, and he never recorded it. The band thought it seemed cheesy and at that point they were looking to mature their sound. However, Monkees archival expert Andrew Sandoval has suggested that the band may instead actually have been offered a tune called "Sugar Man", but with the passage of time the parties involved simply mis-remembered it as being "Sugar, Sugar", in large part because it made a better anecdote.
A degree of mystery surrounded the identity of The Archies as this song rose up the charts. Says Wine, "It was a secret who we were. In fact, the New Year's Eve countdown of trivia, for years one of the questions would be 'What group never appeared together, never went on the road together, never interviewed together, as the group, and had a #1 song?' and people wouldn't get it. It was hilarious. But Ronnie and I, in the last few years we've actually done 3 performances as The Archies. We didn't do it for 30-some-odd years, but in the last 3 years we did for the MDA, the Jerry Lewis Telethon, which of course Tony Orlando hosts out of New York, and has been hosting since day one. It was very, very cool. And we also did it when I did a one-woman show at Genghis Cohen in West Hollywood. And then about a month ago (2007) we did a special part for David Gest. And we did it there. It was a hoot."
This knocked "Honky Tonk Women" by the Rolling Stones out of the US #1 spot.
This was the #1 song of 1969 in the US. It beat out songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, and Stevie Wonder. It was also a huge hit in the UK, where it stayed at #1 for 8 weeks.
In 1969, the Melody Maker readers poll results were published. Winners included Eric Clapton, who won best musician, and Bob Dylan, who won best male singer and best album for Nashville Skyline. Best group went to The Beatles, best single went to Simon and Garfunkel for “The Boxer” and best female singer went to Janis Joplin.
In 1969, during a meeting in London between John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Lennon announced he was leaving The Beatles.
Also in 1969, Associated TV spends a million pounds to gain control of The Beatles' music publishing company, Northern Songs.
In 1969, Blind Faith's self-titled album hits #1 on both the US and UK charts, selling more than half a million copies in the first month of its release. (alternate cover shown)
In 1970, Jim Morrison of The Doors was acquitted on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, but was found guilty of exposing himself during a concert at The Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove a year and a half earlier. At his trial at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Judge Goodman sentenced Morrison to six months hard labor and a $500 (£270), fine for public exposure and sixty days hard labor for profanity. The sentence was appealed, but Morrison was never brought to trial, as he would die in Paris, France on July 3, 1971.
Peter Frampton quit Humble Pie to follow a solo career in 1971.
In 1972, police found cannabis growing on the farm of Paul and Linda McCartney.
In 1973, 30 year-old Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash on September 20th, after playing a concert at North-western State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana. His small charter plane, a Beechcraft D-18, hit a tree just after take-off in bad weather. He and Maury Muehleisen, his lead guitarist, both died in the crash, along with the members of the plane's crew. Only a week before, Croce finished recording his third album, "I Got a Name".
In 1973, the Roxy Theater opened in Los Angeles, CA. The opening acts were Elton John, Carole King and Jackson Browne.
In 1975, the Bay City Rollers appeared live on the premiere of the Howard Cosell's Saturday Night show on ABC-TV. It was their U.S. debut.
Also in 1975, David Bowie had the top tune on Billboard's singles chart with "Fame", a song co-written by John Lennon, who can be heard singing near the end of the record.
On September 20, 1984, music lost an underappreciated legend when folk music singer-songwriter Steve Goodman died of leukemia at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.
In 1997, Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy” video was cited as one of the reasons American teenager Barry Loukaitis had snapped into a violent rage that left three people dead. Defense attorneys took the unprecedented step of playing the video in a Washington court.
In 1998, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum paid tribute to Robert Johnson with eight days of activities. Johnson only recorded 29 songs before dying in August of 1938.
In 2010, Leonard Skinner, the Florida teacher who inspired a group of high school students to use his mis-spelled name during their rise to fame as the Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away at a nursing home at the age of 77.
birthdays today include Chuck Panozzo (Styx) (63), Jeff Jones (Red Rider) (58), Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden) (43) and Matthew & Gunner Nelson (Nelson) (44)
Yet another week filled with new music for all tastes including CVR Blog picks:
A 4 CD set from the Byrds called 'There Is a Season,' Leslie West's Unusual Suspects (on vinyl), Essential from Crowded House, Pearl Jam wit the appropriety named 'Pearl Jam Twenty Soundtrack,' Fiona Apple's new effort 'Extraordinary Machine,' Social Climbers self-titled LP, Opeth's Heritage, a self-titled effort from Veronica Falls (you'll love them!), the Jayhawks' new LP Mockingbird Time and Never Shout Never with 'Time Travel.'
A Shoreline Dream - Losing Them All To This Time
AZITA - Disturbing the Air (vinyl)
Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets (reissue) (vinyl) Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen(reissue) (vinyl)
Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi - Live at Hungry Brain
Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke w/ Chikamorachi - And That's The Story of Jazz
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man (vinyl)
Atlas Moth - An Ache For The Distance
Audrey Wheeler - Let It Be Me
Besnard Lakes - Welcome to Pine Point (EP)
Betraying The Martyrs - Breathe In Life
Blondie - Essential
image boots Boots Electric - Honkey Kong (vinyl)
Born Gold - Bodysongs
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns - Survival Machines Byrds - There Is a Season (4 CDs)
Cave - Neverendless (vinyl)
Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso (reissue)
Carl Story - A Life In Rural Music, Bluegrass, Gospel, And Mountain Music 1942-1959 (4 CDs)
Caroline Smith - Little Wind Celtic Thunder - Celtic Thunder (DVD)
image cheap Cheap Trick - Live in Australia (2 CDs)
Chris Letcher - Spectroscope Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Hysterical (vinyl)
Com Truise - Fairlight (12") (vinyl)
Current Value + Donny - Revolt & Riot
Cuttooth - Elements
Dale Watson & the Texas - Two Sun Sessions
David Newlyn - Social Claustrophobia
Dazz Band - Joystick / Jukebox
DeBarge - Time Will Reveal: The Complete Motown Albums (3 CDs)
Dean Martin - My Kind of Christmas (2011 Version)
Demi Lovato - Unbroken
Demon's Claws - Lost In The Desert - Part Deux
Dev - The Night The Sun Came Up
Duke Robillard - Low Down & Tore Up Emily O'Halloran - Morphine and Cupcakes
Evangelista - In Animal Tongue
Evelyn King - Face To Face
Felicia Atkinson - O-RE-GON Fiona Apple -Extraordinary Machine (vinyl)
Four Tet - FabricLive 59
Gareth Davis, Jan Kleefstra, Romke Kleefstra - Tongerswel
Gary Moore - Live at Montreux 2010 Gary Numan - Pure (vinyl)
Gavin DeGraw - Sweeter Grateful Dead - Europe 72 Vol. 2 (2 CDs) Halloween, Alaska - All Night the Calls Came In
IfIHadAHiFi - Nada Surf + 3 (EP)
Ilya Monosov - Sailor Man (vinyl)
Ivy - All Hours
James D-Train Williams - In Your Eyes
James D-Train Williams - Miracles Of The Heart
Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself (EP) Jim Capaldi - Dear Mr Fantasy (4 CDs)
Joakim - Nothing Gold
Johnny Tillotson - The Outtakes (2 CDs) Judas Priest - Demolition
Junie - Bread Alone / 5 Katie Herzig - Waking Sleep (vinyl)
Kevin Hays, Brad Mehldau, & Patrick Zimmerli - Modern Music
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Honest Words (EP)
Korallreven - As Young As Yesterday
Laibach - Gesamtkunstwerk - Dokument 81-86 (5 LPs+DVD box)
Lee Emerson with Marty Robbins - It's So Easy For You To Be Mean
Leeland - The Great Awakening Leslie West - Unusual Suspects (vinyl)
Lisa Hannigan - Passenger
Mary J. Blige - My Life Too, The Journey Continues
Maurice Starr - Flaming Starr Meg Baird - Seasons on Earth (vinyl) Megafaun - Megafaun (vinyl)
Miguel Migs - Outside the Skyline
Mikal Cronin - Mikal Cronin (vinyl)
Mike Oldfield - Incantations Miles Davis - Dark Magus: Live At Carnegie Hall (2CDS)
Miles Davis - Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
NeedtoBreathe - Reckoning
Neurosis - Sovereign Remastered
Pack A.d. - Unpersons (vinyl)
Pat Metheny - Still Life (remastered)
Patton Oswalt - Finest Hour Pearl Jam -Pearl Jam Twenty (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Picastro +Nadja - Fool, Redeemer
Prisonaires, Marigolds, Solotunes - Only Believe...Unissued and Rare Nashville Vocal Group Recordings Pritch and Trim - Stereotype (vinyl)
Rebecca Clamp - Key to The City
Richard Marx - Stories to Tell (2-CDs + DVD)
Richmond Fontaine - The High Country Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant - Limited Edition Collector's Set (2-CDs+3-LPs+DVD) Roll The Dice - In Dust (2xLP) (vinyl)
Sandy Denny - North Star Grassman & The Ravens (2 CDs)
Saviours - Death's Procession (vinyl)
Sic Alps - Battery Townsley
Snippet - Slowly Slowly Catchee Monkey Social Climbers - Social Climbers (vinyl)
Southerly - Youth
Steve Reich and The Kronos Quartet - WTC 9/11, Mallet Quartet, Dance Patterns
Sun Wizard - Positively 4th Avenue Superheavy - SuperHeavy (Mick Jagger’s new group) (vinyl)
Tammar - Visits
Tanner Menard - Dark Pianos
Teeth - Whatever
The-Dream - The Love, IV (Diary of a Mad Man)
The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance
The Away Team - Star Kinship
The Big I Am - Collecting Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (180gm Vinyl)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (reissue) The Jim Jones Revue - The Jim Jones Revue (vinyl)
The New Ruins - This Life is Not Ours To Keep
The Whip - Wired Together Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (vinyl)
Thrice - Major/Minor
Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything? (vinyl)
Tony Bennett - Duets II Tori Amos - Night of Hunters (vinyl)
Trammar - Visits (vinyl)
Trust - Bulbform (12") (vinyl)
UV Pop - Just a Game / No Songs Tomorrow (7")(vinyl))
Van Dyke Parks - Arrangements Volume 1
Various Artists - Barbecue Any Old Time: Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
Various Artists - From The Vault Of Sage & Sand Records: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight!
Various Artists - Old Grey Whistle Test Present Folk
Various Artists - Vol. 1 "Ranters, Reformers and Raconteurs" (Alternative Tentacles) 6xCD
Various Artists - You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Previously Unissued Western Swing 1935-42
Various Artists - Abduction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists - Mark Twain: Words & Music
Various Artists - Motorhead Tribute: Headin' For The North
Various Artists - This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
Various Artists - Top Musicians Play: Led Zeppelin
Velveljin - Nostalghia Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls (vinyl)
Villains - Control The Future (EP)
Vin Bruce - King Of Cajun Music: Dans La Louisianne
Warner Mack - Baby Squeeze Me: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
Waters - Out In the Light
Waylayers - Hear No Lies (EP)
Weekend - Red 12"
White Orange - White Orange
Yob - Atma (2xLP) (vinyl)
Zounds - Redemption of Zounds
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.
Have new music for the list? Email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com
DEAR CARL: Yes, but not in the past 70 years.
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