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CollectorsFrenzy lists the top 25 real time ended auctions and the selling price for the collectible vinyl and is updated daily.
Top 10 Items for 06/04/2012
1. Andre Levy-J.Gautier-G.Joy on Pretoria 30 CL 8001
Sold Price:$6389.00 USD End Time:06/04/2012
2. SEX PISTOLS Dios Salve a la Reina (God Save the Queen) ORIGINAL VENEZUELA SINGLE
Sold Price:$4838.51 USD End Time:06/04/2012
3. VHTF Sag War Fare Libra 100 EX Northern Don't Be So Jive/Girl! You Better Change
Sold Price:$4720.00 USD End Time:06/04/2012
4. Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers Beatles Decca Records 45 RPM Original Rare
Sold Price:$3725.00 USD End Time:06/04/2012
5. BEATLES LOVE ME DO DEMO ORIGINAL 1962 PROMO McARTNEY COPY
Sold Price:$2913.84 USD End Time:06/04/2012
6. 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS French EP 1966 Ultra Rare RIVERIA Picture Sleeve PSYCH Acid
Sold Price:$1999.00 USD End Time:06/04/2012
7. Pelicans red wax doo-wop r&b 45 RARE Parrot 793 Aurelia/White Cliffs of Dover
Sold Price:$1876.00 USD End Time:06/04/2012
8. HOLY GRAIL PRIVATE FUNK LP ~ BLACK OUT ~ DOUGLASS HIGH ~ CROSSOVER
SOUL , PSYCH! Sold Price:$1625.00 USD End Time:06/04/2012
9. Rare Vogue 12" Picture Record! Private Issue!
Sold Price:$1594.00 USD End Time:06/04/2012
10. George Lemons ~ Fascinating Girl on Gold Soul RARE northern 45 ORIG
Sold Price:$1331.00 USD End Time:06/04/2012
Neil Young and Crazy Horse are going back on the road for the first time since 2004. Beginning Oct. 3 in Windsor, Ontario, they will play arenas 23 cities across North America before finishing up on Dec. 4 in Bridgeport, Ct. Young will also co-headline the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival with Metallica on Aug. 10-12.
Read the rest and get Neil Young and Crazy Horse Tour Dates at UltimateClassicRock
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Hatebreed Announces "10 Years Of Perserverance" U.S. Tour
Hatebreed is excited to announce the upcoming “10 Years of Perseverance” fall tour, a United States headline tour to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the band’s ground-breaking 2002 major-label debut, "Perseverance." The tour features direct support from Whitechapel and special guests All Shall Perish and Deez Nuts, and kicks off on September 13th in Clifton Park, NY.
On June 5, 2012, Nonesuch Records will release the new Shawn Colvin album, All Fall Down. A collection of 11 songs, All Fall Down is Colvin’s eighth studio album and the first to be produced by her longtime friend and cohort Buddy Miller (Robert Plant, Solomon Burke). Recorded in Nashville, with a group of stellar musicians, All Fall Down features performances by Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Jakob Dylan, Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss, Brian Blade, Stuart Duncan, and Julie Miller, among others.
The new album was recorded in Miller’s home studio, and each song is deeply personal to Colvin, who describes All Fall Down as "an album about loss but also about redemption and resolution." The release of All Fall Down comes on the same date as William Morrow/HarperCollins publishes her memoir, Diamond in the Rough, which insightfully and candidly looks back over a rich lifetime of highs and lows. The wit, lyricism, and empathy found in the book are traits that have long characterized Colvin’s songwriting and her live performances.
Colvin wrote or co-wrote eight of the album’s 11 tracks. “Change Is on the Way” was co-written with Colvin’s Three Girls and Their Buddy (the touring group of Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and Colvin) partner Patty Griffin, and “Seven Times the Charm” shares writing credits with Jakob Dylan and longtime Colvin collaborator John Leventhal, who also co-wrote “All Fall Down,” “Knowing What I Know Now,” and “The Neon Light of the Saints,” which was written specifically for HBO’s New Orleans drama Treme and will be featured in an upcoming episode. (Colvin was a guest star on the show last year.) Bill Frisell penned “Anne of the Thousand Days” with Colvin, and Viktor Krauss co-wrote “I Don’t Know You” with her.
In the 22 years since the release of her debut album, Colvin has won three Grammy awards, released nine albums, maintained a non-stop national and international touring schedule, had her songs featured in major motion pictures, written a memoir, and created a remarkable canon of work.
1. Death -Individual Thought Patterns (3CD Deluxe Reissue) 2. Baroness -Yellow & Green Deluxe Digi Book 2xCD 3. Baroness -Yellow & Green Deluxe Hardbound Book 2xLP (Yellow - Opaque) 4. Spawn of Possession - Incurso CD 5. Toxic Holocaust/Midnight - Japanese Benefit 7" 6. Baroness -Yellow & Green Standard 2xLP (Yellow A/B Green D/C) 7. Death - Human (3CD Deluxe Reissue) 8. Neurosis -Enemy Of The Sun - Deluxe 2xLP 180 Gram (Red/Black Marble) 9. Repulsion - Horrified 10. Baroness - Yellow & Green Deluxe Hardbound Book 2xLP (Yellow/Green Split)
A Silent Film - Sand & Snow
Adaliah - Broken Families
Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West
Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station
Alexandra Burke - Heartbreak On Hold
Altars - Conclusions
Amanda Mair - Amanda Mair
Architects - Daybreaker
Art vs. Science - Art vs. Science
At The Drive-In - Vaya (vinyl)
BT - Laptop Symphony
Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio
Beatles - Yellow Submarine (reissue)
Bela Fleck - Across the Imaginary Divide
Belleruche - Rollerchain
Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground
Black Sheep Wall - No Matter Where It Ends
Bobby Brown - The Masterpiece
Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek
Bright Light Bright Light - Make Me Believe In Hope
Call Me No One - Last Parade
Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead
Chicane - Thousand Mile Stare
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Big Moon Ritual (vinyl)
Circus Maximus - Nine
Clutch - Pigtown Blues
CocoRosie - We Are On Fire/Tearz For Animals (7")
Crocodiles - Endless Flowers
Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate
Cypress Hill and Rusko - Cypress Hill x Rusko
David Bowie - Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (remastered) (vinyl)
Dawes - North Hills
Delain - We Are The Others
Destroyer - Destroyer’s Rubies (vinyl reissue)
Dexys - One Day I'm Going To Soar
Dio - Master Of The Moon (vinyl)
Dntel - Aimlessness
Doldrums - Egypt (EP)
Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme
Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events
Eric Benet - The One
Eric Copeland - Limbo
Everything But the Girl - Baby the Stars Shine Bright (reissue)
Everything But the Girl - Idlewild (reissue)
Everything But the Girl - Love Not Money (reissue)
Everything But the Girl – Eden (reissue)
Fantastic Mr. Fox - San’en (EP)
Fear Factory - Industrialist
Felix Martin - Live in Boston
Friends - Manifest!
Grand Magus - The Hunt
Heart - Strange Euphoria (5-disc box set)
Hives - Lex Hives
Hortlax Cobra - Night Shift
Ian McGlynn - Now We’re Golden
Jana Kramer - Jana Kramer
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (vinyl)
Jettblack - Raining Rock
Jherek Bischoff - Composed
Joe Walsh - Analog Man
Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Lives… (EP)
Justin Vivian Bond - Silver Wells
Kaiser Chiefs - Souvenir
Kelli Scarr - Dangling Teeth
Kelly Hogan - I Like To Keep Myself In Pain
Kid Gorgeous - Blue Romance
Kindness - World, You Need a Change of Mind (vinyl)
Kool Keith - Love And Danger
Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
Kylie Minogue - The Best Of Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Forever
Ladyhawke - Anxiety
Langhorne Slim & The Law - The Way We Move
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (reissue)
Lettuce - Fly
Liars - WIXIW
Man Without Country - Foe
Marduk - Serpent Sermon
Melvins - Freak Puke
Michael The Blind - Are’s & Els
Momus - Bibliotek
Mykul Lee - Fortress
Mynabirds - Generals
Mystery Jets - Radlands
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana (vinyl)
New Bruises - Chock Full of Misery
O'Children - APNEA
Oberhofer - Time Capsules II (vinyl)
Oh No - Ohnomite
Patti Smith - BANGA
Paul Simon - Graceland (25th Anniversary Edition CD) (with bonus tracks)
Phobia - Remnants of Filth
Pomegranates - Heaven
Propaganda - Wishful Thinking
Pujol - United States of Being
Rhett Miller - The Dreamer
Rise To Remain - City of Vultures
River City Extension - Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Your Anger
Rodney Crowell - Kin: Songs by Mary Karr and Rodney Crowell
Scott Lucas and the Married Men - Blood Half Men
Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down
Sheer Agony - Sheer Agony (7")
Shmu (of Zorch) - Discipline/Communication
Shonen Knife - Pop Tune
Skyline Pigeons - House of Mysteries
Soulsavers - The Light the Dead See (vinyl)
Souvenirs - Tired of Defending You
Spectrum Road - Spectrum Road
Squackett - A Life Within A Day
Stereo Total - Cactus Versus Brezel (vinyl)
Teen Daze - All Of Us, Together
Temper Trap - The Temper Trap
The Agonist - Prisoners
The Cory Smoot Experiment - When Worlds Collide
The Rocket Summer: Life Will Write the Words
The Walkmen - Heavy (vinyl)
Throw The Fight - What Doesn't Kill Me
Various Artists - Foggy Mountain Special: A Bluegrass Tribute to Earl Scruggs
Various Artists - Make It Your Sound, Make It Your Scene: Vanguard Records & The 1960s Musical Revolution (4-CD box set)
Various Artists - No More Tears: A Millennium Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne
Watain - Opus Diaboli
Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird
Zaz - Zaz
Bids Soar for Rare Sex Pistols Record | Top Auction
WhatSellsBest.com is reporting bidding has passed $11,000 on day-three of a seven-day auction for a rare vintage Sex Pistols Record (vinyl). Apparently, the price could go considerably higher.
WEBWIRE – Sunday, June 03, 2012
Bids have passed $11,000 for a vintage Sex Pistols record (vinyl) on day-three of a seven-day online auction. According to James Massey, publisher of a website tracking sales of rare items online, the price could go considerably higher.
The record, listed online as a 35-year-old 7 inch promotional acetate featuring the controversial song "God Save the Queen" and "No Feelings" by the English punk rock band ’The Sex Pistols,’ has an L.T.S. record label that is apparently a substantial rarity. According to the sellers listing; "This is one of only two copies known to exist"
ELECTRIFYING ULTRA-RARE ALBUM BY ’60S FRETBOARD GENIUS!
Fretboard fanatics...fret no more! Here at last is the album that christened Jimmy Bryant with the distinct moniker of "Fastest Guitar in the Country.” After a run of success with steel guitarist Speedy West on Capitol Records, Jimmy Bryant signed a solo contract with Imperial Records in the mid ’60s. While Bryant’s recordings with West established him as a fretboard genius, it was the 1967 release of The Fastest Guitar in the Country that left the disc jockey world wondering if his lighting speed was legitimate. Naysayers were left in awe as they witnessed Bryant’s dizzying technique at a DJ convention in Nashville.
Bryant’s frenzied fretboard flair is in full effect on his rendition of the classic “Sugar Foot Rag” and “Little Rock Getaway” bearing evidence as to why this is one of the most electrifying instrumental recordings of all time. Never before reissued, this collection of jazz-fueled country pickin’ is the ultimate testament of Jimmy Bryant’s gift to the guitar world. Sourced from the original Imperial stereo masters, Sundazed is proud to release this ultra-rare album on 180 gram vinyl.
Track Listing: 1. Twelfth Street Rag 2. Little Rock Getaway 3. Caravan 4. Down Yonder 5. Georgia Boogie 6. Orange Blossom Special 7. Tico-Tico 8. Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana) 9. Ten Wheels 10. Stumbling 11. Voxwagon 12. Sugarfoot Rag
The first two albums by England's legendary Soft Machine, originally released in 1968 and 1969, remain among the most innovative and influential releases of that musically fertile era. These seminal LPs offered a visionary psychedelic-progressive-jazz-rock mix that helped to make the Soft Machine one of Britain's first significant underground bands, as well as a key force in the birth of both progressive rock and jazz-rock.
A product of the same fabled Canterbury scene that spawned such beloved cult acts as Caravan and Hatfield and the North, the Soft Machine was the rare art-rock combo whose members possessed the instrumental skills to execute their ambitious musical ideas, as well as a playful sense of humor that balanced the band's complex compositions and adventurous improvisations. By the time they began making albums, the Soft Machine was already a sensation in the budding U.K. rock underground, thanks to their now-legendary performances at such fabled London clubs as the UFO, the Speakeasy and Middle Earth, where they shared stages with the likes of Pink Floyd and Tomorrow.
The Soft Machine, co-produced by Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson, announced the band's arrival on the international scene in fine style. With an unusual three-man lineup comprised of Kevin Ayers on bass and vocals, Robert Wyatt on drums and vocals, and Mike Ratledge on keyboards, the album was recorded in New York, while the band was touring North America with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In contrast to the extended pieces that would later dominate the Soft Machine's repertoire, the album focuses on shorter, more concise songs that nonetheless provide plenty of room for the musicians to demonstrate their varied abilities.
This landmark gem has been out of print for decades, but now it is back in a meticulously packaged Sundazed compact disc edition. Mastered from the original analog tapes, this lovingly restored album sounds as powerful and imaginative as ever.
TRACK LIST: 1. Hope for Happiness 2. Joy of a Toy 3. Hope for Happiness (reprise) 4. Why Am I So Short? 5. So Boot If At All 6. A Certain Kind 7. Save Yourself 8. Priscilla 9. Lullabye Letter 10. We Did It Again 11. Plus Belle qu'une Poubelle 12. Why Are We Sleeping? 13. Box 25/4 Lid
The aptly titled Volume Two introduced a retooled Soft Machine lineup, with Wyatt and Ratledge joined by bassist Hugh Hopper, an old Canterbury friend who had guested on the first album. The sophomore disc finds the threesome moving towards a more explicitly jazz-influenced sound, with an increased emphasis on instrumental material. The album is bookended by a pair of extended compositions, "Rivmic Melodies" and "Esther's Nose Job," which are broken up into shorter individual tracks bearing whimsically arbitrary titles. That approach was suggested to the band by Frank Zappa, whose Mothers of Invention album Absolutely Free was reportedly an influence on Volume Two.
The first two albums by England's legendary Soft Machine, originally released in 1968 and 1969, remain among the most innovative and influential releases of that musically fertile era. These seminal LPs offered a visionary psychedelic-progressive-jazz-rock mix that helped to make the Soft Machine one of Britain's first significant underground bands, as well as a key force in the birth of both progressive rock and jazz-rock.
This landmark gem has been out of print for decades, but now it is back in a meticulously packaged Sundazed compact disc edition. Mastered from the original analog tapes, this lovingly restored album sounds as powerful and imaginative as ever.
A product of the same fabled Canterbury scene that spawned such beloved cult acts as Caravan and Hatfield and the North, the Soft Machine was the rare art-rock combo whose members possessed the instrumental skills to execute their ambitious musical ideas, as well as a playful sense of humor that balanced the band's complex compositions and adventurous improvisations. By the time they began making albums, the Soft Machine was already a sensation in the budding U.K. rock underground, thanks to their now-legendary performances at such fabled London clubs as the UFO, the Speakeasy and Middle Earth, where they shared stages with the likes of Pink Floyd and Tomorrow.
TRACK LIST: 1. Pataphysical Introduction – Part I 2. A Concise British Alphabet – Part I 3. Hibou, Anemone and Bear 4. A Concise British Alphabet – Part II 5. Hulloder 6. Dada Was Here 7. Thank You Pierrot Lunaire 8. Have You Ever Bean Green? 9. Pataphysical Introduction – Part II 10. Out of Tunes 11. As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still 12. Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening 13. Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging 14. Pig 15. Orange Skin Food 16. A Door Opens and Closes 17. 10.30 Returns to the Bedroom
ALSO AVAILABLE ON VINYL - LP 5342
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Artist: Traffic
Title: Heaven Is In Your Mind/Mr. Fantasy - Mono Edition Compact Disc
U.S. VERSION OF LEGENDARY ALBUM FROM STEVE WINWOOD AND COMPANY IN MONO!
Traffic was one of the most original and influential British groups of the 1960s, gathering a diverse set of individual talents in vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood, singer/guitarist Dave Mason, drummer Jim Capaldi and reeds player Chris Wood. The foursome’s expansive talents and formidable creative chemistry allowed the musicians to integrate an array of folk, jazz, pop and R&B elements, infusing their eclectic stylistic mix with a playfully psychedelic spirit that perfectly captured the experimental sensibility of the times.
Traffic’s historic 1967 debut LP (produced by noted studio vet Jimmy Miller) was released in the U.K. as Mr. Fantasy, but initially reached U.S. shores in altered form as Heaven Is in Your Mind/Mr. Fantasy. The American edition featured an altered track listing and new cover art with Winwood, Capaldi and Wood but not Mason, who had quit the band prior to the album’s release.
The U.S. LP added the British singles “Paper Sun,” “Hole in My Shoe” and “Smiling Phases” to the album’s running order, along with a short snippet of the U.K. single “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” as a recurring motif between tracks. The American edition also tacked on the short closing track “We’re a Fade, You Missed This,” which is actually the fadeout of an alternate version of “Paper Sun.” The American LP’s title was quickly amended to Mr. Fantasy, and it was under that name that most stateside fans came to know the album, with the original U.S. edition becoming something of a rarity.
In any form, and under any title, Heaven Is in Your Mind/Mr. Fantasy ranks as one of the most audacious and inventive rock albums of its time. Such catchy tunes as “Paper Sun,” “Hole in My Shoe” and “Heaven Is in Your Mind” combine stylistic adventurousness with effortless melodic appeal, while more introspective numbers like “Dear Mr. Fantasy” and “Coloured Rain” capture early stirrings of prog-rock and jazz-fusion.
Sundazed’s new compact disc edition of this seminal vintage disc features the album’s incredibly rare mono mix, which differs substantially from the album’s more familiar stereo mix.
TRACK LIST:
1. Paper Sun
2. Dealer
3. Coloured Rain
4. Hole in My Shoe
5. No Face, No Name and No Number
6. Heaven Is in Your Mind
7. House for Everyone
8. Berkshire Poppies
9. Giving to You
10. Smiling Phases
11. Dear Mr. Fantasy
12. We’re a Fade, You Missed This
As John Sebastian noted in the Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Nashville Cats,” there are “13 hundred and 52 guitar pickers in Nashville.” And it’s pretty much unanimous that nearly every one of ’em would love to be playing in the Martian Denny Orchestra, whose blend of surf, spy and space sounds is quickly becoming an underground sensation in Music City.
Guitarist Eddie Angel shakes up the world of indie-rock with Los Straitjackets and the Planet Rockers. Guitarist Bob Irwin, the man behind famed reissue label Sundazed Music, is the fretboard whiz of New York’s Pluto Walkers. Dave Roe played bass for Johnny Cash and works the same magic for John Mellencamp and many others. Jim Hoke plays steel guitar and woodwinds for NRBQ, Toby Keith and others. The rock-solid beat comes courtesy of the mighty Jimmy Lester, the original skinsman of Los Straitjackets and now with Webb Wilder’s honky tonk hellions.
“Where else can you hear such dead-on, reverential treatment of instro classics by Duane Eddy, the Ventures, the Rockin’ Rebels and Santo & Johnny?” asks Irwin. Five minutes with the Martian Denny Orchestra makes one thing perfectly clear: the band fires 40-footer after 40-footer and hits nothing but net—every time!
TRACK LIST:Out Of Limits On The Move It Was A Very Good Year Beach Walkin' Yep! Sealed With A Kiss Crossfire Brawl The Warmth of the Sun The 2000 Pound Bee (part2) Town Without Pity Wild Weekend
The Beatles named the UK's biggest selling singles act of all time
The Beatles have been named the biggest selling singles act in the UK, since charts began 60 years ago in 1952.
The Fab Four pushed Elvis Presley into second place and Cliff Richard into third, in a new list compiled by the Official Charts Company, which is being broadcast this afternoon (June 4) on BBC Radio 2.
The Top 60 biggest selling singles acts in UK are:
1. The Beatles
2. Elvis Presley
3. Cliff Richard
4. Madonna
5. Michael Jackson
6. Elton John
7. Queen
8. Abba
9. David Bowie
10. Rihanna
Get the rest of the story and see the rest of the list at nme.com
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Black Light Burns new album on Vinyl from Brookvale Records!
Brookvale Records is proud to announce that we will be releasing the new Black Light Burns record on vinyl. We are releasing the vinyl for the new album “The Moment You Realize You’re Going To Fall” with license through their record label and our friends at Rocket Science Records. The first 1000 copies of new record will be on white vinyl and will also included in the package a free download card so you have download a version of the album as well. The record is amazing and their best effort to date. The CD and LP will be released on August 14th. You can pre order the white vinyl below.
PRE ORDER NOW TO GET ONE OF THE FIRST 1000 COPIES!
Artist – Black Light Burns Title – The Moment You Realize You’re Going To Fall Release Date – August 14th 2012 White Vinyl & Free Download Card
Nearly 20 years after its original release, cult-legend Mortiis' 'Ånden som Gjorde Opprør' is getting a limited edition vinyl reissue this summer via Italian label Ordo MCM.
The reissue will be limited to 500 copies, with 250 available in standard black and 250 in special swirl-colored vinyl.
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Soul Sacrifice Reveals New Album Cover Artwork
Soul Sacrifice is set to release their new album 'Carpe Mortem' on June 29th via Massacre Records. The album was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at the Unisound Studios in Sweden.
Tracklist1. Requiem 2. Bullet Proof 3. Comatose 4. OLB 5. Keske 6. Fly Forever (Pentagram Cover) 7. Society for Killing 8. Torture My Soul 9. Carpe Mortem 10. Sarcastic Existence 11. Exile
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great write-up by Tris McCall/The Star-Ledger at nj.com
Paul Simon's 'Graceland' boxed set revisits controversial and brilliant album
EXPERIENCE HENDRIX LLC & LEGACY RECORDINGS RELEASING RESTORED & NEWLY EXPANDED EDITION OF HISTORIC JIMI PLAYS BERKELEY CONCERT DOCUMENTARY ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child Blu-ray Also Coming Tuesday, July 10
Audiophile Double Album Also Available
Experience Hendrix LLC and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release a restored and newly expanded edition of Jimi Plays Berkeley, on Blu-ray and DVD, on Tuesday, July 10.
An historic documentary film chronicling the two concerts Jimi Hendrix performed at the Berkeley Community Theatre on Saturday, May 30, 1970, Jimi Plays Berkeley captures the cultural milieu surrounding one of the finest Hendrix performances ever lensed.
Made from a new, digitally-restored transfer from the original 16mm negative, Jimi Plays Berkeley premieres more than 15 minutes of previously unseen documentary and performance footage of Hendrix classics including "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," "Machine Gun" and "Hear My Train A Comin'" not featured in the original film release.
"We take great pride in doing our part to preserve the music of my brother, Jimi, especially during his 70th birthday year," said Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix and co-producer (with John McDermott) of the Jimi Plays Berkeley DVD. (Jimi Hendrix, born November 27, 1942, would be 70 this year.)
Jimi Plays Berkeley features a 5.1 surround stereo soundtrack mixed by original Jimi Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer and commentary from Abe Jacob, the audio engineer who recorded the Hendrix Berkeley concerts in 1970.
As an added bonus, the newly expanded Jimi Plays Berkeley includes an audio-only presentation of Jimi's complete Berkeley 05/30/1970 second show mixed in 5.1 surround sound. Showcasing 67 minutes of music, the second set concert recordings include "Pass It On (Straight Ahead)," "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)," "Lover Man," "Stone Free," "Hey Joe," "I Don't Live Today," "Machine Gun," "Foxey Lady," "Star Spangled Banner," "Purple Haze," and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)."
The second set from May 30, 1970, will be released on CD and on 12" vinyl as Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live At Berkeley (The Second Set). The audiophile 12" double album release is an all analog recording cut by Bernie Grundman from the master tapes and struck by Quality Record Pressings (QRP) on 200 gram vinyl.
The most complete record ever-released of that magical Saturday in late May 1970, Jimi Plays Berkeley includes an essay on the film by noted Jimi Hendrix historian John McDermott.
Also on July 10, Legacy Recordings will release the Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child film for the first time on Blu-ray. A 90 minute documentary directed by the multiple Grammy award-winning Bob Smeaton (Beatles Anthology, Festival Express, Beatles: The Studio Recordings, Band of Gypsys) Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child was originally included as a DVD in the West Coast Seattle Boy Jimi Hendrix boxed set. An autobiographical journey told in the legendary musician's own words as read by Parliament-Funkadelic's Bootsy Collins, the film incorporates interviews with Hendrix, coupled with the artist's letters, writings and recordings to provide new insight into one of the most enduring icons of popular culture. The documentary features some of Jimi's greatest performances as well as rare and never before seen footage and photos including--for the first time ever--examples from the Hendrix family archive of the late guitarist’s personal drawings, postcards home to his father, song drafts, sketches, and lyrics.
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not vinyl per se, however without the vinyl records being available, many of these songs would never have been heard....
120 Rare Country Tracks From Plantation Records Released by X5 Music Group
X5 Music Group has just release six digital albums of music from Plantation Records, the country music label started by Shelby Singleton in 1968. Plantation not only signed new artists, including Jeannie C. Riley (Harper Valley P.T.A. was the labels biggest hit), but also many country music veterans, helping them extend their careers well into the 70's.
The albums are important, historically, as they contain over thirty tracks by artists like Ray Pillow, John Wesley Ryles, and Webb Pierce that have never been released into the digital marketplace.
David Bowie Remastered 'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust'
New Release to Mark 40th Anniversary Of Seminal Release
To mark the 40th anniversary of Bowie's classic album, 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,' EMI is set to release a remastered version of the album both CD and vinyl on June 5 (a day before the actual anniversary release date of June 6, 1972).
The re-release will contain remastered audio of all 11 of the album's tracks. In addition, the vinyl includes an audio DVD featuring previously unreleased mixes of some of the album's tracks.
'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars' is a concept album based around a character named Ziggy Stardust, an alien who arrives on Planet Earth in its dying years and attempts to convey a message of hope via a career as a rock'n'roll star. It regularly appears in lists of the best albums of all time.
Spanish death metal act Mind Holocaust has revealed the cover artwork for the band's new album called 'Condemned Souls.'
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U.D.O.: 'Celebrator' To Receive Vinyl Release
"Celebrator", a collection of rare tracks from U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, will be released on double vinyl on August 17 via High Roller Records. It is limited to 500 copies in three different colors:
* 100 x white vinyl
* 200 x yellow vinyl
* 200 x black vinyl
Get the tracklist and read more at our friends at Blabbermouth
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cool cover art.....
RIVAL SONS: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed
Californian blues-rockers RIVAL SONS will release their new album, "Head Down", in late August via Earache Records. The CD was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with Grammy-nominated producer Dave Cobb (JAMIE JOHNSON, SHOOTER JENNINGS) and Grammy-wining engineer Vance Powell (JACK WHITE, THE WHITE STRIPES, KINGS OF LEON). The artwork was created by Jason Holley
DEAR JERRY: My mystery song was played by an urban country station in the Windsor-Detroit area, in the mid-'70s. I am no longer in that area, but have never heard it again anywhere.
It is a beautiful ballad about love grown cold, featuring a great vocalist with simple piano-guitar-drum backing.
Most of the verses end with "there's no sense in living anymore," but it's more about frustration than suicide. Neither Bing nor Google searches even suggest anything with that title.
Can you?
—Marianne Schulte, Oshkosh, Wisc.
DEAR MARIANNE: Sorry to say, I cannot suggest anything with that title.
But the news is not all bad. I can definitely unravel your four-decade-old musical mystery.
The line you recall so well is, as you say, at the end of the chorus. You just need to back up a bit to discover the title. Here's how they fit together:
Seems like I can't live with you
But I can't live without you
I know that time will never change us
So there's just no sense in living anymore
Titled "Seems Like I Can't Live with You, But I Can't Live Without You," this is the flip side of "Dancin' Fool" (RCA Victor 10075), by the Guess Who featuring Burton Cummings.
This 1974 single came out at a time when most country programmers had drifted away from traditional C&W music, while adding pop and soft rock to their playlists. For awhile they called their hybrid format "modern country," or "countrypolitan."
Those stations would not touch the rock-disco "Dancin' Fool," but "Seems Like I Can't Live with You, But I Can't Live Without You" was very countrypolitan.
To cite some of the modern country hits at the time, we can begin right at the top. Billy Swan had the No. 1 song, with "I Can Help."
Other crossover hits that year included: "Back Home Again" and "Annie's Song" (John Denver); "Let Me Be There" and "I Honestly Love You" (Olivia Newton-John); "Sundown" (Gordon Lightfoot), and, perhaps the purest rock and roll record to make the country Top 10, Elvis Presley's "Promised Land."
Though "Seems Like I Can't Live with You, But I Can't Live Without You" didn't make the charts, to have gotten some spins in Windsor is not surprising. The Guess Who is one of Canada's most famous bands.
DEAR JERRY: I am a 15-year-old pianist, who happens to enjoy playing in the ragtime and honky-tonk style.
One of the records my father gave me to learn is "Roulette," by Russ Conway (Cub 9034), and I love it!
Did Conway have other recordings in this style? Was "Roulette" ever a hit?
—Cal Millington, Portsmouth, Ohio
DEAR CAL: Russ made many, all in that style. As for question two, it depends on whether you were east or west of the Azores, in mid-1959.
In the U.S., Russ Conway remained virtually unknown. Not even his two biggest UK hits charted in the U.S., even though both were picked up by American labels, such as Capitol ("Side Saddle") and MGM's Cub imprint ("Roulette").
In his homeland, it was a completely different story for this honky-tonk instrumentalist. Between 1957 and '63, Russ had 20 charted hits. Of those, 17 made the Top 30; seven reached the Top 10; and two even claimed Great Britain's No. 1 position. This is even more impressive when you consider how much their charts were dominated by American rock and roll, and other teen-oriented styles. Neither describe Russ Conway.
His biggest hit, "Side Saddle," topped the New Musical Express for four weeks in the spring of 1959.
Russ finally surrendered the coveted position, but only for the next eight weeks; three for Buddy Holly ("It Doesn't Matter Anymore"), and five for Elvis ("A Fool Such As I"). That's when Conway's "Roulette" returned him to the No. 1 slot.
For three weeks in June and July of '59, the Top 10 included both "Side Saddle" and "Roulette," which is quite remarkable.
I know of no other 1950s or '60s instrumentalist with two separate records in the Top 10, and that goes for the record world on both sides of the Azores.
IZ ZAT SO? In 1959, "Side Saddle" stayed in the UK Top 10 for 18 consecutive weeks! To better appreciate that feat, consider that only one rock era instrumental in U.S., surpassed it, and by only one week!
Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" remained in our Top 10 for 19 weeks in 1955.
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
Has digital sound in CD and PC killed the soul of music? Or are there other reasons why vinyl records are experiencing a steady increase in sales?
By: Arlid S. Foss
The record slides out of the sleeve with a whisper and settles on the spindle. You drop the needle gently on the black disc. A few discreet crackles in anticipation of the music – and it begins.
It almost sounds like a religious ritual, and for some it comes pretty close. Enthusiasts claim that nothing beats vinyl records for the warmth and range of sound.
Meanwhile, the digital deluge has arrived. Music is chopped into digital bits and streamed, stored and shared through MP3 players, mobile phones, tablets and PCs.
The 2011 Music Industry Report from the Nielsen Company and Billboard showed that digital music sales last year for the first time overtook sales of physical media, accounting for 50.5 percent of all music purchases.
With a total of 1.27 billion sales the 50 percent mark was conquered. It looks like it's digital from here on in.
It’s a finger action almost forgotten. But in The Beatles section of vinyl heaven – aka Shrewsbury’s only record store, White Rabbit – Mel Barratt deftly demonstrates that not only is the art of flicking through the racks of vinyl albums still alive, but judging by the number of people doing the same it is a resurgent trend.
“I do love the vinyl format,” says Mel, pulling out a copy of Rubber Soul. “Records are beautiful objects and they are physical objects, and the sound they make, with all their scratches and crackles, is warm and real.”
In an age of digital downloads where instant musical gratification comes at the touch of the dreaded ‘shuffle’ button, the vinyl 33 or 45 is format that demands audience involvement. For a start, enthusiasts have to take the record from its sleeve, cue it up and drop the needle onto the groove before retreating to the sofa to enjoy the fruits of their efforts.
“I have to sit and stay where I am when I am listening to a record,” adds Mel. “I don’t do other things at the same time and I listen to the whole album all the way through.
“I find that with CDs or downloads it’s just background music.” Meaning you turn the playing device on and do the housework, listening with only one ear.
Dave Lamont, who runs White Rabbit at Shrewsbury Indoor Market, says: “I have definitely noticed that interest in vinyl has increased.
Rock and roller Eric Burdon (of Animals fame) is set to release a new album called 'Til Your River Runs Dry,' which is slated for a September 18 release via ABKCO. The album was recorded in New Orleans in 2010 with further work done in California in 2011.
'I started feeling that I needed to use this album as a catharsis, to express my own truth,' Eric said in a statement. 'It took longer than any other album, not because of time spent in the studio, but because of the subject matter of the songs I wanted to put out there,' Eric explains. The result is a deeply intimate, honest self-portrait as well as unsparing look at religion, politics and the environment. 'During the making of this record, we lost Bo Diddley, one of my greatest influences. There were many things I would have said to him, if I'd realized that his time was limited.'
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album cover art of the day:
SYMBOLICA: 'Precession' Cover Artwork Unveiled
The cover artwork of 'Precession,' the debut album from SYMBOLICA has just been revealed. The effort will be released in the beginning of June.
Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of May 22 – May 29th, 2012:
1. The Starting Line – Direction LP
2. Gaslight Anthem – ’45 / You Got Lucky 7?
3. Dave Hause – Time Will Tell 7?
4. The Menzingers – The Obituaries 7?
5. Chuck Ragan – Saw Blade 7?
6. Say Anything – Is A Real Boy 2XLP
7. The Swellers – Vehicle City Blues 7?
8. At The Drive In – Vaya 10?
9. Blink 182 – Dude Ranch LP
10. Staring Back – On 2XLP
1. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
2. Beach House - Bloom
3. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Paul McCartney - Ram (Mono white label)
6. Best Coast - The Only Place
7. OFF! - OFF!
8. Paul McCartney - Ram
9. Dr. John - Locked Down
10. Gaslight Anthem - "45" 7"
11. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
12. Death Grips - Money Store
13. Heavy Cream - Super Treatment
14. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
15. The Black Keys - El Camino
16. Beach House - Teen Dream
17. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
18. Counting Crows - Underwater Sunshine
19. Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream
20. White Fence - Family Perfume 2
21. JEFF The Brotherhood - Live At Third Man
22. Of Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal
23. Mynahbirds - It's My Time 7"
24. Nobunny - La La La La Love You 7"
25. Bad Sports - Red Overlay 7"
2:54 - 2:54
Airbird - Trust (EP)
Amore - Stand Together
Architects - Daybreaker
Azealia Banks - 1991 (EP)
Bachman & Turner - Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC (2 CDs)
Beck - I Just Starting Hating Some People Today/Blue Randy (7")
Beg for Life - Mare Miseria
Broken Water - Tempest
Candence Weapon - Hope in Dirt City
Chuuwee - Wild Style
Citizens - Here We Are
Colourbox - Colourbox
Crystal Bowersox - Once Upon A Time...
Dala - Best Day
Danny Elfman - Men in Black 3 (soundtrack)
David Ramos - Sento La Tua Mancanza
Doseone - G is for Deep
Duchess Says - Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs (vinyl reissue)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Here
El-P - Cancer For Cure
Exlovers - Moth
For Today - Immortal
Gemma Ray - Island Fire
Grand Magus - The Hunt
Grass Widow - Internal Logic
Howse - Law Hollow (EP)
I-Exit - Humanity
Ian Tyson - Raven Singer
Insane Clown Posse - The Mighty Death Pop!
JD McPherson - Signs and Signifiers (vinyl)
Joan Armatrading - Starlight
Jody Wisternoff - Trails We Blaze
Julia Stone - By the Horns
Kill Devil Hill - Kill Devil Hill
King Tuff - King Tuff
Ladyhawke - Anxiety
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
Lemonade - Diver (vinyl)
Many Places - Another Oath
Marcus Millar - Renaissance
Marissa Nadler - The Sister
Melody Gardot - The Absence
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo - I'm Not Me (reissue)
Paloma Faith - Fall To Grace
Peter Hammill - Consequences
Phantom Rocker & Slick - Phantom Rocker & Slick
Portland Cello Project - Homage
Preteen Zenith - Rubble Guts and BB Eye
Prong - Playlist: The Very Best Of Prong
Public Image Ltd. - This Is Pil
Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
Rory Block - I Belong to the Band: A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis
Rumer - Boys Don't Cry
Saint Etienne - Words and Music by Saint Etienne
Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour (deluxe edition)
Sigur Ros - Valtari
Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns
Sirens & Sailors - Wasteland
Stop Breathing - s/t
Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves
Supremes - At the Copa: Expanded Edition (2 CDs)
Swans - We Rose from Your Bed With the Sun in Our Head
Tassels - Pressure Mounts
The Cranberries - Roses (vinyl)
The Dig - Midnight Flowers
The Intelligence - Everybody's Got It Easy But Me
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet (vinyl)
The Medullary Paralysis - You Need Leaders
The Murder Of My Sweet - Bye Bye Lullaby
The Pond - The Pond
The Static Sea - Third Parties
The Toxic Avenger - Angst
The Walkmen - Heaven
Thomas Gold - Axtone Presents Thomas Gold
Travis Porter - From Day 1
Truth and Its Burden - Choices
Ultravox - Brilliant
Various Artists - Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Foo Fighters
Various Artists - Spirit of Talk Talk
Various Artists - The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore
Viking Skull - Cursed By The Sword
Wade Bowen - The Given
White Lung - Sorry
The Vinyl Pulse, is a weekly snapshot of what is selling on the big vinyl machine called eBay. This is a great way to keep your eyes peeled for a specific record and what you might have to pay for it to obtain it.
CollectorsFrenzy lists the top 25 real time ended auctions and the selling price for the collectible vinyl and is updated daily.
Top 25 Items for 05/25/2012
1. BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONC. LP KOGAN COLUMBIA SAX 2386 T/S NM
Sold Price:$6431.19 USD End Time:05/25/2012
2. BEATLES McCARTNEY RARE UK UNRELEASED DEMO ' LOVE IS STRANGE'
Sold Price:$3920.50 USD End Time:05/25/2012
3. BRAHMS VIOLIN CONC. LP KOGAN COLUMBIA SAX 2307 T/S NM
Sold Price:$2369.55 USD End Time:05/25/2012
4. BEATLES:PLEASE PLEASE ME BLACK/GOLD 1st PRESS UK MONO EX+! 1A / 1T STAMPERS!!
Sold Price:$1709.34 USD End Time:05/25/2012
5. ERALDO VOLONTE MY POINT OF VIEW ON DURIUM RARE ITALIAN ORIGINAL
Sold Price:$1470.00 USD End Time:05/25/2012
6. RARE DEMO. THE BEATLES. HELLO, GOODBYE. ONE OF THE VERY 1ST PRESSING'S.
Sold Price:$1129.10 USD End Time:05/25/2012
7. UK X-POSE 7" MARQUIS DE SADE- SOMEWHERE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS- NWOBHM
Sold Price:$1019.33 USD End Time:05/25/2012
8. yuri REENTOVICH - Serenade melancolique / St. George 4tette
Sold Price:$666.49 USD End Time:05/25/2012
9. MAR-KEYS--HEAVENLY THING / HEAVENLY THING PART 2--MAR-KEYS RECORDS
Sold Price:$635.00 USD End Time:05/25/2012
10. Jula De Palma In Jazz RARE 1958 E.P. Lelio Luttazzi GREAT CONDITIONS!
Sold Price:$623.00 USD End Time:05/25/2012
Veteran rockers Aerosmith's 15th studio album will be called 'Music From Another Dimension' and is scheduled for release on Aug. 28th. The album's first single, a new version of a song the band wrote in the early '90s called "Legendary Child."
Aerosmith are a living piece of American music history, having sold over 150 million albums worldwide and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are the recipients of countless awards including four GRAMMYs, eight American Music Awards, six Billboard Awards and 12 MTV Video Music Awards among many other honors. Proving that they can cross genre-boundaries with ease, these rock legends have even taken home a Soul Train Award for Best Rap Single for their remix of Run DMC's "Walk This Way." With scores of multi-platinum albums, Aerosmith continues to inspire generations to get their wings, get a grip and just push play. It is no wonder why they are one of the most beloved bands of all time.
Tracklist: 1. What Could Have Been Love 2. Beautiful 3. Street Jesus 4. Legendary Child 5. Oh Yeah 6. We All Fall Down 7. Another Last Goodbye 8. Out Go the Lights 9. Love Three Times a Day (Hello Goodbye) 10. Closer 11. Shakey Ground 12. Lover A Lot 13. Freedom Fighter 14. Up On The Mountain
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Beck Releases Single On Third Man Records
Beck is scheduled to release a very special, limited edition single on Jack White's Third Man Records label. The single, called "I Just Started Hating Some People Today"/"Blue Randy" is scheduled for release on May 28 as a limited run of colored 7" vinyl records, with 100 tri-color versions of the track going on sale exclusively at Randy's Records, a store in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 2nd.
The two tracks were recorded last year at the Third Man studio in Nashville, when Beck was in the Tennessee city recording the follow-up to 2008's 'Modern Guilt' reported Rolling Stone.
One hundred of the records will be available exclusively at Randy’s Records in Salt Lake City on June 2, and an additional color pressing will be sold as mail order copies purchased directly from Third Man.
Record collector and East Hampton native Craig Wright had been running a successful music business on eBay for five years, regularly sending used records to buyers both locally and internationally. But, last year he suddenly began receiving visits from music store owners on record-buying missions from half-way around the world.
“I had at least six or seven guys from Japan looking through my storage facility over the last year,” Wright exclaimed. “And I thought, this isn’t the way to do it. I’ve gotta make this available to everyone.”
The result is Inner Sleeve Music, a full-blown record store in the heart of Amagansett, which sells everything from rock and jazz (which happens to be the favored genre among Japanese buyers), to new releases, reggae and even spoken word.
and more vinyl record news from Candice Aman at neontommy
The Origami Vinyl Effect: How Record Stores Are Changing The Music Industry
Candice Aman
After being laid off from heading the licensing department at CONNECT, Sony’s digital music service that ultimately failed against iTunes, Neil Shield went through a brief period of soul searching.
He started by taking a box of his parents’ unused vinyl records and attempted to sell them at a yard sale. Within just a matter of hours, Schield managed to sell about 40 records, a surprisingly high number, and unbeknownst to him, a childhood passion re-emerged.
“I was shocked by the number I sold,” Schield said on a balmy afternoon, perched behind a cash register and a stack of newly released records.
great story from ultimateclassicrock.com can relate to it, maybe i told this story before on the CVR Blog, but anyway......flash back to Easter weekend1985, i am unemployed (i did have a paper route) and a buddy calles me (miss ya puff) and says we have a gig (used to 'roadie a lot for local chicago bands - i had a van...shag carpet and all the trimmings), but on this day; the van was not needed. he says we can roadie for KISS, a one time gig because the regular crew was given the day off. they played a small gig in hammond, indiana, maybe 2,500 tops in the place. well we arrived, and saw six semi trailers and a couple of rad tour buses. We checked in, (pay was $100 for the job, we started at 10 am) and were quickly introduced to the bosses. We went to work, many trunks, many speakers and a KISS sign. we got done around 4pm and were told we could go home and come back at 10pm or stay for the show........we stayed, and what a time. eveyone was professional, heck they even had a catered dinner (all the fixings) and that's where i met paul stanley. we were told not to bother them, but he sat right next to me and my buddy and asked how we were (we were obviously a bit dirty) stanely was very approachable and we chatted for some twenty minutes as we ate. i really can't recall the specifics, but i was impressed with his wit and banter. we stayed for the show and there is only one way to say this....KISS ROCKED! sir, you will have the time of your life!
Kiss Hires War Veteran For Road Crew
by: Billy Dukes
After a two months search that included over 1900 applicants, Gene Simmons and Kiss have their hero. As part of the Hiring Our Heroes campaign, the band hired Paul Jordan, a 27-year military veteran, to work on their road crew this summer, surprising him with the news on yesterday’s ‘Today’ show.
DEAR JERRY: I often listen to a weekend oldies radio show, where the host likes to come up with little-known trivia tidbits.
But I do question a comment made after playing Barbra Streisand's "People."
He said that the 45 years between her first No. 1 LP (1964), and her last (2009), is the most of anyone. Then he added that Madonna has the second longest span, with 23 years between her No. 1 albums.
Streisand's span might be longer than Elvis Presley's, but I am positive Madonna's can't be.
Do you share my doubts?
—Joanne Gibbons, York, Pa.
DEAR JOANNE: You are definitely right to question this information, especially having Madonna at No. 2 — unless he was referring only to female singers. Either way, these are the facts:
From his debut LP, "Elvis Presley" (May 5, 1956) to "30 No. 1 Hits" (October 12, 2002) is 46 years, five months, and one week.
Then comes Barbra: From "People" (October 31, 1964) to "Love Is the Answer" (October 17, 2009) is 44 years, 11 months, and two weeks.
From "Johnny Cash at San Quentin" (August 23, 1969) to "American V: A Hundred Highways" (July 22, 2006) is 36 years and eleven months.
Bob Dylan: From "Planet Waves" (February 16, 1974) to "Together Through Life" (May 16, 2009) is 35 years and three months.
Bruce Springsteen: From "The River" (November 8, 1980) to "Wrecking Ball" (March 24, 2012) is 31 years, four months, and 16 days.
Rod Stewart: From "Every Picture Tells a Story" (October 2, 1971) to "Still the Same — Great Rock Classics of Our Time" (October 28, 2006) is 35 years and 26 days.
From "Barry Manilow Live" (July 16, 1977) to "Greatest Songs of the Fifties" (February 18, 2006) is 28 years, seven months, and two days.
Lionel Richie: From "Can't Slow Down" (December 3, 1983) to "Tuskegee" (April 28, 2012) is 28 years, four months, and 25 days.
Finally comes Madonna: From "Like a Virgin" (February 9, 1985) to "MDNA" (April 14, 2012) is 27 years, two months, and five days.
Lastly, Michael Jackson: From "Thriller" (February 26, 1983) to "This Is It" (November 14, 2009) is 26 years, nine months, and 16 days.
IZ ZAT SO? Later this year, Barbra Streisand will celebrate her 50th year as a recording artist, as well as her golden anniversary with Columbia Records.
How's that working out so far?
Depending on the source, and how the numbers are crunched (albums in the Top 100; Top 50; Top 10; No. 1; million-sellers; etc., etc.), Barbra is among the Top 5. She's right there with Presley, Sinatra, Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. And she is always far ahead of the other females.
We did, however, discover one quirky little niche where Streisand stands completely alone. She is the only person ever with at least one No. 1 album in five consecutive decades. Overall, Queen Barbra has nine:
1964: "People"
1974: "The Way We Were"
1977: "A Star Is Born" (Soundtrack)
1979: "Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Volume 2"
1980: "Guilty"
1986: "The Broadway Album"
1993: "Back to Broadway"
1997: "Higher Ground"
2009: "Love Is the Answer"
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 2012 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Exclusive Permission
Beatles Outtake Photo from ‘Abbey Road’ Sells for $25,000
We all know that the album cover art of the Beatles‘ ‘Abbey Road’ album is one of the most copied in rock history. Now a print of an outtake from that photo shoot by Ian Macmillian of August 8, 1969 sold yesterday for close to $25,000 (16,000 pounds) at an auction.
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cool album cover art:
KORPIKLAANI: New Album Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
Finnish traditional folk metal pioneers KORPIKLAANI will release their eighth studio album, "Manala", on August 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork was created by Finnish artist Jan Yrlund
Mönchengladbach, Germany-based traditional heavy metal band SACRED GATE released its full-length debut, "When Eternity Ends", on April 27 via Metal On Metal Records.
Abyss Records is scheduled to reissue the out-of-print The Gates Of Slumber debut effort called 'The Awakening' on CD this fall. Originally released in 2004, the Abyss Records reissue will feature cover art (from the limited-edition double vinyl edition) painted by Ken Kelly (Manowar, Kiss, Conan) along with an exclusive bonus track.
Tracklist: Resurrection from the Underworld The Awakening (Interpolating the Wrath of the Undead) The Judge The Jury Broken On the Wheel The Executioner Blessed Pathway To the Celestial Kingdom The Burial The Cloaked Figure (Bonus Track)
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Robert Nix, Founding Drummer of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Passes Away
Robert Nix, who played with such greats as Roy Orbison and was the founding drummer of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, passed away in Memphis, TN on Sunday at the age of 67.
Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of May 14 – May 21, 2012:
1. Gaslight Anthem – 45 / You Got Lucky 7"
2. At The Drive In – Vaya 10"
3. Say Anything – Is A Real Boy 2XLP
4. Staring Back – On 2XLP
5. The Swellers – Vehicle City Blues 7"
6. The Menzingers – The Obituaries 7"
7. Park – It Won’t Snow Where You’re Going LP
8. Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends LP
9. Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American 3XLP
10. Park – No Signal 2XLP
1. Beach House - Bloom
2. Best Coast - The Only Place
3. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Sugarman 3 - What The World Needs Now
6. Alabama Shakes - Live At Third Man 7"
7. Heavy Cream - Super Treatment
8. Of Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal
9. White Fence - Family Perfume 2
10. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
11. Lambchop - Mr. M
12. Tenacious D - Rize Of The Fenix
13. Dr. John - Locked Down
14. Karen Elson - Milk & Honey 7"
15. Abba - Voulez-Vous (remix) 12"
16. Brian Eno - Another Green World
17. George Harrison - Early Takes 1
18. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
19. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
20. Nobunny - La La La La Love You 7"
21. Richard Hawley - Standing At The Sky's Edge
22. Arcade Fire - The Sprawl II 12"
23. The Black Keys - El Camino
24. Kurt Wagner & Altered Statesman - Something Missing 12"
25. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
