Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

this from our friends at nonesuch.com

Ry Cooder’s "Election Special" Due Out August 21 on Nonesuch/Perro Verde Records

Ry Cooder’s new album, Election Special, is due out on CD and vinyl from Nonesuch / Perro Verde Records on August 21, 2012; an exclusive pre-order offer will be available soon in the Nonesuch Store.

The record is a wake-up call as the United States heads into the fall election season.

“Howdy there neighbor—let me ask you something. Do you really think Charlie and Davy sit around on the couch with family and friends watching re-runs of Dancing with the Stars?," asks Cooder. "See, 'Wasting Away in Margaritaville' was a good song in its day, but we need a different kind of a song now if we’re going to make headway against the likes of Charlie and Dave. Those type of guys are plenty swift, they’re all deacons in the High Church of the Next Dollar. We need to get smarter, fast. The world is full of C and D students in high places and there’s more coming up all the time. Don’t be one.”

Cooder produced the album and wrote all of the songs. (“Take Your Hands off It” was co-written with Joachim Cooder). He sings and plays mandolin, guitar, and bass on the album, with Joachim on drums. Arnold McCuller sings harmony vocals on “Take Your Hands off It.”

An exclusive Nonesuch Store pre-order offer will be available soon.  Look for more details from the CVR Blog!!

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Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon Set To Release 10" Vinyl Record

Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon scheduled to release a limited edition, beautifully pressed on one-sided 10" vinyl called  "Early in the Morning" with an etching by Yoko on the flip side.  The one-off record will be available in stores in US June 19th and in Europe on July 3rd.  Profits will be donated to Ashinaga Rainbow House, which is building a Rainbow House in Tohoku to aid orphans of the 3.11 tsunami.

Available for pre-order now at www.sonicyouth.com








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for your information, not sure if i wrote about this (old age creepin' in!)

Official Record Store Shop Chart

UK Top 10 vinyl album sales of 2011

1. The King Of Limbs – Radiohead
2. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
3. 21 – Adele
4. Let England Shake – PJ Harvey
5. Suck It And See – Arctic Monkeys
6. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
7. Different Gear Still Speeding – Beady Eye
8. 50 Words For Snow – Kate Bush
9. Submarine (Original Soundtrack) – Alex Turner
10. The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd

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in the land down under, a great article about the virtues and messiness of producing our beloved vinyl!

Just for the record, it's dirty work but someone has to do it

Glenn Mulcaster.

THE man who runs the last operating vinyl record factory in Australia is not sentimental or nostalgic about preserving old recordings in the face of the digital onslaught wiping out CD sales.

Zenith Records owner Chris Moss simply reproduces new music the old way - in the gatehouse and workshop of an abandoned flour mill in Sunshine. He said there was nothing romantic about it. ''It is filthy, dirty, disgusting, oily, messy and noisy,'' he said. ''It's a factory with stinking chemicals and petroleum products.''

Please read the rest of the article at smh.com.au

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fantastic write up from philly, read and enjoy!

Sound Trends: How Philadelphia-Area Independent Record Labels Remain Viable

Elliott Sharp

After a decade of radically declining revenues, Nielsen SoundScan reported a 1.3 percent increase in album sales in 2011. While the rise of the mp3 as the most popular mode of music consumption has cut into record label and artist profits -- namely due to the proliferation of illegal downloading -- last year showed a 19.5 percent increase in digital album sales. 

What this means for record labels, particularly independent labels, isn't quite clear. What is for certain, though, is that labels must constantly adapt to a wildly unpredictable economic landscape in order to remain viable. 

Siltbreeze and Relapse are two of Philadelphia's longest-running independent labels.

Read the rest at keystoneedge.com

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album cover art of the day:

King Of Asgard Reveals New Album Artwork

Swedish Viking metal act King of Asgard are set to release their new album ' ...to North' in Europe on July 27th/30th via Metal Blade Records.

Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. The Nine Worlds Burn
3. The Dispossessed
4. Gap of Ginnungs
5. Bound to Reunite
6. Nordvegr
7. Up on the Mountain
8. Plague-ridden Rebirth
9. Harvest (The End)
10. ...to North
11. Vinterskugge (Digi-CD bonus only!)










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Odd Jobs: Turning Your Ashes Into a Vinyl Record

By Eric Spitznagel

Jason Leach is just 41 and in good health, but he’s already made arrangements for his cremains. Part of it has to do with his family history. “I’ve heard stories about my father trying to scatter his
grandfather’s ashes from a boat,” Leach says. “It went terribly wrong, and they ended up sweeping him off the deck.” Things didn’t turn out much better at his own grandfather’s memorial service.

“There was a strong breeze,” he remembers, grimacing. “And the ashes blew right into my face.” When his time comes, Leach, who lives in Scarborough, on the northeast coast of England, wants a more dignified ending. So he’s having his ashes pressed into a vinyl record.

Read the rest of this crazy article at businessweek.com

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from our friends at mute.com

RICHARD HAWLEY - Standing At The Sky’s Edge THE NEW ALBUM  DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE JUNE 12th  CD & LP AVAILABLE AUGUST 28th

“A churning, glowering, tumultuous noise…Hawley makes a masterpiece.."5/5 -The Guardian 

“…a beautiful storm of brimstone."  8/10” -NME

“Hawley’s most compelling work.” 4/5  -The Fly

Following the success of his award-winning, critically acclaimed 2009 album Truelove’s Gutter, Richard Hawley will release his seventh studio album, Standing At The Sky’s Edge digitally in the US on June 12th, 2012 with physical release to follow on August 28th.

Recorded in his beloved Sheffield at Yellow Arch Studio in 2011, Standing At The Sky’s Edge marks a seismic shift in direction for Richard. Mirroring the blasted industrial sunsets of Sheffield, Hawley partners his distinctive fluid snarl with blazing electric guitar, spray-painting his audiences senses with a new sound, embracing the ever-changing landscape around him. The overall effect is hypnotic and psychedelic, casting a euphoric stage for Hawley to unleash some of his most tender moments to date.

Exploring lyrical themes of love, loss, redemption and darker areas of the human condition, it is an album of ominous storytelling and cosmic exploration.

Standing At The Sky's Edge sets the stage to establish Hawley as one of the greatest contemporary guitarists to hail from the UK. Recently he appeared on Jools Holland performing a few tracks including “Leave Your Body Behind You.” Mourning the passing of friends and contemplating his place in the universe, Hawley urges us to accept how tiny we are and embrace the time we are given. Hawley says of the song, “If we could just allow ourselves to be liberated by the fact that this is our only time here, we could just get on with what really matters.”

Soundcloud link to download “Leave Your Body Behind You”

Recorded in Sheffield, with inspired involvement from Alan Moulder, Standing At The Sky’s Edge is simultaneously an embrace and a release. Holding you closer than he ever has before, Hawley is bare and unburdened, sharing what is deepest in his heart while electrifying you with a record that conquers the cosmos and takes you on a lavish and exotic ride.

Hawley says of the album, “I wanted to get away from the orchestration of my previous records and make a live album with two guitars, bass, drums and rocket noises!”

Tracklist
She Brings The Sunlight
Standing At The Sky’s Edge
Time Will Bring You Winter
Down In The Woods
Seek It
Don’t Stare At The Sun
The Wood Collier’s Grave
Leave Your Body Behind You
Before

Visit the richard hawley forum richardhawleyforum.co.uk

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our friends at VintageVinylNews have this great review of a stellar work!

Review: Ram - Paul and Linda McCartney

Let's give Ram its due.

The second solo album from Paul McCartney (and the only one attributed to Paul and Linda McCartney) is really much, much better than what was portrayed during its original release and the new remastered version is really a joy to behold. The sound is far superior to any prior version, allowing the brilliance of the album to shine through.

Read the rest of the review at VintageVinylNews






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Roger Waters Plans New Solo Album, Live DVD from ‘Wall’ Tour

by: Matt Wardlaw

While he might be currently looking in the rear view mirror, celebrating the legacy of Pink Floyd’s classic ‘The Wall’ album, the experience has put Roger Waters in the planning mode for a new solo album, which would be his first proper solo release since 1990’s ‘Amused to Death.’

Read the rest at ultimateclassicrock.com

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Herb Reed, founder of the Platters, dies at 83

Los Angeles Times

Herb Reed was in his 20s when he founded the Platters in Los Angeles in 1953, naming his vocal group after the term used by radio DJs for the vinyl records of the day

Read the rest at heraldnet.com

We have a Winner in the "Win A Vinyl Copy Of George Harrison's 'George Harrison: Living in the Material World & Early Takes Volume 1' contest from Sneak Attack Media"

Special thanks to Elliot Fox from Sneak Attack Media  for the copy and hopefully we can do some more giveaways very soon!

The lucky winner is Jim from Batavia IL 

I want to thank everyone who entered!!

Win A Vinyl Copy Of George Harrison's 'George Harrison: Living in the Material World & Early Takes Volume 1'

Elliot Fox from Sneak Attack Media has given me a vinyl copy of the George Harrison's epic release George Harrison: Living in the Material World & Early Takes Volume 1 and the 10th person to email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com with the words "Early Takes Volume 1" in the subject line will win a free vinyl copy!   Good luck to all!



Music From The Martin Scorsese Picture Living In The Material World

George Harrison: Living in the Material World & Early Takes Volume 1 

Universal Music Enterprises is excited for the release of Martin Scorecese's documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World on DVD and Blu-Ray as well as Early Takes Vol. 1, the companioin music collection of unreleased George Harrison on CD, LP and Box Set.

The Martin Scorcese directed documentary takes viewers on the musical and spiritual voyage that was Harrison’s life, much of it told in his own words. The result is deeply moving and touches each viewer in unique and individual ways.

Early Takes Volume 1 features previously unreleased material like demo versions of  "All Things Must Pass," "My Sweet Lord" and more. The album is a pivotal companion piece to the documentary and is a must have for any fan.

EARLY TAKES Volume 1 will also be released independent of the Deluxe Edition in CD, digital and 180-gram vinyl formats. EARLY TAKES is a pivotal companion piece to this critically acclaimed documentary and features previously unreleased recordings from Harrison. Included are rare, early takes of “I’d Have You Anytime” and “Awaiting On You All,” plus unheard demo versions of “Behind That Locked Door,” “All Things Must Pass,” “Run of the Mill” and “My Sweet Lord,” all later featured on Harrison’s 1970 chart-topping album All Things Must Pass. Other unreleased tracks include demos of “The Light That Has Lighted the World,” “Let It Be Me,” Bob Dylan’s “Mama You’ve Been on My Mind,” and an early take of “Woman Don’t You Cry For Me.”

Tracklist:

1. My Sweet Lord (demo) 3:33
2. Run Of The Mill (demo) 1:56
3. I'd Have You Any Time (early take) 3:06
4. Mama You've Been On My Mind (demo) 3:04
5. Let It Be Me (demo) 2:56
6. Woman Don't You Cry For Me (early take) 2:44
7. Awaiting On You All (early take) 2:40
8. Behind That Locked Door (demo) 3:29
9. All Things Must Pass (demo) 4:38
10. The Light That Has Lighted The World (demo) 2:23

Harrison was bold, an iconoclast. His platinum-selling solo record All Things Must Pass was released as a triple album and featured the hit single “My Sweet Lord.” He organized the landmark benefit Concert for Bangladesh—the first major rock concert to address a world crisis. He launched HandMade Films, a key factor in the revival of the British film industry in the 1980s.  He spent 30 years restoring one of the great estates and gardens in England, Friar Park. In every aspect of his professional, personal and spiritual life, until his final hours, Harrison blazed his own path.

As his friend John Lennon once said, “George himself is no mystery. But the mystery inside George is immense. It’s watching him uncover it all little by little that’s so damn interesting.”

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 4, 2012

DEAR JERRY: When I read recently that digital books are now out-selling printed ones, at least according to Amazon.com, it got me wondering if the same is true in the music field.

It seems all we hear now is "go online and download" this or that, but no one ever says go out and pick up our new CD or LP album.

What is the latest in this regard?
—Victor Francisco, Muncie, Ind.



DEAR VICTOR: The lines on the sales graph for physical media — CDs, LPs, and DVDs — and their digital counterparts, are clearly moving in opposite directions. It is no different than with books.

By the end of this year, if not sooner, digital revenues will have surpassed those of physical media in all categories.

I doubt CDs, LPs, and DVDs will be occupying plots next to cylinders, 8-tracks, and cassettes any time soon, but, over the next few years, they may be moved to the ICU.

Convenience and price are the driving forces behind the digital takeover. For a buck or less, one can download an album or watch a movie, all without leaving home, or even getting dressed.

Digital technology also satisfies the appetite for instant gratification. Minutes after a performance airs live on TV, for example, you'll be given a site where you can download it, a far more effective sales tool than saying pick up a copy the next time you go shopping.



DEAR JERRY: Donna Summer has been in the news a lot since her death (May 17), but little has been said about her place among the top female singers, some of whom you have written about recently (Streisand; Norah; Adele; Shania; Madonna; etc.).

How do the Disco Queen's album sales compare to the aforementioned leaders of the pack?
—Denice Marlowe, Baton Rouge, La.



DEAR DENICE: Donna is not among the superstar frontrunners (see list below), but neither is she bringing up the rear.

Sources vary, depending on endless variables, but Summer always seems to rank somewhere in the Top 20 when it comes to the most successful female recording artists.

Donna will ultimately be pushed down on the list as the 21st century divas, mainly Adele and Norah, jump ahead of her.

There is one eccentric little claim that Donna Summer is assured of keeping all to herself. She is the only artist ever with three consecutive No. 1 double-LPs in the USA, those being: "Live and More" (1978); "Bad Girls" (1979); and "On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II" (1979).



IZ ZAT SO? When worldwide sales of an album cross the 20-million mark, it joins a very exclusive club of all-time best-sellers.

For now, this society's sorority wing has only 14 members, some with multiple entries.

Our list is alphabetical by artist, with album (chronologically if more than one), year issued, and sales to date (rounded to nearest million). Does not include multi-artist compilations or soundtracks:

*Adele "21" (2011) 21m
*Mariah Carey "Music Box" (1993) 32m
*Mariah Carey "Daydream" (1995) 25m
Cher "Believe" (1998) 20m
Celine Dion "The Colour of My Love" (1993) 20m
*Celine Dion "Falling Into You" (1996) 32m
*Celine Dion "Let's Talk About Love" (1997) 31m
Whitney Houston "Whitney" (1987) 20m
*Whitney Houston "Whitney Houston" (1985) 25m
Janet Jackson "Janet" (1993) 20m
*Norah Jones "Come Away with Me" (2002) 20m
*Carole King "Tapestry" (1971) 25m
*Madonna "Like a Virgin" (1984) 21m
Madonna "True Blue" (1986) 25m
*Madonna "The Immaculate Collection" (1990) 30m
Madonna "Ray of Light" (1998) 20m
*Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill" (1995) 33m
*Britney Spears "Baby One More Time" (1999) 26m
*Britney Spears "Oops! ... I Did It Again" (2000) 20m
Barbra Streisand "Guilty" (1980) 20m
Tina Turner "Private Dancer" (1984) 20m
*Shania Twain "The Woman in Me" (1995) 20m
*Shania Twain "Come on Over" (1997) 40m
*Shania Twain "Up!" (2002) 20m

*Indicates at least 10-million units sold in the U.S. alone.

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

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

to start your day, some lovely album cover art:

Splattered Mermaids Reveal New Album Artwork

Splattered Mermaids have recently issued the following announcement about revealing the cover artwork for the band's new album:

 "We just uploaded the artwork for our upcoming second full-length 'Reforged in Gore.' We're about to finish the mix and then we'll post a brand-new song for you!

can't wait.....














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more cover art:

KRAMPUS: Debut Album Details Revealed

Udine, Italy-based modern folk metal band KRAMPUS will release its first full-length album called 'Survival Of The Fittest' on August 24 via NoiseArt Records. The effort was produced by KRAMPUS frontman Filippo Gianotti at Udine's Blackmirror Studios. 


















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album cover art of the day:

BLACK MAJESTY: New Album Cover Artwork

Australian melodic power metallers BLACK MAJESTY are set to release their new album, 'Stargazer' on July 20 via Limb Music. Dirk Illing (SCORPIONS, WIZARD) once again handled the album's artwork, which continues the theme of the band's past works.


















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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 5/28 - 6/03, 2012

Vinyl Top 25:


1. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Here
2. Sigur Ros - Valtari
3. Beck - I Just Started Hating People Today 7"
4. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
5. Beach House - Bloom
6. Jack White - Blunderbuss
7. Natural Child - For The Love Of The Game
8. King Tuff - King Tuff
9. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
10. Various - Never To Be Forgotten: The Flip Side of Stax 1968-74
11. Reigning Sound - Abdication
12. Heavy Cream - Super Treatment
13. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts
14. Dr. John - Locked Down
15. Jack White - Love Interruption 7"
16. Chris Robinson - Blue Suede Shoes 7"
17. The Beatles - Abbey Road
18. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
19. Best Coast - The Only Place
20. Gaslight Anthem - 45 7"
21. Alabama Shakes - Live At Third Man 7"
22. Mynahbirds - It's My Time 7"
23. Joey Ramone - Ya Know
24. Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At Third Man
25. Jack White - Sixteen Saltines 12" (w/ playable etching)  

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50 Worst Album Covers Ever By: Patrick Bateman

took a quick look at this, there are the usual suspects, however, there are some that have not made other lists, for shits and giggles, check it out at thefw.com














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interesting read from the ny times:

The Secrets of a High-Quality Vinyl Record By ROY FURCHGOTT

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this from the great vinyl state of tennessee

Fresh spin Vinyl record albums making comeback

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LOS ANGELES and beyond: It's the 18th installment of one of LA's most appreciated events.

B  E  A  T  -  S  W  A  P  -  M  E  E  T   Sunday after-noon June 10th, 2012

Literally TONS OF RECORDS for Buy & Trade. Outdoor Vendor Village with Dozens of Artists & Designers + the brands they've created. B-Girl & B-Kids Battle, Live Bands, Open Cut Session & Thud Rumble's Dirt Style Challenge, Producer Invite, Kids Arts & Crafts, and sooo much more.

Over 45 Invited Collectors & Dealers, Selling Records from all over the world.  Blues, Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Metal, Psych, Punk, Rap, Reggae, Rock, Soul, & World - 12", LP's, & 45's on VINYL.

Location:

Grand Star Jazz Club
943 N Broadway
Los Angeles CA 90012

Time:  12noon-6pm

Entrance:  Free w/ Canned Good; Canned goods are donated to the local homeless communities of Los Angeles County.

The Vinyl Pulse

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 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

Please visit CollectorsFrenzy.com everyday for the top 25 daily sellers!!

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Neil Young and Crazy Horse Announce 2012 Tour

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.

Read more and get the tour dates at metalunderground.com

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this from our friends at www.nonesuch.com

Shawn Colvin - All Fall Down



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.

Buy your copy at the Nonesuch Store

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this from www.relapse.com







Relapse Top Ten Best Sellers 6/5/2012

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)


Buy these and other releases at the Relapse Store!

New Vinyl Record and Music Releases - June 5, 2012

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

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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"

Get more of the story at webwire.com

To see the Sex Pistols Record auction visit; WhatSellsBest.com

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Now Available!   Sundazed May 2012 New Releases


Artist: Jimmy Bryant

Title: The Fastest Guitar in the Country -  180 Gram Vinyl!


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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

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Artist: The Soft Machine

Title: The Soft Machine - Compact Disc


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UNPRECEDENTED U.K. PSYCHEDELIC-PROGRESSIVE-JAZZ-ROCK!

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

ALSO AVAILABLE ON VINYL - LP 5341

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Artist: The Soft Machine

Title: Soft Machine Volume Two -  Compact Disc


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UNPRECEDENTED U.K. PSYCHEDELIC-PROGRESSIVE-JAZZ-ROCK!

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

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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

ALSO AVAILABLE ON VINYL - LP 5316 Mono Edition

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Artist: The Martian Denny Orchestra

Title: En El Espacio -  Compact Disc

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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

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nme.com is reporting:

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

You can order Here

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Early MORTIIS Albums To Receive Vinyl Release


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

Read the story at nj.com

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my search for album cover art knows few boundries, i do not know about the group, but i love the cover art!

Grendel album cover artwork 'Timewave Zero.' 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Friday, June 1, 2012

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.

Read more about the release at our friends at VintageVinylNews

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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.

180-gram vinyl
Side 1
'Five Years'
 'Soul Love'
 'Moonage Daydream'
 'Starman'
 'It Ain't Easy'

Side 2
'Lady Stardust'
 'Star'
 'Hang On To Yourself'
 'Ziggy Stardust'
 'Suffragette City'
 


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this vinyl record news from hypebot.com


Vinyl Business Booming: Third Man Records, Independent Label Market, Origami Vinyl

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big vinyl sale north of our border:

Jamie Anstey buys CBC Vancouver's record collection

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for those who keep track of these things...

Downloads up loads: Digital music outsells CDs in UK for the first time

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from Philip Goldberg at huffingtonpost.com

A Big Day in the Life: When Sgt. Pepper Blew Our Minds

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album cover art of the day:

Mind Holocaust Reveals New Album Artwork

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 

Read more at Blabbermouth

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 28, 2012

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   

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