MusicRecordShop.com Bob Dylan Vinyl Contest

New CVR Blog Sponsor Music Record Shop is helping us along by offering a two album limited edition Bob Dylan 'Life and Life Only' vinyl release to be given away.

The rules are simple, be the 8th email to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com with the words "Music Record Shop Bob Dylan Contest" and you can win the copy.  Limited to one entry per email address.  Time sensitive, so get your email in early!

Good luck to all!

Here is the information about the release


Bob Dylan - Life and Life Only (2-LP) Import 2012

Product Details

A SELECTION OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON VINYL BROADCAST PERFORMANCES OF EARLY DYLAN CLASSICS AND RARITIES This 80-minute collection represents Dylan at his most fertile via radio and television broadcasts made throughout this astonishing era. The collection features songs and interviews from the 1961 folk Hootenanny at the Riverside Church, New York, just six months after Bobs arrival in NYC and before he had even signed a record deal. His appearance on Oscar Brands Folk Song Festival broadcast in October 1961, aired on WNYC radio, is then featured, followed by a second Oscar Brand radio show broadcast on WNBC in the spring of 1963. Two television appearances from The Steve Allen Show in February 1964 and the Les Crane Show in February 1965 - barely a month before the release of Bringing It All Back Home - complete this superb set Featuring an eclectic selection of Bobs take on otherwise unreleased traditional, plus a number of Dylan classics This LP will surely remain the default collection of live Dylan during his greatest era.

1000 ONLY - LIMITED EDITION

Label: Let Them Eat Vinyl

SIDE A
1. Introduction
2. Handsome Molly
3. Omie Wise
4. Po Lazarus
5. Mean Old Southern Railroad
6. Acne

SIDE B
7. Sally Gal
8. Girl I Left Behind
9. Oscar Brand Introduction
10. Girl From The North Country
11. Only A Hobo
12. Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

SIDE C
1. Les Crane Introduction
2. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
3. Les Crane Interview Pt.1

SIDE D
4. Les Crane Interview Pt.2
5. It's Alright Ma

 

Drag City CD Winner

we have a winner in the Drag City Woo Reissue CD contest!

 congratulations to Shawn F from Iowa

Thanks to the folks at Drag City, watch for more news from them coming very soon!

Thanks for all for the emails!

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

remember, I have a CD copy of Woo's reissue to give away, see the details at Drag City Music News And CD Contest

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Eagle Rock Releasing Muddy Waters And Rolling Stones 'Live At The Checkerboard Lounge' and the Rolling Stones 'Some Girls: Live In Texas '78' On Double Vinyl

Eagle Rock scheduled a September 11 release date for a special edition 2LP/DVD/CD of Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones 'Live At The Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981' and the the Rolling Stones 'Some Girls: Live In Texas '78.'  Each set contains an 180g vinyl in a three-panel gatefold sleeve. With audio presented in DTS Dolby 5.1, these sets truly allow fans to fully experience and enjoy these brilliant artists and moments in music.  Let's learn more about these fantastic vinyl releases:

Muddy Waters And Rolling Stones 'Live At The Checkerboard Lounge'

On 22 November 1981, in the middle of their mammoth American tour, the Rolling Stones arrived in Chicago prior to playing 3 nights at the Rosemont Horizon. It didn’t take long before Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Ian Stewart were joining in on stage and later Buddy Guy and Lefty Dizz also played their part. It was a unique occasion that was fortunately captured on camera. The result is one of those magical nights caught on tape and recorded for posterity. Muddy, clearly in charge, invites the Stones one-by-one to join the party. Buddy tears off some jagged lightning riffs. Junior Wells blows some mean blues harmonica. The warmth of the vinyl sound is perfect for such classic soul as this. The songs fly by in a world of honest, unpretentious love-of-the-music. Mixed and mastered by Bob Clearmountain, this concert is a rare gem of rock 'n' roll and blues history.

Live At The Checkboard Lounge Chicago 1981:

Side A:
1)  Sweet Little Angel
2)  Flip Flop And Fly
3)  Introduction
4)  You Don't Have To Go
5)  Country Boy

Side B:
1)  Baby Please Don't Go
2)  Hoochie Coochie Man
3)  Long Distance Call

Side C:
1)  Mannish Boy
2)  Got My Mojo Workin'
3)  Next Time You See Me

Side D:
1)  One Eyed Woman
2)  Baby Please Don't Go (instrumental)
3)  Clouds In My Heart
4)  Champagne And Reefer


The Rolling Stones Some Girls: Live In Texas '78 Vinyl Special Edition 2LP/DVD/CD.

The Rolling Stones 1978 tour of the USA in support of that year’s “Some Girls” album is considered by fans to be one of their very best. The tour followed immediately on the release of the “Some Girls” album and by the time the band arrived in Texas in mid-July the album had hit the No.1 spot on the US charts. The tour took a “back to basics” approach, with the band and their music very much at the forefront and little or no elaborate staging. Filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on 18 July 1978, this concert is typical of the tour with the Rolling Stones delivering a raw, energetic performance in front of a crowd who are clearly loving the show. The end result steams right off the vinyl. Years later, Wood summed it up by saying, "it was straight-ahead garage rock, hardly a stage-set, no smoke, no big lights, like the Stones going punk."

Many of the tracks from “Some Girls” are included in the live set with a sprinkling of Stones classics from earlier albums. Originally shot on 16mm film, the footage has been carefully restored and the sound remixed and remastered by Bob Clearmountain from the original multitrack tapes.

Some Girls: Live In Texas '78:

Side A:
1)  Let It Rock
2)  All Down The Line
3)  Honky Tonk Women
4)  Star Star
5)  When The Whip Comes Down

Side B:
1)  Beast Of Burden
2)  Miss You
3)  Imagination
4)  Shattered

Side C:
1)  Respectable
2)  Far Away Eyes
3)  Love In Vain
4)  Tumbling Dice

Side D:
1)  Happy
2)  Sweet Little Sixteen
3)  Brown Sugar
4)  Jumpin' Jack Flash

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from our friends at vinylcollective.com

Sum 41 - “All Killer No Filler” Restock On Blue Vinyl

Heads up, casualties of society: Sum 41‘s 2001 breakthrough full-length All Killer, No Filler is being restocked in our store on limited blue vinyl. Only 557 pieces will be available. Asbestos Records is handling the pressing and it’ll be back in our store early next week.

It would be a mistake to view Sum 41 as just another second-rate band cashing in on the early-'00s punk-pop boom, even if it did recruit Jerry Finn to produce All Killer No Filler. Just as Finn had done for both blink-182 and Green Day, he charges Sum 41's punk-pop with a razor-sharp edge, the sort of dynamic in-your-face sound that helps this music cross over to MTV and radio so well. Besides the notable production, a lot of credit should go to the band as well. Its songwriting is obviously more diverse here than it was a year earlier on its debut album, Half Hour of Power; for example, the group's rap and '80s metal influences rise to the surface more frequently here than on that first album and instill a fun sense of camp. "Fatlip" is perhaps the best example of how Sum 41 has made an effort to diversify the music with more than just power chords and melodic punk vocals.

Available for the first time ever on vinyl in North America, and contains the hit singles "Fat Lip" and "In Too Deep"

Order at ShopRadioCast

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RAINDANCE “New Blood” To Be Released on Vinyl as Limited Edition 1-Sided 12”

LA-based indie Animal Style Records has recently welcomed New England hardcore outfit RAINDANCE to the roster.  The label has announced plans to release the band's 'New Blood' digitally, and on vinyl as a 1-sided 12" limited to 500 copies (100 red, 200 pink, 200 purple) on October 30.  The pre-order will launch shortly.

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i like this album cover for some reason...

THE GATHERING: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Disclosure", the tenth studio album from Dutch/Norwegian rockers THE GATHERING, is available for streaming in its entirety below. The CD will be released on September 12 via the band's own Psychonaut Records.

Get more details at Blabbermouth









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another intriguing album cover...

No Bragging Rights Reveals Cover For New Album "Cycles"

With a new record right around the corner, No Bragging Rights has released the album cover and track listing "Cycles," due out October 16th, 2012. Lead singer, Mike Perez comments:

Read the comments and get the tracklist at metalunderground.com











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best vinyl record article of the day, this one is by Ken Shimamoto (Dallas Observer) and about a day in the life of a record store employee....got to love it!


Adventures In The Vinyl Trade: Doc's Records' Dave Howard

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sad news from our friends at VintageVinylNews


Joe South Passes Away at 72


Guitarist Mark Abrahamian of Starship, Dead at 46

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found this, am interested to see what it sounds like (does ringo sing?)


Early Recordings from Ringo Starr’s Pre-Beatles Band Unearthed

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interesting read from the la times blog:


New album of Charles Manson's songs selling well, producer says

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a self professed record nerd can never get his fill:


Record pursuit - Larry Kmetz collects vinyl - perhaps as much as 30,000 worth of music

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unlicensed merchandise bothering the legendary band...


Rush Ask Judge to Help Stamp Out Bootleg Merchandise

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Stones to release 50th anniversary hits album


our friends at VintageVinylNews have all the details


Rolling Stones to Release Career Spanning Greatest Hits Set With Two New Songs

 

Spin-Clean® Introduces A Limited-Edition “See-Through” Unit

i am excited to see another great innovation from Spin-Clean®  These machines work, are affordable and durable, and they get a CVR plug and recommendation!


Spin-Clean® International, manufacturer of the largest selling vinyl record-cleaning device in the world, has produced and begun shipping a new, limited-edition “clear unit,” whereby owners of the device can watch the cleaning process occur through the translucent basin.  The new unit, unlike its yellow standard counterpart, is skeletonized in order allow one to witness what occurs below the top of the basin, where the solution meets the vinyl record.

Made from the same durable ABS properties as Spin-Clean’s conventional units, the “clear unit” also offers clear rollers, plus clear pods that surround the cleaning brushes, offering a virtually complete translucent record-cleaning experience.

Not available as a stand-alone device, the Limited-Edition “clear unit” is currently sold only as part of the Spin-Clean® Record Washer Package, which includes extra brushes, cleaning fluid, and drying cloths.

According to Mark Mawhinney, owner of Spin-Clean® International, “We’re excited to bring the new see-through unit to the market. Over the years, many of our customers have asked us about a limited-edition style that would be a departure from our standard Spin-Clean “yellow.” They’ve suggested various other colors and styles but, in the end, we thought the translucent idea would be the coolest.”

Spin-Clean® International has become a household name in the vinyl record industry since 1975, providing affordable record-washer / record-cleaning units, such as the Spin-Clean® Record Washer MKII, to the marketplace. Well-respected reviews followed, including recent ones from enjoythemusic.com, the New York Times, and being named “Accessory Product Of The Year” by Stereophile and The Absolute Sound. Now many who are looking for an effective record-cleaning device at or around the $100 price point turn to the Spin-Clean® Record Washer MKII as an effective, inexpensive way to remove dust and dirt from LPs and 45s, unlocking the full dynamic range of vinyl recordings.

With the “clear unit,” Mawhinney believes it will be a popular seller because of its ability to showcase the cleaning process.

“By its contrasting color, the yellow Spin-Clean® MKII already lets you see the grime and dirt at the bottom of the basin after your record has been cleaned,” remarks Mawhinney. “Obviously with the see-through unit, you’ll witness even further on how the dust and dirt are detached from your record grooves. That’s very exciting!”

Those interested in learning more about the Spin-Clean® line of vinyl products can call Spin-Clean® directly at 1-800-931-5850 or visit www.spincleanrecordwasher.com

You can actually witness the process of your Spin-Clean® Record Washer removing the dirt and dust from your vinyl records!

As with any Spin-Clean® MKII Package, you receive an extra pair of brushes, triple the amount of drying cloths, and eight times more cleaning fluid. 

Includes:

•Translucent Washer Basin and Lid
•Washer Fluid 4oz
•Washer Fluid 32oz
•Two Pair Brushes MKII
•One Pair Rollers MKII
•Seven Washable Drying Cloths

(Regular Price: $174.99) Package Price: $149.99

Spin-Clean® currently offers the Limited Edition translucent unit, while supplies last, at $149.99 as part of the complete Spin-Clean package.

Order Your Today At  SpinCleanRecordWasher


 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 3, 2012


DEAR JERRY: On a night out of dining and dancing, in the early 1970s, my late husband took me to a club in Waukesha to hear a band he loved. An excellent group that I saw just that one night.

Now, 40 years later, I am stuck trying to remember their name. It may have been Dick or Dave and the somebodys. Who were these guys?

I can't recall ever having their records, so it is possible they never made any.

What really stands out in my memory is how versatile and talented they were. Every member sang, and each man on the stage played practically every instrument a band could have. It was like musical chairs, but with instruments.

Since that is not very common, it might be the best clue I can provide.
—Evelyn Wallace, Greenfield, Wis.

DEAR EVELYN: That is a mighty good clue, and mention of Dick and Dave was also helpful.

I know of only one band whose members, usually five, routinely switched positions and instruments on stage during their songs, all without missing a beat.

Even more impressive is that each member not only played every instrument on stage, but at least a dozen others from the 40 or so pieces on hand.

Named Dave Major and the Minors, this Illinois-based lounge band was very popular in the upper Midwest, especially in the 1970s.

Along the way, the boys cranked out three LPs: "Someone New" (BC 310); "Dave Major and Minors Second Album" (BC 311); and " Dave Major and Minors Third Album" (BC 312).

Fronting the band were brothers Dave Perry ("Dave Major") and Dick Perry.

Not widely known until February 2nd, 2000 was the dark and troubled side of Dave Perry.

That is when Dave broke into the Kingston, Ill (pop. 980) home of Scott Grochowski, and his wife Melodye, with whom Perry previously produced a son and daughter. Reports vary as to whether Dave and Melodye were legally married when the children were born.

Once inside, Perry shot and killed Mr. Grochowski, then turned the gun on Melodye's mother, Janie Sue Harrison, killing her instantly.

Melodye and their 12-year-old son quickly escaped to a neighbor's house and called 911. Their daughter, 11, was not in the house at the time of the carnage.

In what seems suicidal, when the DeKalb County Sheriff's deputies arrived, Dave Perry greeted them in front of the house with a spray of bullets, to which they returned fire and killed him.

A subsequent investigation pointed to a years-long custody battle between Dave and Melodye as the reason three lives were lost. Had Melodye remained in the house, it is likely she too would have died.



DEAR JERRY: Got a kick out of the recent reference to your "How Could This Not Have Been a Hit?" list.

I've never actually created a list, but have often said those words about a song with everything going for it, yet still flopped.

Taking the list idea to an even higher level, my latest one is "How Could They Have Never Had a Hit?"

This applies only to artists with a significant number of good releases, none of which made it.

For me, No. 1 on that list is the Harptones.

What do you think?
—Evan Harris, Eugene, Ore.

DEAR EVAN: I think you made a perfect choice.

What separates the Harptones from most other groups is Willie Winfield, their stupendous lead singer. His incredibly distinctive vocals put him alongside Tony Williams, of the Platters, as the preeminent R&B front men. Unlike the Platters, the No. 1 group of the 1950s, what the Harptones accomplished in the New York area could not thrust them into the national spotlight.

Of their two dozen singles, many of which are considered doo-wop classics, only one registered a blip on Billboard's Hot 100. "What Will I Tell My Heart" (Companion 103) debuted at No. 98 on May 8, 1961, moved up two slots the next week, then vanished for good.

The Harptones definitely rank high on the "How Could They have Never Had a Hit?" list.

Among their timeless tunes that should have been big hits are:

"Cry Like I Cried" (Alphabetically first, and also first on my Harptones list)
"Forever Mine" (Alphabetically second, and my second favorite)
"I Almost Lost My Mind"
"Masquerade Is Over, The"
"My Memories of You"
"No Greater Miracle"
"On Sunday Afternoon"
"Shrine of St. Cecelia, The"
"Since I Fell for You"
"Sunday Kind of Love, A"
"That's the Way It Goes"
"What Is Your Decision"
"Why Should I Love You"



IZ ZAT SO? The sensational 45 rpm Extended Play by the Harptones, aptly titled "The Sensational Harptones" (Bruce BEP-201), is one of the most valuable EPs ever.

If auctioned to the appropriate buyers, this seven-inch, four-track EP might bring close to $10,000.

　

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

Top Ten Best Selling Vinyl Records ~ September 6, 2012

from our friends at www.soundstagedirect.com

This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1.  MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
2.  Counting Crows - August And Everything After (Pre-Order)
3.  Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
4.  Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
5.  Steely Dan - Aja
6.  Kiss - Monster (Pre-Order) 
7.  Various Artists - FM Original Soundtrack 
8.  Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album) (Pre-Order)
9.  Kiss - Destroyer: Resurrected
10.  The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll

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from www.vinylcollective.com

Top 10 Albums – September 3, 2012

Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of August 28, 2012 – September 3, 2012:

1.  Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension LP
2.  Quicksand – Slip LP
3.  Bad Books – II LP
4.  No Doubt – Push and Shove 2XLP (Picture Disc)
5.  Misser – Every Day I Tell Myself I’m Going To Be A Better Person LP
6.  Pierce The Veil – Collide With The Sky LP
7.  Sum 41 – All Killer No Filler LP
8.  Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American 3XLP
9.  Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album) LP
10.  Weezer – The Lion And The Witch LP

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from www.earache.com

EarAche Top Ten Best Sellers

1.  Oceano "Depths" CD/DVD
2.  Municipal Waste "Massive Aggressive" Black Vinyl LP - EUROPEAN IMPORT
3.  At The Gates "The Flames Of The End" 3 DVD Box Set
4.  Carcass "Symphonies Of Sickness" CD/DVD
5.  Carcass "Reek of Putrefaction" CD/DVD Limited Deluxe Edition
6.  Oceano "Windy City" Black T-shirt
7.  Carcass "Heartwork" CD/DVD LIMITED EDITION
8.  Carcass "Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious" CD/DVD (wit
9.  Evile "Infected Nations" CD/DVD - Webstore Exclusive!
10.  '* Napalm Death "Harmony Corruption" Limited Edition Color Vinyl

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from www.napalmrecords.com

Napalm Records Top Ten Best Sellers

1.   TYR By The Light Of The Northern..LTD CD [Digi]
2.   ALESTORM Back Through Time BOX [Bobblehead Boxset + Mediabook CD]
3.   ALESTORM Leviathan MCD
4.   ALESTORM Black Sails At.. LTD CD [Digipack + DVD]
5.   DRACONIAN A Rose For The Apocalypse LTD CD [Digipack]
6.   ALESTORM Captain Morgan's Revenge CD
7.   ARKONA Goi, Rode, Goi! CD
8.   FALKENBACH Tiurida BOX [Deluxe Boxset + Pendant]
9.   TYR Land LTD CD [Deluxe Digipack + DVD]
10.   TYR The Lay Of Thrym BOX [Boxset + Flag]

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from www.victoryrecords.com 

Victory Records Top Five Best Sellers

1.  Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve
2.  Ill Nino - Epidemia
3.  Otep - Sounds Like Armageddon - LIVE
4.  Pathology - The Time Of Great Purification
5.  Sister Sin - Now And Forever

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from easystreetonline.com

Easy Street Top Ten Best Sellers

1.  Minus The Bear - Infinity Overhead
2. Thenewno2 - Thefearofmissingout
3.  Sigur Ros - Varud
4.  Divine Fits - Thing Called Divine Fits
5.  Poor Moon - Poor Moon
6.  Black Keys - Rubber Factory
7.  Walkmen - Heaven
8.  Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - Mature Themes
9.   Yeasayer - Fragrant World
10.  Swans - Seer

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from grimeys.com

GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 8/27 - 9/02, 2012

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Rayland Baxter - Feathers & Fishhooks
2. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
3. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
4. Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
5. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
6. Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
7. Wild Nothing - Wild Nothing
8. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
9. Stars - The North (bootleg edition)
10. Purity Ring - Shrines
11. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
12. Swans - The Seer
13. Yeasayer - Fragrant World
14. The Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions
15. Ty Segall - Slaughterhouse 10"
16. The Head & The Heart - The Head & The Heart
17. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
18. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
19. Of Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal
20. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
21. Ryan Adams - Gold
22. Poor Moon - Poor Moon
23. Dave Matthews Band - Mercy 7"
24. Natural Child - Mother Nature's Daughter 7"
25. Joshua Black Wilkins - I Tremble 7"
 

Drag City Music News And CD Contest

from our friends at www.dragcity.com:  

For the tenth email sent to me (rbenson30@wi.rr.com) with the words "WOO" in the subject line, I have CD copy of Woo's reissue 'It's Cosy Inside.' 

Take a look at the details of the release as well as other music news from Drag City!


Woo Reissue

WOO are Mark and Clive Ives, who in the 1980s in England made a pair of addictively appealing yet largely unknown records. Their second, IT’S COSY INSIDE, released in 1989, qualifies as some of the most uniquely organic electronic music ever made.

When WOO first began recording their relaxing and mysterious mood music in the 1970s, they used electronically treated acoustic instruments to create a sort of pop music for another universe. WOO have made music for more than 35 years now, much of it specifically designed for healing and meditation, while somehow entirely sidestepping the creative vortex of modern new age music. WOO aren’t distinctly any one thing, but we’re certain you’ll be hard pressed not to enter into a happy and somewhat mysterious meditative state upon listening to IT’S COSY INSIDE.

The album’s original publisher Independent Project Records put it best: “IT’S COSY INSIDE is as appropriate a title as could be for this collection of playfully unique instrumentals...

“Only Mark and Clive Ives, as WOO, seem to be able to effortlessly combine elements of English Folk Music, Jazz, Electronic Experimentalism, bits of playful easy listening, and now in this latest release, an occasional electronic reggae shuffle. Their music is fun, serious, adventurous, smoky, eerie, pretty, uplifting, a beehive of activity, joyful, and loving. IT’S COSY INSIDE takes you there all in one snug package.”

See the tracklist HERE

Music News from Drag City Records

Mad Music Inc. "Mad Music" LP out 11/6/12

Like something out of a pulp science fiction novel, the record known as Mad Music, Inc. appeared in the Boston area in the late 70s without track titles, credits or contact information. Beautifully packaged, the record exuded a mystery so uncanny it was entirely unclear if the creator(s) even realized how odd the whole thing was. To be clear -- this is not one of those phony discoveries that seem to show up with increasing regularity these days.

Collectors have known about Mad Music for years, but the very few who know the story aren't talking. Play the record, and everything becomes more unclear still....

What is this music, and who is it for? Is it some mutant strain of new age, jazz, a soundtrack? Would it explain anything to know that the jam at the end of side one is called Gospel Disco? Does it help if we disclose that this lushly arranged album features professionals and amateurs working together? Is it a put on? Or was there some greater purpose involved? At this rate, the world may never know. For the fine folks who actually buy records, randomly selected copies come with one-of-a-kind inserts -- authentic 35-year-old documents from the Mad Music archives -- an underwater loudspeaker catalog, a photo from the recording studio, an academic clipping entitled “Cerebral Dominance in Musicians and Nonmusicians.” But even if you buy the entire run and put it all together, this is one mystery you may never solve. We can promise you this -- you’ve never experienced anything like Mad Music, Inc.


additonally we have

Trin Tran - 'Dark Radar'

What is Trin Tran? Like a schizoid game of Pong, exploiting the tempo and the sounds – these ano/digital shards, iced with minimal/savant lyric shreds and crazed to the groove(s), could hail from Munich in ’77 or Cleveland, SF, LA, NYC or London in the late 70s. It could be from some weird dark corner of the early 80s…but fuck, it could be today too! And while today is indeed today, we're talking about Trin Tran, and these sounds were crazily made in the early aughts -- not neither here, nor not there. 'Dark Radar' was recorded in 2002 and 2003, CD-R'd, lost and found on the internet. Trin Tran's sounds have been issued from behind the mask. Other than what the sounds tell you, you're not supposed to know what's going on behind the mask. The first release on GOD? Records, the new Ty Segall imprint, Trin Tran's Dark Radar, out September 4th

order your copy today at dragcity.com

 

The Vinyl Pulse - A Bob Dylan Acetate Tops The List

A Bob Dylan acetate of 'Blood On The Tracks' closed out at close to $6,200, with the Beatles grabbing the next two spots with a sealed 'Beatles VS Four Seasons' on Vee Jay going for a little over $3,500 and a 'White Album' (sealed) going for almost $2,400.

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 9/4/201002

1.  BOB DYLAN~BLOOD ON TRACKS~INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL'74 ACETATE~COMPLETELY DIFFERENT  Sold for $6151.99 USD on September 04, 2012

2.  BEATLES Vs FOUR SEASONS~INSANELY RARE SEALED ORIG'64 VEE JAY MONO 2LP SET+POSTER Sold for $3550.00 USD on September 04, 2012

3.  BEATLES~WHITE ALBUM~INSANELY RARE SEALED ORIG'68 CAPITOL 2LP SET w/POSTER+PHOTOS Sold for $2378.00 USD on September 04, 2012

4.  BRUTE FORCE 7" SINGLE - KING OF FUH - APPLE 8 - VERY RARE (BEATLES) Sold for $2169.23 USD on September 04, 2012

5.  DOORS~1st ALBUM~INSANELY RARE MONO TEST PRESSING~PAUL ROTHCHILDS UNCENSORED COPY Sold for $2050.00 USD on September 04, 2012

6.  RONETTES+PHIL SPECTOR~PRESENTING VERONICA~ULTRA-RARE SEALED 1964 PHILLES MONO LP Sold for $2040.99 USD on September 04, 2012

7.  LED ZEPPELIN I~1st ALBUM~INSANELY RARE ORIG UK PRESSING~SUPERHYPE PLUM LABEL~NM Sold for $2020.20 USD on September 04, 2012

8.  BEATLES~MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR~INSANELY RARE SEALED ORIG '67 CAPITOL MONO LP wBOOK Sold for $1525.00 USD on September 04, 2012

9.  John Denver Sings Personalized Autograph 1960's First Released Album  Sold for $1350.00 USD on September 04, 2012

10.  ULTRA RARE 10” BLACK G&T – RAOUL PUGNO ( PIANO) Sold for $1325.00 USD on September 04, 2012


Please visit CollectorsFrenzy for daily updates!


also did some checking, there are 1,637,107 results found for the search term LP on eBay today, and this is a great indication of the past several weeks....lots of records for sale on the big vinyl machine.  i did some other searches, some of the totals amaze me (no wonder prices have come down)

11,303 results found for Beatles LP

5,725 results found for Rolling Stones LP

9,008 results found for Elvis Presley LP

1,904 results found for Michael Jackson LP

3,700 results found for Queen LP

3,259 results found for Elton John LP

6,489 results found for Who LP

1,088 results found for Metallica LP
 

New Vinyl Record and Music Releases - September 4

Alberta Cross - Songs Of Patience
Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
Arthur Russell - Keep the Lights On (soundtrack)
Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (expanded edition)
Aztec Camera - Knife (expanded edition)
Azure Ray - As Above So Below
B.B. King - The Best of B.B. King
B.B. King - The Thrill of the Blues
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - 40th Anniversary
Bellamy Brothers - Pray for Me
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Rattle Them Bones
Birds In Row - You, Me & The Violence
Blind Benny - No Honor
Bob Mould - Silver Age (vinyl)
Bobby "Blue" Bland - The Best of Bobby Bland
Bonafide - Ultimate Rebel
Boxer - Bloodletting
Brian Setzer - Rockabilly Riot: Live From the Planet
California Wives - Art History
Cat Power - Sun (vinyl)
Chick Corea and Gary Burton - Hot House
Clark - Fantasm Planes
Crass - Yes Sir I Will (reissue) (vinyl)
Crypts - Crypts
Cult of Youth - Love Will Prevail (vinyl)
Cyanic - Litanies of Lust Unholy
Dave Stewart - The Ringmaster General
David Wax Museum - Knock Knock Get Up
Deerhoof - Breakup Song (vinyl)
Dinosaur Jr - I Bet On Sky
Elbow - Dead In The Boot (B-sides collection)
Elvis Presley - Celluloid Rock: Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley - Celluloid Rock: Sound Advice
Elvis Presley - Celluloid Rock: Young and Beautiful
Erol Alkan - Another Bugged Out Mix/ Another Bugged In Selection
Ex Deo - Caligvla
Eyehategod - New Orleans Is The New Vietnam
Fear of Men - Green Sea
Feeding People - Island Universe
Freddie King - The Blues Is Rising
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe  - Barcelona
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Cast Recording
Gentlemen Reg - Leisure Life Part Two (EP)
Glen Campbell - The Inspirational Collection
Grave Digger - Clash Of The Gods
Green Day - Studio Albums 1990-2009 (8-CD box set)
Holy Other - Held
Houndmouth - Houndmouth
Ian Hunter & The Rant Band - When I'm President
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
imamiwhoami - Kin
Infantree - Hero's Dose (vinyl)
Jano - Ertale
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Is
Johnny Mathis - Love Is Everything Plus the Unreleased "Broadway" Album
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance - Special 30th Anniversary Edition (2 CDs/DVD)
Just Like Vinyl - Black Mass
Kanye West - Cruel Summer
Karlie Bruce - Paperback Lover
Korn - The Path Of Totality Tour - Live At The Hollywood Palladium (DVD/Blu-ray)
Lacrae - Gravity
Liv Kristine - Libertine
Lovedrug - Sessions (EP)
Low - Curtain Hits the Cast (reissue) (vinyl)
Lyres - On Fyre
Malka Spiegel - Every Day Is Like The First Day
Maria Minerva - Will Happiness Find Me?
Mark Knopfler - Privateering
Masachist - Scorned
Matchbox Twenty - North
Matt Mays - Coyote
Melissa Etheridge - 4th Street Feeling
Metronomy - Late Night Tales
Miguel Bose - Papitwo
Minus The Bear - Infinity Overheard
Mono - For My Parents
Mostly Autumn - The Ghost Moon Orchestra
Mount Eerie - Ocean Moon
Muddy Waters - I'm Ready
Muddy Waters - Screamin' & Cryin' the Blues
Music Tapes - Mary's Voice
My Iron Lung - Grief
Nathan Fake - Stream Days
Nazareth - Loud 'N' Proud
Northstar - Is This Thing Loaded?
Orchid - Heretic
Orgy - Grime Of The Century
Otis Rush - West Chicago Blues
Owl City - Good Time
Philip Glass and Robert Wilso - Einstein on the Beach
Poor Moon - Poor Moon
Propagandhi - Failed States
Raymond Byron and The White Freighter - Little Death Shaker
Remnant - Instrumentals Unleashed
Ronan Keating - Fires
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - Dirty Radio (deluxe edition)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (Audio Fidelity)
Scouting For Girls - The Light Between Us
Sleeping People - Notruf
Smash Mouth - Magic
Sondre Lerche - Bootlegs
Sondre Lerche - Duper Sessions (reissue)
Sondre Lerche - Faces Down (reissue)
Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch (reissue)
Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue (reissue)
Soundtrack - Perks of Being A Wallflower
Soundtrack - Something From Nothing
Stars - North
Stealing Sheep - Into The Diamond Sun
Steve Mazagatti - Original
Steve Miller Band - Brave New World (special edition)
Steve Miller Band - Children of the Future (special edition)
Steve Miller Band - Number 5 (special edition)
Steve Miller Band - Sailor (special edition)
Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace (special edition)
Suzanne Vega - Close-Up, Vol. 4: Songs of Family
Swallow the Sun - Emerald Forest And the Blackbird
Sylencer - A Lethal Dose Of Truth
T.I. - Trouble Man
Tanita Tikaram - Can't Go Back
The Apples - Fly On It
The Bips - If Life Was Like a Gig of John Plain
The Bips - This Time For Real...or Maybe Next Time
The Dirty Heads - Cabin By The Sea
The Flatlanders - The Odessa Tapes
The Fresh & Only's - Long Slow Dance
The Hermit Crabs - Time Relentless
The Milk - Tales from the Thames Delta
The Modern Airline - The Modern Airline
The Noisettes - Contact
The Peach Kings - Handsome Moves
The Sheepdogs - The Sheepdogs
The Vaccines - The Vaccines Come of Age
Toddla T - Watch Me Dance
Tom Tom Club - Downtown Rockers (EP)
Toto - Toto IV (reissue) (vinyl)
Trin Tran - Dark Radar
Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
Valente - Alexandria (EP)
Various Artists - Action! The Songs of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
Various Artists - Cruzin' to Motown
Various Artists - Disco Radio Compilation, Vol 2
Various Artists - Fac. Dance 02
Various Artists - G.O.O.D. Music Compilation
Various Artists - Nights of the Psychedelic Order
Various Artists - Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head (Deep Purple tribute)
Various Artists - Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
Various Artists - The Ramones Heard Them Here First
Various Artists - Vanguard Vocal Groups
Wax Poetic - On a Ride
White Ash Falls - By the River Bend
William Basinski - Disintegration Loops (box set)
Young Guns - Bones
Zifra - Out of the Barn

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine (triple vinyl)

Recorded over three nights in Rome as part of a promotional tour for the band's 1996 album Signify, Coma Divine was Porcupine Tree's first ever official live album.

This Kscope triple vinyl edition of the album features bonus tracks not included on the original 1997 cd release, including the early classics, Radioactive Toy and Up The Downstair.

3 x heavyweight (180gm) vinyl in a box with a 12 page 12" book

Order your copy at BurningShed.com






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album cover art of the day:

FAREWELL TO ARMS Reveals New Album Cover Art


German metallers FAREWELL TO ARMS will release their debut album, "Perceptions", on November 23 via Massacre Records. The effort was recorded at Weltraumstudios in Munich with producer Corni Bartels and features guest vocals from THE SORROW's guitarist/vocalist Mathias "Mätze" Schlegel. 







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album cover art of the day, part 2:

Nominon Reveals Vinyl Record Release

Swedish old school death metallars Nominon have recently issued an announcement about releasing their new album:

 "The moment we are all waiting so eagerly for will soon be here. Of course we're talking about the release of the fifth Nominon album 'The Cleansing' (Deathgasm Records). The cover artwork by Juanjo Castellano has been floating around a bit on the net for some reason, but unfortunately it was not the finalized version. Below you can take a look at the RIGHT version of 'The Cleansing' once and for all, ENJOY!

 "The exact release date is still to be set, it all depends on how much time the manufacturing of the LP vinyl will take?! The label and the band have decided to wait and release the LP and the CD at the same time, just for the sake of it.

 "We can however reveal some further details about this coming storm. The LP will be released as a Gatefold one, the 250 first copies will come as a limited edition with a different colour on the vinyl (compared to the rest) as well as including a sew on patch. The first edition of the CD will be a Digipack version with a 12-page booklet. DEATHGASM RDS also plan to make a special die hard bundle including the LP / CD + T-shirt, yet more info on that particular version will follow later on. Here's the complete tracklist of 'The Cleansing:'

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sad news from our friends at VintageVinylNews


Hal David (1921 - 2012)

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from the great state of minnesota, 45 rpm records find a groove


The Dig: Dancing to a rare groove - In the age of iPods, two DJs are drawing people to the dance floor using hard-to-find vinyl 45s.

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vinyl doing well in south dakota!


Couple share vinyl treasures in new record store

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in the great state of indiana, a hometown record store!


John Bugg opens Heirloom Records on West Franklin Street

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from the bay area in the US, some griity vinyl work being done!


SmartGuy Records: Garage and Punk Vinyl Releases From an Apartment in the Mission

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for shits and giggles on a day off work:


Can you name the album covers acted out by the cast of Adventure Time?

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

New CVR Blog Sponsor - MusicRecordShop.com

a new online record store called MusicRecordShop.com is now one of our sponsors here at the CVR Blog.  Head on over to see what they have including:  a Labor Day sale, Vinyl Imports and limited edition vinyl box sets and much, much more!........just talked to Mark from MusicRecordShop.com, look for more from them in the future - vinyl is everywhere!

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Rolling Stones Release ‘Brussels Affair’ Vinyl Box Set

The Brussels Affair Box - Collector's Edition

Item will ship on or around November 16, 2012.

Units available: 1,727

Limited-Edition Book, numbered and hand-signed by Mick Jagger, Michael Putland and Nick Kent.
Album: 180-gram Triple-Vinyl Set of the complete Brussels concert.

Watch: ’70s-era “Tongue & Lips” Watch—Japan Seiko movement and stainless steel face with brass dial.

Tour Lithograph: 1973 tour lithograph.

History: In 1973, the government of France banned the Rolling Stones from entering French territory because of various run-ins with the law—most of them occurring during summer of 1971, while the band members were in the South of France, recording one of their masterpieces, Exile on Main St. This was a blow to the Stones’ hordes of French fans, who would be shut out from experiencing the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band In The World on their 1973 European Tour in support of the newly released Goats Head Soup. That October, the band organized a concert across the Belgian border in Brussels, and a local radio station chartered a bus to transport French fans to the now-historic gig.

All the sights and sounds from this historic show and tour have now been amassed for the first time in The Brussels Affair, the inaugural release from the Stones Archive. The package features an 180-gram triple-vinyl album and rare photographs from the Brussels show by Claude Gassian, as well a book documenting the entire 1973 European tour, with exclusive photographs from Michael Putland and a newly written text by acclaimed NME scribe Nick Kent.

Vinyl box sets will range from $750 for the Collector’s Edition to $1,500 for the Art Edition. But unlike the mp3s, quantities of the box sets are very limited. There are 1,727 copies of the Collector’s Edition, with even fewer copies of the Platinum (173) and Art (73) Editions available for sale.

Pre-orders for the sets are expected to ship on or around Nov. 16th are being accepted HERE

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last week, mark david chapman was denied parole for a seventh straight time since serving the minimum of his 20 year to life sentence for shooting John Lennon... i still hate this guy for killing a our generation's musical genious....


Mark David Chapman Says He Didn't Target John Lennon

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album cover art of the day:

COHEED AND CAMBRIA: New Album Cover Explained

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Rolling Stones to Play Four Shows?

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vinyl news from the uk:


Elbow singer Guy Garvey to launch vinyl record label

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vinyl news from down under


Vinyl revival rocks the horse again

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and even more vinyl news from down under!


Vinyl Resurgence Keeps Independent Record Store Spinning

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from california, more news about our beloved vinyl!


Orange Pop: Creme Tangerine goes back to vinyl

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Morning Glory Release Poets Were My Heroes

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from our friends at VintageVinylNews


Preview: Afterglow - Black Country Communion

 

RAZOR & TIE ANNOUNCES RE-ISSUES OF LEGENDARY PROG ROCKERS EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER’S DEBUT ALBUM AND TARKUS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JULY 2, 2012


Albums To Include New 5.1 And Stereo Mixes

Both Albums To Be Released On Limited Edition 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl

Special ELP Merchandise Pre-order Bundles Now Available Now At elp.merchnow.com

The Emerson, Lake & Palmer 40th Anniversary Concert To Exclusively Premiere On AXS TV This August

(New York, NY) – Razor & Tie is set to release the first two Emerson, Lake & Palmer re-issues of the band’s first two albums: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970 – Studio Album) and Tarkus (1971 – Studio Album) on September 25th.  Both records will be available as 3-disc deluxe editions containing never before released 5.1 Surround Sound and Stereo Mixes, including previously unheard out-takes.  Three time Grammy-nominated producer and engineer Steven Wilson (who has also recently remixed classic albums by Jethro Tull and King Crimson for acclaimed 40th anniversary editions) worked from the original Greg Lake produced multi-track tapes to remix both albums.

Fans can also purchase Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Tarkus deluxe editions at elp.merchnow.com where the albums will be bundled with a variety of ELP t-shirts perfect for any collector.  Pre-orders are available now for the deluxe albums, vinyl re-presses and a selection of Emerson, Lake & Palmer t-shirts.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Tarkus will also be released on limited edition 180 gram audiophile vinyl.  The records will be re-pressed and released with their original packaging and track listings.  The vinyl re-presses will be available September 25th as well. 

Both albums will also be digitally, specifically mastered for iTunes by Grammy-award winning engineer Brad Blackwood (Alison Krauss & Union Station, Maroon 5, North Mississippi Allstars, Saving Abel).

AXS TV will also exclusively premiere the Emerson, Lake & Palmer 40th Anniversary concert this August.  The legendary Rock Band reunited to celebrate their 40th Anniversary and headlined London's first High Voltage Rock Festival. This was the historic moment when Emerson Lake and Palmer performed for the first time since 1998. This spectacular performance with extravagant special effects and lighting recaptured the magic and musical genius of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer as they performed their greatest hits in front of thousands of fans and leaving a lasting memory of the stunning musicianship of these three legendary performers.

Razor & Tie’s full catalogue re-issue campaign will continue with the release of newly expanded, re-mastered, editions of four additional ELP classic albums: Pictures At An Art Exhibition (1971- Live Album), Trilogy (1972- Studio Album), Brain Salad Surgery (1973- Studio Album), and Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends – Ladies & Gentlemen (1974- Live Album). 

Considered by many to be one of rock’s original first super-groups, Emerson Lake & Palmer formed in England in 1970 consisting of Keith Emerson (keyboards), Greg Lake (bass guitar, vocals, guitar) and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion). The band created a brand new world of music, combining classical and symphonic rock fused with beautiful vocals.  Their penchant for appropriating themes from classical music and the group’s more nuanced, textured approach to symphonic arrangements set ELP apart from their more bombastic guitar-based contemporaries of the time.   This subtler and more sublime approach carries on today in the expansive atmospherics of Radiohead and Muse and also in the prog-influenced sphere of band’s like Porcupine Tree, Dream Theatre, Opeth and many others, making ELP one of the more relevant torchbearers of the progressive rock sound.  Along with Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, and Rush, Emerson Lake and Palmer ushered in the Prog era and as one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1970’s having sold over 40 million albums.  ELP’s dramatic flair, sincere passion, labyrinthine song structures, and symphony-worthy virtuosity proved that classical rockers could compete for arena-scale audiences as the band headlined stadium tours around the world. 

Emerson, Lake & Palmer Deluxe Edition Track List:

Disc One:  Original Album

1. The Barbarian
2. Take A Pebble
3. Knife-Edge
4. The Three Fates
i. Clotho ROYAL FESTIVAL
HALL ORGAN
ii. Lachesis PIANO SOLO
iii. Atropos PIANO SOLO
5. Tank
6. Lucky Man

Disc Two:  Bonus Tracks (2012) THE ALTERNATE ELP NEW 2012 STEREO MIXES (Previously Unreleased)

1. The Barbarian
2. Take A Pebble
3. Knife Edge (with Extended Outro)
4. Promenade
5. The Three Fates: Atropos
6. Rave Up
7. Drum Solo
8. Lucky Man

Bonus Tracks:

9. Take A Pebble (Alternate Version)
10. Knife Edge (Alternate Version)
11. Lucky Man (First Greg Lake Solo Version)
12. Lucky Man (Alternate Version)

Disc Three:  DVD Audio NEW 2012 – 5.1 MIX (Previously Unreleased)

1. The Barbarian
2. Take A Pebble
3. Knife-Edge
4. The Three Fates: Atropos
5. Rave Up
6. Lucky Man

NEW HIGH RES 2012 STEREO MIXES (Previously Unreleased)

7. The Barbarian
8. Take A Pebble
9. Knife Edge (with Extended Outro)
10. Promenade
11. The Three Fates: Atropos
12. Rave Up
13. Drum Solo
14. Lucky Man
15. Take A Pebble (Alternate Version)
16. Knife Edge (Alternate Version)
17. Lucky Man (First Greg Lake Solo Version)
18. Lucky Man (Alternate Version)

Tarkus Deluxe Edition Track List:

Disc One:  Original Album

1. Tarkus
i. Eruption
ii. Stones Of Years
iii. Iconoclast
iv. Mass
v. Manticore
vi. The Battlefield
vii. Aquatarkus
2. Jeremy Bender
3. Bitches Crystal
4. The Only Way (Hymn)
5. Infinite Space (Conclusion)
6. A Time And A Place
7. Are You Ready Eddy?

Disc Two:  The Alternate Tarkus 2012 Stereo Mixes

1. Tarkus
2. Eruption
3. Stones Of Years
4. Iconoclast
5. Mass
6. Manticore
7. The Battlefield
8. Aquatarkus
9. Jeremy Bender
10. Bitches Crystal
11. The Only Way (Hymn)
12. Infinite Space (Conclusion)
13. A Time And A Place
14. Are You Ready Eddy?
15. Oh, My Father
16. Unknown Ballad
17. Mass (Alternate Take)

Disc Three:  TDVD Audio New 2012 5.1 Mixes

1. Tarkus
2. Eruption
3. Stones Of Years
4. Iconoclast
5. Mass
6. Manticore
7. The Battlefield
8. Aquatarkus
9. Jeremy Bender
10. Bitches Crystal
11. The Only Way (Hymn)
12. Infinite Space (Conclusion)
13. A Time And A Place
14. Are You Ready Eddy?
15. Oh My Father

2012 Stereo Mixes

16. Tarkus
17. Eruption
18. Stones Of Years
19. Iconoclast
20. Mass
21. Manticore
22. The Battlefield
23. Aquatarkus
24. Jeremy Bender
25. Bitches Crystal
26. The Only Way (Hymn)
27. Infinite Space (Conclusion)
28. A Time And A Place
29. Are You Ready Eddy?
30. Oh My Father
31. Unknown Ballad
32. Mass


LINKS
emersonlakepalmer.com
elp.merchnow.com

 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 27, 2012

DEAR JERRY: What a surprise it was to find a Don Drysdale 45, and even with a picture sleeve. I knew immediately he was the same guy who was once a great pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but I never imagined him as a singer.

The A-side, "Give Her Love" (Reprise R-20162), is a pretty good song, and I'm wondering if it became a hit, especially in the L.A. area.

Was he in his baseball prime when he made this record?

I saw a "Give Her Love" on eBay, but it is by the group Love Committee. Is it the same song as Don Drysdale's? Was the one he sang ever a hit by anyone else?
—Darla Hotchkins, Marysville, Calif.

DEAR DARLA: In the order asked, here are the answers:

Issued in 1963, "Give Her Love" may have gotten some spins in L.A. radio market because Drysdale was so well-known, but it did not make any of the local charts. I personally never heard it on the radio, and I lived there throughout 1963, and was even a Dodgers fan.

Of Don's 14 seasons in MLB, all with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, 1962 was one for the ages. He won 25 games and the Cy Young Award; pitched 314 innings in 41 games, had 232 strikeouts, and led the majors in all of these categories. Yeah, he was absolutely in his prime.

The disco-oriented Love Committee's "Give Her Love" (1978) is an entirely different song. It's a pretty good tune, but another one that didn't chart. This committee is best remembered for "Heaven Only Knows" (1976).

"Big D" was the second person to record this song. It was written in 1961 by James K. Harbert as "Give Him Love," and promptly recorded by Nancy Wilson (Capitol 4558). That too failed to chart.

Another song, different but with the same title, came out in late 1970 by Patti Page (Mercury 73162), and it became a Top 40 Country hit.

Interestingly, Frank Sinatra's Reprise label signed Drysdale to record "Give Her Love," then in 1966, Sinatra's own version of "Give Her Love" appeared on his million-selling album, "That's Life" (Reprise 1020).



DEAR JERRY: I have what amounts to a scrapbook of hundreds of your columns, including one dated April 1, 1987. And this is no April Fool's joke.

I saved this one because I am a big fan of Jerry Fuller's late 1950s and early '60s music, and he was one of your topics that week.

Todd Mariano, of Youngstown, Ohio, wrote to ask if a CD collection of Fuller's tunes existed. You replied no, then added "When someone finally decides to release a Best of Jerry Fuller, here are what I feel are some must-have tracks: "Betty My Angel"; Tennessee Waltz; "Shy Away"; "Guilty of Loving You"; "First Love Never Dies"; "Hollywood Star"; "Double Life"; and "I Only Came to Dance with You." With these tunes, you are assured one great Jerry Fuller collection."

In the 25 years since, has anyone taken your advice?
—Marsha Mills, St. Paul, Minn.



DEAR MARSHA: Yes, but they didn't exactly jump right on it.

You might also recall I spoke to Jerry (strangely, he was doing the same thing at the time) and he provided a contact at Sony Music, who I called and made my feelings known about the need for a Challenge anthology for Fuller.

Not only did nothing come of that, but it took until 2008 for someone to get the message. For that, we have Ace Records, a UK label to thank — even though Jerry's recordings were not hits in Britain.

Ace is one of several prolific European labels specializing in artists and songs seemingly ignored by the American companies.

Still in print and available for around $20 is "A Double Life - The Challenge Recordings 1959-1966" (Ace 03502).

It's nice to see that among the 24 tracks are all of those I deemed essential.



IZ ZAT SO? Apart from his singing career, Jerry Fuller is credited with discovering, among others, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Mac Davis, the Knickerbockers, and Collin Raye.

An established writer of hit songs, here are some he wrote for three well-known artists:

Rick Nelson: "Travelin' Man"; "A Wonder Like You"; "Young World"; "That's All She Wrote"; and "It's Up to You."

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap: "Young Girl"; "Lady Willpower"; and "Over You."

Al Wilson: "Show and Tell" and "Touch and Go."

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

 

 

 

 

 

Top Ten Best Selling Vinyl Records ~ August 29, 2012

this from our friends at SoundStageDirect.com

Top Ten Bestselling Vinyl Records At SoundStageDirect

1.  The Counting Crows - After (Pre-Order)  200 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl

Counting Crows' 1993 debut album released for the first time as an LP in the U.S.!

Double album cut at 45 RPM, plated and pressed by Quality Record Pressings — four sides maximize the recording's dynamic range

Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

Counting Crows put in the gigging hours during the early days of the band, and it paid off. By the time they signed to Geffen in 1993, they had already built up a significant fanbase. Their debut, August and Everything After, produced by T-Bone Burnett, was released later the same year and became an unexpected multi-platinum hit, partly as a result of the successful single "Mr. Jones."

Although recorded to audio tape, the album was originally mastered for CD and featured a longer playing time than a standard LP. Thus Analogue Productions has reissued August and Everything After as a double LP set to maximize the dynamic range of this recording. This is the first time that the 'Crows multi-platinum smash has been released in the U.S. as an LP. Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

Track Listing:
1. Round Here
2. Omaha
3. Mr. Jones
4. Perfect Blue Buildings
5. Anna Begins
6. Time And Time Again
7. Rain King
8. Sullivan Street
9. Ghost Train
10. Raining In Baltimore
11. A Murder Of One

Pre-Order at SoundStageDirect


the rest of SoundStageDirect's Top Ten

2.  The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll
3.  Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
4.  MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
5.  Steely Dan - Aja
6.  Various Artists - FM Original Soundtrack (On Sale)
7.  Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album) (Pre-Order)
8.  Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue
9.  Various Artists - In From The Storm (Picture Disc)
10.  KISS - Destroyer: Resurrected

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from victoryrecords.com 

1. Pathology - The Time Of Great Purification
2. Sister Sin - Now And Forever
3. Emmure - Slave To The Game
4. A Day To Remember - Homesick - Deluxe Special Edition w/ BONUS DVD
5. Silverstein - Decade (Live At The El Macambo) CD/DVD

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from vinylcollective.com

Shop Radio Cast Top 10 Albums – August 27, 2012

Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of August 21 – August 27, 2012:

1. Andrew W.K. – I Get Wet 2XLP
2.  Quicksand – Slip LP
3.  Yellowcard – One For The Kids LP
4.  Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension LP
5.  Minus The Bear – Infinity Overhead LP
6.  Bad Books – II LP
7.  Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album) LP
8.  The Starting Line – Direction LP
9.  Northstar – Is This Thing Loaded LP
10.  Between the Buried and Me – The Parallax II: Future Sequence 2XLP

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from easystreetonline.com

EasyStreetOnline Top Ten Selling Vinyl

1.  Allen Stone - self-titled
2.  Lee Hazlewood - House Safe For Tigers
3.  Sigur Ros - Varud
4.  Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - Mature Themes
5.  Yeasayer - Fragrant World
6.  Heavy - Glorious Dead
7.  Pixies - Surfer Rosa
8.  Radiohead - Ok Computer
9.  Black Keys - Chulahoma
10.  Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 8/20 - 8/26, 2012

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
2. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
3. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
4. Natural Child - Mother Nature's Daughter 7"
5. JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers
6. Dylan LeBlanc - Cast The Same Old Shadow
7. Yeasayer - Fragrant World
8. Kiss - Destroyer: Resurrected
9. Sigur Ros - Varud 10"
10. Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
11. The Sea & Cake - Oui
12. The Clean - Oddities
13. Coupler - America In The Coming Age of Electronics
14. Kyle Kinane - Death Of The Party
15. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
16. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
17. D Watusi - Brother & Sister 7"
18. JEFF The Brotherhood - Hypnotic Nights
19. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
20. Bill Fay - Life Is People
21. The Sea & Cake - One Bedroom
22. Tortoise - It's All Around You
23. Six Organs Of Admittance - Ascent
24. Bloc Party - Four
25. The Heavy - The Glorious Dead

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

 

IRON MAIDEN Vinyl Picture Discs Coming Soon!

A series of special limited edition IRON MAIDEN vinyl picture disc albums are due to be released by EMI and UMe starting in October 2012. Comprised of the first eight albums of Maiden’s career, all released in the 1980’s, each picture disc will be packaged in a gatefold sleeve with full colour printed inner bags and the heavyweight vinyl will be cut from the original album master tapes.

The albums will be released chronologically between October and February, starting with ‘Iron Maiden’ and ‘Killers’ on 15 October 2012 followed by ‘The Number Of The Beast’ and ‘Piece Of Mind’ in November 2012.

To open the new year ‘Powerslave’ and the double album ‘Live After Death’ will be released in January, with the final two titles, ‘Somewhere In Time’ and ‘Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son’ coming out in February 2013.

These vinyl picture discs are being released to commemorate IRON MAIDEN’s current Maiden England tour which comprises largely 80’s material, in particular focussing on the ‘Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son’ album.

Get more info and order at www.ironmaiden.com


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Senses Fail To Release LP 'Still Searching' On Vinyl 

Senses Fail have recently announced the vinyl release of their 2006 album called, 'Still Searching' which will be available for sale now exclusively on their new webstore.

Only 1000 pieces will be created with just 200 on red and black swirl vinyl available through the band’s webstore (which also debuts exclusive designs and new items from the band). 800 copies of the LP will be available on Coke bottle clear and sold exclusively through Hot Topic beginning October 16.

Order HERE




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heard from Kellie at dragcity.com

WOO- IT’S COSY INSIDE (REISSUE) AVAILABLE October 9th on DRAG CITY

 

WOO are Mark and Clive Ives, who in the 1980s in England made a pair of addictively appealing yet largely unknown records. Their second, IT’S COSY INSIDE, released in 1989, qualifies as some of the most uniquely organic electronic music ever made.

When WOO first began recording their relaxing and mysterious mood music in the 1970s, they used electronically treated acoustic instruments to create a sort of pop music for another universe. WOO have made music for more than 35 years now, much of it specifically designed for healing and meditation, while somehow entirely sidestepping the creative vortex of modern new age music. WOO aren’t distinctly any one thing, but we’re certain you’ll be hard pressed not to enter into a happy and somewhat mysterious meditative state upon listening to IT’S COSY INSIDE.

The album’s original publisher Independent Project Records put it best: “IT’S COSY INSIDE is as appropriate a title as could be for this collection of playfully unique instrumentals...

“Only Mark and Clive Ives, as WOO, seem to be able to effortlessly combine elements of English Folk Music, Jazz, Electronic Experimentalism, bits of playful easy listening, and now in this latest release, an occasional electronic reggae shuffle. Their music is fun, serious, adventurous, smoky, eerie, pretty, uplifting, a beehive of activity, joyful, and loving. IT’S COSY INSIDE takes you there all in one snug package.”

ITS COSY INSIDE Track Listing:
1.      Into
2.      The Western
3.      Water Drum
4.      Downtown Suburbia
5.      Upside Down
6.      Wallpaper
7.      Purple Pussy
8.      It’s Cosy Inside
9.      BB….!
10.     The Bird
11.     No Man’s Land
12.     Marion
13.     Did You See
14.     Final Card
15.     No More Telly
16.     End of the Attic
17.     Overheard

Pre-Order at DragCity

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Smash Mouth Readying September 4th Release Of All New Album "MAGIC"

Exclusive Promotions On Grammy.com and Huffington Post Set To Run This Week, First Single "Magic" Heading for Top 20 On Mainstream AC Chart

Smash Mouth, the band that gave you crazy memorable hits like "All Star," "Walkin' On The Sun," "Then the Morning Comes" and "I'm A Believer" among many others, is readying the release of MAGIC, their debut all new album for 429 Records which will be available September 4th.  Two notable promotions have been set up for this week to whet the appetite for the release—Grammy.com will host an exclusive "First Listen" of the track "Flippin' Out" beginning August 28th and the Huffington Post will offer a free exclusive download of the remix of the first single "Magic" (a bonus track unavailable anywhere else).  The band is headed for another monster radio smash with the single "Magic" as it is headed for the Top 20 on the mainstream AC Radio Mediabase Chart.  The band consists of original members Steve Harwell (vocals), Paul Delisle (Bass) and Mike Klooster (keyboards).  Rookie players this time around are Randy Cooke (drums) and Mike Krompass (guitar).  Krompass in fact, also helmed the producer's mantle (having worked with Nelly Furtado and David Archuleta) capturing the quintessential Smash Mouth party sound as well as helping to take them to the next level.  The band will spend the rest of 2012 touring behind the new project as well as promoting the release of their rock and roll cookbook—"RECIPES FROM THE ROAD."  "MAGIC" will be released on September 4th on 429 Records.

The release of the album and single are perfectly in tune with the band's reputation for being the "sound of summer."  From their debut in 1997 when the smash hit "Walkin' On The Sun" (played by KROQ before any label deal) powered their album "Fush Yu Mang" to double platinum sales, the band has scored hit after hit worldwide.  Smash Mouth has toured extensively with notable stops in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay where they entertained U.S. troops.

Says Steve Harwell: "We're so excited to start performing some of the new songs off of this album. We've got so many hits on this new record, it's ridiculous! So get ready for some serious "Magic" this summer! Me and the guys will be bringing the party - Fun in the Sun style..."

"MAGIC" Track Listing:

1. Perfect Planet
2. Live To Love Another Day
3. Magic (featuring J-Dash)
4. Justin Bieber
5. Out Of Love
6. Flippin' Out (Featuring J-Dash)
7. Future X Wife
8. Better With Time
9. The Game
10. She's Into Me
11. Don't You Forget About Me

SOURCE 429 Records

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Yip Yip Set For Vinyl Release Of Their New Album

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

YIP YIP is set to release it’s seventh record, 'Bone Up,' on vinyl October 9th, 2012. The vinyl release is set for 200 copies. The vinyl release comes  after the Digital, CD and Cassette Tape release of Bone Up in late 2011. This is the first full length release for Glowmobile Records out of Orlando, Florida. The 16 track record will be available online only while supplies last.

Yip Yip’s release of “Bone Up” marks the 10 year anniversary of Orlando’s critically acclaimed freak-chic, costumed electronic heroes. “Bone Up” is Yip Yip’s attempt at writing original, catchy, fun pop songs you wanna poke with a stick on repeat. Yip Yip’s zany style of music makes this sort of behavior a regular occurrence amongst Yip Yip fans, which in this case is a totally good thing.

The album is chock full of toy synthesizer sounds, massively tweaked Moog synthesizer leads, and filtered vocals all which conglomerate together to create a thrilling organic blend of vintage electronic music (using hardware instruments), mixed with the nerdy and spazzy musings of legendary nerd punk icons Devo, and others avant-underground legends Melt-Banana and Atari Teenage Riot just to name a few.

Yip Yip is a band (2-piece) with a unique personality and identity, which makes them standout from ego-centric laptop wizards, and overly pretentious trust fund kids who make a few recordings and call it a day. “Bone Up” is the rousing first track on the album which starts the record off with a bang.
Everything has been done before, nothing is totally original. Yip Yip encourages us to “Analyze and Dissect it instead because we are all copycats.” This is a valid point which isn’t new to anyone these days, but it makes for a hell of a dance song filled with bouncy synthesizers, funky saxophones, with a mind numbingly infectious repetitive vocal hook on a smart pop song. - Chris Big Money (Butter Yo Bread)

For more info visit Yip-Yip.com

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NEUROSIS Reveal Album Cover Art For New LP

The album cover art has been revealed for 'Honor Found In Decay,' the tenth studio album by Neurosis with a North American release date on October 30th.

Neurosis forged the songs on 'Honor Found In Decay' with Steve Albini, marking their fifth collaboration with the engineer in their longstanding relationship. Their monolithic sound captured at Electrical Audio studios, Chicago, the seven tracks were then mastered by John Golden at Golden Mastering in Ventura, California.






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Trey Anastasio Reveals Album Cover Art, Pre-Order Details


Phish frontman Trey Anastasio has revealed the tracklist, album cover art and pre-order information for his upcoming album called, 'Traveler.' The effort is slated for release on October 16 via Rubber Jungle/ATO. 

Pre-Order HERE









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