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On October 11, 1971,  John Lennon's "Imagine" was released in the US, where it peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.  The song earned a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.  In 2005, Rolling Stone ranked it number 3 in their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." "Imagine" has been recorded by several notable artists, including Joan Baez, Blues Traveler, Chris Cornell, Madonna and Lady Gaga.

Lennon commented on the song's meaning:

"It is the concept of positive prayer ... If you can imagine a world at peace, with no denominations of religion—not without religion but without this my-God-is-bigger-than-your-God thing—then it can be true ... The World Church called me once and asked, "Can we use the lyrics to 'Imagine' and just change it to 'Imagine one religion'? That showed [me] they didn't understand it at all. It would defeat the whole purpose of the song, the whole idea."


 

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B.B. King, Aeromsith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Elvis Costello and Others Nominees For 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame

B.B. King,  Aeromsith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Buffett, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (ex-Eurythmics bandmates) and Ray Davies (Kinks) are among the nominees for the 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame.

They are joined by a who's who of the music world, including Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie,  Jeff Lynne (ELO), Steve Winwood, Bobby Womack and Foreigner's Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, who said in an interview that he's excited to be highlighted as a songwriter.

"It means a lot that those songs have been recognized, and maybe, hopefully a little part of history," Jones said of the band's hits, which include "I Want to Know What Love Is" and "Waiting for a Girl Like You."

Vince Gill and Rod Temperton, who wrote Michael Jackson's "Thriller," ''Rock With You" and "Off the Wall," are also nominated.   

Non-performing songwriters up for nomination include "Chain of Fools" songwriter Don Covay, country music songwriter Bobby Braddock and Holly Knight, who co-wrote Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" and Tina Turner's "Better Be Good to Me." 

Linda Perry, the writer behind Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful," is nominated along with Bob McDill, Rick Nowels, Randy Goodrum, Tony Hatch and JD Souther. Writing duos Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, and P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri are also nominated.

Voting ends December 17 and the gala takes place June 13 in New York City at the New York Marriott Marquis.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame, established in 1969, honors artists and writes whose work represents a wide spectrum of songs. In 2010, the Songwriters Hall of Fame moved into its first "physical" space within the Los Angeles Grammy Museum.

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 8, 2012

DEAR JERRY: While flipping through some old Los Angeles Free Press newspapers, I found one from 1969 with an interesting full-page ad announcing the new Beatles LP, “Abbey Lane.”

That's right, “Abbey Lane.” Not “Abbey Road.”

This publication, dated Friday, Sept. 26, also proclaims “Now Available at All American Record Stores” and “Shipment Expected Friday.”

Did they mean Friday the 26th, or Friday Oct. 3rd? One seems too early, the other too late.

My online searching indicates “Abbey Road” came out September 26th in the UK, then in the U.S. on Tuesday, Oct. 1st.

What's the story on this puzzling ad and “Abbey Lane”?
—Larry Brewer, Milwaukee


DEAR LARRY: To be clear, that American Record Stores ad is solely for five stores in California (Pasadena; Gardena; Goleta; Tarzana; Costa Mesa) named American Records, rather than record stores across America.

Before release of the Beatles' “Abbey Road” album, many outside the UK knew neither Abbey Road, the Westminster thoroughfare, nor EMI's Abbey Road Studios, where this and countless other famous recordings were made.

American Record Store's likely unfamiliarity with Abbey Road — including an LP not yet in hand — plus the potential for mixing up two words commonly used to identify streets, accounts for their use of “Abbey Lane” in their ad.

Probably unrelated but worthy of mention is that in Leicester, about 100 miles NW of Abbey Road, one of the main streets is Abbey Lane.

It may be an even greater stretch, but I can't categorically dismiss the possibility that the company's copywriter had “Penny Lane” running through his or her mind when preparing the advert.

Since American Records could not expect their “Abbey Road” inventory six days before the U.S. release (Oct. 1), “Shipment Expected Friday” leads me to believe they would have them Oct. 3, two days after the official on-sale date.


DEAR JERRY: Every year around this time, when ol' man winter comes calling, a '60s song about a young couple on a snowy day, either waking or sleigh riding, keeps running through my mind. One line haunting me is “get on your overcoat with the big fur collar.” I have one of those.

I thought it was by the Beach Boys, but it's definitely not on their Christmas album.

Having not heard it since back then, I had given up hope of enjoying it again. Then I discovered your wonderful service.

Solve this 50-year-old mystery and I will buy it and think of you when it's played.
—Lisa Dryden, Hartford, Conn.

DEAR LISA: By not taking advantage of this wonderful service 25 years ago, you have doubled the term of torment.

But, better late than never I guess.

Sounding very similar to a Beach Boys effort, this infectious tune is “Winter Weather,” by Ronny and the Daytonas (RCA Victor 47-9022). This 45 is often found on eBay for under $10.

If a CD is your preference, look for “Beachland” (Surf 0648K9), a 32-track disc with all of Ronny and the Daytonas' 1964-1967 recordings.

“Winter Weather” came out in Nov. 1966, right when “Good Vibrations” held the nation's No. 2 spot, on the way to No. 1.

This chilly weather selection starts with “put on your old coat with the big fur collar,” and ends with sleigh bells jingling, reminiscent of how “Donde Esta Santa Claus” (Augie Rios) fades out. These clues definitely helped close the deal.

Asking how “Winter Weather” missed being a hit is appropriate, but it was not helped by RCA's blunder of making the flip, “Young,” the “Plug Side.” As such, neither side succeeded at the time, though “Winter Weather” is now on many radio year-end playlists.

I know it's one I can't do without, regardless of the climate.

Listen to it HERE  


IZ ZAT SO? Ronny and the Daytonas are best remembered for their car songs: such as “G.T.O.”; “Hot Rod City”; and “Bucket T,” but they also scored off the track with “California Bound,” “Sandy,” and “Diane, Diane.”

“Winter Weather,” like most of the group's music, was written by John “Bucky” Wilkin, and co-produced by Bucky and the late great Felton Jarvis.

Jarvis produced countless hit singles and albums, especially in the 1960s and '70s. A few of the names on his client list are: Elvis Presley (1966-'77); Willie Nelson; Fats Domino; Carl Perkins; Michael Nesmith; Charley Pride; John Hartford; Gladys Knight; and Skeeter Davis.

As a performer and writer, Bucky had it in his genes. His mother, country singer Marijohn Wilkin, also wrote or co-wrote many big hits for country as well as pop/rock stars. A few of those are: “One Day at a Time” (Marilyn Sellars and Christy Lane); “Cut Across Shorty” (Eddie Cochran and Rod Stewart); “Long Black Veil” (Lefty Frizzell); “I Just Don't Understand” (Ann-Margret and Beatles); “P.T. 109” (Jimmie Dean); “Waterloo” and “Mary Don't You Weep” (Stonewall Jackson); and “Weep No More My Baby” (Brenda Lee).

Bucky and Marijohn even teamed with Kris Kristofferson to write the poignant “Delta Day (No Time to Cry),” recorded by Merle Haggard, Iris DeMent, and others.

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

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TO RELEASE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET ON NOVEMBER 27

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - XX 20th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE BOX SET CONTAINS NEVER BEFORE SEEN EARLY CONCERT FOOTAGE AND FULL 2010 FINSBURY PARK VICTORY CONCERT.

RATM MARKS THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH RELEASE OF REMASTERED DEBUT ALBUM, ORIGINAL DEMOS AND TREASURY TROVE OF VIDEOS AND MUSIC.
 
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Rage Against the Machine - XX, commemorative 20th anniversary editions of the eponymous debut album by a great American rock band, on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.

Originally released in November 1992, Rage Against the Machine signaled the arrival of a revolutionary musical force, a band straddling the worlds of hip-hop and heavy metal with a scorching streetwise sound that rapped and rhymed hardcore across a musical backdrop as menacing and inspirational as graffiti. Rage Against the Machine entered the popular lexicon as more than just a revolutionary American rock band, the group's very name provided a rallying battle cry for the ongoing struggles for liberation--psychic and political--on planet earth.

Formed in 1991, Rage Against the Machine opened the gates of a new boundary-obliterating rock-rap musical alliance with the band's literate and politically-charged debut album. Driven by Tom Morello's unmistakeable guitar wallop and vocalist Zack de la Rocha's salient bulletins from the front, Rage Against the Machine became a critical and commercial success, selling millions of copies around the world while attaining legendary status among alt-rock fans. To this day the album, and the band, remain standard-bearers for uncompromising incendiary rock.

Newly remastered for this anniversary release, Rage Against the Machine - XX will be available as a CD in three configurations: 1) 20th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Box Set housing two CDs, two DVDs, one 12" 180gm vinyl LP, one 40 page booklet and two-sided poster; 2) 20th Anniversary Special Edition featuring two CDs and a bonus DVD featuring six tracks in an oversized softpack and 3) 20th Anniversary Edition single compact disc (with three bonus tracks). 12" 180gm vinyl editions--a picture disc and a facsimile reproduction--of the original LP, remastered (no bonus tracks) will also be available.

Compact Disc One of the newly remastered Rage Against the Machine - XX will include the original album, in its entirety, as well as three collectible b-sides from era.

Compact Disc Two presents the original Rage Against the Machine demo tape. Recorded in 1991 and sold for $5 at the merch table at early Rage shows, the tape achieved mythical word-of-mouth status amongst music fans while helping to seal the band's deal with Epic Records. The 20th anniversary releases of Rage Against the Machine - XX marks the first time the entire RATM demo tapes have seen a full official release.

DVD #1 included in the Deluxe Box Set features Rage Against the Machine's historic free concert in Finsbury Park on June 2010, performed as a thank-you to UK fans for making "Killing in the Name" the UK's Number One Single during Christmas week 2009. Also included is the band's groundbreaking music videos plus live concert performance clips.

DVD#2 takes you back to the release of Rage's debut album focusing on live performance from 1991-1994 which features the full set of RATM's first public performance as well as various live, rare clips.

Rage Against the Machine - XX will include new liner notes, penned especially for the band's 20th anniversary by longtime fan and hip-hop pioneer Chuck D.

A full tracklist can be found HERE

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T. Rex's 'The Slider' Anniversary Remaster

1972 was Marc Bolan's year ' and T.Rex 'The Slider,' the album that captures the 'First Man of Glam Rock' at his creative and commercial peak, has now been lovingly remastered for the first time by original producer Tony Visconti. This remastered version will be exclusively available in T.Rex ' The Slider 40th Anniversary Box Set scheduled for release by DMG's Edsel label on 26 November 2012.

Although Marc Bolan died in a tragic car accident in 1977, his influence is alive in the music of Suede, Oasis, Placebo and numerous left-field indie bands, in high profile commercials, and in cinema where his songs contributed enormously to the success of Billy Elliot. And as the first of the great ultra-glam pop icons, blending post-hippie exoticism with dashing Hollywood panache, Bolan's trailblazing and often outrageous style has left its mark on everyone from David Bowie to Lady Gaga.

Most extraordinary of all, as this new edition of The Slider so thrillingly reveals, Bolan's work sounds as vibrant now as it did when he was rewriting the pop rulebook during the early 1970s.

Now remastered for the first time by Tony Visconti, this classic album ' released in July 1972 on the back of three chart-topping T.Rex LPs ' provides a perfect snapshot of the era the press dubbed 'T. Rextasy' and is proof of Bolan's extraordinary and enduring appeal across the generations.

The Slider contained 2 UK Number 1 hit singles, Telegram Sam and Metal Guru - the latter famously regarded by Morrissey as 'pop perfection'. It was the first to bear the T. Rex Wax Co imprint, a seal of approval from EMI Records, who felt Bolan sufficiently important to warrant having his own record label. And it marked the climax of the most frenzied period of pop hysteria since Beatlemania a decade earlier, brilliantly captured in Born To Boogie, a documentary film based around T.Rex's groundbreaking concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley in March 1972 and shot by Ringo Starr.

It was, screamed the headlines, 'The Day That Pop Came Back'. And The Slider, with its iconic cover photo of Marc Bolan in a Mad Hatter's hat, was confirmation of his extraordinary pop prowess.

T.Rex - The Slider captures Bolan at the peak of his writing ' from effortless 'Bolan Boogie' (Baby Strange, Baby Boomerang) to spellbinding melancholy (Ballrooms Of Mars, Mystic Lady), hard rocking 'Zep Rex' (Buick Mackane, Chariot Choogle) to pop poetry at its finest (Spaceball Ricochet, Rabbit Fighter).

Marc Bolan was a unique and extraordinary pop artist. The Slider, both intensely personal and hugely accessible, was and remains a unique and extraordinary album. This expansive, lovingly produced T.Rex ' The Slider 40th Anniversary Box Set, now tells the full story for the first time. As well as producer Visconti's remaster of the original 13-track album, there are B-sides and numerous outtakes, including a previously unreleased demo of the title track from Visconti's private collection.

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RANCID ESSENTIALS 7” Box Set

To commemorate 20 years since Rancid’s inception in 1992, this boxset contains 92 sides of music - 46 re-mastered 45rpm 7”s housed in this [leather] boxset. This truly is the essentials - fully documenting twenty years of Rancid in audiophile quality & top-of-line digs.

Boxsets come in three different versions:

• Red Vinyl (1000pcs)    • White Vinyl (Ltd. Ed. 500pcs)    • White Vinyl w/ Red Splatter (Ltd. Ed. 500pcs)

 RANCID ESSENTIALS
7” Boxset Includes:
• Self-Titled 7” EP (1992)
• Rancid (1993)
• Let’s Go (1994)
• …And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
• Life Won’t Wait (1998)
• Rancid (2000)
• Indestructible (2003)
• B Sides and C Sides (2007)
• Let The Dominoes Fall (2009)
• Let The Dominoes Fall (acoustic) (2009)

Order HERE

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album cover art of the day:

ENDEZZMA: Debut Album Details Revealed

Norwegian black metallers ENDEZZMA will release their full-length debut, "Erotik Nekrosis", on November 28 in Europe and February 5, 2013 in the U.S. via Agonia Records.


Get more info at Blabbermouth












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album cover art of the day, part two:

DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT: New Album Artwork Unveiled 

The mesmerizing album artwork (see below) for "Widowmaker", the new album by U.K. extreme metal band DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT, was completed by Norwegian occult artist Sindre Foss, and its imagery creates the perfect foreshadowing of what you can expect to hear on their highly anticipated new release.

"Widowmaker", which is set for a November 6 release on CD and MP3 and a November 13 release on vinyl via Prosthetic Records, consists of three haunting tracks that combine into 40 minutes of pure aural debauchery.

Read more at Blabbermouth









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Preview: GRRR! - Rolling Stones

Artist: Rolling Stones
Title: GRRR!
Release Date: November 12, 2012 (Worldwide except U.S.), November 13, 2012 (U.S.)
Label: ABKCO
Format(s): See Below

The Rolling Stones will commemorate their 50th anniversary with the career spanning hits set GRRR!, due out on November 12.

Read the review at our friends at VintageVinylNews.com





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from our friends at vinylcollective.com

Top 10 Albums – October 8, 2012

Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of October 2 – October 8, 2012:

1. Angels and Airwaves – Love Part I & II 4XLP
2. The Starting Line – The Early Years LP
3. Quicksand – Slip LP
4. Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album) LP
5. Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends LP
6. Anberlin – Vital 2X10?
7. Motion City Soundtrack – Making Moves 7?
8. The Starting Line – Direction LP
9. Mumford and Sons – Babel LP
10. Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension LP

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 10/01 - 10/07, 2012

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel
2. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
3. Grimes - Visions
4. Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
5. David Byrne & St Vincent - Love This Giant
6. Grizzly Bear - Shields
7. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
8. The xx - Coexist
9. Dinosaur Jr - I Bet On Sky
10. Bob Dylan - Tempest
11. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
12. Natural Child - For The Love Of The Game
13. MUSE - The 2nd Law
14. Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson 7"
15. Coathangers / Heavy Cream - split 7"
16. Tim Maia - Nobody Lives Forever: World Psychedelic Classics 4
17. Luella & The Sun - Luella & The Sun 10"
18. Beth Orton - Sugaring Season
19. Rayland Baxter - Feathers & Fishhooks
20. Turbo Fruits - Harley Dollar Bill$ 7"
21. Jack White - Blunderbuss
22. JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers
23. Skyblazer - Album
24. Radiohead - King Of Limbs
25. Majestico - Love Is God 7" 

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articles of interest:

Botched Beatles Vinyl Reissue Becomes Instant Rarity As Label Tries To Destroy Every Last Copy












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Jack White Reveals 'I'm Shakin' Video Plus Tour












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10 Reasons Why Posing Nude On Your Album Cover Isn’t A Good Idea






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Elbow To Release 'The Definitive Albums Box Set'






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Rolling Stones Announce Release Date of New Single ‘Doom and Gloom’








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Stream new albums from Trey Anastasio, Coheed and Cambria, Ben Gibbard

 

New Vinyl Record and Music Releases - October 9, 2012

MusicRecordShop.com Mumford and Sons Vinyl Contest still open to email entries!
 

 

 

 

A Past Unknown - Vainglory
Acacia Strain - Death is the Only Mortal
Adam Ant - Playlist
All Time Low - Don't Panic
Almost Charlie - Tomorrow's Yesterday
Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (vinyl) (reissue)
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do (vinyl) (reissue)
Arkaik - Metamorphignition
Armagedda - Echoes in Eternity
Armagedda - The Final War Approaching
August Burns Red - Sleddin' Hill, A Holiday Album
B.B. King - Mr. B.B. King (box set) (4 CDs)
Bad Books - II
Barbara Streisand - Release Me
Beach Boys - All Summer Long (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beach Boys - Greatest Hits: 50 Big Ones (2 CDs)
Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beach Boys - Party (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beach Boys - Shut Down 2 (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beach Boys - Summer Days (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beach Boys - Sunflower (Stereo Remaster)
Beach Boys - Surf's Up (Stereo Remaster)
Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beach Boys - Surfin USA (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beach Boys - Today (Mono & Stereo Remasters)
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (DVD, Blu-ray)
Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Beyond All Recognition - Drop = Dead
Black Marble - A Different Arrangement
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Cobra Juicy
Blackmore's Knight - Knight in York (vinyl)
Bleeding Rainbow - Yeah Right
Blessed Feathers - Peaceful Beasts In An Ocean Of Weeds
Bloodsworn - All Hyllest Til Satan
Blut Aus Nord - 777
Bob Lind - Finding You Again
Bob Marley - Live
Bobby Vee - Merry Christmas from Bobby Vee
Brandon Heath - Blue Mountain
Callers - Reviver
Calm Blue Sea - Arrivals & Departures
Can - Lost Tapes (3 CDs)
Carole King - Playlist: The Very Best Of Carole King
Caviare Days - Caviare Days
Chad Valley - Young Hunger
Chemical Art - Space Sound
Chipmunks - Chipmunks Christmas
Chrome Canyon - Elemental Themes
Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
Citizens! - Hear We Are
Climax Blues Band - Live from London
Clubhunter - We Can Fly
Coheed & Cambria - Afterman: Ascension
Cold Showers - Love and Regret
Colin Linden - Still Live
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Cripple Bastards - Senza Impronte (vinyl)
Damien Rice - Live at Fingerprints: Warts and All (reissue) (vinyl)
Dana Falconberry - Leelanau
Danko Jones - Rock and Roll is Black and Blue
Daphni - JIAOLONG
Daylight Dies - A Frail Becoming
Deep Purple - Machine Head - 40th Anniversary Edition (UK only)
Defiler - Nematocera
Departures - Still and Moving Lines
Die Hard - Conjure the Legions
Dio - The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2
Disclosure - Latch (7")
Diva - Moon Moods
Django Django - Django Django
Don Felder - Road to Forever
Downfall of Gaia - Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes
Dragon Ash - Loud & Peace
Electric Six - Absolute Pleasure
Ellie Goulding - Halcyon
Elton John vs. Pnau - Good Morning to the Night? (deluxe edition)
Eryn Non Dae. - Meliora
Fela Kuti - Vinyl Box Set 2 (vinyl)
Freelance Whales - Diluvia
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - Playlist: The Very Best of Jones & Wynette
Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch - Wu-Block
Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb - In Session (2 CDs)
Glowsun - Eternal Season
Graph Rabbit - The Snowblind
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Twice Around The Sun
Hostage Calm - Please Remain Calm
In Alcatraz 1962 - Aspirations
Inhale Exhale - Movement
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave
Jeff Lynne - Mr. Blue Sky - The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
John Cale - Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood
John Fogerty - Wrote A Song For Everyone
Johnny Mathis - Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Mathis
Johnny Worth - His Complete Embassy Singles 1958-60 (2 CDs)
Kaki King - Glow
Karl Wolf - Mash It Up
Katherine Jenkins - My Christmas
Kenny Lattimore - Back 2 Cool
Kim Fowley - The Day the Earth Stood Still
King Tuff - Screaming Skull/Love Potion (7")
Kiss - Monster
Kristy MacColl - Desperate Character
Kristy MacColl - Electric Landlady: Expanded (2 CDs)
Kristy MacColl - Kite: Expanded
Kristy MacColl - Kristy MacColl (2 CDs)
Kristy MacColl - Titanic Days: Expanded (2 CDs)
LCD Soundsystem - Shut Up and Play the Hits (DVD)
Ladyhawk - No Can Do
Laura Nyro - Playlist: The Very Best of Laura Nyro
Lecherous Gaze - On the Skids
Less than Jake - Borders & Boundaries
Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Untogether
Level 42 - Running in the Family
Lihporcen - Illuminate
Little People - We Are But Hunks Of Wood
Lo'Jo - Cinema El Mundo
Lord Fowl - Moon Queen
Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
Luther - Let Get You Somewhere Else
Malignancy - Eugenics
Mark Mallman - Double Silhouette
Martin Eden - Dedicate Function
Matt and Kim - Lightning (vinyl)
Meat Loaf - Playlist: The Very Best of Meat Loaf
MellowHype - Numbers
Metz - Metz
Michelle Ndegeocello - Pour une ame souveraine - A dedication to Nina Simone
Mindy Smith - The Essential Mindy Smith
My Jerusalem - Preachers
My Sleeping Karma - Soma
Naytronix - Dirty Glow
Nelly Furtado - The Spirit Indestructible
Neon Trees - Picture Show (deluxe edition)
Night Moves - Colored Emotions
Nonpoint - Nonpoint
Old 97's - Too Far to Care (remastered and expanded)
One Direction - Live While We're Young
Onward To Olympas - Indicator
PAWS - Cokefloat!
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - Playlist: The Very Best of Wagoner & Parton
Portugal. The Man - The Majestic Majesty
Public Image Ltd. - Out of the Woods/Reggie
Quit Your DayJob - Sweden We Got a Problem
R.E.M. - Document (reissue) (vinyl)
Rhye - The Fall EP
Rick Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (Mobile Fidelity)
Rick Springfield - Songs For The End Of The World
Ringo Deathstarr - Mauve (vinyl)
Robert Glasper - Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP
Ronnie Fauss - I Am The Man You Know I'm Not
Royal Trux - Accelerator (reissue)
Shilohs - Private Lives/English Roads (7")
Spirit Of The Dead - Rumors Of A Presence
Starship - Playlist
Steve Miller Band - Brave New World (reissue)
Steve Miller Band - Children of the Future (reissue)
Steve Miller Band - Number 5 (reissue)
Steve Miller Band - Sailor (reissue)
Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace (reissue)
Supremes - I Hear a Symphony (reissue) (2 CDs)
Suzanne Vega - Close-Up 4: Songs of Family
Sylosis - Monolith
Taj Mahal - Playlist: The Very Best of Taj Mahal
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Texas In July - Texas In July
The Acacia Strain - Death Is The Only Mortal
The Birthday Massacre - Hide And Seek
The Cringe - Hiding In Plain Sight
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Jeremy/My Life is Wrong (7")
The Script - #3
The Shadows - Kon-Tiki 1958-1961
The Toasters - 30th Anniversary
The Wallflowers - Glad All Over
The Wanted - I Found You
Total Control - Scene From a Marriage (7")
Total Hate - Depopulating Planet Earth
Trash Talk - 119
Troubled Coast - Awake and Empty
Ty Segall - Twins
Undercroft - Ruins of Gomorrah
Various Artists - Best Of James Bond 50th Anniversary (2 CDs)
Various Artists - Garage Rock Hits
Various Artists - The Complete History Of Doo-Wop Vol 1
Various Artists -  Athens, Ga.: Inside Out (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is Awesome: Vol. 4
Various Artists - Electrospective
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1012 edition)
Voivod - Mechanical Mind (7"/Digital)
Wanda Jackson - Unfinished Business
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Playlist: The Very Best of Nelson & Jennings
Weapon - Embers and Revelations
Weezer - Weezer (reissue) (vinyl)
Who - Live in Texas 1975
Why? - Mumps, etc.
Woo - It's Cozy Inside
Xiu Xiu - The Air Force (reissue)
Xzibit - Napalm
Young Guru - Essentials Vol.1
Zodiac - Zodiac (EP)

 

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news from jack white and thirdmanrecords.com

JACK WHITE LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS DOUBLE LP

The LP for this quarter will be a double album recording of Jack's live show, and solo debut, at Third Man Records from our 3 Year Anniversary Party on March 8th of this year. LP one takes in the set with the band of all lovely ladies, The Peacocks, backing him up and LP two is the second set featuring The Buzzards. This is a fantastic and historical live document of Jack White and two fiery backing bands riding off the celebratory high spirits of the evening. The set took in classics from throughout Jack's career and showcased plenty of songs from Blunderbuss, which were heard for the first time that night for many. The LPs come housed in amazing packaging which will be a first for us... a Lenticular gatefold cover! For those of you who may not be well versed in multiple dimensions, the Lenticular cover will show two separate images, in one. What you see depends on how you hold the record or which angle you look at it. The LPs, of course, will be pressed on split color Black & Blue vinyl.

FREEDOM AT 21, LOVE INTERRUPTION, HYPOCRITICAL KISS DEMO 7"

The 7" for this package is very special indeed. Three Jack White bursts of inspiration captured in the moment only to be fleshed out in the studio later with a full backing band. These recordings were done on Jack's trusty field recorder, and give an intimate glimpse into his recording and songwriting process. The 7" of demos of Freedom At 21 B/W Love Interruption and Hypocritical Kiss will be pressed on signature Jack White Blunderblue vinyl.

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Machine Head Reissue

Deep Purple’s boxset of classic album 'Machine Head' is being released today, October 8th.  It is a comprehensive 5-disc set of the legendary LP and it includes multiple versions of the classic 1972
recording and a live album recorded in Paris 40 years ago.

CD1 - Machine Head original album 2012 remaster
CD2 - 1997 remix by Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover
CD3 - Original album in Quad SQ stereo (2012 remaster)
CD4 - In Concert '72 - 2012 Mix (recorded live at Paris Theatre, London on March 9, 1972)
DVD: 2012 high-resolution remaster and surround mix

The companion 60-page hardback book contains detailed essays from original bassist Roger Glover and Phil Alexander of Mojo magazine, along with a series of quotes, and an interview with photographer Didi Zill whose pictures embellish the book.

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PARADOX: 'Tales Of The Weird' Cover Artwork Unveiled 

German metallers PARADOX will release their new album, "Tales Of The Weird", on December 14 via AFM Records. The CD was produced by PARADOX mainman Charly Steinhauer and was mixed and mastered by Victor Bullok (a.k.a. V. Santura; TRIPTYKON, DARK FORTRESS) at Woodshed Studio in Landshut, Germany. The cover art was created by Claudio Bergamin.

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REVENGIA: New Album Details Revealed 

Swedish metallers REVENGIA have completed work on their new album, "Lake Of Fire", for an early 2013 release. The CD was mastered at Bohus Sound Studios by Dragan Tanaskovic.

Read more at Blabbermouth

















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articles of interest:

a vinyl pioneer passes away:

Howard H. Scott, a Developer of the LP, Dies at 92;








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Jimmy Page: 'I don't see another Led Zeppelin reunion happening' Guitarist dismisses the prospect of legendary band playing together again







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vinyl doing well in my home state!

30 years later, still selling vinyl

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vinyl lives in florida!

Daytona record store, Atlantic Sounds, marks 30th anniversary

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getting creative with vinyl down in new orleans:

Never Records, a temporary vinyl record recording studio and factory

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a vinyl record rebirth in arizona!

Eastside Records Returns to Tempe...Again

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vinyl doing well in kansas

Time Machine offers 1950-80s vinyl records

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Preview: Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival: Greatest Hits & All-Time Classics

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Fire Records Readies The Deluxe Edition Of Giant Giant Sand's "Tuscon" For November 27th

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The End Records Set To Release UK Post-Hardcore Vets Funeral For A Friend's 6th Studio Album

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Blur Continue Reunion Run

 

MusicRecordShop.com Mumford and Sons Vinyl Contest

New CVR Blog Sponsor Music Record Shop is offering a vinyl copy Mumford and Sons LP 'Babel' to a lucky reader.

The rules are simple, be the 17th email to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com  with the words "Music Record Shop Mumford and Sons Contest" in the subject line 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:

MUMFORD AND SONS - BABEL (VINYL) 2012

When Mumford & Sons entered the studio to commence work on their second album, Babel, in August of 2011, they never envisaged it would be to follow-up a debut record that had connected with so many music lovers from all different corners of the globe, and all the roads in-between. Their success is even something the four members struggle to trace. "It sort of just happened," Marcus Mumford has often mused to journalists. The earliest memories of the band performing together are within the close confines of a rehearsal room in Putney, and of last minute street-side jamming sessions on the pavement outside Bosun's Locker (a now defunct basement venue on Kings Road in London) ahead of a show. It was a scene already common to the band as musicians falling in and out of bands of each and every genre. Ben Lovett and Marcus were already working on songs together from their school days, but those songs didn't realise their full potential until Winston Marshall (armed with a banjo and dobro), and Ted Dwane (double bass, but with a penchant for being a multi-instrumental marvel) had learnt and lived those songs, given them new arrangements, and injected them with a real 'band' dynamic.

LABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS

VINYL RECORD - LP - SEALED

TRACK LISTING

1. Babel
2. Whispers In The Dark
3. I Will Wait
4. Holland Road
5. Ghosts That We Knew
6. Lover Of The Light
7. Lovers' Eyes
8. Reminder
9. Hopeless Wanderer
10. Broken Crown
11. Below My Feet
12. Not With Haste

Visit MusicRecordShop.com today!

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

these 'bond' themes seem to do well of the course of music history, we wonder how this one will

Adele Releases New Bond Theme Song

On Friday, Adele released “Skyfall,” a haunting theme song she co-wrote and sang for the new James Bond movie of the same name.  Within hours it was in the Top 3 on the iTunes singles chart, rivaling Taylor Swift’s “Red” and PSY’s K-pop hit “Gangnam Style.”

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Sondre Lerche Limited Edition Vinyl Available

Sondre Lerche continues his 30th birthday celebration with the limited edition vinyl pressings of his first four albums: 'Faces Down,' 'Two Way Monologue,' 'Duper Sessions' and 'Phantom Punch.'  All four albums that include bonus tracks and outtakes were released earlier this week on sondrelerche.com.











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APOLOKIA To Release Debut Album In February

APOLOKIA, Italy's "most controversial, nihilist and hateful black metal band," will release its long-awaited debut album, "Kathaarian Vortex", on February 11, 2013 via My Kingdom Music.

Read the rest at Blabbermouth

















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from burningshed.com

Porcupine Tree - Octane Twisted (2CD + bonus DVD preorder)

Porcupine Tree's live double CD release Octane Twisted features The Incident in its entirety, recorded in Chicago.  The second CD contains highlights from the band's landmark show at Royal Albert Hall.  This special edition of Octane Twisted includes a bonus DVD video of The Incident performed live in Chicago.

The past year has been a busy period for the various members of Porcupine Tree. Steven Wilson is currently gathering rave reviews for his solo records and accompanying tours and also embarked on a rare tour with No-Man, Richard Barbieri has released an acclaimed album with Steve Hogarth from Marillion, Gavin Harrison has continued is successful partnership with 05Ric and Colin Edwin has being working on a solo record along with a new album from his Metallic Taste of Blood project.

Despite all this activity, fans of the band have still been clamouring for a new Porcupine Tree release. This wait ends on November 19th with the release of Octane Twisted¸ a double disc live set recorded during the tour that supported The Incident, the band's most recent album.

The Incident went top 30 in both the UK and USA, and the world tour climaxed with sold out shows at Royal Albert Hall in London and Radio City Music Hall in New York.

The album marked another step forward in the incredible journey of the band from a solo studio project created by Steven Wilson in the late eighties to a grammy nominated act and one of the world's most revered live bands.

Octane Twisted features the album in its entirety recorded in Chicago. The second CD contains highlights from the band's landmark show at Royal Albert Hall.

This special edition of Octane Twisted include a bonus DVD video of the Chicago show.

Pre-order now for 19th November release date

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from our friends at www.relapse.com

Horseback - Impale Golden Horn LP10/16/12   LP

The vinyl debut of this amazing release! 649 Hand numbered copies on 140 Gram Dutch vinyl! Silk screened multicolor jacket and art by Dennis Forkas Kostromitin!

Order from Relapse










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from our friends at polyvinylrecords.com

Pre-Order of Montreal Daughter of Cloud CD/2xLP+Instant MP3

Daughter of Cloud compiles 17 of Montreal songs ranging from the Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?-era to the present.   Ten of the album's tracks are previously unreleased, with the other seven having been originally issued on rare, out-print, or limited edition CDs and 7"s.  Pre-order the album now in any of the following ways and receive an INSTANT full-album MP3 download at checkout:

CD
180-gram Black 2xLP
T-Shirt+MP3 (new design by Nina Barnes)
Bundles with T-Shirt + CD or Black 2xLP
Pre-orders ship Oct. 12. In stores Oct. 23.


of Montreal Daughter of Cloud CD / 2xLP+MP3 / T-Shirt

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Pre-Order Saturday Looks Good to Me Sunglasses 7"+MP3

Michigan pop band Saturday Looks Good To Me re-emerges with Sunglasses, the first new material the band has issued since its 2008 disappearance.  Limited edition of 500 on clear blue vinyl.  Pre-order now and receive an INSTANT full-album MP3 download at checkout.

Pre-orders ship Oct. 29. In stores Nov 6.


Saturday Looks Good to Me Sunglasses 7"+Instant MP3






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The Jam Super Deluxe Box Set Of The Gift To Be Released November 19th













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A fantastic look at the vinyl world.

POZ Perspective: Why Your Vinyl Is Not At Your Doorstep (Part I)








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Cool story for any vinyl record lover!

Beatles for sale: The vinyl underground in the USSR








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The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Collage for Sale













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cool!

'Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival' 3-CD Set Coming On Fantasy/Concord













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Indie Record Store CD And Vinyl Sales Charts: 9-30-12

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Big Dipper to shake off the rust and release their first new LP in two decades


 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Fans Can Vote For 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees


For the first time in its history, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will offer fans the opportunity to officially participate in the induction selection process. Beginning today and continuing through December 5th, the public can cast votes for who they believe to be most deserving of induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The top five artists, as selected by the public, will comprise a "fans’ ballot" that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2013 inductees.

Here is a list of the nominees:





Albert King (Eligible since 1988 - First nomination)

Chic (Eligible since 2003 - Seventh nomination (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013))

Deep Purple (Eligible since 1994 - First nomination)

Donna Summer (Eligible since 2000 - Fifth nomination (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

Heart (Eligible since 2002 - Second nomination (2012, 2013)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (Eligible since 2006 - First nomination)

Kraftwerk (Eligible since 1996 - Second nomination (2003, 2013)

Marvelettes (Eligible since 1987 - First nomination)

Meters (Eligible since 1995 - First nomination)

N.W.A. (First year eligible)

Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Eligible since 1989 - First nomination)

Procol Harum (Eligible since 1993 - First nomination)

Public Enemy (First year eligible)

Randy Newman (Eligible since 1990 - Second nomination (2005, 2013)

Rush (Eligible since 1999 - First nomination)

You can vote at RockHall.com

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Smashing Pumpkins 'Mellon Collie' Reissue On Vinyl

The Smashing Pumpkins' career-defining 1995 double LP 'Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness' has earned Diamond certification by the RIAA for sales of 10,000,000 discs and digital equivalent per disc (5 million copies of the double album). They also benefit from Emi Music's extensive reissue campaign honoring their legacy with a vinyl resissue. It drops December 3 in North America and December 4 internationally.

Vinyl Package

• 4LP (180gram), Original album remastered for first time, 28 tracks
• Remastered vinyl features the original record spread out over 8 sides (4 LPS) for the first time to ensure the optimum sound
•  MCIS never before released on vinyl in the US (original vinyl previously released in the UK)
•  Housed in 12x12 rigid slipcase with 2 books containing personal notes, new collage artwork, lyrics and more.

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Rare Vinyl and Memorabilia at Annual WHFR Record Show

It's called the WHFR Record Show, but this fifth annual event at Henry Ford Community College features more than just vinyl records. A social event for collectors and music lovers, the show draws vendors selling and trading CDs, videos and music and pop-culture memorabilia.

Read more about it at The Detroit News

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Fela’s Vinyl Box Set For Release

As activities to celebrate the life of the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti gather momentum, Knitting Factory Records is set to release the second of the long-awaited vinyl re-issues from the FELA KUTI catalog.

The brand new Vinyl Box Set, Showbiz Trends was curated by Fela’s friend and collaborator, Ginger Baker, and it will hit the streets on October 9th. The box contains six albums chosen by Baker, a frequent Fela collaborator. They are 'Live with Ginger Baker' (1971), 'Roforofo Fight' (1972), 'Confusion' (1974),' Alagbon Close' (1974), 'He Miss Road' (1975) and 'Na Poi' (1976).

Also to be included in the box will be 12-page full-colour booklet with an essay by Baker and album descriptions by the veteran British music journalist, Chris May

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The Replacements Reunite For EP

The Replacements' Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson recently reunited to record a four-song EP to help pay guitarist Slim Dunlap's medical bills. The singer and bassist spent a day in a Minneapolis studio late last month to cut four cover songs that will be released as a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl.

250 copies of the EP will be auctioned online and the proceeds will be donated to Slim Dunlap, The Replacements' guitarist from 1987 to 1991, who had a severe stroke in February this year.

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album cover art of the day

Dabelyu Reveal Album Cover Art

Dabelyu, Spanish hard metallers have recently released the album cover art for their debut album. The album is called '11' and contains eleven tracks of authentic and genuine alternative metal with spanish lyrics.




















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WARLORD's 'Lost And Lonely Days / Aliens' To Be Reissued

Following the worldwide re-release of WARLORD's classic "Deliver Us" album, the Sons of A Dream Music label has announced that the band's "Lost And Lonely Days / Aliens" EP from 1984 will also receive the same remastering treatment and will be available worldwide from iTunes and AmazonMP3 on October 20. A CDand vinyl reissue will follow at a later date.

Read more at Blabbermouth

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT To Guest On 'Rockline'

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT's Eric Bloom and Donald "Buck" Dharma will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, October 31 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with BLUE ÖYSTER CULT by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625).

Read more at Blabbermouth

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album cover art of the day, part two

Trapt Reveal New Album Title, Cover Art, Release Date

California rockers Trapt have announced they'll be releasing their fifth studio album, Reborn, on Nov. 20. The record will be hitting stores via Epochal Artist Records and distributed via EMI Label Services and will be available in a standard version as well as a deluxe edition which will feature five acoustic songs from Reborn as well as the never before released fan-favorite "Avelyn."

Get the rest of the story at .noisecreep.com















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The Mohawk Lodge Announce Release Date for New LP

The Mohawk Lodge will be launching their much anticipated new album Damaged Goods on October 23rd. Damaged Goods will be released on 180-gram vinyl and digitally. The album is available for pre-orders now.

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articles of interest:

if you love album cover art, this is neat!

Bob Egan's 'Popspots' Returns Classic Pop Album Covers To Their Original Locations















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near pittsburg, owning a record store is about adapting


Still Spinning: 720 Records in Lawrenceville has vinyl and more

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inspiring story, well worth the read!

For the record: Music fan builds an archive of old record label









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The Vinyl Closet in North Wales keeps feel, sound of records alive

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for shits and giggles:

John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John's Cheesy New Album Cover!














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wonderful post at loudwire and the story behind the cover art!

Hooded Menace ‘Effigies of Evil’ Album Artist Goes in Depth on Creating Stunning Cover



















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GRIMEYS BEST SELLERS 9/24 - 9/30, 2012

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel
2. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
3. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
4. Grizzly Bear - Shields
5. Fox Fun - Squawk 7"
6. The Killers - Battle Born
7. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
8. The xx - Coexist
9. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
10. Jamey Johnson - Living For A Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran
11. David Byrne & St Vincent - Love This Giant
12. Ben Folds Five - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind
13. Dinosaur Jr - I Bet On Sky
14. Yo La Tengo - Stupid Things 12"
15. The Wallflowers - Glad All Over
16. Woods - Bend Beyond
17. Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
18. Joe Strummer - Rock Art & The X-Ray Style
19. Luella & The Sun - Luella & The Sun 10"
20. Band Of Horses - Mirage Rock
21. Bob Dylan - Tempest
22. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Never Is A Long Time 7"
24. Green Day - Uno
25. JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers