New Vinyl Record & Music Releases - January 22, 2013

A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP (vinyl)
Aaron Neville - My True Story
Adam Ant - Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying The Gunners Daughter
Alasdair Roberts and Friends - Wonder Working Stone
Arbouretum - Coming Out of the Fog
At the Drive-In - Vaya (vinyl)
Bad Religion - True North
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up (vinyl)
Billy Joel - She’s Got a Way: Love Songs
Blockheads - This World Is Dead
Blood Red Shoes - Water (EP)
Blue Hawaii - Untogether
Blue Sky Riders - Finally Home
Brokeback - Brokeback and the Black Rock
Camper Van Beethoven - La Costa Perdida
Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back To Life (25th anniversary) (vinyl)
Carrie Rodriguez - Give Me All You Got
Chickenfoot - I + III + LV (box set)
Continents - Idle Hands
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind (vinyl)
Daniel Romero - Come Cry with Me
Darius Rucker - True Believers
dead prez - Information Age
Deftones - Koi No Yoka (vinyl)
Dynasty - Beyond Measure
Elton John - Rock of the Westies (1975) (remastered)
Esben And The Witch - Wash The Sins Not Only The Face
Everything Everything - Arc
Ex Cops - True Hallucinations
FIDLAR - FIDLAR
Fall City Fall - Victus
FaltyDL - Hardcourage
Flamingods - Sun
For All I Am - Skinwalker
Four Seasons - Gold Vault of Hits
Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Gary Allan - Set You Free
Gliss - Langsom Dans
Guided By Voices - Down By the Racetrack
Helloween - Straight Out of Hell: Premium Edition
Hilly Eye - Reasons To Live
Holy Grail - Ride The Void
I Am Kloot - Let It All In
In Solitude - In Solitude (reissue)
Jeff Beck & Big Town Playboys - Crazy Legs
Jenn Grant - Beautiful Wild
Jonathan Richman - Fiesta Es Para Todos/La Guitarra Flamenca Negra (vinyl)
Jucifer - Nadir (vinyl)
Kate Boy - Northern Lights (EP)
Koldbrann - Vertigo
Kromosom - Live Forever
Lightning Swords of Death - Baphometic Chaosium
Lone Bellow - Lone Bellow
Love & Death - Between Here And Lost
Mallery Knox - Signals
Mountains - Centralia
Mumford and Sons - The Road to Red Rocks (DVD/Blu-Ray)
Nails - Obscene Humanity (7")
New Order - Lost Sirens (vinyl)
Nightlands - Oak Island
Nosaj Thing - Home
Otep - Hydra
Petra Haden - Petra Goes to the Movies
Pillowfight - Pillowfight
Poppy Ackroyd - Escapement
RZA - The Man With the Iron Fists (soundtrack) (vinyl)
Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love
Randy Houser - How Country Feels
Renny Wilson - Sugarglider
Revenge - Hymns Of Annihilation
Rotten Sound - Species At War
Say Anything - All My Friends Are Enemies: The Early Raritie
Septicflesh - A Fallen Temple (reissue)
Septicflesh - Esoptron (reissue)
Septicflesh - Mystic Places Of Dawn (reissue)
Septicflesh - Ophidian Wheel (reissue)
Septicflesh - Revolution DNA (reissue)
Shugo Tokumaru - In Focus
Snowden - No One In Control
Speck Mountain - Badwater
Stellar Revival - Love, Lust and Bad Company
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (reissue) (vinyl)
Steve Lukather - Transition
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal (vinyl)
The Blackout - Start The Party
The Children's Hour - SOS JFK (reissue)
The Growlers - Hung at Heart
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Barbed Wire Kisses (B-sides and more) (vinyl) (reissue)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Sound of Speed (vinyl) (reissue)
The Joy Formidable - Wolf’s Law
The Last Stand - The Time Is Now
The Night Marchers - Allez Allez
The Paper Chase - God Bless Your Black Heart (reissue) (vinyl)
The Paper Chase - Now You Are One of Us (reissue) (vinyl)
The Pogues - The Very Best of the Pogues
The Secret - Agnus Dei (vinyl)
The Traditional Fools - The Traditional Fools  (reissue)
The Used - Vulnerable II
The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows (reissue) (vinyl)
This Town Needs Guns - 13.0.0.0.0
Toro y Moi - Anything In Return
Touche Amore/Pianos Become The Teeth - Split (7")
Trapt - Reborn
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - Reverse Shark Attack (reissue)
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - Wild Child
Various Artists - Dual Form
Various Artists - 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief
Various Artists - 2013 GRAMMY Nominees
Villagers - Awayland
Voivod - Target Earth
Wartorn - Iconic Nightmare
Wave Machines - Wave Machines
Widowspeak - Almanac

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

SoundStageDirect.com Contest Winners

We have our winners in the SoundStageDirect.com "In The Groove" record cleaning contest.  Thanks to all who have entered and I certainly hope to add more contests in the coming months.

The winners are Chris C. from Washington IL and Shawn S. from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Look for my review of the product coming soon!

Thanks to all who entered and continue to stop by the CVR blog, I am humbled and amazed that more than 1 million people have stopped by!

Five Classic Genesis Albums to be Reissued in Audiophile Vinyl Format

Each reissue is available for pre-order at  SoundStageDirect





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New Linking Partner VinylDig.com

We are adding a new vinyl friend to our interesting links and blogging buddies, check out the new site at www.vinyldig.com

The online home for Vinyl Record collectors.....

VINYLDIG.COM is an auction website created to provide an online record sales community for vinyl record collectors from the casual fan to the dedicated audiophile. Our goal with this website is to start small, and build it to the #1 community of vinyl record enthusiasts.

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this from our friends at Sundazed.com

The Kustom Kings (1964)

Kustom City U.S.A. LP

Long lost hot-rod classic featuring bruce johnston

180 gram vinyl

(This item will ship to arrive to you by our street date of January 29)

 Prior to becoming a full-time Beach Boy and well before he wrote the song that made the whole world sing, Bruce Johnston was a key member of the West Coast music scene. In 1959, while still in high school, Johnston played piano on friend Sandy Nelson's hit single, "Teenbeat." This opportunity kicked off an incredibly prolific period for the young musician. Johnston recorded under his own name as well as many group names, playing with the cream of the California session personnel, The Wrecking Crew. He also made records with his friend Terry Melcher until Melcher moved on to pursue record producing full time. Johnston was producing as well but saw no reason to stop his musical pursuits. Songwriter, vocalist, producer, session musician—if the surf and hot rod scene had a renaissance man, surely it was Bruce Johnston.

By 1964, Johnston was already a proven veteran. Following up the success of The Rip Chords collaboration with Melcher and its hit single "Hey Little Cobra," Johnston revved up The Kustom Kings. With a mission statement "to present the most authentic hot rod album on the market," the Kustom City U.S.A. album brought together an all-star team. Bruce Johnston wrote and co-wrote much of the LP's material, as did producer/arranger/saxophonist Steve Douglas. Rounding out the band were guitarists Tommy Tedesco and Glen Campbell, Ray Pohlmann on bass, Jay Migliori on second sax and Hal Blaine on drums—WOW! For added authenticity, car designer George Barris, "THE KING OF THE KUSTOMIZERS," jumped on board as a special adviser. He, along with several of his rolling works of art, is pictured on the album's artwork. Looking at the full-color front cover slick, you can practically smell the burning rubber and fresh coats of paint!

The too-cool visuals are just a bonus, however, because the REAL story is the music! A hi-octane mix of vocal tracks and charging instrumentals, there is not a second of filler to be found among the twelve tracks. Tedesco and Campbell lock in gripping guitar duels while Douglas and Migliori wail over the timing belt beat of Blaine and Pohlmann. Johnston contributes superb vocal and piano work and together, the Kustom Kings jam the accelerator down to floorboard! An album this magnificent should have ruled the charts, but things were moving quickly in 1964 and the public's attention soon turned elsewhere. Through the ensuing years, word of Kustom City U.S.A. and its brilliance spread through the collector scene, with copies of the LP changing hands for considerable sums. And now, just when you thought the tank was on E, Sundazed roars in with a maniacally marvelous reissue! Sourced from the original stereo masters, Kustom City, U.S.A. has been tuned up and restored to showroom condition.

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from our friends at Relapse.com

Relapse Top Ten Best Sellers

1.  Death - Individual Thought Patterns (3CD Deluxe Reissue)
2.  Baroness - Yellow & Green Deluxe Digi Book 2xCD
3.  Baroness - Yellow & Green Deluxe Hardbound Book 2xLP (Yellow - Opaque)
4.  Death - Spiritual Healing (3CD Deluxe Reissue)
5.  Pig Destroyer - Book Burner Deluxe 2xCD Edition
6.  Baroness - Yellow & Green Standard 2xLP (Yellow A/B Green D/C)
7.  Pig Destroyer - Book Burner Deluxe 2xLP Deluxe Edition (Deep Blue)
8.  Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme CD (Limited Deluxe)
9.  Baroness - Yellow & Green 2xCD
10.  Death - Human (3CD Deluxe Reissue)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

this from our friends at SoundStageDirect.com

This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd - by Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
3. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
4. MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
5. August And Everything After - Counting Crows
6. Revolver - Beatles
7. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
8.  Abbey Road - Beatles
9  The Wall - Pink Floyd
10. The Doors -  Doors


New Releases & Featured Vinyl Records

 Aja by Steely Dan
 Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
 Rega RP1 Turntable w/ Performance Pack (White) by Rega
 The Allman Brothers Band by The Allman Brothers Band
 Where Are You? by Frank Sinatra
 In The Groove Vinyl Record Cleaner by In The Groove
 Crazy Horse by Crazy Horse
 Morning View by Incubus
 Celebration Day (Pre-Order) by Led Zeppelin

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Our friend in vinyl Seth from SoundStageDirect has offered to help celebrate the CVR blog going over 1 million page views and I have two In The Groove record cleaning rollers to give away.  So, the 4th and the 5th email to this email address (rbenson30@wi.rr.com) with the words "SoundStageDirect" in the subject line will win an In The Groove record cleaner for their very own.  Limit one entry per email address!  Enter today!

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this from MusicOnVinyl.com

Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes

Release Date 1-21-2013

The Ronettes were a '60s girl group from New York City featuring the sisters Veronica and Estelle Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley. Produced by world famous Wall Of Sound inventor Phil Spector, their legacy include all time favourites like "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You", "(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up" and "Walking in the Rain", the latter winning a Grammy award in 1965. Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes (featuring Veronica) is the girl group's only studio album, and received a place in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. The group were even inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2004.

 ■180 gram audiophile vinyl

Tracklisting:
Side 1
1    Walking In The Rain
2    Do I Love You?
3    So Young
4    (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up
5    I Wonder
6    What'd I Say?

Side 2
1    Be My Baby
2    You, Baby
3    Baby, I Love You
4    How Does It Feel?
5    When I Saw You
6    Chapel Of Love

Order your copy today HERE

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album cover art of the day:

Delusions Of Grandeur Reveals "Efficacy" Album Artwork

Pittsburgh outfit Delusions of Grandeur have revealed the album cover art for their new effort called 'Efficacy.'  The cover art is by Mathieu Rouland.

















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more interesting album cover art!:

CEREMONIAL OATH: 'The Book Of Truth' 20th-Anniversary Reissue Detailed

CEREMONIAL OATH, Sweden's pioneers of twisted melodic death metal, will release their legendary debut album, "The Book Of Truth", as a deluxe 20th-anniversary version on January 28 through Century Media Records.

The deluxe 2LP version includes an LP-size booklet with the same content as the CD booklet as well as 180-gram vinyls, gatefold sleeve and black inner sleeves.

Read the rest at Blabbermouth












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CALL OF THE VOID: New Album Details Revealed












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Ozzy Osbourne Suffers Injuries in House Fire







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Group of Artists To Rerecord Beatles' Please Please Me Album in Marathon Session











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Stephen Stills ‘Carry On’ Box Set to Feature 50 Years of Music, 25 Unreleased Songs











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Replacements Reunite, Release Limited Vinyl Records to Raise Funds for Former Guitarist Slim Dunlop







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Tompkins Square To Reissue Lena Hughs' "Queen Of The Flat-Top Guitar"

New Music Releases ~ February 2013

February looks like another fantastic month of new music and reissues, check out these releases!!

February 5th:

5 Star - Five Star
5 Star - Shine
ardvarks - Sinker Line & Hook: Anthology 1987 - 1999
Acrimonious - Sunyata
Al Green - Love Songs Collection
Amateur Best - No Thrills
Ancient VVisdom - Deathlike
Azteca - Azteca
Azteca - Pyramid of the Moon
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - BTO / BTO II (remastered) (2 CDs)
Barbra Streisand - Classical Barbra
Billy Paul - Going East
Bjork - Bastards (vinyl)
Boats - Cannonballs
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (reissue) (vinyl)
Bob Welch - Three Hearts
Chris Stamey - Lovesick Blues
Coheed and Cambria - The Aftermath: Descension
Companion - Companion
Cy Dune - Recognize
Cyclopean - Cyclopean
Darkstar - News from Nowhere
Deep Purple - Slaves and Masters: The Deluxe Edition
Defeated Sanity - Passages Into Deformity
Dog Bite - Velvet Changes
Dr. Hook - Rising / Players in the Dark
Eels - Wonderful, Glorious
Elephant Stone - Elephant Stone
Endezzma - Erotik Nekrosis
Feeding People - Island Universe
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
Funeral For A Friend - Conduit
Girlschool - Bronze Years
Greg Porn - Amerikin Junkie
Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat
Guards - In Guards We Trust
Hanging Garden - At Every Door
Harry Connick, Jr. - Smokey Mary
Hate - Solarflesh
Haunted Hearts - Something That Feels Bad Is Something That Feels Good/House of Lords (7")
Hayden - Us Alone
Holly Williams - The Highway
Jim James - Regions Of Light And Sound Of God
Joe Budden - No Love Lost
Josh Groban - All That Echoes
Kim Carnes - Barking At Airplanes
Kim Carnes - Lighthouse
Ladyfinger -  Errant Forms
Lisa Loeb - No Fairy Tale
Little Wings - LAST
Marianne Faithfull - Authentic Hip Hop
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
Martha Davis - Policy
Marty Balin - Balin / Lucky
Matt Pond - The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand Out
Misfits - D e a.d. A l i v e!
Night Beds - Country Sleep
Pacal Pinon - Twosomeness
Richard Thompson - Electric
Rings of Saturn - Dingir
Ron Sexsmith - Forever Endeavour
Roxy Music - The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 (box set)
Seeds - A Web of Sound
Sigur Rós - Valtari Mystery Film Project
Silverstein - This Is How The Wind Shifts
Spinto Band - Cool Cocoon
Steve Lukeather - Transition
Taj Mahal - Complete Columbia Albums Collection
Terry Allen - Bottom of the World
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - We The Common
The Bronx - The Bronx IV
The Shilohs - So Wild
The Spinto Band - Cool Cocoon
Thomas D’Arcy - What We Want
Those Who Fear - Unholy Anger
Tim McGraw - Two Lanes of Freedom
Tony Bennett - As Time Goes By: Great American Songbook Classics
Townes Van Zandt - Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971 1972
Tyrone Davis - In the Mood
UFO - Strangers in the Night - Expanded (vinyl)
UUVVWWZ - the trusted language
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
West, Bruce & Laing - Live 'N' Kickin'
West, Bruce & Laing - Whatever Turns You On


February 12th:

Allman Brothers Band - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 5/11/77 (2 CDs)
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Belinda Carlisle - Icon
Blackfeet Braves - Blackfeet Braves
Booker T. Jones - Evergreen
Bryan Ferry Orchestra - The Jazz Age
Bullet For My Valentine - Temper Temper
Cancer Bats - Dead Set on Living (deluxe edition)
Cappadonna - Eyrth, Wynd & Fyre 
Conny Plank - Who’s That Man (box set)
Darwin Deez - Songs For Imaginative People
Elephant Stone - Elephant Stone
Elvin Bishop - She Puts Me in the Mood
Fear of Men - Early Fragments
Foals - Holy Fire
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (2 LPs) (remastered)
George Jones - The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
Hollerado - White Paint
Jacco Gardner - Cabinet of Curiosities
Jerry Garcia - Garcia Live Volume 1: Capitol Theatre (3 CDs)
Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye/There Must Be M
Joe Cocker - Fire It Up 
Justin Rutledge - Valleyheart
L.L. Cool - J Authentic Hip Hop
Lisa Germano - no elephants 
Maston - Shadows
Matt Costa - Matt Costa
Merle Haggard - The Complete '60s Capitol Singles
Millionyoung - Variable
Mother Mother - The Sticks
Nataly Dawn - How I Knew Her
Otis Taylor - My World Is Gone
PVT - Homosapien
Pat Metheny - The Orchestrion
Peter Brown - Back To The Front: Expanded Edition
Peter Brown - Snap: Expanded Edition
Pissed Jeans - Honeys
Salva - Odd Furniture (EP)
Texas Is The Reason - Do You Know Who You Are?: The Complete Collection
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra - The Jazz Age
The Deer Tracks - The Archer Trilogy 3
The Lewis Connection - The Lewis Connection (reissue)
The Little Ones - The Dawn Sang Along
The March Divide - Music for Film
The Stone Foxes - Small Fires
Ulrich Schnauss - A Long Way to Fall
Unifier - Colorado
Various Artists - Reason to Believe - The Songs of Tim Hardin
Veronica Falls - Waiting for Something To Happen
Vessels - Black Teeth
Wanda Jackson - The Best Of the Classic Capitol Singles


February 19th:

5 Star - Remix Anthology: Remixes 1984 - 1991
Anders & Kendall - Wild Chorus
Apparat - Krieg und Frieden
Atlas Genius - When It Was Now
Baptist - Bushcraft
Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth
bentcousin - Everybody’s Got One
Big Wreck - Albatross
Bobby Long - Wishbone
Bobby Rush - Down in Louisiana
Brilliant Corners - Heart on Your Sleeve: Decade in Pop 1983 - 1993
Buckcherry - Confessions
Campfires - Tomorrow, Tomorrow
Complete Failure - The Art Gospel Of Aggravated Assault
Dan Friel - Total Folklore
Data Romance - Other
Dave Edmunds - Subtle As a Flying Mallet
Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy - What the Brothers Sang
Death Wolf - II: Black Armoured Death
Devourment - Conceived In Sewage
Eat Skull - III
Eight Bells - The Captain's Daughter
Flume - Flume
Goldflesh - Hymns (reissue)
Gwen Guthrie - Good to Go Lover
Herb Alpert - Fandango
Herbert Gröenemeyer - I Walk
Hrvrd - The Bird's Cage
Iceage - You're Nothing
Inc. - No World
Jamie Lidell - Jamie Lidell
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - In A World of Mallets
Jerry Garcia - Garcia Live 1: Capitol Theater
Johnny Crawford - The Complete Hits Of Johnny Crawford
Kongh - Sole Creation
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Ripley Pine
Lecherous Nocturne - Behold Almighty Doctrine
Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being II
Lusine - The Waiting Room
Major Lazer - Free the Universe
Mark Kozelek - Like Rats
Mark Kozelek - Live at Phoenix Public House Melbourne
Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds
Maxmillion Dunbar - House of Woo 
Misery Index - Live in Munich
Mitzi - Truly Alive 
Molly Hatchett - Live at Rockpalast
Motorhead - Catch Scratch Fewer
My Gold Mask - Leave Me Midnight
Natasha Kmeto - Dirty Mind Melt (EP)  
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
Parenthetical Girls - Privilege
Psychic Ills - One Track Mind
Puscifer - Donkey Punch the Night
Robben Ford - Bringing It Back Home
Robin Trower - Roots & Branches
STRFKR - Miracle Mile
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside - Untamed Beast
Satellite - Calling-Birds
Sergenti - Saal
Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond The Sun
Skineater - Dermal Harvest
Spektr - Cypher
Suffocation - Pinnacle of Bedlam
Superchunk - I Hate History/Glue (7")
The Howling Hex - The Best of Howling Hex
Tim Chaisson - The Other Side
Toy Love - Toy Love (reissue)
Two Hour Traffic - Foolish Blood
Ulcer - Grant Us Death
Various Artists - A Concert For Kirsty MacColl
Various Artists - Complete Pop Instrumental Hits Of The Sixties, Volume 3 - 1962
Various Artists - Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
Yacht Club - A Little Messed Up/Fail to Cry (7")


February 26th:

50 Cent - Street King Immortal
Alcoa - Bone & Marrow
Alice Russell - To Dust
Apparitions - Kiss Me Sleeping
Atoms For Peace - AMOK
Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety
Bear Ceuse - Don Domestique
Boy - Mutual Friends
Braid/Balance and Composure - Split (EP)
Bret Michaels - Good Songs & Great Friends
Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys - The Street Giveth...And The Street Taketh Away
Corrosion of Conformity - Corrosion of Conformity
Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
Doldrums - Lesser Evil
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon
Fanny - Fanny
Freddie King - The Complete King Federal Singles
Girl Names - The New Life
Gold Fields - Black Sun
Golden Grrrls - Golden Grrrls
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Vol. 25 - 5/10/78 New Haven, CT, 5/11/78 Springfield, MA (4 CD set)
Grave Babies - Crusher
Greg Lake - Songs of a Lifetime
Hello People - Fusion
Jeff Healey - House on Fire: Demos & Rarities
Joan Armatrading - Starlight
Johnny Marr - The Messenger
Justin Hayward - Spirits Of The Western Sky
KMFDM - Kunst
Kavinsky - Outrun
Metal Mother - Ionika
Mister Lies - Mowgli
Mount Moriah - Miracle Temple
Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye
Pearl Necklace - Soft Opening 
Player - Baby Come Back
Plumb - Need You Now
Popstrangers - Antipodes
Rod McKuen - Listen to the Warm: Deluxe Edition
Rod McKuen - Sold Out at Carnegie Hall: Deluxe Edition
Sally Shapiro - Somewhere Else
Saxon - Sacrifice
Shout Out Louds - Optica
The Mavericks - In Time
The Sharp Things - Green Is Good
Various Cruelties - Various Cruelties
Woodpigeon - Thumbtacks + Glue

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Music History - January 16th:

highlights:

In 1957, in New Orleans, Little Richard recorded "Lucille."

In 1972, David Seville, (real name: Ross Bagdasarian) who provided the voices of TV cartoon characters the Chipmunks, died just days short of his 53rd birthday.

In 1992, Eric Clapton recorded his unplugged session, that included an acoustic version of "Layla," for MTV.

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some lovely picture discs coming!

2013: Cannibal Corpse Celebrates 25 Years Of Brutal Death Metal!

Special Anniversary Logo, Picture Disc a Month, and North American Headline Tour to be Announced Shortly!

2013 marks death metal juggernauts, CANNIBAL CORPSE’S 25th year as a band and CANNIBAL is going to celebrate it all year long! The logo has been updated to reflect the monumental occasion and will be used on all things CANNIBAL, from merch to packaging, throughout 2013. There is also a box set in the works for the most extreme CANNIBAL CORPSE fan, which is expected to drop in March – details coming soon!

In addition to the updated logo only being used this year and the box set, Metal Blade Records will be releasing one picture disc a month from the band’s expansive catalog (Eaten Back to Life, Butchered at Birth, Tomb of the Mutilated, The Bleeding, Vile, Gallery of Suicide, Bloodthirst, Gore Obsessed, The Wretched Spawn, KILL, Evisceration Plague, Torture). A total of 12 pictures discs will be released, covering all of the band’s full-length studio albums, some of which have never been released on picture disc. The first picture disc available for preorder is Eaten Back to Life, which was released August 17, 1990, and can be found HERE. Check back each month to get a glimpse of the next picture disc available for preorder.

Stay tuned to MetalBlade.com and Facebook.com/CannibalCorpse for news on a full North American headline tour featuring one of the best death metal lineups a fan could ever ask for.

CANNIBAL CORPSE’S latest release, Torture, landed the band at #38 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart upon its first week of release, making it the highest debut in CANNIBAL CORPSE history! Torture landed at #7 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #4 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart and #32 Billboard Top Current Albums Chart. Produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan, Torture continues to reap critical accolades from critics and fans around the globe and is yet another testament to CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s permanent allegiance to shrewdly arranged, pile-driving death metal madness.

Go to www.jsrdirect/bands/cannibalcorpse to check out all the new merch and collectable items available from the band.
 
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nice little vinyl story out of the great state of ohio

Canton's mainstay for used records









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in california, it's all about crate digging!

Vintage vinyl record shop finds its 'Groove' in Fremont's Niles district

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this out of the uk:

Classical vinyl: what goes around comes around






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this is cool art work:

HATEFX: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed



















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more cool album cover art!

Skeletal Spectre Reveals Album Cover Art

The band had this to say about the release:  "Finally, here is the finished cover artwork for the upcoming 3rd Skeletal Spectre album, titled 'Voodoo Dawn,' due out in early 2013 from Pulverised Records! Artwork by: Adam Geyer."














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this from grimeys.com

GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 1/07 - 1/13, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:

1. D. Watusi - Dark Party
2. Mumford & Sons - Babel
3. JEFF The Brotherhood - Castle Storm
4. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
5. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
6. Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio
7. Crystal Castles - III
8. Jessica Pratt - Jessica Pratt
9. Jonny Corndawg - Dad Country Rejects 7"
10. The Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone
11. Grizzly Bear - Shields
12. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
13. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
14. Ex-Cult - Ex-Cult
15. Tame Impala - Lonerism
16. Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
17. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights expanded reissue
18. Incubus - Make Yourself
19. Of Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal
20. The National - High Violet
21. Radiohead - In Rainbows
22. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
23. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
24. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
25. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans

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this out of St. Louis:

Vinyl Record Sales Soaring (we know, we know!!)



 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 14, 2013

DEAR JERRY: My New Year's resolution is to look into selling a collection of classical records left to me by my father.

A military man, he was stationed in Europe in the 1960s, and many of these he bought while there.

Last summer you provided a list of valuable soundtracks, and I'm hoping you might do something similar in the classical field.

It would give me a clue as to what some of the most desirable ones are. We might even have one.
—Sonja Frisbee, Troy, Mich.

DEAR SONJA: Hoping didn't hurt, but it's your letter that brought results.

To keep things current, I will only include classical records sold during the fourth quarter of 2012.

All are original issues, but remember there are innumerable reissues of 1950s and '60s albums, some being difficult to identify as such.

For this report, we document 13 near-mint condition sales of $2,000 or more, sorted into four price groups:

Over $8,000: MOZART A PARIS (1956)
Boxed, seven-disc set (Pathe DTX 191/192/193/194/195/196/197)
Comprehensive collection of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart compositions (1763-1778), by various performers
Made in France
Most sales of this set were closer to $8,000, but in one recent auction, the winner paid $10,600

$6,000 - $8,000: BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO (1959)
Leonid Kogan performs Beethoven with Constantin Silvestri Conducting the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (Columbia SAX-2386)
Made in the UK

LALO SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE TCHAIKOVSKY SERENADE MELANCOLIQUE (1960)
Leonid Kogan with the Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Kyril Kondrashin (Columbia SAX-2329)
Made in the UK

$4,000 - $6,000 SONATAS FOR TWO VIOLINS: KOGAN & GILELS (SONATAS FOR TWO VIOLINS BY LECLAIR - TELEMANN - YSAYE) (1964) Leonid Kogan is joined here by Elizabeth Gilels, his wife (Columbia SAX-2531) Made in the UK

$2,000 - $4,000 J.S. BACH SUITEN FUR VIOLONCELLO SOLO (c: 1939)
By Pablo "Pau" Casala
Three volumes of 78 rpm binders, with six suites on 20 His Master's Voice singles
Volume 1: Suites 2 and 3 (six 78s); Volume 2: Suites 1 & 6 (seven 78s); Volume 3: Suites 4 & 5 (seven 78s)
Made in the UK

J.S. BACH - THE UNACCOMPANIED VIOLIN SONATAS PLAYED BY JOHANNA MARTZY (SONATAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN) (1954)
Three volume set (Columbia 33CX 1286/1287/1288)
Made in the UK

WALTZES BY JOHANN STRAUSS JR. (1956)
By the Century Symphony Orchestra, a seven-inch 45 rpm Extended Play (Camden CAE-158)
Cover art by Andy Warhol
Made in the USA

THE ROYAL BALLET - GALA PERFORMANCES (ERNEST ANSERMET CONDUCTS THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ORCHESTRA, COVENT GARDEN, WITH MUSIC FROM: SWAN LAKE - NUTCRACKER - THE SLEEPING BEAUTY - LES SYLPHIDES - GISELLE - COPPELLIA - BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE - CARNIVAL) (1958)
Boxed, two-disc 180g vinyl edition (RCA Victor/Soria LDS-6065)
Recorded in England but made in the USA

BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO (1958)
Leonid Kogan with the Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Kyril Kondrashin (Columbia SAX-2307)
Made in the UK

MOSIACS (1959)
By Michael Rabin (violin) with Leon Pommers (piano) (Capitol SP-8506)
Made in the USA

TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO MEDITATION (1960)
Leonid Kogan with Constantin Silvestri Conducting the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (Columbia SAX-2323)
Made in the UK

KOL NIDREI / MAX BRUCH - MUSIC FOR VIOLA AND CELLO HERBERT DOWNES (VIOLA) & JACQUELINE DU PRE (VIOLONCELLO) WITH INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT (1963)
(His Master's Voice CSD-1499)
Made in the UK

ETERNA'S COMPLETE (1770-1827) LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN EDITION (DIE GESAMTAUSGABE 1970-1977 der DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK 1770-1827 (1977)
Karl Suske (violin), Walter Olbertz (piano), Helmut Koch Conducting the (East) Berlin Orchestra
Ten boxed sets containing 112 discs (Eterna CSD-1499)
Made in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)



IZ ZAT SO? Only four countries are represented on this UK dominated list. Eight are from England, one each from France and East Germany, and three from the USA.

In case you're wondering, most of the 1950s and '60s U.S. classical records fell considerably short of the $2,000 mark, at least over the past 90 days. Topping that batch is:
DOMENICO SCARLATTI 11 SONATAS PLAYED BY CLARA HASKIL, PIANO (1954) (Westminster WL-5070) ($425)


　

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 2013 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission 

New Vinyl Record and Music Releases ~ January 15, 2013

2 Cellos - In2ition
A$Ap Rocky - Long.Live.A$Ap
A Faylene Sky - Hell Is Where The Heart Is
Aly Tadros - The Fits
Angela Clemmons - Angela Clemmons - Expanded Edition
Ani DiFranco - Dilate (vinyl)
Ariel + The Undertow - Ariel + The Undertow
B-52's - Cosmic Thing (reissue) (vinyl)
Boz Scaggs - Some Change (reissue) (vinyl)
Brave Baby - Forty Bells
Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot (reissue) (vinyl)
Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off Baby (reissue) (vinyl)
Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast - Bat Chain Puller (reissue) (vinyl)
Captain Beefheart - Spotlight Kid (reissue) (vinyl)
Christopher Owens - Lysandre
Criminal Hygiene - CRMNL HYGNE
Dawn Richard - Goldenheart
Erin McKeown - Manifestra
Free Energy - Lovesign
Gregg Allman - I’m No Angel: Live on Stage’ (1988) (DVD)
Half Hearted Hero - Whatever
Holopaw - Academy Songs Volume 1
Jamie Woolford - A Framed Life in Charming Light
Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite - Expanded Edition
Jessie Ware - If You’re Never Gonna Move (EP)
Johnny Mathis - A Special Part Of Me - Expanded Edition
Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz ZBop 23
Lee Harvey Osmond - The Folk Sinner
Marching Band - And I've Never seen Anything Like That
Martha Davis - Policy
McCrays - Loving Is Living / On The Other Side - Expanded Edition
Midnight Spin - Don’t Let Me Sleep
Mike Cooley - Fool on Every Corner (vinyl)
Mutiny Within - Synchronicity
Mystical Weapons - Mystical Weapons
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (reissue)
Pantha du Prince & the Bell Laboratory - Elements of Light
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Rachael Sage - Haunted By You (vinyl)
Rammstein - Videos 1995-2012 (DVD)
Rolling Stones - Crossfire Hurricane (DVD, Blu-ray)
Sean Lennon - Alter Egos
Seth Glier - Things I Should Let You Know
She and the Sun - She and the Sun
Silver Snakes / Souvenirs - split (EP)
Tame Impala - Elephant (vinyl)
Teena Marie - Beautiful
The Capsules - Northern Lights and Southern Skies
The Head and the Heart - Josh McBride / Honey Come Home (10'' 78rpm) (vinyl)
The National - The Virginia EP (reissue) (vinyl)
The Plot In You - Could You Watch Your Children Burn
The Tenors and The Canadian Tenors - Lead With Your Heart
Various Artists - 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief
Various Artists - This Is '80s New Wave
Various Artists - Topcat Records 20th Anniversary Extravaganza
Various Artists - West of Memphis: Voices For Justice
Various Artists - Dead Oceans Winter 2013 Sampler
Various Artists - Music from the Showtime Series Californication Season 6
Various Artists - West of Memphis: Voices for Justice
Velvet Underground - Max's Kansas City (reissue) (vinyl)
Villagers - {Awayland}
Yo La Tengo - Fade Out

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Music History - January 11th

highlights:

In 1964, "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen was the number one song on the Cash Box music chart.

In 1965, the Beach Boys recorded "Do You Wanna Dance."

In 1967, Jimi Hendrix started recording "Purple Haze."

50 Years Ago: The Beatles Release ‘Please Please Me’











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long time followers of the blog know i love album cover art...and have found another two that caught my eye:

Summoning Album Cover Artwork Revealed

Vienna, Austria-based epic/atmospheric black metal oufit Summoning is scheduled to release their new album, 'Old Mornings Dawn,' later this year via Napalm Records and have released the stunning cover art for the effort.















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LOST SOCIETY: Debut Album Details Revealed

Finnish thrashers LOST SOCIETY will release their debut album, "Fast Loud Death", on March 15 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios (FINNTROLL, SONATA ARCTICA, OMNIUM GATHERUM) in Helsinki, Finland with producer Nino Laurenne (AMORPHIS, ENSIFERUM, LORDI) and it features cover artwork by Ed Repka

More to the story at Blabbermouth












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this out of the uk:

Are these the worst album covers of all time? Music fan's collection of record sleeves features accordions, cows and a man in a gorilla suit
















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ABKCO Records To Release Eric Burdon's 'Til Your River Runs Dry On January 29th












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New Film ‘Imagines’ a Life Inspired by John Lennon








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Mad Season’s ‘Above’ To Be Reissued With New Material in April








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Music Sales In 2012 Prove Digital Is Rising, CDs Are Dead And ... Vinyl Is Alive Once Again?





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Crosby Stills & Nash Announce 2013 Tour Dates








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Bob Seger Announces 2013 Tour Dates

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this from grimeys.com

GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 12/31/12 - 1/06/13

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
2. D. Watusi - Dark Party
3. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
4. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
5. Tame Impala - Lonerism
6. The Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone
7. Mumford & Sons - Babel
8. Jack White - Blunderbuss
9. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Live From Alabama
10. JEFF The Brotherhood - Castle Storm
11. Ponychase - Ponychase 10"
12. Kopecky Family Band - Kids Raising Kids
13. The Lumineers - Winter EP 10"
14. Dr. John - Locked Down
15. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
16. Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
17. Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
18. Natural Child - 1971
19. Radiohead - In Rainbows
20. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
21. The Black Keys - The Big Come Up
22. Television - Marquee Moon
23. Crystal Castles - III
24. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
25. JEFF The Brotherhood - Dark Energy 7"

 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 7, 2013

DEAR JERRY: Your recent piece about Brian Wilson's Gershwin tribute reminded me of a TV special from about 10 years ago.

It was a tribute to Wilson, with a gathering of celebrities on hand to honor him. They all sang Beach Boys songs, but only Elton John dueted with Brian.

Most memorable for me was them doing "Wouldn't It Be Nice." But what I can't recall is what Elton said about Brian before their song.

Can you can dig up his words of admiration?
—Marsha Pullman, Fond du Lac, Wis.

DEAR MARSHA Didn't have to dig deep for this info.

Titled "An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson," the gala event took place March 29, 2001 at Radio City Music Hall in N.Y. On July 4th, TNT aired a somewhat edited version.

Elton first sings "God Only Knows," then returns to the stage for the night's unsurpassed performance.

Before Brian launches into "wouldn't it be nice if we were older and we wouldn't have to wait so long," Sir Elton John (knighted in 1998) says:

"There's been so many words spoken about the brilliance of Brian Wilson.

"For a keyboard player, like myself, he changed the goal posts when it came to writing songs.

"I'm getting very technical here, but he was one of the first people to move the root note on a chord, and play with the third or the fifth on the bass. And that, if you're a songwriter and a keyboard player, was revolutionary.

"I have so many great memories of listening to his music … and when you heard "Pet Sounds," it blew your head off.

"I'm truly humbled to be on stage with a genius, and a dear, dear man, Brian Wilson."

My first reaction to this "very technical" mumbo-jumbo was that those whose keyboard acumen allows them to understand it require no explanation. For those who don't understand it now, there may not be an adequate explanation.

I'm taking the middle ground here, and offering this brief interpretation:

Brian Wilson broke away from the traditional C chord root and bass notes so common in writing and playing rock and roll music. The major chord has a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth (i.e., C, E, and G).

Perhaps inspired by the great classical composers, who tinkered with such harmonic complexities in the 17th century, Brian introduced pop and rock to an avant-garde application of bass notes in harmonies.

Or better yet just listen to "Pet Sounds," especially "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Sloop John B," and "God Only Knows."



DEAR JERRY: Like most families in the late 1940s, we didn't have a TV. For entertainment, dad played his records, all 78s as I recall.

He had one that sticks with me, but I can't find anything about it.

One side is about a grasshopper being in bed with a guy, or something similar.

All I get when I run a search is stuff about "The Grasshopper and the Ant," "Kung-Fu," and a lot about insects.

Oddly enough, on the other side the singer referred to his woman as a bumble bee, but that search brings up Lavern Baker, the Searchers, and canned tuna.

Any ideas about this record I heard 60-some years ago?
—Charles Chambers, Indio, Calif.

DEAR CHARLES: You recall accurately that both sides of the record had an entomological connection.

The singer is folk and blues legend Huddie William Ledbetter, whose records were credited to either Lead Belly or Leadbelly. In your case, it's the latter.

The Leadbelly 78 that's been bugging you since childhood is "Grasshoppers in My Pillow" backed with "Sweet Mary Blues" (Capitol Americana 40038), a 1947 release.

Having been booted out of the house, the poor fellow no longer has a place to sleep. Using the ground for his bed, it was easy for grasshoppers to crawl inside his pillow. The infestation doesn't end there, as he also complains about crickets in his meal.

Leadbelly also recorded three more tunes with an insect connection: "Boll Weevil"; "Yellow Jacket"; and "Blue Tail Fly."

Turning that Capitol record over, "Sweet Mary Blues" reveals that "she ain't no bumble bee, but she can sure make sweet honey for me, and I'll lose my mind if I don't find sweet Mary."

You are right about dad's record collection being 78s only, as 45s didn't become available until 1949 or later, depending on the company.



IZ ZAT SO? The yin and yang of Huddie Ledbetter is first how he was known to have an explosive temper, one that earned him numerous stints in prisons, based on assorted charges including homicides.

Bob Dylan once referred to Lead Belly as possibly the only convicted felon to record a children's album: "Negro Folk Songs for Young People" (Folkways 7533), issued in 1959.

On the flip side, Lead Belly is equally famous for writing and originally recording some true classics. Among those are "Goodnight Irene" (Weavers, Jo Stafford, etc.); "Cotton Fields" (Highwaymen, Beach Boys); "Rock Island Line" (Lonnie Donegan, Bobby Darin); and "Black Betty" (Ram Jam).

PS: With this column, we begin our 27th year in syndication. If there is a currently syndicated music feature (especially Q&A) that has been running longer, we are not aware of it (which doesn't mean there isn't one out there somewhere).

　

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.

New Vinyl Record and Music Releases ~ January 8, 2013

Alice in Chains - Hollow (single)
At the Drive-In - Vaya (vinyl)
Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (reissue) (vinyl)
Black Veil Brides - Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (reissue) (vinyl)
Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio
Callers - Reviver
Can - Landed
Cecilia Bartoli - Mission
Cody Chesnutt - Landing on a Hundred (vinyl)
Colin Stetson and Mats Gustafsson - Stones
Comadre - Comadre
Conor Maynard - Contrast
Crystal Castles - III (vinyl)
Death Cab For Cutie - The Barsuk Years (box set) (vinyl)
Deftones - Koi No Yokan (vinyl)
Dropkick Murphys - Signed and Sealed in Blood
Eleh - Retreat, Return, Response (box set)
Ethernet - 144 Pulsations of Light
Gallops - Yours Sincerely Dr Hardcore
Guster - Guster: Live Acoustic
Hollywood Undead - Notes From the Underground
J Dilla - Donuts (7") (box set)
Jack Jones - I've Got a Lot of Livin to Do / Gift of Love
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (reissue) (vinyl)
John Cale - Fear (reissue)
John Cale - Slow Dazzle (reissue)
Katalepsy - Autopsychosis
Kontinuum - Earth Blood Magic
Mary Wells - The One Who Really Loves You / Two Lovers
Michael Jackson - Bad 25th Anniversary Edition (3 LP set)
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (reissue) (vinyl)
Nels Cline and Elliott Sharp - Open the Door
Never Shout Never - Indigo
Newsted - Metal EP
Nine Covens - On The Dawning Of Light
Nolwenn Leroy - Nolwenn
Nurse with Wound - Sucked Orange/Scrag (remastered)
Omar & the Howlers - Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty
Omar & the Howlers - Wall of Pride
Overcome - No Reserves. No Retreats. No Regrets.
Pere Ubu - Lady from Shanghai
Phil Anselmo / Warbeast - split
Placebo - Black Market Music (reissue)
Placebo - Meds (reissue)
Placebo - Placebo (reissue)
Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts (reissue)
Pure Prairie League - Something In The Night
RZA - The Man with the Iron Fists (vinyl)
Roy Buchanan - That's What I'm Here For
Sigha - Living With Ghosts
Skinny Molly - Haywire Riot
Solane - True (vinyl)
Steve Wariner - Drive
Steve Wariner - No More Mr. Nice Guy
The Contortionist - Intrinsic (vinyl)
Thorcraftcobra - Count It In
Touche Amore and Pianos Become The Teeth - Split (7″)
Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
Various Artists - Girls – Volume 1: Music From the HBO Original Series
Various Artists - Mixed Up Minds Part 5: Obscure Rock and Pop from the British Isles: 1970-1974
Various Artists - Piccadilly Sunshine Part 11: British Pop
Various Artists - Spiky Dread Issue One: Punky Reggae & Post Punk Dub 1978-1984
Various Artists - Stand Up Guys (soundtrack)
Watain - Sworn To The Dark (reissue)
We Came As Romans - Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be (reissue)
Wooden Wand - Blood Oaths Of The New Blues
Zatokrev - The Bat The Wheel And The Long Road To Nowhere

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Music History - January 8th

highlights:

In 1935, Elvis Aaron Presley was born at his parent's home, a two-room house that was built by his father at 306 Old Saltillo Road, East Tupelo, Mississippi.

In 1960, in Hollywood at his last recording session, Eddie Cochran recorded "Three Steps To Heaven."

In 1993, the U.S. Postal Service released the stamp that won their controversial "thin Elvis" versus "fat Elvis" contest.

40 Years Ago: Aerosmith’s First Album Released











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this out of the UK:

Top 10 Best Selling Vinyl LPs Of 2012

Vinyl sales grew for the fifth successive year with a total of 389,000 LPs sold during 2012 – an increase of 15.3% over 2011’s sales of 337,000.

1. COEXIST - THE XX
2. THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST - DAVID BOWIE
3. BLUNDERBUSS - JACK WHITE
4. 21 - ADELE
5. LONERISM - TAME IMPALA
6. TEMPEST - BOB DYLAN
7. BLOOM - BEACH HOUSE
8. AN AWESOME WAVE - ALT-J
9. GO-GO BOOTS - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
10. THE WALL - PINK FLOYD

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Vinyl record sales in Japan double in 2012

Sales of vinyl records have almost doubled this year in Japan.  The Recording Industry Association of Japan says 418,000 vinyl records, worth more than 7 million dollars, were shipped between January and November.  The figure includes imported discs and is about double the total for the whole of last year.

Imports of vinyl records by rock and jazz musicians sold 242,000 copies, or roughly triple last year's figure. This was mainly due to reissues of albums by the Beatles and other famous groups.

Most people in Japan buy music in the form of downloads and CDs. Vinyl records only account for a small portion of total sales, but remain popular with some music fans.

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Christine McVie at Peace With Fleetwood Mac Past

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Robot Band Compressorhead Bring the ‘Metal’ With Motorhead’s ‘Ace of Spades’












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NOFX Celebrate 30th Anniversary With LP Box Set

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Victory Records Announces New 2013 Releases

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Deep Purple to Reissue ‘Slaves and Masters’







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David Bowie Announces New Album, Unveils New Song + Video







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Yo La Tengo Announce Mini-Tour of Record Shops

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some videos that caught my eye:

Children from North Korea, playing instruments as big as they are!




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Making vinyl records: The Sound And The Story (1956)




 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

The music history section will no longer be printed everyday, as I am just repeating myself (and google doesn't like that)  So from now on, I will have a link to music history from a past year and give you a couple of highlights for that specific day.

Music History - January 4

In 1950, RCA Victor announced that it would manufacture long-playing (LP) records. Among the first RCA LPs released was a performance of Gaîté Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, played by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, which had actually been recorded in Boston's Symphony Hall on June 20, 1947; it was given the catalogue number LM-1001. Non-classical albums were issued with the prefix "LPM." When RCA later issued classical stereo albums (in 1958), they used the prefix "LSC." Non-classical stereo albums were issued with the prefix "LSP."

46 Years Ago: The Doors’ Debut Album Released

In 1986, Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy died at the age of 36.





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this from Tim at SunDazed

In the mountain of discs that come across our desks, occasionally there is a band that completely captivates us and makes our hearts pump. And bet - we're positively thrilled to have The See See as Sundazed artists. New single available in two weeks, and coming soon, a jaw-dropping See See anthology combining their finest UK releases with new tracks unavailable elsewhere!!!

Pre-order the 7" vinyl single HERE



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The numbers are in and the Beatles have been knocked out of the top position by Jack White (Abbey Road was the best seller last 2 years)

2012′s Top-Selling Vinyl Records:

1. Jack White, ‘Blunderbuss’ (34,000 copies sold)
2. The Beatles, ‘Abbey Road’ (30,000)
3. Mumford & Sons, ‘Babel’ (29,000)
4. Black Keys, ‘El Camino’ (25,000)
5. Mumford & Sons, ‘Sigh No More’ (23,000)
6. Beach House, ‘Bloom’ (21,000)
7. Bon Iver, ‘For Emma Forever Ago’ (19,000)
8. Alabama Shakes, ‘Boys & Girls’ (17,000)
9. Adele, ’21′ (16,000)
10. Bon Iver, ‘Bon Iver’ (15,000)

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The Resurgence of Vinyl Continued In 2012 – Record Stores Making a Comeback?

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interesting article out of the great state of PA

In digital age, vinyl lives on

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10 Metal Albums to Check Out This Winter








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lovely...

Bullet for My Valentine Reveal ‘Temper Temper’ Album Artwork


















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Metallica Receive Ten RIAA Certifications in December








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Jack White Releasing Rare Material Via Third Man Records Vinyl Subscription Series








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Captured Tracks and Flying Nun Partner for Expansive Reissue Series - Bringing back LPs, EPs, and singles from the legendary New Zealand label







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Jimmy Fallon & Fred Armisen Reveal Album Covers From Their Musical Past