Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Our friend in vinyl Mark over at MusicRecordShop.com  has a marvelous offer for folks who love vinyl, here are the details!

Subscribe to our newsletter and receive $5 bucks off your next purchase

 

Head on over and look at the fantastic selection of collectible vinyl HERE

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heard from our friend Aris at SnagFilms, a New York-based film distributor (Beware of Mr. Baker Contest) and they are promoting another film, a provocative and gripping film about music, power and the human element in all of us:

LET FURY HAVE THE HOUR
“Let fury have the hour/
Anger can be power/
Do you know that you can use it?”
– “The Clampdown,” The Clash

Rough, raw and unapologetically inspirational, LET FURY HAVE THE HOUR is a charged journey into the heart of the creative counter-culture in 2012.  In a time of global challenges, big questions and by-the-numbers politics, this upbeat, outspoken film tracks the story of the artists, writers, thinkers and musicians who have gone underground to re-imagine the world – honing in on equality, community and engaged creativity – in exuberantly paradigm-busting ways.

Writer/director Antonino D’Ambrosio unites 50 powerful, of-the-moment voices –from street artist Shepard Fairey to rapper Chuck D to playwright Eve Ensler to musicians Tom Morello and Billy Bragg to novelist Edwidge Danticat to filmmaker John Sayles to comic Lewis Black – who share personal and powerful tales of how they transformed anger and angst into provocative art and ideas.  Mix-mastered with historical footage, animation and performances, D’Ambrosio presents a visceral portrait of a generation looking to re-jigger a system that has failed to address the most pressing problems of our times . . . or human potential.

The story begins in the 1980s with the rise of Reagan and Thatcher — and a cultural shift towards fierce individualism and rampant consumerism.  Coming of age in a world seemingly gone mad or at least gone shopping, some kids started searching for something more authentic.  This was the start of a renegade movement D’Ambrosio calls “creative-response.”  It was a hybrid, haphazard collective of skateboarders, punk rockers, rappers, street poets, feminists and graffitists whose reaction to this brave new world was not to turn away, but to turn up the volume and have their say.

Now that generation is coming to the fore, sparking a global movement focused not just on pushing the boundaries with guitars, paint, dance, storytelling, graphics and subcultural style – but on coming together around real reasons for hope.

Set to a stirring soundtrack from the film’s artists – including Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy, Billy Bragg, Gogol Bordello, MC5, DJ Spooky and Sean Hayes – LET FURY HAVE THE HOUR is a fast and furious trip into the grass roots of art and activism, 21st Century style.  The film is written and directed by author and visual artist Antonino D’Ambrosio in his feature debut.  The producers are D’Ambrosio and James L. Reid and the executive producers are Jonathan Gray, Brian Devine, Rob McKay, Mark Urman and Chaz Zelus. The film features original music from composer and MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer.  A CAVU Pictures release.

Reviews, Interviews & Stories about LET FURY HAVE THE HOUR:

“Exuberant… a thoughtful and entertaining debut film” - Adam Schartoff, The New York Times

“Rousing… You’ll leave the theater wanting to create something LOUD.” - Rachel Maddow, MSNBC

“A thrillingly articulate wallop of ’80s-era rage… refreshing” - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

“Let Fury Have the Hour is a cinematic movement, not just a film.” - E. Nina Rothe, Huffington Post

“Explosive blend of vision and expression” - Indiewire 

Watch the trailer HERE

Watch next week for more information!

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Amazon extends free digital song offer, AutoRip, to vinyl records

Amazon says that every time a person buys a vinyl record from its online store, it will give that customer a digital version of the songs for free.

The feature, called AutoRip, was launched in January for CDs. The company has said it has boosted music sales. Digital songs are stored in the customer's online storage account with Amazon. Songs received this way don't count against that customer's storage limit.

The new offer, announced yesterday extends to any physical albums bought on Amazon since 1998.

“AutoRip has been wildly popular with customers since it launched earlier this year,” said Steve Boom, vice president of digital music for Amazon. “We’re thrilled to extend this experience to vinyl records. Many of our music customers are vinyl fans, and it’s traditionally been very difficult to make digital versions of vinyl records. Now customers can enjoy the albums they buy wherever they are, not just when they have access to a record player.”

The digital songs can be played on a variety of devices, including Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire tablets, Android phones and tablets, and Apple Inc.'s iPads and iPhones.

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Pre-order: - Civil War - The Killer Angels 

Release date is 11 June, but you will get it already 22 May, depending on where you live in the world.

The album comes in both Vinyl (2 x 12" black vinyl) and CD, packaged in an exclusive 6 page Gatefold pack.

The limited edition also feature an exclusive bonus song; "March Across The Belts".

Of course all copies are numbered by hand. Limited to 2000 copies.

Tracklist:
1. King Of The Sun
2. First To Fight
3. Saint Patrick's Day
4. Rome Is Falling
5. Sons Of Avalon
6. I Will Rule The Universe
7. Lucifer's Court
8. Brother Judas
9. My Own Worst Enemy
10. Gettysburg
Bonus song
11. March Across The Belts

Pre-Order HERE

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Cyanide Pills - Still Bored (CD/LP/Download) - OUT 8th April 2013

The most talked about band at last year's Rebellion Festival was without a doubt Cyanide Pills. They took to the stage unsociably early on the Saturday afternoon and gave a truly amazing performance that cemented their reputation as one of the country's best, kick-ass live punk pop/new wave bands.

Their self-titled debut LP came out in 2010, and now the lads' second album Still Bored is ready to hit the shelves. It's a storming 17 track punk pop blast dealing with alienation, despair, politics and impotence. There's also a punk rock/geography/history lesson with “Johnny Thunders Lived In Leeds”.

Cyanide Pills will be doing a mini tour in the UK in April with dates to follow supporting The Addicts in Germany in May and a show with The Subway Sect in their hometown on the first of June.

Like their debut album, Still Bored was recorded at The Billiard Room in Leeds by Wedding Present producer Carl Rosamond.

Get it HERE

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north of the border, vinyl doing well!

ZOOMING @50 PLUS: 'The warmest sound around'







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The Breeders’ Kelley Deal Reflects on ‘Last Splash’ 20th Anniversary






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 Christine McVie keen to join Fleetwood Mac on stage in London





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Jim Morrison in Newly Discovered Interview: ‘Fat Is Beautiful’









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Judas Priest to Release ‘Epitaph’ Live Blu-ray / DVD









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Skid Row To Drop New EP ‘United World Rebellion – Chapter One’ on April 16










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Rolling Stones '50 and Counting' Tour: Band Announces North American Trek







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Public Image Ltd. to Reissue 1978 Debut First Issue - Out for the first time in North America










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Ozzy Osborne, Def Leppard, Motley Crue Classics Featured On 'Little Headbangers' Lullaby CD









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album cover art of the day:

MÅNEGARM To Release 'Legions Of The North' In June
















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album cover art of the day, part 2:

Finntroll's Mathias Lillmåns Discusses New Album "Blodsvept"

















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album cover art of the day, part 3

Necronomicon Reveals New Album "Rise Of The Elder Ones" Details
















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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 3/25 - 3/31, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:
1. The Strokes - Comedown Machine
2. Wavves - Afraid Of Heights
3. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
4. William Tyler - Impossible Truth
5. Tame Impala - Lonerism
6. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
7. Sound City - Real To Reel
8. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
9. White Fence - Pink Gorilla 7"
10. Hum - You'd Prefer An Astronaut
11. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
12. Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
13. The Black Keys - Brothers
14. Josh Ritter - The Beast In Its Tracks
15. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
16. Yo La Tengo - Fade
17. Mumford & Sons - Babel
18. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
19. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
20. Brittany Howard & Ruby Amanfu - I Wonder 7"
21. My Bloody Valentine - MBV
22. Cyclopean - Cyclopean 12"
23. Otis Redding - Lonely & Blue
24. The Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone
25. Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 1, 2013

DEAR JERRY: Years ago you identified the first two No. 1 disco songs as "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)," by MFSB Featuring the Three Degrees, and "Rock Your Baby," by George McCrae.

Both are from 1974, which leads me to ask, how long was it before there was a separate disco sales survey, and radio stations began specializing in disco music?

As Aretha Franklin once suggested, I want to "Get It Right."
—Jorge Silva, Kenosha, Wis.


George McCrae

DEAR JORGE: You and the Queen of Soul need not fret.

Five weeks after "Rock Your Baby" ended its 17-week stay on the Hot 100, Billboard introduced its "Disco Action" Top 10 (Oct. 26).

Actually it was three separate Top 10 lists, each from a different N.Y. source (record stores, phone surveys, etc.). Each report differed slightly from the others, but they all agreed on No. 1: "Never Can Say Goodbye," by Gloria Gaynor — interesting since this record was not yet in the Hot 100. It would debut there a week later, eventually peaking at No. 9.

Meanwhile that fall, one major market radio station on each coast jumped on the disco bandwagon: KRLA (1110 AM) in Los Angeles and WPIX (102 FM) in New York.

KRLA introduced their disco-soul oriented "Spirit in the Dark" format, which accounted for nearly half of their broadcast day, airing nightly from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.

KRLA is now KDIS, bought in 2003 by the Disney organization, and provides Radio Disney programming.

WPIX-FM began their dance music foray with an experimental Saturday night (8 p.m. to midnight) show titled "Disco 102."

It seemed like an idea whose time had come, so they switched their regular programming to current disco and dance tracks, plus oldies with the disco sound.

In mid-1976, Disco 102 gave way to a Top 40 oldies format.

Today FM 102 is the New York home of the CBS Sports Network, and operating as WFAN.

On all fronts, 1974 provided a powerful beginning for the disco era.



DEAR JERRY: I had a big laugh over the examples you gave of songs that, for seemingly absurd reasons, were banned by some ultra-conservative radio stations.

I know you couldn't mention them all, but one I am especially curious about is "Poon-Tang," by the Treniers.

Even though there really isn't anything objectionable in the lyrics, the media might have been scared away by the title alone.

What do you know about this?
—Josh Bleeker, Pasco, Wash.


DEAR JOSH: Saying a song was banned usually implies that, despite some stations choosing to play it, others refused to do so. Another type of ban refers to when a station plays a record that results in listener complaints, whether warranted or not. Management can either restrict it to night time only play, or give it the axe altogether.

Compared to many mid-20th century tunes in Race Music, "Poon-Tang" is not very racy. Right up front, the Treniers offer their innocuous definition of the compound title: "the 'poon' is a hug, the 'tang' is a kiss; a huggin' and a kissin', that's poon-tang."

Despite the wink-wink attempt to sugar coat the message, the market for this and other potentially offensive songs remained juke box play, and definitely not radio.

Billboard concurred, as evidenced by their Dec. 27, 1952 New Record Review:

"Poon-Tang" is a contrived ditty, chanted well to stunt backing. Juke patrons who place a different interpretation on the title, than that given in the lyrics [huggin' and kissin'], might pump nickels in the boxes."

Since it wasn't being broadcast in the first place, "Poon-Tang" was never banned.

Now let's flip the record over and talk about the B-side, "Hi-Yo Silver," and the headache it caused for Okeh. Not because of the double-entendre reference to being "in the saddle," but the title itself.

Okeh's display ads in the trades for "Poon-Tang" and "Hi-Yo Silver" (Okeh 6932) came to the attention of the Lone Ranger Inc., whose legal department informed Okeh that "Hi-Yo Silver" was a copyrighted slogan and it must not be used as a song title.

Lyrically challenged overall, the Treniers pad the time by repeating that simple phrase nearly two dozen times.

Having no desire to litigate the matter, especially over a B-side, Okeh withdrew the offending title and reissued "Poon-Tang" in January 1953, this time backed with "The Moondog" (Okeh 6937).

Moondog, the jazz performer, didn't object, so it replaced "Hi-Yo Silver," who rode peacefully off into the sunset.


IZ ZAT SO? Here are two other noteworthy versions of "Poon-Tang":

One is a sensational Big Band Jazz-Swing instrumental, by Barney Bigard (clarinet) and His Orchestra, featuring Georgie Auld on tenor and alto sax. Recorded December 29, 1944, this bears no resemblance whatsoever to the Treniers single.

Then along comes Deke Dickerson's "Number One Hit Record" album, a 1998 collection that includes a remarkable revival of the exact same version as waxed by the Treniers in 1952.

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

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE: HOMEMADE RECORDS 1958-1992

Edited by Johan Kugelberg, Paul Major and Michael P. Daley

"The Greatest Coffee Table Book Ever Made" - Larry Clark

"Best-ever gateway to the infinitely peculiar multiverse of self-published phonograph records" - William Gibson

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW AT SINECURE BOOKS WEB STORE
 
Pre-orders ship late April; worldwide release date May 21st.

Only copies purchased directly from Sinecure Books will include a slipcase, a fold-out poster, and a facsimile clear vinyl 7" manual on "How To Make Your Own Record".

 

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW AT SINECURE BOOKS WEB STORE

About the book:

Enjoy The Experience is both the first major work on American private press records and on track to be of the most notable illustrated books of 2013. Private press records - also called vanity pressings - are vinyl albums produced and paid for by the artist(s).

An endless stream of psych-rock hopefuls, Holiday Inn Elvises, pizza parlor organists, funk bands aspiring to become the JBs, high school bands performing all of Jesus Christ Superstar, cult leaders who never found the right cult, jazz bands inspired to forge a new stream all sincerely hoped to become stars, they committed themselves to record, and they left themselves vulnerable to an industry not understanding of nuance, not appreciative of character. This is not a gathering of kitsch and novelty, though: the records cataloged in Enjoy The Experience are funkier, more psychedelic, more idiosyncratic and more emotionally rewarding than the mainstream music product it aspired to be.

 A free download card featuring dozens of the most amazing artists featured in the book is included. In addition, Sinecure and Now-Again Records are presenting a companion double LP and CD anthology released alongside the book.

Enjoy The Experience begins when the custom pressed American record plant came into existence and ends, largely, with the birth of the CD. As such, it is a snapshot of America in the second half of the 20th century and manages to collate a bevy of tales and albums released by the brave souls who took the plunge and committed their musical vision to wax in the fifty states between the years of 1958 and 1992.

Packaged as a hardcover, and weighing in at 512 pages, it is the seventh major book by Johan Kugelberg, the author and editor behind The Velvet Underground: New York Art, Born In The Bronx and Punk: An Aesthetic (Rizzoli), True Norwegian Black Metal (Vice), and Beauty Is In The Street (Four Corners). Enjoy The Experience is the first publication by Sinecure Books, co-owned by Eothen "Egon" Alapatt (Now-Again Records) and Johan Kugelberg. The book is co-edited by legendary record collector Paul Major and Michael P. Daley. 

SINECURE BOOKS is an independent publishing house dedicated to producing books and records of 20th/21st century popular art, music, and photography. Sinecure has offices in New York and Los Angeles.   


For additional information, visit www.sinecurebooks.com





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Experience Led Zeppelin Like Never Before

Immerse yourself in the inner circle of one of rock's most iconic bands with Led Zeppelin: Sound And Fury , an innovative illustrated digital book by famed photographer Neal Preston. Now available for pre-order, the book comes alive with a tap, swipe or pinch and provides an unprecedented and comprehensive look into the world of Led Zeppelin from brilliant on-stage performance photos, backstage candid shots, and intimate images from onboard the band's two private planes, to snapshots from press conferences, private moments and more. Through Preston's lens, you'll experience hundreds of photos (including many never been seen before), 80 contact sheets (all previously unpublished), audio commentary from Preston, video and text interviews with people who worked with the band, and even memorabilia and set lists for concerts whose photos are featured in the book.


Led Zeppelin: Sound And Fury will be released exclusively on the iBookstore on April 15, but you can pre-order it now HERE.

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from www.themusebox.net

ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE GRASS ROOTS AND DUNDER MIFFLIN STAFFER CREED BRATTON OF NBC’S THE OFFICE REVEALS DETAILS FOR NEW ALBUM

TELL ME ABOUT IT “AN AUDIO BIOGRAPHY ABOUT LSD, UNEMPLOYMENT & THIRD ACTS”

 

 

TO BE RELEASED IN 3 ACTS ACT 1 – APRIL 16 / ACT 2 – MAY 7 / ACT 3 – MAY 21

VINYL VERSION OF TELL ME ABOUT IT  (ALL THREE ACTS) COMING MAY 21

 (Los Angeles, CA) - Singer-songwriter and actor-comic Creed Bratton, currently best-known for the quirky former 60’s rock-star character he portrays on the NBC TV hit comedy series The Office, is back with a new album/audio-biography Tell Me About It. Creed Bratton along with his band The Rubbermen give us a behind the scenes look into Creed. Fans of Creed's character on The Office often wonder who Creed really is - what's his story? Well his new album Tell Me About It may give them an idea. It's a three-act "audio-biography" that tells his story through music. From LSD to unemployment lines and third acts, the Creed that sits behind his desk playing solitaire and eating mung beans has done a lot of "living for today."

“I approached my 6th solo album by writing with different writers I respected. So after The Rubbermen and I had started the album, Dave Way my producer said this is the story of your career. He said you should make this a concept album. He was right.....I hadn't even seen that side of it. So we went from there to approaching it that way. The 3 acts are like a play. It's a story that takes you along in a psychedelic way. ‘Tell Me About It’ .... a audio-biography indeed, says Bratton.

A founding member of the seminal 60s rock band The Grass Roots, Bratton recorded and toured extensively behind the back-to-back monster hit singles, “Let’s Live for Today” and “Midnight Confessions,” which became early 60s youth anthems.  Several original members of the band reunited in 2000 for the 35th Anniversary of the historic rock venue The Whiskey A Go Go, where bands such as The Byrds, The Turtles, among others have played.

Bratton’s Dunder Mifflin co-workers got a preview of the actor’s guitar chops in a previous episode of The Office when Bratton rescued a not-quite-up-to-the-task boss Michael Scott from band jam embarrassment. His last release Bounce Back, assisted by his backing band, The 3DVB’s (aka The Rubbermen) and his Office co-star Ed Helms, showed Bratton’s passion as a serious and accomplished musician.



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Record Label Wins Lawsuit In Battle Over Whether It’s Legal To Sell Your Old Mp3s





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ALL THAT REMAINS To Release Limited-Edition 'The Fall Of Ideals' Vinyl For Record Store Day










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Unearthing America's Treasure Trove of Obscure Private Press Vinyl






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Vinyl and Ebay: A Fascinating Relationship








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Slayer and Anthrax Combine to Form Slanthrax





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The Killers, Mumford & Sons, The Cure to headline Lollapalooza festival






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Garbage plan to release new album next year






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Mötley Crüe Announce Second Las Vegas Residency at Hard Rock Hotel






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album cover art of the day:

Desecrated Sphere Reveals Artwork For New Album "Emancipate"

New Music Releases - April 2, 2013

A Hawk and a Hacksaw - You Have Already Gone to Another World
Adema - Topple The Giants
Alkaline Trio - My Shame Is True
Authority Zero - The Tipping Point
B.J. Thomas - Living Room Sessions
Barbara Massey & Ernie Calabria - Prelude To...
Barren Girls - Hell Hymns (EP)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jama Ko
Beach House - Beach House (reissue) (vinyl)
Beyond The Shore - Ghostwatcher
Black Angels - Indigo Meadow
Bleached - Ride Your Heart
Bleed From Within - Uprising
Bombino - Nomad
Bonobo - The North Borders
Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal
British Sea Power - Machineries Of Joy
Caveman - Caveman
Charles Bradley - Victim of Love
Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Guitar Monsters
Cold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
Dark Horses - Black Music
Darling Parade - Battle Scars and Broken Hearts
David Bowie - The Next Day (vinyl)
Dear Hunter - Migrant
Don Nix - Living By The Days
Dutch Uncles - Out Of Touch In The Wild
Eagles - The Studio Albums 1972-1979 (6-disc box set)
Empress Of - Systems (EP)
EmptyMansions - snakes/vultures/sulfate
Fallujah - Nomadic
Finntroll - Blodsvept
Flaming Lips - The Terror
For Today - Prevailer
Four Tops - 50th Anniversary: Singles Collection 1964-1972
Gems - Tall Mountain
Generationals - Heza
George Benson - Breezin' (vinyl)
Gianna Lauren - On Personhood
Gim Wigmore - Gravel and Wine
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Vol. 24 - Cow Palace, Daly City, CA 3/23/74 (2 CD Set)
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks: Volume Three (vinyl)
HAIM - The Falling (EP)
Hackensaw Boys - For the Love of a Friend
Heavy Hawaii - Goosebumps 
Hem - Departure and Farewell
Hiss Golden Messenger - Haw
Hookworms - Pearl Mystics
Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure
IO Echo - Ministry of Love
Implodes - Recurring Dream 
In the Valley Below - Hymnal
James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (reissue)
James Taylor - Flag  (reissue)
James Taylor - JT (reissue)
Jello Biafra - White People And The Damage Done
Jimmy Cliff - The KCRW Sessions
Killswitch Engage - Disarm The Descent
Kinski - Cosy Moments
Kopecky Family Band - Kids Raising Kids (reissue)
Larra Skye - Wishing Tree
Lewis Watson - The Wild (EP)
Lower Plenty - Hard Rubbish
Luxury Liners - They're Flowers
Mad Season - Above (deluxe reissue)
Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - 50th Anniversary: Singles Collection 1962-1972
Milk Music - Cruise Your Illusion
Mongoloids - Mongo Life
Moss - Horrible Night
Mudhoney - Vanishing Point
New Kids on the Block - 10
Niacin - Krush
No Consequence - I/O
Olafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
Owel - Owel
Paint It Black - Invisible (EP)
Petula Clark - Lost In You
Pick A Piper - Pick A Piper
Port St. Willow - Holiday (deluxe reissue)
Rilo Kiley - Rkives
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out: Rolling Stones in Concert! (expanded edition)
RxGibbs - Contact
Santana - Santana III (vinyl) (reissue)
Sean Forbes - Perfect Imperfection
Set To Reflect - A New Path To Walk On
Soilwork - The Living Infinite (vinyl)
Spock’s Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
Steve Lawrence - Winners! / On A Clear Day
Suffocation - Pinnacle Of Bedlam (vinyl)
Telekinesis - Dormarion
Terror - Live By The Code (vinyl)
The Band Perry - Pioneer
The Besnard Lakes - Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO
The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow
The Juan Maclean - You Are My Destiny (12")
The Laurels - Plains
The Lonely Wild - The Sun As It Comes
The Mongoloids - Mongo Life
The Morning Code - Tell Someone
Thy Art Is Murder - Hate
Tom Jans - Take Heart / Tom Jans
Toxic Holocaust - From The Ashes Of Nuclear Destruction
Transit - Young New England
Tyler, the Creator - Wolf
Various Artists - Early Years 1962-1967
Various Artists - The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
Voivod - Target Earth (vinyl)
Vondelpark - Seabed
WALL - Shoestring (EP)
Walter Egan - Fundamental Roll
Walter Egan - Not Shy
Warbeast - Destroy
Wardruna - Yggdrasil
West, Bruce & Laing - Live 'N' Kickin' (reissue)
West, Bruce & Laing - Whatever Turns You On (reissue)
Willy Moon - Here's Willy Moon
Zeus - Busting Visions (deluxe edition)
Zozobra - Black Holes

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from www.mute.com

RECORD STORE DAY: SATURDAY APRIL 20 

MOBY & MARK LANEGAN  The Lonely Night 7”

JUNIP COLORED ALBUM VINYL

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…the day where you wake up early and eagerly scamper to unwrap your favorite new thing---VINYL! It’s like the Christmas in April for your earbuds and your record player. We know you have been counting down the months, days, hours, minutes since Jack White was announced as this year’s ambassador---but just to remind you don’t forget to set your alarm early for Saturday April 20th!

Mute’s own additions to the amazing list of releases are exclusive pieces from Moby and Junip.  Moby and Mark Lanegan were happy to join forces and record a limited edition 7” of The Lonely Night featuring a B-side remix by electronic extrodinaire Photek. 

Moby describes preparing the release, “…and in producing the song, spike stent and i incorporated some very unusual production techniques... we ran all of the instruments through a distortion pedal into a guitar amp. so really there are only 3 tracks: left channel through a distortion pedal and guitar amp, right channel through a distortion pedal and guitar amp, and mark's vocals.  the end result is intentionally very broken and atmospheric."

Junip (José González, Tobias Winterkorn and Elias Araya) couldn’t wait to share with you their sophomore self-titled release out on April 23rd so they figured they would release a limited COLOR vinyl for you just in case you wanted to host your own first listen. 

Junip is already receiving rave reviews and Billboard recently shared their own love for the record stating,  “Led by multi-culti boy wonder José González…the act's music somehow manages to incorporate everything from African rhythms to English psychedelia to keyboardist Tobias Winterkorn's spacey synth stylings, setting the band virtually in a genre of it's own making." If that doesn’t inspire you to get out early, we don’t know what will!

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Signed copy of The Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper's' album auctions for $290,500









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Back in Black: Vinyl a bright spot in music landscape





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Metallica to Re-Record “Kill Em All” For Release On Blackened Recordings









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Phil Ramone's Top 50 Billboard Albums: From '52nd Street' to 'Album 1700'





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Bruce Springsteen and AC/DC, Thom Yorke and Ted Nugent Collaborations Announced

 

Music Record Shop Weekly

Welcome to the new weekly feature (look for it every Friday) called MusicRecordShop Weekly.  Here we take a look at new releases and some hard to find vinyl that will easily satisfy even the most serious record collectors.  Here's five that we think you will enjoy, including some very hard to find picture discs!:

1. Iron Maiden - Maiden England (Picture Disc)

MAIDEN ENGLAND '88. Now available for the very first time on double LP, this live show was filmed across two sold-out nights at Birmingham N.E.C Arena, UK in November 1988 during the band's
"Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son World Tour."

• Label EMI (Import)
• 180 Gram Vinyl Records - 2-LP - Sealed
• Limited Edition
• Picture Disc

Track Listing
LP1
1. Moonchild (2009 - Remaster)
2. The Evil That Men Do (2009 - Remaster)
3. The Prisoner (2009 - Remaster)
4. Still Life (2009 - Remaster)
5. Die With Your Boots On (2009 - Remaster)
6. Infinite Dreams (2009 - Remaster)
7. Killers (2009 - Remaster)
8. Can I Play With Madness (2009 - Remaster)
9. Heaven Can Wait (2009 - Remaster)
10. Wasted Years (2009 - Remaster)

LP2
1. The Clairvoyant (2009 - Remaster)
2. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (2009 - Remaster)
3. The Number of the Beast (2009 - Remaster)
4. Hallowed Be Thy Name (2009 - Remaster)
5. Iron Maiden (2009 - Remaster)
6. Run to the Hills
7. Running Free
8. Sanctuary

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2. Rodriguez - Cold Fact

There was a mini-genre of singer/songwriters in the late '60s and early '70s that has never gotten a name. They were folky but not exactly folk-rock and certainly not laid-back; sometimes pissed off but not full of rage; alienated but not incoherent; psychedelic-tinged but not that weird; not averse to using orchestration in some cases but not that elaborately produced. And they sold very few records, eluding to a large degree even rediscovery by collectors. Jeff Monn, Paul Martin, John Braheny, and Billy Joe Becoat were some of them, and Sixto Rodriguez was another on his 1970 LP, Cold Fact. Imagine an above-average Dylanesque street busker managing to record an album with fairly full and imaginative arrangements, and you're somewhat close to the atmosphere. Rodriguez projected the image of the aloof, alienated folk-rock songwriter, his songs jammed with gentle, stream-of-consciousness, indirect putdowns of straight society and its tensions. Likewise, he had his problems with romance, simultaneously putting down (again gently) women for their hang-ups and intimating that he could get along without them anyway ("I wonder how many times you had sex, and I wonder do you know who'll be next" he chides in the lilting "I Wonder"). At the same time, the songs were catchy and concise, with dabs of inventive backup: a dancing string section here, odd electronic yelps there, tinkling steel drums elsewhere. It's an album whose lyrics are evocative yet hard to get a handle on even after repeated listenings, with song titles like "Hate Street Dialogue," "Inner City Blues" (not the Marvin Gaye tune), and "Crucify Your Mind" representative of his eccentric, slightly troubled mindset. As it goes with folk-rock-psych singer/songwriters possessing captivating non sequitur turns of the phrase, he's just behind Arthur Lee and Skip Spence, but still worth your consideration.

• LABEL LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
• 180 GRAM VINYL RECORD - LP - SEALED

TRACK LISTING
1. Sugar Man
2. Only Good For Conversation
3. Crucify Your Mind
4. This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues
5. Hate Street Dialogue
6. Forget It
7. Inner City Blues
8. I Wonder
9. Jane S. Piddy
10. Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)
11. Rich Folks Hoax
12. Like Janis
13. I'll Slip Away
14. You'd Like To Admit It

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3. Rodriguez - Searching For Sugar Man 

The story remains one of the music world's most unusual tales of the 1970s: an obscure debut LP by a Detroit singer-songwriter becomes a source of hope and inspiration to the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa. Now, the story of Rodriguez and his cult album Cold Fact is the basis for Searching For Sugar Man, a riveting new documentary by filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul. Light In The Attic Records in partnership with Sony Legacy are honored to announce the release of the original motion picture soundtrack, comprising tracks from Cold Fact and its 1971 follow-up Coming From Reality - both reissued in 2008 and 2009 by Light In The Attic. The soundtrack begins with the otherworldly "Sugar Man" and acts as a primer to this long-overlooked musician's fusion of gritty funk, political poetry and blissful psych-folk.

• LABEL LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
• VINYL RECORD - 2LP - SEALED BLACK VINYL

TRACK LISTING
1. Sugar Man
2. Crucify Your Mind
3. Cause
4. I Wonder
5. Like Janis
6. This Is Not A Song, It's an Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues
7. Can't Get Away
8. I Think of You
9. Inner City Blues
10. Lifestyles - Sandrevan Lullaby
11. Street Boy
12. A Most Disgusting Song
13. I'll Slip Away
14. Jane S. Piddy

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4. Manowar - Lord Of Steel (Picture Disc)

After trying their loyal followers' tolerance like never before with the generally aimless symphonic fluff that surrounded the handful of real songs contained in 2007's Gods of War album, Manowar gratefully adopted a more serious and focused working approach for their eleventh studio LP, 2012's The Lord of Steel. In fact, the intervening 2010 re-recording of their 1982 debut, Battle Hymns, appears to have reined in the group's thunderous hubris to no end. Notwithstanding the power-thrashing attack of The Lord of Steel's opening title track, which predictably prolongs Manowar's delusions about still playing louder, faster, and meaner than innumerable extreme metal bands (not even close), there's a startling simplicity and directness about many of these songs (for good and ill) that's long been absent from Manowar's oeuvre. Take the fast-ensuing "Manowarriors" as a good case in point: it's predictably corny (sample lyric: "In heavy metal we believe; If you don't like it, time to leave"), but endearingly so, and, more importantly, damn infectious, to boot! The same curious attributes pertain to the steady-marching "Born in a Grave" and the staccato-loving "Annihilation," and, while the turgid "Black List" goes absolutely nowhere and the aptly named "Expendable" is exactly that, the absolutely incredible "Touch the Sky" is arguably the best song Manowar's written in 20 years! Of course, since there's always been a very fine line between laughing with and laughing at Manowar, listeners will have to draw their own conclusions about less ubiquitous material such as "Hail, Kill and Die" (one of the band's long-favored mottos rendered career-retrospective), "El Gringo" (tongue-in-cheek Manowar -- could this be?), and especially the majestic ballad "Righteous Glory" (are they yearning for higher ideals or just trying to hump that mythical harpy over there?), which, if nothing else, spells out the band's personality conundrum perfectly.

• LABEL MAGIC CIRCLE
• VINYL RECORD - 2-LP PICTURE DISC - SEALED

TRACK LISTING
1. The Lord of Steel
2. Manowarriors
3. Born in a Grave
4. Righteous Glory
5. Touch the Sky
6. Black List
7. Expendable
8. El Gringo
9. Annihilation
10. Hail Kill and Die
11. The Kingdom of Steel

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5. The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost

“The Black Angels bring the aura of mid-1966 the drilling guitars of early Velvet Underground shows, the raga inflections of late-show Fillmore jams, the acid-prayer stomp of Austin avatars the 13th Floor Elevators everywhere they go, including the levitations on their second album, Directions to See a Ghost. Mid-Eighties echoes of Spacemen 3 and the Jesus and Mary Chain also roll through the scoured-guitar sustain and Alex Maas’ rocker-monk incantations. But he knows what time it is. ‘You say the Beatles stopped the war," Maas sings in ’Never/Ever.’ ‘They might’ve helped to find a cure/But it’s still not over.’

Even so, this medicine works wonders." – David Fricke, Rolling Stone

• Label Light In The Attic
• Vinyl Records - 3-LP - Sealed
• Released: May 13; 2008

Track Listing
1.You On The Run
2. Doves
3. Science Killer
4. Mission District
5. 18 Years
6. Deer-Ree-Shee
7. Never/Ever
8. Vikings
9. You In Color
10. The Return
11. Snake In The Grass

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Musicology 101

Let's have a little fun, so here are some rock and roll nuggets so you can win at music trivia games and become a top musicologist!

The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.

Peter Frampton was the lead guitar player on Frankie Valli's 1978 hit, "Grease."

A luthier is a craftsman who makes or repairs stringed instruments, such as guitars or violins.

According to Bill Harry, founder of the UK music magazine Mersey Beat and personal friend of The Beatles, the rumor that the group took their name from a line in the movie The Wild Ones, is totally false, as the movie was not released in England until 1968. Nor did it have anything to do with "Beat" music, a term that didn't come out until after the band was established. He says it was Stu Sutcliffe who suggested "Let's have a name like The Crickets."

Bruce Springsteen was once the opening act for Canadian singer, Anne Murray, of "Snowbird" fame.

The Dr. Hook hit, "The Cover of Rolling Stone" was written by Shel Silverstein, a best-selling author of children's poems who was also a contributor to Playboy. When the group appeared on the magazine cover, it was in caricature, not an actual photograph.

In Bill Withers' 1971 Billboard #3 hit "Ain't No Sunshine", he repeats the words "I know, I know, I know..." twenty-six times. This rather annoying repetition was originally meant as a place holder until Withers could think up some better lyrics that he never did come up with.

The studio musicians who recorded the music for many "bubblegum" hits credited to The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Ohio Express and many others, were actually former members of The Shadows of Knight, who had a hit of their own with "Gloria".

Joe South wrote Deep Purple's US #4 hit "Hush", which he adapted from an old American spiritual that included the line: "Hush, I thought I heard Jesus calling my name."

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Camel - Moonmadness

One year after the massive success of Camel's previous album The Snow Goose [MOVLP382] the Progressive Rock band from England released Moonmadness in 1976.  This concept album proved to be their stepping stone to US soil, gaining their highest Billboard Album Chart position to date. 

Its inspiration was derived from the band members' personalities; each one features as subject for the songs "Chord Change", "Air Born", "Lunar Sea" and "Another Night".  Intricate layers of guitar and keyboards set a mood that can be vaguely compared to any Pink Floyd concept album from the same era.  Moonmadness provides a beautiful and interesting journey, with new details coming to light with every listen along the way.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Gatefold sleeve 

Tracklisting:

Side A 

1  Aristillus 

2  Song Within A Song 

3  Chord Change  

4  Spirit Of The Water

  

Side B

1  Another Night

2  Air Born

3  Lunar Sea

  

America - Hearts  

 America, the band that gave the world the Classic Rock evergreen "A Horse With No Name" in 1972 released their fifth album Hearts three years later to great public and critical acclaim.  Hearts was produced by famed Beatles producer George Martin, as was the case for their previous album Holiday.

  

The album was a big hit in the US reaching number 4 on the Billboard album charts, certified Gold by the RIAA.  Hearts yielded three hit singles: "Sister Golden Hair", "Daisy Jane" and "Woman Tonight" proving the sheer quality of core band members Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley.  Collectively they know how to craft excellent Folk Rock songs which is highly apparent on Hearts – a strong album of near legendary proportions.

• 180 gram audiophile
• vinyl Insert
• Produced by George Martin
• Includes hit single "Sister Golden Hair"

Tracklisting:

Side 1 

1.  Daisy Jane     

2.  Half A Man    

3.  Midnight     

4.  Bell Tree    

5.  Old Virginia   

6.  People In The Valley 

  

Side 2   

1.  Company     

2.  Woman Tonight     

3.  The Story Of A Teenager     

4.  Sister Golden Hair   

5.  Tomorrow 

6.  Seasons

  

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from Rhino.com

 

Eagles 6-CD Box Set Available for Pre-Order

 

Now available for pre-order, EAGLES: THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1972-1979 contains all six of the Eagles' Asylum studio albums from 1972 - 1979: EAGLES * DESPERADO * ON THE BORDER * ONE OF THESE NIGHTS * HOTEL CALIFORNIA * THE LONG RUN.

 

Packaged in a sleek, black clamshell box, EAGLES: THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1972-1979 showcases each of the six studio albums that helped the band define an era, including the No. 1 albums ONE OF THESE NIGHTS, HOTEL CALIFORNIA and THE LONG RUN.

THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1972-1979 kicks off with the band’s 1972 debut, EAGLES, the first of several of the band’s albums produced by the acclaimed Glyn Johns. The disc spawned the hits “Witchy Woman,” “Take It Easy” and “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” and is followed by DESPERADO, which quickly went gold after its release in 1973, thanks to the title track and “Tequila Sunrise.”

Remembered for the faves “Already Gone” and the smash “Best Of My Love,” 1974’s ON THE BORDER follows. That disc was the precursor to the Eagles’ first No. 1 album, 1975’s Grammy®-decorated ONE OF THESE NIGHTS, a quick and huge hit that is home to “Take It To The Limit,” the title track and “Lyin’ Eyes.”

Additionally, THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1972-1979 includes 1976’s HOTEL CALIFORNIA, the album that immortalized the band with the unforgettable title song as well as the Top 20 hits “Life In The Fast Lane” and “New Kid In Town.” HOTEL CALIFORNIA was followed up in 1979 by the band’s third consecutive No. 1, THE LONG RUN, yet another multi-platinum effort made famous for the title track, “I Can’t Tell You Why” and the No. 1 hit “Heartache Tonight.”

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Stephen Stills - Carry On 4-CD Box Set

 

Stephen Stills' CARRY ON is in stores today! The 4-CD boxed set features classic cuts from the legendary singer-songwriter's Buffalo Springfield, CSN and solo years, and includes 25 previously unreleased recordings.

 

Legendary singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Stills has released more than 250 songs since 1966, some solo, others with iconic bands including Buffalo Springfield, Manassas and, most famously, with David Crosby, Graham Nash and Neil Young. On the new four-CD set CARRY ON, producers Graham Nash and Joel Bernstein—in collaboration with Stills—outline the remarkable 50-year scope of Stills' career with 82 tracks, 25 of them previously unreleased. In retracing the musical paths he’s explored, it’s clear that Stills is more than a prolific hit-maker (“Love The One You’re With,” “Southern Cross”)—he is also a songwriter who speaks his mind (“For What It’s Worth”) and his heart (“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”) equally well, and is comfortable playing diverse genres including folk, rock, blues, jazz, country, and Latin.

The tracks unfold mostly in chronological order, and the anthology leads off with its oldest entry: “Travelin’”—a previously unreleased recording that Stills made at age 17 in Costa Rica (one of the many places he lived growing up in a military family). The youngest track, recorded only a few months ago, features CSN performing “Girl From The North Country” in New York City during a sold-out five-night run at the Beacon Theater that closed the group’s acclaimed 2012 world tour. CARRY ON, which features a 113-page booklet with rare photos and extensive liner notes by Michael O’Hara Garcia, David Bender, and NY Times Best Selling author Daniel Levitin, will be available as a 4-CD boxed set on March 26 from Rhino for a suggested price of $54.98. A digital version of the set will also be available.

In addition to essential studio and live recordings, CARRY ON covers new ground with more than an hour’s worth of previously unreleased material including “No-Name Jam,” a 1970 recording of Stills in London trading guitar licks with his friend Jimi Hendrix. Other previously unissued highlights include the songs “Welfare Blues” (1984), “Little Miss Bright Eyes” (1973), and “Who Ran Away?” (1968), and early demo versions of “Forty-Nine Reasons” and “The Lee Shore,” and “Black Coral,” a song Stills and Young released as a duo in 1976—the version here features all four members of CSNY. “The Treasure” offers a peek into Stills’ process—originally released in 1972 on Manassas’s self-titled debut, this version was recorded by Stills three years earlier with bassist Calvin Samuels and drummer Conrad Isidore during sessions for Stephen Stills 2.

CARRY ON also features a number of classic songs newly remixed by Nash and Stanley Tajima Johnston, including “Everydays,” “To A Flame,” “See The Changes,” “4+20” and “Change Partners,” the latter with Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar. There is also a newly edited version of Stills performing “Cuba Al Fin” at the Havana Jam in 1979.

Several songs make their CD-debut with CARRY ON, including “Uno Mundo,” “War Games” and the single mix of “Love The One You’re With.” Stills’ time on stage is represented as well with a number of previously released performances, including several from his acclaimed 2005 album Man Alive. The collection boasts new live tracks, including CSN singing “No Tears Left” in 1997 at the Fillmore in San Francisco, and CSNY on stage in 2002 at Madison Square Garden with Memphis Horns Booker T. Jones and Donald “Duck” Dunn covering Otis Redding’s “Ole Man Trouble.” Other famous players turn up on CARRY ON’s wealth of material as well, including Herbie Hancock, Eric Clapton, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Baretto, Willie Bobo, and Larry Harlow.

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Tortoise - Tortoise

 

We are quite proud to bring back the very first Tortoise album from 1994 to vinyl!

 

Sold out on vinyl for many years this new edition has been remastered to vinyl by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering and pressed on virgin vinyl at RTI. The packaging emulates the original, with an insert and a chipboard jacket that was custom silk-screened by Dan Macadam at Crosshair in Chicago.

  

Tortoise's self-titled debut incorporates many musical styles and influences and combines them into one very distince sound. So distinct that sometime after the release of this record they became recognized as the leaders of a new musical movement. Tortoise exploits the recording studio, in that they utilize the recording process as a compostional tool or "sixth member", thus creating a boundless parameter in which to create music. Recorded at Idful Studios by John McEntire.

  

For this record Tortoise is

 

Douglas McCombs

John Herndon

Dan Bitney

John McEntire

Bundy K. Brown

 

01. Magnet Pulls Through

02. Night Air

03. Ry Cooder

04. Onions Wrapped In Rubber

05. Tin Cans & Twine

06. Spiderwebbed

07. His Second Story Island

08. On Noble

09. Flyrod

10. Cornpone Brunch

 

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Seattle Vinyl Imprint Tsurumi Records Joins Frenchkiss Label Group For Digital Distribution

(Seattle, WA) – March 28, 2013 Seattle-based indie punk and garage rock record label Tsurumi Records joins NYC-based Frenchkiss Label Group for their digital distribution.

 

Tsurumi will issue their first ever soundtrack for the underground indie horror flick "The Revenant" this Spring. "The Revenant" marks their first release through Frenchkiss as well.  It will be available online beginning April 16.

Tsurumi Records is a label that also focuses on vinyl productions. Their titles are independently distributed at local and regional record shops throughout the country. They are home to garage punks the Beautiful Mothers, indie rockers Fonzarelli, experimental Japanese rock band Golden, the Second Academy, the Mustang Jerx and DJ Macky Ramone (find out more from label head Jeff Davis on how he got “knighted” by Marky many years ago).

"My attitudes and tastes about music mirror that of FrenchKiss and therefore many of my creative values and professional goals are being met. I couldn't be more thrilled,” comments Tsurumi Records owner and founder Jeff Davis.

Frenchkiss Label Group is a hands-on boutique distributor focused on growing visibility for independent labels as their bottom line. For more information on Frenchkiss Label Group, visit www.frenchkisslabelgroup.com. For more information on Tsurumi Records, visit www.tsurumirecords.com.

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Don’t call it a comeback…