Beware of Mr. Baker DVD Contest

A couple of months ago ,the CVR blog, working with SnagFilms, a New York-based film distributor; gave away a free download to watch the film 'Beware Of Mr. Baker.' 

Well, luckily they are back again and this time we have a DVD to give away.  You can enter by emailing the CVR blog with the words "Beware of Mr. Baker DVD Contest" in the subject line to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com.  Winner will be chosen in a random drawing held on Friday May 24, 2013. Limit one entry per person, winner will be announced as soon as possible.

'Beware of Mr. Baker' is a vivid portrait of a rock icon, including the good, the bad and the over the top lifestyle of one of rock’s legendary wild men.

At home with rock ‘n’ roll monster Ginger Baker, Cream’s legendary scarlet-maned, hell-raising drummer. This no-holds-barred, sad, and hilarious portrait of the man referred to as rock’s first great drummer (and perhaps still its best) lets him tell his own story, intercut with footage of his continent-hopping life, from London to L.A., Nigeria, Italy, South Africa, and (way) beyond. Baker may have broken the mold musically, but his violent, dyspeptic mood swings, fueled by a multi-decade heroin addiction, went a long way to making him persona non grata even among the music greats who still revere his work. Eric Clapton, Johnny Rotten, Charlie Watts, and Lars Ulrich, Baker’s 4 wives, and 3 grown children all have something to say about him: “He’s a force of nature,” “he’s the greatest drummer any of us had ever heard,” “he’s mad,” and “he’s fairly consistently horrible” are just a few of them.

[5 stars]

“RUDELY FUNNY! The old stories and misadventures… out they come, reshaped by Bulger  via archival footage and sly animation into a testament to Baker’s musicianship… The guy basically invented the modern drum solo.” – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

“Makes a persuasive argument that Mr. Baker was the greatest of all rock drummers.”  – A.O. Scott, New York Times

“Captivating! A must-see film.” – Margaret Barton-Fumo, Filmcomment.com

“Baker comes across as a living embodiment of his music. Baker remains a fierce creature of music.”
– Eric Kohn, Indiewire.com

“A hell of a musician and a real son of a bitch.”  – Henry Stewart, L Magazine


 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

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Otis Rush – Right Place, Wrong Time – Bullfrog Records / Pure Pleasure Records (vinyl)

Pure Pleasure Records has re-mastered Right Time, Wrong Place to 180-gram vinyl with sterling results.

Published on May 14, 2013

Otis Rush – Right Place, Wrong Time – Bullfrog Records (1976) BF 301/ Pure Pleasure Records (2012) 180-gram stereo audiophile vinyl, 40:44 ****:

(Otis Rush – guitar, vocals; Doug Kilmer – bass; John Kahn – bass; Bob Jones – drums; Fred Burton – guitar; Mark Naftalin – piano; Ira Kamin – organ; John Wilmeth – trumpet; Ron Stallings – tenor saxophone; Hart McNee – alto saxophone)

Otis Rush was born in Mississippi and eventually moved to Chicago to become a blues legend. That narrative may not differentiate him from a lot of blues pickers. However, Rush was a rare left-handed player. In an unusual twist, he played a left-handed guitar, strung upside down with the low E string on the bottom. There is no mistaking his sound. He earned his pedigree in Westside Chicago blues clubs and recorded for several labels, including Chess.

In the sixties he was produced by rock stars Michael Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites. Adding rock and soul to the blues repertoire introduced Rush to a new generation of fans. At Capitol Records (the same label that turned down The Doors) he laid down tracks for an album titled Right Place, Wrong Time.. The project was scrapped, but Rush eventually bought the master tapes. Five years later, in 1976, it was released on Bullfrog Records.

Pure Pleasure Records has re-mastered Right Time, Wrong Place to audiophile vinyl. Listening to this musical giant, it appears that Capitol did not have a sense of the power of a true blues musician. The album gets off to a rousing start on Ike Turner’s “Tore Up”. All of the classic blues chops are represented in this brisk, up tempo romp. Rush’s guitar leads are precise and crisp. He is as good a vocalist as any of the older blues giants. Different from the template, he adds a short key shift on the bridge. As he transitions to late night vibe (title cut), the arrangements which showcase his guitar and vocals remain constant. On the first instrumental “Easy Go”, the soulful punctuation (especially by the horn section), amps up this muscular jam. His rhythm section (John Kahn/bass; Bob Jones/drums and Fred Burton/rhythm guitar) is complementary and cohesive.

Most of the songs percolate, and Rush’s tasteful concise guitar riffs and vocal phrasing are fluid. Albert King’s “Natural Ball” is dynamic. The music has a lot of soul. This resonates on the second instrumental, “I Wonder Why”. This is Chicago blues at its finest. In a more conventional translation, “Your Turn To Cry” is inimitable with the subtle key-shifting introduction Mark Naftalin spices things up with his percussive licks on piano. Rush explodes with intensity on “Lonely Man”. His coarser urgent vocals match the group’s intensity, and the energy never abates. A slight departure is Rush’s agile cover of “Rainy Night In Georgia”. It is much different from Brooke Benton’s meditative r & b…a blues opus! There is ample originality to separate this recording from typical genre offerings.

Pure Pleasure Records has re-mastered Right Time, Wrong Place to 180-gram vinyl with sterling results. The stereo mix is very-balanced, with Rush’s vocals and guitar always centered. You will need to turn the volume up to appreciate the full effect of the horns, piano and organ. For blues enthusiasts, the liner notes by Dick Shurman provide assorted details about the obstacles in Rush’s career and the release of this album.

TrackList:
 Side One: Tore Up; Right Place, Wrong Time; Easy Go; Three Times A Fool; Rainy Night In Georgia
 Side Two: Natural Ball; I Wonder Why; Your Turn To Cry; Lonely Man; Take A Look Behind

–Robbie Gerson


I want to thank John over at www.audaud.com for the exclusive rights to reprint this great review!

AUDIOPHILE AUDITION focuses on recordings of interest to audiophiles and collectors, with an accent on surround sound for music, and on all hi-res disc formats. Over 100SACD, DVD Video/Audio and standard CD reviews are published during each month, and our archives go back to January 2001.

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New Music Releases June 2013

June 4

Aborym - Dirty
Amazing Rhythm Aces - Stacked Deck / Too Stuffed to Jump
Ashanti - Braveheart
Avidya and the Kleshas - Tree of Series 
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five Live
Boysetsfire - While A Nation Sleeps
Brent Amaker and The Rodeo - Year of The Dragon
Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
Candlelight Red - Reclamation
Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys - Albion Doo-Wah
Children of Bodom - Halo of Blood
City and Colour - The Hurry and The Harm 
Colossus - Time & Eternal
Cory Williams - The Outcome
Creations - Unworthy/Humility
Dave Davies - I Will Be Me
Dead Stars - High Gain
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Death Valley - Positive Euth
Deep Purple - Live In Copenhagen 1972
Demon Lung - The Hundredth Name
Dickey Lee - Original Greatest Hits
Disclosure - Settle
Doobie Brothers - Live at Wolf Trap (2004 concert film)
Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record 
Emotions - Best of the Emotions
Evile - Skull
Filter - The Sun Comes Out Tonight
Frank Zappa - A Token of His Extreme
Future Bible Heroes - Memories of Love, Eternal Youth, and Partygoing 
Future Bible Heroes - Partygoing 
GRMLN - Empire 
George Benson - My Inspiration a Tribute to Nat King Cole
Glen Medeiros - Glenn Medeiros
Goat - Dreambuilding (7")
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 23: Baltimore Civic Center Baltimore
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
High Wolf - Kairos: Chronos 
Houndmouth - From the Hills Below the City
iamamiwhoami - bounty
Iggy and the Stooges - Tribute to Ron Asheton (live DVD)
Integrity - Suicide Black Snake
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Joy Kills Sorrow - Wide Awake (EP)
Kay Starr -The Kay Starr Collection 1939-62
Kelly Rowland - Talk A Good Game
Lenka - Shadows
Liferuiner - Future Revisionists
Mason Williams - The Mason Williams Ear Show
Mason Williams - The Mason Williams Phonograph Record
Matthew Morrison - Where It All Began
Megadeth - Super Collider
Oblivians - Desperation 
Phonat - Identity Theft (EP)
Polly Scattergood - Arrows
Portugal. the Man - Evil Friends
Power Trip - Manifest Decimation
Quadron - Avalanche
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork 
Rogue Wave - Nightingale Floors
Seth - Scars Born From Bleeding Stars
Splashh - Comfort
Surf Punks - Locals Only
Svartsyn - Black Testament
The Absence - Oceans
The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
The Devil's Blood - III: Tabula Rasa or Death and the Seven Pillars
The Dig - Tired Hearts (EP) 
The Saddest Landscape - Exit Wounded
The Young Things - Hello Love/Goodbye Sexual
Traffic - Shootout at the Fantasy Factory (vinyl)
Various Artists - In The Mood: Instrumental Gems From The Embassy Label
We Are The City - Violent
Western Lows - Glacial
White Wizzard - The Devil’s Cut


June 11

Airhead - For Years
Alex Burkat - Tarot (12")
Alison Moyet - the minutes
Andrew Stockdale - Keep Moving
Avenues - Post Cards From Ann Arbor
Big Time Rush - 24/Seven
Black Sabbath - 13
Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow’s Harvest
Booker T - Sound The Alarm (vinyl)
Braids - In Kind // Amends (12")  
CSS - Planta
Capital Cities - A Tidal Wave of Mystery
Case Studies - This Is Another Life
Children of Bodom - Halo of Blood
Church Of Misery - Thy Kingdom Scum
Close - Getting Gloser 
Colossus - Time & Eternal 
Coma Cinema - Posthumous Release
Creations - Unworthy/Humility 
Davell Crawford - My Gift To You
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Dennis Callaci & Simon Joyner - New Secrets
Emika - DVA
Emily Wells - Mama Acoustic Recordings
Evile - Skull 
Fat Tony - Smart Ass Black Boy
Gold Panda - Half Of Where You Live
Grateful Dead - May 1977 (box set) 
Harry Connick Jr.-  Every Man Should Know
I The Mighty - Satori
Integrity - Suicide Black Snake 
Into The Flood - Vices 
Jan St. Werner - Blaze Colour Burn 
Jason Isbell - Southeastern 
Jerry Garcia - Garcialive 2: August 5th 1990 Greek Theater
Jimmy Eat World - Damage 
Jon Huertas - Grown & Sexy Music
Joseph Arthur - The Ballad of Boogie Christ
King Conquer - 1776
Koko Blue - Crosses And Planks
Lust For Youth - Perfect View
Martin Ware - Dark
Mick Harvey - FOUR
Mixhell - Spaces
Modern Day Escape - New Life
Moody Blues - Timeless Flight (box set)
Motionless In White - Infamous 
Mount Eerie - Live in Bloomington…
Overseas - Overseas 
Paul McCartney - Rockshow (concert film)
Queen - Icon
Scale The Summit - The Migration
Smith Westerns - Soft Will
Sonny & the Sunsets - Antenna to the Afterworld
Spinal Tap - This is Spinal Tap (vinyl)
Surfer Blood - Pythons
The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
The Lonely Island - The Wack Album
The Orb & Lee - More Tales From The Orbservatory
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
Various Artists - Vol. 12: Motown Singles
Various Artists - The Bling Ring
Walter Trout - Luther's Blues
White Mandingos - The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me 
Young Hunting - Hazel
ZZ Top - The Complete Studio Albums (box set)


June 18

3OH!3 - Omens
Adventures - Clear My Head With You (EP)
Anton Zap - Water
Austra - Olympia
Autopsy - The Headless Ritual
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Tour (concert film)
Beach Day - Trip Trap Attack 
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - Blue Oyster Cult (reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - Cultosaurus Erectus (reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors (reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties (reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (reissue)
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (reissue)
ChthoniC - Bú-Tik 
Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark - Blind Crippled & Crazy (reissue)
Eddie Spaghetti - The Value of Nothing
Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
Falling in Reverse - Fashionably Late
Fuck The Facts - Amer
Gold Panda - Half of Where You Live
Goodie Mobb - Age Against The Machine
Hanson - ANTHEM
Heliotropes - A Constant Sea
Holy Folk - Motioning 
Hospital Ships - Destruction in Yr Soul
I Is Another - I Is Another
Jackson Browne - I’ll Do Anything: Live in Concert (concert film)
James Holden - The Inheritors 
Kelly Rowland - Talk a Good Game
Lemuria - The Distance Is So Big
Light Years - I Won’t Hold This Against You 
Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off
Make Do And Mend / The Flatliners - split (7")
Midnight Faces - Fornication
Natasha Kmeto - Crisis 
OBNOX - Corrupt Free Enterprise
Primal Scream - More Light
Public Image LTD - First Issue (reissue)  
Royal Trux - 3-Song EP (reissue) (EP) 
Rusty Truck - Kicker Town
Said the Whale - I Love You (EP)
Savoir Adore - Our Nature
Sigur Rós-  Kveikur
Spectrals - Sob Story
Stephen Kellogg - Blunderstone Rookery
Steve Gunn - Time Off
Stick To Your Guns / The Story So Far - split (7")
The City and Horses - Strange Range 
The Gaslight Anthem - Singles Collection 2008-2011
The Mantles - Long Enough to Leave
The World Is A Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid To Die - Whenever, If Ever
Tripwires - Spacehopper
Tunng - Turbines
Vacation - Candy Waves
Valient Thorr - Our Own Masters
Xerxes - Would you understand?


June 25

Abnormal Thought Patterns - Manipulation Under Anesthesia
Aerosmith - Rock for the Rising Sun (concert Blu-ray)
Allman Brothers - Brothers & Sisters (vinyl)
Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods
Attila - About That Life
August Burns Red - Rescue & Restore
Ballyhoo! - Pineapple Grenade
Bass Drum Of Death - Bass Drum Of Death
Bird Nest Roys - Me Want Me Get Me Need Me Have Me Love
Bobby Whitlock - Where There's a Will There's a Way: ABC-Dunhill
Bosnian Rainbows - Bosnian Rainbows
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights - Christopher Columbus (7") 
David Yow - Tonight You Look Like a Spider
Deeds Of Flesh - Portals To Canaan
Extol - Extol
Frank Lenz - Water Tiger
Hausu - Total 
Havok - Unnatural Selection
J. Cole - Born Sinner
James Brown - Best of Live at the Apollo: 50th Anniversary
Jimmy Cliff - The KCRW Sessions
John Legend - Love In The Future
Larry And His Flask - By The Lamplight
Lesbian - Forestelevisonis
Light Heat - Light Heat
Lightning Dust - Fantasy
Little Lonely - Little Lonely
Locrian - Return To Annihilation
Mandolyn Mae - Once
Mavis Staples - One True Vine
Mood Rings - VPI Harmony
Mouth of the Architect - Dawning
Mumakil - Flies Will Starve 
Mylets - Retcon
Nate Young - Blinding Confusion
oOoOO - Without Your Love
Orphaned Land - All Is One
Palms - Palms
Queensryche w/ Todd La Torre - Queensryche
Ramming Speed - Doomed to Destroy, Destined To Die
Rose Windows - The Sun Dogs
Royal Canoe - Today We’re Believers
Ryan Power - Identity Picks
Selebrities - Lovely Things
Serengeti - Kenny Dennis 
Serj Tankian - Orca
Sister Sin - Dance Of The Wicked (reissue)
Skillet - Rise
Stephen Kellogg - Blunderstone Rockery
Steve Earle - The Warner Bros. Years ( 4-CDs/1-DVD)
Stone Gossard - Moonlander
Sylvester Mighty Real - Greatest Dance Hits
Tech N9ne - Something Else
The Clean - Vehicle (reissue)
The Transplants - In a Warzone
Treetop Flyers - The Mountain Moves
Wale - The Gifted
Watain - All That May Bleed
Weekend - Jinx
While She Sleeps - This Is The Six
White Wizzard - The Devils Cut
Wise Blood - id

New Music Releases ~ May 21, 2013

30 Seconds to Mars - Love Lust Faith + Dreams
A Pale Horse Named Death - Lay My Soul to Waste
Airbourne - Black Dog Barking
Alpine - A Is For Alpine
Attic Lights - Super De Luxe
Baptist Generals - Jackleg Devotional To The Heart
Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Live: The 50th Anniversary Tour
Beaches - She Beats
Billy Ocean - Playlist: The Very Best of Billy Ocean
Bret Michaels - Good Songs & Great Friends
Built On Secrets - The Disconnect
Captain Beyond - Live In Texas October 6, 1973
Christopher Paul Stelling - False Cities
Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes - Baby Caught the Bus
Club 8 - Above the City
Crazy & the Brains - Let Me Go
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Darius Rucker - True Believers
Dead Gaze - Dead Gaze
Death of an Era - The Great Commonwealth (EP)
Dirty Beaches - Drifters/Love Is The Devil
Donna Summer - Playlist: The Very Best of Donna Summer
Emma Louise - vs Head vs Heart
FACT - Burundanga
French Montana - Excise My French
G&D - The Lighthouse
G and D - The Lighthouse
Gaytheist - Hold Me…But Not So Tight
Have Mercy - The Earth Pushed Back
Iggy Pop - Playlist: The Very Best of Iggy Pop
Jay Sean - Neon
Jesse Ruins - A Film
LVMRKS - Pale Fairytale
Linda Draper - Edgewise
Love and Rockets - 5 Album Box Set
Mac Davis - A Little More Action Please 1970-1985
Majical Cloudz - Impersonator
Man Or Astro-man? -  Defcon 5...4...3...2...1
Marshall Tucker Band - Live! The South Carolina Music Hall of Fame Concert
Morningbell - Boa Noite
NK - Nothing To Be Gained Here
Nektar - Remember The Future: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (vinyl)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
Open Air Stereo - Primates
P-Money - Gratitude
Patty Loveless - Playlist: The Very Best of Patty Loveless
Paul McCartney - In His Own Words
Poisonous Relationship - Garden of Problems
Primal Scream - More Light
Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (deluxe 5.1 edition)
Public Enemy - 25th Anniversary Vinyl Collection (9-LP box set)
Radiation City - Animals In The Median
Radical Dads - Rapid Reality
Restless Heart - Playlist: The Very Best of Restless Heart
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
RocketNumberNine - MeYouWeYou
Saturday Looks Good to Me - One Kiss Ends It All
Scout Niblett - It’s Up to Emma
Seemless - Seemless (vinyl)
Shannon & the Clams - Dreams in the Rat House
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Playlist:The Very Best of Southside Johnny
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (reissue) (vinyl)
Ten Kens - Namesake
Texas - The Conversation
The Baptist Generals - Jackleg Devotional to the Heart
The Front Bottoms - Talon Of The Hawk
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Townes Van Zandt - Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Various Artists - FM
Various Artists - Telstar: Anthology
Various Artists - Watch Your Mouth: Gems from the Warner Brother Vaults
Various Artists - Putumayo Presents Women of Brazil
Visage - Hearts And Knives
Wang Chung - Mosaic
Wang Chung - Points On The Curve
Warrant - Playlist - The Very Best of Warrant
White Mystery - Telepathic
Wild Party - All Nighter (EP)
Wooden Indian Burial Ground - Wooden Indian Burial Ground
Young Benjamins - Less Argue

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at TheBurningShed

Opeth - Morningrise (double coloured vinyl collectors edition preorder)

With its combination of Black Metal vocals and guitar parts with lighter progressive and acoustic elements, Morningrise, from 1996, was one of the first releases to showcase Opeth's signature style.

This is the limited Record Store Day split coloured 180gm double vinyl version. Pressed on half solid white/ half solid grey, the album comes in a gatefold sleeve.

Pre-order now for 27th May shipping.

Yes - The Ladder (double vinyl)

Released in 1999, The Ladder was the 18th studio album by Yes.

Long-time personnel Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Alan White, and Steve Howe were joined by multi-instrumentalist Billy Sherwood, keyboardist Igor Khoroshev and Canadian producer Bruce Fairburn (who died towards the end of the making of the album) for a release that distinctively combined the band's Progressive roots with World Music influences and a contemporary production sheen.

This is the limited and numbered Eagle Records double vinyl version presented in a striking Roger Dean gatefold sleeve.   We have a limited stock.

Order at TheBurningShed



MarillionRadiation 2013 (Double Vinyl preorder)

A double blue vinyl edition of Marillion's top 40 release from 1998, featuring Michael Hunter's improved 2013 re-mix/re-master.

Presented on heavyweight 180gm vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

Side 4 features an exclusive etching by cover artist, Carl Glover

Pre-order now for 10th June release.

Rush - ABC 1974 (double coloured vinyl collectors edition preorder)

The limited Record Store Day split coloured vinyl version of Rush's live radio performance, ABC 1974.

Recorded during the first ever Rush tour of the US in 1974, the tour was also the first with the band's enigmatic drummer/lyricist, Neil Peart.

A 180gm split coloured vinyl release, with gatefold packaging, featuring tracks from the band's debut and the then unreleased Fly By Night, as well as three previously unavailable pieces (Fancy Dancer, Garden Road and a cover of Larry Williams' Bad Boy).

A fascinating glimpse into the early work of a Progressive institution.

Pre-order now for 27th May shipping.

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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 are three vinyl deals that will get any record collectors attention. 

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

Vinyl 2-LP Import 2013 (PRE-ORDER 5-27)

The 6th studio album of Dream Theater is a concept album in its truest form. As the title implies, the albums contains six songs, each dealing with a facet of inner struggle. Themes like alcoholism, loss of faith and self isolation are dealt with in a true virtuoso manner. The second disc contains one 42-minute long song, divided over two sides, telling six stories about various mental illnesses like autism and schizophrenia. This album has never been issued on vinyl before - Music On Vinyl has the distinct honour to present this masterpiece on 180 gram audiophile vinyl!

• Release date: 05/27/2013
• Merchant SKU: LAFMOV2926
• Label Music On Vinyl
• 180 Gram Vinyl Records - 2-LP - Sealed
• First vinyl issue ever!
• Insert

LP1
1. The Glass Prison
2. Blind Faith
3. Misunderstood
4. The Great Debate

LP2
1. Disappear
2. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (part 1)
I. Overture
II. About To Crash
III. War Inside My Head
IV. The Test That Stumped Them All
3. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (part 2)
V. Goodnight Kiss
VI. Solitary Shell
VII. About To Crash (Reprise)
VIII. Losing Time / Grand Finale

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Mother Love Bone - Mother Love Bone

Vinyl 2-LP Import 2013

When grunge took off in the early nineties, mainstream interest raised in a Seattle based band that had already ceased to exist but was very important in the formation process of Pearl Jam. Mother Love Bone was founded in 1988 by future Pearl Jam's guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament as an outlet for their Punk and Glam urges - citing Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin as their main influences. The band's promising career was primarily cut short by the tragic death of vocalist Andrew Wood in 1990, after having released just one EP called Shine. More material from studio recordings with Wood was released as the Apple album. Riding Pearl Jam's band wagon in 1992, Mother Love Bone was released as a combination of both releases - holding itself together as a seminal album with two bonus tracks: "Capricorn Sister" and "Lady Godiva Blues". First 1500 copies are pressed on heavy weight purple vinyl!

• Label Music On Vinyl
• 180 Gram Vinyl Records - 2-LP - Sealed
• Limited Edition - 1500
• Colored Vinyl - Purple
• First Vinyl Issue Ever
• Poster + Lyric Sheets

LP1
1. This Is Shangri-La
2. Stardog Champion
3. Holy Roller
4. Bone China
5. Come Bite The Apple
6. Stargazer
7. Heartshine
8. Captain Hi-Top
9. Man of Golden Words
10. Capricorn Sister

LP2
1. Gentle Groove
2. Mr. Danny Boy
3. Crown of Thorns
4. Thru Fade Away
5. Mindshaker Meltdown
6. Half Ass Monkey Boy
7. Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
8. Capricorn Sister (Shine Version)
9. Lady Godiva Blues

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Stone Temple Pilots - Purple Vinyl Record

Import 2013 (PRE-ORDER 6-17)

Purple is the second studio album released by the Stone Temple Pilots. The album, building on the foundations laid by the band's debut album Core (soon to be released by MOV) was a huge success for the band, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over six million copies worldwide. The album's style sees an expansion of the band's sound. They shifted to a more alternative rock-style, incorporating some psychedelic and southern rock influences. It produced a number of successful singles a.o. "Vasoline", "Interstate Love Song" and "Big Empty". Music On Vinyl is proud to add this legendary name to their catalogue. Be quick because the first 1500 copies will be gone in the blink of an eye.

• Label Music On Vinyl
• 180 Gram Vinyl Record - LP - Sealed
• Limited Edition - 1500
• Colored Vinyl - Purple
• Hand Numbered
• Four Page Insert

Side 1
1. Meatplow
2. Vaseline
3. Lounge Fly
4. Interstate Love Song
5. Still Remains
6. Pretty Penny

Side 2
1. Silvergun Superman
2. Big Empty
3. Unglued
4. Army Ants
5. Kitchenware and Candybars

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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!

Because so many special effects and studio musicans had been used record "This Diamond Ring," Gary Lewis And The Playboys could not re-create their sound when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. In compromise, Lewis sang along with pre-recorded tracks as the Playboys pretended to play their instruments.

The largest group to ever have a hit record on the Billboard Top 40 was The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The 375 voice ensemble reached #13 with "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" in 1959.

The real name of the theme song from the TV show Jeopardy is "Think Music," written by the show's creator, Merv Griffin, who has collected millions of dollars in royalties from the tune since the show went on the air in 1964.

Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" has been recorded by over 900 other artists. Co-writer Keith Reid told the website www.songfacts.com that he came up with the title after overhearing someone at a party saying to a woman, "You've turned a whiter shade of pale."

Vocalist Peter Kraemer of Sopwith Camel had actually suggested the name "Sopwith Camel" for another newly formed group, but they passed on it and decided on Big Brother and The Holding Company.
　

Roy Orbison's million selling, #2 hit, "Only The Lonely" was rejected by both Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers.

As a child, Brian Wilson's mother told him that dogs could pick up vibrations from people, so that a dog would bark at "bad vibrations." In 1966, Wilson turned that idea into The Beach Boys' number one hit "Good Vibrations".

The title of the Hollies 1969 hit "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" was first used as the title of a column in Kiwanis Magazine, published by Roe Fulkerson in 1924. The phrase later became associated with Father Edward J. Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, who came across a drawing, created by Van B. Hooper, of a young boy carrying his brother in the Christmas 1941 edition of the Louis Allis Messenger. The caption read "He ain't heavy Mister — he's m' brother!" With permission from the magazine, the phrase became the motto of Boys Town.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is most often associated with the song "Sweet Home Alabama", but the band was actually formed in Jacksonville, Florida.

Roger Daltrey's stuttering delivery on The Who's recording of "My Generation" is said to have come about because he had not rehearsed the song prior to the recording and was unable to hear his own voice through the monitors. Daltrey tried to fit the lyrics to the music as best he could, and the band decided the stammering worked well enough to keep. The BBC initially refused to play "My Generation" because it did not want to offend people who stutter, but reversed its decision after the song soared to #2 on the UK charts.


 

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from our friends at StormingTheBase.com




Austra - Olympia (2 LP+CD)

Label: Paper Bag


Olympia is an album of transformation. Though it has only been two years since Austra's 2010 debut Feel It Break, it presents a quantum evolution in the Toronto-based band’s sound, structure and style.

After three years of non-stop international touring with the likes of the XX, Grimes and the Gossip, when it came time to record Olympia, Austra had evolved into a complex collaborative effort between its six members. “Previously, I would flesh out songs before I brought them to the band, but this time I left them bare and let the others fill them in” explains Katie Stelmanis, the principal songwriter/vocalist.

Olympia is also the first confessional record for Stelmanis as evidenced by the heartfelt lyrics of piano driven lead single"Home". "Home" expresses the anxieties of waiting up all night for a lover to return. “I was mad and upset and the song just wrote itself,” says the singer. The album touches on a range of sentiments that stem from a relationship ending, a relationship beginning, and friends' struggles with addiction and motivation. Despite the sometimes dark lyrics written in collaboration with band member Sari Lightman, Olympia is bubbly and buoyant— fundamentally a dance record, which Stelmanis says was the band's aim all along. “We are really into dense harmonies and big beautiful melodies, but I also love techno and dance music. I wanted to bring those elements together.”

We expect this item to be in stock on June 18, 2013

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Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2 LP)

Label: Warp Records

The idolized and enigmatic duo are back. After considerable speculation by their rabid fan base (not to mention the media following every step of the way), Boards of Canada have revealed that their new album Tomorrow s Harvest will be released on June 11 via their long time home, Warp Records. Musically, the album is somehow dark yet positive, with atmospheric dissonance and mind-bending melodic creations.

Includes download card.

We expect this item to be in stock on June 11, 2013

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from our friends at MusicOnVinyl.com

Mother Love Bone - Mother Love Bone 

When grunge took off in the early nineties, mainstream interest raised in a Seattle based band that had already ceased to exist but was very important in the formation process of Pearl Jam. Mother Love Bone was founded in 1988 by future Pearl Jam's guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament as an outlet for their Punk and Glam urges – citing Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin as their main influences.

The band's promising career was primarily cut short by the tragic death of vocalist Andrew Wood in 1990, after having released just one EP called Shine. More material from studio recordings with Wood was released as the Apple album. Riding Pearl Jam's band wagon in 1992, Mother Love Bone was released as a combination of both releases – holding itself together as a seminal album with two bonus tracks: "Capricorn Sister" and "Lady Godiva Blues". First 1500 copies are pressed on heavy weight purple vinyl

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Poster / lyric sheet
• First 1500 copies numbered & limited on purple vinyl
• 2 bonus tracks
• First vinyl issue ever!

 
 

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MONDO/The Raid: Redemption Soundtrack on Limited Edition Vinyl

 

Mondo, the collectible art division of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is excited to announce the release of The Raid: Redemption Motion Picture Soundtrack on limited edition black vinyl with randomly inserted smokey grey vinyl discs.  The limited edition vinyl features the perfectly imposing artwork of Mondo artist Jock in stark shades of black and white along with music from the film by Joe Trapanese and Mike Shinoda. 

 

Joe Trapanese is most well known for his collaboration with Daft Punk on 2009's TRON: LEGACY soundtrack, as well as Mondo's most recent LP release of the soundtrack to OBLIVION.  Joe's work varies from television (DEXTER) to collaborations with M83 on their 2011 album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming."

Mike Shinoda is perhaps best known as the principal songwriter, guitarist and rapper of Linkin Park.  He has a diverse musical background, producing tracks for everyone from Depeche Mode to Lupe
Fiasco. His collaboration with Joe Trapanese marks his first film score.
 
The Raid: Redemption vinyl will be available for purchase on May 24 at MondoTees.com, follow @MondoNews on Twitter for the exact sale time.  Starting June 26th the limited edition vinyl will be available for purchase from select retail stores.

The Raid: Redemption is an Indonesian martial arts action film written and directed by Gareth Evans.  Set in an apartment block in Jarkarta's slums, The Raid: Redemption is a fast-paced, high-action thriller focused on a police raid aimed to kill a ruthless crime lord.  Released in 2012, the film has been hailed as a breakthrough in martial-arts films.

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 5/06 - 5/12, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:

1. She & Him - Volume 3
2. Deerhunter - Monomania
3. Mikal Cronin - MCII
4. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
5. Various - Jean-Luc Godard: Bandes Originales 1959-1980
6. The Civil Wars - Unplugged On VH-1
7. Love - Black Beauty
8. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
9. The Replacements - Songs For Slim
10. The Features - The Features
11. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
12. Dawes - Stories Don't End
13. Fitz & The Tantrums - More Than Just A Dream
14. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
15. The Weeks - Dear Bo Jackson
16. Justin Townes Earle - Yuma 10"
17. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
18. Appleseed Cast - Illumination Ritual
19. Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
20. Savages - Silence Yourself
21. The Flaming Lips - The Terror
22. Shuggie Otis - Introducing Shuggie
23. Kings Of Leon - Rarely
24. David Bowie - The Next Day
25. Phosphorescent - Muchacho

 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 13, 2013

 

DEAR JERRY: I don't know if I typify music collectors or not, but the last time I bought an album, either LP or CD, was in 2004.

No, I didn't stop collecting my favorite tunes then. Quite the contrary, I have never acquired so much music as in the past 10 years — all via downloads.

How does my transition compare to the rest of the country?
—Chuck Davidson, Madison, Wis.



DEAR CHUCK: You could be the poster boy for a decade of changes in the way most people acquire their music.

Notice I didn't say "purchase" their music, though paying for the product accounts for a great deal of how it changes hands, but the numerous sources for peer-to-peer and otherwise gratis audio files cannot be overlooked.

As for some specifics, the only data reported to the Record Industry Association of America are of transactions resulting in revenue.

Here are those numbers:

In 2004, physical audio products — mostly digital media (CDs), but with some analog (vinyl and tapes) — accounted for roughly 98.5% of music sales. Paid digital downloads, then in its infancy, made up about 1.5%.

Now, physical media and digital downloads are essentially equal, both at approximately 40%. The remaining 20% accounts for miscellaneous income sources, such as from licensing fees and concert revenues.

Missing from the comparatively lonely process of downloading files, at least for me, is the many wonderful face-to-face connections I have enjoyed while record hunting in stores.

Fortunately, an international day now exists for shopping and socializing at authentic brick and mortar record retailers. Read on:



DEAR JERRY: Normally on Record Store Day (April 20) I am buzzing around the Bay area shops, in search of the RSD limited edition vinyl releases.

This year, however, I was in Paris, and was pleasantly surprised to find RSD being celebrated there, with lots of stores participating. They call it Les Pochettes du Disquaire Day (The Covers of Record Day), and they have many French pressings of American stars along with records by their own artists.

How many other countries are on the Record Store Day bandwagon?
—Christian Chappelle, Pittsburg, Calif.



DEAR CHRISTIAN: For Record Store Day, we now know of at least eight countries where it's a big deal. All have one-day exclusives and limited editions of 1,000 or fewer, plus in-store festivities including appearances by artists whose records are on sale.

This year, several hundred RSD albums came out here as well as in Great Britain.

Besides the U.S., France, and the UK, April 20th is also Record Store Day in Canada; Germany; Belgium; Australia, and the Netherlands.

DEAR JERRY: Of the eight current coaches and judges on The Voice and American Idol, how many are themselves Grammy Award winners?
—Dee Dee Fitzsimmons, Deming, N.M.



DEAR DEE DEE: Here are the current National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy totals for each of the singing competition shows:

The Voice coaches (20):
Shakira (9); Usher (8); Adam Levine/Maroon 5 (3); Blake Shelton (0)
Though the Grammy is about the only major award not yet on Shelton's mantle, he has received four nominations from the NARAS.

American Idol judges (10):
Mariah Carey (5); Keith Urban (4); ); Randy Jackson (1); Nicki Minaj (0)
Jackson's award is based on his being co-producer of Gladys Knight's 2001 album, "At Last," though the NARAS does not credit him individually. If he has it, he has it. So we'll count it.
Nicki Minaj, the most entertaining Idol judge since Simon, has been nominated four times but is still waiting on her first Grammy win.



IZ ZAT SO? Keith Urban, who was born in New Zealand but raised in Australia, is among the few from Down Under to win a Grammy. Here are a few other famous Aussies to be so honored in America, and when they won:

Helen Reddy (1972)
Olivia Newton-John (1973, 1974, 1982). Olivia was born in England and raised in Australia.
Barry Gibb/Bee Gees (1977, 1978, 1980). Barry was born in England, but in 1958 the family moved to Australia, where the Bee Gees group was born
Rick Springfield (1981)
Men At Work (1982)
Kylie Minogue (2003)

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

ZZ TOP: THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS (1970-1990)

Warner Bros. Records Salutes The Texas Trio’s Musical Legacy With Boxed Set Featuring Original Mixes Of The Band’s First 10 Albums

The 10-Disc Collection Arrives June 11th

Back in 1969, Billy F Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill joined together in Houston as ZZ TOP. The band that would unassumingly go on to be known as That Little Ol’ Band From Texas soon made rock history with a string of hugely successful record releases and tour dates. Over the next 20 years, the trio went on to critical and commercial acclaim, selling millions of albums and concert tickets around the world, while earning induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and status as one of the only bands to have been awarded an RIAA Diamond (domestic sales of 10 million or more) album.

Warner Bros. Records explores the impressive scope of ZZ TOP’s musical legacy with a boxed set that includes the original mixes for the band’s first 10 albums. ZZ TOP: THE COMPLETE STUDIO
ALBUMS (1970-1990) will be available on June 11.

The set, including the albums initially released on the London label as well as the string of Warner Bros. Hits that followed, includes ZZ Tops’ First Album (1971), Rio Grande Mud (1972), Tres Hombres (1973), Fandango! (1975)*, Tejas (1976), Degüello (1979), El Loco (1981), Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990). Each album is presented in a wallet sleeve that faithfully reproduces the original artwork, including the gatefold designs used for Tres Hombres and Tejas. The set presents, for the first time on CD, the original mixes for ZZ Tops’ First Album, Rio Grande Mud and Tejas that have long been on the wish lists of the band’s most fervent fans.

Today, Gibbons, Hill and Beard remain together performing and recording as, they often say, “the same three guys playing the same three chords.” The trio offered a statement regarding the forthcoming release of ZZ TOP: THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS (1970-1990): “We're gratified that the albums from the first 20 years of the band are going to be made available in this set. We're especially delighted to note the restoration of ZZ Top's First Album, Rio Grande Mud and Tejas has been incorporated; it's good to have been made whole again on a certain level.”

The collection spans 100 tracks that follow the band’s journey from the honky tonks of Texas to the stages of the world, starting with the earthy blues and electrifying boogie that defined their ’70s sound — “Just Got Paid,” “La Grange,” “Tush” and “Cheap Sunglasses.” THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS closes with the familiar synthesizers featured on the group’s biggest singles from the ’80s — “Legs” and “Sharp Dressed Man” from the Diamond-certified Eliminator, and the #1 hits “Sleeping Bag” and “Stages” from its multi-platinum follow-up Afterburner.

ZZ TOP will hit the road next month for concert dates in the U.S. and Europe, starting in Newkirk, Oklahoma and ending in Linz, Austria.

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from our friends at Ripple-Music.com

TRUCKER DIABLO's Songs of Iron Out Now on Ripple Music

 

Last week, their single "Drive" beat out the likes of ALICE IN CHAINS, VOLBEAT and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE in Classic Rock Magazine's online Track of the Week poll. This week, they take over the rest of the world. 

Northern Ireland melodic rockers TRUCKER DIABLO have released their sophomore effort,Songs of Iron, today via Ripple Music. A strong contender for Album of the Year, Songs of Ironis available on digital, vinyl and CD formats at the Ripple Music Webstore

Heavy melodies firmly planted on a foundation of steamroller rock n' roll aggression is the fuel behind the latest offering from Northern Ireland export, TRUCKER DIABLO. Songs of Ironpicks up where the breakthrough hit album, The Devil Rhythm left off, blasting listeners with the sonic fury of modern heavy rock mixed with a road worn southern swagger. After releasing two viral videos ("Drink Beer, Destroy," and "Voodoo") taking the stage at Hard Rock Hell, Download, and opening for The Foo Fighters amongst others, TRUCKER DIABLO surged to new heights of popularity in 2012. Now 2013 finds the band upon their international acclaim by cranking out another set of pile-driving melodic rockers. Songs of Iron, ups the ante on heaviness, crunching guitars and sing-along chorus, and is sure to please TRUCKER fans the world over, new and old.

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