Rock Art Picture Show Contest

Our friend in vinyl Gary from RockArtPictureShow has graciously given the CVR blog two framed Beatles soundtracks to give away to a lucky reader!! 

The contest is easy to enter, just send an email with the words "Rock Art Picture Show Contest" in the subject line, to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com    Limit one entry per person.  The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on June 14, 2013.  Good Luck!

 

This framed pairing of authentic Beatles' soundtrack cover art from the 1964 Hard Day's Night and 1965's HELP is Rock & Roll history on display!

 

Though the records are not included, as cover art these will stir fond memories, conversation and great enjoyment!  A collectible pair with a conservative book value of $150.00.

 

From Rock Art Picture Show, chosen by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Smithsonian, and thousands of Internet customers for album cover display since 1998!

 

 

New Music Releases - May 28, 2013

ASG - Blood Drive
Aceyalone - Leanin’ On Slick
Alex Bleeker & the Freaks - How Far Away
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put The Dinosaurs Here
All Tiny Creatures - Dark Clocks
Animal Collective - Monkey Been to Burn Town EP
Antigama - Meteor
Anvil - Hope In Hell
Arborea - Fortress of the Sun (vinyl)
Band - Best of Volume II
Basia - Time & Tide
Baths - Obsidian
Big Farm - Big Farm
Blue-Eyed Son - Shadows On The Son
Brazos - Saltwater
Cloud Boat - Book of Hours
CocoRosie - Tales Of A Grass Widow
Crystal Fighters - Cave Rave
Damien Jurado - Where Shall You Take Me (reissue) (vinyl)
Dark Tranquillity - Construct
Della Mae - This World Oft Can Be
Dew-Scented - Insurgent
Dio - Finding the Sacred Heart: Live in Philly 1986
Eisley - Currents
Eldkraft - Shaman
Emily Bell - In Technicolor
Feathers - If All Here Now
Free Time - Free Time
Friend Roulette - I'm Sorry You Hit Your Head
Gretchen Wilson - Under the Covers
Guster - Live Acoustic
Hooded Fang - Gravez
Imaginary Cities - Fall Of Romance
Iron Tongue - The Dogs Have Barked The Birds Have Flown
Jimmy Cliff - The KCRW Sessions
John Fogerty - Wrote a Song For Everyone
Josiah Walter - Lullabies and Nightmares
Kae Sun - Afriyie
King Tuff - Was Dead
Kingdom - Vertical XL (EP)
Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
Kylesa - Ultraviolet
Last Good Tooth - Not Without Work and Rest
Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
Leprous - Coal
Little Mix - DNA
MFSB - MFSB
Man Overboard - Heart Attack
Mike Marlin - Grand Reveal
Monkees Justus - The Deluxe Edition (limited edition)
Monster Truck - Furiosity
Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
Oblivians - Desperation
Paperhaus - Lo Hi Lo
Pastels - Slow Summits
Paul McCartney and Wings - Wings Over America (remastered deluxe edition)
Polyphonic Spree - Yes, It’s True
Public Image Ltd. - First Issue (vinyl)
Rod Stewart - Live 1975-1988 (4-CD box set)
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (remastered) (vinyl)
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks: 1964-1971 (remastered) (vinyl)
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (remastered) (vinyl)
Roomrunner - Ideal Cities
SFV Acid - The Dwell
Secret Colours - Peach
Skinny Puppy - Weapon
Sound of Contact - Dimensionaut
Stills & Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Can't Get Enough
TEEN - Carolina (EP)
Terence Blanchard - Magnetic
TesseracT - Altered State
The-Dream - IV Play
The Bug - Filthy
The Microphones - It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (vinyl) (reissue)
The Stranglers - Giants
The Veils - Time Stays We Go
This Is Thunder - This Is Thunder
Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck - The White House Sessions, Live 1962
Traffic - Last Exit (vinyl)
Tricky - False Idols
Various Artists - Arts and Crafts: X
Various Artists - Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil
Various Artists - True Blood: Music From the HBO Original Series Volume 4
When Saints Go Machine - Infinity Pool
Widespread Panic - Oak Mountain 2001 - Night 1
Yellowbirds - Songs From the Vanished Frontier

 

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Music Record Shop Weekly

Welcome to the weekly feature (look for it every Friday) called MusicRecordShop Weekly.  

Instead of the usual new releases and some hard to find vinyl that we inform you about, this week Mark has gone crazy and is having a "Kick Off The Summer Memorial Day Sale!"  Do some online LP shopping this weekend and have your records delivered right to your door!

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!

Scotland's hard-rock group Nazareth recorded a tune called "Love Hurts" as a B-side filler, never intending it to be a hit. Record buyers felt differently and the single rose to #8 in the US and #15 in the UK. One count revealed that over 42 different artists have recorded the song, including The Everly Brothers and Roy Orbison.

James Brown, Bill Haley, Ike Turner and B.B. King all started their music careers as disc jockeys.

Dave Clark turned down his initial appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show because he'd never heard of it. It was only after the band got to America and performed on the program, did he learn how big the Sullivan show was in the US.

Although they are mostly remembered for accompanying Elvis Presley on over 360 songs, The Jordanaires also sang back-up on 30,000 other recordings.

When Paul McCartney and John Lennon first played "She Loves You" for Paul's dad, he said "That's very nice son, but there's enough of these Americanisms around. Couldn't you sing "She loves you, yes, yes, yes!" The duo collapsed in a fit of laughter.

Vee Jay Records was the most successful Black owned and operated record company before Motown. The firm was founded in 1953 by Vivian Carter (the "Vee") and her husband, James Bracken (the "Jay").

Brian Jones, the original lead guitarist of The Rolling Stones, is said to have fathered six illegitimate children before his untimely death on July 3rd, 1969.

The Mothers Of Invention are believed to have released the first double album with 'Freak Out!' in early 1967.

In 1962, Gene Pitney recorded "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" for the movie of the same name, starring John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart. Although the song reached #4 on the Billboard singles chart, it was never included in the film.

When the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9th, 1964, producers received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio.

Alan Gordon, the co-writer of The Turtles' hit "Happy Together" said that he wrote the melody to the song based on an open string pattern used by a bandmate to tune his guitar.

Chip Taylor is the stage name of American songwriter James Wesley Voight, brother of actor Jon Voight and uncle of actress Angelina Jolie. Besides writing The Troggs' hit "Wild Thing", he also penned "Angel of the Morning", by both Merrilee Rush and Juice Newton as well as "I Can Make It With You" by The Pozo Seco Singers and many other hit records.

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Paul P. from NC is the winner in the Beware Of Mr. Baker DVD Contest  Enjoy the film!

Thanks to SnagFilms.com for providing the awesome prize!

Keep watching for more contests coming soon!








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new vinyl releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence 

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!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert
• First vinyl issue ever!

 Stay tuned, as there are more Dream Theater albums coming up on MOV!

Govt Mule - Life Before Insanity

Life Before Insanity is Gov't Mule's fifth album, released in 2000 to great critical acclaim. Warren Haynes and Allen Woody formed a power trio with Matt Abts after leaving Southern Rock staple Allman Brothers Band.

Precious tracks on this album include the haunting title track, the powerful "Wandering Child", "No Need To Suffer" and "Lay Your Burden Down" (the latter two are featuring Ben Harper on vocals). The most hit sensitive track proved to be "Bad Little Doggie", a ZZ-Top like burner, which received lots of airplay.

Life Before Insanity was the last album featuring bassist Allen Woody, who tragically died just six months after its release. Finally, it's released on vinyl for the first time!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert
• Released on vinyl for the first time!

Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love

Midnight Love was Marvin Gaye's final album, conceived in 1982 after a long recluse in Oostende, Belgium. Harmonious, sensual, uplifting and funky, Midnight Love became his swansong after Gaye went through a rough time, secluded from the mainstream and finding out where he belonged. We can safely say, it would be in the studio.

He wrote every song on Midnight Love himself, which culminated in the smash hit "Sexual Healing". A creative genius and trained multi-instrumentalist, Gaye played every instrument on the song himself, except for the guitar. We can only guess what gems Gaye would have produced in his later years, as his life was taken by his own father just 18 months later.

•  180 gram audiophile vinyl
•  insert

 

Alter Bridge - Blackbird 

2007's Blackbird marked the creative (and commercial) launch of Alter Bridge, the follow-up project to Rock radio's favorite Creed. After Creed's demise Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall teamed up with singer Myles Kennedy, and formed Alter Bridge as an outlet for their creative energy. Kennedy contributed a considerable amount to the overall songwriting process of Blackbird, which resulted in a heavy, groovy and aggressive album.
Alternating acoustic interludes and hard-hitting choruses, the band's new found songwriting freedom resulted in a fresh start for this Florida based Rock band. The D-side contains a beautiful etched artwork - must be seen to believe!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• First vinyl issue ever!
• Etched D - side

Uriah Heep - Live '73

Live 1973 is the definitive live recording of the classic Uriah Heep line up. Having found worldwide success by releasing a string of big hitting albums, the band toured extensively during the early '70s. The band was recorded before an ecstatic crowd in Birmingham, UK, delivering a set of heavy Rock classics with all volume knobs on 11. Featuring improvised jams, wailing organs and incredible guitar solos, Live 1973 is a double whammy of Uriah Heep classics and a testament to the band's legendary live performances. Songs like "Traveller In Time" and "Love Machine" literally burst out of the grooves. The record closes with a medley of Rock & Roll classics, seamed together like only the Heep can.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Printed innersleeves

10 CC - How Dare You

How Dare You (1976) is the fourth album by these British Art-Pop Rockers. Its brilliant cover art was designed by the recently deceased Storm Thorgersson of Hipgnosis. After attaining worldwide success with their hit "I'm Not In Love", 10cc returned with a varied set of songs, often tongue-in-cheek humor and eccentric songwriting. Hits "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" and "Art For Art's Sake" are little stories with wonderful poppy hooks and catchy choruses. This is 10cc at their creative peak!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert

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album cover art of the day:

 Album Artwork Unveiled By Thunder And  Lightning; Release Date Announced

German metal act Thunder And Lightning unveiled the album artwork for the band's fourth LP "In Charge of the Scythe." The album is set for release on August 23, 2013 via Hammersound Records. The cover art was created by comic artist Tyler Kirkham














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from grimeys.com

GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 5/13 - 5/19, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
2. The Features - The Features
3. R.E.M. - Green
4. She & Him - Volume 3
5. Savages - Silence Yourself
6. Deerhunter - Monomania
7. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
8. Ty Segall / Chad & The Meatbodies - split 7"
9. Brittany Howard & Ruby Amanfu - I Wonder 7"
10. The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow
11. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
12. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter deluxe boxed LP
13. Mikal Cronin - MCII
14. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
15. Wild Nothing - Empty Estate
16. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
17. Pistol Annies - Annie Up
18. D Watusi - Dark Party
19. Dawes - Stories Don't End
20. Rilo Kiley - Rkives
21. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
22. Copeland - Eat Sleep Repeat
23. Blind Willie McTell - Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2
24. Night Beds - Country Sleep
25. Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century...

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and from our friends at TheOmegaOrder

The CVR Blog Welcomes A New Advertiser RockArtPictureShow

We would like to welcome a new advertiser to the CVR blog, an old friend in vinyl, Gary and his site RockArtPictureShow.com 

What is Rock Art Picture Show?  Just the best way to frame and display album cover art and picture discs.  In fact, I am looking at my frames on the wall by my computer station, an old Little Richard LP and the Beatles' Sgt Pepper pic disc.  In my music room I have more framed art.  I'll let Gary explain his concept:

"There's two primary reasons our patented Record Album Frame is the Record Album Frame chosen by the Smithsonian, Home & Garden TV, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and thousands of album frame Internet purchasers:

It's our look - our matted patented album frame simply creates a sleek looking album frame display unlike the ordinary clip album frames.

The Rock Art Picture Show Record Album Frame does not use clips to press LP's into place, just slide your LP into our acrylic Record Album Frame to easily matte and frame your record album cover instantly.

Our Record Album Frame does more than just hang an album cover on the wall, our sleek album frame displays cover art as contemporary art with class and style.  Additionally, this is the only Record Album Frame offered at The Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame gift shop and The Smithsonian selected us for exhibit purposes."

So, stop by the site and look around, these are the perfect gift for Father's Day or birthdays or anytime you want to show some love to the music lover in your life!  Go to RockArtPictureShow

RockArtPictureShow has also launched a Facebook Page HERE and Pinterest boards HERE
(I am helping with these sites, stop on by!!)

Stop on by all three sites and be wowed by the art and history of rock and roll!!

HINT - Look for something special from RockArtPictureShow and the CVR blog next week!!

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 20, 2013

DEAR JERRY: Part of a recent column identified all of the records made by the members of Three Dog Night.

You say that just before they changed their name to Three Dog Night, Cory, Danny, and Chuck were known as Redwood, and they recorded "Time to Get Alone."

This made me curious about their Redwood period, so I went online, only to find this one short sentence: "During 1967 the trio made some recordings with Brian Wilson, and using the name of Redwood."

Is this all that is known about Redwood? Can you dig up more info?
—Trisha Stanley, Evansville, Ind.

DEAR TRISHA: I already have.

By February 1967, after over three months on the charts, "Good Vibrations" dropped out of the Top 100. Rather than follow their all-time biggest hit with another Capitol single, "Heroes and Villains" came out on Brother records (No. 1001), a label Brian founded for new Beach Boys releases as well as other artists he wanted to produce. Conveniently, Capitol agreed to manufacture Brother records for Brian.

He invited Danny Hutton, already with a couple of solo hits to his credit, to bring his Redwood group to record at the Capitol studios, and be produced by Brian Wilson. These summer '67 sessions yielded enough material for an entire album, probably 10 to 12 tracks.

Opinions vary as to why Brian and Brother shelved the Redwood master tapes, but the proposed LP never came out.

Among those tunes is "Darlin'," one of the Beach Boys biggest hits from the 1967 to '77 period. Brian originally wrote it for Redwood, but he recycled the instrumental track and replaced the Redwood vocals with the Beach Boys.

As for "Time to Get Alone," Carl Wilson produced a newly recorded version for inclusion on their 1969 LP, "20/20."



DEAR JERRY: Often, with only a few lyrics provided, you have identified songs for bewildered readers.

Unfortunately, it is much more difficult when the record in question is an instrumental, which is one of the categories I collect.

My mystery tune was a Top 30 hit in the early 1960s, at least it was in Cleveland on Color Channel 1420, WHK.

They played it every day, along with another instrumental I loved, "Underwater," by the Frogmen.

However, those two are nothing alike. "Underwater" is surf style and the other is more like Mantovani than the Frogmen. It is fully orchestrated with lots of lush strings.

Those are the only clues I have. Ring any bells with you?
—Jackson Clarke, Mentor, Ohio


DEAR JACKSON: Your clues may be few but they rang all the right bells.

By zooming in on March through May of 1961, when "Underwater" was riding high (Top 5) on the charts in the Cleveland area, I discovered 21 additional instrumentals:

"A Night with Daddy 'G'" (Church Street Five); "African Waltz" (Cannonball Adderley and Johnny Dankworth); "Apache" (Jorgen Ingman); "Asia Minor" (Kokomo); "Bumble Boogie" (B. Bumble and the Stingers); "Exodus to Jazz" (Eddie Harris); "Green Grass of Texas" (Texans); "Hearts of Stone" (Bill Black's Combo); "Lil' Ole Me" (Cornbread & Jerry); "Lonely Sands" (Dunes); "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Ventures); "On the Rebound" (Floyd Cramer); "One Mint Julep" (Ray Charles Orchestra); "One-Eyed Jacks" (Ferrante & Teicher); "Son of the Rain" (Roger Williams); "That's the Way with Love" (Piero Soffici); "Theme from Bonanza" (Al Caiola); "Theme from My Three Sons" (Lawrence Welk); "Wheels" (String-A-Longs); "Yellow Bird" (Arthur Lyman); and "You Can't Sit Down" (Phil Upchurch).

From these choices, I feel the only one matching your clues is the Italian import, "That's the Way with Love" (Kip 224). More than just a regional hit, "That's the Way with Love" also made the Top 60 nationally.

If one didn't know it was by Piero, they might think they were hearing Percy Faith and His Orchestra … or Mantovani.


IZ ZAT SO? AM radio stations with three call letters are among the charter licensees in the U.S., and WHK (Cleveland) was the first to broadcast in Ohio.

Signing on March 5, 1922, they beat Cincinnati's WLW by a mere 17 days.

WHK is among the nation's oldest 15 radio stations still broadcasting.

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

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

Ray Manzarek, Keyboardist for The Doors, Dead at 74

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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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the author shows his age, some classics not listed, but these lists are always so subjective...

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Behind-the-Scenes Video: Creating the Cover Art for Black Sabbath's New Album, '13'

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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