New Music Releases - March 11, 2014

311 - Stereolithic (2xLP)
Allman Brothers Band - Icon 2
Aloe Blacc - Life Your Spirit (vinyl)
Ambrose Akinmusire - The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint
Annabel - Youth in Youth (vinyl)
Annihilator - Feast (CD/DVD)
Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together
Barren Womb - The Sun's Not Yellow, It’s Chicken
Battleme - Future Runs Magnetic (vinyl)
Bayete - Worlds Around the Sun
Biblical - Monsoon Season
Bike For Three! - So Much Forever (vinyl)
Birds of Passage - This Kindly Slumber (vinyl)
Bitch Prefect - Bird Nerds (vinyl)
Bonniwell Music Machine - The Bonniwell Music Machine
Candiria - Beyond Reasonable Doubt (12")
Carlos Cipa & Sophia Jani - Relive
Charlie Oxford - Charlie Oxford
Chicago - Live In Japan
Clara Moto - Blue Distance (vinyl)
Clark - Superscope (12")
Conan - Blood Eagle
Curtis Harding - Keep On Shining (7")
Dan Croll - Sweet Disarray
Danton Eeprom - If Looks Could Kill (2xLP)
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (picture disc) (7")
Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham
DENA - Flash (vinyl)
Don Williams - Reflections (vinyl)
Downliners Sekt - Balt Shakt EP (12")
Dr. Hook - Icon
Eddie Rabbitt - Icon
Ekoplekz - Unfidelity (2xLP)
Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything
Elder Brother - Heavy Head (vinyl)
Ella Fitzgerald - Icon
Elvis Presley - Girl Happy (vinyl)
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - When the Sea Became a Giant (vinyl)
Eric Carmen - The Essential Eric Carmen
Eric Clapton - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (4xLP)
Federico Albanese - The Houseboat and the Moon
Flyying Colours - Flyying Colours (12")
Gene McDaniels - The Point Of No Return
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man
Gojira - Les Enfants Sauvages (Book/CD/DVD)
Hank Snow - Souvenirs & Big Country Hits
Hank Williams - Icon 2
Hari Kondabolu - Waiting For 2042
J. Geils Band - Icon
Jason Ajemian & The HighLife - Let Me Get That Digital
Jerry's Kids - Is This My World? (vinyl)
Joan as Police Woman - The Classic (vinyl)
Johnny Cash - Icon 2
Juanes - Loco De Amor
Kenny Rogers - Icon 2
KXM - KXM
Laibach - Spectre (vinyl)
Ledisi - The Truth
Leg Lifters - Radical Humiliation (7")
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk
Little River Band - Icon
Louis Armstrong - Icon
Manowar - Kings of Metal MMXIV
Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes - The Marv Johnson Story 1958-1961 - The First Three Albums Plus Bonus Singles
Metronomy - Love Letters (vinyl)
Mø - No Mythologies to Follow
Mozes and the Firstborn - Mozes and the Firstborn (vinyl)
Nat King Cole - En Espanol
Nervosa - Victim of Yourself
Nine Inch Nails & Coil - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Odyssey - Happy Together: Expanded Edition
Odyssey - I Got the Melody: Expanded Edition
Our Last Enemy - Pariah
Patti LaBelle - Icon
Paul Carrack - Rain Or Shine
Peak Twins - Peak Twins (vinyl)
Per Purpose - Circle the Stains (vinyl)
Peter Hammill - Other World
Petrels - Mima
Prince Fatty - Prince Fatty vs. Mungo’s Hi Fi (vinyl)
Public Enemy - Icon
Russ Hamilton - We Will Make Love Under A Rainbow
Sabina - Toujours (vinyl)
Sara Evans - Slow Me Down
Scraps - Electric Ocean (vinyl)
September Girls - Cursing The Sea
Sid Selvidge - The Cold of the Morning (vinyl)
Slakah the Beatchild - Soul Movement 2
Sleepers Work - No Turn Before The Shoreline (vinyl)
Snowmine - Dialects (vinyl)
Steve Martin, Edie Brickell & the Steep Mountain Rangers - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell Live
Sudden Death of Stars - All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown (vinyl)
T. Rex - T. Rex: Deluxe Edition
Talvihorros - Eaten Alive (2xLP)
Tensnake - Glow
The Ex - How Thick You Think / That's Not A Virus (7")
The Falls - Into the Fire
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - More Noise and Other Disturbances (vinyl)
The Shrine - Bless Off
The Silver Palms - Superstar (7")
Various Artists - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (vinyl)
Various Artists - Lou Adler: A Musical History
Various Artists - Sneakin' Around - The London Records R&B Story 194
Various Artists - Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. II
Various Artists - Soul Jazz Records presents: Inner City Beat! (2xLP)
Various Artists - Veronica Mars OST
Yacht Club - Tropicana (7")
Young Money - Rise of an Empire

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at Relapse

Hooded Menace - Effigies Of Evil Deluxe 2xLP (Orange with Exclusive 7")

Finland’s doom/death-lords Hooded Menace make their Relapse debut with ‘Effigies of Evil’, a brutally ripping album of slow-paced, down-tuned ultra-heaviness. Combining the grooving riffs of Black Sabbath and early Cathedral with the fire of classic Autopsy and Asphyx, ‘Effigies Of Evil’ is an instant metal classic. ‘Effigies Of Evil’ is the peak combination of Hooded Menace’s fascination with classic 90s death metal, prototypical 70s doom and cult horror flicks-----a collection of obsessions that any heavy-music fan proudly wears for life. ‘Effigies of Evil’ is a triumphant album of filth, sludge, riffs and groove that transforms cult heroes Hooded Menace into legitimate heavy metal icons.

First Pressing
Orange (Deluxe Version with 7") x 500
180 Gram Black x 500
Green Marble x 500

Order at Relapse

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Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah - Bikini Kill 

Bikini Kill Records is excited to announce our second reissue - the newly expanded Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah LP featuring seven previously unreleased tracks. It will be released on April 15th, 2014.

The first 500 copies ordered will receive a free, limited edition poster.

Side A of Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah was originally released in 1993 as the BK side of their split record with the UK’s Huggy Bear, to kick off their legendary co-headlining tour of the UK in March of that year. Those tracks were recorded in their Washingon DC basement practice space on a 4 track reel to reel in 1992 by Tim Green (Nation of Ulysses, The Fucking Champs).

Side B features seven songs either recorded live at shows during that era or at Bikini Kill practices.

The LP also includes new photos and liner notes from David Feck (Comet Gain), Erin Smith (Bratmobile), and from the band themselves.

The LP was mastered by TJ Lipple and Bob Weston.

Pre-order includes digital album in the high-quality format of your choice (MP3, FLAC, and more), plus unlimited mobile access using the free Bandcamp listening app. You'll also get the complete album the moment it’s released.  

Shipping out on or around 15 April 2014

Pre-Order HERE

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PolyVinyl Test Pressing Sale -- 15 Titles Being Offered

Making CDs is predictable. You send a master off to the duplication plant and wait for thousands of shiny, identical discs to arrive.

Vinyl is a very different beast. Making a record is an intricate process that starts with the creation of a master lacquer, which is then plated in metal and used to make a negative version of the record, called a stamper, that serves as the basis for mass production.

During this chain of events something can always go wrong --- causing pops, skips, crackles or distortion. You name it, we've heard it many times over.

Which brings us to test pressings, a very necessary part of the vinyl production process that helps catch these sorts of problems before all of the records are manufactured.

By their very nature, test pressings are rare and unique. They're the first taste we receive of each album on vinyl and only a small number are ever made, making them sought after by fans and collectors.

In fact, one of the most frequently asked questions we receive year after year is "Hey fine folks at PV, do you have any test pressings for sale?"

The sad truth is, after a few test pressings are given to PV bands as keepsakes, the remaining copies just sit on a shelf in the dark recesses of our office.

And so, for a limited time, we're giving you the opportunity to bid on these special items and support a great cause (American Humane Association) at the same time!

A variety of titles are being offered in the hope that you see something you like and enjoy the chance to own a special piece of a treasured album.

Titles include:

31Knots The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere LP
Aloha Here Comes Everyone (Record Store Day Edition) LP
Architecture In Helsinki Places Like This LP
Braid Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five 2xLP
Deerhoof Deerhoof vs. Evil LP
Deerhoof/David Bazan DeerBazan 7"
Mates of State All Day 12"
of Montreal She's A Rejecter 7"
Owen No Good For No One Now LP
Rainer Maria Long Knives Drawn LP
Sharon Van Etten I'm Giving Up On You 7"
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Broom LP
STRFKR Reptilians LP
Their/They're/There Their/They're/There 12"
Xiu Xiu Always LP

All auctions started at $0.99 and end Monday night, so head over to the link below to get your bid in now!

Polyvinyl Test Pressing Sale

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WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 3/2-3/8





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David Bowie details Record Store Day releases











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Exploring Phil Lynott's vinyl collection

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for shits and giggles to start the week:

11 Iconic Album Covers Improved With Sloths

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at PolyVinylRecords

Polyvinyl Record Store Day Releases Announced

1. of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic 10 Year Anniversary Reissue

Featuring favorites such as “Disconnect the Dots,” “Lysergic Bliss,” and “Chrissy Kiss the Corpse,” of Montreal’s breakthrough album Satanic Panic in the Attic marked a slight departure from the band’s previous sound due to influences ranging from 1970’s Afro beat to 80’s New Wave.

To celebrate this beloved record’s 10-year anniversary, Satanic Panic in the Attic has been re-mastered for vinyl and is being pressed on 180-gram yellow & light blue wax (limited to 2,000) with a second disc featuring seven additional tracks recorded during the same era. This deluxe double LP re-issue comes packaged in a gatefold jacket that restores the interior artwork to its original full-color design.


2. of Montreal - Jigsaw Puzzle 7"

On their latest full-length Lousy with Sylvianbriar, of Montreal adopted a new songwriting approach (writing retreat in San Francisco), a different recording method (direct to 24-track tape machine), and a fresh group of musicians. Inspired by Dylan, the Stones, Neil Young, and more, Paste declared the record “[a] stunning re-imagining of Barnes' songwriting prowess.”

“Jigsaw Puzzle” was recorded during the same sessions that produced Lousy with Sylvianbriar and is now available as a limited edition 7" for Record Store Day 2014 (limited to 1,500 on light green vinyl). An alternate version of Lousy with Sylvianbriar track “Triumph of Disintegration” is featured on the B-side.


3. Xiu Xiu - Unclouded Sky

During the summer of 2013, Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart and producer Shahzad Ismaily traveled to Sigur Rós’s personal studio in Iceland. Having access to the space for only one day, Stewart worked on setting down his interpretations of American and Caribbean spirituals using a 1953 Silvertone guitar given to him by his father (producer Michael Stewart), the man who introduced him to religious thought and folk music.

The resulting album, Unclouded Sky, explores themes of death and faith over the course of nine songs originally composed between 1850 and 1920, which are interspersed with field recordings Stewart made in the jungle of Guyana.

Unclouded Sky will be available on 180-gram "cloud colored" vinyl (limited to 1,000).


4. The Dodos - Yours Truly Session 7"

In the fall of 2013, San Francisco-based duo The Dodos reconvened at John Vanderslice’s Tiny Telephone studio (where they recorded their latest full-length Carrier) to re-visit two songs in collaboration with the Magik*Magik Orchestra. Featuring beautiful new arrangements, these special performances of “Substance” and “The Ocean” were captured on film by music website Yours Truly and are now available on yellow vinyl (limited to 1,000) for the first time via this one-time pressing.


5. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Love Will Find You

Love Will Find You was originally released in 2002, but it's never been available on vinyl through retail stores...until now! This classic SLGTM title will now be available on red vinyl (limited to 500) with hand silkscreened jackets from the original artwork.


6. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Saturday Looks Good To Me

Saturday Looks Good To Me's self-released debut album from 2000 was a lo-fi four track take on reinterpreting Motown and oldies radio through a murky crust of noise.

Though the recording finds the project in it's most experimental larval stages, the sparkle and excitement of these earliest basement incantations comes through loud and clear, and many of the songs here became fan favorites as the band grew. The album will now be available for the first time on vinyl through retail stores as an expanded 14-song edition on blue vinyl w/ hand silkscreened jackets from the original artwork (limited to 500).

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Aloud Releases "It's Got to Be Now"

It's Got To Be Now, as it was meant to be heard! Limited edition pressing of Aloud's fourth album on individually hand-pressed 12" vinyl. Digital download includes bonus track, "You Will Know".

Pre-order includes immediate download of 1 track in the high-quality format of your choice (MP3, FLAC, and more), plus unlimited mobile access using the free Bandcamp listening app. You'll also get the complete album the moment it’s released.

Hailing from Boston, MA, pop-infused rock 'n roll outfit Aloud blends throaty lead vocals with spine-tingling male/female harmonies accompanied by infectious grooves and hard-hitting riffs.  Henry Beguiristain (lead vocals/guitar) and  Jen de la Osa (lead vocals/guitar)  have been writing songs together since they were teenagers, developing a sound reminiscent of Alabama Shakes, Dr. Dog, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Black Keys, and The Love Language.  They moved from their hometown of Miami, FL to Boston, founded Aloud, and began touring extensively in early 2008 to support their album Fan The Fury. It was during this time their constant rhythm section departed due to conflicting priorities, but in 2009, Aloud welcomed aboard Charles Murphy (bass/backing vocals). In 2010, Aloud released the folkier-edged Exile and toured the U.S. coast-to-coast to promote it, rocking major venues like  Paradise Rock Club (Boston), Mercury Lounge (NYC), The Double Door (Chicago), and Exit/In (Nashville).  Frank Hegyi (drums/percussion) joined as Aloud’s drummer in early 2012, and the four feature their refined, songwriting sensibilities on their forthcoming album It’s Got To Be Now, out 4/1/14.

Earning nominations by the Boston Phoenix for best vocalist and Best Indie Band Aloud is always a crowd favorite. Their audiences can speak volumes about the band’s energetic connection with their fans and passionate stage performance.

Listen to "It's Got to Be Now"

Pre-Order HERE

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Peter Walker - “Second Poem To Karmela" Or Gypsies Are Important

Light In The Attic and the legendary folk/blues/roots label Vanguard Records are proud to begin a series of collaborations under the umbrella Vanguard Vault. The series will explore the vaults of Vanguard and see the reissuing of obscure nuggets, psychedelic weirdness and just some good old-fashioned seminal music.

Originally released in 1968 on Vanguard Records, Peter Walker’s album “Second Poem To Karmela” Or Gypsies Are Important was a ground breaking blend of folk, raga, psychedelia, Eastern and Modal sounds that has remained unsung for decades. While his debut album for Vanguard, Rainy Day Raga, has been reissued several times on LP and CD, this album (his sophomore effort), remains an obscure and hard to find vinyl relic. Until now….

Carefully re-mastered from the original tapes, guitar scholar Glenn Jones recently interviewed Peter Walker for hours and has written a book-deep essay for the CD and LP liner notes that detail Walker’s association with an incredible cross-section of 1960’s counter-culture icons including LSD guru Timothy Leary (Walker personally provided ‘the soundtrack’ to many a trip), he studied raga music with Ali Akbar Khan, and like his close friend Sandy Bull, Walker worked on a fusion of Western and Eastern sounds. Jim Pepper plays flute on Second Poem (he also recorded with The Fugs and Don Cherry), other accompaniment to Walker’s guitar, Sarod and Sitar playing includes violin, organ, tablas, and tamboura.

This is true “acid folk” as interesting, progressive, and memorable as fellow 1960’s world travelers Robbie Basho, Davy Graham, and the Incredible String Band.

•Remastered from the original stereo 1/4" tapes
•LP and CD feature expanded gatefold tip-on jackets and liner notes
•ON-LINE ONLY: First 150 pre-orders get limited pressing on PEACH wax! Don’t sleep! (LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER)
•LP SUBSCRIBERS:

Limited pressing on STARBURST BLUE AND PINK wax! This color is only available to Light In The Attic LP Subscription Members. For more info on our Subscription series and how to sign up, visit the Subscription page.

Order at LightInTheAttic

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some new vinyl releases in my inbox!

Pattern Is Movement by Pattern Is Movement

Pattern Is Movement shares new track and announces SXSW shows, on tour now with Yellow Ostrich

New self-titled album now available for pre-order, including a deluxe package!

Pattern Is Movement have shared another peek into their new self-titled full-length, out April 1. "Climb To Me," streaming at Stereogum right now, is a triumphant call to action, marking the Philadelphia duo’s fourth album and their first since 2008’s critically-acclaimed All Together. It’s been a long inhale — and the exhale began last night with the beginning of Pattern Is Movement’s nationwide tour with Yellow Ostrich. The road will take the band to SXSW, where they will play the Hometapes Showcase and more (dates below).

Pattern Is Movement is available for pre-order today from Hometapes on limited edition clear + blue splatter vinyl. In addition to standard LP, CD, and Digital pre-order options, a deluxe pre-order package is available and includes Pattern Is Movement’s “(Suckling / Untitled How Does It Feel?)” 12-inch (plus an instant-grat download of those two tracks!) and a copy of the very limited Light Of The World CD EP — which features two early versions of Pattern Is Movement album tracks and the band covering The Smiths, David Bowie, and Beyoncé.

Pre-Order HERE

CYNE "All My Angles Are Right" LP Pre-Order

Pre-order now and receive the new CYNE album on limited edition transparent red vinyl. Packaged in a heavyweight jacket with a printed inner sleeve. Includes a coupon for a digital download of the album.

Pre-order includes immediate download of 2 tracks in the high-quality format of your choice (MP3, FLAC, and more), plus unlimited mobile access using the free Bandcamp listening app. You'll also get the complete album the moment it’s released. Shipping out on or around 18 March 2014

Pre-Order HERE

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from our friends at RazorAndTie

KYNG LAUNCH PRE-ORDER BUNDLES AND RELEASE COVER ART FOR NEW STUDIO ALBUM BURN THE SERUM­ AT MERCHNOW

Burn The Serum To Be Released On April 15th On Razor & Tie

(New York, NY) – Southern California rock trio KYNG has officially launched pre-order bundles for their forthcoming new studio album, Burn The Serum, at MerchNow Bundles include CD, vinyl and variety of t-shirts and hoodies.

Burn The Serum will be released on April 15th through Razor & Tie. The album was produced by Andrew Alekel (Foo Fighters, No Doubt, Queens of The Stone Age, Clutch) and James A. Rota (Sound City, Fireball Ministry) and was recorded at Grandmaster Recorders LTD and Sword & Shield in Hollywood, CA as well as at Studio 606 in Northridge, CA.

On their second full-length album and first for Razor & Tie, the band harks back to the essence of heavy rock 'n' roll, forging thunderous percussion to lightning hot riffs driven by a divine vocal howl. At the same time, they keep their eyes wide open towards the future. KYNG find grandiosity in simplicity. The Los Angeles outfit may only boast three members—Eddie Veliz [vocals/guitar], Pepe Clarke [drums], and Tony Castaneda [bass/backup vocals]—but their collective roar could easily tip the Southern California Richter Scale.

Formed in 2008, KYNG broke out of the City of Angels in 2011 with the group's independent debut Trampled Sun.  The album landed shining critical acclaim for its "California Heavy" sound merging the metallic meanderings of Soundgarden and Queens of the Stone Age with the timeless scope of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. They hit the road with everybody from The Sword and Clutch to Trivium and Megadeth—even being picked to play at Metallica's first-ever Orion Music + More festival. Loudwire raved, “a hard hitting fusion of rocking goodness,” and Ultimate-Guitar added, “if they keep churning out records as good as Trampled Sun, they will be mentioned right up there with Mastodon and the like.”

PLEASE NOTE: This is a presale item set to ship appx 4.8.14

Burn The Serum Gold/Smoke 12" Vinyl LP - Limited to 500  includes digital download sent on street date, 4.15.14

Pre-Order HERE

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from our friends at Relapse

The Drip - A Presentation of Gruesome Poetics LP

Washington State’s THE DRIP roar onto the scene with a blasting EP of filthy, angry grind produced and engineered by Joel Grind of Toxic Holocaust.  An absolute must for fans of all of the ferocious forefathers of grind-Napalm Death, Nasum, Rotten Sound, etc.  This is a relentlessly skull crushing record of pissed off, high energy, barbaric grind.  This hate is timeless.  First press of the vinyl version comes with a totally sick etching on the b-side.

***Single sided LP on black vinyl w/ reverse side etching.  Includes free digital download of the entire album***

Pressing Info:

• First Press 
• 1000 x Black Standard Gram Single Sided w/ Reverse Etching 
• 100 x Clear (do not request clear)
• Release date  4/15/14

Pre-Order at Relapse

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a lovely collectible from MetalBladeRecords

Cattle Decapitation - To Serve Man (Longpig Slaughter Colored Vinyl)

San Diego, CA's finest purveyors of extreme metal, Cattle Decapitation, are planning a series of limited edition vinyl releases for 2014 under the banner "Decade of Decapitation", to celebrate 10 years of releases on Metal Blade Records. The band's entire Metal Blade discography: "To Serve Man" (2002), "Humanure" (2004), "Karma.Bloody.Karma" (2006), "The Harvest Floor" (2009), and "Monolith of Inhumanity" (2012) are all being prepared in lavish gatefolds for release. The colors, handpicked by the band, reflect the concept or color scheme behind each album. Fans will also have the opportunity to pick up a collectable box that comes with an exclusive T-shirt, both with brand new art from longtime Cattle Decapitation cover artist, Wes Benscoter. Additionally, "To Serve Man", the band's debut full-length, and their sophomore effort "Humanure" have been remastered specially for this release. Each vinyl will be released separately in the coming months.

Cattle Decapitation's Travis Ryan adds: "We are very excited to announce the "Decade of Decapitation" reissues! All of our Metal Blade discography has been out of print since right after each release and we're glad we will finally be able to meet some of the demands of the fans with these cool reissues! I've had rare items in my personal collection that came with an empty spot for other items that had to be hunted down in order to be complete, I always thought that was fun and so now we pass the hunt on to our fans! The box art is another quality piece from the great Wes Benscoter which reveals the inside living space of a psychopath hellbent on revenge, the same point of view from which the majority of our lyrics come from."

Deluxe Gatefold Cover with Matte Finish
Longpig Slaughter Colored Vinyl (Red Splattered on Pink)
Remastered Audio

* Pre-Order: Expected to ship on or around April 24, 2014 *

Pre-Order at MetalBladeRecords

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new releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

ELVIS PRESLEY - ELVIS 56

Elvis 56 – originally released in 1996 – is a compilation of studio master recordings made by Elvis Presley in 1956. The sessions on this LP took place at RCA Studios in Nashville and New York, as well as at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.

Made up of the hottest tunes from The King's first year at RCA, Elvis 56 is the definitive rock 'n' roll album, including "Heartbreak Hotel", "Blue Suede Shoes", "Hound Dog" and "Rip It Up". The digitally remastered album also includes an insert with rare photos and full recording data.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• 4 page insert 
• Printed innersleeve
• Remastered

TONY JOE WHITE - BLACK & WHITE

Released in 1969, Black And White contains some of the best swamp-folk-soul-funk of the era. Hailing from the soggy marshlands of Louisiana, Tony Joe White is nothing but the real thing, his deep voice sounding like it's dredged from the bottom of the swamps itself.

His catchy songs are chock full of witty, sometimes even funny lyrics on rural life in the Dirty South, accompanied by a strong and funky backing band. White tackles cover versions of Johnny Taylor's hit "Who's Making Love" and O.C. Smith's "Little Green Apples", as well as his own material like "Soul Francisco" and his major U.S. hit, "Polk Salad Annie".

Highly recommended for fans of Creedence Clearwater Revival, J.J. Cale and sixties Soul!  180 gram audiophile vinyl

UNCLE TUPELO - NO DEPRESSION

No Depression is cited as one of the most important albums in the alternative country genre. Due to the impact of the album on alternative country, the term 'No Depression' is sometimes used as a synonym for the genre. The album helped kick start a revolution which reverberated throughout the American underground. In 1999, Spin Magazine listed the album as one of the Top 90 Albums of the 90s.

The album's punk attitude, featuring heavy guitars combined with mandolins, fiddles, and banjos, was the brainchild of singers/songwriters Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. Their lyrical depictions of rural, blue-collar life paint grim portraits of Midwestern existence as life in the twilight zone, split between days working in the factory ("Factory Belt") and nights spent blurry-eyed and wasted ("Whiskey Bottle," "Before I Break").  180 gram audiophile vinyl

BOOKER T AND THE MG'S - SOUL DRESSING =MONO=

When Booker T. Jones and his Memphis Group, or Booker T. & The MGs in short as they're actually known, are playing no one stops to figure out whether their music is Pop, R & B or Jazz. They just know it's good music.

Originally released in 1965, Soul Dressing confirmed why the outfit made a name for itself in the aforementioned fields. The LP includes several of their best selling records such as "Soul Dressing" and "Jellybread". It's no coincidence that so many of their song titles refer to food (their biggest hit, "Green Onions", comes to mind as well), as the MG's simply love good food as much as they do good music. So, please go heavy on the soul dressing!  180 gram audiophile vinyl Mono edition

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from our friends at SlyVinyl

Fleet Foxes – S/T + Sun Giant // Limited to 1000 Clear Vinyl LP/EP

Ume – Monuments // Limited to 500 Red and Black Swirl Vinyl LP








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Creedence Clearwater Revival Releasing ‘The ’69 Singles’ for Record Store Day











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Jon Langford To Release Days & Nights Record Store Day Exclusive 7"











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Dust & Grooves presents photobook celebrating vinyl collectors; features interviews with Four Tet, Gilles Peterson & more





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Black Sabbath To Reissue Early Albums

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 3, 2014

DEAR JERRY: I know it was common in the 1950s and '60s for someone to write words to go with most of the instrumental hits. Quite often, both the instrumental and the vocal became very popular.

I'd like to see a list of some of the hits recorded both ways, but only ones from those two decades.

I don't expect to see them all, but do the best you can in the space allotted.
—Tanner Redding, Palm Springs, Calif.

DEAR TANNER: Here we go again, creating another list that, to the best of my knowledge, does not yet exist.

Here is the format:

Instrumental titles are alphabetical, followed by the artist. If that year differs from the vocal, it will be before the hyphen. When both have the same year, it will be shown only once, at the end of the line.

To the right of the hyphen may be a vocal title, which is only necessary if different than the instrumental title. Next is the vocal credit and year, for either the vocal, or for both if the year is the same.

Neither the time of issue nor chart success affects the layout. Instrumentals are always listed first.

Only singles qualify, and both releases must be from the 1950s or '60s.

Many versions exist for most of these tunes, but we can list only one per. I chose what I feel are the most appropriate entries for this specific project.

"All My Loving": Hollyridge Strings - Beatles (1964)
"Alley Cat": Bent Fabric (1962) - Peggy Lee (1963)
"Apache": Jorgen Ingmann - Sonny James (1961)
"April in Portugal": Les Baxter - Vic Damone (1953)
"Autumn Leaves": Roger Williams - Mitch Miller (1955)
"Because They're Young": Duane Eddy - Jimmy Darren (1960)
"Bewitched": Bill Snyder - Doris Day (1950)
"Calcutta": Lawrence Welk - Four Preps (1961)
"Canadian Sunset": Hugo Winterhalter with Eddy Heywood - Andy Williams (1956)
"Charmaine": Mantovani (1951) - Vaughn Monroe (1952)
"Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White": Perez Prado - Alan Dale (1955)
"Classical Gas": Mason Williams (1968) - "Classical Gas" (with "Scarborough Fair" lyrics): Alan Copeland Singers (1969)
"Delicado": Percy Faith - Dinah Shore (1952)
"Down Yonder": Del Wood - Champ Butler (1951)
"Ebb Tide": Frank Chacksfield - Vic Damone (1953)
"Eternally": see "Terry's Theme from Limelight"
"Exodus": Ferrante & Teicher - Pat Boone (1961)
"Flamingo": Earl Bostic (1951) - "Flamingo L'Amore": Gaylords (1958)
"Grazing in the Grass": Hugh Masekela (1968) - Friends of Distinction (1969)
"Hard Day's Night": George Martin - Beatles (1964)
"High and the Mighty": Les Baxter - Johnny Desmond (1954)
"Honky Tonk (Part 2)": Bill Doggett - "Honky Tonk (Vocal)": Bill Doggett (1956)
"Horse, The": Cliff Nobles & Co. - "Love Is All Right": Cliff Nobles (1968)
"I Should Have Known Better": George Martin - Beatles (1964)
"I Want to Hold Your Hand": Boston Pops - Beatles (1964)
"In Crowd": Ramsey Lewis Trio (1965) - Dobie Gray (1964)
"Java": Al Hirt - "Java Jones": Donna Lynn (1964)
"Last Date": Floyd Cramer (1960) - "My Last Date (With You)": Skeeter Davis (1961)
"L-O-V-E": Hollyridge Strings (1965) - Nat King Cole (1964)
"Love is Blue": Paul Mauriat - Al Martino (1968)
"Love Me Do": Hollyridge Strings - Beatles (1964)
"(Love Theme from) Romeo and Juliet": Henry Mancini - Johnny Mathis (1969)
"Maria Elena": Los Indios Tabajaras (1963) - Ray Smith (1960)
"Melody of Love": Billy Vaughn - Four Aces (1955)
"Memphis": Lonnie Mack (1963) - Chuck Berry (1959)
"Moonglow and Theme from Picnic": Morris Stoloff - "Picnic (Based on Theme from Picnic)": McGuire Sisters (1956)
"More": Kai Winding - Vic Dana (1963)
"Moritat (A Theme from the Three Penny Opera)": Dick Hyman Trio - "Theme from the Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife)" Louis Armstrong (1956)
"Night Train": Jimmy Forest (1952) - James Brown (1962)
"One Mint Julep": Ray Charles (Band) (1961) - Sarah Vaughan (1962)
"Only You (Loin De Vous)": Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles (1959) - "Only You (And You Alone)": Platters (1955)
"Our Winter Love": Bill Pursell - Anita Bryant (1963)
"Poor Boy": Royaltones - Cardigans (1958)
"Poor People of Paris (La Goualante du Pauvre Jean)": Les Baxter (1956) - "Poor People of Paris": Dean Martin (1962)
"Quiet Village": Martin Denny - Darla Hood (1959)
"Red Roses for a Blue Lady": Bert Kaempfert - Vic Dana (1965)
"Ruby": Richard Hayman (1953) - Ray Charles (1960)
"Skokiaan": Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band - Four Lads (1954)
"Sleep Walk": Santo & Johnny - Betsy Brye (1959)
"Soft Summer Breeze": Eddy Heywood - Diamonds (1956)
"Stranger on the Shore": Mr. Acker Bilk - Andy Williams (1962)
"Taste of Honey": Eddie Cano (1962) - Tony Bennett (1964)
"Telstar": Tornadoes - "(Help Me) Telstar": Gee Sisters (1962)
"Terry's Theme from Limelight": Frank Chacksfield - "Eternally (Theme from Limelight)": Vic Damone (1953)
"Theme from a Summer Place": Percy Faith (1960) - (Don Roman) (1962)
"Third Man Theme": Anton Karas - "The 3rd Man Theme": Victor Young with Don Cherry (1950)
"Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer": Hollyridge Strings (1965) - Nat King Cole (1963)
"Unchained Melody": Les Baxter - Al Hibbler (1956)
"Up Tight": Ramsey Lewis - "Uptight (Everything's Alright)": Stevie Wonder (1966)
"Washington Square": Village Stompers - Ames Brothers (1963)
"Wheels": String-a-Longs - Johnny Duncan (1961)
"Whispering": Les Paul (1951) - Nino Tempo & April Stevens (1964)
"Wonderland by Night": Bert Kaempfert (1960) - Anita Bryant (1961)
"Yellow Bird": Arthur Lyman (1961) - Mills Brothers (1959)


IZ ZAT SO? I wouldn't blame you if a couple of these entries had you questioning my sagacity, specifically "Honky Tonk" and "The Horse."

With these two, fittingly back-to-back alphabetically, the same artist is credited on both the instrumental and vocal versions of the songs.

The two waxings of "Honky Tonk" are on two separate records, the vocal — actually by Tommy Brown — being issued while the instrumental was still on the charts.

"The Horse" became a monster hit quite by accident.

The intended A-side was "Love Is All Right, and the entire session was about getting this tune just the way they wanted it.

As the end of their studio time drew near, they came up with a plan to save time and money. Just eliminate the Cliff's vocal track from "Love Is All Right," and let the instrumental track be on the B-side. Then name it something that seemingly has nothing to do with anything, such as "The Horse."

Makes sense, but fate had other plans. Dee jays liked the instrumental side much better, and "The Horse" trotted off to the winner's circle.

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 2014 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission 

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Record Store Day releases from our friends at Sundazed

Link Wray - Slinky / Rendezvous 7" Single

Taut and tough Wray from his heyday! One of the original heavy metal heroes, Link Wray basically invented power chord riffing—both Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend have credited their interest in becoming axe gods to him—and his recordings are a monument to the relentless influence of his unique razor-blade extended guitar sound. “Slinky,” from 1959, was the his third Epic Records single, a mysterious, stinging riff that builds into a frenzied solo, then coolly resolves…the perfect soundtrack for a gang of leather-jacketed teenagers looking for trouble on a warm city night! “Rendezvous” suggests gentler side of Wray, beginning as a mellow midtempo cha-cha, but ultimately evolving into a snarling stroll with a killer guitar solo. Backed on both sides by the sympathetic swagger of Wray’s brothers Doug and Vernon, these two recordings show a key personality in the development of rock ’n’ roll, at a time when record labels continually wanted to soften him and make him safe, continuing to follow his metal muse and lay down recordings that would inspire thousands of rock, punk and surf guitarists for decades to come. Features a reproduction of the ultra-rare original picture sleeve, and promotional labels—get this Wray today!

•Reproduction of the ultra-rare original picture sleeve and original Epic promo labels!
•Limited edition for Record Store Day 2014!
•Mastered from the original reels!

The Standells - Dirty Water / Twitchin' 7" Single

The Standells are one of the most successful of all garage rock bands, with their signature song "Dirty Water" having been a huge nationwide hit in the sultry summer of 1966! True fathers of punk rock, they were touring later that year to support the success of their hit record when they were professionally captured on tape opening up for the Beach Boys at a University of Michigan performance as they served up a raucous, raw live helping of their most famous record—now featured on this limited edition that puts you as close to a mid-’60s frat fuzz party as you can get! “Dirty Water” is a tireless anthem, a song for the hip-and-happening whose legacy shines in this rare recording. Also includes “Twitchin’,” a previously unissued 1963 instrumental from the group’s earliest days, predating their first record. Plus, recollections about both recordings from original member Larry Tamblyn, housed in a picture sleeve featuring rare photos that evokes the look and feel of 1966. Live and raw energy from the legendary Standells—on clear vinyl!

•Live 1966 punk in action—professionally recorded!
•Picture sleeve with rare photos and new notes by the Standells' Larry Tamblyn!
•Record Store Day 2014 limited edition on clear vinyl!

The Sunrays - Our Leader / Won't You Tell Me 7" Single

When the Beach Boys fired their manager-father Murry Wilson in 1964, he recruited a young group — the Sunrays — to mentor as he had his own children. The ’Rays took on sun, fun and girls in songs like “I Live For the Sun” and “Andrea”—heavily influenced by Brian Wilson's rich, intricate production work for the Beach Boys—which became huge regional hits. As a thank you, the Sunrays wrote and recorded “Our Leader” for Murry, a heartfelt tribute to one of rock music’s most storied personalities. Presented to Wilson on Christmas Eve 1965, the track is as polished and produced as any of the group’s released records, and even features the mixed time signatures and a cappella sections that Brian would explore in depth the following year with Smile! Plus, “Won't You Tell Me” is the classic lost recording from the Wilson circle, a demo for a song Murry had written for his sons, featuring members of the Sunrays and the Wrecking Crew—along with assistance from Dennis Wilson—emulating the Beach Boys sound and achieving something as complex and moving as anything on the group's greatest album of the period, Sunflower. Neither track was originally issued, and both appear here on vinyl for the first time. Also features rare photos and an insert with notes by original Sunrays member Rick Henn. The sunny and soulful sounds of the Sunrays!

•First-ever vinyl issue for both tracks!
•Rare photos, plus notes by founding Sunrays member Rick Henn!
•1965-styled picture sleeve with vintage full color Sunrays photos!

The Litter - Action Woman / A Legal Matter 7" Single

The 1966 debut by the Minneapolis-based Litter! “Action Woman” and “A Legal Matter” are stomping, searing ’60s sides—an unstoppable collection of snotty vocals and fuzzy guitar lines. The Litter become a determined collective mind on these performances, and the result is a coupling that stands side-by-side with other iconic recordings of the era, like “Sweet Young Thing” and “You're Gonna Miss Me.” Even the tambourine and maracas have loud and clear attitude that few other records can match! The original Scotty 45 is a cornerstone of any serious 1960s record collection, and now is reproduced in this lovingly created edition that features a Scotty Records-styled sleeve with a rare vintage group photo and notes by TeenBeat Mayhem! author Mike Markesich. “Action Woman” is a flawless hallmark performance, and “A Legal Matter” takes the Who’s music from the Mod clubs into the suburban garage with jet fuel-powered tempo and aggression. With in-the-studio presence and clarity taken from the original masters, this is the sound of garage rock maturing into psychedelia—prime, postured and pulsating!

•New picture sleeve with a rare photo of the Litter, plus notes by author Mike Markesich!
•Stunning audio taken from the original reels—pressed on blue wax!
•Scotty Records 45 labels, just like the 1967 original!!!

The Spectacular Six-String of Roy Lanham 7" Single

The space-age guitar sound of Roy Lanham! A guitarist's guitarist, Lanham had no less a player than Merle Travis commenting about listening to his records in admiration—his clean, jazzy lines were a fountain of inspiration for several generations of pickers! After touring heavily in the 1940s with acts like western swing pioneer Hank Penny and early pop idol Gene Austin, Lanham was at his peak in 1959 when he made these recordings, which have never been issued in any form until now! Includes the stunning “My Adobe Hacienda,” a romping original “Lanham Boogie,” and takes on “Carnival In Paris” and “Song of India,” both of which Lanham would later record for other labels, all featuring his gorgeous tone wrapped in vintage (and cool!) tape delay echo! With a small, unobtrusive combo backing Lanham’s tasteful, complex lines, these are not the typically overproduced instrumental recordings of the late ’50s but the genuine sound of a guitar leader and his supporting musicians deftly playing through tunes they clearly knew and loved. Pressed on red wax—a tribute to Roy's famed red Jazzmaster—with new notes by Rich Kienzle, this is an indispensable collection of previously unissued guitar mastery!

•1959 recordings, previously unissued in any format!
•Limited edition for Record Store Day 2014…with tracks only available here!
•Pressed on red wax—a tribute to Roy's signature red Fender Jazzmaster guitar!






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Oneohtrix Point Never Details Record Store Day 12-inch








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Grateful Dead to Release Live at the Coliseum on Record Store Day

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Neil Young To Reissue 'Time Fades Away' For Record Store Day

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Seminal garage imprint Locked On returns with killer new 12″ from Arkon Fly

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 2/24 - 3/02, 2014

Vinyl Top 25:
1. Beck - Morning Phase
2. St Vincent - St Vincent
3. Natural Child - Dancin' With Wolves
4. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
5. Arctic Monkeys - AM
6. Temples - Sun Structures
7. Broken Bells - After The Disco
8. Robert Ellis - The Lights From The Chemical Plant
9. New Madrid - Sunswimmer
10. Wild Cub - Youth
11. Grateful Dead - Birth Of The Dead Vol. Two: The Live Sides
12. Morrissey - Your Arsenal
13. Billie Joe + Norah - Foreverly
14. Tame Impala - Lonerism
15. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
16. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
17. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell (MFSL 45rpm reissue)
18. The Notwist - Close To The Glass
19. Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back & I'll Scratch Yours
20. Deafheaven - Sunbather
21. The Fray - Helios
22. Haim - Days Are Gone
23. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
24. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
25. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 

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now available from our friends at SoundStageDirect

English Oceans by Drive-By Truckers 

ATO announces that Drive-By Truckers will be releasing English Oceans in 2014. Rolling Stone released the news exclusively today calling it a “return to simplicity.” English Oceans, the band’s 12th release, is an elegantly balanced and deeply engaged new effort that finds the group refreshed and firing on all cylinders. “It can go from this chainsaw rock ‘n’ roll to this very delicate, pretty-sounding stuff,” says Mike Cooley.

English Oceans was recorded over 13 days at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, GA with their longtime producer, David Barbe. Cooley fans will be happy that he brought six new songs to the sessions and this record marks the first time that Cooley sings a song penned by Patterson Hood on “Til He’s Dead or Rises.”

In typical DBT fashion the songs depict an array of characters. “Pauline Hawkins,” is based on a new novel by Willy Vlautin. DBT’s ever-keen political edge can be seen in two songs on the record. Cooley’s “Made Up English Oceans” and Hood’s “The Part of Him.” “It’s about political assholery — there’s someone new playing that role every few months,” says Hood. “Grand Canyon,” the final song on the album, is an emotionally overwhelming tribute to Craig Lieske, a longtime member of DBT’s touring family. Lieske died suddenly in January and the album is dedicated to him.

The album was recorded with a compact, retooled lineup. Jay Gonzalez, who joined the band in 2008 as keyboardist, has added guitar to his duties, while bassist Matt Patton was drafted from the Tuscaloosa group The Dexateens. “It’s a very tasteful group, and when it needs to be it can be a very big, powerful, over-the-top band, too, and it can go from one to the other seamlessly,” says Hood.

1. Shit Shots Count
2. When He's Gone 
3. Primer Coat 
4. Pauline Hawkins 
5. Made Up English Oceans 
6. The Part of Him 
7. Hearing Jimmy Loud 
8. Til He's Dead or Rising 
9. Hanging On 
10. Natural Light 
11. When Walter Went Crazy 
12. First Air of Autumn 

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1. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell
2. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
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7. Beatles - Thirty Weeks In 1963
8. Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained
9. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
10. Jerry Garcia And David Grisman - Jerry Garcia And David Grisman (Pre-Order)

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Wild Beasts - Present Tense 

Present Tense is a dramatically new album – taking cues from the most intense and effervescent of 1980s and 1990s electronic sound but rethinking and retooling these elements with exquisite detail for the 21st century.

Longer in creation than any of its predecessors, Hayden Thorpe, Tom Fleming, Chris Talbot and Ben Little took almost a full year away from touring to conceive and construct the eleven tracks of Present Tense. Written in London and recorded at Konk Studios in London and at The Distillery in Bath, the band worked in close collaboration with co-producers Lexxx and Brian Eno protégé Leo Abrahams to create a record of astounding intricacy, coherence and emotional resonance.

Alongside its breathtaking leap in production, Present Tense also finds the band at the peak of their considerable songwriting powers – each one of the album’s eleven tracks illuminating the precious, tender, sad and funny moments of modern life in their trademark plain-spoken poetics.

Already rightly considered to be one of contemporary Britain's most innovative and vital bands, Present Tense sees the group's ever-restless collective muse lead them to remarkable new heights - boldly embracing new production techniques and songwriting forms whilst retaining the thrilling idiosyncrasies that have made them so beloved over the course of three beguiling and beautiful albums to date.

Pre-order the album and receive an instant MP3 download of Wanderlust.

1. Wanderlust
2. Nature Boy
3. Mecca
4. Sweet Spot
5. Daughters
6. Pregnant Pause
7. A Simple Beautiful Truth
8. A Dog’s Life
9. Past Perfect
10. New Life
11. Palace 

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from our friends at Relapse

Nothing - Guilty Of Everything 

Philadelphia’s NOTHING have been destroying the eardrums of audiences throughout North America for the past 2 years with a magnetic blend of captivatingly dark and beautiful vocals and explosive, blown out, in the red guitar fuzz. On their debut full length Guilty Of Everything, recorded and produced by Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile, War On Drugs, etc) NOTHING seamlessly merge the huge distorted guitar sound of 90s/00s alternative rock giants My Bloody Valentine and Smashing Pumpkins with Jesu’s introspective post-metal/hardcore. This is a triumph of a debut that successfully manages to be massively loud, darkly introspective and totally beautiful all at once.

Pressing Info:
First Press 
1250 x Black Standard Gram 
750 x White Standard Gram *Mailorder Exclusive* 
500 x Black/White Half & Half *Mailorder Exclusive* (Includes LP O-card and felt slipmat) 
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

***Mailorder exclusive white LP limited to 750 copies.  Includes a digital download of the entire album***

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Question Mark & the Mysterians - 96 Tears. LP

With a name derived from a Japanese horror film, a three-chord sound powered by an insistent Vox organ and a front man claiming to have been born on Mars and lived among dinosaurs, Question Mark and the Mysterians will forever be anointed as the garage band’s garage band. Here is their charting 1966 debut release featuring the immortal title track, reissued on 180-gram vinyl and mastered at 45 rpm for maximum sonic impact!

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Son Lux - Alternate Worlds

Introducing Alternate Worlds, the new EP from producer/composer Son Lux. The EP reimagines four songs from Lanterns, and includes a collaboration with Lorde. These exquisite reinventions traverse unfamiliar terrain within remembered landscapes. Their world is both alien and familiar.

Alternate Worlds is currently available digitally, with a vinyl release date of 5/27/14. All vinyl pre-orders include an instant download of every song in both MP3 and WAV formats. The EP will be released in three distinct vinyl editions, each pressed on 12", 45rpm (loud-cut) vinyl:

Deluxe VIP Vinyl + Digital 
Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies on white & clear "color in color" vinyl, available only to Joyful Noise VIP Members.

Limited Edition Vinyl + Digital 
Limited to 1500 copies on white & clear split color vinyl

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Spidergawd – S/T // Limited to 500 Yellow Vinyl LP

Pujol – Kludge // Limited to 300 “Fishbowl” LPs





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Mansions To Reissue 'New Best Friends' On Vinyl











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'The Walking Dead' Gets New Soundtrack Featuring A.C. Newman, Sharon Van Etten, Potugal. The Man







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Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Vinyl

1. Morning Phase ~ Beck
2. Atlas ~ Real Estate
3. St Vincent ~ St. Vincent
4. After the Disco ~ Broken Bells
5. Violator (180 Gram Vinyl) ~ Depeche Mode
6. Acoustic at the Ryman ~ Band of Horses
7. Oxymoron (Vinyl Deluxe EX) ~ Schoolboy Q
8. Burn Your Fire for No Witness ~ Angel Olsen
9. Voices [2 LP] ~ Phantogram
10. Your Arsenal (180 Gram Vinyl) ~ Morrissey


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1. Frozen ~ Idina Menzel
2. Morning Phase ~ Beck
3. G I R L ~ Pharrell Williams
4. English Oceans ~ Drive-By Truckers
5. Louder ~ Lea Michele
6. St. Vincent ~ St. Vincent
7. Emerald: Musical Gems Deluxe CD/DVD ~ Celtic Woman
8. Pure Heroine ~ Lorde
9. Lent at Ephesus ~ Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles
10. Riser ~ Dierks Bentley

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Legionary Unveils "Once And For All" EP Cover Artwork





















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this video making the rounds:

MTV Predicts The End Of Vinyl Records 

 

New Music Releases - March 4, 2014

A$AP Mob - L.O.R.D. (2xLP)
Abdullah Ibrahim - African Piano (vinyl)
Addison Groove - Presents James Grieve (2xLP)
Alex Cobb - Marigold and Cable (PRE-ORDER) (vinyl)
American Authors - Oh What a Life
Anne - Pulling Chain (vinyl)
Argent - In Deep
Arthur Beatrice - Working Out
Ashanti - Braveheart
Ava Luna - Electric Balloon (vinyl)
Axis | Self Defense Family - Split (7")
Axxa/Abraxas - Axxa/Abraxas (vinyl)
Bart Davenport - Physical World
Battleaxe - Heavy Metal Sanctuary
Bear's Den - Within/Without EP (12")
Black Sheep - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing (2xLP)
Bo Anders Persson - Love Is Here to Stay (2xLP)
Bob Dylan - 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (2xCD)
Bob Marley - Soul Rebel (2xLP)
Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow (vinyl)
Bong - Stoner Rock (2xLP)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (vinyl)
Brace/Choir - Turning on Your Double (vinyl)
Bruised But Not Broken - Fragment
Carla Bozulich - Boy (vinyl)
Carnifex - Die Without Hope
Cematory - Antiserum
Charlemagne Palestine - Four Manifestations On Six Elements (2xLP)
Charley Pride - The Gospel Collection
Cloud Becomes Your Hand - Rocks or Cakes (vinyl)
Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards (reissue) (vinyl)
COLOR WAR - It Could Only Be This Way
Comeback Kid - Die Knowing
Current 93 - I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell: A Channel
Dad Punchers - These Times Weren't Made for You (7")
Dangers - Five O'Clock Shadows at the Edige of the Western World (7")
Damaged Bug - Hubba Bubba (vinyl)
David Nail - I’m a Fire
David Ruffin - My Whole World Ended / Feelin Good
David Ruffin - David Ruffin / Me N Rock N Roll Are Here to Stay
Dawn Landes - Bluebird (vinyl)
De Ridder | Copenhagen Phil - Dessner: St. Carolyn By The Sea; Greenwood: Suite From 'There Will Be (2xLP)
Deadbeat and Paul St. Hilaire - The Infinity Dub Sessions (2xLP)
Destrage - Are You Kidding Me? No.
Dr. John - Gris Gris (remastered edition)
Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans (2xLP)
Drug Church - Party At Dead Man's (7")
Each Other - Being Elastic
Eagulls - Eagulls (vinyl)
Earth Crisis - Salvation of Innocents
East India Youth - Total Strife Forever (vinyl)
Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Eddie Lockjaw Davis Cookbook Vol. 1 (vinyl)
Eidetic Seeing - Against Nature (vinyl)
Ektomorf - Retribution
Eli Young Band - 10,000 Towns
Eternal Summers - The Drop Beneath (vinyl)
Eydie Gorme - Gorme Country Style
Eyelids - Seagulls Into Submission (7")
Fenster - The Pink Caves (vinyl)
Flotsam & Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace (reissue)
Freddie Gibbs & The World's Freshest - The Tonite Show
Fuel - Puppet Strings
Gary Burton - Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (vinyl)
Get Involved! - Silk Cuts
Ghost Beach - Blonde
Gnod - The Somnambulist's Tale (PRE-ORDER) (vinyl)
Gojira - L’Enfant Sauvage (Live)
Grass Roots - The Complete Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles
Haynes | Newborn | Chambers - We Three (vinyl)
Hirax - Immortal Legacy
Holly Golightly - All Her Fault (vinyl)
Homeboy Sandman - White Sands (vinyl)
Hurricanes of Love - Quintorian Blues (2xLP)
I Am Heresy - Thy Will
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2 (2xLP)
Intervals - A Voice Within
Irma Thomas - Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album
Iron Savior - Rise of the Hero
Jesse Sparhawk and Eric Carbonara - Tributes & Diatribes
Joel Vandroogenbroeck - Biomechanoid (vinyl)
John Baizley | Nate Hall | Mike Scheidt - Songs of Townes Van Zandt Vol. II
John Coltrane - Dakar (reissue) (vinyl)
Johnny Cash -  American VI: Ain't No Grave (vinyl)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (vinyl)
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (vinyl)
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (vinyl)
Johnny Cash - American Recordings (vinyl)
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (vinyl)
Jupe Jupe - Crooked Kisses
Kandle - In Flames
Kayser - Read Your Enemy
Keith Jarrett - Arbour Zena (vinyl)
Keith Jarrett and Russell Davies - Ritual (vinyl)
Kevin Drumm - Shut In
Kevin Fowler - How Country Are Ya
Kimono Kult - Hiding In The Light
Koboku Senju - Joining the Queue to Become One of Those Ordinary Ghosts (vinyl)
Kongos - Lunatic
Kris Bowers - Heroes and Misfits
Lady - Good Lovin Remixes (10")
Laibach - Spectre (vinyl)
Lea Michele - Louder
Linda Perhacs - The Soul of All Natural Things (vinyl)
Little Hurricane - Gold Fever (vinyl)
Lo-Fang - Blue Film (vinyl)
Loose Shus - Loose Shus (12")
Lootpack - Loopdigga (12")
Loreena McKennitt - The Journey So Far The Best Of Loreena McKennitt
Lushes - What Am I Doing (vinyl)
M83 - You and the Night OST (vinyl)
Maceo & The Kings Men - Doin' Their Own Thing (2xLP)
Manowar - Kings of Metal MMXIV
Marilyn McCoo - Solid Gold (expanded edition)
Martina McBride - Everlasting
Mas Ysa - Worth EP
Mats Glenngard - Kosterlage (vinyl)
Melt Yourself Down - Melt Yourself Down (vinyl)
Mike Oldfield - Man on the Rocks
Minibus Pimps - Close To Ground
Miroslav Vitous Group - Miroslav Vitous Group (vinyl)
Missing Persons ft. Dale Bozzio - Missing in Action (vinyl)
Moby - Almost Home: Live At The Fonda, LA (2xDVD+2xCD)
Morbus Chron - Sweven
Mount Salem - Endless (reissue)
Move D - Fabric 74
Nathaniel Rateliff - Falling Faster Than You Can Run (vinyl)
New Lows - Abhorrent Endings (vinyl)
Nick Waterhouse - Holly (vinyl)
Nothing - Guilty of Everything
Odyssey - Happy Together
Odyssey - I Got the Melody
Orphan Fairytale - My Favorite Fairytale (2xLP)
Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight (reissue) (vinyl)
Pender Street Steppers - Openin Up b/w Mood Hut (12")
Pink Martini & Saori Yuki - Dream a Little Dream
Pins - Girls Like Us (vinyl)
Professor Longhair - The Last Mardi Gras
Psalm Zero - The Drain
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (vinyl)
Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie - Five Years Later (vinyl)
Real Estate - Atlas (vinyl)
Rick Ross - Mastermind
Roman Remains - Zeal
Rufus Wainwright - Live from the Artist's Den
Rufus Wainwright - Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright
RVSB - Nightlife
Sabina - Toujours (vinyl)
Sally Seltmann - Hey Daydreamer (vinyl)
Sam Rivers - Contrasts (vinyl)
Sarin Smoke - Vent (vinyl)
Saturn - Saturn (vinyl)
Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (The Remixes) (12")
Shawn Phillips - Furthermore
Shoes This High - Shoes This High (7")
Silver Snakes - Year of the Snake (vinyl)
Smegma and Blood Stereo - Guff Vout Mulch (vinyl)
Social Distortion - Prison Bound – 25th Anniversary (vinyl)
Sonny Rollins - Plus Four (vinyl)
Special Request vs Akkord - HTH vs HTH (12")
Starwalker - Losers Can Win (12")
Steve Martin, Edie Brickell & the Steep Mountain Rangers - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell Live
Sutherland Brothers - When the Night Comes Down
Swans - The Burning World (vinyl)
T La Rock and Jazzy Jay - It's Yours (12")
The Damned - Punk Oddities & Rare Tracks 1977-1982 (vinyl)
The Doppelgangaz - Peace Kehd (vinyl)
The Ex - How Thick You Think / That's Not A Virus (7")
The Len Price 3 - Nobody Knows (vinyl)
The Mary Onettes - Portico
The Men - Tomorrow's Hits (vinyl)
The Mighty Fine - Brothers and Smugglers
The Overseer - Rest and Let Go
The Spits - Kill the Kool (2xLP)
The Unsemble - The Unsemble (vinyl)
These New Puritans - Field Of Reeds
Tree - Sunday School 2 (2xLP)
Trin Tran - Far Reaches (12")
Trust - Joyland
UME - Monuments (vinyl)
Vanishing Point - Distant Is The Sun
Various Artists - A Psych Tribute to The Doors (vinyl)
Various Artists - Bush Taxi Mali: Field Recordings from Mali (vinyl)
Various Artists - Suicide Squueze Records Presents: Forever Singles (vinyl)
Various Artists - The Grand Budapest Hotel OST
Various Artists - Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles (vinyl)
Vijay Iyer - Mutations
Wake Owl - The Private World of Paradise
Warm Soda - Young Reckless Hearts (vinyl)
We Are Scientists - TV En Francais (vinyl)
Weeknight - Post-Everything
When Nalda Became Punk - Indiepop or Whatever! (7")
WhoMadeWho - Dreams
Wild Throne - Blood Maker
Wolves Like Us - Black Soul Choir
YOB - Catharsis (deluxe vinyl)
Young Fathers - Dead (vinyl)