Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Just a reminder, the Spacelab9 Walking Dead Soundtrack Vinyl Contest is taking entries until May 23, 2014!  Enter today for your chance to win this super collectible vinyl!

Our friends at SPACELAB9.COM have given me a copy of the Walking Dead "Black Smoke" Soundtrack to give away to a lucky blog reader. The contest is simple and will work as many of the CVR contests have. Just email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com with the words "Spacelab9 Walking Dead Soundtrack Vinyl Contest" in the subject line and you are automatically entered. Limit one email entry per person. Entries limited to the USA residents only. The winner will be chosen at random among the qualifying email entries at noon on May 23, 2014. 


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new releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB

When Black Rebel Motorcycle Club released their self titled-debut album in 2001, they immediately made an impact on the music scene. The self-produced debut album was praised as a group's cohesive, solid production overall. The American rock band from San Francisco is influenced by bands like The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Led Zeppelin, The Verve, The Velvet Underground and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

From the album opener "Love Burns" to the ultra-fine space pop of "Too Real" to the track "Spread Your Love", which was used in the film A Man Apart and features in the TV show Skins, B.R.M.C. is a very impressive debut. The re-issue of the album contains 4 bonus tracks, which weren't released on the original vinyl version. The fourth side of the 2 LP set contains a beautiful etch and the first 2.000 copies are numbered and pressed on silver marbled vinyl! Strictly limited!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Gatefold sleeve
• Etched D-side
• Includes 4 bonus tracks
• First pressing of 2.000 numbered copies on silver marbled vinyl

ELVIS PRESLEY - RECORDED LIVE ON STAGE IN MEMPHIS

Following the artistic success of his 1973 Stax sessions and the global phenomenon of the Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite album and broadcast the same year, Elvis opened 1974 with a 15 city tour routed to end in Memphis and a state-of-the-art concert recording. When originally released as a single LP, Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis reached #1 on the Country charts and featured "How Great Thou Art," the track that would bring Elvis his third Grammy win.

This luxury quadruple vinyl reissue contains a previously unreleased "Test Run" of the entire show recorded with a live audience at the Richmond Coliseum a few days before the legendary concert. The remarkable "test run" performance was recorded in MONO, drenched in the reverb Elvis preferred, and provides new insight into the magic of Elvis.

As a special added bonus for Elvis aficionados, we've included five intimate tracks (three of them previously unreleased) cut at the RCA Studios in Hollywood on August 16, 1974. Originally intended as reference recordings for an upcoming Las Vegas engagement, the performances—which include "Down In The Alley," "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues," "Softly As I Leave You," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "The Twelfth Of Never" — provide a rare fly-on-the-wall glimpse into Elvis' consummate backstage artistry as he prepares these songs for concert.

Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis will include a 16 page booklet featuring rare photos, previously unseen memorabilia, new liner notes, press clips and more.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• 3-fold gatefold sleeve
• Includes 16-page booklet
• Remastered audio
• 40th Anniversary Edition

COUNT BASIE - THIS TIME BY BASIE!

This 12-song release reveals a wonderful body of work of the one and only Count Basie, including arrangements by Quincy Jones. This Time by Basie (1963) swings, smooth and easy, and is hot and heavy.

From Sonny Payne's understated cymbal intro to "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" to the bluesier notes of "One Mint Julep," Basie and company sound like they're enjoying themselves, whether elegantly stretching out on "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" or "Moon River."  On 180 gram audiophile vinyl !




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CONCORD MUSIC GROUP REISSUES VINCE GUARALDI’S CLASSIC SOUNDTRACK TO A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN

Remastered vinyl and CD recordings mark 50th anniversary of the soundtrack to a TV documentary that never aired 

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Most of us recall A Charlie Brown Christmas — the classic animated special that originally aired on network television during the holiday season of 1965 — as the moment when pianist Vince Guaraldi first breathed life into the entire Peanuts gang with a series of compositions that have since become as iconic as the characters themselves.

But a year earlier, Guaraldi had scored a Peanuts TV special of an entirely different kind. After the success of A Man Named Mays, a documentary of San Francisco Giants center fielder Willie Mays, TV producer/director Lee Mendelson set out to tell the story of another ball player who had soared to similar fame during that same era: the hapless but resilient sandlot underdog, Charlie Brown. The result was A Boy Named Charlie Brown, a 60-minute documentary about Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz.

A limited edition, collectible vinyl reissue of the original 1964 Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown soundtrack is set for release by Fantasy Records via the Concord Music Group on May 13, 2014. As adoring fans of both Guaraldi’s and Schulz’s work, Concord has proudly put significant effort into faithfully restoring all components of the LP with a special bonus: orange vinyl. The reissue comes complete with Schulz’s classic, quirky design, historic liner notes in a gatefold jacket, and reproductions of 8 x 10 lithographs of Peanuts characters.

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The Folk Box: ‘the kind of album that changes lives’

THE FOLK BOX: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION producer and American Folk Music scribe Ted Olson. Created with the legendary music mogul Jac Holzman, THE FOLK BOX: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION celebrates the original 1964 album by reissuing its four vinyl LPs containing 83 tracks by such renowned folk musicians as Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk, Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie, Jean Redpath and Josh White, as well as such nationally significant Appalachia-based musicians as Doc Watson, Clarence Ashley and Jean Ritchie. Cut from the original master tapes, the limited edition box set also features a bonus 7-inch vinyl recording of Judy Collins' rare version of Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It with Mine" and Tom Paxton's classic song "The Last Thing on My Mind."

Read more about at Rhino or head to Amazon to buy it!

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from our friends at VinylCollective

Sum 41 Chuck Vinyl Reissued By ShopRadioCast

Sum 41 “Chuck” is being reissued on vinyl by ShopRadioCast vinyl for a June 24th release date! Chuck is the third studio album from Canadian rock band Sum 41. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It is the band's last album to feature lead guitarist Dave Baksh. Chuck has peaked at #2 on the Canadian Albums chart and was the band's highest-charting album until it would be surpassed by Underclass Hero in 2007.  The vinyl will be a single 180 Gram LP on a few limited colors including 180 Gram Army Green (SRC exclusive limited to 500) which is almost sold out! You can view all the details and pre order now here:

Sum 41 – Chuck LP

As well, ShopRadioCast is repressing their Sum 41 “Does This Look Infected” on a clear vinyl that is set to be shipped alongside the release of Chuck (June 24th). You can pre order that as well here:

Sum 41 – Does This Look Infected LP

Additionally, you can grab Sum 41′s “All Killer, No Filler” pressing from Asbestos Records at SRC on a new Neon Green and Neon Pink pressing here:

Sum 41 – All Killer No Filler LP


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from our friends at SlyVinyl

The GOASTT (Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) – Midnight Sun // Limited to 2,000 Random-Colored 12″ Vinyl LP’s

Insect O. – Birds Over Hong Kong // Limited Edition Green/Black Marbled Vinyl LP






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from the great state of tennessee, United Record Pressing is working hard trying to keep up the demand of our beloved vinyl!

Nashville vinyl records maker key to Jack White's fastest single expands








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excellent views in this article:

Don't Be Precious About Your Vinyl Collection




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from north of the border (these stories never get old!):

COLUMN: Vinyl making a comeback







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album cover art of the day:

VISTA CHINO/Ex-KYUSS Frontman JOHN GARCIA: Solo Album Cover Artwork Unveiled

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 28, 2014

DEAR JERRY: When I was a little girl, in the early 1960s, my father used to clown around and sing a silly song he said was inspired by when he and my mother were courting, approximately 10 years earlier.

My mom, Margie, came from a large family, and apparently was rarely able to be alone with dad until they were married.

What I remember most about the song is "She brings her father, her mother, her sister and her brother. She brings her uncles and cousins, she's got 'em by the dozens, oh I never see Margie alone."

It would complete this wonderful memory if I could get this tune on a CD, but I don't know where to begin.

Can you help?
—Kate Turlock, Medford, Ore.

DEAR KATE: Being married to a Margie made it much easier for your dad to customize this clever ditty, which is actually titled "I Never See Maggie Alone."

The song goes back to the Roaring '20s, when first popularized by Irving Aaronson and His Commanders with vocal refrain by Phil Saxe (Victor 20473).

When that single came out, in 1927, Victor indicated "Crazy Words - Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O)" as the A-side, but, of the two, "I Never See Maggie Alone" definitely became America's favorite.

More than likely the version your father personalized, and the best known one, is by Kenny Roberts. His 1949 waxing (Coral 64012) made the Top 10 on both the pop and the country charts.

Coincidentally, in 1964, a time when Little Kate was very much in the picture, Kenny's "I Never See Maggie Alone" was reissued (King 5911).

An inexpensive and easily available CD containing this track is "Kenny Roberts - Indian Love Call" (Starday SD-0575-2). Amazon.com has it right now for about $10.

Whether you get it on this CD or another, I know that every time you play "I Never See Maggie Alone," to you it will always be "I Never See Margie Alone."


DEAR JERRY: Many times I have seen how your answer to one person's question triggers another reader's question.

Such is the case with me and your recent coverage of Herb Alpert being the only person with both a No. 1 instrumental and a No. 1 vocal.

Now how about the flip side, so to speak.

Who is the highest ranking vinyl era vocalist, in say the Top 20 or 30, that is primarily known as a singer, but who unexpectedly made at least one sizable instrumental hit?
—Archie Jablonski, Skokie, Ill.

DEAR ARCHIE: Many great singers are or were also excellent instrumentalists, and here are a few that I have worked with who could really do it all: Wayne Newton; Roy Orbison; Barbara Mandrell; Hank Thompson; Carl Perkins; Roy Clark; Jerry Reed; Hank Snow; Chuck Berry; Bobby Goldsboro; Del Shannon; and Hank Williams Jr. Each of these stars could be counted on to display their musicianship during their concerts.

However, being ranked among the Top 20 artists and having a "sizable instrumental hit" trims the field considerably.

Therefore, at the top of my list in this atypical category is Stevie Wonder.

With Little Stevie, we discovered his harmonica skills in 1963 with his first hit, "Fingertips," but five years later we were surprisingly treated to a marvelous harmonica-led instrumental of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Alfie" (Gordy 7076).

Originally a big vocal hit by Cher, who sang it in the 1966 film of the same title, then the following year (1967) Dionne Warwick also had great success with "Alfie," as her collaboration with Bacharach-David continued to flourish. When Stevie Wonder's 1968 instrumental reached the charts, "Alfie" became a hit record in three consecutive years, by three different artists.

As a gimmick of sorts, the performer credited on the Gordy record reads EIVETS REDNOW. Decoding that name should not take you too long.

Deserving honorable mention here are two more of the all-time Top 20 singles artists: James Brown and Ray Charles.

Brown has dozens of vinyl era hits to his credit, nearly all being vocals to some extent — including a few with non-lyrical shouts, grunts, and groans.

Still, he and the James Brown Band did score with some bona fide instrumentals, namely "Try Me" (1965); "Soul Pride" (1969); and "The Popcorn" (1969).

Instrumentals make up less than two percent of Ray Charles' many singles hits, and they are "Rockhouse" (1958) and "One Mint Julep" (1961).


IZ ZAT SO? References to the "vinyl era" today reminds me that someone recently asked exactly what we mean by that, particularly since vinyl records are still being made.

Vinyl production is definitely alive and well (even I am producing a vinyl-only LP this month); however, when we mention the vinyl era, it refers to the years when vinyl (including polystyrene) records were the dominant audio media.

We know other formats made a splash along the way, such as four decades of tape types (reel-to-reel, 8-track, cassette), and the compact discs that were introduced in the mid-'80s. Regardless, from 1948 through 1989 vinyl was still king.

All of which means we regard 1990 as the beginning of the digital era.

Final thought: It sure seems odd when I hear someone with a new song in the form of an audio file (MP3) say "Please download my new record … we're really selling a lot of records."

Where's the plastic?

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

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at SoundStageDirect

Blind Melon (Pre-Order) by Blind Melon

Blind Melon is the eponymous debut album by acclaimed Rock band Blind Melon, released in 1992, featuring breakthrough single “No Rain”. Fronted by singer Shannon Hoon (who can be heard doing backing vocals on Guns N Roses’ Use Your Illusion I and II) Blind Melon had a distinctive sound, influenced by Southern Rock and Psychedelic Rock.

Songs like “Soak The Sin” and “Tones Of Home” evoke Hard Rock with a funky sound; “Time” resembles Grateful Dead-style improvisational music and acoustic songs like “Change” and “No Rain” hinted at Pop and Folk influences. The band recorded the bulk of the album with producer Rick Parashar (who had produced Pearl Jam’s Ten) at London Bridge Studio in Seattle, Washington.

Blind Melon’s production is marked by the use of outdated amplifiers and other antiquated studio technology. Modern studio effects were not used in its production as the band wanted to create a pure and intimate sounding record.

Pre-Order at SoundStageDirect


This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Dave Matthews Band - Remember Two Things (Pre-Order)
2. Various Artists - Garden State Soundtrack (Pre-Order)
3. Blind Melon - Blind Melon (Pre-Order)
4. Neil Young - A Letter Home
5. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
6. One Direction - Midnight Memories
7. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
8. The Mars Volta - De-loused In The Comatorium (Black Vinyl) (Pre-Order)
9. Jerry Garcia And David Grisman - Jerry Garcia And David Grisman
10. Neil Young - A Letter Home (Deluxe) (Pre-Order)

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MONDO ANNOUNCES ICONIC SCORE FOR “JURASSIC PARK” ON REMASTERED VINYL WITH SPECTACULAR NEW ARTWORK

Austin, TX--- Tuesday, April 29, 2013 --- Mondo is excited to announce the release of John Williams’ iconic Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Jurassic Park, remastered for vinyl with gorgeous artwork for two packaging variations from artist JC Richard and a limited edition vinyl from artist Dan McCarthy (1,000 copies). The vinyl releases will be for sale only at www.MondoTees.com on June 11, 2014.

Jurassic Park occupies a rare place in the hearts of film fans worldwide. It’s one of the few seminal films that almost everyone can recall seeing in the theater for the first time in perfect detail. It’s a movie that fires on all cylinders – from the amazing sense of adventure, a realistic world of tomorrow, awe-inspiring special effects and of course one of the greatest scores that has ever been created. "There are few films where the experience of watching the film is matched only by experience of listening to it, and Jurassic Park is one of those rare films,” said Mondo Creative Director Justin Ishmael.

Version A

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music Composed and Conducted by John Williams
Artwork by JC Richard
2XLP P pressed on 180 gram Black Vinyl, with randomly inserted Dilophosaurus variant.
$35

Version B

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music Composed and Conducted by John Williams
Artwork by Dan McCarthy
Limited to 1,000 copies
2XLP pressed on 180 gram Amber vinyl.
$35

The Jurassic Park vinyl soundtrack release continues Mondo’s commitment to crafting beautiful packaging for scores they love and adds to an impressive collection that now includes Poltergeist, Oblivion, Halloween, Drive, The Omen, Coraline, Paranorman and more with several releases on the horizon for 2014.

JURASSIC PARK Original Motion Picture Soundtrack List:
1) Opening Titles
2) Theme From Jurassic Park
3) Incident At Isla Nublar
4) Journey To The Island
5) The Raptor Attack
6) Hatching Baby Raptor
7) Welcome to Jurassic Park
8) My Friend, The Brachiosaurus
9) Dennis Steals The Embryo
10) A Tree For My Bed
11) High-Wire Stunts
12) Remembering Petticoat Lane
13) Jurassic Park Gate
14) Eye To Eye
15) T-Rex Rescue & Finale
16) End Credits 
                                         
About Mondo

Mondo is an art gallery and online store devoted to a passionate love of film, art and music. The company has received global recognition for bringing art back to movie poster design and has emerged as one of the leading curators of classic and contemporary film soundtracks on vinyl. Utilizing the talents of world class artists and designers, Mondo produces limited edition, screen printed posters based on film, television and comic properties, working with the leading entertainment brands including DC Comics, HBO, Marvel, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Brothers as well as filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson, Guillermo Del Toro, Zack Snyder, Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright. Based in Austin, TX, Mondo operates out of a permanent gallery space, hosting regular exhibitions featuring a blend of breathtaking original artwork and limited edition screen prints. Mondo is also recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences with a full archive of film posters as part of their research library. The parent company of Mondo is Alamo Drafthouse.

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from a new friend brian at Crooked Houses PR + Management

STONE TITAN RELEASE PEACE, LOVE & GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE 12"

Last Fall we introduced you to Connecticut-based doom-sludge-metalcolytes Stone Titan. Decibel Magazine called their album, Scratch N' Sniff, "a mess...fucked up in all the right places." A US tour, lineup change and several bank holidays later and they're back with an all-new slab of wax for Record Store Day entitled Peace, Love & Get The Fuck Out Of My Face. The 12" features five new songs of endorphin-morphin' sonic bedlam and wall-of-fuzz guitars. Their label Safety Meeting Records has a pre-order available now and the vinyl will be available in 250 limited edition copies in random mixed colors at your favorite metal-slinging record shop!!

250 Records pressed. Random color vinyl. 12" 45 RPM. Downloads Included.  Released on Record Store Day April 19, 2014

Get a copy HERE



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this lovely collectible is available via metalblade

Cattle Decapitation - Humanure (Bloody Stool 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.

* Pre-Order: Expected to ship on or around May 8, 2014 *

Pre-Order at MetalBlade



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another great collectible:

ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD - Christmas Island LP (2014) COLORED VINYL PRE-ORDER

Andrew Jackson Jihad's new album, Christmas Island on vinyl. Choose from 3 different colored LP options. Release Date is May 6th. Also available on CD and in various bundle options. Vinyl includes DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.

**THIS IS A PREORDER ITEM. IT SHIPS TO ARRIVE ON OR AROUND STREET DATE OF 5/6/14**

Pre-Order HERE

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Body Count's Self-Titled Debut Gets Vinyl Reissue











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Pantera’s ‘Far Beyond Bootleg: Live From Donington ’94′ To Be Issued on Vinyl











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The Clean's 'Anthology' Gets 4-LP Vinyl Reissue











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more stats from this year's Record Store Day:

RSD 2014 is the most successful Record Store Day ever for vinyl with LP sales up 58% over the week of RSD 2013. Independent record store album sales increases by year (sales percentage increase over the prior week):

2014 (April 19, 2014): +91%
2013 (April 20, 2013): +59%
2012 (April 21, 2012): +27%
2011 (April 16, 2011): +39%
2010 (April 17, 2010): +12%
2009 (April 18, 2009): +21%
2008 (April 19, 2008): +0.4%

Read the rest at musicconnection.com

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more stats and surprising info about our beloved vinyl - from the uk:

Music buyers prefer CDs, vinyl and cassettes over the Cloud - 15% of buyers of physical formats have no intention of listening to them










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Sir Peter Blake mural masterpiece unveiled at the Hall







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cool video about one man's passion:

Record Rules - Brian's Record Option Open for 34 Years

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from the great state of oregon:

Vinyl profile: These roommates have more vinyl than you can shake an iPod at

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cool story from north of the border:

Fixture Records: No fixed address - Label keeps moving, but its two-person team’s passion hasn’t changed

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out of the uk:

The record player: Going back to vinyl in 2014






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Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Vinyl

1. Violator (180 Gram Vinyl) ~ Depeche Mode
2. Wolf (2LP+CD) ~ The Creator Tyler
3. Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe Edition) ~ Led Zeppelin
4. Led Zeppelin III (Deluxe Edition) ~ Led Zeppelin
5. Everyday Robots ~ Damon Albarn
6. Happy ~ Pharrell Williams
7. Singles ~ Future Islands
8. XSCAPE ~ Michael Jackson
9. White Women ~ Chromeo
10. Under the Skin ~ Mica Levi


Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Music

1. Frozen ~ Demi Lovato
2. Shatter Me ~ Lindsey Stirling
3. Supernova ~ Ray LaMontagne
4. Disney's Karaoke Series: Frozen ~ Disney Karaoke Series
5. Duets ~ Linda Ronstadt
6. 9 Dead Alive ~ Rodrigo y Gabriela
7. Indie Cindy ~ Pixies
8. Turn Blue ~ The Black Keys
9. Most Messed Up ~ Old 97s
10. Bluesamericana ~ Keb Mo

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 4/21 - 4/27, 2014

Vinyl Top 25:
1. The Apache Relay - The Apache Relay
2. Beck - Morning Phase
3. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas
4. Donny Hathaway - Live At The Bitter End 1971
5. Diarrhea Planet - Aloha 7"
6. The Civil Wars - Live At Eddie's Attic
7. Bully - Milkman 7"
8. Needtobreathe - Rivers In The Wasteland
9. Margot & The Nuclear So & So's - Sling Shot To Heaven
10. Bully - Brianfreeze 7"
11. Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
12. Neil Young - A Letter Home
13. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
14. Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out
15. Rodney Crowell - Tarpaper Sky
16. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Garcia & Grisman
17. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
18. Real Estate - Atlas
19. St Paul & The Broken Bones - Half The City
20. Natural Child - Dancin' With Wolves
21. Diarrhea Planet - Yama-Uba 7"
22. Damien Jurado - Brothers & Sisters Of The Eternal Son
23. The Shins - Live At Third Man
24. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
25. Coldplay - Rush Of Blood To The Head

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album cover art of the day:

Here’s the outrageous artwork for Mastodon’s new album, Once More ‘Round the Sun























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album cover art of the day, part two:

Atomic Aggressor Reveals "Sights Of Suffering" Album Details

New Music Releases - April 29, 2014

123MRK - Versatile/Secret Secret (12")
3108 - 3108 (vinyl)
Aborted - The Necrotic Manifesto
Adestria - Gilded Hearts
Alfie Boe - Trust
Amon Duul II - Wolf City (vinyl)
Andre Obin - Ways of Escape (vinyl)
Archie Powell & The Exports - Back In Black
Archspire - The Lucid Collective
Automat - Automat (vinyl)
Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves
Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl (reissue)
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction / This Precious Time
Ben Watt - Hendra
Beneath - The Barren Throne
Blitz the Ambassador - Afropolitan Dreams (vinyl)
Blueprint - Respect the Architect
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Riding Your Way The Lost Transcriptions for Tiffany Music, 1946-1947 (2-CD Set)
Boy Meets Girl - Reel Life: Expanded Edition
Brett Naucke - Seed (vinyl)
Brody Dalle - Diploid Love
Broken Twin - May
Busy P - Reworking Is Not a Crime (12")
Candiria - The Invaders (7")
Candy Claws - Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time (vinyl)
Cattle Decapitation - To Serve Man (vinyl)
Chad VanGaalen - Shrink Dust
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Phosphorescent Harvest (vinyl)
Clarence Carter - Slip Away: Ultimate Clarence Carter 1966-71 (vinyl)
Cloak of Altering - Plague Beasts
Creation Rebel | New Age Steppers - Threat to Creation (vinyl)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Greatest Hits
Crowbar - Symmetry In Black
D Tiberio - 304 (vinyl)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
Danny Brown - Hot Soup (2xLP+7")
Danny Brown - Old (deluxe edition) (4xLP)
Dave Porter - Breaking Bad OST (2xLP)
Dead in the Manger - Transience (12")
Devil You Know - The Beauty Of Destruction
Die Partei - La Freiheit des Geistes (vinyl)
Dismemberment - Embrace The Dark
DJ Jean Maron - True School (2xLP)
DJ Koze - Amygdala Remixes 2 (12")
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money
Doss - Doss (vinyl)
Dramatics - Greatest Slow Jams
DWNTWN - DWNTWN
Eduard Artemiev - The Mirror / Stalker OST (vinyl)
Elephant - Sky Swimming
Eli "Paperboy" Reed - Nights Like This
Evan Only - No Matter What (vinyl)
Ex-Cult - Midnight Passenger (vinyl)
Farben - Farben Presents James (vinyl)
Fennesz - Bécs (vinyl)
Fifth Dimension - Earthbound The Complete ABC Recordings
Floor - Oblation
Focus - Golden Oldies
Frameworks - Loom (vinyl)
Frantix - My Dad’s a Fuckin’ Alcoholic (vinyl)
Fu Manchu - Gigantoid
Fugees - The Score (reissue) (2xLP)
Godhead - The Shadow Realigned
Holy Moses - Redefined Mayhem
Howlin Rain - Live Rain (2xLP)
IKILLYA - Vae Victis
Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
Isis - Panopticon (reissue)
Islander - Violence & Destruction
Jack Ruby - Jack Ruby (vinyl)
Jacob Cooper - Silver Threads
Jeffertitti's Nile - The Electric Hour (vinyl)
Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus - Spirit Knife
Jim Gaffigan - Obsessed (vinyl)
Joakim - On The Beach (12")
John Denver - From L.A to Denver
Johnossi - Transitions
Jon Collin - Burnt Monday (vinyl)
King of the Mountains - Zoetrope (vinyl)
Klara Lewis - Ett (vinyl)
Klaus Johann Grobe - Im Sinne der Zeit (vinyl)
Kublai Khan - Balancing Survival & Happiness
Lee Scratch Perry - Back On the Controls (2xLP)
Legowelt - Los Alamos Motel (12")
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms (2xLP)
Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me
Lionheart - Welcome To The West Coast (vinyl)
Lord Mantis - Death Mask
Luciano & Friends - Into The Aether (12")
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2xLP)
Madness - 7 (reissue) (vinyl)
Madness - Absolutely (reissue) (vinyl)
Madness - Complete Madness (reissue) (2xLP)
Madness - Keep Moving (reissue) (vinyl)
Madness - The Rise and Fall (reissue) (vinyl)
Mammatus - The Coast Explodes (vinyl)
Marcus Schmickler and Julian Rohrhuber - Politiken der Frequenz (vinyl)
Maria Minerva - Histrionic (vinyl)
Mark E - Product of Industry (2xLP)
Martyr Defiled - No Hope No Morality
Mastodon - High Road
Mayhem - Psywar
Mekong Delta - In A Mirror Darkly
Miss May I - Rise Of The Lion
Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (reissue) (vinyl)
Motorhead - Ace of Spades (vinyl)
Myriam Gendron - Not So Deep as a Well (vinyl)
N.E.R.D. - In Search Of... (2xLP)
Nadja - Radiance of Shadows (reissue)
Naive Thieves - Vamonos
Nat Baldwin - In the Hollows (vinyl)
New Empire - In a Breath
Nick Hennies - Work
Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line (vinyl)
Nils Lofgren - Face the Music
Obnox - Louder Space (vinyl)
Ohio Express - Beg, Borrow and Steal The Complete Cameo Recordings
Olafur Arnalds - Gimme Shelter OST
Old 97's - Most Messed Up
Old Smokey - Wester Easter (vinyl)
Olga Bell - Krai
Ought - More Than Any Other Day
Pattern is Movement - Pattern Is Movement (vinyl)
Pigeon John - Encino Man
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
Pink Mountaintops - Get Back (vinyl)
Pixies - Indie Cindy
Poco - Ghost Town
Portrait - Crossroads
Prefab Sprout - Crimson / Red
Pretty Boy Floyd - Greatest Collection
Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas III
Psycho - Chainsaw Priest
Rapper Big Pooh and Roc C - Trouble in the Neighborhood
Ras G - Raw Fruit Vol. 1-2 (2xLP)
Ray Charles - Ray Charles (reissue) (vinyl)
Redman - Muddy Waters (2xLP)
Reformers - Abolish
Rick Wakeman - Live at the Empire Pool
Rick Wakeman - White Rock
Robin Trower - Robin Trower Live! (vinyl)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 9 Dead Alive
Roxy Music - Showing Out
Rush - Rush Rediscovered (vinyl)
Saliva - Rise Up
Saxon - St. George's Day Sacrifice – Live In Manchester
SD Laika - That's Harakiri (vinyl)
Secret Colours - Positive Distractions (vinyl)
Sir Richard Bishop - Road to Siam (10")
So Hideous - Last Poem / First Light
Special Explosion - The Art of Mothering (vinyl)
Strange Talk - Cast Away (vinyl)
Streetwalker - Ooze/Ooze (Silent Servant Remix) (12")
Styles P - Phantom and the Ghost
Survival Knife - Loose Power (vinyl)
Swans - The Burning World (vinyl)
Taylor Dayne - Soul Dancing: Deluxe Edition
Taylor Dyane - Can't Fight Fate: Deluxe Edition
The Agonist - Disconnect Me
The Both - The Both (vinyl)
The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia Live At The Wonder (vinyl)
The Goastt - Midnight Sun (vinyl)
The Hive Dwellers - Moanin' (vinyl)
The Howlin' Brothers - Trouble
The Milk Carton Kids - The Ash and Clay (deluxe edition)
The Nels Cline Singers - Macroscope
The Pearlfishers - Open Up Your Coloring Book (2xLP+CD)
The Ramones - The Ramones Vinyl Bundle (4xLP)
The Revelations - The Cost of Living (vinyl)
The Revere - Behold, The Sea Itself!
The String Cheese Incident - Song In My Head
Thee Oh Sees - Drop (vinyl)
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Hang On to Each Other (12")
Thou - The Sacrifice (12")
TLC - CrazySexyCool (2xLP)
Toto - 35th Anniversary Tour Live From Pol
Trans - Green (12")
Unrest - Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation
Unrest - Malcolm X Park
Upon This Dawning - We Are All Sinners
Vanilla Fudge - The Complete Atco Singles
Various Artists - Alan Aldridge Beatles Illustrated Collective Set
Various Artists - Girls Volume 2: All Adventurous Women Do: Music From The HBO Original Series (vinyl)
White Lung - Drown With the Monster (7")
Whitechapel - Our Endless War
Who - Live: Chicago Il 9/23/02
Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey - Going Back Home (vinyl)
Will Samson - Light Shadows (12")
William Basinski - Melancholia (vinyl)
William Tyler - Lost Colony (12')
Wold - Postsocial
Woolfy - City Lights (10")
World Domination - Solar System Domination 2012 (vinyl)
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate (vinyl)
Wye Oak - Shriek (vinyl)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (expanded & remastered edition)
Your Friend - Jekyll / Hyde (vinyl)
Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta (picture disc)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Cindertalk - Spero 7" Release

Cindertalk is the stage and studio name of multi-instrumentalist Jonny Rodgers (Mighty Purple, Awry, Ten Shekel Shirt, Son Lux) who plays tuned wine glasses and guitar. The album is called 'Spero' and features two songs, “Spero” and “Your Own Wings.” “Spero” is a song Jonny wrote about a former child slave he met at a benefit event. A portion of all proceeds from the album will be donated to Love146.org which helps stop child trafficking.

It’s limited to 250 copies on pure white vinyl. The sleeve is matte finish with artwork by feather artist Chris Maynard. Renowned violinist Todd Reynolds plays violin, Colin Meyer plays drums and “Spero” was produced by Lawson White (Shakira) with mastering by Eric Dawson Tate (Looper score).

Get your copy HERE

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interesting concept record to draw publicity to the disappearing tigers:

Can This Self-Destructing Vinyl Record Help the 400 Sumatran Tigers Left in the Wild? - An ‘endangered song’ by an Alaskan band and the Smithsonian's National Zoo raises awareness and funds for the imperiled species.

Read more HERE




Portugal. The Man - "Sumatran Tiger" - The Endangered Song



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from our friends at SlyVinyl (look for their feed in the left margin!)

Dead Skeletons – Dead Comet // Limited to 500 Double A-Side Black Vinyl 12″

Death Waltz RSD Leftovers – Limited to 60 LPs or less






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great RSD story out of canada:

Beautiful Relationships: On Record Store Day, a Local Industry in Sync







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from the great state of minnesota

Vinyl finds revival with new wave of music lovers








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nice article about our beloved "vinyls"

Why Vinyls Are Infinitely Better than MP3s








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'Palo Alto' Soundtrack Featuring Blood Orange, Mac DeMarco Released










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Three More Classic Rolling Stones Titles To Be Re-Issued on Clear Vinyl







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Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Tribute Album Goes Vinyl











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Southern Lord to Release Expanded Edition of Excel's 'Split Image'









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WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 4/20-4/26





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for shits and giggles on a rainy monday:

19 Cutest Dogs on Album Covers











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album cover art of the day:

JUDAS PRIEST To Release 'Redeemer Of Souls' Album In July; Title Track Available For Streaming

Spacelab9 Walking Dead Soundtrack Vinyl Contest

Our friends at SPACELAB9.COM have given me a copy of the Walking Dead "Black Smoke" Soundtrack to give away to a lucky blog reader.  The contest is simple and will work as many of the CVR contests have.  Just email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com with the words "Spacelab9 Walking Dead Soundtrack Vinyl Contest" in the subject line and you are automatically entered.  Limit one email entry per person. Entries limited to the USA residents only.  Contest ends on May 23, 2014.  The winner will be chosen at random among the qualifying email entries at noon on May 23, 2014.  Good luck, this is an awesome collectible!

Released on vinyl for the first time, SPACELAB9 is proud to present AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.1 LP. LP is packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket with printed inner pocket sleeve featuring images from the hit TV show. First pressing also includes a full color 18” x 24″ poster.

Limited editions of both “Black Smoke” and “Blood Red” colored vinyl will be available in stores while supplies last. For die-hard fans, a limited run of only 200 “Zombie Flesh Green” vinyl copies will be available exclusively from SPACELAB9.COM

Side A:
 1. Jamie N. Commons – Lead Me Home (1:57)
 2. Bear McCreary – Main Title Theme Song (UNKLE Remix) (5:17)
 3. Voxhaul Broadcast – You Are the Wilderness (4:57)
 4. Baby Bee – Love Bug (2:56)

Side B:
 5. Fink – Warm Shadow (Dactyl Remix) (5:32)
 6. Of MOnsters and Men – Sinking Man (2:56)
 7. Beth & Maggie Greene – The Parting Glass (2:57)
 8. Delta Spirit – Running (3:13)

The Walking Dead is an American television drama series developed by Frank Darabont and is based on the comic book series of the same name. The series stars Andrew Lincoln as sheriff’s deputy Rick Grimes who awakens from a coma to fi nd the world dominated by flesh-eating “walkers” resembling the zombies of George A. Romero’s horror movies. The story unfolds as he sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

The Walking Dead premiered in October of 2010 in the United States and based on the immediate strong response from viewers, AMC quickly renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes. Two episodes into the second season, AMC announced that the show would return for a third and fourth season.

The series has been very well received by both fans and critics, having been nominated for countless awards including a Writers Guild of America Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama. The series has also attained strong Nielsen ratings, beating various records for a cable series, including receiving 10.9 million viewers for it’s season three premiere to become the most watched basic cable telecast in history.

Special thanks to SPACELAB9.COM for providing the CVR blog with this super vinyl collectible!!

New Music Releases - May 2014

May 6

Albino Rhino - Albino Rhino
Amarante - Cavalo
Andrew Hewitt - The Double OST
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Christmas Island (vinyl)
Andy Sadoway - Str8 Sh00ter EP (tape)
Antwon - Heavy Hearted in Doldrums
Anushka - Distorted Air EP (12")
Arkona - Yav
Atmosphere - Southsiders (vinyl)
Aurvandil - Thrones
BadBadNotGood - III (vinyl)
Battleroar - Blood of Legends
Being As An Ocean - How We Both Wondrously Perish
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
Ben Harper and Ellen Harper - Childhood Home (vinyl)
Billy Childish - Archive From 1959 (3xLP)
Black Stone Cherry - Magic Mountain
Blood Red Shoes - Blood Red Shoes (vinyl)
Brian Eno and Charles Hyde - Someday World
Careful - The World Doesn't End
Cloud Control - Dream Cave (vinyl)
Cobalt - War Metal (reissue)
Connie Francis - Complete U.S. & U.K. Singles
Cradle of Filth - Total F–king Darkness (reissue)
Crash - Hardly Criminal (vinyl)
Current Swell - Ulysses (vinyl)
Curtis Harding - Soul Power
Cymbals - Sideways, Sometimes (vinyl)
Dat Oven - Icy Lake (12")
Dave Harrington - Before This There Was One Heart But a Thousand Thoughts (EP)
Dionne Warwick - Feels So Good
Direct Hit! - Brainless God (vinyl)
Dwellers - Pagan Fruit (vinyl)
E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr - Spiralo
Electrocution - Metaphysincarnation
Elephant - Sky Swimming (vinyl)
Eno and Hyde - Someday World (2xLP)
Fatima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch (vinyl)
Fujiya and Miyagi - Artificial Sweeteners
Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours
Happy Diving - Happy Diving (tape)
Howlin Rain - Live Rain (2xLP)
Ifing - Against the Weald
Infecting The Swarm - Patheogenesis
J Dilla - Give Them What They Want (12")
Jacques Greene - Phantom Vibrate EP (12")
Jamie xx - Girl/Sleep Sound (12")
Jeffertitti's Nile - The Electric Hour (vinyl)
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Jenny Scheinman - The Littlest Prisoner
Joanne Wilson - Got to Have You (12")
Joe Mansfield - Drumulator (7")
Karl Hector and The Malcouns - Coomasi (12")
Kina Grannis - Elements (vinyl)
Kirsty MacColl - All I Ever Wanted - The Anthology
Kiss - Asylum (reissue) (vinyl)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (reissue) (vinyl)
Kiss - Love Gun (reissue) (vinyl)
Kiss - MTV Unplugged (reissue) (2xLP)
Kiss - Psycho Circus (reissue) (vinyl)
LAFAWNDAH - LAFAWNDAH EP
Le1f - Hey EP (12")
Leisure Cruise - Leisure Cruise
Liam Finn - The Nihilist
Lily Allen - Sheezus
Limb - Limb (vinyl)
Luka Bloom - Head & Heart
Lykke Li - I Never Learn (vinyl)
Madam Robot and the Lust Brigade - Gardens (vinyl)
Madlib and Freddie Gibbs - Pinata (tape)
Makthaverskan - II (vinyl)
Marc Maron - Thinky Pain (vinyl)
Matrimony - Montibello Memories
Maximo Park - Too Much Information (vinyl)
Michael Stanley - The Job
Michael Sweet - I’m Not Your Suicide
Mick Harvey - Intoxicated Man / Pink Elephants (remastered) (2xLP+CD)
Monster Rally - Coral (vinyl)
Moodie Black - Nausea
Morning Parade - Pure Altered Joy
Mr. Little Jeans - Pocketknife (vinyl)
Muddy Waters - Complete Aristocrat & Chess Singles A's & B's 1947
Music Band - Can I Live (tape)
Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant
Never Young - Master Copy (tape)
Nikki Lane - All Of Nothin' (vinyl)
Nine Black Alps - Candy for the Clowns (vinyl)
Nirvana - In Utero 2013 (reissue) (vinyl)
Noneuclid - Metatheosis
Nothington - Lost Along the Way (vinyl)
Ornette Coleman - This Is Our Music (vinyl)
Papercuts - Life Among the Savages (vinyl)
Paws - Youth Culture Forever
People Under the Stairs - 12 Step Program (2xLP)
Pet The Preacher - The Cave & the Sunlight
Ray and Remora - 1994
Ray LaMontagne - Supernova (vinyl)
Richter | Deridder | Konzerthaus Kammerorchesterberlin - Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Robin Trower - For Earth Below (vinyl)
Rodrigo Amarante - Cavalo (vinyl)
Rolling Stones - 12 x 5 (reissue) (vinyl)
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (reissue) (vinyl)
Rolling Stones - Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)(vinyl)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (vinyl)
Santana - Amigos (vinyl)
Santata - Corazon
Sarah McLachlan - Shine On
Savages - Fuckers (12")
SBTRKT - Transitions (12")
Seahawks - Paradise Freaks (vinyl)
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Skinner - Sleepwalkers
Sleepyhead - Wild Sometimes (vinyl)
Small Wonder - Wendy (tape)
Tech N9ne Collabos - Strangeulation (2xLP)
Thad Cockrell - To Be Loved (vinyl)
The Horrors - Luminous (deluxe edition) (2xLP)
The Icypoles - My World Was Made For You (vinyl)
The Lowest Pair - 36 (vinyl)
The Residents - Residue of The Residents (2xLP)
The Residents - Santa Dog (2x7")
The White Buffalo - Hogtied Revisited
Thee Headcoatees - Ballad of the Insolent Pup (reissue) (vinyl)
Thee Headcoatees - Bozstik Haze (reissue) (vinyl)
Thee Headcoatees - Here Comes Cessation (reissue) (vinyl)
Thee Headcoatees - How Love Will Travel (vinyl)
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown (reissue) (vinyl)
Thomas Dybdahl - What's Left Is Forever
Toddla T Sound - On Acid EP
Tune-Yards - Nikki-Nack (colored vinyl)
Tyler Bates - The Sacrament OST
Vanderslice - Everything's Awesome
Various Artists - All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman (2CD+1DVD)
Various Artists - Here Lies Love: Original Cast Recording
Various Artists - 69 Annee Melodique (vinyl)
Various Artists - Bleep: 10 (vinyl)
Various Artists - Divergent OST (vinyl)
Various Artists - DJ Andy Smith's Jam Up Twist U.S.A.
Various Artists - Pitch Perfect OST (vinyl)
Velnias - Sovereign Nocturnal
Vestal Claret - The Cult of Vestal Claret
Vinnie Paz - Season of the Assassin (2xLP)
Voice Of Ruin - Morning Wood
Wildchild - T.G.I.F.
Woman Is the Earth - This Place That Contains My Spirit
Wooden Wand - Farmer's Corner (vinyl)
Xandria - Sacrificum
Yalls - United (vinyl)
Young Magic - Breathing Statues (colored vinyl)

May 13

1982 - A/B (vinyl)
Abre Ojos - Gates
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Astrorgasm from the Inner Space (2xLP)
Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere
Alvarius B. - What One Man Can Do with an Acoustic Guitar, Surely Another Can Do with His Hands Around the Neck of God (vinyl)
Amen Dunes - Love (vinyl)
Ana Tijoux - Vengo (vinyl)
Aoousch! - Ain't Got a Clue (7")
Avatar - Hail The Apocalypse
Bane - Don’t Wait Up
Biblical - Monsoon Season
Billions & Billions - Old Fashion Lefty (tape)
Blu & Nottz - Gods In The Spirit
Bly de Blyant - Hindsight Bias (vinyl)
Boris The Blade - The Human Hive
Boysetsfire | Funeral For A Friend - Split (7")
Broken Twin - May (vinyl)
C Joynes and the Restless Dead - 8 Selections and Premonitions from the Tower, Vol. V (7")
Cambodian Space Project - Whisky Cambodia
Camea - Neverwhere Remixes (12")
Candi Staton - Life Happens
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (deluxe edition)
Cheap Girls - Famous Graves (vinyl)
Cherry Ghost - Herd Runners (vinyl)
Chris Stroffolino - I'm Not Going Astray (7")
Chromeo - White Women (2xLP)
Clay Rendering - Waters Above the Firmament (12")
Cluster - Apropos Cluster (vinyl)
Coh - To Beat
Cokegoat - Vessel (vinyl)
Cold Cave - Full Cold Moon
Cousins - The Halls of Wickwire (vinyl)
Crobot - Crobot (vinyl)
Cursed Sails - Rotten Society
Dark Matter - Dark Matter (vinyl)
Dave Mason - Future's Past (vinyl)
Dave Van Ronk - Dave Van Ronk: Live in Monterey 1998
Dawn Golden - Still Life (vinyl)
Decembre Noir - A Discouraged Believer
Dio - Live In London Hammersmith Apollo 1993
DJ Tennis - Local (2x12")
Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke (Preview)
Donato Dozzy - Dimensions EP (12")
Dornenreich - Freiheit
Douglas Dare - Whelm (vinyl)
Douglas Greed - Driven (vinyl)
Down - Down IV – Part Two
Dylan Shearer - garagearray (vinyl)
Eastlink - Eastlink (vinyl)
EDH - Lava Club (vinyl)
Eggs, Eggs - Taste of Sundress (vinyl)
Ela Orleans/Skitter - De Flechettes (vinyl)
Epica - The Quantum Enigma
Explosions in the Sky and Steve Jablonsky - Lone Survivor OST
Fake the Facts - Soundtrack (vinyl)
Fis - Iterations (vinyl)
Flesh Wounds - Bitter Boy (7")
Frantix - My Dad’s a Fuckin’ Alcoholic (vinyl)
Freddie Hubbard - First Light (vinyl)
Furtherial - Destroying Atropolis
Glamour of the Kill - Savages
Graves at Sea | Sourvein - Split (vinyl)
Guided by Voices - Cool Planet (vinyl)
Gun Barrel - Damage Dancer
Hakon Stene - Lush Laments for Lazy Mammal
Hallelujah the Hills - Have You Ever Done Something Evil?
Harsh Toke - Light Up and Live (tape)
High Spirits - You Are Here
Hiss Tracts - Shortwave Nights (vinyl)
Holy Shire - Midgard
Hour of Penance - Regicide (vinyl)
Hunterchild - Hunterchild
Hydras Dream - The Little Match Girl
Ice Cube - Everythang's Corrupt
Infestus - The Reflecting Void
Jeff Burch - Jeff Burch
Jeremy Fisher - The Lemon Squeeze (vinyl)
John Mayall - A Special Life
Jonathan Richman - No Me Quejo de Mi Estrella (vinyl)
Joseph Arthur - Lou
Josh Groban - Awake (2xLP)
K. Leimer - A Period of Review (1975-1983) (vinyl)
Kadavar - Abra Kadavar
Ken Vandermark | Paal Nilssen-Love - Lightning Over Water (2xLP+7")
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition - First Edition
Killer Be Killed - Killer Be Killed
Kishi Bashi - Lighght (colored vinyl + 7")
Kreidler - ABC (vinyl)
La Sera - Hour of the Dawn (vinyl)
Lantlos - Melting Sun
Levi Weaver - Your Ghost Keeps Finding Me (vinyl)
Light Screamer - Gauss (vinyl)
Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband (vinyl)
Logos - Firesides and Guitars (vinyl)
Major Lazer - Apocalypse Soon (12")
Marc Ribot Trio - Live at the Village Vanguard (vinyl)
Maya Jane Coles - Fabric 75
Metal Inquisitor - Ultima Ratio Regis ’
Miasmal - Cursed Redeemer
Michael Jackson - XSCAPE
Midnight Faces - The Fire Is Gone
Mike Adams at His Honest Weight - Best of the Boiler Room Classics (vinyl)
Mimicking Birds - Eons (vinyl)
Mirah - Changing Light
Mushroomhead - The Righteous & The Butterfly
Nautic - Navy Blue (12")
Ned Doheny - Separate Oceans (vinyl)
Nightfell - The Living Ever Mourn
Nightsatan - Nightsatan and the Loops of Doom
Of Spire & Throne - Toll of the Wound EP
Omotai - Fresh Hell (vinyl)
Only Crime - Pursuance (vinyl)
Opeth - Morningrise (colored vinyl) (reissue)
Opeth - My Arms Your Hears (reissue) (2xLP)
Opeth - Orchid (reissue) (2xLP)
Origamibiro - Odham's Standard (vinyl)
Outer Space - Phantom Center (12")
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Pharrell - G I R L (vinyl)
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988 Master) (2xCD)
Pink Martini & The von Trapps - Dream a Little Dream (vinyl)
Planning For Burial - Desideratum (vinyl)
Pod Blotz - Glass Tears (vinyl)
Pours - Pours (vinyl)
Principles of Geometry - Meanstream (vinyl)
Principles of Geometry - Streamasters EP (12")
Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas 3 (2xLP+CD)
Process Pain - Outcast of Society
Prong - Ruining Lives
Prostitutes - Petit Cochon (vinyl)
Prurient - Cocaine Death (vinyl)
Redman - Whut? Thee Album (vinyl)
Restorations - LP2
Retribution - Corpus Antichristi Y3K
Royal Blood - Out of the Black EP (vinyl)
Sculpture - Membrane Pop (vinyl)
Sean Nicholas Savage - Bermuda Waterfall (vinyl)
Skeppet - Phase 3 (vinyl)
Slates - Taiga
Somnambulist Red - Birth Throes, Shadows and Serpentine Curves
Stelvio Cipriani - Anonimo Veneziano OST (vinyl)
Stephan Meidell - Cascades (vinyl)
Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses - Maelstrom (2xLP)
Strafk - Phaseshifting
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (vinyl)
Swans - To Be Kind (3xLP)
Swedish House Mafia - Leave the World Behind (deluxe edition) (2xCD+DVD)
Sworn Enemy - Living On Borrowed Time
Sylar - To Whom It May Concern
Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso (vinyl)
Teitanbood - Death
The Alvaret Ensemble - Skeylja
The Ataris - End Is Forever (reissue) (vinyl)
The Black Heart Procession and Solbakken - In The Fishtank 11 (silver vinyl)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (vinyl)
The Clientele - Suburban Light (reissue) (vinyl)
The Golden Grass - The Golden Grass
The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project - Axels and Sockets (2xLP)
The Metronomes - The Ballads of the Metronomes (2xLP+7")
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Days of Abandon (colored vinyl)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (reissue) (vinyl)
Thine - The Dead City Blueprint
Thollem+Chase - Dub Narcotic Session
Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One
Tobacco - Ultima II Massage (vinyl)
Tom the Lion - Sleep
Tomahawk - M.E.A.T. (7")
Torch Runner - Committed to the Ground
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines (deluxe edition)
Ubre Blanca - Polygon Mountain (12")
Unknown - I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy/Watch Out (7")
Vallenfyre - Splinters
Various Artists - Sumerian Ceremonials: Florence + The Sphinx
Various Artists - 1970s Algerian Folk and Pop (vinyl)
Various Artists - Chef OST
Various Artists - Coalmine Records Presents Unearthed
Various Artists - Dark Acid II (12")
Various Artists - Enjoy the Silence Vol. 3 (vinyl)
Various Artists - If This Is House I Want My Money Back 3 (12")
Various Artists - Orange Is the New Black (vinyl)
Various Artists - I Saved Latin! A Tribute to Wes Anderson
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (orange vinyl)
Walls | Oram - Sound Houses (vinyl)
Walter Martin - We're All Young Together (vinyl)
Walter Murphy Band - Fifth of Beethoven
WAMI - Kill the King
War - Evolutionary
Watery Love - Decorative Feeding (vinyl)
Weatherbox - Flies In All Directions (vinyl)
Wilko Johnson - Best of Wilko Johnson
Xibalba/Suburban Scum - Split
Yo La Tengo - Fakebook (vinyl)
Yob - The Great Cessation (2xLP)
Young Widows - Easy Pain (vinyl)
Yves/Son/Ace - Dead Life (vinyl)

May 20

Afrojack - Forget the World
Aggravator - Populace
American Football - American Football (reissue) (2xLP)
aMute - Savage Bliss (vinyl)
Andrea Belfi | David Grubbs | Stefano Pilia - Onrushing Gold
Archie Bronson Outfit - Wild Crush (vinyl)
Billy Joel - A Matter Of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Music
Blood and Sun - White Storms Fall
Blu - Good to Be Home (2xCD)
Body/Head - The Show Is Over (7")
Brody Dalle - Diploid Love (2xLP)
Bry Webb - Free Will
Burzum - Draugen - Rarities (2xCD)
California Breed - California Breed (CD/DVD)
Castle - Under Siege (vinyl)
Chakachas - Jungle Fever
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (vinyl)
Comet Control - Comet Control (vinyl)
Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain (2xLP+CD)
Curtis Harding - Soul Power (vinyl)
Deep Purple - Made In Japan (2-CD)
Devo - Something Else For Everybody
Devonian Gardens - Solar Shifting
Dexter Gordon - Go (vinyl)
Duck Sauce - Quack
Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Party Jail
Elastica - Elastica (vinyl)
Electric Light Orchestra - Live (2xLP)
Fujiya and Miyagi - Artificial Sweeteners (vinyl)
Hades Archer / Slaughtbbath - Circus of Abominations/Antichristos Thanatos
Haley Bonar - Last War (vinyl)
Hank Williams - The Garden Spot Program, 1950 (vinyl)
Heliotropes - A Constant Sea (vinyl)
Hell - Trilogy
Helmet - Aftertaste (reissue) (vinyl)
Helmet - Strap It On (reissue) (vinyl)
Herzog - Boys (vinyl)
Infernal Curse - The End Upon Us
James Brown - Soul Syndrome (vinyl)
Jeff Grace - Cold In July OST
Jolie Holland - Wine Dark Sea (vinyl)
Jungle - Busy Earnin' (12")
Kikagaku Moyo - Forest of Lost Children (vinyl)
Landskap - I
Liam Finn - The Nihilist (vinyl)
Madness - One Step Beyond (reissue) (vinyl)
Malka Spilding - Gliding
Melaena Cadiz - Deep Below Heaven
Meliah Rage - Warrior
Michael Bradford - The Long Night
Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord (reissue)
Mortalicum - Tears From the Grave
No Bails - Epyx Shredder
No Means No - Dance of the Headless Bourgeoisie (2xLP)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe (deluxe edition) (reissue) (3xCD)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe (reissue) (2xLP)
Oren Ambarchi | Stephen O'’Malley | Randall Dunn - Shade Themes From Kairos (2xLP)
Outrage - We The Dead
Plaid - Reachy Prints
Pujol - KLUDGE (vinyl)
Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (vinyl)
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl Deluxe (CD/DVD)
Royal Trux - The Radio Video EP (12")
Rubicon Cross - Rubicon Cross
SBTRKT - Transitions II (12")
Smoke Fairies - Smoke Fairies (2xLP)
Split Single - Fragmented World (vinyl)
Syd Arthur - Sound Mirror (vinyl)
Tancred - Capes (vinyl)
The Apache Relay - Apache Relay (vinyl)
The Burning of Rome - Year of the Ox
The Everymen - Givin' Up On Free Jazz (vinyl)
The Flaming Lips - 7 Skies H3
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Devils In Disguise (vinyl)
The J.B.'s - Groove Machine (vinyl)
The Lemonheads - Rockin the Shell (reissue) (2xLP)
The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (vinyl)
The Whigs - Modern Creation (vinyl)
Thrice - Beggars (vinyl)
Timo Tolkki’s Avalon - Angels Of The Apocalypse
Tina Brooks - True Blue (vinyl)
Toumani Diabate and Sidiki Diabate - Toumani & Sidiki (vinyl)
Trans Am - Volume X
Tusmorke - Riset Bak Speilet
Tweak Bird - Any Ol' Way
Various Artists - Dumb and Dumber OST (red/white vinyl) (2xLP)
Various Artists - Million Dollar Arm OST
Various Artists - Soul Jazz Records presents: Punk 45: Vol. 3 Proto-Punk 1970-77 (2xLP)
Various Artists - The Fault In Our Stars OST
Various Artists - Hyperdub 10.1
Verberis - Vastitas
Warren Zevon - Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School (reissue)
Wooden Wand - Farmer's Corner
Zero Boys - Monkey (clear vinyl)
Zombies - R.I.P.

May 27

21 Octayne - Into the Open
7seconds - Leave A Light On
Alias - Pitch Black Prism (vinyl)
Alice Coltrane - A Monastic Trio (vinyl)
Among Gods - Monument
Annisokay - The Lucid Dream(er)
Arne Deforce & Mika Vainio - Hephaestus
Ásgeir - In The Silence (vinyl)
Ben Frost - A U R O R A (colored vinyl)
Ben Vida - Slipping Control (vinyl)
Black Anvil - Hail Death
Blood of Kings - Starvation
Blood Red Fog - On Death’s Wings
Buffalo Killers - Heavy Reverie (vinyl)
Building Instrument - Building Instrument (vinyl)
Bury Tomorrow - Runes
Celine Dion - Playlist: The Very Best of Celine Dion
Chris Schlarb - Making the Saint (vinyl)
Clint Mansell - Filth OST (vinyl)
Clouds - Tannhauser Acid Works II (12")
Cradle of Filth - Total Fucking Darkness
Crowbar - Symmetry In Black
DAMH - Black Night (12")
Depeche Mode - Exciter (vinyl)
Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel (2xLP)
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell (vinyl)
Don Caballero - Five Crazy Pairs of Pants. Wear 'Em: Early Caballero (vinyl)
Donna Regina - Holding the Mirror for Sophia Loren (vinyl)
Edgar Winter - Playlist: The Very Best of Edgar Winter
Eleh - For Moussavi Atrium
Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto
Elvis Presley - Playlist: The Very Best Of Elvis Movie Songs
Enabler - La Fin Absolue Du Monde
Expulsion - Certain Corpses Never Decay
Eyehategod - Eyehategod
Fifth Dimension - Playlist: The Very Best of The Fifth Dimension
Fire Retarded - Scroggz Manor (vinyl)
Foxing - The Albatross (vinyl)
Fucked Up - Glass Boys
Funereal Presence - The Archer Takes Aim
Future Death - Special Victim
Gluttony - Beyond the Veil of Flesh
Goodtime Boys – Rain (vinyl)
Grateful Dead | John Oswald - Grayfolded (3xLP)
H. Usui - Sings the Blues (vinyl)
Haunted Hearts - Initiation (vinyl)
Hellspirit - Dawn Under Curse
Hercules and Love Affair - The Feast of the Broken Heart
Hollie Cook - Twice
Ice Dragon - The Burl,the Earth,the Aether (reissue)
Ice Dragon - The Sorrowful Sun (reissue)
Ice Dragon - Tome of the Future Ancients (reissue)
Icon Of Evil - Syfilis Mentalis
Iggy Pop - Gimme Some Skin - The 7 Inch Collection Numbered only 1000 Made (vinyl)
Impaled Nazarene - Vigorous and Liberating Death
Insense - De:Evolution
Iron Butterfly - Live At The Galaxy 1967
J.C. Satan - Italian Summer/I Don't Feel Like Dancing (7")
Jack Ruby - Jack Ruby (vinyl)
Jar’d Loose - Turns 13
Joakim - Tropics Of Love
Joey Negro - Italo House Part One PRE-ODER (2xLP)
Judy Collins - Essential Judy Collins
KISS - Kiss 40
Kitten - Kitten
Knox - Thieving of Well (12")
Krakatau - Water Near a Bridge (mixed color vinyl)
LCC - D/evolution (vinyl)
Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires - Dereconstructed (vinyl)
Lee Hazlewood - Friday’s Child (reissue) (vinyl)
Lee Hazlewood - Love and Other Crimes (reissue) (vinyl)
Lee Hazlewood - The N.S.V.I.P.’s (Not So Very Important People) (reissue) (vinyl)
Leslie Winer - Witch (vinyl)
Lily Allen - Sheezus (vinyl)
Little Barrie - Shadow
Marty Friedman - Inferno
Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare
Metsatöll - Karjajuht
Misery Index - The Killing Gods
moe. - No Guts, No Glory (vinyl)
Moskus - Mestertyven (vinyl)
Napolian - Incursio (vinyl)
Nils Lofgren - Face the Music
Nurse with Wound and Graham Bowers - Parade (2xLP)
Obsequiae - Suspended in the Brume of Eos (vinyl)
Officer! - Ossification
Owen Pallett - In Conflict (vinyl)
Plaza Francia - A New Tango Song Book (2xLP)
Popstrangers - Fortuna (colored vinyl)
Powerman 5000 - Builders of the Future
Prins Thomas - 10 Years of Full Pupp (2004-2014) (2xCD)
Rick Derringer - Playlist: The Very Best of Rick Derringer
Robyn - Do It Again
Ron Morelli - Periscope Blues (vinyl)
Sabaton - Heroes (Nuclear Blast)
Sabbatory - Endless Asphyxiating Gloom
Sam Smith - Sam Smith
Serpentine Path - Emanations
Seun Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80 - A Long Way to the Beginning (vinyl)
Shakra - 33: The Best of’
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (colored vinyl)
Some Ember - Some Ember (vinyl)
Son Lux - Alternate Worlds (12")
Sonny Vincent - Cyanide Consomme (vinyl)
Soulsavers - The Light the Dead See (deluxe) (CD+DVD)
Spacemonkey - The Karman Line
Spiders & Snakes - Year of the Snake
Tentacle - Ingot Eye
The Nest - Sayweenjoy (vinyl)
The NVs - Trust Fun Suicide EP (7")
The Quasi Dub Development - Little-Twister vs. Stiff-Neck (vinyl)
They Might Be Giants - Idlewild: A Compliation
Three Legged Race - Rope Commercial Vol. 1 (vinyl)
Tomas Barfod: Love Me
Tommy Bolin & Zephyr - Zephyr - Deluxe Edition Numbered
Triptykon - Melena Chasmata (vinyl)
Vainaja - Kadotetu
Valina - Container (vinyl)
Vanhelgd - Relics of Sulphur Salvation (vinyl)
Various Artists – Everything Is Shit: Punk in Brussels (vinyl)
Various Artists - Go Devil Go! Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-1976 (vinyl)
Various Artists - Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton (CD+Bluray)
Various Artists - Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia
Various Artists - Too Slow to Disco (2xLP)
Various Artists - One and All, Together, for Home
Verma - Sunrunner (mixed color vinyl)
VHS Head - Persistence of Vision (2xLP)
Violation Wound - Violation Wound
Watter - This World (vinyl)
Waxen - Agios Holokauston
We Are The Damned - Doomvirate
Winter Drones - Heavy Eyes (vinyl)
YAITW - When Life Comes To Death
Zoldier Noiz - Regression Process