Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 16, 2014


DEAR JERRY: The first pop song I ever heard that was dedicated to the hits of the past was "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)," by Little Caesar and the Romans. That was in 1961, and it's the one that got me collecting songs of that type.

It seems many other tunes were inspired by this hit. I have dozens now, from '61 to as late as 1986 (Journey's "Raised on Radio"). Still, there is one I need but don't know enough about.

I heard it in the '70s, possibly around the time of "American Pie," and the title might be "Welcome Home," or something similar.

Two oldies mentioned in it are "Devil Or Angel" (Clovers) and "Only You" (Platters).

Is this enough info for you to pull another rabbit out of the hat?
—Freddie Jurgensen, Omaha, Neb. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Little Caesar and the Romans

DEAR FREDDIE: You were not the only one motivated by "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)." Several other songs about songs came out that summer, among them: "Dedicated (To the Songs I Love) (3 Friends); "Play It Again" (Tina Robin); "Juke Box Saturday Night" (Nino and the Ebb Tides); "More Money for You and Me" (Four Preps); and of course, "Memories of Those Oldies But Goodies" (Little Caesar and the Romans).

Unlike many latter day oldies tributes, "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)" (Del-Fi 4158) salutes the genre as a whole, without referring to any specific titles or artists.                                                                                                                                                                          
Not so with Caesar's sequel, "Memories of Those Oldies But Goodies" (Del-Fi 4166). This track is filled with direct references to these 14 oldies but goodies:

"Over the Mountain, Across the Sea" (Johnnie & Joe); "Stranded in the Jungle" (Cadets); "In the Still of the Nite" (Five Satins); "Oh, What a Night" (Dells); "Tonite, Tonite" (Mello-Kings); "Story Untold" (Nutmegs); "Heaven in Paradise" (Little Julian Herrera); "Earth Angel" (Penguins); "White Cliffs of Dover" (Checkers); "The Glory of Love" (Velvetones); "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Flamingos); "Love You So" (Ron Holden); and "Donna" (Ritchie Valens). They conclude the tribute with the most recent "oldie," the one that, just two months earlier, started it all for them, for you, and for many others: "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)."

Little Caesar's nod to the Five Satins' "In the Still of the Nite," in "Memories of Those Oldies But Goodies" is well-timed, since it is the Five Satins Featuring Fred Parris whose 1973 recording of "Very Precious Oldies (Welcome Back Home)" (Kirschner 4251) is the record you still seek.


DEAR JERRY: Just before Beatlemania, the whole world was twisting. And for a couple of years there were plenty of "twist" hits.

Can you review twist mania music as you did with the British Invasion?
—Kyle Slocumb, Upper Darby, Pa.

DEAR KYLE: The best way to recap this story, one with more twists than a Hitchcock thriller, is to develop a twist timeline.

Using mostly Cash Box charts (they are the most search friendly), we'll list the songs according to their Top 100 debut dates. This accounts for 33 twist titles over about 44 months.

July 23, 1960: "The Twist" (Hank Ballard and the Midnighters) and "The Twist" (Chubby Checker)

Though both versions of "The Twist" debuted in the Top 100 on July 23, 1960, Ballard's single actually came out in late 1958, or very early in '59, making this a reissue.

Sept 24: "Twistin' U.S.A." (Danny and the Juniors)
Nov. 5: "Kissin' and Twistin' (Fabian)
Dec. 10: "Twistin' Bells" (Santo & Johnny)
Jan. 14, 1961: "(Let's Do) The Hully Gully Twist" (Bill Doggett)
June 24: "Let's Twist Again" (Chubby Checker)
Nov. 18: "The Peppermint Twist (Part 1)" (Joey Dee and the Starliters) and "The Twist" (Chubby Checker) (Reissue of his 1960 hit.)
Dec. 2: "Let's Twist Again" (Chubby Checker) (Reissue of his June 24th entry.)
Dec. 11: "Twistin' U.S.A." (Chubby Checker) (Flip side of "The Twist." Charted by Billboard but not Cash Box)
Dec. 9: "Rock-a-Hula Baby (Twist Special)" (Elvis Presley)
Dec. 16: "Twist-Her" (Bill Black's Combo)
Dec. 23: "Dear Lady Twist" (Gary [U.S.] Bonds)
Jan. 20, 1962: "Percolator (Twist)" (Billy Joe and the Checkmates) and "Oliver Twist" (Rod McKuen)
Jan. 27: "Twistin' Postman" (Marvelettes)
Feb. 3: "Twistin' the Night Away" (Sam Cooke)
Feb. 10: "Hey, Let's Twist" (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
Feb. 17: "Soul Twist" (King Curtis and the Noble Knights)
March 3: "Slow Twistin'" (Chubby Checker & Dee Dee Sharp)
March 10: "The Alvin Twist" (David Seville and the Chipmunks)
March 31: "Twist, Twist Senora" (Gary [U.S.] Bonds); "Ev'rybody's Twistin'" (Frank Sinatra); and "Twistin' Matilda" (Jimmy Soul)
April 21: "Meet Me at the Twistin' Place" (Johnny Morisette)
April 28: "Teach Me to Twist" (Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker) and "(Twistin') White Silver Sands" (Bill Black's Combo)
May 12: "Bristol Twistin' Annie" (Dovells)
June 2: "Twist and Shout" (Isley Brothers)
Sept. 22: "Twistin' with Linda" (Isley Brothers)

"Twistin' with Linda" dropped off the chart after seven weeks, effectively ending the twist craze — which is not to say we'd heard the last of twistin' songs.

Here are two more for the collection:

July 20, 1963: "Twist It Up" (Chubby Checker)
March 7, 1964: "Twist and Shout" (Beatles)


IZ ZAT SO? The twist's peak week began March 31, 1962, when these 13 twist tunes occupied a Top 100 spot:

4. "Slow Twistin'" (Chubby Checker & Dee Dee Sharp)
6. "Twistin' the Night Away" (Sam Cooke)
29. "Soul Twist" (King Curtis and the Noble Knights)
33. "The Twist" (Chubby Checker)
41. "Percolator (Twist)" (Billy Joe and the Checkmates)
44. "Dear Lady Twist" (Gary [U.S.] Bonds)
54. "The Alvin Twist" (David Seville and the Chipmunks)
58. "Hey, Let's Twist" (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
64. "Twist, Twist Senora" (Gary [U.S.] Bonds)
68. "Peppermint Twist (Part 1)" (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
73. "Twistin' Postman" (Marvelettes)
95. "Ev'rybody's Twistin'" (Frank Sinatra)
99. "Twistin' Matilda" (Jimmy Soul)

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

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The Beatles Mono Box Set (Pre-Order) by The Beatles

The Beatles in mono: This is how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960's, when mono was the predominant audio format. Up until 1968, each Beatles album was given a unique mono and stereo mix, but the group always regarded the mono as primary. The Beatles’ nine U.K. albums, the American-compiled Magical Mystery Tour, and the Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks will be released in mono on 180-gram vinyl LPs with faithfully replicated artwork. Newly mastered from the analogue master tapes, each album will be available both individually and within a lavish, limited 14-LP boxed edition, The Beatles In Mono, which also includes a 108-page hardbound book.

In an audiophile-minded undertaking, The Beatles’ acclaimed mono albums have been newly mastered for vinyl from quarter-inch master tapes at Abbey Road Studios by GRAMMY®-winning engineer Sean Magee and GRAMMY®-winning mastering supervisor Steve Berkowitz. While The Beatles In Mono CD boxed set released in 2009 was created from digital remasters, for this new vinyl project, Magee and Berkowitz cut the records without using any digital technology. Instead, they employed the same procedures used in the 1960's, guided by the original albums and by detailed transfer notes made by the original cutting engineers. Working in the same room at Abbey Road where most of The Beatles’ albums were initially cut, the pair first dedicated weeks to concentrated listening, fastidiously comparing the master tapes with first pressings of the mono records made in the 1960's. Using a rigorously tested Studer A80 machine to play back the precious tapes, the new vinyl was cut on a 1980s-era VMS80 lathe.

Manufactured for the world at Optimal Media in Germany, The Beatles’ albums are presented in their original glory, both sonically and in their packaging. The boxed collection’s exclusive 12-inch by 12-inch hardbound book features new essays and a detailed history of the mastering process by award-winning radio producer and author Kevin Howlett. The book is illustrated with many rare studio photos of The Beatles, fascinating archive documents, and articles and advertisements sourced from 1960's publications.

• Limited Edition 14-LP Boxed Set With Exclusive 108-Page Hardbound Book 
• The Beatles’ Original Mono Studio Albums Remastered At Abbey Road Directly From The Analogue Masters For Vinyl Release By Sean Magee and Steve Berkowitz 
• Lacquers Cut Using Neumann VMS-80 Lathe 

Box Set contains the following:

108 Page Hardback Book
 Please Please Me Mono Vinyl LP
 With The Beatles Mono Vinyl LP
 A Hard Days Night Mono Vinyl LP
 Help Vinyl Vinyl LP
 Rubber Soul Vinyl LP
 Revolver Vinyl LP
 Beatles For Sale Vinyl LP
 Sgt Pepper Vinyl LP
 Magical Mystery Tour Vinyl LP
 The Beatles (White Album) Vinyl 2xLP
 Mono Masters Vinyl 3xLP

Via Michael Fremer (Analog Planet) on the mastering process:

"The EQ applied was based upon the original cutting engineers’ notes as well as careful listening to original first lacquer, first mother, first stamper EMI pressings (-1, 1, G matrix). The cartridge used was Ortofon’s 2M Black.

It’s important to remember that the tapes have aged—some as much as fifty years—and the monitoring, playback and mastering equipment have changed as well, even though the work was done in the very same room in which the originals were mastered. Solid state has replaced tubes in the cutting chain.

Lacquers were cut using Abbey Road Studios’ Neumann VMS-80 lathe, equipped with a Neumann SX-74 cutter head. The originals were cut on a Scully lathe, perhaps with a Westrex cutter head."

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Bitches Brew (Pre-Order) by Miles Davis

“Listen to This.” As the original working title for Bitches Brew, the invitation resonates as the best way to approach a record that shattered conventions, altered music history, and still sounds far ahead of its time. The aural Mount Rushmore of jazz fusion, Bitches Brew is rightly ranked by virtually every significant press outlet among the 100 greatest albums ever made in any genre.

Sewn together with vibrant colors, voodoo textures, and ethereal moods, the 1970 landmark emerges with supreme detail and nonpareil feeling on Mobile Fidelity’s definitive 180g 2LP. Mastered from the original master tapes, these audiophile editions join the ranks of eleven other essential Davis sets given supreme sonic treatment by Mobile Fidelity.

Davis conceived Bitches Brew by having the musicians stand in a semi-circle, where he pointed at them with vague directions for tempo, solos, and cues. The collective improvisation and interplay spawned a galaxy of melodies and grooves later spliced together by producer Ted Macero. Here, these distinct creations take shape with utmost realism. Mobile Fidelity’s reissues envelop you in expansive warm tonal blankets.

Gathering a Hall of Fame-worthy lineup of musicians, Davis follows through on his idea to “put together the greatest rock and roll band you ever heard” on Bitches Brew. The vast psychedelic expanses of warped echoes, liquid reverb, and tape loops speak to the leader’s ambitious contrasts of light and dark, fear and hope. Yet the most absolute characteristic of this watershed effort lies in how it encourages free thought—the very principle with which Davis conceived the everlasting beauty that is Bitches Brew.

• Monumental 1970 Double Album is Signpost for Jazz Fusion: Psychedelic Record Still Sounds Ahead of Its Time More Than 40 Years Later
• Otherworldly Sonics: Mobile Fidelity Delivers the Consummate Pressing of the Uncompromising Work Ranked by Rolling Stone as Among the Greatest 100 Albums of All Time
• Grammy Award-Winning Set Ignores Convention, Pursues Funk and Rock Directions Via Innovative Rhythms and Groundbreaking Ensemble Configurations
• A Dozen Five-Star Miles Davis Albums Spanning 1958-1971 Available from Mobile Fidelity on Definitive-Sounding LP

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This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. The Beatles Mono Box Set (Pre-Order) (On Sale)
2. Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle - Perils From The Sea (Pre-Order)
3. Jack White - Lazaretto (Pre-Order - Awaiting Repress)
4. Led Zeppelin III (Deluxe Edition) (On Sale)
5. Led Zeppelin II
6. Led Zeppelin I
7. Dave Matthews Band - Remember Two Things
8. Led Zeppelin III
9. Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe Edition) (On Sale) (Pre-Order - Awaiting Repress)
10 Jethro Tull - This Was

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Mike Gordon "Overstep" 2-LP Blue Vinyl

Pressed on 2 blue LPs, Overstep is Mike Gordon's fourth solo studio album, following Moss, The Green Sparrow, and Inside In.

Gordon and Scott Murawski penned the songs for Overstep during a series of writing retreats in New England. He turned over the producing reins to Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Uncle Tupelo, Pixies) and invited a few new players into the studio, including legendary drummer Matt Chamberlain (Jon Brion, Fiona Apple).

"Yarmouth Road," the infectious, reggae-inspired number is already familiar to Phish fans after its debut (along with "Say Something") on the band's Summer 2013 tour. Distant industrial noise gradually gives way to lush guitars and welcoming vocal harmonies in "Ether," the album opener (listen to the track here), while "Jumping" is a rhythmic puzzle box, detailing a series of thoughts that take place in a fleeting 1.5 seconds.

Many of these songs promise huge payoffs in a live environment, most notably two plunging grooves that seem capable of bringing a house down. "Tiny Little World" opens with a polite reverie about a fetching woman in a coffee shop, but morphs quickly into pulsing boogie as the narrator is carried away by desire and bravado. Debauched exhortations to dance surface again in "Face," which chugs along atop Chamberlain's simple but undeniable pocket.

Each LP includes a voucher to download an MP3 version of the album.

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Jack White’s Lazaretto breaks the record for most vinyl sales in a week







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 Queen Concerts From 1974 to Be Released as Live Double Vinyl Album








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Garden State soundtrack to be released on vinyl for the first time











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Ben Frost & Richard Mosse release The Enclave as limited edition vinyl











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Vital Vinyl: Tombs Frontman Mike Hill Discusses the Band’s ‘Savage Gold’ LP











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Two more rare Aphex Twin test pressings up for auction

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Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Vinyl

1. In the Lonely Hour ~ Sam Smith
2. Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe Edition Remastered)
3. Led Zeppelin III (Deluxe Edition Remastered).
4. Led Zeppelin II (Remastered Original Vinyl)
5. Gimme Something Good (7" vinyl) ~ Ryan Adams
6. XSCAPE ~ Michael Jackson
7. Led Zeppelin I (Remastered Original Vinyl)
8. Led Zeppelin III (Remastered Original Vinyl)
9. Familiars (2xLP+CD) ~ The Antlers
10. Stay Gold ~ First Aid Kit


Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Music

1. The Hunting Party ~ Linkin Park
2. Ultraviolence ~ Lana Del Rey
3. In The Lonely Hour ~ Sam Smith
4. Band of Brothers ~ Willie Nelson
5. Lazaretto ~ Jack White
6. Frozen 2 Disc Deluxe Edition Soundtrack ~ Demi Lovato
7. Platinum ~ Miranda Lambert
8. Ghost Stories ~ Coldplay
9. Ultraviolence ~ Lana Del Rey
10. Led Zeppelin I (Deluxe CD Edition)

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BecauseSoundMatters Top 10 Best Sellers

1. Mastodon - Once More ‘Round The Sun (Deluxe 2LP)
2. Mastodon - Once More ‘Round The Sun (2LP)
3. The Orwells - Disgraceland (Clear Vinyl)
4. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
5. LP - Forever For Now (Vinyl + Poster Bundle)
6. Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends
7. The Orwells - Righteous One (12-inch Vinyl Single)
8. Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song
9. Wiz Khalifa - O.N.I.F.C.
10. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 6/09 - 6/15, 2014

Vinyl Top 25:
1. Jack White - Lazaretto
2. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
4. Jack White - Lazaretto 7"
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
6. The Black Keys - Turn Blue
7. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
8. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP
9. Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain
10. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
11. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
12. Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
13. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
14. Ray Lamontagne - Supernova
15. St Paul & The Broken Bones - Half The City
16. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
17. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
18. The Strokes - Is This It
19. Michael Jackson - Xscape
20. The Orwells - Disgraceland
21. Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line
22. Alice Coltrane - A Monastic Trio
23. Explosions In The Sky - Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
24. Radiohead - Kid A
25. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

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album cover art of the day:

New Album "Shit City" Announced By Lonely Kamel

New Music Releases - June 17, 2014

The summer new music scene is in full swing with vinyl reissues by the Waterboys (self-titled debut LP), Paul Westerberg's 1993 release '14 Songs,' Jethro Tull's 'This Was,' Kansas, with their compilation album 'The Best of Kansas,' Rod Stewart and Faces with 'Snakes and Ladders: The Best of Faces,' David Bowie's Diamond Dogs 40th Anniversary picture disc, Echosmith's 'Talking Dreams' and a reissue of Dave Matthews' 1993 album 'Remember Two Things.'  Curious about the twenty-third album by the Scottish rockers Nazareth, with their release 'Rock 'n' Roll Telephone.'  Also on the CVR blog radar are vinyl releases by Victoria, British Columbia's own Current Swell with 'Ulysses,' the Ataris with 'End Is Forever,' the Pretty Reckless with 'Going to Hell' and a vinyl edition of Being As An Ocean's  'How We Both Wondrously Perish.'  What will you be buying this week on vinyl?

Al Jarrau - My Old Friend
Alela Diane - Pirate's Gospel
Alexis Taylor - Await Barbarians (vinyl)
Being As An Ocean - How We Both Wondrously Perish (vinyl)
Ben Fields - Extraordinary Light
Big Freedia - Just Be Free
Black Pus | Oozing Wound - Split (vinyl)
Bonde Do Role - Tropicalbacnal (vinyl)
Boris - Noise
Brick and Mortar - Social Studies
Buffalo Tooth - Gardeners of the Devil's Lettuce (tape)
Burnt Ones - Gift (tape)
Casey and the Pressure Group - Dutch Rare Groove Vol. 3 (vinyl)
Casket Lottery | Small Brown Bike - Split (12")
Cerebral Ballzy - Jaded & Faded
Charles Bradley and LaRose Jackson - Luv Jones b/w Change, Change, Change (7")
Cheap Freaks - Bury Them All (vinyl)
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! - Pardon My French (deluxe edition)
Clean Bandit - New Eyes
Close Lobsters - Kunstwerk In Spacetime EP (7")
Cocktails - Adult Life (vinyl)
Current Swell - Ulysses (vinyl)
Dat Oven - Icy Lake (12")
Daughter - Live @ Air (vinyl)
Dave Matthews - Remember Two Things (reissue) (vinyl)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs 40th Anniversary (picture disc)
David Gray - Mutineers (vinyl)
Dead Ghosts - Can't Get No (vinyl)
Deadmau5 - While
Death Has No Dominion - Death Has No Dominion
DJ Vadim - Dubcatcher (2xLP)
Djivan Gasparyan - I Will Not Be Sad In This Worl d + Moon Shines At Night (2xCD)
DKV Trio - Baraka
Dolly Parton | Linda Ronstadt | Emmylou Harris - Trio (vinyl)
Donnie and Joe Emerson - Still Dreamin' Wild: Lost Recordings 1979-81 (vinyl)
Duck Sauce - Quack (2xLP)
Echosmith - Talking Dreams (reissue) (vinyl)
Expire - Pretty Low
Fatal Figurines - Fatal Figurines (vinyl)
Feed The Rhino - The Sorrow And The Sound
Finntroll - Natten Med De Levande Finntroll
Fred Anderson - Birdhouse
Frog Eyes - Carey's Cold Spring
Glass Towers - Halcyon Days (vinyl)
Green & Wood - Devil's Plan (tape)
Greys - If Anything (vinyl)
Helio Parallax - Helio Parallax
HIEROGLYPHICS - The Kitchen (vinyl)
Hollywood - Love Child (vinyl)
Hooray for Earth - Keys (7")
Horse Meat Disco - Horse Meat Disco IV (2xLP)
How to Dress Well - What Is This Heart?
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band - United States
Idiot Glee - Four (tape)
Jaded Incorporated - The Big Knock (vinyl)
James - La Petite Mort
Jennifer Lopez - A.K.A.
Jethro Tull - This Was (reissue) (vinyl)
Joe Louis Walker - Best of the Stony Plain Years
John 5 - This Is My Rifle
John Barry - Dances With Wolves OST (2xLP)
Joseph Arthur - Lou (2xLP)
Julian Velard - If You Don't Like It, You Can Leave
Kansas - The Best of Kansas (reissue) (vinyl)
Karl Hector and The Malcouns - Unstraight Ahead (vinyl)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Lecherous Gaze - Zeta Reticuli Blues
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Emma Jean (colored vinyl)
Leisure Birds - Tetrahedron (vinyl)
Les Marinellis - Les Marinellis (tape)
Linkin Park - The Hunting Party
Lizzo - Lizzobangers (vinyl)
Lone - Reality Testing (vinyl)
Long John Baldry - Best of the Stony Plain Years
Lower - Seek Warmer Climes (colored vinyl)
Makthaverskan - II (vinyl)
Margo Guryan - 27 Demos (tape)
Marilyn Crispell - Destiny
Martyn - The Air Between Words (vinyl)
Matteah Baim - Falling Theater
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday (2xCD)
Mike Cooper - Places I Know/The Machine Gun Co. with Mike Cooper (2xLP)
Mike Cooper - Trout Steel (vinyl)
Miniature Tigers - Cruel Runnings (vinyl)
Nazareth - Rock 'n' Roll Telephone (vinyl)
Necuratul - Sanguine Lupus Graves
Neneh Cherry - Everything Remixes (12")
Nevada Rose - Paint Me In Light
Nightmares on Wax - N.O.W Is The Time: Deep Down Edition (2xLP)
NRBQ - Brass Tacks
OFF! - Wasted Years (tape)
Opeth - Pale Communion
Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs (reissue) (vinyl)
People - 3xaWOMAN (vinyl)
Radio Moscow - Magical Dirt (vinyl)
Rod Stewart | Faces - Snakes and Ladders: The Best of Faces (vinyl)
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters - Good News
Röyksopp and Robyn - Do It Again
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (vinyl)
Say Hi - Endless Wonder
SBTRKT - Transitions 001 (12")
SBTRKT - Transitions 002 (12")
SBTRKT - Transitions 003 (12")
Scare Don't Fear - From The Ground Up
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Dap-Dippin' With (remastered) (vinyl)
Signor Benedick the Moor - El Negro
Swollen Members - Brand New Day
Taatsi - Season of Sacrifice
The Alvaret Ensemble - Skeylja (vinyl)
The Antlers - Familiars (vinyl)
The Ataris - End Is Forever (reissue) (vinyl)
The Delines - Colfax
The Downtown Fiction - Losers & Kings
The Felice Brothers - Favorite Waitress (2xLP)
The Fresh & Onlys - House of Spirits (vinyl)
The Front Bottoms - Rose
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer - A Real Fine Mess
The Mastersons - Good Luck Charm
The Mons - Untitled (Fighting Over A Knife) (7")
The Pretty Reckless - Going to Hell (vinyl)
The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do The Heathen Rage? (vinyl)
The Specials - Live at The Moonlight Club (vinyl)
The Story So Far - Songs of (Acoustic EP)
The Verve Pipe - Overboard
The Waterboys - Waterboys (reissue) (vinyl)
This Wild Life - Clouded (vinyl)
Throwing Snow - Mosaic (2xLP)
Tiny Victories - Haunts (vinyl)
Trummors - Moorish Highway
Under The Church - Under The Church
Vanna - Void
Various Artists - Belly OST (2xLP)
Various Artists - Psychedelic States: Maryland In The 60s
Various Artists - Shapes: Rectangles (2xLP)
Vassafor / Sinistrous Diabolus - Split
Venetian Snares - My Love Is A Bulldozer (2xLP)
We Are Hex - W.D.M.R.S/Tongues (7")
White Lung - Deep Fantasy (vinyl)
Will Saul - Will Saul DJ-Kicks (2xLP)
Willie Nelson - Band of Brothers (vinyl)
Willie Nelson - It Will Come To Pass: The Metaphysical Worlds And Poetic Introspections Of Willie Nelson
Wo Fat - The Conjuring
X-Rays - Jameson Shot (7")
Youth In Revolt - Love Is A Liars Game 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

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KINGDOM COME - KINGDOM COME

Kingdom Come is the debut album by Hard Rock band Kingdom Come. The band formed in 1987 and released the self titled album in 1988. Produced by Bob Rock (Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and Metallica) and Kingdom Come front man Lenny Wolf, the album went Gold the day it was shipped and reached Number 12 on the Billboard 200 Album Charts.

The band’s first single “Get It On” was the most requested song for 6 weeks on AOR radio stations. The second single for the power ballad “What Love Can Be” received much airplay on radio and music television. By the time the third single “Loving You” was released, the album had reached Platinum status in the United States, Germany and Canada, among other territories. The band was part of the North American Monsters of Rock tour in 1988 with bands like Dokken, Scorpions, Metallica and Van Halen.

The first 500 copies of the Music On Vinyl reissue are individually numbered and pressed on purple vinyl!

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SUM 41 - DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED

Does This Look Infected? is the second studio album by Sum 41. It was released on November 26, 2002 on Island Records. Even though there is relatively little profanity on the album, it is the only Sum 41 album with aparental advisory sticker on it. Both an explicit version and a clean version were released.

Single 180gr. Includes two bonus tracks and pressed on limited edition Clear vinyl. Housed in a gatefold jacket and includes an 11 x 22 insert.

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NIRVANA - FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME

Previously unreleased broadcast of the seminal free concert at Seattle's Pier 48 in September 1993. Also included is a second Nirvana broadcast of the band's show at The Palace, in Melbourne, Australia on 2nd February, 1992, with Nirvana showcasing much of what was then their new album, Nevermind. Finally an additional four tracks from the two appearances Nirvana made on legendary American sketch show "Saturday Night Live" are also made available

180 gram by Let Them Eat Vinyl. Double LP on Blue vinyl.

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THE BEATLES’ ORIGINAL MONO STUDIO ALBUMS REMASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD DIRECTLY FROM THE ANALOGUE MASTERS FOR VINYL RELEASE

180-Gram LPs Available September 8th 2014, Individually and in a Limited 14-LP Boxed Edition with Hardbound Book 

The Beatles in mono:  This is how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s, when mono was the predominant audio format.  Up until 1968, each Beatles album was given a unique mono and stereo mix, but the group always regarded the mono as primary.  On September 8 (September 9 in North America), The Beatles’ nine U.K. albums, the American-compiled Magical Mystery Tour, and the Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks will be released in mono on 180-gram vinyl LPs with faithfully replicated artwork.  Newly mastered from the analogue master tapes, each album will be available both individually and within a lavish, limited 14-LP boxed edition, The Beatles In Mono, which also includes a 108-page hardbound book.

In an audiophile-minded undertaking, The Beatles’ acclaimed mono albums have been newly mastered for vinyl from quarter-inch master tapes at Abbey Road Studios by GRAMMY®-winning engineer Sean Magee and GRAMMY®-winning mastering supervisor Steve Berkowitz.  While The Beatles In Mono CD boxed set released in 2009 was created from digital remasters, for this new vinyl project, Magee and Berkowitz cut the records without using any digital technology.  Instead, they employed the same procedures used in the 1960s, guided by the original albums and by detailed transfer notes made by the original cutting engineers.

Working in the same room at Abbey Road where most of The Beatles’ albums were initially cut, the pair first dedicated weeks to concentrated listening, fastidiously comparing the master tapes with first pressings of the mono records made in the 1960s.  Using a rigorously tested Studer A80 machine to play back the precious tapes, the new vinyl was cut on a 1980s-era VMS80 lathe.

Manufactured for the world at Optimal Media in Germany, The Beatles’ albums are presented in their original glory, both sonically and in their packaging. The boxed collection’s exclusive 12-inch by 12-inch hardbound book features new essays and a detailed history of the mastering process by award-winning radio producer and author Kevin Howlett.  The book is illustrated with many rare studio photos of The Beatles, fascinating archive documents, and articles and advertisements sourced from 1960s publications.

The Beatles In Mono:  Available individually and collected in a limited 14-LP boxed edition, accompanied by an exclusive 108-page hardbound book.

 Please Please Me
 With The Beatles
 A Hard Day's Night
 Beatles For Sale
 Help!
 Rubber Soul
 Revolver
 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
 Magical Mystery Tour
 The Beatles (2-LP)
 Mono Masters (3-LP)

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from our friends at Relapse

Mortals - Cursed to See the Future 

Cursed To See The Future is the debut LP by NYC power trio MORTALS.  MORTALS debut is a blackened slab of heavy metal full of filthy riffs, grooves and growls equal parts High On Fire and Darkthrone propelled by the guitarwork of Elizabeth Cline and the vox of Lesley Wolf.  Having spent the past 2 years criss-crossing the country demolishing clubs and building a rabid grass roots fanbase, the world should prepare for the one of the heaviest debut LPs in recent memory.

Pressing Info: 
First Press
1000 x White Standard Gram
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

***The first 50 LP orders will receive a bonus 12" x 12" hand silk screened, hand numbered cover art screen print by artist Mike Lawrence.  All LPs include a free digital download of the entire album***

Order at Relapse

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from our friends at Sundazed

Moby Grape - Moby Grape '69  

Moby Grape followed the expansiveness of 1968’s Wow with an unadorned, back-to-basics sound on this, their fourth long-player. Bob Mosley’s understated vocal makes the ballad “It’s a Beautiful Day Today” one of the great Grape tracks, Peter Lewis’ stately “I Am Not Willing” is still a stunner and “Trucking Man” and “Ooh Mama Ooh” show that nobody could rock a shuffle like guitarist Jerry Miller and company. Most of ’69 was recorded as a quartet, with Skip Spence having just left the band. His parting gift, “Seeing,” is an alternately tender and tough tab of psychedelia that prefigures his rightly touted solo album, Oar.

Order at Sundazed

Paper Garden - Paper Garden 

Sgt. Pepper taught a lot of bands to play in 1967, including New York’s Paper Garden, whose absorption of the Fab Four’s Summer of Love statement came out on Musicor Records the following year. What Paper Garden can’t match in terms of the Beatles’ sophistication they make up for in ambition, as exhibited on the harpsichord-enhanced pop genius of “Lady’s Man,” orchestrated gems like “Way Up High,” the fuzz-pop-psych of “I Hide,” and Eastern grooves on “Man Do You” and “Raining.” With influences of the early Bee Gees and Brill Building pop also shading the proceedings, the album’s kaleidoscopic essence permeates every note — right down to the ultra-cool color-burst cover likely drawn under a pseudonym by Australian artist Martin Sharp of Disraeli Gears fame. That brilliant art can be viewed again in its full-size glory on this beautiful RTI 180 gram vinyl edition, mastered from the original Musicor reels by Bob Irwin.

Order at Sundazed

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Pre-Order White Reaper 

From the increasingly fertile DIY scene of Louisville, KY, emerges White Reaper – an incandescent power trio who is ready and willing to blow out eardrums far and wide.

The band – formed by Tony Esposito (vocals/guitar) and twin brothers Nick (drums) and Sam Wilkerson (bass) -- combines sparkling hooks and fluid, fluttering rhythms to create psychedelia-tinged garage punk that make heads bob without sacrificing an ounce of sonic bite.

Having cut their teeth playing a number of raucous local and regional shows that left everyone's ears ringing and no pores devoid of sweat, the group is ready to unleash their eponymous debut EP -- a six-song blitzkrieg that traces the band's present and future. While dingy and jangly single "Conspirator" scratches the itch left behind by Jay Reatard, infectious stand outs "Cool" and “Funn” will undoubtedly make the ears of the Ty Segall/Oh Sees sect perk up.

Order at PolyvinylRecords

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FORCE OF DARKNESS - Darkness Revelation 

Once again, HELLS HEADBANGERS presses a modern underground gem onto the unholiest of formats, vinyl: FORCE OF DARKNESS' nuclear-powered second album, Darkness Revelation! Formed in 2002 in cult metal hotbed Chile, FORCE OF DARKNESS have been patiently perfecting their craft across a number of splits and demos, but it was 2010's Darkness Revelation where the power-trio really came into their own. On one hand, the influences across Darkness Revelation are clear as day - classic Sarcofago, Kreator, Vulcano, and Sodom, all 1986 vintage - but on the other, more important hand, FORCE OF DARKNESS know how to blacken the night with absolutely feral execution and immediately memorable songs brimming with everything that makes black/death so timeless. And at a lean 'n' mean 45 minutes, it's the perfect length to get in, get out, and DESTROY everything in its path. Now for the first time on vinyl LP and available again on CD, witness Darkness Revelation!

OUT NOW ON HELLS HEADBANGERS: Pressed on traditional black vinyl and purple vinyl with black splatter.

Order HERE

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Sneeze - Wilt  

Boston-based trio Sneeze are back with their sophomore album, Wilt. Taking their signature neo-grunge dynamics to a more mature and cohesive tone than its predecessor I Am Going To Kill Myself, which was released on the band’s own label Midnight Werewolf in 2012. In this material the band explores the same depths and caliber in what you would find in the likes of Nirvana’s Nevermind. Still storming out of the gates with that disheveled and anguished exterior but also piggybacking a profusion of emotions that hold enormous weight. Warm, heavy but also sustaining that pop sensibility. Which only a few can execute that combination correctly.

Recorded on November 15th with Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab (Dinosaur Jr., California X, Sonic Youth). Artwork and layout by John Jr of Dark Arts Doom Crew. Limited 12″ vinyl comes with digital download of album.

PRESSING INFO
 100 Opaque Blue
 400 Opaque Black

Order HERE

Old Wounds - From Where We Came Is Where We'll Rest 

On From Where We Came…, these young bucks from New Jersey breathe new life into the crushing, exhilarating vibe once wielded by bands like Turmoil, Disembodied, Indecision, and Buried Alive. A trio consisting of bassist/vocalist Kevin Iavaroni, guitarist/vocalist Zak Kessler, and drummer Brandon Gallagher, the under-21 crew seek to revitalize the metallic hardcore scene that boomed before their time — but this is no mere retro action, this is pure passion. Recorded at Developing Nations in Baltimore, Maryland by Kevin Bernsten (Full Of Hell, Pulling Teeth, Magrudergrind) and mastered by Dan Randal at Mammoth Sound. Comes with digital download card.

PRESSING INFO
 50 Opaque Black (test press / “pre-press” edition)
 100 Opaque Black
 150 Opaque “Mint” Green
 250 Opaque Pink

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Bent Shapes - Feels Weird

Bent Shapes is Andy Sadoway, Ben Potrykus, and Supriya Gunda. Since forming under the name Girlfriends in 2009, the Boston trio has released a string of cassettes and 7”s full of fuzzy garage, frantic jangle pop, and scrappy post-punk on various labels (including band members’ own imprints). The band’s myriad of influences reference touchstones like Josef K, The Feelies, Jonathan Richman, Billy Childish, and The Fall.

Vinyl orders come with a digital download & 11x17 poster.

Order HERE


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from the land down under:

Gotye, Stiff Gins and Urthboy: captured on wax cylinder - Before ipods, before vinyl records, in fact before the turn of the 20th century, wax-cylinder recordings on an Edison phonograph were the state of the art recorded music.






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Watch the Black Keys Shop for Vinyl, Talk Alphabetizing Their Parents’ Collections on CBS News

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DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Take Afrika Bambaataa's Record Collection on Tour

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WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 6/8-6/14





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Wire set to reissue unorthodox live album Document and Eyewitness on Vinyl











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Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

upcoming releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

ALAN PARSONS - TIME MACHINE

The Time Machine (1999) is the third solo release by Alan Parsons and features guest vocals by Tony Hadley (of Spandau Ballet), Colin Blunstone, Máire Brennan (of Clannad )and Beverly Craven. The concept of the album revolves around time travelling and memory of the past.

The album contains a locked groove, after which a bonus track will appear: The Dr. Evil edit of "The Time Machine" features the voice of Mike Myers from the second Austin Powers movie, The Spy Who Shagged Me, in which The Alan Parsons Project is mentioned.

The amazing looking artwork was re-created for this vinyl edition by none other than Peter Curzon of Storm Studios. This is the first vinyl issue of this essential Alan Parsons album!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Gatefold & printed innersleeves
• Exclusive artwork created by Peter Curzon, Storm Studios
• First pressing of 1000 numbered copies on transparent vinyl
• Available on vinyl for the first time!

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - I PIACERI PROIBITI

This is the soundtrack to the documentary I Piaceri Proibiti by Piero Umiliani. Umiliani was born in Florence, Tuscany. Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed the scores for many exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, covering genres such as spaghetti western, Eurospy, and Giallo.

Although not as widely regarded as, for example, Ennio Morricone or Riz Ortolani, he helped form the style of the typical European 1960s and 1970s jazz influenced film soundtrack, that later experienced a revival in films such as Kill Bill and "Crepuscolo Sul Mare" in Ocean's Twelve.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Printed innersleeve
• First pressing available as limited edition of 500 numbered copies on blue vinyl

PASSENGER - WHISPERS

Mike Rosenberg has been busking and serenading bar patrons as Passenger since he dropped out of high school at 17. He's traveled across Europe and released a slew of independent albums, and now, following the sudden success of his somber folk tune, "Let Her Go," the Brighton, U.K. singer-songwriter will release his new album, Whispers on June 9th.

Passenger debuting the lead single "Scare Away the Dark" on The Tonight Show on Friday, March 28th 2014. Passenger recorded Whispers' 11 songs in Sydney with co-producer Chris Vallejo. While the album grapples with real and fictional tales of death, love and aging, Rosenberg calls Whispers "easily the most 'up' album I've ever made." The title track, in particular, finds Rosenberg grappling with his inner turmoil as "Let Her Go" took off. After picking up a co-sign from, and opening gigs with, Ed Sheeran, Passenger went on to sell 1 million copies of the song last October and more than 2.5 million copies overall, while the video captured more than 155 million views on YouTube.

Note. This album is not available in the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Printed innersleeves
• Includes acoustic bonus LP
• Includes download code (incl. acoustic tracks)
• Brand new album!

LEONARD COHEN - FIELD COMMANDER COHEN TOUR 1979

In 1979, after the release of his album Recent Songs [MOVLP311], Cohen set out on an international concert tour accompanied by members of the Austin-based Jazz-Rock group Passenger; Field Commander Cohen was compiled in 2000 from recordings of the 1979 tour, and it presents an especially strong argument for Cohen's gifts as a musician.

This is the first ever vinyl release of these live recordings at London's Hammersmith Odeon and  Brighton's Dome Theatre. This may well be Cohen's best set of recorded performances as a singer, and having Jennifer Warnes and Sharon Robinson on hand as duet partners is especially rich icing on the cake. While the musicians take care to never intrude upon the songs, they play beautifully, with remarkable taste and skill; they bring out the nuances of these songs with a sure but gentle hand.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Gatefold sleeve
• Includes insert with song lyrics
• Available on vinyl for the first time!

THELONIOUS MONK - MISTERIOSO

Originally released in 1965 and produced by Jazz great Teo Macero, this Hard Bop album by Thelonious Monk is an essential part of Monk fans, and rightfully belongs in any Jazz collection for that matter.

Misterioso (Recorded On Tour) contains 8 powerful live performances at venues such as Brandeis University, Lincoln Center and The Village Gate in New York and the Newport Jazz Festival during the early Sixties, when Jazz was pushed into further directions.

This album features Thelonious Monk on piano, Larry Gales and Butch Warren on double bass, Ben Riley and Frankie Dunlop on drums and longtime Monk band member Charlie Rouse on tenor sax.  180 gram audiophile vinyl

RAY CHARLES - AT NEWPORT

For his appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5, 1958, Charles pulled out all the stops, performing raucous versions of "The Right Time", his massive hit "I Got A Woman" and "Talkin' 'Bout You". Featuring (a.o.) Bennie Crawford on baritone sax, David "Fathead" Newman on tenor sax and the Raylettes on backing vocals, the band is really on fire. The detailed liner notes on the album were written by Kenneth Lee Karpe.   180 gram audiophile vinyl





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RADIO MOSCOW - The Great Escape Of Leslie Magnafuzz - LTD. GATEFOLD EDITION on PINK Vinyl (mailorder exclusive)- LP

The album art is a throwback to the psychedelic covers of the late sixties/early seventies, and instead of being minimalist, as is the norm these days, the album is a super-sized, gatefold edition that's a trip in itself! The pink vinyl pressing is a MAILORDER EXCLUSIVE ltd. to 300 copies!

Available at the BompStore

BEACHWOOD SPARKS -Desert Skies NEW PRESSING- LTD ED of 100 on INCREDIBLE STARBURST VINYL (new color ) LP

Different than the first pressing, this one is in blues. The album includes their first 1998 single, as well as never-heard before recordings, all carefully remastered. (this pressing is the vinyl only and does not include the poster, liners)

Available at the BompStore

1960s FEVER DIAMONDS - VA VOL 5 (60S PSYCH ) - COMP LP

Vol. 5 in the ongoing series - Worldwide Hypnotic Dream Psychedelia 0005.  Tracks: Side A: 1: POPPY FAMILY - Free From The City 2: SHAKERS - Who's Gonna Buy (These Wonderful Evils) 3: CRYSTAL RAIN - Hey Ma Ma 4: CRYSTAL BALL - Trans-Love Airways (Fat Angel) 5: JIGSAW - Tumblin' 6: TOM DAE TURNED ON - I Shall Walk 7: PEPPER & THE SHAKERS - Semi-Psychedelic (It Is). Side B: 1: COLD SUN - South Texas 2: COLD SUN - For Ever 3: HUMAN ZOO - The Time Was Over 4: HUMAN ZOO - I Don't Care No More 5: HUMAN ZOO - Human Zoo.

Available at the BompStore




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Wye Oak - Shriek

Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack of Wye Oak have spent most of their lives in Baltimore, Maryland. But after two years of constant touring with Civilian, their highly lauded 2011 album, they landed on opposite sides of the country with an unforeseeable future ahead. Despite this newfound uncertainty, the two bandmates embraced their physical distance, passing ideas back and forth, allowing new work to evolve in their respective solitudes. Shriek is Wye Oak’s fourth full-length and the culmination of their intent to express the emotional and intuitive self by acting out animalistic exclamations through cathartic release. It is their most personal and confident declaration yet.

Newly inspired by playing bass, Jenn took up songwriting in a setting where the guitar did not dictate harmonic boundaries or require a call-and-response relationship with her voice, a hallmark of previous Wye Oak records. With her phrasing freed, now it is often Andy who interacts with Jenn’s vocals, playing syncopated and meditative keyboard parts, and the duo’s collaborative arrangements provide a backdrop in which both the arcs of melodies and the new rhythmic elements flourish.

To engineer, mix, and co-produce, they brought in Nicolas Vernhes of the Rare Book Room in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, whose inventive and forward-thinking approaches to production complemented their new direction. The result is a record of indisputable humanity. Shriek is a complete narrative of disorientation, loss, renewal, and empowerment.

Bundles include an exclusive Wye Oak t-shirt only available in the Merge webstore. T-shirts feature black ink printed on platinum Royal Apparel t-shirts (Made in USA).

Available at MergeRecords

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Announcing: Sleeping Bag "Deep Sleep" LP

We are pleased to inform you that our boys Sleeping Bag have a new album! On their third LP, cleverly titled Deep Sleep, Dave Segedy has taken the band into heavier, more epic territory. The jangling guitars and fun whistle choruses are gone; obliterated in a full-on fuzz-guitar assault. Segedy's signature pop songwriting style is still in full effect, but compared to the sunny disposition of the previous records "Deep Sleep" sounds downright tuff. Drenched in distortion & reverb, the album culminates with the nine-minute closer which is equal parts My Bloody Valentine & Weezer "Only In Dreams". It's quite an affair.

"Deep Sleep" will be released August 19th, and is now available for pre-order! The limited edition vinyl pictured above is hand-numbered out of just 500 copies on Kelly Green & Aqua Blue "A-side/B-side" vinyl. All purchases include MP3 and WAV download.

...and as a special treat...
 Ltd. advanced flexi-disc FREE to the first people who order!

Yep, the first to order "Deep Sleep" will receive this limited edition flexi disc at no extra charge. Hand-numbered out of 250 copies, this green flexi features two tracks from the new Sleeping Bag album, which will be shipped to you 8 weeks before the album is released. So you'll be the first to hear these new Sleeping Bag songs, long before they reach the masses. All you have to do is pre-order Deep Sleep on green/blue vinyl and the flexi will be automatically added to your cart

Available from JoyfulNoiseRecordings


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from our friends at OmnivoreRecordings

Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie

Reissued on CD and 180-gram 2-LP with 9 bonus tracks added to CD and Closing Theme added to LP!

Camper Van Beethoven signed with Virgin Records in 1988 and delivered a record that defied those who thought the band might “sell out.” The band returned the following year with what most deem their masterpiece—Key Lime Pie.

Omnivore Recordings is excited to reissue Camper Van Beethoven’s Virgin Records output, including 1989’s classic, Key Lime Pie.

Once again produced by Dennis Herring (Elvis Costello, Counting Crows), Key Lime Pie continued the journey into the world of CVB, but with higher production value and sound than had been heard before. From a track about Jack Ruby to a cover of Status Quo’s “Pictures Of Matchstick Men”, Key Lime Pie was a slice above the rest and a fitting dessert for the 1980s.

This reissue finds nine bonus tracks on the CD. The nearly hour-long album was originally pressed on one LP, but Omnivore has expanded it to two LPs (for better sound) and added a bonus track to Side 4.

Both CD and LP include new liners and photos. Presented as they should be, they will delight fans and educate those who have only read about the importance of this record.

Key Lime Pie is both sweet and tart, but Key Lime Pie is an essential component to any musical meal.

Order at OmnivoreRecordings

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from our friends at Relapse

Pre-Order Columns 'Please Explode' From Relapse

Please Explode is the debut full-length from North Carolina's sick and twisted death/grinders COLUMNS.  Featuring former members of cult Relapse grinders Hemdale plus current and former members of renowned death metal bands Wretched, Vehemence and Glass Casket, COLUMNS blast and shred their way through 16 tracks of premium Southern grindcore, marinated in a blistering bowl of death metal.

These seasoned extreme metal vets seamlessly fuse together rabid vocals and tongue-in-cheek, deviant lyrics with a cacophony of break-neck bursts full of many twists and turns.  This is grindcore that is both obscene and extreme.

Pressing Info: 
First Press 
500 x Black Standard Gram 
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

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Cynic - The Portal Tapes - DOUBLE LP Gatefold

Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide! The US band is finally presenting an official release of their famed and reverently discussed Portal tapes! After splitting up, CYNIC members Paul Masvidal, Sean Reinert and Jason Gobel formed the short-lived project PORTAL together with Chris Kringel on bass and stunning vocalist Aruna Abrams. Aruna’s beautiful and haunting voice combined with Paul’s clean vocals is the perfect fit for these laid back and subtle songs that have more in common with the sound of PORCUPINE TREE and THE GATHERING than their original Progressive Death Metal roots. This genre was shaped by CYNIC’s full-length debut “Focus” (1993). Yet since their reunion in 2006, CYNIC have moved via the Progressive Metal of their highly acclaimed second album “Traced in Air” (2008) towards ever more open soundscapes combining many stylistic influences. With “The Portal Tapes” the missing link in CYNIC’s evolution is now available, but in very limited quantities!

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Seth Walker - Sky Still Blue

Revered roots music troubadour Seth Walker recently took up residency in New Orleans. Upon his relocation the Big Easy, the North Carolina-native completed a trifecta for time spent living in hallowed southern music cities. His journey began in Austin where he fast became a staple of the Texas blues scene. He’d later relocate to Nashville to absorb its rich songwriting history. Clearly, however, it is the influence of his current home in NOLA that inspired the gospel-soaked fervor and gritty guitar burn at the core of his latest album, Sky Still Blue.

Abetted by producer Oliver Wood (The Wood Brothers), Walker revels in the devil-on-my-trail gristle and longing blue notes that make songs like “Trouble,” “High Wire” and “Easy Come, Easy Go” resonate so convincingly. Yet, as Walker’s fans have come to expect, there’s always a sweet melody, a turn of phrase wrapped in a wink-and-a-smile or an undeniable pop hook close at hand.

Sky Still Blue is a masterful work conveyed through Walker’s expressive, soul-burnished voice, agile guitar artistry and impeccable southern songwriting, all of which have garnered him a reputation as one of the most acclaimed modern roots artists in the country over the last decade.  LP comes with MP3 Download Code

Available from RoyalPotatoFamily

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Cyanide Pills - Live 'n' Nasty In Frankfurt (TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL)

Cyanide Pills recorded live in Frankfurt!  Limited edition 10” coloured vinyl LP!

This was recorded in Frankfurt when they supported punk legends The Addicts.

Features 100 MPH versions of their singles 'Suicide Bomber,' 'Where Did It Go,' 'Conquer The World, 'Up Against The Wall' & more!

Buy at DamagedGoods


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Rosemary’s Baby Soundtrack Available From WaxWorksRecords

The definitive release of the iconic 1968 film score by Christopher Komeda

Re-mastered from the original master tapes

Pressed on 180 gram clear vinyl, black with burgundy haze, and special double sided / colored vinyl (Blue and Deep Red)

The first 200 customers will receive the very special super variant presented in a never-before created vinyl effect: An independently double colored / sided record. SIDE A features a baby blue marble and SIDE B features a deep blood red marble. This special variant is a solid 12? LP and weighs in at 200 grams. This record is a first of it’s kind.

Includes a 12” x 12” art print  Artwork by Jay Shaw

Get it WaxworkRecords

'Friday the 13th' Score Gets Vinyl Release Through Waxworks

Waxworks Records is prepping a full vinyl OST release of Friday The 13th 1980 featuring the spectacular work of legendary composer Harry Manfredini. His talents are responsible for the one of the most iconic Horror scores in film history. With a release of the album coming soon for fans to purchase and today being a Friday The 13th, Waxworks has released the full album cover artwork for the soundtrack. Jay Shaw has created this great cover art with a fitting look into the eye of terror and Camp Crystal Lake. There is not a set release date as of yet, but we expect that announcement to come very soon.




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from our friends at SlyVinyl

Bleachers – Strange Desire // Limited to 1000 Transparent Orange Vinyl LP
Bleachers – Strange Desire // Limited to 1000 Transparent Orange Vinyl LP

Various Artists – From The Reels – A NoCorner Collection // Limited to 500 Black Vinyl 3xLP + Fluorescent Yellow Vinyl 7"
Various Artists – From The Reels – A NoCorner Collection // Limited to 500 Black Vinyl 3xLP + Fluorescent Yellow Vinyl 7"






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Vinyl Records Excavated at Famous ’60s Commune Challenge ‘Hippie’ Stereotype, Study Says











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Disc Makers re-opens vinyl pressing plant






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The Sugarbush records story: How Tunbridge Wells became the capital of rare Sixties pop






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Why Indie Legend Amoeba Music Struck a Deal With Urban Outfitters







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5 Albums That Sound Better On Vinyl







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Tele Recommends: Northern Ireland's best record shops











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DEEP PURPLE, DREAM THEATER, YES, FOREIGNER Members Pay Tribute To THE DOORS On 'Light My Fire'











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Allman Brothers Band to Release The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings Box Set









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Harald Grosskopf's First Two Albums Get Remastered and Reissued











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The History of ‘My Sharona’ – How One Song Doomed the Knack










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Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson To Release ‘Thick as a Brick’ Live Set











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25 Fashionable Moments in Album Cover Art








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The Viking of 6th Avenue

For the past two years Holly Elson has been researching and shooting interviews for a feature-length documentary entitled The Viking of 6th Avenue. The film will tell the colorful story of legendary blind musician Moondog, and uncover the motivations of a man determined not only to create original music but to live a truly original life. The Viking of 6th Avenue will contain a wealth of never before seen archival film/photos, home movies and rare audio recordings, as well as unique interviews with Moondog’s friends, family, collaborators and musicians who cite him as an influence including Jarvis Cocker, John Zorn, Debbie Harry, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and many more. In hopes of completing the film within the year, the filmmakers have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds.

The funding of this campaign is essential to enable us to finance the filming of important interviews with Moondog’s friends, family and collaborators in the US, UK and Germany; to shoot in the locations where Moondog lived and worked, and to license the beautiful archival footage and photographs that we have unearthed.

The Kickstarter campaign will end on June 26.

Visit KickStarter for more information

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our friends at SoundStageDirect are doing Father's Day right!

Coupon Code: LP10 

Sale ends 6/16/14 11:59 PM EST 

Cannot be combined with any other offers 

Cannot be applied to previous orders 

"On Sale," Bends, and titles marked "This title is not eligible for discount" excluded. 

Some audio equipment not eligible for discount, please call for details (1-877-929-8729)

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album cover art of the day:

The Royal Unleash New Single & Launch Pre-Orders For Upcoming Album