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ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

X-Men: Days of Future Past is a 2014 superhero film based on the fictional X-Men characters that appear in Marvel Comics. Directed by Bryan Singer, it is the seventh installment of the X-Men film series.

The film stars an ensemble cast, including Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart.

The movie received widespread critical acclaim becoming the best-reviewed film in the X-Men series. Reviewers commended its fresh visual style and storyline. It is the highest-grossing film in the series, having earned over $731 million worldwide.

Director Bryan Singer's regular collaborator John Ottman worked on the score of the film, in addition to being its editor. Ottman is the first composer to score more than one film in the X-Men film series, having previously scored X2 (2003). This also marked the first time a theme from a previous X-Men film has been retained; Ottman re-used some of his themes from X2, most notably the main title theme.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Insert
• Original Soundtrack by John Ottman 
• First pressing of 2000 numbered copies on clear grey (LP1) and clear blue (LP2) vinyl

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is the 3D CGI action fantasy film released in 2014, loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. It is the sequel to the massively successful 2010 computer-animated film How to Train Your Dragon and the second in the trilogy. How to Train Your Dragon 2 takes place five years after the first film, featuring Hiccup and his friends as young adults.The film is written and directed by Dean DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, a.o. The film was recently released and received positive reviews.

Composer John Powell, who earned his first Academy Award nomination for his music in the original How To Train Your Dragon movie, returned to score the sequel. The score was conducted by Gavin Greenaway and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London with a 120 piece orchestra, a 100-voice choir, and a wide array of ethnic instruments, including celtic harp, uilleann pipes, tin whistle, bodhrán, and bagpipes.

Sigur Rós lead vocalist, Jónsi, who wrote and performed the song "Sticks & Stones" for the original movie, provided two new original songs for the sequel in collaboration with Powell. The track "Where No One Goes" is not only written, but also performed by Jónsi and Powell.  Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak, who voices Hiccup in Norwegian, also wrote and performed the song "Into A Fantasy".

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Insert
• First pressing of 1000 numbered copies on yellow (LP1) and red (LP2) vinyl

MUDHONEY - MY BROTHER THE COW

Mudhoney didn't invent grunge, but they were one of the first bands to truly define the style, and thanks to the bizarro-world logic that has defined their career, they seemed to lose interest in the stuff once you could actually make serious money playing it, ensuring that they wouldn't have to deal with the mainstream adulation that made followers like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden into multi-platinum cash cows. By 1995, Grunge's brief fling on the charts was pretty much over, just in time for Mudhoney to decide they liked the stuff again, and make the finest album of their career, My Brother the Cow.

Produced by Jack Endino, the album includes numerous direct references to bands that influenced Mudhoney's sound. The song "F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers)", for example, is a reference to the Bad Brains song "F.V.K. (Fearless Vampire Killers)". "Orange Ball-Peen Hammer" alludes to the song "Orange Claw Hammer" by Captain Beefheart, as well as containing lyrics borrowed from Led Zeppelin.

"1995" is a homage to the Stooges song "1969" and also includes musical references to "L.A. Blues", another Stooges song.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Exclusive first pressing of 1000 numbered copies on white vinyl
• Including a bonus 7" on white vinyl
• Also available on black vinyl (including the 7")

KOVACS - MY LOVE -EP

Dutch singer Sharon Kovacs is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with. Hailing from the Dutch city of Eindhoven, her incredibly dark, raw voice impressed, but also made her musical education a challenging one. She teamed up with producer Oscar Holleman (Within Temptation, After Forever, Gorefest), who was blown away by her voice. "Though her voice sounds black, here stood a white girl with a shaved head. I was intrigued, so we started working together." Due to her style and dark voice, comparisons to Portishead and Shirley Bassey are quickly made. As Sharon states: "I listen to Billie Holiday, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington… Tina Turner and Janis Joplin are favourites as well."

Sharon also travelled to several other countries to write with a range of different songwriters. The result: Kovacs's eponymous debut EP, containing four songs (the vinyl edition boasts a bonus track + hidden track) on which she makes a lasting impression. On tracks like the first single "My Love", "When The Lady's Hurt" and "He Talks That Shit", Sharon's up front attitude is apparent. The fourth song on her EP "I've Seen That Face Before", made famous by Grace Jones, was recorded in Cuba with local musicians at the Egrem Studios in Havana. Together they are now putting the finishing touches to her debut album.

The EP "My Love" was released in The Netherlands on May 9th and reached top 10 in the iTunes charts straight after the release. She was chosen as Radio 6 Soul & Jazz Talent and 3FM's Serious Talent, performed live on tv at "De Wereld Draait Door" and played amongst others live at the Radio 3FM "GIEL" morning show. "My Love" is 3FM Megahit as of July 18th. She performed at large Dutch festivals such as Bospop and the North Sea Jazz Festival, and two aftershows for Pearl Jam.

The vinyl edition of My Love EP contains a bonus track and hidden track, and is limited to 500 copies on a neat little 10" record!

• Limited edition 10"
• Includes bonus track "Shirley (Sound Of The Underground)" 
• Including hidden track "The Gold Ballroom"

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Severed Heads - Since The Accident

Medical Records presents two of the most striking and iconic reissues in its catalog. The first of the two Severed Heads reissues is 1983’s “Since The Accident”. Severed Heads are one of the most diverse and expert sound palette engineers and are also repeatedly overlooked and far underrated. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, they formed in 1979. The band was composed of many different members though it’s existence but Tom Ellard has always been the constant since 1979 when he joined the band. The group’s early recordings were characterized by manipulated tape loop experiments, cleverly modulated noise elements and repetition. This period is very well suited to the early industrial period. Over time, the sounds morphed into more melodic leanings with pop elements and more prominent synth leads and backbone. “Since The Accident” was released in 1983 on UK “Ink” records. The LP exemplifies the transition point between experimental structure and loops into the catchy pop hooks that would later define such releases as “Rotund For Success”. Difficult to classify, it is a masterpiece of electronic music. The opening track “Relic Of The Empire” is a slow sequenced magnificent piece with time-stretched samples overlaid with multiple tracks to create a symphony quite unlike anything heard before.

The hit “Dead Eyes Opened” (charted in 1985 as a single) is a dance floor friendly track with crafted synth hooks fused with bursts of noise intertwining with interesting vocal samples. “Gashing The Old Mae West” is a perfect example of how the record can take a dark turn into the style of the earlier Sev Heads with jagged industrial crunched out tape loops and folding in and out samples. Though signed to 80’s industrial label icon Nettwerk in North America and often classified in the same vein, these records are not easily definable and actually have a life of their own. Though commonly misclassified with a lot of the late 80s industrial/goth scene (as well as touring with Skinny Puppy at one point), Severed Heads would be more accurately in good company with acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, early Coil, Chris & Cosey (and CTI), and the like.

Long out of print and a rarity on the collector’s market, it is presented with original repro jacket. Remastered by Tom Ellard form the original source masters. Presented on high-quality 180gram heavyweight black and white vinyl. Features bonus LP insert compiled by Tom Ellard with ephemera from the time. Limited Edition.

•Limited edition LP presented on high-quality 180gram heavyweight BLACK & WHITE VINYL
•Features bonus LP insert compiled by Tom Ellard with ephemera from the time.
•Remastered by Tom Ellard form the original source masters.

Second up of the two Severed Heads reissues is 1985’s “City Slab Horror”.

Long out of print and a rarity on the collector’s market, it is presented with original repro jacket. Remastered by Tom Ellard form the original source masters. Presented on high-quality 180gram heavyweight bone white vinyl. Features bonus LP insert compiled by Tom Ellard with ephemera from the time. Limited Edition.

•Limited edition LP presented on high-quality 180gram heavyweight BONE WHITE VINYL
•Features bonus LP insert compiled by Tom Ellard with ephemera from the time.
•Remastered by Tom Ellard form the original source masters.

Available at LightInTheAttic

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from our friends at Relapse

Num Skull - Ritually Abused (reissue)

Originally released in 1988, this lost thrash classic is finally seeing the light of day!  Fully remastered and featuring an exclusive bonus track, Num Skull’s ‘Ritually Abused’ is truly a forgotten gem primed for rediscovery.  Sounding like a demonic blend of Possessed and Slayer ‘Ritually Abused’ sounds as fresh and relevant today as it did when it was first released over 25 years ago.  Touching on moments of death-metal, grind, thrash and speed ‘Ritually Abused’ is the ultimate document of a metal band that ‘shoulda been huge’!
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***Exclusively available through Relapse.com***

***Mailorder exclusive on purple vinyl limited to 300 copies.  Includes a free digital download of the entire remastered album***

Pressing Info: 
First Relapse Press
700 x Black Standard Gram
300 x Purple Standard Gram *Mailorder Exclusive*
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

Order at Relapse

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The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends (2LP Vinyl Exclusive)

THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS includes vocal and musical assistance from such disparate playmates as Yoko Ono, Nick Cave, Bon Iver, Ke$ha and many more. Some of these tracks have already appeared on previously released, extremely limited edition color vinyl 12" EPs released in past months which sold out as soon as they became available. And all tracks were released together as a special limited edition Record Store Day 2012 vinyl 12" that was one of the most in demand items of the day.

Available from BecauseSoundMatters


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Metallica Launch Vinyl Reissue Campaign via Their Own Blackened Recordings








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very cool!

Musicians cut their own vinyl at Denver’s Underground Music Showcase









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from the great states of missouri and louisiana:

New Orleans' Euclid Records is more than just a record store

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follow up on previous posts

Light in the Attic reveals reissue of mysterious crooner Lewis’s second album Romantic Times











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Built to Spill's 'Keep It Like a Secret' Treated to Vinyl Repress










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VINYL SPOTLIGHT: Bonnie Raitt, 'Nick of Time' 25th Anniversary Edition











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Vital Vinyl: Godhunter’s Charlie Touseull Opens Up About Debut LP ‘City of Dust’







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album cover art of the day:

New Album "Cooking With Pagans" Announced By Freak Kitchen






















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album cover art of the day, part two:

Flyleaf 'Between the Stars' Album Cover Unveiled; Record Releases September 16

Ask Mr Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 21, 2014


DEAR JERRY: Your recent summary of the twist craze reminds me of something I once read, about "The Twist," by Chubby Checker, being in the Top 100 longer than any other song.

They did of course point out that it was issued twice and became a No. 1 hit each time.

When talking about this with a friend, who I'll call doubting Thomas, he says I am wrong. He thinks it is the 4 Seasons who hold that record.

Is Tom right or wrong?
—Lance Heathcliff, Evansville, Ind.

DEAR LANCE: Doubting Thomas may not be a good idea, at least on this point. He knows best.

"December 1963 (Oh, What Night)" (Warner Bros./Curb 8168) held a spot on the charts for 27 weeks when first released in 1976, and then, coincidentally, for another 27 weeks when their same vocal returned in 1994 as a remixed, dance version (Curb 76917). In total, the Jersey Boys enjoyed 54 weeks on the charts with "December 1963 (Oh, What Night)."

"The Twist" had an 18-week run, beginning in the summer of 1960, then returned one year later with an even longer stay, 21 weeks, for a total of 39, far fewer than 54.

Now, if we limit the total weeks tally to just one chart entry, the Billboard endurance champ is the 43-week run of "Tainted Love," the 1982 classic by Soft Cell (Sire 49855).

Surprisingly, "Tainted Love" barely made the Top 10, peaking at No. 8. Also, this one-hit wonder British duo never managed to follow "Tainted Love" with another chart record.

Sticking with vinyl era singles, the runner-up to Soft Cell is Paul Davis and his 40-week smash, "I Go Crazy," from 1978.


DEAR JERRY: Did either the Beatles or the Rolling Stones ever have a crossover Rhythm & Blues hit?

There is no question they both did some R&B style songs.

Also, which white singer had the most R&B crossover hits?
—Roxie Somerville, Greenville, S.C.

DEAR ROXIE: It is hard to understand the thinking process used by black music programmers when deciding which white artists they would play, and ultimately include on the regional surveys that heavily influenced the national R&B charts.

Improbable as it seems, "Don't Forbid Me" (Pat Boone); "Tom Dooley" (Kingston Trio); "Bye Bye Love" (Everly Brothers); and "The Chipmunk Song" (David Seville and the Chipmunks) all made the R&B Top 10.

Meanwhile, there were numerous blue-eyed soul tunes more deserving of crossing over, such as: "Green, Green Grass of Home" and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (Tom Jones); "Smile," "I Apologize," and "Make the World Go Away" (Timi Yuro); and especially "I'm Movin' On" (Matt Lucas).

There was also an unexpected decision on the part of Billboard that affected everyone in the R&B field for all of 1964, and the year of the British Invasion.

For about 14 months, beginning in Nov. '63, Billboard chose not to publish a Rhythm & Blues chart. Had this not been the case, perhaps the Beatles would have crossed over with their sensational revival of the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout."

The Rolling Stones were even more rooted in American R&B in '64, and certainly could have charted with "Time Is on My Side" and others. After the reinstatement of the R&B chart, however, they did crack the Top 20 with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," making them the first British group ever on our R&B chart.

Two years later, the Spencer Davis Group, with "I'm a Man," would add their name to this very short list.

Three more Stones' hits would also cross over, but with slightly less success: "19th Nervous Breakdown" (No. 32); "Hot Stuff" (No. 84); and "Miss You" (No. 33).

As for the white singer with the most R&B hits, it is of course Elvis Presley. His total of 35 is far ahead of anyone else in this category, and includes 32 in the Top 15, of which 27 made the Top 10, and six reached No. 1.


IZ ZAT SO? From the dawn of the vinyl 45 era (1949), here are the 20 white singers and their songs that crossed over and reached No. 1 on the Black Music charts:

1952: Johnnie Ray ("Cry")
1956: Elvis Presley ("Hound Dog" - "Don't Be Cruel")
1957: Elvis Presley ("All Shook Up" - "[Let Me Be Your] Teddy Bear" - "Jailhouse Rock"); Everly Brothers ("Wake Up Little Susie"); Jerry Lee Lewis ("Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On"); Paul Anka ("Diana"); Jimmie Rodgers ("Honeycomb")
1958: Danny and the Juniors ("At the Hop"); Elvis Presley ("Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"); Everly Brothers ("All I Have to Do Is Dream"); David Seville ("Witch Doctor"); Bobby Darin ("Splish Splash"); Jimmy Clanton ("Just a Dream"); Elegants ("Little Star"); Kalin Twins ("When")
1960: Everly Brothers ("Cathy's Clown")
1962: 4 Seasons ("Sherry" - "Big Girls Don't Cry")
1963: Paul & Paula ("Hey Paula"); Little Peggy March ("I Will Follow Him"); Lesley Gore ("It's My Party"); Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs ("Sugar Shack"); Kingsmen ("Louie Louie")
1981: Hall & Oates ("I Can't Go for That [No Can Do]")
1988: George Michael ("One More Try")

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

New Music Releases - August 2014

August 5

Adult Jazz - Gist
Al Jarreau - My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke
Alestorm - Sunset on the Golden Age
Alias - Pitch Black Prism (vinyl)
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid (reissue) (vinyl)
Amp Live - Headphone Concerto
Angus and Julia Stone - Angus and Julia Stone (2xLP)
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (2XLP)
Arkells - High Noon
Avulsed - Carnivoracity (reissue)
Bayside - Cult (colored vinyl)
Bear In Heaven - Time Is Over One Day Old (colored vinyl)
Belphegor - Conjuring The Dead
Billy Joe Shaver - Long in the Tooth
Black Trip - Goin' Under
Blink 182 - Buddha (tape)
Blues Pills - Blues Pills
Bobby Darin - Icon
Bolzer - Soma
Brimstone Coven - Brimstone Coven
Capture the Crown - Reign of Terror
Cemetery Fog - Towards The Gates EP
Chairmen of the Board - Complete Invictus Studio Recordings: 1969 -78
Chaos Moon - Resurrection Extract
Charlotte OC - Colour My Heart EP (vinyl)
Christopher Denny - If The Roses Don't Kill Us (vinyl)
Chrome - Feel It Like A Scientist
Cloudface - Untitled LP (2xLP)
Cold World - How The Gods Chill
Columns - Please Explode (vinyl)
Cory Branan - The No-Hit Wonder (vinyl)
Counterpunch - Bruises
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (reissue) (vinyl)
Darkest Hour - Darkest Hour
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights - End Times Undone (vinyl)
Deep Purple - Concerto for Group and Orchestra (2002 remix/remaster) (vinyl)
Devonté Hynes - Palo Alto (original motion picture score) (vinyl)
Dikembe - Mediumship
Dub Club - Meaning of Dub (vinyl)
EDJ - EDJ (vinyl)
Eluveitie - Origins
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (2xCD)
Empty Hearts - The Empty Hearts
Entombed A.D. - Back To The Front
Eric Copeland - Ms Pretzel (12")
Four Letter Lie - Like Structures
Gang Star - Icon
Godsmack - 1000hp
Goodnight, Texas - Uncle John Farquhar (vinyl)
Hamish Kilgour - All of It and Nothing (vinyl)
Has-Lo and Castle - Live Like You're Dead
Holy Shit - Stranded at Two Harbors (vinyl)
Holy Tongues - Weak People
Iman Omari - Energy (vinyl)
It Looks Sad. - Self-Titled (7")
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (reissue) (vinyl)
John Gallow - Violet Dreams
John Garcia - John Garcia
Johnny Cash - The Legend of Johnny Cash (reissue) (2xLP)
Kevin Morby - My Name (7")
Kix - Rock Your Face Off
Lakes - Fire Ahead (2xLP)
Lee Corey Oswald - Regards (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)
Leon Russell - Life Journey (vinyl)
Lil Silva - Mabel EP
Linda Ronstadt - Hand Sown Home Grown / Silk Purse / Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt - Icon
Loops Haunt - IIVA EP (12")
Lost Boy - Canned
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music: First Full Instrumental Version Performed Live by Zeitkratzer (2xLP)
Lusine - Arterial (10")
Mastodon - Remission (reissue)
MC Hammer - Icon
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (4xLP)
Mouth Of The South - Struggle Well
Mozart's Sister - Being (vinyl)
Mutilated Veterans - Necro Crust Warhead EP
Nachtmystium - The World We Left Behind
Naomi Punk - Television Man (vinyl)
Newmoon - Invitation to Hold (7")
Nikki Sudden and Rowland S. Howard - Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc (vinyl)
Nikki Sudden and the Jacobites - Dead Men Tell No Tales (vinyl)
Nils Lofgren - Face the Music
Panopticon - Roads To The North
Pat Martino - El Hombre (vinyl)
Paul Flaherty and Chris Corsano - Low Cost Space Flights (vinyl)
Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer: Expanded Edition
Poison - Icon
Reba McEntire - Icon
Rosebuds - Sand + Silence
Roses - Dreamlover EP
Rowland S. Howard - Pop Crimes (vinyl)
Saturn - Ascending
Shaggy - Icon
Skid Row - Rise Of The Damnation Army: United World Rebellion: Chapter Two
Somi - The Lagos Music Salon
Spider Bags - Frozen Letter (vinyl)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (vinyl)
Summer Camp - Beyond Clueless
Sunny Sweeney - Provoked
Swashbuckle - We Hate the Sea EP
Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made (reissue) (vinyl)
Teenage Fanclub - Shadows (reissue) (vinyl)
The Dead Daisies - Face I Love EP
The Interrupters - The Interrupters
The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall (reissue) (vinyl)
The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music (reissue) (2xLP)
The Jayhawks - Smile (reissue) (2xLP)
The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies (reissue) (2xLP)
The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass (reissue) (vinyl)
The John Lurie National Orchestra - The Invention of Animals
The Murder City Devils - The White Ghost Has Blood on Its Hands Again
The Order Of The Solar Temple - The Order Of The Solar Temple
The Red Garland Quintet - Soul Junction (vinyl)
The Rosebuds - Sand + Silence (vinyl)
The Spinners - The Best of Spinners (vinyl)
The Waterboys - A Pagan Place (reissue) (vinyl)
The Weeks - Buttons EP (vinyl)
The Wind and the Wave - From the Wreckage (vinyl)
Those Who Bring the Torture - Piling Up
To Set Ablaze - The Life We Lead
Tom Carter and Pat Murano - Four Infernal Rivers (2xLP)
Tops - Change of Heart (7")
Tuatara - Underworld
Twin Peaks - Wild Onion (vinyl)
Vandenberg MoonKings - Vandenberg MoonKings
Vardan - Enjoy of Deep Sadness
Various Artists - Garden State OST (2xLP)
Various Artists - Music from the Mountain Provinces (vinyl)
Wildcat! Wildcat! - No Moon at All (vinyl)
Wind and the Wave - From the Wreckage (vinyl)
Wovenwar - Wovenwar
Ziguri - Ziguri (vinyl)


August 12

A.C. Newman - What If OST
Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley (reissue) (vinyl)
Adebisi Shank - This Is The Third Album of A Band Called Adebisi Shank
Ali Muhareb - Walkin' (7")
Atara / Miserable Failure - Hang Them
Ben Fields - Extraordinary Light (vinyl)
Black Wine - Yell Boss (vinyl)
Blood Orange - Uncle ACE (12")
Botanist - VI: Flora
Brian Setzer - Rockabilly Riot! All Original (vinyl)
Bully - Milkman (7")
Bunji Garlin - Differentology
Byrds - Straight for the Sun
Caleb Johnson - Testify
Cannonball Adderley | Milt Jackson - Things Are Getting Better (reissue) (vinyl)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker in New York (vinyl)
Childhood - Lacuna
Chris Staples - American Soft (vinyl)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (reissue) (vinyl)
Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Relaxes (reissue) (vinyl)
Comet Gain - Paperback Ghosts (vinyl)
Crippled Black Phoenix - A Love Of Shared Disasters (2xLP)
Dama / Libra - Claw
Daniel Johnston - Fun (vinyl)
Dark Blue - Just Another Night with the Boys (7")
Diana Krall - Quiet Nights (reissue) (2xLP)
Diana Krall - The Look of Love (reissue) (2xLP)
Dilated Peoples - Directors of Photography (2xLP)
Donny Hathaway - The Best Of Donny Hathaway (vinyl)
Ensemble Economique - Melt Into Nothing (vinyl)
Evil United - Honored By Fire
FaltyDL - In the Wild (2xLP)
FKA Twigs - LP1
Frankie Knuckles - Beyond the Mix (vinyl)
Frankie Knuckles - Welcome to the Real World (vinyl)
Gene Simmons - Gene Simmons (reissue) (vinyl)
Grey Lands - Songs By Other People
Grifter - Return Of The Bearded Brethren
Gulp - Season Sun (vinyl)
Heartist - Feeding Fiction
Herman's Hermits - Their Greatest Hits (vinyl)
Joe Glazer - Garbage and Other Songs of Our Time (reissue) (vinyl)
Joe Glazer - Old Folks Ain't All the Same (reissue) (vinyl)
John & Jacob - John & Jacob
John 5 - Careful With That Axe
KISS - Alive: The Millennium Concert (vinyl)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Pika Pika Fantajin
Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Neon
Liam Betson - Cover of Hunter (colored vinyl)
Louvin Brothers - Complete Recorded Works: 1952-1962
Lucero  Live From Atlanta
Lykke Li - I Never Learn (vinyl)
Max Richter - Retrospective (4xCD)
Mirel Wagner - When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day (vinyl)
Nozinja - Tsekeleke (12")
Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley (reissue) (vinyl)
Peter Criss - Peter Criss (reissue) (vinyl)
Peter Escott - The Long O (vinyl)
Porter Robinson - Worlds (2xLP)
Prawn - Kingfisher (vinyl)
Rivergazer - Random Nostalgia (vinyl)
Rome Ramirez - Get Free
Roosevelt Sykes - Collection 1929-47
Saint Pepsi - Fiona Coyne / Fall Harder (7")
Sinead O'Connor - I'm Not Bossy I'm the Boss (vinyl)
Slaughterday - Ravenous
Sonny Rollins - The Studio Sound of Sonny (reissue) (vinyl)
Steve Aoki - Neon Future
Suzanne Vega - Close-Up Series
The 5, 6, 7, 8's - Bomb the Rocks: Singles (reisue) (2xLP)
The 5, 6, 7, 8's - Teenage Mojo Workout (reissue) (vinyl)
The Animals - The Best of the Animals (2xLP)
The Blackbyrds - City Life (vinyl)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz at the College of the Pacific (reissue) (vinyl)
The Ergs - dorkrockcorkrod (vinyl)
The Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt (vinyl)
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concorde (vinyl)
The Pharmacy - Spells (vinyl)
The Underachievers - The Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium
Tre Mission - Stigmata (2xLP)
Twitching Tongues - World War LIVE
Upon A Burning Body - The World Is My Enemy Now
Various Artists - Collection 1941-62
Watsky - All You Can Do
Wheat - Medeiros (2xLP)
You Blew It! - You Blue It (vinyl)
Zookeeper - Pink Chalk (vinyl)
µ-Ziq - Rediffusion (12")


August 19

Accept - Blind Rage
Acrania - Totalitarian Dystopia
Addison Groove - Turn Up the Silence EP (12")
Amy Grant - In Motion: The Remixes (vinyl)
Apache Dropout - Heavy Window (vinyl)
Ark Life - The Dream of You and Me (vinyl)
Bad Case of Big Mouth - Straight Up Bad Luck
Bahamas - Bahamas Is Afie
Beach Day - Native Echoes
Better Than Ezra - Surprise
Bishop Allen - Lights Out (colored vinyl)
Bob Carpenter - Silent Passage (vinyl)
Botanist - VI: Flora (vinyl)
Buddy - Last Call For The Quiet Life
Cardinals Folly - Our Cult Continues!
Caroline Rose - I Will Not Be Afraid (vinyl)
Carrier - Lowlife
Castanets - Decimation Blues (vinyl)
Celebration - Albumen (vinyl)
Children Of Technology - Future Decay
Christian Gregory - Count On You (vinyl)
Coachwhips - Get Yer Body Next Ta Mine (vinyl)
Coliseum - Coliseum (reissue) (2xLP)
Com Truise - In Decay (vinyl)
Connections - Into Sixes (vinyl)
Cream - Best of Cream (reissue) (vinyl)
Crime - Murder By Guitar (vinyl)
Cross Examination - The Dawn of the Dude EP
Deadlock - The Re-Arrival
Dictated - The Deceived
Dr. John - Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch
DragonForce - Maximum Overload
Electric Würms - Musik, Die Schwer zu Twerk (vinyl)
Elvin Bishop - Can't Even Do Wrong Right
Empire Auriga - Ascending The Solar Throne
Extinction A.D. - Plague Prophecy
Fela Kuti - Confusion (reissue) (vinyl)
Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears and Blood (reissue) (vinyl)
Fela Kuti - Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense (reissue) (vinyl)
Free Time - Esoteric Tizz (7")
Grinder Blues - Grinder Blues
Gruppo d’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - Gruppo d’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza (vinyl)
Halcyon Way - Conquer
He Is Legend - Heavy Fruit
Holly Herndon - Body Sound (10")
Human League - Dare! (vinyl)
Imogen Heap - Sparks (2xLP)
Israel Nash - Rain Plans (vinyl)
James Yorkston - The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society
Jenny Hval and Susanna - Meshes of Voice
Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas - Secret Evil (vinyl)
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity (reissue) (2xLP)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (reissue) (2xLP)
Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails (reissue) (2xLP)
jj - V (colored vinyl)
Joel Gion - Apple Bonkers (vinyl)
Johnny Touch - Inner City Wolves
Joy - Under the Spell of Joy (vinyl)
Julia Holter - Don't Make Me Over (7")
Julia Holter - Tragedy (reissue) (vinyl)
Karma To Burn - Arch Stanton
Kimbra - The Golden Echo (vinyl)
King 810 - Memoirs Of A Murderer
Kinks - Best of the Kinks 1964-1971
Literature - Chorus (vinyl)
Midge Ure - Fragile
Midnight - No Mercy For Mayhem
Moiré - Shelter
Monty Python - Monty Python's Total Rubbish: Super Deluxe
Moon Duo - Live in Ravenna (vinyl)
Museum Of Love - Museum Of Love
Music Go Music - Impressions (vinyl)
Ned Oldham - Further Gone (7")
Octoberman - What More What More
Orenda Fink - Blue Dream
Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden
Paul Desmond - Take Ten (reissue) (vinyl)
Peliroja - Injusticia (vinyl)
Peter Jefferies - Electricity (2xLP)
Pillbuster - Brothel
Powerlord - The Awakening (reissue)
Punch - They Don't Have to Believe (vinyl)
Roadkill Ghost Choir - In Tongues
Roedelius - Flieg Vogel fliege (vinyl)
Rubblebucket - Survival Sounds (vinyl)
Sacrocurse - Unholier Master
Santana - Inner Secrets (reissue) (vinyl)
Sarah Jaffe - Don't Disconnect (vinyl)
Sleeping Bag - Deep Sleep (vinyl)
Sleeping Giant - Finished People
Smokey Robinson - Smokey & Friends
Souls of Mischief - There Is Only Now
Statik Selektah - What Goes Around
Stereo MCs - Connected (vinyl)
The Brokeoffs - Restless Leg
The Last Internationale - We Will Reign (vinyl)
The Offspring - Smash 20th Anniversary (reissue )(vinyl)
The Posies - Failure (reissue) (vinyl)
Trioscapes - Digital Dream Sequence
Various Artists - Kompakt Total 14 (2xLP)
Various Artists - Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood


August 26

Alraune - The Process of Self-Immolation
American - Coping With Loss
Ariana Grande - My Everything
Basement Jaxx - Junto (reissue) (2xLP)
Bastard Sapling - Instinct Is Forever
Battle Trance - Palace Of Wind
Bitchin Bajas - Bitchin Bajas (2xLP)
Brad Paisley - Moonshine In The Trunk
Cassie Ramone - Time Has Come
Circle Traps - Machine City EP (vinyl)
Cocksure - TVMALSV
Cold Specks - Neuroplasticity
Cymbals Eat Guitars - LOSE
Dry the River - Alarms in the Heat (vinyl)
Elephant Stone - The Three Poisons
Estrogen Highs - Hear Me On the Number Station (vinyl)
Etta James - Rocks the House (vinyl)
Famous Last Words - Council Of The Dead
Frnkiero And The Cellabration - Stomachaches
Full Force - With Love From Our Friends
Germ House - Showing Symptoms (vinyl)
Girl Tears - Tension (vinyl)
Gob - Apt. 13
High Ends - Super Class
High Inergy - Turnin' On
In the Valley Below - The Belt
J Dilla - The King of Beats (Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition Box Set)
J Mascis - Tied to a Star
Liturgy - Renihilation (reissue)
Matchess - Seraphastra (vinyl)
Merchandise - After The End
MNDSGN - Yawn Zen
Mono/Poly - Golden Skies
Motorhead - Aftershock
Music Blues - Things Haven't Gone Well
Negative Scanner - Ambitious People / Evening News b/w R.I.P. (7")
Opeth - Pale Communion
Randy Bachman - Vinyl Tap Tour: Every Song Tells a Story
Robyn Hitchcock - The Man Upstairs
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Rustie - Green Language (2xLP)
Sea of Bones - The Earth Wants Us Dead
Superdrag - Head Trip In Every Key (2xLP)
The Bug - Angels & Devils
The Front Bottoms - Rose (7")
The Griswolds - Be Impressive (vinyl)
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
The Rentals - Lost In Alphaville
The Wytches - Annabel Dream Reader
The Young - Chrome Cactus (vinyl)
Tinnarose - Tinnarose
Twin Atlantic - Great Divide
Ty Segall - The Manipulator
Walter TV - Appetite (vinyl)
Wand - Ganglian Reef (vinyl)
Z - Visions of Dune

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

new arrivals from our friends at SoundStageDirect

Last Fair Day Gone Night by Katatonia

Katatonia was formed in 1991 by Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse. Their debut album, ‘Dance of December Souls’, was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal & joining acts such as Paradise Lost & My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined & structured collection of melodic dark rock songs that became third album ‘Discouraged Ones’; the main evolution point for modern day Katatonia.

‘Last Fair Day Gone Night’ features the Swedish dark rock/metal masters at their glorious best with this electrifying set from London’s esteemed Koko venue.

Recorded during a series of special celebratory shows to mark the band’s 20th anniversary during 2011’s ‘Last Fair Day Gone Night’ tour, founding members Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse are joined by long-time drummer Daniel Liljekvist, plus guitarist Per Eriksson & bassist Niklas Sandin, for an exhilarating evening fuelled by a rich & extensive set of Katatonia tracks both past & present. Also includes a special performance of the landmark 2001 album ‘Last Fair Deal Gone Down’ in its entirety.

Deluxe Box With An 8 Page 12” Book

Order at SoundStageDirect

The Silence In Black And White (Acoustic) by Hawthorne Heights

Hawthorne Heights will be releasing “The Silence In Black And White (Acoustic)” in celebration of the albums 10 year anniversary.

The album features all 11 tracks re-imagined for a truly unique re-release and a perfect homage to the album that put the band on the map.

“It’s hard to believe that after all these years, all these shows, and all these miles of highway, these songs still mean something to someone. It was so much fun to dive deep into these memories, and come out with fresh versions of songs that our fans have loved for years. It feels weird to think of it as an acoustic album, because it’s very much full band, as well as energetic. We tried to discover new depths; by digging into everything we have believed in all these years. We still believe in each other, we still believe in our fans, and we still believe in you.” – JT Woodruff (Vocals / Guitar)

Order at SoundStageDirect

Sardonic Wrath by Darkthrone

Darkthrone originally formed in the late 80’s as a thrash/death metal act & progressed through a period technical death and doom metal experimentation to become legends of the black metal world & one of the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene.

 ‘Sardonic Wrath’ was initially released in 2004 and was Darkthrone’s final album for the Moonfog Productions label. With a suitably raw sound courtesy of Lars Klokkerhaug, the album delivers a wholly grim selection of black metal greatness courtesy of Nocturno Culto and Fenriz, with a dose of pure 80s metal influence as ever coursing through their veins. Regarded as a particular highlight of Darkthrone’s Moonfog era albums, ‘Sardonic Wrath’ also features guest vocals from Apollyon of countrymen Aura Noir/Immortal.

Order at SoundStageDirect


This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Nirvana - Feels Like The First Time (On Sale)
2. Widespead Panic - Space Wrangler
3. The White Stripes - Let's Shake Hands
4. The White Stripes - Hand Springs (On Sale)
5. The White Stripes - LaFayette Blues
6. Widespread Panic - Everyday (Pre-Order)
7. The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba/Rated X
8. Widespread Panic (Pre-Order)

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POST-ROCK BAND ILYA SET TO RE-RELEASE LATEST ALBUM IN BLOOD (+BONUS TRACKS) ON SEPTEMBER 30

San Diego’s Beloved Band ILYA Follows-Up With Album After Eight-Year Hiatus with Tour Dates, a Renewed Sense of Purpose and a Rightful Place Next to Bands Like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Warpaint, Swans and Dead Can Dance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOS ANGELES, CA (WEDNESDAY JULY 23, 2014) – San Diego post-rock band ILYA (IlyaMusic.bandcamp.com) have confirmed Tuesday September 30 for the re-release of their third album In Blood (+Bonus Tracks). This is the bands first album of new music in close to a decade and is already proving to be their best work yet.

In Blood is a collection of dark, beautiful songs with deep attention to dynamics and mood, and a precision-like love for the subtleties and silence too often overlooked. A culmination of sounds and words so weighted you feel crushed, yet heightened by a delicate floating layer of hope, that leaves you clawing and scratching for more. Fans of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Warpaint, Swans and Dead Can Dance will find themselves right at home here.

An earlier version of In Blood was released regionally in and around San Diego to much fanfare this past spring. However, this new edition adds two new bonus tracks.

Pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl, with a beautiful full color Gatefold jacket. All vinyl purchases come with a free digital download.

Pre-Order HERE

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from our friends at EnjoyTheRideRecords

Rob Zombie- Hellbilly Deluxe Coming on 180 Gram Vinyl

Rob Zombie's TRIPLE PLATINUM debut album 'Hellbilly Deluxe'

Available on vinyl as a non picture disc with complete artwork for the FIRST TIME

Pressed on 180 Gram Aqua/Orange/Green Swirl, Limited to 500 Copies & Exclusively Available At The Enjoy The Ride Records Webstore.

Housed in a Gatefold Jacket & 2 Sided Full Color Insert featuring Lyrics & original artwork by Rob Zombie

Each Order will also come with an individually numbered sticker of 1-500 which can be applied to anywhere on the jacket once open

You can order it tomorrow at EnjoyTheRideRecords

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ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST Announces 40th Anniversary Edition of Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe(’) on 180-Gram Vinyl

The ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST presents more freshly remastered music with the 40th Anniversary Edition of Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe(’)on audiophile quality 180-gram vinyl. Cut directly from the original quarter-inch stereo analog master tapes, the special edition of the iconic 1974 album will be released on September 30.

Featuring definitive Zappa cuts “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” and “Cosmik Debris” among its original nine tracks, Apostrophe(’)was Zappa’s highest-charting album, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard 200. The Gold-certified album has been remastered for vinyl by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and manufactured for the world at Pallas Group in Germany.

The 40th Anniversary Edition of Apostrophe(’)continues the ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST’s ongoing commitment to the restoration of Frank Zappa’s albums on audiophile quality vinyl. Joe Travers, Vaultmaster, Zappa Archives, is working on the new LP releases with Bellman.

In 2012, when the rights to the iconic composer’s masters reverted back to Zappa Records and the ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST--headed by Zappa’s widow Gail Zappa--the family made his entire recorded catalog available on iTunes for the first time and began remastering the albums for reissue on vinyl. Presented with proper care and attention to detail, the releases honor the iconic legacy of the Composer, Guitarist, Bandleader, Filmmaker and Irrepressible Wit.

Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. The official biography: Frank Zappa, American composer, fl. 1940-1993.

For more information, go to www.zappa.com.

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Sweet Bird of Youth - The Rock*A*Teens  (reissue)

When Sweet Bird was released, the band was approaching the end of its existence. A few tours went by. 2001 turned into 2002, and the band was barely doing anything at all. Understandably. The band members all had their own lives, their own jobs, and their own destinies. The band’s final concert on New Year’s Eve ’02 wasn’t sheepish but rather a triumphant farewell. Lopez sang without his guitar on, standing on the monitors and screaming “I am the car, and I am the driver!” The crowd was as jubilant as the band.

Much like their performances back then, their body of work is a true catharsis. They were a truly homegrown band from Georgia that couldn’t possibly be mistaken for being from anywhere else. For anybody that ever wants a glimpse into what Cabbagetown was all about back then, the Rock*A*Teens’ Sweet Bird of Youth is a glorious introductory step.  —Henry H. Owings, Atlanta, January 2014

Order at Merge

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wonderful news for the folks in las vegas!

11th Street Records brings vinyl shop and a recording studio Downtown








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Lost 'Wild Style' Breakbeats Unearthed For Lavish 7-Disc Vinyl Set











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yeah, yeah, it's not vinyl, but it is ozzy:

OZZY OSBOURNE To Release 'Memoirs Of A Madman' CD, Two-Disc DVD In October











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Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Music

1. Mandatory Fun ~ Weird Al Yankovic
2. Eric Clapton & Friends - The Breeze (An Appreciation of JJ Cale) ~ Eric Clapton
3. Hypnotic Eye ~ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
4. CSNY 1974 (3 CD + DVD) ~ Crosby Stills Nash & Young
5. Lowborn ~ Anberlin
6. Yes! ~ Jason Mraz
7. Heaven & Earth ~ Yes
8. Begin Again: Music From & Inspired By The Original Motion Picture ~ Various Artists
9. Kidz Bop 26 ~ Kidz Bop Kids
10. In The Lonely Hour ~ Sam Smith

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 7/14 - 7/20, 2014

Vinyl Top 25
1. Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler
2. Jack White - Lazaretto
3. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
4. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
5. The Clean - Anthology
6. Trampled By Turtles - Wild Animals
7. Various - Country Funk II
8. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
9. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
10. Bleachers - Strange Desire
11. The Black Keys - Turn Blue
12. Reigning Sound - Shattered
13. Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business
14. John Hiatt - Terms Of My Surrender
15. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
16. Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
17. Beck - Morning Phase
18. Arctic Monkeys - AM
19. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
20. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
21. MODOC - MODOC
22. Ed Sheeran - X
23. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (deluxe 2LP)
24. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
25. Lambchop - Nixon

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album cover art of the day:

HELLION To Release 'Karma's A Bitch' Mini-Album 

New Music Releases - July 22, 2014

Some great vinyl reissues on this week's release list including Gentle Giant's 1974 effort 'The Power and the Glory,' a 3 LP live set from James Brown 'Love Power Peace,' Aretha Franklin's  1972 double LP release 'Amazing Grace,' Duran Duran's 'Rio,' a 3 LP set from the Grateful Dead (arranged by John Oswald) called 'Grayfolded' and several from Southern California-based stoner/desert rock band Kyuss.  



(hed)p.e. - Evolution
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer
50 Cent - Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire to Win (2xLP)
Alessandro Cortini - Sonno (2xLP)
Allman Brothers Band - The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings (4xLP)
Alvvays - Alvvays (vinyl)
Anberlin - Lowborn
Anti-Flag - A Document of Dissent 1993-2013 (2xLP)
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (reissue) (2xLP)
Average White Band - All the Pieces: The Complete Studio Recordings 1971-2003
Bastard Feast - Osculum Infame
Bear’s Den - Elysium
Beatles - Japanese Box
Bionic Boogie - Hot Butterfly (expanded edition)
Blind Thorns - Blind Thorns (vinyl)
Blue Magic - Welcome Back
Bonny Billy and the Picket Line - Funtown Comedown (tape)
Bowl Ethereal - Bowl Ethereal (7")
Brand New Heavies - Allaboutthefunk
Brass Construction - III & IV
Bucks Fizz - Remixes & Rarities: Special Collector's Edition
Burden Of Grief - Unchained
Ca$hflow - Cashflow (expanded edition)
Chris Smither - Still on the Levee
Cold Blood - Live at the Fillmore West 30th June 1971
Colony House - When I Was Younger
Common - Nobody Smiling (2xLP)
Cormega - Mega Philosophy
Corrupt Moral Altar - Mechanical Tides
Crown The Empire - The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways
Crystal Eyes - Killer
Dakota Suite and Quentin Sirjacq - There Is Calm to Be Done (vinyl)
Dalhous - Will to Be Well (2xLP)
Dan Melchior Und Das Menace - Hunger (vinyl)
Donato Dozzy and Say DJ - Polarity EP (12")
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (vinyl)
Drenge - Drenge (vinyl)
Duran Duran - Rio (reissue) (2xLP)
Echoes - The Pursuit
Electric Funeral - Total Funeral
Eloise Laws - Eloise (expanded edition)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 (reissue) (vinyl)
Entrails - Resurrected From The Grave - Demo Collection
Exiles From Clowntown - Tape Scissors Rock (vinyl)
Fairport Convention - Live at My Fathers Place
Field Mouse - Hold Still Life (vinyl)
Fire! Orchestra - Enter (2xLP)
Fleetwood Mac - Boston Vol. 3 (2xLP)
Flock - Heaven Bound: The Lost Album
Floor - Homegoings and Transitions / Shadowline (12")
Floorplan aka Robert Hood - Never Grow Old/Phobia (12")
Forevermore - Telos
Four Year Strong - Go Down In History
Fozzy - Do You Wanna Start A War
Freda Payne - Come Back to Me Love
Freeman - Freeman (vinyl)
Gene the Southern Child x Parallel Thought - Southern Meridian (vinyl)
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory (reissue) (vinyl)
Got A Girl - I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
Graham Parker & the Rumour - Don't Ask Me Questions: The Best of (1 CD)
Graham Parker & the Rumour - Very Best of (2 CD)
Gramercy Arms -  The Seasons Of Love
Grateful Dead | John Oswald - Grayfolded (reissue) (3xLP)
GURRUMUL - GURRUMUL
Haitian Rail - Solarists
Hook and Anchor - Hook and Anchor (vinyl)
Hot Tuna - Live at the Fillmore West 3rd July 1971
Hyrrokkin - Pristine Origin (vinyl)
Ill Nino - Till Death, La Familia
Ion Vein - Ion Vein
James Brown - Get On Up: The James Brown Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
James Brown - Love Power Peace (reissue) (3xLP)
Jesse McCartney - In Technicolor
Jim Croce - Lost Time in a Bottle
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Greatest Hits (2 CDs)
Joe Henderson - Page One (reissue) (vinyl)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (reissue) (vinyl)
Jonwayne - Cassette on Vinyl (vinyl)
Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again (vinyl)
Kaskade - I Remember
Keitzer - The Last Defence
Kinfeworld - The Unravelling
King Creosote - From Scotland With Love
King Of Asgard - Karg
Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town (reissue) (vinyl)
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (reissue) (vinyl)
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (reissue) (vinyl)
Kyuss - Wretch (reissue) (2xLP)
La Hell Gang - Thru Me Again (vinyl)
La Roux - Trouble In Paradise
Lawrence English - Wilderness of Mirrors (vinyl)
Liam Betson - The Cover of Hunter
Mamaleek - He Never Said A Mumblin' Word
Marillion - A Sunday Night Above The Rain
Martyrdod - Elddop
Matthew Young - Recurring Dreams (vinyl)
Max Richter - The Congress OST (vinyl)
Michael Henderson - Take Me I'm Yours: The Essential Selection
Midnight Masses - Departures (vinyl)
Mike Doughty - Live at Ken's House
Modeselektor - Modeselektion Vol. 3 #2 (12")
Monomyth - Saturnalia Regalia!
Mustered Courage - Powerlines
Mutilation Rites - Harbinger
Neil Hamburger - First of Dismay (vinyl)
Nightbox - The Panic Sequence EP (vinyl)
Nona - Through the Head (vinyl)
Norman Connors - Starship: The Essential Selection
OBN IIIs - Live in San Francisco (vinyl)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy (2xLP)
Omnihility - Deathscapes Of The Subconscious
One Finger Riot -The Sea
Origin - Omnipresent
Overkill - White Devil Armory
Paul Laurence - Haven't You Heard (expanded edition)
Pet Slimmers of the Year - Fragment of Uniforms
Phil Ochs - Live in Lansing 1973
Provoke, Destroy - Vulture
PS I Love You - For Those Who Stay
Pusswhip Banggang - Jambalaya (picture disc)
Rage Nucleaire - Black Storm Of Violence
Real Friends - Maybe This Place Is the Same and We’re Just Changing (vinyl)
Reaper - An Aetheist Monument,
Richard Thompson - Acoustic Classics
Running - Frizzled E (7")
RX Bandits - Gemini, Her Majesty (2x10")
Saga - Saga City
Sammy Kershaw - Do You Know Me: A Tribute to George Jones
Stacy Lattisaw - Take Me All The Way (expanded edition)
Sten Sandell and Paal Nilssen-Love - Jacana (vinyl)
Steve Lawrence - Walking Proud: 1959-66
Test of Time - By Design
The Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads (vinyl)
The Black Angels - Clear Lake Forest
The Dagger - The Dagger
The Males - Her Golden Blood EP
The Phantom Band - Strange Friend
The Story So Far - Songs of (Acoustic EP) (vinyl)
To Rococo Rot - Instrument
To The Wind - Block Out The Sun & Sleep
Torch Runner - Committed to the Ground (vinyl)
Van Morrison - Complete Bang Sessions (vinyl)
Various Artists - Britpop at the BBC
Various Artists - Cherry Red Indie Hits: 1981-1982
Various Artists - Cherry Red Indie Hits: 1983-1984
Various Artists - Motown Northern Soul
Vices - New Breed
War Of Ages - Supreme Chaos
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
White Fence - For the Recently Found Innocent (vinyl)
Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey - Going Back Home (7")
Within The Ruins - Phenomena
Yes - Heaven & Earth
ZZ Top - Live at Montreux 2013
ZZ Top - The Very Baddest Of

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at NewOnVinyl

MUDHONEY - MY BROTHER THE COW LTD +7 "

Mudhoney didn’t invent grunge, but they were one of the first bands to truly define the style, and thanks to the bizarro-world logic that has defined their career, they seemed to lose interest in the stuff once you could actually make serious money playing it, ensuring that they wouldn’t have to deal with the mainstream adulation that made followers like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden into multi-platinum cash cows. By 1995, Grunge’s brief fling on the charts was pretty much over, just in time for Mudhoney to decide they liked the stuff again, and make the finest album of their career, My Brother the Cow.

Produced by Jack Endino, the album includes numerous direct references to bands that influenced Mudhoney’s sound. The song “F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers)”, for example, is a reference to the Bad Brains song “F.V.K. (Fearless Vampire Killers)”. “Orange Ball-Peen Hammer” alludes to the song “Orange Claw Hammer” by Captain Beefheart, as well as containing lyrics borrowed from Led Zeppelin. “1995” is a homage to the Stooges song “1969” and also includes musical references to “L.A. Blues”, another Stooges song.

The Music On Vinyl reissue contains the promo 7” single as it was released in 1995! First pressing available as limited edition of 1000 copies on white vinyl (LP + 7”).

Release on 2014-08-11

Order at NewOnVinyl

JOHNNY CASH - THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH

The Legend of Johnny Cash is a single-disc compilation album of country music singer Johnny Cash's career. It is the first such album to contain material from Cash’s American Recordings era in addition to songs from his time at Sun and Columbia. It was released on October 25, 2005 on the Island/American/Columbia/Legacy record labels and tied to the release of the Cash biopic Walk the Line. In the wake of that film's success its sales made the compilation an overwhelming success. The album was certified Gold on 12/7/2005, Platinum on 12/14/2005 and 2x Platinum on 5/19/2006 by the RIAA. As of May 8, 2014, the album has sold 3,166,000 copies in the United States.

Release Date: 2014-8-15

Order at NewOnVinyl

GRATEFUL DEAD - GRAYFOLDED

Here it is, Deadheads, the ultimate "Dark Star" is now on vinyl. Deluxe audiophile pressing cut in Toronto under the watchful ears of John Oswald. Heavy-duty triple gatefold jacket includes liner-notes by musicologist Rob Bowman featuring interviews with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and Robert Hunter, plus two "time maps" which chart the source concerts of "Dark Star." Music performed by The Grateful Dead (c) Grateful Dead Productions Inc. & Ice Nine Publishing Inc.

Taken from over 100 performances of "Dark Star" recorded between 1968 and 1993 original recordings of the Grateful Dead in performance have been processed using Plunderphonic techniques - built, layered and "folded" to produce one large, new re-composed "Dark Star."

Plunderphonics is a term coined by composer John Oswald in 1985 in his essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative. It has since been applied to any music made by taking one or more existing audio recordings and altering them in some way to make a new composition. Plunderphonics can be considered a form of sound collage.

"Grayfolded is literally a hundred or so great nights rolled into one extraordinary extended high. Gorgeous sonic origami." - Rolling Stone

Order at NewOnVinyl

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The Aislers Set "How I Learned To Write Backwards Remastered/Reissue "

The Aislers Set occupy an enviable place in the pop pantheon. Brimming with drunken romanticism, sharp pop sensibilities, and timeless melodies, The Aislers Set reveled in the history of great pop, spiking their classicist 60s-tinged tunes with pure post-punk energy and originality of bands like the Fire Engines and The June Brides. Every song is a meticulously constructed sound world, where the arrangement and instrumentation sublimely and uncannily bring each tune to completeness. Although they stopped playing and recording together by 2004 due to life commitments, their reputation has only grown; sporadic reunion shows and mini-tours have been met with rapturous response. Alas, Suicide Squeeze is proud to present the 2014 reissue of the seminal album "How I Learned To Write Backwards" remastered and resequenced by John Greenham at Infrasonic Sound in Los Angeles, and on vinyl LP again for the first time in over a decade. The band will play a select set of shows this fall, and Suicide Squeeze and Slumberland Records will be teaming up to co-release a new album of singles and rarities to be released in early 2015

The LP is available in a limited pressing of 1,000 copies on 180 gram Translucent Green Vinyl. A digital download card for MP3 is included.

PRE-ORDER (will ship on September 22, 2014) HERE

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Sabaton - Heroes 

‘This is a limited edition exclusive product - only 50 copies available in the UK store so once they’re gone, they’re gone!’

Limited Edition Blue/Yellow Splatter Vinyl.

Order HERE


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Crosby, Stills & Nash - Demos (180 Gram Vinyl)

This is a 12-song collection of previously unreleased demos from 1968 to 1971. It offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the earliest days of one of rock’s most legendary partnerships including early versions of “Marrakesh Express,” “Almost Cut My air” and “Love The One You’re With.” Most tracks were recorded at the legendary Wally Heider studios. Highlights include CSN harmonizing on a January '69 take on "Marrakesh Express," Crosby and Stills on "Long Time Gone," and Crosby and Nash joined by Neil Young "Music Is Love" (a song later featured on Crosby's solo debut If I Could Only Remember My Name). This collection reaches as far back as '68 with Stills' "My Love Is A Gentle Thing," and also features his solo classic "Love The One You're With." Among the other highlights are three songs that would appear on Nash's solo debut, 1971's Songs For Beginners, including "Chicago" and "Sleep Song," and Crosby performing unaccompanied on "Almost Cut My Hair" and "Déjà Vu."

Order at BecauseSoundMatters

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from our friends at SlyVinyl

Bat Manors – Literally Weird // Limited to 300 Translucent Purple Vinyl LP (150g) w/ Hand Screen Printed Art

Copeland – In Motion // Limited to 750 White & 1500 Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl LP







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The Unicorns announce vinyl reissue of 'Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?'










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covered this artist in previous post last week, here and now another LP is up on eBay and the bidding is insane (again!)

Second LP From Mysterious Canadian Artist Lewis Hits eBay








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album cover art of the day:

New Album "Up In Hell" Announced By Incite  






















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album cover art of the day, part two:

Zodiac Unveils "Sonic Child" Album Artwork