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NEW COOL COLLECTIVE - ELECTRIC MONKEY SESSIONS

New Cool Collective's fifteenth album Electric Monkey Sessions refers to the sound studio in Amsterdam where the recordings were made. They have drawn inspiration from Senegalese Orchestra Baobab, as well as psychedelic cumbia, Cape Town, Italian cinema and many major jazz heroes. Electric Monkey Sessions also features two unique tracks recorded at a beach-side studio in Dakar with local musicians the band met on one of their many international adventures.

In 1993 saxophonist Benjamin Herman began experimenting with DJ Graham B at nightclub Soul Kitchen in Amsterdam. The combination of playing live to spinning records was still unusual then. But the results worked and ended up evolving into the eight-piece New Cool Collective. The band is now impossible to think away from the nightclubs and festivals of the Netherlands and beyond.

The line-up of New Cool Collective is made up of saxophonist Benjamin Herman, drummer Joost Kroon, percussionists Frank van Dok and Jos de Haas, pianist Willem Friede, bassist Leslie Lopez, guitarist Rory Ronde and trumpet-player David Rockefeller.

New Cool Collective's fifteenth album Electric Monkey Sessions refers to the sound studio in Amsterdam where the recordings were made. A new studio for the band, and a new style of recording, which means a whole new vibe compared to previous albums. New Cool Collective has drawn inspiration from Senegalese Orchestra Baobab, as well as psychedelic cumbia, Cape Town, Italian cinema and many major jazz heroes. Electric Monkey Sessions also features two unique tracks recorded at a beach-side studio in Dakar with local musicians the band met on one of their many international adventures.
This autumn New Cool Collective are on tour. The eight-piece band is well known for the total commitment with which they convey the energy and emotion of their albums live on stage.

180 gram audiophile vinyl
Insert
Includes download card of the album + Bonus Track "Frankie Conga"
First pressing of 500 numbered copies on orange transparent vinyl

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RODRIGUEZ - COLD FACT

Cold Fact is the debut album from American singer-songwriter Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on the Sussex label in March 1970. The album sold very poorly in the United States (Rodriguez was himself an unknown in the U.S.), but managed to sell well in both South Africa and Australia, with Rodriguez touring Australia in 1979.

In 1971 the album was released in South Africa by A&M Records, who were by then the owners of the Sussex label. In 1976, several thousand copies of Cold Fact were found in a New York warehouse and sold out in Australia in a few weeks. It went to No. 23 on the Australian album charts, staying on the charts for 55 weeks. In 1998 Cold Fact was awarded a platinum disc in South Africa, and was five-times platinum in Australia. Rodriguez has since toured South Africa and Australia with much success, but remained relatively unknown in his native country of the USA. This began to change after the reissues of his albums in the U.S. by Light in the Attic Records in 2008 and 2009, and even further in 2012 with the Academy Award winning documentary film Searching for Sugar Man, which soon led to appearances on major American television shows like 60 Minutes and The Late Show with David Letterman.

Cold Fact was featured as a "Buried Treasure" in the August 2002 issue of Mojo.

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Trip Shakespeare's 'Are You Shakespearienced?' Vinyl Reissue

Expanded reissue of Minneapolis icons’ sophomore release!

After the release of Trip Shakepeare’s debut—Applehead Man—band leader Matt Wilson’s brother, Grammy® winning songwriter Dan Wilson joined the fold as a permanent member. The original trio became a quartet and self-released Are You Shakespearienced? in 1988.

Omnivore is pleased to continue following the legacy of Trip Shakespeare with a reissue of the band’s 2nd album—which now includes 9 bonus tracks, 8 previously unissued.

Are You Shakespearienced? (co-produced by the band’s John Munson) will be released in a digipak with liner notes from Jon Niccum (author of The Worst Gig), and previously unseen photos. The LP (first pressing on translucent green vinyl, with black to follow) contains the original nine tracks, liners and photos, and a download card for the entire CD program.

Are You Shakespearienced? would find Trip Shakespeare not only being courted by the major labels, but eventually signing to A&M Records. Later, John Munson and Dan Wilson would go on to form Semisonic, but now is the time to get Shakespearienced!

Release date: 12/15/2014

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Old 97's 'Hitchhike To Rhome' Vinyl Reissue

Old 97's classic debut gets an expanded 20th Anniversary reissue!

The Old 97’s burst onto the alt-country scene in 1994 with their debut, Hitchhike To Rhome. To celebrate this anniversary, Omnivore Recordings is proud to reissue Hitchhike with an expanded release on 2-CD, Digital, and—for the first time—on double LP!

When band member, and set co-producer, Ken Bethea was revisiting the original tapes for this reissue, he discovered a whopping eight extra tracks cut at the album sessions—many of which the band hadn’t even remembered recording. It seemed the perfect time and place to bring those previously unissued songs to light and add the tracks from their first four song demo cassette to round out the early picture of the 97’s.

The 2-CD version of Hitchhike To Rhome contains the original album, coupled with a 2nd disc of those 12 rare and unreleased tracks, many mixed from the original multi-tracks for the first time by longtime Old 97’s engineer Rip Rowan. The double LP (limited edition first pressing on translucent orange vinyl) features the LP on 3 sides with 6 of the recently unearthed tracks on the 4th. The download card included gives the buyer the complete 2-CD program. Both formats include rare photos, memorabilia and notes from Bethea.

From the Too Far To Care reissue complete with demos, (also available separately on vinyl as They Made A Monster), to their sessions with the great Waylon Jennings, Omnivore continues to add to the Old 97’s legacy with this integral, early part of their history and catalog.

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Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown by The Skull Defekts

When the Skull Defekts entered the studio in the Spring of 2013 with nothing more than a collection of loosely organized riffs, they set out to record their most extreme, challenging rock record. Much to the band’s surprise, what emerged were their most incessantly listenable, approachable songs to date. The Defekts merge the coarse vitality of punk with the ritualism of folk dances to create music that is addictive, wondrously discordant, and rooted in a belief in the overwhelming power of pure sound. Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown is the Swedish group’s third release as a quintet, with the legendary Daniel Higgs joining Joachim Nordwall and Daniel Fagerstroem on vocal duties and acting as the group’s spiritual ringleader. The Defekts have long acted as the backbone of the Swedish experimental underground, but since their 2011 breakthrough Peer Amid, the group has emerged at the vanguard of a new wave of radical Scandinavian rock music alongside Iceage and the Posh Isolation label.

From the opening patter of “Pattern of Thoughts” to the propulsive chants of “Cyborganization,” Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown feeds on the tension between lean and bright song production and the hefty, sometimes surreal sounds produced by Nordwall and Fagerstroem’s guitars. Daniel Higgs’ spontaneous, metaphoric poetry is as perplexing as ever, but it is delivered with a clarity not heard since his days fronting Lungfish. Album centerpiece “The Known Unknown” is centered around a driving riff, with Nordwall turning the song’s title into a mantra as intense as it is transcendent. Throughout, the group anchors their riffs with exotic sustained chords, adding a distinctly Carnatic flavor.

LP version includes an artworked inner sleeve and free download card. High gloss UV printing on LP jacket.

EXCLUSIVE LP MAILORDER EDITION AVAILABLE : 500 copies are pressed on gold vinyl and will only be sold on Thrill Jockey's website and the band's merch table.

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Tilts - Cuatro Hombres - PINK CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12''

The St. Louis quartet TILTS return with 10 brand new tracks of killer rock and roll on Cuatro Hombres, with just enough spice to keep things nice! Guitarist/vocalist Andrew Elstner splits his time between TILTS and TORCHE and can sing like a mofo! These soaring vocals land atop catchy songs both heavy and melodic.

Once again, the band's drummer Ken McCray self-recorded this at Marmadook Studios, then had Richmond, Virginia engineer Ian Whalen (RAH BRAHS, TOMBS, LAMB OF GOD) mix the beast. James Plotkin (ISIS, CAVE IN, THOU) carefully mastered the final banger specifically for vinyl, and separately for the included high-quality digital download.

Rounded out by bassist Shawn Hart and guitar player Andy White, TILTS triumphantly deliver a seriously infectious sophomore album with 10 songs of "ALL KILLER NO FILLER" rock music! Like the debut LP, Tom Huck's brilliant woodcut artwork adorns the sleeve, with righteous pink/clear color vinyl inside.

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Tilts - Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12"

Based out of the heartland in St. Louis, Missouri, TILTS debut on vinyl here with 12 slabs of absurdly catchy rock and/or roll. The songs are heavy, tuneful, have damn nice actual SINGING and tight spice added in all the right places. Guitarist/vocalist Andrew Elstner splits his time between TILTS and TORCHE (and used to play in RIDDLE OF STEEL) so you know he can shred. The band self-recorded this album in drummer Ken McCray’s home studio, then had Richmond, Virginia engineer Ian Whalen (RAH BRAHS, TOMBS, LAMB OF GOD) re-mix the whole shebang. James Plotkin (ISIS, CAVE IN, THOU) carefully mastered the beaut (for vinyl-specifically and separately for the digital download included) and she polishes up right nice! Rounded out by bassist Shawn Hart and guitar player Andy White, TILTS have delivered a seriously infectious debut album with 12 rockin "ALL KILLER NO FILLER" tracks!

(Comes on color vinyl, nice packaging and with a high-quality digital download of the full album as well)

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from our friends at Relapse

Death - Spiritual Healing Reissue LP *Picture Disc*

Death’s landmark ‘Spiritual Healing’ record is nothing short of genre-defining.  Originally released in 1990, Spiritual Healing marked a new turn in the Death discography, one which ushered in cleaner production, a new level of boundary pushing musicianship and songwriting skills that were previously unimaginable from a metal band.  Spiritual Healing sets the standard for riffs, insane time changes and of course mainman Chuck Schuldiner’s masterful guitar solos.

***Exclusively available through Relapse.com***

***Mailorder exclusive picture disc limited to 1,000.  Includes a 4 panel LP insert and a free digital download of the entire remastered 2xCD version***

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FAITH NO MORE Plays Surprise Set At Amoeba Records In San Francisco (Video)






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Goldfinger Press Up First-Ever Vinyl Edition of Self-Titled Debut











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from the land down under:

Twerps Take Us Through Their Vinyl Collection





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Five of the best vinyl record shops in London








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from the uk, an alternative opinion to the vinyl revival

Vinyl's making a comeback? Don't believe the hype






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more from across the pond:

Rough Trade record label leading the way for vinyl in Nottingham







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Lawrence English, Efdemin, Monolake and more interviewed for book on the resurgence of vinyl







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The Vinyl Factory presses Underworld record less than 12 hours after it was recorded










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from the great state of south carolina:

Vinyl never really went away for Rock Hill music man







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from the great state of ohio:

Rare records spin appreciation for quality music, local shopping











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Woman Creates a 3D Printed Hand-cranked Record Player






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Vinyl, Once Thought Dead, Makes A Comeback In The Digital Age






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Vinyl stores see new competition as proof of growing community







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from rolling stone, let the debate begin!

50 Best Albums of 2014 - U2 unleashed a brilliant surprise, Bruce Springsteen hit a new peak, St. Vincent made deliciously weird noise and more





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album cover art of the day:

We Are the Ocean announce new album “Ark”

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at SoundStageDirect

Your Blues by Destroyer

Your Blues is a stunning collection of songs and craftsmanship. Bombastic and bold at times, quiet and soothing at others, Your Blues has an almost theatrical quality that informs the compositions. Originally released on CD in 2004, Destroyer’s sixth studio album is now widely available on vinyl, as the December installment in the Merge25 reissue series.

Recorded with the production duo JC/DC (aka David Carswell and John Collins) -- who aided in the creation of Destroyer’s first three discs -- Dan Bejar ditches the band format he used for 2002’s This Night with tremendous results. Fusing a dramatic vocal style akin to that of David Bowie in the 1970s with 1980s studio achievers like Microdisney and Prefab Sprout, Your Blues is regularly breathtaking.

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Rock Or Bust (On Sale) by AC / DC **

“Play Ball” is the first track off of AC/DC’s new album, Rock or Bust, and premiered on iHeart Media’s Mainstream, Active and Classic Rock radio formats. “Play Ball” is featured as part of Turner Sports’ 2014 Major League Baseball Postseason campaign and also NFL’s Monday Night Football broadcast.

Rock or Bust features a non-traditional and inventive three-dimensional lenticular cover, which gives the illusion of the band’s iconic logo exploding as the packaging is moved in different directions. This unique 3-D cover art can be seen on the band’s site. ‘Rock or Bust’ was recorded in Spring 2014 in Vancouver, BC with producer Brendan O’Brien and mixed by Mike Fraser. ‘Rock or Bust’ is the band’s first album of new material in six years, following their immensely successful ‘Black Ice,’ which entered charts at #1 in 31 countries and has sold nearly 8 million copies worldwide.

**This title is not eligible for further discount. 

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The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle And Sebastian

This highly anticipated album from Belle and Sebastian arrives with every hope satisfied. Each song is a cunning short story that wraps itself around you like a cozy couch throw. The loose theme running through this 12-song reverie is seduction. It plays out in both the drowsy sexual hopes of principal songwriter Stuart Murdoch's idle protagonists and the giddiness of bandmate Stevie Jackson's "Seymour Stein" and "Chickfactor," which document his bewitchment by the city of New York and its beautiful girls and florid pitchmen. The complex arrangements favor a whimsical diversity best experienced in "Sleep the Clock Around," which features synthesizer bloops, trumpets, and bagpipes! If you haven't figured out that this Scottish eight-piece deserves every iota of hype it's receiving, it's time to have your ears checked and your record collection gone over by a certified professional. --Lois Maffeo

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This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Various Artists - The Big Lebowski (On Sale)
2. Led Zeppelin IV (On Sale)
3. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
4. Beatles - Abbey Road
5. Pink Floyd - The Endless River (On Sale)
6. Hans Zimmer - Batman Begins OST (On Sale)
7. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
8. Grateful Dead - American Beauty

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Pre-Order GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vinyl

Limited edition, deluxe release of Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Volume 1 soundtrack is pressed on 180 gram Purple Infinity Stone colored vinyl, and housed in a screen printed single sleeve jacket. Each album contains one of nine randomly inserted screen printed handbills.

artwork by:  Tyler Stout
details:  Single LP, 180 Gram Vinyl
vinyl color:  Purple Infinity Stone

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THE IRON GIANT Vinyl

The Iron Giant Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Michael Kamen on vinyl for the very first time with two incredible package designs from artists Jason Edmiston and Jay Shaw. 2XLP, remastered for vinyl by James Plotkin. Cut at 45RPM for best possible sound quality.

Version A - Featuring brand new, hand painted artwork by Jason Edmiston. Pressed on 180 gram black and randomly inserted steel grey vinyl.

Version B - Artwork and package design by Jay Shaw. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a metal embossed slip case.

The online sale for both versions begins on Black Friday (11/28).

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DragonForce's 'Maximum Overload' On Sale

It's astonishing to realize that DragonForce now have a history going back 15 years, and that they're about to release their sixth album. But such is the pace at which music and life move these days that what was seemingly a highly promising young British metal band just yesterday are now an established full force (ahem) on the scene. In fact, their reputation is such that anything new from this lot is regarded as a landmark moment in the ongoing story of metal. But the new DragonForce album is a revelation, one that will surely entice them to another level of achievement.

It's called "Maximum Overload," and that's precisely what you get from the 10 tracks on the main album, plus the five bonus songs for the special edition and a DVD. "We have our own style and sound," says Herman Li, who founded the band in 1999 with fellow guitarist Sam Totman. "And we didn't want to move away from that. Once you've got your trademark approach in place, that's what fans come to expect from you. But we also wanted to challenge ourselves. We didn't want to rehash what we'd done before, but take it all in a fresh direction."

VINYL INCLUDES:
 + Gatefold Jacket
 + Transparent Blue Vinyl
 + 12"x12" Full Color Insert

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Goatwhore's 'Constricting Rage of the Merciless' On Sale

From the combatant onset of "Poisonous Existence In Reawakening," and the tense, hammering momentum of "Unraveling Paradise," to the punkish urgency of "FBS" and the fiendish cascades of "Schadenfreude" (literally meaning the pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others), Goatwhore spew their unadulterated, subterranean metal as channeled through the historic likes of Motörhead and Bathory, with the insatiable hunger of a pack of wild boars. These are true requiems of revolt, at once predatory, epic, hate-fueled and sadistic. Due at least in part to the sheer synergy that comes from living in a van together for weeks on end, "Constricting Rage Of The Merciless" is razor sharp in musicianship literally writhing beneath the weight of its own sonic enormity. Duet's thick, gnarled guitar tones and bestial vocal accents coil seamlessly around Simmons' and Harvey's, brash, chest-heaving rhythms. It's all punctuated by the imposing voice and cynical prose of Falgoust who literally ran laps around the studio before taking to the mic to summon a more frantic, rasping edge to his signature tirades, now more enunciated than ever before. When Falgoust howls, "WE ARE COMING TO SMASH YOUR IDOLS!" (in traditional metal rager "Baring Teeth For Revolt"), souls weaken, forests die, planets implode. In a saturated metal landscape where sub-genres spawn sub-sub-genres and the very definition of "metal" seems repeatedly distorted by cross-pollinating madness, sacred are the bands who to stay true to their proverbial roots without repeating them.

VINYL INCLUDES
 + Gatefold Split Color Vinyl (White / Coke Bottle Clear)
 + Includes Digital Download Card

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Will Butler's New LP 'Policy' Up For Pre-Order

Will Butler has been a member of the band Arcade Fire for over 10 years. This is his first release under his own name.

Policy is American music—in the tradition of the Violent Femmes, The Breeders, The Modern Lovers, Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, The Magnetic Fields, Ghostface Killah. And John Lennon (I know, but it counts). Music where the holy fool runs afoul of the casual world.

Policy was recorded in one week in Jimi Hendrix’s old living room (upstairs at Electric Lady Studios). Jeremy Gara played drums; other musicians contributed woodwinds and backing vocals. Most everything else was played by Will.

LP includes a coupon for a full download. Preorders will ship to arrive on or around the release date of March 10.

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Filter Distortion 'Transition' Pre-Order

Filter Distortion, a four piece electro band from Liverpool, have finally emerged from a self-imposed year of confinement in a windowless room.  The band set about producing their finest work yet, and have certainly achieved their aim with debut album 'Transmission'.  Recorded using just 3 microphones, the band wrote and produced all the album's tracks before mastering with engineer and producer Daniel Woodward at Liverpool's Whitewood Recording Studio.

According to Liverpool's Bido Lito Magazine, "Transition swims in front of you like a neon-lit nighttime drive through the streets of Vice City with Depeche Mode blaring out of the stereo".

'Transition' certainly has a distinct eighties electro feel but the band have given that sound a modern twist, with driving guitars and live drums, to create something incredibly powerful.

The band are attracting an ever-increasing following, thanks in part to having their music featured on UK televstion (Channel 4 and LFC TV as well as BBC 6 Music and international radio. Two tracks from the album 'Cameras in the Dark' and 'Neon Nights' have both been selected as BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson's Fresh on the Net Fresh Faves.

The album is available as a digital download and limited edition vinyl from selected outlets including Dig Vinyl, Probe Records, Piccadilly Records and mail order via the band's website.

Release date January 12, 2015

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Pre-Order William S. Burroughs 'Nothing Here Now but the Recordings' LP

In 1980, Genesis P-Orridge and Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson (then of Throbbing Gristle renown) travelled to New York City to meet up at the fortified apartment, known as The Bunker, of famed beat writer and cultural pioneer William S. Burroughs and his executor James Grauerholz to starting the daunting task to compile the experimental sounds works of Burroughs, which, up until that point, had never been heard.

During those visits, Burroughs would play back his tape recorder experiments featuring his spoken word “cut-ups”, collaged field recordings from his travels and his flirtations with EVP recording techniques, pioneered by Latvian intellectual Konstantins Raudive.  Throughout the next year, P-Orridge, Christopherson and Grauerholz would spent countless hours compiling various edits, each collection showcasing Burroughs sensitive ear and keen experimental prowess for audio anomaly within technical limitations.

By the time 1981 came through, Burroughs had relocated to Lawrence, KS in which to escape the violence and mania of New York City life.  It is in Lawrence that P-Orridge and Christopherson put the finishing touches on the record that would be known as “Nothing Here Now but the Recordings”.  The album would come out in the Spring of 1981 as the final release for the shuttering Industrial Records, brought about by the dissolution of Throbbing Gristle.  The album remained out of print until 1998 when John Giorno and the Giorno Poetry Systems included the album on a multi-disc retrospective CD box set compiling the majority of Burroughs seminal recordings.

Dais Records is honored to have worked with the Estate of William S. Burroughs to finally reissue, for the first time since its original release in 1981, a proper album reissue of William S. Burroughs “Nothing Here Now but the Recordings” in its original vinyl format to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Burroughs. Fully remastered from the original master tapes in a limited edition of 1,000 vinyl copies.

Pre-order: Available January 2015

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Monty Python Song Named Top Funeral Choice - "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" beats out Frank Sinatra's "My Way" and Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" in new survey





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Amazon Best Sellers in CDs & Vinyl

1. That's Christmas To Me ~ Pentatonix
2. 1989 ~ Taylor Swift
3. Partners ~ Barbra Streisand
4. Disney's Karaoke Series: Frozen ~ Disney Karaoke Series
5. Ptxmas ~ Pentatonix
6. Man Against Machine ~ Garth Brooks
7. Sonic Highways ~ Foo Fighters
8. It's The Girls ~ Bette Midler
9. Christmas at Downton Abbey (2CD) ~ Various
10. Holiday Wishes ~ Idina Menzel

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Black Friday 2014 - 11/28/2014

Rather than list them here, head on over to the Record Store Day website for the entire list of exclusive releases.

Please visit your local record store and buy some vinyl this weekend!

See the list of releases HERE

New Music Releases - November 25, 2014

American Heritage - Prolapse
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Arandel - Solarispellis
Aspiga - What Happened To You? (vinyl)
Attila - Guilty Pleasure
Audacity - Mind Your Own Business (7")
Aversions Crown - Tyrant
Baring Teeth - Ghost Chorus Among Old Ruins
Bella Novela - Telemetry
Bill Haley - Singles 1953-1962
Bing Crosby - American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered - The Soundtrack
Bing Crosby - Bing Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook
Bing Crosby - Some Fine Old Chestnuts (60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Bing Crosby - Songs I Wish I Has Sung The First Time Around
Bjork - Biophilia Live (2 CD/Blu Ray)
Buffalo Killers - Fireball of Sulk
C.J. Ramone - Last Chance to Dance
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Commodore Ballroom Vancouver 1981
Carcass - Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel
Child Bite - Strange Waste
Circa Survive - Descensus (vinyl)
CityCop - Loner (vinyl)
Cliff Richard - Live on Stage
Clinton Shorter - District 9 OST (vinyl)
Cloudkicker - Live With Intronaut
Copeland - Ixora
Cripper - Hynea
Cursive - The Ugly Organ (vinyl)
Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming (reissue) (vinyl)
David Essex - The Whisper/This One's For You
David Guetta - Listen
Deadly Ones / The Deadly Ones - It's Monster Surfing Time
Devon Allman - Ragged & Dirty
Eluvium - Pedals/Petals
Faith Evans - Incomparable
Faust - Just Us
Flake Music - When You Land Here, It's Time to Return (reissue) (vinyl)
Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic (red vinyl)
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra: Live in London (3CD/1DVD Box Set)
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart - Providence College Rhode Island April 26th 1975
Full of Hell / Merzbow - Full Of Hell & Merzbow
Game Theory - Dead Center
Hierophant - Peste
HIM - 666 Ways To Love: Prologue (vinyl)
HIM - Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights (vinyl)
HIM - Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 (vinyl)
HIM - Lashes To Ashes, Lust To Dust’: A Vinyl Retrospective ’96-’03 (vinyl box set)
HIM - Love Metal (vinyl)
HIM - Razorblade Romance (vinyl)
Hoods - Gato Negro
Idris Elba - mi Mandela
In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose (reissue)
In Flames - Clayman (reissue)
In Flames - Colony (reissue)
In Flames - Reroute To Remain (reissue)
In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading (reissue)
In Flames - Soundtrack To Your Escape (reissue)
Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness (vinyl)
Iron Maiden - Infinite Dreams (vinyl)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (vinyl)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (vinyl)
Iron Maiden - Stranger In A Strange Land (vinyl)
Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant (vinyl)
Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do (vinyl)
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years (vinyl)
Jeff Beck - Live in Tokyo
Jethro Tull - WarChild (Limited Edition 2xCD+2xDVD)
Jimi Hendrix - The Cry of Love (reissue)
Joni Mitchell - Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced (4CD)
Kay Starr - 7 Classic Albums 2
Kevin Hearn - Days In Frames
Malo - Malo
Mark-Almond - Mark-Almond
Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions
Mayhem - Grand Declaration Of War (2-CD reissue)
Metallica - Lords Of Summer (12")
Metallica - Some Kind Of Monster (10th Anniversary)
Moody Blues - The Polydor Years 1986-1992
Neil Diamond - All-Time Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition
Nicholas Krgovich - On Cahuenga
Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
Patti Page - 8 Classic Albums 3
Pet Symmetry/Slingshot Dakota - Split (7")
Pitbull - Globalization
Powerwolf - The History Of Heresy II (2009-2012)
Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
Prince - Art Official Age (2xLP)
Prince - Plectrumelectrum (vinyl)
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (2-CD)
Ralph McTell - Unknown Soldier
Rick Ross - Hood Billionaire
Rise Of The Northstar - Welcame
Ronnie Dyson - Lady in Red: Columbia Sides Plus
Seals and Crofts - One on One: Songs From the Original Motion Picture
Simon & Garfunkel - Complete Albums Collection
Simple Minds - Big Music
Skalmold - Meo vaettum
Skeletonwitch - Beyond The Permafrost (picture disc)
Skyharbor - Guiding Lights
Snowday - As We Travel
Soundgarden - Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path (rarities compilation)
Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny (vinyl)
The Coronas - The Long Way
The Deviants - Fragments of Broken Probes
The Expérimental Tropic Blues Band - The Belgians
The Gun Club - Fire of Love
The Monochrome Set - Eligible Bachelors
The Postal Service - Give Up (vinyl)
The Search Party - Montgomery Chapel
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (super deluxe box set)
Thomas Giles - Modern Noise
Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance (vinyl)
Tim Barry - Lost & Rootless
Tokio Hotel - Kings Of Suburbia
Toxic Reasons - Independence
Tragically Hip - Fully Completely (Super Deluxe)
Various Artists - Blues With a Rhythm, Vol. 1
Various Artists - Halo 2 OST (vinyl)
Various Artists - Idris Elba Presents... mi Mandela
Various Artists - Many Faces of Black Sabbath
Various Artists - The Big Lebowski OST (vinyl)
Various Artists - Very Extremely Dangerous
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - 45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Wardruna - Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga
Wayfarer - Children of The Iron Age
Will Downing - Will Downing Collection
Witchmaster - Antichristus Ex Utero
Witchrider - Unmountable Stairs
Wounds - Die Young

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at NewOnVinyl

SWITCHFOOT - BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN

The Beautiful Letdown is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Switchfoot. Released on February 25, 2003, it launched the band into the mainstream on the strength of two top 20 singles: "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move." The album was hugely popular and remained a staple on the Billboard 200 album charts for a considerable amount of time. The album sold over 2.7 million copies in the US  and was eventually certified double platinum by the RIAA.

The album won an Album of the Year award at the 2003 San Diego Music Awards. It was ranked #195 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.

The album featured some of the band's most intricate work to date, and featured a departure from the lo-fi indie rock sound of their previous three albums. This shift to a more layered, heavier rock sound with occasional electronica influences can be attributed to the addition of long-time touring member Jerome Fontamillas as a full-time band member. Contributing more to the recording process by filling in with his added instrumental versatility prompted Foreman to note, "I feel like Jerome is a great team player. I mean the same thing where live he just kind of fills in, is the same thing on the album. He's just a wonderful guy to have around." The sound was also influenced by the fact that "these were songs that we'd played live countless times, songs that we'd lived with."

2014 LIMITED EDITION Reissue
Blue Colored Vinyl
Gatefold sleeve

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SOUNDTRACK (OST) - HANNIBAL SEASON 2, VOL 1

The score for NBC’s Hannibal might be the closest someone’s come on TV to soundtracking the experience of losing one’s marbles. That someone is Brian Reitzell, who’s composed and supervised soundtracks for Sofia Coppola, Rian Johnson, and Peter Berg. Reitzell released a solo album, Auto Music, earlier this summer and now has the original score for Hannibal’s first two seasons.

All of the music featured on the Hannibal LP’s hail from the first and second season of the series and have been sequenced in the chronological order they appears on the show itself, allowing for an essential listening experience as dictated by the music’s creator.

Each double LP will be housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve, and Director David Slade has provided rare photography from his personal collection for the artwork. Each LP will come with a download card.

Both seasons are each receiving two volumes of music, for a total of four different LPs, and the variant colors are perfectly themed for the show and its content, including “Tannum Brown”, “Hemochrome Red”, “Travertine Grey”, and “Amarone Grape”, as well as standard black.

There will be 1,000 copies of each color, for a total of 2,000 of each LP in total.

GREY colored vinyl Edition, Limited to 1000 copies.
Gatefold sleeve
Including download code

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DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - WE HAVE THE FACTS AND WE'RE VOTING YES

We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes is the second studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released March 21, 2000, on Barsuk Records.

Death Cab for Cutie's first concept album, the album features a story about a ruined relationship. No singles were released for the album.

In 2011, guitarist Chris Walla reflected upon the album stating: "That second record, especially, for years and years has been my favorite ... As I try to figure out what it is about that record that I react to so strongly – we started recording it like twelve years ago – dissecting all those elements and trying to reverse-engineer what happened, I’ve learned so much about what I value about songwriting and about performances."

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Pre-Order Voyag3r's 'Doom Fortress' LP (2nd pressing)

'Doom Fortress' is the debut full length album from Detroit’s Voyag3r (pronounced Voyager Three). Voyag3r are a synth based instrumental rock band that draws inspiration from sci-fi, horror, action soundtrack music from the 70’s & 80’s. Voyag3r have set out to create dynamic, epic, moody and atmospheric sounds intended to inspire. This experimental rock sound is like a movie-less score or the soundtrack to a far away mysterious journey. Voyag3r forge their sound with a multitude of analog synthesizers, acoustic drums and electric guitar.

'Doom Fortress' was recorded using vintage analog synths, electric guitar through vintage tube amplification and maple shell acoustic drums. All music was recorded to 2? analog tape (MCI JH-24 2? Analog 24-Track w/ALIII remote) through various vintage pre-amps and a 1977 Custom Harrison 3232 console for maximum authenticity and spirit in capturing this classic sound.

The Doom Fortress 1st Pressing was 2 different colors of vinyl: Voyager Golden Record (Gold Vinyl) and Black Hole (Black Vinyl).  ***** 1st PRESSING SOLD OUT! *****

This time around we are offering "Deep Space Nebula" (translucent purple) 250 copies and black vinyl 250 copies. Both versions come with a double sided 12" x 12" art print and digital download code.

LP art, design & layout by SLASHER DAVE!

2nd Pressing Limited to 500 Copies. 250 Purple Vinyl / 250 Black Vinyl.  

 ***** 2ND PRESSING BEGINS SHIPPING ON DECEMBER 9, 2014! 

PRE-ORDER NOW AND RECEIVE A FREE 3 PIECE 1.25 VOYAG3R BUTTON SET…LIMITED TO THE 1st 50 ORDERS! *****

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Jonny Greenwood's Inherent Vice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Pre-Order

Nonesuch will release Jonny Greenwood’s soundtrack to Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson’s new feature film, Inherent Vice, December 15, 2014, with the vinyl to follow March 3. An adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel of the same name, Inherent Vice, which will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in theaters starting on December 12, is set in the tail end of the psychedelic ’60s and stars Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, and Owen Wilson. In addition to nine compositions by Jonny Greenwood, the soundtrack features “Spooks,” an unreleased Radiohead tune performed by members of Supergrass, as well as other recordings from the movie’s era. Additional performers include The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Young, Can, and The Marketts, among others.

This is the third Anderson film that Greenwood has scored. Their previous collaborations include the critically praised soundtrack for 2007’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood and 2012’s The Master, both released by Nonesuch. Rolling Stone said of The Master that its “visual poetry is matched by Jonny Greenwood’s haunting, hypnotic score.” The New Yorker described the music as “rich and inventive.” The Times of London exclaimed: “Jonny Greenwood’s score is superb.” Of the There Will Be Blood score, the Boston Globe noted that the “squealing, cicada-like strings of…Popcorn Superhet Receiver masterfully evoke the film’s apocalyptic vision of the West.”

Widely known as the guitarist for Radiohead, Jonny Greenwood also is a highly respected composer.

Release date 3/3/15

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Rhiannon Giddens - Tomorrow Is My Turn + Autographed Print Pre-Order

Rhiannon Giddens, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member of Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, makes her solo recording debut with Tomorrow Is My Turn, due out February 10, 2015, on Nonesuch Records. (The vinyl will follow on March 3.) The album was produced by T Bone Burnett. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include an exclusive print autographed by Giddens and an instant download of the album tracks “Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind” and “Shake Sugaree.”

Burnett first worked with Giddens when she performed last fall at a concert he curated at New York City’s Town Hall that was later broadcast on Showtime: Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of “Inside Llewyn Davis.” In the Huffington Post’s “5 Memorable Moments From the 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Concert,” the top spot went to “Dear Lord: Rhiannon Giddens. The chances are a good many people haven't heard of Rhiannon Giddens, but that's probably going to change ... Giddens performed two songs … and earned the night's one in-show standing ovation.”

Backstage, Burnett was immediately moved to ask if he could produce a record with her. “It was clear the first time I heard her at rehearsal that Rhiannon is next in a long line of singers that include Marian Anderson, Odetta, Mahalia Jackson, Rosetta Tharpe,” Burnett says. “We need that person in our culture.”

For her first solo disc, Giddens chose a broad range of songs from genres as diverse as gospel, jazz, blues, and country. In addition to the traditional “Black Is the Color,” tracks include Hank Cochran’s “She’s Got You,” made famous by Patsy Cline; Dolly Parton’s “Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind”; “O Love Is Teasin’,” popularized by the Kentucky-reared “mother of folk” Jean Ritchie; and Elizabeth Cotton’s “Shake Sugaree.”

Tomorrow Is My Turn was recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville, with a multi-generational group of players whom Burnett assembled. Among them are fiddle player Gabe Witcher and double bassist Paul Kowert of label-mates Punch Brothers; percussionist Jack Ashford of Motown’s renowned Funk Brothers; drummer Jay Bellerose; guitarist Colin Linden; legendary backup singer Tata Vega; veteran Nashville session bassist Dennis Crouch; and Giddens’ Drops touring band-mates, multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins and beat-boxer Adam Matta.

Release date 3/3/15

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You, Whom I Have Always Hated by The Body & Thou 

The Body and Thou are bands with Southern roots that have been pushing the boundaries of heavy metal for over a decade. Both have maintained relentless touring schedules, a dedication to DIY ethics and aesthetics, and a commitment to push their respective brands of extreme music into previously unexplored territories. You, Whom I Have Always Hated is a new collaborative release that showcases both bands’ unique abilities to create music that is emotionally effecting and unrelenting.

On You, Whom I Have Always Hated, each band’s distinctive elements shine through and combine to create something more visceral than the sum of their parts. While the groups have different approaches to live performance and stylistic nuances, they share general creative ideas and have a history subsumed in themes of alienation, melancholy, and despair. They describe the new collaboration as “a twilight dungeon crawl exploring the winding, ruined halls of Mad King Duro’s Castle, best friends at your side, enemies crushed beneath your heels, mysteries solved, and treasures found.”

This is not a split album, but rather a collaboration between The Body & Thou. LP jacket has a black flooded pocket, printed inner sleeve, and free download card.

White vinyl edition is limited to 300 copies and only available via Thrill Jockey Mailorder!!

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THE HACKER  - LOVE/KRAFT - SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION 

Channelling Kraftwerk, Italo-disco, techno and electro, legendary French producer The Hacker collaborates with The Vinyl Factory to release a special limited edition double vinyl album version of Love/Kraft, his dancefloor-crushing return to form.

Highlights include ‘Jalousy’ - a mesmerizing instrumental that blends classic electro-clash, EBM and Euro-disco sensibilities, ‘Jupiter Skyline’ - pure ‘Man Machine’-era Kraftwerk meets early Motor City Detroit electro, and ‘You’ - the most uplifting track on the album, with nods to Todd Terje-style disco and the epic electro-pop of Depeche Mode.

A long established sonic experimenter who’s released seminal albums with Miss Kitten, The Hacker aka Michel Amato remains an icon for the current generation of electronic producers like Gesaffelstein, with whom he tours and collaborates via their Zone label.

* Double heavyweight 180-gram black vinyl
* Features seven tracks spread across four sides
* Bespoke sleeve with fluoro artwork
* Limited to 1000 copies worldwide

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New underground record store Sisters in Christ opens on Freret Street








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Music lover soon to be record store owner







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Music Technology Comes Full Circle







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Incredibly rare outtakes from The Beatles' photoshoot for iconic Abbey Road album cover sell for £180,000







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Mesmur Announces Self-Titled Album Release