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Pink Floyd London 1966/1967 (White Vinyl)

The classic Pink Floyd line-up featuring Syd Barrett captured by Peter Whitehead as part of his legendary Tonight Lets All Make Love In London film.

The classic Syd Barrett-era Floyd at their most adventurous and exploratory, 'London 1966/1967' features two rare performances, including an explosive 17 minute version of 'Interstellar Overdrive', recorded at the legendary Sound Techniques studio in early 1967.

These first ever studio recordings from the classic 1960s Pink Floyd line-up are now available on a limited edition 180 gram white vinyl version in a gatefold cover, with printed inner sleeve.

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The Rolling Stones From The Vault - L.A. Forum (Live In 1975) 

“From The Vault” is a new series of live concerts from The Rolling Stones archive which are getting their first official release. “L.A. Forum – Live In 1975” is the second title in this series. The Rolling Stones’ “Tour Of The Americas ‘75” was the band’s first tour with new guitarist Ronnie Wood. Even before the dates started there were dramatic scenes in New York City at the official tour announcement when the band unexpectedly turned up on a flatbed truck to play “Brown Sugar”. After a couple of low key warm-up shows in Louisiana the tour took in 44 dates between the 3rd June and the 8th August 1975. They settled into the L.A. Forum for a five night stint from July 9th to 13th and this concert film features the show from July 12th. The footage has now been carefully restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show.

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This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Taylor Swift - 1989
2. Led Zeppelin IV (On Sale)
3. Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (200 Gram)
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
5. Beatles - Abbey Road
6. The Beatles 1967-1970 (On Sale)
7. Various Artists - The Big Lebowski (On Sale)
8. Led Zeppelin II

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Pre-Order of Montreal's New Album 'Aureate Gloom'

“A golden despondency” is how Kevin Barnes translates the meaning behind Aureate Gloom, the title he gave of Montreal’s thirteenth full-length album.

The oxymoron is one Barnes says best describes the overall state of his life and mental outlook while working on the record: first on a writing retreat in New York City, then while demoing tracks in Athens, before finally recording at Sonic Ranch, just across the border from Juarez, Mexico in the Texan desert.

If you’re wondering what exactly would lead Barnes to use this epithet to describe his reality at the time, look no further than the songs themselves.

While many bands rely on vague platitudes as an attempt to make their songs universally applicable, Barnes chooses to take the opposite tact — penning lyrics so personal they sound like entries ripped from a journal that should be permanently kept under lock and key.

180-Gram Clear Gold Early Bird Edition is limited to 1500 and includes 18x24 poster insert.

Pre-orders will ship on 02/20/2015

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Pre-Order Camper Van Beethoven Vinyl Reissue of 'New Roman Times'

Camper Van Beethoven’s 2004 reunion release expanded and reissued!

Camper Van Beethoven reunited in 2000 and even recorded and released a pair of records, but it was 2004’s New Roman Times that was the “official” document of the band’s reformation. The band’s David Lowery states in his liner notes, that it was “the one that got all the press and fanfare. And it was a good thing, because it was an extremely ambitious record.”

Omnivore Recordings is proud to celebrate New Roman Times by presenting an expanded reissue on CD, Digital and double LP (with download card). Released in conjunction with the band, and following in the footsteps of last year’s Omnivore reissues of Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and Key Lime Pie (both still available on CD and LP), New Roman Times features new artwork, extensive notes from Lowery and four previously unissued tracks culled from the sessions.

This definitive edition of Camper Van Beethoven’s “sci-fi alternate-reality rock opera” not only brings the fan favorite to vinyl for the first time, but expands and presents all formats in a way that proves these are indeed New Roman Times!

Release date: 2/24/2015

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2014 In Vinyl: The Facts & Figures










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from the great state of texas:

Vinyl record sales up 49% from 2013 - Hogwild Records in SA keeps shelves stocked






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Waxwork Records preps 2015 subscription series with Nightbreed OST and more











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12 MONTHS OF RUSH: 14 Albums from Mercury era for release in 2015 - All titles will be reissued on high-quality VINYL











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NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2014






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Amazon Best Sellers in CDs & Vinyl

1. That's Christmas To Me ~ Pentatonix
2. 1989 ~ Taylor Swift
3. Disney's Karaoke Series: Frozen ~ Disney Karaoke Series
4. Partners ~ Barbra Streisand
5. Greatest Hits: Decade #1 ~ Carrie Underwood
6. Rock or Bust ~ AC/DC
7. Cheek to Cheek (Deluxe) ~ Tony Bennett
8. Ptxmas ~ Pentatonix
9. Man Against Machine ~ Garth Brooks
10. It's The Girls ~ Bette Midler

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 8, 2014


DEAR JERRY: In 2009 I was the winner in an eBay auction of "KISS - The Originals" LP, a factory sealed copy with original cover sticker and bonus inserts.

It cost me a little over $900, but I thought it was a bargain because several others that I previously bid on unsuccessfully went for $1,200 to $1,600.

That is until just a few weeks ago when I saw another sealed "KISS - The Originals" sell to the highest eBay bidder for just $340. My hope of having gotten a bargain was crushed.

What happened? Was there a newly-discovered quantity dumped in the marketplace?
—Dave Schaffer, Hobbs, N.M.

DEAR DAVE: Imagine how much worse you would feel if you were one of those KISS fans in 2009 who shelled out $1,500 or more for "The Originals."

As for a recent quantity dump, there is nothing to suggest that happening.

It just seems 2009 was the bull market for this album, and prices have fallen steadily since that peak.

One possibility is that aggressive bidders five years ago could not have known that the supply factor in the law of supply and demand — the two essentials that create value — would not soon dry up.

Of course it didn't, and "The Originals" — specifically first pressings issued in the summer of 1976 — sold for less than in years past.

There is even one documented sale at $305. That's $35 less than the transaction that gave you the blues.

As with stocks and other types of investments, a downturn in the market doesn't hurt if you're not planning to sell. Hopefully, if they haven't already done so, prices will soon hit bottom and then begin a correction cycle.

Coincidentally, our next topic also involves an all-caps, four-letter group and a record currently worth about what a "KISS - The Originals" sold for in 2009.


DEAR JERRY: I just received an instant message from an ABBA collector in Sweden, who found out that I also collect ABBA.

Knowing that I have better access to information about U.S. releases than he does, he wants to know if I've ever heard of a 1960s or early '70s single that is either "Bobbi" by ABBA, or "Abba" by someone named Bobbi.

Obviously I know nothing about this or I wouldn't be asking for your help. Can you make any sense out of it?
—Jessica Anslee, Chillicothe, Ohio

DEAR JESSICA: It really does make sense, and I can even understand the confusion over Abba and Bobbi.

However, other than the title, which in this case is "Abba," there is no connection whatsoever to the Swedish super group of super troupers: Agnetha Fältskog; Björn Ulvaeus; Benny Andersson; and Anni-Frid ("Frida") Lyngstad.

In fact, this "Abba" song came out in 1967, about five years before the forming of ABBA, the group.

"Abba" is by the Paragons, a North Carolina teenage garage band comprised of Johnny Pace; Bobby Pace; Pat Walters; Tim Moore; and Danny Huntley.

Bobbi is the name of the record label, an appropriate connection since Barbara "Bobbi" Cashman was both the owner of the company and the Paragons' business manager.

Knowing this "Abba," merely a girl's name, would add nothing significant to his ABBA collection should give your Swedish friend relief on one front. He won't be faced with unnecessarily parting with from 12,000 to 14,000 kronor (approximately $1,600 to $1,800), the current price range for the Bobbi 45.


IZ ZAT SO? "Abba," backed with "Mister You're A Better Man Than I" (Bobbi 7352), is the only known record by those Paragons. Because of it they did gain some notoriety in their home area around Charlotte.

At least five other groups named Paragons made records in the 1950s and '60s, but none ever cracked the Top 80 on the national charts.

Regionally, the Paragons from Brooklyn were somewhat successful on the New York R&B scene in 1957 with "Florence" (Winley 215) and "Let's Start All Over Again" (sang as "Let's Start It Over Again") (Winley 220).

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 - December 9, 2014

Arzachel - Arzachel
Asia - Asia (reissue) (limited edition)
Barrier - Eventide
Battle Beast - Madness
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (reissue)
Beatles - 1 (reissue) (vinyl)
Beatles - Love (reissue) (vinyl)
Beatles - The Beatles: 1962-1966 (reissue) (vinyl)
Beatles - The Beatles: 1967-1970 (reissue) (vinyl)
Beck - Song Reader
Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo OST (vinyl)
Big Country - At the BBC: The Best of the BBC Recordings (reissue)
Big Country - Restless Natives & Rarities (reissue)
Big Country - The Crossing (reissue)
Bowling for Soup - Songs People Actually Liked, Vol. 1: The First Ten Years (1994-2003)
BoySetsFire - The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague (reissue)
Bring Me The Horizon - Box-Set (5xLP)
Bring Me The Horizon - Drown (7") (picture disc)
Bryan Ferry - Avonmore (vinyl)
Bush - Sixteen Stone (reissue) (vinyl)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey & Pink (reissue) (limited edition)
Centinex - Redeeming Filth
Coffins - The Fleshland
Cracker - Berkeley to Bakersfield
Cream - Wheels of Fire (reissue) (limited edition)
Cretin - Stranger
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Ksan Studios, San Francisco July 4th (reissue)
Destroy All Monsters - Hot Box 1974-1994
Donna Summer - Donna - The CD Collection
Doobie Brothers - Takin' It to the Streets (reissue) (vinyl)
Dream Ritual - Dream Ritual (vinyl)
Dustin Kensrue - This Good Night Is Still Everywhere (vinyl)
Electric Wizard - We Live (reissue)
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (reissue) (limited edition)
Elton John - Your Song (reissue) (limited edition)
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (reissue) (limited edition)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (reissue) (limited edition)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Goodbye Cruel World (reissue) (limited edition)
Emigrate - Silent So Long
Encoffination - III - Hear Me, O' Death
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (reissue) (limited edition)
Fairport Convention - Liege & Life (reissue) (limited edition)
Father John Misty - Chateau Lobby #4 (In C For Two Virgins)
Fauna - Monolith
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra: Live in London (3CD/1DVD Box Set)
Free - Fire & Water (reissue) (vinyl)
Genesis - Calling All Stations (reissue) (limited edition)
Genesis - Foxtrot (reissue) (limited edition)
Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (reissue) (limited edition)
Genesis - Nursery Cryme (reissue) (limited edition)
Genesis - R-Kive (reissue) (limited edition)
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (reissue) (limited edition)
Genesis - Trespass (reissue) (limited edition)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (reissue) (limited edition)
Gerry & the Pacemakers - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying (reissue)
Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
Gov't Mule - Dark Side of the Mule (vinyl)
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks, Vol. 14: Boston Music Hall 11/30/73 & 12/2/73
Grateful Dead - Two from the Vault (remastered)
Grits 'N Gravy - Second Shot
Hydra - Hydra (reissue)
In Flames - Sense of Purpose (reissue)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Jackson Browne - Standing In The Breach (vinyl)
Jam - Setting Sons (Deluxe Edition) [2-CD]
Jay Z - Hard Knock Life (vinyl)
Jay Z - Life and Times of S. Carter (vinyl)
Jay Z - In My Lifetime (vinyl)
Johnny Gill - Game Changer
Kevin Kiner - Star Wars: The Clone Wars OST (vinyl)
Kinks - The Anthology 1964-1971
La Dispute - Rooms of The House (vinyl)
Lemonheads - Come on Feel the Lemonheads (reissue)
Lenny Kravitz - Strut: Deluxe Edition
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (reissue) (vinyl)
Los Campesinos! - A Los Campesinos! Christmas (vinyl)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (reissue) (limited edition)
Mammoth Black - Death Is Not Ashamed
Mark Kozelek - Sings Christmas Carols (vinyl)
Misfits - Project 1950 (vinyl)
Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Pallbearer - 2010 Demo (Vinyl)
Parkay Quarts - Content Nausea
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner (reissue)
PRhyme - PRhyme
R.E.M. - 7in-83-88 (vinyl)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (reissue)
Rainbow - Rainbow Rising (reissue)
Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (reissue) (vinyl)
Rob Zombie - Educated Horses (picture disc)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (picture disc)
Rob Zombie - The Sinister Urge (picture disc)
Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (picture disc)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (reissue)
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Black & Blue (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Dirty Work (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - From the Vault: L.A. Forum (Live in 1975) (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock & Roll (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Love You Live (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Some Girls (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Still Life (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Through the Past, Darkly (reissue) (limited edition)
Rolling Stones - Undercover (reissue) (limited edition)
Ryan Adams - Do You Laugh When You Lie? (7")
Saves The Day - Through Being Cool (vinyl)
Sex Pistols - Spunk (reissue) (vinyl)
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments To An Elegy (vinyl)
Spiritualized - Amazing Grace (reissue)
Spiritualized - Songs in A&E (reissue)
Steely Dan - Aja (reissue) (limited edition)
Steely Dan - Gaucho (reissue) (limited edition)
Sullivan - Heavy Is The Head (vinyl)
Sun Kil Moon - Third and Seneca (vinyl)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (3-LP)
T. Rex - Electric Warriors (reissue)
Take That - Iii
Taken - Carry Us Until There Is Nothing Left (Other People)
tetema  Geocidal [Mike Patton & Anthony Pateras]
The Banner - Greying
The Jam - Setting Sons (reissue)
The Knife - Shaken-Up Versions (reissue)
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour (reissue) (limited edition)
The Police - Syncronicity (reissue) (limited edition)
The Rat Pack - The Rat Pack Live at the Sands
The Reveling - Consider Everything An Experiment (vinyl)
Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (reissue)
Tragically Hip - Tragically Hip - Fully Completely (2-CD)
Varathron - Untrodden Corridors of Hades
Various Artists - Natural Born Killers OST (vinyl)
Various Artists - The Music of Grand Theft Auto V (vinyl)
Voyag3r - Doom Fortress (vinyl)
Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era (20th Anniversary) (2LP)
Whitesnake - Come & Get It (reissue) (limited edition)
Who - My Generation (reissue) (limited edition)
Who - Quadrophenia (reissue) (limited edition)
Who - Sell Out (reissue) (limited edition)
Who - Singles (reissue) (limited edition)
Who - Tommy (reissue) (limited edition)
Who - Who's Next (reissue) (limited edition)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (reissue) (limited edition)
Yes - Like It Is - YES At The Bristol Hippodrome(2CD)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at NewOnVinyl

SOUNDTRACK (OST) - THE IMITATION GAME

The soundtrack is composed by Golden Globe and Grammy Award winning French composer Alexandre Desplat, who burst onto the Hollywood scene in 2003 with his evocative score to Girl With The Pearl Earring. From this point on he contributed the soundtracks to a rich collection of highly successful movies such as Syriana, Golden Compass, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Twilight Saga: New Moon, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows (Part 1&2) and The King’s Speech as well as Monuments Men.

Starring Keira Knightley, Benedict Cumberbatch and Matthew Goode, The Imitation Game portrays the race against time by Alan Turing and his team of top-secret British code-breakers during the darkest days of World War II. The film spans the key periods of Turing’s life: his unhappy teenage years at boarding school; the triumph of his secret wartime work on the revolutionary electro-mechanical bombe that was capable of breaking 3,000 Enigma-generated naval codes a day; and the tragedy of his post-war decline following his conviction for gross indecency, a now-outdated criminal offence stemming from his admission of maintaining a homosexual relationship.

• Only 750 copies on RED/WHITE mixed colored vinyl
• Packed in PVC bag
• Inlcuding Insert

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GUANO APES - PROUD LIKE A GOD

Proud Like A God is the debut album of German Alternative Rock band Guano Apes. The album was released in 1997 and it includes the hit singles “Open Your Eyes”, “Rain” and “Lords Of The Boards”.

The album was certified Platinum in Germany and Switzerland. Sandra Nasić’s vocal range and calling the album a “well-blended mix of sweet Pop and bruising Rock, with a little bit of electronica- informed loops and ambience thrown in for good measure.

The album made them a popular European concert draw with its punk- and alternative-flavored Hard Rock, establishing them enough for RCA to issue the album in the U.S. in 1999.

The first pressing of this Nineties Euro alternative classic will come in transparent green/black vinyl, with every copy numbered.

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SOUNDTRACK (OST) - THE BIG GUNDOWN 

ENNIO MORRICONE’s legendary score for THE BIG GUNDOWN (Italian LA RESA DEI CONTI) is so densely packed with pathos and drama that run so deep into the listener’s mind. Using almost the same great talents shown on SERGIO LEONE’s “The DOLLAR’s Trilogy” with the orchestra conducted by fellow BRUNO NICOLAI and the mighty twangin’ guitar of ALESSANDRO ALESSANDRONI, the MAESTRO Morricone deliver similarly outstanding results!

• Limited numbered edition of 500 copies
• Complete remastered edition
• Free Poster Inside
• Splatter Vinyl (black with sand Speckles)

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BoySetsFire's 'The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years' Vinyl Reissue  

Back in 2006, after releasing a record on the same label that invaded early 2000's modern rock radio with Creed and Evanescence, post-hardcore veterans BoySetsFire returned to Equal Vision Records for the North American release of their lauded fourth studio album, The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years, with Epitaph imprint Burning Heart handling worldwide release. The record appeared on Billboard's Top Heatseekers and Top Independent Albums charts and expanded the band's sonic palette (piano, string instruments, horn sections) beyond their already adventurous, aggressive and melodic sound. "It is pertinent, it is intelligent, it deals with issues that should be dealt with, and it does so in a listener-friendly manner," said Punknews.org in a 4.5/5 review upon release. "It's the album that BSF needed to make, and they came through with resounding success.”

The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years was never made available on vinyl in the U.S. when originally released, and now Bridge Nine is proud to release the album for vinyl collectors stateside. For the first time ever, this landmark BSF release will get the deluxe B9 vinyl treatment it deserves; colored vinyl, bonus download code, poster insert, and more.

Look for this to be available in stores and online as of January 13th, 2015.

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5 Ways Third Man Records Made Vinyl Cool Again





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from the great state of kansas:

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Chromatics Release 'Running From the Sun' and 'Drumless' on Vinyl





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Panda Bear to Release Limited Edition Triple-LP of New Album

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

new vinyl from our friends at Sundazed

The Standells LIVE ON TOUR-1966! 180 Gram Vinyl Pre-Order

The Standells’ amazing string of punkish, tough-guy anthems, like “Dirty Water” and “Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White”, define the legacy of mid-sixties garage rock like nothing else. With the success of these records came ’66 tours with the Rolling Stones and Beach Boys. From all reports, the Standells proved a superb live act. But for decades, their on-stage reputation rested on an earlier, Pre-Tower label live album documenting the Standells in an unrecognizably clean-cut night club incarnation. But there’s a happy ending to this story. It turns out the Standells were in fact recorded at their peak, LIVE ON TOUR-1966! At last, here’s the whole knock-out live act from the year the Standells stormed the charts. All the ’66 hits are here including “Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White”, “Why Pick On Me?” and of course, “Dirty Water” (in tremendous versions, all of them). Fan faves are also on board, like the fuzzed-out “Mr. Nobody” and stomping “Why Did You Hurt Me”. Highlights also include high energy covers of “Midnight Hour” and “Please, Please, Please”, to name just a few of these crowd-pleasers, showcasing the Standells’ R&B roots updated with ’66 sheen. Hearing the Standells’ road-tested, extended take on “Gloria” is not to be missed, either! Rescued from a professionally recorded concert at the University of Michigan, the Standells are captured in astonishingly clean sound that rivals their legendary studio recordings. This may just be the finest recorded example of vintage live ’66 American garage rock. It’s all here, the Standells in brilliant sound and in a superb package including rare photos and liner notes.

This item is available for pre-order and will ship on, or before, the street date of January 27, 2015.

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The Shadows of Knight LIVE 1966 180 Gram Vinyl Pre-Order

Besides releasing two classic longplayers and many more singles (including the smash, “Gloria”), touring/behaving badly all across America and appearing on TV shows like ‘Upbeat’ and ‘Where The Action Is’, the Shadows of Knight also ruled at suburban Chicago’s hands-down hippest teen club, The Cellar. Over the decades, their Cellar performances have become the stuff of legend. Miraculously, two reels of tape of the Shadows of Knight live on stage at the Cellar (in 1966!) were eventually uncovered by Sundazed. As early as their ‘Gloria’ album debut in spring ’66, the Shadows of Knight had separated themselves from the garage band pack with a heavily Chicago Blues-based, wildly rocking repertoire. Their trademark sound is on full display in this attitude-drenched, anarchic live recording from late in that exalted year. For this expanded edition, the original sets and correct song sequence have been faithfully restored. And to top that, additional and until now completely unheard bonus material is rescued from those old reels. Specifically, added to an already scorching set are previously-unheard takes of “Peepin’ and Hidin’” (sung by blues legend Joe Kelley), “Willie Jean” (with a vocal from drummer Tom Schiffour) and “Any Way That You Want Me”. Equally important, the packaging now equals the musical contents thanks to an all-new, eye grabbing sleeve highlighted by John Hora’s amazing original photography from ’66. Unlike their comparatively harnessed studio recordings, the Shadows of Knight are presented here raw ‘n’ alive, sloppy bordering on brilliant and with all the subtlety of a bulldozer. Would you want ‘em any other way?

This item is available for pre-order and will ship on, or before, the street date of January 27, 2015.

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Various Artists - KING STRINGS  180 Gram Vinyl Pre-Order

JOHN LEE HOOKER, ALBERT KING, JOHNNY “GUITAR” WATSON and more on 180 Gram Vinyl Pressed at R.T.I. Selected from the crown jewels of the rich King-Federal-DeLuxe discography, King Strings features rocking, socking guitar instrumentals from the Cincinnati-based family of labels cut between 1949 and 1962, programmed for power! Fashioned as a vintage King LP from the era and containing a killer line-up of the biggest talents the stable of labels offered, this is the historic various artists collection that should have been issued circa 1962. King was central to the underlying creative flow in R&B during the era, and the recordings here show the depth of style and synergy that the label routinely captured on vinyl. From the proto-funk groove of Hooker’s “Stomp Boogie” (under the pseudonym Texas Slim) to two cuts of Baker magic captured in Paris over a decade later, and including key cuts from Freddy King, Albert King, Johnny “Guitar” Watson and many others in between, you’ll individually hear a variety of instruments, tones and techniques, but together the clear, common artistry of the players’ sovereign ability, sequenced like a long, climactic solo—this is the sound of some of the most heralded talent of the guitar generation! Includes a rich, detailed insert with rare photos and extensive liner notes by Colin Escott. Join six-string soul royalty for a showcase from the company that called itself The King of Them All!

This item is available for pre-order and will ship on, or before, the street date of January 27, 2015.

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upcoming releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - THE BOOK OF LIFE

From producer Guillermo del Toro and director Jorge Gutierrez comes an animated comedy with a unique visual style. The Book Of Life is the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. The Book Of Life encourages us to celebrate the past while looking forward to the future.

The score was composed by Gustavo Santaolalla. The Argentinian is a multi-faced artist that is best known for his work writing movie scores and producing albums. He is also the founder of the alt-tango band Bajofondo. As a composer, he has won two Academy Awards® for Best Original Score for his work on Babel and Brokeback Mountain, for which he also won a Golden Globe® Award. Santaolalla also won two Grammy® Awards as an album producer: Best Latin Pop Album for Juanes' La Vida...Es Un Ratico and Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album for Cafe Tacuba's Cuatro Caminos.  Most recently, Santaolalla composed the score for the Jack Kerouac movie, On The Road, and the video game The Last Of Us.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Gatefold sleeve & 8-page booklet
• 2LP's contain Original Soundtrack + Original Score
• First pressing of 500 numbered  copies on orange & yellow mixed vinyl

CHICKEN SHACK - IN THE CAN

Chicken Shack's In The Can, a masterful compilation of their finest songs, includes tracks culled from their albums 40 Blue Fingers… 100 Ton Chicken and OK Ken?  These tracks include tunes such as "Webbed Feet", "San Ho-Zay", "See See Baby", "A Woman Is The Blues", "Sad Clown" and of course their best known hit "I'd Rather Go Blind".

Formed in 1964, they settled on the name Chicken Shack a year later, inspired by Jimmy Smith's album Back At The Chicken Shack and blues staples such as "Chicken Shack Boogie". In the first couple of years the band particularly honed their skills by playing lots of gigs at the legendary Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany. The band featured Christine Perfect, who left once she married Fleetwood Mac's John McVie. By the early '70ies, most other band members had also moved on to other bands - such as Traffic, Savoy Brown and Jethro Tull. To this day, frontman Stan Webb remains the band's only constant member.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Featuring Christine Perfect

KORN - UNTOUCHABLES

Untouchables is the fifth studio album by American Nu Metal band Korn. The album was officially released on June 11, 2002 and featured the Grammy-winning single "Here to Stay". Untouchables debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 434,000 copies sold during its first week. The album received positive reviews from music critics and is often regarded as one of Korn's best works. Untouchables was certified platinum on July 11, 2002, and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• First pressing of 1500 numbered copies on bronze coloured vinyl

THE KALEIDOSCOPE - SIDE TRIPS

The Kaleidoscope was an American psychedelic folk and ethnic band who recorded 4 albums and several singles for Epic Records between 1966 and 1970. They were one of the progenitors of World Music. Side Trips was the band's 1967 debut album. On the album each member played many instruments; for example, David Lindley played guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin, and Solomon Feldthouse played saz, bouzouki, dobro, vina, oud, doumbek, dulcimer, fiddle, guitar, and vocals.

The group was founded on democratic principles – there was no "leader". The first single, "Please" was released in December 1966. It was produced by Barry Friedman (later known as Frazier Mohawk), as was their first album Side Trips, released in June 1967. The album showcased The Kaleidoscope's musical diversity and studio experimentation. It included Feldthouse's "Egyptian Gardens", Darrow's "Keep Your Mind Open", and versions of Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" and Dock Boggs' "Oh Death".

180 gram audiophile vinyl

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Nonesuch Punch Brothers’ T Bone Burnett–Produced "The Phosphorescent Blues" Vinyl Due On January 27

Nonesuch releases Punch Brothers’ T Bone Burnett–produced The Phosphorescent Blues on January 27, 2015, with the vinyl to follow on February 24. The vinyl edition includes four additional tracks not available elsewhere. The Phosphorescent Blues is available to pre-order with instant downloads of the album tracks "I Blew It Off" and "Julep."

After working with Burnett numerous times—most recently on the soundtrack for the Joel and Ethan Coen film Inside Llewyn Davis and the related Town Hall/Showtime concert Another Day, Another Time—Punch Brothers decided to join forces with the multiple Grammy Award–winning producer for their new record. Last summer, the band and Burnett spent a month at Hollywood’s Ocean Way Recording laying down the songs that guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjo player Noam Pikelny, mandolinist and lead singer Chris Thile, and fiddler Gabe Witcher had written during several writing “retreats” last winter and spring.

Thile explains one of the ways the music on The Phosphorescent Blues reflects the band’s view of modern life: “We often go to bars after shows or writing sessions, to be around other people for a little while.And I’d see people just like me on their phones, telling people they wish they were there, texting people who really are there. Then a song would come on that somebody likes and then they see that someone else does too and maybe they both sing it together and that moment is spiritual, some shared experience, and they are interacting in the flesh, with their fellow man. And that’s communion. Many of the songs on this record dive into that: how do we cultivate beautiful, three-dimensional experiences with our fellow man in this day and age?”

Shortly before the sessions began, Thile and Witcher met with Burnett and discovered the producer had the very same things on his mind. In fact, he’d just given a commencement address at the University of Southern California on the subject of technology and human interaction. Witcher remembers, “Thile and I looked at each and said, ‘This is unbelievable. It’s exactly what we are writing about.’ So this was a perfect, serendipitous union.”

Pre-Order at Nonesuch

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Various Artists - Decadubs 5 EP

Capping off the Hyperdub 10 compilation series in fine style, Decadubs 5 features among other things a never-before-released track from the elusive Burial. 'Lambeth' is a future South London anthem, picking up where 'Wolf Cub' left off, the track finds Burial in a contemplative mood, proper late night backseat bus window illuminated by the stars gear, woodblock percussion rolling along while synths sparkle through the cold night air. The rest of the double pack does not disappoint; the first 12" features the late night jamz of Cooly G's 'Love Again' and the Kode9 epic 'Oh' while the second 12" features future UKF anthem 'Vice Versa' from Funkystepz. Cooly G's 'Him Da Biz', Hyperdub staple DVA's creeping 'Monophonic Nightmare' and a killer reworking of Martyn's 'Mega Drive Generation' by Dorian Concept. All in all a great end to a killer series of releases celebrating ten years at the top, here's to ten more!

Order at Bleep

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IMPALERS - Psychedelic Snutskallar

Well damn, here we are again. Another LP from Austin, TX boss hogs IMPALERS. In the modern climate of music, nothing sticks. Every week there is a new cool 7" or tape making the rounds on social media, littering your feed with bandcamp demos and instragamed cassette j cards. Its hard to keep up, yet an amazing time of stimulation and excitement for punks worldwide. But in the midst of all this madness, its nice to know you can count on Impalers every year to release the best record of the year. Unless you live under a rock, you probably already know what to expect from these guys. Their LP last year topped year end charts high and low. And Psychedelic Snutskallar does damage in all the same places. Peerless d-beat, a work of art. Completely unhinged yet tight and in the pocket. This time they have upped the ante with a monstrous opening track that takes up the whole A side at a never boring 11-minute length. Tripped out artwork and packing concept by SAM RYSER (Crazy Spirit, Dawn of Humans, Dripper World) and reworked material from short lived side project SICK PLOT make this 12" EP a no brainer. 1,000 copies pressed.

Order at TheOmegaOrder

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The Killjoys 'Naive' Vinyl Reissue

Before Kevin Rowland discovered the joys of making menswear and even before he launched Dexys Midnight Runners he was the lead singer in this great punk band from the Midlands. Originally called Lucy & The Lovers and more jazz orientated, Kevin caught the first of a series of wind of changes and hitched a ride on punk with his girlfriend Heather on backing vocals and the gorgeous Gem on bass whom he exploited to the full even encouraging her wearing of sexually alluring clothing!!!! One single Johnny Won’t Get To Heaven / Naive Records 1977). Raw Classic amphetamine punk. Another great track ‘At Night’ on the Raw Deal compilation album. One other known song – Recognition – floating around on an album ‘Naive’ on Damaged Goods released in 1991. They were supposed to be making tapes for an album but they split before anything happened and a supposed deal with Bronze was scuppered by Mr Rowland.

Around mid 77 they lost Heather and Joe 90 (on Kevin’s insistence probably) and acquired a new drummer, Bob Peach, and guitarist Keith Rimell and became virtually a different band as Mr Rowland again sought to jump ship. If you get a chance check out the two John Peel radio sessions they did to hear the difference. Great footage of them performing ‘Johnny’ and ‘At Night’ on the Punk In London video.

Forget Gaye Advert, Gem was a star on bass! Bless them all. Gem / Gil was in fact short for Ghislaine! She formed Alternating before going on to join Girlschool replacing Enid on bass after being recommended to the band by Lemmy! Sadly rumour has it that Heather died. And lastly from his majesty Mr Rowland himself these words from Mojo October 2001. “There was no doubt in my mind that I was at least as passionate and angry and as from the street as any punk rock singer you could name. But it was wrong for me to try to be part of someone else’s thing.”

*Limited repressing of a long lost Killjoys mini album which originally came out on DG back in 1991, This time it’s on red, white and blue vinyl!

Order at DamagedGoods

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DORS unveils top Black Friday sellers



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The top 10 records of 2014 – and where to score them on vinyl for cheap.







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from the great state of california:

Back on black: Vinyl records make a comeback







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from another part of the world:

Music lovers opt for vinyl finish







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Guided By Voices Treat 'Bee Thousand' and 'King Shit & the Golden Boys' to Vinyl Reissues





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Third Man Records Might Be Re-Releasing the Melvins’ Atlantic LPs






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Hot Water Music Celebrate 20th Anniversary With Best-Of Vinyl Box Set











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Could this desktop DIY cutting machine be the future of vinyl?








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40 Years Ago: Yes Take a Fusion-Inspired Detour With ‘Relayer’







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Nominations for 2015 Grammy Awards Announced





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interesting reading for the weekend:

What If the Beatles Never Actually Existed?





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Grimey's BEST SELLERS 11/24 - 11/30, 2014




Vinyl Top 25

1. The New Basement Tapes - Lost On The River
2. Houndmouth - From The Hills Below The City
3. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes Raw
4. Chuck Mead / Paul Burch - split 7"
5. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
6. David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed
7. Prince & 3rdEyeGirl - PlectrumElectrum
8. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
9. She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas
10. Arctic Monkeys - AM
11. Mark Kozelek - Sings Christmas Carols
12. OST - The Big Lebowski
13. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
14. Flake Music - When You Land Here It's Time To Return
15. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
16. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
17. Various - Christmas In Soulsville
18. The Postal Service - Give Up
19. Wilco - Mike Alpha Foxtrot
20. Prince - Art Official Age
21. Mike McCready - Music For Film 10"
22. Sun Kil Moon - Third & Seneca 10"
23. Pink Floyd - Endless River
24. Cursive - The Ugly Organ
25. NOFX - Punk In Drublic

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album cover art of the day:

The Disconnects announce new album “…Wake Up Dead”