Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales

Week Ending 04/24/2010

1. LP - De Vito Bach Mozart "Violin Concerto" HMV UK Pressing - $4,173.00

2. LP - Frank Frost "Hey Boss Man" Phillips - $3,500.00

3. 12" - Senait "Rock Me" Private Press - $3,050.00

4. LP - Pink Floyd "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" Odeon Japan Red Vinyl - $3,000.00

5. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" 243/1000 Sub Pop - $2,399.99

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com/

New Music Releases April 27, 2010

Acid Mothers Temple - From 0 to Infinity (vinyl)
Air Supply - Now & Forever / Air Supply (2 CDs)
Alcoholic Faith Mission - Let This Be the Last Night We Care
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (vinyl reissue)
Alpha Rev - New Morning
Anders Osborne - American Patchwork
Ane Brun - Live In Scandinavia (reissue)
Ane Brun - Sketches (reissue)
Ane Brun - Spending Time With Morgan (reissue)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Association - Birthday (Deluxe Mono Edition)
Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo (vinyl)
B.o.B.- B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
Balkan Beat Box – Blue Eyed Black Boy
Barron Knights - Night Gallery / Teach The World
Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite (remastered with bonus CD)
Billie Holiday - Remixed & Reimagined (Vinyl)
Black Swans - Words Are Stupid
Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend: Rarities Edition
Brian Posehn - Fart & Wiener Jokes
Brilliant Colors - Never Mine (vinyl)
Buck Owens - Open Your Heart - The Buck Owens & Buckaroos Recordings (7 CDs)
Bullet for My Valentine - Fever (vinyl)
Canned Heat - Woodstock Homecoming
Carl Smith - Hey Joe: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
Carole King - The Essential Carole King
Ceremony - Rocket Fire
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Sunset Sound Session (Single) (Vinyl)
Cheap Trick - At Budokan: Limited Edition (Vinyl)
Cleric – Regressions
Cliff Richard - Rock N Roll Years (2 CDs)
Common Prayer - There Is A Mountain
Connie Francis - This Is Your Life - Greatest Hits (2 CDs)
Courteeners - Take Over the World Pt. 1 (vinyl)
Courteeners - Take Over the World Pt. 2 (vinyl)
Cream - Disraeli Gears: Rarities Edition
Daddy Yankee - Daddy Yankee Mundial
Discover America - Future Paths
Don Woody - You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Drowning Pool - Drowning Pool
Emily Jane White - Victorian America (vinyl)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard: Rarities Edition
Eric Clapton - Money & Cigarettes (Vinyl)
Eric Copeland - Doo Doo Run
Freddy Fender - Greatest Hits (2 CDs)
Frightened Rabbit - Nothing Like You (vinyl)
Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph Oceans (vinyl)
Girl in a Coma - Vol. 3 - Adventures in Coverland (vinyl)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - About Love
Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
Groundhogs - Blues Obituary
Henry Jacobs - Around the World with Henry Jacobs
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (Vinyl)
Hole - Nobody's Daughter (vinyl)
Jack Earls & the Jimbos - Slow Down - Sun Years Plus
James - Night Before
Jefferson Airplane - Thirty Seconds Over Winterland / Early Flight
Jesse Malin - Love It to Life (vinyl)
Jo Dee Messina - Unmistakable Love
Johnny Horton - Ballads Of Johnny Horton
Jonathan Tyler & Northern Lights - Pardon Me
Juan Maclean - DJ Kicks (vinyl)
KMFDM - Krieg
Katrina & The Waves - Katrina & The Waves (reissue with bonus tracks)
Kimberly Rew - Bible of Bop (reissue with bonus tracks)
Kmfdm - Krieg
Lali Puna - Our Inventions (vinyl)
Linfinity - Martian's Bloom
Livingston Taylor - Last Alaska Moon
Lonestar - Party Heard Around The World
Lovvers - Strangers/Tragedy (vinyl)
Lucky Soul - Coming of Age
Lucky Soul - Woah Billy!/White Russian Doll (vinyl)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road: Rarities Edition
Marina & the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot Pt. 1 (vinyl)
Marina & the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot Pt. 2 (vinyl)
Marvin Gaye - I Want You: Rarities Edition
Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Age of Miracles
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell: Rarities Edition
Meat Loaf - Hang Cool Teddy Bear (Vinyl)
Melissa Etheridge - Fearless Love
Michael Landau, Robben Ford, Jimmy Haslip, Gary Novak - Renegade Creation
Mike Roger - Let's Stop
Miranda Cosgrove - Sparks Fly
Miriam Makeba - South Africa's Skylark: Hits & Rarities
Mono - Holy Ground: Live (CD & DVD) (3-LP vinyl & DVD)
Mount Carmel - Mount Carmel (vinyl)
Mr. Gnome - Tastes Like Magic (vinyl)
My Education - Sunrise
Mynabirds - The Mynabirda
Mynabirds - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (vinyl)
Naked On The Vague - Heaps of Nothing (vinyl)
Nathaniel Rateliff - In Memory Of Loss
No Second Troy - Colors
Odyssey - Odyssey / Native New Yorker
Pat Benatar - True Love / Gravity's Rainbow
People of the North: Deep Tissue
Peter Frampton - Thank You Mr Churchill
Piebald - Volume 1
Serge Gainsbourg - Box Soundtracks Vol. 2 (12-piece vinyl box set)
Simian Mobile Disco = Aspic/Nerve Salad (vinyl)
Small Black - Small Black EP (remastered)
Soundpool - Mirrors in Your Eyes (vinyl)
Sugar & Gold - Get Wet (vinyl)
Tangerine Dream - Dream Mixes 5
Ten Years After - Now
The Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome
The Boy Least Likely To - A Fairytale Ending EP
The Dirty Heads - Any Port in a Storm
The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter (vinyl)
The Lights - Failed Graves
The Lodger - Flashbacks (vinyl)
The Pack AD - We Kill Computers (vinyl)
Transhcan Sinatras - In The Music
Treniers - Rock
Twilight - Monument to the Time End
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
U2 - Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review
Unnatural Helpers - Cracked Love (and Other Drugs) (vinyl)
Various Artists - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag (vinyl)
Various Artists - Punk Goes Classic Rock
Various Artists - We Are One, In the Sun: A Tribute to Robbie Basho
Various Artists - Why Did I Get Married Too? (soundtrack)
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico: Rarities Edition
Walls - Walls (vinyl & CD)
Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
Wave Pictures - Susan Rode the Cyclone (vinyl)
Wave Pictures - You Leave It Alone (vinyl)
We Were Promised Jetpacks - Last Place You'll Look
White Fence - White Fence
Wounded Lion - Wounded Lion
YACHT - Afterlife (vinyl)


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This Date In Music History-April 27

Birthdays:

Casey Kasem - 1932 - Radio announcer, DJ, host ("American Top 40), character voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo

Maxine Brown - The Browns (1932)

Cuba Gooding - Main Ingredient (1944)

Ann Peebles (1947)

Gordon Haskell - King Crimson (1947)

Kate Pierson - B-52's (1948)

Herb Murrell - Stylistics (1949)

Clive Taylor - Amen Corner (1949)

Paul Frehley - KISS (1951)

Marco Pirroni - Adam And The Ants (1959)

Sheena Easton (1959)

Rob Squires - Big Head Todd & the Monsters (1965)

Jay DeMarcus - Rascal Flatts (1971)

Bob Coombes - Supergrass (1972)

Will Boyd - Evanescence (1979)

Travis Meeks - Days of the New (1979)

Patrick Stump - Fall Out Boy (1984)


They Are Missed:

Born on this day in 1947, Peter Ham, vocals, guitar, The Iveys and then Badfinger. Ham committed suicide on April 24, 1975.



Al Hirt ("Java") died of liver disease in 1999.

Singer Vicki Sue Robinson died in 2000. She had the 1976 disco hit "Turn The Beat Around" and sang back-up vocals on Irene Cara's Top Ten hit single "Fame."


History:

In 1957, in a rare appearance outside the United States, Elvis Presley performed at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada where he wore his full gold lamé suit for the last time.

Lloyd Price's "Personality" was released in 1959.

Little Peggy March started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1963 with "I Will Follow Him." At 15 years, 1 month and 13 days old, Little Peggy March became the youngest female singer to have a US #1 record.



John Lennon's "In His Own Write," a collection of funny poems and drawings, was published in the US in 1964.

In 1966, the Beatles finished recording the new John Lennon song "I'm Only Sleeping" at Abbey Road studios London, England.

Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" was released in 1968.



Joe Cocker made his US debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969.

In 1971, the Grateful Dead appeared at the Fillmore East in New York City. The Beach Boys also appeared on stage with the Dead, who together performed a short set of Beach Boys songs.

In 1974, a free afternoon event was held in the parking lot of the University of Connecticut, Ice Hockey Arena in Storrs. The four acts that appeared, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Fairport Convention and Fat Back. Springsteen then went on to play another gig that evening at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.

Pink Floyd played the last of a four night run at Los Angeles' Sports Arena in 1975. A total of 511 fans were arrested over the four nights for possession of marijuana. LA Police Chief Ed Davis says “They have a dope festival. It’s called a rock concert or something.” Pot smoking at a concert, say it ain't so!

In 1976, customs officers on a train at the Russian/Polish Border detained David Bowie, after Nazi books and mementoes were found in his luggage. Bowie claimed that the material was being used for research on a movie project about Nazi propaganda leader Joseph Paul Goebbels.

Nearly three years to the day after it opened, New York's Studio 54 disco closed in 1980.

USA For Africa started a three-week run at #1 on the US chart in 1985 with "We Are The World." The US artists' answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composer's of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

R.E.M.'s first single, "Dead Letter Office", was released in 1987.

Poison released the album 'Open Up and Say...Ahh' in 1988.

Christian singer Amy Grant started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1991 with "Baby Baby."

Chicago scored their third US #1 album in 1994 with the imaginative title 'Chicago VII'.

Kelly Clarkson was at #1 on the US album chart in 2003 with ‘Thankful.’

In 2006, while in Fiji, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was admitted to a hospital after he reportedly suffered a head injury when he fell out of a palm tree. No word about why he was in the tree....

Also in 2006, members of Cheap Trick and the Allman Brothers Band initiate a class-action suit against Sony BMG claiming that the music company hasn't paid them what’s due from digital-download sales. The action also includes ring tone sales. Cheap Trick and the Allmans ask for more than $25 million in damages.

When pigs fly. In 2008, a giant inflatable pig, covered with political slogans, that was part of Roger Waters' (Pink Floyd) stage set during his performance at the Coachella Festival in Indio, CA, broke free from its mooring. Festival organizers offer $10,000 cash and four lifetime passes to Coachella to whoever tracks down the dirigible. The pig crash-lands a few miles away and was found two days later.

In 2009, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was the victim of a robbery outside Southern Tracks Recording studios in Atlanta, where the band were recording. Ament and a band employee had arrived at the rear of the studio when three assailants brandishing knives emerged from the woods wearing black masks and smashed the windows of a rented Jeep. The robbers grabbed a BlackBerry and Ament’s passport and stole $3,000 in cash and $4,320 worth of goods.

In 2010, Hole releases “Nobody’s Daughter,” the first studio album from Courtney Love since ‘04’s “America’s Sweetheart” — and the first Hole album in over a decade. "This record is about greed, vengeance and feminism," says Love.

Ebay Vinyl Record Sales Reports

Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales

Week Ending 04/10/2010

1. 45 - Margaret Little "Love Finds A Way" / "I Need Some Loving" Genebro - $7,099.00

2. LP - Apple "An Apple A Day" Page One - $4,062.29

3. 45 - Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "I'm In Love With My Car" EMI 2375 Blue Vinyl - $3,400.00

4. 10" - Geroges Enesco "Beethoven Sonate a Kreutzer" Columbia FC 1058 Mono - $3,260.00

5. 78 - Fury Lewis "Mistreatin' Mamma" / "Fury's Blues" Victor - $3,183.33


Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales

Week Ending 04/17/2010

1. LP - John Heartsman And Circles "Music Of My Heart" Private - $4,200.00

2. LP - Puleo (self titled) Private Press - $2,500.00

3. 45 - Elvis Presley (self titled) EP SDP-23 - $2,485.00

4. 45 - Bill Swing "Messed Up" / "Intoxicated Blues" Burton - $2,035.00

5. LP - Beethoven / Mozart Di Torino "Quartetto Viotti Del Circolo Delgi" Cetra - $2,025.00

5. LP - Beethoven / Mozart Di Torino "Quartetto Viotti Del Circolo Delgi" Cetra - $2,025.00

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 7:00PM Eastern / 4:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata. http://shows.radiodentata.com/shows/accidental-nostalgia/

Langhorne Slim Record Contest

Another contest for CVR blog readers, the first two who email me with the words "Langhorne Slim" will win a free copy of his new record 'Be Set Free.'  Email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com (note the new email address)

Please check out the videos for "Cinderella" and "I Love You, But Goodbye" off of his recent record, Be Set Free. Langhorne Slim was just added to BOTH the Sasquatch Music Festival on May 30th as well as Bonnaroo on June 12th

This Date In Music History-April 25

Birthdays:

Jerry Leiber - songwriter and producer for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly. The Monkees, Cliff Richard (1933)

Tony Christie - UK singer (1943)

Bjorn Ulvaeus - Abba (1945)

Stu Cook - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1945)

Michael Kogel - Los Bravos First Spanish rock band to have a UK & US hit single (1945)

Ronnie Gilbert - Blue Magoos (1946)

Michael Brown - Stories (1949)



Michael Brown - Left Banke (1949)

Steve Ferrone - Average White Band (1950)

Fish, (Derek Dick) - Marillion (1958)

Les Pattinson - Echo & the Bunnymen (1958)

Andy Bell - Erasure (1964)

Eric Avery - Jane's Addiction (1965)

Jacob Underwood - O-Town (1980)


They Are Missed:

In 1974, Pamela Courson the long-term companion of the late Jim Morrison died of a drug overdose. It was Courson who found the Doors singer dead on July 3, 1971 in the bathtub of their apartment in Paris, France.

American jazz tenor saxophonist.Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 - October 25, 1987).

Born on this day in 1918, Ella Fitzgerald, US jazz singer, died 15th June 1996.

Born today in 1923, Albert King, US blues guitarist. Died December 20, 1992.

In 2002, TLC member Lisa Lopes was killed in a car accident in La Ceiba, Honduras, (age 30). Seven other people, including Lopes' brother and sister, who were in the Mitsubishi Montero sports utility vehicle when the crash happened, were taken to a hospital. Lopes who was driving the car when it crashed had spent the past month in Honduras working on various projects including a clothing line, a new solo project and a book.

In 2007, American singer Bobby "Boris" Pickett died of leukemia at the age of 69. Scored the Halloween anthem "The Monster Mash" in 1962. The song had been banned by The BBC in the UK, deemed offensive and wasn’t a hit until 1973. It was a spoof on the dance crazes popular at the time, including the Twist and the Mashed Potato.




History:

Elvis Presley started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1960 with "Stuck On You."

Just days after the completion of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, the Beatles embarked upon their next project, recording the theme to 'Magical Mystery Tour' at Abbey Road studios in London.

The Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love" during a British TV broadcast in 1967. Marianne Faithfull sang in the chorus.



The Jackson Five started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1970 with "ABC." It was the group's second #1 hit.

Elvis Presley made the last recordings of his life during a concert at the Saginaw, Michigan Civic Centre in 1977. Three songs from the show appeared on the posthumously released Presley album, 'Moody Blue'.

In 1979, The Police made their debut on BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Roxanne'.

The film "Rock & Roll High School" starring the Ramones premiered in 1979.

Paul McCartney disbanded Wings in 1981.

In 1982, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder were at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Ebony And Ivory." This was McCartney's 24th #1 hit single as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony folks!".

U2 started a five-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1987 with 'The Joshua Tree.'

In 1988, Bon Jovi's manager Doc Mcgee was convicted on drug offences arising from the 1982 seizure of 40,000lb of marijuana smuggled into north Carolina from Colombia. McGee was sentenced to a five year suspended prison term and a $15,000 fine.

The Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix played at the Woodstock festival was auctioned off for a record $295,000 in 1990.

Kris Kross started an eight week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1992 with "Jump." The duo of Chris Smith and Chris Kelly were 12 and 13 when they recorded the song.

In 1994, the Eagles played the first of two shows where they recorded their ‘Hell Freezes Over’ album. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmit first got back together the previous December for the making of a Travis Tritt video of their song, "Take It Easy." The name of the album was taken from an earlier quote by Glen Frey, who responded to the question "When will the Eagles get back together?"

In 1997, U2's 'Pop Mart' world tour kicked off at The Las Vegas San Boyd Stadium in front of 35,000 fans. The tour featured the largest video screen in the world and would visit 80 cities around the planet.

Next started a four-week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1998 with "Too Close."

Nas was at #1 on the US album chart in 1999 with ‘I Am...’ the rappers second US #1 album.

In 2003, Sinead O'Connor announced on her Web site that she was going to retire. Good....

Bruce Springsteen's "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" was released in 2006. The album featured 13 tracks associated with folk singer Pete Seeger.

Rascal Flatts went to #1 on the US album charts in 2009 with ‘Unstoppable’, the American country pop acts sixth studio album.

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 19, 2010

DEAR JERRY: A friend sent me a YouTube link that features Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin; Sammy Davis Jr.; and Johnny Carson in concert, in front of a packed house, singing “The Start of the Blues.” Yes, Johnny Carson does sing!

All four are wearing tuxedos, appearing in what appears to be a New York Broadway Theater.

What can you tell me about this event? Perhaps your friend Deana Martin knows how this came about.

—Mike Bell, Philadelphia


DEAR MIKE: No need to drag Deana in on this, though there is a connection not widely known in the U.S. She recently headlined “Deana Martin and the Rat Pack,” a successful stage show in London that may soon play other European cities.

Still, I did call her just to say she's being mentioned in my column again.

Originally titled “Frank Sinatra Spectacular,” four famous Rat Packers — Frank, Dean, Sammy, and Joey Bishop (with the Count Basie and Quincy Jones bands) — gave a benefit concert at the Keil Opera House in downtown St. Louis, the proceeds of which supported the local Dismas House.

Founded in 1959 by Jesuit Father Charles “Dismas” Clark, the halfway houses that bear his name provide a place where men recently released from prison live rent free until they can manage on their own. Most guests stay for a few days, weeks, or months, depending on their needs as well as input from the referring authorities.

It all came together in 1965, on June 20th — both Father's Day and Christina Sinatra's birthday. Frank even introduced “Tina,” his youngest daughter, and everyone in the building sang “Happy Birthday.”

That any video exists of this concert is thanks to it being a closed-circuit broadcast, meaning simultaneously aired by affiliate stations. From that small network, one black-and-white print survived, though not discovered until 1995. For the 32nd anniversary of the Spectacular (1997), the video finally became commercially available, thanks to the Museum of Television & Radio.

Until a few hours before the show, Johnny Carson could not have imagined himself spending Father's Day in St. Louis, on stage as a replacement Rat. Yet, when regular rodent Joey Bishop injured his back, and could not perform, Frank asked Johnny to fly in and fill in … as emcee and comedian.

Some memorable moments include:

Tongue-in-cheek, Carson opens with a news flash: “I read that the birth rate has dropped appreciably in the United States, and I'd like to feel that my show [“Tonight Show”] is partly responsible for this decline.”

Referring to Dean, Johnny says: “The only reason he's got a good tan is he found a bar with a skylight.”

In “Everybody Loves Somebody,” Dino replaces “if I had it in my power” with “if I had you in my shower.”

Sammy credits Sinatra's persuasive method for putting on such a substantial event: “He just picks up the phone and says be there!” Davis adds “My mother, Alvera Sanchez, is a Puerto Rican, which means I'm Colored, Jewish and Puerto Rican. When I move into a neighborhood, I wipe it out! There ain't nobody left.”

Frankie thrills the hometown crowd with “My Kind of Town,” predictably making the lyrics about St. Louis instead of Chicago.

The unplanned, and somewhat unrehearsed, gathering of this legendary foursome is made even more special with their finale, “Birth of the Blues,” sung individually and collectively.

A jazz and big band standard, “Birth of the Blues” (not “Start of,” though that line is in the lyrics) became a Top 20 hit for Paul Whiteman (1926); Harry Richman (1926); Revelers (1926); and Frank Sinatra (1952).

Not released as a single but equally noteworthy is Dinah Washington's marvelous “Birth of the Blues,” which she commingles with “I Don't Hurt Anymore” crafting an outstanding medley.


IZ ZAT SO? The Museum of Television & Radio's video release of this show, now titled “The Rat Pack Live in Saint Louis 1965 (With the Count Basie Band),” provides “the only recorded complete performance of the legendary Rat Pack.”

Despite their countless live appearances in the '60s, that June night in St. Louis stands as the Pack's only televised concert together.


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 2010 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission

Back In Action

Well, it appears all is well and the blog will get back to action.  I guess the reason that I do not see the migration button to change formats is because I don't have to change, I am already migrated.  Hopefully, this is true and the blog continues past May 1st (still a bit worried).

So, starting today, I will start the blog back up and hope to continue to be an interesting and informative site to visit.  Let's start today with an interesting Mr. Music feature by Jerry Osborne.

It's good to be back!

Robert

No More CollectingVinylRecords Blog?

Hello,

Well I am back online and the move was a tough one, we still have lots to do around the new house.  But, 5 acres in the country sure beats living in the city and we are very happy with the move.

I am not sure if anyone else uses Blogger, but they are discontinuing the FTP publishing process (which I use) and ask that we (those who use Blogger) migrate to a new format.  That is where the trouble is for me.  I have watched the YouTube videos to start the process, but when I hit the 'start migration' button in my dashboard, I do not get the button to click on to start the migration or even backup the blog.  I have contacted Blogger, but have had no results.  So, what does this mean?

I am afraid that without the opportunity to migrate my blog into their new system, as of May 1st 2010, this blog will cease to exist.  This is very frustrating and very sad for me, as I have tried to keep the blog updated with interesting news and features on a daily basis for over two years.  It is a shame that all this information will be lost, but this is beyond my control.

 I will keep trying to correct the problem, but when no one answers emails at Blogger and does not explain how to fix the problem, we are left with this result - no more CollectingVinylRecords.com blog.  I may decide to use a different format (maybe wordpress), but I am very discouraged by this whole mess and am debating on whether to continue.......

Best Regards,
Robert

Vacation Time!

I will be off line for the next week or so and hope that you come back to the blog and keep reading about music and vinyl records. We are relocating again and hopefuly I can be back at it by next Saturday. Have a safe and happy week!

Music News & Notes

Dokken to release new greatest hits album

Dokken has announced a new release package, “Greatest Hits 2.” It will contain all new versions of many classics and two new tracks, “Almost Over” and “Magic Man,”and two newly recorded covers. Those covers are “Bus Stop,” originally recorded by the Hollies and “Lies,” first done by The Knickerbockers. King Records will release the album in Japan on April 21st and be available to the US on Cleopatra's Deadline Records.

Dokken live on June 21, 2008 in West Fargo, ND. Photo by Matt Becker"Greatest Hits 2" track listing:

01. Just Got Lucky
02. Breaking The Chains
03. Into The Fire
04. The Hunter
05. In My Dreams
06. It's Not Love
07. Alone Again
08. Dream Warrior
09. Unchain The Night
10. Tooth And Nail
11. Almost Over (new song)
12. Magic Man (new song)
13. Bus Stop (the HOLLIES cover)
14. Lies (THE KNICKERBOCKERS cover)

Tour footage of Dokken recently performing the song “Dream Warriors” on March 27, 2010 at GB Leighton's Pickle Park in Fridley, Minnesota can be viewed below.



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Misfits Records To Release New Music From JuiceheaD On April 13, 2010

As if Record Store Day (http://www.recordstoreday.com/) couldn't get any bigger, it does! Misfits Records is proud to announce two new tracks from the Chicago power-punk trio JuiceheaD will be available as a Limited Edition 7-inch colored vinyl for Record Store Day! The two brand new tracks come from JuiceheaD's forthcoming studio album, How to Sail A Sinking Ship. The vinyl's first pressing will be a Record Store Day exclusive!

There will be a pressing of 500, Limited Edition pieces worldwide that will feature an amazing color mix of gold and oil spill inflected deep ruby swirled vinyl to match the foreboding stormy skyline in the sleeve art.

The label is issuing a warning, if you want the record, snatch it while you can because of the limited amount pressed. The 7-inch single comes with a FREE Digital Download card redeemable anywhere for MP3s of both new songs: 'Rotting from the Inside' (Side A) and 'Death of Democracy' (Side B).

The tracks and forthcoming LP How To Sail A Sinking Ship were produced by longtime Misfits & Ramones collaborator John Cafiero. The producer and Osaka Popstar frontman also guests on backing vocals for the track "Rotting From The Inside."

The 7-inch sleeve features an illustration by artist Joe King (Crooks N Castles, Billabong, and Obey Giant). Iconic artist Shepard Fairey personally recommended King for the project to Cafiero.

JuiceheaD have also lined up a special in-store FREE live performance and record signing in their hometown of Chicago for Record Store Day weekend!

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EMPIRES OF EDEN: 'Reborn In Fire' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for "Reborn in Fire" — the upcoming album from EMPIRES OF EDEN, the brainchild of PAINDIVISION/ex-DUNGEON guitarist Stu Marshall — can be viewed below. The artwork was created by U.S.-based artist Alex Ruiz.

Due in early June via 7Hard Records, "Reborn in Fire" will feature "some of the world's most respected heavy metal voices," including American vocalist Mike Vescera (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, LOUDNESS, OBSESSION). It "delivers an epic and aggressive power metal assault in the style of AVANTASIA and the collaborative genius of AYREON," according to a press release.

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MASTODON Schedules Raleigh In-Store Appearance

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will appear inside Schoolkids Records in Raleigh, North Carolina at 4 p.m. on "Record Store Day" (April 17) to celebrate the vinyl release of their "Blood Mountain" album.

The vinyl reissue of "Blood Mountain" will be available in both standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition of "Blood Mountain" will be pressed on double 45 RPM discs on super-heavy 180-gram vinyl housed in a grand gatefold sleeve that will feature new custom art from Paul Romano.

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R.E.M. fans have the chance to pick up a vinyl copy of their debut EP, Chronic Town, at some participating stores during next Saturday's Record Store Day. The copies will be pressed in blue vinyl.

This Date In Music History-April 11

Birthdays:

Chris Difford - Squeeze (1954)

Neville Staples - Specials (1956)

Nigel Pulsford - Bush (1965)

UK singer Lisa Stansfield (1966)

Dylan Keefe - Marcy Playground (1970)

Oliver "Ollie" Riedel - Rammstein (1971)

Tom Thacker - Sum 41 (1978)

Joss Stone (1987)


They Are Missed:

Born on this day in 1958, Stuart Adamson, guitarist and vocalist with Skids and Big Country, who had a 1983 UK #10 single with "Fields Of Fire" plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. Adamson died on December 16, 2001.

June Pointer of the Pointer Sisters ("Yes We Can Can") died of cancer in 2006.


History:

The SPEBSQSA (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America) was founded in 1936.

James Brown debuts on the R&B charts in 1956 with "Please, Please, Please."



Travelling from Amarillo to Nashville in 1956, the plane that Elvis Presley was flying on developed engine trouble and was forced to make an emergency landing. The incident created a fear of flying for Presley.

In 1961, Bob Dylan played his first live gig in New York City at Gerde's Folk City, opening for John Lee Hooker.

The Beatles set a new chart record in 1964 when they had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The songs ranged from "Can't Buy Me Love" at #1 to "Love Me Do" at #81.

In a rare joint appearance both The Beatles and Rolling Stones performed at the New Musical Express concert in 1965. The show features the magazine’s poll winners. Also on the bill are the Animals and Kinks, along with numerous pop acts.

Frank Sinatra recorded "Strangers In The Night" in 1966.

Big Brother & the Holding Company make their national TV debut on ABC's "Hollywood Palace" in 1968.

Peter Green quit Fleetwood Mac while on tour in Germany in 1970, to avoid breach of contract he agreed to finish the current tour.

The Beatles started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1970 with "Let It Be." It became the group's 19th US #1 in 6 years.

In 1973, the Beach Boys appeared at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. The Beach Boys were at a very low ebb in popularity in America and this show proved a financial disaster for the promoter, with less than 3,000 tickets sold for the 16,000 capacity venue. Opening act was Mothers Finest and middle of the bill was Bruce Springsteen who played a 60-minute set.

In 1977, Alice Cooper played to an audience of 40,000 in Sydney, Australia, the largest crowd to attend a rock concert in the country's history. After the show Cooper was placed under house arrest at his hotel until he posted a bond for $59,632. That amount was the sum that a promoter claimed to have paid Cooper for a 1975 Australia tour he never made. The two settled when it was found that the promoter did not fulfill his part of the agreement either.

In 1981, Eddie Van Halen married actress Valerie Bertinelli, co-star of the 1980's television hit, One Day at a Time. The two had met eight months earlier when Bertinelli's brother took her to a Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Hall and Oates started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1981 with "Kiss On My List," the duo's second US #1 hit.

Cliff Richard starred in the Dave Clark-produced stage musical, "Time" in 1986 (also featuring Dione Warwick, Leo Sayer and Queen's Freddie Mercury).

Cher won an Academy Award in 1988 for best actress for her work in 'Moonstruck.'

Elton John sang at the funeral of AIDS victim Ryan White in 1990.

Oasis released their first single "Supersonic" in 1994.



Nirvana's album 'In Utero' was certified double-platinum in 1994.

Peter, Paul and Mary released their 17th album, 'LifeLines' in 1995.

Paul McCartney gave a twenty-minute concert from the roof of a building he owns in London in 1997.

In 2006, 10,000 Elton John related items, including clothing and accessories, went on sale to benefit Elton John AIDS Foundation. The event, dubbed Elton's Closet, was held in New York's Rockefeller Center.

The Doors' spin-off group, Riders On The Storm, with original members keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger, launched a European tour in Dublin in 2006.

Michael Fremer Album Review

Elvis Costello (reissue)
My Aim Is True


Stiff/Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-329 180g LP


Produced by: Nick Lowe
Engineered by: Bazza
Mixed by: N/A
Mastered by: Shawn R. Britton at Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs

Review by: Michael Fremer
2010-04-01

Though it was probably one of the most audacious debuts in rock history and quickly established him as one of the premier songwriters of his generation, Elvis Costello’s My Aim is True has always felt more like a publisher’s demo reel than as a recording intended for commercial release.

Backed up by members of the Bay area group Clover who were then living in the U.K. and recorded in a 24 hour hurry at a small suburban London studio for around $1500 My Aim is True still managed to capture the D.I.Y. spirit of the time so its sparse esthetic resonated with the intended audience.

Though Costello had toiled for almost a decade, his success was deemed “overnight” because the album seemed to take off as quickly as it had been recorded. In short order, thanks to My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello became a major rock star.

While the quality of the songs like “Alison” and “The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes” trumped the glazed, often distant, indistinct sound (not to mention the outlandish Buddy Holly meets cerebral palsy cover pose and the cartoonish name Declan McManus chose for himself), My Aim is True has always been difficult to listen to, especially on a good audio system—until now.

I’ve got an original UK Stiff pressing (that omits the single “Watching the Detectives” only found on the American Columbia issue) mastered by the great George “Porky” Peckham and I would never bet against any “Porky Prime Cut,” but in this case, the guys at Mobile Fidelity have not only beat Porky, they’ve produced a near miracle!

Heretofore buried in the glaze instruments now appear with utter clarity thanks to the timbral honesty and transparency of the new transfer from the original master tape. While the tracks are still raw and basic, they have newfound polish, body and three-diimensionality. If you’re a fan of this pre-Attractions album, I think you’ll be absolutely astonished by what Mobile Fidelity has done here.

You know the old expression “you can’t polish a turd?” Well as great as the music is here, the album has always been a sonic turd on vinyl (the Columbia original is markedly inferior to the Stiff “Porky” pressing) and on any of the multiple CD reissues from Ryko to Rhino to UMG. Not so on this reissue.

Somehow Mobile Fidelity has removed the edge and glaze and not by smothering and softening, but rather by stripping away the unpleasantness to reveal an honest, supple, remarkably three-dimensional and immediate recording. I don’t know how they did it or why no one else who tried managed, but they did.

The gatefold incorporates lyrics and images of the master tape boxes and Mobile Fidelity has generously and wisely included “Watching the Detectives.” Add a fine 180 RTI pressing and you have one of Mobile Fidelity’s most significant reissues. “Resurrection” might be a more appropriate word for what’s been done.

I’m not saying Mobile Fidelity has turned My Aim is True into an audiophile sonic spectacular, but if you’re a long time fan of this album, when you hear the details that have been uncovered, along with the rhythmic clarity and certainty that’s been previously missing on every other issue, you may conclude they have.

Thanks to Michael over at http://www.musicangle.com  for the exclusive rights to reprint this material.


Copyright © 2008 MusicAngle.com & Michael Fremer - All rights reserved Reprinted by permission

Music News & Notes

Blur to release single for independent stores

Blur are set to release a new single for the first time in seven years.

It is thought that just 1,000 copies of the record will be issued to highlight Record Store Day, supporting independently-owned music shops. A title for the new material is yet to be revealed and its release will mark the first single from Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon, and Dave Rowntree since Good Song in 2003.

It is understood the single will contain two brand new tracks, and further details are likely to be revealed next week.

The foursome reunited for a string of gigs last summer and featured in the documentary No Distance Left To Run. Albarn said in a statement: ''We want independent record stores to continue - they're an important part of our musical culture. Music is a simple way for Blur to show our support and we hope people like it.''

Although sources say the single is a one-off, it is likely to fuel hopes among the Britpop heroes' fans that further new material could be in the pipeline.

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Mates Of State Announce Covers Album Details

Mates of State have revealed a few details about their forthcoming covers album, ‘Crushes‘. The album, which will feature covers of 10 various artists, is set for release this summer. The album features covers from artists including The Mars Volta, Death Cab For Cutie, and Belle & Sebastian.

The forthcoming album is the duo’s first full length release and was recorded and produced by Mates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner themselves.

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Beatles and Lily Allen go vinyl for Record Store Day

The Rolling Stones, The Flaming Lips and Bat For Lashes are some of the other big names participating in the festivities courtesy of the Parlophone label. Each release will be limited to 1,000 copies and come in a vintage-style paper Parlophone house bag, available exclusively from independent record stores taking part in the event.

"Parlophone and our artists recognise the importance of our indie stores and their contribution to not only our new and developing artists but to our catalogue as a whole," said Parlophone president Miles Leonard of the limited-edition releases. Being able to support this campaign with some great seven-inch releases from the Beatles to Bat for Lashes is our way of thanking them for their continued support."

The full list of Record Store Day releases:

The Beatles: Paperback Writer/Rain

Lily Allen: Back To The Start/Kabul Shit

Babyshambles: Side Of The Road/UnBiloTitled

Bat For Lashes: Howl! (live at De La Warr Pavillion)/Wild Is The Wind (live at Grove Music Studios)

Tinie Tempah: Pass Out/Pass Out (SBTRKT Remix)

Chiddy Bang: Opposite Of Adults/Sooner Or Later

Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse: Just War (featuring Gruff Rhys)/Just War (instrumental)

Eliza Doolittle: Pack Up/Rollerblades

Hot Chip: I Feel Bonnie (featuring Bonnie 'Prince' Billie)/Bear Witness

Jónsi: Do Do/Boy Lilikoi

Pet Shop Boys: Love Life/A Powerful Friend

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TWIN TIGERS ON TOUR--Select Dates with The Hold Steady*

April 17--Give It Up State! Festival--Clemson, SC
April 20--Tin Roof--Charleston, SC
April 29--Neighborhood Theatre--Charlotte, NC
April 30--Nightlight--Chapel Hill, NC
May 1--The Fire--Philadelphia, PA
May 3--Cameo Gallery--Brooklyn, NY
May 4--Pianos--New York, NY
May 6--Garfield Artworks--Pittsburg, PA
May 7--The Red and Black Room--Washington, DC
**May 22 & May 23--The Social--Orlando, FL**
**May 25--Live Wire Music Hall--Savannah, GA**
** May 26--40 Watt Club--Athens, GA**
**May 27--Variety Playhouse--Atlanta, GA**


::WATCH Twin Tigers Video - "Red Fox Run"::
~~Directed by Robert U. Thomason~~

This Date In Music History-April 9

Birthdays:

Country singer Margo Smith (1942)

Terry Knight- Terry Knight and the Pack , Grand Funk Railroad (1943)

Gene Parsons - Byrds (1944)

Les Gray - Mud (1946)

Phillip Wright - Paper Lace (1948)

Hal Ketchum (1953)

Mark Kelly - Marillion (1961)

Joe Peters - Grant Lee Buffalo (1965)

Kevin Martin - Candlebox (1969)

Gerard Way - My Chemical Romance (1977)

Rachel Stevens - S Club 7 (1978)

Albert Hammond Jr - Strokes (1980)

Jesse McCartney (1987)


They Are Missed:

In 1976, American folk singer songwriter Phil Ochs, hung himself at his sister's home in Queens, New York. Wrote "There But A Fortune," a hit for Joan Baez.

Dave Prater of soul duo Sam & Dave was killed in 1988 when his car left the road and hit a tree in Syracuse, Georgia, on his way to his mother's house in Ocilla. He was 50. Recorded for Stax Records from 1965 - 1968, hits included "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Coming."

Singer and songwriter Brook Benton died in 1988 (age 56). Scored over 20 US top 40 singles, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly" and made a comeback in 1974 when he had the #4 hit "Rainy Night In Georgia."

Songwriter Mae Boren Axton died in 1997 (age 82) after drowning in her bath at her home in Hendersonville, Tennessee after an apparent heart attack. Known as the 'Queen Mother of Nashville' she wrote over 200 songs including a co-writing credit on the Elvis Presley hit "Heartbreak Hotel." Mother of country singer, songwriter Hoyt Axton.

Born on this day in 1932, Carl Perkins, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, (1956 US #2 & single "Blue Suede Shoes"). Perkins' songs were recorded by artists Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Johnny Cash. Perkins died on 19th Jan 1998 (age 65).



In 2009, Randy Cain, a founding member of US soul group The Delfonics died at his home in Maple Shade, New Jersey at the age of 63. The Philadelphia group, whose hits include "La-La (Means I Love You)," won an R&B Grammy in 1970 for their song "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time."


History:

Elvis Presley performed at the L.C. Humes High School talent contest in 1953, singing "Keep Them Cold, Icy Fingers Off Of Me" (he gets the most applause and is allowed to sing an encore of "Til I Waltz Again With You").

Gene Vincent recorded the classic rock 'n roll song "Be Bop-A-Lula" in 1956, which went on to be a US & UK Top 20 hit in this year.



In 1963, the Beatles appeared live on the ITV show Tuesday Rendezvous, miming "From Me to You" and "Please Please Me" (during the closing credits). In the evening The Beatles played live at the Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn, London.

In 1965, Bruce Johnston joined the Beach Boys as the permanent replacement for Brian Wilson.

The Rolling Stones made their first live appearance on British TV's "Ready Steady Go!" in 1965.

Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" was released in 1966.

The Righteous Brothers started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1966 with "You're My Soul And Inspiration."

The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane appeared at Cheetah, Santa Monica Pier, Venice, California in 1967. This was the largest show The Doors had played to date with a crowd of over 3,000

Paul McCartney quits the Beatles in 1970 (the group's breakup is announced to the press the next day).

Paul McCartney released the song "My Love" in 1973.

The Jackson 5 played the first of 15 shows at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in 1974.

Abba went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1977 with "Dancing Queen," the group's 7th US Top 40 hit and first #1.

Billy Ocean started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1988 with "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car."

In 1992, Fort Smith, AR resident Sean Pierce is walking home wearing a T-shirt he purchased the day before at a Van Halen concert when he’s arrested for “violating a statute against wearing a smutty shirt.” The shirt has the title of one of the group's albums printed on it: "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.” How could anyone have a problem with that? Van Halen offers to pay Pierce's fine.

Pantera entered the US album chart at #1 in 1994 with 'Far Beyond Driven.'

R. Kelly started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1994 with "Bump N' Grind," his first US #1 hit.

Soundgarden officially disbanded in 1997.

NSYNC started a seven week run at #1 on the US album chart in 2000 with ‘No Strings Attached.’

In 2008, R.E.M.'s "Accelerate" sells 115,000 copies in its first week to land at #2 on the Billboard 200 (U.S.). The album makes its debut at #1 in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the Czech Republic and #2 in Germany, Italy, Holland and Austria.

Also in 2008, Green Day admitted (in an email to MTV) that they are also the Garage Rock band Foxboro Hot Tubs. The group posted a downloadable EP titled "Stop Drop and Roll!!!" for free a couple months earlier.

When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors is released in select US theaters in 2010. The biographical film, charting the group’s rise and fall, is narrated by actor Johnny Depp.