This Date In Music History - August 27

Birthdays:

Phil Shulman - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound,Gentle Giant (1937)

B.J. Thomas (1942)

Daryl Dragon - Captain and Tennille (1942)

Tim Bogert - Vanilla Fudge (1944)



Jeff Cook - Alabama (1949)

Kevin Kavanaugh - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1951)

Alex Lifeson - Rush (1953)

Glen Matlock- Rich Kids and early member of The Sex Pistols and the reformed Sex Pistols (1956)

Mike Johnson - Dinosaur Jr. (1965)

Bobo - Cypres Hill (1968)

Tony Kanal - No Doubt (1970)

Mase- worked with Puff Daddy, Blackstreet, Notorious B.I.G. (1977)

Sarah Neufeld - Arcade Fire (1979)



Jon Siebels - Eve 6 (1979)

R&B singer Mario (1986)


They Are Missed:

In 1967, British music entrepreneur and the manager of The Beatles Brian Epstein was found dead, locked in a bedroom at his London home. A coroner's inquest concluded that Epstein died from an overdose of the sleeping pill Carbitrol. He also managed several other artists including Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black and The Remo Four. The first contract between The Beatles and Epstein was auctioned in London in 2008, and was sold for $370,000.

In 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed when the helicopter he was flying in, hit a man-made ski slope while trying to navigate through dense fog. Vaughn had played a show at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin with Robert Cray & His Memphis Horns, and Eric Clapton. Vaughan was informed by a member of Clapton's crew that three seats were open on a helicopter returning to Chicago with Clapton's crew, it turned out there was only one seat left; Vaughan requested it from his brother, who obliged. Three members of Eric Clapton's entourage were also killed. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarist's of all time. No One, I Mean No One, played the guitar like SRV!





R.I.P Mr. Vaughan. We're not worthy!

Percussionist Richard Jaeger died in 2000. Worked with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Pointer Sisters.

Born on this day in 1947, percussionist David Leon ‘Billy’ Knight. Died on 6th December 6, 2002.


History:

Charles G. Conn received a patent for the metal clarinet in 1889.

Connie Francis was the mystery guest on CBS-Tv's 'What's My Line' in 1961.

On the last day of a five-day break from their North American tour in 1965, The Beatles, attended a recording session for The Byrds. Later that afternoon, The Beatles met Elvis Presley at his mansion in Beverly Hills. It was an awkward meeting, leaving The Beatles with the impression that Presley's personality was decidedly "unmagnetic." John Lennon remarked soon after, “Where’s Elvis? It was like meeting Engelbert Humperdinck.”

Bob Dylan's second electric album, "Highway 61 Revisited," was released in 1965.

The Association's "Cherish" was released in 1966.

Jackson Browne recorded "Stay" and "Running on Empty" at a concert in Columbia, Maryland in 1977.




In 1988, "Monkey" gave George Michael his eighth US #1 single of the 1980s, a record only beaten by Michael Jackson.

Tracy Chapman went to #1 on the US album chart in 1988 with her self-titled album.

Pearl Jam released 'Ten' in 1991.

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song "A Day In The Life" sold at an auction for $87,000 in 1992.

Boyz II Men started a 14 week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1994 with "I'll Make Love To You." The record- breaking 14 week stay came to an end when they knocked themselves from the top with "On Bended Knee."

Neil Young headlined the Redding Festival with Pearl Jam as his backing band in 1995.

In 2003, P Diddy was being sued for $5m by a woman who claimed she was assaulted by a bouncer outside his New York restaurant. Stephanie Grieso, said she was arguing outside Justin's in August 2002 when a bouncer grabbed her by the neck and pushed her down on the pavement, causing leg injuries.

In 2004, Green Day, The Darkness, The White Stripes, Morrissey, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, 50 Cent, (50 Cent was booed off stage after being greeted by a rain of bottles thrown at him and his G-Unit crew as they came onstage). The Streets, The Vines, Soulwax, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, The Offspring, Ash, Placebo and Lostprophets all appeared at this years UK Carling Weekend in Reading and Leeds, England.

In 2007, Kevin Federline's lawyers asked Britney Spears to pay some of her former husband's legal expenses in their divorce case. His legal team said Federline had "no net income" after various expenses, and that Ms Spears was "clearly the monied party" in the dispute. According to legal documents filed in Los Angeles, the pop star's average monthly income was $737,868. The couple had married in October 2004 and filed for divorce in November 2006.

In 2008, Kevin Cogill, a 27-year-old blogger, is arrested by the FBI for leaking tracks from Guns N' Roses' long-overdue "Chinese Democracy" album online. Cogill was taken into custody at his home in Culver City, CA, on "suspicion of violating federal copyright laws."

LIARS - ­­NEW EP OUT OCTOBER 19th

LIARS

PROUD EVOLUTION – ­­NEW EP OUT OCTOBER 19th

FEATURES THOM YORKE REMIX + 3 NEW B-SIDES

CANADIAN TOUR DATES

9/29/10 – Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON

9/30/10 – Le National, Pop Montreal (Headline)

10/1/10 – Ritual, Ottawa, ON

10/2/10 – This Aint Hollywood, Hamilton

WATCH Liars’ performance at La Route Du Rock festival HERE

“Working their way up to art rock legacy” – Rolling Stone

“Bands that do what they want to do because they believe in it – and trust the intelligence of their listeners – are the future. That is the brave new world of Liars” – Los Angeles Times

“Like a Mayan maze of sonic and lyrical ambiguity that pummels and cajoles... while darting jittery glances down dank alleys.” – HighTimes

Liars will release a new single, Proud Evolution, as a six track EP on October 19th, 2010. The new EP features a remix from Thom Yorke, a live version recorded at Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, plus three exclusive new b-sides “Come Now”, “Total Frown”, and “Strangers”.

Liars on “Proud Evolution”: “A triumphant processional piano part is hijacked by something more lurid and tempting. The clicking and gurgling of what’s kicking. Soon a large rolling mass of bass displaces the equilibrium and redirects it into a groove. The tempting wave reminds you that misplaced confidence can be frightening.”

Liars make a long awaited return to Canada, playing Toronto and Montreal for the first time since 2006, and playing Ottawa and Hamilton for the first time ever! Having taken their critically acclaimed fifth album Sisterworld across the US, Liars head north to devastate Canada including a headline appearance at the Pop Montreal International Music Festival on September 30th.

At this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago Sun-Times observed “A series of owl cries and electronically distorted yowls rose and fell over guitar lines played carefully just a half xtone off where they should be, and the bass lurked and dodged in the lengthening shadows.”

Time Out Chicago raved, “Art-rockers Liars took a cue from the blistering sun, delivering a set that was equally as intense as the sweltering heat beaming down from above.”

Sisterworld is out now on CD, double vinyl and 2CD version. The second disc of the 2CD release sees each track on Sisterworld remixed and reinterpreted by a host of artists including Thom Yorke, Devendra Banhart, Atlas Sound, Blonde Redhead, Fol Chen and Alan Vega while the unique packaging for the 2CD and deluxe vinyl editions, designed by Brian Roettinger / Hand Held Heart (Grammy nominated and Rolling Stone award winning for his work with No Age) allows a surreal glimpse into Sisterworld.

Daytrotter Session HERE

Pitchfork TV’s ‘Surveillance’ series   HERE

John Norris for NoiseVox’s Noisemakers series.   HERE

Proud Evolution Track Listing:

1. Proud Evolution (Album Version)

2. Proud Evolution (Thom Yorke remix)

3. Proud Evolution (Live From Williamsburg)

4.Come Now

5.Total Frown

6. Strangers

For more information and inquiries please contact Sheryl Witlen at Mute.

sheryl@mute.com  

http://www.liarsliarsliars.com/   www.myspace.com/liarsliarsliars  http://www.mute.com/  http://www.thesisterworld.com/  

New Andy Bell Music

NEW SINGLE “NON-STOP”

OUT OCTOBER 12th 2010

FROM THE SOLO ALBUM, NON-STOP, OUT NOW

“For anyone looking for this summer’s new club anthem, Non-Stop delivers the goods” – Venus Zine

“Bell delivers 10 songs packed with relentless beats and dizzying electronic accompaniment.” – M Magazine

“This is pop, house, electro and disco-glam all combined in to one campy cup of perfection.” – Theme Magazine

Andy Bell releases a new single and title track from his latest album, “Non-Stop”, out digitally on October 12th, 2010. The single features remixes from London based remix team Digital Dog (Tinchy Stryder, Britney Spears, Rihanna), plus exclusive tracks “Flying Colours” and the “Non-Stop” instrumental version. In addition, “Say What You Want” (Joy Joy Mix) by Ste Ashworth is included, which is the winning remix from a recent competition on andybell.com.

Non-Stop, co-produced and co-written by Andy Bell and Pascal Gabriel (S’Express, Debbie Harry, Kylie) is a lavish 10 track collection of exquisite dancefloor confessionals from one of the most acclaimed and beloved singers in British pop. The album features a duet with Perry Farrell (of Jane’s Addiction fame), Honey If You Love Him. Farrell, a huge fan of Andy’s voice, suggested the alliance.

Although Andy’s long-running partnership with Vince Clarke in Erasure (recipients of Best British Group at The Brit Awards) remains very much a going concern - since the release of 1986’s debut, Wonderland the duo have gone on to sell over 20 million albums, 5 of them hitting #1 and had 17 Top 10 UK singles - the singer’s second solo album provides a liberating platform for his more clubby, nocturnal, disco-glam side. He has even purposely changed his vocal register and style for much of Non-Stop, putting clear blue water between his soulfully electronic solo voice and his gleaming, poppy Erasure work.

NON-STOP TRACKLISTING

1. Non-Stop – original version

2. Non-Stop - Digital Dog Radio Edit

3. Non-Stop Digital Dog Club Edit

4. Non-Stop – instrumental Version

5.Flying Colours

6.Say What You Want (Joy Joy Mix) by Ste Ashworth

For more information, contact Sheryl Witlen at Mute

sheryl@mute.com

http://www.andybell.com/  http://www.myspace.com/andy_bell  

http://www.mute.com/  

Furnace MFG - In The News

This interesting video courtesy of my vinyl friend Manish Naik:

Get to know Furnace MFG with descriptions of the products and services we offer and a tour of the facilities. Furnace MFG is known for pressing the finest quality and best sounding vinyl records in the world. In this video we show you our state of the art pressing and assembly facilities and explain why people are saying Furnace MFG is vinyl pressing, perfected.




Ever wonder how vinyl records are pressed? In this video you will see the extruder make a puck of vinyl, sandwich it between two labels, and then press the vinyl puck between two plates that contain the grooves that make a vinyl record. Once the press cycle is finished you will see a knife cut off the excess vinyl. The record is then picked and placed into a sleeve where a heavy, metal plate is put on top to ensure the records remain flat while it cools. Records pressed at Furnace MFG / Pallas in Germany are among the finest in the world. This is a process that has been refined and perfected since the plant opened for business in 1947. Hear the difference today: www.furnacemfg.com/vinyl


Furnace is also one of the largest vinyl manufacturing companies in the country. With over 25 years of vinyl experience, Furnace MFG is THE pressing plant for high-quality vinyl as well as vinyl mastering; lacquer; and DMM cutting, galvanics and plating. Though we are well-known for our boutique, audiophile-grade vinyl manufacturing, we also have the most capacity in the world with over 45 active vinyl presses. As the vinyl format thrives, Furnace MFG will lead the charge to keep the physical music format alive and kicking well into the 21st century.

Music News & Notes

CRYSTAL VIPER REVEALS "LEGENDS" ARTWORK

Polish female fronted Traditional Heavy Metal act CRYSTAL VIPER, revealed front cover artwork of their forthcoming studio album "Legends", which will hit the streets on October 22, 2010 (through AFM Records in Europe and States / Spiritual Beast Records in Japan), was painted by the legendary French artist Chris Moyen, who is known from cooperation with such legendary acts as SLAYER, TRIVIUM, BEHERIT or BLASPHEMY.

The album was recorded and mixed at the MP Studio in Poland, with engineer Mariusz Pietka and producer Bart Gabriel. "Legends" will feature several very special guests: Rhino (the famous ex-MANOWAR drummer), Stefan Kaufmann (U.D.O., ex-ACCEPT), Mat Sinner (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER) and Sven D'Anna & Dano Boland (WIZARD). As the title suggest, all the lyrics will be based on the original Polish legends from the middle-ages.

Cool cover art...









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HOLY GRAIL: Debut Album Artwork Unveiled

"Crisis In Utopia", the debut album from the Los Angeles metal quintet HOLY GRAIL, will be released on October 26 via Prosthetic Records. The CD was produced by Danny Lohner (NINE INCH NAILS, A PERFECT CIRCLE) and features cover artwork by Andrei Bouzikov (SKELETONWITCH, MUNICIPAL WASTE).

Assembled a year ago, HOLY GRAIL is already at the forefront of the new wave of metal that pays homage to such legends as IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST and DIO. The band's debut EP, "Improper Burial" (released in late 2009), featuring just two original tracks and two covers, earned HOLY GRAIL significant press accolades including a two-page feature in hometown paper LA Weekly, a spot on Decibel's "25 Most Anticipated Releases Of 2010" list and inclusion on Metal Hammer's "Guide To The Best In The Upcoming New Wave Of Trad Metal."

HOLY GRAIL is currently on the road in North America as the support act for EXODUS.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/holygrail

More cool cover art!





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Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page To Release Photographic Autobiography

Legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page is scheduled to release a photographic autobiography. The self-titled book will be released on September 27 and includes 650 photographs personally selected by Page. Genesis Publications describe it as a “visual history of his career as one of the world’s most iconic guitar players”.

The limited edition book will cost £445 (close to $700) and is available to pre-order now from genesis-publications.com.

Meanwhile, Page revealed in June that he was currently working on material for a new album.



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Rolling Stone Publishing Special Issue With Top 100 Beatles Songs

Rolling Stone Magazine is happy to be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of the Beatles final album, 'Let It Be,' with a special issue highlighting the groups one hundred best songs. Along with the list, there are additional articles with John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about their favorite tracks, the group's best cover songs and the tracks with George Harrison's best guitar work. I'd be interested in their solo work as well, each member had several hits and it is hard to imagine that some of these aren't included.








Here is Rolling Stone's top ten:

1. A Day in the Life
2. I Want to Hold Your Hand
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
4. Yesterday
5 .In My Life
6 .Something
7. Hey Jude
8. Let It Be
9. Come Together
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 23, 2010


DEAR JERRY: To this day, when pop music documentaries recap the 1940s, '50s and '60s, they invariably devote a segment to the payola scandals. Alan Freed is often the payola poster boy, though Dick Clark and other big names are sometimes mentioned.

Regardless of those under discussion, it always is about dee jays being paid to play records on the air. Stan Freberg even spoofed the practice in his 1960 hit, “The Old Payola Roll Blues.”

But wasn't there a slight variation of payola, where, instead of money, dee jays got the artists to give personal performances for little or no pay?
—Genevieve Espinosa, Beaumont, Texas

DEAR GENEVIEVE: This certainly is an overlooked slice of Rock and Roll history, one even I had forgotten about.

However, during the course of an interview I once published, Bobby Vinton shared his opinions and reflections on these forms of payola:

“It was just a way of life at the time. In fact, life itself is a form of payola — you do something for me and I'll do something for you. That's certainly how the politicians and lobbyists work.

“Basically, there's no harm to it but the record industry had to take the brunt of the criticism. Still, no one ever forced anyone to buy a record they didn't want to own.

“I used to come to a city to do a record hop, put on by a local dee jay. The disc jockey would ask me to sing at the record hop in exchange for him playing my current record, especially in the week leading up to the hop.

“The dee jay was there to make money, from the kids (his listeners) who bought tickets to attend, which they did because I was there live performing my record, which was being played on the dee jay's radio show.

“I was happy; the record company was happy; the dee jay was happy; and the kids were happy. Everybody wins. What's wrong with that?

“It was better in those days, when all of this was out in the open.”

Good ol' quid pro quo: something for something.


DEAR JERRY: Just read your column about Chubby Checker having so many different hits with “Twist” titles. He definitely made a career out of hit songs based on teen dances.

Besides “The Twist,” I recall the pony, the fly, and the limbo, but I'm pretty sure he didn't stop there. Can you name them all?
—Zoni Hamilton, York, Pa.

DEAR ZONI: Of course, and it may surprise you to know Chubby (who never was) has danced his way right into the 21st century, as you shall see from this chronological dance-a-thon:

“The Twist” (1960 & '61); “The Hucklebuck” (1960); “Pony Time” (1960); “(Dance the) Mess Around” (1961); “Let's Twist Again” (1961); “The Fly” (1961); “Twistin' U.S.A.” (1961); “Teach Me to Twist” (1962) (with Bobby Rydell); “Slow Twistin' (1962) (with Dee Dee Sharp); “La Paloma Twist” (1962); “Limbo Rock” (1962); “Popeye the Hitchhiker” (1962); “Let's Limbo Some More” (1963); “Birdland” (1963); “Twist It Up” (1963); “She Wants T' Swim” (1964); “Let's Do the Freddie” (1965); “Hey You! Little Boo-ga-loo” (1966); “The Twist (Yo, Twist!)” (1988) (with Fat Boys); “Doin' the Zombie” (2008); and “The Texas Twist”(2009) (with Texas Radio).

If we were compiling a concept album of Chubby's dance songs (umm, not a bad idea), to these 21 we would add two “bonus tracks,” both about dancing in general: “Dancin' Party” (1962) and “At the Discotheque” (1965).

All of these are single releases. Checker's albums include numerous other dance tunes.

Remarkably, over half of his 38 chart hits have a dance theme and title.


IZ ZAT SO? Though Chubby Checker is the best known artist with the same hit twice — “The Twist” in 1960 and '61 — with the exact same recording, he was not the first.

Two years before “The Twist,” Johnny Tillotson hit the charts in 1958 with “Dreamy Eyes,” then scored again in 1961 with the exact same recording. This tune is not the same song popularized by the Four Preps, Youngsters, Viceroys, and others.

Fortuitously for Chubby, his career skyrocketed on the wings of a cover version. His “The Twist” charted just two weeks after Hank Ballard's original recording, and it soon became THE version.

Things didn't work out too badly for Ballard, though. Since he wrote “The Twist” he collected kagillions in royalties.

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: http://www.jerryosborne.com/  

All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.

Copyright 2010 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission

Music News & Notes

Toby Keith Releases Cover Art For ‘Bullets In The Gun’23

Toby Keith’s fifteenth full-length studio album called 'Bullets In The Gun' will also be available as a Deluxe Edition upon its October 5 release, even adding four live tracks to the standard album.

Recorded during his “Incognito Bandito” show at The Fillmore in Manhattan, the four songs feature Keith on lead vocals backed by an A-list band of session players assembled exclusively for the rare club performance. Johnny Paycheck’s “11 Months And 29 Days,” Waylon Jennings’ “I’ve Been A Long Time Leaving (But I’ll Be A Long Time Gone),” Roger Miller’s “Chug-A-Lug” and Gordon Lightfoot’s “Sundown” are the additions.

Those recordings bring the Deluxe Edition’s track list to 14. Keith produced the album, joined by Mills Logan and Kenny Greenberg for the live session. He also wrote or co-wrote all 10 new songs, six with Bobby Pinson, one with Scotty Emerick and Dean Dillon and the title track with Rivers Rutherford. Toby also wrote two songs by himself, including the lead single “Trailerhood,” which is shooting quickly to the top of the charts.

Track Listing:
1. Bullets In The Gun
2. Somewhere Else
3. Trailerhood
4. In A Couple Of Days
5. Think About You All Of The Time
6. Kissin’ In The Rain
7. Drive It On Home
8. Ain’t Breakin’ Nothin’
9. Is That All You Got
10. Get Out Of My Car

Deluxe Edition tracks:
11. 11 Months And 29 Days
12. I’ve Been A Long Time Leaving (But I’ll Be A Long Time Gone)
13. Chug-A-Lug
14. Sundown

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INTERMENT's 'Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy' Released On Vinyl With Bonus Track

Cyclone Empire Records has released "Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy", which is the debut album from reactivated Swedish old-school death metallers INTERMENT, on limited-edition 180-gram vinyl (limited to 500 copies), featuring a lyric sheet and a cover version of the CARNAGE song "Torn Apart" as a bonus track.

"Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy" will be released in North American on August 31 via Pulverised Records. The CD, which came out in Europe on August 2, was recorded at Erebos Studios with Peter Bjärgo (TYRANT, CRYPT OF KERBEROS). The cover artwork was created by Polish artist Rafal Kruszyk.






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KYLESA: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

KYLESA, the psych-rock Georgians, have revealed the cover art (illustrated by Santos) and track listing for their fifth album, "Spiral Shadow". The band, who recently wrapped up a European tour with CONVERGE, recorded the CD earlier this summer at the Jam Room in Columbia, South Carolina with band member and renowned producer Phillip Cope (BARONESS, WITHERED) once again at the helm.

Due on October 26 via Season Of Mist, "Spiral Shadow" will be made available as a regular CD as well as a limited edition digipak with 3D cover art packaged with a bonus DVD.

"Spiral Shadow" track listing:

01. Tired Climb
02. Cheating Synergy
03. Drop Out
04. Crowded Road
05. Don’t Look Back
06. Distance Closing In
07. To Forget
08. Forsaken
09. Spiral Shadow
10. Back And Forth
11. Dust

KYLESA's 2009 album, "Static Tensions", was one of the most critically acclaimed metal LPs of last year.

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CANDLEMASS's 'Nightfall' Gold-Colored Vinyl Reissue To Include New Liner Notes

"Nightfall", the classic 1987 album from Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS, will be reissued by Peaceville Records on September 20. This special vinyl edition of "Nightfall" features new liner notes from bassist/songwriter Leif Edling. It is limited to just 2,000 numbered copies and comes presented on heavyweight (180-gram) gold-colored vinyl with gatefold sleeve. "Nightfall" is often regarded as the definitive CANDLEMASS album, and the pinnacle of the epic doom scene.










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Vanna Post New Song, Artwork from Upcoming Album

Boston post-hardcore/screamo act Vanna have released the cover art from their upcoming EP “The Honest Hearts”. The album is due out October 12th on Artery Recordings and follows their 2009 album A New Hope that was released through Epitaph Records. The artwork can be seen below.

The band is also streaming a new song off the album titled “Passerby” on their MySpace page.

Bob Dylan's The Witmark Demos Set for October 19 Release Along With First Re-Release of the Original Mono Recordings

Forty-Seven Original Demos Recorded For Dylan's Early Music Publishers Highlight First New Volume In Famed Bootleg Series Since 2008

Artist's First Eight Groundbreaking Albums Available In Limited Edition Box Set of Newly Mastered Mono Versions

Available For First Time On Compact Disc and 180-Gram Vinyl

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records will release Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos on Tuesday, October 19th, in conjunction with Columbia/Legacy's release of the artist's first eight long-playing albums in a box set titled Bob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings. Both sets have been long sought-after by collectors and fans worldwide, with The Witmark Demos seeing their first commercial release nearly five decades after they were first recorded, and The Original Mono Recordings returning to the marketplace for the first time ever on Compact Disc, as well as on fully analogue 180-gram vinyl. Both The Bootleg Series Volume 9 - The Witmark Demos and Bob Dylan - The Original Mono Recordings are available for pre-order now at SonyMusicDigital.com/bobdylan and Amazon.com.

The Witmark Demos features 47 Bob Dylan songs recorded by the artist – accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, harmonica and occasionally piano – for his first music publisher, Leeds Music, in January 1962, and for his second publisher, M. Witmark & Sons, between 1962 and 1964. Listening to these recordings, one can trace Dylan's dramatic growth as a songwriter from early traditionally-styled songs like "Man On The Street" and "Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie" through the social commentary of "Blowin' In The Wind, "The Times They Are A Changin'" and "Masters Of War", and the groundbreaking lyrical genius of "Mr. Tambourine Man." All of these songs, and all the others on The Witmark Demos, were written – and their subsequent demos recorded – before Bob Dylan turned 24 years old.

Among the many gems found on The Witmark Demos are 15 Bob Dylan songs that were recorded by the artist only for these sessions, and which have never been officially released to the public until now. These include the plaintive "Ballad For A Friend," the civil rights era-inspired "Long Ago, Far Away" and "The Death Of Emmett Till," and the poignant "Guess I'm Doing Fine."

While many of these early songs on The Witmark Demos found their way onto Bob Dylan's own albums, much of the world's first exposure to them was through their recordings by others, including Peter, Paul and Mary and Stevie Wonder ("Blowin' In The Wind"), Judy Collins ("Tomorrow Is A Long Time") and The Byrds ("Mr Tambourine Man"). It's a testament to the lasting cultural impact of these songs that they have been covered by more than a thousand artists in the nearly fifty years since these demos were created.

The Witmark Demos also features a deluxe booklet featuring in-depth liner notes by noted music historian Colin Escott, as well as rare photographs of Bob Dylan captured during the same period as these early recordings.

The Original Mono Recordings is comprised of Bob Dylan's first eight long-playing albums, painstakingly reproduced from their first generation monaural mixes as the artist intended them to be heard: One channel of powerful sound, both direct and immediate. While stereo recordings had been available as early as the mid-1950s, mono was still the predominant – and often preferred – mode of recording and mixing by the top artists of the 1960s. As a result, artists like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan devoted their attention to the mono mixes, leaving the stereo mixing process to studio engineers.

The Original Mono Recordings are accompanied by a deluxe booklet, featuring vintage photographs of Bob Dylan and an expansive essay from renowned author and critic – and longtime Dylan aficionado – Greil Marcus. Each disc in the set comes in its own individual jacket which faithfully replicates the original album artwork, complete with labels and stickers that were found on the original 1960s releases.

These eight albums – spanning the artist's self-titled debut in March 1962, through John Wesley Harding released on December 27, 1967 – are universally regarded as some of the most important works in the history of recorded music. Together with The Witmark Demos, they provide the public with a wide-ranging view of Bob Dylan's work during the 1960s, and chronicle his amazing evolution from fledgling songwriter to one of the world's most inventive and singular recording artists.

The complete track listing of The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos is as follows:

Disc 1:

1.Man On The Street (Fragment)
2.Hard Times In New York Town
3.Poor Boy Blues
4.Ballad For A Friend
5.Rambling, Gambling Willie
6.Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
7.Standing On The Highway
8.Man On The Street
9.Blowin' In The Wind
10.Long Ago, Far Away
11.A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
12.Tomorrow Is A Long Time
13.The Death of Emmett Till
14.Let Me Die In My Footsteps
15.Ballad Of Hollis Brown
16.Quit Your Low Down Ways
17.Baby, I'm In The Mood For You
18.Bound To Lose, Bound To Win
19.All Over You
20.I'd Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day
21.Long Time Gone
22.Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
23.Masters Of War
24.Oxford Town
25.Farewell


Disc 2

1.Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
2.Walkin' Down The Line
3.I Shall Be Free
4.Bob Dylan's Blues
5.Bob Dylan's Dream
6.Boots Of Spanish Leather
7.Walls of Red Wing
8.Girl From The North Country
9.Seven Curses
10.Hero Blues
11.Whatcha Gonna Do?
12.Gypsy Lou
13.Ain't Gonna Grieve
14.John Brown
15.Only A Hobo
16.When The Ship Comes In
17.The Times They Are A-Changin'
18.Paths Of Victory
19.Guess I'm Doing Fine
20.Baby Let Me Follow You Down
21.Mama, You Been On My Mind
22.Mr. Tambourine Man
23.I'll Keep It With Mine


The eight albums in The Complete Mono Recordings are as follows:

•Bob Dylan – 1962
•The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan – 1963
•The Times They Are A-Changin' – 1964
•Another Side Of Bob Dylan – 1964
•Bringing It All Back Home – 1965
•Highway 61 Revisited – 1965
•Blonde on Blonde – 1966
•John Wesley Harding – 1967

SOURCE Columbia/Legacy Recordings

http://www.SonyMusicDigital.com/bobdylan

Look for some exciting news on the CVR blog very soon about an upcoming Bob Dylan contest!

This Date In Music History - August 25

Birthdays:

Wayne Shorter - saxophonist, Miles Davis, Weather Report (1933)

Walter Williams - O'Jays (1942)

Henry Paul - Blackhawk (1949)

Gene Simmons - Kiss (1949)

Rob Halford - Judas Priest (1951)

Elvis Costello (Declan McManus) (1955)



Billy Ray Cyrus (1961)

Vivian Campbell - Dio, Whitesnake, Def Leppard (1962)

Candida Doyle - Pulp (1963)

Norman Rogers - Public Enemy (1966)

Luke Scott - Babybird (1969)

Jo Dee Messina (1969)

Amy MacDonald - Scottish singer/songwriter (1987)


They Are Missed:

Hip hop star Scott la Rock was shot dead in New York in 1987, the latest victim in the Brooklyn, Bronx street war.

Born today in 1918, composer, pianist, conductor, Leonard Bernstein. Composed music for 1957 'West Side Story', 'On The Waterfront', conducted the New York Philharmonic at age 25. Died on October 14, 1990.

Bass player Doug Stegmeyer shot himself dead in 1995. He'd worked with many artists including Billy Joel Hall and Oates and The Carpenters.

In 1995, Dwayne Goettel (Skinny Puppy) was found dead of an apparent heroine overdose at the home of his parents in Canada.

Robert Fisher from New Romantic duo Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher died of cancer in 1999 (age 39). Wrote songs for Rod Stewart, Milli Vanilli, Fleetwood Mac and Jermaine Jackson. Fisher also worked as a producer, working with various acts including Eric Clapton.

Academy Award-winning film score composer and record producer Jack Nitzsche died of a heart attack in 2000. Produced The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield and The Walker Brothers. Musical scores including The Exorcist, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, co-wrote ‘Up Where We Belong with Buffy Sainte-Marie' from 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman.

In 2001, American singer, actress Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas (age 22). The small Cessna plane crashed a few minutes after take off killing everyone on board with exception to four passengers who were pulled from the wreckage but later died. Aaliyah had been filming a video for her latest release ‘Rock The Boat’ on the island.

Born on this day in 1950, Willy DeVille of Mink DeVille. Died of pancreatic cancer on 7th Aug 2009.


History:

Canadian singer, songwriter Paul Anka was at #1 on the UK singles chart in 1957 with "Diana" (written about his brother's baby-sitter). His only UK #1 as an artist, Anka was the first teenage solo act to reach that plateau.

Staten Island, New York doo wop group The Elegants went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1958 with their re-worked version of the Mozart lullaby, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" re-titled "Little Star". The Elegants would be around in one form or another until the 1980s, but never had another hit record.



Little Eva went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1962 with "The Loco-motion." The Carole King and Gerry Goffin song was offered to Dee Dee Sharp ("Mashed Potatoes"), who turned it down. The writers had their babysitter record it who took it to #1.

In 1965, two female Beatles fans hired a helicopter to fly over the house the Beatles were renting in Beverly Hills, California and jumped from the helicopter into the swimming pool. Cool....

Bobbie Gentry started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1967 with "Ode To Billy Joe."

Brian Wilson returned to performing live with The Beach Boys in Honolulu in 1967 after a 2 year hiatus. The group had just released ‘Heroes and Villains’ in the US.

The Beatles traveled to Bangor, Wales in 1967, to attend the Spiritual Regeneration League conference and to study meditation with Marharishi Mahesh Yogi. So begins the group’s relatively brief flirtation with Eastern mysticism.

Steppenwolf’s landmark single “Born To Be Wild” peaked at #2 on the U.S. pop chart in 1968 (behind the Rascals “People Gotta Be Free”). The song was written by Mars Bonfire (aka Dennis Edmonton, the brother of Steppenwolf drummer Jerry Edmonton).

In 1970, a party was held to celebrate the official opening of 'Electric Ladyland' studios in New York City, New York. Artists who went on to record at the studio include: Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, AC/DC, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa and Guns N' Roses.

Elton John made his US live debut in 1970 when he kicked off a 17-date tour. He opened for David Ackles at "The Troubadour" in Los Angeles, CA. In the audience that night were Don Henley, Quincy Jones and Leon Russell. Elton’s latest single "Border Song" had just debuted at number 92 on the US chart.

Also in 1970, Emerson Lake and Palmer made their live debut at The Guildhall, Plymouth, England.

One hit wonders, Stories started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1973 with "Brother Louie."



The Allman Brothers' "Ramblin' Man" was released in 1973.

Bobby Darin performed his final concert, at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1973. He died at the age of 37 on December 20, 1973 following open-heart surgery.

Bruce Springsteen's album "Born to Run" was released in 1975.

Boston released its self-titled debut album in 1976. It becomes one of the all-time best selling albums

Gary Numan released "Cars" in 1979.

The Knack started a five week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1979 with "My Sharona," the group's only US chart topper. Lead singer Doug Fieger said he was inspired to write the tune by Sharrona Alperin, a 17 year old senior at Los Angeles' Fairfax High.



R.E.M. appeared at The Scorpio, Charlotte, North Carolina in 1981. This show was billed as "Charlotte's First Gay New Wave Disco and Costume Party", with the $3 tickets benefitting various gay-lesbian charities.

The Time's second album "What Time Is It?" was released in 1982.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards signed a contract with Columbia Records in 1983. The deal provides the Rolling Stones $28 million for four albums.

Paul Simon's "Graceland" was released in 1986.



In 1993, Snoop Doggy Dogg was released on $1 million bail after being accused of being involved with the murder of a member of the By Yerself gang during a shooting in Los Angeles. He was acquitted of the charges in 1996.

In 1994, Jimmy Page and Robert plant recorded their MTV unplugged set at London's television centre. The show was called "Unledded."

Jimmy Buffett crashed his Grumman G-44 Widgeon seaplane on take-off in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1994. Buffett swam away from the wreckage.

A deranged man who had escaped from a mental institution near Helsinki Finland in 1997 was arrested. The man had planned to set fire to the stage that Michael Jackson was performing from was arrested before he was able to light the gasoline he had put on the stage.

Dolly Parton released the album "Hungry Again" in 1998.

During Metallibash 2001 in San Francisco, Metallica cover band Creeping Death is joined onstage (for a half-dozen songs) by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett.

In 2004, Alice Cooper, criticized the near countless number of Rock musicians supporting Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry. Cooper, a Republican, tells Canadian Press that fans shouldn`t get their political views from musicians. "Why are we Rock stars? Because we`re morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night."

In 2005, the war of words continues between Sharon Osbourne and Iron Maiden following the group's final Ozzfest appearance five days earlier. In the latest missive, Sharon Osbourne admits that she cut Iron Maiden's sound during the band's set, maintaining it was in retaliation for on stage remarks singer Bruce Dickinson made criticizing her husband, Ozzy. The ever charming Dickinson says he doesn't hold a grudge against Ozzy or Black Sabbath over the incident.

Also in 2005, two former members of Guns N' Roses were suing singer Axl Rose for allegedly naming himself sole administrator of the US rock band's copyrights. Slash and Duff - otherwise known as Saul Hudson and Michael McKagan, accused Rose of "arrogance and ego". The legal action claimed the singer "was no longer willing to acknowledge the contributions of his former partners".

In 2007, Arthur Brown accidently set himself on fire while singing his big hit, Ironically called "Fire." Oops....

"Halloween II" soundtrack was released in 2009. The Moody Blues' "Nights In White Satin," Rod Stewart's "(I Know) I'm Losing You" and Foghat's "I Just Want To Make Love to You," are on the soundtrack. The film, in theaters three days later, was written and directed by Rob Zombie.

New Music Releases - August 24, 2010

Here are the latest releases for this week.  Lot's to choose from - Collecting Vinyl Records Blog Picks Are In Red.

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!!! - Strange Weather Isn't It (Vinyl)
A-Ha - 25: Very Best of
Abe Vigoda - Throwing Shade b/w Vivid
Abner Trio - Giant Crushes You
Antidote - Thou Shalt Not Kill (reissue)
Antony And The Johnsons - Thank You Your Love EP (Vinyl)
Apocalyptica - 7th Symphony
Archie Bell & the Drells - Dance Your Troubles
Atlantic at Pacific - Weddings
Audience - John Peel Session: April 7, 1972
Babe Ruth - Bob Harris Session:: February 18, 1973
Babe Ruth - Bob Harris Session: January 2, 1973
Babe Ruth - Jon Peel Session: August 2, 1973
Back Ted N-Ted - The Mirror
Bad City - Welcome to the Wasteland
Barb - Barb
Barbara Lynn - It Ain't No Good to Be Good (2 CDs)
Barclay James Harvest - Bob Harris Session: July 5, 1973
Barclay James Harvest - Bob Harris Session: March 15, 1973

Bill Baird -  Silence  (Vinyl)

Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
Bonded By BLood - Exiled To Earth
Boxer Rebellion - Exits (reissue)
Brad Laner - Natural Selections (Vinyl)
Brenda Lee - Songs of Inspiration

Bruce Springsteen - Collection 1973-1984 (7-CD box set) Buy Springsteen Music Here

Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now
Capstan Shafts - Revelation Skirts
Cass Elliot - Cass Elliot / Road Is No Place for a Lady / Don't Call
Challengers - Go Sidewalk Surfing (Vinyl)
Charlie Landsborough - Still Can't Say Goodbye/Once in a While (2 CDs)
Charlie Musselwhite - The Well
Chipmunks - Christmas With The Chipmunks
Circle Pit - Bruise Constellation (Vinyl)
City Of Fire - City of Fire
Coil Sea - Coil Sea (Vinyl)
Cotton Jones - Tall Hours in the Glowstream (Vinyl)
Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice

Dandy Warhols - The Capitol Years: 1995-2007 Buy Dandy Warhols Here

The Capitol Years 1995-2007 features the best fourteen Dandy Warhol tracks (from, um, when they were on Capitol Records, between 1995 and 2007) compiled together for the first time, plus a brand new track, "This Is the Tide," recorded specifically for this release!


Dashing Suns - Really Like You

Dead Confederate - Sugar (Vinyl) Buy Dead Confederate Here

Winter storms are punishingly cold and uncomfortable, but are an important source of water for spring growth. Likewise for Dead Confederate, the series of New Jersey blizzards that besieged the recording of sophomore album Sugar (a reference to the record snowfall) also heralded growth from the darker, somber realm of their critically acclaimed Wrecking Ball. With an evolving approach and focused, streamlined sound, and a guest appearance from Dinosaur Jr. frontman J. Mascis, Sugar explores new styles beyond the aching, bleak psychadelia of the debut.








Deception Of A Ghost - Speak Up, You’re Not Alone
Denice Williams - Song Bird
Don Omar - Meet the Orphans
Dylan LeBlanc - Paupers Field (Vinyl)
Eels - Tomorrow Morning
Efterklang - Parades/Under Giant Trees (reissue)
Efterklang - Tripper/Springer (reissue)
Electric Light Orchestra - Live: The Early Years [dvd]

Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (Vinyl) G.I. Blues

Elvis Presley - Girl Happy (Vinyl)
Elvis Presley - Girls! Girls! Girls! (Vinyl)
Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas (Vinyl)




Fantasia - Back to Me
Fennesz. Daniel. Buck - Knoxville (Vinyl)
Fitz & the Tantrums: Pickin' Up the Pieces (Vinyl)
Foxymorons - Bible Stories
Frank Sinatra - A Man Alone
Frank Sinatra - Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River and Other Academy Award Winners
Frank Sinatra - The World We Knew
Frank Sinatra - Trilogy: Past, Present, Future (2 CDs)
Game - The R.E.D. Album
Gary Lewis - Listen
Goldmund - Famous Places

Grass Widow - Past Time (Vinyl) Past Time












Guess Who - Artificial Paradise
Harry Belafonte - Best of
Heatwave - Current
Helmet - Seeing Eye Dog
Henry Mancini - Essential (2 CDs)
Hototogisu - Floating Japanese Oof Gardens of the 21st Century
Imbogodom - Metallic Year
Ion Dissonance - Cursed
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk (Vinyl)
JJ Grey - Georgia Warhorse
JP, Chrissie and The Fairground Boys - Fidelity!
James Blackshaw - All Is Falling (Vinyl)
Jeremy Camp - We Cry Out: The Worship Project
Jerge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je T'Aime Moi Non (Vinyl)
Jerry Cole - Hot Rod Dance Party (Vinyl)
Jimmie Rodgers - Sings Folk Songs / At Home with Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers - Twilight on The Trail / When The Spirit Moves You
Jimmy & David Ruffin - I Am My Brother's Keeper
Joe Diffie - Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album
John Zorn: Filmworks Xxiv - Nobel Prizewinner
Johnny Bristol - Bristol's Creme
Johnny Bristol - Strangers
Johnny Thunders - Sticks & Stones: Lost Album (Vinyl)
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard - Old Devils (Vinyl)
Julie Brown - Trapped in the Body of a White Girl
Kataklysm - Heaven’s Venom

Kate Bush - Aerial (2 CDs) Aerial

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Kim Wilde - Lights Down Low (Single)
King Sunny Ade - Synchro System / Aura

Klaxons - Echoes Echoes

LaVern Baker - Saved
Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher (Vinyl)
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Folk Songs of Our Land / Hard Travelin'

Limes - Rhinestone River (Vinyl) Buy The Limes Here

VINYL FORMAT. Memphis is home to several of rock's most endearingly off-kilter rock storytellers, from Jim Dickinson to Jeffrey Evans to Ross Johnson. To that list, one can now add Shawn Cripps, leader of The Limes. On the band's debut full-length, Rhinestone River, Cripps retains the musical talents of Harlan T. Bobo, who previously helped on The Limes' "Rock 'n' Roll Heart" single. Bobo's hypnotic keyboards perfectly complement Cripps's gritty guitar work and vocals, particularly on "Sounds Like a Shimmy." Rhinestone River also features contributions by Memphis scene stalwarts Ross Johnson, Paul Buchignani (Afghan Whigs, Bobo's backing band), Alicja Trout (Lost Sounds, River City Tanlines) and Bruce Saltmarsh ('68 Comeback, Porch Ghouls). The title track, with its wobbly gait and lyrics like "Sitting on this barstool, sweating the rhinestone river," can induce secondhand drunkenness in anyone within earshot. "Rhinestone River" is the closest an American band has gotten to the pickled poetry of the Country Teasers. The momentum and melody of "Bottom of the Hole" unfurl like the narrative thrust of a bourbon-soaked anecdote at two in the morning. The album's crown jewel is the closing track, "Last Year." Cater-cornered rock guitars and Cripps's talkin' vocal style build up to a woozy climax that culminates in a feral "woo-hoo." Like the other great songs on Rhinestone River, it threatens to fall apart several times but Cripps, with a little help from his friends and his engaging personality, holds it all together.

Little Big Town - The Reason Why
Magic Kids - Memphis (Vinyl)
Main Ingredient - Tasteful Soul / Bitter Sweet
Malevolent Creation - Invidious Dominion
Manowar - Sign of the Hammer (Vinyl)
Manowar - Thunder In The Sky
Margaret Cho - Cho Dependent (Vinyl)
Marillion - Anoraknophobia
Marty Stuart - Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions)
Michael Henderson - In the Night-Time

Mirah - Gone Are All the Days (Vinyl) Buy Mirah Here

VINYL FORMAT. When it first appeared on (a)spera in 2009, the first solo album from Mirah since 2004, "Gone Are All the Days" was a song of sorrow with a little swing and a bit of hope. Live performances of the track took the swing and added a disco beat; an energetic pulse that alleviates sadness with glittery energy and an empowered delivery. When unwrapped, this 12" single comes in four parts: a studio recording ("Disco Beat") including a newly constructed musical arrangement featuring a punchy bassline, a sly guitar, bongos, viola and a re-recorded vocal performance by Mirah; an isolated instrumental track; an additional dance remix by Christopher Doulgeris of Hooliganship; and an a capella vocal track. These "Days" are brighter, and the future is happening already. Be a part of it.




Mogwai - Burning / Special Moves (2-LP vinyl & DVD)
My City Burning - Lone Wolves
Neil Hamburger - Hot February Night (Vinyl)
Never Shout Never - Harmony
Nice - Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon (2 CDs)
Nick Drake - Digital Box Set
Night Ranger - Authorized Bootleg - Live Marquette, Michigan 8/8/94
Nils Lofgrin - I Came to Dance
No Age - Glitter (Vinyl)
Pale Sketcher - Jesu: Pale Sketches Demixed (Vinyl)
Paper Bird - When the River Took Flight
Paul Collins - King Of Power Pop!
Pixies - Acoustic & Electric Live (Blu-ray dvd)

Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard (Vinyl) Buy Ra Ra Riot Here

VINYL FORMAT. Ra Ra Riot's debut full-length, The Rhumb Line, was released in the summer of 2008, and it brought with it some beautiful and sparkly ruminations on the fragile things in life (namely life, death and love) and much critical praise. The band retreated to a country property in upstate New York to write and record, and now announce The Orchard. Anticipation is feverish for new music, and the new album is an incredibly self-assured step for the band, delivering both hook-laden pop jams like first single "Boy" and the new-but-familiar-to-live-audiences 'Too Dramatic," and ruminative slow-burns like the Anton Chekov/Kate Bush-inspired "The Orchard" and album-closer "Keep It Quiet."




Randy Travis - I'll Fly Away
Revolver - Music For A While
Rhythm Rockers - Soul Surfin (Vinyl)
Ricky Skaggs - Mosaic
Ronnie Earl - Spread the Love
Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs
S. Carey - All We Grow
Santana - Ultimate Collection, Volume 1
Sarah Jezebel Deva - A Sign of Sublime

Sex Pistols - The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (reissue with poster) Great Rock 'N Roll Swindle (Limited Edition)









Sixpence None the Richer - Strange Conversation
Slowdive - Just for a Day (remastered with bonus CD)
Slowdive - Pygmalion (remastered with bonus CD)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (remastered with bonus CD)
Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People EP
Surgeon - Fabric 53
Tavares - New Directions
Tears Run Rings - Distance
The Bodies Obtained - I Cry When You Cry
The Chap - Even Your Friend (Vinyl)
The Devil Wears Prada - Zombie Ferret Music
The Doozer - Great Explorers (Vinyl)
The Heads - Relaxing With The Heads
The Intelligence - Males (Vinyl)
The Showdown - Blood In The Gears
The Sword - Warp Riders
The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave (reissue)
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Tallest Man on Earth EP (reissue)
Three Degrees - New Dimensions

Todd Rundgren - For Lack of Honest Work (3 CDs) For Lack of Honest Work











Tony Joe White - That On the Road Look (Rhino Handmade)
Trigger the Bloodshed - Degenerate
Trumans Water - O Zeta Zunis (Vinyl)
Usher - Versus
Various Artists - 12-Inch 80's Classics (3 CDs)
Various Artists - A Complete Introduction to Disco (4 CDs)
Various Artists - Anthology 1963-1964 (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Various Artists - Going the Distance (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Vinyl)
Various Artists - Sehorn's Soul Farm

Vaselines - Sex With An X (Vinyl) Sex with an X











Venetian Snares - My So-Called Life
Vicki Sue Robinson - Half And Half
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rivers
Yair Yona - Remember (reissue)

New Music releases are put together from a variety of online sources by Robert Benson - http://collectingvinylrecords.blogspot.com  

Have new music for the list? Email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com  

New Jazz Releases - Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Andrew Lamb - New Orleans Suite
Andrew Lamb / Tri - New Orleans Suite
Another Hour In The Ember Lounge - Another Hour In The Ember Lounge
Bomonstre - O Saisons O Trombones
Casey Golden Trio - Clarity
Charnett Moffett - Treasure
Cinema Cafe - Cinema Cafe Vol. 1-Cinema Cafe
Dave Douglas - Spark Of Being: Expand
Dave Douglas & Keystone - Spark Of Being: Expand
Gabriele Coen - Awakening
Gabriele Coen - Jewish Experience: Awakening
Hankus Netsky - Fables
Hercule Poirot Coffret 6 - Hercule Poirot Coffret 6
Jeff Berlin - High Standards
JJ Grey - Georgia Warhorse
John Coltrane - Definitive John Coltrane On Prestige & Riverside
Kif Kif - La Descendance De L'Homme
Lena Horne - Essential Lena Horne: The Rca Years
Marcio Faraco - Ciranda
Marsalis Family - Music Redeems: A Live Recording To Benefit
Marsalis Family - Music Redeems
Marty Ehrlich / Hankus Netsky - Fables
Metropole Orchestra - 54
Philippe Sarde - Le Choc J'Epouse Une Ombre
Polly Bergen / Martha Raye - Little Girl Blue
PRASANNA - Raga Bop Trio
R.A.F. Dance Orchest - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Sonny Rollins - Definitive Sonny Rollins On Prestige, Riverside, And Contemporary
Steve Smith - Raga Bop Trio
Thelonious Monk - Definitive Thelenious Monk On Prestige & Riverside
Thelonious Monk - Monk*Thelonious-Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - At Reeves Sound Studios In Nyc
Vivian Buczek - Dedication To My Giants
WD-41 Willie Oteri and Dave Laczko with Dino J. A. Deane and Scott Amendola - WD-41+2 Temi per Cinema

Reissues
Marty Paich - I Get A Boot Out Of You

New release information provided by www.allaboutjazz.com  The Upcoming Release Center at allaboutjazz.com is the most comprehensive new release listing for jazz music on the internet.

The information is updated biweekly by John Kelman

Music News & Notes

Film School's to Release New Record

Film School's fourth studio album, Fission, will be out next week, August 31 on Hi Speed Soul. CD and LP pre-order copies will be signed by the band and a digital copy will be emailed immediately. The LPs are limited edition clear vinyl (only 500 made) with a free MP3 download of the album.

PRE-ORDER FISSION
http://www.hispeedsoul.com/

Film School is also prepping for a nice big September/October tour, which includes a string of shows with The Depreciation Guild. Dates are below. Let me know if you'd like to cover any of them...or if you'd like a copy of Fission.





FILM SCHOOL TOUR DATES
Sept 19 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Sept 20 – Tucson, AZ - Plush
Sept 22 – Dallas, TX – The Nightmare
Sept 23 – Austin, TX – The Parish
Sept 24 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
Sept 25 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Sept 27 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506

with The Depreciation Guild:
Sept 28 – Washington, DC – DC9
Sept 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Sept 30 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
Oct 01 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Oct 02 – Cambridge, MA – TT The Bears
Oct 03 – Montreal, QC, Canada – Pop Montreal at Casa Del Popolo
Oct 04 – Toronto, ON, Canada – El Mocambo
Oct 06 – St Louis, MO – Firebird
Oct 07 – Newport, KY – Southgate House
Oct 08 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
Oct 09 – Milwaukee, WI – The Cactus Club
Oct 10 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
Oct 11 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room w/ The Depreciation Guild
Oct 12 – Denver, CO – Hi Dive
Oct 13 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Oct 15 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Oct 16 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

with Love Like Fire
Oct 19 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Oct 20 – Santa Cruz – The Crepe Place
Oct 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo

"'Heart Full of Pentagons' showcases a shift in sound as bassist Lorelei Plotczyk contributes vocals...It's a 'good, messy' story and a tease of what's more to come." - AOL Spinner

"Hearing Plotczyk and Bertens harmonize through a warm cloud of reverb while a 4/4 pulse and cascading, fuzzy guitars envelope the air around convinces us that loosening the reigns was definitely the right decision." - Magnet Magazine

"A great album from start to finish - 4/5" - Baeble Music

"('Heart Full of Pentagons')...a wistfully epic Stars-esque burner"
- Brooklyn Vegan

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http://www.myspace.com/filmschool

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BUSH Frontman To Perform With CARLOS SANTANA

BUSH singer/songwriter/guitarist Gavin Rossdale is scheduled to perform with guitar legend Carlos Santana this Wednesday, August 25 in Vegas for an event to celebrate the Santana's new album, "Guitar Heaven…The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time." Rossdale, who makes a guest appearance on the LP, will join Santana for a new rendition of the T.REX hit "Bang A Gong".

"Guitar Heaven…The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time" arrives in stores September 21.

Later this fall, BUSH will release "Everything Always Now" (Interscope), the band's first new studio album in nine years. The CD was produced by Bob Rock (METALLICA, AEROSMITH).

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GIBSON To Reproduce Classic RANDY RHOADS Les Paul Guitar

The 1974 Les Paul Custom guitar that Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads played on the classic albums "Blizzard of Ozz" and "Diary of a Madman" has been one of the most requested reissues ever, according to Gibson.com. The Gibson Custom Shop has announced the release of this legendary axe. In collaboration with the Rhoads family, the Jackson Custom Shop built 60 exact replicas of the first Randy Rhoads Jackson guitar, often referred to as the Concorde. More information will be made available soon.

According to TheMusicZoo.com, Randy's tribute model is a direct replica of his original 1980 Jackson asymmetrical V-shaped guitar that he personally designed. He intended to call this body style the Concorde and it is widely regarded as the "first pointy guitar." The original guitar had been kept at the Rhoads family music school since his death, and they say it had not been out of the case in over 20 years.

In 1982, Rhoads, the then-lead guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE, and two others were killed at Flying Baron Estates, just outside Leesburg, Florida, when their small plane struck Osbourne's tour bus, then crashed into a mansion.

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International Superstar Annie Lennox Signs With Universal Music Group (UMG) for Worldwide Recording Agreement

Initial Release 'A Christmas Cornucopia' In-Stores on November 22, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Aug 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Internationally renowned recording artist, songwriter and musician Annie Lennox has signed with Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, for a long-term worldwide recording agreement.

As one of the world's most successful and critically-acclaimed British female artists in pop music history, Ms. Lennox will release her brand new album, "A Christmas Cornucopia," on November 22nd through Island Records UK and Decca Records in the US and the rest of the world.

The album features Ms. Lennox's unique and personal interpretations of some of her favorite Christmas carols as well as a completely new, and wonderful, original composition entitled, "Universal Child."

"I'm absolutely delighted to be working with Island Records on my upcoming recording," stated Ms. Lennox. "This album is something I've wanted to do for many years. It's a true labour of love, and I feel very fortunate to be in partnership with such a cutting edge team, especially when I'm at a stage in my creativity when I want to diversify, and pursue my passion in my own individual way. I've never been part of a 'mold,' and Island are really supportive and appreciative of where I'm coming from. I want to make timeless music that people will love in many years to come...and I'd like to think that 'A Christmas Cornucopia' is going to be of those recordings."

"There are precious few artists who redefine the boundaries of popular music like Annie," said Lucian Grainge, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group. "And we are delighted to be part of the next exciting chapter in her already storied career."

"Annie Lennox is one of world's greatest singers," commented Ms. Lennox's manager Simon Fuller. "She has sold tens of millions of albums, celebrated countless hit singles and won every major award and honour there is to receive. However there is one thing she has always wanted to do and now it's about to happen. Annie has always wanted to record an album of Christmas songs and to see this finally come to fruition is very special. Annie and I are thrilled to now be working with Island Records and all my friends at Universal around the world. We are looking forward very much to a long, happy and successful partnership for many years to come."

"The album Annie has recorded is timeless and inspiring, a very special showcase for her extraordinary voice," added Universal Music UK chairman David Joseph. "This record is just the start of what feels like a natural, and very exciting, new partnership between Annie and Island Records."

Throughout her remarkable career, Annie Lennox has been celebrated as an innovator, and a symbol of enduring excellence. Both as a member of the groundbreaking Eurythmics and as a solo artist without peer, Annie has amassed sales of more than 80 million albums worldwide and claimed 34 hit singles, four Grammy Awards, 11 Brit Awards, five Ivor Novellos, an Academy Award and two Golden Globes.

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's leading global music publishing operation.

Universal Music Group's record labels include A&M/Octone, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Island Records, Polydor Records, Show Dog – Universal Music, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Latino and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years of the world's most popular artists and their recordings. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its merchandising company; and Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.

About Simon Fuller

Simon Fuller has developed and managed some of the biggest entertainment properties of our time, with credits that include the creation of TV phenomenon American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance and the HBO series Little Britain USA. Simon Fuller's artists include legendary musical icon Annie Lennox, country music sensation Carrie Underwood, the pop group sensation Spice Girls, Idol alumni Chris Daughtry and David Cook, as well as sports stars David Beckham and Andy Murray.


SOURCE Universal Music