Monday, September 13, 2010

New Music Releases - September 14, 2010

Things are really picking up after the holiday, with lots of great classics to choose from as well as new music by established acts. Collecting Vinyl Records Blog Picks Are In Red.

Accept - Blood of the Nations
Acid Washed - Acid Washed
Addicted To Pain - Addicted to Pain
Aids Wolf - March To the Sea (Vinyl)
Air Supply - All Out of Love Live
Alex Chilton - Like Flies on Sherbert (reissue)
Altar Eagle - Mechanical Gardens (Vinyl)
Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter
Amusement Parks on Fire - Road Eyes
André Obin - Front Runner
Animals - Animalism (vinyl reissue)
Atrocity featuring Yasmin - After the Storm
Autopsy - The Tomb Within EP
Azure Ray - Drawing Down the Moon (Vinyl)
Bad Cop - Harvest the Beast
Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Beneath the Massacre - Marée Noire EP
Betsy Franck & the BareKnuckle Band - Still Waiting
Bilal - Air Tight Revenge
Bill Hicks - The Essential Collection (2-CD & 2-DVD box set)
Bishop Morocco - Bishop Morocco
Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
Black Milk - Album of the Year

Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart (Vinyl)

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Wilderness Heart, the new album by Black Mountain, is packed with succinct rock songs that pulse and pound with startling precision: it pummels you and you ask for more. This is arguably the band's tightest, most concentrated venture, but there's still plenty of raw rock energy at work. "It's our most metal and most folk oriented record so far," McBean says. "I'm not gonna say it's our best record or the album that we always dreamt of making 'cause that's what everyone says. It's all about where we were at the time the machines were rolling. You can't control the electricity or how your limbs were moving that day. You have to erase the visions and just go along for the ride." A little over a year after releasing In the Future, their critically and commercially celebrated sophomore effort, Black Mountain started building Wilderness Heart on the west coast of America. With Randall Dunn at the helm (Sunn O))), Boris), London Bridge Studios in Seattle saw a portion of the construction with songs "Old Fangs," "Let Spirits Ride," and title track "Wilderness Heart" among others. The preponderance of recording was held with D. Sardy in Los Angeles at Sunset Sound, which has captured tracks from The Doors, Ringo Starr, the Rolling Stones, and more. L.A. - with its tacos and sunsets, starlets and hills and post-Deco kitsch - was a considerable inspiration. "Just being under the influence of one's surroundings, as we were while recording in L.A., had a tremendous impact on the process and the way we play. Consequently, the L.A. sessions have a free and summery vibe. The Seattle sessions, made in the grey, rainy environs that we're used to up there, have a chillier, more claustrophobic feeling," Wells explains. "It's a Black Mountain pop record, which is to say it's nothing like pop at all. This was the fastest record we've ever made. We're used to spending a lot of time deliberating over the songs and spacing out recording sessions over years. Start to finish, this album was made in four months, which is something like a miracle for us. We've never worked with producers before and that was a challenge; for us to let go and let two outsiders into the process, D. Sardy and Randall Dunn - it took some growing for us to be truly open, but this album is all the better for it." The band cites a slew of disparate influences: New Order, King Crimson, Studio 54, Alex Chilton, sunshine, Janis Joplin, Please Kill Me, Shirley Collins, Mickey Newbury, jalapeño salsa, Night of The Hunter, Cactus Taqueria, Funky 16Corners podcasts, Dennis Wilson, the house blowing up in the desert at the end of Zabriskie Point - but, as Schmidt points out, "Who knows how these things connect with the holistic mix of often dissonant forces that become Black Mountain?" Indeed: Listen and find out.

Black Pacific - The Black Pacific
Blackmore's Night - Autumn Sky (Import - Domestic Release Date Unknown)
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle (vinyl)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Mirror Image / New City
Blossom Toes - We Are Ever So Clean
Blue Cranes - Observatories
Boom Boom Satellites - Over and Over
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs & Band: Deluxe Edition
Boz Scaggs - My Time: Deluxe Edition
Brandon Flowers - Flamingo (Vinyl)

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record 10 inch Vinyl Box Set (Vinyl)

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At long last, it's here! Forgiveness Rock Record was co-produced by the band and Tortoise's John McEntire at Soma Studios in Chicago, with additional recording at Giant Studio and The Schvitz Studio in Toronto. 'Although we've gotten several solo albums and plenty of tours out of everyone's favorite multi-member indie collective, it was five years ago that Broken Social Scene last released a full-length album. Forgiveness Rock Record ends the wait. It features a leaner line-up than did Broken Social Scene, relying mostly on the contributions of only six members: singer/guitarist Kevin Drew, singer/guitarist Andrew Whiteman, guitarist Charles Spearin, guitarist Sam Goldberg, singer/bassist Brendan Canning, and drummer Justin Peroff. Of course, it wouldn't be a BSS affair without some superstar guests contributing their two cents; this go-round includes Feist, Metric's Emily Haines, and members of Stars, the Sea and Cake, and Tortoise, among others. First single "World Sick" delivers on the album's epic promise, hinting at more opulent, guitar-laden fun to come.' - Susannah Young / Prefixmag.com

Brutal Truth - Need to Control Re-Release
Buke & Gass - Riposte
Buke and Gass - Riposte
Can - Inner Space (Vinyl)
Can - Out of Reach (Vinyl)
Chapin Sisters - Two
Charlatans UK - Who We Touch
Chilly Gonzalez - Ivory Tower
Chocolate Genius Incorporated - Swansongs
Chris Sligh - The Anatomy of Broken
Christopher Cross - Dr. Faith
Chromeo - Business Casual (Vinyl)
Cloud Cult - Light Chasers
Conditions - Fluorescent Youth
Connie Francis - Sings Jewish Favorites/Sings Irish Favorites
Cristy Lane - Country Classics 2 & 3
Cristy Lane - How Great Thou Art
Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
DOOM - Expektoration
Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
Dawn of Ashes - Genocide Chapters
Death Angel - Relentless Retribution
Deftones - White Pony (Vinyl)

Dio - Holy Diver (Vinyl)

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Plastic Head Music USA presents the latest from its distributed label Vinyl Collector Series. Each title is manufactured on heavyweight, 180 gram vinyl for optimum sound quality. The titles are hand-selected representing the best of the respective artist or genre. Strictly controlled, these titles will quickly sell out so stock up now before they are gone!

On red vinyl! 'After playing a major role in five positively classic heavy metal albums of the late '70s and early '80s (three with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and two with Black Sabbath), it seemed that singer Ronnie James Dio could truly do no wrong. So it wasn't all that surprising - impressive, but not surprising - when he struck gold yet again when launching his solo vehicle, Dio, via 1983's terrific Holy Diver album. Much like those two, hallowed Sabbath LPs, Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules, Holy Diver opened at full metallic throttle with the frenetic "Stand Up and Shout," before settling into a dark, deliberate, and hypnotic groove for the timelessly epic title track - a worthy successor to glorious triumphs past like Rainbow's "Stargazer" and the Sabs' "Sign of the Southern Cross." But subsequent metal anthems like "Straight Through the Heart," "Invisible," and the lycanthrope lullaby "Shame on the Night" were no less inspired; and by injecting uncommonly catchy melodies into the heavy rock riffery still dominating more accessible numbers such as "Gypsy," "Caught in the Middle," and hit single "Rainbow in the Dark" (where the singer himself played rather spotty keyboards), Dio proved himself perfectly capable of competing with the increasingly commercial hard rock fashions soon to come. Although most fans would agree that Dio would arguably never again replicate the simply sublime symbiosis of beauty and brawn achieved by the all-time standout "Don't Talk to Strangers." And, to be fair, aside from Ronnie's unquestionably stellar songwriting, Holy Diver's stunning quality and consistency owed much to his carefully chosen bandmates, including powerhouse drummer (and fellow Sabbath survivor) Vinny Appice, veteran bassist Jimmy Bain, and a phenomenal find in young Irish guitarist Vivian Campbell, whose tastefully pyrotechnic leads helped make this the definitive Dio lineup. So, too, is Holy Diver still the undisputed highlight of Dio's career, and, indeed, one of the finest pure heavy metal albums of the 1980s.' - All Music Guide

Dominant Legs - Young at Love and Life (Vinyl)
Dragonforce - Twilight Dementia' (Live)
Drums - The Drums
Dungen - Skit I Allt (LP limited to 3,000 copies)
Dwight Twilly - Best of 1975-1984
El Guincho - Pop Negro
Electric Light Orchestra - Live London 1976
Electric Sunset - Electric Sunset (Vinyl)
Elf Power - Elf Power (Vinyl)
Eluvium - Leaves Eclipse the Light EP
Emmett And Mary - Emmett And Mary
Exodus - Another Lesson in Violence (Vinyl)

Exodus - Bonded By Blood (Vinyl)

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Plastic Head Music USA presents the latest from its distributed label Vinyl Collector Series. Each title is manufactured on heavyweight, 180 gram vinyl for optimum sound quality. The titles are hand-selected representing the best of the respective artist or genre. Strictly controlled, these titles will quickly sell out so stock up now before they are gone!  On blue vinyl! 'Had it been released immediately after it was recorded in 1984, Exodus' Bonded by Blood might be regarded today alongside Metallica's Kill 'em All as one of the landmark albums responsible for launching the thrash metal wave. But by the time it finally hit the streets more than a year later due to numerous record company-related difficulties, the genre the band helped spawn had evolved at an alarming rate (again, largely thanks to the unstoppable Metallica) and Exodus were left to wonder what kind of impact they may have had without these setbacks. Opening with the mind-blowing power of title track, the band immediately pummels through a number of astounding thrashers, including "And Then There Were None" and, perhaps their best well-known track, "A Lesson in Violence" - a veritable handbook for thrash etiquette. Though less enduring, "Metal Command" is one of the band's most fully realized compositions and leads the way into concert the fave "Piranha," which may sound a tad dated, or charmingly naïve depending on the listener. The same can be said for the remaining material, and while "No Love" could have done without its acoustic intro, the band closes strong with "Deliver Us to Evil" and the crushing intensity of "Strike of the Beast" . . . Put simply, Bonded by Blood is an album whose influence far exceeds its actual notoriety, and it remains a crucial piece of the thrash metal puzzle - essential.' - All Music Guide

F**ked Up - Year of the Ox (Vinyl)
Father Befouled - Morbid Destitution of Covenant
Fela Kuti - Opposite People & Sorrow Tears & Blood (reissue)
Fela Kuti - Shuffering & Shmiling & No Agreement (reissue)
Fela Kuti - Stalemate & Fear Not for Man (reissue)
Fela Kuti - Upside Down & Music of Many Colours (reissue)
Fela Kuti - VIP & Authority Stealing (reissue)
Fleetwood Mac - In London (Vinyl)
Fleshtomnes - Hexbreaker!/Speed Connection: Live in (reissue)
Flotsam and Jetsam - The Cold
Foreigner - Foreigner (Super CD/SACD)
Frazey Ford - Obadiah(Vinyl)
Free Energy/ Local Natives - split single (limited-edition 7-inch)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (Vinyl)
Gracious Few - The Gracious Few

Grinderman (Nick Cave) - Grinderman 2 (Vinyl)

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The DEXLUE EDITION LP version comes with a deluxe booklet and poster, and includes a CD of the album! The story of Grinderman begins within the working processes of another band: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. At the start of 2004, when Nick Cave took a small team of Bad Seeds members - violinist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn Casey and drummer Jim Sclavunos - off to the tiny Misère studio in Paris for a songwriting session, they effectively established a new band. What followed was a revelation, an instinctual yawp that resurrected the demons of each musician's past: the trashcan proselytizing of Birthday Party-era Nick; Sclavunos' late 70s New York no-wave noise wisdom; Martyn Casey's ominous Triffids bass reverb; plus Ellis' avant-garde soundtrack work and his teenage love of Black Sabbath. A new generation fell in love with Grinderman, and of course, longtime Nick Cave fans came along willingly for the ride. Even Snoop Dogg namechecked Grinderman on Conan as one of his favorite new albums.


The first thing that hits you about Grinderman 2 is that you've never heard anything like it. The debut album did its job. It defined the band. It marked a clear contrast with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Nick, Warren, Martyn and Jim forged a distinctly different way of working together. They cast off musical baggage, shrugged off accepted wisdom, and tested pre-conceptions about who they were as musicians. In the process, they took to the Bad Seeds hallowed legacy with a baseball bat. Their new album, Grinderman 2, combines the structured invention of their live performance and the unrestrained free-for-all of their studio improvisation. But these guys also know something about the art of writing songs. Grinderman 2 bears the hallmark of its rapturously received predecessor, yet is more open-ended in its structure, more far reaching in its scope, and gloriously lost in its own transports of noise and rhythm. Grinderman is no hobby, no dalliance, and clearly no one-off: it is a crucible, an experimental workshop, a disciplined orgy of ideas and action. Grinderman is the one-of a-kind band Nick, Warren, Martyn and Jim have waited all their life to be.

Herra Terra - Quiet Geist
Hollies - Hear! Here! and Here I Go Again (mono vinyl reissues)
Hooters - 5x5 (Single)
Hot Chip - Remix EP (Vinyl)
Ike & Tina Turner - Come Together / Workin' Together
Immortal - The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh DVD/CD
Infantree - Would Work (Vinyl)
Ingrid Michaelson - “Parachute” single (
Islaja - Keraaminen Paa (Vinyl)
J. Tillman - Singing Ax (only available on vinyl)
Jack Bruce - Things to Do Live in Denver
James - The Morning After the Night Before
James Otto - Shake What God Gave You
James - The Morning After The Night Before
Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
Jason Simon (Dead Meadow frontman) - Jason Simon
Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane Live Pack (4 CDs)
Jen Wood - Finds You in Love
Jimmy Edgar - XXX
Jimmy Webb - Ten Easy Pieces Plus Four
Joan of Arc - Cassette Box Set
Joey + Rory - Album #2
Junip (features José González) - Rope & Summit EP
Junip - Fields (Vinyl)
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues (Vinyl)
Kamelot - Poetry for the Poisoned
Kate Bush - Sensual World (reissue) (Vinyl)
Kenny Neal - Hooked on Your Love
Kim Richey - Wreck Your Wheels
King Crimson - The Collectable King Crimson Vol 5: Live In Japan 1995 - The Official Edition (2 CDs)
La Dispute + Touche Amore - “Searching for a Pulse/ The Worth of the World” 7-inch
Led to Sea (Mirah and Laura Viers touring musician Alex Guy) - Into The Darkening Sky
Leonard Cohen - Songs From the Road (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin (Vinyl)
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Little Beirut - Fear Of Heaven
Little Fish - Baffled and Beat
Liv Kristine - Skintight
Lizz Wright - Fellowship
Lobisomem - Onze Pedras
Lonely Drifter Karen - Fall of Spring

Lordi - Babez for Breakfast

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Louis Armstrong - Playlist: The Very Best of
Lungfish - Pass and Stow (reissue; Dischord)
MF Doom - Expektoration Feat. Big Benn Klingon
Madness - On Board the Nutty Express: Live at the Astoria
Madness - One Step Beyond
Majeure - Timespan (reissue) (Vinyl)
Major Organ & The Adding Machine - Major Organ & The Adding Machine
Matthew Dear - Little People
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Max Richter - Infra (Vinyl)
Megafaun - Hertofore (Vinyl)
Mice Parade - What It Means to Be Left-Handed (Vinyl)
Michael Giacchino - Lost: The Final Season (soundtrack)
Michael McDonald - No Lookin' Back
Michelle Branch - Everything Comes And Goes [EP]
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (3 CDs/1 DVD/2 LPs)
Murdocks - The Distortionist
Nat King Cole - Forgotten 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert
Nellie McKay - Home Sweet Mobile Home
New Czars - Doomsday Revolution
New York Dolls - Live at Radio Luxembourg Paris 1973 (Vinyl)
Nirvana - Insesticide (reissue) (Vinyl)
O'Jays - Christmas With
Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up
Of Montreal - False Priest (Vinyl)
Olivia Newton-John - Grace And Gratitude Renewed
Olof Arnalds - Crazy Car
Olof Arnalds - Innundir Skinni
Ozark Mt. Daredevils - Don't Look Down
Ozark Mt. Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines
Ozark Mt. Daredevils - It's Alive
Ozark Mt. Daredevils - The Car Over The Lake Album
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell 3-Disc Deluxe Edition/2-Disc Expanded Edition
Peter Himmelman - Mystery & The Hum
Porcupine Tree - Recordings (reissue)
Prince Rama - Shadow Temple (Vinyl)
Queensryche - Empire: 20th Anniversary Edition (2 CDs)
Randy Houser - They Call Me Caddillac
Randy Houser - They Call Me Cadillac
Ravi Shankar - Very Best of
Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul (Vinyl) (reissue)
Rick Nelson - The Last Time Around: 1970-1982
Robert Plant - Band Of Joy
Rodriguez - Cold Fact (reissue) (Vinyl)
Rory Gallagher - The Beat Club Sessions
Sara Radle - Four
Sarah Jaffe - Suburban Nature (Vinyl)
School of Seven Bells - Heart Is Strange EP
Screaming Females - Castle Talk (Vinyl)
Selene Vigil-Wilk (of 7 Year Bitch) - That Was Then
Sodom - Better Off Dead

Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (reissue) (Vinyl)

Sonic Youth - Sister (reissue) (Vinyl)

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On 180 gram vinyl! 'EVOL was a major leap forward for Sonic Youth, but Sister is a masterpiece, demonstrating the group's rapidly evolving musicality. More than ever before, Sonic Youth's songs sound like actual songs, and their collages of noise, distortion, and alternate tunings are now used to provide texture and depth to the music, which is original, complex, and rewarding. Not only is there the full-throttle roar of "Tuff Gnarl," but there are shimmering layers of ambient harmonics and dissonance that are as haunting and challenging as any of their barrages of feedback. Furthermore, Sister has a warm sound, which lures the listeners into music that's defiantly arty but never indulgent. It's one of the singular art rock records of the '80s.' - All Music Guide

Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Pills & Ammo
Starfucker - “Julius” single (digital version; 7-inch available October 12)
Steve Reich - Double Sextet/2x5
Stooges - Fun House (remastered) (Vinyl)

Stooges - The Stooges (remastered) (Vinyl)

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'The Stooges' first album was produced by a classically trained composer; their second was supervised by the former keyboard player with the Kingsmen, and if that didn't make all the difference, it at least indicates why Fun House was a step in the right direction. Producer Don Gallucci took the approach that the Stooges were a powerhouse live band, and their best bet was to recreate the band's live set with as little fuss as possible. As a result, the production on Fun House bears some resemblance to the Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie" - the sound is smeary and bleeds all over the place, but it packs the low-tech wallop of a concert pumped through a big PA, bursting with energy and immediacy. The Stooges were also a much stronger band this time out; Ron Asheton's blazing minimalist guitar gained little in the way of technique since The Stooges, but his confidence had grown by a quantum leap as he summoned forth the sounds that would make him the hero of proto-punk guitarists everywhere, and the brutal pound of drummer Scott Asheton and bassist Dave Alexander had grown to heavyweight champion status. And Fun House is where Iggy Pop's mad genius first reached its full flower; what was a sneer on the band's debut had grown into the roar of a caged animal desperate for release, and his rants were far more passionate and compelling than what he had served up before. The Stooges may have had more "hits," but Fun House has stronger songs, including the garage raver to end all garage ravers in "Loose," the primal scream of "1970," and the apocalyptic anarchy of "L.A. Blues." Fun House is the ideal document of the Stooges at their raw, sweaty, howling peak.' - All Music Guide

Sully Erna - Avalon
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding (Vinyl)
Superpitcher - Kilimanjaro (Vinyl)
System Divide - The Conscious Sedation
T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It on) (Vinyl)
Tamaryn - The Waves (LP limited to 3,000 copies)
Tarja Turunen - What Lies Beneath
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (reissue) (Vinyl)
Teengirl Fantasy - 7AM
Terror - Keepers of the Faith
The 88 - The 88
The Absence - Enemy Unbound
The Bad Plus - Never Stop (Vinyl)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (Vinyl)

The Drums - The Drums (Vinyl)

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Following a massive wave of critical acclaim, New York City's own The Drums . . . release their self-titled debut album on Downtown Records. The US version of the [album] will contain bonus tracks not found on the UK release. The Drums' spellbinding sound takes inspiration from elements of some of the greatest bands in history from The Smiths to the The Shangri-las and fuses them with the band's own raw energy and excitement. "Let's Go Surfing" sounds like a day at Coney Island with The Cure on the boombox. The melancholy sound of "Book of Stories" is offset with an understated sweetness and innocence in the lyrics and vocal. The rhythm and reverb will force you to dance and the melodies will stay with you on first listen . . . Their live show has been called "explosive" and Jonny Pierce "one of the most magnetic frontmen in years." The list of supporters is endless but nothing is more convincing than this stellar collection of songs. The last track on the album is entitled "The Future." Fitting, since it will be full of sounds from The Drums.

The Lonely Forest - The Lonely Forest E.P.
These Are They - Disposing of Betrayers
Those Darlins & Funstix - Night Jogger B/W Funstix Party (Vinyl)
Three - Dark Days Coming (reissue; available digitally and as a 12-inch; Dischord)
Tim Kasher - Cold Love (Vinyl)
Tina Turner, Dechen Shak Dagsay & Rugula Curti - Beyond
Tracy Ullman - Move Over Darling: the Complete Stiff Recordings
Trey Anastasio - Tab at the Tab
Trey Songz - Passion, Pain And Pleasure
Trooper - Flying Colors
Trooper - Thick as Thieves
Trooper - Two for the Show
UFO - Live on Air
UFO - Strangers in the Night (Vinyl)
Underworld - Barking (Vinyl)
Valient Thorr - Stranger (Vinyl)
Vanisher - The History Of Saints
Various Artists - 35!!! Years - Bear Family Records (3-CD box set)
Various Artists - Black Sabbath: Secret Musical History of Black Jewish Relations
Various Artists - NOW Country 3
Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: Yoga
Various Artists - Seussical the Musical
Various Artists - String Tribute to Iron Maiden [mp3]
Various Artists - The Scottsboro Boys (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Wish I'd Kept A Scrapbook: A Tribute to Tullycraft
Various artists - We Were So Turned On
Various artists - Young & Research (features Dream Cop, more; available exclusively on Bandcamp; Tough Love)
Vaselines - Sex With an X (Vinyl)
Wagner Logic - The Wagner Logic
Walkmen - Lisbon (Vinyl)
Walter Horton - Blues Harmonica Giant (3 CDs)
Weather Report - Playlist: The Very Best of
Weezer - Hurley (Vinyl)
Weird Weeds - Help Me Name Melody (Vinyl)
White Sea - “Heart Is Strange” single
Wishbone Ash - Live on Air
Your Youth - Aloha

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New Jazz Releases - Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Alex Riel - In Our Own Sweet Way
Art Blakey - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
Art Tatum - Ben Webster & Art Tatum Quartet
Barron / Carter / Cobham - Art Of Three, The
Beachclub Vroeger 2010 - Beachclub Vroeger 2010
Beegie Adair - My Piano Journy
Beirach / Liebman / Mcnee / Richie - Quest For Freedom
Benny Goodman - Yale University Archives V5
Benny Goodman - Happy Session
Benny Goodman - Yale University Archives, Vol. 5: NBC Broadcast Recordings 1936-1943
Bill Evans - Live In Koblenz 1979
Bill O'Connell - Rhapsody In Blue
Billy Cobham - Art Of Three
Bixler / O'Farrill - Auction Project, The
Blue Cranes - Observatories
Bob Brookmeyer / Gerry Mulligan - Rare & Unissued 1955-56 Broadcasts
Bob Lark - Cathy's Song
Bob Lark / McNeely / Reid / Woods - Cathy's Song
Bobby Mitchell / Toppers - Rack Em Back
Brandi Disterheft - Second Side
Caheles Lloyd - Mirror
Cannonball Adderley - Complete Live In San Francisco
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing
Carol Jarvis - Smile
Cecil Taylor - Love For Sale
Cedar Walton - Animation/Soundscapes
Charles Lloyd - Mirror
Charles Mingus - Playlist: The Very Best Of Charles Mingus
Charlie Byrd - Byrd In The Wind/Blues For Night People
Chris Donnelly - Solo
Chuck Willis - Rockin With The Sheik Of The Blues
Claude Williamson - Blues In Front
Clifford Brown / Max Roach - Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Coleman Hawkins - Bean Bags
Colosseum - Live05
Couturier / Laizeau / Mechali - Musica Callada
Cyrus Chestnut - Journeys
Dado Moroni - Shapes
Dahl / Riel / Vinding - In Our Own Sweet Way
Dan Andersen - The Spark
Dave Brubeck - Live In Portland 1959
Dave Brubeck - Dave Digs Disney/Southern Scene/In Europe
Dave Frank - Portrait Of New York
Dave Liebman - Quest For Freedom
David Bixler - Auction Project
David S. Ware - Onecept
Denise Donatelli - When Lights Are Low
Dick Sudhalter - Legacy 1967-2001
Dizzy Gillespie - Greatest Trumpet Of Them All
Django Reinhardt - Quintessential
Don Friedman - Composer, The
Don Friedman - Composer: Live At Jazz Baltica Salzau
Donald Byrd - Byrd In Hand/Davis Cup
Duke Ellington - Festival Session
Duke Ellington - Playlist: The Very Best Of Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington - From His Treasure Chest 1965-1972
Earl Hines - Swingin Down
Eddie Gomez - Forever
Ehud Asherie - Welcome To New York
Ella Fitzgerald - Geatest Hits
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Enrico Pieranunzi - Latin Jazz Quintet Live At Birdland
Eric Dolphy - Complete Last Recordings In Hilversum & Paris 1964
Evan Christopher - Django A La Creole
Fay Claassen - Sing!
Fere's Hot Strings - Swing-World-Blues
Francois Couturier - Musica Callada
Freddy Cole - Cole Nobody Knows
Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
Gerry Mulligan - Rare & Unissued 1955-56 Broadcasts
Harry Allen - When Larry Met Harry
Helen Sung - Going Express
Herb Ellis - Nothing But The Blues
Holcomb / Horvitz / Talking Pict - Point Of It All, The
Hot Strings - Swing-World-Blues
Humphrey Lyttelton - Four Classic Albums Plus (Jazz Concert/Jazz Sess
Humphrey Lyttelton - Jazz Concert/Jazz Session/In Perspective/Here's Humphrey
Jamie Oehlers & Paul Grabowsky - On A Clear Day
Jazz Baltica Ensemble - One For Three: The Jones Suite
Jazz Orchestra of the Concertge - Blues For The Date
Jermaine Landsberger - Hammond Eggs
Jessica Williams - Next Step
Jim Walker - Pied Piper
Jimmy Giuffre - Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet
Joey Defrancesco - Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music Of Michael Jackson
John Coltrane & Red Garland Trio - Traneing In
Johnny Hodges / Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
Junko Onishi - Baroque
Kahiba - Global Dialects
Kenny With The John Dankworth Orchestra Wheeler - Windmaill Tilter The Story Of Don Quixote
Klaus Gesing - Stories Yet To Tell )
Lark / McNeely / Reid / Woods - Cathy's Song
Lee Konitz - Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh
Lee Konitz / Warne Marsh - Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh
Lester Young - 100 Years: Forever Young
Louis Armstrong - Playlist: The Very Best Of Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong / Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Louise Rogers - Black Coffee
Lygia Campos - Meu Nome E Brasil
Mario Abney - Spiritual Perception
Marty Paich - Broadway Bit
Matthias Lupri - After Hours: Moonlamps & Other Ballads
Michael Tracy Quartet - Wingspan
Michel Legrand - Le Grand Jazz
Mike Garson / Jim Walker - Pied Piper
Miles Davis / Michel Legrand - Le Grand Jazz
Milt Jackson & Coleman Hawkins - Bean Bags
Mose Allison - Back Country Suite
Nat "King" Cole - Love Is The Thing
Nat "King" Cole - Very Thought Of You
Nat "King" Cole - Forgotten 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert
Nikolai Kapustin - Twenty Four Preludes In Jazz Style
Nikolai Kapustin - 24 Preludes In Jazz Style
Nina Simone - Nina Simone At Town Hall
Norma Winstone - Stories Yet To Tell
Oregon - In Stride
Ornette Coleman - Reunion 1990
Oscar Peterson - Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra
Oster / Welker Jazz Alliance - Detour Ahead
Oster-Welker Jazz Alliance the - Detour Ahead
Percy Mayfield - Nightless Lover
Pink Turtle - Back Again
Pizzarelli Boys - Desert Island Dreamers
Quartet / Tracy, Michael - Wingspan
Quest - Searching For The New Sound Of Be-Bop
Raphael Wressnig - Party Factor
Robin Holcomb - Point Of It All
Ronnie Laws - Friends And Strangers
Ronnie Lynn Patterson - Music
Roy Eldridge / Art Tatum - Art Tatum & Roy Eldridge Quartet
Ruby Braff - Hi-Fi Salute To Bunny / Easy Now / You're Getting
Rufus Reid - Out Front
Ryan Cohan - Another Look
Sidney Bechet / Buck Clayton - In Concert At The Brussels Fair 1958
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
Stan Getz - At The Shrine
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz
Sun Ra - Box Set: Heliocentric Worlds
Sun Ra - Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra
Ted Curson - Round Midnight
Terry Oldfield - Spirit Of The World
Terry Oldfield - Spirit Of Africa
Thelonious Monk - Playlist: The Very Best Of Thelonious Monk
Theo Bleckmann - I Dwell In Possibility
Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One
Tom Grant - Delicioso
Tommy Dorsey - At The Fat Man's 1946-1948
Toots Thielemans - Live Takes Vol. 1
Topology + Misinterprotato - Healthy
Truth & Soul - Fallin' Off The Reel, Vol. 2
Warne Marsh - How High How Deep
Weather Report - Playlist: The Very Best Of Weather Report
Will Downing - Lust, Love & Lies
William Parker - I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield
Younger Than Springtime - Younger Than Springtime
Zoot Sims - Live At Half Note

Reissues
Anita O'Day - Sings For Oscar
Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz
Cannonball Adderley - In San Francisco
Charles MIngus - East Coasting
Donald Byrd - Byrd In Hand
Duke Jordan - Flight To Jordan
Grant Green - Grantstand
Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special
John Coltrane - Traneing In
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
Nina Simone - Very Best Of Nina Simone
Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come
Paul Chambers - Whims Of Chambers
Sonny Stitt - Sits In With The Oscar Peterson Trio
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners


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Music News & Notes

Rare Arthur Russell/Allen Ginsberg Collaboration Gets Limited Vinyl Release

Avant-garde pop icon Arthur Russell passed away over 18 years ago, yet his rich output continues to give us interesting and vital new releases in 2010. With a hand in disco, rock, modern classical and early dance music, Russell left behind a wealth of material. The latest discovery is a collaboration between Russell and famed American poet Allen Ginsberg.

The pair made the track “Ballad of the Lights” in 1977. The track was recently unearthed from Russell's archive, and will be released on a limited ten-inch record. It will include Ginsberg's 1971 performance of “Pacific High Studio Mantras” with accompanying cello from Russell on the B-side. The record will be available on October 19 through Press Pop and Audika and will be limited to 1,000 copies.

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New Release: Various Artists: Jon Savage Presents Black Hole Californian Punk 1977-1980

Artists: Various Artists
Release: Jon Savage Presents Black Hole Californian Punk 1977-1980
Release Date: November 15
Label: Domino

01 The Germs: Forming
02 The Dils: I Hate the Rich
03 The Screamers: Peer Pressure
04 Crime: Murder by Guitar
05 The Zeros: WIMP
06 The Avengers: We Are the One
07 The Consumers: Anti Anti Anti
08 The Randoms: A-B-C-D
09 Black Randy and the Metro Squad: Trouble at the Cup
10 The Alleycats: Nothing Means Nothing Anymore
11 The Weirdos: Solitary Confinement
12 The Zeros: Beat Your Heart Out
13 X: We're Desperate
14 The Offs: 624803
15 The Sleepers: Seventh World
16 The Middle Class: Situations
17 The Bags: Survive
18 The Germs: Media Blitz
19 The Middle Class: Love Is Just a Tool
20 The Flesheaters: Pony Dress
21 Urinals: Black Hole
22 The Aurora Pushups: Victims of Terrorism
23 The Avengers: The American in Me
24 The Dead Kennedys: California Uber Alles
25 The Dils: The Sound of the Rain
26 The Sleepers: Los Gatos

Notes: Compilation of California-based first wave punk from the late '70s, compiled by writer Jon Savage (England's Dreaming.)

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The Soft Boys Reissues

After a long hiatus from print and 30 years after its initial appearance on Armageddon Records, The Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight is being released in its 10-song original form by Yep Roc, on CD and 180 gram vinyl. This will be the first reissue of the album to feature all the bonus tracks (last time taking up 2/3rds of the package) as digital downloads free with purchase. The vinyl release is the first ever reissue of the LP in its original form.

'Underwater Moonlight' has long been considered a classic record, "Big Star and us were the rickety bridge between the Byrds and REM", says former Soft Boys’ main man Robyn Hitchcock.

Additionally, the first, and rarely reissued Soft Boy’s album, 'A Can of Bees' is also being released with similar bonus downloads. "A red-hot poker up the arse of rock music" was how Julian Cope once described this album. The vinyl version of Bees is the first ever reissue of the LP in any form.

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AC/DC and Other Rock Classics Banned At Funerals

If you wanted to be sent off into the great beyond with AC/DC's classic cut "Highway to Hell" or Queen's immortal "Another One Bites The Dust," you may be out of luck if you are going six feet under Down Under.

Gibson reports that The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne has banned the use of pop music at funerals, according to The New York Times. Archbishop Denis Hart has said the act of playing pop songs is not considered "a celebration of the life" of the deceased. The new guidelines state: "Secular items are never to be sung or played at a Catholic funeral, such as romantic ballads, pop or rock music, political songs, football club songs."

The Melbourne Hearld Sun reported that football songs are popular at many funerals, in addition to pop hits. Although Frank Sinatra's "My Way" and Bette Midler's "The Wind Beneath My Wings" are often requested, the newspaper reported that quirkier choices like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" also had been popular before the ban. I say let 'em play what they want!

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Iggy Pop And James Williamson To Reissue 'Kill City' Album

Iggy Pop and James Williamson are set to reissue their classic album, ‘Kill City’.  The 11-track record, originally released in 1977, is due out on December 6 on CD and Vinyl.

The album, which helped bridge Pop’s career between The Stooges and his solo albums, has been remastered by the pair.  The singer said: "A lot of people have borrowed its ideas; it's one of the very first independent LP's I know of."

Williamson added: "With this re-release we are not only re-united in our musical endeavors but in our appreciation of this album, its re-mix and its importance to us as artists."

The CD reissue of ‘Kill City’ will be accompanied by a 24-page booklet, while the LP is on clear green vinyl.

The tracklisting is:

‘Kill City’
‘Sell Your Love’
‘Beyond the Law’
‘I Got Nothin'’
‘Johanna’
‘Night Theme’
‘Night Theme (Reprise)’
‘Consolation Prizes’
‘No Sense of Crime’
‘Lucky Monkeys’
‘Master Charge’

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QUEEN: 'Singles Collection 4' Detailed

The final volume in the impressive retrospective four box set, "Queen: The Singles Collection 4", is set to be released October 18.  The closing chapter to the entire history of QUEEN's worldwide singles releases, Volume 4 tracks the band's output through the latter years of 1989 to 1999.

The 13 CD singles housed in this set complete the project to rediscover every one of QUEEN's singles to have made the top 40 anywhere in the world, all replicated in faithful detail to their original form.

Together, the four volume set offers over 100 tracks chronicling QUEEN's extraordinary journey through the world-wide singles charts: from the very first single, "Keep Yourself Alive", in 1973, to the very last single in 1999.  And what a spectacular journey queen made: no less than 14 out of the 16 A-sides in this set achieved top 10 chart positions worldwide.

QUEEN "Singles Collection 4":

CD Single 1

01. The Miracle
02. Stone Cold Crazy (Live)

CD Single 2

01. Innuendo
02. Bijou

CD Single 3

01. I'm Going Slightly Mad
02. The Hitman

CD Single 4

01. Headlong
02. All God's People

CD Single 5

01. The Show Must Go On
02. Queen Talks

CD Single 6

01. Bohemian Rhapsody
02. These Are The Days Of Our Lives

CD Single 7

01. Heaven For Everyone (Single Version)
02. It's A Beautiful Day

CD Single 8

01. A Winter's Tale
02. Rock In Rio Blues

CD Single 9

01. Too Much Love Will Kill You
02. I Was Born To Love You

CD Single 10

01. Let Me Live
02. We Will Rock You (Live)
03. We Are The Champions (Live)

CD Single 11

01. You Don't Fool Me (Edit)
02. You Don't Fool Me (Album Version)

CD Single 12

01. No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)
02. We Will Rock You (The Rick Rubin "Ruined" Remix)
03. The Prize (Instrumental Remix for "The Eye")

CD Single 13

01. Under Pressure Rah Mix (Radio Edit)
02. Under Pressure (Mike Spencer Remix)
03. Under Pressure (Live At Knebworth)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

This Date In Music History - September 12

Birthdays:

George Jones (1931)

Tony Bellamy - Redbone (1940)

Maria Muldaur (1943)

Colin Young - Foundations (1944)

Gerry Beckley - America (1952)

Neil Peart - Rush (1952)



Barry Andrews - XTC (1956)

Brian Robertson - Thin Lizzy, Motorhead (1956)

Pat Dinizio - Smithereens (1957)

Norwood Fisher - Fishbone (1965)

Ben Folds - Ben Folds Five (1966)

Larry LaLonde - Primus (1968)

Jennifer Nettles - Sugarland (1974)

Jennifer Hudson-Academy Award-winning American actress and singer (1981)


They Are Missed:

In 1997, founder of the Polar Music record label, songwriter, producer and Abba's manager Stig Anderson died of a heart attack. Anderson co-wrote some of Abba’s biggest hits, such as ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘S.O.S’, ‘Fernando’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’ and ‘The Name of the Game.’ His funeral was broadcast live on Swedish television an honour otherwise only reserved for distinguished statesmen or royalty.

Born on this day in 1944, Barry White, soul singer & producer. Died from Kidney failure on July 4, 2003 (age 58).

In 2004, drummer and arranger Kenny Buttrey died in Nashville, Tennessee. Worked with Neil Young, (Harvest, and After the Gold Rush), Bob Dylan (Blonde on Blonde, Nashville Skyline & John Wesley Harding), and Bob Seger, Elvis Presley, Donovan, George Harrison, Joan Baez, Dan Fogelberg, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Buffett, Chuck Berry and Area Code 615.

In 2003, Johnny Cash died of respiratory failure (age 71). One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, known as "The Man in Black." He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." Had the 1969 US No.2 & UK No.4 single "A Boy Named Sue," plus 11 other US Top 40 singles. Cash also had his own US TV show in late 60's early 70's.






History:

Elvis Presley, age 13, moved with his parents to Memphis, TN in 1948.

The first 'teen idol', Frank Sinatra was at #1 on the UK singles chart in 1954 with "Three Coins In The Fountain," the singer's first UK #1. The song was The Academy Award winning Best Original Song of 1954.

Larry Williams recorded "Bony Maronie" in 1957.

The Beatles were at #1 on the UK singles chart in 1963 with "She Loves You," the group's second #1. It became the biggest seller of the year and the biggest selling Beatles single in the UK.

In 1964, The Supremes, The Shangri-La’s, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, The Ronettes, Millie Small, The Temptations, The Miracles and Little Anthony and the Imperials all appeared at The Fox Theatre, Brooklyn, New York.

In 1966, NBC aired the first episode of The Monkees TV show in the US. After passing on Steven Stills and Three Dog Night’s Danny Hutton, the producers settle on Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith and Brit Davy Jones to be the mock-Beatles. It’s 30 minutes of “A Hard Day’s Night” take-offs each week. The show lasts a little over two years and manages to sell millions of records. Also making its debut was The Roger Miller Show

The Beatles received a gold record for "Yellow Submarine" in 1966.

Filming continued for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour in 1967. The bus headed for Widecombe on the Moor, where a local fair was being held but the bus driver (Alf Manders) took a shortcut to bypass heavy traffic and ended up stuck on a bridge, the coach ended up having to drive in reverse for a half-mile before it could turn around. They then head for Plymouth, followed by a 20-car convoy of journalists and photographers.

During their first ever tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Stora Scenen in Stockholm, Sweden in 1968.

Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their first UK #1 album in 1970 with 'Cosmo's Factory'. It also enjoyed a nine-week run at #1 in the US, where it sold over three million copies.

Bob Dylan joined Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert held at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California in 1970.

"Josie and the Pussycats," the cartoon, debuted on CBS in 1970.



"Fire and Rain" by James Taylor was released in 1970. It was his first single.

An in-depth report on the death of Elvis Presley aired on ABC-TV’s "20/20" in 1980. It raised so many unanswered questions that the official case concerning Elvis’ death was reopened.

Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues was hospitalized in 1986 after collapsing from exhaustion in Los Angeles.

In 1986, Public Image Ltd guitarist John McGeoch needed 40 stitches in his face after a two-litre wine bottle was thrown at the stage during a gig in Vienna.

The soundtrack album 'La Bamba' featuring Los Lobos started a two-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1987.

In 1987, Michael Jackson kicked of his Bad World Tour by playing the first of three sold-out nights at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. By the end of the 123-date tour, Jackson had played to over 4million fans across fifteen countries.

Morrissey left The Smiths for a solo career in 1987.

Soundgarden release their “Louder Than Love” LP in 1989.

In 1990, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac announced they were leaving the band at the end of their current tour. They both returned....

A concert by Shania Twain was televised live on DirecTV in 1998. It was the first time direct broadcast had been used for a country star.

In 2000, Christina Aguilera released her first Spanish album, Mi Reflejo which contained Spanish versions of songs from her English debut as well as new Spanish tracks.

Also in 2000 - The family of Jimi Hendrix released 56 rare tracks in a 4-CD boxed set, "The Jimi Hendrix Experience."

Concerts around the US were cancelled in 2001 in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in D.C. Shows from artists as diverse as Stevie Nicks and Crosby, Stills & Nash to Weezer and the Black Crowes are postponed.

The house that Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) lived in as a child, from 11-15, was sold on eBay for $210,000 in 2002. The house had been valued at $52,660 in 2000.

2002 - John Houston Entertainment LLC filed a $100 million lawsuit against Whitney Houston for breach of contract.

In 2003, Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five was paralyzed in a fall on his estate.

Tim McGraw went to #1 on the US album chart in 2004 with 'Live Like You Were Dying.'

The iTunes Music Store reached 1.5 billion songs and 45 million videos sold in 2006.

Also in 2006, a 10-disc box set spanning Robert Plant's entire post-Led Zeppelin career is issued by Rhino Records. "Nine Lives" has remastered versions of all nine Plant solo albums to date, each with extra tracks, as well as a bonus DVD featuring interviews, music videos and live performances. Peter Frampton's instrumental album "Fingerprint" is out. Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, ex-Stones bassist Bill Wyman, Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes and members of Pearl Jam are heard on the CD which features an instrumental cover of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun." The album also marks Frampton’s return to A&M Records, where he had in greatest success (in the ‘70s).

In 2007, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin announced they would reform for a star-studded tribute concert in London. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones would play at a show to remember the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The place of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, would be taken by his son Jason. The one-off concert, the trio's first performance for 19 years, would take place at the O2 arena in London on 26th November with tickets costing around $200. All profits from the show would go towards scholarships in Ertegun's name in UK, the USA and Turkey, the country of his birth.

Metallica unfurled "Death Magnetic" worldwide in 2008. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album's tracks are also available for the Guitar Hero: World Tour video game. "The Day That Never Comes" is the first single with "My Apocalypse" available exclusively on Metallica’s web site.



Colbie Caillat was at #1 on the US album chart in 2009 with ‘Breakthrough’, the American singer, songwriter’s second album.

In 2009, Steve Jobs announced that Apple's iTunes had 88% of the legal US music download market.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Rhino Handmade To Release Three Disc Deluxe Edition Of The Monkees’ Album, Head, In Tandem With Criterion Collection Box Set

Rhino Handmade Expands The Cult Classic’s Soundtrack Into A Three-Disc Boxed Set With 21 Unreleased Tracks, Outtakes, Rarities, And Live Performances

Pre-Order Beginning September 20 Exclusively At Rhino.com

And Receive A Bonus 7″ With Two Previously Unreleased Instrumentals

Boxed Set Arrives October 26

LOS ANGELES – Ahead of its time when it was released in 1968, Head has emerged over the years as a cult classic from the psychedelic era. Produced by Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson, the surreal odyssey stars The Monkees—Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. While the film did not achieve commercial success, its soundtrack contains some of the quartet’s finest and most daring work.

Rhino Handmade expands the superbly strange soundtrack, originally compiled by Jack Nicholson, as a three-disc boxed set that features 21 previously unreleased tracks, outtakes, rarities, and live performances, plus an entire disc containing a rare interview with Jones recorded in 1968 for radio broadcast. All those who pre-order, will receive a bonus 7″ that includes unreleased instrumental versions of “Porpoise Song” and “As We Go Along.” The collection comes in a 7″ x 7″ deluxe box with a mirrored finish like the original vinyl release. Due out October 26, HEAD (DELUXE EDITION) will be available for pre-order beginning September 20 exclusively at Rhino for a suggested list price of $59.98.

Later this year, the Criterion Collection will release Head as part of America Lost And Found: The BBS Story, a compilation of innovative films produced between 1968 and 1972 by Rafelson and Bert Schneider (cocreators of The Monkees) and Steve Blauner. The BBS Story boxed set will be available on Blu-ray November 23 and DVD December 14. Head features a new, restored high-definition digital transfer (with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition). The extras include new audio commentaries by Dolenz, Tork, and Jones, and an interview with Rafelson.

HEAD (DELUXE EDITION) begins with the original soundtrack remastered, including “Porpoise Song” the film’s theme written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Nesmith’s rocker “Circle Sky,” Tork’s “Can You Dig It,” Jones singing Harry Nilsson’s “Daddy’s Song,” and Dolenz singing “As We Go Along,” a track penned by Carole King and Toni Stern (who later composed the chart topper “You’ve Got A Friend”). Also included from the original soundtrack are bits of dialogue from the film and incidental music conducted by Ken Thorne, who composed music for The Beatles’ film Help!

The first disc’s bonus tracks present alternate stereo mixes for nearly every song, except “Can You Dig It” which is featured as a rough stereo mix with Tork singing instead of Dolenz, and “Daddy’s Song” which is remixed with a section that was never originally used in the film or soundtrack album. The disc also features an unreleased stereo mix of the album’s closing audio collage: “Swami – Plus Strings.”

Disc two is dedicated to outtakes and rarities, including mono mixes for every track along with unreleased mono movie mixes for “Can You Dig It” and “Daddy’s Song.” The unreleased gems include an alternate version of “Ditty Diego – War Chant,” a satirical send-up of the theme to The Monkees television series written by Nicholson and Rafelson, plus “California, Here It Comes,” a song heard briefly in 1969 playing over the credits of The Monkees’ television special 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee. The disc also includes a rare live set from the Valley Music Hall in Salt Lake City from the spring of 1968. The performances were recorded for the film, but ultimately only one track (“Circle Sky”) was used. The unreleased live tracks from this set include the Headquarters-era gems “You Just May Be The One,” “Sunny Girlfriend,” and “You Told Me.”

The final disc contains a radio interview with Jones about the album that was issued in 1968 by Colgems as a promotional LP. The disc also includes full tracks and excerpts from the Head soundtrack that were interspersed throughout the interview. Deluxe booklet features new liner notes by Andrew Sandoval and Rachel Lichtman highlighted by brand-new interviews with Michael Nesmith and director Bob Rafelson about Head, in addition to dozens of unpublished color photos.

HEAD (DELUXE EDITION)

Disc 1 – Original LP…Plus

1. Opening Ceremony

2. “Porpoise Song” (Theme From Head) – The Monkees

3. “Ditty Diego – War Chant” – The Monkees

4. “Circle Sky” – The Monkees

5. “Supplicio”

6. “Can You Dig It” – The Monkees

7. “Gravy”

8. “Superstitious”

9. “As We Go Along” – The Monkees

10. “Dandruff?”

11. “Daddy’s Song” – The Monkees

12. “Poll”

13. “Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again” – The Monkees

14. “Swami – Plus Strings (Ken Thorne), Etc.”

Bonus Material

15. “Porpoise Song” (Theme From Head) (Alternate Stereo Mix) – The Monkees

16. “Ditty Diego –War Chant” (Alternate Stereo Mix) – The Monkees

17. “Circle Sky” (Alternate Stereo Mix) – The Monkees

18. “Can You Dig It” (Peter’s Vocal – Stereo Rough Mix) – The Monkees *

19. “As We Go Along” (Alternate Stereo Mix) – The Monkees

20. “Daddy’s Song” (Remix with slow verse) – The Monkees *

21. “Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again” (Alternate Stereo Mix) – The Monkees

22. “Swami – Plus Strings (Ken Thorne), Etc.” (Alternate Stereo Mix) *

23. “Happy Birthday To You” (Alternate Stereo Mix) – The Monkees *

24. “Ditty Diego” (Session) – The Monkees *


Disc 2 – Outtakes And Rarities

1. Head Promo “Coming Soon”

2. “Porpoise Song” (Theme From Head) (Mono Single Mix) – The Monkees

3. “Ditty Diego – War Chant” (Mono Mix) – The Monkees *

4. “Circle Sky” (Mono Mix) – The Monkees *

5. “Can You Dig It” (Mono Mix) – The Monkees *

6. “As We Go Along” (Mono Single Mix) – The Monkees

7. “Daddy’s Song” (Mono Mix) – The Monkees *

8. “Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again” (Mono Mix) – The Monkees *

9. “Porpoise Song” (Theme From Head) (Rough Mono Mix) – The Monkees *

10. “Ditty Diego” (Alternate Version) – The Monkees *

11. “Circle Sky” (Alternate Mono Mix) – The Monkees *

12. “Can You Dig It” (Peter’s Vocal) – The Monkees

13. “Daddy’s Song” (Mike’s Vocal) – The Monkees

14. “Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again” (Rough Mix Acetate) – The Monkees *

15. “Can You Dig It” (Mono Movie Mix) – The Monkees *

16. “Daddy’s Song” (Mono Movie Mix) – The Monkees *

17. Head Promo “Now Playing”

18. Introduction To Live Show – The Monkees *

19. “You Just May Be The One” (Live) – The Monkees *

20. “Sunny Girlfriend” (Live) – The Monkees *

21. “You Told Me” (Live) – The Monkees *

22. “Circle Sky” (Live) – The Monkees

23. “California, Here It Comes” – The Monkees *


Disc 3 – Head Open-End Radio Special Interview Platter With Davy Jones

1. “Circle Sky” (Excerpt) – The Monkees

2. Davy Jones Interview, Pt. 1

3. “Can You Dig It” (Excerpt) – The Monkees

4. Davy Jones Interview, Pt. 2

5. “Daddy’s Song” – The Monkees

6. Davy Jones Interview, Pt. 3

7. “Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again” – The Monkees

8. Davy Jones Interview, Pt. 4

9. “Porpoise Song” (Theme From Head) – The Monkees

10. Davy Jones Interview, Pt. 5

11. “Can You Dig It” (Excerpt) – The Monkees

* Previously Unissued

Music News & Notes

Reba Reveals Album Cover

Reba McEntire's 34th studio album, 'All The Women I Am,' is scheduled to be released on Nov. 9, and also marks the singer's first work with Dann Huff as producer. Dann has produced Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood, among many others. Reba unveiled the glitzy album cover this week.

“It is so good to be back in the studio with Dann Huff,” says Reba in a press release. “He has played guitar on so many of my albums and I was thrilled when he said yes to producing this CD with me. He’s a very talented, creative and fun person to work with."












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URIAH HEEP To Release 'Live in Budapest, Hungary 2010'

Progressive rock veterans Uriah Heep have recently announced their plan to release a new live album, called "Official Bootleg Volume II – Live in Budapest, Hungary 2010." The band states, "This is an official bootleg recording from our concert in the Petofi Hall, Budapest Hungary, on the 4th May 2010.

"There are going to be many more recordings from around the world, as this will be an ongoing series, giving fans the chance to hear the band in many different countries.

"These recordings are true official bootlegs in every sense and they reflect that nights performance as it happened, totally untouched. You can almost feel that you are at the concert, so put the CD on, turn it up loud, close your eyes and enjoy a night in Budapest with URIAH HEEP."

The official release date for "Official Bootleg Volume II – Live in Budapest, Hungary 2010" has not yet been announced.

Uriah Heep remains one of British rock's most consistent and long-standing acts, with album sales of over 30 million worldwide.


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DAATH: New Album Artwork Unveiled

Atlanta-based quintet DAATH is set to release their third, self-titled full-length album on October 26 via Century Media Records. Drummer Kevin Talley (ex-CHIMAIRA, DYING FETUS) began laying down his tracks in Atlanta on June 7 with renowned producer Mark Lewis (ALL THAT REMAINS, TRIVIUM, DEVILDRIVER) and co-producer Eyal Levi (guitar) at the helm.

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Lennon Lives On Via Yoko

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

Lennon's song God floors you with a punch. It's a farewell – to the past, to the Beatles. In destroying our idols, it somehow sets us all free

Laura Barton guardian.co.uk

People are always surprised when I tell them how much I like Yoko Ono. I interviewed her a few years ago, ahead of an ATP festival; we talked about art and music and love, and I found her smart, warm and kind of wonderful. At the end of our conversation she gave me a cape gooseberry, placed it in the palm of my hand, like a ripe and precious gift.

Yoko's reputation you will know well: the woman who took John Lennon from his wife, and from the Beatles, and since I met her, it has often amused me that she is painted always as a taker, while I remember her as a giver.

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Matador at 21: 6-CD charity box set and double vinyl

On September 28, on the eve of the label’s 21st anniversary celebration in Las Vegas, the Matador at 21 box set lands in stores. The limited-edition box contains five CDs documenting the history of the label with remastered songs released from 1989 through 2010, and one CD of unreleased live recordings from the Matador 10th Anniversary concerts in New York City in 1999. These were recorded to multitrack via the Rolling Stones Mobile Truck and not mixed down until now.

As shown above, the set comes in a blue-grey foil-stamped linen-bound box. The six CDs sit in custom digipaks. An 85-page perfect-bound book documents the history of the label with essays, photos, ephemera, emails and more. In addition, the box holds 36 custom Matador poker chips in three values.



The release has been assigned the catalog number OLE-1000, which is pushing it a little bit because we’re really only up to OLE-949 (the upcoming Kurt Vile 7?) in the main sequence. A budget-priced double vinyl set reproduces the contents of Disc 5, ‘Matador Today,’ and will be available on the same day as the box. All proceeds from the set will go to benefit three charities chosen by the label owners, enumerated at the bottom of this post. The artists have graciously agreed to donate their royalties as well in order to make this all possible.*




DISC 1 – THE PRE-DAWN (1989-1992)

1. Teenage Fanclub – Everything Flows
2. H.P. Zinker – Dancing Days
3. Superchunk – Slack Motherfucker
4. Dustdevils – Throw the Bottle Full
5. Railroad Jerk – These Streets
6. Come – Fast Piss Blues
7. Bettie Serveert – Kid’s Alright
8. Chain Gang – Cut Off The Drug Czar’s Head
9. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – More Glee
10. Unsane – This Town
11. Circle X – Compression of the Species
12. Toiling Midgets – Mr. Foster’s Shoes
13. Bailter Space – The Today Song
14. Pavement – Perfume-V

DISC TWO – THE YEARS OF MILK AND HONEY (1993-1995)

1. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Afro
2. Yo La Tengo – Big Day Coming
3. Railroad Jerk – The Ballad of Railroad Jerk
4. Helium – Superball
5. Pizzicato Five – Baby Love Child
6. Liz Phair – Mesmerizing
7. Pavement – Silence Kit
8. Guided By Voices – Game Of Pricks
9. 18th Dye – Whole Wide World
10. Chavez – Peeled Out Too Late
11. Come – String
12. Moonshake – Secondhand Clothes
13. Guitar Wolf – Midnight Violence Rock’n Roll
14. San Francisco Seals – Back Again
15. Bardo Pond – Rumination

DISC 3: DAYS OF WHISKEY AND TEARS (1996-2001)

1. Boards Of Canada – Telephasic Workshop
2. Spoon – Waiting For The Kid To Come Out
3. Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
4. Chavez – You Must Be Stopped
5. Silkworm – Tarnished Angel
6. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Flavor Part 1 (Beck)
7. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Flavor Part 2 (Mike D)
8. Pole – Fliegen
9. Cat Power – American Flag
10. Belle & Sebastian – We Rule The School
11. Mogwai – Helps Both Ways
12. Arsonists – Backdraft
13. Large Professor – ‘Bout That Time
14. Cornelius – Tone Twilight Zone
15. burger/ink – Flesh & Blood
16. Pavement – You Are A Light
17. Arab Strap – Blood
18. Matmos – L.A.S.I.K

DISC FOUR: DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK (2002-2007)

1. Interpol – Hands Away
2. Cat Power – He War
3. Yo La Tengo – Today Is The Day
4. The New Pornographers – From Blown Speakers
5. Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up, Look Sharp
6. Dead Meadow – Good Moanin’
7. Mogwai – Kids Will Be Skeletons
8. Mission Of Burma – The Setup
9. Early Man – Death Is The Answer
10. Belle & Sebastian – Dress Up In You
11. Pretty Girls Make Graves – All Medicated Geniuses
12. Cat Power – Love & Communication
13. Shearwater - Johnny Viola
14. Brightblack Morning Light – Everybody Daylight
15. Lavender Diamond – You Broke My Heart
16. Jennifer O’Connor – Tonight We Ride
16. Earles & Jensen – Just Farr A Laugh: The Yogurt Machine
17. Stephen Malkmus – Discretion Grove

DISC FIVE: MATADOR TODAY (2008 – )

1. Fucked Up – Son The Father
2. Sonic Youth – Sacred Trickster
3. Kurt Vile – Amplifier
4. Yo La Tengo – Nothing to Hide
5. Jay Reatard – There Is No Sun
6. Times New Viking – Move To California
7. Harlem – Friendly Ghost
8. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bottled In Cork
9. The New Pornographers – My Shepherd
10. Cold Cave - Youth and Lust
11. Interpol – Summer Well
12. Shearwater - Castaways
13. Esben and the Witch – Marching Song
14. Girls – Lust For Life
15. Magic Kids – Superball
16. Delorean – Stay Close
17. Cat Power – Metal Heart
18. Perfume Genius – Learning
19. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Real Emotional Trash

DISC SIX: UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS FROM THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS, NEW YORK CITY, SEPTEMBER 1999

1. Pavement – Here (Live 1999)
2. Pavement – Trigger Cut (Live 1999)
3. Pavement – The Hexx (Live 1999)
4. Pavement – She Believes (Live 1999)
5. Pavement – Unfair (Live 1999)
6. Pavement – Zurich Is Stained (Live 1999)
7. Pavement – Debris Slide (Live 1999)
8. Pavement – Spit On A Stranger (Live 1999)
9. Come – New Coats (Live 1999)
10. Bardo Pond – Walking Stick Man (Live 1999)
11. Bardo Pond – Tommy Gun Angel (Live 1999)
12. Cat Power – Good Woman (Live 1999)
13. Cat Power – Naked, If I Want To (Live 1999)
14. Cat Power – You May Know Him / Sea Of Love (Live 1999)
15. Mogwai – Ex-Cowboy (Live 1999)

* Matador and the bands’ proceeds from sales of the box set and the double vinyl will be donated to:

The Jane Addams Hull House Association, a Chicago, IL non-profit that’s been assisting the city’s neediest families (child welfare, domestic violence prevention, literacy-advocacy, etc.) since 1889.

The Ali Forney Center (NYC-based provider of shelter and counseling for homeless gay, lesbian and transgender youth)

The Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (non-profit public hospital and a world leader in pediatric lifesaving)

Matador at 21 will be in stores on September 28. You can preorder it now from the Matador Store.

Matador at 21: The Lost Weekend takes place at the Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas from October 1-3, 2010. This event is sponsored by MySpace Music, Altamont and Incase.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Michael Fremer Album Review

Townes
(new release)
Steve Earle
New West 5022 2 180g LPs
Produced by: Steve Earle
Engineered by: Steve Christensen and Ray Kennedy
Mixed by: Ray Kennedy
Mastered by: Kevin Gray at AcousTech Mastering






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Earle Pays Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
by Michael Fremer
September 01, 2010

Steve Earle’s dusty, gritty tribute to his late friend Townes Van Zandt issued last year is about what you can usually expect from “tribute” albums. The two met when Earle was still a kid and Van Zandt was already established.

If you’re interested in Van Zandt you should pick up some of his originals or the vinyl reissues on Fat Possum. If you are an Earle fan you probably would prefer to listen to some of his older albums of original material, though he does pour everything he’s got into this.

I bought Townes on the recommendation of a friend and while the performances are okay, and certainly heartfelt (Earle’s connection to his friend was so deep he named his son, who appears on the album, Justin Townes), it doesn’t seem that Steve Earle brings anything new or useful in his interpretations of Van Zandt’s originals, though some work well.

Backed by a talented group of musicians including Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and guitarist/mandolinist Tim O’Brien, Earle covers 15 Van Zandt songs, mostly filled with anguish, desperation and a lot of pain, using the backing musicians to fill in more than to bring light.

“Poncho and Lefty,” Van Zandt’s brush mainstream success thanks to being covered by Emmylou Harris and then Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard opens the album and listening to it here makes clear how much its melancholic melodic line resembles Jackson Browne’s bleak “Adam.” Both were originally written and recorded around the same time on albums issued in 1972. Van Zandt’s is about betrayal, Browne’s suicide.

The bluegrass “White Freightliner Blues” notches up the mood but given the songwriter, there’s less about feeling liberated and more about being trapped or used, aging, losing love and other hard scrapple story lines—all told with deeply felt poetry.

The double LP vinyl issue was carefully and expensively produced, including a full-color double gatefold jacket, mastering by Kevin Gray at AcousTech and pressing on 180g RTI vinyl.

Unfortunately none of that can compensate for what sounds like a Pro-Tools recording. If I’m wrong and it was analog, I’ll eat a SmartPhone. Even if Gray had a high-resolution file from which to work, Pro-Tools sonic fingerprints are all over this: it’s dark, dark, dark. The sound is congealed and transients are soft and at the same time have a gritty edge. What a combination!

It sounds as if you’re listening through a foam barrier or you’ve accidentally left your earplugs in after returning from a live concert. Mind you, it’s better than bright, edgy and crispy, but you’ll find yourself turning up the volume to extract more life from the recording and none will materialize.


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

NIJI ENTERTAINMENT GROUP TO ISSUE DIO AT DONINGTON UK THIS NOVEMBER

ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC. TO ISSUE FIRST RELEASE – ‘DIO AT DONINGTON UK: LIVE 1983 AND 1987′ 2 CD SET ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2010

2010 will go down as the year that we lost one of hard rock/heavy metal’s all-time great vocalists, Ronnie James Dio (after a valiant battle with cancer). Throughout a career that saw Ronnie pen or co-pen classics with such legendary acts as Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and with his solo group, Dio, there are simply not enough words to describe the singer’s contribution to rock music worldwide. And to celebrate the life of the man that has become synonymous with metal, several new releases will soon be arriving, that are certain to please Dio’s large and loyal fanbase.

On November 9th, the double disc set, ‘Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987′ will be released. The first disc was recorded at the first-ever UK performance by Dio’s solo group, while on tour supporting their classic debut, ‘Holy Diver.’ And the set-list does a superb job reflecting Dio’s debut (featuring such classics as “Rainbow in the Dark,” “Stand Up And Shout,” etc.), as well as classics from both Rainbow and Black Sabbath (“Man on the Silver Mountain,” “Heaven and Hell,” etc.) – resulting in a thoroughretrospective of Dio’s career, from Rainbow to Black Sabbath to solo hits.

The second disc of ‘Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987′ features guitarist Craig Goldy’s debut – recorded in 1987, in support of the ‘Dream Evil’ album, and contains highlights from Dio’s career. ‘Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987′ will be the very first release from the Niji Entertainment Group (which was formed by Ronnie James Dio and his wife/manager, Wendy Dio, in early 2010). The set will be released as a deluxe digipak including a booklet filled with rare photographs and liner notes, and original replica all access laminates from both shows.

Ronnie was the executive producer on the Donington project, and was very much looking forward to the release. The Niji Entertainment Group is a full service record label, and will be releasing rare and unreleased recordings from Dio and other artists.

November 23rd will see two additional releases from the Niji Entertainment Group – a deluxe limited edition picture disc of Dio’s classic solo debut, ‘Holy Diver,’ and ‘Bitten By The Beast’ from David “Rock” Feinstein. “Rock” is Ronnie’s cousin, and was a member of Elf, and the leader of the legendary NY band The Rods. ‘Bitten By The Beast,’ features the single “Metal Will Never Die,” with lead vocals by Ronnie James Dio. This single will be heavily worked to active rock and metal radio this fall.

In 2011, the Niji Entertainment Group has many other Dio-related projects planned, including an extensive vinyl box set (an idea that Ronnie himself came up with), ‘For The Record: The Complete Dio Vinyl Collection,’ which will feature 16 LP’s in a deluxe carrying case, with “all access tour laminates” from every tour. All of the LP’s will be on 180 gram colored vinyl. Also, being released for the first time on DVD will be ‘Super Rock Japan 1985′ (which was only ever released in Japan on VHS). Another forthcoming DVD release will be a collection of every Dio MTV promotional video, plus live concert footage including bonus features, including interviews with Ronnie, his band, and crew.

A Dio bootleg box set is on the horizon as well, featuring never-before-released sound board recordings and audience recordings. Other releases from the Niji Entertainment Group in 2011 will include all four Rainbow Dio-era LP’s in their original gatefold sleeves on 180 gram colored vinyl, and all three Elf LP’s will be issued on 180 gram colored vinyl. 2011 will also see deluxe reissues from Tim “Ripper” Owens, a fantastic new CD from Oni Logan (Lynch Mob vocalist), and Rowan Robertson (Dio guitarist), as well as live Elf.

Between Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, the Dio social media followers now numbers over one million. The Niji Entertainment Group is in the process of starting the official Dio webstore, which will give fans worldwide opportunity to purchase t-shirts, limited edition items, and CD’s/DVD’s that fans have been requesting.

While Ronnie was alive, he always wanted to have his own action figure/statue.

And now, this has become a reality – KnuckleBonz has created the Ronnie James Dio rock iconz statue, which will be available in late fall 2010.

These statues are only produced in limited edition runs of 3000, which make them highly collectible and sought after from fans. A portion from the sales of the Dio statue will go to the Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, in honor of Ronnie James Dio. Preorders available by visiting knucklebonz.com.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/
www.facebook.com/OfficialRonnieJamesDio
www.myspace.com/dioofficial

This Date In Music History - September 10

Birthdays:

Artie Tripp - Mothers Of Invention (1939)

Jose Feliciano (1945)

Danny Hutton - Three Dog Night (1946)



Barrie Barlow - Jethro Tull (1949)

Don Powell - Slade (1950)

Joe Perry - Aerosmith (1950)



Peter Tolson - Pretty Things (1951)

Pat Mastelotto - Mr Mister (1955)

Johnnie 'Fingers' Moylett - Boomtown Rats (1956)

Siobhan Fahey - Bananarama, Shakespeare's Sister (1957)

David Lowery - Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven (1960)



Miles Zuniga - Fastball (1966)

Robin Goodridge - Bush (1966)

Mikey Way - My Chemical Romance (1980)

Matthew Followill - Kings of Leon (1984)


They Are Missed:

Music journalist Ray Coleman died of cancer in 1996. Coleman had worked with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and had been the editor of the UK music weekly Melody Maker throughout the heyday of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, into the era of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.

Born on this day in 1898, Waldo Semon, invented vinyl in 1926, which was used to make LP and 45 records. Died on May 26, 1998 (age 100).


History:

In 1956, record stores were swamped with requests for Elvis' "Love Me Tender" which had not been released yet.

The BBC banned Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers single "Monster Mash" in 1962 saying it was offensive. However, the single went on to be a UK #3 hit in 1973.



During a chance meeting in 1963 between The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney and John Lennon at Studio 51 Jazz Club in London, the two played the Stones a partly finished song "I Wanna Be Your Man," which the Stones later recorded.

The Daily Mirror published a two-page article about The Beatles in 1963. Written by Donald Zec, the feature is entitled ‘Four Frenzied Little Lord Fauntleroys Who Are Earning 5,000 Pounds A Week’ Zec, who had attended a Beatles concert in Luton on Sept. 6 and then invited them to his home to complete the interview, referred to The Beatles' haircuts as ‘A stone-age hair style’. The article provided a major boost to their career.

The Kinks third single "You Really Got Me," was at #1 on the UK singles chart in 1964. Amazingly, future Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page played tambourine on the track.

Rod Stewart recorded his first single, a version of Willie Dixon's "Good Morning Little School Girl." And even more amazing - future Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones played on the session.

The Byrds began recording "Turn! Turn! Turn!" in 1965. Unlike their first hit, "Mr. Tambourine Man," members of the group itself were permitted to play instead of session musicians.

The Beatles started a six-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1966 with 'Revolver,' the group's ninth US chart topper and considered by some to be their best effort (me included).

The Supremes started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1966 with "You Can't Hurry Love," the group's sixth US #1 (it made #3 in the UK).

The Rolling Stones appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1966.

"The Last Train to Clarksville" was released by the Monkees in 1966.



Elvis Presley recorded ‘Guitar Man’ at RCA studio, Nashville, Tennessee in 1967.

In 1973, the BBC banned The Rolling Stones single "Star Star," from their Goat's Head Soup album because it contained the word "Star-fucker" in the chorus a dozen times.

The New York Dolls spit up in 1974. The influential American band formed in 1972 and made just two albums, the 1973 'New York Dolls' and 1974 'Too Much Too Soon'.

"Alive" was released by KISS in 1975. The album contained live performances from KISS' first three albums.

In 1979, Pattie Smith announced that she was performing her last show in front of 85,000 people in Florence, Italy. Thankfully, she returned to performing a decade later.

"She's So Cold" by the Rolling Stones was released in 1980.

Former Stevie Wonder guitarist Michael Sembello, started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1983 with "Maniac." The track was featured in the film 'Flashdance'.'

Guns N' Roses started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1988 with "Sweet Child O' Mine," the group's first US #1 hit.



Nirvana’s single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released in the US in 1991.

The Garth Brooks album "Ropin' the Wind" was released in 1991.

In 1992, Howard Stern appeared as Fartman on the MTV Video Music Awards.

In 1996, Wal-Mart banned Sheryl Crow's 2nd album because of the song "Love is A Good Thing." Really?

In 1997, an electric chair, which was used in Alcatraz and once owned by Andy Warhol, sold for over $7,000 at an auction in Bristol. Warhol used to sit in the chair and watch horror movies.

Paul McCartney made headline news in 1999 after being seen at a New York City party minus one of his front teeth after a crown broke off when he was eating. He'd lost the tooth in a motorcycle accident in 1967. And this made headline news?

In 2005, Green Day, U2, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, Audioslave, 3 Doors Down, Staind, Kid Rock, Mötley Crüe, Dave Matthews Band and Nine Inch Nails (fronted by former New Orleans resident Trent Reznor) performed at ReAct Now: Music & Relief, for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The massively destructive hurricane rolled through New Orleans. The program airs live on MTV, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic and CMT. Viewers call-in donations to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations. "To see a place you have spent a good portion of your life in destroyed is overwhelming," writes Reznor. His performance of "Hurt" and Red Hot Chili Peppers' acoustic rendition of "Under the Bridge" are among the show's highlights.

In 2005, the 1967 Beatles track "A Day In The Life" from Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was voted the best British song of all time by music experts. The survey by Q magazine called the track "the ultimate sonic rendition of what it means to be British." The Kinks' song "Waterloo Sunset" came second in the poll and "Wonderwall" by Oasis was voted in third place.

An animated version of Metallica appeared on The Simpsons in 2006, as the comedy kicks off its 18th season. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo recorded their lines the previous year.

Linkin Park assist Friends & Helpers, a New Orleans charity, in handing out school supplies to needy students in 2006. Band members spend three days distributing goods to schools that were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Scissor Sisters were at #1 on the UK singles chart in 2006 with "I Don't Feel Like Dancin," the American's band first UK #1. The song was co-written with Elton John, who also played piano on the song.

In 2007, Pamela Anderson's ex-husband Kid Rock was involved in an alleged assault on drummer Tommy Lee, (who was also married to the actress up until 1998). Police interviewed witnesses to a tussle involving the pair at the MTV Music Video Awards in Las Vegas. Lee was removed from the ceremony while Rock, was allowed to stay.

A special tribute to Ozzy Osbourne launched the second annual Sunset Strip Music Festival in West Hollywood, CA in 2009. The singer is honored for his influence on the Strip's music scene. KoRn performs during the three-day event. "We intend on making it something fans remember for a long time," says KoRn frontman Jonathan Davis prior to the band’s performance.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

CTI Records 40th Anniversary Celebrated by Masterworks Jazz With Multiple Releases

CTI Records: The Cool Revolution deluxe 4-CD box set available October 12; New 2-CD version of 1971's California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium arrives October 26

Albums from CTI greats George Benson, Ron Carter, Deodato, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Stanley Turrentine and more

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Masterworks Jazz celebrates the 40th anniversary of CTI Records, the beloved jazz label founded in 1970 by producer Creed Taylor, beginning October 5 with the release of 6 classic CTI titles remastered on CD followed by CTI Records: The Cool Revolution, a deluxe 4-CD multi-artist box set retrospective on October 12. Two weeks later on October 26, the double-CD restoration of California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium (1971) will be released with 90 minutes of music rarely heard and never before available. The 40th anniversary commemoration will also include reissues of 6 more classic CTI albums, plus four collectible vinyl LPs in the coming months.

CTI Records: The Cool Revolution will contain four hour-long-plus discs, each presenting a thematic overview of a particular aspect of CTI: Straight Up Jazz, Deep Grooves/Big Hits, The Brazilian Connection, Cool and Classic. The 39 tracks in the box set – as well as all CTI anniversary edition titles – are remastered for the first time from the original analog 1/4-inch tapes. Reissues producer Richard Seidel and engineers Mark Wilder, Maria Triana and Dave Darlington recapture the rich, distinctive sound of the original LPs achieved by Taylor and original engineer Rudy Van Gelder. CTI Records: The Cool Revolution includes a lavishly illustrated 20-page, LP-sized booklet containing rare photos, plus new liner notes by noted jazz critic Dan Ouellette with comments by CTI artists and enthusiasts.

The 2010 edition of California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium is the most complete version of the historic Hollywood Palladium all-star concert recorded July 18, 1971. It doubles the content of the original five-song LP release with five additional tracks - three of them previously unreleased - and restores the original concert sequence for the first time. Creed Taylor hand-picked a dream team of CTI artists for the occasion: Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Hank Crawford, Stanley Turrentine, George Benson, Johnny Hammond, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham and Airto Moreira. Liner notes are by multi-Grammy winning musician-producer Bob Belden who says California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium "...ranks up there with the greatest jazz concerts of all time..."

There will also be a full slate of classic CTI album reissues packaged in eco-friendly softpack sleeves that replicate the original gatefold LP design and their iconic covers most with photos by Pete Turner. Six titles will arrive on October 5: She Was Too Good To Me by Chet Baker, God Bless the Child by Kenny Burrell, Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard, StoneFlower by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Morning Star by Hubert Laws (first time on CD), and Stanley Turrentine's Sugar. Upcoming January 2011 CD releases include White Rabbit by George Benson, All Blues by Ron Carter (first time on CD outside of Japan), Prelude by Deodato, Pure Desmond by Paul Desmond, Concierto by Jim Hall, and Milt Jackson's Sunflower.

October 26 sees 180-gram vinyl LP reissues of 4 classic CTI albums using the original gatefold sleeve designs accompanied with digital download cards: Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine's Sugar, White Rabbit by George Benson and Prelude by Deodato.

In the 1970s, CTI, its music, its style and its discriminating quality transformed contemporary jazz. The roster worked almost like a repertory company, in which great musicians took turns in the spotlight and accompanying each other. The albums they and their colleagues created set new standards in their look as well as their sound. "[Creed Taylor's] plan was ingeniously simple, yet famously maverick: record top-tier musicians, keeping their artistic integrity intact while also making their art palatable to the people. CTI thus achieved that rare balance of jazz and commercialism," writes Dan Ouellette in the liner notes. CTI surpassed the majors and fellow indies to be named the #1 Jazz Label of 1974 by Billboard. The immediate success of CTI's recordings has echoed across the decades in a profound influence on jazz, pop, R&B and hip-hop.


SOURCE Masterworks Jazz

Music News & Notes

John Lennon Killer Mark Chapman Denied Parole

The idiot who killed Beatle John Lennon has been denied parole for the sixth time. Mark Chapman, 55, will remain in prison until at least August 2012 before he can re-apply for release. (I won't show a picture of him)

Chapman, who shot Lennon dead in New York in 1980, was interviewed via video by the New York state parole board. They acknowledged his institutional record, but noted the murder’s “premeditated, senseless and selfish act of tragic consequence."

Lennon would have turned 70 next month.

I say let him out. Justice would be done by someone, somewhere and hopefully he suffers......





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Crosby, Stills & Nash to Record Classic Rock Covers Album

Crosby, Stills & Nash are working on an album of classic rock covers, which is being produced by Rick Rubin, who has worked with everyone from Johnny Cash to Slipknot to Slayer to LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys. Graham Nash told Billboard that CS&N are only about a third of the way through the process, but they plan on offering up their renditions of songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band and many more. Should be a winner!

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PROCESSION To Release 'Destroyers Of The Faith' In October

Chilean veteran doom metal band PROCESSION is scheduled to release their new album, 'Destroyers Of The Faith' this October.  It will be made available on vinyl via High Roller Records and as a digi-CD through Doomentia Records. The cover artwork was created by Claudio Botarro.

"Destroyers Of The Faith" track listing:

01. Hyperion
02. Destroyers Of The Faith
03. The Road To The Gravegarden
04. Chants Of The Nameless
05. Tomb Of Doom
06. White Coffin

According to a press release, "Destroyers Of The Faith" contains "46 minutes of total doom metal armageddon!" Cool!







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SUICIDAL ANGELS: 'Dead Again' Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

Greek thrashers SUICIDAL ANGELS will release their third album, "Dead Again", on November 19 via NoiseArt Records. The winners of the Rock The Nation awards 2009, which was presented by magazines from all over Europe, the quartet has found itself a perfect home as the label is a division of Rock The Nation, which also serves as the band's booking agency.

"Dead Again" track listing:

01. Damnation
02. Reborn In Violence
03. Bleeding Holocaust
04. The Trial
05. Suicide Solution
06. Beggar Of Scorn
07. Victimized
08. Violent Abuse
09. The Lies Of Resurrection
10. Search For Recreation
11. Dead Again
12. Final Dawn

The CD's cover artwork was created by Ed Repka, who has previously worked with MEGADETH and DEATH, among many others.  "Dead Again" was recorded with producer R.D. Liapakis and engineer C. Schmid at Prophecy and Music Factory studios.

Love the cover art!
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FORBIDDEN: 'Omega Wave' Cover Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for "Omega Wave", the much-anticipated new album from reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN, has been released.

"Omega Wave" will be released in Europe on October 22 and in North America on October 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. It was recorded at Sonic Room/Audio Voyage Studios in Livermore, California, produced by FORBIDDEN guitarist/songwriter Craig Locicero with Tim Narducci, and mixed by Sean Beavan (SLAYER, MARILYN MANSON, NINE INCH NAILS).

FORBIDDEN's current lineup consists of Russ Anderson on vocals, Craig Locicero on guitar, Steve Smyth on guitar, Matt Camacho on bass and Mark Hernandez on drums.




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Autopsy Back With The Tomb Within (12'' vinyl)

Death Metal legends Autopsy return after a 15 year absence with a brand new EP from the featuring 5 unreleased tracks and cover art by renowned fantasy/horror artist Matt Cavotta.

This 12" vinyl edition of 'The Tomb Within' comes with a free poster of the stunning cover artwork and is limited to just 1000 numbered copies.









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Abraxas Reveals New Album "Damnation" Art

Abraxas has revealed the cover artwork for the new album "Damnation," which can be viewed here. The band also commented on uploading a new track from the album:

"Hey Guys! Finally here are updates from us! Our brand new a track 'Leviathan Of Blood And Fire' is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's debut album, 'Damnation' which will be release later 2010. Abraxas's new album contains 10 songs [plus two bouns re-record EP and Sepultura cover] of the strongest material to date!"



The "Damnation" track listing is as follows:

1. Astaroth (Intro/Instrumental)
2. Through Blood We Return
3. Crowned Rebellion
4. A Species Untrue
5. Ingrowing Masochistic Perversion
6. Folding For Our Demise
7. Leviathan Of Blood And Fire
8. Damnation Uncreation
9. Universal Collapse
10. Receptacle Of Sin (Acoustic Instrumental)
11. To The Wall (SEPULTURA Cover)
12. Eternally Erased (Re-Recorded For Bonus )
13. Agony Absolution (Re-Recorded For Bonus)

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Cover Art:Rihanna-Only Girl (In the World)


Rihanna disrobes on the red-hot cover of her brand new single “Only Girl (In the World).” Here is your first look at the revealing artwork, which portrays a long-haired RiRi naked in a field clutching her red rose dress. The Stargate-produced dance record goes to iTunes on Sept. 21, while her fifth studio album LOUD! is due in November.









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Bryan Ferry recruits Kate Moss for album cover artwork

Bryan Ferry has recruited the sensational Kate Moss for the cover of his upcoming solo album 'Olympia.' For the artwork (pictured), the model is depicted in the same pose as the 19th century Édouard Manet painting of the same name.

The album is the follow-up to 2007's 'Dylanesque' and features eight new songs and covers of Tim Buckley's 'Song To the Siren' and Traffic's 'No Face, No Name, No Number'.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2010


DEAR JERRY: In the early 1950s, when we bought our very first television, we watched an early version of today's talent search shows.

This one may have been a local area production (New York) rather than a network program, but either way it wasn't around long.

I recall it as a talent competition between youngsters and oldsters. Most of the contestants were singers or musicians.

More importantly, one of those child singers was Connie Francis. Of that I am certain. This was many years before her first big hit and worldwide fame.

I scoured the internet, including Connie's bio and some sites about early TV shows, but there is no mention anywhere about what I have described to you.

You are my only hope!
—Sherry Wolkowski, Merrick, N.Y.


DEAR SHERRY: Having discussed most of Connie's career with her over the years, there are some details she shared with me about those early years. Those, along with my own research, should fill in the blanks:

Circa 1951, with her accordion and still using the family name, Connie Franconero appeared on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. Singing “Daddy's Little Girl,” she won the competition as determined by measuring the applause of a live audience on a noise meter.

In early '52, Connie was invited to perform on “Battle of the Ages,” a DuMont Television Network program and the one you ask about.

Hosted by John Reed King at the time (DuMont), then later by Morey Amsterdam (CBS), the show pitted under-35 contestants against those over age 35.

Having dropped the accordion — figuratively, not literally — from her act, and replaced Franconero with Francis, Emcee King introduces her thusly: “Connie Francis, a little 13-year-old girl who sings like a real big girl. A wonderful television star, here she is. Connie, come on out here, I've been telling everybody about you! Connie was originally discovered by Danny Lewis, Jerry Lewis' father.”

After an energized version of the then-current Kay Starr hit, “Wheel of Fortune,” King prophetically declares “How about that? 13 years of age, Connie Francis. She's going places!”

Indeed she would, though not until 1958 and “Who's Sorry Now.”

During that six-year journey, MGM released nine consecutive singles by Connie, not one of which became a hit. Coincidentally, the title of the last of those 18 songs reflects the number of flops: “Eighteen” (MGM 12490).

The losing streak ended there, and the rest is history.

Because of their scarcity, those nine misses are more valuable ($30 to $40) than the many MGM hits that followed ($10 to $15).


DEAR JERRY: I wonder if I was hoodwinked in a quiz from a music loving pal.

My challenge was to guess how many No. 1 songs in 50 years (1950 through 1999) include the name of a state in the title — other than Georgia! “California Girls”; “California Sun”; and “California Dreaming” first came to mind, then “Kentucky Rain”; “The Tennessee Waltz”; and several more.

The guy stopped me and said I'd already gone way too far, though I did get one right: “The Tennessee Waltz.”

Otherwise, he swore that in all 50 years there is only one other example: “The Yellow Rose of Texas.”

Is it possible in 50 years there are really only two (besides Georgia)?
—Larry Trammel, Racine, Wisc.


DEAR LARRY: Very amazing, but the story is true.

Nearly as astonishing is finding three for Georgia, which is probably why your pal disregarded them: “Georgia on My Mind” (1960); “The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia” (1973); and “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973). That is more than all other states combined.

The California and Kentucky hits you mention all reached the Top 10, but fell short of No. 1.


IZ ZAT SO? Before 1948, when CBS and ABC joined the fold, the only two U.S. television networks operating were NBC and DuMont. In 1956, after 10 years, the DuMont Network, owned by DuMont Laboratories, ceased operations. By then, some of their programming had already been picked up by CBS, including “Battle of the Ages,” though they cancelled it after just one season (1952).

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