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Still No Bids On Sex Pistols Acetate Still Up For Sale On eBay

in an earlier post i blogged about this acetate up on the blocks at eBay. i see that more than 2,200 visitors have stopped by (the auction ends in 7 days). asking price (i don't believe it will sell at this price) is $18,000 or so.

Sex Pistols Anarchy In The UK Original 1976 7“ 1 sided Abbey Road Swirl Acetate is currently up on eBay.

you can watch it at eBay

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KNEW YOU WERE WAITING: THE BEST OF ARETHA FRANKLIN 1980-1998

QUEEN OF SOUL'S 70th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED WITH 16-SONG COLLECTION SPOTLIGHTING HER FIRST 18 YEARS AS AN ARISTA ARTIST

FROM 1980'S "UNITED TOGETHER" TO 1998'S "ROSE IS STILL A ROSE" - INCLUDING #1 HITS "JUMP TO IT," "GET IT RIGHT," AND GRAMMY AWARD®-WINNING "FREEWAY OF LOVE" (WITH CLARENCE CLEMONS)

Star-powered collaborations with Keith Richards ("Jumpin' Jack Flash"), the Eurythmics ("Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves"), George Benson ("Love All The Hurt Away"), Whitney Houston ("It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"), George Michael (Grammy Award®-winning "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)") - and more!

Previously unreleased mix of "Ever Changing Times" duet with Michael McDonald, written and produced by Burt Bacharach & Carol Bayer Sager

Available everywhere through Arista/Legacy starting January 31, 2012

Release coincides with observance of Black History Month in February, and Aretha's return to Radio City Music Hall in New York for concerts on February 17 & 18th

NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The 70th birthday of Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin, winner of 15 Grammy Awards® and the first female ever to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, will be celebrated on March 25, 2012. In honor of this momentous occasion, and also in advance of Black History Month in February, KNEW YOU WERE WAITING: THE BEST OF ARETHA FRANKLIN 1980-1998 will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting January 31, 2012, through Arista/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

KNEW YOU WERE WAITING puts the spotlight on Aretha's hitmaking years as an Arista Records artist, working closely with Arista founder and president Clive Davis. Davis served as executive producer of KNEW YOU WERE WAITING, which was compiled and produced by Leo Sacks, known for his work on last year's definitive box set, Take A Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia, as well as scores of historic Soul and R&B projects for Legacy Recordings over the past two decades.

The new chronologically-sequenced, 16-song collection is the first major U.S. release to focus on the nearly two-decades string of hits that marked Aretha's tenure at Arista. These range from her label debut, 1980's #3 comeback R&B smash "United Together" (her first Top 5 hit in over three and a half years), to 1998's iconic #5 R&B entry, "A Rose Is Still A Rose," written, produced and arranged by Lauryn Hill of the Fugees.

"When Aretha Franklin signed to Arista Records in 1980," writes Ernest Hardy in his liner notes to KNEW YOU WERE WAITING, "she had nothing left to prove… She had redefined the terms and reset the boundaries of both R&B and pop. She had sung jazz, gospel and blues, and erased the lines between them. She embodied the beauty that was Blackness while providing a soundtrack to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. She had worked with the very best songwriters, musicians, producers, arrangers and visionaries, and proved herself to be one of the best singers, songwriters, musicians and visionaries the music industry had ever seen." Hardy is an award-winning cultural critic and essayist based in Los Angeles.

Underscoring Hardy's point, Aretha's Arista years were indeed marked by a steady flow of successful collaborations with contemporary music's "very best songwriters, musicians, producers, arrangers and visionaries." Virtually every track on KNEW YOU WERE WAITING supports this, starting with "United Together," which was written and produced by Chuck Jackson (known for his career-making hits with Natalie Cole), and features Aretha's beloved Sweet Inspirations on backing vocals (the 'original' lineup of Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shenwell and Estelle Brown). Likewise, "Love All The Hurt Away," a duet with George Benson, was written by Sam Dees, and produced by the late Arif Mardin, the legendary producer who worked on so many of Aretha's early breakthrough '60s and '70s Atlantic LPs.

Lauryn Hill, Arif Mardin and Chuck Jackson are just three of the important producers with whom Aretha worked at Arista. In addition to tracks produced by Luther Vandross (with arrangements by Marcus Miller), Narada Michael Walden, and Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, KNEW YOU WERE WAITING also includes tracks produced by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.

In addition to the collaborations above, KNEW YOU WERE WAITING contains many more A-list collaborations that have become cornerstones in the Aretha canon:

•"Freeway Of Love" (1985), featuring the late Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band on tenor saxophone, Randy Jackson on bass, and percussion by the Santana rhythm section, was a #1 R&B hit for 5 weeks, and went on to win the Grammy Award® for Best R&B Female Vocal;

•"Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" (1985), a Top 20 pop hit with the Eurythmics' Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (who produced), also features [Tom Petty] Heartbreakers band members Benmont Tench (organ), Stan Lynch (drums), and Mike Campbell (lead guitar);

•"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986), a Top 20 R&B and pop crossover smash duet with Keith Richards (who produced and played lead guitar, along with fellow Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood), was the title song from the movie Jumpin' Jack Flash starring Whoopi Goldberg;

•"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1986), a duet with George Michael, was another mega-hit, #1 pop for a fortnight and #5 R&B, and winner of the Grammy Award® for Best R&B Vocal Duo;

•"Through The Storm" (1989), a Top 20 R&B and pop crossover hit vocal duet with Elton John, is one of two Albert Hammond/Diane Warren compositions (among many!) that were brought to Aretha by Clive Davis;

•"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (1989), a #5 R&B hit duet with Whitney Houston, is the other Hammond/Warren composition here, from the same album (Through The Storm); and

•"Ever Changing Times" (1991), a Top 20 R&B hit vocal duet with Michael McDonald, written and produced by the hitmaking duo of Burt Bacharach and Carol Bayer Sager, in a mix previously unreleased on CD.

KNEW YOU WERE WAITING as Hardy concludes, "makes clear that Aretha Franklin was a vibrant, soulful, stretching, creative, forceful artist at Arista Records. She kept her fingers on the pulse of the world around her while sating old fans and scoring new ones. Her music at the label was about a place that exists behind and beyond mere words... No one expresses joy the way she does. No one conveys grief or loss with anywhere near her force or heartbreaking precision. She burns right through the words she sings, taking you straight to the core. That is her unmatched genius."

SOURCE Legacy Recordings

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found this story at themusicvoid.com and thought i'd share (rant) is this really necessary? why in the world would anyone buy such a thing? can't afford a record player? i phones, pads, texting, (we really need to pass laws that prohibit people from doing this...hey idiot, you are DRIVING! watch the road!) blueberries and blackberries and a world full of "apps," i just don't get it.....

Everything Old is New Again: AIR Studios Launches New AirVinyl App

Posted by Laura Grivainis Thorne

London’s iconic AIR Studios launches its first digital app, AirVinyl, today. TMV’s Laura G Thorne talks to pioneering internet developer Paul Myers, whose company Bappz built the app.

AIR approached Bappz to help develop a digital app, brainstorming with the staff for several days. The result is AirVinyl, an iPad app that, in the words of Myers, “recreates and simulates the experience of vinyl”.

The AirVinyl interface cleverly captures this aesthetic. Each of the user’s mp3 or AAC digital music files are represented as a vinyl record on a turntable, with a turntable arm and a stylus. To play the file, one places the virtual arm on the record. The groove between each track is clearly visible, and the arm can be lifted up to listen to the next track or the preceding one. The user’s files are depicted as albums in a wooden crate, with bin cards separating each genre. These files can be ordered and searched by preference including Artist and Album.

Get the full story at themusicvoid.com

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New LP From ORANGE GOBLIN Due In Feb

Heavy-hitting British metal band ORANGE GOBLIN, will release its new studio album called 'A Eulogy For The Damned' on February 14th via Candlelight Records. The ten-track offering was recorded at The Animal Farm studio in South London, produced and engineered by Jamie Dodd and mastered two-time Grammy-nominated PINK FLOYD engineer Andy Jackson at Tube Mastering.

The effort will be released on CD and limited-edition colored vinyl in gatefold sleeve.















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Lyriel To Release New LP In February

German folk metal band Lyriel are scheduled to release the band's fourth LP 'Leverage' on February 24, 2012 via AFM Records. The album marks the follow up to the 2009 release "Paranoid Circus." The band promises an album that is harder and more modern than previous efforts.

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MINISTRY: 'Relapse' Cover Artwork Unveiled

"Relapse", the first MINISTRY album of original material since 2007's "The Last Sucker", will be released on March 30, 2012 via MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen's 13th Planet Records.

In support of the "occupy movement," MINISTRY will release the new song "99 Percenters" via iTunes on December 23 and stream the track on their Facebook site starting Christmas day.

According to Revolver magazine, "99 Percenters" is a rally cry for all of the protesters that have gathered across the country to demonstrate against corporate greed, cutthoat capitalism, and the one percent of Americans who earn millions of dollars a year, but receive substantial tax cuts on their income. Jourgensen said the chorus for the track, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 99 percent" was inspired by COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH's Vietnam protest song "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag".

Read more at our friends at Blabbermouth






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SNOWY SHAW 'Is Alive!'

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw has set "Snowy Shaw Is Alive!" as the title of his new live album, due just a few days before Christmas via iTunes. A "super-deluxe, limited-edition" double vinyl version of the record will be made available in early 2012.

"Snowy Shaw Is Alive!" was recorded at Snowy's concert on May 27, 2011 at the Brew House in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Read more at Blabbermouth













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and in music history for december 19th:

In 1955, Carl Perkins recorded the hit "Blue Suede Shoes."

In 1956, Elvis Presley made US chart history by having 10 songs on Billboard's Top 100.

In 1957, Elvis Presley had his draft notice served on him for the U.S. Army. He went on to join the 32nd Tank Battalion, Third Armor Corps based in Germany.

On this day in 1958, "The Chipmunk Song" by David Seville & the Chipmunks was the #1 song.

Bobby Darin recorded the immortal cut "Mack The Knife" in 1958.

"Mack the Knife" was introduced to the United States hit parade by Louis Armstrong in 1956, but the song is most closely associated with Bobby Darin, who recorded his version at Fulton Studios on West 40th Street, New York City, on December 19, 1958 (with Tom Dowd engineering the recording). In 1959 Darin's version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Black Singles chart, and earned him a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

Dick Clark had advised Darin not to record the song because of the perception that, having come from an opera, it wouldn't appeal to the rock & roll audience. To this day, Clark recounts the story with good humor. Frank Sinatra, who recorded the song with Jimmy Buffett, called Darin's the "definitive" version. Darin's version hit #3 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. In 2003, the Darin version was ranked #251 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. On BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, pop mogul Simon Cowell named "Mack the Knife" the best song ever written.

In 1960, Neil Sedaka's "Calendar Girl" was released on RCA Victor Records. The song would climb to #4 on the Hot 100 and become Sedaka's sixth record to make the US charts.

In 1960, Frank Sinatra recorded his first session with his very own record company, Reprise Records. Frank did "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" and "Let’s Fall in Love."

In 1961, after reaching #15 with "Tonight I Fell In Love" earlier in the year, a Brooklyn, New York group called The Tokens scored the top tune in the US with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".

In 1964, "Come See About Me", the third release from The Supremes album "Where Did Our Love Go", becomes their third straight US number one single.

In 1964, the Beatles fourth album, 'Beatles For Sale,' started a seven-week run at the top of the UK album chart. It would stay in the Top 20 for an amazing 46 weeks.

In 1968, in Hollywood, Friends Of Distinction recorded "Grazing In The Grass."

In 1970, Elton John's first US hit, "Your Song" enters the Billboard Hot 100, where it will reach number eight. An excellent version of the tune had already been recorded by Three Dog Night for their "It Ain't Easy" album, but they didn't issue it as a single.

In 1970, President Nixon complimented Mike Curb of MGM Records after he dropped a number of artists for supposedly advocating drug use. Among those dropped was Connie Francis.

Ron Woods joined the Rolling Stones in 1974.

In 1975, as if disco wasn't bad enough, the US music scene reaches a new all time low when "Convoy" by C.W. McCall earns a Gold record. It would go on to top the Billboard Pop in early January. The novelty tune tells the story of interstate truck drivers and their run-ins with the law. It reached #2 in the UK.

In 1978, ABC aired the TV special "The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait," with Richard and Karen plus guest stars Gene Kelly, Georgia Engel, and Kristy & Jimmy McNichol.

In 1979, Elvis Presley's personal physician, George Nichopoulos, was charged with 'illegally and indiscriminately' prescribing over 12,000 tablets of uppers, downers, and painkillers for the Rock and Roll star during the 20 months preceding his untimely death. Although he was acquitted this time, he was charged again in 1980 and again in 1992 and was stripped of his medical license in July 1995.

In 1985, country music singer Johnny Paycheck was arrested for shooting a man during a fight in Hillsboro, Ohio. Paycheck claimed the act was self-defense. After several years spent fighting his conviction and 7-year sentence, in 1989 he began 22 months in prison before being pardoned by Ohio Governor Richard Celeste.

In 1986, a California Superior Court Judge refuses to reinstate a lawsuit brought against Ozzy Osbourne by the parents of a teenager who committed suicide while listening to Osbourne's "Suicide Solution". The judge ruled that Ozzy is protected by The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gives him the right to freedom of speech.

In 1987, the Pet Shop Boys had their third UK #1 single with their version of “Always on My Mind.” The duo had performed a version of “Always on My Mind” on Love Me Tender, a TV special commemorating the 10th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. Their performance was so well-received that the group decided to record the song and release it as a single.

Also in 1987, two girls were crushed to death in the rush in Nashville before a Public Enemy concert.

In 1993, Michael Clarke, drummer with The Byrds, died of liver failure at age 47. He also worked with the Flying Burrito Brothers, Firefall and Jerry Jeff Walker. Before his death, Clarke had expressed a wish of alerting children to the dangers of alcoholism. Following his wishes, Clarke’s girlfriend Susan Paul started a foundation in Clarke’s name, called the Campaign for Alcohol-free Kids. He and the rest of The Byrds were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in January 1991.

In 2000, English singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed while vacationing in Mexico at the age of 41. She was sccuba diving with her two sons when she was hit by a speedboat.

In 2000, 10,000 Maniacs guitarist Robert Buck died of liver failure at age 42. He is best known for “Hey Jack Kerouac,” “What’s the Matter Here” and “Candy Everybody Wants.”



Also in 2000, gospel/soul/R&B singer/guitarist Roebuck "Pops" Staples of the Staple Singers died of complications from a concussion at 84.

In 2001, VH1 premiered "Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story."

Also in 2001, Dick Clark filed a $10 million lawsuit against Recording Academy President Michael Greene. The charge was that Greene would bar artists who appear first on Clark's American Music Awards from performing on the Grammy Awards.

In 2002, R&B singer (Love Potion No. 9) Billy Mitchell, lead vocalist of the Clovers on their biggest hit, died of colon cancer at the age of 71.

In 2006, two giant eyeballs donated by Pink Floyd, raised £16,500 for the homeless charity Crisis. The 6 foot-high props, made to promote the Pulse DVD, were on the auction site eBay for a week and attracted 46 bids. Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, a vice-president of Crisis, said extra help was needed in the winter months.

In 2008, pianist/singer/arranger Page Cavanaugh died of kidney failure at age 86.

birthdays today include (among others): Kevin Shepard (Tonic) (43), Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (70), Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) (67) and Doug Johnson (Loverboy) (54)

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great feel good story in the Chicago Sun Times about our beloved records!

Independent record store is as old school as it gets

Dave Hoekstra Staff Reporter

MINNEAPOLIS — A great record store can provide a memorable soundtrack to any road trip.

When I travel, I try to find an independent record store to buy local music. I ask the staff what’s going on in their city. It’s the same deal used in meeting folks at a farmer’s market. But I’ve often found people to

be more friendly at a farmer’s market than at a record store. My experience has been the more used vinyl, the more scratchy the store owner.

Hymie’s Vintage Records on East Lake Street near the Minneapolis-St. Paul border is not that kind of place.

Read the rest at suntimes.com




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Paul McCartney Announces New Album

Paul McCartney is scheduled to release a new album called, 'My Valentine,' on May 7 via Concord/Hear Music. The album will mix Paul's takes on standards with a few songs that he wrote in the "standards" style.

Summing up his new work, Paul said “This is very tender, very intimate. This is an album you listen to at home after work, with a glass of wine or a cup of tea.”

‘My Valentine’ was produced by Tommy LiPuma and features jazz vocalist and pianist Diana Krall (also known as Mrs. Elvis Costello.)

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Letlive To Release ‘Fake History’ On Vinyl

LA hardcore quintet Letlive are set to reissue their seminal album ‘Fake History’ on vinyl. The band’s third album received its official UK release earlier this year and has since earned the band a number of praising reviews for their music as well as their energetic live performances. The band have now announced that ‘Fake History’ will be released on double-vinyl on February 16, 2012

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Drudkh Reveals New Album Details

Ukrainian black poet Drudkh's upcoming album is called 'Eternal Turn of the Wheel' and has been scheduled for a February 24th (28th in North America), 2012 release. The new album, which reportedly marks a return to the band's roots and early sound, will be available as CD digipak limited to first pressing and vinyl LP with download card.

Tracklist
1. Eternal Circle
2. Breath of Cold Black Soil
3. When Gods Leave Their Emerald Halls
4. Farewell to Autumn's Sorrowful Birds
5. Night Woven of Snow, Winds and Grey-Haired Star












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STEPHEN PEARCY Releases 'Unplugged' Versions Of RATT Classics

RATT singer Stephen Pearcy has released "Alive & Unplugged", a collection of the band's hits recorded "live and unplugged," via his Top Fuel Records.

Tracklist:
1. Lovin You's A Dirty Job
2. Back For More
3. Mother Blues
4. Way Cool Jr.
5. You Think You're Tough
6. You're In Love
7. Round & Round
8. Wanted Man

Read more at Blabbermouth








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for shits and giggles on a saturtday afternoon

AC/DC, MOTÖRHEAD, WARRANT, RATT, WHITESNAKE: Artist-Branded Wines Reviewed

Billboard magazine has put together a tasting at New York's City Winery and invited a panel of experts — three winos and Billboard's own editorial director, who puts it all in musical perspective — to sound off on 12 artist-branded wines, including those from AC/DC, MOTÖRHEAD, WARRANT, RATT and WHITESNAKE.

See the videos at our friends at Blabbermouth

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and in an expanded music history for december 17th:

In 1955, Tennessee Ernie Ford's version of "Sixteen Tons" is number one on both the Billboard Pop and Country & Western charts. The song was first recorded in 1946 by American Country singer Merle Travis.

In 1955, Carl Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes." Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it at the Sun Records studio in Memphis.

Johnny Cash planted the seed for the song in the fall of 1955, while Perkins, Cash, Elvis Presley, and other Louisiana Hayride acts toured throughout the South. Cash told Perkins of a black airman whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany. He had referred to his military regulation air shoes as "blue suede shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes. Carl replied, "I don't know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes?"

When Perkins played a dance on December 4, 1955, he noticed a couple dancing near the stage. Between songs, Carl heard a stern, forceful voice say, "Uh-uh, don't step on my suedes!" Carl looked down and noted that the boy was wearing blue suede shoes, and one had a scuff mark. Good gracious, a pretty little thing like that and all he can think about is his blue suede shoes, thought Carl.

That night Perkins began working on a song based on the incident. His first thought was to frame it with a nursery rhyme. He considered, and quickly discarded "Little Jack Horner..." and "See a spider going up the wall...", then settled on "One for the money..." Leaving his bed and working with his Les Paul guitar, he started with an A chord. After playing five chords while singing "Well, it's one for the money... Two for the show... Three to get ready... Now go, man, go!" he broke into a boogie rhythm. He quickly grabbed a brown paper potato sack and wrote the song down, writing the title out as "Blue Swade"; "S-W-A-D-E — I couldn't even spell it right," he later said. According to Perkins, "On December 17, 1955, I wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'. I recorded it on December 19." Producer Sam Phillips suggested that Perkins's line "go boy go" be changed to "go cat go."



In 1957, Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" entered the Billboard Pop chart for the first time, where it will reach #6. It will make the chart again in December 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1962.

In 1961, in Nashville, Patsy Cline recorded "She's Got You," the follow-up single to her two big hits, "I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy." Released in late January 1962, the record was so successful that it earned her an appearance on "American Bandstand," became her first hit single in the UK, and led to Cline having her own show in Las Vegas the following November.

here is what is posted at various music history sites, but never believe everything you read......

In 1963, James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles' record on American airwaves. Carroll played "I Want To Hold Your Hand", which he had obtained from his stewardess girlfriend, who brought the single back from Britain. Due to listener demand, the song was played daily, every hour. Since it hadn't been released yet in the States, Capitol Records initially considered court action, but instead released the single earlier than planned.

I saw this and wondered about it...... was this what happened? so on to web and i found exactly what i was looking for. someone has already taken issue with this (forgottenhits.com), and they seem to have first hand knowledge or at the very least, a different story and one heck of a website (i love it, i am stopping by to read more stories and facts!)

Who Played The Very First Beatles Record In America?

We first took on this issue back in 2002 ... and committed ourselves to establishing ONCE AND FOR ALL which radio station FIRST played a BEATLES record here in America. After our series was first published, it was picked up by a number of websites and has been quoted by both BEATLES and Music Historians alike ever since ... in fact, noted BEATLES Historian BRUCE SPIZER even used the results of our research in his OUTSTANDING book THE BEATLES ARE COMING!

For the benefit of anyone out there who may NOT have seen it, here is a copy of that ground-breaking series ... now preserved for all the world to see on our brand new FORGOTTEN HITS Website!

Read the rest and lots more at http://forgottenhits.com


In 1965, the Supremes and Judy Garland performed at the opening of the Astrodome in Houston.

In 1966, the Royal Guardsmen's "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" entered the Billboard Pop chart, where it will peak at #2 during its eleven week run. always a fun song for me.....



In 1966, the Four Tops' "Standing in the Shadows of Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100. During a ten week stay, the tune will peak at #6. It also reaches #2 on the R&B chart.

In 1967, in London, John Lennon and George Harrison threw a party for the secretaries of their official Fan Club, during which their "Magical Mystery Tour" film was screened for the first time.

In 1969, the U.S. Air Force closed its Project "Blue Book," concluding that there was no evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial spaceships on or near Earth despite thousands of UFO sightings. we still don't know if they are out there......

Also in 1969, novelty singer Tiny Tim and "Miss Vicki" Budinger were married on NBC-TV's "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson." The couple had a daughter before divorcing in 1977.

David Bowie released the album 'Hunky Dory' in 1971.

In 1975, Aerosmith and Blue Oyster Cult performed at the San Diego Sports Arena in southern California.

In 1976, a second remake of "A Star is Born," starring Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark, and Sally Kirkland, opened in U.S. and Canadian movie theaters. It was the first Dolby surround sound film. The story had been told under the same title in a 1937 movie starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and again in a 1954 film starring Judy Garland and James Mason.

In 1977, Elvis Costello appeared on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live," where producer Lorne Michaels had refused to allow him to perform "Radio, Radio" because of the song's criticism of the broadcasting industry. Part way into his performance of "Less than Zero" on the live program, Costello halted his group and started singing "Radio, Radio" instead. He was never invited back.

In 1982, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the Who played the "last concert of our farewell tour," which was shown around North America on pay-per-view satellite-cable TV to closed-circuit arena outlets. It was also filmed and taped for an HBO special and the album "Who's Last."

In 1982, Karen Carpenter made her last public appearance, singing Christmas carols at Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.

In 1982, blues singer/songwriter/guitarist Big Joe Williams died at the age of 79.

In 1986, Paul McCartney's limo catches fire en route to a TV taping in Newcastle, England. Both he and his wife Linda escape unharmed.

In 1987, Robert Plant played with his former group, Band of Joy, in Folkestone, England and, for the first time, played Led Zeppelin songs as a solo artist.

In 1986, the Doobie Brothers reunite for a benefit in Palo Alto, California. The performance inspires a reunion tour the next year and leads to one last Billboard Top Ten hit, 1989's "The Doctor".

In 1994, a remixed version of the 4 Seasons' "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" entered the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed for 27 weeks, just as it did when it first charted in 1976. The

combined 54 weeks established a new record for longest total U.S. chart appearance. The song reached #1 during its first chart run and in its second visit climbed to #14.

In 1995, a statue of Frank Zappa was erected in Vilnius, Lithuania.

In 1999, in New York, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones stole a guitar from a fan outside Richards' birthday party at the Russian Tea Room restaurant. The fan refused to press charges, however, explaining, "It's Keith, man."

Also in 1999, jazz saxophonist (Just The Two Of Us) Grover Washington, Jr. collapsed and died after taping a four-tune performance for CBS-TV's "The Saturday Early Show." He was 56.

In 2004, Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie agreed to sell 85% of his estate to businessman Robert FX Sillerman in a deal worth $100 million. Under terms of the contract, Sillerman would run Presley's Memphis home, Graceland, would own Elvis' name and likeness, as well as the rights to his photographs and revenue from his music and films. Lisa Marie would retain possession of Graceland and many of her father's personal effects. The agreement paid her $53 million in cash and absolved her of $25 million in debts owed by the estate. She also received shares in the new company expected to be worth more than $20 million. Priscilla Presley, Elvis' ex-wife and Lisa Marie's mother, remained executive consultant to the business.

In 2005, according to a year-end list compiled by Billboard magazine, U2 had the top-grossing tour of 2005 at $260 million. The Eagles were second, followed by Neil Diamond, Kenny Chesney, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Elton John, the Dave Matthews Band, Jimmy Buffett, and Green Day.

In 2006, saxophonist Dennis Payton of the Dave Clark Five died of cancer at the age of 63.

In 2009, Julian Lennon said he had finally forgiven his late father for walking out on him as a child. "I realized if I continued to feel that anger and bitterness towards my dad, I would have a cloud hanging over my head." After John Lennon was murdered in 1980, it was revealed that he had left very little to Julian in his will.

In 2010, in London, Paul McCartney performed an intimate lunchtime concert at the 100 Club, the historic music venue that was threatened with closure. Approximately 300 fans were treated to a set lasting almost two hours. A campaign to keep the 100 Club open had attracted support from many prominent UK musicians.

In 2010, Don Van Vliet, the musician and performance artist known by the stage name "Captain Beefheart," died of complications from multiple sclerosis at the age of 69. His "Trout Mask Replica" was #58 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

birthdays today include (among many others): Mike Quinn (Supergrass) (42), Art Neville (Neville Brothers) (74), Ron Geesin (Pink Floyd) (68), Wanda Hutchinson (Emotions) (60), Mark Gane (Martha & the Muffins) (58), Sharon White (Whites) (58), Mike Mills (R.E.M.) (53), Ryan Key (Yellowcard) (32) and one of the most well rounded voices in rock and roll (in my humble opinion) Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, Firm, Queen) (62)

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press release

The Beach Boys Announce 50th Anniversary Reunion, New Album and Tour

Legendary Band's Golden Anniversary CELEBRATION to Include a New Capitol Album and Commemorative Catalog Releases, a Major International Tour and More!

PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The founding members of The Beach Boys, one of the world's most legendary bands in popular music history, will reunite for a global 50th Anniversary CELEBRATION in 2012. Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks will come together for a new studio album and commemorative catalog releases with Capitol/EMI and a 50-date international tour to begin in April with a headlining performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ("Jazz Fest") as well as other exciting events to be announced.

Brian Wilson says, "This anniversary is special to me because I miss the boys and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again."

Mike Love says, "We got together at Capitol Records and re-recorded 'Do It Again.' Brian and I wrote that song which went to number 1 in Great Britain, Australia and elsewhere some 44 years ago. Brian paid me a compliment saying, 'How can a guy sound that great so many years later?' Later on, while working out some harmonies on a new song Brian had written, I got a chance to return the compliment. It was a thrill to be around a piano again with Brian, Alan and Bruce and experience firsthand the brilliance of Cousin Brian's gift for vocal arrangements. I am very much looking forward to David Marks joining us and thrilling with his surf guitar licks. Music has been the unifying and harmonizing fact of life in our family since childhood. It has been a huge blessing that we have been able to share with the world. Wouldn't It Be Nice to Do It Again? Absolutely!"

Al Jardine says, "The Beach Boys were recently inducted into the California Hall of Fame. From our humble beginnings as brothers, cousins and friends, we have been honored to sing the praises of California, and I'm really excited for our fans to be able to see us again in concert on the world stage, and to celebrate our 50th anniversary together with a new studio album."

Bruce Johnston says, "I will be looking forward to singing Brian Wilson's melodies and Mike Love's lyrics once again in concert with many of the original band members, but imagine what we all could come up with vocally in a recording studio atmosphere under Brian's musical direction."

David Marks says, "I'm really looking forward to celebrating this important milestone in The Beach Boys' history with the other guys, and with Capitol Records - where it all began 50 years ago. It means a lot to me that we can all reunite and pay tribute to the fans who have kept the music alive."

The Beach Boys have already recorded several songs for their new album, to be released in 2012 by Capitol/EMI, with more tracks to be recorded before its completion. The as-yet-untitled album, the first to feature all of the band's surviving original members in decades, is being produced by Brian Wilson and executive produced by Mike Love.

The Beach Boys and Capitol/EMI have also teamed up for a 50th Anniversary campaign spotlighting the band's entire catalog, with several new commemorative releases planned for 2012, including a new hits collection and a career-spanning box set.

Roger Faxon, CEO of EMI Group commented: "It's no exaggeration to say that The Beach Boys are one of the greatest and most loved bands that the world has ever produced, and true American icons. We are incredibly proud to take this next step with them as our partnership enters its fiftieth year, and I can't wait to see the band back together doing what they do better than anyone else."

Colin Finkelstein, COO of EMI Music North America said: "We're honored to continue Capitol/EMI's historic partnership with The Beach Boys as they celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. The Beach Boys bring the best of California's sun and surf culture to people all over the world with their music, and we're really looking forward to working with the band on the new album and commemorative catalog releases - a real CELEBRATION of fifty years!"

Quint Davis, producer/director, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival says, "It's an honor to present the original Beach Boys reunion at Jazz Fest 2012. Hosting the greatest artists of our era has always been the primary mission of Jazz Fest, and certainly The Beach Boys are unsurpassed as an iconic American musical and cultural institution. Every spring Jazz Fest is the number-one destination for good vibrations and fun, fun, fun; on April 27th, when The Beach Boys reunite on our biggest stage, it's going to feel like a thrilling homecoming for everyone lucky enough to be there. We're all looking forward to experiencing the magic and the joy."

Founded in Hawthorne, California in 1961, The Beach Boys were originally comprised of the three teenaged Wilson brothers: Brian, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and school friend Al Jardine. In 1962, neighbor David Marks joined the group for their first wave of hits on Capitol Records, leaving in late 1963, and in 1965, Bruce Johnston joined the band when Brian Wilson retired from touring to focus on writing and producing records for the group. For five decades, America's first pop band to reach the 50 year milestone has recorded and performed the music that has become the world's favorite soundtrack to summer.

The Beach Boys signed with Capitol Records in July 1962 and released their first album, Surfin' Safari, that same year. The album spent 37 weeks on the Billboard chart, launching the young group known for its shimmering vocal harmonies and relaxed California style into international stardom. The Wilson/Love collaboration resulted in many huge international chart hits, and under Brian Wilson's musical leadership, the band's initial surf-rock focus was soon broadened to include other themes, making The Beach Boys America's preeminent band of the 1960s.

In 1966, The Beach Boys were one of the first bands to found its own record label with the launch of Brother Records, Inc. (BRI), with the band's members as its shareholders and Capitol Records as its distribution partner. BRI continues to manage The Beach Boys' intellectual property, including the band's catalog with Capitol/EMI and other label partners, as well as its name, logos, image and likeness.

The Beach Boys continue to hold Billboard / Nielsen SoundScan's record as the top-selling American band for albums and singles, and they are also the American group with the most Billboard Top 40 chart hits (36). 'Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys' is fast approaching triple-Platinum sales status, and 'The SMiLE Sessions,' released to worldwide critical acclaim in November, has been heralded as 2011's #1 Reissue of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, The Beach Boys are an American institution that is iconic around the world.

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SOURCE Capitol/EMI & Brother Records, Inc.

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with Tull being a topic of conversation in recent posts, there is a great review over at ultimateclassicrock.com

Jethro Tull, ‘Aqualung’ (40th Anniversary Edition) – Album Review

by: Nancy Dunham 

Jethro Tull fans often lament that the band and its founder, master and guiding light, Ian Anderson, are the Rodney “I don’t get no respect” Dangerfields of progressive rock.

Just look at how their record label wouldn’t fly the band to Los Angeles for the 1989 Grammy Awards because the execs thought Tull’s ‘Crest of a Knave’ had no chance of winning Best Metal/Hard Rock Performance over Metallica’s ‘…And Justice For All.’

Of course Tull’s win has set up a fan feud that’s lasted over two decades. Let’s not even get started on the band’s absence from the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame.

Now that the 40th anniversary of the group’s seminal album ‘Aqualung’ is upon us, fans are ready to celebrate all things Tull.

Read the rest at ultimateclassicrock.com






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Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record - Sales Week Ending 12/10/2011

No doubt the Beatles stuff is hot right now. The "Love Me Do" 45 usually goes for $7k - 10k with the sleeve. But if a scrap of paper (see Lennon to-do list post) sells for $16k, what Beatles item isn't worth more than its weight in gold? The non-Beatle entries on this week's list are worth a look. The Maitrey Kali LP is the very rare double LP version, not the more typical single LP repress. And the "Love Buzz" 7" as a test pressing gets about double what one of the regular releases bring.

1. 45 - The Beatles "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" Parlophone Demo with sleeve - $17,338.20

2. LP - Maitreya Kali "Apache/Inca" Private Press - $10,101.00

3. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone Stereo UK 2nd Pressing - $7,029.00

4. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" / "Big Cheese" Test Pressing - $4,350.00

5. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone Stereo UK 1st Pressing - $3.982.10


As always, a thank you to Norm & Jane over at Vinyl Record Talk for this enlightening data!

Radio Dentata is currently going through a server upgrade, with all new features planned for next year. So VRT Show is going on haitus. This space will still be active with the Top 5 and whatever other record collecting freaky stuff we find.

So, VRT will be back next year. We'll update here on the continuing saga. Listen HERE!



And a cry out from Norm & Jane (if you are looking for a specific record, if they don't have it, they can probably get it!)

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consequenceofsound.net has named their top 50 albums of the year:

Top 50 Albums of 2011


See the rest (i won't tell you is was at #1) at consequenceofsound.net



50. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire






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and in music history for december 16th:

Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1770.

In 1907, Eugene Farrar became the first singer to broadcast on radio when he sang "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. Culture Club would take a different song with the same title to number one in 1982. .

In 1954, Bill Hayes recorded "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett," one of three versions to appear on the Billboard pop chart in 1955 owing to the popularity of Davy Crockett stories airing on TV's "Disneyland" series. Fess Parker, who played Crockett on TV, reached #6 on the record chart with his version of the song. Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition peaked at #5. Bill Hayes' version went all the way to #1, where it stayed for five weeks.

In 1965, Peter & Gordon recorded "Woman," written by Paul McCartney under the pseudonym Bernard Webb.

In the UK in 1966, Jimi Hendrix released his first single, "Hey Joe."

Released on this date in 1966, Hendrix's version became a hit in the United Kingdom, entering the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart in January 1967 and peaking at #6. The single was released in the United States on May 1, 1967 with the B-side "51st Anniversary" but failed to chart. "Hey Joe", as recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, remains the best known version of the song and is listed as #198 on Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2009 it was named the 22nd greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. "Hey Joe" was the last song Jimi Hendrix performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and as such, it was also the final song of the whole festival. The song was performed after the crowd, comprising the 80,000 who hadn't yet left the festival, cheered for an encore

He followed with "Purple Haze", "The Wind Cries Mary", "All Along the Watchtower" and "Voodoo Chile", all of which made the British Top 10, but in America, only "All Along the Watchtower" reached the Top 40, peaking at number 20.

In 1967, the Rolling Stones announced that singer Marianne Faithfull was the first artist signed to their Mother Earth record label.

In 1967, the Lemon Pipers released the single "Green Tambourine." The song has often been credited as being the first bubblegum pop chart-topper. Released on this date in 1967, it peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week at the start of February, 1968 and earned the group a gold record for over a million copies sold. The record remained on the chart for three months. It was also the first US number-one hit for the Buddah label.

The song is the story of a street musician pleading for someone to give him money. In exchange, he would play his "green" tambourine, "green" referencing the color of United States currency. The song's instrumentation contains the title tambourine as well as an electric sitar, a frequent signature of the so-called "psychedelic sound". Another hook is the heavy, psychedelic tape echo applied to the word "play" in each chorus and at the end, fading into a drumroll ("Listen while I play play play play play play/my green tambourine"). The echo is noticeably different in the mono and stereo mixes. The mono version also starts fading out slightly earlier than in the stereo version.

On December 16, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono commissioned the placement of stark black-and-white billboards in eleven international cities proclaiming "WAR IS OVER!" and then, in smaller type, "If You Want It. Happy Christmas From John And Yoko." It was part of their new campaign against the war in Vietnam.

In 1970, five singles and five albums by Creedence Clearwater Revival were certified Gold. The singles were: "Down on the Corner", "Lookin' out My Back Door", "Travelin' Band", "Bad Moon Rising" and "Up around the Bend". The LPs were "Cosmo's Factory", "Willy and the Poor Boys", "Green River", "Bayou Country" and "Creedence Clearwater Revival". people knew good music when they heard it back then.....

200 Motels, the Frank Zappa film, opened in London in 1971.

In 1974, saying he felt that now was the time to move on and do something new, guitarist Mick Taylor announced he was leaving the Rolling Stones.

In 1974, John Lennon released the single "#9 Dream" in North America, six weeks before it was issued in the UK. The backing vocal on the song was provided by May Pang, Lennon's partner at the time. First issued on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges. It was released as the second single from that album months later, on Apple Records catalogue Apple 1878 in the United States and Apple R6003 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #23 on the British singles chart.

Lennon liked the string arrangement he wrote for Harry Nilsson's rendition of "Many Rivers to Cross" from the album Pussy Cats so much that he decided to incorporate it into the song.

According to Pang's website, two working titles for the song were "So Long Ago" and "Walls & Bridges". Pang also states that the phrase repeated in the chorus, "Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé", came to Lennon in a dream and has no specific meaning. Lennon wrote and arranged the song around his dream, hence the title and atmospheric, dreamlike feel, including the use of cellos in the chorus



Mott the Hoople broke up in 1974.

The Who officially disbanded in 1983.

In 1991, Chubby Checker filed a lawsuit against McDonald's Restaurants of Canada seeking $14 million in damages because they allegedly used an imitation of his voice. The song "The Twist" had been used in a French fry commercial.

In 1993, KEZK in St. Louis became the first U.S. radio station to ban Michael Jackson records following recent allegations of Jackson's child sexual abuse.

In 1995, the Beatles' "Free As A Bird" peaks at number 2 on the UK charts and number 6 in the US. Written by John Lennon and performed by him on piano as a rough demo shortly before he was murdered, the track was completed by the remaining Beatles at Paul McCartney's home studio.

In 1997, pop singer Nicolette Larson, best known for her hit version of Neil Young's "Lotta Love" in 1978, passed away at the age of 45. She had been admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank with massive liver failure and was then transferred to UCLA Medical Center, where she died from an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the brain.

In 2004, the iTunes Music Store reached 200 million songs sold.

In 2005, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison sued EMI for royalties estimated at £30m ($45 million).

In 2006, Paul McCartney left EMI, his record label for 45 years, saying it had become "boring" and he "dreaded going to see" its executives. McCartney told The London Times that the company's handling of his music had become "symbolic of the treadmill." He later signed with Hear Music, the Starbucks label.

In 2007, 56 year old singer / songwriter Dan Fogelberg, whose hits "Longer", "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne", helped define the Soft Rock era of the '70s and '80s, died after a three year battle with prostate cancer.

In 2010, Paul McCartney paid tribute to his Beatles band mate John Lennon during an appearance on Saturday Night Live where he performed "A Day in the Life" and then thrilled viewers with a cover version of his late friend's anti-war anthem "Give Peace a Chance".

Also in 2010, a spokesman for the British Recorded Music Industry said that over 7.7 million people illegally downloaded 1.2 billion tracks this year. Calling for swift action to be taken, he went on to say "It is a parasite that threatens to deprive a generation of talented young people of their chance to make a career in music, and is holding back investment in the burgeoning digital entertainment sector."

birthdays today include (among others): Christopher Thorn (Blind Melon) (43), Tony Hicks (Hollies) (66), Benny Andersson (ABBA) (65) and the great Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) (62)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

if you love vinyl, you'll love this well written story at nj.com - i am always amazed at the passion that we have for the hobby....

Milltown man turns passion for vinyl into a booming record-dealing business

By Lisa Intrabartola/For the Star-Ledger

"So I was in some guy’s basement..."

Darren Revilla’s stories start with this phrase so often that the Milltown resident could be mistaken for a plumber.

But it’s the music-lover-turned-entrepreneur’s never-ending quest for rare records and audio equipment that leads him on regular descents into the bowels of strangers’ homes.

“One of the best parts of this whole thing is getting into people’s houses, seeing how they live and hearing the stories about the (record) collection and cool old stuff they have,” said Revilla, 39.

“The things they think are garbage, I can take home, clean up and give new life to.”

It was in one such basement — belonging to the widow of a like-minded vinyl fanatic with a 12,000-piece collection — where his online trading business, Revilla Grooves & Gear, came to fruition.

Read the rest of this fascinating look into record collecting at nj.com

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sadly, for every story like the one above, we have these sad stories, this from www.recordnet.com

Music merchant's passion won't end when store closes

By Tony Sauro

Willie Hines recalls the day with fondness and considerable nostalgia.

An elderly couple was quietly exploring the racks of vinyl records and CDs in his Stockton store.

Instead of blasting Frank Zappa, hip-hop or heavy metal at them on the sound system, Hines soothed the scene and mellowed the mood by playing Ludwig van Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony.

"The woman asked me, 'Who is this? I love that,' " said Hines, owner of Stockton's Replay Records. " 'That's one of my favorites.' Hey, I'm not about to bust out Slipknot there. More like (Gustav) Mahler's Fifth (Symphony)."

Thus, a sale was made.

Unfortunately, there haven't been enough of those purchases in recent months and years. So, Hines will be playing his last customer favorite - and making his final sale - some time Jan. 1. Not exactly an ideal way to start a new year. To him, it's more like a death in the family.

On that day, his small, independent store - a reassuring source of recorded music history and savvy with a personal touch and a hangout for vinyl "fanatics like me" - closes after 24 years.

Increased rental costs, steadily decreasing sales - and the mammoth Internet distribution system - have tuned and tapped him out. Independent record stores remain an endangered species. With no protection.

Read the rest at recordnet.com

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not sure about this album cover....

The Ting Tings Reveal New Cover Art

Well, here it is, the Ting Tings cover art for 'Sounds From Nowheresville,' their sophmore follow-up to their energetic debut 'We Started Nothing.' The cover art was created by Milan Abad, who submitted the piece under the band’s "Show Us Yours" campaign that asked young artists to submit photos, video and artwork for the album.

“He produced a piece of artwork that is just amazing, and we fell in love with it, and it became the front cover,” Jules de Martino told Spin. “It’s a totally cool piece, and it kind of transcends everywhere we are at the moment and what our album’s about.”

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Southern Lord Reissuing Poison Idea Albums

Southern Lord Recordings has recently issued the following announcement about re-releasing albums from Poison Idea:

"Southern Lord Recordings are proud to be officially re-releasing several incredible, seminal titles from Portland, Oregon’s explosive punk/hardcore kings, POISON IDEA in 2012!

"Southern Lord will be releasing CD versions of several POISON IDEA reissues that TKO Records are currently re-releasing on vinyl. All of the material is being re-mastered by Jack Control (World Burns to Death) and each release includes new, extensive liner notes as well as never before seen photos and previously unreleased bonus material.

"This POISON IDEA reissue series kicks off January 31st, with the re-release of Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years. Boasting twenty-nine tracks from the band’s earliest days, the album includes the 100% previously unreleased Boner’s Kitchen demo from 1981, the complete Darby Crash Rides Again demo from 1982, the complete uncut live-on-the-air set from the 1983 KBOO radio benefit, and outtakes from the Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes recording session. Much of this material has either been out-of-print or never before officially released!

"All the recordings have been meticulously restored and mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door Mastering. The booklet contains liner notes, old flyers and tons of previously unpublished photos from the band’s beginnings. This is a complete no-brainer for POISON IDEA fans or any fan of the early days of American hardcore punk.

"Following Darby Crash Rides Again in January, Southern Lord will also re-release The Fatal Erection Years (Pick Your King/Record Collectors are Pretentious Assholes), War All The Time, Ian Mackaye, Feel The Darkness, We Must Burn and Last Will & Testament throughout 2012."

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not a huge fan of her music, however, i like her moxy, give credit where it is due.....

Madonna and Live Nation Entertainment Confirm Three Album Licensing Deal with Interscope Records

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Madonna will have a new album out in late March; it was officially confirmed today by Interscope Records. In one component of a very broad plan developed by long time manager Guy Oseary and Live Nation Entertainment, the Material Girl has signed a three album deal with Interscope Records. The new album, her first in five years, has been completed. "Gimme All Your Luvin," the first single from the album, will be released the last week in January prior to her upcoming Bridgestone Halftime Superbowl appearance on February 5th.

In 2007, Madonna signed a multi-faceted deal with Live Nation that includes new studio albums, touring, merchandising, fan club/website, DVDs, music-related television and film projects and associated sponsorship agreements. "We look forward to a great partnership," commented Live Nation Entertainment's Chairman of Global Music & CEO, Global Touring Arthur Fogel. Oseary was equally enthusiastic: "We couldn't be happier to work with Jimmy Iovine, Lucian Grainge (Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Group) and the entire Interscope team. We anticipate a very bright future at our new home," added Jimmy Iovine, Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M. "Very rarely does an opportunity like this come around. We would like to thank Madonna, Guy and Live Nation for their belief in us."

In other Madonna news, her upcoming film, "W.E." which she directed and co-wrote is scheduled for a wide release on February 3rd.

Over the course of her extraordinary three decade career, Madonna has sold over 300 million albums and holds the record for the most successful tour by a solo artist in history. She is a nine time Grammy winning singer, songwriter, producer and is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Her last CD, "Hard Candy," debuted at No. 1 in 27 countries including US, UK, Canada, France and Australia.

SOURCE Live Nation Entertainment

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Legacy Recordings Celebrates Scorpions With Stateside Release of Two Essential New Titles: Comeblack, the New Studio Album of Covers & Classics From Germany's Seminal Metal Band, and Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D, a Mind-blowing State-of-the-art Blu-ray Disc Capturing the Group's On-going Goodbye Tour

Both Releases Available Tuesday, January 24

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the domestic release of two essential new titles from the seminal metal band Scorpions: Comeblack, a new album of classic rock covers and fresh performances of signature repertoire recorded earlier this year, and Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D, available on Blu-ray disc, an 11-camera 3-D concert film recorded in Saarbrucken, Germany on April 15, 2011 during Scorpions current farewell tour.

Launched by guitarist Rudolf Schenker in 1965, Scorpions forged metal, rock and pop into a sound that's come to signify an entire genre through hard rock anthems like "Rock You Like A Hurricane" and hits like "Send Me An Angel," "Wind of Change" and "Still Loving You," selling more than 100 million records in the process.

Last year, Scorpions announced that the group's Get Your Sting and Blackout tour, an epic ongoing worldwide rock 'n' roll odyssey in support of 2010's Sting in the Tail, would be the group's last before retirement. The tour is slated to run through 2012 with a string of historic farewell blowouts and festival performances scheduled Europe culminating with shows at the Wacken Open Air festival (August 4, 2012) and Munich's Olympiahalle (October 13, 2012).

Wanting to create a truly memorable concert film to do justice to power of the live show and the high energy emotional impact of the final tour, Scorpions chronicled the sold-out concert on April 15, 2011 in Saarbrucken, Germany with a state-of-the-art 3D production. Helmed by director Gerd F. Schultze (who's worked on 3D films with Michael Jackson, Bryan Adams, Joe Cocker, Carlos Santana and German superstar Peter Maffay), Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D puts the viewer into the VIP box at the ultimate Scorpions concert. In addition to 100 minutes of pure Scorpions music, Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D includes more than half-an-hour of behind-the-scenes bonus material.

"The preview audience was absolutely euphoric and stunned by the intensity and the never-before-witnessed power and intimacy in which they were able to experience the Scorpions' fantastic concert," said Gerd Schultze following a theatrical screening of the film. "The people left the screening with a completely new and never-before-seen concert experience and wanted to watch it all over straight away. Part of the reason is, that we have managed to create an unbelievable 3D depth with a specially developed method, which is very pleasant to watch. Using the new camera technology, we managed to translate 3D in the cut and montage technique in a style that will meet the expectations of a first class product even in ten years time. It makes you feel like you're sitting in the VIP lounge amidst the audience through this 11 camera 3D concert staging and its monstrous 5.1 surround and stereo sound. At the same time, The Scorpions perform their unbelievably powerful and visually unique show with all their hits live in your living room. This is pure dynamite ... fasten seat belts and take off... into the third dimension."

"Saarbrucken was a very good choice," wrote the band in a press statement, "our fans were simply sensational and gave us the chance to thank them for their many years of support."

Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D - Blu-ray
The Set List:
Intro
Sting In The Tail
Make It Real
Bad Boys Running Wild
The Zoo
Coast To Coast
Loving You Sunday Morning
The Best Is Yet To Come
Send Me An Angel
Holiday
Raised On Rock
Tease Me, Please Me
Dynamite
Kottak Attack
Blackout
Six String Sting
Big City Nights
Still Loving You
Wind Of Change
Rock You Like A Hurricane
When The Smoke Is Going Down

At some point during the Get Your Sting and Blackout tour ("We can't remember the day, the month or the hour"), Scorpions, enjoying the success of Sting in the Tail and the emotional rejuvenation of the farewell tour ("Screaming fans everywhere we went!") decided to record one last classic album. "The idea to go back to the studio was born out of pure excitement," said the band who cut an album mixing covers of rock 'n' roll standards that informed and inspired the Scorpions alongside new productions and performances of the songs in the band's core catalog that have proved the most meaningful to the members.

The result, Comeblack, is, according to the band, "an encore for our die-hard fans, to thank them for all the support for so many years. At the same time, this is a tribute to legendary bands from the sixties, like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, who have inspired us to follow our dreams. We hope you like it as much as we do... Rock on and ... Comeblack."

Scorpions - Comeblack - tracklisting
Rhythm of Love
No One Like You
The Zoo
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Blackout
Wind of Change
Tainted Love (Gloria Jones/Marc Almond)
Children of the Revolution (T. Rex)
Across the Universe (The Beatles)
Tin Soldier (Small Faces)
All Day and All of the Night (The Kinks)
Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones)

www.the-scorpions.com
www.legacyrecordings.com

SOURCE Legacy Recordings

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Peter Gabriel Asks For Fan Input For Reissue

Mr. Gabrie is enlisting his fans help in putting together the 25th anniversary edition of his classic LP ‘So.’ Here is the statement from his website:

Share Your Memories of 'So'

We are in the 25th anniversary year of So and in 2012 will be celebrating one of the most important albums of Peter’s career with a special edition release. We want you to help us build the story of So with your own memories. We would love to see your memorabilia from back in 1986. Do you have any original So merchandise, posters and tickets for the So tour? Your photos relating to the album release or the concerts? Even a diary entry from 25 years ago which tells a special story about the album release or So tour?

We may ask to include your images in the new re-issue or on Peter’s website, but to start with please send us your photos and scans in a small file size (maximum of 2mb) plus your contact details.

Please send us your memories and souvenirs by the next Full Moon on January 9 2012.

Submit your memorabilia here

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: New Album Details Revealed

Candlelight Records has set a February 28, 2012 North American release date for the self-titled new album from CORROSION OF CONFORMITY. Recorded at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Northridge, California, the CD was produced by the band in cooperation with longtime collaborator John Custer. It was mixed by John Lousteau (FOO FIGHTERS) and features artwork by Seldon Hunt (MELVINS, HIGH ON FIRE).

"Corrosion Of Conformity" will be available on standard CD, deluxe digipak, and two exclusive vinyl formats.

Read the rest at our friends at Blabbermouth

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album cover art of the day:

SKINEATER: Debut Album Artwork Unveiled

Swedish death metallers SKINEATER have revealed the cover artwork for their debut album, "Dermal Harvest". The CD is scheduled for an early 2012 release via Pulverised Records. The band states, "There are some guitars and bass left to record. Some vocals, too. No big deal! This will be a really brutal release!!"

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and in music history for the day:

In 1943, keyboardist/blues singer/composer Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller died of pneumonia at the age of 39.

In 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader U.S. Army Maj. Glenn Miller disappeared in thick fog over the English Channel while en route to Paris. The true fate of the plane and its passengers remains unknown.

In 1955, Johnny Cash released the Sun Records single "Folsom Prison Blues," which peaked at #4 on the Country chart but did not break into the Billboard top pop list. Cash included the song in his repertoire for decades. He performed it at Folsom Prison itself on January 13, 1968 and this "live" version was eventually released by Columbia on the "At Folsom Prison" album the same year, and as a single that reached #32 on the pop chart. It became one of Cash's signature songs.

Cash was inspired to write this song after seeing the movie Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) while serving in West Germany in the United States Air Force. Cash recounted how he came up with the "Reno" line: "I sat with my pen in my hand, trying to think up the worst reason a person could have for killing another person, and that's what came to mind."

Cash borrowed the melody for the song and many of the lyrics from Gordon Jenkins's 1953 Seven Dreams concept album, specifically the song "Crescent City Blues." Jenkins was not credited on the original record, which was issued by Sun Records. In the early 1970s, after the song became popular, Cash paid Jenkins a settlement of approximately $75,000.

In 1956, Elvis Presley gave his final performance on the "Louisiana Hayride" after 50 appearances on the radio show, a weekly broadcast from KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana.

In 1957, columbia Records executive Mitch Miller and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. disparaged rock 'n' roll as "the comic books of music" during a radio talk show hosted by Davis. Another guest on the radio show, Arnold Maxim, president of the MGM record label, disagreed with them saying he saw no end to the fad in the near future.

In 1959, the Everly Brothers recorded "Let It Be Me" in New York City. It was the first time they recorded outside of Nashville and the first time they recorded with strings.

In 1964, for the crime of performing in front of a multiracial audience at a show near Cape Town, singer Dusty Springfield was deported from South Africa.

In 1964, the Beatles released the album 'Beatles '65.' It was the band's fifth Capitol release, but seventh American album. It was released in mono and stereo versions. The album was also issued in Germany on the Odeon label. Beatles '65 includes eight of the fourteen songs from Beatles for Sale (omitting "Eight Days a Week", "Words of Love", "Every Little Thing", "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party", "What You're Doing", and the "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" medley, all of which showed up later in Beatles VI). It picked up "I'll Be Back" from A Hard Day's Night and includes the single "I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman". These latter two songs were remixed into "duophonic" [fake] stereo and drenched in reverb by Capitol Records' executive Dave Dexter, Jr to cover up the use of the mono mixes sent from England.

The mono versions of both "I Feel Fine" and "She's A Woman" were also remixed with added echo and reverb for the single and mono album release. The stereo version of "Mr. Moonlight" has a longer fadeout than the UK versions.

In the US the album was a blockbuster hit, and jumped from number 98 straight to number one, making the biggest jump to the top position in the history of the Billboard Album Charts up to that time. It remained at number one for nine straight weeks, starting on 9 January 1965.

All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Lennon–McCartney), except where noted.

Side one

1."No Reply" – 2:15
2."I'm a Loser" – 2:31
3."Baby's in Black" – 2:02
4."Rock and Roll Music" (Chuck Berry) – 2:32
5."I'll Follow the Sun" – 1:46
6."Mr. Moonlight" (Roy Lee Johnson) – 2:35

Side two

7."Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins) – 2:56
8."I'll Be Back" – 2:22
9."She's a Woman" – 2:57
10."I Feel Fine" – 2:20
11."Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (Perkins) – 2:24

In 1967, the Who released 'The Who Sell Out," a concept album formatted as a collection of unrelated songs interspersed with faux commercials and public service announcements.

The cover is divided into panels featuring a photograph by David Montgomery of each of the band members, two on the front and two on the back. On the front is Pete Townshend applying Odorono brand deodorant from an oversized stick, and Roger Daltrey sitting in a bathtub full of Heinz baked beans (holding an oversized tin can of the same). Daltrey claims to have caught pneumonia after sitting for a prolonged period in the bathtub, as the beans had been frozen. On the back is Keith Moon applying Medac from an oversized tube, and John Entwistle in a leopard-skin Tarzan suit, squeezing a blonde woman in a leopard-skin bikini with one arm and a teddy bear with the other (an ad for the Charles Atlas course mentioned in one of the album's faux commercials).

The LP also contains the top ten hit "I Can See for Miles," which was released as a single and peaked at #10 in the UK and #9 in the US. Original vinyl copies of Sell Out end with an audio oddity that repeats into a locked groove. The music in the locked groove is an instrumental version of what was originally intended to be a vocal jingle for The Who's UK label Track Records. The opening "Radio London" (Days of the Week) jingle makes use of a device called the Sonovox.

When the LP was released on Track Records in the UK in 1967 (Track 612 002 Mono & Track 613 002 Stereo), a poster was included inside the first 1000 copies (500 stereo and 500 mono). They came with sticker on the front cover stating 'Psychedelic Poster Inside'. Due to its rarity, first pressings with poster and sticker have sold for more than £600, and have been known to sell for much more.

A single LP was re-issued on 140 Gram Clear blue vinyl as a Special Edition in 2008, by Lilth Records LTD Manufactured in the EU. A two-disc Deluxe Edition of the album was released on 16 March 2009 in the UK and 2 June 2009 in the US. In 2003, the album was ranked number 113 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.



In 1967, the Beach Boys met Maharishi Yogi in Paris and learned transcendental meditation. ohmmmmmmm

In 1968, after performing "Crown of Creation" on CBS-TV's "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick, already in partial blackface, brought controversy to the show by giving the "black power salute." The gesture had been made infamous when two African-American athletes at that year's Olympics raised their fists instead of putting their hands over their hearts during the U.S. National Anthem.

In 1969, UNICEF held a "Peace For Christmas" charity concert at the Lyceum Ballroom in London that featured the live performance debut of John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band (featuring George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Keith Moon, and Delaney & Bonnie, among others). It turned out to be Lennon's last stage appearance in Britain. The Rascals and Desmond Dekker & the Aces also performed.

In 1973, Aerosmith lip-synced "Dream On" on ABC-TV's "American Bandstand."

In 1977, two days before they are due to appear on NBC'S Saturday Night Live and start their first US tour, The Sex Pistols are denied visas to enter the country. Johnny Rotten was refused because of a drug conviction, Paul Cook and Sid Vicious because of 'moral turpitude' and Steve Jones because of his criminal record.

In 1984, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" entered the UK chart at #1, where it will stay for five weeks. The Bob Geldof produced song, specifically written to raise money for relief of famine in Ethiopia, was recorded by leading Irish and British musicians, including Phil Collins, Bono, George Michael, Sting, David Bowie, Boy George and Paul McCartney. The record would sell more than three million copies in Britain alone and enjoy similar success around the world.

In 1988, James Brown was sentenced to a six-year jail term for leading police on a late-night, two-state car chase. He was released on February 27, 1991.

In 1997, the surviving members INXS released a tape of an interview in which they talk about the life and death of the group's late vocalist Michael Hutchence. The band members had been reluctant to give interviews until this release.

In 2001, R&B singer/songwriter (Walking The Dog) Rufus Thomas, who had been a popular Memphis disc jockey from 1953 to 1974, died following a heart attack at age 84.

In 2006, the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour re-captured the title of top-grossing tour ever from U2's Vertigo and was the top grossing tour of the year, according to numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore. The Stones took in about $437 million since the previous November.

In 2008, as part of the settlement in their divorce that was finalized three weeks earlier, Madonna paid former husband Guy Ritchie around £50 million (about $78.6 million US).

In 2008, a modest, one-story, red-brick house in St. Louis where Rock 'n' Roll pioneer Chuck Berry lived for eight years in the 1950s was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Berry, who now lives in Wentzville, Mo., about 40 miles west of St. Louis said "Many of my favorite songs came about while in that house. It's good to know that my music and now that house will always be a part of St. Louis' history."

In 2008, singer/guitarist (Psychotic Reaction) John "Sean" Byrne, lead vocalist of the Count Five, died of cirrhosis of the liver at age 61.

In 2009, with U2 leading the way by making over 311 million dollars, several classic rockers were among the top earning touring acts of the year, including Madonna ($222 million), Bruce Springsteen ($156 million), AC/DC ($135 million), Billy Joel and Elton John ($90 million) and Tina Turner ($86 million).

birthdays today include (among others): Ken Knox (Chairman of the Board) (60), Paul Simonon (Clash) (56), Cindy Birdsong (Supremes) (72), Carmine Appice (Vanila Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice) (65), Doug Phelps (Kentucky Headhunters) (71) and Dave Clark (Dave Clark Five) (69)