Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Music Record Shop Weekly Contest is still open to entries, so take a minute, you could win!

The CVR blog has a copy of Mad Season's 'Above' to give away to a lucky blog reader. The 33rd emailer with the words "Music Record Shop Mad Season Contest" in the subject line to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com wins! Limit one entry per person please!

Mad Season - Above

This expanded double 12" vinyl edition includes the original album in its entirety as well as three songs from the band's unfinished second album with newly recorded vocals by Mark Lanegan, a previously unreleased instrumental, "Interlude," and a remixed version of Mad Season's cover of John Lennon 's "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier."

Above is the only studio album by the American rock band Mad Season, released on March 14, 1995 through Columbia Records. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. The album's gloomy, black and white cover art was illustrated by Staley. The drawing was based upon a photograph of Staley and his then-girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott.



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R.E.M. 25th Green Anniversary

When R.E.M. went to Memphis, Tennessee's famed Ardent Studios in 1988 to record their major label debut for Warner Bros Records, singer Michael Stipe, legend has it, tasked his band mates, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills, with a singular mission: to "not write any more R.E.M.-type songs." Emboldened by this charge, the band ventured into the previously unexplored realm of bubblegum pop ("Pop Song '89," "Stand"), freely swapped instruments amongst themselves, and even went so far as to introduce the mandolin into their repertoire for the first time ("Hairshirt"). Bolstered by Stipe's increasingly politically-conscious and socially-conscientious lyrics, Green emerged as the band's most fully-realized record to date--a bold claim given the trajectory of their IRS years' recordings (Murmur, Reckoning, Fables of the Reconstruction, Lifes Rich Pageant, and Document) but accurate nonetheless.

To celebrate the landmark album's 25-year anniversary, Rhino is releasing a two-disc deluxe edition that features the remastered original album accompanied by a disc of live performances taken from the penultimate show of R.E.M.'s 130-date Green World Tour. All twenty-one songs were recorded in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 10, 1989, just miles from where Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe had their very first recording session at Mitch Easter's Drive-In Studio in Winston-Salem. The set captures the confident spirit of Green ("Get Up," "World Leader Pretend," and "You Are The Everything") as well as the timelessness of early favorites like "Fall On Me," "Finest Worksong," and "The One I Love," and hints at the future with early versions of tracks that would ultimately appear on Out Of Time.

GREEN: 25TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available on May 14th, but you can pre-order it now at Amazon

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Avenged Sevenfold Limited Edition Vinyl

For Record Store Day 2013, on the 5 year anniversary of Avenged Sevenfold's "Live in the LBC" performance, we have produced a limited record/DVD configuration, pressed on vinyl for the first time in a deluxe gatefold jacket and mastered by Bernie Grundman. This release contains both the first live concert film from Avenged Sevenfold "Live in the LBC" filmed on April 10, 2008 as well as "Diamonds in the Rough," an offering of previously unreleased b-sides and more. The CD/DVD configuration was released September 16, 2008 and has since been certified Platinum.

Get it at BecauseSoundMatters




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for those who have cells (i don't and i don't want one!)

Doors' App Available

Now available on the App Store, THE DOORS official App brings The Doors' story to life with a rich, immersive experience that delves deeply into every aspect of The Doors' incandescent career. Of all the California bands, The Doors music still burns with an intensity that clearly identifies their distinctive approach to poetic lyrics, bold instrumentation and song.

THE DOORS official app features:
Essays: Insider stories behind each Doors album, the "Miami Incident," and more, enriched with videos, audio, photos and rarely seen memorabilia
Timeline: The Doors' history, controllable from the radio of Jim's Shelby GT 500 Mustang
Cast of Characters: Meet key people in the Doors' universe
The Doors Map of LA: Focusing on prime locations in the band's history, with photos and stories
Gallery: All of the app's images, artwork, tape boxes, memorabilia, press releases, Doors posters
Music Room: Flip through the classic Doors' LPs, hear song samples, or scan and match from your own library
Tech Nuggets: Descriptions and photos of all equipment used in the recording of each studio album
Song Lyrics: Complete lyrics to all Doors' songs
Social Integration: In-app links to Social Media and the iTunes store
Favorites: A personal portfolio of treasures, selected by you

Additional Features:
Materials from The Doors archive and dozens of other sources
Hundreds of unseen photos, posters, artifacts and artwork
44 short form videos plus all six full-length Doors music videos
Short "takes" from Patti Smith, Hunter S. Thompson, Greil Marcus, Francis Cord Coppola and The Doors
Graphic novel of the infamous Miami Incident by Dean Haspiel & Adam Holzman, including actual FBI files and related documents

For more onfo head HERE

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actually saw the band in the mid 80's warmed up for kiss

KING KOBRA To Release 'II' Album In July










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cool write up. well worth the read:

Mind Melt: A Chat With Graphic Artist Leif Podhajsky






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Unexpected Cover Songs: 20 Unique Renditions Of Famous Tunes



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album cover art of the day:


Inherit The Stars Reveals New Album "We Were Made To Walk The Skies" Artwork















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album cover art of the day, part 2:

Powerwolf - Reveal New Album Artwork

German power metal band Powerwolf have revealed the album cover art for their new opus 'Preachers Of The Night,' which was created by Matthew Greywolf. The album is expected to be released this year through Napalm Records, but the official date has not been announced.













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very controversial Bowie video making the rounds on the net (banned at YouTube)

Watch David Bowie's Bloody, Religious "The Next Day" Video, Starring Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard

 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 6, 2013

DEAR JERRY: Last year about this time, you mentioned that Adele topped both of Billboard's most prestigious year-end polls: Pop Song of the Year ("Rolling in the Deep") and Pop Album of the Year ("21").

You didn't say how uncommon this is, so please tell us how many have accomplished this feat?
—Arnold Morrison, Minneapolis

 

DEAR ARNOLD: The quick reply is seven (each below with an asterisk), but let's answer your question in greater detail, in anticipation of others you will surely inspire.

With only seven decades to consider, we can review all who won in two or more of the six possible categories:

Song of the Year and Album of the Year, both for Pop, R&B, and Country.

In Pop, 1956 was the first year to honor both songs and albums. Country followed suit in 1965, and R&B in '66.

Here are the stars who ranked No. 1 at least twice in the same year:

1957 Elvis Presley: Pop Song ("All Shook Up") and R&B Song ("Jailhouse Rock")
1959 Johnny Horton: Pop and Country Song ("The Battle of New Orleans")
1961 Bobby Lewis: Pop and R&B Song ("Tossin' and Turnin'")
1967 Jack Greene: Country Song ("All the Time") and Album ("There Goes My Everything")
*1970 Simon & Garfunkel: Pop Song and Album ("Bridge Over Troubled Water")
1974 Charlie Rich: Country Song ("There Won't Be Anymore") and Album ("Behind Closed Doors")
1977 Waylon Jennings: Country Song ("Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love") and Album ("Ol' Waylon")
1978 Earth, Wind & Fire: R&B Song ("Serpentine Fire") and Album ("All 'N All")
1978 Willie Nelson: Country Song ("Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys") (duet with Waylon Jennings) and Album ("Stardust")
1979 Chic: R&B Song ("Good Times") and Album ("C'est Chic")
1982 Willie Nelson: Country Song and Album ("Always on My Mind")
1983 Michael Jackson: Pop and R&B Album ("Thriller")
1984 Prince: Pop and R&B Song ("When Doves Cry")
1986 Whitney Houston: Pop and R&B Album ("Whitney Houston")
*1988 George Michael: Pop Song and Album ("Faith")
1988 Keith Sweat: R&B Song ("I Want Her") and Album ("Make It Last Forever")
1990 Janet Jackson: Pop and R&B Album ("Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation")
1990 Clint Black: Country Song ("Nobody's Home") and Album ("Killin' Time")
*1993 Whitney Houston Pop and R&B Song ("I Will Always Love You") and Pop and R&B Album ("The Bodyguard" Soundtrack)
*1994 Ace of Base: Pop Song and Album ("The Sign")
1998 Next: Pop and R&B Song ("Too Close")
2001 R Kelly: R&B Song ("Fiesta") and Album (TP2.com")
2002 Eminem: Pop and R&B Album ("The Eminem Show")
*2003 50 Cent: Pop and R&B Song ("In da Club") and Pop and R&B Album ("Get Rich Or Die Tryin'")
*2004 Usher: Pop Song ("Yeah!") (with Lil Jon and Ludacris) and Pop and R&B Album ("Confessions")
2005 50 Cent: Pop and R&B Album ("The Massacre")
2006 Carrie Underwood: Pop and Country Album ("Some Hearts")
2006 Mary J. Blige: R&B Song ("Be Without You") and Album ("The Breakthrough")
2008 Alicia Keys: Pop and R&B Song ("As I Am") and R&B Album ("Like You'll Never See Me Again")
2009 Taylor Swift: Pop and Country Album ("Fearless")
*2011 Adele: Pop Song ("Rolling in the Deep") and Album ("21")

Notes and observations:

Elvis is the only artist with two Song of the Year winners in the same year (1957) that are two completely different singles. Neither he nor the Beatles had an Album of the Year in the 20th century, though the choices do not always reflect actual sales.

Not until 1967 did anything even resembling rock or teen-oriented music win Album of the Year, that being "More of the Monkees."

For nine consecutive years (1957 through 1965), the Album of the year was either of the original cast or soundtrack genre.



DEAR JERRY: Your column about songs banned by radio stations took me back to my childhood, in the early 1960s, and a comedy record my parents used to play when they thought I was sleeping.

Though somewhat off-color, it was not even close to being X-rated.

I especially remember it being recorded at a nearby bar, which provides a clue. We lived on Crenshaw near Artesia Blvd, in Torrance, Calif.

The only other clue is a parody of "Secret Love" the comedian sang, that has been in my memory for about 50 years.

His version began like this:

"Once I had a secret love
She wore a flimsy negligee
Last night we were on Channel 4
My secret love's no secret anymore"

One day I'd like to hear this obscure album again. Do you have any helpful details?
—Gilles Marchand, Rolling Hills, Calif.


DEAR GILLES: Obscure is right. This LP was originally only available at the club you vaguely recall, then named the Roaring '20s Lounge.

In Torrance at 166th and Crenshaw, less than a mile from Artesia Blvd., their primary entertainer was club owner Charles David Thomas, who performed as Bub Thomas.

His privately pressed album, recorded live in 1960 at the Roaring '20s, is "Smoker Stories" (BT 1000), and it should be available online for under $25.

Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column. Write Jerry at: Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368 E-mail: jpo@olympus.net   Visit his Web site: www.jerryosborne.com

 

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

 

Copyright 2013 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission

New Music Releases - May 7, 2013

38 Special - Special Delivery (remastered vinyl)
98 Degrees - 2.0
AA Wallace - (disambiguation)
AM & Shawn Lee - La Musique Numerique
Alison Moyet - the minutes
Altars - Something More
Ann Pragg - Bitter Fruit
Atrocity - Okkult
Aziz Ansari - Dangerously Delicious
Banquets - Banquets
Bevis Frond - White Numbers
Beware of Darkness - Orthodox
Billy Paul - Lately
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (deluxe edition)
Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits Vol. II (reissue)
Bonnie Tyler - Rocks & Honey
Bracher Brown - Broken Glass And Railroad Tracks
Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless (vinyl)
Citadel - Citadel (EP)
Co La - Moody Coup
Come - Eleven (reissue)
Courtney Jaye - Love And Forgiveness
Craig Campbell - Never Regret
D.O.T. - Diary
Dave Koz - Summer Horns
Deerhunter - Monomania
Delain - Interlude
Devour The Day - Time & Pressure
Earthling - Dark Path
Eksi Ekso - Archfiend
F.K.Ü. - 4: Rise Of The Mosh Mongers
Fall Out Boy - Save Rock and Roll
Fitz & the Tantrums - More Than Just A Dream
Francoise Hardy - Midnight Blues: Paris London 1968-72
Gambles - Far From Your Arms (EP)
Gap Band - Gap Band VII
George Clinton - Computer Games
Ghostpoet - Some Say I So I Say Light
Goo Goo Dolls - Magnetic
Grandchildren - Golden Child
Grime - Deteriorate
Hussy - Pagan Hiss
Isley Brothers - Winner Takes All
Jim Guthrie - Takes Time
Joe Satriani - Unstoppable Momentum
Joshua Radin - Wax Wings
Justice - Access All Arenas
LL Cool J - Authentic
Lady Antebellum - Golden
Little Boots - Nocturnes
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced ‘lĕh-’nérd ‘skin-’nérd (reissue)
Michael Feuerstack - Tambourine Death Bed
Michael Stanley - The Hang
Mikal Cronin - MCII
Mike Patton - The Place Beyond The Pines (vinyl)
Millie Jackson - An Imitation Of Love: Expanded Edition
Mother Falcon - You Knew
Mylets - Retcon
Natalie Maines - Mother
Noah and the Whale - Heart of Nowhere
Northcote - Northcote
Patty Griffin - American Kid
Pentimento - Pentimento
Phaseone - If I Tell You
Pistol Annies - Annie Up
Primal Scream - More Light
Retox - YPLL
Rod Stewart - Time
Rotting Out - The Wrong Way
Ruth Moody - These Wilder Things
Sadgiqacea - False Prism
Savages - Silence Yourself
Say Lou Lou - Julian (7")
Shalamar - Friends
Shannon Wright - In Film Sound
She & Him - Volume 3
Small Brown Bike - Recollected
Sodom - Epitome of Torture
Still Corners - Strange Pleasures
Straight No Chaser - Under the Influence
Sun Angle - Diamond Junk
Sweat Band - Sweat Band
Talib Kweli - Prisoner of Conscious
The Child of Lov - The Child of Lov
The Hussy - Pagan Hiss
The Uncluded - Hokey Fright
The Wonder Stuff - Oh No It's... The Wonder Stuff
To The Wind - Empty Eyes
Tom O'Dell - Long Way Down
Torches - If The People Stare (EP)
Uncluded - Hokey Fright
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Van Dyke Parks - Songs Cycled
Various Artists - Remembering Little Walter
Various Artists - The Great Gatsby (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Way to Blue – The Songs of Nick Drake
Various Artists - The Music of Nashville, Season 1, Vol. 2 (soundtrack)
Vibrators - On The Guest List
Vicious Rumors - Electric Punishment
Vinyette - Every Little Mouse Run
Way Yes - Tog Pebbles
We Are Loud Whispers - Suchness
Yes - Magnification (vinyl)
Young Galaxy - Ultramarine

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

  Music Record Shop Weekly Contest is still open to entries, so take a minute, you could win!

The CVR blog has a copy of Mad Season's 'Above' to give away to a lucky blog reader.  The 33rd emailer with the words "Music Record Shop Mad Season Contest" in the subject line to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com  wins!  Limit one entry per person please!

Mad Season - Above

This expanded double 12" vinyl edition includes the original album in its entirety as well as three songs from the band's unfinished second album with newly recorded vocals by Mark Lanegan, a previously unreleased instrumental, "Interlude," and a remixed version of Mad Season's cover of John Lennon 's "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier."

Above is the only studio album by the American rock band Mad Season, released on March 14, 1995 through Columbia Records. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States.  The album's gloomy, black and white cover art was illustrated by Staley. The drawing was based upon a photograph of Staley and his then-girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott.



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Melodiya rereleases classic Russian albums on vinyl

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Music Record Shop Weekly (CONTEST!!)

Welcome to the weekly feature (look for it every Friday) called MusicRecordShop Weekly.

Instead of the usual special releases to browse over, Mark has let the CVR blog have one copy of Mad Season's 'Above' to give away to a lucky blog reader.  So, the 33rd emailer with the words "Music Record Shop Mad Season Contest" in the subject line to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com  wins!  Limit one entry per person please! 



Mad Season - Above

This expanded double 12" vinyl edition includes the original album in its entirety as well as three songs from the band's unfinished second album with newly recorded vocals by Mark Lanegan, a previously unreleased instrumental, "Interlude," and a remixed version of Mad Season's cover of John Lennon 's "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier."

Above is the only studio album by the American rock band Mad Season, released on March 14, 1995 through Columbia Records. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States.  The album's gloomy, black and white cover art was illustrated by Staley. The drawing was based upon a photograph of Staley and his then-girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott.

Mad Season
Barrett Martin – drums, percussion, double bass, cello, marimba, vibraphone
Mike McCready – lead and rhythm electric and acoustic guitars
John Baker Saunders – bass guitar
Layne Staley – vocals, rhythm guitar, illustrations

Think of the one-shot Seattle supergroup Mad Season as the grunge version of sober living. Guitarist Mike McCready, best known as the main six-string slinger in Pearl Jam, met bassist John Baker Saunders while in rehab, and the two paired with Screaming Trees' drummer Barrett Martin and Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley, partially in hopes of steering the singer onto the path of the straight and narrow. Ultimately, the plan didn't pan out, but for a brief while, the quartet -- who adopted the name Mad Season -- did have their moment of clarity, captured on the 1995 album Above. There was a single issued to modern rock radio -- "River of Deceit" -- but this record downplayed easy hooks and melody in favor of churning introspection and slow vamps that occasionally flirt with blues (the never-ending 12-bar "Artificial Red," balanced by the distorto riffs of "I Don't Everything"), but usually conjure nothing more than the dank sludge of Seattle. Mad Season aren't quite mired in the darkest areas of grunge -- they're clever enough to let a saxophonist lend color to "Long Gone Day" -- but the lack of melodicism is a bit of a drag over the long haul, turning Above into a bit of heavy mood music. In a sense, it's the id of Seattle run rampant: all the bands involved, outside of Saunders' Walkabouts and Martin's Trees (who were nevertheless considerably more popular than Saunders' group), enjoyed commercial success in 1995, so they could have gotten away with anything and, in a sense, they did, as a major-label actually released this turgid bit of soul-baring heavy rock. McCready gets plenty of room for his elliptical guitar, the players has space to dig into their minor-key vamps, Staley essays his only set of completely original lyrics, but the whole thing feels kind of inert and indulgent, which may be appropriate for a band treating rock & roll as therapy.   -All Music Guide

• Vinyl 2-LP Import 2013
• Label  - Music On Vinyl
• 180 Gram Vinyl Records - 2-LP - Sealed
• Limited Edition
• Numbered
• Previously unreleased bonus tracks - ("Locomotive," "Black Book Of Fear," "Slip Away") and a remix of "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier"

Track Listing
LP1
1. Wake Up
2. X-Ray Mind
3. River Of Deceit
4. Artificial Red
5. Lifeless Dead
6. I Don't Know Anything

LP2
1. Long Gone Day
2. November Hotel
3. All Alone
4. Interlude
5. Locomotive (bonus track)
6. Black Book Of Fear (bonus track)
7. Slip Away (bonus track)
8. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (remix)

Buy At MusicRecordShop



Musicology 101

Let's have a little fun, so here are some rock and roll nuggets so you can win at music trivia games and become a top musicologist!

For many years it was thought that the very first song ever recorded was "Mary Had A Little Lamb," as spoken by Thomas Edison while testing an early phonograph in 1877. In March, 2008, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections announced the discovery of a recording of "Au Clair de la Lune," found by audio historians in the archives of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris . The recording was made by Parisian inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville and recorded on a "phonautograph", a device that engraved sound waves onto a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp. The recording took place on April 9th, 1860...17 years before Thomas Edison invented his phonograph.

When Elvis started filming 'Loving You' in early 1957, he dyed his hair jet-black for the part. He liked the change from his natural dark blonde so much, he continued to dye it for the rest of his life.

Little Richard's opening line to his hit "Tutti Frutti", A-wop bop-a loo-mop, a-lop bam-boom! was a scat that was supposed to imitate a drum solo opening.

The first few copies of "Hey Paula" were credited to "Jill and Ray," since the singer's real names were Jill Jackson and Ray Hildebrand. For continuity sake, the duo were quickly re-named Paul and Paula.

The Allman Brothers' only Billboard Top 10 hit, "Ramblin' Man" was the last song recorded by bassist Berry Oakley before his death in 1972.

The soundtrack for the movie Saturday Night Fever was composed and performed primarily by The Bee Gees and has gone platinum fifteen times over. Despite this success, The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb stated that he had never seen the film all the way through.

The Eagles first learned the J.D. Souther written "How Long" in 1974, and although it was frequently included in their live shows, they refrained from recording it so Souther could use it on his own solo album. It finally appeared on their 2007 album, 'Long Road Out Of Eden' and was released as a single in January, 2008. A month later, the song brought the band their fifth Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

When an interviewer asked Paul Simon "What's the smartest thing you ever heard anybody in Rock 'n' Roll say?", Simon answered "Be bop-a-lula, she's my baby."

After the amazing success of "Dark Side Of The Moon", Pink Floyd planned an album that featured the sounds of household objects, which fortunately was never recorded.

Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" was written as an answer to two Neil Young songs, "Southern Man" and "Alabama", which dealt with themes of racism and slavery in the American South. Young was born in Toronto, Canada and Skynyrd's members were from Florida.

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

Raveonettes - Whip It On 

Whip It On is the impressive debut by Danish psych-Pop duo The Raveonettes, originally released in 2002.  All written in the key of B flat minor, band members Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner made quite an impact with 8 intoxicating 'film noiresque' tunes, driven by strong rhythms and heavy 3 chord riffs.  Their stripped down, in-your-face sound stands out in the indie realm of dreamy guitar pop. 

Whip It On was the starting gun that launched The Raveonettes, resulting in sophomore high-class albums like Chain Gang Of Love from 2003 [MOVLP069] and the recently re-released Pretty In Black [MOVLP721] from 2005.  First 1000 copies are pressed on red vinyl and come in individually numbered jackets.

• 100 gram audiophile vinyl
• First 1.000 copies limited & numbered on RED vinyl!

Tracklisting:
Side 1
1.  Attack Of The Ghost Riders   
2.  Veronica Fever   
3.  Do You Believe Her   
4.  Chains

Side 2  
1.  Cops On Our Tail   
2.  My Tornado   
3.  Bowels Of The Beast   
4.  Beat City

Suicidal Tendencies - Lights Camera Revolution

Music On Vinyl are thrilled to unleash the fourth studio album from Venice Beach, L.A. heavyweights Suicidal Tendencies.  Lights… Camera… Revolution (1990) will be reissued on 180 gram turquoise vinyl for 1000 lucky thrashers!

Album opener and unmistakable anthem "You Can't Bring Me Down" –  S.T.'s rally against vicious rumours and their notorious ban from playing public places in L.A. – sets the tone for the record, with 'Cyco' Mike Muir's lyrics of social commentary handled with intelligence, humour and a punk rock middle-finger.  Lights… Camera… Revolution boasts the line-up now deemed classic. Suicidal's flirtation with the mainstream (complete with obligatory criticism of 'selling-out') went Gold in the US with over half a million copies sold, and to this day remains an essential record in any Metal or Punk collection.

For fans of:  Anthrax, Metallica, Biohazard and Black Flag.

180 gram audiophile vinyl
1000 numbered & limited coloured copies

Tracklisting:
SIDE 1
1 You Can't Bring Me Down
2 Lost Again 488        
3 Alone        
4 Lovely                                
5 Give It Revolution
 
SIDE 2
1 Get Whacked
2 Send Me Your Money
3 Emotion No. 13
4 Disco's Out, Murder's In            
5 Go'n Breakdown  

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Bare Wires

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers were the undisputed flag-bearers of the British Blues movement during the mid sixties.  The band saw many configurations, spawning talents like Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood.  Bare Wires is their fifth album, recorded in 1968 with (a.o.) Mick Taylor on guitar, Jon Hiseman on drums, Dick Heckstall-Smith on sax and Tony Reeves on bass.  The latter three started Prog Rock band Colloseum a little later - Reeves went on to work with Sandy Denny and John Martyn. Bare Wires is a truly iconic album, as it went down as the album where Mayall treaded Jazz territory, making it a record with historical importance.  On 180 gram audiophile vinyl!

Tracklisting:
Side 1
1. Bare Wires
2. Where Did I Belong
3. I Started Walking 
4. Open A New Door 
5. Fire  
6. I Know Now  
7. Look In The Mirror

Side 2   
1. I'm A Stranger 
2. No Reply  
3. Hartley Quits  
4. Killing Time   
5. She's Too Young 
6. Sandy

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Miles Davis Sextet – Someday My Prince Will Come – Columbia Records Legacy Recordings – mono vinyl

Miles Davis – Milestones – Columbia Records/ Legacy Recordings – mono vinyl

Two great Miles Davis classics on reissued vinyl - but why in mono when stereo masters are available?

Published on April 15, 2013

Miles Davis Sextet – Someday My Prince Will Come – [TrackList follows] Columbia Records Legacy Recordings audiophile mono 180gr. vinyl CL 1656 (No. 1215) **:

(Miles Davis/Hank Mobley/Wynton Kelly/Paul Chambers/Jimmy Cobb)

Here are two more mono audiophile reissues on vinyl of albums recorded in stereo and much superior in that form, whether on vinyl or digital media. Three Miles Davis collectible titles are being released on mono vinyl on the 20th of this month (the third is ‘Round About Midnight”) in support of Record Store Day and independent record retailers nationwide. The first of these albums is available in a three-channel SACD from Analogue Productions, mastered from the original three-channel tapes of the 1961 session. In order to make more fair comparison, I used the two-channel stereo option on the SACD to compare with the new vinyl disc.

Miles sounds great as usual on the vinyl, with his sophisticated variations on the Disney tune and the rest of the half-dozen tracks. This was his successor to Sketches of Spain, but there’s little connection between the two albums. But the very highest frequencies of his trumpet are not there, and the other five players on the session sound way in the background rather than spaced out across the stereo stage.  As various soloists come up, such as pianist Wynton Kelly, the same effect is repeated with the rest of the sextet. On the SACD each of the soloists is dead center, and of course with the three-channel version, it’s even more so. The mono vinyl puts Kelly’s piano right on top of Miles, whereas on the SACD he is off to the left and Miles is at center as it should be. Can’t imagine who would prefer the mono vinyl.

TrackList:  Someday My Prince Will Come, Old Folks, Pfrancing, Drad-Dog, Teo, I Thought About You.

Buy at  Amazon

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Miles Davis – Milestones [TrackList follows] – Columbia Records/ Legacy Recordings audiophile mono 180gr. vinyl CL 1193 (No. 1643) **:

(Miles Davis, trumpet; Cannonball Adderley, alto sax; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums)

The tune “Milestones,” heard in two different takes on this disc, was just as important in making modality a feature of modern jazz as was the more famous Kind of Blue. There are also additional alternate takes of two of the other tracks on this CD, which the vinyl version does not have. By the way, this is a standard stereo CD—not a SACD—but in my A/B comparisons I heard almost as noticeable a contrast between the two media as with the Someday My Prince release. The Columbia CD, like so many releases, says absolutely nothing about whether it is mono or stereo, but the Mobile Fidelity version of it is marked monaural, which is wrong. It’s stereo, with the piano on the left and drums on the right.

The CD has more high end details and especially a strong feeling of the ambience of the studio, which is completely missing on the mono vinyl. Chambers’ doublebass seem to envelop everything on the mono version, rather than just being a member of the sextet, as on the CD. Having the players spread out a bit on the stereo stage is so much more enjoyable than all crowded together at the center. And then there’s those three additional tracks which you don’t get on the vinyl. Pricing on these Legacy monos seems to be less than the SACD version on Mobile Fidelity (which oddly is also mono) but more than the stereo CD. Perhaps with one of these new even-more-expensive mono-only moving coils and an even more expensive turntable system than I have, this mono vinyl might sound a bit better, but I doubt it. I did notice that switching my preamp to Full Mono instead of Direct on my turntable, made the disc sound even worse. (Milestones will be reissued by Mobile Fidelity on April 30th in a vinyl version.)

TrackList:  Dr. Jekyll, Sid’s Ahead, Two Bass Hit, Milestones, Billy Boy, Straight No Chaser.

—John Henry

I want to thank John over at www.audaud.com for the exclusive rights to reprint this great review!

AUDIOPHILE AUDITION focuses on recordings of interest to audiophiles and collectors, with an accent on surround sound for music, and on all hi-res disc formats. Over 100SACD, DVD Video/Audio and standard CD reviews are published during each month, and our archives go back to January 2001.

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nice vinyl story out of the great state of west virginia

Couple hope passion for records turns profit






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cool story, but how many Beatles' White Album are needed?

Rutherford Chang – We Buy White Albums






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Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dies at 49

 

Sundazed May 2013 New Releases

great news straight from tim at Sundazed.com

DONOVAN

Definitive Mono Editions on Vinyl!

PRE-ORDER THEM HERE


In the revolutionary musical atmosphere of the second half of the 1960s, no artist embodied the era's spirit of creative freedom and freewheeling self-invention more strongly than Donovan. Born Donovan Philips Leitch, the multitalented Scottish troubadour rose from the U.K. folk scene and was initially hailed as Britain's answer to Bob Dylan. But he quickly transcended his original folkie image to adopt a more distinctive and expansive vision that put him in the vanguard of the psychedelic/flower-power explosion, while also exploring his interest in blues, jazz and Eastern music. Embracing an optimistic sensibility that exemplified the era's most idealistic hopes and dreams, Donovan was one of the few '60s artists who managed to make consistently inventive and popular albums while also scoring regularly on the singles charts, and his unique body of work remains as compelling today as when it was first created. Now, Sundazed presents three of Donovan's classic '60s albums in their original LP configurations, featuring high-quality vinyl, definitive mono mixes and complete original cover art.


Artist: Donovan
Title: MELLOW YELLOW
LP 5430 - MONO EDITION LP

Donovan's fourth album, 1967's Mellow Yellow, is a dynamic transitional effort that finds the singer-songwriter-guitarist expanding his artistry into rewarding new areas. In addition to the sing-along title hit, which famously inspired a persistent urban legend regarding the recreational consumption of banana peels, Mellow Yellow encompasses acoustic introspection ("Writer in the Sun"), crafty art-pop ("Museum"), bittersweet insight ("Young Girl Blues"), beat poetry ("The Observation") and a fond nod to British folk icon Bert Jansch ("House of Jansch"). In addition to the production of British Invasion legend Mickie Most, Mellow Yellow features ear-catching arrangements by future Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones and sitar by cult singer-songwriter Shawn Phillips. With its original mono mix capturing the vibrant vibes of Donovan during this incredibly creative and productive period, this vintage gem has never sounded better!

TRACK LIST:
1. Mellow Yellow
2. Writer in the Sun
3. Sand and Foam
4. The Observation
5. Bleak City Woman
6. House of Jansch
7. Young Girl Blues
8. Museum
9. Hampstead Incident
10. Sunny South Kensington

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Artist: Donovan
Title: WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN
LP 5431 - MONO EDITION LP

Donovan's 1967 release Wear Your Love Like Heaven is one of his brightest and most upbeat albums. Also released as the first half of the landmark two-CD box set A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, it finds Donovan in mostly electric mode, and taking an increasingly active production role that he would maintain for the rest of his career. In addition to the dreamy title hit, the enchanting set features such beloved Donovan standards as "Mad John's Escape," "Oh Gosh," "Skip-A-Long Sam" and the Shakespeare-inspired "Under the Greenwood Tree." In addition to its pristine original mono mix, this definitive LP edition boasts one of Donovan's most memorable cover designs, featuring a haunting infrared photograph of the artist by noted photographer Karl Ferris.

TRACK LIST:
1. Wear Your Love Like Heaven
2. Mad John’s Escape
3. Skip-A-Long Sam
4. Sun
5. There Was a Time
6. Oh Gosh
7. Little Boy in Corduroy
8. Under the Greenwood Tree
9. The Land of Doesn’t Have to Be
10. Someone Singing

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Artist: Donovan
Title: The Hurdy Gurdy Man
LP 5432 - MONO EDITION LP

With 1968’s The Hurdy Gurdy Man, Donovan delivered one of his most full-realized works, with a psychedelic/progressive edge as well as an exotic Eastern flavor that reflects the influence of his then-recent trip with the Beatles to India to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi—an experience that helped to inspire Donovan to renounce drug use and encourage his fans to try meditation instead of chemical consumption. While the title track introduced a heavier-sounding Donovan to AM radio listeners and became one of his biggest hit singles, the smash “Jennifer Juniper” maintains his gentle, romantic side. The album’s playful experimental spirit is reflected in the innovative use of drones on such tracks as “Peregrine” and “Tangier,” and in the music-hall diversion of “As I Recall It,” while “A Sunny Day,” “The River Song” and “The Entertaining of a Shy Girl” showcase Donovan’s knack for idyllic, pastoral songcraft. Sundazed’s vinyl edition of The Hurdy Gurdy Man features the album’s rare, much sought-after original mono mix, doing justice to the sonic presence and creative imagination of this vintage gem.

TRACK LIST:
1. Hurdy Gurdy Man
2. Peregrine
3. The Entertaining of a Shy Girl
4. As I Recall It
5. Get Thy Bearings
6. Hi It’s Been a Long Time
7. West Indian Lady
8. Jennifer Juniper
9. The River Song
10. Tangier
11. A Sunny Day
12. The Sun Is a Very Magic Fellow
13. Teas


Available now:

Donovan - Sunshine Superman
MONO EDITION - LP 5028

By 1966 Donovan had evolved beyond his initial folk troubadour style and fully embraced the budding “flower power” movement. Finding inspiration in jazz, blues, world music and West Coast U.S. rock, he partnered with top UK producer Mickie Most and arranger John Cameron to capture the sound he was pursuing in his mind. Their first collaboration, the “Sunshine Superman” single, was a smashing success, reaching #1 on the U.S. charts and establishing Donovan as a major pop star. Containing a prominent psychedelic vibe and featuring exotic instrumentation like sitar and tablas, it foreshadowed the Summer of Love zeitgeist by a full year. Recorded at EMI Studios London, it also featured session guitarist and soon-to-be Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin member Jimmy Page.

Upon signing with Epic Records in the U.S., Donovan, Most and Cameron traveled to Los Angeles to continue recording at CBS Studios. The subject matter of the songs ran the gamut, reflecting Donovan’s interests and influences. “The Fat Angel,” a tribute to Mama Cass, also name checks The Jefferson Airplane (who returned the favor by covering the song on their live album Bless Its Pointed Little Head). “Bert’s Blues” honors UK folk pioneer Bert Jansch , a major influence on Donovan, Page and many other British guitarists. “The Trip” salutes the L.A. club of the same name and mentions Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, director Federico Fellini and the Buddhist concept of Zen in the lyrics. Elsewhere, the foreboding “Season of the Witch” served as the dark reflection of the cheery “Sunshine Superman” and remains one on Donovan’s most intriguing songs.

Sessions for the Epic album, to be titled Sunshine Superman, concluded in May 1966 and it was released in the U.S. in September of that year. Due to a contract dispute with his former label, Pye Records, the album was not released in the UK until 1967, and then in a greatly altered form. The dispute, stemming from Donovan’s move to Epic, delayed the UK release of future recordings as well. This legal wrangling put Donovan in the rare position of a UK artist whose records came out in the U.S. before they appeared in his homeland. This Sundazed reissue has been sourced from the original analog Epic tapes in the rare U.S. MONO mix! Cameron’s arrangements sparkle as the instrument lineup varies from song to song (listen closely for Shawn Phillips on sitar!) as Most’s production expertly frames each track. Above all, Donovan delivers an incredible collection of songs, perfectly preserving a moment in time. It is now yours to enjoy forever.

TRACK LISTING:
 1. Sunshine Superman
 2. Legend of a Girl Child Linda
 3. Three King Fishers
 4. Ferris Wheel
 5. Bert's Blue
 6. Season of the Witch
 7. The Trip
 8. Guinevere
 9. The Fat Angel
 10. Celeste

Order at Sundazed

The Vinyl Pulse

The Vinyl Pulse, is a weekly snapshot of what is selling on the big vinyl machine called eBay. This is a great way to keep your eyes peeled for a specific record and what you might have to pay for it to obtain it.

CollectorsFrenzy lists the top 25 real time ended auctions and the selling price for the collectible vinyl and is updated daily.






Top Sellers May 1, 2013

1.  THE SKY ROCKETS AND DIMITRIS PIERIDES rare GREEK GARAGE BEAT MOD LP ORIGINAL    Sold for $2375.00 

2.  PAT LEWIS 45 No One To Love SOLID HIT 109 VG RARE NORTHERN SOUL   Sold for $2050.00

3.  JEAN MICHEL JARRE Deserted Palace ORIGINAL VINYL LP RARE SEE CONDITION NOTE   Sold for $1351.00 

4.  DANA GILLESPIE mega-rare unreleased 1968 UK Decca psych folk LP - unheard tracks   Sold for $1255.66 

5.  ULTRA RARE 7” RUSSIAN BERLINER – WOLF-ISRAEL (violin)    Sold for $1247.00 

6.  SYD BARRETT PINK FLOYD OCTOPUS +GOLDEN HAIR produced DAVID GILMOUR ROGER WATERS   Sold for $1127.23  

7.  CLEAN orig 1960 vinyl 45 THE VENTURES "Walk-Don't Run" BLUE HORIZON #101 Seattle    Sold for $1075.00 

8.  THE STOOGES Fun House ultra-rare original 1970 UK Elektra psych-punk LP - NM    Sold for $1053.68

9.  DAVID OISTRAKH / YAMPOLSKY "ENCORES" COLUMBIA ORIGINAL STEREO ISSUE SAX 2253    Sold for $759.52

10.  IGOR OISTRAKH / BRAHMS "SONATAS NO 1 & 2" COLUMBIA ORIGINAL STEREO 1961 SAX 2388   Sold for $692.60 
 

Please visit CollectorsFrenzyfor daily updates!

also did some checking, there are 1,761,368 active listings for the search term LP on eBay today, slightly above the weekly average.  Lots of records for sale on the big vinyl machine and lots of expensive records changing hands!

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at Relapse.com

ASG - Blood Drive

Relapse Records
28 May 2013 

Release Dates
May 28, 2013 - N.America
May 27, 2013 - UK/World
May 24, 2013 - Germany, Benelux, Finland

ASG emerge from the sandy shores of North Carolina to deliver their fourth full length and Relapse debut ‘Blood Drive’, produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Fu Manchu).  Sun soaked groove heavy riffs that reference equal parts Torche and Queens of the Stone Age ‘Blood Drive’ is nothing short of anthemic.  ASG have toured the country relentlessly with the likes of Corrosion of Conformity, Weedeater and Black Tusk.  But what’s most remarkable about ‘Blood Drive’ is that any of its 12 instantly memorable songs could just as easily be FM radio smash hits.  What sets ASG apart from their swampy peers is singer/guitarist Jason Shi’s voice:  this is a set of songs that are truly SUNG by a guy who can actually SING.  ‘Blood Drive’ is a kick ass blast of sun that elevates ASG to the level of some of their most well-regarded Relapse label-mates like Baroness and Mastodon.

Deluxe double LP vinyl comes with exclusive bonus song!

First Press

1000 x Black Standard Gram
500 x Green w/ Orange Splatter
500 x Red/Yellow w/ Green Splatter Mailorder Exclusive
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

Press Quotes:

"ASG have stumbled upon a goosebump-raising formula that combines the sludgiest swamps and the sunniest sunshine" - Revolver 4/5

"It's heavy, hummable, and as electric as its artwork." Allmusic

"a trip through ’90s alt-metal history with a dose of modern Sabbath-revival stonerism thrown in for good measure" - MetalSucks

Order Your Copy At Relapse

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from the folks at ThrillJockey.com

Mountains - Centralia

Mountains’ music is defined by slow builds, and subtle transformations, textures and melodic lines that evolve in a variety of ways to create grand soundscapes and acutely detailed compositions. For Centralia, the duo of Koen Holtkamp and Brendon Anderegg wrote and recorded in a way that mirrors the pace of their music. While the current trend in experimental music is towards hyper-prolificity, Mountains have taken their time on Centralia, resulting in an album that is as precise as it is boundless. Holtkamp and Anderegg approached the album layer by layer, throughout much of the record combining purely-acoustic recordings with purely-electronic sounds rather than using electronics to manipulate acoustic source material. Guitar, cello, organs, electric piano, and more are seamlessly combined with modular electronics, synthesizers and other sound sources. The result is a fully engrossing listen, always shifting focus between acoustic instruments, processed instruments and electronic sound.

Most of Centralia was recorded by Holtkamp and Anderegg at Telescope Recording in Brooklyn, with the exception of the side-long “Propeller” and “Liana,” which are recordings of live shows later augmented with additional instrumentation. The duo recorded, edited, and mixed everything themselves, creating a sonic and aesthetic continuity only achievable through such fastidious and insular methods. Be it the gently melodic acoustic guitar and keyboard of “Tilt” or the steady, subtle pulsating haze of “Living Lens,” the album is as sonically rich as it is compositionally diverse.
Centralia is the most fully realized Mountains album, it encompasses everything Mountains represents, from the analog electronic sound of Air Museum, to the gentle warmth and improvised grandeur of Choral. Mountains are utterly singular in their ability to combine such varied and complex sources into such delicately detailed songs of perceived simple pastoral ambience.

Double LP version includes a free download coupon. We've re-pressed Centralia in a limited quantity on BROWN VINYL. All mailorders will get brown-colored vinyl until we run out!

Buy it HERE

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'Re-Animator' Soundtrack Vinyl Release

Waxwork Records is excited to release the original soundtrack to the 1985 horror film, RE-ANIMATOR. This limited release guarantees buyers the score on green 180 gram vinyl. A limited number of variant glow-in-the-dark vinyl will be randomly inserted.

Composed and conducted by Richard Band, the score has been specifically re-mastered for vinyl. LP sleeve includes composer notes by Richard Band and original photos of the actual 1985 recording session in Rome, Italy. This LP package includes a heavy duty jacket with a sleek matte laminate finish for added structure and a silky feel. Full LP package artwork (front and back cover, record sleeve, and vinyl center labels) created by Ghoulish Gary Pullin. Massive full color poster of cover art included. On sale July 1st, 2013.

Visit Waxwork Records for more information.

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1974 Live Album Put Off Until Next Year







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The Monkees Announce Summer 2013 Tour Dates






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Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Team Up for Blues Album






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ZZ Top Getting Box Set of Their Warner Brothers Catalog









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 Fleetwood Mac release Extended Play EP, first new music in 10 years











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 Yes Considering New Album










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Kiss Add U.S. Dates to 2013 Summer Run







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Lou Gramm Says He May Reunite With Foreigner for Farewell Tour






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album cover art of the day:

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from grimeys.com

GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 4/22 - 4/28, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
2. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
3. Junip - Junip
4. Paramore - The Holiday Sessions 7"
5. Caitlin Rose - The Stand-In
6. Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost
7. Fall Out Boy - Save Rock N' Roll
8. White Fence - Cyclops Reap
9. Fuzz - Sleigh Ride 7"
10. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
11. Mumford & Sons - Babel
12. Hotpipes - DUST
13. The Shouting Matches - Grownass Man
14. James Blake - Overgrown
15. Ashley Monroe - Like A Rose
16. The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow
17. Josh Rouse - The Happiness Waltz
18. Luella & The Sun - Luella & The Sun 10"
19. Pere Ubu - Live At The Longhorn
20. Dawes - Stories Don't End
21. Cold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
22. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
23. Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong
24. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
25. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

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