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DEAR JERRY:Been wracking my brain to come up with the top-rated R&B and C&W artists who never once appeared on any of the Pop/Rock charts.
It seems like every big name I come up with had something cross over, even far-fetched as Hank Williams (“Jambalaya”) and Lonnie Johnson (“Tomorrow Night”).
Who are your choices for this interesting title?
—Cary LaSalle, Terre Haute, Ind.
DEAR CARY: First let's name this dubious honor. How about C.C. (Crossover Challenged)?
You suggest referencing “any” Pop/Rock charts (singles, albums, etc.), but should that include those regionally successful record charts Billboard described as “Bubbling Under the Hot 100.”
Over its life (1959-1985), this addendum listed from a few to a few dozen selections, about 58% of which graduated to the Hot 100.
If we do not count those bubblers, then Mel Tillis is the C&W winner of the C.C. crown. If we do, then we skip over Mel and the answer is Earl Thomas Conley.
The same goes for the R&B genre. Omit those whose highest position came while Bubbling Under and Phyllis Hyman is the pick. Among R&B non-bubblers, Sonny Thompson is most Crossover Challenged.
DEAR JERRY:Because my favorite music decade is the 1960s, I was disappointed to read a blog that says hardly any of the top superstars won a Grammy in the '60s.
Non-winners include the Rolling Stones; Beach Boys; 4 Seasons; Supremes; Connie Francis; Roy Orbison; Brenda Lee; and many others.
If not the giants in the field at the time, then why?
—Martha Proctor, Cleveland
roger miller & andy williams
DEAR MARTHA: Grammys in those days mostly went to folks who neither rocked nor rolled.
Despite the immeasurable impact of the British Invasion and the rise of Motown in the '60s, very rarely did an artist from these genres win in any of the key categories, especially Best Rock & Roll Recording.
For 1964, instead of the Beatles' “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” the No. 1 record of the year, Petula Clark's ”Downtown“ took the Grammy for Best Rock & Roll Recording.
The Best Rhythm & Blues Recording of '64 should have been either “My Guy” (Mary Wells) or “Baby Love” (Supremes) but went to jazz singer Nancy Wilson for “How Glad I Am.”
These are great recordings by Petula and Nancy, but neither is considered R&R or R&B by anyone I know.
The inexplicable choices continue:
The Best Contemporary (Rock & Roll) single of 1965 was another no-brainer. It should have been “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” (Rolling Stones), the No. 1 hit of that year AND the entire decade.
Grammy voters instead chose Roger Miller's “King of the Road,” an excellent country ballad that ranks zero on a rock and roll scale of 100.
Proving that two wrongs rarely make a right, “King of the Road,” also won for Best Rock & Roll Male Vocal Performance. My pick would have been “Like a Rolling Stone” (Bob Dylan).
Mysteriously, “King of the Road” also won in identical categories for C&W. If you're asking how it can possibly be both, you are not alone.
As for Best Rock & Roll Vocal Group of 1965, how could it not be the Beatles? Even the Rolling Stones; Beach Boys; 4 Seasons; or Supremes would have been acceptable.
Incredulously, the Best Contemporary (Rock & Roll) Group for '65 turned out to be the Statler Brothers, a country music quartet with only one Top 100 hit for the entire decade (“Flowers on the Wall”).
Oh yes, the Grammy for Best Rock & Roll Recording of 1962 went to Bent Fabric's piano instrumental, “Alley Cat.” No recognition is even made of the umpteen-million-selling hit that defined '62, as well as the first third of the decade: “The Twist” by Chubby Checker.
I know it was the '60s, but what were these people smoking?
IZ ZAT SO? Roger Miller established an impressive record for his records in 1964 and '65.
For those two years, Roger won 11 Grammys, the most ever by anyone in back-to-back years:
Best of 1964: C&W Single; C&W Song; C&W Album; C&W Male Vocal Performance; and New C&W Artist. The first four categories are for “Dang Me.”
Best of 1965: Contemporary (R&R) Single; C&W Single; C&W Song; R&R Male Vocal Performance; C&W Male Vocal Performance; C&W Album. The first five categories are for “King of the Road,” the album is “The Return of Roger Miller.”
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.
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Triple Crown is releasing a Limited Edition box set, contains 16 page booklet, digital download card of the complete collection and Nine 10″ colored vinyls. Each vinyl will be colored to match the restrospective EPs in the collection.
Black
1. Never Forgive, Never Forget
2. Filth And Squalor
3. Take More Than You Need
4. This Body
Red
1. I Couldn't Do It Alone
2. A Curse Of Cynicism
3. Deny It All
4. We've Got A Score To Settle
Orange
1. Echo
2. Stuck On A Wire, Out On The Fence
3. A Sea of Solid Earth
4. But There's Wolves?
Yellow
1. She's Always Singing
2. The Dead Dont Starve
3. A Sua Voz
4. Misplaced Devotion
Green
1. Things That Hide Away
2. The Canopy
3. Crow And Cackle
4. The Inheritance
Blue
1. Tripping In Triplets
2. Trapdoor
3. What You Said
4. The Collapse Of The Great Tide Cliffs
Indigo
1. What Time Taught Us
2. Mandala
3. Progress
4. Therma
Violet
1. Mr. Malum
2. Lillian
3. Too Late
4. Look Away
White
1. Home
2. Fall And Flee
3. No God
4. Lost But Not All Gone
For the week of April 4 – April 11, 2011 at ShopRadioCast:
1. The Menzingers – Chamberlain Waits LP 2. William Elliott Whitmore / P.O.S. – Split 7″ (Record Store Day) 3. Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones 4. Yellowcard – When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes LP (Exclusive) 5. Deftones – Adrenaline LP 6. Deftones – Around The Fur LP 7. Dance Gavin Dance – People We Knew 7″ 8. Balance and Composure – Separation 9. Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys (2XLP) 10. Small Brown Bike – Fell & Found
Teenage Fanclub – Thirteen Vinyl!
Original Recordings are pressing Teenage Fanclub’s album, “Thirteen” on vinyl due out May 24th, 2011. It will be pressed on high quality European vinyl. This will be the first time it is available on vinyl in North America
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the la times has this sad news:
Phoebe Snow dies at 60; singer of 1974 hit 'Poetry Man'
Phoebe Snow received wide acclaim for her self-titled album, which showed off her multi-octave range and musical versatility. She had suffered a brain hemorrhage in January 2010.
By Keith Thursby, Los Angeles Times
Phoebe Snow, a singer and songwriter who gained fame with her 1974 self-titled album that featured the hit single "Poetry Man," has died. She was 60.
Snow died Tuesday in Edison, N.J., said Rick Miramontez, her longtime friend and public relations representative. She had suffered a brain hemorrhage in January 2010.
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith has revealed that the group will release their as-yet-unnamed album in the last week of August this year.
He was speaking to Rock It Out, where he also talked about the chemistry with their newer guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who replace John Frusciante in 2010.
take a stroll down album cover art lane with a list of the greatest covers:
30 Greatest Album Covers Of All Time
One of the most overlooked consequences of the current digitialization of music is its effects on the artform that is the album cover. Once upon a time, if you wanted to buy an album, you would meander into your local record store and browse through the album sections, and lo! and behold! you were mesmorized by amazing cover art as large as your head. Today? Click, download, and that’s it. Of course, if you’re fortunate, the album art might take up a square inch of your iPod screen.
In honor of this lost art, we had compiled a list of our 30 favorite album covers of all time.
Read the rest and look some fantastic album cover art at www.bspcn.com
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AUGUST BURNS RED: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled
Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Christian metalcore quintet AUGUST BURNS RED will release its fourth album, "Leveler", on June 21 via Sollid State Records. The effort will be available in both regular and deluxe editions —a first for the band.
Read the rest and get the track list at Blabbermouth
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interesting record store story:
In tune with those who love music
By Dyke Hendrickson
NEWBURYPORT — In the 35 years that Richard Osborne has run Dyno Records, he has witnessed the arrival of cassettes, CDs, discount chains and (free) music swapping.
The Middle Street store has prevailed over many forces, and it appears that the persistent Osborne is going to keep the doors open until the Fat Lady sings.
"New ways of acquiring songs has hurt the business in recent years," said the soft-spoken Osborne, "and locally, the poor economy has also affected sales at stores like mine.
"But we still have people who really love music, and we've been successful at selling vinyl albums again and also second-hand records. There are some bright spots."
cool story about what the beatles were to george martin:
Sir George Martin: ‘The Beatles Aren’t The Beatles to Me’
Michael Wright
One can forgive Sir George Martin for not doing too much press these days. The former Beatles producer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who turned 85 earlier this year, has not produced an album since 2006’s Beatles mash-up, Love, for Cirque du Soleil. Beyond that, he’s answered every conceivable question about his former colleagues one could ask. But with a new documentary set to air on the BBC, Martin sat down with The Independent to talk about his career, and yes, in particular, those magical days with the Fab Four.
“I wasn’t music at all. It was comedy,” Martin said of the quality that first drew him to the group at their first audition in 1962.
In 1963, Little Peggy March started a three-week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “I Will Follow Him.” At 15 years, one month and 13 days old, Little Peggy March became the youngest female singer to have a U.S. #1.
John Lennon's "In His Own Write", a collection of funny poems and drawings, was published in the U.S in 1964.
Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" was released in 1968.
In 1969, Joe Cocker makes his American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show before embarking on a tour.
In 1971, the Grateful Dead appeared at The Fillmore East in New York City. The Beach Boys also appeared on stage with the Dead, who together performed a short set of Beach Boys songs.
In 1974, Ray Stevens released what would be his biggest hit, "The Streak". The novelty tune would make it to the top of the US charts next month. and a fad was born!
In 1980, three years and a day after opening its doors, New York's legendary Studio 54 was closed for liquor license violations. Several months earlier, owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager were jailed for tax evasion. The club would reopened under new management in 1981.
In 1985, USA For Africa started a three-week run at #1 on the U.S. chart with “We Are The World.” The U.S. answer to Band Aid featured an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the song’s composers, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
Poison released the album "Open Up and Say...Ahh!" in 1988
And in 2006 - the now famous fall out a tree incident - In Fiji, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) was admitted to a hospital after he reportedly suffered a head injury when he fell out of a palm tree.
birthdays today include (among many others) 1951, Ace Frehley of KISS (1951) and Kate Pierson of The B-52's (1948)
BAND WILL ALSO RECORD NEW 'ALBUM WITHIN AN ALBUM' IN MAY
PRNewswire -- Starting this fall (exact date TBA), EMI Music will honor the legacy of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS with an extensive campaign that will see the iconic band's albums from 1991-2000 reissued in fully remastered deluxe versions, each with bonus material.
With the full support and guidance from THE SMASHING PUMPKINS--who've created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history, selling over 30 million albums--EMI will roll out the global catalog campaign with the band's 1991 debut album GISH, 1993's SIAMESE DREAM and the 1994 compilation album PISCES ISCARIOT.
The excitement will continue into 2012 when EMI will reissue 1995's nine-times-platinum double album MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS, 1996's five-disc box set THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH and 1998's ADORE.
In 2013, their 2000 albums MACHINA/THE MACHINES OF GOD and MACHINA II: THE FRIENDS & ENEMIES OF MODERN MUSIC will be unified into one package. A best-of compilation will also be released in 2013. The pivotal group's many hits defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation.
This news comes as THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced they will head into the studio in May to record OCEANIA--"an album within an album"--as part of their in-progress 44-song work TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE, nine songs of which have already been released online for free (with two elaborately packaged EPs available in stores). The 10 new songs from OCEANIA will be released online at once in September (exact details TBA). The band is also eyeing a possible return to the road this August. Meanwhile, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS will release one more song ("Owata") next week (details TBA) from TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE before they take a break to record OCEANIA.
BILLY CORGAN, vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter for THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, is excited by the partnership with EMI and how this will result in the release of Pumpkins material that's in the vaults. "What makes the deal with EMI groundbreaking is the band has secured the right to all unreleased materials and will be in charge of any additional releases based on our discretion," says BILLY CORGAN, who founded the band in Chicago in 1988. "In essence, the band has the keys to the warehouse and can release whatever we want, when we want it. EMI totally supports this right, and they are our partners in it."
Colin Finkelstein, COO of EMI Music North America, said, "THE SMASHING PUMPKINS is a hugely influential and groundbreaking band, and EMI Music is pleased to partner with them for this global catalog initiative. We're excited to work with Billy Corgan to release remastered and expanded editions of the band's visionary albums, including previously unreleased recordings, and for EMI Music to exclusively distribute other gems from THE SMASHING PUMPKINS vaults, as sourced by Billy."
About THE SMASHING PUMPKINS:
The Smashing Pumpkins have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history and sold over 30 million albums. Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released Gish, their influential (and platinum) debut in 1991, which was followed by more platinum and multi-platinum albums including the nine-time platinum Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and the four-time platinum Siamese Dream as well as the platinum certified 1998 album Adore. The pivotal group's many hits defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation. The Pumpkins returned in 2007 with their gold-certified and acclaimed sixth album Zeitgeist, which entered the charts at Number 2 in the U.S. and in the Top Ten internationally. Since their triumphant return to the stage in 2007, the Pumpkins have headlined some of the biggest events around the globe including the Reading Festival, Rock Am Ring, and the V fest. In 2008, the band was inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk. Their first post-major label release was the song "Superchrist," issued via the Guitar Center CD Fresh Cuts Vol. 2. They subsequently recorded the song--the modern rock hit--"G.L.O.W." for the Guitar Hero® World Tour game, marking the first time a band has recorded a new song exclusively for the franchise. In November 2008, the band released their first live DVD, If All Goes Wrong. In December 2009 The Smashing Pumpkins began releasing Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, a 44-song work with songs being released online one at a time for free (4-song physical EPs will be made available as the songs are released, such as the first one: Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol 1: Songs For A Sailor, issued May 25, 2010 thru Martha's Music/Rocket Science Ventures). This was followed by a second EP--Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol. II: "The Solstice Bare"--released November 23, 2010 via Martha's Music/Rocket Science Ventures. The group's BILLY CORGAN has said the new music "harkens back to the original psychedelic roots of The Smashing Pumpkins; atmospheric, melodic, heavy, and pretty."
Not only can Wilco fans expect a new album from the alt-rockers this fall, they can expect it to be delivered via the band’s own record label. The Chicago band’s eighth studio album, tentatively titled Get Well Soon Everybody, will be their first on dBpm, to be distributed through ANTI.
Frontman Jeff Tweedy told RollingStone.com that the album is in the mixing stages and that the band recorded more than 20 songs, “out of the things I had coming in, which was somewhere in the fifties and sixties. It’s a pretty great time for me writing-wise.”
Ozzy Osbourne Surprised People Still Ask About Bat-Biting Incident
It's been 29 years since the night Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat onstage, and he's still wondering why people still ask him about it.
"One of the things that amazes me is, even now people go, 'So Ozzy, did you really bite the head off a bat?'" Osbourne said a press conference at the Tribeca Film Festival on Monday. "If you didn't know, then you must be living in a cave."
Punk icon (X-ray Spex frontwoman) Poly Styrene passes away
Marianne Elliot Said
July 3rd 1957- April 25th 2011
Poly Styrene was a punk amongst punks. A groundbreaking presence that left an unrepeatable mark on the musical landscape, she made history the moment she uttered, "Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard but I think oh bondage up yours!" The influence of Poly and X-ray Spex has been felt far and wide ever since. Their landmark album Germ Free Adolescents is a landmark work and a primary influence on Britpop and Riot Grrrl. At the centre of it was PolyStyrene, a bi-racial feminist punk with the perfect voice to soundtrack rebellion. Poly never sacrificed the intelligence or the fun in her music and style. Her trademark braces and dayglo clothes were a playful rejection of the status quo and of conformity and complacency. She dissected gender politics, consumer culture, and the obsessions of modern life in a way that made us all want sing along with her.
At the core of Poly's work from Germ Free Adolescents through Generation Indigo, is a revolutionary with a genuine love for this world and the people and things in it. Her indomitable heart is all over the new material from her championing of cruelty free products ("I Luv Ur Sneakers") to giving voice to marginalized poor people worldwide ("No Rockefeller") to tackling racism ("Colour Blind"). Poly Styrene never stopped exciting us with her incisive world-view, amazing wit, and her adventurous sound. It is impossible to imagine what modern music would be like without her incalculable contributions but it's probably not worth imagining a world that never had Poly Styrene in it.
A thrilling work from a true pioneer and rebel in every sense, Poly Styrene's album Generation Indigo is out now through Future Noise Music and was produced by Youth (The Verve, Killing Joke, The Fireman, Edwyn Collins). The album received rave reviews from Uncut, NME, The Guardian and countless others across the Atlantic. The forward looking Generation Indigo showcases Poly's humorous musings on pop culture, the internet and fashion whilst also tackling heavier subject matter (war and racism) with her politically aware and intelligent lyrics all in the inimitable voice of a genuine icon.
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Lollapalooza 2011 Lineup Revealed
This year is the 20th anniversary of the famed Lollapalooza festival, which is set to go on August 5-7 in Chicago's Grant Park.
Lollapalooza just unveiled this year's lineup, and it's packed with star power and an indie music haven. The headliners Coldplay, Eminem, Muse, and Foo Fighters will be joined by My Morning Jacket, Beirut, Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Bright Eyes, Arctic Monkeys, Lykke Li, Sleigh Bells, Cults, Best Coast, Atmosphere, the Kills, Local Natives, the Mountain Goats, the Cars, Smith Westerns, Explosions in the Sky, Big Audio Dynamite, the Drums, Black Lips, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Dom, Friendly Fires, Tennis, Wye Oak and many more.
great story in northern illinois, it's good to see a long-standing record store continuing to thrive!
Algonquin Records Celebrates 35 Years in Business
With small businesses closing left and right, this is truly a milestone.
By Nicole Marie Nalls
During the last decade, downloading may have become the preferred method of acquiring music, but long before there were CDs, MP3s and iPods there were vinyl records. Although records have decreased in popularity and many stores stopped selling them or went the way of Woolworths and closed for good, records have remained popular with collectors and some stores kept with the times without abandoning their original vision.
Algonquin Records, which recently celebrated its 35th anniversary, is a Des Plaines staple and testament to the loyalty of music fans across the decades. Owner Dan Malapanes is an avid music lover who opened Algonquin in 1976. The store now carries new and used records, cassettes, CDs, DVDs and used books in prices that range from as low as .25 cents for used items to $80 for new box-sets.
In 1967, 16 year old Janis Ian sings "Society Child" on the CBS-TV show, Inside Pop - The Rock Revolution. A year before, the song was banned by many radio stations because of its interracial love affair theme. Following her television appearance, the record shot into the US Top Twenty.
In 1975, B.J. Thomas had the longest title of a number one song at the top of the "Billboard" popular music chart. The song was "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song."
Studio 54 opened in New York in 1977.
In 1980, Blondie were at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Call Me,” the group's fourth U.K. #1, that was featured in the Richard Gere movie American Gigolo .The track was also a #1 in the U.S
In 1990, Nirvana appeared at The Pyramid Club, New York City. The band’s label, Sub Pop, film the show and the performance of “In Bloom” was later used as a promo clip.
In 2002, TLC member Lisa Lopes was killed aged 30 in a car accident in La Ceiba, Honduras. Seven other people, including Lopes’ brother and sister, who were in the Mitsubishi Montero sports utility vehicle when the crash happened, were taken to hospital. Lopes who was driving the car when it crashed had spent the past month in Honduras working on various projects including a clothing line, a new solo project and a book.
In 2007, during opening statements in Phil Spector's murder trial, defense attorney Bruce Cutler told the jury that before police even had a cause of death, they had murder on their mind. "Fame and success come back to haunt you." After months of testimony, jurors would announce a deadlock of ten for guilty and two for not guilty. The judge then declared a mistrial and a new trial was slated to begin in August, 2008. Spector was convicted on April 14th, 2009.
birthday wishes to 1938, Duane Eddy (1938), Roger Taylor of Duran Duran (1960) and Gary Wright (1943)
A boat load a great new music this week including Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs with No Help Coming, Emmylou Harris with Hard Bargain, Of Montreal's thecontrollersphere and Explosions in the Sky's Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, just to name a few.
The Rolling Stones' The Complete Singles (1971-2006) 45-CD box set is being released today, however, just how much Stones' music does one need (a bit excessive, if you ask me).
CVR Blog picks of the week include UFO's reissue of one of their best Phenomenon on vinyl (2 LPs), Steve Earle's latest studio album I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, the Sleigh Bells' Treats getting a vinyl reissue, Chatham County Line with IV reissue on vinyl, Baptists self titled effort on vinyl, Dennis Coffey double vinyl release, Derek & the Dominoes reissue of Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs on vinyl, Green Day's Awesome As Fuck sees a vinyl release, Nazareth's Big Dogz on vinyl and Roy Orbison's The Monument Singles Collection (2 CDs/1 DVD), just to name a few.
As always, no wagering allowed!
a-ha - Ending on a High Note: Final Concert (3 CDs)
About Group - Start & Complete
Agoraphobic Nosebleed / Despise You - And On And On... (split)
Airborne Toxic Event - All At Once
Alessi's Ark - Time Travel
Allman Brothers Band - Live in Germany 1991
An Horse - Walls
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe - ABWH Studio Album
Antony And The Johnsons - Swanlights (EP)
Arborea - Red Planet
Armor For The Broken - The Black Harvest
Art Department - The Drawing Board
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Extended Versions
Atropolis - Atropolis
Augustana - Augustana
BR-549 - BR5-49 / Big Backyard Beat Show (reissue)
Baptists - Baptists (vinyl)
Bermuda - Isolationist(s)
Betrayal - Abandonment
Big Pauper - Beyond My Means (vinyl)
Bill Frisell - Sign Of Life, Music For 858 Quartet
Billie Holliday - Lady Love
Black Mountain - Rollercoaster b/w In the Drones (vinyl)
Blue Sky Black Death - Noir
Bonnie Raitt - Nine Lives Remast.
Bootsy Collins - The Funk Capitol Of The World
Boris - Attention Please
Boris - Heavy Rocks
Bowling For Soup - Fishin' For Woos
Bruce Hornsby - Bride of Noisemakers (2 CDs)
Cass McCombs - Wit's End
Chatham County Line - IV (reissue) (vinyl)
Chris Bathgate - Salt Year
Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Daedelus - Bespoke
Dag för Dag - Boo
Daniele Luppi - Malos Habitos
David Byron - Take No Prisoners
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights - Left by Soft
Deafheaven - Roads to Judah
Denison Witmer - The Ones Who Wait (Mono vs. Stereo)
Dennis Coffey - Dennis Coffey 2 LPs (vinyl)
Depeche Mode - Barrel of a Gun / Remixes (EP)
Derek & the Dominoes - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
Derek & the Dominoes - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs: Super Deluxe (4 CDs/2 LPs/2 DVDs)
Destrophy - Cry Havoc
Don Gibson - American Legend, Volume 1
Downtown Fiction - Let's Be Animals
Duran Duran - Notorious (reissue) (vinyl)
Earth - Angels of Darkness Demons of Light 1 (vinyl)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Japan (2 CDs)
Elvis Presley - Movie Hits (2 CDs)
Emika - Count Backwards
Emile Simon - The Big Machine
Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain
Endwell - Punishment
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Fake Problems/Gaslight Anthem - Songs for Teenagers (vinyl)
Feral - Dragged To The Altar
Figurines - Figurines (vinyl)
Florence and the Machine - Lungs (Deluxe) (reissue with 11 bonus tracks)
Generifus - In My Cave b/w I Know (vinyl)
George Benson - In Flight: Deluxe Edition Expanded
Girl Names - Dead To Me
Golden Dogs - Coat Of Arms
Graviton - Massless
Green Day - Awesome As Fuck (vinyl)
Greys - Ultra Sorta (EP)
Hero In Error - The High Point Of New Lows
Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs - No Help Coming
Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost!
Hope for the Dying - Dissimulation
Hot Tuna - First Pull Up Then Pull Down / Burgers (2 CDs)
Into It. Over It./Koji - Split (vinyl)
Jacques Brel - Des Perles De Pluie 1954-1960 (2 CDs)
Jason Forrest - The Everything
Jefferson Airplane - Worst of Jefferson Airplane (vinyl)
Jim O'Rourke - One Bird Two Bird (vinyl)
Jimmy Webb & the Webb Brothers - Cottonwood Farm
Jookabox - The Eyes of the Fly
Julian Lynch - Terra
KMFDM - WTF
Kode9 & the Spaceape - Black Sun
Kort - Invariable Heartache
Laura Stevenson & the Cans - Sit Resist
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love / Baby Come on Home Single
Lions!Tigers!Bears! - Shallow Waters, Endless Depth
Lynda Carter - Crazy Little Things
M.T. Bearington - Love Buttons
Master Musicians of Bukkake - Totem 3
Matthew Cooper - Some Days Are Better Than Others
Matthewdavid - Outmind
Melba Moore - Never Say Never
Melba Moore - Read My Lips
Memphis May Fire - The Hollow
Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight Single,
Mike & the Mechanics - Road
Mindless Self Indulgence - Tighter
Mono/Poly - Manifestations (EP) (vinyl)
Morrissey - Glamorous Glue Single
Morrissey - The Very Best of Morrissey
Nazareth - Big Dogz (vinyl)
NightShade - Lost In Motion
Nine 11 Thesaurus - Ground Zero Generals
OFF! = OFF! - (7") (vinyl)
Of Montreal - thecontrollersphere
Olde Growth - self/titled
Painted Palms - Canopy (EP)
Pat Jordache - Future Songs
Police Teeth - Awesomer Than The Devil
Poly Styrene - Generation Indigo (vinyl)
Prefuse 73 - The Only She Chapters
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Rachel Platten - Be Here
Rainbow - Bent Out of Shape
Religious Knives - Smokescreen
Robert Johnson -The Centennial Collection (2 CDs)
Rolling Stones - The Complete Singles (1971-2006) (45-CD box set)
Roy Orbison - The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960-1964)(1 CD)
Roy Orbison - The Monument Singles Collection (2 CDs/1 DVD)
Royal Bangs - Flux Outside (vinyl)
Ryan Driver - Who’s Breathing?
Saxon - Performance Import
Shinji Masuko - Woven Music (vinyl)
Should - Like a Fire Without Sound
Silverstein - Rescue
Skeletons - People
Sleigh Bells - Treats (vinyl)
Son Lux - We Are Rising
Sophie Hunger - Sophie Hunger
Status Quo - Live at the BBC 8 CDs
Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
T-Rex - Tanx (vinyl)
T-Rex - Zinc Alloy & The Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (vinyl)
Terry Malts: I'm Neurotic
Texas In July - One Reality
Thao & Mirah -Thao & Mirah
The Airborne Toxic Event - All At Once
The Donkeys - Born With Stripes
The Echocentrics - Sunshadows
The Fresh & Onlys - Secret Walls (EP)
The Globes - Future Self
The Golden Dogs - Coat of Arms
The Limousines - Get Sharp
The New Regime - Speak Through The White Noise
The Waifs - Temptation
The Wombats - This Modern Glitch
Thousands - The Sound of Everything
Times New Viking - Dancer Equired
Tindersticks - Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009 (5-CD box set)
Todd Rundgren - Todd Rundgren's Johnson
Tom Glazer - A Treasury of Civil War Songs
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (vinyl)
UFO - Phenomenon (2 LPs)(vinyl)
Vandaveer- Dig Down Deep
Various Artists - Ceremony (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Cult Cargo: Salsa Boricua De Chicago (vinyl)
Various Artists - Gozalo 4
Various Artists - Lullaby Renditions of the Flaming Lips
Various Artists - Take Action 10
Various Artists - Gruesome Flowers: A Tribute to the Wake (7") (vinyl)
Ventures - Walk Don't Run
Vomitory - Opus Mortis VIII
Whiskey Myers - Firewater
WhoMadeWho - Knee Deep (vinyl)
Winterus - In Carbon Mysticism
Wolf - Legions of Bastards
Younger Brother - Vaccine
Remember, if you are a record company and have new releases or know of any I missed (especially vinyl), please email me and I will add your music to the list. I also do reviews of new vinyl, email me for more information.
Have new music for the list? Email me at rbenson30@wi.rr.com
A week after the Sex Pistols acetate of "God Saves The Queen" closed higher than any record since 2008, the pulled A&M pressing of the same single closes close to $17k, and itself bid higher than any record of 2010.
A Shrine 45 shows up on the list for the first time in many months. Shrine was a label started by Berry Gordy's ex-wife "Miss Ray". Shortly before the label's first run of singles were to be released, a fire consumed the warehouse where they were being stored. The only Shrine records to make it out into the world were several dozen promos of each title.
Stories have been going around record conventions for many years that Berry Gordy was in some way responsible for the fire. This is especially unlikely, if only for the reason that the warehouse burned along with many other buildings during the 1968 Washington D.C. riot following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1. 45 - Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen" / "No Feeling" A&M AMS-7284 - $16,921.73
2. 45 - Ray Pollard "No More Like Me" / "This Time" Shirne - $3,500.00
3. LP - The Beatles "White Album" UK Pressing Mono #783 - $3,385.98
4. 78 - Tommy Johnston "Bye Bye Blues" / "Maggie Campbell Blues" Victor 21409 - $3,050.00
More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.
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lots to get to today, i have been ill (i haven't made a post in two consecutive days, something that hasn't happened in a long, long time) and away from my computer. But, i have found some interesting info and articles and, as always, will share them with you. hope everyone had a happy easter and it's time to get back to work, finding stories and vinyl record news, music news and shit i find interesting. have a great week everyone!
Marianne Faithfull To Release New Album "Horses And High Heels"
Marianne Faithfull will release her 23rd album, "Horses and High Heels," in the US on June 28th via Naïve Records. The collection of songs consists of four originals and eight covers ranging from Carol King's "Going Back" to The Gutter Twins' Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan's "The Stations." Four of the tracks feature virtuosic guitarist John Porter (Eric Clapton, The Smiths) while Lou Reed and Dr. John/MC5's Wayne Kramer each make cameos on multiple songs.
Bob Dylan “Archive” collection by Box of Vision to be released
The BOB DYLAN Archive, from Box Of Vision®, is now available for pre-order at www.BoxOfVision.com. The limited edition first printing, will be available for delivery in April, and will be available at select retailers by May 10. The officially licensed BOB DYLAN Archive is a table-top case and collection built for the storage and display of the musician’s entire chronological CD catalog including his studio, greatest hits and original live albums. Beautifully packaged in a luxurious, linen-covered Showcase Box, the richly- designed Storage Book is rounded out by a stunning 220 page LP Artwork Book and Catalography, a unique discography with historical reviews and classic album ads that span Dylan’s complete career.
i found this story to be interesting, it seems that album cover art would a bit out of finster's calling, however, read on, he did some very famous covers:
Work of visionary artist Howard Finster comes to MOCA Jacksonville
Without formal training, the reverend found medium for message
By Charlie Patton
According to the biography posted on his official website, the late Howard Finster was 3 when he had his first vision, the sight of his sister Abby descending from the clouds.
At the age of 15, Finster, born in 1916, responded to another vision by leaving his boyhood home in Alabama to become an itinerant preacher.
But it wasn't until Finster was almost 60 that he received the vision that would change his life and make him one of the most popular and celebrated artists of his time.
lovely narrative about a vinyl celebration at triple play records in Grand Junction, Colorado
Record Store Day brought record amount of fun for some
By Rock Cesario
Record Store Day 2011 was without a doubt the most fun day my son Matthew and I have ever had at Triple Play Records in the 22 plus years we have been doing business in Grand Junction.
We witnessed the power of vinyl firsthand as most of the day’s receipts were from the sale of vinyl records and fairly evenly balanced between used vinyl and the new records that were Record Store Day exclusives.
We did not sell all of our special Record Store Day issues and we did not expect we would. In fact it is nice to have some of them left over for folks who weren’t able to make it in on Saturday, April 16.
What was most rewarding for Matthew and me was the fact that we were able to make sure everyone who came into Triple Play Records that day went home with some free music, whether they made a purchase or not.
We weren’t sure we would be able to do that but thanks to all of the free swag we were sent because of our “official” registration for the event, we pulled it off.
I Left The Planet Project From Fleurety's Alexander Nordgaren To See Vinyl Release
Fleurety guitarist Alexander Nordgaren recorded an album under the band named I Left the Planet in 1996, but it was never released. Now, Neuropa Records has announced the project will officially see a vinyl version of the effort. The label commented on the upcoming release:
"One from the vaults, this unique piece of avant-garde metal history, never before leaked or released, features some of the authorities of the genre including members from Fleurety and Ved Buens Ende.
"Recorded on analogue 16-track tape in March 1996, I Left the Planet is a one-off project featuring members from Fleurety, Ved Buens Ende and Virus; all bands hailed as originators of the style that has lately come to be known as avant-garde metal. Lyrics and voice are courtesy of acclaimed Norwegian author and novelist Bjørn Esben Almaas, overlaying three separate pieces of music written by Alexander Nordgaren, also handling guitars on the recording. Combined with Ayna Beate Johansen’s distinctive voice, Czral’s legendary drums and percussion style, Per Amund Solberg’s contrapuntal bass melodies and Mari Solberg’s jazzy saxophones the result is different from any other band of the era; Dark Poetry. Dark Metal. Dark Jazz.
"The recording plays across and between Adversum’s label profile key words; disharmony, imagination, individualism, courage, entertainment and darkness, and is its first release on vinyl. I Left the Planet is limited to 274 copies. The cover and vinyl artwork has been made by Trine+Kim Design Studio. The record is pressed on heavy duty black 12” vinyl featuring music on side A and etched art on side B."
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great story from north of the border, not exactly about vinyl, but a new generation is enjoying dance music and that can't be all bad:
Dance music's explosion
By Mike Devlin Postmedia News
Illegal downloading hasn't affected dance music in nearly the same way it has other genres. If anything, it has helped.
According to Tijs Michiel Verwest, who is known as Tiesto to millions of electronic dance music devotees, filesharing via peer-to-peer sources has had a big effect on dance music, reaching unprecedented heights in recent years.
"The whole reason why dance music has been blowing up is because of sharing online," he said from a recent tour stop in Charlotte, N.C. "Back in the days when you had vinyl, even if you really wanted a track, you couldn't buy it if it was sold out.
"I think it's better. It's not about the money anymore, and the control is gone. It's like the Wild West out there. Ten years ago, the radio and the [record] labels dictated what we had to listen to. Now, you can just go online for a day and find all kinds of stuff."
again, not a vinyl story, but i like the concept and wish there was more being done:
CD sales fund research
Month of April Parkinson Disease Awareness month
By Marianne Gillespie Chillicothe Times-Bulletin
Chillicothe, Ill. — Joan Snyder of Rome refuses to be silenced by Parkinson’s disease, and she finds new avenues to raise money for research.
On March 18 she hosted a gala event showcasing her newest endeavor — a collection of music on CD, “Voices from the Dreams We Share: Songs of Hope & Courage” — timed with thoughts of April as National Parkinson’s Awareness Month.
Amid Snyder’s favorite colors of navy blue and gold, those attending the release party at the Cornerstone Building in Peoria ate food supplied by Butcher Block, Avanti’s, Chillicothe Subway, Spotted Cow, Betty Sue’s in Henry, Trefzger’s, Rhythm Kitchen and more.
Music was, of course, the theme, including Leveetown, a band that regularly plays at Riverbeach Pub in Rome, as well as many of the musicians on the CD.
Many of those who contributed songs to the CD either have Parkinson’s disease or have loved ones diagnosed with the disease or are friends of Snyder.
great indepth story about one of my favorites from back in the day, check it out:
Vee, hit-making team recall sessions
Written by Adam Hammer
ST. JOSEPH — Serial hit maker and ’60s teen idol Bobby Vee is preserving his rock ‘n’ roll legacy with an unprecedented collection of rare and unreleased tracks from the EMI/Capitol Records vaults.
“We did so much recording back then — there were some years where I was recording four albums a year — so there were some things that were left in the dust,” Vee recalled while listening to a handful of remastered songs in the production booth of his Rockhouse Productions studio. “It wasn’t because they weren’t good, but we were just moved on to other things and you always think you’re working on the next best thing.”
For Vee, the two-disc, 60-plus song collection fills a musical gap in previous releases, which include 38 top-100 hits and six gold records.
Dusty vinyl records, vintage film cameras, rickety typewriters and antiquated recording equipment … these are the creative tools being used by some emerging artists. Pure nostalgia? Or a laudable refusal to escape the speed and sanitised perfection of contemporary digital culture?
Sean O'Hagan
With indecent haste, the digital revolution has consigned many of our once-cherished artefacts to the dustbin of history. Though enthusiasts and obsessives have stayed loyal to pre-digital formats, for the rest of us it feels like the vinyl record, the photographic print, the Polaroid camera, the analogue recording studio and the darkroom have been cast aside, rendered all but obsolete by a digitally driven culture that devours all that preceded it. Soon, we are told, the newspaper and the book may share the same fate.
The young artists featured here – a poet who composes on a typewriter, a musician who has built an entirely analogue recording studio, a photographer who shuns digital for manual vintage cameras and an artist who DJs on a gramophone – are all, in their different ways, reacting to digital culture's fast-forward momentum. Are they driven by nostalgia for a past they did not live though and in retreat from a present that makes them uneasy as it makes everything easier?
DOVER — For a city so dedicated to music, Mark Matarozzo was surprised to find that aside from the odd CD or vinyl on the shelves at bookstores or instrument stores, there was no store wholly dedicated to selling record albums.
And so SPUN Records and More was born.
The store, located at 266 Central Ave., opened its doors Saturday in celebration of Record Store Day. The store specializes in vintage records, CDs, cassettes, concert shirts and music memorabilia.
Owner Matarozzo said since he was a teenager he has always wanted to own a music store. An avid music lover, Matarozzo said he is nearing his 600th concert, having gone since he was 12 years old.
A vinyl souvenir from a visit to ‘death incarnate’
TOM HAWTHORN
Nic Hume reaches for a vinyl record, slips it from a cardboard envelope, eases it onto a turntable.
The scratchy sound of piano music fills his apartment.
The Cyrillic label indicates this melodiya was issued by the Soviet Union’s cultural ministry. The side we are listening to features Concerto No. 2 by the Ukrainian composer Levko Revutsky.
The last people to listen to this record had been sitting in a Grade 6 classroom in an elementary school in a village along a river.
For more than two decades, the long-playing record remained in a building abandoned in a panic. By the time Mr. Hume came across it, scavengers had long since pillaged the school of wire and metal, leaving behind yellowing books and broken chairs and dusty records. He brought this LP home to Victoria, a reminder of those who once lived in what is now a ghost town.
DAVE GROHL Talks Playing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Again
According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl revealed in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly that he and former NIRVANA members Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear played the NIRVANA classic "Smells Like Teen Spirit" together for the first time in nearly two decades while the FOO FIGHTERS were recording their new album, "Wasting Light". Grohl explained, "The day we finished the record, we had this club gig to do. It was in this little bar down the street, a surprise show. I invited Krist to come down and play a song. We wanted to play 'Marigold', which was the B-side of the 'Heart-Shaped Box' single, and it was the only NIRVANA song I sang."
Albums:
1. Foo Fighters : Wasting Light
2 .Adele : 21
3 .Alison Krauss and Union Station : Paper Airplane
4. Paul Simon : So Beautiful Or So What
5. Mana : Drama y Luz
6. Britney Spears : Femme Fatale
7. Various : Songs For Japan
8. Wiz Khalifa : Rolling Papers
9. Chris Brown : F.A.M.E.
10. Mumford and Sons : Sigh No More
Singles:
1. Rihanna : S&M
2. Katy Perry feat. Kanye West : E.T.
3. Black Eyed Peas : Just Can't Get Enough
4. Jeremih feat. 50 Cent : Down On Me
5. Cee Lo Green : Fuck You
6. Adele : Rolling In The Deep
7. Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes : Look At Me Now
8. Jennifer Lopez : On The Floor
9. Britney Spears : Till The World Ends
10. Lady Gaga : Judas
UK
Albums:
1. Adele : 21
2. Katy B : On A Mission
3. Adele : 19
4. Rihanna : Loud
5. Jessie J. : Who You Are
6. The Overtones : Good Ol' Fashioned Love
7. Michael Buble : Crazy Love
8. Bruno Mars : Doo-Wops & Holligans
9. Elbow : Build A Rocket Boys
10. Glasvegas : Euphoric Heartbreak
Singles:
1. Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull : On The Floor
2. LMFAO : Party Rock Anthem
3. Adele : Someone Like You
4. Black Eyed Peas : Just Can't Get Enough
5. Katy Perry : E.T.
6. Mann : Buzzin
7. Nicole Scherzinger : Don't Hold Your Breath
8. Wiz Khalifa : Black and Yellow
9. Snoop Dogg : Sweat
10. Jessie J feat. B.o.B. : Price Tag
Europe
Albums:
1. Take That : Progress
2. Rihanna : Loud
3. Bruce Springsteen : The Promise
4. Shakira : Sale El Sol
5. Pink : Greatest Hits ... So Far
6. Bon Jovi : Greatest Hits
7. James Blunt : Some Kind Of Trouble
8. Susan Boyle : The Gift
9. Kings Of Leon : Come Around Sundown
10. JLS : Outta This World
Singles:
1. Adele : Rolling In the Deep
2. Bruno Mars : Grenade
3. Lady Gaga : Born This Way
4.Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull : On The Floor
5. Rihanna : S&M
6. Black Eyed Peas : Just Can't Get Enough
7. Taio Cruz : Higher
8. Martin Solveig : Hello
9. Jessie J. feat. B.o.B. : Price Tag
10. David Guetta feat. Rihanna : Who's That Chick
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and in music history for today:
In 1955, a United Nations commission issued a report stating there was “a definite connection between increased marijuana smoking and that form of entertainment known as bebob and rebop.”
In 1960 Elvis Presley's first release since leaving the US Army, "Stuck On You" tops the Billboard chart. The record had been so highly anticipated, it sold over one million copies before it was even recorded.
With the Folk music craze in full swing in 1960, the Brothers Four enjoyed their biggest hit as "Greenfields" reached #2 on the Billboard chart.
In 1964, Peter and Gordon reach #1 on the UK Pop chart with "A World without Love", a song given to them by Paul McCartney because he didn't think it was good enough for The Beatles to record (it wasn't). The song would also top the Cashbox Best Sellers list and the Billboard Hot 100 in June.
In 1967, the Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love" during a British TV broadcast. Marianne Faithfull sang in the chorus.
In 1968, the Beatles refused to perform for the Queen of England at a British Olympic Appeal Fund show because "Our decision would be the same no matter what the cause. We don't do benefits."
The Jackson Five started a two-week run at # 1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1970 with “ABC,” the group’s second U.S. # 1 and a #8 hit in the U.K.
In 1977, Elvis Presley made his last recording during a concert at the Saginaw Civic Center, Michigan. Three songs from the show appeared on the posthumously released Presley album, Moody Blue.
The film "Rock & Roll High School" starring the Ramones premiered in 1979.
Also in 1979, the Police made their debut on BBC TV’s Top of the Pops, performing “Roxanne.”
Wings broke up in 1984
In 1990, the guitar that Jimi Hendrix played at the Woodstock festival was auctioned off for a record $295,000.
In 1994, the Eagles played the first of two shows where they recorded their "Hell Freezes Over" album. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmit first got back together the previous December for the making of a Travis Tritt video of their song, "Take It Easy", that was included on an Eagles tribute CD. The video from Hell Freezes Over was later released in CD and DVD form and includes an excellent acoustic rendition of "Hotel California", as well as live versions of most of their hit songs. The name of the album was taken from an earlier quote by Glen Frey, who responded to the question "When will the Eagles get back together?" (the money didn't hurt the cause....)
In 2007, aides to President George Bush were told they couldn’t book a five-star hotel suite at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna, Austria because Mick Jagger had already booked it, splashing out £3,600 a night for the luxury suite, in advance of The Rolling Stones’ current world tour.
In 2007, Bobby “Boris” Pickett died at the age of 69 due to complications from leukemia. Pickett’s “Monster Mash” was a #1 hit in 1962 and re-entered the charts in 1973, when it hit #3 in the U.K. and #10 in the U.S.
the immortal Ella Fitzgerald was born in 1917. celebrating birthdays today include Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA (1945), Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame (1945) and Michael Brown from The Left Banke (1949), among others.
Nielsen SoundScan have released the sales data for this year's Record Story Day which took place on Saturday, April 16, 2011. For their accounting, Nielsen SoundScan included sales figures are for the entire week, Monday-Sunday (week ending April 17, 2011) in the U.S.
Their conclusions: 2011 is the most successful Record Store Day yet and independent record stores sold 13% more albums in 2011 vs. 2010 for the week of Record Store Day.
Album sales at independent record stores increased more than 39% over the prior week. Vinyl album sales increased more than 220% at independent record stores. Independent record stores sold nearly 84% of all Vinyl LPs last week.
The top selling vinyl album was Panda Bear's Tomboy, with 7,000 copies sold for the week.
Gardens Set To Release Self-Titled Debut On Alive Records This May
Raised on a diet of Terrence Mckenna, The Beatles, Syd Barrett, Nirvana and Turkish psychedelic music, Gardens is part of the new sound of Detroit. Formed by Matthew Mueller, Jeffrey Thomas, Julian Spradlin and Vincent Mazzola, they have already released a couple of singles and cassettes, and toured the country, sharing the stage with the likes of Brimstone Howl, Thee Oh Sees, Detroit Cobras, Akron Family and Tyvek, to name just a few. Gardens is their debut album, produced and engineered by Chris Koltay (Akron Family, Dirtbombs, SSM) at High Bias recordings. Gardens will be in-stores May 10th through Alive Records on CD, limited edition green vinyl with digital download and digital formats.
There are two words that by themselves attract followers around the world. Put together, they seem to alienate one side or the other — Christian rock.
Christian rock has been around since the '60s but few bands have achieved the type of mainstream success Stryper has. To this day, their 1986 record, "To Hell With the Devil," is the best-selling Christian rock album of all time, eventually selling more than 2 million copies.
Staples on MTV in the '80s, Stryper never had a problem fitting in with contemporaries such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, and there's an easy explanation.
Influential producer Brian Eno will be release his new album Drums Between the Bells via Warp Records on July 5th. The record, which features words by poet Rick Holland, will be released as a hardback book with two CDs, as well as CD-only, vinyl and digital download
Napalm Records are set to release the brand new Karma To Burn 12″ vinyl titled, “V”. The vinyl is strictly limited to 250 copies and is due out June 7, 2011.
Death Cab – Codes and Keys Vinyl
Details have been posted for Death Cab For Cutie’s new album, “Codes and Keys“. The vinyl will be released as a 180 gram double via Barsuk Records. Release date is May 31
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MY DYING BRIDE: 'Evinta' Deluxe Edition Detailed
2010 marked the 20th anniversary of U.K. doom metal legends MY DYING BRIDE. To commemorate two decades of doom and gloom from the elite British act, the band embarked upon a special project to re-work familiar melodies and themes from its extensive catalogue into long, flowing symphonic compositions, incorporating new vocals and passages from vocalist, Aaron Stainthorpe. These arrangements have been brought to life in co-operation with keyboard maestro Johnny Maudling (of BAL-SAGOTH fame), as well as a clutch of talented classical musicians, and shared vocals courtesy of professional opera singer Lucie Roche. The collection — titled "Evinta" — will be released on May 31 via Peaceville Records as a two-disc set and deluxe three-disc edition with 64-page book inspired by MY DYING BRIDE's illustrious recordings of the past two decades.
ALICE COOPER Producer BOB EZRIN Talks About 'Old School' Box Set (Video)
Due in June, the original Alice Cooper group box set comes in a commemorative 12-inch square "school desk" box and includes:
** Four CDs from the years 1964-1974:
- Disc 1: Demos, rarities, live, and advertisements
- Disc 2: Demos from "Muscle Of Love", a pre-production of songs from "School's Out",1973 Madison Square Garden live track, and advertisements.
- Disc 3: Spoken word
- Disc 4: Live show of the 1971 "Killer" tour in St. Louis
* DVD (single disc in Amaray case) with three never-before-seen features (over two hours)
64-page, full-color yearbook style book with hard front and back cover:
- Period pictures of all band members, many never before seen
- Book written by Lonn Friend, a well-known heavy metal journalist
Gatefold folder containing:
- Two tour programs
- Ticket stubs
- Set list
- Five prints
* Bootleg Vinyl: 1971 "Killer" live show in St. Louis
* Seven-inch vinyl: Songs "Wonder Whose Lovin' Her Now" and "Lay Down & Die, Goodbye" from The Nazz
* Immediate download of the "Elected" music video (AliceCooper.com exclusive) — available as a M4V or MOV download as soon as you complete the pre-order transaction.
Price: $260.00
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Punk Rock Bowling Tournament And Music Fest Add Late Night Club Shows
The 13th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival taking place over Memorial Day Weekend (May 27-30) in downtown Las Vegas just got even bigger. Organizers have announced plans for a string of late night shows that will take place at four venues throughout Downtown Las Vegas, Friday-Sunday night over Memorial Day Weekend. Bands such as Fishbone, The Muffs, Ill Repute, Guttermouth, Buck O Nine, Swingin' Utters, Stephen Egerton of the Descendents, Old Man Markley, Manic Hispanic, Cadillac Tramps, Skatalites + Joe Sib's one man show, California Calling and many others.
For much of 2011, Wilco have spent their time not only as musicians, but also as entrepreneurs. The Chicago rockers launched dBpm Records back in January and will be running Solid Sound Festival once again this year. Now, the group will make their first dBpm Records release, unsurprisingly, a Wilco single.
The 7” vinyl will promote the forthcoming single “I Might” along with a cover of Nick Lowe’s “I Love My Label.”
Friends share love of vinyl by opening Ribbon Records
By Danielle Hatch
PEORIA — Peorian Dan Plaag has been collecting music since he was a kid. It started with a CD of Led Zeppelin’s “Four,” and his collection eventually expanded to include vinyl records — more than 2,000 of them.
“I was always fascinated with records, how the sound could be coming off this little piece of plastic with a needle,” said Plaag, 27, who works as an electrician.
His love of records — and fondness for the hunt that goes along with the collector’s lifestyle — prompted him to start Ribbon Records, a vinyl consignment shop in the Murray Building Downtown. He runs the store with friend Noah Lambert
Kirk Walther gazed into the briefcase of a man known as Warren Peace.
"It's a little warped," said Peace, plucking out a plastic-wrapped parcel from within the leathery confines. "So I'll give it to you for $5."
Walther had done business with the old man, who wore faded jeans and a dirty brown jacket, several times in the past. Most of the time his prices were too high. But that day, at a 1985 Chicago record convention, this offer seemed too good to pass up.
"Deal," said Walther and walked away with an original vinyl copy of the Jimmy Hendrix Experience's Axis: Bold as Love. He later priced the album at more than $2,000.
Walther, who owns the Record Collector, 116 S. Linn St., has made many shrewd deals to make profits in an industry with uncertain futures: FYE and Real Music have closed and left his shop as the only independent music vendor in the Iowa City area.
Rival Sons Posts New Album "Pressure & Time" Artwork
Californian blues-rockers Rival Sons have revealed the cover art for their forthcoming album, "Pressure & Time," which is due to be released on June 20th. The album art was designed by artist Storm Thorgerson. The band is also planning to release a limited edition vinyl version of the album.
Thorgerson discusses the artwork: "I don't think you can be certain what's going on here. To me it's a picture about fear or concern. Here's someone about to descend and doesn't know what they'll face, or where this might lead. So, in his mind he's imagining the action. That's what you see - into his mind, as he focuses on what's about to happen. When he gets to the bottom of the stairs, where does he go? Turn left, right or straight ahead - anything's possible. And I hope this cover will have fans of the band intrigued for a long while. To me, the cover should be part of the album, and not just packaging."
New Music from TV On The Radio and a classic from Bob Marley
Nine Types Of Light
TV On The Radio
Vinyl: $15.98
FLAC: $11.99
Vinyl + FLAC: $20.98
TV On The Radio returns with another well-constructed mix of rock, funk, pop, and more. 'Nine Types Of Light' continues to build upon what we have come to love from TVOTR.
On a somber note... Just this week (4/20/11), the band's bassist, Gerard Smith, passed away after battling lung cancer. Take this opportunity to celebrate his life and work. He will be missed.
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Vinyl: $19.99
Exodus is undeniably one of the greatest albums of all time. Time Magazine named it the best album of the 20th century for a reason.
With timeless classics like "Jamming," "Waiting In Vain" and "One Love/People Get Ready," Exodus launched Bob Marley into international stardom.
No Bob Marley, reggae, or vinyl collection could be complete without this legendary 12".
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Grimey’s Vinyl Best Sellers Record Store Day 2011
This week Grimey’s posts their TOP 50 Vinyl best sellers for the week of Record Store Day
1. Mumford & Sons w/ Laura Marling – Dharohar Project 10″
2. Kings Of Leon – Holy Roller Novocain 10″
3. Justin Townes Earle – Move Over Mama 7″
4. The Civil Wars – Dance Me To The End 7″
5. Matt & Kim – Block After Block 7″
6. Ryan Adams – Class Mythology 7″
7. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues 12″
8. Big Star – 3rd Test Pressing LP
9. Nirvana – Hormoaning 12″
10. The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar 7″
11. Bob Dylan – In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 LP
12. Bruce Springsteen – Gotta Get That Feeling 10″
13. Ray Lamontagne – Live Fall 2010 LP
14. White Stripes – Let’s Shake Hands 7″
15. White Stripes – Lafayette Blues 7″
16. The Velvet Underground – Foggy Notion 7″
17. Jimi Hendrix – Fire 7″
18. Steve Earle – I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive 7″
19. Foo Fighters – Medium Rare
20. Gorillaz – The Fall
21. Daft Punk – Tron Legacy: Translucent 10″
22. The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 10″ 78rpm
23. The Black Angels – Phosgene Nightmare 10″
24. The Black Angels – Another Nice Pair 12″
25. Television – Live At The Old Waldorf LP
26. Sonic Youth – Whore’s Moaning 12″
27. Jenny & Jonny / Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris – Love Hurts 7″
28. The Flaming Lips – Heady Nugs vinyl box set
29. The Grateful Dead – The Grateful Dead mono LP
30. Os Mutantes – Everything Is Possible LP
31. Adele – Rolling In The Deep 10″
32. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma Alt Takes 12″
33. Phish – Two Soundchecks 7″
34. Rome (Danger Mouse/Jack White) – Two Against One 7″
35. Rush – Caravan 7″
36. Fela Kuti – Monday Morning In Lagos 7″
37. The Doors – Riders On The Storm 7″
38. Queen – Keep Yourself Alive 7″
39. The Decemberists – Live At Bull Moose CD
40. Yeasayer – End Blood 12″
41. Grinderman – Palaces Of Montezuma 12″
42. Grinderman – Evil 12″
43. Syd Barrett – An Introduction to Syd Barrett
44. Akron/Family – LP
45. Superchunk / Coliseum split 7″
46. The Clutters – Under Suspicion 7″
47. The Cars – Sad Song 7″
48. Flogging Molly – Don’t Shut ‘Em Down 7″
49. Various – Follow Me Down: Vanguard’s Lost Psychedelic Era LP
50. Mastodon / ZZ Top – Just Got Paid 7″
Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut at the Frontier Hotel in 1956.
In 1959, Alan Freed premieres his last Rock 'n' Roll movie, Go Johnny Go, starring Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Cavallo and The Flamingos.
"Wild Thing" by the British band the Troggs was released in the US in 1966.
In 1969, the Carpenters signed with A&M Records, where they will have twenty Billboard Top 40 hits.
Also in 1969, the Who give their first complete live performance of the Rock opera Tommy at a show in Dolton, England.
In 1976, Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" became the first single to sell over 2 million copies.
In 1978, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first appearance as The Blues Brothers on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
Also in 1978, Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica. It was Marley's first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier.
Guns N' Roses released "Patience" in 1989.
In 2003, songwriter Felice Bryant died of cancer. Along with her husband Boudleaux, she wrote The Everly Brothers hits, "Bye Bye Love", "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and "Wake Up Little Susie". Other acts to record their songs include Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, Simon And Garfunkel, Sarah Vaughan, The Grateful Dead, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Dean Martin, Ruth Brown, Cher, R.E.M. and Ray Charles.
birthdays wishes to Glen Campbell (1936) and Peter Frampton (1950)
DEAR MARTHA: Grammys in those days mostly went to folks who neither rocked nor rolled.
