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Amoral - Beneath
Amos Lee - As the Crow Flies (EP)
Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America
Anvil - Pound For Pound (reissue)
Anvil - Strength of Steel (reissue)
Anvil - Worth The Weight (reissue)
Anya Marina - Felony Flats
Apollas Featuring Leola Jiles - Absolutely Right! The Complete Tiger, Loma And Warner Bros. Recordings
Avatar - Black Waltz
Axe - Axeology 1979-2001 (2 CDs)
Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour
Barry Adamson - I Will Set You Free
Bears - Greater Lakes
Ben Kweller - Go Fly A Kite
Beneath The Massacre - Incongruous
Beth Jeans Houghton - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
Bettye LaVette - Nearer to You (reissue)
Big Country - Crossing: Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
Bing Crosby - Through the Years Vol. Nine (1955-1956)
Black Rain - Now I'm Just a Number: Soundtracks 1994-95 (vinyl)
Bonobo - Black Sands Remixed Ninja Tune
Boy & Bear - Moonfire
Breag Naofa - s/t
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (gold CD)
Busdriver - Beaus$Eros
Captain Beefheart - Bat Chain Puller
Catherine Russell - Strictliy Romancin'
Chimp Spanner - All Roads Lead Here
Chromatics - Kill for Love
Classics of Love - Classics of Love
Connie Francis - Never on Sunday / Songs to a Swinging Band
Cotton Mather - Kontiki (remastered with bonus CD)
Cranberries - Roses
Detroit Cobras - Mink Rat or Rabbit
Die Antwoord - Ten$ion
Digital Leather - Modern Problems
Dio - Holy Diver (Gold CD)
Dr. Living Dead - s/t
Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II (vinyl)
Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events
Exdetectives - Take My Forever
Eyvind Kang - The Narrow
F. Strokes - Love, Always (EP)
Field Music - Plumb
Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic (reissue) (vinyl)
Flaming Lips - Hit to Death in the Future Head (reissue) (vinyl)
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (reissue) (vinyl)
Flaming Lips - Transmissions From the Satellite Heart (reissue) (vinyl)
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (reissue) (vinyl)
Fleming - Play For Manuel (EP)
Gene Watson - Best of the Best: 25 Greatest Hits
Goatwhore - Blood For The Master
Gotan Project - Revancha Del Tango (reissue) (vinyl)
Gotye - Making Mirrors
Grateful Dead - Reckoning (reissue) (vinyl)
Gregory Porter - Be Good
Heartless Bastards - Arrow (vinyl)
Hillsong - Live In Miami
Hopes Die Last - Trust No One
Howlin Rain - The Russian Wilds (vinyl)
Isidore - Life Somewhere Else
Islands - A Sleep & A Forgetting (vinyl)
Ital - Hive Mind (vinyl)
Joe Walsh - But Seriously Folks (vinyl)
John Talabot - Fin
Lake Forest - Silver Skies
Le'Andria Johnson - Evolution of Le'Andria Johnson
Lucius - Lucius (EP)
Manfred Mann - Complete Greatest Hits of Manfred Mann (2 CDs)
Marconi Union - Distance
Matthew Bourne - Montauk Variation
Mike Acerbo - The Search
Moguai - Mpire
Neurosis - Enemy of the Sun (reissue) (vinyl)
Nuojuva - Valot Kaukaa
Of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (vinyl)
Omar & the Howlers - Essential Collection (2 CDs)
Orange Goblin - A Eulogy For The Damned
Oren Ambarchi & Thomas Brinkmann - The Mortimer Trap
Otis Taylor - Otis Taylor's Contraband
Oy Vey - Recession Girls
Paul Kelly - Hot Runnin' Soul / Hot Runnin' Soul: The Singles 1965-1971
Phantom Limb - The Pines
Pheeroan Aklaff - House of Spirit: Mirth (vinyl)
Phenomenal Handclap Band - Form & Control
Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow (vinyl)
Phèdre - Phèdre
Pilgrim - Misery Wizard
Poison Idea - Darby Crash Rides Again
Poliça - Give You The Ghost
Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies
Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now?
Radiohead - Bloom - Jamie XX Rework 3 (vinyl)
Rickolus - Coyote and Mule
Robert Turman - Flux (vinyl)
Robin Thicke - Love After War
Rosie Thomas - With Love
Santana - Anthology 68-69: The Early San Francisco Years (3 CDs)
Shearwater - Animal Joy (vinyl)
Sick Friend - The Draft Dodger
Simple Minds - Greatest Hits
Skrillex - Bangarang (EP)
Speech Debelle - Freedom Of Speech
Spinners - Spinners
Strikemaster - Vicious Nightmare
Suzanne Ciani - Lixiviation (vinyl)
Tennis - Young and Old
Tetras - Pareidolia (2 LPS) (vinyl)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Up For Sale (EP)
The Alialujah Choir - The Alialujah Choir
The Caretaker - Patience (After Sebald)
The Devastated - Devil's Messenger
The Explorers Club - Grand Hotel
The Kills - The Last Goodbye (vinyl)
The Men - Open Your Heart
The Minutes - The Minutes (EP)
The Phantom Family Halo - When I Fall Out
The Saddest Landscape - TBA
The Shins - Simple Song / September (vinyl)
The Zambonies - Five Minute Major (in D Minor)
Tonight Alive - What Are You So Scared Of?
Tribes - We Were Children (EP)
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters - Underrated Silence (vinyl)
Unicycle Loves You - Failure
Various Artists - Kitsuné Parisien II
Various Artists - Alright, This Time Just the Girls Volume 2
Various Artists - Piano Tribute to Metallica
Various Artists - Qat Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen (vinyl)
Various Artists - Soundtrack for a Revolution
Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be
Winterpills - All My Lovely Goners
Young Magic - Melt
Yuksek - Living on the Edge of Time
Adele Takes Home 6 Grammy Awards, Including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year
ADELE TIES RECORD HELD FOR MOST GRAMMY AWARDS WON BY A FEMALE ARTIST IN A SINGLE YEAR
ADELE'S 21 HAS SPENT 19 WEEKS AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD 200
NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight's Grammy Awards confirmed that 2011 truly was the year of Adele. The 23 year-old singer was honored with 6 Grammy Awards, including "Record of the Year," "Album of the Year" and "Song of the Year," tying the record held by Beyoncé for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in a single year. This brings Adele's career Grammy total to 8. Viewers who tuned into the live ceremony, which took place from the Staples Center in Los Angeles earlier this evening, witnessed Adele deliver a breathtaking rendition of "Rolling in the Deep," her first public performance since she underwent vocal surgery in November. Adele took home honors in the following categories:
Record of the Year ("Rolling in the Deep")
Album of the Year ("21")
Song of the Year ("Rolling in the Deep")
Best Pop Solo Performance ("Someone Like You")
Best Pop Vocal Album ("21")
Best Short Form Music Video ("Rolling in the Deep")
Adele's sophomore album 21 was the biggest selling album of 2011 with over 18 million units sold worldwide. Entertainment Weekly declared it "that rarest pop commodity: timeless," and the Associated Press affirmed that Adele "created more than just an album with good songs: she's crafted a masterpiece." In addition to being named Billboard's "Artist of the Year," Adele had the best-selling US single of the year, "Rolling in the Deep," certified 6x Platinum, as well as the best-selling music DVD of the year, "Live at The Royal Albert Hall," certified 7x Platinum. She has broken countless records – including becoming the first-ever artist to lead the Billboard 200 while concurrently having 3 Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles from the same parent album ("Rolling in the Deep," "Someone Like You," and "Set Fire to the Rain"). 21 has spent 19 nonconsecutive weeks, to date, at #1 on the Billboard Top 100, surpassing records held by Billy Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All" and 1998's "Titanic" soundtrack.
Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 54th Annual Grammy Awards:
Album of the Year: "21," Adele
Record of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep," Adele
Song of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
New Artist: Bon Iver
Pop Vocal Album: "21," Adele
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: "Body and Soul," Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Pop Solo Performance: "Someone Like You," Adele
Rock Song: "Walk," Foo Fighters
Rock Album: "Wasting Light," Foo Fighters
Rock Performance: "Walk," Foo Fighters
R&B Song: "Fool For You," Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim & Jack Splash
R&B Album: "F.A.M.E.," Chris Brown
Rap Performance: "Otis," Jay-Z and Kanye West
Rap Song: "All of the Lights," Kanye West
Rap Album: "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Kanye West
Country Vocal Solo Performance: "Mean," Taylor Swift
Country Performance by a Duo or Group: "Barton Hollow," The Civil Wars
Country Album: "Own the Night," Lady Antebellum
Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album: "Drama y Luz," Mana
Jazz Vocal Album: "The Mosaic Project," Terri Lyne Carrington & various artists
Opera Recording: "Adams: Doctor Atomic," Alan Gilbert, conductor
Traditional Gospel Album: "Hello Fear," Kirk Franklin
Dance Recording: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," Skrillex
Dance/Electronica Album: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," Skrillex
Alternative Music Album: "Bon Iver," Bon Iver
Spoken Word Album: "If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)," Betty White
The full winners list in all categories will be available at www.grammy.com
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Design Legacy: A Social History Of Jamaican Album Covers
Written by nhandt
Same aged Rastafarian colors… Some male with dreads… A due that refers broadly to domestic hardship or certain introspective nonetheless many in a ensue of self-critical approval or irony.
Mention Jamaican aria to someone who isn’t a fan and we can play that a unequivocally likely settlement pops into a control of your listener. Chances are this settlement looks something like a cover of Bim Sherman’s Exploitation.
For many people, this vision — of roots reggae and a deified lead singer — is a customarily face that Jamaican aria has to offer. (To be honest, a Jamaican aria industry, in a fervour to benefit on a approval of this face, hasn’t finished many to criticism it.)
Dig a tiny deeper, however, and you’ll find a dozen genres unctuous underneath a tie-died aspect of roots reggae. On a publishing covers belonging to these genres, moreover, you’ll find a dozen different — and intermittently contradictory — visual images of what it has meant to be Jamaican, besides a template of a dignified Rastafarian popularized by Bob Marley. Although a reggae of a 1970s popularized a outline of domestic rebellion, we customarily have to go behind a few years surpassing to find publishing covers that unconsciously copy a values of neocolonialism — Jamaica as ominous value chest sharp to be looted by unknown interests.
Read the rest and see some fantastic album cover art at joomvision.com
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feel good story from the northwest, vinyl is cool!
TRACKING VINYL
At a Eugene event, it’s clear records are gaining a new audience
By Jack Moran / The Register-Guard
University of Oregon student Erin Peterson is like a lot of people her age, members of the so-called “millenial” generation who buy songs online and carry their collections in portable media players such as an iPod.
But on Sunday, the 21-year-old journalism major took a major step or two back in time, and toward a change in the way she listens to music.
While attending the Eugene Record Convention at the Hilton Eugene, Peterson forked over $15 for a vinyl copy of The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967 debut album “Are You Experienced.”
“This is actually my first record,” Peterson said. “I already have it on iTunes, but I’ve been wanting to get into records for a while.”
That’s what Tim Eringer — the Seattle record dealer who sold the classic Hendrix album to Peterson — likes to hear.
In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (known as ASCAP) was formed in New York City. The society was founded to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
Born on this day in 1919, Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer and TV presenter, who had a 1955 US #1 & 1956 UK #1 single with ‘Sixteen Tons’. It was Capitol Records’ first #1 of the rock era. Ford died on October 17th 1991
Born on this day in 1920, Boudleaux Bryant, songwriter with his wife Felice. They wrote The Everly Brothers hits, "Bye Bye Love," "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and "Wake Up Little Susie" as well as "Raining In My Heart," which was a hit for Buddy Holly. Bryant died on June 25th 1987.
In 1940, Earl 'Fatha' Hines and his orchestra recorded the classic "Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues".
In 1955, in his first concert booked through Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley performed at the Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas, billed as "The Be-Bop Western Star of the Louisiana Hayride." Also performing were Buddy & Bob, a country duo featuring 18-year-old Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery.
In 1956, disc jockey/concert promoter Alan Freed signed a deal with Coral Records to compile and front four rock 'n' roll dance and party albums over the course of the next year.
In 1957, Cuban officials announce a ban on all Rock and Roll programs on television, calling the music "offensive to public morals and good customs." They would soften their stance a couple of days later, but strict guide lines were put in place.
In 1959, the Skyliners appeared on American Bandstand, performing their new release, "Since I Don't Have You." The song would climb to #12 on the Billboard Pop chart and #5 on the R&B chart.
In 1961, Frank Sinatra unveiled his own recording label, Reprise. Although he vowed that he would never sign any Rock artists, the label later became the home of Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman and The Beach Boys.
In 1961, Lawrence Welk started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "Calcutta."
In 1965, Gary Lewis records "Count Me In", which will climb to #2 on the Billboard chart by next May.
In 1965, Jr. Walker and The All Stars enter the US charts for the first time with "Shotgun", which will make it to #1 on the R&B chart and #4 on the Pop chart.
In 1966, the Rolling Stones appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The appearance had been taped the day before.
In 1967, the Beatles' "Penny Lane" backed with "Strawberry Fields Forever" was released in the U.S.
Penny Lane The song's title is derived from the name of a street near Lennon's house, in the band's hometown, Liverpool. McCartney and Lennon would meet at Penny Lane junction in the Mossley Hill area to catch a bus into the centre of the city. The area that surrounds its junction with Smithdown Road is also commonly called Penny Lane. At the time, in the 1960s, this was a significant bus terminus for several routes, and buses with "Penny Lane" displayed were common throughout Liverpool.
Beatles producer George Martin has stated he believes the pairing of "Penny Lane" with "Strawberry Fields Forever" resulted in probably the greatest single ever released by the group. Both songs were later included on the US Magical Mystery Tour album in November 1967. In the UK, the pairing famously failed to reach #1 in the singles charts, stalling one place below Engelbert Humperdinck's "Release Me". In the US the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week before being knocked off by The Turtles song "Happy Together."
Strawberry Fields Forever It was inspired by Lennon's memories of playing in the garden of a Salvation Army house named "Strawberry Field" near his childhood home
In 1969, the Doors' "Touch Me" and Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People" were awarded Gold records.
In 1969, Mary Hopkin released the album "Postcard." A launch party for the album was held at the Post Office Tower in London with guests including Jimi Hendrix, Donovan, Paul McCartney and his new girlfriend Linda Eastman.
In 1969, Bob Dylan recorded "Lay, Lady, Lay" at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1970, on this day, Friday the 13th, Black Sabbath released their debut self-titled studio album on Vertigo records in the UK. Peaking at #8 on the charts, the album has been recognised as the first main album to be credited with the development of the heavy metal genre. Following its US release in June 1970 by Warner Bros. Records, the album reached number 23 on the Billboard 200, where it remained for over a year, selling a million copies. In 2003, the album was ranked number 241 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
In August 1969 the band, who were then known as Earth, decided to change their name to Black Sabbath. This was because there was another band also known as Earth; the name is also a homage to the 1963 classic Mario Bava terror film starring Boris Karloff. Around the same time they recorded and distributed a demo version of their eponymous song. In November 1969 they recorded their debut single, "Evil Woman", released in January 1970, and recorded and mixed the remaining seven songs that would appear on their debut album. According to guitarist Tony Iommi, "We just went in the studio and did it in a day, we played our live set and that was it. We actually thought a whole day was quite a long time, then off we went the next day to play for £20 in Switzerland."
Iommi recalls recording live: "We thought 'We have two days to do it and one of the days is mixing.' So we played live. Ozzy was singing at the same time, we just put him in a separate booth and off we went. We never had a second run of most of the stuff."
In 1970, six weeks after its chart debut, "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds reaches number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first of ten Top 40 hits for the group.
In 1972 - Led Zeppelin was forced to cancel a concert in Singapore when officials wouldn't let them off the plane because of their long hair.
In 1973, during a concert in Las Vegas, Elvis Presley is suddenly taken ill. He is quickly attended to by Dr. Sidney Bowers, who was later presented with a white Lincoln Continental in appreciation for his services.
In 1976, the album, 'Frampton Comes Alive' was released by Herb Alpert's A&M Records in the U.K.
In 1981, Steve Winwood's "Arc Of A Diver" becomes the first album to be released in Britain in the new "1+1" format, which contains the artist's music on one side, while the other is left blank for the consumer to record on.
In 1981, Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" reached a milestone as it became the rock album to spend the most consecutive weeks on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart – 402 weeks, starting in March 1973. It finally fell off the chart in April 1988, after 724 weeks.
In 1982, the 300 pound gravestone on the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant was stolen from an Orange Park, FL, cemetery. Police found it two weeks later in a dry river bed.
In 1988, Michael Jackson bought a ranch in Santa Ynez, California that he called "Neverland."
In 1992, it was announced that Vince Neil was leaving Mötley Crüe. Neil then sued the band for 25% of their future profits and $5 million in damages for being fired. In 1997, with Neil's solo career and Mötley Crüe's fortunes both declining, he accepted their invitation to rejoin the band.
In 1993, founder member of Musical Youth, Patrick Waite died aged 24, of natural causes (hereditary heart condition), whilst awaiting a court appearance on drug charges. Scored the 1982 UK No.1 and Grammy-nominated single 'Pass the Dutchie.'
In 1999, Blondie tops the UK chart with "Maria", giving them a British number one single in the '70s, '80s and '90s.
In 2002, country singer, songwriter Waylon Jennings died in his sleep after a lengthy fight with diabetes. Was bassist for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets. Released a series of duet albums with Willie Nelson in the late 1970s. Scored the 1980 US #21 single 'Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard', he was also the narrator on the television series. Member of The Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson.
In 2002, Jennifer Lopez was at #1 on the US album chart with 'Jo To Tha L-o! The Remixes.'
In 2003, Australian police find stolen material from the Beatles White Album and Abbey Road sessions that were taken in 1969.
In 2004, Led Zeppelin were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Grammys. Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham all attended. Robert Plant did not, since he was working on a new album and tour.
At the 47th Grammy awards in 2005, Ray Charles's duets album "Genius Loves Company" won eight trophies, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Former Beach Boy's leader Brian Wilson won his first ever Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" from his CD "Smile", the album he was forced to delay for nearly 40 years because of emotional problems. Led Zeppelin received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Guitarist Jimmy Page was on hand along with bassist John Paul Jones and the children of late drummer John Bonham. Other classic rockers who took home statues were Rod Stewart - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Stardust...The Great American Songbook Volume III" and Bruce Springsteen - Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for "Code Of Silence" from his album "The Essential Bruce Springsteen".
In 2007, Rod Stewart was paid $1million when he performed at a billionaire's birthday bash. Stewart was booked to play a one-hour gig to help Steve Schwarzman celebrate his 60th birthday held at New York's Park Avenue Armory.
In 2010, Doug Fieger singer, songwriter with The Knack died after a long battle with cancer. Had the 1979 US #1 & UK #6 single "My Sharona."
In 2010, singer/songwriter/guitarist Philadelphia TV dance party host/record producer/record company executive Dale Hawkins, a cousin of fellow rockabilly pioneer Ronnie Hawkins, died of colon cancer at the age of 73.
In 2011, With appearances by Mick Jagger, Barbra Streisand, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry, the CBS broadcast of The Grammy Awards played to their largest audience in 10 years. 26.55 million viewers tuned in to see Country trio Lady Antebellum win Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year with "Need You Now".
birthdays today include (among others): Peter Tork (Monkees) (68), Scott Smith (Loverboy) (57), Les Warner (Cult) (51), Ed Gagliardi (Foreigner) (60), Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order) (56) and Peter Gabriel (62)
Whitney Houston has died on the eve of the Grammy Awards she once reigned. She was 48. Officials have released few details about how Houston was found or what killed her. A member of her entourage found the singer and alerted hotel security and paramedics.
Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen said. "There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent," he said.
The cause of death was unknown, said Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster.
and in an expanded edition of music news for february 12th:
In 1924, at New York City's Aeolian Hall, Paul Whiteman conducted the first public performance of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue," with Gershwin playing piano. John Philip Sousa and Jascha Heifetz were among the luminaries in the audience.
In 1957, the Crickets released the single "Maybe Baby." It was written by Norman Petty and Buddy Holly and reached 17th in the US charts and 4th in the UK charts.
In 1958, the Monotones released "Book of Love." It was written by three members of the group, Warren Davis, George Malone and Charles Patrick. Lead singer Charles Patrick heard a Pepsodent toothpaste commercial with the line "wonder where the yellow went". From there he got the idea for the line, "I wonder, wonder, wonder who, who wrote the book of love", working it up into a song with Davis and Malone. The "boom" part of the song was a result of a kid kicking a ball against the garage while they were rehearsing, it sounded good, so they added it to the song.
In 1956, Screamin' Jay Hawkins recorded "I Put a Spell On You." The legendary song was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also ranked #313 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In 1956, Dean Martin was at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Memories Are Made Of This." The American actor, comedian, singer and TV hosts biggest hit. Also covered by The Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra and The Driffters.
In 1961, the Miracles' "Shop Around" became Motown Record's first million-selling single. It was also the label's first #1 hit on Billboard's R&B singles chart. In the following ten years, the Miracles would have six more million sellers.
In 1964, the Beatles and British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home visited the White House in Washington, DC. President Lyndon Johnson was overheard saying to the prime minister, "I like your advance guard. But don't you think they need haircuts?" Following the visit, the Beatles took the train back to New York City where they ended their first American trip with two 25-minute shows at Carnegie Hall. Ticket prices ranged from $1.65 to $5.50.
In 1965, on the UK music show "Ready Steady Go!," 18 year-old Donovan Leitch performed his debut single "Catch The Wind." The tune will reach #4 in his homeland and #23 in the US.
In 1966, the Rolling Stones released "19th Nervous Breakdown" in North America.
In 1967, 15 police officers raided Redlands the West Sussex home of Rolling Stone Keith Richards during a weekend party. The police who were armed with a warrant issued under the dangerous drugs act took away various substances for forensic tests. George and Pattie Harrison had been at the house, but it was said that the police waited for them to leave before they raided the house in order not to bust the holder of an MBE.
In 1968, Jimi Hendrix returned home to Seattle where he received a key to the city and an honorary high school diploma. He also played for the students of Garfield High School from which he had dropped out.
In 1970, John Lennon performed "Instant Karma," on BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops,' becoming the first Beatle to have appeared on the show since 1966.
In 1972, Al Green went to #1 on the US singles chart with "Let's Stay Together," his only US chart topper.
In 1974, the legendary rock club the Bottom Line opened in Greenwich Village, New York City. Stevie Wonder jammed with Johnny Winter and Dr. John at the opening. James Taylor, Carly Simon and Mick Jagger also appeared.
In 1976, 37 year old Sal Mineo, a singer and actor who reached number nine on the Billboard chart in 1957 with "Start Movin' In My Direction", was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant. Over three years later, a man named Lionel Williams was tried and convicted for the murder.
In 1976, Eddie and the Hot Rods appeared at the Marquee Club London, supported by The Sex Pistols who were playing their first ever London show.
In 1977, Barbra Streisand started a six-week run at #1 on the US album chart with 'A Star Is Born.'
Also in 1977, the Police recorded their first single, "Fall Out" for $255 at Pathway Studios, London, England.
In 1977, Blondie, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and the Ramones all appeared at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.
In 1983, pianist/composer Eubie Blake died at the age of 100.
In 1992, at the 11th annual BRIT awards in London, Queen's "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" is named Best British Single and the late Freddie Mercury is honored for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. For the fourth time in the last five years, U2 is named as the Best International Group.
In 1994, Alice In Chains entered the US album chart at #1 with 'Jar Of Flies.'
In 1994, Celine Dion started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "The Power Of Love," the singers first US #1, a #4 hit in the UK.
In 1995, Van Halen, scored their first US #1 album with 'Balance.'
In 1997, U2 held a press conference in the Lingerie Department at the Greenwich Village Kmart store in Manhattan, New York City, to announce their Pop Mart world tour. The tour was set to start in Las Vegas on April 25th of this year.
In 2000, singer Oliver died of cancer at the age of 54.
In 2000, bassist and songwriter John London died aged 58. Worked with The Monkees, James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.
In 2000, blues singer Screamin' Jay Hawkins died aged 70. A Golden Gloves boxing champion at 16, he was married nine times, spent two years in jail, was temporary blinded by one of his flaming props on stage in 1976. He recorded "I Put A Spell On You" in 1956, covered by the Animals, CCR and Nina Simone and many others.
Also in 2000, Mariah Carey started a two-week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "Thank God I Found You."
In 2001, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Napster to stop its users from trading copyrighted material without charge.
In 2003, former Doors drummer John Densmore took out legal action against The Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger for breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition. The band had reformed with Ex- Cult singer Ian Astbury and former Police drummer Stewart Copeland. Densmore said "It shouldn't be called The Doors if it's someone other than Jim Morrison singing." amen to that......
In 2005, Sammi Smith, best known for the 1971 Billboard number 8 hit, "Help Me Make It Through the Night", died at the age of 61. She won a Grammy award for her rendition of the song written by Kris Kristofferson, establishing him as a leading Nashville songwriter.
In 2006, Lenny Dee, a solo organist who reached #19 on the Billboard chart in 1955 with the million selling "Plantation Boogie", died at the age of 83. He was a one-time performer with Jimmy Dorsey and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show with Jack Paar and The Lawrence Welk Show.
In 2007, over 50 years after he first appeared on the US charts with a cover version of The Charms' "Two Hearts", Pat Boone was receiving major US radio airplay for his new CD "Pat Boone R&B Classics - We Are Family". His rendition of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was the track most in-demand by listeners.
In 2007, during a press conference at West Hollywood's Whisky a Go Go club Sting confirmed that The Police were getting back together. The band were set to kick off a world tour on May 28 in Vancouver, Canada, supported by Sting's son Joe Sumner's band, Fiction Plane.
In 2007, bassist Eldee Young, a member of Young-Holt Unlimited and the Ramsey Lewis Trio, died of a heart attack at the age of 71.
In 2009, a full frontal nude photo of Madonna, taken in 1979 before she became famous, sold at auction for $37,500. The black and white picture was taken at a time when Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was a 20-year-old dancer trying to make ends meet in New York.
In 2010, more than 80 artists gathered to record the remake of "We Are The World". The next day Janet Jackson laid down her version of Michael Jackson's part. The song was premiered at the opening of the Winter Olympics on February 12.
In 2010, jazz drummer Jake Hanna died from complications of a blood disease at age 78. He appeared with the Mort Lindsey Orchestra on Judy Garland's multi-Grammy award-winning live album, "Judy at Carnegie Hall," and for 11 years was in Lindsey's television band for the syndicated "Merv Griffin Show."
birthday's today include: Michael McDonald Doobie Brothers/Solo (1952), Steve Hackett - Genesis /Solo (1950) and Ray Manzarek - Doors (1939)
Vinyl records are making a comeback. Is it because of a hunger for the past, a love of album cover artwork – or simply a recognition that they sounded better all along? DANIEL BIRCH and STEPHEN LEWIS report
THERE has always been a certain magic about vinyl. Okay, so a vinyl LP can be scratched and it might hiss and crackle. But it’s so much more real and solid than a CD, let alone a tune downloaded to your MP3 player.
The rituals associated with putting on a vinyl record make it an action to treasure: slipping the disc out of its sleeve; blowing to remove the dust, or else wiping it lovingly with a cloth; lifting the stylus to place it at the beginning of the track you want.
Then there are the sleeves: works of art during the days of vinyl, but so much less satisfying on a CD box.
Digital is much more convenient and easier to use, but where’s the soul?
Given that we are in an era when retro fashion is all the rage, it is hardly surprising that vinyl is beginning to make a comeback.
Less than 200 copies remain of the limited edition fuchsia vinyl (pictured above), so be sure to grab your copy while you still can!
Order the album in a variety of options: CD 180-gram black vinyl (includes 2-sided 12" x 24" poster) Limited edition 180-gram fuchsia vinyl (1500 copies, includes 2-sided poster) Cassette (limited to 500 on purple tape) T-Shirt + MP3 (new design by David Barnes) Sweatshirt + MP3 (each size is limited to 50) All orders include a new FREE 2" x 6" sticker design.
Shop Radio Cast has launched pre orders for exclusive represses of three Blink 182 titles with two colors, limited to 500 copies each. You can pre order now here. Pressing info is as follows:
CRYPTOPSY To Reissue 'None So Vile', 'Blasphemy Made Flesh' And Early Demos On Vinyl
Canadian label War On Music Records will reissue several vinyl records from Montreal extreme metal veterans CRYPTOPSY. Two highly renowned classics of the genre, "Blasphemy Made Flesh" and "None So Vile", will be made available as separate LPs, and the cult rarity "Ungentle Exhumation" demos (under license from Galy Records) will be released officially for the first time ever as a limited seven-inch single.
In 1963, the Beatles recorded "Twist & Shout" and "I Saw Her Standing There." The band spent ten hours at Abbey Road studios recording the tracks that would make up the bulk of their first album.
The Beatles released the song on their first UK album, 'Please Please Me,' and is notable for 11 songs recorded in a mere 10 hours. "Twist and Shout", with John Lennon on lead vocals, was the last song recorded; producer George Martin knew Lennon's voice would suffer from the performance, so he left it until last, with only 15 minutes of scheduled recording time remaining.
Lennon was suffering from a cold, and was drinking milk and sucking on cough drops to soothe his throat. His coughing is audible on the album, as is the cold's effect on his voice. Even so, he produced a memorable vocal performance: a raucous, dynamic rocker. He later said his voice was not the same for a long time afterward, and that "every time [he] swallowed, it felt like sandpaper".
A second take was attempted, but Lennon had nothing left and it was abandoned. George Martin said, "I did try a second take ... but John's voice had gone."
The Beatles' cover was released on March 2, 1964 in the US. as a single, with "There's a Place" as its B-side, by Vee-Jay Records on the Tollie label. It reached No. 2 on April 4, 1964, during the week that the top five places on the chart were all Beatles singles. "Twist and Shout" was the only million-selling Beatles single that was a cover record, and the only Beatles cover single to reach the Top 10 on a national record chart. The song failed to hit #1 because the Beatles had another song occupying the top spot, "Can't Buy Me Love".
In the UK, "Twist and Shout" was released by Parlophone on an EP with three other tracks, "Do You Want to Know a Secret", "A Taste of Honey", and "There's a Place", from the Please Please Me album. Both the EP and album reached No. 1 (see Twist and Shout (EP)). In Canada, it became the title track to the second album of Beatles material to be issued by Capitol Records of Canada, on February 3, 1964.
It is regarded as one of the finest examples of British rock and roll for its vocal performance. The song was used as a rousing closing number on Sunday Night at the London Palladium in October 1963 and at The Royal Variety Show in November 1963, the former signalling the start of "Beatlemania". They performed it on one of their Ed Sullivan Show appearances in February 1964.
The Beatles continued to play the song live until the end of their August 1965 tour of North America. Additionally, they recorded "Twist and Shout" on nine occasions for BBC television and radio broadcasts, the earliest of which was for the Talent Spot radio show on November 27, 1962.
I Saw Her Standing There
On their album, "I Saw Her Standing There" starts with a rousing "One, two, three, four!" count-in by McCartney. Usually, these count-ins are edited off the final audio mix. However, record producer George Martin wanted to create the effect that the album was a live performance: "I had been up to the Cavern and I’d seen what they could do, I knew their repertoire, and I said 'Lets record every song you’ve got, come down to the studios and we’ll just whistle through them in a day'." Martin took the count-in from take 9, which was considered 'especially spirited' and spliced it onto take 1. Music journalist Richard Williams suggested that this dramatic introduction to their debut album was just as stirring as Elvis Presley's "Well, it's one for the money, two for the show…" on his opening track, "Blue Suede Shoes", for his debut album seven years earlier. In addition it also made the point that The Beatles were aperforming band as, at that time, they opened their live set with this song. On the first American release of the song, issued on Vee Jay Records, the count was edited out—but the "Four!" is still audible.
In 1964, at the Colosseum in Washington, DC, the Beatles played their first U.S. concert. They sang "Roll Over Beethoven," "From Me to You," "I Saw Her Standing There," "This Boy," "All My Loving," "I Wanna Be Your Man," "Please Please Me," "Till There Was You," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "Twist and Shout," and "Long Tall Sally." Because of the stage setup, the band was forced to move their equipment three separate times in order to give everyone in the audience a chance to see them. The opening acts were Tommy Roe, the Caravelles, and the Chiffons.
In 1966, Cher recorded "Bang Bang."
In 1967, the Monkees saw their second album, "More of The Monkees" leap from position 122 to number 1. The Fabricated Four only provided the vocals and were backed by some of the finest studio musicians around, like Glen Campbell and Neil Sedaka. The LP contained the hits, "I'm a Believer" and "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" and was produced by Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager, Tommy Boyce and others. After being pressured by the press, The Monkees later announced that they would play their own instruments on all future recordings.
7" French release
Also in 1967, the Turtles released their biggest hit, "Happy Together," which will reach #1 in the US and #12 in the UK. Co-written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, the song had been rejected by several other performers. The song knocked The Beatles' "Penny Lane" out of the #1 slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1968, the new and now legendary 20,000 seat, fourth incarnation of Madison Square Garden officially opened in New York City.
In 1970, also in New York City, Fleetwood Mac, the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead performed at the Fillmore East.
The film "The Magic Christian," featuring Ringo Starr debuted in New York City in 1970.
In 1970, John Lennon paid 1,344 pounds in fines for protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland.
In 1979, an audience of 43 million people watched the ABC made-for-TV movie, "Elvis!" starring Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Season Hubley, and Pat Hingle.
In 1983, the Rolling Stones concert film "Let's Spend the Night Together" opened in New York.
In 1986, the single "Superbowl Shuffle" by the Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew was certified gold by the RIAA.
In 2000, a fan attending an Isley Brothers concert in Los Angeles suddenly shot three members of the audience, one of them fatally. He was then killed by police, reportedly shot in self-defense.
In 2003, the British Phonographic Industry reported that the year 2002 saw the largest sales decline in decades, with the most severe slump in a single year since the birth of the CD market in the early 1980s. Piracy, illegal duplication and distribution of CD's by international criminals were blamed for the decrease.
In 2009, the body of singer (Be My Baby, Baby I Love You) Estelle Bennett of the Ronettes was found in her apartment. She had died of colon cancer at age 67.
and in an odd twist, ending today's music history lesson, my favorite Lennon composition:
great story of how a neighborhood came together to help a record store in Canada!
Miracle at Birdman Sound: How loyal customers saved an indie record store, for now
Posted by: The Big Beat
A couple of weeks ago, while Mrs. Big Beat and I were swanning about Miami Beach and Key West, there was a small but satisfying show of community spirit back here in Ottawa.
John Westhaver owns Birdman Sound, a small, nondescript space filled with some of the coolest rock, funk, punk and jazz in the city — all of it on vinyl. He has a small selection of CDs as well, but they’re now incidental to his business. It’s the sales of vinyl records that keep Birdman alive. (Vinyl records remain a small sector of retail music sales, but for most or all of the past decade vinyl has been the fast growing sector of the market.)
You’ll find little that’s mainstream in Birdman — perhaps the Black Keys, who are now at least perched on the edge of mainstream stardom. You’ll also find James Brown or John Coltrane, and old Black Sabbath or the Stooges, all on vinyl, but the majority is music that perhaps most people, to their own sad loss, would consider to be “out there.”
Clutch Releasing Double Vinyl Edition Of LP 'Blast Tyrant'
Clutch have scheduled a February 28th release date for their double vinyl edition of their 2004 'Blast Tyrant' album. The 180 gram vinyl contains 16 songs and also includes six mini-posters taken straight from Blast Tyrant's "Atlas of the Invisible World." Each illustrated poster is sized (8.5" x 11") and depicts one of the various characters featured within the Blast Tyrant storyline.
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Career Spanning Grateful Dead DVD Box Set
Shout! Factory have scheduled an April 17, 2012 release date for a new 14-DVD Grateful Dead box set called 'All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection.'
Conceived as the ultimate tribute to the band's legendary on-stage prowess, the set includes 12 concert films; a 40-page booklet containing rare photos and new liner notes by Blair Jackson; and all bonus features from previous releases of the DVDs in the set.
As a special treat for fans, it also includes an exclusive bonus disc containing five previously unreleased live performances from the Grateful Dead archive, Backstage Pass, the 1992 documentary directed by Justin Kreutzmann, and a brand-new interview with Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux.
Despite an ambivalent attitude to using television as a promotional medium, the Grateful Dead's creative genius and interest in filming their live shows resulted in what is now an extensive catalog of live performances on video. Included in All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection are The Grateful Dead Movie, The Closing Of Winterland; Dead Ahead; Truckin' Up To Buffalo; Ticket To New Year's; Downhill From Here; View From The Vault; View From The Vault Vol. 2; View From The Vault Vol. 3; View From The Vault Vol. 4; and So Far, a 1987 film that has previously only been available on VHS and laserdisc.
In 2011 Shout! Factory released The Grateful Dead Movie on Blu-ray, in a deluxe 2-disc set that included a DVD loaded with an extensive slate of bonus features. All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection will contain the DVD version of the film as well as the accompanying DVD of bonus features.
The 12 films in the box set begin with The Grateful Dead Movie, filmed in 1974 when the band hired a crew to film 5 pre-hiatus shows at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. The film was released in 1977 after more than 2 years of work with a team of editors led by Susan Crutcher. In the liner notes of All The Years Combine, Blair Jackson writes "The Grateful Dead Movie may be the single greatest document of the totality of the Grateful Dead experience. Even though it is really just a slice in time showing one incarnation of the group, it completely captures the group's magical essence — that joyous and strange mystical spirit that was a part of everything they did, from the Acid Tests in 1965 to the last concert at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1995, a month before Garcia's death."
Filmed in the same location just a few years later, The Closing Of Winterland was filmed during the Dead's annual New Year's Eve concert in 1978, which was to be the final show at the venerable arena. Featuring friends like Lee Oskar (War) and Matthew Kelly (Kingfish); John Cipollina (Quicksilver); Greg Errico (Santana) and author Ken Kesey with his Thunder Machine, the playing is loose but intense, the frequent peaks reliably transcendent. The sound — mixed from the 24-track master reels — is superb. The Closing Of Winterland DVD is also packed with bonus features galore, including "Winterland: A Million Memories" Documentary Film; Blues Brothers: "Soul Man" & "B Movie"; New Riders Of The Purple Sage: "Glendale Train"; "Making Of The DVD" Featurette; 2 a.m. Interview with Bill Graham by Scoop Nisker; Detailed Chronological History of Grateful Dead at Winterland; and an Alternate Camera Angle Option ("Wharf Rat," "St. Stephen" & "Good Lovin'").
Dead Ahead, recorded at Radio City Music Hall in 1980, is the next DVD in All The Years Combine. Celebrating their 15th anniversary, the Dead played 15 shows at the Warfield in San Francisco, followed by eight concerts at Radio City Music Hall. In addition to their usual two sets, the Dead opened each night with an acoustic set as well. The final concert fell on Halloween, and was simulcast as a closed-circuit pay-per-view event at 20 movie theaters across the country. Dead Ahead is comprised of songs from the final show and the previous night's show interspersed with comic bits from the Saturday Night Live comedy team of Al Franken and Tom Davis (both big Dead Heads).
The award-winning 55-minute conceptual video So Far makes its maiden appearance on DVD in this box. The video contains footage from private sessions taped in Marin County, portions of the 1985 New Year's Eve concert at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, and psychedelic visual material. Of the film, Garcia said "The video is the Grateful Dead way of doing things, which turns out to be expensive, difficult and unrepeatable. If we went back to do this again, we'd come out with a different finished version. We couldn't repeat it. If you're going to do something, it's important — for me, at any rate — to shoot high, even if you miss, or even if you're accused of being pretentious. . . . We were after the idea of electronic mind-altering and consciousness-altering. And on that level, I think it's pretty successful."
Ticket To New Year's, filmed at Oakland Coliseum on New Year's Eve 1987, was also a national pay-per-view telecast. Once again the Dead rose to the occasion and gave the fans in Oakland and many thousands across the country watching in their living rooms a very well-played and energetic show.
Truckin' Up To Buffalo is the complete show from Rich Stadium in Buffalo on July 4, 1989, and it's a hot one. Len Dell'Amico's direction really lets us see the communication between the players when they're "on" — the subtle cues, the quick exchange of glances and smiles as they dig into a tune or jam. It's really like eavesdropping on the band from an onstage perch.
Two weeks and seven shows after the Buffalo extravaganza, the Dead returned to one of their favorite Midwest haunts, Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, for three shows. This scenic amphitheater has a covered seating area and a huge, steep back lawn section that the Dead had no problem filling by the late '80s. Downhill From Here, which consists of the entire July 17, 1989, Alpine show — save for three songs at the end of the first set that were swapped out for three from the first set of the concert two nights later — was one of the first commercial videos the Dead released in the years right after Garcia's death, and it still stands as one of the best.
The View >From The Vault I release (recorded July 8, 1990, from the now-demolished Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh) gets off to a rollicking start with "Touch Of Grey" and "Greatest Story Ever Told" and keeps grooving with the old British folk number "Jack-A-Roe." Phil does a great job singing Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," and the encore is an emotional "Knockin' On Heaven's Door." Also worth noting is this disc's bonus material — from the more intimate Cardinal Stadium, in Louisville, Kentucky, two nights earlier (July 6, 1990). Two of the best numbers on View >From The Vault come from this addendum: a magnificent "Standing On The Moon," sung with tremendous passion and nuance by Garcia; and a hot, bluesy 13-minute excursion labeled "KY Jam."
View From The Vault II brings us a show from (long-gone) RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, on June 14, 1991. A few months after Brent Mydland's death in the summer of '90, the Dead had returned to the road as a septet, with the keyboard slot occupied by two players — Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby. This DVD's bonus footage returns to RFK a year earlier for a portion of one of Brent's last shows. We get a very different-sounding "Dark Star," as well as "Victim Or The Crime," "Foolish Heart" and Phil leading the group through a reassuring and hopeful "Box Of Rain": "Believe it if you need it; if you don't, just pass it on . . . "
The show that dominates View From The Vault III took place on June 16, 1990, at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA, south of San Francisco. This turned out to be the last tour for Brent Mydland, who died in late July 1990, but here the sextet is still going strong, with no hint of the calamity to come. This particular concert is revered for its the extraordinary second set, which includes solid versions of "China Cat," "I Know You Rider," "Estimated Prophet" and "Terrapin" before the band launches into one of their most interesting and exploratory jams during this era. The first set is also loaded with goodies, and bonus footage on the DVD consists of the first six songs from the October 3, 1987 concert at Shoreline, and is perhaps most notable for the N'awlins funk rave-up "Hey Pocky Way" and one of the few extant video versions of Weir's slithery "My Brother Esau."
View From The Vault IV captures the complete Grateful Dead sets from two shows in a series of sold-out stadium concerts backing Bob Dylan in the summer of 1987, where the band played their own sets too. The concert from Oakland Stadium is an exceptionally lively and high-spirited affair. Two days later the tour moved to Anaheim Stadium in Southern California, and the group hit a series of completely different high notes with their set lists.
Wrapping up the box set is an exclusive bonus disc containing five previously unreleased and never before seen live performances from 1987-1991, sourced from the Grateful Dead archive, as well as Backstage Pass, the 1992 documentary directed by Justin Kreutzmann, and a brand-new interview with Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux.
Jackson writes in the All The Years Combine booklet, "You can find nearly the whole history of American music spread across these discs, with music encompassing rock, folk, blues, jazz, country, ragtime, soul, funk, modern classical and avant-garde elements. Where else can you hear songs by Chuck Berry, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash and Buddy Holly, unifying anthems, party rave-ups, songs of existential longing, murder ballads, cowboy tunes, love songs, primal drums and dissonant electronics all in one place? The Grateful Dead created a rich and sumptuous psychedelic patchwork quilt stitched together with magical golden thread. Sad to say, we'll never see anything quite like them come this way again — but at least we have the recorded footage, reminding us that it wasn't just a beautiful dream . . ."
Shout! Factory is a diversified entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their careers sharing their music, television and film faves with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory's DVD offerings serve up classic, contemporary and cult TV series, riveting sports programs, live music, animation and documentaries in lavish packages crammed with extras. The company's audio catalogue boasts GRAMMY®-nominated boxed sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable "best of" compilations. These riches are the result of a creative acquisitions mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. With its fingers on the pulse of pop culture, Shout! Factory continues to impact the entertainment media landscape through acquisition of top quality programming for home entertainment releases. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit www.shoutfactory.com.
ALL THE YEARS COMBINE: THE DVD COLLECTION Includes: • The Grateful Dead Movie (2-DVD)* (Theatrical film, originally released in 1977) • The Closing Of Winterland (2-DVD)* (Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, December 31, 1978) • Dead Ahead* (Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, October 1980) • So Far (Originally released on VHS and laser disc in 1987 — first time on DVD!) • Ticket To New Year's* (Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, December 31, 1987) • Truckin' Up To Buffalo (Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY, on July 4, 1989) • Downhill From Here (Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, July 17, 1989) • View From The Vault* (Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, July 8, 1990) • View From The Vault II* (RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, June 14, 1991) • View From The Vault III* (Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, June 16, 1990) • View From The Vault IV (Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA, July 24, 1987, and Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA, July 26, 1987)
*includes all bonus features from previous release
Exclusive bonus disc contains: • Five previously unreleased live performances from the Grateful Dead archive • Backstage Pass, the 1992 documentary directed by Justin Kreutzmann • Brand-new interview with Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux
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album cover art of the day:
Killing Joke Reveal New Album Art
The new album will hit the stores April 2, and will be called 'MMXII' or 2012 for those who don't know Roman numerals (me). The LP will be released through Spinefarm Records in both CD form and as a digital download. It will also be made available on double colored gatefold vinyl.
A press release claims “The album’s key is the end of times, an age of flux, a shift in consciousness.”
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Audio Fidelity to Reissue Sade's 'Diamond Life'
Marshall Blonstein, president of Audio Fidelity, recently announced February 14 as the release date for the audiophile label's 180-gram virgin-vinyl reissue of Sade's DIAMOND LIFE album. Originally issued 27 years ago this month, DIAMOND LIFE launched the career of one of the most distinctive and enduring vocalists in contemporary pop. The LP will be issued in a numbered, deluxe gate-fold limited edition that will be available through online and brick-and-mortar retailers alike.
On DIAMOND LIFE, Sade pioneered an alluring style that effortlessly blended ballads, soft soul music and jazz-and impressed audiences and critics the world over. Saluting the album for its sophistication and restraint, the Village Voice noted that Sade "and her associates put their project over with a fashion model's virtues: taste, concept sound. No superfluity, not even an excessive tempo." Sade's warm vocals and clever lyrics, and the band's sleek, unrushed support, rendered DIAMOND LIFE an instant classic, the first of four consecutive Top-10 albums for Sade and her group. She would subsequently score with the hit singles "The Sweetest Taboo," "Paradise" and "No Ordinary Love," and, in 1986, win a Grammy® for Best New Artist.
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THE PHARMACY - "Dig Your Grave" EP 7"
Seatlle’s THE PHARMACY have spent the majority of the last decade touring the US and Europe relentlessly on their infectious brand of pop garage. In between tours they’ve released a slew of singles and three critically acclaimed LPs, cementing them as the current purveyors of the pop garage genre. Frontman SCOTT YODER concocts epic pop gems that aren’t obscured by mountains of fuzz or clched lyrics—all while staying true to their lo-fi perspective on sound. Four songs in all. 2/3rds of THE PHARMACY play in the bedroom pop band FUZZY CLOAKS!
Limited to 500 hand numbered copies! First 100 on color vinyl!
Coroners have officially ruled that Don Cornelius's death last week was a suicide. In the wake of an autopsy conducted on Friday, the determination was made that the Soul Train host took his life with a gunshot to the head. Investigators are awaiting the results of toxicology reports, after which a final report will be issued.
Cornelius, who was 75, was found dead in his home in Sherman Oaks, California, last Wednesday. His son, Tony Cornelius, issued a statement last week thanking fans and requesting privacy. "At this time, we respectfully ask that you allow our family and friends the privacy necessary to get through this difficult time," he said, in a statement to CNN. "We thank all the well-wishers and the fans who have supported the Soul Train legacy."
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and in music history for february 10th:
In 1942, after topping the charts for more than two months, "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra became the first recording to be certified as a million-seller and was honored with a gold record, a master copy of the disc sprayed with gold lacquer by RCA as a publicity stunt. What is recognized today as a Gold Record was not initiated for another 16 years when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) adopted the idea and trademarked the Gold Record. In 1958, the first Gold single was awarded to Perry Como for "Catch A Falling Star" and the first Gold album was given to Gordon McRae for the soundtrack of "Oklahoma!"
In 1956, Little Richard recorded "Long Tall Sally." The flip side was "Slippin' and Slidin'." Both songs were subsequently released in the LP Here's Little Richard (Specialty, March 1957). The single reached number one on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart, staying at the top for six of 19 weeks, while peaking at number six on the pop chart. It received the Cash Box Triple Crown Award in 1956. The song as sung by Little Richard is #56 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It became one of the singer's best-known hits and has become a rock and roll standard covered by hundreds of artists
In 1959, Link Wray performed his controversial instrumental "Rumble" on ABC-TV's "American Bandstand." Many radio stations had refused to play the record only because of the danger implied in its title.
On this day in 1965, "You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’" by the Righteous Brothers was the #1 song.
In 1967, the Beatles and producer George Martin continued work in the studio on "A Day In The Life," using a 40-piece orchestra to add the orchestral crescendos. At the Beatles' request, orchestra members arrived in full evening dress along with novelty accoutrements. One violinist wore a red clown's nose, one had a fake gorilla's paw on his bow hand and others wore funny hats with other assorted novelty items. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith, and Donovan also attended the session. Martin later recalled that when he told some of Britain's finest musicians that they were to play twenty-four bars of cacophonous, improvised crescendo, "they all looked at me as though I were completely mad."
In 1968, the Beatles closed their American fan club and business office, dismissed their American public relations people, and consolidated all business dealings within their own Apple Corps in London.
In 1971, Carole King's 'Tapestry' was released. It is one of the best-selling albums of all-time, with over 25 million copies sold worldwide In the US, it has been certified diamond by the RIAA with more than 10 million copies sold. It received four Grammy Awards in 1972, including Album of the Year. The lead single from the album, "It's Too Late"/"I Feel The Earth Move" was number 1 on the Billboard 100 for five weeks. In 2003, Tapestry was ranked number 36 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
In 1972, David Bowie opened his Ziggy Stardust Tour in London.
In 1974, at the Los Angeles Forum, Deep Purple began a 28-date North American tour.
In 1977, at the CBS Whitfield Street Studio No. 3 in London, the Clash started recording their self-titled debut album which they completed in weekend sessions 17 days later.
In 1978, Van Halen released their self-titled debut studio album. In 2006, readers of Guitar World magazine ranked it 7th on a list of the Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time. Van Halen sold over 10 million copies in the US alone, becoming one of the most successful debuts by a rock band. The album cover was shot at the Whisky a Go Go. The guitar pictured on the cover of the album is Edward Van Halen's famous Frankenstrat Guitar, made from a neck purchased from Boogie Bodies and a Stratocaster style body custom made by Wayne Charvel in California and assembled in Edward's parents' garage. In 2003, the album was ranked number 415 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
In 1986, 'John Lennon: Live in New York City,' a posthumous live album by John Lennon was released in the UK. It was prepared under the supervision of his widow, Yoko Ono. Recorded on August 30, 1972 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Lennon performed two shows, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, to raise money for children with mental challenges.
The benefit concerts, billed as One to One, also featured other performers in addition to Lennon, including Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Melanie Safka and Sha-Na-Na, although their performances are not included on this album, nor on the simultaneous video release.
Live in New York City captures John Lennon's last full-length concert performance, coming right after the release of Some Time in New York City, which was a commercial failure in the United States. Perhaps as a result, Lennon's stage talk, while humorous, is self-deprecating and slightly nervous in tone. Backing Lennon and Ono were Elephant's Memory, who had served as Lennon and Ono's backing band on Some Time in New York City. Although the material Lennon performed was largely drawn from his three most recent albums of the period (John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Imagine and Some Time in New York City), he also included in the setlist his Beatles hit "Come Together" and paid tribute to Elvis Presley with "Hound Dog" before leading the audience in a singalong of "Give Peace a Chance".
Expose's debut album 'Exposure' was released in 1987.
In 1993, an estimated 90 million people worldwide watched ABC-TV's primetime Oprah Winfrey special that featured the first interview with Michael Jackson in 14 years, live from his Neverland Ranch. During the program Jackson claimed he suffered from Vitiligo, a skin condition that accounted for his loss of pigmentation. The singer also insisted that he'd had only two minor plastic surgery operations.
In 1996, at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, country music singer Shania Twain drew a crowd of nearly 20,000 fans for an autograph session.
Also in 1997, Melissa Etheridge's then-partner Julie Cypher gave birth to a daughter. It was later revealed that the baby's father was Crosby, Stills & Nash's David Crosby.
In 1999, Musician magazine stopped publication after 21 years.
In 2003, the Rolling Stones play a free show in Los Angeles with help from Bill Clinton to raise awareness of global warming.
In 2008, singer Freddie Bell, leader of the 1950s rock 'n' roll group Freddie and the Bellboys, died at the age of 76. It was his version of Big Mama Thorton's "Hound Dog" that inspired Elvis Presley to record the song after seeing it performed by Bell in Las Vegas
birthdays today include (among others): Roberta Flack (75), Rosanna Tavarez (Eden's Crush) (35), Don Wilson (Ventures) (75) and Jimmy Merchant (Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers) (72)
T. Rex’s ‘Electric Warrior’ Singles Set For Record Store Day Reissue
T. Rex’s second album ‘Electric Warrior’ is scheduled to be reissued on April 23 to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of glam rock. The classic album, which featured the hit singles ‘Get It On’ and ‘Jeepster’, will be released in a number of different formats including a Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition, as well as special vinyl and digital editions. The album will be preceded by the release of a special box set of 7” singles entitled the ‘Electric Sevens’ on Saturday April 21 to celebrate Record Store Day 2012.
In addition to the original tracklisting, ‘Electric Warrior’ will also include four bonus tracks - the non-album single ‘Hot Love’ plus the B-sides ‘There Was A Time / Raw Ramp’, ‘King Of The Mountain Cometh’ and ‘Woodland Rock’.
The limited-edition Super Deluxe Edition of ‘Electric Warrior’ will be housed in a lavish box set, which is foil-blocked and de-bossed and will contain the two CDs plus a DVD of rare and unreleased TV performances and promos by the group. Additional items include a 32-page hardback book featuring a brand new essay from Bolan biographer Mark Paytress. The box also includes reproductions of rare photos, a poster, a coaster and a vintage press release.
‘Electric Warrior’, the follow-up to T. Rex’s eponymous debut, was originally released in 1971, when it reached Number One in the UK Albums Chart before returning to the top spot again during the following year. The band’s performance of ‘Hot Love’ – their first Number One single – on Top of the Pops has since become known as one of the defining moments of glam rock.
T. REX – ELECTRIC WARRIOR – SUPER DELUXE EDITION DISC ONE – ORIGINAL ALBUM PLUS SINGLE A & B SIDES 1 - Mambo Sun 2 - Cosmic Dancer 3 - Jeepster 4 - Monolith 5 - Lean Woman Blues 6 - Get It On 7 - Planet Queen 8 - Girl 9 - The Motivator 10 - Life’s A Gas 11 - Rip Off BONUS TRACKS 12 - There Was A Time / Raw Ramp - B-side 13 - Hot Love - A-side 14 - King Of The Mountain Cometh - B-side 15 - Woodland Rock - B-side
DISC TWO – DEMOS & OUT-TAKES 1 - Electric Warrior Poem – Rare US Radio Promo * 2 - Mambo Sun – Instrumental Edit * 3 - Cosmic Dancer – Single-Vocal Version * 4 - Jeepster – Single-Vocal Version * 5 - Monolith – No Backing Vocals Version * 6 - Lean Woman Blues – Single-Guitar Track – Work in Progress * 7 - Get It On – Full Length Version * 8 - Planet Queen – Acoustic Version * 9 - Girl – New York Demo * 10 - The Motivator – Work In Progress * 11 - Life’s A Gas – Studio Out-Take * 12 - Rip Off – Instrumental * 13 - Raw Ramp – London Demo Version 14 - Electric Boogie – London Demo Version * 15 - Honey Don’t – Studio Out-Take / Work In Progress * 16 - Planet Queen – Acoustic Solo / London Demo Version * 17 - Girl - Acoustic Solo / London Demo Version * 18 - Jeepster – Electric Home Demo Version * 19 - Get It On – Acoustic Home Demo Version * 20 - Untitled Instrumental – Studio Out-Take * 21 - Electric Warrior Poem and radio advert. US Radio promo *
Previously Unreleased *
DISC THREE - DVD 1 - Hot Love from Top Of The Pops, 24th March 1971. First time on DVD 2 - Get It On from Top Of The Pops, 20th December 1971 featuring Elton John 3 - Jeepster from Beat Club, Germany. Previously Unseen Blue Screen Version 4 - Life’s A Gas from Beat Club, Germany. Previously Unseen Blue Screen Version 5 - Girl, Live at Wembley Empire Pool, 18th March 1972 6 - Cosmic Dancer, Live at Wembley Empire Pool, 18th March 1972 7 - Get It On, Official Promo 8 - Jeepster, Official Promo 9 - Jeepster from Beat Club, Germany. Broadcast version 10 - Life’s A Gas from Beat Club, Germany. Broadcast version
RECORD STORE DAY 2012 EXCLUSIVE: ELECTRIC SEVENS 7” SINGLES BOX SET
VINYL SINGLE ONE: HOT LOVE A1 - Hot Love - Single Version B1 - Unnamed Instrumental aka “A Lot Of Rubbish” (O/T) * B2 - Hot Love - no strings version
VINYL SINGLE TWO: GET IT ON A1 - Get It On single version B1 - Raw Ramp – London demo version * B2: Get It On - acoustic demo*
VINYL SINGLE THREE: JEEPSTER A1 - Jeepster – single version B1 - Life's A Gas - electric demo (2.22) * B2 - Jeepster - electric demo (2.15)
VINYL SINGLE FOUR: BBC EP A1 -Sailors of the Highway (2:46) BBC Radio 1 Club – 3rd August 1971 B1 - Girl (2:13) BBC Radio 1 Club –3rd August 1971 B2 - Electric Boogie (1:47) BBC Radio 1 Club – 20th July 1971
Previously Unreleased *
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Pachyderm studio space to rock again
Article by: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER , Star Tribune
Under new ownership, the Cannon Falls studio where Nirvana made its last album is slated to be reopened this year.
The rural Minnesota recording studio where Nirvana made its last album is in utero again.
Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls -- which sat dormant last year following several years of decline -- is being overhauled by one of the Twin Cities' most reputable studio operators, who hopes to return it to its former glory. He just can't use the place's old name.
The 1960s-era house and wooded, six-acre lot that hosted Kurt Cobain, Soul Asylum, PJ Harvey, Live and many other rock stars in the 1990s was purchased last year by John Kuker, whose Minneapolis-bred Seedy Underbelly studio now operates in Los Angeles and New York. Kuker owns the property but not the studio equipment or the Pachyderm name.
No problem, he says. He tentatively plans to call it Seedy Underbelly North. He also recently brought in a recording console that he said was used by Bob Marley in the early 1970s at Island Records' Basin Street studio in London.
The refurbished studio, about 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities, should be rocking again by summer.
Johnny Cash's 80th Birthday Celebration Begins With BOOTLEG VOL. IV : THE SOUL OF TRUTH
2-CD, 51-TRACK COLLECTION FOCUSES ON SONGS OF FAITH RECORDED IN THE 1970s AND '80s
Duets and collaborations with June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Cindy Cash, Anita Carter, Helen Carter, Rodney Crowell, Jessi Colter, and others
Available everywhere April 3, 2012, through Columbia/Legacy
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International superstar Johnny Cash would have turned 80 years old on February 26, 2012. Legacy Recordings is set to celebrate this landmark year with a full slate of projects to be announced in the coming weeks.
First up is BOOTLEG VOL. IV: THE SOUL OF TRUTH, a 2-CD, 51-track collection which compiles gospel and spiritual recordings (both released and previously unreleased) made by Cash in the 1970s and '80s. The tracks are traditional hymns and folk songs, as well as original compositions by Cash and many other songwriters. These recordings date from a period when his life was finally on an even keel, evidenced by "His excitement for his faith," as the liner notes written by his son, John Carter Cash, bear witness.
BOOTLEG VOL. IV: THE SOUL OF TRUTH will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting April 3rd through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
The bountiful album catalog of Johnny Cash on Columbia Records, for whom he recorded from 1958 to '83, is blessed with many albums of faith, from 1959's classic Hymns By Johnny Cash and 1962's Hymns From the Heart, to his much-lauded concept album projects of 1968 (The Holy Land) and 1973 (The Gospel Road), and more. The chronology moves ahead a few years for BOOTLEG VOL. IV, which features tracks that were cut both at Columbia Studios in Nashville, as well as his own House Of Cash in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
The recordings were made during his Columbia tenure, though not necessarily released on Columbia at the time. For example, as compilation producer Gregg Geller explains, "The centerpiece of BOOTLEG VOL. IV is the first 20 songs on Disc One, which comprised the album A Believer Sings The Truth, originally recorded for the small Cachet Records label in 1979, half of which were reissued in 1982 on CBS's boutique gospel label, Priority Records – neither the original nor the reissue were widely distributed. Of the remaining five 1979 recordings on Disc One, four appeared briefly on the album I Believe…, released by Arrival Records in 1984; the fifth is the aforementioned 'Truth'."
The latter is a reference (Geller explains) to a previously unreleased song based on a poem that was believed to have been written by Muhammad Ali and presented to Cash, who recorded but never released the track. The poem turned out to be written by the Sufi leader Hazrat Inayat Khan, and one of its lines gives this collection its title: "The soul of truth is God."
The seemingly convoluted release history of the tracks on BOOTLEG VOL. IV is part of the allure of the series to Cash-philes around the world. Disc two begins with 12 tracks recorded in 1975, intended for an LP that never received a title and was never released. (Although two of its tracks have shown up on compilations issued over the past five years.) Disc two then proceeds to 10 tracks that comprised a rare LP prized by Cash collectors, Johnny Cash—Gospel Singer, recorded in 1983 for the CBS gospel label, Priority Records. The final four tracks are previously unreleased outtakes from those same sessions.
Once the track genealogy is sorted out, the music is revealed for what it is – the gospel and spiritual foundation of Johnny Cash's life. As John Carter's evocative 1,500-word liner notes essay points out, gospel music was an integral part of his father's life from earliest childhood. Whether the family was out working the fields of their Dyess, Arkansas farm, or listening to the Sears-Roebuck Silvertone radio late on a Friday or Saturday night, or singing together on Sunday morning at the Dyess Central Baptist Church, gospel music was the be-all and end-all.
"The music set a foundation for J. R. Cash," John Carter writes, "and upon it he established the motivation for his existence. With the songs of the gospel came faith, and along with faith, a fortitude and persistence that would not be denied. If you were convinced of my Dad's honesty, it is because he was confident of his purpose, and that purpose was defined by gospel music. Though he would sing many kinds of music in his life, he was never truer than when he sang songs of faith."
Through the highs and lows of his career on records, both at Sun and Columbia, Johnny Cash kept his gospel roots up front in the spotlight. Friends and family would join in the testimony, demonstrated throughout BOOTLEG VOL. IV, as he is joined by June Carter Cash ("He's Alive," Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "This Train Is Bound For Glory," "Far Side Banks Of Jordan"), Rosanne Cash ("When He Comes"), Cindy Cash ("Lay Me Down In Dixie"), Anita Carter ("Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home)"), Helen Carter (on the Carter Family's "Way Worn Traveler"), Rodney Crowell ("You'll Get Yours And I'll Get Mine," the Gaither Family's "He Touched Me"), Jessi Colter ("The Old Rugged Cross"), and many others on this collection.
Songwriters including Billy Joe Shaver ("I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal"), Sister Rosetta Tharpe ("Strange Things Happening Every Day"), Bill Monroe ("You're Drifting Away"), Dorothy Love Coates ("That's Enough"), Marijohn Wilkin ("Back In The Fold"), Mark Germino ("God Ain't No Stained Glass Window"), and Rodney Crowell ("Wildwood In The Pines") share the stage with Cash, whose compositions account for 19 of the 51 tracks.
"At the very heart of this faith was gospel music," John Carter's notes conclude. "I invite you to join me, and get to know the man John R. Cash as I remember him. You will hear him in these treasured recordings. Listen carefully: Spirit, Faith, Gospel. The very source of his vision."
The Johnny Cash Bootleg Series
The Johnny Cash Bootleg Series has been developed by Grammy Award®-nominated producer Gregg Geller, and Grammy® and W.C. Handy multi-award winning musician/producer Steve Berkowitz. The House Of Cash archive in Hendersonville, Tennessee bore first fruit on Columbia/Legacy in May 2006, with the release of Personal File aka Bootleg Vol. 1, a fascinating double-CD collection of 49 privately recorded, intimate solo performances dating from 1973 to 1982.
Four years later in May 2010, Bootleg Vol. 2: From Memphis To Hollywood continued the series. This time the focus was on the dawning of Cash's recording career at Sun Records in Memphis from late 1954 to late '57 (on CD One), into his first decade at Columbia Records in Nashville, from 1958 to 1969 (on CD Two), when he began to find work in the world of film and television.
In 2011, Bootleg Vol. 3: Live Around The World picked up the thread over the course of ten live performance settings. Highlights included the 1964 Newport Folk Festival, a 1969 USO tour appearance in Vietnam, a 1970 White House performance at President Nixon's invitation, a 1972 show at Osteraker Prison in Sweden, the 1973 CBS Records Convention in Nashville, and more.
The release of Bootleg Vol. 3 coincided with the publication of an important new book, House Of Cash: The Life, Legacy and Archives of The Man In Black (Insight Editions) written by John Carter Cash. An affectionate and affecting look into the Johnny Cash legend, House Of Cash is a memoir, biography and deeply personal remembrance of the man beneath the black. The lavishly illustrated book features many color and black and white photos, as well as numerous keepsake facsimile documents from the Cash family archive.
BOOTLEG VOL. IV: THE SOUL OF TRUTH by JOHNNY CASH (Columbia/Legacy 88697985382) Disc One – Selections: 1. Wings In The Morning • 2. Gospel Boogie (A Wonderful Time Up There) • 3. Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home) (with Anita Carter) • 4. He's Alive (with June Carter Cash) • 5. I've Got Jesus In My Soul • 6. When He Comes (with Rosanne Cash) • 7. I Was There When It Happened (with Marshall Grant) • 8. I'm A New Born Man • 9. Strange Things Happening Every Day • 10. Children Go Where I Send Thee • 11. I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal • 12. Lay Me Down In Dixie (with Cindy Cash) • 13. Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend • 14. You'll Get Yours And I'll Get Mine (with Rodney Crowell) • 15. Oh Come, Angel Band • 16. This Train Is Bound For Glory (with June Carter Cash) • 17. I'm Gonna Try To Be That Way (with Jan Howard) • 18. What On Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake) • 19. That's Enough • 20. The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All (with Jack Routh) • 21. Didn't It Rain • 22. He Touched Me (with Rodney Crowell) • 23. Way Worn Traveler (with Helen Carter) • 24. I'll Have A New Life (with June Carter Cash) • 25. Truth (previously unreleased). (All tracks recorded January 1979, in Nashville; except tracks 7,11,18 recorded May 1979, in Hendersonville, TN.)
Notes:
Disc One produced by Jack Clement and Jack Routh.
Tracks 1-20 released as A Believer Sings The Truth (Cachet CL3-9001), 1979.
Tracks 1-4, 6, 10, 11, 15, 18, 20 also released as A Believer Sings The Truth (Priority 38074), 1982. Tracks 21-24 released on I Believe… (Arrival 3870), 1984.
Disc Two – Selections: 1. Back In The Fold • 2. Look Unto The East • 3. I Was There When It Happened • 4. Sanctified • 5. Would You Recognize Jesus • 6. That's Just Like Jesus • 7. What On Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake) • 8. Keep Me From Blowing Away • 9. Don't Give Up On Me • 10. Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home) • 11. Far Side Banks Of Jordan (duet with June Carter Cash) • 12. Our Little Old Home Town • 13. Belshazzar • 14. My Children Walk In Truth • 15. The Old Rugged Cross (duet with Jessi Colter) • 16. One Of These Days I'm Gonna Sit Down And Talk To Paul • 17. God Ain't No Stained Glass Window • 18. Half A Mile A Day • 19. Another Wide River To Cross • 20. You're Drifting Away • 21. Believe In Him • 22. Over There • 23. Gospel Road • 24. What Is Man • 25. Wildwood In The Pines • 26. Never Grow Old (Tracks 1-12 recorded October, December 1975, in Hendersonville, TN; tracks 13-26 recorded May, August, September, October, December 1982, in Nashville.)
Notes:
Disc Two produced by Charlie Bragg (tracks 1-12 ) and Marty Stuart (tracks 13-26).
Tracks 1-12, previously unreleased unnamed album (except track 4, previously released as a bonus track on the album Ultimate Gospel (Columbia/Legacy 88697 05838 2) 2007; and track 8, previously released on the album The Great Seventies Recordings (Reader's Digest A764438), 2010. Tracks 13-22, from the withdrawn-from-release album Johnny Cash—Gospel Singer (Priority 38503) 1983, subsequently released as Believe In Him (Word 47828), 1986, in a different sequence.
Tracks 23-26, previously unreleased outtakes from sessions for the album Johnny Cash—Gospel Singer.
SOURCE Legacy Recordings
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Bonnie Raitt Announces 2012 Tour; Mavis Staples Opening On Later Dates
Bonnie Raitt is coming out of her hiatus with afterburners firing. Her first studio album in seven years, Slipstream, hits stores on April 10 via Redwing Records. On May 1, she opens a 70-date tour in Newkirk, OK, a trek that will see hear play at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Nashville's Ryman Theater and Virginia's Wolf Trap.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to Induct the Crickets, Blue Caps, Comets, Famous Flames, Midnighters and Miracles
It's going to be one very long ceremony when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame holds its induction on April 14. The organization had already announced the honoring of the Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N' Roses, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Small Faces/Faces, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns, and now they are adding six groups that were criminally overlooked when their lead singers were inducted in the past.
Blink 182′s Buddha has been out of print for several months but it is back in stock on black vinyl only. The picture disc is still currently not available. You can grab your copy of Buddha here. As well, here is a list of what is currently in print from Blink 182:
Richard Hawley has recently announced his sixth studio album 'Standing At The Sky's Edge' will be released via Parlophone on CD, digital download and gatefold double vinyl on May 7
Hawley said of the album: "I wanted to get away from the orchestration of my previous records and make a live album with two guitars, bass, drums and rocket noises!"
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Huntress, 'Spell Eater': Exclusive Album Cover Reveal
Coming straight of out of Southern California is a group dealing out such high-quality traditionally-flavored heavy metal that Noisecreep covered them when they didn't even have a record deal. Yes, Huntress are that great. We knew the secret would get out to the world one day, so it's no surprise that the folks at Napalm Records signed up Huntress to a shiny new record deal in late 2011.
Lead by a force of nature named Jill Janus, Huntress' upcoming debut album, 'Spell Eater,' will surely make it to the year-end lists come next December. Thundering drums, heavy riffs, spectral solos, and catchy choruses, are the basis of Huntress' sound, which is majestically crowned by Janus' powerhouse vocals.
'Spell Eater' won't hit North American stores till May 8, but in this Noisecreep exclusive, we bring you the premiere of the album's killer cover art!
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in music history for february 9th:
In 1957, after nine weeks, Guy Mitchell's "Singing The Blues" is pushed out of Billboard's top spot by Elvis Presley's "Too Much".
In 1958, a report by the American Research Bureau cites Dick Clark's American Bandstand as the top-ranked daytime television program, drawing an average of 8,400,000 viewers per day.
In 1959, Lloyd Price reached number one on the Billboard Pop chart with "Stagger Lee", an up-dated version of an 1911 Folk song called "Stack-O-Lee" that was based on the murder of William "Billy" Lyons by Stagger Lee Shelton. Wilson Pickett would take the song to number 22 in 1967.
In 1961, the Beatles appeared at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, for the very first time (as the Beatles), they would go on to make a total of 292 other appearances at the Club.
In 1962, Neil Sedaka records "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", which will become his fifth US Top Ten hit and first number one by the following August. Neil's ballad version of the song would peak at number eight in February 1976.
In 1963, Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson, who were billed as Paul and Paula, had the top tune in the US with "Hey Paula." It made #8 in the UK.
In 1964, the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, which was watched by over 73 million people (60% of the viewing audience). The Fab Four performed "All My Loving", "Till There Was You", "She Loves You", "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand". The show had received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio. Sullivan read a telegram to the audience just before the band's performance: "Congratulations on your appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show and your visit to America. STOP. We hope your engagement will be successful and your visit pleasant. STOP. Sincerely Elvis and the Colonel."
In 1966, singer/actress Sophie Tucker, who was billed as the "Last of the Red-Hot Mamas," died of lung cancer at 82.
In 1967, at Regent Sound Studio in London, the Beatles began recording the Paul McCartney composition "Fixing A Hole" for the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. The track was completed at EMI's Abbey Road Studios on February 21.
In 1967, the film for the latest Beatles single "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" was shown on BBC-TV's Top Of The Pops. It was the first Beatles single not to make #1 in the UK since 1963, held off the top by Engelbert Humperdinck's "Release Me."
In 1972, Paul McCartney's Wings played the first night of a UK College tour in Nottingham. The group arrived unannounced asking social secretaries if they would like them to perform that evening. The band's intended first stop on the tour, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, refused to allow them to play so they drove on to Nottingham. Admission was 40p, British pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz was the opening act for the tour.
In 1974, the Love Unlimited Orchestra went to #1 on the US singles chart with "Love's Theme," it made #10 in the UK.
In 1975, Willie Nelson began recording "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" for his album "Red Headed Stranger." The track was completed on February 12. Released as a single in July, it became Nelson's first #1 record on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
In 1976, Percy Faith, who led his orchestra to the top of the Billboard Pop chart with "Theme From A Summer Place" in 1960, died of cancer at the age of 62. Between 1950 and 1973, Faith charted in the US Top 40 sixteen times.
In 1979, a Birmingham, England band called UB40 play their first ever gig at a pub in their hometown. The Reggae group took their name from the UK unemployment benefit form.
In 1981, rock and roll pioneer, Bill Haley died of a heart attack at the age of 55. He was still a big star in Europe and in Mexico where his "Twist" album was the best selling LP of all time for many years. Haley was getting ready to release a new Country and Western album when he passed away in Harlingen, Texas. He had been suffering from a brain tumor and had given his last concert in South Africa in April of 1980. During his career, Bill Haley sold over 60 million records
In 1982, George Harrison presented UNICEF with a cheque for $9 million (£5.3 million), ten years after the fundraising concert for Bangladesh.
Prince's "Little Red Corvette" was released in 1983.
In 1985, Phil Collins released the single "Sussudio."
In 1991, C & C Music Factory started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with 'Gonna Make You Sweat', a No.3 hit in the UK.
In 1997, Mississippi blues artist Jack Owens died aged 92. In 1995 he appeared in a TV advertisement for Levi's jeans, showing him seated on his front porch.
In 1997, singer Brian Connolly, lead vocalist of Sweet, died of kidney failure at the age of 51.
In 2002, Billboard published the Top 5 selling albums in the world from 2001: Britney Spears 'Britney', $7m (£4.1m); Shaggy's 'Hotshot', $7.2m £4.24m); Destiny's Child's 'Survivor', $7.8m (£4.6m); Linkin Park's 'Hybrid', $8.5m (£5m) and Dido's 'No Angel', $8.6m (£5.06m) sales.
In 2005, Tyrone Davis, best known for his hits "Turn Back The Hands of Time" and "Can I Change My Mind", died from complications following a stroke. He was 66.
In 2009, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant took home five prizes for his collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss at this years Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles. The duo won album of the year for Raising Sand and record of the year for ‘Please Read The Letter.’ Coldplay, (who won song of the year for ‘Viva La Vida’) Adele, Duffy, Radiohead and Peter Gabriel were among other UK acts to be honoured. John Mayer won Best solo rock vocal performance for ‘Gravity’, Kings of Leon won Best rock performance by a group with ‘Sex on Fire’, Best rock song went to Bruce Springsteen for ‘Girls In Their Summer Clothes’ and Lil' Wayne won Best rap solo performance and Best rap album for Tha Carter III.
In 2010, former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction's groundbreaking. The Beatles as a group were given a star in 1998.
birthdays today include (among others): singer, songwriter Barry Mann (1939) Wrote many early 60's pop hits including 'Saturday Night At The Movies', 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling', 'Walking In The Rain'. Also had the 1961 US No.7 solo single 'Who Put The Bomp, In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp,' Carole King (1942), Major Harris - Delfonics (1947), Dave Rotheray - The Beautiful South (1963) and Dennis Thomas - Kool & The Gang (1951)
