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DEAR JERRY: Living just 65 miles north of Chicago, we easily receive many of their radio stations.
That is how I first heard Vic Damone's “South Side of Chicago,” probably in the mid-'60s. It's about the glory years “back when jazz was king, on the south side of Chicago.” It's a good song that was understandably popular down there.
Since then, I have found several other versions, including ones by Della Reese; Al Grey & Richard Boone; Lezlie Anders; Walter Wanderly; Charley Harrison; and my personal favorite, Ray Price.
What intrigues me is all but one refers to “21st and Wentworth” as the “beating heart” of the jazz night life and “the place where the action first got its start.”
The exception is Charley Harrison's. He changes the supposedly historic intersection to 63rd and Cottage. Why?
Harrison is also the only singer to mention Vaughan Freeman. Who is he? —Julia Konizeski, Twin Lakes, Wisc.
DEAR JULIA: Vic Damone did have the first single release of tunesmith Phil Zeller's “On the South Side of Chicago” (complete title), issued in early 1967 (RCA 9145). Vic's single is also the only rendition to appear on any of the music charts.
Damone followed the single with an LP titled “On the South Side of Chicago” (RCA 3765).
Walter Wanderly's 1967 version is the only instrumental on your list. This fine Brazilian keyboardist (1932-1986) performed “On the South Side of Chicago” in the style of his 1966 hit, “Summer Samba.”
Now about the stray in the herd:
Charley Harrison is a top-flight jazz composer, arranger, and producer. He is not, however, the singer of “On the South Side of Chicago.” Harrison's guest vocalist on that track is Freddy Cole.
Their six-minute masterpiece is on Charley's debut (2006) CD album, “Keeping My Composure.” For all 11 of the tracks, Charley conducts Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra.
Harrison's is the only recording I know that cites somewhere other than 21st and Wentworth, actually on the edge of Chinatown, as “the place where [Chicago jazz] action first got its start.”
As a Chicago native, Charley might have known that there is no intersection of 21st and Wentworth there. They do have a 2100 South block on Wentworth, but none of the principal jazz clubs were that far north.
Nearly half of the 50 or so hot venues were on State Street, between 26th and 47th.
My recommendation for the verse would therefore be to pinpoint 35th and State as the Chicago jazz epicenter.
Still, 63rd and Cottage (full name: Cottage Grove) has long been a bustling area of general activity, especially the Grand Ballroom and Tivoli Theater. The Tivoli is long gone, but the Grand Ballroom still stands ready to host special events, from weddings to conventions.
One block from the Grand Ballroom stood another significant music venue: the Pershing Hotel, home of the Pershing Palace Ballroom and El Grotto Supper Club.
Conveniently, in the same building, right next to the Pershing's main doors, was a record store where all the top swing-era 78s were sold — possibly an impulse marketing precursor to today's supermarket checkout line racks.
Not Vaughan, Earle Lavon “Von” Freeman is an 87-year-old Chicago-born tenor saxophone legend. Last year, Freeman received the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters award, our nation's highest jazz honor.
IZ ZAT SO? In Zeller's “On the South Side of Chicago,” we're told “there was everything” in that district. Phil could have also written “there was everyone,” in particular the country's biggest names in jazz bands and swing music.
Here is just a sampling of major stars, whose live shows at “little places filled with people glowing” cost from “no cover charge” to one dollar: Albert Ammons; Louis Armstrong; Count Basie; Sidney Bechet; Cab Calloway; Nat King Cole; Johnny Dodds; Benny Goodman; Lionel Hampton; Coleman Hawkins; Fletcher Henderson; Woody Herman; Earl Hines; Alberta Hunter; Al Jolson; Freddie Keppard; Jimmy Lunceford; Jelly Roll Morton; Jimmy Noone; Joe “King” Oliver; Kid Ory; Tiny Parham; Bessie Smith; Erskine Tate; Fats Waller; Billy Ward; Ethel Waters; Paul Whiteman; Joe Williams; and Teddy Wilson.
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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I’m a real record breaker: Man collects every number one single since charts started in 1952... and now he's flogging the lot
By Katie Silver
While many view their music collection as a source of pride, worthy of devouring their funds and free time, for Kevin Upchurch - who has collected every single UK number one since the charts began in 1952 – it’s in an entirely different league.
Mr Upchurch's massive haul - which totals a whopping 1,100 hits spanning vinyl, cassette, CD and MP3 - is all stored in his Kent flat.
Music mad Kevin has dedicated his life to scouring car boot sales, charity shops, independent record stores and the internet in a bid to complete his vast collection.
And after 39 years, it ranges from the classic How Much Is That Doggy In The Window by Lita Roza to modern dance anthems like Rihanna’s We Found Love.
But the 51-year-old, from Bexleyheath, Kent, is now putting the lot up for auction - with it expected to sell for a five figure sum - to make some room in his small flat.
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record - Sales Week Ending 02/11/2012
A pretty poor week price-wise, but some interesting records show up nonetheless. The #1 45 is the first 45 from the artist known a few years later as David Bowie. Two Northerns show up on the list, and the Wings picture disc is the promo only copy that was distributed in the UK.
1. 45 - Davie Jones & King Bees "Liza Jane"/ "Louie, Louie Go Home" Vocalion Pop UK Pressing - $2,835.36
2. 45 - Tommy Dent "Soul Thing" / "Miss Woman" Cobble Stone 706 - $2,716.00
5. LP - Paul McCartney and Wings "Back To The Egg" Promotional Picture Disc UK Pressing - $1,943.10
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Tigercats to Release DebutOn Vinyl
Isle of Dogs, the debut album from East London indie-pop band Tigercats, will be released on CD and on 12" vinyl via Fika Recordings on April 9th. With 11 songs as heartfelt as they are fantastically catchy and infectious, the band are well in to their stride: enthusiastic, confident, charismatic and fun-loving
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Demon Hunter Reveal Album Artwork
Demon Hunter's sixth studio album is called, 'True Defiance,' and the artwork was created by Ryan Clark and illustrated by Angryblue. The record is scheduled for release on April 10 via Solid State Records.
True Defiance Tracklist 1. Crucifix 2. God Forsaken 3. My Destiny 4. Wake 5. Tomorrow Never Comes 6. Someone to Hate 7. This I Know 8. Means to an End 9. We Don't Care 10. Resistance 11. Dead Flowers
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Europe Reveals Cover Art For New LP
Swedish hard rockers Europe have revealed the cover art for their upcoming album 'Bag of Bones,' which is due out in April 2012 via EarMusic/Adel Records. The album was recorded in October 2011 and produced by renowned producer Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden/Black Country Communion).
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Dawn Of Disease Reveals Cover Art
German death metal band Dawn Of Disease has unveiled the cover art and revealed the track listing for the upcoming sophomore release 'Crypts of the Unrotten.' The album is scheduled for released on April 27, 2012 via NoiseArt Records.
1. Descent Into Another World (Intro) 2. Alone With The Dead 3. Knife vs Flesh 4. The Unrotten 5. Skinless And Impaled 6. Enter The Gates 7. Calcined Bones 8. Catacombs 9. Final Resurrection 10. Devouring Obscurity 11. But Death Goes On 12. Soulless Shape (Bonus Track)
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Sigh Reveals New Album Details
Metal exhibitionists Sigh are set to release their ninth studio album this March. Called 'In Somniphobia,' the 11 track opus features guest appearances from Massacre’s Kam Lee and Meads Of Asphodel’s Metatron as well as cover illustration by renowned artist Eliran Kantor.
Founded in 1990 in Tokyo, Japan, Sigh is known for a nontraditional approach to metal and music in general and such is the case with the band's latest endeavor. Commented vocalist/keyboardist Mirai Kawashima: "This is your sonic nightmare. This is the music that lies somewhere between your reality and imagination. This is the heaviest, scariest, craziest and by far the best album by SIGH in every aspect. Be sure to smoke first then listen to this with headphones. Bad trip guaranteed."
1. Purgatorium 2. The Transfiguration Fear Lucid Nightmares 3. Lucid Nightmare 4. Somniphobia 5. L'excommunication a Minuit 6. Amnesia 7. Far Beneath the In-Between 8. Amongst the Phantoms of Abandoned Tumbrils 9. Ending Theme: Continuum 10. Fall to the Thrall 11. Equale (a. Prelude, b. Fugato, c. Coda)
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Phish Debut LP To Be Released on Vinyl for Record Store Day
Phish has announced that their debut album, 'Junta,' will finally make it to vinyl format for the first time on Record Store Day. Originally released by the band on cassette in 1989, the album will now become available as a Limited Edition 180 gram Deluxe 3-LP vinyl set, available exclusively at independently owned record stores participating in Record Store Day. The release will be limited to 5,000 individually numbered copies and will only be available on April 21 for Record Store day.
Junta was recorded at Euphoria Sound Studios in Revere, Massachusetts in 1987 and 1988 on 16-track 2” tape and was mixed to 1/4” stereo reels. All production duties on the album are the work of the band members themselves. The vinyl release is culled from the original stereo master reels with lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Each LP is pressed onto 180g audiophile grade vinyl and includes a free MP3 download of the entire album (transferred from the new vinyl master).
The LE Deluxe vinyl copy will also feature the original packaging created by the band for the 1989 cassette release. In addition, 2,500 of the Junta Deluxe 3-LP sets will also include brand new exclusive Limited Edition hand-carved, hand-printed linolium block posters by Jim Pollock. Those editions will be distributed randomly at participating independently owned record stores across the country, but will be clearly marked.
Side A Fee You Enjoy Myself Side B Esther Golgi Apparatus Foam Side C Dinner And A Movie Divided Sky Side D David Bowie Side E Fluffhead Fluff’s Travels Contact
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NAPALM DEATH: 'Scum' 25-Year Special Edition To Be Released In March
"Scum", the classic 1987 debut album from grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH, will be re-released on limited-edition redux CD and colored vinyl LP on March 5 via Earache Records.
To celebrate 25 years since the release of the most influential grindcore album ever made, "Scum" has been remastered especially for this release from the original tapes with Full Dynamic Range (FDR), allowing the music's nuances to shine through and giving the whole album a more ferocious and dynamic sound than ever before, and enabling the listener to immerse in the full audio chaos like never before.
Original NAPALM DEATH guitarist and founding member Mick Harris states: "It sounds wicked — that record still holds up today and I'm proud I was part of it."
1. Dr. Dog - Be The Void 2. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp 3. Jack White - Love Interruption 7" 4. The Black Keys - El Camino 5. Bon Iver - Bon Iver 6. Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral 7. Fucked Up - Year Of The Tiger 12" 8. Gotye - Making Mirrors 9. Of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks 10. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar 11. Jacuzzi Boys - Seahawks & Peacocks 12" 12. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory 13. Ben Kweller - Go Fly A Kite 14. Futurebirds - Futurebirds EP 15. Lost Sounds - Plastic Skin 7" 16. Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk 17. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 18. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker 19. Radiohead - OK Computer 20. Amos Lee - Live At Grimey's 7" 21. Dead Moon - Defiance 22. Townes Van Zandt - Live At Old Quarter 23. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 24. The Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions 25. Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe
Here are the Top 10 Albums sold on Shop Radio Cast for the week of February 13, 2012:
1. Blink 182 – Dude Ranch LP 2. Blink 182 – Enema Of The State LP 3. Blink 182 – Blink 182 2XLP 4. Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends LP 5. Taking Back Sunday – Where You Want It To Be LP 6. Blink 182 – Buddha LP 7. Fun. – Some Nights LP 8. AFI – Black Sails In The Sunset LP 9. Brand New – Your Favorite Weapon LP 10. Blink 182 – Neighborhoods LP (Blue/White)
In 1941, in Hollywood, Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra first recorded "Take the 'A' Train."
In 1954, Big Joe Turner recorded the original version of "Shake, Rattle And Roll." As sung by Turner, it is ranked #126 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The shouting chorus on his version consisted of Jesse Stone, and record label executives Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegün. The saxophone solo was by Sam "The Man" Taylor. Turner's recording was released in April 1954, reached #1 on the US Billboard R&B chart on June 12, did not move for three weeks, and peaked at #22, nearly at the same time, on the Billboard pop chart (subsequently billed as the Billboard Hot 100).
The song, in its original incarnation, is highly sexual. Perhaps its most salacious lyric, which was absent from the later Bill Haley rendition, is "I've been holdin' it in, way down underneath / You make me roll my eyes, baby, make me grit my teeth". [It may actually be "Over the hill, way down underneath.] On the recording, Turner slurred the lyric "holdin' it in", since this line may have been considered too risqué for publication. The chorus uses "shake, rattle and roll" to refer to boisterous intercourse, in the same way that the words "rock and roll" was first used by numerous rhythm and blues singers, starting with Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)" in 1922, and continuing on prominently through the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1957, the Coasters record "Searchin'", which will reach #3 in the US and become the first of their ten Billboard Top 40 hits.
Also in 1957, the live rock concert package tour "Greatest Show of 1957" made its first stop in Pittsburgh. The cross-country show featured Chuck Berry, Clyde McPhatter, Fats Domino, LaVern Baker, the Five Satins, the Moonglows, and Bill Doggett.
In 1958, Frankie Avalon scored his first US Top 10 hit when "Dede Dinah" reached number 7. He would follow it with a string of hits over the next couple of years, including "Ginger Bread" (#9), "Venus" (#1), "Bobby Sox to Stockings" (#8), "A Boy Without a Girl" (#10), "Just Ask Your Heart" (#7) and "Why" (#1).
In 1958, Jerry Lee Lewis performs "Great Balls of Fire" and his latest release "Breathless" on American Bandstand. Later in the day, he would appear on Dick Clark's Rock and Roll program, Saturday Night Beechnut Show, along with Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Chuck Willis, The Royal Teens and Johnnie Ray.
In 1961, Jackie Wilson was shot by Juanita Jones, a girlfriend who had gone to his New York apartment to confront him about another woman. Although he managed to escape and make it to a hospital, Wilson lost a kidney and would carry the bullet that was too close to his spine to be removed, for the rest of his life.
In 1961, the Marcels recorded "Blue Moon."
In 1962, Ray Charles records "I Can't Stop Loving You" at United Studios in Hollywood, California. The tune will go on to top both the US and UK charts and would be included on the LP "Modern Sounds In Country / Western Music", which would lead the Billboard album chart for 14 weeks.
In 1964, 'Meet the Beatles!' became the Fab Four's first number 1 album in the US.
In 1965, after smoking three packs of cigarettes a day for many years, Nat King Cole died of lung cancer at the age of 47. His daughter Natalie had just turned 15 the previous week. Nat originally played piano in Jazz bands, but stepped to the front of the stage for good when "Mona Lisa" became a huge hit in 1950. Cole continued his hit streak with "Unforgettable", "A Blossom Fell", "Send For Me", "Looking Back", "Ramblin' Rose" and "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer". He hit the charts again in 1991 when his voice was dubbed into a duet with Natalie on an updated version of "Unforgettable".
In 1965, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, the Beatles recorded "Ticket To Ride."This was the first song by the band in which Paul McCartney was featured on lead guitar. The meaning of the title phrase remains unclear. Paul McCartney said it was "a British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight," and John Lennon said it described cards indicating a clean bill of health carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s. The Beatles played in Hamburg early in their musical career, and "ride/riding" was slang for having sex.
Ticket to Ride" was released as a single on April 9, 1965 in the United Kingdom and April 19 in the United States with "Yes It Is" as its B-side, topping the Hot 100 for a week in the US and the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in the UK. The American single's label declared that the song was from the United Artists release Eight Arms to Hold You. This was the original title of the Beatles' second movie; the title changed to Help! after the single was initially released. The song was also included on the Help! album released on August 6 in the UK and on August 13 in the US.
Music critics Richie Unterberger of Allmusic and Ian MacDonald both describe "Ticket to Ride" as an important milestone in the evolution of the musical style of the Beatles. Unterberger said, "the rhythm parts on 'Ticket to Ride' were harder and heavier than they had been on any previous Beatles outing, particularly in Ringo Starr's stormy stutters and rolls." MacDonald described it as "psychologically deeper than anything the Beatles had recorded before ... extraordinary for its time — massive with chiming electric guitars, weighty rhythm, and rumbling floor tom-toms.
Also in 1965, the Beatles released the single "Eight Days a Week," but only in North America. Although it was a huge American hit, the group did not think highly of the song (John Lennon called it 'lousy') and they never performed it live.
In 1967, "Georgy Girl" by the Seekers was the #1 song in the US.
In 1967, six music students at Chicago's DePaul University – Walter Parazaider, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, James Pankow, Lee Loughnane, and Robert Lamm – formed a rock ensemble called the Big Thing. Later, with added member Peter Cetera, they changed their name to Chicago Transit Authority, then shortened it to Chicago.
In 1968, John Lennon, George Harrison and their wives traveled to India to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Beatle bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr soon followed. Many of the songs for the Beatles' "White Album" were written during their stay in India.
In 1968, blues harmonicist Marion Walter Jacobs, who performed as "Little Walter," died from injuries suffered in a fight while taking a break from a performance at a southside Chicago nightclub at the age of 37.
In 1975, singer Gino Vannelli became the second Caucasian performer to appear on the syndicated TV dance show, "Soul Train." (The first was Detroit guitarist Dennis Coffey who appeared in January 1972.)
In 1975, although she would place 21 songs on the Billboard Top 40, Linda Ronstadt had her only number one hit with "You're No Good".
In 1979, at the 21st Grammy Awards, the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack won Album of the Year and The Bee Gees were named Best Pop Group and Best Arrangement for Voices for "Staying Alive". Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" won Record and Song of the Year. Donna Summer's "Last Dance" won two Grammys: Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song.
In 1981, 39 year old Mike Bloomfield, lead guitarist for Electric Flag, is found dead of a drug overdose in his parked car in San Francisco. He had just completed his final album, "Living In The Fast Lane".
In 1984, singer Ethel Merman died after being diagnosed with glioblastoma and undergoing brain surgery to have the malignant tumor removed at age 76.
In 1988, after allegedly referring to El Paso, Texas as "the place with all those greasy Mexicans", Joe Elliot and the rest of Def Leppard are forced to cancel a show in that city due to various threats.
In 1991, model Kelly Emberg launches a $25 million palimony suit against Rod Stewart. The pair lived together from 1985 to 1990. Rod has often been quoted as saying "Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house."
In 1993, Little Richard expresses his anger after being told he will receive his Lifetime Achievement Award during the non-televised portion of the Grammy Awards. Richard said "This is the crowning achievement of my career and they want to give it to me secretly."
In 1994, a federal court jury ruled Michael Jackson did not steal the idea for his hit song "Dangerous" from a Denver woman who had sent him a demo tape.
In 2001, George Harrison took part in the first ever on-line chat on Yahoo Chat.
In 2006, the gravesite of Bon Scott of AC/DC was given heritage status.
In 2008, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was announced.
birthdays today include (among others): John Helliwell (Supertramp) (67), Melissa Manchester (61), Brandon Boyd (Incubus) (36) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (Killers) (36)
Amoral - Beneath
Amos Lee - As the Crow Flies (EP)
Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America
Anvil - Pound For Pound (reissue)
Anvil - Strength of Steel (reissue)
Anvil - Worth The Weight (reissue)
Anya Marina - Felony Flats
Apollas Featuring Leola Jiles - Absolutely Right! The Complete Tiger, Loma And Warner Bros. Recordings
Avatar - Black Waltz
Axe - Axeology 1979-2001 (2 CDs)
Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour
Barry Adamson - I Will Set You Free
Bears - Greater Lakes
Ben Kweller - Go Fly A Kite
Beneath The Massacre - Incongruous
Beth Jeans Houghton - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
Bettye LaVette - Nearer to You (reissue)
Big Country - Crossing: Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
Bing Crosby - Through the Years Vol. Nine (1955-1956)
Black Rain - Now I'm Just a Number: Soundtracks 1994-95 (vinyl)
Bonobo - Black Sands Remixed Ninja Tune
Boy & Bear - Moonfire
Breag Naofa - s/t
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (gold CD)
Busdriver - Beaus$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.
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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:
