Splug Offers Record Collectors Chance To Trade and Barter Smarter!

Collecting Vinyl Records Interview with Mark Klein and Mike Saffert of Splug.com

It is estimated that close to half a million businesses in the US are involved in some form of barter exchange. Additionally, there are an estimated 400 commercial and corporate barter companies serving all parts of the world.  In its simplest form, bartering is a method of exchange in which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services - without using a system of exchange, such as money.  For bartering to occur between two people, both would need to have what the other wants.

This is where a new social bartering site called Splug.com helps facilitate the trading. Let's introduce two people directly involved with the new community:

Mark Klein (Founder/CEO) and Mike Saffert (Senior Product Manager) are two of the main players involved in launching the new barter website, Splug.com. Mark was in charge of video promotion and post-production at Epic Records in the days of Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Oasis, and many others. He then went on to start a successful music promotion company and then DXagency, one of the very first all-digital engagement firms in the country.

After years touring and releasing albums with his band Hidden In Plain View, Mike eventually found himself joining the team in DX's accounts department. Mike is huge into vinyl trading and has been known to make a barter or two for various breweriana.

Spurred by their backgrounds in music and the growing popularity of collecting vinyl, Mark & Mike have targeted vinyl records as one of the first categories to populate on Splug.com Here’s what they had to say about their new site:

RB: What is the goal of Splug.com?

MK: Actually the goal is for “Splug" to become a verb. Just like people “FedEx” or “eBay” something, we want them to say “I’ll Splug it” when they want to trade something with their friends.

MS: There are a lot of sites out there where you can just trade one type of item like vinyl or video games. We wanted to create a community where you could trade anything for anything else, a guitar for a surfboard or therapeutic massages for accounting work.

MK: Absolutely. We see house painters painting beach houses and then getting a free week’s seaside vacation. It’s all about the collaborative economy. People have fun trading with each other, particularly when they know they can trust their trading partners.

RB: What does the name mean and where did it come from?

MK: Great question. Splug is short for Social Plug. As society moves toward a cash less economy, we wanted to build a community where you could use social media to create a safe and trusted environment to barter for things you want. So “Splug’ was a catchy name that seemed to sum it all up.

RB: Why should a user choose Splug over other retailers/vendors?

MS: Well, to begin, Splug isn’t a retailer or a vendor. It’s a community made of collectors. And the urge to collect never goes away, even if your interests change. Everybody has lots of things in their closets they aren’t using or collecting any more, so Splug lets you peer in each other others closets and make great trades. It’s actually a pretty ‘green’ way of sharing still usable items. Tons of things can be recycled and find happy homes with new owners.

MK: Not to mention, it’s fun. I’m a serious collector of pinball machines. After I had been collecting a while, I realized the hunt is always more fun than the kill. Locating what you want and then horse trading to make a great deal is really the fun part.

RB: How is your site different, what will make it 'tick'?

MK: Different from what? It’s pretty much different from everything else because it brings together people with common interests to trade things they really care about. Being able to share those interests in a trusted environment is what makes it tick. We use social sites as filters so you can determine who you feel comfortable Splugging with. Sites like Craigslist and even eBay have a lot of anonymity and uncertainty built in … you never really know who you’re dealing with. On Splug, you can trade with just your Facebook friends, friends or friends or everyone. You set your own level of trust.

MS: Another great differentiator is that you can list ‘wants’ on Splug. If I’m looking for something special, I list it as a want. If you happen to have that certain something, you can search the ‘wants,' find me, and then send me a trade offer.

RB: Will there be seller ratings?

MS: Yes, you'll be able to give star ratings to users you conduct Splug trades with.

RB: Who pays for shipping?

MK: That’s part of the negotiation. A lot of the trades will likely be between local friends so the exchanges can take place in person. On long distance trades, the trading parties can work out the logistics using the instant messaging feature that is built right in to Splug to work out all the details. And to make it all very easy to use, we’re integrating one-click shipping.

RB: How do you support/make right any problems between traders?

MS: Splug is not actually a party to the trade, think of it more as a venue. But because of the social nature of the site, the Splug community will play a huge role. No one wants all of their friends to know they screwed someone in what was supposed to be a fair deal.

MK: Plus, if you’re trading with a friend of a friend, you can 'pre-qualify’ your prospective trading partner by checking him out with your friend to make sure he’s a reliable and honest person that you would want to Splug with.

RB: If a person doesn't have a FaceBook account, can they still participate on Splug?

MK: Yes, we’re working on integrating direct Splug sign-up right now. Next up will be LinkedIn integration, which will be great for the business trading community, and then Google+.

MS: Thanks for the opportunity to talk with you, Robert. Before we sign off, I want to let everyone know I’m really into collecting vinyl from The Bouncing Souls. If you have anything interesting, list it on Splug and I’ll be talking to you soon!

For vinyl record collectors, Splug offers a way to trade unwanted or duplicate records in their collections - for records they have been searching for; all in a trusted social community.  Try finding that at an online vinyl record vendor or a local record store.  Finding and acquiring vinyl records has just moved into the 21st century with Splug!

On a personal note, I want to thank Mark, Mike and John for their time, this new age vinyl social media club just may be what record collectors worldwide have been clamoring for.   I am impressed by the easy to use platform (yes I have some record listed!) in which to post your records and the overall ease of use of the site.  This is online crate digging at its finest, so come on over and start posting some records, it's fun and who knows, you just might find that record you have been searching for.  

But the phenomenal part of Splug, is that the site isn't limited to vinyl; you can trade for just about anything, opening up new avenues for collectors worldwide!

Want to trade some records? Start Splugging away and sign up HERE

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

vinyl available from our friends at Insound

Blonde Redhead - Barragán

LP is packaged in a custom die-­-cut cover and inner sleeve with “peel and reveal” sticker insert. A digital download also included in the LP package. They certainly weren’t clear when twin brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace and Kazu Makino first found themselves playing and writing together back in the mid-­- 90s. At a time when the musical landscape was defined by the sullen, narcotic rage of grunge, and counterpointed by the purist, politicised undergrounds of Olympia, Washington and Washington DC, Blonde Redhead simply did not fit in anywhere. This indivisible trio of aliens -­- decorous, poetic, hermetic; dedicated to espresso and tea and a glass of red wine with dinner -­- were out of place in New York City, never mind the rest of America. It was only when, in 1997, they were invited to tour with Fugazi – who showed them a thing or two about being a band – that Blonde Redhead even saw the rest of the country where they had impulsively ended up living and working. Perversely, the experience helped to define them, and the long process of carving out a niche for their singular music began.

And they’re still here. It’s almost too obvious to mention that Blonde Redhead have never made records for fame, or for money, or to ape their teenage heroes, or to indulge any of the dumb, ephemeral impulses that clog up the blogosphere with dumb, ephemeral music. They make music, simply, because they have to. Over 8 increasingly distinctive and assured albums, they have developed a sonic language of their own: rapt, wistful, plangent, with melodies coiling like smoke through thickets of whispering electronics, anchored by nuanced, sensual rhythms. The liquid grace of their output redeems and resolves the precarious circumstances of its creation.

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The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers

Brill Bruisers is the first new release in four years from the acclaimed supergroup the New Pornographers, who NPR called “virtually peerless in the world of power-pop and indie-rock.” Additionally, the New Yorker describes the band’s music as “magnificent and clever.” “This is a celebration record,” in the worlds of the lead-singer and main songwriter A.C. Newman, and that describes it perfectly – massively melodic, joyous pop music helmed by the soaring vocals of Neko Case, Dan Bejar and Newman himself.

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J Mascis - Tied to a Star

Comes with a download card! J Mascis' Tied to a Star is the follow up to his acclaimed Sub Pop debut Several Shades of Why. The album, led by the songs "Every Morning" and "Wide Awake," was recorded and produced by Mascis and mixed by John Agnello at Bisquiteen in Amherst, MA. Tied to a Star also features guest appearances from musicians Ken Maiuri (Young@Heart Chorus), Pall Jenkins (Black Heart Procession), Mark Mulcahy (Miracle Legion) and Chan Marshall (Cat Power).

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Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (2011 Remaster)

The Division Bell 20th Anniversary release will feature a new 2-LP 180-gram vinyl edition of the album, remastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab from the original analogue tapes, including all the full length tracks (originally edited to fit on a single LP) in a gatefold sleeve designed by Hipgnosis/StormStudios.

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Arcade Fire - Funeral (Reissue)

Newly re-issued on 180 gram vinyl! An intense spectacle even on record, this rather large ensemble hailing from Montreal is on a mission. Prepare to get caught up in it all! Look out below indeed...The Arcade Fire bring a theatricality, an intensity, an insanity, and a penchant for amazing hooks to their debut full-length release, "Funeral." You have never heard such energy, such beauty, and such emotion from such a young band. Fans of Neutral Milk Hotel, Broken Social Scene, and Roxy Music's first two albums will have a new favorite band, The Arcade Fire!

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from our friends at ThrillJockey

Back to Land by Wooden Shjips Available Via Thrilljockey

Wooden Shjips’ rise to prominence from the psychedelic underground to the rock and roll overground has been a steady sojourn. With each consecutive release, the band has found new ways of transforming heady psychedelic rock into minimalist masterpieces, bridging the gap between the woozy freeness of Les Rallizes Denudes and Crazy Horse and the tightly wound simplicity of Suicide and the Velvet Underground. Back To Land, the quartet’s follow-up to West, is the first Wooden Shjips record to be conceived outside of San Francisco. Ripley Johnson and Omar Ahsanuddin moved to Oregon, where the lush climates became a major influence on the songwriting. The band’s scope expanded to include more earthy, grounded tones, such as the acoustic guitar, without abandoning their modernist psych core.

There is an increased brightness to many of the songs on Back To Land, an easiness with which the band has flirted with in the past but never fully realized until now. The nervy urgency of West has evolved into an assured confidence, from the alliterative, interlocking guitar and organ groove of “Ruins” to the languidly compelling guitar solos of “Servants.” The addition of the acoustic guitar to the band’s textural palate is coupled here with some of the most melodically direct songs the band has written.

Still, there are still plenty of signature Shjips songs, with distorted riffs, modal keys, and a steady, crisp drum sound unfolding intensely while the elongated melodic guitar lines drift in and out of the foreground. On Back to Land this energy is captured in clear detail, designed as an immersive experience rather than a passive blasting. Back To Land was laid to tape at Jackpot Recording Studios in Portland by Kendra Lynn and mixed by Larry Crane. It was recorded over an 11-day session, resulting in some of the most detailed and spacious recordings of their career.

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upcoming releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

EVERLY BROTHERS - VERY BEST OF

The Very Best Of The Everly Brothers is a reminder to all of us as to what exactly constitutes real music. Hearing the duo's impeccable harmonies and the way that their voices intertwine on hits like "Cathy's Clown", "Bye Bye Love", "Devoted To You" and "All I Have To Do Is Dream" are enough to bring a person to tears.

This 31-track collection on a double LP serves to remind us that The Everly Brothers were indeed one of a kind. We are beyond lucky to have this music to remember them.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert
• Brand new compilation, on vinyl for the first time!

FLEETWOOD MAC - BLUES JAM IN CHICAGO VOL. 1 & 2

Blues Jam In Chicago Vol. 1 & 2 was the result of a recording session with Fleetwood Mac in early 1969 at Chess Records in Chicago, home to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, amongst others. Then a young British blues band, Peter Green, John McVie, guitarists Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer and Mick Fleetwood jammed with a number of famous Chicago Blues artists from whom they drew inspiration. Since the Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac was so directly influenced by Chicago blues, the session acts as a kind of stylistic homecoming for the band.

The following Windy City Blues legends were present at this single-day session: Otis Spann, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Buddy Guy, Walter "Shakey" Horton, J. T. Brown, Willie Dixon and S.P. Leary. Willie Dixon oversaw the proceedings, and can be heard during the between-song banter giving directions and chastising Walter "Shakey" Horton for missing his cues.

Originally released in two volumes, we've combined them into one powerful package!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Gatefold sleeve
• Remastered audio
• Jams with Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Shakey Horton, J.T. Brown, Guitar Buddy, Honeyboy Edwards, S.P. Leary

YUSEF LATEEF - THE GENTLE GIANT

The Gentle Giant is an great Souljazz album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1970 and 1971. Backing up Lateef are seasoned Jazz players like Eric Gale, Chuck Rainey, Albert Heath and Ray Bryant, guaranteing a well defined album that offers an insight in his unique musicianship with a small ensemble of focused and singular-minded players.

At a time when funk and fusion were merging with the intensely volatile and distrustful mood of the U.S., Lateef's brand of Detroit Soul evolved from his earlier Hard Bop Jazz and World music innovations. The Gentle Giant is an appropriate title, as Lateef's levitational flute looms large over the Rhythm & Blues beats central to the equation. Kenny Barron's Fender Rhodes electric piano is also a sign of the times.

This is a prime example of a post-Bitches Brew, pre-Weather Report/Headhunters Jazz album that put Lateef in many respects to the forefront of the Fusion movement. On 180 gram audiophile vinyl

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Atriarch - An Unending Pathway

After two critically beloved records on Seventh Rule and Profound Lore ATRIARCH make their Relapse debut with their finest moment yet.  Blending death rock, doom, black metal, punk and psychedelic drone/noise ATRIARCH immediately establish themselves as one of the most creative and compelling heavy-music bands of the 21st century.  Imagine Bauhaus as covered by Eyehategod, or Sisters of Mercy filtered through Neurosis, and you start to get the picture of what ATRIARCH has achieved on their new record.  Once every few years a band comes along that takes the familiar and creates something wholly new.  ATRIARCH have done just that with An Unending Pathway.

First Press
900 x Black Standard Gram
300 x Black 180 Gram *Mailorder Exclusive*
300 x Black / Grey Merge Standard Gram *Mailorder Exclusive*
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

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TV On The Radio’s 'Seeds' Being Released via Harvest Records on November 18th

TV On the Radio will release their new album, Seeds, November 18th on Harvest Records. The band’s new single “Happy Idiot” ignites a hearty introduction to Seeds, catapulting out of the gate with an earnestly frenetic beat over a sweet sweet chorus of resignation. One thing that remains a constant with TV on the Radio is that there is no constant, and one curveball trounces another on Seeds.

When you pre-order Seeds through the band's official online store, you will unlock unique presale codes that will give you the first chance at buying tickets for the fall club dates, starting Wednesday, September 3rd at 10AM local time. All pre-orders will unlock an instant download of "Happy Idiot."

Available in a series of bundles at TV on the Radio Official Store

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Kevin Smith's 'Clerks' Soundtrack Gets Vinyl Release

To celebrate Clerks 20th anniversary the soundtrack will be pressed to vinyl for the first time ever! Clerks is the 1994 soundtrack album to the film of the same name. The soundtrack features alternative rock songs performed by various artists, as well as audio clips from the film. Famously, the cost of licensing the songs on the soundtrack cost more than the film cost to make.

Vinyl Details:
- Available on vinyl for the first time.
- Mastered for vinyl and lacquers created by Stan Ricker
- Gatefold Jacket and D Side etching

Vinyl Color: 
Side A/B White, C/D Black (LTD 500, SRC Exclusive) Clear with Black Smoke (LTD 1,500)

Order at ShopRadioCast

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Spin Cycle - Dallas' Next New Record Store Is Big: The 15,500-Square-Foot Josey Records Is Coming Soon.







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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 8/25-8/31, 2014

Vinyl Top 25

1. Shovels & Rope - Swimmin' Time
2. Ty Segall - Manipulator
3. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
4. J Mascis - Tied to A Star
5. Royal Blood - Royal Blood
6. Etta James - Rocks The House
7. FKA Twigs - LP1
8. Earth - Primitive & Deadly
9. Spoon - They Want My Soul
10. Eno | Hyde - High Life
11. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
12. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
13. Superdrag - Head Trip In Every Key
14. The Coolin' System - Refrigerate After Opening
15. Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden
16. King Buzzo - This Machine Kills Artists
17. Jack White - Lazaretto
18. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
19. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
20. Robyn Hitchock - The Man Upstairs
21. Electric Wurms - Musik Die Schwer zu Twerk
22. Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy
23. Cory Branan - The No-Hit Wonder
24. All Them Witches - Lightning At The Door
25. Lambchop - Nixon

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album cover art of the day:

New Track "When Bodies Are Deformed" Streaming From Centinex As Band Announces Comeback Release





















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album cover art of the day, part two:

RUSSELL ALLEN And JORN LANDE's 'The Great Divide' Collaborative Album: More Details Revealed

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2014


DEAR JERRY: As you know from numerous other readers, the producers of television shows always seem to avoid including any information in the credits about the recordings heard in the film --especially frustrating when it's the main theme and played at the beginning of every episode! 

Such is the case with the music that kicks off HBO's "True Detective." 

What intrigues me most about this tune is it is by a male-female duo who sound like Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra, and their hits "Lady Bird" and "Summer Wine." 

I know Hazelwood died but maybe it's something they recorded in the 1960s. 
—Heather Montel, Terre Haute, Ind. 

DEAR HEATHER: The adopted "True Detective" theme, at least for Season 1, may remind you of 1960s songs by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra, but that's the extent of the connection.

The singers are Brett and Rennie Sparks, a husband and wife collaboration who, for about 20 years, have recorded and performed as the Handsome Family.

"True Detective," the Emmy-winning drama starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, uses Brett and Rennie's composition "Far from Any Road" as its theme.

"Far from Any Road" is one of 13 tracks on the Handsome Family's 2003 album, "Singing Bones" (Carrot Top 036).



DEAR JERRY: I would like a list of notable vinyl era releases played in the U.S. that are all or mostly in a foreign language. 

I know you have mentioned a few in previous columns, but in a different context. No where can I find them all in one place, but you seem to have the resources to do it. 
—Darwin Graham, Marysville, Calif. 

DEAR DARWIN: You're right. There are scattered references but usually to just a few. There is nothing that attempts to be comprehensive.

Even our list does not have every one made, but it's a good start and we can add to it as new entries are discovered.

Not all of these are completely in another language, but I'll include them as long as a significant percentage is. Also, space does not allow for listing more than two titles for any artist:

ABBA (Swedish / Spanish) "Fernando" (1976); "Fernando" (1976)
Steve Allen and His Orchestra with the Copacabana Trio (Spanish) "Cuando Calienta El Sol (When the Sun Is Hot)" (1963)
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (Portuguese) "Zazueira" (1969)
Paul Anka (Italian) "Ogni Volta (Every Time)" (1964)
Beatles (German) "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want to Hold Your Hand)" (1964); "Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" (1964)
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg (French) "Je T'aime … Moi Non Plus" (1969)
Blue Stars (French) "Lullaby of Birdland" (1955)
Renato Carosone (Italian) "Torero" (1958)
Champs (Spanish) "Tequila" (1958)
Keith Colley (Spanish) "Enamorado" (1963); "Queridita Mia (Little Darlin')" (1963)
Bobby Darin (French) "Milord" (1964)
Joe Dowell (German) "Wooden Heart" (1961)
Drupi (Italian) "Vado Via" (1973)
Falco (German) "Der Kommissar" (1981); "Rock Me Amadeus" (1986)
Jose Feliciano (Spanish) "Feliz Navidad" (1970)
Freddy Fender (Spanish) "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (1975)
Connie Francis (Italian / Spanish) "Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia) (1960); "Malaguena" (1960)
Galens (German) "Baby I Do Love You (Du, du Liegst mir im Herzen)" (1963)
Gaylords (Italian) "Flamingo L'amore" (1958)
Rex Gildo (German) "Liebe Kälter Als Eis ([You're the] Devil in Disguise)" (1963); "Zwei Blaue Vergissmeinnicht (Say Wonderful Things)" (unusual release in that both sides of the U.S. single (Capitol 5076) show only English titles, yet both are completely in German)
Will Glahe and His Orchestra (German) "Liechtensteiner Polka" (1957)
Rocco Granata (Italian) "Marina" (1959)
Eartha Kitt (French) "C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)" (1953)
Kraftwerk (French) "Tour De France" (1983)
Julius La Rosa (Italian) "Eh Cumpari" (1953)
Lolita (German) "Sailor (Your Home Is the Sea)" (1960); "Cowboy Jimmy Joe (Die Sterne Der Prarie)" (1961)
Claudine Longet (French) "Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu)" (1968)
Trini Lopez (Spanish) "La Bamba" (1963)
Los Lobos (Spanish) "La Bamba" (1987)
Dean Martin (Italian) " Luna Mezzo Mare" (1951); "Oh Marie" (1952)
Al Martino (Italian) "Granada" (1961)
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 (Portuguese) "Mas Que Nada" (1966)
Mina (Italian) "Il Cielo in Una Stanza (This World We Love In)" (1961)
Mocedades (Spanish) "Eres Tu" (1974)
Domenico Modugno (Italian) "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" (1958); "Piove (Ciao, Ciao Bambina)" (1959)
Lou Monte (Italian) "Roman Guitar" (1957); "Lazy Mary (Luna Mezzo Mare)" (1958)
Nena (German) "99 Luftballons" (1983)
Emilio Pericoli (Italian) "Al Di La" (1962)
Edith Piaf (French) "Milord" (1961); "No Regrets (Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien)" (1961)
Elvis Presley (Spanish / Italian) "Guadalajara" (1963); "Santa Lucia" (1965)
Rene and Rene (Spanish) "Angelito" (1964); Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero" (1968)
Ivo Robic and the Song-Masters (German) "Morgen (1959)
Johnny Rodriguez (Spanish) "Eres Tu (Touch the Wind)" (1977)
Marty Robbins (Hawaiian / Spanish) "Drowsy Waters (Wailana)" (1958); "La Paloma" (1966)
Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese) "Sukiyaki" (1963); "China Nights" (1963)
Sandpipers (Spanish / Italian) "Guantanamera" (1966); "Quando M'innamoro" (1968)
Santana (Spanish) "Oye Como Va" (1971)
Neil Sedaka (Italian) "Tu Non Lo Sai (Breaking Up Is Hard to Do)" (1962)
Singing Nun (French) "Dominique" (1963); "Tous Les Chemins (All the Roads)" (1964)
Ritchie Valens (Spanish) "La Bamba" (1958)
Marianne Vasel and Erich Storz (German) "The Little Train (Die Kleine Bimmelbahn)" (1958)
Bobby Vinton (Polish) "My Melody of Love" (1974)

IZ ZAT SO? During the 45 rpm vinyl era (1949-1989), just five foreign language hits reached No. 1 in the U.S. — with each one in a different language:

1958: Domenico Modugno "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" (Italian)
1963: Kyu Sakamoto "Sukiyaki" (Japanese)
1963: The Singing Nun "Dominique" (French)
1986: Falco "Rock Me Amadeus" (German)
1987: Los Lobos "La Bamba" (Spanish)

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

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

Copyright 2014 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

pre-order vinyl records from our friends at SoundStageDirect

Sanctuary (Pre-Order) by Iron Maiden

BMG and INgrooves Music Group will follow the 2012/13 IRON MAIDEN vinyl picture disc reissues of the first eight Iron Maiden albums, which spanned the 1980s, with brand new pressings of the albums in heavyweight 180g black vinyl in the United States.

In conjunction with these premium album releases, a strictly limited one-off run of the 7'' singles from each respective album will be made available. These highly collectable black vinyl singles will be cut from the original UK analogue master tapes. Released in replica artwork packaging, this will be the first time ever that these black vinyl singles have officially been made available in the U.S. and sure to become a must-have item for fans, collectors and anyone who missed out first time round.

The release of these high quality, black vinyl records offers optimum choice to fans who would like to own a piece of Maiden's authentic 1980's vinyl sound, or for those simply wanting to rediscover this much loved, iconic format. Coupled with the end of the Maiden England World Tour which began in North America in 2012 and finished last month at Knebworth Park's Sonisphere Festival in the UK, this now completes Maiden's 1980's touring and catalogue reissues cycle, so the band are free to focus on their dynamic future plans.

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Watch Dogs (Pre-Order) by Brian Reitzell

Following on from the phenomenal success of their RSD release of FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON’s, Invada partner with Ubisoft Music and dive once again into the world of video game soundtracks with the release of Brian Reitzell's musical score to the highly-anticipated WATCH_DOGS. Full of infectious beats and atmospheric, retro-futuristic synths, the score is a further achievement from Reitzell, who has previously written music for drama series HANNIBAL as well as working on multiple scores with director Sofia Coppola. To represent the varied challenges of the game, Reitzell brings an eclectic feel to the score, with thumping beats and off-kilter melodies of the club scene juxtaposed with the more ethereal and atmospheric synth and guitar, evoking the music of Vangelis and Brian Eno - ideal for a post-noir cyberpunk game.

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3. Friday the 13th (1980 Original Score) (Pre-Order)
4. R.E.M. - MTV Unplugged, 1991
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from our friends at OmnivoreRecordings

TV Eyes Self-Titled LP Up For Pre-Order

Alternative super group gets its first international release!

Jason Falkner, Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. and Brian Reitzell have quite a musical history. Manning and Falkner—once bandmates in Jellyfish—have gone on to success as solo acts, or as members of groups including The Three O’Clock, The Grays, Imperial Drag, and The Moog Cookbook. Brian Reitzell, once the drummer for Redd Kross and Air, turned his talents to film and television, supervising and composing music for several films directed by Sofia Coppola, including The Virgin Suicides and the Academy Award nominated Lost In Translation (for which he, along with Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, was nominated for a BAFTA award.) Currently, Reitzell composes music for the NBC-TV drama Hannibal.

But, together, they were TV Eyes.

Their 2006 self-titled debut was only released in Japan, now out of print, and commanding top dollar on the collector market. Omnivore Recordings is going to rectify that situation with a CD and 2-LP expanded edition. The release features nine tracks from TV Eyes, plus 3 bonus tracks from the Japanese only EP Softcore—each of which is a song from TV Eyes, remixed by a member of the band. If that wasn’t enough, the reissue also includes the first CD appearance of “She’s A Study,” which was featured in the aforementioned Lost In Translation, and previously only available on a white label, promo 12” single a decade ago.

For its first ever issue on vinyl, the double LP will be pressed on translucent yellow vinyl, and includes a download card. The packaging for both formats will include photos and liner notes from the band’s Jason Falkner.

Release date: 10/7/2014

Pre-Order at OmnivoreRecordings

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Rational Youth & Psyche. Thunderstruck / Underrated. 3x 7" Vinyl (Clear, White, Orange)

It happened this year in Sweden. Rational Youth reunited for their first shows in Europe in well over a decade, supported by fellow-Canadian, though now long-time ex-pats Psyche. Both artists have a dedicated fan-following, and whether you take Unveiling the Secret or Cold War Night Life, The Crawler or Holiday in Bangkok, both artists have left an undeniable mark on the synthpop scene both in Canada and in Europe.

We are not really sure who came up with the admittedly kitsch idea of covering the AC/DC classic Thunderstruck, but after seeing it performed live as an encore from Stockholm to Malmo, we were sold. The familiar melody makes a killer analogue synthline, and the vocal performances by Tracy Howe and Darrin Huss are bang-on. Surely, tongues are firmly planted in cheeks on this one, but you've never had more fun, and after all that is what synthpop is all about. It's also a revenge song of sorts: Psyche's Synthpop revenge on all those years of bullying by AC/DC fans for listening to New Wave stuff like Gary Numan while in high school. By having fun with such an iconic stadium rock tune, the artists are bridging a gap in diversity.

The exclusive b-side Underrated is an original track that combines the best elements of Psyche and Rational Youth, with Howe's almost deadpan style creating the perfect counterpoint to Huss' crooning. Underrated is a spontaneous electro wonder created by Kevin Komoda, and brought to a frenetic final statement on unsung heroes by Darrin, Tracy, as well as Gaenor Howe on vocals.

The 7" vinyl is released on Artoffact Records in three colours:

1. Shot-glass clear, limited to 100 copies.
2. Can I come again please? white, limited to 150 copies.
3. Texas cheeseburger cheese orange, limited to 250 copies.

The record comes in a 3mm spined-sleeve and is a design replica of the original 1990 Australian-issue sleeve for AC/DC's own Thunderstruck 7". Both the iconic thunderbolt and the artist logos are done in a silver pantone. MP3 download coupon is also included.

This package gives you one copy of each of the colours available of the Rational Youth / Psyche 7" vinyl. YOU GET 3 COMPLETE SLEEVES, WITH ONE 7" VINYL IN EACH SLEEVE.

Order at our friends at StormingTheBase

Front Line Assembly. AirMech. 3x 2LP (3x Picture Vinyl + Yellow, Brown, & Clear Vinyl)

Two years ago, Carbon Games signed Front Line Assembly to create an original album soundtrack for AirMech, a futuristic free-to-play online video game. The soundtrack received the full studio treatment and was instantly touted as an electronic masterpiece, one of the most original in the FLA canon, prompting FearNET to call it "a definite keeper for FLA fans and anyone who grooves on dark, violent and cinematic-scale industrial & EBM."

Artoffact Records presents a deluxe vinyl edition of AirMech, released on double-vinyl.

In each set, one of the LPs will be a gorgeous picture-vinyl, featuring the members of FLA in the AirMech setting. Each set will also contain a second, colored vinyl.

IN THIS PACKAGE YOU GET ALL 3 VERSIONS OF FLA "AIRMECH" 2LP. THE SET CONTAINS 3 COPIES OF THE SLEEVE: YOU ARE GETTING 3 COMPLETE 2LP PACKAGES

 •Picture Vinyl + dirty yellow (100 copies)
 •Picture Vinyl + machine brown (150 copies)
 •Picture Vinyl + frosted clear (250 copies)

Both vinyl discs are packaged in a 5 mm full colour sleeve, showcasing the wonderful cover imagery perfectly. Comes with an MP3 download card.

Order at our friends at StormingTheBase

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Circle Jerks: Live At The House Of Blues Available On Vinyl

Originally recorded as part of the Show Must Go Off live concert DVD series in 2004, at one point we realized that the audio is so good, it could stand on it's own as a CD, LP, or tape. CDs? Forget it! It's scheduled release date is Oct. 23, 2014 as a double live LP set as well as a double live cassette package. You will never hear punk rock played, recorded and mixed any better than this.

Includes unlimited streaming of Circle Jerks: Live At The House Of Blues via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Available HERE


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Obituary - Inked In Blood

*Bone/Blood Merge* Exclusive10/28/14

Death metal legends OBITUARY make their Relapse debut with ‘Inked In Blood,’ their 9th full length LP.  Almost three decades in, ‘Inked In Blood’ stands out as one of the finest moments in OBITUARY’s already godlike discography.  The riffs, groove, snarl and rage are as fierce as ever, putting most all other contemporary death metal bands to shame.  OBITUARY are THE definitive death metal band, and ‘Inked In Blood’ is an instant classic amongst their already storied catalog.  OBITUARY are both the originators and the torch-bearers of the genre!   ‘Inked In Blood’ is the sound of true death metal kings reclaiming their throne!!!

Pressing Info:
First Press
5400 x Black Standard Gram
1000 x Bone White / Blood Red Merge Standard Gram *Mailorder Exclusive*
300 x Camouflage Standard Gram *Mailorder Exclusive*
500 x Bone White Standard Gram *Indie Retailer Exclusive* (Not available through Relapse.com)
200 x Silver Standard Gram *Kickstarter Edition* (Not available through Relapse.com)
100 x Blood Red Standard Gram *Florida Retailer Exclusive* (Not available through Relapse.com)
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

*Note: Vinyl images are mock ups and may differ slightly from actual product

***Exclusively available through Relapse.com***
***Mailorder exclusive bone white / blood red merge 2xLP limited to 1,000.  Housed in gatefold packaging featuring a 3D embossed cover.  Includes a free digital download of the entire album including the two bonus tracks available on the Deluxe CD version***

Order at our friends at Relapse

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Debut Album from Sylvie Simmons Available For Pre-Order From LightInTheAttic

We're happy to announce this sweet album by the great Sylvie Simmons: a NEW recording for us here at Light in the Attic, but it was so beautiful we couldn't resist. Sylvie is haunting and out-of-time, but it is also a brand-new, original debut album by a singer-writer who has been making music since she was a little girl but just for herself. The raw, delicate, and sensual songs about love and love gone wrong are performed on a ukulele, which here sounds like a broken harp or a heartbroken guitar. Late last year, in a gap between tours, Howe Gelb of Giant Sand lured Sylvie to the desert where they recorded live to tape in Wavelab Studio in Tucson with Thoger Lund playing upright bass and Howe, who produced the album, backing her brilliantly on guitar, synthesizers, and piano.

Born in London, she'd felt the pull of America since childhood and ran away to LA in the late seventies to write about music, convinced she'd never have the nerve to perform it. She became renowned as a rock writer (she's the subject of a BBC documentary, The Rock Chick) and also as an acclaimed author. Her books include the cult fiction Too Weird For Ziggy and biographies Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes and I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen. Following numerous movements across the globe-including three years in a tumbledown French chateau- she now lives in San Francisco.

•Produced by Howe Gelb and Chris Schultz (track 6 only)
•Debut album by esteemed writer and Leonard Cohen biographer Sylvie Simmons
•LP housed in “tip-on” gatefold Stoughton jacket
•Lyric booklet included
•Color vinyl editions:
   200 on “Forest Marbled” wax (LITA Vinyl Subscriber exclusive)
   100 on “Turquoise” wax (LITA.net pre-orders exclusive, limit 2 per customer)

Pre-order Sylvie, out October 28th, on CD, vinyl, and digital. First 100 pre-orders will receive turquoise colored wax!

Pre-Order at LightInTheAttic

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Modest Mouse Giving Vinyl Reissues to Early Albums?










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Milan and Invada Records to release Oldboy soundtrack on vinyl for the first time











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Warp reveal stunning artwork and packaging for new Aphex Twin album, Syro







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Sleater-Kinney Releasing Career-Spanning 'Start Together' Box Set - Limited-edition box set will feature all seven of the punk band's LPs remastered and on color vinyl










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Shooting Guns Treat 'WolfCop' Score to Vinyl Release via One Way Static, Premiere New Tracks











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super read from Baltimore City Paper

Setting A Record - Record Collecting Isn't Just Jack Moore's Hobby, It's Part Of His Worldview











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great news from the uk:

New independent music shop Relevant Record Cafe promises to cater for Cambridge's vinyl junkies and caffeine addicts







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more from the uk:

20 years of the vinyl revival: Spin-It records celebrates two decades at Trinity Market in Hull city centre







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from the great state of massachusetts: 

The rebirth of vinyl: Records rebound as CDs slump







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Amazon Best Sellers in CDs & Vinyl 

1. V (Deluxe Explicit) ~ Maroon 5
2. Partners ~ Barbra Streisand
3. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol 1 ~ Soundtrack
4. Somewhere Under Wonderland (Deluxe) ~ Counting Crows
5. Step Back ~ Johnny Winter
6. Eric Clapton & Friends - The Breeze ~ Eric Clapton
7. Hypnotic Eye ~ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
8. Popular Problems ~ Leonard Cohen
9. Frozen 2 Disc Deluxe Edition Soundtrack ~ Demi Lovato
10. Cowboy Rides Away: Live From At&T Stadium ~ George Strait

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BecauseSoundMatters Top 10 Vinyl Best Sellers

1. Lights - Little Machines Limited Edition
2. Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood
3. Lights - Little Machines
4. Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation
5. Mastodon - Once More ‘Round The Sun
6. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
7. Dream Theater - Dream Theater Limited Edition Collector's Box Set
8. Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
9. Wiz Khalifa - O.N.I.F.C.
10. Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends

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Insound is at it again, check out this sale!

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album cover art of the day:

Black Veil Brides Preview New Album and Unveil Cover Art + Track List at NYC Listening Party

New Music Releases - September 2, 2014

Aby Ngana Diop - Liital (vinyl)
Alabama - 40 Hour Week (reissue)
Alabama - Roll On (reissue)
Anthony D'Amato - The Shipwreck from the Shore (vinyl)
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (2xLP)
Arkells - High Noon (vinyl)
Augustus Pablo - Born to Dub You (vinyl)
Ballet School - The Dew Lasts an Hour (vinyl)
Black Tongue - Born Hanged : Falsifier
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (picture disc)
Blonde Redhead - Barragán
Blood of Kingu - Dark Star on the Right Horn of the Crescent Moon
Burzum - The Ways of Yore
Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (reissue)
Calvin Harris - I Created Disco (vinyl)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (reissue) (vinyl)
Can - Monster Movie (reissue) (vinyl)
Can - Soundtracks (reissue) (vinyl)
Can - Tago Mago (reissue) (2xLP)
Canned Heat - Live at Topanga Corral (reissue) (vinyl)
Castanets - Decimation Blues (vinyl)
Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity
Christopher Willits - Opening (vinyl)
Cluster - One Hour (vinyl)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (reissue) (vinyl)
Code Orange - I Am King (vinyl)
Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland (deluxe)
Coves - Soft Friday (vinyl)
Daniel Bachman - Grey-Black-Green (vinyl)
Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn
Dark Sky - imagin (2xLP)
Dead Native - Dead Native
Deaf Center - Recount (vinyl)
Deron Miller - Acoustified! (vinyl)
Destroy All Monsters - Hot Box 1974-1994
Dralms - Crushed Pleats (7")
Earth - Primitive And Deadly
Emblazoned - Eucharistiae Sacramentum
Empress AD - Still Life Moving Fast (vinyl)
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature
Esther Phillips - Alone Again Naturally (expanded edition)
Free Time - Esoteric Tizz (7")
Further - Where Were You Then?
Game Theory - Blaze of Glory (vinyl)
Go Go's - Beauty And The Beat (reissue)
Go Go's - Talk Show (reissue)
Go Go's - Vacation (reissue)
God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl OST (2xLP)
Grade - Separate The Magnets (vinyl)
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Vol. 16 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 11/8/69
Grey Gordon - Forget I Brought It Up (vinyl)
Half Japanese - Overjoyed (vinyl)
Hammerfall - (r)Evolution)
Harald Grosskopf - Oceanheart (reissue) (vinyl)
Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist (reissue) (vinyl)
Helado Negro - Double Youth (vinyl)
Hercules & Love Affair - The Feast of the Broken Heart (2xLP)
High Inergy - Turnin' On
Homeboy Sandman - Hallways
Ides of March - Vehicle (expanded edition)
Incite - Up In Hell
James Taylor - The Letter
Jeezy - Seen It All: The Autobiography
Jennifer Castle - Pink City (vinyl)
John Cale - The Academy in Peril (reissue)
Johnny Winter - Step Back
Joseph Trapanese - The Raid 2 OST (colored vinyl)
Julianna Barwick - Florine (reissue) (vinyl)
Julianna Barwick - Sanguine (reissue) (vinyl)
Killjoy Club - Reindeer Games
Kim Carnes - Lighthouse
KISS - Alive III (reissue) (vinyl)
KISS - Alive: The Millennium Concert (reissue) (vinyl)
KISS - Crazy Nights (reissue) (vinyl)
KISS - Creatures of the Night (reissue) (vinyl)
Krieg - Transient
Lily Taylor - The Ride
Lita Ford - Live & Deadly (vinyl)
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (vinyl)
Maroon 5 - V (vinyl)
Melodime - Where The Sinners & The Saints Collide
Meridian - The Awful Truth
Michael Giacchino - Dawn of The Planet of The Apes OST (colored vinyl)
Michael Henderson - Take Me I'm Yours: The Essential Selection
Mink DeVille - Coup de Grace
Moodoïd - Le Monde Möö
Moral Mazes - Magic Tommy Jackson
Mutual Benefit - Cowboy's Prayer EP (reissue) (vinyl)
Nick & Knight - Nick & Knight
Nikki Sudden and Rowland S. Howard - Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc (vinyl)
Norman Connors - Starship: The Essential Selection
Nothing - Downward Years To Come (vinyl)
Olivia Newton-John - Early Olivia
Patricia - Side Piece EP (12")
Paul Desmond - Take Ten (reissue) (vinyl)
Pinback - Summer in Abandon (reissue)
Pretty Boy Floyd - Live on the Sunset Strip
Pulled Apart By Horses - Blood
R.E.M. - MTV Unplugged, 1991 (reissue) (2xLP)
R.E.M. - MTV Unplugged, 2001 (reissue) (2xLP)
Ratos de Porao - Século Sinistro (vinyl)
Ray Griff - The Entertainer: Greatest U.S. & Canadian Hits
Richie Kotzen - Essential
Rick Wakeman - Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record (reissue)
Santana - Inner Secrets (reissue) (vinyl)
Set and setting - A Vivid Memory (2xLP)
Sinkane - Mean Love
Sinoia Caves - Beyond the Black Rainbow (vinyl)
Solstafir - Otta (2xLP)
Spacemen 3 - Live at the New Morning, Geneva, Switzerland, 18.05.1989 (vinyl)
Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Incorporated (reissue) (vinyl)
Teenage Guitar - More Lies from the Gooseberry Bush (vinyl)
The Color Morale - Hold On Pain Ends
The Haunted - Exit Wounds
The Kooks - Listen
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (reissue) (vinyl)
The Vines - Wicked Nature
The/Das - Freezer
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Trio (reissue) (vinyl)
TOPS - Picture You Staring
Trance Farmer - Dixie Crystals
Trentemøller - Lost Re-Works (vinyl)
Van Morrison - Complete Bang Sessions (vinyl)
Various Artists - Mass Appeal Vol. 1 (2xLP)
Various Artists - Music from the Mountain Provinces (vinyl)
We Came As Romans - Present, Future, And Past (DVD)
Weedeater - …And Justice For Ya'll (reissue)
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops Vol. 1 (remastered reissue)
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops Vol.2 (remastered reissue)
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops Vol.3 (remastered reissue)
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops Vol.4 (remastered reissue)
Willie Hutch - In Tune (reissue)
Willie Hutch - Midnight Dancer (reissue)
Wolf - Devil Seed
YOB - Clearing The Path To Ascend
Young Jeezy - Seen It All
Zammuto - Anchor (vinyl)
Zeahorse - Pools
Zeus - Classic Zeus (vinyl)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at NewOnVinyl

WU-TANG CLAN - IRON FLAG

Reissue of "Iron Flag" the album from Wu-Tang Clan on 180 gram by Music On Vinyl. Double LP on limited TRANSPARENT Vinyl Edition. Including 4 page booklet.

Iron Flag is the fourth studio album by American East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, released in 2001. It was certified Gold. Having churned out a myriad of solo projects since their breakthrough group album Enter The Wu-Tang and Wu-Tang Forever, the crew surprisingly came together a year after The W to launch a new album.

Rather than stick to one unified sound for most of the album’s tracks, as with previous Clan albums, much of Iron Flag returns to many different individual sounds and styles that the Wu-Tang had visited over the years. Sonical influences range from RZA’s Bobby Digital sound to the gritty style of the Wu-Tang’s debut album, and the sped-up vocal samples style of Wu-Tang Forever.

Order at NewOnVinyl

IGGY & THE STOOGES - RAW POWER

This revamped version of the 2010 2LP edition of Raw Power contains 2 different versions of this Rock milestone. LP1 features the remastered version of David Bowie’s original 1973 mix. After years of criticism -regarding the original mix- this new mix will set the record straight for once and for always: this remastered version is the ultimate version of Raw Power.

Accompanying the remastered original mix, we’ve included the also remastered 1997 mix made by Iggy Pop himself. Same 8 songs, whole new sonic approach: a complete overview for audiophile listeners and Stooges fans!

This double LP set contains a 16-page booklet with rare pics and liner notes plus quotes by Iggy, James Williamson and Scott Asheton!

On limited TRANSPARENT RED VINYL colored vinyl Edition.

Order at NewOnVinyl

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THE RAID 2 Double LP Available For Pre-Order Now

SPACELAB9 is proud to present the THE RAID 2: ORIGINAL SCORE DOUBLE LP. Deluxe audiophile 180g Double LP is packaged in a full-color gatefold jacket with an 18″ x 24″ two-sided full color poster featuring the original theatrical poster art on one side and in-depth character profiles and liner notes from all three composers on the other.

Limited edition “Cell Block” colored vinyl variant will be available at SPACELAB9.COM and in stores while supplies last. For die-hard fans, a limited run of only 165 “Crimson Rain” vinyl copies are available while supplies last, exclusively from SPACELAB9.COM!

Composer Joseph Trapanese (The Raid: Redemption, Oblivion, TRON: Uprising) returns along with Aria Prayogi and Fajar Yuskemal to provide a score equal parts electronic and orchestral, deeply layered and breathtaking, all while perfectly complimenting the frenetic on-screen action of THE RAID 2.

Check it out at our friends at SpaceLab9

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R.E.M. to Release 1991 + 2001 MTV ‘Unplugged’ Shows as Separate Double-LP Sets Tomorrow

The R.E.M. MTV Unplugged: The Complete Sessions 4-LP vinyl set was a big hit as part of Record Store Day 2014. Rolling Stone's 4-star revue said that "No band but Nirvana made more breathtakingly transformative use of MTV Unplugged than R.E.M." Due to strong demand from both consumers and retail on that limited-edition release, we will breakout the two shows into two individual 2-LP sets.

Order MTV Unplugged 1991

Order MTV Unplugged 2001

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wonderful article, well worth checking out!

Turntable buying guide: What to look for in new & used record players






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from the great state of louisiana:

Making vinyl cool for younger generation







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nice write up about united record pressing in tennessee (from the uk):

Nostalgia pays in Nashville as rocketing record sales make it the capital of vinyl

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

what better way to spend your day off than buying vinyl at the premier online record store!

SoundStageDirect Labor Day Sale

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from our friends at ThrillJockey

Guru Overload by Eternal Tapestry Available For Pre-Order

Guru Overload is released on Finnish label Oaken Palace in an edition of 500 copies pressed on 140gram red vinyl and packaged in a 100% recycled card sleeve with free download card.  This is a pre-order. Orders are expected to ship in mid-October.

Eternal Tapestry will release a new album on Thrill Jockey in early 2015.

Guru Overload, mastered by James Plotkin, features 5 new jams that the band recorded in a private cabin deep in the woods. The album manages to strike a balance between the freaked-out A World Out Of Time and the more laid-back Dawn In 2 Dimensions, both in terms of style as well as track length. The result is a wonderfully smooth flow of new material that combines exotic and new sounds with the best of krautrock and psychedelic rock.

As with every release on Oaken Palace Records proceeds from Guru Overload will be donated to an endangered species foundation.  Eternal Tapestry have already decided on the Orangutan.  All profits will be donated to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation.

Pre-Order at ThrillJockey

The Body / Sandworm Split LP Pre-Order

The Body and Sandworm contribute full sides of brand new material for this vinyl-only split LP pressed on virgin vinyl with free download card. While supplies last mailorder customers will be treated to a clear vinyl edition (LIMITED TO ONLY 500).

The Body and Sandworm are two bands with roots in the Providence underground that take unbridled negativity and spin it in opposite directions. The Body, legendary in both underground extreme music enclaves and the wider community of metal fans, are masters of expansive expressions of pure sadness that incorporate sounds and instruments far beyond what is typical in the realm of heavy metal. Sandworm is the young and hungry duo of Ben Eberle and Pat Reilly, bursting out of the gate on this, their first proper release, with a collection of raw and elemental black metal. On several songs they are joined by Mindy Stock of Virusse on drums. The contrast between the corrosive guitars and concise blasts of energy that Sandworm offers up and the grisly, detailed sprawl of the side-long track “The Manic Fire” by The Body displays the diversity of the Providence scene and amplifies each band’s unique abilities to create meaningful expressions of darkness and anger.

This is a pre-order for October 21st street date. Any orders containing The Body/Sandworm split will ship on or slightly before the street date.

Pre-Order at ThrillJockey

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upcoming releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

GERRY RAFFERTY - SNAKES AND LADDERS

Snakes and Ladders is the fourth album by Gerry Rafferty. It was released in 1980, following the success of his previous two albums, City to City and Night Owl. The album charted at No. 15 in the UK and reached No. 61 in the US Album Charts.

The song "The Garden Of England" was recorded at Beatles producer George Martin's AIR studio in Montserrat. All the songs were original Rafferty compositions, though one – "Johnny's Song" – was a remake of a song which had been previously released by his former band Stealer's Wheel, and another – "Didn't I" – was a remake of a song from Rafferty's 1971 album Can I Have My Money Back.

The memorable melodies, moving allegories, and genuine lyrical warmth that Rafferty is revered for arise in some more tracks, like in the beauty of "Bring It All Home" or in the mystique of "Look At The Moon". "Royal Mile" was released as a single in the U.K.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert

BLACK DUB - BLACK DUB

Black Dub is the debut album by the Daniel Lanois-instigated collaboration Black Dub. The quartet, comprised of producer Daniel Lanois on guitar and vocals, jazz drummer extraordinaire Brian Blade, session bassist Daryl Johnson, and vocalist/keyboardist Trixie Whitley (daughter of the late great Chris Whitley) make a beguiling, seductive music that blurs Rock, Soul, Blues, gothic Americana, New Orleans Funk, and dubwise Reggae.

The band generated significant excitement when they released stark, black-and-white videos of their rehearsals and leaked concert footage from a show at Bowery Ballroom in New York. All songs on Black Dub are written by Lanois, save for two, the group effort "Last Time" and the song "Ring The Alarm" written by Tenor Saw. The ballads "I Believe in You," "Surely," "Silverado," and "Nomad" are stellar showcases for Whitley's deeply soulful contralto. She rises above the band and soars, delivering these lyrics as if they are her own; she goes straight to the heart of the listener with that voice, regardless of genre.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert
• Featuring Daniel Lanois, Trixie Whitley, Brian Blade and Daryl Johnson
• Includes Etched D-Side

PETER TOSH - BUSH DOCTOR

Bush Doctor is the third studio album by Jamaican reggae musician Peter Tosh. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer he was one of the core members of the band The Wailers (1963–1974). Tosh also established himself as a successful solo artist. In 1978 he was contracted by Rolling Stones Records and the album Bush Doctor was released in the same year, introducing Tosh to a larger audience.

The single from the album, a cover version of The Temptations song "Don't Look Back", performed as a duet with Mick Jagger, made Tosh one of the best-known reggae artists. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is also featured on the album, playing guitar on "Bush Doctor" and "Stand Firm".

The re-issue with remastered audio is pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert
• Remastered audio

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Corrosion Of Conformity - Deliverance Pre-Order

Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, the sludge/stoner metal linchpin "Deliverance" -- the first C.O.C. album to feature Pepper Keenan on lead vocals exclusively -- marked the group's first entry onto the Billboard Top 200, and it remains their best-selling title to this day.

Praised by Kerrang! as a "true '90s classic," the album will once again be available on vinyl after being out-of-print for nearly two decades with a new-and-improved gatefold jacket in three different 180-gram colors: green (approx. 700 copies), black (approx. 200 copies) and red (approx. 100 copies).

***THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. ITEMS BEGIN SHIPPING ON OR AROUND 11.1.14***

Pre-Order at ProstheticRecords

Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind Pre-Order

Freshly inducted into Decibel Magazine's Hall of Fame, "Blind" (originally released on Relativity Records in 1991) saw C.O.C. move away from their crossover past with a more streamlined, metallic thrash sound. Hailed by All Music Guide as "one of the most important heavy rock albums of the decade," the album -- the group's first with Pepper Keenan -- has never before been released on vinyl in North America.

The Prosthetic edition of "Blind" will be a gatefold double-LP available in three different 180-gram colors: purple (approx. 700 copies), black (approx. 200 copies) and clear (approx. 100 colors). A color lyric insert and liner notes by music journalist Chris Dick will also be included, as will three bonus tracks from the 1995 Columbia Records re-release of the album.

***THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. ITEMS BEGIN SHIPPING ON OR AROUND 11.1.14***

Pre-Order at ProstheticRecords




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The Soft Bulletin (Reissue) - The Flaming Lips

Their follow-up to the experimental four-disc Zaireeka, The Soft Bulletin is an emotional, lush, often symphonic pop masterpiece with distinct melodies amidst the swirl of textures and tones. Yet for all its headphone friendly innovations, the music is still amazingly accessible, never sacrificing popcraft in the name of radical experimentation.

Order at Insound

Do What You Want To, It's What You Should Do PRE-ORDER - Flowers

LP includes red colored vinyl, and download card limited to 500 copies. The U.S. version of this album will come with 6 bonus tracks, on red clear color vinyl, and different artwork than the UK version. Shoreditch, London, England’s debut album is gonna be one that will instantly shock all of your senses. Rachel’s vocal range is one of an angle. Like a young Choir school child she can sing high or low in any range without cracking at all. The effect that her voice has over everyone is simply memorizing. The simplicity of the three piece is one that does not need to be mixed with any modern technology in any way as Rachel’s voice is a true instrument that can out perform any modern instrument

Order at Insound

Insound is having a moving sale, lots of great vinyl deals to be had.  If you want to support the CVR blog, please feel free to do so by clicking on the link and buying some records!


Vinyl Moving Sale








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comprehensive look at some vinyl innovators!

Future records: We meet 8 young record labels pushing vinyl forwards in 2014











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Manufacturers are struggling to keep up with the resurgence in vinyl records








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Phoenix Reissuing First Three Albums on Vinyl











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great write-up!

Waxwork Records Are Here To Remind You Why You Were Totally Terrified










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a harris poll confirms what we already knew!

In The Great Debate Over Beatles Vs. Elvis, Beatles are America's Favorite Band While Elvis is Musical Artist Number Two






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album cover art of the day:

Blut Aus Nord Reveals New Album "Memoria Vetusta III – Saturnian Poetry"






















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and in case you haven't heard enough about the brazilian record collector...