The beat of our beloved vinyl is still going strong down under:
Vinyl's superiority is a matter of record
John Mangan
The Agraba bar in Errol Street, North Melbourne, has a blackboard out front inviting patrons to bring their own records. ''If we dig it, we'll spin it,'' the sign says.
Vinyl down under
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and in the UK, vinyl has become mainstream (with a great video to boot)
Are record clubs the new book clubs?
By David Sillito
BBC arts correspondent
A growing number of music-lovers unhappy about the way album tracks are enjoyed in a pick-and-mix fashion have decided to take action.
The rules are strict. No talking. No texting. You must listen to every song on the album.
Classic Album Sundays treat our best-loved records like great symphonies and are being set up in London, Scotland and Wales.
Groups of music fans sit in front of a vinyl turntable, with the best speakers they can afford, dim the lights and listen to a classic album all the way through.
Vinyl in the UK
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And in the good ole USA 5 record stores for your pleasure
Vinyl records: Five places to get into the groove
Audrey Medina, Special to The Chronicle
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Even more from the NY Times about Wanda Jackson
Rockabilly Queen Prolongs Her Party
By Melena Ryzik
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Screeching Weasel Release Album Cover Art & Track List
The band will then embark on a short tour immediately following the release.
1. Follow Your Leaders
2. Frankengirl
3. Beginningless Vacation
4. Dry Is The Desert
5. Totem Pole
6. Creepy Crawl
7. Three Lonely Days
8. Friday Night Nation
9. All Over Town
10. Fortune Cookie
11. Baby Talk
12. Come And See The Violence Inherent In The System
13. Bite Marks
14. Little Big Man
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Green Day Side Project The Frustrators To Release EP 'Grillers' In February
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this courtesy of GottaGrooveRecords.com
Record Store Day 2011 Vinyl Pressing Info
The folks at Record Store Day have set a deadline of February 1, 2011 to provide them with information on the commercial vinyl pieces that you would like to release. You can contact Carrie Colliton at carriecolliton@earthlink.net with such information, or if you have questions.
We would love to press your vinyl releases for RSD, so here is a general timeline of when you need to order from us to have product in time for your distributor, or for directly to retailers:
RSD Vinyl Pressing Orders submitted 2/1 should ship by 3/15
RSD Vinyl Pressing Orders submitted by 2/7 should ship by 3/22
RSD Vinyl Pressing Orders submitted by 2/14 should ship by 3/29
RSD Vinyl Pressing Orders submitted by 2/21 should ship by 4/5
RSD Vinyl Pressing Orders submitted by 2/28 should ship by 4/12
* Please note that delays in test pressing/art approvals/other circumstances can alter these timelines.
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Did You Know?
On this date in 1959, Buddy Holly made his last recordings alone with an acoustic guitar and tape recorder. The songs were released posthumously.
The Beach Boys recorded "Wouldn't It Be Nice" in 1966.
That in 1969, the Beatles entered Apple studios in London to record the 'Get Back' album.
The late Michael Hutchence (INXS) was born in 1960.
Steve Perry, of glam rockers Journey, has a birthday today.
The term "rhythm & blues" was coined in 1948 by a young Billboard reporter and future Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler, to replace the negative term "Race Records".
In 1977, Peter Green, who had earlier left Fleetwood Mac, was institutionalized after firing a pistol in the general direction of a delivery boy who was attempting to deliver a $30,000 royalty check. Green had renounced Rock and Roll in 1970 and didn't want the money. He later worked as a hospital porter and a gravedigger, but came back in 1979 to record "In the Skies", which did manage some moderate success. Worked out well for Fleetwood Mac as well....
Interestingly, the term "rock and roll," which was black slang for sexual intercourse, appeared on record for the first time in 1922 on Trixie Smith's "My Baby Rocks Me With One Steady Roll." I looked in the Jerry Osborne Rockin Records price guide and see that she has a couple of 78 rpm records that are worth a couple of hundred.
And in 1991, twenty-three years after it was released in America, the LP 'Elvis' Gold Records' was made available in China on cassette only.
On his 25th birthday, Sam Cooke switched record labels from Keen Records to RCA, even though he had a string of hits with Keen that included "You Send Me," "Only Sixteen," "Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha" and "Wonderful World." The switch was beneficial to all as Sam continued to crank out the chart busters until his death in 1964 (he was born in 1935).
Peter never fired a gun at any one that we know of. Peter was asking for a royalty payment from his former promoter who had partial copyrights to much of Peters songs from that period.
ReplyDeletePeter was arrested for threatening the promoter, who had told him that the accountant had the money, That he would shoot the accountant (with a gun that was at his brothers house in another city from where he lived). In addition Peter had no bulliets for the gun. And I guess someone should finally say that the person who split the royalty rights for a lot of Peters music was the person who forwarded the message which was not given first hand and facilitated the calling of the police. Your story sounds jucier but is not true but guess which one made the news..