Vinyl Record News, Music Notes & Music History

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Congrats to Bill L. from Pueblo, CO






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Music History ~ October 20th

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House Of Hayduk Featuring Members Of Faith No More, This Heat To Release City Of Quartz LP

House of Hayduk is the brainchild of composer, producer and musician Mads Heldtberg. House Of Hayduk is set to release City Of Quartz, a limited LP on November 23 via Koolarrow. The 180 gram vinyl record is limited to 500 copies and is available for pre-order on the label's website. The basic idea of the album is rooted in the belief that there is a common musical thread shared by both musicians and music fans, that transcends genre, age and aesthetic.

Read more at PlugInMusic

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Season Of Mist To Issue Limited Watain LP Box Set

To celebrate the band that critics have called "the most important Black Metal act of the decade", Season of Mist is re-releasing Watain's complete full-length back catalog on vinyl in a strictly limited collector's box.

Read more HERE

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Topshelf Records To Issue Octave’s First LP Greener Pastures on Vinyl for First Time Ever

Topshelf Records will be releasing Octaves' first record Greener Pastures on vinyl for the first time in early 20213. Originally released by Hotfoot Records in 2010 via CD and digitally, the vinyl version will feature all-new artwork.

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Limited Edition, Red And Black Swirled Vinyl Available At Select Music Retail Outlets On November 6 From Rhino

To continue the year long celebration of the 20th Anniversary Edition of Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power, Rhino has announced the first ever vinyl release of the band’s WALK EP. The six-track collection will be available on red and black swirled vinyl as a limited edition of 2,500 copies on November 6 for a suggested retail price of $16.98. The vinyl will be available exclusively at Hastings and FYE stores, as well as a few additional music retailers





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album cover art of the day:

Dehumanized Reveals Artwork For New Album "Controlled Elite"

Dehumanized has announced the new album "Controlled Elite" is due out through Comatose Music this coming November 27th, 2012.




















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ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: Vinyl rules at suburban Chicago record store

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interesting read from the other side of the world....

Lyttelton could be 'Seattle of the south'

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Ike & Tina Turner – Feel Good – United Artists /Pure Pleasure Records – vinyl

The Grammy-winning Ike & Tina Show in an audiophile reissue of one of their best recordings.

Ike & Tina Turner – Feel Good – United Artists (1972)/Pure Pleasure Records (2012) PPAN UAS5598 180-gram audiophile stereo vinyl, 30:16 ****1/2:


(Tina Turner – vocals; Ike Turner – band leader; featuring the Rhythm Kings and The Ikettes)

 The Ike & Tina Turner Revue (formerly The Kings Of Rhythm) became one of the most successful r & b acts in the sixties. The dynamics changed with the addition of Ann Bullock. Changing her name to Tina Turner, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue became a crossover act. They began to chart with hits like "A Fool In Love", "It’s Gonna Work Out Fine" and "I Idolize You". Then in 1966 "River Deep, Mountain High" (which surprisingly never garnered commercial success) introduced the band to a wider audience. But it was the frenetic live performances that created a sensation. More importantly, their covers of rock standards established a commercial viability, including opening for The Rolling Stones. Then in 1970, a mesmerizing version of "Proud Mary" earned a Grammy and made them stars. The Ike & Tina Turner Revue were together for a number of years. and what a live show they put on! Tina Turner (and this story is documented in many ways) later began a very successful solo career. Their influence on rock music was cemented with induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1991.

Pure Pleasure Records has re-mastered the 1972 album Feel Good, and it is revelatory. Barely thirty minutes, the ten concisely arranged songs is a living testament to one of the greatest soul rocking ensembles to ever record. Side 1 opens with "Chopper" (one of nine original Tina Turner compositions), as a jerky, funky guitar line backs the nasty, sexually overt vocals of Ms. Turner. The musical vibe has evolved to a seventies urban sound. The arrangements are funk-driven, and the instrumentation fits the tunes. "Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)" explores the gritty narrative aided by a thundering bass, electric guitar runs and the backup singing by The Ikettes. No one understands the translation of R & B to rock better than Ike Turner. With a front singer as powerful as Tina Turner, they just turn her loose on gospel-infused jams like "Feel Good". A barrelhouse piano adds to the momentum of non-stop hot licks.

Tina stretches her wings as a gritty songwriter on the soulful "I Like It" (with Memphis Stax-like horn flourishes and organ) and her homage to sixties dance music ("If You Can Hully Gully/I Can Hully Gully Too"). Regardless of the arrangements, she is capable of rocketing into overdrive at any time. Demonstrating a socio-political context, "Black Coffee" is a low-down, visceral indictment of the system. Exploring the narratives of fellow composers like Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes and James Brown, Turner frames her independence as she states, …my skin is brown…my mind is black…". The group’s cover of The Beatles, "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" picks up on the inherent rhythms, but pumps up the soul. When they revert to rock and soul ("You Better Think Of Something", "Bolic"), the results are more compelling.

Pure Pleasure has captured the vibrant raw energy of Ike & Tina Turner. The overall sound is edgy and has a live "feel". There is no attempt to smooth out Turner’s vocals. The dense, brawny mix fits the instrumentation. This is the kind of music that comes alive on vinyl!

TrackList:

Side 1: Chopper; Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid); Feel Good; I Like It; If You Can Hully Gully (I Can Hully Gully Too)

Side 2: Black Coffee; She Came In Through The Bathroom Window; If I Knew then (What I Know Now); You Better Think Of Something; Bolic

—Robbie Gerson

I want to thank John over at www.audaud.com  for the exclusive rights to reprint this great review!
 

AUDIOPHILE AUDITION focuses on recordings of interest to audiophiles and collectors, with an accent on surround sound for music, and on all hi-res disc formats. Over 100SACD, DVD Video/Audio and standard CD reviews are published during each month, and our archives go back to January 2001.

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Whitechapel - Whitechapel LP (Picture Disc)

Having spent several years lauded as one of the frontrunners in their genre, in 2012 Whitechapel stand as a defining force in contemporary heavy music. Building dramatically on the trademarked bludgeon of their first three releases, with Whitechapel the Tennessean sextet have inarguably delivered their most intense, dynamic, and downright hostile record to date.

Track Listing
Make It Bleed
Hate Creation
(Cult)uralist
I, Dementia
Section 8
Faces
Dead Silence
The Night Remains
Devoid
Possibilities Of and Impossible Existence

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Aerosmith have just premiered their video for "What Could Have Been Love," the new single from their forthcoming album, Music From Another Dimension!



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Green Day have released a video featuring the final part of their monstrous 40-song set at New York's Irving Plaza last month (September 17).

The footage kicks off with the track 'Burnout' from 1994's 'Dookie' and features other fan-favourites including 'Hitchin' a Ride', 'Letterbomb', 'She' and closer 'American Idiot'.