Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Metallica To Release New Live DVD

Metallica has announced that the band will release a live DVD called "Quebec Magnetic" on December 10th, 2012. The DVD captures the two World Magnetic live shows which took place in Quebec City in the fall of 2009.



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Green Day Cancels Rest Of 2012 Shows

As frontman Billie Joe Armstrong continues his recovery for substance abuse, Green Day has been forced to cancel its remaining concert dates for the year, as well as shows in January and February of next year.  The news comes in the wake of singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong being admitted to rehab for treatment of substance abuse last month.

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from our friends at vinylcollective.com

Top 10 Albums – October 30, 2012

Here are the Top 10 Albums for the week of October 23 -29, 2012:

1. National – The Virginia EP 12″
2. Angels and Airwaves – Love Part I & II 4XLP
3. The Starting Line – The Early Years LP
4. Quicksand – Slip LP
5. Kevin Devine – Split The Country, Split The Street 2XLP
6. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill LP
7. Adele – Skyfall 7″
8. Jawbreaker – Chesterfield King LP
9. Isis – Temporal 3XLP + DVD
10. Poison The Well – The Opposite of December / Tear From The Red 2XLP

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GRIMEYS BEST SELLERS 10/22 - 10/28, 2012

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Peter Buck - Peter Buck
2. The Beatles - Love Me Do 7"
3. Mumford & Sons - Babel
4. Titus Andronicus - Local Business
5. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
6. The Sword - Apocryphon
7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
8. Cheap Time - Live At Third Man 7"
9. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid: M.A.A.D. City
10. Shovels & Rope - O' Be Joyful
11. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
12. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
13. The Velvet Underground - The Verve/MGM Albums vinyl box
14. Bat For Lashes - Haunted Man
15. Iggy Pop & Zig Zags - If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up 7"
16. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
17. Further Seems Forever - Penny Black
18. Ty Segall - Twins
19. Ty Segall - San Francisco Rock Compilation
20. Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
21. Radiohead - In Rainbows
22. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
23. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
24. Paul Banks - Banks
25. Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber

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Retrofit Records believes in vinyl - Local record store demonstrates vitality of recorded sound medium

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Students choosing vinyl for music, sentimental value

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Paul McCartney Says Yoko Ono Wasn’t Responsible for Breaking up the Beatles