New Vinyl Record and Music Releases ~ January 8, 2013

Alice in Chains - Hollow (single)
At the Drive-In - Vaya (vinyl)
Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (reissue) (vinyl)
Black Veil Brides - Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (reissue) (vinyl)
Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio
Callers - Reviver
Can - Landed
Cecilia Bartoli - Mission
Cody Chesnutt - Landing on a Hundred (vinyl)
Colin Stetson and Mats Gustafsson - Stones
Comadre - Comadre
Conor Maynard - Contrast
Crystal Castles - III (vinyl)
Death Cab For Cutie - The Barsuk Years (box set) (vinyl)
Deftones - Koi No Yokan (vinyl)
Dropkick Murphys - Signed and Sealed in Blood
Eleh - Retreat, Return, Response (box set)
Ethernet - 144 Pulsations of Light
Gallops - Yours Sincerely Dr Hardcore
Guster - Guster: Live Acoustic
Hollywood Undead - Notes From the Underground
J Dilla - Donuts (7") (box set)
Jack Jones - I've Got a Lot of Livin to Do / Gift of Love
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (reissue) (vinyl)
John Cale - Fear (reissue)
John Cale - Slow Dazzle (reissue)
Katalepsy - Autopsychosis
Kontinuum - Earth Blood Magic
Mary Wells - The One Who Really Loves You / Two Lovers
Michael Jackson - Bad 25th Anniversary Edition (3 LP set)
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (reissue) (vinyl)
Nels Cline and Elliott Sharp - Open the Door
Never Shout Never - Indigo
Newsted - Metal EP
Nine Covens - On The Dawning Of Light
Nolwenn Leroy - Nolwenn
Nurse with Wound - Sucked Orange/Scrag (remastered)
Omar & the Howlers - Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty
Omar & the Howlers - Wall of Pride
Overcome - No Reserves. No Retreats. No Regrets.
Pere Ubu - Lady from Shanghai
Phil Anselmo / Warbeast - split
Placebo - Black Market Music (reissue)
Placebo - Meds (reissue)
Placebo - Placebo (reissue)
Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts (reissue)
Pure Prairie League - Something In The Night
RZA - The Man with the Iron Fists (vinyl)
Roy Buchanan - That's What I'm Here For
Sigha - Living With Ghosts
Skinny Molly - Haywire Riot
Solane - True (vinyl)
Steve Wariner - Drive
Steve Wariner - No More Mr. Nice Guy
The Contortionist - Intrinsic (vinyl)
Thorcraftcobra - Count It In
Touche Amore and Pianos Become The Teeth - Split (7″)
Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
Various Artists - Girls – Volume 1: Music From the HBO Original Series
Various Artists - Mixed Up Minds Part 5: Obscure Rock and Pop from the British Isles: 1970-1974
Various Artists - Piccadilly Sunshine Part 11: British Pop
Various Artists - Spiky Dread Issue One: Punky Reggae & Post Punk Dub 1978-1984
Various Artists - Stand Up Guys (soundtrack)
Watain - Sworn To The Dark (reissue)
We Came As Romans - Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be (reissue)
Wooden Wand - Blood Oaths Of The New Blues
Zatokrev - The Bat The Wheel And The Long Road To Nowhere

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Music History - January 8th

highlights:

In 1935, Elvis Aaron Presley was born at his parent's home, a two-room house that was built by his father at 306 Old Saltillo Road, East Tupelo, Mississippi.

In 1960, in Hollywood at his last recording session, Eddie Cochran recorded "Three Steps To Heaven."

In 1993, the U.S. Postal Service released the stamp that won their controversial "thin Elvis" versus "fat Elvis" contest.

40 Years Ago: Aerosmith’s First Album Released











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this out of the UK:

Top 10 Best Selling Vinyl LPs Of 2012

Vinyl sales grew for the fifth successive year with a total of 389,000 LPs sold during 2012 – an increase of 15.3% over 2011’s sales of 337,000.

1. COEXIST - THE XX
2. THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST - DAVID BOWIE
3. BLUNDERBUSS - JACK WHITE
4. 21 - ADELE
5. LONERISM - TAME IMPALA
6. TEMPEST - BOB DYLAN
7. BLOOM - BEACH HOUSE
8. AN AWESOME WAVE - ALT-J
9. GO-GO BOOTS - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
10. THE WALL - PINK FLOYD

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Vinyl record sales in Japan double in 2012

Sales of vinyl records have almost doubled this year in Japan.  The Recording Industry Association of Japan says 418,000 vinyl records, worth more than 7 million dollars, were shipped between January and November.  The figure includes imported discs and is about double the total for the whole of last year.

Imports of vinyl records by rock and jazz musicians sold 242,000 copies, or roughly triple last year's figure. This was mainly due to reissues of albums by the Beatles and other famous groups.

Most people in Japan buy music in the form of downloads and CDs. Vinyl records only account for a small portion of total sales, but remain popular with some music fans.

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Christine McVie at Peace With Fleetwood Mac Past

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Robot Band Compressorhead Bring the ‘Metal’ With Motorhead’s ‘Ace of Spades’












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NOFX Celebrate 30th Anniversary With LP Box Set

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Victory Records Announces New 2013 Releases

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Deep Purple to Reissue ‘Slaves and Masters’







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David Bowie Announces New Album, Unveils New Song + Video







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Yo La Tengo Announce Mini-Tour of Record Shops

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some videos that caught my eye:

Children from North Korea, playing instruments as big as they are!




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Making vinyl records: The Sound And The Story (1956)