Week Ending 11/01/2008
1) LP - Georges Enesco Bach Sonatas Continental - $3,378.49 Start: $0.99 Bids: 28
2) 45rpm - Celebrities "I Choose You Baby" / "I Choose You Baby (instr)" - $3,200.00 Start: $3,200.00 Bids: BIN
3) LP - The Beatles "Mono Collection" Parlophone UK - $3,150.00 Start: $0.99 Bids: 27
4) LP - The Beatles "Hard Days Night" Odean Japan Red Vinyl - $2,499.00 Start: $2,499.00 Bids: 3
5) 45rpm - Jimmy Delphs "Dancing A Hole In The World" / "Dancing A Whole In The World (instr)" - $2,415.00 Start: $25.99 Start: 22
One of the most sought after classical box sets, Continental's Georges Enesco plays Bach Sonatas, takes the #1 spot this week bidding up over $3.3k. Next, A Northern Soul 45 from Celebrities on the Boss label out of Detroit sells on a Buy-It-Now for $3.2k.
The #3 spot goes to another box set, this one a collection of the Mono mixes of 11 Beatle records. This set sells for halfway past $3.1k. And at #4 is another Beatles LP, a Japanese red vinyl pressing of "A Hard Days Night" fetches a dollar under $2.5k.
And last, another Northern Soul record, this one from Jimmy Delphs, sells for a little bit over $2.4k.
As always, I want to thank Brian over at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com for this valuable information!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Album Cover Art
We had so much fun (and the response was overwhelming!) with our Gigwise.com list of the most controversial, weirdest, best and worst album cover art (as compiled by their crack staff), I have decided to take it a step further. Let's explore Gigwise.com's list of the dirtiest and sexiest album cover art top 50 that they have put together (we will do one album cover per day- advance warning- some my even be offended by some of the images, but as we all know-sex sells- always has and always will)
50. Madonna: ‘Hard Candy’ Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was first released on April 25, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. This release is the final studio album with Warner Bros., her record company for the past 25 years. The album, overall, has an urban vibe, while remaining a dance-pop record at heart. In the early stages of recording, Stuart Price, the producer of Confessions on a Dance Floor, described the new album as moving in an urban direction. It had initially been defined as having "a lot of producers from a lot of genres in there.", The Sun proclaiming that "it could be her most ambitious project yet.”
Timbaland, one of the featured producers of the record, referred to the album as being "like 'Holiday' with an R&B groove." Justin Timberlake also defined the album as being "an R&B/pop/dance record." Upon release, The New York Times reviewed the album as "a set of catchy, easily digestible, mass-appeal songs."
The album features vocal appearances from Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West along with production credits from Timbaland, Timberlake, The Neptunes, and Nate "Danja" Hills as well as co-production from Madonna. Additionally, Hard Candy includes a guest appearance of American guitarist and singer-songwriter Wendy Melvoin, best known for her work with Prince, contributing guitars on the song "She's Not Me", on which she is mentioned.
The album peaked at number one in twenty-seven countries worldwide, including United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Turkey, Austria, Canada, the United States, Italy, France, Greece, Japan, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Finland, Hungary, Belgium, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Singapore and Slovakia.
During its first day of release in the Netherlands, Hard Candy sold over 60,000 copies, earning a platinum certification. The album also received a Gold certification on its first day of release, selling over 15,000 copies. Furthermore, after only two days of release, Hard Candy debuted at number one on the French albums chart, selling 38.000 copies. It also debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly album chart in Japan, selling about 55,462 copies.
Hard Candy also debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, where Madonna joined a selected group of artists to achieve ten number one albums, behind Elvis Presley, with eleven, and The Beatles, with fifteen. Madonna achieved a similar feat in Australia, where it became her seventh album to reach number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album was certified gold in its first week. "4 Minutes" has also remained in the Australian Top Ten for over eleven weeks.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Hard Candy sold 100,000 copies in the United States upon its first day of release. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with over 280,000 copies sold. Hard Candy became her seventh number one album, making her the female artist with the second most number one albums, behind only Barbra Streisand. It was certified Gold on June 4, 2008, a month after its release.
In Latin America the album was also well-received, reaching number nineteen on the Mexican Top 100 Albums chart based on three-day sales alone, and after three weeks in the chart, the album has peaked at number four. In Argentina, after debuting at number-four based on shipments, it climbed to number one.
In New Zealand Hard Candy debuted and peaked at number five and stayed on the chart for nine weeks.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/
50. Madonna: ‘Hard Candy’ Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was first released on April 25, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. This release is the final studio album with Warner Bros., her record company for the past 25 years. The album, overall, has an urban vibe, while remaining a dance-pop record at heart. In the early stages of recording, Stuart Price, the producer of Confessions on a Dance Floor, described the new album as moving in an urban direction. It had initially been defined as having "a lot of producers from a lot of genres in there.", The Sun proclaiming that "it could be her most ambitious project yet.”
Timbaland, one of the featured producers of the record, referred to the album as being "like 'Holiday' with an R&B groove." Justin Timberlake also defined the album as being "an R&B/pop/dance record." Upon release, The New York Times reviewed the album as "a set of catchy, easily digestible, mass-appeal songs."
The album features vocal appearances from Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West along with production credits from Timbaland, Timberlake, The Neptunes, and Nate "Danja" Hills as well as co-production from Madonna. Additionally, Hard Candy includes a guest appearance of American guitarist and singer-songwriter Wendy Melvoin, best known for her work with Prince, contributing guitars on the song "She's Not Me", on which she is mentioned.
The album peaked at number one in twenty-seven countries worldwide, including United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Turkey, Austria, Canada, the United States, Italy, France, Greece, Japan, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Finland, Hungary, Belgium, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Singapore and Slovakia.
During its first day of release in the Netherlands, Hard Candy sold over 60,000 copies, earning a platinum certification. The album also received a Gold certification on its first day of release, selling over 15,000 copies. Furthermore, after only two days of release, Hard Candy debuted at number one on the French albums chart, selling 38.000 copies. It also debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly album chart in Japan, selling about 55,462 copies.
Hard Candy also debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, where Madonna joined a selected group of artists to achieve ten number one albums, behind Elvis Presley, with eleven, and The Beatles, with fifteen. Madonna achieved a similar feat in Australia, where it became her seventh album to reach number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album was certified gold in its first week. "4 Minutes" has also remained in the Australian Top Ten for over eleven weeks.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Hard Candy sold 100,000 copies in the United States upon its first day of release. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with over 280,000 copies sold. Hard Candy became her seventh number one album, making her the female artist with the second most number one albums, behind only Barbra Streisand. It was certified Gold on June 4, 2008, a month after its release.
In Latin America the album was also well-received, reaching number nineteen on the Mexican Top 100 Albums chart based on three-day sales alone, and after three weeks in the chart, the album has peaked at number four. In Argentina, after debuting at number-four based on shipments, it climbed to number one.
In New Zealand Hard Candy debuted and peaked at number five and stayed on the chart for nine weeks.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/
NEW LP's Being Released This Week:
Afro-Cuban All Stars present Felix Baloy - Baila Mi Son (180 Gram Vinyl)
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Jingle All The Way [LP]
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstacy (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Booker Ervin - That's It (180 Gram Vinyl)
Booker Little - Out Front (180 Gram Vinyl)
BSTC - Music For A Saturday Evening [2LP]
Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl w/coupon for MP3 Download)
Clark Terry - Color Changes (180 Gram Vinyl)
Cocoa Tea - Sweet Sound Of Cocoa Tea [2LP]
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (180 Gram Vinyl)
Crystal Antlers - Ep
Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance [180 Gram Vinyl 2LP]
Earl Hines & Harry Sweets Edison - Early Meets Harry (180 Gram Vinyl)
Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (180 Gram Vinyl)
Grandmaster Flash vs. Sugar Hill Gang - The Greatest Hits [3 LP Box] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Greyboy - 15 Years of West Coast Cool [2LP]
Harvey Milk - My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Can Be [2LP]
Him - Razorblade Romance [2LP]
Hinder - Take It To The Limit [2LP]
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night [2 LP] (180 Gram in Gatefold Jacket includes vinyl-only bonus track)
Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (180 Gram Vinyl)
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go too [2LP]
Magnetic Fields - Get Lost [LP] (180 gram vinyl. Includes coupon for MP3 download)
Max Roach - We Insist - Freedom Suite (180 Gram Vinyl)
MC5 - Motorcity Is Burning [2 LP]
Memphis Slim - USA (180 Gram Vinyl)
Metallica - And Justice For all - [4LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Metallica - And Justice For All [2LP]
OhGr - Devils In My Details [LP]
Polvo - Celebrate The New Dark Age [LP] (ncludes coupon for MP3 download of entire album. Limited edition of 3,000)
Prototypes - Synthetique [LP]
Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me [LP] 180 Gram Vinyl
Replacements - Tim [LP] 180 Gram Vinyl
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology [LP]
Simonetti / Morante / Pignatelli - Tenebre (180 Gram Vinyl)
Skatalites - Stretching Out: Volume One [LP]
Stereolab - Groop Played Space Age Batchelor Pad [LP] (includes MP3 coupon)
Streets - Everything Is Borrowed [LP]
Susan Tedeschi - Back To The River [2LP]
The Fall - Room To Live (180 Gram Vinyl)
Tim Barry - Manchester [LP] (Colored Vinyl Full Jacket Full Picture Sleeve)
Tipsy - Buzzz [LP]
Tom Gabel - Heart Burns [LP]
Undertones - The Undertones (Picture Disc)
Zach de la Rocha & Jon Theodore - One Day As A Lion [LP]
NEW 12" SINGLES
CSS - Move ( Sub Pop - 70797 / 098787079715 ) $5.99
Krumb Snatcha - Feeling b/w Mind Power (Limited Edition 12inch) ( Mind Power Ent - MPE-33 / 672343003316 ) $6.98
Lets Go To War - Burn Down The Disco ( Last Gang - Q100849 / 060270084919 ) $9.98
NEW 7" SINGLES
Low - Santa Is Coming [7''] (sleeve is iridescent white paper and includes a punch-out paper ornament) ( SubPop - SP801 / 098787080179 ) $5.99
Mahjongg - Free Groove Rider ( K Records - KRD 629147 / 789856291472 ) $5.49
No Age - Teen Creeps ( Sub Pop Records - SPP 707987 / 098787079876 ) $3.99
As always I thank my vinyl friend Spyder over at http://dj-spyder.blogspot.com for this great information!
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More Vinyl Releases:
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones: Jingle All the Way (vinyl)
Black Moth Super Rainbow: Drippers EP
Camera Obscura: Underachievers Please Try Harder (vinyl reissue)
Castanets Vs. Ero: Dub Refuge (vinyl)
Civet: Hell Hath No Fury (vinyl)
Darling Downs: From One to Another (vinyl)
Datarock: Computer Camp Love (import single)
Dead Can Dance: Dead Can Dance (vinyl remaster)
The Dead Trees: King of Rosa (vinyl)
Department of Eagles: In Ear Park (vinyl)
Desolation Wilderness: White Light Strobing (vinyl)
Doug Paisley: Doug Paisley (vinyl)
Frida Hyvonen: Silence Is Wild (vinyl)
Grampall Jookabox: Rope Chain (vinyl)
Illa J: Yancey Boys (vinyl)
Kings of Leon: Only By The Night (vinyl)
Lady Gaga: The Fame (vinyl)
Little Joy: Little Joy (vinyl)
Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (vinyl)
Magnetic Fields: Get Lost (vinyl remaster)
Mahjongg: Free Groove Rider (vinyl)
Max Richter: 24 Postcards in Full Color (vinyl)
Megapuss: Surfing (vinyl)
Micah Blue Smaldone: The Red River (vinyl)
No Age: Teen Creeps (vinyl)
OhGr: Devils In My Details (vinyl)
One Day As A Lion: One Day As A Lion (vinyl)
Past Lives: Strange Symmetry(vinyl)
Prototypes: Synthetique (vinyl)
Q-Tip: The Renaissance (vinyl)
Ryan Adams: Cardinology (vinyl)
Skatalites: Stretching Out (2-LP vinyl remaster)
The Streets: Everything Is Borrowed (vinyl)
Thursday / Envy: Split 12" (vinyl)
Tom Gabel: Heart Burns (vinyl)
Wallpaper : On The Chewing Gum Ground (vinyl)
Wild Beasts: Limbo, Panto (vinyl)
Wilderness: (k)no(w)here (vinyl)
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Jingle All The Way [LP]
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstacy (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Booker Ervin - That's It (180 Gram Vinyl)
Booker Little - Out Front (180 Gram Vinyl)
BSTC - Music For A Saturday Evening [2LP]
Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl w/coupon for MP3 Download)
Clark Terry - Color Changes (180 Gram Vinyl)
Cocoa Tea - Sweet Sound Of Cocoa Tea [2LP]
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (180 Gram Vinyl)
Crystal Antlers - Ep
Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance [180 Gram Vinyl 2LP]
Earl Hines & Harry Sweets Edison - Early Meets Harry (180 Gram Vinyl)
Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (180 Gram Vinyl)
Grandmaster Flash vs. Sugar Hill Gang - The Greatest Hits [3 LP Box] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Greyboy - 15 Years of West Coast Cool [2LP]
Harvey Milk - My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Can Be [2LP]
Him - Razorblade Romance [2LP]
Hinder - Take It To The Limit [2LP]
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night [2 LP] (180 Gram in Gatefold Jacket includes vinyl-only bonus track)
Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (180 Gram Vinyl)
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go too [2LP]
Magnetic Fields - Get Lost [LP] (180 gram vinyl. Includes coupon for MP3 download)
Max Roach - We Insist - Freedom Suite (180 Gram Vinyl)
MC5 - Motorcity Is Burning [2 LP]
Memphis Slim - USA (180 Gram Vinyl)
Metallica - And Justice For all - [4LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Metallica - And Justice For All [2LP]
OhGr - Devils In My Details [LP]
Polvo - Celebrate The New Dark Age [LP] (ncludes coupon for MP3 download of entire album. Limited edition of 3,000)
Prototypes - Synthetique [LP]
Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me [LP] 180 Gram Vinyl
Replacements - Tim [LP] 180 Gram Vinyl
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology [LP]
Simonetti / Morante / Pignatelli - Tenebre (180 Gram Vinyl)
Skatalites - Stretching Out: Volume One [LP]
Stereolab - Groop Played Space Age Batchelor Pad [LP] (includes MP3 coupon)
Streets - Everything Is Borrowed [LP]
Susan Tedeschi - Back To The River [2LP]
The Fall - Room To Live (180 Gram Vinyl)
Tim Barry - Manchester [LP] (Colored Vinyl Full Jacket Full Picture Sleeve)
Tipsy - Buzzz [LP]
Tom Gabel - Heart Burns [LP]
Undertones - The Undertones (Picture Disc)
Zach de la Rocha & Jon Theodore - One Day As A Lion [LP]
NEW 12" SINGLES
CSS - Move ( Sub Pop - 70797 / 098787079715 ) $5.99
Krumb Snatcha - Feeling b/w Mind Power (Limited Edition 12inch) ( Mind Power Ent - MPE-33 / 672343003316 ) $6.98
Lets Go To War - Burn Down The Disco ( Last Gang - Q100849 / 060270084919 ) $9.98
NEW 7" SINGLES
Low - Santa Is Coming [7''] (sleeve is iridescent white paper and includes a punch-out paper ornament) ( SubPop - SP801 / 098787080179 ) $5.99
Mahjongg - Free Groove Rider ( K Records - KRD 629147 / 789856291472 ) $5.49
No Age - Teen Creeps ( Sub Pop Records - SPP 707987 / 098787079876 ) $3.99
As always I thank my vinyl friend Spyder over at http://dj-spyder.blogspot.com for this great information!
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More Vinyl Releases:
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones: Jingle All the Way (vinyl)
Black Moth Super Rainbow: Drippers EP
Camera Obscura: Underachievers Please Try Harder (vinyl reissue)
Castanets Vs. Ero: Dub Refuge (vinyl)
Civet: Hell Hath No Fury (vinyl)
Darling Downs: From One to Another (vinyl)
Datarock: Computer Camp Love (import single)
Dead Can Dance: Dead Can Dance (vinyl remaster)
The Dead Trees: King of Rosa (vinyl)
Department of Eagles: In Ear Park (vinyl)
Desolation Wilderness: White Light Strobing (vinyl)
Doug Paisley: Doug Paisley (vinyl)
Frida Hyvonen: Silence Is Wild (vinyl)
Grampall Jookabox: Rope Chain (vinyl)
Illa J: Yancey Boys (vinyl)
Kings of Leon: Only By The Night (vinyl)
Lady Gaga: The Fame (vinyl)
Little Joy: Little Joy (vinyl)
Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (vinyl)
Magnetic Fields: Get Lost (vinyl remaster)
Mahjongg: Free Groove Rider (vinyl)
Max Richter: 24 Postcards in Full Color (vinyl)
Megapuss: Surfing (vinyl)
Micah Blue Smaldone: The Red River (vinyl)
No Age: Teen Creeps (vinyl)
OhGr: Devils In My Details (vinyl)
One Day As A Lion: One Day As A Lion (vinyl)
Past Lives: Strange Symmetry(vinyl)
Prototypes: Synthetique (vinyl)
Q-Tip: The Renaissance (vinyl)
Ryan Adams: Cardinology (vinyl)
Skatalites: Stretching Out (2-LP vinyl remaster)
The Streets: Everything Is Borrowed (vinyl)
Thursday / Envy: Split 12" (vinyl)
Tom Gabel: Heart Burns (vinyl)
Wallpaper : On The Chewing Gum Ground (vinyl)
Wild Beasts: Limbo, Panto (vinyl)
Wilderness: (k)no(w)here (vinyl)
This Date In Music History-November 3
Birthdays:
Brian Poole of the Tremeloes is 67.
John Barry ("Goldfinger") turns 75.
Blues vocalist Mabel John, the first woman to sign to Berry Gordy's Tamla label, was born in Detroit in 1930.
Scottish singer Lulu, who went to No. 1 with "To Sir With Love," was born in Glasgow in 1948.
Birthday wishes to rock insect Adam Ant (born as Stuart Goddard in London).
History:
In 1957, Sun Records released Jerry Lewis’s "Great Balls of Fire," written by Otis Blackwell (who penned "Don't Be Cruel" and others for Elvis Presley). By the second week in December, the single is ensconced in the Top Ten on the pop, country and R&B charts. It became the best-selling record in Sun's history.
A song called "He's A Rebel" by the Crystals topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. In reality, the song was recorded by a trio known as the Blossoms, featuring lead singer Darlene Love. Phil Spector had hastily put the song together while The Crystals were out of town and put their name on the label because they had already had two top twenty hits with "There's No Other" and "Uptown".
"Boss Guitar," Duane Eddy’s 15th Top Forty single in less than five years, entered the charts in 1962. It marks the end of an astounding run of instrumental hits for the king of twang.
In 2002, the king of skiffle, Lonnie Donegan, died at the age of 71, midway through a UK tour. One of the most successful recording artists of the pre-Beatles era, Donegan had three number one hits and numerous top 10 entries on the UK chart. In the US he was best known for the top ten hits, "Rock Island Line" and "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Over Night".
The filming for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour was completed in 1967, finishing with a sequence at Ringo's country house in Weybridge, Surrey, BBC television bought the rights to broadcast the film twice, the first broadcast, in black-and-white was scheduled for December 26, 1967. The second showing, on the color channel BBC2, was not yet available to all Britons, was set for January 5, 1968.
'Too Tough to Die,' among the best of the Ramones’ later albums, is released in 1984.
The Beatles record "Michelle" in 1965.
In 1957, ABC-Paramount released Danny & the Juniors' first hit, "At the Hop". The song sold 7,000 copies in and around Philadelphia when it was first issued on the small independent Singular label.
British musician Robin Scott, using the pseudonym M, topped the US singles chart in 1979 with a techno-pop, dance tune called "Pop Muzik". The record had reached number two in England the previous May.
Billy Ocean started a two week run at #1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1984 with "Caribbean Queen". The song was originally titled "European Queen".
In 1990, The Righteous Brothers' version of "Unchained Melody" rose to #1 on the UK singles chart 25 years after it had first been released. The track had recently been featured in the film Ghost.
In 1973, "Ramblin' Man," by the Allman Brothers Band, reached #2. It was the highest-charting single of their career.
1982-Devo bring their video-synchronized concert experience to Minneapolis. This involves the band performing in front of a giant screen on which are projected films and lyrics. The robotic band also interacts with the clips.
'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) was a hit in 1974.
Brian Poole of the Tremeloes is 67.
John Barry ("Goldfinger") turns 75.
Blues vocalist Mabel John, the first woman to sign to Berry Gordy's Tamla label, was born in Detroit in 1930.
Scottish singer Lulu, who went to No. 1 with "To Sir With Love," was born in Glasgow in 1948.
Birthday wishes to rock insect Adam Ant (born as Stuart Goddard in London).
History:
In 1957, Sun Records released Jerry Lewis’s "Great Balls of Fire," written by Otis Blackwell (who penned "Don't Be Cruel" and others for Elvis Presley). By the second week in December, the single is ensconced in the Top Ten on the pop, country and R&B charts. It became the best-selling record in Sun's history.
A song called "He's A Rebel" by the Crystals topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. In reality, the song was recorded by a trio known as the Blossoms, featuring lead singer Darlene Love. Phil Spector had hastily put the song together while The Crystals were out of town and put their name on the label because they had already had two top twenty hits with "There's No Other" and "Uptown".
"Boss Guitar," Duane Eddy’s 15th Top Forty single in less than five years, entered the charts in 1962. It marks the end of an astounding run of instrumental hits for the king of twang.
In 2002, the king of skiffle, Lonnie Donegan, died at the age of 71, midway through a UK tour. One of the most successful recording artists of the pre-Beatles era, Donegan had three number one hits and numerous top 10 entries on the UK chart. In the US he was best known for the top ten hits, "Rock Island Line" and "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Over Night".
The filming for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour was completed in 1967, finishing with a sequence at Ringo's country house in Weybridge, Surrey, BBC television bought the rights to broadcast the film twice, the first broadcast, in black-and-white was scheduled for December 26, 1967. The second showing, on the color channel BBC2, was not yet available to all Britons, was set for January 5, 1968.
'Too Tough to Die,' among the best of the Ramones’ later albums, is released in 1984.
The Beatles record "Michelle" in 1965.
In 1957, ABC-Paramount released Danny & the Juniors' first hit, "At the Hop". The song sold 7,000 copies in and around Philadelphia when it was first issued on the small independent Singular label.
British musician Robin Scott, using the pseudonym M, topped the US singles chart in 1979 with a techno-pop, dance tune called "Pop Muzik". The record had reached number two in England the previous May.
Billy Ocean started a two week run at #1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1984 with "Caribbean Queen". The song was originally titled "European Queen".
In 1990, The Righteous Brothers' version of "Unchained Melody" rose to #1 on the UK singles chart 25 years after it had first been released. The track had recently been featured in the film Ghost.
In 1973, "Ramblin' Man," by the Allman Brothers Band, reached #2. It was the highest-charting single of their career.
1982-Devo bring their video-synchronized concert experience to Minneapolis. This involves the band performing in front of a giant screen on which are projected films and lyrics. The robotic band also interacts with the clips.
'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) was a hit in 1974.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Blue Note Records to Celebrate 70th With Releases, Concerts & Tributes
Written By: Jeff Tamarkin
In 2009, Blue Note Records will celebrate two milestones when it commemorates both the 70th anniversary of the label’s founding by Alfred Lion, as well as the 25th anniversary of the its re-launch in 1984 under current president Bruce Lundvall. Blue Note plans a range multi-media offerings, including live concerts, special digital and physical reissues and new releases, the Blue Note 7; an all-star tribute band of current jazz luminaries, book releases, festival honors, merchandise and more.
The label’s plans includes:
The Blue Note 7 All-Star Tribute Band Worldwide Tour & Album Release
Events will kick off January 7 with the start of a worldwide tour by the Blue Note 7; an all-star tribute band comprising pianist and musical director Bill Charlap with trumpeter Nicholas Payton, alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, guitarist Peter Bernstein, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash. The tour will hit 50 U.S. cities capped off with a week-long run at Birdland in New York April 14-19. A European tour is planned for October-November. On January 13, the septet will be releasing Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records, an eight-song collection of re-envisioned Blue Note classics.
Blue Note Takes New York
On January 27, Blue Note will kick off a month-long invasion of New York City’s clubs and music halls with two Blue Note legends—Lou Donaldson and Dr. Lonnie Smith—at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other artists already confirmed throughout the month of February include Anita Baker, Terence Blanchard, Bill Charlap, Robert Glasper, Norah Jones, Joe Lovano, Lionel Loueke, Wynton Marsalis, Jason Moran, Willie Nelson, Aaron Parks, Dianne Reeves and Cassandra Wilson. Venues will include the Blue Note Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard, Town Hall, and the Village Vanguard.
Blue Note Reissues/Merchandise
In addition to the continuation of Blue Note’s long-running RVG Series (for which the legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder remasters his classic sessions) and Connoisseur Series (featuring lesser-known gems from the catalog), the label will also begin reissuing its core RVG Series titles as vinyl/CD combos. The label will also be making special digital initiatives available on BlueNote.com and via digital retail partners around the world. In addition, during the spring-summer 2009 clothing company Friend or Foe will also present a line of their vintage-look, luxurious-feel t-shirts featuring classic Blue Note cover artwork and many other brand licensing efforts in multiple categories are in the works as Blue Note furthers its efforts of developing Blue Note as a premium lifestyle brand with licensing agent Fusion.
Blue Note Tributes At Festivals Around The World
Throughout 2009 several major jazz festivals will be paying tribute to Blue Note Records. The 6th Annual Portland Jazz Festival in Oregon (February 13-22) will dedicate itself to a 360° celebration of the label—Somethin’ Else: Blue Note Records at 70—featuring performances from Blue Note’s past and present roster, as well as panel discussions about the label’s legacy with Bruce Lundvall, Michael Cuscuna and various jazz artists, writers and historians. In addition, the Blue Note Records Festival in France (March 30-April 11) will be showcasing talent from around the world. Other festivals paying tribute to Blue Note will include the JVC Jazz Festival in New York, Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, and multiple festivals in Europe to be confirmed.
SOURCE: http://jazztimes.com/
In 2009, Blue Note Records will celebrate two milestones when it commemorates both the 70th anniversary of the label’s founding by Alfred Lion, as well as the 25th anniversary of the its re-launch in 1984 under current president Bruce Lundvall. Blue Note plans a range multi-media offerings, including live concerts, special digital and physical reissues and new releases, the Blue Note 7; an all-star tribute band of current jazz luminaries, book releases, festival honors, merchandise and more.
The label’s plans includes:
The Blue Note 7 All-Star Tribute Band Worldwide Tour & Album Release
Events will kick off January 7 with the start of a worldwide tour by the Blue Note 7; an all-star tribute band comprising pianist and musical director Bill Charlap with trumpeter Nicholas Payton, alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, guitarist Peter Bernstein, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash. The tour will hit 50 U.S. cities capped off with a week-long run at Birdland in New York April 14-19. A European tour is planned for October-November. On January 13, the septet will be releasing Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records, an eight-song collection of re-envisioned Blue Note classics.
Blue Note Takes New York
On January 27, Blue Note will kick off a month-long invasion of New York City’s clubs and music halls with two Blue Note legends—Lou Donaldson and Dr. Lonnie Smith—at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other artists already confirmed throughout the month of February include Anita Baker, Terence Blanchard, Bill Charlap, Robert Glasper, Norah Jones, Joe Lovano, Lionel Loueke, Wynton Marsalis, Jason Moran, Willie Nelson, Aaron Parks, Dianne Reeves and Cassandra Wilson. Venues will include the Blue Note Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard, Town Hall, and the Village Vanguard.
Blue Note Reissues/Merchandise
In addition to the continuation of Blue Note’s long-running RVG Series (for which the legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder remasters his classic sessions) and Connoisseur Series (featuring lesser-known gems from the catalog), the label will also begin reissuing its core RVG Series titles as vinyl/CD combos. The label will also be making special digital initiatives available on BlueNote.com and via digital retail partners around the world. In addition, during the spring-summer 2009 clothing company Friend or Foe will also present a line of their vintage-look, luxurious-feel t-shirts featuring classic Blue Note cover artwork and many other brand licensing efforts in multiple categories are in the works as Blue Note furthers its efforts of developing Blue Note as a premium lifestyle brand with licensing agent Fusion.
Blue Note Tributes At Festivals Around The World
Throughout 2009 several major jazz festivals will be paying tribute to Blue Note Records. The 6th Annual Portland Jazz Festival in Oregon (February 13-22) will dedicate itself to a 360° celebration of the label—Somethin’ Else: Blue Note Records at 70—featuring performances from Blue Note’s past and present roster, as well as panel discussions about the label’s legacy with Bruce Lundvall, Michael Cuscuna and various jazz artists, writers and historians. In addition, the Blue Note Records Festival in France (March 30-April 11) will be showcasing talent from around the world. Other festivals paying tribute to Blue Note will include the JVC Jazz Festival in New York, Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, and multiple festivals in Europe to be confirmed.
SOURCE: http://jazztimes.com/
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Indie record store thrives
I want to thank the author, Liz Wahlman and the publication http://media.www.dailycollegian.com for allowing me to reprint this wonderful story about an independent record store located in Northampton, Mass.
Indie record store thrives
Dynamite Records in NoHo moves to new location with continued success
Written By Liz Wahlman, Collegian Correspondent
(Media Credit: Oliver Scott Snure, Collegian)
The indie record store is a piece of Americana that has influenced the lives of adolescents throughout the latter part of the 20th century. It's a home where the smell of vinyl is the only air freshener, and friendships form out of a love for Glenn Danzig. It's a place where local, music-obsessed individuals can interact with others like themselves while surrounded by the thriving force of good music. However, in the age of iPods, MP3s and music piracy, this important piece of American culture is becoming as outdated as hair metal.
One independent record store in Northampton, Mass., won't let the age of iTunes bring them down. Dynamite Records opened in 1982, and is the longest running independent record store in western Massachusetts. Dynamite started in the back of a station wagon in front of the Amherst Post Office, then moved on to spend 20 years in Thornes Marketplace. Recently, it moved to 33 Main Street in Northampton, between Lucky's Tattoo and Piercing and La Veracruzana. When Dynamite was invited to use the store front on Main Street, owner Ronnie Kwon jumped at the opportunity.
"We spent 20 years in Thornes, and we had really outgrown it," said Kwon. "We wanted a more visible location, since Dynamite had become a local secret that was difficult to find."
The store is as cozy as any home, with hardwood floors and an actual living room display in the front window, and an array of artists swarming the shelves. Dynamite Records specializes in new and used vinyl records, but also carries a wide variety of new and used CDs, pins, patches and posters.
"There's a lot of love in Dynamite Records, and that's why I love it," said Kwon. "I love records; I love the way they look, the way they sound, the way they feel, just everything about them."
The music industry is at a noteworthy place at this point in time. With the emergence of MP3s and digital file sharing, shelves containing a music library have been reduced to a hard drive that can crash at any time. The current echo boomer generation has taken creativity and good music for granted. Many people have substituted quality for convenience, and face-to-face communication for computers. Buying music online is nothing like going into a store and having the power to listen to everything happening around you.
"Independent record stores allow us to bypass what's playing on the top 40 and fill our ears with something real, something with heart," said UMass senior and psychology major, Rachel Schein. "It'll change your perspective on what music's all about."
However, it seems as if more and more people are trading the experience of a record store for the cheap thrill of a download timer. It has been proven however, that MP3s have a far worse sound quality than CDs or even records. In order to fit an MP3 onto an MP3 player, the file from a CD has to be compressed to an extremely small size. As a result, the song may sound much different, and small subtleties, like key changes, can't be detected by the listener. Yet many people, both young and old, are standing by their vinyl. Kwon has faith in his store and doesn't believe he'll lose many customers as a result of this new technology.
"There's always going to be change," said Kwon. "I think you have to learn to adapt and evolve and know that people still value music. We choose our standards and we have a lot of loyal customers."
One can truly feel at ease and at home inside Dynamite. There's always good music playing as the gazes of Siouxsie Sioux and Robert Smith look down from displayed posters. The store has a very relaxed atmosphere, where no one peers over your shoulder and you're allowed to be with the music in your own way.
"I think independent record stores are a good idea; keeps the small businesses up and running, and the awareness that records are still being produced and used," said Hampshire College student Taylor "Matchstick" McNeilly. "[Records have] a very different quality of sound, and are definitely enjoyable. I'm glad such places as Dynamite Records are still around, because it really lends something to the culture."
Dynamite Records also tries to help local artists obtain success by offering them a place to perform. The shop often has artists perform in the store itself or in the display windows. This gesture is how Mr. Kwon and his employees give back to the community.
"I feel like there are fewer opportunities than before for local artists to get out there," said Kwon. "Even in New York, there aren't a lot of places where local artists can perform. Music is such an important part of people's lives and of important value in communities. Dynamite Records has always been a community store and will always be a community store."
While Kwon is giving back to the artists, the artists are giving back to the record stores. Record Store Day, which will be celebrated on April 18, 2009, aims to make people more aware of the culture and history that record stores have.
On their Web site, Recordstoreday.com, Boston native Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls said, "My early record shopping experiences were my musical backdrop… it's not just the ability to touch, see and smell an album and the artwork ... it's the fact that you're in a real place with real people ... you can't get that feeling sitting behind your computer, ever."
Kwon doesn't wait for April to celebrate his love of music. To him, every day is Record Store Day.
"I just hope people still enjoy the experience of buying music," he said. "If you don't know what that is, come on in and we'll show you."
Independent record stores, their employees and their loyal customers are filled with a passion for music. They do more than just hear music; they can see it and feel it. It's a part of them. To them, shopping for music is more than just retail therapy, it's a ritual. It's not something they do, but something they experience. Independent record stores are alive today because of the people who want to have that experience.
Dynamite Records is located at 33 Main Street in Northampton.
Indie record store thrives
Dynamite Records in NoHo moves to new location with continued success
Written By Liz Wahlman, Collegian Correspondent
(Media Credit: Oliver Scott Snure, Collegian)The indie record store is a piece of Americana that has influenced the lives of adolescents throughout the latter part of the 20th century. It's a home where the smell of vinyl is the only air freshener, and friendships form out of a love for Glenn Danzig. It's a place where local, music-obsessed individuals can interact with others like themselves while surrounded by the thriving force of good music. However, in the age of iPods, MP3s and music piracy, this important piece of American culture is becoming as outdated as hair metal.
One independent record store in Northampton, Mass., won't let the age of iTunes bring them down. Dynamite Records opened in 1982, and is the longest running independent record store in western Massachusetts. Dynamite started in the back of a station wagon in front of the Amherst Post Office, then moved on to spend 20 years in Thornes Marketplace. Recently, it moved to 33 Main Street in Northampton, between Lucky's Tattoo and Piercing and La Veracruzana. When Dynamite was invited to use the store front on Main Street, owner Ronnie Kwon jumped at the opportunity.
"We spent 20 years in Thornes, and we had really outgrown it," said Kwon. "We wanted a more visible location, since Dynamite had become a local secret that was difficult to find."
The store is as cozy as any home, with hardwood floors and an actual living room display in the front window, and an array of artists swarming the shelves. Dynamite Records specializes in new and used vinyl records, but also carries a wide variety of new and used CDs, pins, patches and posters.
"There's a lot of love in Dynamite Records, and that's why I love it," said Kwon. "I love records; I love the way they look, the way they sound, the way they feel, just everything about them."
The music industry is at a noteworthy place at this point in time. With the emergence of MP3s and digital file sharing, shelves containing a music library have been reduced to a hard drive that can crash at any time. The current echo boomer generation has taken creativity and good music for granted. Many people have substituted quality for convenience, and face-to-face communication for computers. Buying music online is nothing like going into a store and having the power to listen to everything happening around you.
"Independent record stores allow us to bypass what's playing on the top 40 and fill our ears with something real, something with heart," said UMass senior and psychology major, Rachel Schein. "It'll change your perspective on what music's all about."
However, it seems as if more and more people are trading the experience of a record store for the cheap thrill of a download timer. It has been proven however, that MP3s have a far worse sound quality than CDs or even records. In order to fit an MP3 onto an MP3 player, the file from a CD has to be compressed to an extremely small size. As a result, the song may sound much different, and small subtleties, like key changes, can't be detected by the listener. Yet many people, both young and old, are standing by their vinyl. Kwon has faith in his store and doesn't believe he'll lose many customers as a result of this new technology.
"There's always going to be change," said Kwon. "I think you have to learn to adapt and evolve and know that people still value music. We choose our standards and we have a lot of loyal customers."
One can truly feel at ease and at home inside Dynamite. There's always good music playing as the gazes of Siouxsie Sioux and Robert Smith look down from displayed posters. The store has a very relaxed atmosphere, where no one peers over your shoulder and you're allowed to be with the music in your own way.
"I think independent record stores are a good idea; keeps the small businesses up and running, and the awareness that records are still being produced and used," said Hampshire College student Taylor "Matchstick" McNeilly. "[Records have] a very different quality of sound, and are definitely enjoyable. I'm glad such places as Dynamite Records are still around, because it really lends something to the culture."
Dynamite Records also tries to help local artists obtain success by offering them a place to perform. The shop often has artists perform in the store itself or in the display windows. This gesture is how Mr. Kwon and his employees give back to the community.
"I feel like there are fewer opportunities than before for local artists to get out there," said Kwon. "Even in New York, there aren't a lot of places where local artists can perform. Music is such an important part of people's lives and of important value in communities. Dynamite Records has always been a community store and will always be a community store."
While Kwon is giving back to the artists, the artists are giving back to the record stores. Record Store Day, which will be celebrated on April 18, 2009, aims to make people more aware of the culture and history that record stores have.
On their Web site, Recordstoreday.com, Boston native Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls said, "My early record shopping experiences were my musical backdrop… it's not just the ability to touch, see and smell an album and the artwork ... it's the fact that you're in a real place with real people ... you can't get that feeling sitting behind your computer, ever."
Kwon doesn't wait for April to celebrate his love of music. To him, every day is Record Store Day.
"I just hope people still enjoy the experience of buying music," he said. "If you don't know what that is, come on in and we'll show you."
Independent record stores, their employees and their loyal customers are filled with a passion for music. They do more than just hear music; they can see it and feel it. It's a part of them. To them, shopping for music is more than just retail therapy, it's a ritual. It's not something they do, but something they experience. Independent record stores are alive today because of the people who want to have that experience.
Dynamite Records is located at 33 Main Street in Northampton.
For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis
A great new book about the fabulous album cover art from the folks at Hipgnosis is now available. I have my copy on order and can tell you it is a fantastic look at the amazing covers of this legendary album cover art design group:
For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis
(Hardcover)
by Nick Mason (Author), Peter Blake (Author), Paula Scher (Author), Aubrey Powell (Author), Storm Thorgerson (Author)
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: PictureBox
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0981562213
ISBN-13: 978-0981562216
This title will be released on December 1, 2008.
(10 CC)Hipgnosis was the biggest and best graphic design firm for the biggest and best bands of the 60s and 70s. Formed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell in London in 1968 (with the addition of Throbbing Gristle's Peter Christopherson in 1974), Hipgnosis specialized in creative photography for the music business, making classic album covers for bands and musicians like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Electric Light Orchestra, Genesis, 10cc, Yes, Peter Gabriel, The Gods, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Paul McCartney, Syd Barrett, Scorpions and Styx, among others.
Over the course of its 15 year existence, Hipgnosis produced timeless rock iconography--everybody knows at least one Hipgnosis cover, thanks to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. The firm's inventive takes on the themes or titles of any given album opened up a new visual language in album cover art, one in which theatrical tableaux, trick photography and logo design played notable roles. For the Love of Vinyl is the first book to survey Storm and Powell's output in detail, focusing on more than 60 package designs--from cover to label--described with entertaining detail by the team who created them. Also included are short essays by musicians (such as Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and artists (British Pop artist Peter Blake) and fellow designers (Paula Scher) on their favorite Hipgnosis covers, as well as previously unseen photographs and ephemera. Complementing all this material is a lengthy critical-historical text examining Hipgnosis and its legacy. For the Love of Vinyl is the rock book of 2008.
Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell are award-winning graphic designers and the founders of Hipgnosis.
Order Your Copy in time for Christmas!
40 Years of Hits From Tommy James & the Shondells
Collector's Choice Music has scored an exclusive with the first comprehensive hits package to include all of Tommy James' singles with the Shondells and as a solo artist. The 40th Anniversary Singles Collection was approved by James and carefully assembled to include every one of his A-Sides from his work on six different labels. Release is set for November 25.
The company has also kept collectors in mind by assembling some rarities on the album. The very first track is the original, slower version of "Hanky Panky" as released on the Snap label and is followed by 14 more original singles, all in glorious mono. Some songs like "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Somebody Cares" include extra vocal overdubs not heard on the more standard stereo versions.
In fact, many of these versions have never been released before on CD. I Love Christmas includes the original arrangement with an a capella choir. "Draggin' the Line" is the single mix that you probably heard on the radio during its original run which contains extra horns not heard on most album versions. "Calico" is the pop radio version, not the jazz version heard on other anthologies. Overall, these are the singles as they were originally released and, in a special treat, the album ends with "Long Pony Tail," a song cut by Tom & the Tornadoes in 1962.
The 2-CD set also includes liner notes by Ed Osborne and photo's from James' personal archive.
SOURCE: http://winkscollectibles.blogspot.com
The company has also kept collectors in mind by assembling some rarities on the album. The very first track is the original, slower version of "Hanky Panky" as released on the Snap label and is followed by 14 more original singles, all in glorious mono. Some songs like "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Somebody Cares" include extra vocal overdubs not heard on the more standard stereo versions.
In fact, many of these versions have never been released before on CD. I Love Christmas includes the original arrangement with an a capella choir. "Draggin' the Line" is the single mix that you probably heard on the radio during its original run which contains extra horns not heard on most album versions. "Calico" is the pop radio version, not the jazz version heard on other anthologies. Overall, these are the singles as they were originally released and, in a special treat, the album ends with "Long Pony Tail," a song cut by Tom & the Tornadoes in 1962.
The 2-CD set also includes liner notes by Ed Osborne and photo's from James' personal archive.
SOURCE: http://winkscollectibles.blogspot.com
This Date In Music History-November 1
Birthdays:
Dan Peek of America ("Ventura Highway") turns 58.
Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 64.
Country oddball Lyle Lovett was born in Klein, Texas in 1957.
Birthday wishes to Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
History:
The first Beatles solo album (George Harrison's "Wonderwall Music") was released in 1968. The songs are mostly Harrison instrumentals, aided by Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and an uncredited banjo contribution by Peter Tork of The Monkees. The LP would reach #49 in the US but did not chart at all in the UK and would become the first album to be deleted from the Apple Records catalog.
While The Beatles were appearing at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany in 1962, a recording was made on a small, portable tape recorder which would be pressed and issued by Singasong Records in 1977 as "Live! At the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962.”
On The Ed Sullivan Show tonight in 1964, you could have watched the Dave Clark Five perform "Glad All Over." Comparing them to the Rolling Stones, Sullivan declared the Five "nice, neat boys." They would perform more times on his show than any other rock act.
The Festfolk Quartet, which would later become Abba, performed their first concert at a restaurant in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1970.
In 1955, an R&B group called The Famous Flames, led by singer James Brown, cut their first demo of "Please, Please, Please" at a radio station in Macon Georgia.
In 1966, three Elvis Presley albums were certified gold: his 1956 debut album, "Elvis Presley", "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2" and "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3".
In 1969, "Suspicious Minds" reached the top of the Billboard chart, becoming Elvis Presley's 17th and final number one hit. It reached #2 in the UK.
In 1972, the 33rd and final film of Elvis' career, "Elvis On Tour" opens in the US. It would be awarded the 1972 Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary, making it the only Elvis film to win an award of any kind.
In 2000, the Recording Industry Association Of America introduces guidelines for Parental Advisory labeling on recordings.
In 2004, 61 year old Terry Knight, the former manager of Grand Funk Railroad, was murdered at his home in Killeen, Texas (Knight was defending his daughter during a domestic disturbance). Knight began his music career by leading a Michigan band called Terry Knight and the Pack, who scored a Billboard top 50 hit with "I, Who Have Nothing.”
In 1969, the Beatles scored their 13th US No.1 album with 'Abbey Road.’ The cover supposedly contained clues adding to the ‘Paul Is Dead’ phenomenon: Paul is barefoot and the car number plate ‘LMW 281F’ supposedly referred to the fact that McCartney would be 28 years old if he was still alive. ‘LMW’ was said to stand for ‘Linda McCartney Weeps.’ And the four Beatles, represent; the priest (John, dressed in white), the Undertaker (Ringo in a black suit), the Corpse (Paul, in a suit but barefoot), and the Gravedigger (George, in jeans and a denim work shirt).
Dan Peek of America ("Ventura Highway") turns 58.
Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 64.
Country oddball Lyle Lovett was born in Klein, Texas in 1957.
Birthday wishes to Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
History:
The first Beatles solo album (George Harrison's "Wonderwall Music") was released in 1968. The songs are mostly Harrison instrumentals, aided by Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and an uncredited banjo contribution by Peter Tork of The Monkees. The LP would reach #49 in the US but did not chart at all in the UK and would become the first album to be deleted from the Apple Records catalog.
While The Beatles were appearing at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany in 1962, a recording was made on a small, portable tape recorder which would be pressed and issued by Singasong Records in 1977 as "Live! At the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962.”
On The Ed Sullivan Show tonight in 1964, you could have watched the Dave Clark Five perform "Glad All Over." Comparing them to the Rolling Stones, Sullivan declared the Five "nice, neat boys." They would perform more times on his show than any other rock act.
The Festfolk Quartet, which would later become Abba, performed their first concert at a restaurant in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1970.
In 1955, an R&B group called The Famous Flames, led by singer James Brown, cut their first demo of "Please, Please, Please" at a radio station in Macon Georgia.
In 1966, three Elvis Presley albums were certified gold: his 1956 debut album, "Elvis Presley", "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2" and "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3".
In 1969, "Suspicious Minds" reached the top of the Billboard chart, becoming Elvis Presley's 17th and final number one hit. It reached #2 in the UK.
In 1972, the 33rd and final film of Elvis' career, "Elvis On Tour" opens in the US. It would be awarded the 1972 Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary, making it the only Elvis film to win an award of any kind.
In 2000, the Recording Industry Association Of America introduces guidelines for Parental Advisory labeling on recordings.
In 2004, 61 year old Terry Knight, the former manager of Grand Funk Railroad, was murdered at his home in Killeen, Texas (Knight was defending his daughter during a domestic disturbance). Knight began his music career by leading a Michigan band called Terry Knight and the Pack, who scored a Billboard top 50 hit with "I, Who Have Nothing.”
In 1969, the Beatles scored their 13th US No.1 album with 'Abbey Road.’ The cover supposedly contained clues adding to the ‘Paul Is Dead’ phenomenon: Paul is barefoot and the car number plate ‘LMW 281F’ supposedly referred to the fact that McCartney would be 28 years old if he was still alive. ‘LMW’ was said to stand for ‘Linda McCartney Weeps.’ And the four Beatles, represent; the priest (John, dressed in white), the Undertaker (Ringo in a black suit), the Corpse (Paul, in a suit but barefoot), and the Gravedigger (George, in jeans and a denim work shirt).
Friday, October 31, 2008
Vinyl Record News
Vinyl 180 launches vinyl productline for Dead Can Dance, Bauhaus and the Cocteau Twins
4AD is collaborating with Vinyl 180, a relatively new company dedicated to reissuing classic records (remastered from their original analogue tapes) pressing them up on 180g audiophile quality vinyl with high quality artwork. Among other 4AD reissues they're planning, the company so far released the self titled debut album from Dead Can Dance (released as a single album or as a limited edition double vinyl package which features the " Garden of the Arcane Delights" EP pressed on clear vinyl), Cocteau Twins' classic second album "Head Over Heels" (as a single album and as a limited double vinyl edition including the "Sunburst and Snowblind" EP pressed on dark violet vinyl) and Bauhaus' 1980 debut album "In The Flat Field" on both a single disc and a two disc version (which also includes the 4AD EP from 1983 pressed on white vinyl).
The Dead Can Dance re-issues will continue with "Spleen and Ideal" early in 2009. Future releases include more from the Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance, plus albums by The Cult and The Fall since Vinyl 180 is also working with the Beggars Banquet label. Out already are Tubeway Army's "Replicas" and Gary Numan's "The pleasure principle". More info at www.vinyl180.com .
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The Drones Tour with Band of Horses, Release Vinyl
Australian band The Drones have been bringing their brand of multi-faceted blues-based psych-rock to us for years with acclaimed albums like "Here Come the Lies," "Wait Long by the River" and their 2006 release "Gala Mill."
In celebration of their upcoming US tour with Band of Horses, The Drones will be the first band to kick off ATP Recordings' new series of double 7" vinyl called Custom Made. Custom Made invites artists to submit 4 songs which will be released on limited edition 7" and also made available as a digital download.
Photo Credit: Daniel Campbell
For each Custom Made 7" the bands choose: something old (an old song), something new (a song from their latest album), something borrowed (a cover) and something blue (a blues song, the word blue in the title, anything...)
The vinyl is limited to just 1,000 pieces, and 100 of them will be special edition silk screened printed covers, numbered and signed by the sleeve designer.
The Drones: Custom Made will be out on November 5th and will include the following tracks:
Side A. Something Old - "Cockeyed Lowlife of the Highlands" (New recording of this old song)
Side B. Something New - "I Don't Ever Want to Change" (taken from the album Gala Mill)
Side C. Something Borrowed - "I Drink" (originally by Charles Aznavour)
Side D. Something Blue - "Shark Fin Blues" (taken from the album Wait Long By the River.)
4AD is collaborating with Vinyl 180, a relatively new company dedicated to reissuing classic records (remastered from their original analogue tapes) pressing them up on 180g audiophile quality vinyl with high quality artwork. Among other 4AD reissues they're planning, the company so far released the self titled debut album from Dead Can Dance (released as a single album or as a limited edition double vinyl package which features the " Garden of the Arcane Delights" EP pressed on clear vinyl), Cocteau Twins' classic second album "Head Over Heels" (as a single album and as a limited double vinyl edition including the "Sunburst and Snowblind" EP pressed on dark violet vinyl) and Bauhaus' 1980 debut album "In The Flat Field" on both a single disc and a two disc version (which also includes the 4AD EP from 1983 pressed on white vinyl).
The Dead Can Dance re-issues will continue with "Spleen and Ideal" early in 2009. Future releases include more from the Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance, plus albums by The Cult and The Fall since Vinyl 180 is also working with the Beggars Banquet label. Out already are Tubeway Army's "Replicas" and Gary Numan's "The pleasure principle". More info at www.vinyl180.com .
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The Drones Tour with Band of Horses, Release Vinyl
Australian band The Drones have been bringing their brand of multi-faceted blues-based psych-rock to us for years with acclaimed albums like "Here Come the Lies," "Wait Long by the River" and their 2006 release "Gala Mill."
In celebration of their upcoming US tour with Band of Horses, The Drones will be the first band to kick off ATP Recordings' new series of double 7" vinyl called Custom Made. Custom Made invites artists to submit 4 songs which will be released on limited edition 7" and also made available as a digital download.
Photo Credit: Daniel Campbell
For each Custom Made 7" the bands choose: something old (an old song), something new (a song from their latest album), something borrowed (a cover) and something blue (a blues song, the word blue in the title, anything...)
The vinyl is limited to just 1,000 pieces, and 100 of them will be special edition silk screened printed covers, numbered and signed by the sleeve designer.
The Drones: Custom Made will be out on November 5th and will include the following tracks:
Side A. Something Old - "Cockeyed Lowlife of the Highlands" (New recording of this old song)
Side B. Something New - "I Don't Ever Want to Change" (taken from the album Gala Mill)
Side C. Something Borrowed - "I Drink" (originally by Charles Aznavour)
Side D. Something Blue - "Shark Fin Blues" (taken from the album Wait Long By the River.)
Musicians Against Air Travel: Randy Rhoads
So the other day I was listening to a classic: Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne, and I was reminded that the virtuoso guitar player Randy Rhoads died tragically in a plane crash back in 1982.
Now, I know Randy Rhoads has fallen into obscurity by 2008, but this young musician was truly poised to make a huge impact on 1980's heavy metal...if he hadn't died in a totally stupid plane crash.
Apparently scared of flying, Randy Rhoads somehow ended up on a small plane with a few other people, and a pilot who was either high on cocaine or had used it in the recent past. The pilot apparently flew the plane close to a tour bus where the rest of Ozzy's band were sleeping. After doing this a few times, and going back for another run, the plane hit the bus causing it to crash, killing everyone on board.
Randy Rhoads was only 25 when he died, and yet in his short life, he was able to secure his place in rock history. Born in 1956, Randy started playing guitar at age 7. He learned guitar by playing folk music, but his style of lead guitar playing also shows a heavy influence of classical guitar. Most notable is the song "Dee" (Also on Blizzard of Ozz), which Randy named after his mother. At age 14, Randy Rhoads formed the band that would eventually become Quiet Riot. Playing around the LA area, Quiet Riot never achieved much success, and was never signed to a record label in the US. However, CBS/Sony did sign them, and released two albums in Japan in the late 1970's.
In 1979, Randy Rhoads' name was passed on to Ozzy Osbourne who was putting together a new band after being fired from Black Sabbath. Ozzy reportedly hired Randy Rhoads while he was still warming up for his audition with Ozzy. What followed were two of the greatest heavy metal albums ever recorded: Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman. Shortly before his death, Randy Rhoads had expressed interest in retiring from rock music temporarily to pursue a degree in classical guitar. Sadly, he never was able to pursue that musical path.
Randy Rhoads' legacy lives on, especially amongst heavy metal guitarists. Randy's guitar playing is shreddy, skilled, and technical. The Crazy Train riff is classic. He is #4 on Guitar World's list of greatest heavy metal guitarists. It is so sad that a musician with such talent and technique had such a short life. If he had lived, it is no doubt that Randy Rhoads could have influenced so many more people on a much deeper level. However, what Randy Rhoads left behind is something to celebrate. Pick up a copy of Ozzy's Blizzard of Ozz or Diary of a Madman to hear the amazing musical talent of this amazing guitar player. Ozzy's album "Tribute" also features several live performances, and is essential listening for any lover of great guitar playing.
Randy Rhoads: 1956-1982. RIP. We miss you.
I want to thank my vinyl friend Alan Bayer for this great material!
Author Alan E Bayer is a jazz lover and vinyl record enthusiast who operates www.vinylrevinyl.com, a site where one can find collectible vinyl records, turntables and vinyl accessories. Enjoy the site, and enjoy the sound of music on vinyl.
Now, I know Randy Rhoads has fallen into obscurity by 2008, but this young musician was truly poised to make a huge impact on 1980's heavy metal...if he hadn't died in a totally stupid plane crash.
Apparently scared of flying, Randy Rhoads somehow ended up on a small plane with a few other people, and a pilot who was either high on cocaine or had used it in the recent past. The pilot apparently flew the plane close to a tour bus where the rest of Ozzy's band were sleeping. After doing this a few times, and going back for another run, the plane hit the bus causing it to crash, killing everyone on board.
Randy Rhoads was only 25 when he died, and yet in his short life, he was able to secure his place in rock history. Born in 1956, Randy started playing guitar at age 7. He learned guitar by playing folk music, but his style of lead guitar playing also shows a heavy influence of classical guitar. Most notable is the song "Dee" (Also on Blizzard of Ozz), which Randy named after his mother. At age 14, Randy Rhoads formed the band that would eventually become Quiet Riot. Playing around the LA area, Quiet Riot never achieved much success, and was never signed to a record label in the US. However, CBS/Sony did sign them, and released two albums in Japan in the late 1970's.
In 1979, Randy Rhoads' name was passed on to Ozzy Osbourne who was putting together a new band after being fired from Black Sabbath. Ozzy reportedly hired Randy Rhoads while he was still warming up for his audition with Ozzy. What followed were two of the greatest heavy metal albums ever recorded: Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman. Shortly before his death, Randy Rhoads had expressed interest in retiring from rock music temporarily to pursue a degree in classical guitar. Sadly, he never was able to pursue that musical path.
Randy Rhoads' legacy lives on, especially amongst heavy metal guitarists. Randy's guitar playing is shreddy, skilled, and technical. The Crazy Train riff is classic. He is #4 on Guitar World's list of greatest heavy metal guitarists. It is so sad that a musician with such talent and technique had such a short life. If he had lived, it is no doubt that Randy Rhoads could have influenced so many more people on a much deeper level. However, what Randy Rhoads left behind is something to celebrate. Pick up a copy of Ozzy's Blizzard of Ozz or Diary of a Madman to hear the amazing musical talent of this amazing guitar player. Ozzy's album "Tribute" also features several live performances, and is essential listening for any lover of great guitar playing.
Randy Rhoads: 1956-1982. RIP. We miss you.
I want to thank my vinyl friend Alan Bayer for this great material!
Author Alan E Bayer is a jazz lover and vinyl record enthusiast who operates www.vinylrevinyl.com, a site where one can find collectible vinyl records, turntables and vinyl accessories. Enjoy the site, and enjoy the sound of music on vinyl.
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