New Music Releases - April 6, 2010

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Acker Bilk - Vintage Acker Bilk Vol 2
Al Cohn - Mosaic Select: Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green
Alder - Brendance
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Alizee - Une Enfant Du Siecle
Alvin Shine Robinson - Introduction
Amy Cook - Let the Light In
Andy Williams - Icons (4 CDs)
Angelique Kidjo - Oyo
Arcade Fire - Miroir Noir Ltd. Edition Deluxe
Awesome Color - Massa Hypnos
Baden Powell & Vini - Os Afro - Samba De Baden E Vinicius
Ben Sidran - Cat & The Hat
Benny Goodman - Wrappin' It Up
Bernie McGann - Bundeena
Bernie McGann - Kindred Spirits
Bernie McGann - Mcgann By Mcgann
Bernie McGann - Playground
Bernie McGann - Ugly Beauty
Bill Withers - +'Justments
Bing Crosby - Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56
Bing Crosby - Centennial Anthology (CD/DVD)
Black Prairie - Feast of the Hunters' Moon (vinyl)
BoDeans - Mr. Sad Clown
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey"
Bobby Mcferrin - Vocabularies
Bonobo - Black Sands (vinyl)
Brooklyn Rider - Dominant Curve
Buddy Holly and the Crickets - The Music of Buddy Holly and The Crickets: The Definitive Story"
Caetano Veloso - Domingo
Carey Blyton - Choral Music
Carey Blyton - Return Of Bulgy Gogo
Cary Brothers - Under Control
Cassandra Wilson - Silver Pony
Catherine Howe - What a Beautiful Place (vinyl)
Cheap Trick - One on One/Next Position Please (remastered)
Chris Barber - Chris Barber At The BBC Vol 2
Chris Botti - In Boston
Cinematic Orchestra - Late Night Tales
Civil Twilight - Civil Twilight
Codeine Velvet Club - Codeine Velvet Club (vinyl)
Common Loon - The Long Dream of Birds
Communist Daughter - Soundtrack To The End
Count Basie - Basie In London
Count Basie - Hall Of Fame
Crackin' - Crackin'
Crackin' - Makings of a Dream
Crackin' - Special Touch
Cure - Disintegration: 20th Anniversary Edition
Darkthrone - Circle the Wagons
Dave Barnes - What We Want, What We Get
Dave Brubeck - Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
Dave Brubeck - Three Classic Albums
Dave Brubeck - Time Out (45 RPM 200 Gram)
David Bowie - David Bowie (remastered with bonus CD)
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love (2-CD & DVD special edition)
David Grisman - Live
Death Cab for Cutie - Open Door (vinyl reissue)
Dionne Warwick - No Night So Long
Doors - When You're Strange (soundtrack)
Doves - The Places Between: The Best of Doves
Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame (vinyl)
Drive-By Truckers - Your Woman Is a Living Thing (vinyl)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (Deluxe Edition) (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Duran Duran - Seven & the Ragged Tiger (Deluxe Edition) (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Elis Regina - Como & Porque
Elis Regina - Elis & Tom
Elis Regina - In London
Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill (remastered) (vinyl)
Elliott Smith - Roman Candle (remastered) (vinyl)
Emery - Are You Listening
Eraserheads - The Reunion Concert
Fabrizio Sotti - Inner Dance
Five In Orbit - Freaks
Fleetwood Mac - Perfect in Every Way
Flying Lizards - Flying Lizards (reissue)
Foreigner - SoundStage Presents Foreigner Live
Franciose Hardy - La Pluie Sans Parapluie
Frank Sinatra - Classic Sinatra Green Box
Free & Bad Company - Very Best of Free & Bad Company Featuring Paul Rodgers
Future Islands - In the Fall EP (vinyl)
Gene Autrey - South of the Border: Songs of Old Mexico
Gilberto Gil - Bandadois
Growing - Pumps (vinyl)
Guns N' Roses - The Rock Power Collection
Hacienda - Big Red & Barbacoa (vinyl)
Harlem - Hippies (vinyl)
Hawkwind - Astoria London 2005
Heart - Greatest Hits 1985-1995 Green Box
Heavenly Sweetness -Label Compilation
Helen O'Connell - Woman's Perogative
Hollywood Saxophone Quartet - Hollywood Saxophone Quartet
Hypernova - Through The Chaos
Ian Thomas Band - Still Here
Inaki Etxepare - Integral Per Violonceli Gasp
Isley Brothers - You Make Me Want To Shout 1956 - 59 (Original Recordings Remastered)
Jakob Dylan - Women and Country
Jan Daley - Where There's Hope
Jason Urick - Fussing and Fighting (vinyl)
Javelin - No Mas (vinyl)
Jazz Genius: The Flamingo Era - Jazz Genius: The Flamingo Era
Jazz Legends Forever -Sing Me A Love
Jefferson Starship - Soiled Dove
John Butler Trio - April Uprising
John Coltrane - Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
John Stetch - Carpathian Blues
John Stetch - Stetching Out
Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash (4 CDs)
Johnny Hodges - Four Classic Albums
Jon Secada - Classics
Jonsi - Go (vinyl)
Judson Claiborne: Time & Temperature
Judy Garland - Judy On Broadway Tonight
Karma to Burn - Almost Heathen( vinyl)
Karma to Burn - Wild Wonderful Purgatory (vinyl)
Kathy Sanborn - Small Galaxy
Ken Colyer - Very Very Live At The 100 Club
Ken Jazzmen Colyer - Very Very Live At The 100 Club
Ken Vandermark - Chicago Volume
Ken Vandermark - Milwaukee Volume
Kenny Rankin - After the Roses
Kiki & Herb - Live at the Knitting Factory
Kristy - My Romance
Lali Puna - Our Inventions
Larry Clinton - In Hi Fi
Lars Danielsson - Signature Edition
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Lee Konitz - Lee Konitz & Wayne Marsh
Lee Konitz - Meets Jimmy Giuffrie
Les Paul - After You've Gone 1944-45
Liars - Sisterworld (vinyl)
Look Mexico - To Bed to Battle
Lothar & the Hand People - Presenting Lothar & The Hand People
Lou Gramm - Ready Or Not
Luther Ingram - Absolutely the Best of
Madonna - The Sticky & Sweet Tour (CD/DVD)
Magnus Lindgren - Batucada Jazz
Marc Antoine - Notre Histoire
Martin Sexton - Sugarcoating
McGann - Double Dutch
Meklit Hadero - On A Day Like This...
Melissa Auf der Maur - Out Of Our Minds
Merle Haggard - Out Among The Stars / A Friend in California
Metallica - Broken, Beat & Scarred
Mi Ami - Steal Your Face (vinyl)
Michael Jackson - Dangerous (Vinyl)
Miles Davis - Relaxin
Mini Ripperton - Perfect Angel
Monster Movie - Everyone Is a Ghost
Murder By Death - Good Morning, Magpie
Nara Leao - Meu Primeiro Amor
Natural Four - Natural Four / Heaven Right Here on Earth
Negura Bunget - Maiestrit
New Heavenly Blue - New Heavenly Blue•Alan Parsons - Eye to Eye: Live in Madrid
Nguyen Le - Signature Edition
Nice Nice - Extra Wow (vinyl)
Nina Simone - Icons (4 CDs)
Nirvana - Incesticide (vinyl reissue)
Olaf Arnalds - Vid Og Vid
Ost - Garota De Ipanema
P.E. Jazz Ensemble Hewitt - Winter Winds
PJ Morton - Walk Alone
Pat Benatar - Greatest Hits Green Box
Patrick Park - Come What Will (vinyl)
Paul Jabara - The Third Album (Single)
Perry Como - Icons (4 CDs)
Peter Brotzmann - Woodcuts
Peter Wolf - Midnight Souvenirs
Phoenix - Fences (vinyl)
Pieta Brown - One & All
Poison - 20 Years of Rock Green Box
Porcupine Tree - Porcupine Tree: Arriving Somewhere
Priests - In Concert at Armagh Cathedral
Ralph Marterie - Into The 50's
Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz (Deluxe Edition)
Red Sparrowes - The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer (vinyl)
Rita Coolidge - Ladys Not for Sale / Fall Into Spring / Its Only (2 CDs)
Robin Trower - Twice Removed From Yesterday (remastered)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - Propellor Time (Vinyl)
S - I'm Not As Good at It As You
SRC - Milestones
Sally Seltmann - Heart That's Pounding
Sam Cooke - Live At Harlem Square (Vinyl)
Secret & Whisper - Teenage Fantasy
Shark Speed - Education
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way (vinyl)
Slash - Slash
Solomon Burke - Nothing's Impossible
Sonny Rollins - Prestige Albums
Sonny Stitt - Plays Giuffre Arrangements
Soundgarden - Hunted Down (vinyl)
Squeeze - Argybargy (remastered with bonus disc)
Stacey Kent - Raconte Moi
Staples (Staple Singers) - Family Tree
Staples (Staple Singers) - Pass It On
Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978 Green Box
Tensy Krismant / Miguel Nunez - Pacifico
The Classic Crime - Vagabonds
The Drums - Best Friend (vinyl)
The Radio Dept. - Heaven's on Fire
The Sight Below - It All Falls Apart
The Wedding Present - Live 1988
Tim Rollinson - You Tunes
Tom Jones - This Is Tom Jones: What's New Pussycat?
Triffids - Come Ride With Me Wide Open Road (10-CD box set)
True Womanhood - Basement Membranes
Tunng - Then We Saw Land (vinyl)
Ulf Wakenius - Signature Edition
Under Byen - Alt Er Tabt
Unleashed - As Yggdrasil Trembles
Various Artists - Franz Ferdinand Tribute (vinyl)
Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: Latin Party
Various Artists - Remember Me (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Smooth Jazz Tribute to Gorillaz
We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop (vinyl)
Whitney Houston - Collection (5 CDs)
Wolfgang Haffner - Signature Edition

Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales

Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 03/27/2010

1. 45 - Elvis Presley "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" Sun 209 - $10,000.00

2. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Stereo - $5,349.05

3. 10" - Geroges Enesco "Beethoven Sonate a Kreutzer" Columbia FC 1058 Mono - $4,050.00

4. 10" - Geroges Enesco "Beethoven Sonate a Kreutzer" Columbia FC 1058 Mono - $3,300.00

5. LP - Hank Mobley "with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan" Blue Note 1540 - $2,969.00




Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 04/03/2010

1. LP - Queen "The Works" Red Vinyl Columbia - $9,000.00

2. LP - various artists "Black-Out: New Sounds Of '70" Century - $5,801.00

3. 45 - Phil Gray & His Go Boys "Bluest Boy In Town" / "Pepper Hot Baby" Rhythm Records 101 - $3,750.00

4. 45 - The Beatles "Strawberry Fields" / "Penny Lane" Acetate rough mix - $3,148.30

5. LP - Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood "Us Three" Blue Note 4037 Mono - $2,669.00

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 7:00PM Eastern / 4:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata. http://shows.radiodentata.com/shows/accidental-nostalgia/

Music News & Notes

Travis McCoy's "Lazarus" Album Cover Revealed


Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy's Lazarus debut solo album cover has been revealed online this weekend.

Travie McCoy flys high on the cover of his solo debut album Lazarus, landing in stores June 8. The Gym Class Heroes frontman's first single "Billionaire"featuring Bruno Mars is taking off at radio, while the project boasts contributions from T-Pain, Cee-Lo, Detail and The Stereotypes. (Rap-Up)

Last month, McCoy explained why his album's title was shortened.

"Unfortunately we had to change the title to just Lazarus, because there's already this movie out there called 'The Lazarus Project,' " he explained in an interview. "So we're just calling the record Lazarus now. It's more to the point...It's hard to put a stamp on the record. With anything I do, it's hard to categorize it. With any project, I just go in and blindly start writing songs and then find out which way we want to go with it. This one took a bit longer to find the lane." (MTV)

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DISBELIEF: 'Heal' Artwork Unveiled

German death metallers DISBELIEF are set to release a 20th-anniversary album called 'Heal' on May 21 via Massacre Records. The CD will contain eight songs, including three cover versions and a remake of the classic track "Shine." The first album to be recorded and mixed by the DISBELIEF members themselves, "Heal" will also feature four original compositions which "are meant to be a tribute to bands who influenced us a lot over those two decades concerning their music and attitude!!" according to the group.

"Heal" track listing:

Covers

* KILLING JOKE - "A Love Like Blood"
* KING DIAMOND - "Welcome Home"
* CRIMSON GLORY - "Red Sharks"

Originals

* Certainty Of Reality
* The Eyes of Horror
* The Last Force: Attack!
* Isolation
* Shine (title track of 2002 album)

"Heal" will be released with a bonus DVD containing footage of a complete DISBELIEF show from the Walpurgis Metal Days in 2009.

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Dylan Cancels Asian Tour

Apparently Bob Dylan has had to cancel a tour of Asia after the Chinese government refused to allow him to perform. The singer had been planning on a series of dates in the area but when he learned he didn't have permission to play in Beijing and Shanghai, he scrapped the whole tour.

A spokesman from the Taiwan promotion company who was handling the tour stated "China's Ministry of Culture did not give us permission to stage concerts in Beijing and Shanghai, so we had no alternative but to scrap plans for a Southeast Asian tour. The chance to play in China was the main attraction for him. When that fell through everything else was called off.

"What Bjork did definitely made life very difficult for other performers. They are very wary of what will be said by performers on stage now. Last year British rockers Oasis were denied permission to play in China after it was discovered that guitarist Noel Gallagher had had appeared at a Tibet freedom concert 12 years earlier."

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The Specials Discuss a New Album

Terry Hall of the Specials has told the British site Spinnermusic.co.uk that the original members of the group were discussing making a third album after they complete their 30th anniversary tour. According to Hall: "Nothing has been written. We've played around a bit, but we've all agreed that if we're going to make an album, it's got to an incredibly great album. If we're up for that, and we think that we have the parts in place, there's no reason we won't start recording. I think at this level we need to play for a while, like we did before we had a record deal."





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The Violent Femmes Won't Be Reuniting

Bass player Brian Richie has stated that his bandmate Gordon Gano licensed their song "Blister in the Sun" to fastfood giant Wendy's for a commercial without first seeking the permission of others in the group. Richie told Spinner.com "I don't like having my sound misappropriated to sell harmful products, such as fast food. That's not why we made the music. It should not be hijacked."

This Date In Music History-April 5

Birthdays:

Ronnie White - Miracles (1939)

Dave Swarbick - Fairport Convention (1941)

Alan Clarke - Hollies (1942)

Crispin St. Peters (1944)



Nicholas Caldwell - Whispers (1944)

Dave Holland - Judas Priest (1948)

Kent Henry - Blues Image (1948)

Agnetha Faltskog - Abba (1950)

Peter Case - Plimsouls (1954)

Stan Ridgeway - Wall of Voodoo (1954)

Jacob Slichter - Semisonic (1961)

Mike McCready - Pearl Jam (1965)

Paula Cole (1968)

Born today in 1973, Pharrell Williams, one half of the writing duo, The Neptunes (with Chad Hugo). Produced numerous #1 hits for Mystikal, Jay-Z, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Nelly.


They Are Missed:

The late Tony Williams of the Platters ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes") was born in 1928.

Canned Heat singer Bob "The Bear" Hite died of a heart attack in 1981 (age 36). Played at both the 1967 Montery Pop Festival and the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

In 1983, Danny Rapp, leader of 50's group Danny and the Juniors committed suicide in a hotel in Arizona by shooting himself.

In 1994, Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his home in Seattle. Cobain’s body wasn’t discovered until April 8, by an electrician who had arrived to install a security system, who initially believed that Cobain was asleep, until he saw the shotgun pointing at his chin. A suicide note was found that said, "I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music, along with really writing . . . for too many years now." A high concentration of heroin and traces of Valium were found in Cobain’s body. His death was officially ruled as suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.



In 1998, British drummer Cozy Powell was killed when his car smashed into crash barriers on a motorway in Bristol, England. Powell had worked with Whitesnake, ELP, Black Sabbath, Rainbow and the ELP spin-off Emerson, Lake, & Powell; plus sessions with Donovan, Roger Daltrey, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore and Brian May.

Jazz tenor saxophonistStanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man" was born today in 1934. He died on September 12, 2000.

In 2006, Gene Pitney was found dead (age 65) in his bed in a Cardiff hotel. The American singer was on a UK tour and had shown no signs of illness. Pitney helped the Rolling Stones break the American market with his endorsement of the band. Jagger and Richards wrote his hit "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday" which became the Stones duo's first composition to reach the American charts.

In 2007, former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John died from an apparent brain hemorrhage at the age of 51. S t. John was Kiss' third official guitarist, having replaced Vinnie Vincent in 1984 and appeared on the album ‘Animalize’.


History:

A tornado killed 235 people in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1936, but luckily for the music world, one year-old Elvis Presley and his family survived.

In 1962, the Beatles performed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool as part of a special night presented by the Beatles' fan club. The Beatles wear their black leather outfits for the first half of the performance, for old time's sake, then change into their new suits for the second half of the show.

The Searchers appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964. They were the first British Invasion group to appear on the show after the Beatles. It was also the Searchers' US debut.

The Beach Boys, with a rare Al Jardine lead vocal, issued their #1 hit, “Help Me, Rhonda" in 1965.

In 1967, Monkees fans walked from London's Marble Arch to the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square to protest Davy Jones' planned call-up. Jones was exempted because he was deemed responsible for supporting his father.

Elvis Presley's "Double Trouble" movie debuted in 1967.

In 1968, James Brown makes a nationally-televised appeal for calm in the wake of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Elvis Presley kicked of a 15 date US tour at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York in 1972.

Minnie Riperton went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1975 with the Stevie Wonder produced song "Loving You." It was the singers only US chart hit. Riperton died of cancer on 12th July 1979.

Led Zeppelin released their seventh studio album "Presence" in 1976.

Duran Duran made their live debut at The Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Polytechnic in 1978.

In 1980, R.E.M. played their first ever gig when they appeared at St Mary's Episcopal Church, Athens, Georgia (under the name Twisted Kite).

After eight years of publication to the radio and recording industry, "Record World" magazine ceased publication and filed for bankruptcy protection in 1982.

The Beach Boys were banned from the Fourth of July concert at the White House in 1983. US President Ronald Reagan overturned the ban two days later.

In 1984, Marvin Gaye's funeral took place at The Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles; Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy and other Motown singers, writers and producers, attended the service.

At 3:50pm GMT in 1985, over 5,000 radio stations worldwide aired the charity single by USA for Africa "We Are The World." The single went on to be a #1 in the US & UK, and in most Western territories.

Construction began on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 1993.

In 1999, three of Tammy Wynette's daughters filed a $50 million lawsuit that blamed Wynette's death on negligence by her husband and her doctor.

The Calling’s guitarist Aaron Kamin was electrocuted in 2002 during a soundcheck prior to a Bangkok concert. He was hospitalized.

In 2008, Apple's iTunes overtook supermarket group Wal-Mart to become the largest music retailer in the US. Market research firm NPD said iTunes surpassed Wal-Mart in January and February if 12 downloads are considered equal to the sale of one CD album. iTunes had sold more than four billion songs since its launch in 2003.

Danity Kane were at #1 on the US album chart in 2008 with their second album ‘Welcome To The Dollhouse.’

Also in 2008, Toto performs its last concert before breaking up, in Seoul, South Korea, 2008

In 2009, Kid Rock performed at WrestleMania's 25th anniversary event in Houston. The singer's set includes "Bawitdaba," "Cowboy" and "Rock N Roll Jesus." AC/DC’s "Shoot To Thrill" and "War Machine" (from “Black Ice”) are the official theme songs.

This Date In Music History-April 3

Birthdays:

Doris Day (1924)

Songwriter Jeff Barry - Wrote "Tell Laura I Love Her," "Da Doo Ron Ron," "Be My Baby," "Baby I Love You," "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," among others (1938)

Wayne Newton (1942)

Billy Joe Royal (1942)

Tony Orlando (1944)

Richard Thompson - Fairport Convention (1949)

Mel Schacher - Grand Funk Railroad (1951)

Mick Mars - Motley Crue (1956)

Simon Raymonde - Cocteau Twins (1962)

Sebastian Bach - Skid Row (1968)

Wes Berggren - Tripping Daisy (1971)

Leona Lewis - 2006 UK #1 single "A Moment Like This." The download single set a world record, by being downloaded over 50,000 times within 30 minutes of being available online. (1985)


They Are Missed:

Born on this day in 1943, Richard Manuel, The Band. Manuel committed suicide on March 6, 1986.

In 1990, jazz singer Sarah Vaughan died of lung cancer. She had the 1954 US #6 single "Make Yourself Comfortable" and released over 50 albums.

Born today in 1944, Barry Pritchard, guitar, vocals, The Fortunes. He died on 11th January 1999.

Born on this day in 1928, Don Gibson, country singer songwriter. Neil Young covered "Oh Lonesome Me" on his 'After The Gold Rush' album. Died on November 17, 2003.

Stax records songwriter Homer Banks died in 2003 (age 61). Wrote "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down," recorded by Sam & Dave and a UK hit for Elvis Costello. Rod Stewart, The Emotions, Isaac Hayes, Millie Jackson and Johnny Taylor all covered his songs.

Born today in 1941, Jan Berry, Jan and Dean. Berry died on March 26, 2004 after being in poor health from the lingering effects of brain damage after a 1966 car crash.

Founder member and original drummer for The Wonder Stuff, Martin Gilks died in 2006 (age 41), after losing control of his motorbike in London.


History:

Elvis Presley appeared on ABC-TV's 'The Milton Berle Show' live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, California in 1956. He performed "Heartbreak Hotel," "Shake Rattle And Roll" and "Blue Suede Shoes." It was estimated that one out of every four Americans saw the show.

In 1959, the BBC banned the Coasters song "Charlie Brown" because of the word "spitball." Two weeks later the BBC changed its position on the song.

During recording sessions at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee in 1960, Elvis Presley recorded "It's Now Or Never," "Fever" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

The Marcels started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1961 with the Rodgers and Hart song "Blue Moon."



"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh's was released in 1965.

Working on The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper' album at Abbey Road studios in London in 1967, George Harrison recorded his lead vocal on his song "Within You Without You," as well as a sitar part, and some acoustic guitar parts.

The Doors' Jim Morrison turned himself in to the FBI in Los Angeles in 1969. He was charged on six charges of lewd behavior and public exposure at a concert in Miami on March 2, 1969. He was later released on $2000 bail.

The Temptations scored their second US #1 in 1971 with "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)."

“The Beatles 1962-1966” & “1967-1970” was released by Capitol Records in 1973.

In 1975, Steve Miller was charged with setting fire to the clothes and personal effects of a friend, Benita DiOrio, and resisting arrest. The charges were dropped the next day.

Johnnie Taylor started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1976 with "Disco Lady," his 10th US Top 40.

Sid Vicious played his first concert with the Sex Pistols in 1977.

The Traveling Wilburys (Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynn) began recording their "Handle With Care" album in Malibu in 1988.

In 1989, 23 people were arrested after several thousand fans without tickets tried to gate-crash a Grateful Dead concert at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pepsi dismissed Madonna as a spokesperson in 1989 after her "Like a Prayer" video was called "blasphemous" by the Vatican.

Paul McCartney recorded his unplugged session for MTV in 1991.

In 1994, a forthcoming tour by Nirvana and Hole was cancelled amid continuing speculation about Kurt Cobain's drug problems.

Dave Navarro left the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998.

In 2006, “Dani California,” the first single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ninth studio album, 'Stadium Arcadium,' made its radio premiere when KTBZ’s (Houston) Don Jantzen played the song continuously for his three hour show. The single peaks at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.



In 2007, three David Lee Roth solo albums are reissued: remastered versions of '91's "A Little Ain't Enough," 94's "Your Filthy Little Mouth," and the rare Spanish-language version of 86's "Eat 'Em and Smile" (his career best). Didn't the former (and occasionally current) Van Halen frontman's record company lose enough money when these albums were originally released?

Also in 2007, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards denied that he snorted the ashes of his late father during a drugs binge. Jane Rose, Richards' manager, told MTV News the remarks were made "in jest", and she could not believe they had been taken seriously. Richards had said in an interview with The NME: "He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow." But NME interviewer Mark Beaumont was convinced that Richards was not joking when speaking to him about the alleged incident. "He did seem to be quite honest about it. There were too many details for him to be making it up," he later told BBC news.

In 2008, Mariah Carey smashed Elvis Presley's US chart record by scoring the 18th number one of her career with "Touch My Body," from her new album E=MC2. Carey had now surpassed Elvis Presley's 17 number ones, The Beatles still held the record with 20 US #1 hit singles.

Michael Fremer Album Review

The Rolling Stones, Ike and Tina Turner, B.B. King (recent reissue)
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert 40th Anniversary Box Set

ABKCO 02412 3 180g LPs, 3 CDs, 1 DVD


Produced by: The Rolling Stones and Glyn Johns
Engineered by: Glyn Johns
Mixed by: Glyn Johns
Mastered by: Bob Ludwig , Gateway Mastering (LPs cut by Carl Rowatti at TruTone)
Reissue Produced by: Jodi H. Klein and Teri Landi

Review by: Michael Fremer
2010-04-01


Was this the greatest rock and roll concert recording ever as some suggest? Is it deserving of deluxe box set status? The producers of this ultra-sumptuous box obviously thought so!

It includes a full-sized, perfect bound full color book with large typeface appropriate for aging baby boomer consumption (and well worth the read!), two and a half 180g LPs containing the original album, opening sets by Ike and Tina Turner and B.B. King and four unreleased tracks from the concert on a one sided LP, the second side of which includes band member autograph etchings and a silhouette of Charlie Watts’ uncharacteristically exuberant cover pose. You even get a red guitar pick.

But wait! There’s more! You get three CDs containing the same material minus the four bonus tracks. Those are on a DVD with video. It’s all housed in a quadruple gatefold package encased in a box. Open the double-gatefold and you’re looking down on a panoramic black and white shot of Madison Square Garden.

Look, the bonus stuff is great fun, especially hearing a younger B.B. King who was then mostly unknown to the almost exclusively white, middle class, suburban audience. Credit the Stones for their pioneering work. Ditto Ike and Tina, who were then probably better known than B.B. King. Ike and Tina may have been fighting off stage but on they were still on fire.

So the extras are the spices but what about the main course? Just three years earlier the Stones couldn’t hear themselves play on stage because of the teenybopper screaming. Listen to Got Live if You Want It! most of which was recorded just three years earlier for an ear-opening comparison.

That compilation presents a very different band and a very different audience. Both were operating at far higher energy than here but while that one gets by on youthful energy, Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out simmers, burns and cuts deeply.

With Brian Jones gone, replaced by the bluesy Mick Taylor, who never really fit in but did manage to tug the band into jam-band territory, the Rolling Stones in 1969 were a more introspective, less pop oriented assemblage, though it could be argued that age would have led them in that direction without Taylor.

With weed having replaced adrenaline, the more mature, inward looking audience replaced screaming with concentrated listening, holding their applause and screaming to the end of the song. The seismic shift in both band and audience was enormous given that only three years had passed.

With the adrenaline and speed gone, this concert sounded to some more like a Grateful Dead show than one by The Rolling Stones. The pacing was slower, the grooves more deliberate. While it opens slowly with a somewhat stodgy “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” followed by a tepid “Carol,” this “Stray Cat Blues” is even meaner and more nasty than the original. “Love in Vain” fills the space and gives relief to the bloody “Midnight Rambler.”

There’s no stopping side two, with special mention going to Bill Wyman’s bass playing throughout this set. He just anchors the band, laying down thick, deep grooves that give Keith and Mick Taylor space to eviscerate the air with edgy.bluesy, soulful riffs. “Little Queenie, another Chuck Berry classic, taken at a really languid pace, nicely breaks up the space between “Live With Me” and a torrid “Honky Tonk Women,” and the final scorcher, “Street Fighting Man.”

By the time the tour hit Madison Square Garden, the band was locked into a tight, precise groove. There was nothing sloppy, drugged-out or drunken about this Rolling Stones. That would come later on Exile on Main Street!.

While most “bonus tracks” make obvious why they didn’t make the original cut, these are good enough to have made the original release had there been room on a forty minute or so album without seriously degrading the sound.

That said, the Keith and Mick Show portion of the show containing “Prodigal Son” would have been one too many slow movers for the final album, as would have “You Gotta Move,” as well as the enjoyably misogynistic “Under My Thumb” and “I’m Free,” which has since gone on to become the soundtrack to some television commercial or other.

When I was on the air at WBCN-FM, playing "Under My Thumb" was controversial. It may even have been unofficially banned by the feminist/lesbian contingent at the station.

I wonder what B.B. King was thinking while Mick and Keith performed the blues classics “Prodigal Son” and “You Gotta Move”—assuming he stayed backstage for the show. Keith’s acoustic guitar playing was magnificent even back then.

Rock’n’Roll recorded sound in 1969, even with Glyn Johns at the helm of the Wally Heider Mobile truck, was a crap shoot and the original sounded somewhat muffled and recessed, overloaded with stage monitor feedback. Still, if you listened in, the guitars were cleanly rendered and the overall effect was pretty powerful, though you needed an original UK Decca pressing to really hear it correctly.

This reissue, produced from the original analog tapes, transferred by Teri Landi who did likewise on the excellent Decca Stones catalog for ABKCO, originally on hybrid SACD but not anymore (and not because Jodi Klein wanted to stop churning it out on SACD) outperforms the original in many ways.

Bob Ludwig mastered the transfer, sending 96k/24 bit files to TruTone Mastering Labs’ Carl Rowatti, who cut the lacquers for the 180g LPs.

The remastered version, while sounding somewhat less “organic” and airy than the original, offers far better low end response, cleaner overall transients, far greater dynamic range and an especially better overall tonal balance that rids the picture of its stage monitor induced midrange haze. It’s much clearer and cleaner in the best sense of the word “clean” compared to the original, though the original UK Decca has it’s own sonic charms not found here. Still, if given the choice, I'd choose this reissue.

Like Eddie Kramer’s superb Woodstock restoration, this one produces an overall improvement to the original sonic product without making fundamental shifts that would ruin the original intent.

The end of that tumultuous decade was a pivot point in cultural history and when you combine the original concert with the opening acts, and the unreleased material on both audio and video, plus the wealth of great background information contained in the book along with great photos, you end up with a superbly produced package—the kind that’s needed to make a compelling case for owning “physical product.”

This 40th anniversary box may be pricey, but I think anyone plunking down the dollars will come away from a first thorough listen and read feeling that it was money well spent!


Thanks to Michael over at http://www.musicangle.com  for the exclusive rights to reprint this material.


Copyright © 2008 MusicAngle.com & Michael Fremer - All rights reserved Reprinted by permission

News & Notes

Fela Limited Edition 10" Vinyl For Record Store Day

To celebrate this year's Record Store Day and in continuation of spreading the Fela magic to new and old fans alike, Knitting Factory Records is proud to announce the release of a limited edition Fela Kuti 10" vinyl EP, available April 17.

Comprised of music from The '69 Live Sessions that were originally released on the first Fela Kuti and His Africa 70's Nigerian album release, this record perfectly bridges the transition Fela made from performing African highlife to Fela's afrobeat.

Act fast - this 33rpm, 140 gram vinyl is very limited!  Head to your local independent record store on April 17 to find your copy of what is bound to be one of Record Store Day's hottest items.

Side A
1. My Lady Frustration
2. Wayo (2)

Side B
3. Lover
4. Eko

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The Steve Miller Band Loud and Proud Bingo

Loud & Proud Records is pleased to announce a worldwide partnership with American rock 'n' roll pioneers, The Steve Miller Band and Miller's new imprint Space Cowboy Records. Recorded at film producer George Lucas' infamous studios at Skywalker Ranch, BINGO! is the band's first studio album in 17 years. A true return to Miller's roots, BINGO! echoes his early years in the Chicago music scene and features carefully chosen and crafted tracks performed in distinctive Steve Miller Band fashion.

"With the continuing evolution of the music industry and all the new exciting opportunities that are available, I feel this is a perfect time to start a new record company and establish new innovative partnerships. I am looking forward to a long relationship with Roadrunner / Loud & Proud" says Miller of the new endeavor.

Early reaction from fans and industry insiders are comparing the album to Miller's 1968 masterpiece SAILOR. BINGO!, will be the first of two albums that were recorded together as a complete body of work, the second of which will be offered next year via the new label partnership.

"After many years of discussion and sharing ideas, the time has finally arrived for Loud & Proud and Steve Miller to work together," commented Loud & Proud President Tom Lipsky. "We are proud to be Steve's global label partner and excited to be involved with this landmark project."

The Steve Miller Band is one of the biggest selling recording, touring and catalog artists of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide throughout its career. SMB's Greatest Hits 74-78 compilation reached prestigious Diamond Award certification with sales of more than 13 million units sold.

BINGO! was co-produced by Andy Johns (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen), with artwork designed by the legendary Storm Thorgerson. These recordings feature longtime Steve Miller Band member Norton Buffalo, who sadly passed away in 2009.

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Just When You Thought You Have Heard Everything

Rod Stewart has sent a special gift to a fan who couldn't make it to one of his shows because she was under house arrest. Joan Higgins was fined $1,500 and confined to her home with an ankle bracelet after selling a goldfish to a 14-year-old minor. Stewart was outraged at the punishment for the Pet Shop Owner over such a minor crime, so he sent her two V.I.P. tickets to a show in July after her sentence is over.

Good thing she didn't sell the kid cigarettes, it would have been a death sentence!

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I found a couple of vidoes on the best way to clean vinyl.  I like the first one, looks interesting.  The second?  Never add water to a record while it is playing!


This video shows a method of cleaning LP records using steam. He uses a Perfection steamer and a record cleaning machine with vacuums, along with a set of brushes, Disc Doctor cleaner, and laboratory grade water. He uses distilled water in the steamer. He turns the turntable on, applies the cleaner, spreads it with a brush, and applies the steam while the record turns. After the steaming is done, he continues rubbing it with the brush, and turns on a vacuum. Next he runs the steamer of the record as a rinse for 8 or 9 seconds, then vacuums it again. He then applies the laboratory grade water and spreads that with the brush, then vacuums, repeats with the water and vacuums again. He uses an special tool to remove static, and it's done. He claims that the method demonstrated in this video is the best way to get records perfectly clean.



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Do you have an old collection of vinyl records but can't keep them in good condition? First, take an empty syringe and fill it with clean water. Add the water from the syringe as the record plays. The water will spread throughout the record and increase the sound quality. The stylus also has to be properly cleaned. This will help you clean your old and dusty records, as well as help with recording music on your CDs.

Casper Bangs Record Contest

Once again, CollectingVinylRecords Blog is working with Sneak Attack Media and we are giving away free 45 rpm records of their recording artist Casper Bangs. So, the first three people that email me at fonzie1957@charter.net with the words "Casper Bangs" in the subject line will receive their FREE record!




Skylark from Casper Bangs on Vimeo.

"Casper Bangs has been receiving a ton of buzz, and with good reason. He's combined a love of British-influenced indie rock with his knack for perfect pop hooks." -STRANDED IN STEREO


"To be clear, we think DC's Casper Bangs is f'n great."-VINYL DISTRICT


"This song's catchier than an email virus and it'll spread around even quicker. ("The Other Half")." -AUDIOPERV


Casper Bangs is the recording project of DC based vocalist and guitarist Rob Pierangeli. Named after the ex-lover that inspired many of the songs, Casper Bangs is a trip through the joys and downers of loving and being loved.

The Whitespace 7” and s/t EP are a preview of Casper Bangs’ full-length record, I Woke Up. It was written and performed by Pierangeli at his desktop computer in the midst of relational bliss - it's a document of a good thing that ultimately goes bad. The songs contain strong unaffected vocals balanced with harmony, layers of noisy guitars, and reverb.

Live, Pierangeli is joined on stage by Rishi Chakrabarty (guitar), Dennis Mannuel (drums + vocals), Chaim Rubenstein (keyboards + vocals), and Wes Garcia (bass).

CONTACT: casperbangs@gmail.com

Music News & Notes

METALLICA and BLACK SABBATH team up for a 12" Vinyl on Record Store Day

Record Store Day,” has shown, once again, that records are far from crumbling at the feet of the downloading age. In urban pockets like NYC, down to the smallest record stores of Europe, Metallica and Black Sabbath will be gracing the shelves with a one-offer, joint 12-inch vinyl. One year after Metallica inducted Black Sabbath into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both bands have teamed up for the joint release, which will come out on Record Store Day itself – which occurs every April 17th. The release will be limited to just 1,000 copies. It will feature a lyrically altered version of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid,” as well as UNKLE’s remix of Metallica’s “Frantic.”

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Flaming Lips, Pavement & Fanfarlo Release Exclusive LPs & DVDs For Record Store Day

Flaming Lips and Stardeath and the White Dwarfs will see the first physical release of their album covering Pink Floyd's classic, Dark Side Of The Moon on Record Store Day 2010, to be released by Warner Bros on 12" seafoam green vinyl.

The UK's much-celebrated, David Bowie-championed Fanfarlo will release a 7"-single, "You Are One," and original tune b/w Fleetwood Mac's fantastic,"What Makes You Think You're The One," which the band recorded exclusively for the Record Store Day 7" during a day off in Berlin,

Indie rock trailblazers, Pavement will release a special Record Store Day version of their double album, Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement, a fully re-mastered 23-track compilation featuring tracks spanning their career from 1989 to 1999. This limited edition pressing features the track listing submitted by a contest-winning fan, and chosen by the band.

Sonic Youth make it back again for Record Store Day with vinyl reissues of their classic early albums, Confusion Is Sex, (on 12" white vinyl), EVOL (on 12" pink vinyl), and an Interscope release of Hits Are For Squares, a double-LP featuring 15 tracks selected by other artists with an exclusive new Sonic Youth track, "Slow Revolution

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cribs, Bloc Party records to be released for Wichita anniversary

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Cribs and Bloc Party are among the bands issuing vinyl releases on Record Store Day (April 17) to mark the 10th anniversary of their record label Wichita.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs will re-release 500 copies of their 2001 self-titled EP on the day. The Cribs will issue their 2005 self-titled debut album on vinyl along with a bonus disc of early demos.

Bloc Party will issue their 2005 debut album 'Silent Alarm' on vinyl, with a seven-inch single, 'Little Thoughts'/'Storm And Stress' coming packaged with it. The latter two albums will be limited to 1,000 copies.

Simian Mobile Disco's 2007 debut LP 'Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release' will also be reissued as will Bright Eyes' 2000 album 'Fevers And Mirrors'. First Aid Kit and Peggy Sue will release a split seven-inch single, 'Josefin'/'I Read It In The Paper'.

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Oasis to release singles collection album in June 'Time Flies' is set for release on June 14

Oasis are to release a singles collection named 'Time Flies' on June 1. All of the band's singles released in the UK during their 15-year career – aside from 2000's 'Sunday Morning Call' – are featured on the 26-track compilation. A deluxe version of the compilation, featuring the band's music videos plus footage of their gig at the London Roundhouse on July 21 last year, will also be released.

The tracklisting of 'Time Flies' is:

'Supersonic'
'Roll With It'
'Live Forever'
'Wonderwall'
'Stop Crying Your Heart Out'
'Cigarettes & Alcohol'
'Songbird'
'Don’t Look Back In Anger'
'The Hindu Times'
'Stand By Me'
'Lord Don’t Slow Me Down'
'Shakermaker'
'All Around The World'
'Some Might Say'
'The Importance of Being Idle'
'D’You Know What I Mean?'
'Lyla'
'Let There Be Love'
'Go Let It Out'
'Who Feels Love?'
'Little By Little'
'The Shock Of The Lightning'
'She Is Love'
'Whatever'
'I’m Outta Time'
'Falling Down'


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The Cure to issue remastered 'Disintegration' album with unreleased songs 3CD set to be released on May 24

The Cure are set to release a remastered 3CD version of their 1989 album 'Disintegration' on May 24. The release will include previously-unreleased songs, demos and outtakes, plus a live version of the album as well as the remastered original disc.

The package was compiled by frontman Robert Smith, with the singer adding notes to a 20-page booklet that will be included in the release.

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The Jayhawks Release 1986 Debut Album on CD & Vinyl

For the first time on CD, the self-titled debut album from the highly-acclaimed, alt-country pioneers The Jayhawks will be released on May 18th by Lost Highway. The Jayhawks (often referred to by fans as The Bunkhouse album) was originally released in 1986 on Bunkhouse Records, with a pressing of only 2000 vinyl copies. Fans not fortunate enough to own a copy of The Jayhawks will be happy to know that it will finally be available on CD, and again on vinyl for the first time in nearly 25 years.

The Jayhawks reissue will include an eight-page booklet with new photos from the recording period and a new essay by Jayhawks co-founder Mark Olson about album producer and then band manager Charlie Pine. The tracks are the original thirteen songs that appeared on the album, including “Falling Star”, which recently resurfaced on Music From The North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology (American Recordings/Legacy Recordings) in 2009.

The 1986 incarnation of The Jayhawks featured Mark Olson (vocals/guitar), Gary Louris (lead guitar/vocals), Marc Perlman (bass) and Norm Rogers (drums). After listening to The Jayhawks, it is clear why the band became a catalyst in the evolution of what would eventually be coined alt-country. The album has more in common with Gram Parsons and The Flying Burrito Brothers than it does with later Jayhawks classics Tomorrow The Green Grass and Hollywood Town Hall.

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WHITECHAPEL: New Album Title, Artwork, Release Date Revealed

Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL have set "A New Era Of Corruption" as the title of their third album, due on June 8 via Metal Blade Records. A song from the CD will make its online debut on April 12, "A New Era Of Corruption" was recorded at Audiohammer studios in Sanford, Florida with acclaimed producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER).

"The album is finally 100% complete and we couldn't be more excited. I think this record truly represents where we are as musicians at this point in our career," comments guitarist and founding member Alex Wade. "A New Era of Corruption' is the heaviest and most aggressive material we have written to date."





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DANZIG: New Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed

The charismatic and complex singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig is set to unleash his first new DANZIG studio album in six years. "Deth Red Sabaoth", produced by Glenn and recorded in Los Angeles over the course of 2009, will be released on June 22, 2010 (Evilive/The End Records). The 11-track collection, penned by Danzig, is laced with Glenn's lycanthropic growls and blues-infected wailing. Tracks including "Black Candy", "The Revengeful" and "On A Wicked Night" emit a spectral glow to rival the highest points in Danzig's colossal discography. Part I of the exquisite two-part "Pyre of Souls" opens with acoustic guitar, haunting piano, Glenn's plainsong vocal, and an almost dirge-like feel; Part II explodes with electric guitars and a driving, mesmerizing cadence.

DANZIG — Glenn, guitarist Tommy Victor, drummer Johnny Kelly and bassist Steve Zing (also an original member of SAMHAIN with Glenn) — plan to tour extensively to support "Deth Red Sabaoth"; dates will be announced shortly.



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DEW-SCENTED: New Album Artwork Unveiled

German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have unveiled the cover artwork for their new album, "Invocation", due on May 24 in Europe via Metal Blade Records and May 25 2010 in North America through Prosthetic Records. The artwork was created by Björn Goosses of Killustrations and can be viewed below. Commented vocalist Leif Jensen: "We were lucky to work with Björn again and he did an amazing job on this one, nailing down an apocalyptic artwork that fits perfectly to our style as well as the concept/vibe of 'Invocation'. Total thrash!









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Art exhibit features vinyl records

This Date In Music History-April 1

Birthdays:

Debbie Reynolds (Mary Frances Reynolds) (1932)

James Edward Brown - The Browns (1934)

Blues singer Eddie King (1938)

Rudolph Isley - Isley Brothers (1939)

Phil Margo - Tokens (1942)

John Barbata - Turtles (1945)

Robin Scott - M (1947)

Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff (1948)

Simon Cowe - Lindisfarne (1948)

Jazz musician Gil Scott-Heron (1949)

Billy Currie - Ultravox (1952)

Mark White - ABC (1961)

Susan Boyle - Scottish singer, debut 2009 album 'I Dreamed a Dream' was the biggest selling album in the world in 2009 (1961)

Leslie Langston - Throwing Muses (1964)

Peter O'Toole - Hothouse Flowers (1965)

Clifford Smith, (Method Man) - Wu-Tang Clan (1971)

Hillary Scott - Lady Antebellum (1984)


They Are Missed:

In 1984, Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father at his parent's home in Los Angeles, California. The argument started after his parents squabbled over misplaced business documents, Gaye attempted to intervene, and was killed by his father using a gun he had given him four months before. Marvin Sr. was sentenced to six years of probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Charges of first-degree murder were dropped after doctors discovered Marvin Sr. had a brain tumor.



Born on this day in 1954, Jeff Porcaro, drums, Toto. Porcaro died on August 5, 1992.

Born today in 1942, Alan Blakley, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. He died of cancer 1st June 1996.

Born on this day in 1946, Ronnie Lane, bass player and vocalist with Small Faces. He died on June 4th 1997, (age 51), after a 20 year battle with multiple sclerosis.

Born today in 1946, Arthur Conley, US soul singer. He died of cancer on November 17, 2003.

Paul Atkinson guitarist with The Zombies died in 2004 (age 58) due to liver and kidney disease. He later became an artists and repertoire executive, working for Columbia and RCA discovering and signing such bands as ABBA, Bruce Hornsby, Mr. Mister, Judas Priest, and Michael Penn.


History:

George Martin became the head of A&R for EMI's Parlophone label in 1955.

Elvis Presley released his fourth single in 1955, “Baby, Let’s Play House” backed with “I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone.”

Elvis Presley was given a screen test at Paramount Studios in Hollywood in 1956, acting the role of Jimmy Curry in a scene from 'The Rainmaker.'

After being rejected by no less than 30 labels, the Everly Brothers’ “Bye Bye Love” was released on Cadence Records in 1957. It hit #2 on the pop charts and topped the Country & Western charts.

In 1961, the Beatles began a three-month residency at The Top Ten Club, Hamburg, playing 92 straight nights. The group played for seven hours a night on weekdays and eight hours at weekends with a fifteen-minute break every hour. It was during this visit that Astrid Kirchherr cut Stuart Sutcliffe's hair into the style destined to become known as the "Beatle haircut" which The Beatles later adopted themselves.

Pye Records released David Bowie's first solo single in 1966, "Do Anything You Say." Bowie had previously recorded as David Jones and The Lower Third.

The Troggs recorded "Wild Thing" at Regent Sound Studio in London in 1966. The song went on to be a #1 US and #2 UK hit in June the following year.



In 1969, the Beach Boys announced that they were suing their record company for over $2 million in royalties. They also announced that they were starting a new record label called Brothers Records.

The "Woodstock" movie premiered in Hollywood in 1970.

Also in 1970, 50 musicians recorded the orchestral scores for The Beatles tracks "The Long And Winding Road" and "Across The Universe" for the Phil Spector produced sessions. The bill for the 50 musicians was $1.914.

In 1970, Ringo went into the studio to lay down the final drum tracks for the 'Let It Be' album. In the studio only with producer Phil Spector, he is the last Beatle to record anything for the group (until he, Paul and George work on 'The Beatles Anthology').

“Stairway To Heaven” was played on the radio for the first time in 1971. The Led Zeppelin song was part of a London concert recording that is played on the BBC’s John Peel Rock Hour. Over the ensuing decades, “Stairway To Heaven” becomes the most played song on the radio.

Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" was released in 1976.

The Who released the album "The Kids Are Alright" in 1979.

In 1985, David Lee Roth quit Van Halen shortly after releasing his version of The Beach Boys' "California Girls" (which featured Carl Wilson on background vocals). He was replaced by Sammy Hagar later in the year.

The "We Are the World" album was released in 1985.

The Bangles went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1989 with "Eternal Flame," also a #1 in the UK and the biggest selling single of 1989 in Australia.



Willie Nelson's tour bus crashed into a car in Riverdale, Canada in 1990, killing the car driver.

Nirvana’s classic single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," goes platinum (one million sales) in 1992. Also, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” was their first certified platinum album.

Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) walked away (actually jumps a six foot wall) from a rehab center in Marina del Rey and returns to Seattle in 1994. He killed himself four days later.

Santana started a nine week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 2000 with "Maria Maria."

Paul McCartney’s 'Driving USA Tour' started in Oakland in 2002. While promoting his “Driving Rain” album, McCartney also performed Wings and Beatles classics. It’s the highest grossing tour of the year taking in more than $100 million.

Crazytown went back to #1 on the US singles chart in 2001 for two weeks with "Butterfly."

Indie rock band Modest Mouse were at #1 on the US album chart in 2007 with ‘We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.' The album featured former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr who joined the band in May 2006.

“Pretty Odd,” Panic At The Disco’s sophomore effort was released in 2008. The set featured the single, “Nine In The Afternoon.”

The last televised interview granted by John Lennon was released on DVD in 2008. The two-disc set, titled The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom and Ringo, features a '75 Lennon interview plus Snyder’s chats with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney and videos by Starr and (McCartney’s) Wings.

The Imagine A Better World collection, a line of ecologically friendly plush toys based on sketches John Lennon made for his son Sean, were made available in 2009. The collection includes stuffed elephants, rhinoceroses and giraffes made from organic terry cloth, natural corn fibers and other "green" fabrics.

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 29, 2010

DEAR JERRY: I know you are familiar with the singer Bertell Dache, but how much do you know about him?

I ask this because for as long as I can remember, music books, magazines, album liner notes, and more recently web sites, indicate Bertell Dache is merely a pseudonym used by Tony Orlando in the early 1960s.

As the story is sometimes told, Orlando was under contract at the time with Epic Records, and, as was somewhat common in those days, concealed his identity by using another name.

In fact, using fake names on records is something Orlando did on other occasions.

While not an exact vocal match, Bertell Dache sounded enough like Tony Orlando to float the claim.

Further fueling the story is that Carole King wrote, played on and sang on songs for both Orlando and Dache.

Then I ran across a recent (March 16) blog entry from “palawanabe” which says:

“For 47 years, record collectors have claimed Bertell Dache is Tony Orlando, and radio DJs who specialize in artist bios have perpetuated that myth.

“In my endless quest to collect those rare songs I recently came across a copy of “Not Just Tomorrow, But Always” (a 1961 answer to the Shirelles'

“Will You Love Me Tomorrow”) along with a picture of Bertell.

“He is definitely not Tony Orlando, but a demo singer for Carole King and Gerry Goffin, as was Orlando at that same time. They did sound very similar and when Tony became popular a few years later, the rumor was off to the races.”

Can you settle this conundrum once and for all?
—Maurice Loveless, Carlisle, Pa.

DEAR MAURICE: With absolute certainty!

First, palawanabe is not alone. By way of Mitch Mitchell comes this very interesting take on the Dache story:

“My name is Tom Diehl and I am a historian for the Diamond record label.

“Diamond had an artist named Bert Dache who released one single in 1966, “Don't Stop the World for Me” (Diamond 202).

“Bertell was indeed a real person, and a demo singer for Gerry Goffin and Carole King. He passed away in 1987. I have spoken to his nephew, his aunt and his mother, who have all confirmed that he was not Tony Orlando by providing copies of recording contracts, photos, etc. Some of my friends in the music industry also worked with Bert and confirm he was not Tony.

“Session musician Artie Kaplan played saxophone on all of the Dache sides and songwriter Artie Wayne co-wrote some songs with Bert in the early '60s.

“FYI: Carole King added her background vocals live to the mono mixes of his songs in a later session. She was never actually in the studio with Bert.”

Thank you Tom and Mitch.

This case of mistaken identity — however believable it may have been — is an example of how an untrue story, if repeated often enough, can eventually be regarded as fact.

Count me among those who had no reason to doubt the legend, until just a few days ago I came across some very recently posted online photos of the late Dache. I knew immediately he and Tony Orlando were not the same person because Bertell was a black man.

Case closed!


IZ ZAT SO? Brief reference is made above to times when Tony Orlando really did record using a nom de guerre.

In 1969, using the name Billy Shields, Tony had a regional hit with “I Was a Boy” (Harbour 304), then as Wind, a Top 30 item titled “Make Believe” (Life 200).

Orlando returned in mid-1970 as Dawn, and scored four consecutive huge hits, “Candida”; “Knock Three Times”; “I Play and Sing”; and “Summer Sand.”

After those, the billing changed, first to Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando, then Tony Orlando & Dawn.


Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column. 

Write Jerry at: Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368
E-mail: jpo@olympus.net
Visit his Web site: www.jerryosborne.com


All values quoted in this column are for near-mint condition.

Copyright 2010 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission

Music News & Notes

Glen Campbell to Release Final Album, Do Last Tour

It's being reported that pop legend Glen Campbell is recording a new album and also planning to tour one last time before he retires. The album, which will be all new material, is being produced by Julian Raymond who told Billboard that all of the basic tracks have been laid down and the orchestral backgrounds will be recorded next week.

Raymond said "It's not your mother's Glen Campbell. He's playing guitar better than ever, singing and writing better than ever. It's really going to be a great final statement from him."

Guests on the album is Jakob Dylan, Chris Isaak, Paul Westerberg (who wrote the title track, Ghost on the Canvas), Bob Pollard, the Dandy Warhols, Steve Hunter, Wendy Melvoin (Prince) and drummer John Freese.

A release date for Ghost on the Canvas will be announced once a label deal is confirmed.

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Crystal Castles Return With Ultra Limited, 12" Vinyl Only Single Next month...

Crystal Castles are set to return next month with an ultra limited edition single. 'Doe Deer' will be released on April 17th via Fiction Records / Lies Records on exclusive 12” vinyl only which will be limited to 500 copies around the globe. Billed as a “typically abrasive and sonically arresting” track, there will be no CD or download release of 'Doe Deer'.

The Canadian electronica duo's second album is expected to follow in June. The group will also play a live show at London's Heaven on April 20 as part of a string of low key worldwide dates. All tickets are completely sold-out.

The 'Doe Deer' track-listing is as follows:

A1 - 'Doe Deer'
A2 - 'Mother Knows Best' (2004 guitar version)
B1 - 'Insectica' (2004 guitar version)
B2 - 'Seed' (2004 guitar version)

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Green Day Go 'Back To Basics' For New Album

Green Day have begun working on their new album, one which singer Billie Joe Armstrong has described as “back to basics." The band recorded demos for the follow-up to 2009's '21st Century breakdown' during their recent world tour.

In an interview with MTV, Armstrong said it was “too early” to know whether the new album would follow their punk past.

"It's just been songwriting right now,” he said. “Instead of doing it later on, we decided to start doing stuff now. “It's all back to the basics again. Just getting in a room together and start jamming.” Cool....

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R.E.M. 30th Anniversary

Athens, Georgia will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of R.E.M.'s first performance as a band this coming weekend. Included will be bus tours visiting important sites in Athens' Music History, a three day retrospective of R.E.M. concert films and rarities and a tribute concert. Although R.E.M. announced the weekend on their website, there in no mention of them making an appearance. I would think that they will, just a hunch....

Roger Dean Talks 'Avatar' at Retrospective

A special thank you to author Cathy Rose A. Garcia for allowing me to reprint this wonderful article

``Osibisa'' is the original work by British cover artist Roger Dean, which was also used for the cover of Osibisa's 1971 self-titled album.  Courtesy of Roger Dean

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter

One look at the floating islands in British artist Roger Dean's landscapes and the first thing that comes to mind is ``Avatar.''

But Dean was creating these lush, otherworldly landscapes in the early 1970s, decades before director James Cameron even started work on the billion-dollar-blockbuster. Days after the film came out the Internet was abuzz as fans discussed the striking similarities between Dean's fantasy world and Cameron's Pandora planet.

Dean, who was in Seoul last week for the opening of his retrospective ``Dragon's Dream'' at the Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Tongui-dong, Jongno, remained tight-lipped whether he will pursue legal action against Cameron.

``The only thing I will say is I am extremely grateful to these millions of people online who have recognized the similarities and talked about my works. It's a great honor that so many people recognized it. I didn't know there were that many people who would remember my work,'' he said, during a press conference at the museum.

Dean apologized for not being able to talk about the matter, but hinted of future developments, saying: ``I'm sorry I can't say much about it, but watch this space.''

``Dragon's Dream'' is the largest retrospective of Dean's works, which include original paintings; original album covers for the rock bands Yes, Uriah Heap, Gun and Asia; and design logos.

``This is exciting for me because this is the biggest exhibition of my work that I have ever seen. It is wonderful that we have my works all in one place. Some of the pictures have never been exhibited before, and some have never been shown since the 1970s,'' he said.

Dean's career in cover art started in 1968. After designing Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London, record label executives were impressed and asked him to do art cover for then a new band named Gun's album ``Race with the Devil."

``It was an intriguing thing for me. I never thought to do cover art. ... They continued to ask me to do jazz albums with very austere graphic designs. At that time I wanted to go and do more rock 'n' roll. So with my portfolio, I went around London, knocking on doors and asking for work,'' he said.

In 1971, Dean did his first covers for Osibisa (``Osibisa'') and Yes (``Fragile''), which attracted a lot of attention and made him a sought-after cover artist.

His album cover art was distinguished by a dreamy, surrealistic quality that matched progressive rock music. Dean created a world of floating rock islands with pine trees and flying dragons that most people would label as ``fantasy,'' but he disagrees.

``I never thought of it as fantasy. Essentially, I paint landscapes. Most are real, like the trees, but I add something that is not real like waterfalls with no source of water or rocks that float. But these are all inspired by places I've seen,'' he said. For instance, some of his landscapes with rock formations were inspired by American deserts.

Some of Dean's paintings are now worth as much as $2.5 million, but he takes more pleasure in the fact that his album covers have reached millions of people around the world. ``I definitely feel happiest when millions buy the albums. ... Basically, I only paint three or four paintings a year and if I sell one, it is a great honor for me,'' he said.

Rock music by Yes, Uriah Heap and Asia are played at the museum to get viewers into the right mood while looking at Dean's works.

Interestingly enough, the silvery-haired artist is not influenced by the music of the bands whose covers he makes. ``I talk to the band about the ideas they want to convey through their music. ... (But) I'm not reinterpreting their music. I listen to what they're saying about their music,'' he said.

While he loves different genres of music, Dean doesn't listen to music when working on his paintings and designs. ``When I listen to music, it's for the mood, but not for the creativity,'' he said.

Dean is also a designer, who has worked on logos and stage design and architecture. One of his most famous logos is for the video game Tetris, which has been played by millions of people around the world.

The ``Dragon's Dream'' exhibition runs through June 6. Tickets are 5,000 won for adults and 3,000 won for students. Visit http://www.daelimmuseum.org/.

SOURCE:  http://www.koreatimes.co.kr

This Date In Music History-March 30

Birthdays:

Rolf Harris (1930) (1963 US #3 single "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport")

Graeme Edge - Moody Blues (1942)

Ronnie Rice - New Colony 6 (1944)

Eric Clapton (1945)



Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (1948)

Dave Ball - Procol Harum (1950)

Re Styles - Tubes (1950)

MC Hammer (1962)

Tracy Chapman (1964)

Celine Dion (1968)

Mark McClelland - Snow Patrol (1976)

Norah Jones (1979)


They Are Missed:

Born on this day in 1955, Randy VanWarmer, singer/songwriter, (1979 US #4 single "Just When I Needed You Most"). He died of leukaemia on January 12, 2004.

Timi Yuro, died from throat cancer in 2004 (age 62). Was just 18 years old when she reached #4 on the US charts in 1961 with "Hurt."

Born today in 1913, Frankie Laine, popular singer. He died on February 6, 2007

Born on this day in 1973, Adam Goldstein, DJ AM. Worked with Crazy Town, Blink 182, Madonna and Will Smith. Died on Aug 28, 2009 of an accidental drug overdose.


History:

In 1957,  Buddy Knox became the first artist in the Rock 'n' Roll era to write his own number one hit when "Party Doll" topped the US singles chart. Knox would go on to score four more US Top 40 hits between 1957 and 1961.

The Chiffons started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1963 with "He’s So Fine." In 1971 George Harrison was taken to court accused of copying the song on his 1970 "My Sweet Lord" and ordered to pay $587,000 to the writers.

16 year-old Lesley Gore recorded her breakthrough hit, "It's My Party" in 1963. The song produced by Quincy Jones went on to be a US #1.



Lesley Gore first appears on TV in 1963, on ABC's "American Bandstand."

Paris police arrested 85 rioters at a Rolling Stones concert there in 1966.

Lip-sync mishap in 1967 - Jimi Hendrix was appearing on Top of the Pops, but instead of playing the "Purple Haze" tape, a studio tech rolled Alan Price’s "Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear." "I don’t know the words to that one," Hendrix calmly states.

Also in 1967, the photo session took place at Chelsea Manor studios in London with Michael Cooper for the cover of The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's' album. A release was needed from all the living persons represented on the cover. Mae West initially declines but is later won over by a personal request from the group. After the shoot The Beatles resumed work at Abbey Road studios on ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ adding guitars, bass, tambourine, and backing vocals. The session began at 11:00 pm and ends at 7:30 am.








The Yardbirds performed and recorded "Live Yardbirds" at the Anderson Theater in 1968.

John Denver went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1974 with "Sunshine On My Shoulders," the singers first of four US #1's. Denver was killed in a plane crash on October 12, 1997.

The Sex Pistols played their first show in 1976 at The 100 club, London and they began a weekly residency at the club in June.

The Eagles’ “Hotel California” hits the top of the album chart in 1977.



Paul Simonon and Topper Headon of the Clash were arrested in London in 1978 for shooting pigeons from the roof of a rehearsal hall.

Genesis released “England By The Pound” in 1980.

Phil Collins started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1985 with "One More Night," his second US #1 hit.

Gloria Estefan started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1991 with "Coming Out Of The Dark."

R.E.M. started recording sessions for their 'Automatic For The People' album at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York in 1992.

Pink Floyd released the album "The Division Bell" in 1994.

Rapper Scarface was at #1 on the US album chart in 1997 with ‘The Untouchable.’

In 2001, LeAnn Rimes reached an out of court settlement with her father and her former manager. The country star filed a lawsuit claiming the pair had stolen $12 million from her.

It was announced in 2006 that Courtney Love had sold a 25-percent share of her stake in Nirvana's publishing rights to Larry Mestel, of Primary Wave Music Publishing. "I needed a partner to take Kurt Cobain's songs and bring them into the future and into the next generation," says Love. " The grapevine claimed that Love made more than $50 million on the deal.

In 2007, a man was arrested by police and detained under the Mental Health Act after trying to force his way into Paul McCartney’s mansion, screaming: “I must get to him.” The middle-aged man burst through security patrols into McCartney’s isolated Sussex estate; guards who feared an assassination attempt were scrambled to intercept him as he sped towards the front door. He was finally halted by trees and a fence just yards from Sir Paul’s six-bedroom home at Peasmarsh.

Guitars signed by Bruce Springsteen, the Who's Pete Townshend and Sting were up for bid at the third annual Musicians On Call Benefit Concert and Auction in New York in 2007. The event helped support the organization's program of entertaining hospital patients through live and recorded music.