Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Sam Roberts to Give 'The Inhuman Condition' First-Ever Vinyl Pressing Through Paper Bag Records

AVAILABLE MARCH 5TH ON LIMITED EDITION 180 GRAM BLUE VINYL

For the first time ever since its 2002 release, The Inhuman Condition is being released on vinyl. This six-song EP marked the breakthrough for Canadian favourite Sam Roberts. The Inhuman Condition has reached certified gold status and sold over 50,000 copies to date, making it one of the most successful and bestselling EP's by a Canadian band in the history of Canadian recorded music.

The Inhuman Condition, was a heaven-sent prophecy from the classic-pop gods translated into street-level terms, and while there was no denying Sam’s way with ultra-addictive melody, he also displayed astonishing breadth in just six tracks, from knockout power-pop punches ('Don’t Walk Away Eileen) and moody folk mysticism ('Brother Down,' the official soundtrack of summer 2002) to extended psych-pop jams ('Where Have All the Good People Gone?) and middle-finger-waving rockers ('This is How I Live').

Sam and the band have decided to release just 500 copies of the limited edition 180 gram blue vinyl, making it a real souvenir for fans of the band. The EP includes the original versions of hits ‘Brother Down’ and ‘Where Have All the Good People Gone’.

Tracklisting:
1. Don’t Walk Away Eileen
2. Brother Down
3. Where Have All The Good People Gone
4. Everything Was Alright
5. My Love Is Freeing
6. This Is How I Live

Pre-Order HERE

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from www.polyvinylrecords.com

Pre-Order STRFKR Miracle Mile 

STRFKR's biggest and boldest record to date -- blistering and bright, dark and moody --Miracle Mile is the sound of a band that truly knows who they are.

A few songs from the album, including the swagger-filled "While I'm Alive," the slow-burning "Say to You," and disco-y standout "Atlantis," have all been made available for streaming
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Pre-order the album now in a variety of formats:

CD
180-gram green/red vinyl (limited to 1000; includes 18" x 24" poster)
Clear Gold cassette (limited to 100)
"Roses" T-Shirt+MP3
Bundles featuring CD or 2xLP with "Roses" t-shirt 
All pre-orders include a FREE temporary tattoo!

Pre-orders ship Feb. 8. In stores Feb. 19.

Pre-Order at polyvinylrecords.com

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album cover art of the day:

Finnish Death Overlords KRYPTS To Unleash 'Unending Degradation'

Easily one of the most anticipated Finnish death metal releases in recent memory, "Unending Degradation" from Helsinki's KRYPTS is due on February 19 via Dark Descent Records, with the vinyl version coming from Me Saco Un Ojo. 

Read the rest at Blabbermouth











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Last Shop Standing To Be The Official Film Of Record Store Day 2013







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vinyl doing well in Texas!

Vinyl records are making a comeback as consumers search for more authentic music





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Johnny Cash leaves his stamp on US Postal Service











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Massive Duane Allman Box Set Announced






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Boomtown Rats Reunite After 26 Years For Isle of Wight










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Cannibal Corpse Announces "Dead Human Collection: 25 Years Of Death Metal" Box Set Release










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AC/DC - The Early Years With Bon Scott' Book Due Next Month







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What Your Favorite Record as a Kid Says About You Now










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Eric Clapton Announces New Album ‘Old Sock’ on His Own Label











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To Unplug or Not to Unplug? The Best and Worst Acoustic Albums






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Def Leppard Planning to Record New Material During Las Vegas Residency






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Stevie Nicks Admits to Reliving Emotions That Inspired Fleetwood Mac’s Best Work

 

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Early Eddie Vedder Demos Surface Online






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KISS Members Reflect On 40 Years: 1973-2013





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Strokes' New Album: 'Comedown Machine' Coming Soon






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Fall Out Boy release ‘From Under The Cork Tree’ on vinyl






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ATO Records Releases The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver


Track Listing for John Denver: The Music Is You

 •“Leaving on a Jet Plane” by My Morning Jacket
 •“Take Me To Tomorrow” by Dave Matthews
 •“All of My Memories” by Kathleen Edwards
 •“Prisoners” by J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten
 • “Sunshine On My Shoulders” by Train
 •“Back Home Again” by Old Crow Medicine Show
 •“This Old Guitar” by Lucinda Williams
 •“Some Days are Diamonds” by Amos Lee
 •“Rocky Mountain High” by Allen Stone
 •“Annie's Song” by Brett Dennen and Milow
 •“Looking For Space” by Evan Dando
 • “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris
 •“The Eagle and The Hawk” by Blind Pilot
 •“I Guess He’d Rather Be In Colorado” by Mary Chapin Carpenter
 • “Darcy Farrow” by Josh Ritter and Barnstar!
 • “Wooden Indian” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

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for shits and giggles on a snowy day

Kittens Cover Classics: Tumblr Recreates Albums With Tiny Felines




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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 1/21 - 1/27, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Yo La Tengo - Fade
2. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
3. Linear Downfall - Fragmental Hippocampus
4. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
5. Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return
6. Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - Reverse Shark Attack
7. D Watusi - Dark Party
8. Crystal Castles - III
9. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
10. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
11. Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
12. Widowspeak - Almanac
13. Mikal Cronin - Mikal Cronin
14. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
15. Bad Religion - True North
16. The Walkmen - Bows & Arrows
17. Peter Buck - Peter Buck
18. Jessica Pratt - Jessica Pratt
19. Mumford & Sons - Babel
20. The Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone
21. Radiohead - OK Computer
22. Nils Frahm - Screws
23. John Paul White - Long Goodbye
24. Television - Marquee Moon
25. Sleep - Dopesmoker  

 

Audio Fidelity Joins The CVR Blog

We want to extend a hearty welcome to www.audiofidelity.net as a new advertiser on the CVR blog.  Speaking with Ernie from AudioFidelity, I am very excited and optimistic that this relationship is a great fit. Stop by their site and check out the special vinyl releases as well as the Gold CDs!

here's a little bit about what they do:

Our Vinyl series of 180g Virgin Vinyl 12” LPs features some of the classic recorded concert performances of all time.  These are both single or double-gatefold album packages that include all the details and imagery of the recorded performance.  The titles in the series include albums at both 33 1/3 rpm as well as some soon to be released at 45 rpm for the peak in quality of sound.  This unique set of recordings truly lives up to our name by offering the ultimate sound experience, absolute Audio Fidelity.

Audio Fidelity, it’s as simple as 1-2-3……our three basic principles

 1.To be associated with classic artists and entertainers;
 2.To keep the integrity of the artist’s original vision intact; and,
 3.To reproduce vintage recordings with the finest quality sound based on our supreme standards of quality control.

To date 2009 has proven to be our most aggressive year with new titles coming in the 24 K + Gold format as well as the 180 + Virgin Vinyl format.  Our new upcoming titles guarantee our market position is stronger than ever.   All of our Gold and Vinyl releases will be Numbered Limited Editions.  Our 24K and Platinum Subscription Clubs offer our members discounts on our products, early delivery prior to street date, exclusive giveaways on one of a kind test pressings, and many perks you can only get by being a member of one of our clubs.

Our beautifully designed packages are faithful to the original releases, whether reproduced in our universally recognized 24K Gold packages or the more traditional 12” LP jacket format.

We promise our 24K Gold and Platinum Club members that our copyrighted Anti-Corruption, quality controlled, tamper-proof, sequential numbering process guarantees their assigned Limited Edition Number can never be altered - They are one of a kind.

Visit AudioFidelity.net today

New Vinyl Record & Music Releases - January 29, 2013

Accept - Playlist: The Very Best Of Accept
Adam Ant - Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunners Daughter
Adam Green and Binki Shapiro - Adam Green and Binki Shapiro
Aimee Bobruk - /ba.’brook/
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat & Modern Times
Amor de Dias - The House at Sea
Andrea Bocelli - Passione
Andy Williams - Playlist: The Very Best of Andy Williams
Ashanti - BraveHeart
Atoms for Peace - AMOK
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up! (deluxe edition) (vinyl/CD/DVD)
Billy Joe Shaver - The Complete Columbia Recordings
Blaudzun - Heavy Flowers
Bleeding Rainbow - Yeah Right
Blind Willie McTell - Blind Willie McTell: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol 1
Bloodkin - One Long Hustle (5-disc box set)
Blue Sky Riders - Finally Home
Box Tops - Playlist: The Very Best of Box Tops
Buke and Gase - General Dome
Burnt Books - Burnt Books
C2C - Tetra
Carl Perkins - Playlist: The Very Best of Carl Perkins
Charley Patton - Charley Patton: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol 1
Charlie Wilson - Love, Charlie
Chelsea Wolfe - Prayer For The Unborn
Circle II Circle - Seasons Will Fall
Cleaners From Venus - Sons For a Fallow Land (reissue)
Cleaners From Venus - The Golden Autumn (reissue)
Cleaners From Venus - Under Wartime Conditions (reissue)
Colton Dixon - A Messenger -
Cult of Luna - Vertikal
Dead Prez - Information Age
Deep Purple - Live in Paris 1975
Destiny's Child - Love Songs
Doobie Brothers - Playlist: The Very Best of the Doobie Brothers Live
Ducktails - The Flower Lane
Elin Ruth - Elin Ruth
Eric Burdon - ‘Til Your River Runs Dry
FaltyDL - Hardcourage
Fiction Family - Fiction Family Reunion
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) (remastered) (deluxe box set DVD and vinyl)
Funeral for a Friend - Conduit
Golden Bloom - No Day Like Today
Harry Bodine - Travellin The Southland
Hatebreed - The Divinity Of Purpose
Hey Ocean! - Is
Heyerdahl - Øen
Highwaymen - Playlist: The Very Best of the Highwaymen
Indians - Somewhere Else
J. Cole - Born Sinner
Jeffrey Osborne - A Time for Love
Jerry Lee Lewis - Playlist: The Very Best of Jerry Lee Lewis
John Hollenbeck - Songs I Like A Lot
John Zorn - Filmworks Xxv: City of Slaughter
Johnny Winter - Live At The Fillmore East 10-3-70
Justin Bieber - Believe Acoustic
Kris Kristofferson - Feeling Mortal
Lady Lazarus - All My Love In Half Light
Leagues - You Belong Here
Lisa Loeb - No Fairy Tale
Local Natives - Hummingbird
Lost Tropical - Ex Tropical
Mice Parade - Candela
Miles Davis - Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol 2 (4-disc box set)
Mogwai - Les Revenants (EP)
Mountain - Playlist: The Very Best of Mountain
My Soliloquy - The Interpreter
Nas - Playlist: The Very Best of Nas
Nicole Henry - So Good, So Right
Nilsson - Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Nilsson
Oh No - Disrupted Ads
On and On - Give In
Onward Chariots - This Is My Confession
Patty Duke - Sings Songs from Valley of the Dolls / Sings Folk Songs
Radar Brothers - Eight
Relentless - Turn The Curse
Rick Wakeman - No Earthly Connection (1976) (remastered)
Rock Candy Funk Party - We Want To Groove
Ruby Suns - Christopher
Sonny Smith - 100 Records: Vol. 3
Stereo Telescope - On an Running
Steve Lukeather - Transition
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Texas Flood (30th Anniversary Legacy Edition)
Stratovarius - Unbreakable (EP)
Suidakra - Book Of Dowth
Swing Out Sister - Private View
Tall Firs - Out Of It And Into It
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob
Terri Clark - Classic
The History Of Apple Pie - Out Of View
The Mississippi Sheiks - The Mississippi Sheiks: The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1
Tim & The Space Cadets - Anthems For Adventure
Tomahawk - Oddfellows
Total Warr - Loisy EP
Trixie Whitley - Fourth Corner
Uptown XO - Colour de Grey
Various Artists - Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Rush
Y La Bamba - Oh February
Yellow Red Sparks - Yellow Red Sparks

Spin Clean Record Washer Joins The CVR Blog

We would like to welcome a new CVR blog advertiser Spin Clean Record Washer

We want to thank Tim DeBacco at Spin Clean for his interest in promoting our beloved vinyl blog and for the best and affordable way to clean your old records - The Spin Clean Record Washer. 

Please stop by their site and look at their products and watch in early February for some more news from Spin Clean!

Here is their info:

What's the best way to clean vinyl records?  Spin-Clean® -- an easy, effective, and affordable way to clean your LPs, 45s, and 78 RPMs without using your valuable turntable as the cleaning device.  With the Spin-Clean® Record Washer MK II record cleaning system, you’ll add years to all of your equipment including your turntable, stylus (needle) and, of course, your record collection.

Anyone who has used the conventional brush-type or spray-and-wipe record cleaners knows how awkward they are and that they have limited ability.  Simply put, these other cleaners do not remove all the dirt, dust, and grime out of the grooves of your old records.  And unlike other record cleaning machines, the Spin-Clean® Record Washer MK II enables you to clean both sides of your record at once with unparalleled results.

Your albums and singles will sound as they were intended to, offering the highest fidelity and most superb acoustic sound.  If you've been looking for the ultimate solution in how to clean vinyl records, your search is over.  Spin-Clean® is the best vinyl record cleaner on the market.

Read our review HERE

Buy the Spin Clean Record Washer HERE
 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

followers of the CVR blog know I love album cover art and I have three super images for you today!

Amorphis Reveals Album Cover Art 
 
Finnish metal vets Amorphis have recently revealed the album cover art for their upcoming new album.















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Killswitch Engage Album Cover Art Revealed

Here is the album cover art for Killswitch Engage's album 'Disarm The Descent.' The cover art was designed by bassist Mike D'Antonio.
















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Hypocrisy Reveal Album Cover Art

Swedish death metal outfit Hypocrisy are set to release their new album called 'End Of Disclosure' in Europe on March 22nd via Nuclear Blast Records.  The artwork was created by Wes Benscoter.
















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great record store news out of the state of LA

Atomic Pop Shop benefits from Vinyl Record Mania










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a store in south Florida doing well:

Record players, cool albums in vinyl revolution

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Stooges Announce New Album, ‘Ready to Die’






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Fleetwood Mac Extend North American Tour





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Allman Brothers Band to Release Vintage Recordings






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Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience: John Bonham Honored by Son in Concert (INTERVIEW)






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Best Debut Metal Albums of 2012

 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 21, 2013

DEAR JERRY: I am perplexed by a word in "Mildred, Won't You Behave," by the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra, from their "Calling All Jitterbugs" CD.

At the 2:28 mark, their female sings "She took the gators on two by two, she even danced with an ??" The mystery word ends with "roo," but is not kang-a-roo. It sounds like ek-ta-roo, or ig-a-roo.

Before writing, I searched the Internet, but to no avail. Now it's up to you.
—Jennifer Tyskiewicz, New Berlin, Wis.

DEAR JENNIFER: You're right, Millie is not dancing with a kangaroo. If that were the case, far fewer people would flummoxed by the word, and it would still rhyme with "two."

Dare I also point out how appropriate it would be for a kangaroo to be doing the Lindy HOP, a dance for which music like this is perfect.

Okay, enough with the marsupial musing.

I realize you wrote many months ago, but it took this long to track down Bill Elliott, the person whose opinion I trust most when it comes to Mildred's dancing partners.

Bill told me he has been asked many times about this line, which is "she even danced with an ick-a-roo."

He discovered the jive usage of both "ickaroo" and "gator" in Cab Calloway's "(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive" (Vocalion 5005), a million-seller in 1939. Only "Minnie the Moocher," Calloway's signature song, is better known.

In "(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive," Cab suggests "Now don't you be that ickaroo, get hip c'mon and let me follow through … jumpin' like the gators do."

In Harlemese, an ickaroo is someone who is icky, and not hep to the jive. In the 1950s, this person would have been called a square, or more recently a dufus or dweeb. Ickaroos were never the life of the party.

On the other hand, a gator was a cool hep cat, and usually popular.

Seems Mildred didn't deny anyone the pleasure of her company. She took the gators on two by two, and EVEN danced with an ickaroo (but only one).

Elliott's retro style is so convincing that most folks think "Mildred," and his other swing tunes, came out in the 1940s. Not so! "Calling All Jitterbugs" (Wayland 00229) was recorded and issued in 1998.

Bill explains a bit about how they get that sound:

"First, these tracks were all recorded in Hollywood at Capitol's Studio B, essentially unchanged from when it opened in 1956, then modeled after the studio they used since the early '40s.

"Keeping with our retro theme, our quartet, known as Bill's Lucky Stars, sing together into one mike, just as the Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford.

"The Lucky Stars each sang with separate mikes at first, like most contemporary groups. But we found when they huddle close together they hear each other in a very physical way and can control their own blend.

"Even more important, the three guys, standing further away from the mike than Cassie, can belt it out with gusto. That turned out to be essential to recreating the old-time magic vocal sound.

"We created "Mildred, Won't You Behave" because of one comment by Michael Geiger, one of the Lucky Stars. He said: "It would be fun if we had a simple tune that really jumps." Soon we did."

In 2004, Bill moved from Los Angeles to Boston to teach arranging and orchestration at Berklee College of Music. For awhile, he commuted coast-to-coast, working in L.A. with the band, as well as doing assorted music projects for films and television.



IZ ZAT SO? More recently, Bill Elliott has arranged and orchestrated Broadway shows as well as producing and conducting for recording sessions.

In 2012, Bill enjoyed a most unusual trifecta — the distinction of being nominated for a Tony (orchestrator of "Nice Work if You Can Get It"); an Emmy (music director of the PBS special "The Sinatra Legacy"); and a GRAMMY (producer of "Nice Work if You Can Get It" cast album).

Busy as ever, Bill admitted "At this very moment, as we're talking, I'm doing some orchestration on an upcoming Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella."

I do know when it's time to say adieu.

　

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 2013 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

this from our new friends at www.audiofidelity.net

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English

Mastered by Kevin Gray

New Release - 180+ Virgin Vinyl

"This is Marianne Faithfull at her most naked and emotional - her definitive recording."

For Marianne Faithfull, 1979's Broken English was a radical departure, featuring a contemporary fusion of rock, punk, New Wave and dance, with liberal use of synthesizers. No one was prepared for the transformation of Marianne Faithfull's innocent flower child image, her immediately preceding albums had been in a relatively gentle folk or country and western style. Those who listened were in for a surprise, especially those who first heard her in the '60s as the virginal voice of her boyfriend, Mick Jagger's, "As Tears Go By."

When seemingly she had disappeared entirely, she emerged with this dark but definitely musically modern work. And her voice! After years of drug abuse, her voice was in a lower register, far raspier, and had a more world-weary quality than in the past that matched the often raw emotions expressed in the newer songs.

Broken English was widely hailed by critics and audiences alike on its release, a successful album without the aid of a huge hit single. The album reached # 57 on the UK album charts and # 82 in the US. The album contains some of her most famous songs, including the title track and "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan," and was notable for the controversy surrounding the final number "Why D'Ya Do It." Although the boundaries have shifted in the decades since this album's release, the language is still shocking, the album is still as potent as ever and remains Marianne's masterpiece, and one of the best albums by a female vocalist ever.

TRACKS:

Broken English
Witches' Song
Brain Drain
Guilt
The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
What's The Hurry
Working Class Hero
Why D'Ya Do It

Buy your copy at AudioFidelity.net

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album covers being celebrated in film!

Film puts lively spin on album cover art





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neat vinyl story out of the great state of texas:

Old-school record shops trendy in Heights







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and, yet another story about vinyls virtues in the USA Today!!

Vinyl's sonic perfection finds new fans in digital age








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Queen Releasing ‘Live at Wembley Stadium’ 25th Anniversary DVD











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Hollies Ready 50th Anniversary Tour











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Inside the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Controversial New Album Cover


















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Otis Redding's 'Lonely & Blue' On Stax To Be Released March 5th











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Eagles Documentaries Set to Debut on Showtime in February







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Rolling Stone's 50 Best Songs of 2012











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Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2012










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this from www.grimeys.com
 

GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 1/14 - 1/20, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Yo La Tengo - Fade
2. D. Watusi - Dark Party
3. Delta Saints - Death Letter Jubilee
4. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
5. Christopher Owens - Lysandre
6. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
7. The National - Virginia EP
8. Tame Impala - Lonerism
9. Mumford & Sons - Babel
10. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
11. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
12. Crystal Castles - III
13. Trampled By Turtles/Lucero - Daytrotter Vinyl Series
14. Castle Face & Friends (Various) - The Velvet Underground & Nico
15. Marcos Valle - Garra
16. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
17. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
18. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
19. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
20. The Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone
21. Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
22. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
23. John Mayer - Complete 2012 Performances
24. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
25. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

New Vinyl Record & Music Releases - January 22, 2013

A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP (vinyl)
Aaron Neville - My True Story
Adam Ant - Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying The Gunners Daughter
Alasdair Roberts and Friends - Wonder Working Stone
Arbouretum - Coming Out of the Fog
At the Drive-In - Vaya (vinyl)
Bad Religion - True North
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up (vinyl)
Billy Joel - She’s Got a Way: Love Songs
Blockheads - This World Is Dead
Blood Red Shoes - Water (EP)
Blue Hawaii - Untogether
Blue Sky Riders - Finally Home
Brokeback - Brokeback and the Black Rock
Camper Van Beethoven - La Costa Perdida
Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back To Life (25th anniversary) (vinyl)
Carrie Rodriguez - Give Me All You Got
Chickenfoot - I + III + LV (box set)
Continents - Idle Hands
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind (vinyl)
Daniel Romero - Come Cry with Me
Darius Rucker - True Believers
dead prez - Information Age
Deftones - Koi No Yoka (vinyl)
Dynasty - Beyond Measure
Elton John - Rock of the Westies (1975) (remastered)
Esben And The Witch - Wash The Sins Not Only The Face
Everything Everything - Arc
Ex Cops - True Hallucinations
FIDLAR - FIDLAR
Fall City Fall - Victus
FaltyDL - Hardcourage
Flamingods - Sun
For All I Am - Skinwalker
Four Seasons - Gold Vault of Hits
Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Gary Allan - Set You Free
Gliss - Langsom Dans
Guided By Voices - Down By the Racetrack
Helloween - Straight Out of Hell: Premium Edition
Hilly Eye - Reasons To Live
Holy Grail - Ride The Void
I Am Kloot - Let It All In
In Solitude - In Solitude (reissue)
Jeff Beck & Big Town Playboys - Crazy Legs
Jenn Grant - Beautiful Wild
Jonathan Richman - Fiesta Es Para Todos/La Guitarra Flamenca Negra (vinyl)
Jucifer - Nadir (vinyl)
Kate Boy - Northern Lights (EP)
Koldbrann - Vertigo
Kromosom - Live Forever
Lightning Swords of Death - Baphometic Chaosium
Lone Bellow - Lone Bellow
Love & Death - Between Here And Lost
Mallery Knox - Signals
Mountains - Centralia
Mumford and Sons - The Road to Red Rocks (DVD/Blu-Ray)
Nails - Obscene Humanity (7")
New Order - Lost Sirens (vinyl)
Nightlands - Oak Island
Nosaj Thing - Home
Otep - Hydra
Petra Haden - Petra Goes to the Movies
Pillowfight - Pillowfight
Poppy Ackroyd - Escapement
RZA - The Man With the Iron Fists (soundtrack) (vinyl)
Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love
Randy Houser - How Country Feels
Renny Wilson - Sugarglider
Revenge - Hymns Of Annihilation
Rotten Sound - Species At War
Say Anything - All My Friends Are Enemies: The Early Raritie
Septicflesh - A Fallen Temple (reissue)
Septicflesh - Esoptron (reissue)
Septicflesh - Mystic Places Of Dawn (reissue)
Septicflesh - Ophidian Wheel (reissue)
Septicflesh - Revolution DNA (reissue)
Shugo Tokumaru - In Focus
Snowden - No One In Control
Speck Mountain - Badwater
Stellar Revival - Love, Lust and Bad Company
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (reissue) (vinyl)
Steve Lukather - Transition
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal (vinyl)
The Blackout - Start The Party
The Children's Hour - SOS JFK (reissue)
The Growlers - Hung at Heart
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Barbed Wire Kisses (B-sides and more) (vinyl) (reissue)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Sound of Speed (vinyl) (reissue)
The Joy Formidable - Wolf’s Law
The Last Stand - The Time Is Now
The Night Marchers - Allez Allez
The Paper Chase - God Bless Your Black Heart (reissue) (vinyl)
The Paper Chase - Now You Are One of Us (reissue) (vinyl)
The Pogues - The Very Best of the Pogues
The Secret - Agnus Dei (vinyl)
The Traditional Fools - The Traditional Fools  (reissue)
The Used - Vulnerable II
The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows (reissue) (vinyl)
This Town Needs Guns - 13.0.0.0.0
Toro y Moi - Anything In Return
Touche Amore/Pianos Become The Teeth - Split (7")
Trapt - Reborn
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - Reverse Shark Attack (reissue)
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - Wild Child
Various Artists - Dual Form
Various Artists - 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief
Various Artists - 2013 GRAMMY Nominees
Villagers - Awayland
Voivod - Target Earth
Wartorn - Iconic Nightmare
Wave Machines - Wave Machines
Widowspeak - Almanac

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

SoundStageDirect.com Contest Winners

We have our winners in the SoundStageDirect.com "In The Groove" record cleaning contest.  Thanks to all who have entered and I certainly hope to add more contests in the coming months.

The winners are Chris C. from Washington IL and Shawn S. from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Look for my review of the product coming soon!

Thanks to all who entered and continue to stop by the CVR blog, I am humbled and amazed that more than 1 million people have stopped by!

Five Classic Genesis Albums to be Reissued in Audiophile Vinyl Format

Each reissue is available for pre-order at  SoundStageDirect





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New Linking Partner VinylDig.com

We are adding a new vinyl friend to our interesting links and blogging buddies, check out the new site at www.vinyldig.com

The online home for Vinyl Record collectors.....

VINYLDIG.COM is an auction website created to provide an online record sales community for vinyl record collectors from the casual fan to the dedicated audiophile. Our goal with this website is to start small, and build it to the #1 community of vinyl record enthusiasts.

Show them some support from the CVR followers!



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this from our friends at Sundazed.com

The Kustom Kings (1964)

Kustom City U.S.A. LP

Long lost hot-rod classic featuring bruce johnston

180 gram vinyl

(This item will ship to arrive to you by our street date of January 29)

 Prior to becoming a full-time Beach Boy and well before he wrote the song that made the whole world sing, Bruce Johnston was a key member of the West Coast music scene. In 1959, while still in high school, Johnston played piano on friend Sandy Nelson's hit single, "Teenbeat." This opportunity kicked off an incredibly prolific period for the young musician. Johnston recorded under his own name as well as many group names, playing with the cream of the California session personnel, The Wrecking Crew. He also made records with his friend Terry Melcher until Melcher moved on to pursue record producing full time. Johnston was producing as well but saw no reason to stop his musical pursuits. Songwriter, vocalist, producer, session musician—if the surf and hot rod scene had a renaissance man, surely it was Bruce Johnston.

By 1964, Johnston was already a proven veteran. Following up the success of The Rip Chords collaboration with Melcher and its hit single "Hey Little Cobra," Johnston revved up The Kustom Kings. With a mission statement "to present the most authentic hot rod album on the market," the Kustom City U.S.A. album brought together an all-star team. Bruce Johnston wrote and co-wrote much of the LP's material, as did producer/arranger/saxophonist Steve Douglas. Rounding out the band were guitarists Tommy Tedesco and Glen Campbell, Ray Pohlmann on bass, Jay Migliori on second sax and Hal Blaine on drums—WOW! For added authenticity, car designer George Barris, "THE KING OF THE KUSTOMIZERS," jumped on board as a special adviser. He, along with several of his rolling works of art, is pictured on the album's artwork. Looking at the full-color front cover slick, you can practically smell the burning rubber and fresh coats of paint!

The too-cool visuals are just a bonus, however, because the REAL story is the music! A hi-octane mix of vocal tracks and charging instrumentals, there is not a second of filler to be found among the twelve tracks. Tedesco and Campbell lock in gripping guitar duels while Douglas and Migliori wail over the timing belt beat of Blaine and Pohlmann. Johnston contributes superb vocal and piano work and together, the Kustom Kings jam the accelerator down to floorboard! An album this magnificent should have ruled the charts, but things were moving quickly in 1964 and the public's attention soon turned elsewhere. Through the ensuing years, word of Kustom City U.S.A. and its brilliance spread through the collector scene, with copies of the LP changing hands for considerable sums. And now, just when you thought the tank was on E, Sundazed roars in with a maniacally marvelous reissue! Sourced from the original stereo masters, Kustom City, U.S.A. has been tuned up and restored to showroom condition.

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