Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

 
Amazon UK Top 20 Best Sellers (All Time)

Here are the all-time top twenty best-selling vinyl albums on Amazon UK:
1. Daft Punk, 'Random Access Memories'
2. Adele, '21'
3. Amy Winehouse, 'Back to Black'
4. David Bowie, 'The Next Day'
5. Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon'
6. David Bowie, 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars'
7. Arctic Monkeys, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not'
8. Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon (30th Anniversary Edition)'
9. Arcade Fire, 'The Suburbs'
10. The Beatles, 'Love Me Do (50th Anniversary Limited Edition 7” Single)'
11. Radiohead, 'In Rainbows'
12. Pink Floyd, 'Wish You Were Here'
13. Bon Iver, 'For Emma Forever Ago'
14. Radiohead, 'Ok Computer'
15. Micah P. Hinson, 'Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel of Progress…'
16. PJ Harvey, 'Let England Shake'
17. Kate Bush, '50 Words for Snow'
18. Alt-J, 'An Awesome Wave'
19. The White Stripes, 'Elephant'
20. The xx, 'xx'

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from our friends at MusicRecordShop

Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood 

 

For the Grateful Dead, Wake of the Flood ushered in an exciting new era of change and potential. The band elected to depart Warner Bros. and start its own record label. A new lineup emerged after keyboardist/vocalist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan passed away and the group landed jazz-schooled pianist Keith Godchaux and his wife, Donna, who gave the ensemble a new option in the form of a dedicated backing vocalist. Having road-tested a batch of new originals, the collective eagerly sought to expand its broad musical palette in the form of a large-scale studio LP that involves horn sections, violin, and choral figures. Diverse, unique, and mellow, 1973's Wake of the Flood overflows with the luminous vision, stellar songwriting, and ensemble reciprocity made possible by its historical circumstances and inspired creators. 

• Label Mobile Fidelity
• 180 Gram Vinyl Record - LP - New
• Limited Edition
• Numbered

Track Listing

1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:45
2. "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away" (Hunter, Godchaux) - 3:17
3. "Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:14
4. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:26
5. "Here Comes Sunshine" (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:40
6. "Eyes of the World" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:19
7. "Weather Report Suite" - 12:53
"Prelude" (Weir)
"Part I" (Weir, Anderson)
"Part II (Let It Grow)" (Barlow, Weir)

 

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available now from our friends at www.AudioFidelity

Cheap Trick - In Color

1977's, In Color is Cheap Trick's second album release and the songs and music are as impressive as the band's debut. Melodic, gritty, and just a rockin' good time, the record is one of rock's best ever sets of lip-smacking, hip-shaking, guitar-driven, harmony-coated super-songs.

The album contains the studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" that would go on to become one of their biggest hits a few years later when it was released on the "At Budakon" album, along with four other tracks from this record  ("Hello There," "Big Eyes," "Clock Strikes Ten" and "Come On, Come On") and these original versions have all the energy of that classic live set.

Producer Tom Werman understood the band's pop dynamic and brought out the best in the individual members - this is pop/rock written and performed by young adults and it's as close to perfection as pop-metal/power-pop gets. Aside from the craftsmanship, the album has genuine heart and a fun attitude. Cheap Trick is a band that never took itself too seriously as famously illustrated on the gatefold LP jacket with pretty-boys, singer Robin Zander and bassist Tom Petersson, looking cool in full color astride motorcycles on the front cover while the geek-squad, drummer Bun E. Carlos and guitarist Rick Nielsen, rest on motor bikes, in black and white and upside-down, on the back.
On 180 gram virgin vinyl

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Jethro Tull -  Live At Montreux

"A landmark release …..one of their most satisfying albums in years.”  Jethro Tull is one of the most successful bands of all time.  In 2003, Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull made a visit to the Montreux Festival.  The concert was a musical triumph combining semi-acoustic and full-on electric performances of some of their best known and loved recordings.The near-perfect set list has something for every kind of Tull fan for this live album shows Tull at all stages of their career, gentle melodic numbers, hard driving rock anthems and several tracks that mix these approaches along with a number of additional musical styles together. Noteworthy to the double-album package are Ian Anderson's witty and informative liner notes.

Mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray   On 180 gram virgin vinyl

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from our friends at StormingTheBase

 

MERZBOW - TAMAYODO (PIC-LP)

LIMITED EDITION OF 299 COPIES WORLDWIDE

This limited Vinyl release release (STRICTLY 299 copies only!) represents a true gem for all Merzbow fans. The tracks included on this lush 180 gram vinyl will take listeners by surprise, showcasing a new and eclectic side of sound artist Masami Akita. Tamayodo in fact presents unreleased works rife with unheard of rhythmic noise, power electronics and piercing feedback in a monolithic wall of sound born out of this Japanese artist's strange machines. No true fan of Merzbow, pure electronics or atonal noise will want to miss this gift to bestow upon our hifi sound systems and rested ears.

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from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

Natalie Merchant - Motherland

Natalie Merchant's Motherland album (2001) is dedicated to the victims of the 9-11 plane crashes, which occurred just days after recordings were finished.

Experienced producer and artist T. Bone Burnett brings his expertise to the table, which pays off in terms of its aural expression and positioning Merchants songs in one coherent, excellent album. Her voice has deepened and her lyrics are socially conscious and intelligent, as always. Musically, each song stands on its own and fits seamlessly into the collection of tracks that make up Motherland.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert
• Available on vinyl for the first time!

Bob James - One

On Bob James' first solo album One, he enlisted a string of experienced Jazz players including Steve Gadd and Idris Muhammad on drums, Grover Washington on sax and Gary King on bass.

 

Led by the maestro himself on keyboards, One (1974) is a lush, experimental Jazz Funk record, excitingly hovering at the forefront of where music can take your soul.

Produced by Creed Taylor and recorded at the famous Van Gelder Studios, the record is a monument of progressive musical greatness. Liner notes are included inside the gatefold sleeve. Classic stuff, including the B-Boy anthem "Nautilus", One is a must have!  180 gram audiophile vinyl

Rory Gallagher - Stage Struck

Although this is the third live album of Rory Gallagher, Stage Struck proves that no live recording of Rory and his trio ever got boring and as they were simply never the same. This album captures him on a grinding world tour in 1979 and 1980, pumping out blues-rockers with requisite aggression in cities all around the world as San Francisco, Melbourne, Paris and Los Angeles. The material on this release is from his classic albums Calling Card, Photo-Finish  and Top Priority

Backed by his fierce as ever rhythm section of Gerry McAvoy on bass and Ted McKenna on drums there is no doubt that Rory & Co. we're ever trying to present a subtle set for music listeners. Opener "Shin Kicker" continued by Wayward Child set the mood for this high tempo album and as this release might sounds more rushed than the other two live albums, incendiary riffs, groovy organ hooks and intense vocals gives you the feeling of being one of the front row fans at a concert of this guitar legend.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Printed innersleeve
• Includes bonus track "Bad Penny"

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from MetalBlade

TÝR - Valkyrja

Valkyrja, the 7 full-length album from the Faroe Islands natives TÝR, is a concept album with a story line based loosely around an anonymous Viking age warrior who leaves his woman and goes off to impress the Valkyrie on the battlefield so that she may bring him to Valhalla, or to Fólkvangr, the home of Freyja—the goddess associated with love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, sorcery, war, and death. One can say the album is also indirectly about women and how they affect men and what men will do to impress and obtain women. Frontman and founder Heri Joensen goes on to explain; "the woman that the warrior leaves may represent the earthly women. Freyja, The Lady Of The Slain, may represent the perfection of Women, and the Valkyrie is the link between the two, taking men from earthly to godly women."

Double-LP on Clear Vinyl with Gatefold Jacket

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in the great state of florida, vinyl doing well with the college crowd!:

Now trending at USF: Opting for vinyl over MP3s





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 Duluth record label spins vinyl forward







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Eagles Vinyl Box Set Due in October

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The Beatles’ ‘BBC Volume 2' Coming in November

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Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock among 2013 Kennedy Center honorees

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Ray Dolby, sound pioneer who founded Dolby Laboratories, dies at 80






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album cover art of the day:

Perdition Temple Unveils New Album "The Tempter's Victorous" Artwork















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is this really necessary ?

Casket Streams Spotify when You're Six Feet Under

 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

 

DEAR JERRY: What was the first CD single in the U.S?
—Dave Armstrong, Portsmouth, Ohio

DEAR DAVE: Many feel A&M's promotional CD single of "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" by the Police is the first one issued in the U.S. (A&M CD-17435). So far, I know of no one who has taken issue with that opinion.

The purpose of this promo was to demonstrate that the 1986 remix, on the album "Every Breath You Take - The Singles" (A&M 3902), differs from the 1981 Top 10 hit, "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (A&M 2301).

Running 4:48, the '86 remix is also :45 longer than the 1981 single (4:03).

Recent sales of the "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" CDS are in the $30 to $40 range.

More than a year before the Police promo, CD singles were available overseas, especially in Europe and Japan.

One in particular, manufactured in 1985 by Phonogram of West Germany specifically for the UK market, is Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms (Special Edition - Live in '85)" (Vertigo 884 285-2). This number is important for identification, as reissues exist but not with this Vertigo number.

Unlike some CD singles that, as with vinyl, have two selections, this CDS with four cuts is the digital disc counterpart of the vinyl EP (extended play single):

"Brothers in Arms (Short Version)" (6:03)
"Going Home (Theme from 'Local Hero')" (Live)"
"Brothers in Arms (Full Length Version)" (6:57)
"Why Worry (Instrumental Segment)"

With only a couple hundred made, collectors have been paying around $200 for an original "Brothers in Arms" with its tray inserts.


DEAR JERRY: I frequently attend baseball games where it is customary for someone to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Considering the Anthem has been around longer than recordings, how often did someone turn it into a successful single.
—Lucy Chamberlain, Newton, Mass.

DEAR LUCY: Hundreds have recorded "The Star-Spangled Banner," but only few qualify as hit material.

It was first written as a poem in 1814 by Frances Scott Key, while being held in Chesapeake Bay aboard one of the British Royal Navy ships bombarding Fort McHenry.

By "the dawn's early light" Key noticed "our flag was still there," and he began to write.

Fort McHenry withstood the overnight attack, and the British retreated. Key's words were later set to music which may be credited to either John Stafford Smith or Samuel Arnold. On March 3, 1931, it became the official National Anthem.

Chronologically, here are what I'd call the successful singles:

1892 - Gilmore's Band (New Jersey Records)
Led by Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, an orchestral arranger who is credited as the first to blend the brass and reed sections, an amalgamation used by big bands to this day. In 1861, during the Civil War, Gilmore and his entire band enlisted as a unit, serving with the 24th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. Near the end of the war, Gilmore, using the pen name Louis Lambert, wrote the very popular "When Johnny Comes Marching Home."

1915 - Margaret Woodrow Wilson (Columbia A-1685)
By the first-born of President Woodrow Wilson's three daughters. This, her only hit record, was popular two years into President Wilson's first term.

1916 - Prince's Band (Columbia A-1991)
Fronted by Charles Adams Prince, they also worked as Prince's Military Band, the Columbia Band, and the Columbia Orchestra.

Between 1905 and 1924, this outfit had over 90 best-sellers for Columbia. Prince's Band also backed countless other artists recording for Columbia, including the aforementioned Margaret Woodrow Wilson.

1917 - John McCormack and Male Chorus (Victor 64664)
Immensely popular Irish tenor on both sides of the Atlantic. For 20 years (1910-1929), one of the Top 5 male vocalists.

1968 - Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor 47-9665)
First charted version of the modern era, and the first since 1917. Feliciano's distinctive folk-blues arrangement, performed live in Detroit during the 1968 World Series, didn't set well with everyone, but it turned out to be his third biggest seller (after "Light My Fire" and "Hi-Heel Sneakers").

1991 - Whitney Houston with Maestro Jahja Ling Conducting the Florida Orchestra (Arista AS-2207)
Recorded live at Super Bowl XXV.

1996 - Ricochet (Columbia CSK-8246)
First issued as a one-track CDS, then a year later with a second song, "It's All Right" (CSK-0553). Nice a cappela version by this Texas sextet.

2001 - Whitney Houston with Maestro Jahja Ling Conducting the Florida Orchestra (Arista AS-15054)
Repackaged CDS of the 1991 performance. Issued right after Sept. 11th with "Whitney Houston and Arista Records donating their royalties and net proceeds from the sales to the New York Fraternal Order of Police and The New York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund."

2001 - Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
Recorded live in 2000 at Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta.

2012 - The Band Perry (Republic Nashville)
Kimberly Perry with brothers Neil and Reid, previous Grammy, CMA, and CMT award winners.


IZ ZAT SO? The donation of royalties from "Star-Spangled Banner" sales in 2001 is not the first time revenue from this tune benefited a worthy cause.

That's the 1915 single by Margaret Woodrow Wilson, backed with "Medley of Patriotic Airs": "America"/"Yankee Doodle"/"Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"/"Marching Through Georgia"/"Dixie," played by the Columbia Band (a.k.a. Prince's Band).

On the label is a photo of Margaret and a short message:

"[This is] The Panama Pacific International Exposition Souvenir Record, price $1.00 (U.S. or Canada). If sold by the Columbia Graphophone Company shall yield to the American Red Cross the sum of 25 cents covering my entire royalty"

Signed, Margaret Woodrow Wilson

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

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Richie Scarlet, the "Emperor of Rock and Roll"

Exclusively distributed by URP Music Distributors

Formerly with Ace Frehley's Comet, Mountain, Sebastian Bach, Alice Cooper Group and many others.

Known as the ”Emperor of Rock n Roll” and the “Wise Guy from NYC”, Richie Scarlet has toured and performed with rock legends like Ace Frehley, Mountain and Sebastian Bach. Now Scarlet has unleashed himself on his latest solo album titled, “I Plead The Fifth”.

Available soon on Limited Edition RED VINYL, it includes all the same well-crafted tracks as the CD release. Featuring the hit single “Without Your Love”, which is currently enjoying increased rotation on broadcast and internet radio stations across the U.S. and beyond.

The album and the artist have been featured by Eddie Trunk on his XM satellite radio show. Critical acclaim has also come from Jeb Wright at ClassicRockRevisted.com calling it a “killer slab of rock and roll”. Recently “I Plead The Fifth” has been selected as one of the top 10 albums of 2012 by HardRockHaven.com, a list that included artists like Van Halen, LA Guns and KISS.

Played with power and passion from start to finish, this album boasts guest musicians like Dez Cadena (MISFITS), Ron ”Bumblefoot” Thal (GUNS N ROSES) and Dennis Dunaway (ALICE COOPER). The songs all show a range of emotion and the production is somehow smooth and heavy all at the same time. This is the genius of Richie Scarlet.

For more info and to order go HERE

Look for my review coming soon!

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A Perfect Circle Releasing Limited Edition Box Set 

A highly limited edition offering, A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo includes:
 
*  Stone And Echo, a full-length DVD (with accompanying audio CD) featuring the band's stirring Aug. 3, 2011 performance at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater

*  Trifecta, a multi-disc collection featuring the band's complete discography, Mer de Noms, Thirteenth Step and eMOTIVe, recorded live during A Perfect Circle's 2010 series of highly-coveted, and extremely limited, series of full-album performances

*  Bonus tracks include live performances of "By and Down," "Ashes to Ashes" and "Diary of a Love Song"

*  Five hand selected lithographs featuring the personal signatures of both Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel on one of the selected prints

*  Custom sculpted resin frame designed by the band

*  A custom made guitar pick designed by Billy Howerdel and exclusive to this offering

*  The collection is bound in a custom made media book containing artwork and credits

(Artwork Subject to Change)

THIS IS A PRESALE ONLY.  PRODUCT TO SHIP THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 2, 2013.  THIS A VERY LIMITED OFFER AND AVAILABILITY WILL BE ON FIRST SERVE BASIS.

Pre-Order HERE

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fantastic vinyl story out of the great state of louisiana

Home Spun: Newly opened Lagniappe Records aims to make vinyl accessible to all





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Forget Vinyl: New Recording Is Most Retro Ever - A "new" track from from '60s singer Tiny Tim uses a 100-year-old technology






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very cool write up about a legendary album cover artist

An interview with Iron Maiden artist Derek Riggs










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and from north of our border, a pressing plant is trying to keep up with the demand for new vinyl:

Montreal-area vinyl record company says it's doing a booming business










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Death Grips Mysteriously Release NO LOVE DEEP WEB Vinyl - Rep confirms new vinyl copies are official, not bootlegs











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40 Years Ago: Bruce Springsteen Releases ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

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Rock’s Feuding Bandmates Make Off-Stage Sparks

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Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic discuss Nirvana’s In Utero, play unreleased tracks











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Q&A: William Shatner on His New Prog Rock Album and 'Star Trek' - 'Prog rock is the science fiction of music'

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Queen planning new album - with Freddie Mercury - Band reveal discovery of more unheard demo tracks, and plans to turn them into new record

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Hendrix home movies in new documentary






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from our friends at vinylcollective

Top 10 Albums – September 9, 2013

Here are the Top 10 Albums sold for the week of September 3 – September 9, 2013:

1. Various Artists – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) LP
2. Far – Water & Solutions LP
3. Far – Tin Cans With Strings To You 2XLP
4. Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi 3XLP
5. Minus The Bear – Acoustics II LP
6. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience 4XLP
7. Nirvana – Nevermind LP
8. At The Drive-In – Relationship of Command (Reissue) 2XLP
9. Faith No More – The Real Thing LP
10. Bayside – Shudder LP

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 9/02 - 9/08, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get...
2. Volcano Choir - Repave
3. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
4. Califone - Stitches
5. Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium
6. King Khan & The Shrines - Idle No More
7. The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
8. At The Drive-In - The Relationship Of Command
9. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
10. North Mississippi Allstars - World Boogie Is Coming
11. Nirvana - Unplugged In NY
12. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
13. Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork
14. The Civil Wars - Unplugged On VH-1
15. Matt Wertz - Heatwave
16. Julie Ruin - Run Fast
17. Urinals - Negative Capability
18. Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
19. Capital Cities - In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery
20. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
21. Black Joe Lewis - Electric Slave
22. Richard Buckner - Surrounded
23. Bastille - Bad Blood
24. Rodriquez - Cold Fact
25. Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos

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album cover art of the day:

Motorhead Reveals "Aftershock" Album Artwork
















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New Music Releases - September 10, 2013

2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time
A$AP Ferg - Trap Lord (2xLP)
Andrea Tomasi - Hurricane Dream
Ani Difranco - Buffalo, April 22, 2012
Arbouretum - A Gourd of Gold (gold vinyl)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (deluxe edition) (LP+7")
ARMS - EP 2 (vinyl)
Balance and Composure - The Things We Think We're Missing
Ben Rector - The Walking in Between
Blair Crimmins and the Hookers - Sing-a-longs
Body Language - Grammer
Body/Head - Coming Apart (vinyl)
Booker T. & the MGs - Soul Party
Brian Wright - Rattle Their Chains
Cactus - Barely Contained: Studio Sessions
Cactus - Fully Unleashed: Live Gigs 1
City and Colour - The Hurry and the Harm (vinyl)
Covenant - Leaving Babylon
Daryl Hall and John Oates - No Goodbyes
Death Ray Vision - We Ain't Leavin' Till You're Bleedin'
Delorean - Apar (vinyl)
Delorean - Subiza
Direct Hit! - Brainless God
Down To Nothing - Life On The James
Drive-By Truckers - Alabama Ass Whuppin' (reissue) (2xLP)
Earth, Wind And Fire - Now, Then & Forever (vinyl)
Eliza Moore - Everything to Me (EP)
Elliott Murphy - Lost Generation & Night Nights: The RCA Years
Emiliana Torrini - Tookah (vinyl)
Factory Floor - Factory Floor
Farewell, My Love - Gold Tattoos
Fit For An Autopsy - Hellbound
Forest Fire - Screens (vinyl)
George Jones - Amazing Grace
Gipsy Kings - Savor Flamenco
Gloria Estefan - The Standards
Goldfrapp - Tales of Us (vinyl)
Have Gun, Will Travel - Fiction, Fact, or Folktale?
Helms Alee / Ladder Devils - split (7")
Holy Ghost! - Dynamics
Homeboy Sandman - All That I Hold Dear (12")
I, the Mountain - Land and Sea
Infinity Shred - Sanctuary
J Roddy Walston and The Business - Essential Tremors (vinyl)
Jacuzzi Boys - Jacuzzi Boys (vinyl)
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
JD Eicher & The Goodnights - Into Place
Jeanie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA: Best of Plantation Years
Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer Country
Jerry Lee Lewis - When Two Worlds Collide
Jessy Lanza - Pull Back My Hair
Jimmy Webb - Still Within the Sound of My Voice
Jo Jo Gunne - Asylum Recordings 1
Jo Jo Gunne - Asylum Recordings 2
Joanna Gruesome - Weird Sister
Juliana Hatfield - Wild Animals
Kaskade - Atmosphere
Katatonia - Dethroned and Uncrowned
Keith Urban - Fuse
Lil Daggers - No Pizza No Peace (EP)
Lil Keke - Awready
Lissie - Back To Forever
LMNO - After the Fact
London Grammar - If You Wait
Man Man - On Oni Pond (vinyl)
Maps - Vicissitude
Mark Knopfler - Privateering (2xLP)
Mary Halvorson Septet - Illusionary Sea
Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates - Minotaur/Bad Blood (vinyl)
Max Richter - Wadjda
Miniboone - Miniboone
Ministry - From Beer To Eternity
Moodoïd - Moodoïd (EP)
Moving Mountains - Moving Mountains (vinyl)
Moving Units - Neurotic Exotic
Mrenc - All Around Surround
Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers - Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers (vinyl)
Obits - Bed and Bugs (vinyl)
Peelander-Z - Metalander-Z
Piers Faccini - Between Dogs and Wolves
Rank and File - Slash Years
Rathborne - SOFT
Refused - Everlasting (orange vinyl)
Rise Against - Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides and Covers 2000-2013 (vinyl)
Ronnie Wood - 1234
Ry Cooder - Live in San Francisco
Sean Kingston - Back 2 Life
Sheryl Crow - Feels Like Home
Steve Wariner - It Ain't All Bad
Summer Camp - Summer Camp
T.R.A.S.E. - T.R.A.S.E.
Terry Malts - Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere
Test of Time - The Price
The Albertans - Dangerous Anything
The Black Watch - The End Of When
The Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm: The Essential Selection 1973-1980
The Clash - 5 Album Studio Box Set (5-CD box set)
The Clash - Sound System (12-disc box set)
The Orwells - Who Needs You (10")
The Rubens - The Rubens
The Starfolk - The Starfolk
The Stepkids - Troubador
The Weeknd - Kiss Land
The White Buffalo - Shadows, Greys and Evil Ways (vinyl)
Toy Soldiers - The Maybe Boys
Trombone Shorty - Say That to Say This
Two Cow Garage - The Death of the Self-Preservation Society
Various Artists - I Fall to Pieces: Gems from the Brunswisk UK vaults
Various Artists - Love Me or Leave Me: The Bethlehem Records Story
Various Artists - Music From the Million Gems from Bell Records USA
Various Artists - The History of Bluebeat: The Birth of Ska
Various Artists - War Paint: The Gone Records Story
Various Artists - Boardwalk Empire Vol. 2: Music from the HBO Original Series
Various Artists - Kiss of the Damned (soundtrack)
Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd: Holding It Down - The Veterans' Dreams Project
Vogues - Turn Around Look at Me
Willis Earl Beal - Nobody Knows (vinyl)
Yes - Big Generato (vinyl)
Youngblood Brass Band - Pax Volumi (2xLP)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

 from our friends at SoundStageDirect.com

This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records At SoundStageDirect

1. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
2. Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
3. Billy Joel - 52nd Street
4. Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
5. Pink Floyd - The Wall
6. Fleetwood Mac 1969-1972 (Box Set)
7. Billy Joel - Glass Houses
8. Earth, Wind, & Fire - That's The Way Of The World
9. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight... (Deluxe Version)
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle (The 20 Greatest Hits)

New Releases & Featured Vinyl Records

Can't Get Enough by The Rides King Of Rock by RUN DMC Solid by Grant Green Rega RP6 Turntable - Ortofon 2M Black Cartridge (Gloss Black) by Rega Turntables The Traveler - Black (No Cartridge) (1st Generation) by VPI Traveler Higher! (On Sale) by Sly & The Family Stone Drumgasm by Zach Hill, Janet Weiss, Matt Cameron Chocolate City by Parliament Elephant by The White Stripes

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from our friends at MusicOnVinyl.com

Clash - Hits Back

Includes a foldout exclusive poster and printed innersleeves. All tracks remastered from original tapes to audiophile quality.

The Clash Hits Back features 32 of the band's iconic tracks, across a 3LP set. The tracklisting is sequenced from the band's legendary Brixton Fairdeal show in 1982 and contains the best studio recordings of the full set, plus 8 additional iconic tracks. It comes with the original setlist, handwritten by Joe Strummer which he would tape to the back of his Telecaster before each gig.

"Every show was different. Joe would spend a lot of time composing the running order, considering dynamics, emotional impact and the key the songs were in. This record is based on Joe's setlist from The Casbah Club UK Tour, Brixton Fairdeal, 10th July 1982". Mick, Paul & Topper.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Printed innersleeves
• 60x60 cm poster

Clash - Box Set

Luxury box set edition contains the albums Clash, Give Em Enough Rope, London Calling, Sandinista & Combat Rock + stencil sheet
 Includes the following LP's:

THE CLASH
GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE
LONDON CALLING
SANDINISTA!
COMBAT ROCK

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Flight case styled box with lift-off top
• D.I.Y. Stencil 

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from our friends at Relapse

TOXIC HOLOCAUST - CHEMISTRY OF CONCIOUSNESS

Special Pack (GLOW IN THE DARK VINYL!!!)

Mailorder Exclusive Special Pack is LTD to 300 and Includes:

• Neon yellow glow in the dark LP
• Snake t shirt on yellow
• 22" x 22" black light album art poster
• 7.5" x 7.5" Blotter sheet featuring COC album art
• Digital download of entire album
• Die cut sticker

Scheduled for release on 10/29/13

Pre-Order at Relapse

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from our friends at BurningShed

Darkroom - Gravity's Dirty Work (double vinyl preorder)

The Darkroom duo of Michael Bearpark (No-Man, Henry Fool) and Andrew Ostler (Expert Sleepers) return to Burning Shed with their first double album.

Begun as an exploration of early 90's electronica and its many sources, the album developed from extended improvisations through meticulous editing, layering and post-production into a coherent suite of music.

The trademark blurring of guitars, synthesiser and found sounds moves from the heavenly Beck meets Talk Talk atmospherics of 'Karhupuisto / Beautiful Retreat' via the apocalyptic foot-on-monitor fuzz mayhem of the title track coda, before closing with the evocative Scandinavian jazz-electronica fusion of 'A Pair A Part'.

Also featuring Andrew Booker (No-Man, Henry Fool, Sanguine Hum) on percussion and Simon H. Fell (Keith Tippett, Derek Bailey, Lol Coxhill) on double bass, the album is mastered for all formats by Jon Astley (The Who, George Harrison, Tori Amos).

CD and limited edition gatefold double heavyweight (180g) LP plus bundle available; both with Carl Glover's unique artwork.

All LPs come with a high resolution lossless audio download code. All pre-orders come with signed postcard.

Pre-Order at BurningShed

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from our friends at PolyVinylRecords

of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar

of Montreal's new album 'Lousy with Sylvianbriar' will be shipping in the coming weeks, but you'd better act fast if you want to snag a copy of the Early Bird Edition Sea Glass Green vinyl.

The pressing is limited to 1500 and only 1/3 of the copies are still available!

Recorded live to a 24-track tape machine during a frenetic three week period in Kevin Barnes' home studio, Lousy with Sylvianbriar was inspired by Dylan, the Stones, Neil Young, etc... and created with a new songwriting approach, a different recording method, and a fresh group of musicians.

You can pre-order the album in any of the following ways:

• CD
• Early Bird Edition Sea Glass Green vinyl (limited to 1500 copies)
• "Sirens of Your Toxic Spirit" T-Shirt+MP3
• Bundles available with new t-shirt design or past of Montreal albums 

Pre-orders ship Sept. 24. In stores October 8.

Pre-Order at PolyVinylRecords

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Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Deerhoof, and More Offer Rare Vinyl For Charity Auction - Bid on test pressings and alternate 7-inch releases to aid VH1 Save the Music

Check out the auction at eBay

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album cover art of the day:

Lavatory Unveils "Morbid Terror" Artwork, Track Listing

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

 

in contact with the folks who run the project, will have more information coming soon, in the meantime, here is what they say about themselves on their website:

Feedbands - Monthly Vinyl Friendly Project Caters To Indie Music Fans

Feedbands is a crowd-sourced vinyl record company. Musicians submit their music and your vote helps determine who gets pressed to vinyl. Each month, subscribers to our service receive a first pressing of a vinyl record from an independent artist.

Our model is different from traditional record companies in that:

• Artists keep all the rights to their music
• We pay the artist up front when we press their record
• We let our listeners from all over the world vote on who we should press next, via our apps

We at Feedbands believe that music is essential and should be shared. We also believe that musicians should be able to make a living without losing their artistic integrity.

Our mission is to provide rich, vibrant, independent music to the world in a way that supports our artists. We want to develop an arena, online and off, where musicians can come together to create, write, jam, express, perform, record, and share their music, and where music lovers of all kinds can find amazing new tunes and easily give back.

What started as a small group of collaborative musicians has grown into a collective of artists, producers, engineers, and fans, and this is just the beginning. At Feedbands, we're openly embracing the digital age and the opportunities our website, app, and social media outlets allow us, and we're striving to extend our reach, but we also never want to lose our roots or lose the roots of music itself: analog sound. Music is, at it's core, analog. It starts in the soul and it should always stay there.

We're constantly on the lookout for new, innovative, unsigned artists to help make Feedbands even bigger and better. If this sounds like you, check us out!

how many times have you seen a band play and wonder why they haven't 'made it big'?  well, Feedbands cuts through the red tape, PR men and women from record companies and lets the music public vote on the bands they want to hear.  what a groundbreaking process and one that we will learn more about in upcoming posts. so take time today and find out what they are all about at Feedbands.com

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from our friends at StormingTheBase

Marnie - Crystal World (2LP)

Double black LP in gatefold jacket with one side containing Marnie's etching.

Crystal World is a glittering electronic pop album by Marnie, the moniker adopted by Ladytron lead singer Helen Marnie for her debut solo project, produced by Daniel Hunt and co-produced by Bardi Johannsson.

Recorded in Reykjavik, Iceland, in August 2012, Crystal World comprises ten original songs written by Marnie while Ladytron enjoy a temporary sabbatical. Crystal World evokes the collision of two spheres. In the midst of a volcanic electronic landscape, the heart and soul of Marnie merge to create a glacial pop affair. Frequently Marnie laments the sea, itself so suggestive of change and movement, a feeling which ebbs and flows across the record, luring the listener in despite the gathering emotional storm.

Focus track The Hunter was issued as a download single in May 2013. Hearts On Fire is another dark anthem with a pop chorus that builds until it's close. Venturing further into Crystal World, Submariner is a fragile tale to warm the coldest of hearts, while closing track Gold inspires just the right amount of melancholy, at the same time ending with soaring guitars and synths and an immense feeling of hope.

The cover design is by Laura Hussey, with photography by Lisa Devine, assisted by Mack Photography.  We expect this item to be in stock on October 1, 2013.

Pre-Order at StormingTheBase

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 Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (Remastered)

Mute are delighted to announce a series of Cabaret Voltaire releases, starting with the vinyl issue of Cabaret Voltaire’s iconic 1981 album Red Mecca.

Remastered and available here on vinyl for the first time since Mute’s reissue in 1990, Red Mecca features the line up of Richard H Kirk, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson, and is Cabaret Voltaire’s third album, and the final full album with co-founder Chris Watson.

Red Mecca was produced at Western Works, Sheffield, and, although rioting at this time hadn’t reached Cabaret Voltaire’s hometown, it was a particularly incendiary time across Britain and the tension was explicit through the news media. Explains Kirk, “that insurrection on the streets found its way into the music” and the album was seen by many as the alternative soundtrack to the unrest on the streets.

With Middle Eastern musical influences and a title that reflected the beginnings of long running tensions stemming from the Islamic Revolution and the resulting Afghanistan conflict and rise in fundamentalism, the buried vocals and large instrumental passages are a wonderful bridge between the punkier ethos of earlier releases, Mix Up and The Voice Of America and the more dance minded 2X45 and Yashar EPs that followed.  We expect this item to be in stock on September 17, 2013.

Pre-Order at StormingTheBase

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THE COMPLETE STORY OF TALULAH GOSH! 29 TRACKS!

DIGIPAK CD WITH 24 PAGE BOOKLET
DOUBLE GATEFOLD LP
FIRST TIME AVAILABLE SINCE THE 90’S
SLEEVE NOTES / NEW INTERVIEW BY EVERETT TRUE (THE LEGEND!)

Damaged Goods are proud to present the Talulah Gosh retrospective. With recordings, radio sessions, archive photos and extensive liner notes by The Legend! (Everett True), Was It Just A Dream? celebrates DIY indie pop at its happiest.

Formed in Oxford in February 1986, with a name taken from an NME interview with Clare Grogan, Talulah Gosh married their love of Sixties girl groups, punk rock and the speediness of the Ramones, to jangly guitars, layers of backing vocals and a defiantly anti-macho stance. Adored and reviled in equal measure, the band were truly hated by many, and in a way the band even courted the antagonism.

The initial line-up featured Marigold (a.k.a. Amelia Fletcher) guitar/vocals, Pebbles (a.k.a. Elizabeth Price) violin/guitar/vocals/tambourine, with Mathew Fletcher on drums, Peter Momtchiloff on guitar (Razorcuts, Marine Research, Would-be-goods) and Rob Pursey on bass (Marine Research, Sportique, Tender Trap). Chris Scott took over bass player duties when Rob left, and Eithne Farry took over vocals and tambourine when Elizabeth decamped in December 1986.

One of Talulah Gosh’s earliest recordings was released as a flexi on Matt Haynes's Sha La La label for the influential Are You Scared to Get Happy? fanzine. Around that time, the band had signed to Edinburgh-based 53rd & 3rd label where they scored two UK Independent Top 5 singles with 'Steaming Train/Just A Dream' and 'Beatnik Boy/My Best Friend'. The band recorded two Radio One sessions (one for Peel, June '88, the other for Janice Long, May'86) which were collected on THEY'VE SCOFFED THE LOT (Sarah604).

The group split in early 1988. Amelia, Peter, Rob, and Mathew subsequently formed Heavenly, worldwide ambassadors of indie pop in the 1990s.

Elizabeth went on to win the 2012 Turner Prize, Peter is philosophy editor at Oxford University Press, Amelia is a Professor at the University of East Anglia, Eithne is books editor at Marie Claire and an author of low fi craft books, Rob is a TV producer, and Chris is travel counsellor. Mathew Fletcher died in 1996.

This collection features all known Talulah Gosh recordings including the first demo tape, which was originally sent to Stephen Pastel in a plasticine-covered cassette box. It secured the band their recording contract with 53rd and 3rd and was eventually made available for the first time as a very limited release 7" for Record Store Day in 2012. The album also includes a free extra download of one of the later Talulah Gosh gigs at the Old Fire Station in Oxford, with Eithne singing but notable for the fact that you can hear Elizabeth heckling in the background.

Every on-line purchase comes with a free download of the album PLUS a extra live set as well.

Order at DamagedGoods

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from our friends at www.theomegaorder.com

AMERICAN SHARKS - 4 LP Vinyl bundle

THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES:

-American Sharks brand new studio album on 4 different colored vinyls (Black, Green, Pink & Yellow)

-This Bundle is VERY LIMITED ONLY 50 WILL BE AVAILABLE!!

The breakneck pace provided by Nick Cornetti (Drums), the primeval-punk vocals of Mike Hardin (Bass, Vocals) with Will Ellis’ slick technical guitar accentuated by a savage amount of fuzz and volume (Guitar) creates the signature sound of American Sharks. Collectively, American Sharks have hollowed out the standard body of stoner rock aspects, replacing the engine with the intensity of modern metal techniques. The volume is always set to auditory annihilation and the foot is always on the gas, firing through songs until their (and most times, the crowd’s) tank is empty.

The American Sharks’ origins lie in Houston, Texas where Mike Hardin and Will Ellis formed the band with an alternate drummer and fourth man in 2007. Creating a following from detonating at house parties, a consequent move further south into Austin slimmed the band to a three piece replacing the original drummer with Nick Cornetti. Cornetti recorded and released the debut EP “WeedWizard” through his indie label, Pau Wau Records. The single “Indian Man” and the accompanying music video grasped the attention of renowned Austin retro-metal group The Sword, leading to an opening slot in their 2012 tour. In 2013 American Sharks were an official SXSW artist, headlining the Volcom Showcase as well as headlining the Pau Wau Records showcase. Their debut LP was recorded with Bryan Richie of The Sword and will be released via The End Records. A tour is scheduled to promote the album in the fall alongside Clutch and The Sword.

Pre-Order at TheOmegaOrder

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if you are living in the area or just visiting, here you go!

7 great vinyl record shops in SoCal (Map)

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well written article about our beloved records!

Wax Figures: The Economics Of Vinyl









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with all the great vinyl news, we do have some sad stories

End of an era for Foothill Records - Vinyl records will still spin, but beloved music shop will move on.

 

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Waxwork Records Celebrates Their Day of the Dead Soundtrack Reissue with a Special Festival!










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Rare Twin Peaks and Eraserhead soundtracks unearthed, put for sale





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Eric Clapton to Reissue Unplugged











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The Chills Announce Release Of Triple Lp Live Album 'Somewhere Beautiful' Out 14th October 2013

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Arthur Russell’s Another Thought pressed to vinyl for the first time via new label Arc Light Editions

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Light in the Attic Announces Compilation of Private Issue New Age Music From 1950-1990

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Jethro Tull Announce Deluxe ‘Benefit’ Reissue

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Test Spins: Okkervil River, The Silver Gymnasium











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Jimi Hendrix Documentary, Live Album Coming in November







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The Rolling Stones to Release Hyde Park Concert Film











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UFO, Robin Trower and Ten Years After Open Archives for Live CDs







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album cover art of the day:

Warbringer Unveils New Album "IV: Empires Collapse" Artwork
















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beatle stories just keep coming, an amazing feat considering they have been around for 50 years!

Memories of Beatlemania in New Film - Documentary features recollections from the Beatles' longtime fan club secretary







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Listen to the Beatles’ Isolated Vocal Tracks for Abbey Road Medley