New Music Releases - October 22, 2013

2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. (2xLP)
ABBA  - Ring Ring
Active Child - Rapor (EP)
Adrian and the Sunsets - Breakthrough (vinyl)
AFI - Burials (2xLP)
Amir ElSaffar - Alchemy
Andrea Begley - The Message
Anoushka Shankar - Traces of You (vinyl)
Apollo Brown and OC - Trophies
Armand Hammer - Race Music
B.B. King - The Blues King's Best--The Essential Collection (vinyl)
Ballet School - Boys Again (EP)
Best Coast - Fade Away (vinyl)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - It Feels Like Christmas Time
Big Joe Turner - Big Joe Turner Live 1983
Black Hearted Brother - Stars Are Our Home (vinyl)
Blind Willie McTell - Kill It, Kid--The Essential Collection (vinyl)
Boards of Canada - Campfire Headphase (reissue) (2xLP)
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (reissue) (3xLP)
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (reissue) (2xLP)
Brett Dennen - Smoke and Mirrors
Cage - Kill The Architect (vinyl)
Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk (reissue) (vinyl)
Carpathian Forest - Strange Old Brew (vinyl)
CFCF - Outside
Cliff Martinez - Wanna Fight? (7")
Coke Weed - Back to Soft
Count Basie - Live at the Sands (before Frank)
Crow - The Best of Crow (vinyl)
Dan Casey - Empty City (12")
Darkthrone - A Blaze in The Northern Sky (vinyl)
Dead Gaze - Brain Holiday (vinyl)
Dean Martin - Greatest Hits
Dean Martin - Icon 2: The Essential Dean Martin
Def Leppard - Viva! Hysteria
Del Shannon - Del Shannon: Songwriter 1
DJ Rashad - Double Cup
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Donna (2xLP)
Dresses - Sun Shy (vinyl)
Duane Pitre - Feel Free: Live at Cafe OTO (vinyl)
Ducktails - Wish Hotel (EP)
Dynasty - A Star In Life's Clothing (deluxe edition) (vinyl)
Euros Childs - Situation Comedy
Ezra Furman - Day of the Dog (vinyl)
Family Circle - S/T (vinyl)
Four Tet - Late Night Tales: Four Tet (2xLP)
Franz Waxman - The Bride of Frankenstein (The 1935 Film Music) (vinyl)
Fryars - Radio PWR (EP)
Future Of The Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - George Thorogood and the Destroyers (reissue) (vinyl)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Move It On Over (reissue) (vinyl)
Greg Brown - The Iowa Waltz (vinyl)
Gringo Star - Floating Out To See
Haim - Days Are Gone (2xLP)
Heavenly Beat - Prominence (vinyl)
Honeyblood -  Bud (7")
Ihsahn - Das Seelenbrechen
Is Tropical - I'm Leaving
J Roddy Walston and The Business - J Roddy Walston and The Business (vinyl)
Jake Bellows - New Ocean (vinyl)
James Blunt - Moon Landing
James Griffin - Just Like Yesterday: The Solo Anthology 1974-77
Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes - Live at the Greek (reissue) (vinyl)
JJUUJJUU - FRST (12")
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Unvarnished (vinyl)
John Zorn - In Lambeth--Visions from the Walled Garden of William Blake
Joseph Arthur - Big City Secrets
Jungle - The Heat EP (10")
Katy Perry - Prism
Kevin Devine - Bulldozer (vinyl)
Kiev - Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth
Kiki Pau - Pines (vinyl)
King Crimson - Road to Red (24-CDs)
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic (reissue) (vinyl)
King Crimson - Red (2xCD)
King Crimson - USA (40th Anniversary Edition) (CD+DVD)
KMFDM - Opium (reissue)
KMFDM - WWIII (reissue)
Laura Nyro - Smile
Lawson - Chapman Square Chapter II
Lil' Daggers - No Pizza No Peace
Linda Thompson - Won't Be Long Now (vinyl)
Lita Ford - The Bitch Is Back...Live
Mac Davis - Hard to Be Humble: The Best of Mac Davis
Machinedrum - Vapor City (vinyl)
Matthew E. White - Big Inner: Outer Face Edition (2xCD)
Matthew E. White - Outer Face (vinyl)
Meek Is Murder - Everything Is Awesome Nothing Matters
Mind & Matter - 1514 Oliver Avenue (vinyl)
MØ - Bikini Daze (EP)
Modern Kin - Modern Kin
Morrissey - 25: Live (Blue-ray)
Morrissey - 25: Live (DVD)
Motorhead - Aftershock
Motorhead - Aftershock (vinyl)
Muddy Waters - Can't Get No Grindin'
Noveller - No Dreams
Of Montreal - Lousy With Sylvianbriar
Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu (vinyl)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (vinyl)
Pearl Jam - The Essential (rearviewmirror 1991-2003) (2xCD)
Pestilence - Obsideo
Polica - Shulamith (vinyl)
Polly Scattergood - Arrows
Prince Rupert's Drops - Run Slow (vinyl)
Quilt | MMOSS - New Hampshire Freaks (10")
Radical Face - The Family Tree: The Branches
Rae and Christian - Mercury Rising (vinyl)
Randy Travis - Original Album Series
Ray Price - Welcome to My World: The Love Songs of Ray Price
Reflections - Exi(s)t
Royal Bangs - Brass (vinyl)
Ryan Hemsworth - Guilt Trips (vinyl)
Sainthood Reps - Headswell
Sepultura - The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart
Shonna Tucker and Eye Candy - A Tell All (vinyl)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing (Reissue) (vinyl)
Steve Gunn and Mike Gangloff - Melodies for a Savage Fix (vinyl)
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense & Peppermints / Wake Up It's Tomorrow
Strawberry Alarm Clock - The Best of Strawberry Alarm Clock (reissue) (vinyl)
Strawberry Alarm Clock - The World in a Sea Shell (reissue) (vinyl)
Suphala - Alien Ancestry
Talulah Gosh - Was It Just A Dream?
Tears for Fears - Hurting
Tears for Fears - The Hurting (deluxe edition) (2xCD)
Ted Nugent - Ultralive
The Can't Tells - No Television (vinyl)
The Kickdrums - Thinking Out Loud (vinyl)
The Last Ten Seconds Of Life - INVIVO
The Pixies - Trompe Le Monde (SACD)
The Strumbellas - We Still Move On Dance Floors
The Wave Pictures - City Forgiveness
The Weeknd - Kiss Land (vinyl)
Tommy McCook - Reggae in Jazz (vinyl)
Van Morrison - Moondance (double and five-disc expanded editions)
Various Artists - Love to Love You Donna
Various Artists - Kitsune Maison 15
Various Artists - Psych Out Christmas (vinyl)
Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Christmas
Various Artists - Surf Age Nuggets 1
Various Artists - Thriller - A Metal Tribute To Michael Jackson
Various Artists - Wild Guitar Instrumentals
Vatican Shadow - Remember Your Black Day
Velcro Lewis Group - Open the Sky (vinyl)
Veronica Falls - Broken Toy (7")
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Wet Nuns - Wet Nuns
Woody Guthrie - Woody Guthrie: American Radical Patriot
Worthless - Keep Sleeping
Yancey Boys - Sunset Blvd. (2xLP)

Vinyl Record Review - Richie Scarlet - I Plead The Fifth

Richie Scarlet - I Plead The Fifth

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Rating 4 out of 5 Stars  

I receive many press releases and new music release news and if it's on vinyl, I usually let you know about it (just wish people would stop sending me download codes, music is meant to be heard on vinyl, not via small computer speakers and 1's and 0's); but I digress.

Several weeks ago I heard about a new vinyl release from a rock and roller named Richie Scarlet. I have to be brutally honest, I had never heard the name before. However, I asked the record company for a copy of the vinyl so I could give it a listen and write up a review.  Am I glad I did.

For those who don't know the name, Richie Scarlet, (a.k.a. the "Emperor of Rock and Roll") has quite a lengthy resume - having played with the likes of Ace Frehley's Comet, Peter Criss, Mountain, Sebastian Bach, the Alice Cooper Group and many others. A multi-instrumentalist, Scarlet's roots and musical style were influenced by some of the bands and musicians he has played with, as he explains:

"I grew up with T-Rex, David Bowie, and early KISS and then I went from that to into the Sex Pistols and I had always loved Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple," said Scarlet "I usually co-produce my records but this time I turned it over to the guy that I co-produce with Tarik Solangi. I told him “You take over. I want to be featured more as a songwriter more than a guitar hero." A lot of my records I do a lot of guitar, this new record, I had just written most of these songs and I have Bumblefoot from Guns n Roses on there, and the sax player from the Rolling Stones, Arnold Hecht."

So, dropping the needle on the bright scarlet red record, the first cut "Lips Like Morphine" started out slow, almost sounding like an intro from the Steve Miller band, but quickly progressed into a full-bore meat and potatoes rocker ala Alice Cooper and Kiss. But this cut is his own, and you quickly discover that his song writing abilities rival those of the influential musicians he has had the honor to play with.

On the next two selections, "Burning Though Life" and I Don't Wanna Die," Scarlet sounds hauntingly familiar - with a mix of Cooper/Poison playful guitar energy, complete with silly rhymes and galloping riffs. The side is rescued by the subtle melodies of "Lost In My World," which is reminiscent of Styx, which is not a bad thing, as the song builds and you can feel the emotion and passion that Scarlet has for the lyrics; culminating in some progressive keyboards and blistering guitar work for the finale.

Side 2 starts out with a catchy, sophisticated rocker called "Without Your Love" that is a painful confession to love gone by and with a pop-like chorus and guitar rifffing could be on any Kiss record. Drumbeats lead us into the next cut, an acoustic gem called "Indian Souls (1876);" a socially conscious ode to the American Indian, with painfully truthful lyrics and impassioned vocals by Scarlet. But on the next cut "Love Will Find A Way," he tries too hard to channel his emotions and lyrically, it just reaches too much for me.

However that disappointment is offset by the next cut, the Eric Burdon-like "King Heroin," a song that starts slow and easy, yet gently turns into an all-out bluesy rocker. The sax work is impeccable and the words have the sound of a man who has been there before and it's anti-drug message cannot be ignored. The last cut reminds of early Yes, with thumping base lines, mixed with keyboard work and guitar prowess that would make Rick Wakeman and Mark Knopler proud.

There were a couple of duds on the record, but one thing is certain, Richie Scarlet is a talented, inventive musician who can write on his own and become, not just a sideman, but a full-fledged member of modern rock and roll.  I'd love to hear what he does next, and as a musician you always want them coming back for more.  

~ Robert Benson CVR Blog

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Cheap Trick Releasing Vinyl Box Set On Black Friday

Cheap Trick will release a vinyl box set 'The Classic Albums 1977-1979' on Black Friday 2013.  The 180-gram set will include their self-titled LP; 'In Color,' 'Heaven Tonight,' 'Live Budokan' and 'Dream Police.'  Each release has been remastered from the original master tapes and packaged in original artwork and the records will be housed in a numbered, limited edition box.



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Neil Young To Release 'Live At The Cellar Door' on Vinyl

On November 26, Neil Young's Archive Performance Series will continue - with the release of 'Live at the Cellar Door.'  It was recorded during Young's six-show stand at Washington D.C.'s Cellar Door between November 30, 1970 and December 2, 1970. The solo acoustic shows came about four months after the release of the stunning and seminal LP 'After the Goldrush.' The two-record set will be available on CD and 180-gram vinyl.

Tracklist:
Side One: 
"Tell Me Why"
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
"After the Gold Rush"
"Expecting to Fly"
"Bad Fog of Loneliness"
"Old Man Birds"

Side Two: 
"Don't Let It Bring You Down"
"See the Sky About to Rain"
"Cinnamon Girl"
"I Am a Child"
"Down by the River"
"Flying on the Ground Is Wrong"

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The 10 best vinyl releases this week (21st Oct)

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even more news on the vinyl upswing in the uk:

Still a Fad? Vinyl Sales Are Up 100% In Britain…

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cool read, records need care!

Ten Reasons Why Your Vinyl Records Are In Bad Shape






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i've seen many of the videos, take a chance and check a few out:

Meet the Vinyl Community - Welcome to a weird, wonderful world where people watch each other play old records on YouTube.






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awesome record store in the great state of arizona

Tempe's Asylum Records Is a Heavy Metal Sanctuary












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No Sleep Records to release 'Warehouse Sessions' LP








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Creedence Clearwater Revival to Reissue Career-Spanning Box Set










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Tales From the Crypt soundtrack set for deluxe vinyl re-issue






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Boston: More 'Life, Love & Hope' Album Details Revealed











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for shits and giggles

The 10 Goriest Album Covers

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at MusicRecordShop

R.E.M - DOCUMENT 

The last album R.E.M. made before migrating to Warner Bros., and very arguably the last start-to-finish masterpiece the band created in its acclaimed career, Document turned Georgia's celebrated sons into mainstream stars. Musically unadulterated and sonically pure, the group's 1987 work epitomizes the unmistakable sound and feeling of college rock during a period where innocence, experimentation, and adventurousness freely collided before being co-opted and branded as "alt-rock." Document is the record to which everyone refers when citing R.E.M. as the premier example of how a respected band is expected to behave, evolve, and maintain its integrity after experiencing mass success. Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes and carefully pressed at RTI, Mobile Fidelity's numbered limited-edition 180g LP edition of this breakthrough set explodes with unrivaled instrumental signatures, deep soundstages, and faithful tonalities that allow listeners insight into the actual makes and models of the guitars utilized on the recording. Sharp and clean, Scott Litt's widescreen production throws the band into clear relief, magnifying its razor-edged melodies and drummer Bill Berry's foundation-establishing beats. R.E.M. has never sounded so muscular or righteous.

LABEL MOBILE FIDELITY
Numbered Limited Edition 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity

TRACK LISTING
1. Finest Worksong
2. Welcome to the Occupation
3. Exhuming McCarthy
4. Disturbance at the Heron House
5. Strange
6. It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
7. The One I Love
8. Fireplace
9. Lightnin' Hopkins
10. King of Birds
11. Oddfellows Local 151

Buy at MusicRecordShop

IRON MAIDEN - IRON MAIDEN (VINYL PICTURE DISC) 

A series of special limited edition IRON MAIDEN vinyl picture disc albums are due to be released by EMI starting in October 2012. Comprised of the first eight albums of Maiden's career, all released in the 1980's, each picture disc will be packaged in a gatefold sleeve with full colour printed inner bags and the heavyweight vinyl will be cut from the original album master tapes. The albums will be released chronologically between October and February, starting with 'Iron Maiden' and 'Killers' on 15 October 2012 followed by 'The Number Of The Beast' and 'Piece Of Mind' in November 2012. To open the new year 'Powerslave' and the double album 'Live After Death' will be released in January, with the final two titles, 'Somewhere In Time' and 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son' coming out in February 2013. These vinyl picture discs are being released to commemorate IRON MAIDEN's current Maiden England tour which comprises largely 80's material, in particular focusing on the 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son' album.

VINYL RECORD - LP PICTURE DISC - SEALED

TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
1. Prowler
2. Remember Tomorrow
3. Running Free
4. Phantom Of The Opera

SIDE B
1. Transylvania
2. Strange World
3. Charlotte The Harlot
4. Iron Maiden 

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Vampire Weekend - Contra 

The scholarly Upper West Side Soweto of Vampire Weekend's debut sounded self-assured, but on Contra, they step out of their ivory tower with just as much confidence. In all senses of the term, this is a sophomore album. The band still flaunts the collegiate sense of discovery that made Vampire Weekend charming -- and sometimes too precious -- but with more maturity and creativity. Another Discovery is just as much of a force on Contra as any of the band's much-noted influences (Afro-pop, Paul Simon's Graceland): Rostam Batmanglij's electro-hip-hop-pop project with Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles, which released its album LP after the pair found acclaim with their day jobs.

Label XL Recordings
Vinyl Record - LP - New

Track Listing
LP 1
1. Horchata
2. White Sky
3. Holiday
4. California English
5. Taxi Cab
6. Run
7. Cousins
8. Giving Up The Gun
9. Diplomat's Son
10. I Think Ur A Contra

Buy at MusicRecordShop

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from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

David Bowie -  Earthling

Earthling is the 20th studio album by David Bowie, released in February 1997. The album showcases an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the industrial and drum and bass culture of the 1990s like Prodigy and Underworld.

This was the first album Bowie self-produced since 1974. Recorded in just 2,5 weeks right after returning from the Outside tour, the album is a snapshot of what Bowie was going through musically at the time. Making extensive use of sampling their own material on high BPMs, the album was the first Bowie album to be recorded digitally.

The first pressing consists of 2000 numbered copies on transparent green vinyl. The second pressing consists of 2000 numbered copies on transparent blue vinyl.   180 gram audiophile vinyl, Gatefold 
and Printed inner sleeve

Major Lance - Um Um Um Um Um Um

Major Lance was one of the leading figures of Chicago Soul during the '60s and the top-selling artist for OKeh Records during the decade.

During this time, the majority of his songs were written by his childhood friend Curtis Mayfield. Fittingly for Major Lance's smooth voice, Mayfield crafted urban, uptown and polished songs like "The Monkey Time" and "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um".

Major Lance's mid-sixties output consists of some of the most popular good-time R&B of its era. The Impressions sing background on most of the tracks on Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um (1964). MOV's re-release of this timeless classic is the first reissue since its original release!  180 gram audiophile vinyl  First reissue since 1964!

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Grateful Dead To Release Acoustic Set on Vinyl for Black Friday

Grateful Dead are scheduled to release a vinyl set of the recording from an all-acoustic, “incognito” show at the Great Highway in San Francisco on April 18, 1970 for Record Store Day’s Black Friday bonanza. The two-LP set called, 'Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70' will be available at participating independent record stores on November 29th.

The 80-minute, 17-song Grateful Dead performance was originally called 'Mickey Hart and His Heartbeats and Bobby Ace and His Cards from the Bottom of the Deck.' The one-set show featured a combination of original material (“Friend of the Devil,” “New Speedway Boogie”), and covers (“Mama Tried,” “Wake Up Little Susie”) and traditionals (“I Know You Rider”), which were followed by six solo acoustic songs from Pigpen. The recently discovered tapes were mastered Jeff Norman.

Only 7,500 copies of the 180-gram vinyl are being pressed and they include new artwork by designer Scott McDougall.

Record 1
Side A
"I Know You Rider"
"Don't Ease Me In"
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles"
"Friend of the Devil"
"Deep Elem Blues"

Side B
"Wake Up Little Susie"
"Candyman"
"Cumberland Blues"
"New Speedway Boogie"

Record 2
Side A
"Me and My Uncle"
"Mama Tried"
"Katie Mae"

Side B
"Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)"
"Roberta"
"Bring Me My Shotgun"
"The Mighty Flood"
"Black Snake"

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vinyl doing well in the uk:

Daft Punk, David Bowie and Boards of Canada help boost UK vinyl sales to 10 year high





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more from the uk:

The vinyl revival: Sales of LP records double in 12 months to reach 550,000 thanks to releases by artists including Arctic Monkeys -  Vinyl record sales have doubled thanks to famous names releasing LPs - Around 550,000 have been bought so far in 2012 and could exceed 700,000




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Sunn O)))) to reissue 2005 album Black One on vinyl











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Pure Steel Records Inks Vinyl Deal With Steel Prophet, Complete Works To Be Reissued







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Classic Saxon Albums Reissued On Vinyl

Record label Back On Black specializes in vinyl editions of classic metal albums and the label is reissuing the following SAXON albums:

 "The Eagle Has Landed" (1982)
 "Denim And Leather" (1981)
 "Innocence Is No Excuse" (1985)
 "Power And The Glory" (1983)
 "Rock The Nations" (1986)
 "Crusader" (1984)
 "Wheels Of Steel" (1980)
 "Strong Arm Of The Law" (1980)

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Vancouver's sole record store for sale







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for those of you who carry devices (none for me, thanks):

Vnylst: An App for…Your Record Collection?




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Rock Hall of Famers, kids celebrate Darlene Love








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Lennon, Bon Jovi, Petty Songs Raising Funds Special Olympics  








  
   

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Win Eagles The Studio Albums 1972-1979 Vinyl Box Set








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Quarter-inch spools hiding Zep treasure






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Yes Finally Nominated For The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame






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Poster for David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Debut Sells for $2,200







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Neil Young to Be Honored By Recording Academy's Producers and Engineers











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Top 10 Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 10 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city in North America. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

1. Kenny Chesney; $2,813,603
2. Taylor Swift; $2,743,748
3. Beyoncé; $1,708,997
4. Phish; $1,591,499
5. Justin Bieber; $1,233,872
6. Depeche Mode; $1,122,120
7. Dave Matthews Band; $1,044,208
8. Bruno Mars; $1,003,647
9. Jason Aldean; $968,479
10. "Honda Civic Tour" / Maroon 5 / Kelly Clarkson; $895,674

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from our friends at VinylCollective

Top 10 Albums – October 14, 2013

Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of October 7 – October 14, 2013:

1. Rival Schools – United By Fate 2XLP
2. The Early November – The Rooms Too Cold LP + CD
3. Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me 2XLP
4. Handsome – Handsome LP + 7?
5. Glen Hansard – Drive All Night EP 12?
6. Crosses – (†) 10?
7. Social Distortion – Prison Bound 25th Anniversary LP
8. Various Artists – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) LP
9. Crosses – (††) 10?
10. Hellogoodbye – Everything Is Debatable LP

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album cover art of the day:

Silent Force Album Art Revealed

German metal act Silent Force are scheduled to release a new album called 'Rising From Ashes.' The new release is expected to ship on December 13th via AFM Records.














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album cover art of the day, part two:

Cult Of Fire Reveals New Album Artwork, Track Listing
















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album cover art of the day, part three:

HAMMERCULT To Release 'Steelcrusher' In January
















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if you find yourself up north, check this show out!

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 14, 2013


DEAR JERRY: In New York in the late 1960s, for a while anyway, the Top 40 stations played a song about Friday being payday. It might have a title with similar wording.

It was a male singer with a doo-wop style vocal backing.

The two most common answers I get when asking about this are "Blue Monday" (with "on Friday I get my pay") and "Thank God It's Friday." Neither is correct.

What say you, Mr. Music?
—Emory Stevens, Newark, N.J.

DEAR EMORY: Friday is indeed payday for the fellow in the song ("I'm not sweatin' Monday 'cause my fun day starts right now"), but the full title is just one word: "Payday."

The reason "Payday," a 1970 single (Kama Sutra 507), has a doo-wop feel to it is because it is by Sha Na Na, a 1950s tribute group that was especially popular in the tri-state area.


DEAR JERRY: Just for laughs I put my first name into a song search, and up popped something called "Cora's Melody."

But when I went to YouTube to look for it, all I found was someone playing something on their piano at home.

Now I'm left wondering if there really is a "Cora's Melody."
—Cora Houseman, Traverse City, Mich.


DEAR CORA: There really is a legit record of your melody, and it was a regional Top 40 hit in late 1960 for Bob Thompson and His Orchestra (RCA Victor 47-7795).

In Los Angeles, KRLA radio chose "Cora's Melody" as their Pick to Click for October 21-28. That means they rated this beautiful instrumental as the best new record that week.


DEAR JERRY: My mother, now in her 80s, told me about her and my father being friends with a family in Cincinnati named Greer.

That was in the 1950s.

She recalls they had two daughters who sang on local radio and TV, and called themselves the Greer Sisters.

Knowing I have the Internet, she asked me to do some searching and see if they ever made a name for themselves.

Problem is, the only Greer sisters I can find (Robin and Liza) are authors who weren't even alive until the '70s.

I give up. You are my last resort.
—Keitha M. Fillmore, Anderson, Ind.

DEAR KEITHA: I applaud your effort to get the information on your own, but your search was doomed from the start, because of just one letter.

The Ohio family with the singing sisters is named Geer, not Greer.

Mary Louise Geer and Jo Ann Geer appeared on radio and TV in the Queen City, and elsewhere in southern Ohio, but are best remembered for their appearances on the weekly Midwestern Hayride (1951-1959) on WLW-TV.

In 1954, the Geer Sisters were signed by RCA Victor, resulting on two singles on their subsidiary 'X' label.

Those four tracks are "Unloved and Unclaimed" backed with "Menu Love" ('X' 0079), and "Shanghaied" with "Today I Picked Roses" on the reverse ('X' 0115).

Both records came out on 45s and 78s in 1955, unfortunately, at least for them, a time when their throwback hillbilly style couldn't compete with traditional country artists (Ray Price; Marty Robbins; Webb Pierce; Hank Snow; Eddy Arnold; Johnny Cash; Hank Thompson; Lefty Frizzell; etc., etc.), and had even less of a chance against the juggernaut known as rock and roll.


IZ ZAT SO? Nearly every summer in the '50s, the television audience for the Midwestern Hayride proliferated from regional to national.

The Hayride was a popular vacation replacement show, resulting on a weekly prime time slot for three or four months every year, except 1953.

For six years they were carried by NBC (1951-1956, and 1959) and two years by ABC (1957-1958).

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

Legacy Recordings Announces Limited Edition Vinyl Exclusives For Record Store Day's Annual Back To Black Friday (November 29, 2013)

Numbered Limited Edition of Bob Dylan - Side Tracks Leads Legacy's RSD Back To Black Friday 2013 Vinyl Lineup, New Legacy Collectibles Include: 12" Releases by Cheap Trick, Miles Davis, Nas, Harry Nilsson, Paul Simon and Roy Orbison; 7" Singles by Jimi Hendrix

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is rolling out an incredible line-up of collectible 12" and 7" vinyl releases created especially for Record Store Day's Back to Black Friday 2013, celebrated this year at the nation's independent record stores on Friday, November 29, 2013.

For RSD Back To Black Friday 2013, Legacy is offering a range of historic and classic releases catering to connoisseurs of timeless sounds, from rare Bob Dylan Side Tracks to the roots of contemporary hip-hop, from punk rock to cool jazz, from 12" box sets to 7" vinyl singles to CD replicas of LPs in the Clash catalog.

Legacy Recordings Back To Black Friday 2013 releases include:

Bob Dylan - Side Tracks - 3 x 12" 200 gram LPs - numbered limited edition An independent record store vinyl exclusive, Side Tracks (first made available as two CDs in the monumental Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One, released November 5, 2013) is a career-spanning collection of official Bob Dylan recordings--including previously released non-album singles, tracks from Biograph and other compilations, songs from films and more--that have never appeared on one of the artist's formal albums.

Cheap Trick - The Classic Albums 1977-1979 - 5 x 12" 180 gram LPs - numbered limited edition An independent record store vinyl exclusive, The Classic Albums 1977-1979 box collects the first five ground-breaking power-pop masterpieces from one of America's all-time great rock bands, Cheap Trick. First released within a breathtaking two-year creative peak period in the late 1970s, these classic titles--Cheap Trick, In Color, Heaven Tonight, Live Budokan and Dream Police--have been newly remastered in 2013 from the original analog tapes and come packaged in original album artwork, housed in a newly-designed, numbered limited edition LP box.

Harry Nilsson - Rarities Collection - 12" 180 gram LP - numbered limited edition An independent record store vinyl exclusive, these 12 rare Nilsson tracks have been especially selected for this release from The RCA Album Collection, a career-spanning 17 CD collection, and include demos, outtakes and other rarities.

Roy Orbison - The Monument Vinyl Box - 4 x 12" 180 gram LPs An independent record store vinyl exclusive, The Monument Vinyl Box brings together the first three landmark albums--Lonely and Blue (1961), Crying (1962) and In Dreams (1963)--from Orbison's groundbreaking tenure at Monument Records. These records are now joined by a newly-curated fourth LP, Oh! Pretty Woman - the "missing" Monument album masterpiece that could have, and should have been released as its title song, "Oh, Pretty Woman" was topping the charts in 1964.

Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Fire" b/w "Foxey Lady" - 7" single - Numbered Limited Edition An independent record store vinyl exclusive, these two live tracks were performed by the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the May 1968 Miami Pop Festival and have been previously unavailable.

Sly & The Family Stone - "Sexy Situation" b/w "Mother Is A Hippie" - 7" single - Numbered Limited Edition An independent record store vinyl exclusive, this funky 7" single celebrates the release of the deluxe Sly & The Family Stone box set HIGHER! with two previously unissued early versions of these tracks.

Uncle Tupelo - "I Wanna Be Your Dog" b/w "Commotion" - 7" vinyl single - Numbered Limited Edition An independent record store vinyl exclusive, this vinyl 7" includes "I Wanna Be Your Dog," a cover of the Stooges punk standard and outtake from No Depression, on the A Side with a B Side premiering a previously unreleased studio outtake showcasing Uncle Tupelo rocking Credence Clearwater Revival's "Commotion" in a preview of the forthcoming Legacy Edition of No Depression.

Nas - "Halftime" - 12" Vinyl reproduction of 1992 original Originally recorded for the Zebrahead soundtrack by an emerging American MC calling himself "Nasty Nas," this explosive debut, in the words of Vibe mgazine, "created a niche that only Illmatic could fill." The single also launched the career of one of the most durable, provocative and poetic rappers in hip-hop history. This facsimile reproduction of the original 12" vinyl includes the full "Halftime" A-side (1. radio edit, 2. LP version. 3. LP version instrumental) and B-side (1. Butcher Remix 2. Butcher Mix instrumental).  The Nas "Halftime" release provides a fitting overture for the upcoming 20th Anniversary of Illmatic in 2014 (#ILLMATIC20 /Coming 2014).

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - 12" 180 gram LP - MONO - Numbered Edition The top-selling jazz album of all time, the modality of Kind of Blue found its way into classical, rock, and pop becoming one of the most influential cultural touchstones of the last half of the 20th century and one of the most transcendent pieces of music ever recorded. Davis played trumpet sublime with his ensemble sextet featuring pianist Bill Evans, drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers, and saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley with Wyton Kelly playing piano on "Freddy the Freeloader."

Miles Davis - Miles & Monk at Newport - 12" 180 gram LP - MONO - Numbered Edition Classic live recordings from jazz masters Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk on one LP. Side One is high energy bebop from the Miles Davis Sextet in 1958 and Side Two includes two full numbers from the Thelonious Monk Quartet with Pee Wee Russell from 1963.

Miles Davis - Jazz Track - 12" 180 gram LP - MONO - Numbered Edition A reissue of two underrated Miles Davis sessions on one mono LP; Side One is the Miles Davis Quintet's soundtrack for the French film L'Ascenseuer Pour l'Echafaud while highlights from the Miles Davis Sextet's session on May 26, 1958 (Davis' 32nd birthday).

Paul Simon - Paul Simon - 12" 180 gram LP - Numbered - includes download card Remastered reissue of the recording artist's 1972 solo album, his first post-Simon & Garfunkel, includes the hits "Mother and Child Reunion" (recorded in Kingston, Jamaica) and "Me and Julio Down By The School Yard."

Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon - 12" 180 gram LP - Numbered - includes download card Remastered reissue of Simon's 1973 album includes "Kodachrome" and "Loves Me Like A Rock."

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years - 12" 180 gram LP - Numbered - includes download card Remastered reissue of iconic 1975 album, originally produced by Phil Ramone and Paul Simon, includes four US Top 40 hits: "Gone At Last," "My Little Town" "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" and "Still Crazy After All These Years."

The Clash - The Clash - 1 CD in LP replica sleeve The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope - 1 CD in LP replica sleeve The Clash - London Calling - 2 CDs in LP replica sleeve The Clash - Sandinista! - 3 CDs in LP replica sleeve The Clash - Combat Rock - 1 CD in LP replica sleeve

For RSD Back To Black Friday 2013, Legacy Recordings is also releasing--as CDs in LP replica sleeves--the essential five studio albums that form the core catalog of The Clash. These editions were newly remastered by Clash guitarist Mick Jones and were included in the monumental Clash box set, Sound System, released September 2013.

Now in its sixth year, Record Store Day is an annual day-long celebration of record store culture taking place on the third Saturday in April. This past January, RSD announced the appointment of Jack White to the post of Record Store Day 2013 Ambassador.

SOURCE Legacy Recordings 

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from our friends at theomegaorder

ANVIL - Hope In Hell (2LP Gatefold)

Anvil have paved their own path throughout their 3 decade long career, revered by the likes of Metallica, Motorhead and Guns N Roses, the legendary Canadian metallers have 14 studio albums under their belts, have gone on countless tours around the world, and even starred in their own award winning documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil.

Never ones to sit around and rest on their laurels, they are proud to announce their 15th studio album “Hope In Hell” recorded with producer Bob Marlette in NRG studios coming out  May 28th on The End Records.

When asked what Anvil hopes to achieve in 2013, we get a very simple, honest answer “What we always hope for! Enough to continue!”

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from realgonemusic

THE ANIMALS: The Animals—the Mickie Most Years and More (5-CD Set)

Led by Eric Burdon, The Animals Remain Among the Most Popular Bands of the British Invasion and of '60s Rock 

Now, 50 Years After Their First Release, The Animals—the Mickie Most Years and More  Is the First-Ever Box Set Devoted to Their Work 

5-CD Set Includes Their First Four American Albums: The Animals, The Animals on Tour, Animal Tracks and Animalization 
• 16 Bonus Tracks Featuring Their Four-Song Debut EP, I Just Wanna Make Love to You, Plus Four Tracks Previously Unreleased in the U.S., Three Single Versions, Four Alternate Versions & One U.K.-Only Track Includes Such Classic Songs as "House of the Rising Sun," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," "It's My Life" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" 

Newly Remastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering from the Original Mono Tapes

They were right among the first rank of British Invasion bands, with 11 American chart hits in their first two years of existence. They were responsible for some of the most enduring recordings of their era, songs like “The House of the Rising Sun” (which famously caused Bob Dylan to jump out of his car seat when he first heard it on the radio) and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” And their lead singer, Eric Burdon, had (and still has) one of the most distinctive voices in all of rock ‘n’ roll. Yet, unlike their famous peers, the Animals have never had a box set devoted to their work…till now, 50 years after their first release!  The Mickie Most Years and More offers for the first time ever on CD the group’s first four American albums (all of which charted, the first three produced by Mickie Most)—The Animals, The Animals on Tour, Animal Tracks and Animalization—in their original mono versions, all newly remastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering from the original tapes. And each album features a bevy of bonus tracks, 16 in all, including their first release ever, the I Just Wanna Make Love to You EP that came out on the Graphic Sound label in 1963 (later reissued by Decca in 1965 as In the Beginning There Was Early Animals), four tracks previously unreleased in the U.S., three single versions (including “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” and “It’s My Life”), four alternate versions (three in stereo) of such tracks as “Talkin’ ‘Bout You” and “Don’t Bring Me Down,” and one U.K.-only track (“Roadrunner).” Liner notes to each album are by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke and, to sweeten the pot even more, we’re including an Animals T-shirt (100% cotton; size extra large) exclusive to this set. No collection of British Invasion and, for that matter, ‘60s rock and roll is complete without these records…this collection brings it on home. Brought to you by ABKCO Music and Records and Real Gone Music!

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 26, 2013 PRE-ORDER COMING SOON

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from our friends at relapse

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Two classic BBC Radiophonic Workshop collections to be reissued on vinyl





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Tom Waits, Derek Trucks, Sinead O'Conner, Others To Record Kickstarter Funded Blind Willie Johnson Album











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Nirvana, Kiss, Hall and Oates Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame







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Freddie Mercury, John Lennon holograms set for new London museum











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Dylan Fest Returning to NYC











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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 10/07 - 10/13, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:
1. Dr Dog - B-Room
2. Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
3. Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull
4. Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
5. Amos Lee - Mountains Of Sorrow
6. Bonnie Prince Billy - Bonnie Prince Billy
7. Fuzz - Fuzz
8. Darkside - Psychic
9. Cage The Elephant - Melophobia
10. Alex Chilton - Electricity By Candlelight
11. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Pt. 2
12. Washed Out - Paracosm
13. Patty Griffin - Silver Bell
14. Lee Ranaldo - Last Night On Earth
15. Parquet Courts - Tally All The Things That You Broke
16. Of Montreal - Lousy With Sylvianbriar
17. Red Fang - Whales & Leeches (bootleg edition)
18. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
19. Belle Adair - The Brave & The Blue
20. Moon Taxi - Mountains Beaches Cities
21. Melvins - Live At Third Man
22. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get...
23. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
24. Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork

New Music Releases - October 15, 2013

Aaron Parks - Arborescence
Alpaca - Demimonde
Alvarius B. - Fuck You and the Horse You Rode In On (vinyl)
American Sharks - American Sharks (vinyl)
Amy Grant - 3CD Christmas Gift Pack
Anacondas - Sub Contra Blues
Arthur Channel - Arthur Channel
Barton Carroll - Avery County, I'm Bound to You
Basia - Playlist: The Very Best of Basia
Beats Antique - A Thousand Faces – Act 1
Black Milk - No Poison No Paradise (vinyl)
Black Oak Arkansas - Back Thar N Over Yonder
Bloc Party - Tapes
Blue October - Sway
Boardwalk - Boardwalk
Boldy James - My 1st Chemistry Set
Boomtown Rats - Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits
Brian Haas and Matt Chamberlain - Frames
Cabaret Voltaire - Archive #828285 Live (3xCD)
Cameron McGill - Gallows Etiquette
Campfire Ok - When You Have Arrived (vinyl)
Carlton Melton - Always Even (vinyl)
Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others (vinyl)
Castevet - Obsian
CAVE - Threace
Cosmin TRG - New Structures for Loving (12")
Courtesy Drop - Songs To Drive To; Cry, And Make Love To
Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
Cross Record - Be Good (vinyl)
Crystal Antlers - Nothing Is Real (vinyl)
Cults - Static
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Studio Ghibli Kokyo Kyokushu (vinyl)
Darren Sylvester - Off by Heart
Dayshell - Dayshell
Dean Wareham - Emancipated Hearts
Death Angel - The Dream Calls for Blood
Depeche Mode - Should Be Higher
Diane Birch - Speak A Little Louder
DJ EZ - Fabriclive 71
DOA - War on 45 (vinyl)
Doomriders - Grand Blood
Dopplereffekt - Tetrahymenalrst
Easy Kabaka Brown - Opotopo (vinyl)
Elizabeth Mitchell - The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out Of The Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook
Elsinore - Push/Pull
Ereb Altor - Fire Meets Ice
Eric Clapton - Unplugged: Expanded and Remastered (4-disc box set)
Exhumer - Degraded by Sepsis
Expose - Playlist: The Very Best of Expose
Eye Candy - A Tell All
Field Study - Feverland
Forgotten Birds - Sahara (vinyl)
Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind (vinyl)
Frank Turner - The Second Three Years/Take To The Road (CD+DVD)
Gary Numan - Splinter
Gigan - Multi-Dimensional Fractal Sorcery And Super-Science
Gnaw - Horrible Chamber
Group Rhoda - 12th House (vinyl)
Halestorm - ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP
Happy Jawbone Family Band - Happy Jawbone Family Band
Harleighblu - Forget Me Not
Harold Budd - Perhaps
Heartsounds - Internal Eyes
Heavenly Beat - Prominence (vinyl)
Heldon - Interface (vinyl)
I Am King - Fallen
I Am King - Onehundred
Imbogodom - Metafather
Interbellum - This Was An Important Place In Their Lives
James Booker - James Booker: Classified Remixed & Expanded
James Ferraro - NYC, HELL 3:00 AM
Jeff Healey - Playlist: The Very Best of Jeff Healey
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Playlist: The Very Best of Jimi Hendrix Experience
John Davis - Ask the Dust (vinyl)
Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare
Jordan Klassen - Repentance
Kassin - Sonhando Devagar (vinyl)
Kevin Devine - Bubblegum (vinyl)
Kevin Devine - Bulldozer (vinyl)
Kill Division - Destructive Force
kwes. - ilp. (vinyl)
L'Orange and Stik Figa - The City Under the City
La Luz - It's Alive (vinyl)
Legion of Mary - Garcia Live Volume Three: Dec 14-15 1974 NW Tour
Leisure Connection - Jungle Dancing/Wave Riding (12")
Linda Thompson - Won't Be Long Now
Lizzo - Lizzobangers
Loss of Self - Twelve Minutes
Lucius - Wildewoman
Lucrecia Dalt - Syzygy (vinyl)
Luke Temple - Good Mood Fool
Megan Bonnell - Hunt and Chase
Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree (limited edition)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (limited edition)
Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse (limited edition)
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve (limited edition)
Meshuggah - Nothing (limited edition)
Meshuggah - obZen (limited edition)
Mikael Jorgensen and Greg O'Keeffe - Mikael Jorgensen and Greg O'Keeffe
Mike Donovan - WOT
Mirror Travel - Mexico
Misty Conditions - D'Zzzz
Modern Kin - Modern Kin
Molly Drake - Molly Drake (vinyl)
Monster Magnet - Last Patrol
Morcheeba - Head Up High
Morgan Zarate - Taker EP (vinyl)
My Cat Is An Alien - The Ocean Above Your Heads (vinyl)
Neo Boys - Sooner or Later (vinyl)
New Sound of Numbers - Invisible Magnetic
Nobunny - Secret Songs: Reflections from the Ear Mirror (vinyl)
Oblivion - Called To Rise
Oozing Wound - Retrash
Partridge Family - Playlist: The Very Best of the Partridge Family
Paul McCartney - New (vinyl)
Paul Simon - The Complete Albums Collection (15-CD box set)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Pelican - Forever Becoming
Polica - Shulamith (vinyl)
Red City Radio - Titles
Red Fang - Whales and Leeches
Ricardo Villalobos - Dependent and Happy 4 (12")
Rivers of Nihil - The Conscious Seed of Light
Saintseneca - Uppercutter (7")
Sarah Jarosz - Build Me Up from Bones (vinyl)
SCNTST - Percee Scan (12")
Scotty McCreery - See You Tonight
Secret Pyramid - Movements of Night (vinyl)
Shad - Flying Colours
Shine 2009: Our Nation
Silence The Messenger - Achilles
Sky Larkin - Motto (vinyl)
Snuff Crew - Work It Out (12")
Solrac Tracks and DJ Push Play - Golden Era
Summer Camp - Summer Camp
Survival Knife - Divine Mob (7")
Tancred - Tancred (vinyl)
Taylor Dayne - Playlist: The Very Best of Taylor Dayne
Testament - Dark Roots Of Thrash (CD/DVD)
Tetuzi Akiyama/Tom Carter/Christian Kiefer - The Darkened Mirror (vinyl)
The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion
The Beets - Play Silver Nickels and Golden Dimes (7")
The Body - Christs, Redeemers
The Books - Music for A French Elevator and Other Oddities
The Clash - Combat Rock (reissue) (vinyl)
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope (reissue) (vinyl)
The Clash - London Calling (reissue) (2xLP)
The Clash - Sandinista! (reissue) (vinyl)
The Clash - The Clash (reissue) (vinyl)
The Dismemberment Plan - Uncanney Valley (vinyl)
The Head and the Heart - Let's Be Still (vinyl)
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies (reissue)
Theologian - Some Things Have to Be Endured
Tim Hecker - Virgins (2xLP)
TLC - TBA
Toad the Wet Sprocket - New Constellation
Tristen - CAVES
Trivium - Vengeance Falls
Ultra Bidé - DNA vs DNA-c (vinyl)
Various Artists - Carrie - Music From The Motion Picture
Various Artists - Classroom Projects
Various Artists - Erased Tapes Collection V (5-disc box set) (vinyl)
Various Artists - Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance 2 - Classics and Rarities
Wayo - Trance Percussion Masters of South Sudan
We Are Scientists - Business Casual (EP)
Weird Owl - Healing
Will Hoge - Never Give In
Willie Nelson - To All the Girls..
World Collapse - Into The Night
Wymond Miles - Cut Yourself Free
Zebra Hunt – Only Way Out (7")

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

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Top 2013 Concert Tours and Tickets

Beyonce Black Crowes Bon Jovi Bruno Mars Cher Dave Matthews Band Drake Ed Sheeran Fall Out Boy Fun Imagine Dragons Jack Johnson Jay Z John Legend John Mayer Josh Groban Justin Timberlake

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from our friends at polyvinylrecords

of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar

of Montreal's new album 'Lousy with Sylvianbriar' is out now!

There are less than 100 copies remaining of the Early Bird Edition 180-Gram Sea Glass Green vinyl, so if you're planning to grab one for yourself there's no better time than now!

Lousy with Sylvianbriar was created with a new songwriting approach, a different recording method, and a fresh group of musicians.

Seeking creative inspiration, Kevin Barnes re-located to San Francisco where he spent days soaking in the strange surroundings and channeling the city's energy into his writing. After a very prolific period there, he returned to Athens, GA, and assembled the cast of musicians to begin the sessions.

Barnes eschewed computer recording -- with its pitch correction, limitless effects plug-ins and editing possibilities -- and instead, with the help of engineer Drew Vandenberg (Deerhunter, Toro y Moi), he recorded Lousy with Sylvianbriar in his home studio on a 24-track tape machine.

With no computer tricks to fall back on, the band -- Kevin Barnes (guitars,bass,vocals), Rebecca Cash (vocals), Clayton Rychlik (drums,vocals), Jojo Glidewell (keys), Bob Parins (pedal steel,bass), and Bennet Lewis (guitars,mandolin) -- could only get out of the recordings what they put into them.

Most of the tracking was recorded live with the band in the same room together. They worked quickly, with the band members composing their parts on the fly and with little second guessing. The album was recorded in just three weeks.

"I knew I wanted the process to be more in line with the way people used to make albums in the late 60s and early 70s," reveals Barnes. "I wanted to work fast and to maintain a high level of spontaneity and immediacy. I wanted the songs to be more lyric-driven, and for the instrumental arrangements to be understated and uncluttered.”

Opening track and lead single "Fugitive Air" feels like a Stones-y anthem, with sparks of Philip K. Dick's psychedelic prose, Ralph Bakshi's cartoon violence, and William S. Burroughs' hyper-paranoia.

"Belle Glade Missionaries" finds Barnes lyrically at his most political, backed by a soundtrack that is pure Dylan circa Highway 61 Revisited.

Vocalist Rebecca Cash makes several appearances on the album, taking the lead on the plaintive "Raindrop in My Skull," where her and Barnes share a Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris-inspired duet.

"She Ain't Speakin' Now" ranks among of Montreal's all-time great songs, transforming its brooding acoustic guitar intro into a visceral angst-ridden rocker that sounds like the best moments of Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

The album's closer, "Imbecile Rages," a caustic and doleful epitaph for a crumbling relationship, is one of Barnes' most raw and personal statements.

Like the classic albums that inspired it, this is an album to be explored, to be lived with, to be listened to in happiness and in darkness, to be dissolved into. To be played very loudly at parties and with eyes closed, in headphones, alone. It should become dog-eared and dirty with use and it should lessen the blow of our enemies, in all their forms

Get a copy at PolyVinylRecords

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what's great about our country is that people can express their opinions. though i may disagree with his theories, i do like to present both sides of the vinyl equation:

Five Reasons Why CDs Are Better Than Vinyl





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not to get on my soapbox, but there's just too much out there these days....

4 Million Songs On Spotify Have Never Been Played


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ya saw this coming....

Daft Punk reportedly releasing Random Access Memories deluxe box set











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Nirvana's In Utero Vinyl To Be Released On Black Friday 

Nirvana are set to release a remastered and remixed version of In Utero on Black Friday, November 29. The new vinyl version comes as a 45 RPM, 180-gram limited edition double vinyl in conjunction with Record Store Day's "Back to Black" event.  The release's original producer, Steve Albini, mastered the new mix at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. The reissue also features alternative artwork.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers to Release Limited-Edition Vinyl On Black Friday

Red Hot Chili Peppers recently announced that they will release a vinyl double LP, 'I'm Beside You,' on Black Friday, November 29th, via Warner Bros. Records.  The dual-disc set features outtakes recorded during sessions for the band's 2011 studio album 'I'm With You,' produced by Rick Rubin. Previously released as a series of nine individual 7" singles (from August 2012 to July 2013), the 17 tracks are being released together for the first time on limited-edition numbered vinyl. They have been pressed at RTI and mastered for vinyl at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

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Bob Dylan’s ‘Side Tracks’ to be released on vinyl for Record Store Day (Video)

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Quarrymen records 'most costly'











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vinyl doing well in the DC area:

The District’s record stores will spin you right round, baby







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cool story:

Unique Rockford store Toad Hall marks 40 years of vinyl, books, comics






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i see a pattern here....

Boston Reveal New Album Art
















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Beatles Book Tunes In to the Band’s History








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New Take On Music Crowdfunding From Cooking Vinyl's Pete Lawrence & Book Publisher Unbound