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Disney’s TRON - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Wendy Carlos

Double LP - two 180g translucent blue vinyl records

Disney's video game crossover movie TRON was a notable landmark in the synthesis of electronic and traditional orchestral music.  Wendy Carlos created a brilliant orchestral recording with symphonic backgrounds by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the UCLA Chorus which was later enhanced and upgraded with an electronic score. The result is an impressive soundscape that successfully and seamlessly fuses organic and electronic music.

The multi-Grammy award winning Wendy Carlos best-known for her popular “Switched on Bach,” series of albums also composed and performed on the soundtracks of  two Stanley Kubrick cinema masterpieces, “A Clockwork Orange” and “The Shining.”

The distinctive gatefold jacket holds two 180g translucent blue vinyl records and includes colorful photos from the popular cult film as well as generous and informative liner notes written by the composer as well as music maven, Michael Fremer who, at the time, served as the film's soundtrack supervisor. Fremer also oversaw the Audio Fidelity mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

The TRON soundtrack has two additional tracks ("Only Solutions” and the rock guitar-driven instrumental, "1990's Theme") provided by Journey, one of America's best selling and most beloved bands.

Gatefold package includes:
Colorful photos
Extensive liner notes

Buy at AudioFidelity

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from our friends at EnjoyTheRideRecords

DREAM THEATER "AWAKE" & "FALLING INTO INFINITY" 2xLP Re-Issues Pre-Order

The final titles from our critically acclaimed and long awaited "Dream Theater" Re-issue series with Brookvale Records are finally going on sale TODAY!

"Awake" will be pressed on 2xlp Gold/Grey Swirl with Blue Splatter & gatefold jacket with ALL lyrics & Falling into Infinity will be pressed on 2xlp Ocean Blue Swirl (Meant to resemble ocean waves) with White splatter & gatefold jacket with ALL lyrics

Each limited to 1000 Copies

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Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced

Limited 180gm vinyl LP edition remastered from the original 2-track mixdown master tapes and housed in a gatefold sleeve. The debut release from The Jimi Hendrix Experience is widely regarded as the greatest, most influential debut release from any artist. When first released in 1967, Are You Experienced turned the music world upside down as Hendrix showed everyone exactly what it meant to be 'experienced.'

1. Purple Haze
2. Manic Depression
3. Hey Joe
4. Love Or Confusion
5. May This Be Love
6. I Don't Live Today
7. The Wind Cries Mary
8. Fire
9. 3rd Stone From The Sun
10. Foxey Lady
11. Are You Experienced

Pick up a copy HERE

Bad Company - Bad Company

Audiophile 180-gram vinyl edition of the supergroup's 1974 chart-topping debut LP. Pressed at RTI. Original album was first-ever release on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song imprint. Features the legendary line-up of Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell. Includes the hit singles 'Can't Get Enough' and 'Movin' On.' Plus the signature classics 'Rock Steady,' 'Ready For Love' and the title track.

1. Can't Get Enough
2. Rock Steady
3. Ready for Love
4. Don't Let Me Down
5. Bad Company
6. The Way I Choose
7. Movin' On
8. Seagull

Pick up a copy HERE

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upcoming releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

DJ KRUSH - THE MESSAGE AT THE DEPTH

In the world of independent Hip Hop, artists either trailblaze like Quasimoto and El-P or salute their forebears like Blackalicious and Jurassic 5. Japanese breaks maestro DJ Krush is a curious exception to the rule; he seems virtually unaffected by trends yet encompasses many of them in his productions, and offers something different with virtually each release.

Similar to lauded underground labels from Def Jux to Big Dada, The Message At The Depth is underground rap for the digital age, far removed from the moldy crates and dusty beats of Krush's Mo' Wax classic Strictly Turntablized. His beats are digital, heavily resampled and quantized, splintering off like drum'n'bass patterns but possessing a depth and clarity not seen since the heyday of Massive Attack.

And with far fewer collaborations here than on his last record, Zen [MOVLP220], there's more room to hear Krush at his best. A pair of instrumentals, the dark breaks symphonies "Sanity Requiem" and "The Blackhole" are added by high-profile vocal features of Antipop Consortium and Anticon, in the stoner nightmare "Song for John Walker". Ace rapping comes from Japanese MC Inden, who gets his point across on "Toki No Tabiji (Journey of Time)" without needing to resort to English.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Insert
• First pressing of 1000 numbered copies on transparent vinyl

THE FRAMES - FITZCARRALDO

Fitzcarraldo is the second studio album by The Frames, released on ZTT Records in 1995. The Frames' line-up for Fitzcarraldo features Glen Hansard on guitar and vocals, Colm Mac Con Iomaire on violin, Graham Downey on bass guitar and keyboards, Dave Odlum on lead guitar, Paul Brennan on drums and Noreen O'Donnell on backing vocals.

The title track's name comes from Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo which frontman Hansard describes as being about a man "pulling a ship over a mountain". The album has been the go-to document for the long-running Dublin band's early sound. Actually, it's not all that different from the punchy, emotional Rock sound that would define them for over a decade following.

Led by the passionate and fearless Glen Hansard, The Frames always remain listenable while liberally pouring out their every embarrassing emotion; the deft violin, cello, and keys that flesh out the songs help prevent too much confessional melodrama. Hansard is a belter, but his earnest vulnerability on songs like "Giving It All Away" draws an empathetic response anyway. "Revelate," a statement of purpose as deeply felt as the best of U2's early singles, would justifiably come to be a live fan favorite.  180 gram audiophile vinyl and Insert

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT -  YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF

3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... is the debut album by American Hip Hop group Arrested Development, released in 1992. The album's chart success was the beginning of the popularization of Southern Hip Hop.

The album stood in stark contrast to the gangsta rap that ruled the Hip Hop charts in 1992, in its focus on spirituality, peace and love. It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. The album's title refers to the length of time it took Arrested Development to get a record contract.

The album charted at #3 in the UK Charts, and #7 in the Billboard 200. Charting singles that came off the album are " People Everyday", "Mr. Wendal" and "Tennessee". The latter song is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.  180 gram audiophile vinyl and Insert

LEONARD COHEN - I'M YOUR FAN

I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, released in 1991, produced by the French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles. The album features Cohen's songs interpreted by some of the most respected Rock acts of the time. Its name is a play on the title of Cohen's album I'm Your Man.

The album includes two different covers of "Tower of Song", one by Robert Forster and another by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The latter version is a radical deconstruction of the song, edited from an hour-long jam session held by the band. Of particular interest are R.E.M.'s "First We'll Take Manhattan" and The Pixies' "I Can't Forget."   180 gram audiophile vinyl


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from our friends at Relapse

Atriarch - An Unending Pathway

After two critically beloved records on Seventh Rule and Profound Lore ATRIARCH make their Relapse debut with their finest moment yet.  Blending death rock, doom, black metal, punk and psychedelic drone/noise ATRIARCH immediately establish themselves as one of the most creative and compelling heavy-music bands of the 21st century.  Imagine Bauhaus as covered by Eyehategod, or Sisters of Mercy filtered through Neurosis, and you start to get the picture of what ATRIARCH has achieved on their new record.  Once every few years a band comes along that takes the familiar and creates something wholly new.  ATRIARCH have done just that with An Unending Pathway.
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***Mailorder exclusive LP on black/grey merge vinyl limited to 300.  Come with an exclusive 2.9" x 3.5" woven patch and includes a free digital download of the entire album***

Pressing Info:
First Press
900 x Black Standard Gram
300 x Black 180 Gram *Mailorder Exclusive*
300 x Black / Grey Merge Standard Gram *Mailorder Exclusive*
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

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Anatomy Of Habit - Ciphers + Axioms

ANATOMY OF HABIT’S Relapse debut ‘Ciphers + Axioms’ is an intensely terrifying tranced-out post-metal noise-rock masterpiece.  Fronted by noise icon Mark Solotroff (Bloodyminded) ANATOMY OF HABIT is rounded out by an all-star big band featuring legendary drummer John McEntire (Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Gastr Del Sol, etc), Will Lindsay (Indian, Wolves In The Throne Room, etc) on guitar, Theo Katsaounis (Joan Of Arc) on percussion and Kenny Rasmussen (ex-Radar Eyes) on bass more.  Solotoroff leads the band through 2 twenty+ minute epic songs of tensely monolithic walls of guitar and percussion with his baritone vocal poetics.  With ‘Ciphers + Axioms’ ANATOMY OF HABIT take their place amongst Swans and Neurosis as being one of the most unique and truly gifted post-metal heavy music bands of all time.

***Exclusively available through Relapse.com  Limited to 200 on blue/yellow vinyl.  Includes a free digital download of the entire album***

Pressing Info:
First Press
700 x Black Standard Gram
200 x Blue / Yellow Merge Standard Gram *Mailorder Exclusive*
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

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Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues

Between the Buried and Me's storied career began back in the year 2000. Since their inception, they've released six full length albums and one live album: Between the Buried and Me (2002, Lifeforce), The Silent Circus (2003, Victory), Alaska (2005, Victory), The Anatomy Of (2006, Victory), Colors (2007, Victory), Colors Live (2008, Victory), The Great Misdirect (2009, Victory). Between the Buried and Me (BTBAM) has thrived both with their albums and through their engaging and unparalleled live show. BTBAM challenges listeners with their ever-evolving musical style, juxtaposed compositions, ultra-long songs, and deep lyrical concepts, as opposed to giving in to the lowest common denominator to try and expand their fan base. This has resulted in a fanatically loyal following and albums that consistently make it onto the myriad of top 10 lists in any year BTBAM releases an album.

The next step in BTBAM's musical journey involves a new label home in Metal Blade Records and another trek into boundary and genre defying song-writing that is their new album, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues.

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Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails

 Quicksilver delivered the goods with the historic live concert document "Happy Trails." Side One of the 1969 album consisted entirely of the infamous "Who Do You Love" jam, featuring an extended workout on the Bo Diddley classic as well as Side Two's extended workouts on "Mona" and "Calvary" It was an instant hit with the fans. It is easy to hear why, just listen to the musicianship of John Cipollina, Gary Duncan, David Freiberg & Greg Elmore... truly a definitive sixties masterpiece! Relayer is honored to announce the first time audiophile vinyl release of this classic LP & gatefold cover!

180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl/Limited Edition

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UFO - Lights Out

UFO hit the arena rock world big time with their 1977 mega smash Lights Out. The LP contained 8 stellar tracks which have become UFO classics. From the smash single Too Hot To Handle to the anthem title track Lights Out, you will soon know that you are in for one amazing hard rock extravaganza. This watershed album roars on with more classic UFO tracks like Electric Phase, Try Me and Love To Love. Friday Music proudly presents for the first time on limited edition audiophile vinyl in North America, UFO's classic masterpiece Lights Out mastered from the original Chrysalis Tapes.

180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl/Limited Edition

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The Hunt For Vinyl Record Presses




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Rare Beatles Album Sells for $36,655







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Jack White to release historic Bonnaroo performance on triple vinyl and DVD









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Waxwork Records tease picture disc release of Trick ‘r Treat and it looks amazing











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John Stancavage: Resurgence of vinyl turns tables on cool







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Velvet Underground’s Third Album to Get Super-Deluxe Reissue Next Month











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Simon & Garfunkel Treated to 'Complete Albums Collection' Box Set

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2014


DEAR JERRY: A couple of months ago you wrote about some rare and valuable 78 rpm records from the Gennett company. Would you be willing to something similar for the Paramount label? 

I doubt there is another company with so many big ticket items for us collectors to drool over. 
—Artie Moreland, Covington, Ky. 

DEAR ARTIE: Well said, and drool they do every time a Paramount blues or country 78 hits the marketplace. Paramount is clearly the most collectible label ever.

Below are the 40 most recent Paramount sales that we have verified, and nearly all are from their golden age, (1926-1932).

Keep in mind that there are many more, by artists listed here as well as other folks, that are as valuable but just haven't sold as recently:

$31,700: Tommy Johnson "Alcohol and Jake Blues" (Paramount 1250) (1930)
$6,666: Charley Patton "Hammer Blues" (Paramount 12998) (1930)
$6,230: Tommy Johnson "Black Mare Blues" (Paramount 13000) (1930)
$6,200: Skip James "22-20 Blues" (Paramount 13066) (1931)
$5,778: Charley Patton "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues" (Paramount 12805) (1929)
$5,775: Skip James "Devil Got My Woman" (Paramount 13088) (1931)
$5,599: Charley Patton "High Water Everywhere" (Paramount 12909) (1929)
$4,083: Charley Patton "Shake It and Break It But (Don't Let It Fall Mama)" (Paramount 12869) (1929)
$3,939: Ed Bell "Frisco Whistle Blues" (Paramount 12546) (1927)
$3,743: Blind Lemon Jefferson (Birthday Record) "Low Down Mojo Blues" (Paramount 12650) (1928)
$3,716: Big Bill (Broonzy) and the Thomps "House Rent Stomp" (Paramount 12656) (1928)
$3,219: Blind Blake "Hard Road Blues" (Paramount 12583) (1927)
$3,161: Blind Blake "Wabash Rag" (Paramount 12597) (1927)
$3,075: Will Ezell "Bucket of Blood" (Paramount 12773) (1929)
$3,052: Buddy (Walter) Boy Hawkins "Snatch It Back Blues" (Paramount 12475) (1927)
$2,995: Will Ezell "Crawlin' Spider Blues" (Paramount 12729) (1928)
$2,983: Elder J.J. Hadley (Charley Patton) "Prayer of Death" (Paramount 12799) (1929)
$2,875: Blind Lemon Jefferson "Rabbit Foot Blues" (Paramount 12454) (1927)
$2,749: Dobby Bragg "Fire Detective Blues" (Paramount 12827) (1929)
$2,717: Ramblin' Thomas "Sawmill Moon" (Paramount 12616) (1928)
$2,605: Will Ezell "Freakish Mistreater Blues" (Paramount 12914) (1929)
$2,500: Henry Brown and Ike Rodgers "Blues Stomp" (Paramount 12934) (1930)
$2,482: Ramblin' Thomas "So Lonesome" (Paramount 12637) (1928)
$2,400: Blind Lemon Jefferson "Peach Orchard Mama" (Paramount 12801) (1929)
$2,356: Beale Street Sheiks "Beale Town Bound" (Paramount 12576) (1927)
$2,225: Blind Blake "Doggin' Me Mama Blues" (Paramount 12673) (1928)
$2,225: Ben Curry (Ben Covington ) "The Laffing Rag" (Paramount 13122) (1932)
$2,225: King Oliver's Jazz Band "The Southern Stomps" (Paramount 12088, red plastic) (1923)
$2,201: Fruit Jar Guzzlers "Stack-O-Lee" (Paramount 3121) (1928)
$2,179: James Wiggins "Corrine Corrina Blues" (Paramount 12916) (1930)
$2,156: Beale Street Sheiks "Fillin' in Blues" (Paramount 12894) (1929)
$2,150: Arnold Wiley "Spider in Your Dumpling" (Paramount 12955) (1930)
$2,016: Geo. "Bullet" Williams "Touch Me Light Mama" (Paramount 12680) (1928)
$2,015: Washboard Trio "Lady Quit Her Husband Onexpectinly" (sic) (Paramount 12682) (1928)
$2,007: Will Ezell "Pitchin' Boogie" (Paramount 12855) (1929)
$2,000: Winston Holmes and Charlie Turner "Skinner" (Paramount 12815) (1929)
$2,000: Charlie McFadden "Groceries on the Shelf" (Paramount 12928) (1930)
$2,000: Blind Joe Taggart "I've Crossed the Separation Line" (Paramount 12717) (1928)
$2,000: Dixie Land Thumpers "Oriental Man" (Paramount 12594) (1927)
$2,000: Ardell Bragg "Pig Meat Blues" (Paramount 12398) (1926)


DEAR JERRY: The one instrument in a band that is nearly always played by a man is the drums. In fact, the only female drummer I can think of is Karen Carpenter, of the Carpenters. 

Karen was far better known for her magnificent contralto, but it was pretty much agreed that she truly was an excellent drummer. 

Is there another famous female drummer, perhaps one whose career was specifically based on being an instrumentalist? 
—Randi Holstein, Arcadia, Calif. 

DEAR RANDI: Yes, and her name is Viola Smith.

Viola's glory years predate the 1970s, the decade when most of the world discovered Karen Carpenter, so it's understandable if you've never heard of this amazing lady.

Smith, born November 29, 1912, began drumming in her family band in the 1920s, but her skill and gender soon became known throughout the jazz and swing band world.

In the late 1930s, Viola joined Frances Carroll and the Coquettes, an all-girl, 12-piece, music and dance band. Smith's swinging drum solos were routinely spotlighted by Carroll and became the most anticipated segment of her shows.

Nearly the entire front cover of Billboard's February 24, 1940 issue is devoted to a photo of Vi during one of her blazing solos with the Coquettes.

In 1942, with WW2 requiring so many American men for military service, there was a shortage of male musicians. Phil Spitalny solved that problem with his very popular Hour of Charm, featuring an all-girl orchestra. Phil's choice on drums was Viola Smith, by now the country's No. 1 female percussionist.

Smith continued drumming up a storm until 1978, when she finally laid her drumsticks down.

If you've already done the math, you know that Vi will be 102 in just a few weeks (November 29).
To see and hear Viola Smith at work, check out this beautiful video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5c_XZaArH4


IZ ZAT SO? Hollywood quickly took notice of the attractive young lady who also happened to be one of the nation's top instrumentalists.

Viola appeared in two war time films: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1942) and "Here Come the Co-Eds" (1945).

In 1966, when "Cabaret" opened on Broadway, the cast included the Kit Kat Klub Kittens, and the drummer in the Kit Kat band was, of course, Viola Smith.

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 2014 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission 

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The Complete Albums Collection 1980 – 1988 (Pre-Order) by Iron Maiden

BMG and INgrooves Music Group will follow the 2012/13 IRON MAIDEN vinyl picture disc reissues of the first eight Iron Maiden albums, which spanned the 1980s, with brand new pressings of the albums in heavyweight 180g black vinyl in the United States.

The albums will be cut from the original UK analogue master tapes and packaged in identical artwork to the initial 1980's releases.

The release of these high quality, black vinyl records offers optimum choice to fans who would like to own a piece of Maiden's authentic 1980's vinyl sound, or for those simply wanting to rediscover this much loved, iconic format. Coupled with the end of the Maiden England World Tour which began in North America in 2012 and finished last month at Knebworth Park's Sonisphere Festival in the UK, this now completes Maiden's 1980's touring and catalogue reissues cycle, so the band are free to focus on their dynamic future plans.

Limited Edition – Only 2,500 Units Available

Special Collector’s Box Contains The First 3 Iron Maiden LP’s On 180 Gram Black Vinyl (iron Maiden, Killers And The Number Of The Beast) And Is Sized To Complete Your Collection Of All Eight 1980’s Iron Maiden LPs

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Songs Of Innocence (Pre-Order) (On Sale) by U2

Songs of Innocence is U2’s most personal work to date, charting the band’s earliest influences from 70s rock and punk rock to early 80s electronica and ambient music and giving insight into how and why the band came together. The album deals with themes of home and family, relationships and discovery and was recorded in Dublin, London, New York and Los Angeles and is produced by Danger Mouse, along with Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Declan Gaffney and Flood.

Pre-Order at SoundStageDirect


This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Pink Floyd - The Endless River (Pre-Order) (On Sale)
2. Iron Maiden - The Complete Albums Collection 1980 – 1988 (Pre-Order)
3. U2 - Songs Of Innocence (Pre-Order) (On Sale)
4. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
5. Bruce Springsteen - The Album Collection Volume 1 1973-1984 (Pre-Order) (On Sale)
6. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
7. Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
8. Various Artists - Forrest Gump (20th Anniversary Soundtrack) (Pre-Order)

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Sly Stone I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70 Vinyl Reissue Via Light In The Attic

In 1970, The Family Stone were at the peak of their popularity, but the maestro Sly Stone had already moved his head to a completely different space. The first evidence of Sly’s musical about-turn was revealed by the small catalog of his new label, Stone Flower: a pioneering, peculiar, minimal electro-funk sound that unfolded over just four seven-inch singles. Stone Flower’s releases were credited to their individual artists, but each had Sly’s design and musicianship stamped into the grooves–and the words “Written by Sylvester Stewart/Produced and arranged by Sly Stone” on the sticker.

Set up by Stone’s manager David Kapralik with distribution by Atlantic Records, Stone Flower was, predictably, a family affair: the first release was by Little Sister, fronted by Stone’s little sister Vaetta Stewart. It was short lived too–the imprint folded in 1971–but its influence was longer lasting. The sound Stone formulated while working on Stone Flower’s output would shape the next phase in his own career as a recording artist: it was here he began experimenting with the brand new Maestro Rhythm King drum machine. In conjunction with languid, effected organ and guitar sounds and a distinctly lo-fi soundscape, Sly’s productions for Stone Flower would inform the basis of his masterwork There’s A Riot Goin’ On.

This long overdue compilation of Sly’s Stone Flower era gathers each side of the five 45s plus ten previously unissued cuts from the label archives, all newly remastered from the original tapes. In these grooves you’ll find the missing link between the rocky, soulful Sly Stone of Stand! and the dark, drum machine-punctuated, overdubbed sound of There’s A Riot Going On. I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70 opens up the mysteries of an obscure but monumental phase in Stone’s career.

•Compilation and notes by Alec Palao
•An exclusive new interview with Sly Stone himself
•In-depth liner notes with first-hand reminiscences of the Stone Flower era from many of the participants
•Features all five Stone Flower produced singles plus ten previously unissued cuts from the label archives
•All tracks newly remastered from the original tapes
•2xLP housed in a gatefold “tip-on” jacket

LP Available: November 4, 2014

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Sam Amidon Lily-O Available On Vinyl Via Nonesuch

Lily-O, a new album of reimagined folk songs by Vermont-born singer/fiddler/banjoist/guitarist Sam Amidon was released September 30 by Nonesuch Records, with the vinyl following on October 27. The album was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Feist) and features the innovative jazz guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, along with Amidon’s other frequent collaborators, bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Chris Vatalaro.

Lily-O’s ten songs are mostly traditional folk songs gathered from disparate sources and refashioned in Amidon’s signature way. The interplay between the four musicians is informed by their backgrounds in improvised music and the spontaneous nature of the sessions. As always, the central element is Amidon’s voice, which, in his deceptively understated manner, tells tales of adventure, love, violence and redemption.

LP is ready for pre-order at Nonesuch (Due 10/27)

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PRIMORDIAL to Release New LP In November Via Metal Blade Records

Dublin's finest metal exports, PRIMORDIAL, will release their long-anticipated new studio album, 'Where Greater Men Have Fallen' later this Fall via Metal Blade Records.

Comments singer A.A. Nemtheanga on "Where Greater Men Have Fallen": "Some time at the end of 2013 we sat and began to plot a course for album number eight. We moved camp to a new rehearsal room and the ideas began to take shape. We felt it was time to try a new studio and engineer so we went to grouse lodge deep in the middle of Ireland and employed Gomez (Cathedral, Angelwitch, Grave Miasma) to come over and work on the new album." The band's idea was, of course, to keep the PRIMORDIAL trademarks but add a more live sound, broader and heavier. In 2014, we stand at the brink of releasing album number eight and, according to Nemtheanga: "we feel revitalized, the hunger never left and we are ready for another chapter to be written in our history!"

* Pre-Order: Expected to ship on or around November 20, 2014 *

Pre-Order at MetalBladeRecords

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Pink Floyd The Endless River Vinyl Pre-Order

The Endless River represents a return to the creative principles that informed the writing process that produced Pink Floyd classics like Echoes, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Animals.

In early 1993, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright set up their equipment in their own Britannia Row Studios in Islington and created more than hundred pieces of music by jamming together, interacting with each other's performances and recording the results.

They then honed the pieces at David's Astoria floating studio, played them live for 2 days at Olympic Studios in Barnes with an extended lineup (Guy Pratt on bass, Jon Carin on keyboards and Gary Wallis on percussion). After that, the core trio returned to Astoria, and worked further on the compositions, alongside co-producer Bob Ezrin, refining the structure, tempos and arrangements. The result, after lyrics and vocals were added, was the 12 million selling 'Division Bell' album.

At the time, there had been talk of a separate ambient album being created from the non-vocal tracks not subsequently issued on 'The Division Bell', but the idea was eventually dropped.

In 2014 David Gilmour and Nick Mason re-entered the studio and, starting with unreleased keyboard performances by Richard Wright, who sadly died in 2008, added further instrumentation to the tracks, as well as creating new material. The result is The Endless River, including 60% of recordings other than the 1993 sessions, but based upon them. The title is a further link, '... the endless river…' being part of the closing phrases of High Hopes, the final song of the previous Pink Floyd album.

2-LP SET includes
- Heavyweight 180 gram vinyl
- Gatefold sleeve, full color inner bags
- 16-page 275mmx275mm booklet with unseen photographs from 1993 sessions
- Download card

This title will be released on November 10, 2014.

Pre-Order The Endless River

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UK Vinyl Album Sales in 2014 Already Exceed 2013′s Total

UK sales of vinyl albums this year have already exceeded the total achieved in the whole of 2013, according to analysis by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).

Year-to-date sales of vinyl albums now total 844,122, according to ERA analysis of Official Charts Company data, compared with the 829,243 sales recorded in 2013. With three months of the year still left to run, that means total 2014 vinyl sales will almost certainly exceed one million, more than four times their level as recently as 2008.

Source: Official Charts Company

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billboard sets the record straight...

Urban Outfitters Doesn't Sell the Most Vinyl - A Billboard analysis shows that Amazon is the largest seller of vinyl in the U.S.






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The Go-Betweens' Early Years Celebrated with 'G Stands for Go-Betweens' Box Set











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The Vinyl Factory to reissue the ICA’s rare collection of early electronica Cybernetic Serendipity Music







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Amazon Best Sellers in CDs & Vinyl

1. Partners ~ Barbra Streisand
2. Cheek to Cheek (Deluxe) ~ Tony Bennett
3. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone ~ Lucinda Williams
4. ART OFFICIAL AGE ~ Prince
5. 747 (Deluxe) ~ Lady Antebellum
6. BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE ~ Blake Shelton
7. The Endless River (Deluxe CD\ Blu-ray) ~ Pink Floyd
8. PLECTRUMELECTRUM ~ Prince & 3rdeyegirl
9. Popular Problems ~ Leonard Cohen
10. Melody Road (CD + Early Ticket Promo) ~ Neil Diamond

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 9/22 - 9/28, 2014

Vinyl Top 25

1. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
2. Aphex Twin - Syro
3. Tweedy - Sukierae
4. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
5. The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
6. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
7. Gary Clark Jr - Gary Clark Jr Live
8. Goat - Commune
9. Jack White - Lazaretto
10. Various - Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Born In The USA
11. Bonnie Prince Billy - Singers Grave A Sea Of Tongues
12. Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers
13. The Beatles - Revolver MONO
14. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
15. Whirr - Sway
16. Jimi Hendrix - Cry Of Love
17. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band MONO
18. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
19. Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
20. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
21. Tennis - Ritual In Repeat
22. Ty Segall - Manipulator
23. Soundtrack - Guardians Of The Galaxy
24. Queen - Live At The Rainbow '74
25. Spoon - They Want My Soul

New Music Releases - September 30, 2014

1349 - Massive Cauldron of Chaos
A.M. Overcast - Lexicon Palace (colored vinyl)
ABBA - Live At Wembley Arena (2CD) (deluxe edition)
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (pink vinyl)
Ani DiFranco -  Allergic to Water
Ausmuteants - Order of Operation (vinyl)
Barry White - 5 Classic Albums
Battlecross - War Of Will (vinyl)
Beach Slang - Cheap Thrills On A Dead End Street
Between The Buried And Me - Future Sequence: Live at the Fidelitorium
Bill Burr - Live At Andrew’s House (vinyl)
Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage Of Stars
Blake Shelton - Bringing Back The Sunshine
Blink 182 - Neighborhoods (reissue) (vinyl)
Boogarins - As Plantas Que Curam
Boothroyd - Idle Hours (vinyl)
Boyz II Men - Collide
Bryan Adams - Tracks of My Years
Butcher Babies - Uncovered
Capsize - The Angst In My Veins (vinyl)
Christopher Owens - A New Testament
Come The Dawn - Light of the World
Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (pink vinyl)
Curtin - Doghearted
Dance Gavin Dance - Dance Gavin Dance (vinyl)
Danny Elfman - The Nightmare Before Christmas OST (vinyl)
Dave Koz & Friends - The 25th Of December
Death - Spiritual Healing (vinyl)
Decapitated - Blood Mantra
Dream Theater - Breaking The Fourth Wall (Live From The Boston Opera House)
Electric Wizard - Time To Die
Electric Youth - Innerworld (vinyl)
Emarosa - Emarose/Relativity (vinyl)
Englelbert Humperdinck - Engelbert Calling
Excel - Split Image (reissue)
Finch - Back To Oblivion (vinyl)
Fucked Up - Mix Tape 5
Genesis - R-Kive
Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien (vinyl)
Gui Boratto - Abaporu (2xLP)
Heart - 5 Classic Albums
Hemingway - Pretend To Care
Hightide Hotel - Naturally
Household - With or Without
ILYA - In Blood
In This Moment - Blood (pink vinyl)
Internal Bleeding - Imperium
Jamie T - Carry On The Grudge
Jamie T. - Carry On The Grudge
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (pink vinyl)
JEFF The Brotherhood - Dig The Classics (EP)
Jeremih - Late Nights: The Album
Jetty Boys - Singles Collection
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (vinyl)
John Southworth - Niagara
Judas Priest - Original Album Classics
Katatonia - Last Fair Day Gone Night (CD/DVD)
Kellie Pickler - The Woman I Am (pink vinyl)
Khold - Til Endes
KISS - Alive: The Millennium Concert (reissue) (vinyl)
KISS - Creatures of the Night (reissue) (vinyl)
Lady Antebellum - 747
Lucinda Williams - Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Lucius - Wildewoman (reissue) (pink vinyl)
Luke Winslow-King - Everlasting Arms
Luxembourg Signal - Luxembourg Signal (vinyl)
Marmozets - The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets
Marty Stuart - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
Martyrdod - Elddop (vinyl)
ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES - Are We Not Men? We are Diva! (pink vinyl)
Megadeth - 5 Classic Albums (boxset)
Melissa Etheridge - This is ME
Meshuggah - I (reissue)
Meshuggah - The Ophidian Trek (Blu-ray/DVD/2-CD)
Michael W. Smith & Friends - The Spirit Of Christmas
Minus The Bear - Ice Planet (reissue) (vinyl)
Minus The Bear - They Make Beer Commercials Like This (reissue) (vinyl)
Montibus Communitas - The Pilgrim to the Absolute (vinyl)
Monty Python - Monty Python's Total Rubbish: Super Deluxe
Mr. Big - ...The Stories We Could Tell
Mudvayne - Original Album Classics
Nas - Original Album Classics
Nightbringer - Ego Dominus Tuus
Nonpoint - The Return
Nothing - Guilty Of Everything (pink vinyl)
Notting Hillbillies - Missing: Presumed Having a Good Time (vinyl)
Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory? (reissue) (vinyl)
Ólöf Arnalds - Palme
Oren Ambarchi - Quixotism
Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley (reissue) (vinyl)
Paul White - Shaker Notes
Peter Criss - Peter Criss (reissue) (vinyl)
Populous - Night Safari
Prince - Art Official Age
Prince - Plectrumelectrum
Puig Destroyer - Puig Destroyer
Ramblin Jack Elliott - Hightone Years
Raul Midón - Don't Hesitate
Ritual Howls - Turkish Leather (vinyl)
Robin Gibb - 50 St. Catherine's Drive
Rocky Gray - Accursed
Sanctuary - The Year The Sun Died
Self Defense Family - Duets
Sick of It All - The Last Act Of Defiance
Sick Of It All - The Last Act Of Defiance
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators - World On Fire (vinyl)
St. Paul and The Broken Bones - Half The City (pink vinyl)
Status Quo - The Frantic Four's Final Fling...
Steve Aoki - Neon Future
Stevie Nicks - 24 Karat Gold - Songs From The Vault (2xLP)
Temples - Sun Structures (pink vinyl)
The Heads - Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere (2xLP)
The History of Apple Pie - Feel Something
The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music (reissue) (2xLP)
The Jayhawks - Smile (reissue) (2xLP)
The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies (reissue) (2xLP)
The Most Dangerous Animal - Breakfast (vinyl)
The Notting Hillbillies - Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (vinyl)
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Mended With Gold (vinyl)
The Vaselines - V for Vaselines
Tim Gane - Kollektion 01: Sky Records Compiled by Tim Gane: Volume A (vinyl)
Tim Gane - Kollektion 01: Sky Records Compiled by Tim Gane: Volume B (vinyl)
Torch Runner - Endless Nothing
Touche Amore - Live On BBC Radio 1: Vol. 2
Tove Lo - Queen Of The Clouds
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Gone Girl Soundtrack
Trigger Hippy - Trigger Hippy
TV On the Radio - Seeds
Various Artists - Frozen OST (vinyl)
Various Artists - My Little Pony OST (vinyl)
Wampire - Bazaar (vinyl)
Weedeater - Sixteen Tons (reissue)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (vinyl)
Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels
Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag (reissue) (vinyl)
Yelle - Complètement Fou
yMusic - Balance Problems

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at NewOnVinyl

A PERFECT CIRCLE - THIRTEENTH STEP

Thirteenth Step is the second studio album by A Perfect Circle. The American Rock super group formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan.

Originally released in 2003, Thirteenth Step sold well, charting at the number 2 position on the Billboard 200 in its premiere week and staying on the charts for 78 weeks. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. Following the release of the album, the band toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

Three singles were released from the album, “Weak and Powerless”, which topped both the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks, followed by “The Outsider” and “Blue” which also charted on the respective charts.

The reissue of this critically acclaimed album is pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl, with the first 1500 copies being individually numbered and pressed on yellow/red mixed vinyl.

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MILES DAVIS - LIVE AT THE 1963 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL

Recorded September 20, 1963, at the Monterey Jazz Festival, this set featured Miles’ new quintet, with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. This group, minus Coleman and with the addition of Wayne Shorter, would soon go on to make some of the most highly regarded jazz LPs of all-time. This smoking set, which features a wonderful rendition of “So What” is presented here in a limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies on solid grey vinyl with yellow splatter in a transparent sleeve.

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ELVIS PRESLEY - LIVE AT THE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE 1955

The King made his television debut on the legendary Louisiana Hayride, March 3, 1955. Running through his classic tunes in fine fashion, this edition is presented in a limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies on clear yellow vinyl with multicolor splatter in a transparent sleeve.

Buy at NewOnVinyl

SAM COOKE - HARLEM SQUARE CLUB, MIAMI, JAN 1963

Recorded in 1963 at Miami’s Harlem Square Club, this stunning live date from the great Sam Cooke went unreleased for years because his label thought it was too raw and raucous, a complaint that hardly seems fair today as this is now known as one of the great live albums of all-time. Presented here in a limited edition of 300 copies on clear vinyl with green and yellow splatter in a transparent sleeve.

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the latest from DeathWaltz

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (Red Vinyl)

Death Waltz Recording Company are proud to present Jeff Grace’s score to THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, Ti West’s acclaimed shocker that homages and celebrates films from one of the true golden ages of horror cinema. Coming from the same kind of place as THE OMEN and ROSEMARY’S BABY, the film has a certain period aesthetic that is reflected in its brooding and slow-burning score. Whilst it starts with an electric guitar and synth piece that immediately sets the mood and the time, Grace’s score doesn’t immediately hit you over the head, instead building itself up over time and increasing intensity while always being absolutely unsettling.
 
The score begins in a minimalistic way, with delicate piano providing an eerie and foreboding presence. There are flashes of beauty amongst the sinister, with a solo violin providing a brief but exceptional moment of escape, but even that feels uncomfortable. Things start to heat up soon after, with the introduction of frantic strings to jolt you before Grace opens up with massive synths and insectoid violins in a glorious moment of musical confrontation, and from there on you’re in for a terrifying treat, with a final act that cements the score as a modern classic. This is a house you’ll want to return to again and again.

180g red vinyl housed in a heavyweight 350 GSM sleeve with sleevenotes by Jeff Grace. Comes with a poster of the cover art.

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Vampyr - Death & Vanilla.

Very proud to have some of this to distribute through DW , One of the most beautiful re-scores we’ve ever heard and a stunning piece of music in it’s own right. The perfect record to listen to late at night with the lights out.

Psychedelic dreampop group Death and Vanilla, returns with their second release for Kalligrammofon, a 2 x vinyl-LP edition of Vampyr, a live recording capturing a semi-improvised performance made during the screening of Carl Theodor Dreyers classic horror movie Vampyr (1932) at Fantastisk Filmfestival in Lund 2012.09.23 (*D2: recorded during the “Vampyr”-rehearsals).Typically a duo, this particular recording finds the group fleshed out to a quintet with organs, glockenspiel, vibraphonette, moog, samples, bass, guitar and zither. The album is slow to unfurl and carefully executed, brilliantly evoking it’s grim subject matter and ominous tone.Originally released as a cassette on Moon Glyph in 2013, Kalligrammofon is proud to present Vampyr in a re-mastered and expanded edition featuring 9 minutes of previously unreleased rehearsal recordings.

One off repress of 299 copies on red vinyl comes with a 630×630 mm foldout poster artwork by Amanda de Frumiere.

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Jimmy Eat World - Futures 2XLP

Giving Jimmy Eat World's Futures the full SRCHIFI treatment includes audiophile-level pressing and premium packaging providing fans with a genuine experience. Mastered by audiophile engineer, Kevin Gray, and pressed as a 180 gram 33 1/3 RPM BLUE double vinyl by Pallas in Germany, the album includes the vinyl bonus track, Shame. Futures art will be displayed to its full capacity throughout a matte triple panel gatefold jacket with spot UV and accompanied by an 11 x 22 insert.

Vinyl Info:
- 180G double LP audiophile pressing by Pallas
- Exclusive Blue color discs
- Matte triple gatefold jacket with 11x22 Insert
- Remastered from the highest quality 16/44.1khz recordings and mastered at 33 1/3 RPM by Kevin Gray
- Includes bonus track, "Shame"

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'PRE-SALE' WARNING SIGN original soundtrack 

 Red & White Splatter 

Invada Records Proudly presents the release of a Synth-Heavy Score from one of the Industry's most Creative Composers; Craig Safan's music to the 1985 20th Century Fox Science Fiction Thriller.

Famous for his score to the timeless classic The Last Star Fighter, as well as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part IV and (amazingly) the hit series Cheers!

Safan's film music is notable for its clever use of electronics, and Warning Sign is no different. Recorded using a Synclavier Synthesizer - an incredibly expensive piece of kit at the time - the score is fully electronic but no less effective than his orchestral work, and provides an entertaining and futuristic soundscape for the story of a man-made virus that is accidentally released into its laboratory, turning its workers into zombies.

Due to the science fiction and horror overtones, the Synclavier creates an appropriate atmosphere which Safan layers with different effects, from an electric piano that illustrates a desolate location in the film's early stages to the use of metallic effects as percussion for the chemically-affected staff. Safan weaves dissonant sounds to suggest chaos and paranoia, and innovatively synthesises human voices to convey a sense of tortured souls to those infected. What follows is an intense score where the foreboding turns to reality with an eerie and uncomfortable texture, broken only by a beautiful and warm melody for the resolution and end credits, where all is well.

Following on from dark and intense soundtracks such as Cliff Martinez's Drive, and Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury's DROKK, Invada Records presents Warning Sign in a new special edition that features an expanded version of Craig Safan's original 1985 LP program, along with 15 unreleased cues presented as bonus tracks.

The release features new artwork by Marc Bessant (Portishead / DROKK etc), liner notes by Craig Safan himself plus George Ginn (Legendary 84 year old owner of the UKs oldest soundtrack store ‘The Record Album’ ) presenting a comprehensive package befitting one of the scores that was an important part of the 80s craze of electronic film music.

• 29 tracks of Synth heavyness over 2 pieces of vinyl 
• Includes 15 unreleased cues presented as bonus tracks 
• Liner notes by Craig Safan / George Ginn from Record Album (specialist soundtrack store)
• Comes with download card 
• Remastered at Optimum Mastering

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from our friends at Relapse

Usnea - Random Cosmic Violence

USNEA’s Relapse debut ‘Random Cosmic Violence’ is a 4 song masterpiece.  Blending the sounds of the doom forefathers like Disembowelment and My Dying Bride with the gritty sludge of High On Fire, USNEA have created a classic of the new millennium.  Pulsating with tribal intensity, ‘Random Cosmic Violence’ is one of those rare records that elevates itself above the boundaries that its genre typically self-imposes.  Yes, this is a mighty heavy piece of sludgey doom, but the musicality and songcraft exhibited throughout the entirety of ‘Random Cosmic Violence’ immediately place USNEA not just at the forefront of the blossoming American doom scene, but at the tops of heavy music altogether.

Pressing Info: 
First Press 
900 x Black Standard Gram 
500 x Bone White / Blue Merge Standard Gram *Mailorder Exclusive* 
100 x Clear (do not request clear)

***Exclusively available through Relapse.com***

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Monty Python's Total Rubbish - The Complete Collection (9CD)

Following the release of Monty Python Sings (again), the Pythons also unveil a career spanning box set entitled Monty Python's Total Rubbish: The Complete Collection. Monty Python's nine UK albums 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', 'Another Monty Python Record', 'Monty Python's Previous Record', 'Matching Tie and Handkerchief', 'Live at Drury Lane', 'Holy Grail', 'Life of Brian', 'Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album' and 'The Meaning Of Life' - are united for the first time to create the ultimate collectors' edition purchase. Both CD and LP releases also include a limited edition 7'' Single of their 1974 flexi-disc 'Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing'

Highly recommended listening!  Pick up your set HERE

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with vinyl taking off the way it is, (LP sales grew 43 percent in the first half of 2014!!) how they keep up is anyone's guess! - super well-written piece from the www.washingtonpost.com

Pressing plants feel the strain with vinyl records back in the groove











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‘Tales From Beyond The Pale’ Stories Coming To Vinyl







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Tears For Fears to reissue Songs From The Big Chair on 180 Gram Vinyl











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from our neighbors to the north:

Local indy record shops make buying music social again







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World Exclusive: Black Sabbath to record new album - Ozzy reveals that the Godfathers of Metal will make one more album, and undertake one final world tour.





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as always, all lists are subjective, but for shits and giggles and for the sake of arguement:

All 87 Led Zeppelin Songs, Ranked - Every song ever recorded by Zep, listed from worst to first







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for even more shits and giggles:

Swedish Scientists Hide Bob Dylan Lyrics in Scholarly Articles - the winner of a competition to see who hides the most lyrics before retirement gets lunch





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13 Hidden Images On Classic Album Covers





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album cover art of the day:

Zero Down Reveals Album Details

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Bloodbound Unveils New Album Cover Artwork