Music News & Notes

Film School's to Release New Record

Film School's fourth studio album, Fission, will be out next week, August 31 on Hi Speed Soul. CD and LP pre-order copies will be signed by the band and a digital copy will be emailed immediately. The LPs are limited edition clear vinyl (only 500 made) with a free MP3 download of the album.

PRE-ORDER FISSION
http://www.hispeedsoul.com/

Film School is also prepping for a nice big September/October tour, which includes a string of shows with The Depreciation Guild. Dates are below. Let me know if you'd like to cover any of them...or if you'd like a copy of Fission.





FILM SCHOOL TOUR DATES
Sept 19 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Sept 20 – Tucson, AZ - Plush
Sept 22 – Dallas, TX – The Nightmare
Sept 23 – Austin, TX – The Parish
Sept 24 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
Sept 25 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Sept 27 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506

with The Depreciation Guild:
Sept 28 – Washington, DC – DC9
Sept 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Sept 30 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
Oct 01 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Oct 02 – Cambridge, MA – TT The Bears
Oct 03 – Montreal, QC, Canada – Pop Montreal at Casa Del Popolo
Oct 04 – Toronto, ON, Canada – El Mocambo
Oct 06 – St Louis, MO – Firebird
Oct 07 – Newport, KY – Southgate House
Oct 08 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern
Oct 09 – Milwaukee, WI – The Cactus Club
Oct 10 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
Oct 11 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room w/ The Depreciation Guild
Oct 12 – Denver, CO – Hi Dive
Oct 13 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Oct 15 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Oct 16 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

with Love Like Fire
Oct 19 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Oct 20 – Santa Cruz – The Crepe Place
Oct 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo

"'Heart Full of Pentagons' showcases a shift in sound as bassist Lorelei Plotczyk contributes vocals...It's a 'good, messy' story and a tease of what's more to come." - AOL Spinner

"Hearing Plotczyk and Bertens harmonize through a warm cloud of reverb while a 4/4 pulse and cascading, fuzzy guitars envelope the air around convinces us that loosening the reigns was definitely the right decision." - Magnet Magazine

"A great album from start to finish - 4/5" - Baeble Music

"('Heart Full of Pentagons')...a wistfully epic Stars-esque burner"
- Brooklyn Vegan

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BUSH Frontman To Perform With CARLOS SANTANA

BUSH singer/songwriter/guitarist Gavin Rossdale is scheduled to perform with guitar legend Carlos Santana this Wednesday, August 25 in Vegas for an event to celebrate the Santana's new album, "Guitar Heaven…The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time." Rossdale, who makes a guest appearance on the LP, will join Santana for a new rendition of the T.REX hit "Bang A Gong".

"Guitar Heaven…The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time" arrives in stores September 21.

Later this fall, BUSH will release "Everything Always Now" (Interscope), the band's first new studio album in nine years. The CD was produced by Bob Rock (METALLICA, AEROSMITH).

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GIBSON To Reproduce Classic RANDY RHOADS Les Paul Guitar

The 1974 Les Paul Custom guitar that Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads played on the classic albums "Blizzard of Ozz" and "Diary of a Madman" has been one of the most requested reissues ever, according to Gibson.com. The Gibson Custom Shop has announced the release of this legendary axe. In collaboration with the Rhoads family, the Jackson Custom Shop built 60 exact replicas of the first Randy Rhoads Jackson guitar, often referred to as the Concorde. More information will be made available soon.

According to TheMusicZoo.com, Randy's tribute model is a direct replica of his original 1980 Jackson asymmetrical V-shaped guitar that he personally designed. He intended to call this body style the Concorde and it is widely regarded as the "first pointy guitar." The original guitar had been kept at the Rhoads family music school since his death, and they say it had not been out of the case in over 20 years.

In 1982, Rhoads, the then-lead guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE, and two others were killed at Flying Baron Estates, just outside Leesburg, Florida, when their small plane struck Osbourne's tour bus, then crashed into a mansion.

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International Superstar Annie Lennox Signs With Universal Music Group (UMG) for Worldwide Recording Agreement

Initial Release 'A Christmas Cornucopia' In-Stores on November 22, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Aug 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Internationally renowned recording artist, songwriter and musician Annie Lennox has signed with Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, for a long-term worldwide recording agreement.

As one of the world's most successful and critically-acclaimed British female artists in pop music history, Ms. Lennox will release her brand new album, "A Christmas Cornucopia," on November 22nd through Island Records UK and Decca Records in the US and the rest of the world.

The album features Ms. Lennox's unique and personal interpretations of some of her favorite Christmas carols as well as a completely new, and wonderful, original composition entitled, "Universal Child."

"I'm absolutely delighted to be working with Island Records on my upcoming recording," stated Ms. Lennox. "This album is something I've wanted to do for many years. It's a true labour of love, and I feel very fortunate to be in partnership with such a cutting edge team, especially when I'm at a stage in my creativity when I want to diversify, and pursue my passion in my own individual way. I've never been part of a 'mold,' and Island are really supportive and appreciative of where I'm coming from. I want to make timeless music that people will love in many years to come...and I'd like to think that 'A Christmas Cornucopia' is going to be of those recordings."

"There are precious few artists who redefine the boundaries of popular music like Annie," said Lucian Grainge, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group. "And we are delighted to be part of the next exciting chapter in her already storied career."

"Annie Lennox is one of world's greatest singers," commented Ms. Lennox's manager Simon Fuller. "She has sold tens of millions of albums, celebrated countless hit singles and won every major award and honour there is to receive. However there is one thing she has always wanted to do and now it's about to happen. Annie has always wanted to record an album of Christmas songs and to see this finally come to fruition is very special. Annie and I are thrilled to now be working with Island Records and all my friends at Universal around the world. We are looking forward very much to a long, happy and successful partnership for many years to come."

"The album Annie has recorded is timeless and inspiring, a very special showcase for her extraordinary voice," added Universal Music UK chairman David Joseph. "This record is just the start of what feels like a natural, and very exciting, new partnership between Annie and Island Records."

Throughout her remarkable career, Annie Lennox has been celebrated as an innovator, and a symbol of enduring excellence. Both as a member of the groundbreaking Eurythmics and as a solo artist without peer, Annie has amassed sales of more than 80 million albums worldwide and claimed 34 hit singles, four Grammy Awards, 11 Brit Awards, five Ivor Novellos, an Academy Award and two Golden Globes.

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's leading global music publishing operation.

Universal Music Group's record labels include A&M/Octone, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Island Records, Polydor Records, Show Dog – Universal Music, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Latino and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years of the world's most popular artists and their recordings. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its merchandising company; and Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.

About Simon Fuller

Simon Fuller has developed and managed some of the biggest entertainment properties of our time, with credits that include the creation of TV phenomenon American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance and the HBO series Little Britain USA. Simon Fuller's artists include legendary musical icon Annie Lennox, country music sensation Carrie Underwood, the pop group sensation Spice Girls, Idol alumni Chris Daughtry and David Cook, as well as sports stars David Beckham and Andy Murray.


SOURCE Universal Music

Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 08/21/2010

This week is a who's who of Top 5 regulars, save for the Ska instrumental in the #5 spot. If record collecting had a Mt Rushmore, The Beatles, Zep and Nirvana records on this list would be three out of the four icons. What would be the fourth? Tune in to VRT (Vinyl Record Talk) and hear Jane and I argue about it.


1. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Stereo - $5,166.66

2. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $3,150.00

3. LP - Michele Auclair Schubert: "Complete Works For Violin And Piano" Erato STE 50136 - $2,551.99

4. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" 28/1000 Sub Pop - $2,225.00

5. 45 - Jackie Mitoo / Anthony Ellis "unknown" / "You Were Wrong" sky intr. blank pressing - $2025.00

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk with Norm & Jane every Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata. Tune In!

http://www.radiodentata.com/shows.php  

Special thanks to VRT and Norm & Jane for allowing the exclusive reprint rights for the CVR blog!

Music News & Notes

Chainfist Reveals "Black Out Sunday" Artwork And Track Listing

Chainfist has issued the following announcement about revealing the cover artwork and track listing for the band's new album "Black Out Sunday:" The cover was made by Gustavo Sazes who also have made covers for God Forbid, Arch Enemy etc.

"We're very pleased to present the cover layout and track list for Black Out Sunday. After weeks of waiting, guessing how the cover would look like, we're very happy to present the cover for our debut CD 'Black Out Sunday. "We're really pleased how Gustavo took our music and lyrics and created this cover, we really think he 'read' Chainfist for what we are and how our music could be displayed in a cover. Black Out Sunday will be in stores on Oct. 15th 2010 on SAOL/H'art/Zebralution/"

The album's track list:

1. Free Me
2. Edge of the World
3. Evolution
4. Be a Man
5. Have you Ever
6. Stay
7. In Your Face
8. Show Me
9. Clown
10. Carpe Diem
11. Black Out
12. SHCHWH (Feat. Jacob Batten of Illdisposed)

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SONIC SYNDICATE: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"We Rule The Night", the new album from the Swedish modern rock/metal act SONIC SYNDICATE, is now available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. Due in Europe on August 27 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded at Bohus Sound studios in Kungälv, Sweden with producer Toby Wright, who has previously worked with KORN, SLAYER, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KISS, FEAR FACTORY, IN FLAMES, STONE SOUR and OZZY OSBOURNE, among others.

In addition to the album's standard version, "We Rule The Night" will be made available in a limited-edition digipack featuring two bonus songs and a DVD.

The cover artwork for "We Rule The Night" was created by Gustavo Sazes (ARCH ENEMY, GOD FORBID) of Abstrata Art.




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CRADLE OF FILTH: New Album Artwork Unveiled

On November 1, 2010, the latest chapter of the band's dark history is set for release via Peaceville Records on the band's own AbraCadaver imprint (November 9 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records). Titled "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", their ninth studio album is, in the word's of CRADLE's infamous frontman Dani Filth, "without doubt the fastest and most brutal album we've created to date. As an acquaintance of the band so aptly noted, this is like 'IRON MAIDEN on crack in a graveyard of angels!' This album is CRADLE at our most sinister and darkened fairytale," continues Dani. "A gothic horror themed slay-ride of fervour and perversion; yet amidst the orchestral melodrama and lush, cinematic production, there sits stalwart a ravening beast of furious riffing, flesh ripping vocals and monstrous, unstoppable percussion."

CRADLE OF FILTH — consisting of Dani Filth on vocals, Paul Allender and James McIlroy on guitar, David Pybus on bass, Martin Skaroupka on drums and Ashley Ellyllon on keyboards — recorded the follow-up to 2008's "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" at Monkey Puzzle studios near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The bandmembers remain stalwarts to the satanic horror ethos by again composing a fully blown concept album, this time based on Adam's first wife, the lascivious Demoness Lilith; throwing Medieval nuns, Knights Templars, Greek mythology and lashings of sex, occult lore and violent bloodshed into the smelting pot, to create a darkly erotic nightmare set to their unique scope of supreme vampyric metal. And with an as-near-as-dammit release date of All Hallow's Eve 2010, CRADLE OF FILTH are snarling at the leash to get out to all of their fans across the world. "We can't wait to play this shit live," admits Dani.

For this release, the band wanted mastery of their own destiny, choosing to release the album on their very own AbraCadaver label in conjunction with Peaceville Records. Vocalist Dani Filth has described the move as being "a choice to move away from the artistic restrictions/mindless inhibitions imposed by dwelling on a major label" and cites the current financial clime as "the perfect opportunity to start doing things our own way again, with the added benefit of being a far bigger fish in a proverbial pool, surrounded by people who have been handpicked to get the job best done. And more importantly... who still are hungry for the taste of music."

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QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Empire' 20th-Anniversary Party To Be Held In Seattle

Seattle radio station KISW is presenting a 20th-anniversary party for QUEENSRŸCHE's "Empire" album on Tuesday, August 31 at a secret location in the Seattle area. The location will be revealed only when you buy your tickets so word doesn't get out. KISW is giving away a few tickets and a few others are being made available to members of the QUEENSRŸCHE fan club for $20 each.

Ryan Castle will be your host for a question-and-answer session with members of QUEENSRŸCHE and you!

A posting on the band's web site reads: "We'll listen to tracks from the re-mastered version of 'Empire', they'll play an acoustic set, and it's going to be recorded for a national radio special.Very few people can go; this is going to be very intimate."

QUEENSRŸCHE has partnered with Capitol/EMI for the September 28 release of an expanded 20th-anniversary edition of the band's triple platinum-certified breakout album "Empire". The new 2CD and digital packages both include the remastered album, featuring six hit singles, including the #1 smash "Silent Lucidity", as well as 13 bonus tracks, among them 10 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1990 at London's Hammersmith Odeon. The 2CD package is presented in a lift-top box with five postcards, a fold-out poster and a booklet featuring rare photos from the band's personal archive.

After building a devoted fan base with album and EP releases throughout the 1980s, including 1988's critically acclaimed "Operation: Mindcrime", QUEENSRŸCHE broke into the mainstream across North America and abroad with the 1990 release of "Empire". In the U.S., the album peaked at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and its hit ballad "Silent Lucidity" quickly became a heavy rotation staple at rock radio and on MTV, topping Billboard's Modern Rock singles chart and earning QUEENSRŸCHE the coveted MTV Viewers Choice Award for the song's music video. "Empire" also made the U.K.'s Top 10, and the album's international success led to QUEENSRŸCHE's 18-month headlining "Building Empires" world tour, the band's longest trek to date.

"Empire" also features the Billboard Top 10 Modern Rock hits "Jet City Woman" and "Another Rainy Night", the Top 20 single "Anybody Listening?", and the Top 30 singles "Best I Can" and "Empire". In addition to the aforementioned live recordings, "Empire (20th Anniversary Edition)"'s bonus tracks include "Last Time in Paris" from the "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" soundtrack, "Dirty Lil' Secret" and the band's cover of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "Scarborough Fair".

Since forming in Bellevue, Washington in 1981, QUEENSRŸCHE has sold more than 20 million albums around the world. The band continues to tour and record; "American Soldier" was released last year.

The track listing is as follows:

Disc 1 (original CD remastered with bonus tracks from 2003 reissue):

01. Best I Can
02. The Thin Line
03. Jet City Woman
04. Della Brown
05. Another Rainy Night (Without You)
06. Empire
07. Resistance
08. Silent Lucidity
09. Hand On Heart
10. One And Only
11. Anybody Listening?

Bonus tracks:

12. Last Time In Paris
13. Scarborough Fair
14. Dirty Lil Secret

Disc 2 (live tracks recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on November 15, 1990):

01. Resistance
02. Walk In The Shadows
03. Best I Can
04. The Thin Line
05. Jet City Woman
06. Empire
07. Roads To Madness
08. Take Hold Of The Flame
09. Silent Lucidity
10. Hand On Heart

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Peter Gabriel: Album Art - Hand Signed Limited Edition Fine Art Prints

A series of limited editions of prints of Gabriel’s album images have been launched. There are fifteen pictures in all, covering 35 years of recording. Each uses the finest Giclee printing methods on heavyweight paper. Each is signed in pencil by Gabriel and the artists involved.

”I’ve always loved artwork and album art. I think it’s been a huge part of what people identify and feel about the music and the records” - Peter Gabriel (PRWEB) August 20, 2010

PETER GABRIEL: ALBUM ART

Peter Gabriel’s album sleeves have long been celebrated for their startling, instantly identifiable style and creative energy. Ever since Peter Gabriel 1 (aka Car) in 1974, his cover art has been created in collaboration with some of the world’s foremost artists, sculptors and photographers.

A series of limited editions of prints of Gabriel’s album images have been launched. There are fifteen pictures in all, covering 35 years of recording. Each uses the finest Giclee printing methods on heavyweight paper. Each is signed in pencil by Gabriel and the artists involved.

It’s an impressive line up of some of the art world’s most influential names from the past three decades. It includes the likes of Storm Thorgerson of the groundbreaking early ‘70s agency Hipgnosis, Malcolm Poynter, Julian Grater, David Scheinmann, Nils Udo, Susan Derges, York Tilyer, Marc Bessant and the estates of Robert Mapplethorpe and Trevor Key.

The images range from deceptively simple, beautifully expressive black and white portraiture, through to complex montages built out of pictures, stage sets, and graphic effects. Despite this diversity of styles, there is a consistent and elusive aesthetic running through the work. Ultimately, it’s a spirit of experiment, and excellence in execution. These are carefully considered and meticulously rendered works, reflective of Gabriel’s approach to his music.

What’s intriguing is that (particularly with the earlier works) the images are as hi-tech and as fresh as anything produced today, but the ways in which they were created were lo-tech and labour intensive and shaped some of the tricks of today’s computer-generated graphic Photoshop environment.

In “Scratch”: Gabriel’s outstretched fingers tear away the cover. This is a 35mm black and white still, with torn strips of paper glued on top. It was then re-photographed; the new shot was meticulously tippexed to disguise the rougher joins. It was then photographed yet again to produce the end result. Today, a similar effect would involve a basic design program and a lot of messing around, but it could never achieve the same result.

In the late 70s, Les Krims created “Krimsography”, based on experimentation with Polaroid film. Storm Thorgerson and Peter himself used this methodology to squeeze, squash and force images as they emerged from the camera. That resulted in the distorted face-to-camera shot of Gabriel, which became cover of “Melt”.

“Us” was arguably the first Photoshop-manipulated Mac-produced image released to a commercial audience. It took two days to cut and paste all the elements (which included stage sets from Robert Lepage) and a further two weeks to complete. The mix of images and rendered surfaces was created using Version 1.0 of Photoshop on a desktop Mac with no RAM and just 20mb of internal memory.

The stories that attach to the creation of the images are as unusual as the images themselves: studios stuffed with bendy mirrors to morph Gabriel’s face, low grade prints from Boots 1-hour processors, back-yard photo shoots, and on one famous occasion (for “Ovo”) the building of a nest on a lake which was subsequently burnt by an unwitting gardener who thought it was just a heap of discarded wood.

”I’ve always loved artwork and album art. I think it’s been a huge part of what people identify and feel about the music and the records” said Peter Gabriel “I used to love gatefold sleeves…when you would sit with a new record and open it up it was just a precious moment. Now we’ve gone into this digital world a lot of that has been lost. We’ve being looking at ways of getting quality prints of the artwork for a long time and I’m happy now it has happened.”

For each cover, there are one hundred 19” x 19” prints (some sizes vary) starting price £599, and just twenty-five 28” x 28” prints (some sizes vary) starting price £999. Same number sets can be obtained.

Curated by Andy Wood and Rob Smeaton of Hypergallery

To order or for further details visit:

http://www.realworldgalleries.com/
http://www.petergabriel.com/
http://www.hypergallery.com/

For images and further press information please contact Hypergallery: enquiries(at)hypergallery(dot)com
Tel: +44 (0)1491 637021

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Neil Young announces new Daniel Lanois-produced album

Folk-rock legend Neil Young is set to release a new album on September 28 on CD, vinyl and through iTunes. 'Le Noise' was recorded in a Los Angeles mansion, and produced by U2 and Bob Dylan collaborator Daniel Lanois. The record will be available on Blu-ray in November, followed by a release as an app for the iPhone and iPad.

Speaking to Rolling Stone recently, Lanois said: "We cut a couple of solo acoustic songs, but the rest is very electric. There's no band, but I got in there with my sonics. There's nothing else out there like it."

'Le Noise' is the follow-up to last year's 'Fork In The Road'.












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Soundgarden Release CD Cover Art

The cover for the new Soundgarden ’greatest hits’ CD Telephantasm. The CD will be in stores September 28th and will come in a varitey of CD and vinyl configurations.

Regular Edition
1. “Hunted Down”
2. “Hands All Over”
3. “Outshined”
4. “Rusty Cage”
5. “Birth Ritual”
6. “Black Hole Sun”
7. “Spoonman”
8. “My Wave”
9. “Fell on Black Days”
10. “Burden in My Hand”
11. “Blow Up the Outside World”
12. “Black Rain”

2CD/DVD Limited Edition
CD1
1. “All Your Lies”
2. “Hunted Down”
3. “Fopp”
4. “Beyond The Wheel”
5. “Flower (BBC Session)”
6. “Hands All Over”
7. “Big Dumb Sex”
8. “Get On The Snake”
9. “Room A Thousand Years Wide (Single Version)”
10. “Rusty Cage”
11. “Outshined”
12. “Slaves & Bulldozers”

CD2
1. “Jesus Christ Pose (Live)”
2. “Birth Ritual”
3. “My Wave”
4. “Superunknown”
5. “Spoonman”
6. “Black Hole Sun”
7. “Fell On Black Days (Video Version)”
8. “Burden In My Hand”
9. “Dusty”
10. “Pretty Noose (Live on SNL)”
11. “Blow Up the Outside World (MTV Live ‘N’ Loud)”
12. “Black Rain”

DVD
1. “Flower”
2. “Hands All Over”
3. “Loud Love”
4. “Jesus Christ Pose (Original Version)”
5. “Outshined”
6. “Rusty Cage”
7. “My Wave”
8. “Spoonman”
9. “The Day I Tried To Live (Uncensored)”
10. “Black Hole Sun”
11. “Fell On Black Days”
12. “Pretty Noose (Uncensored)”
13. “Burden In My Hand”
14. “Blow Up The Outside World (Uncensored)”

Bonus Videos
1. “Spoonman (Mash-up Version)”
2. “The Day I Tried To Live (European Version)”
3. “Superunknown”
4. “Pretty Noose (International Version)”
5. “Pretty Noose (Alternate Ending)”
6. “Blow Up The Outside World (Censored)”

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Sufjan Stevens releases new EP Date

'All Delighted People' is the follow-up to 2009's 'The BQE' and is now available to download for $5 from http://www.sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/. Built around two versions of the song 'All Delighted People', other tracks on the EP include 'Enchanting Ghost', 'The Owl And The Tanager' and a 17-minute long 'Djohariah'.

As Asthmatic Kitty Records reports, the EP will also be released on CD and as a double vinyl LP later this year.  The tracklisting for 'All Delighted People' is as follows:

'All Delighted People (Original Version)'
'Enchanting Ghost'
'Heirloom'
'From The Mouth Of Gabriel'
'The Owl And The Tanager'
'All Delighted People (Classic Rock Version)'
'Arnika'
'Djohariah'

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Brian Eno To Release New Album In November

Brian Eno is scheduled to release a new studio album,'Small Craft On A Milk Sea' late in the fall. The LP, recored alongside with Jon Hopkins and Leo Abrahams, will be released on November 15 in the UK. The former Roxy Music star's album will be available on CD, digital-download and Limited Edition Box Set, featuring heavyweight vinyl, 2xCD and lithographic print.

A special Collectors Edition Box Set will also include a signed and numbered screen print by Eno.

This Date In Music History - August 23

Birthdays:

Jim Sohns - Shadow Of Knight turns 64.



Roger Greenaway, singer, songwriter, member of Blue Mink (1942). With Roger Cook he wrote hits for Andy Williams, Deep Purple, Cilla Black, The Fortunes, The Hollies and Gene Pitney. The pair also co-wrote 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing' which was recorded as a Coca-Cola radio commercial, with the lyric 'I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.' First aired on American radio in 1970.

Rick Springfield (1949)

Jimi Jamison - Survivor (1951)

Bobby G - Bucks Fizz (1953)

Mark Avsec - Donnie Iris & the Cruisers, Wild Cherry (1954)

Dean DeLeo - Stone Temple Pilots (1961)

Shaun Ryder - Happy Mondays, Black Grape (1962)

Cedella Marley - Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers (1967)

Shifty Shellshock (real name Seth Brooks Binzer) front man of Crazy Town (1974)

Julian Casablancas - The Strokes (1978)


They Are Missed:

Rudy Lewis of the Drifters was born in 1936. He was found dead in his bed on May 20, 1964; some accounts say the cause was a drug overdose, while others who knew him say that Lewis, who was a binge eater, choked to death in his sleep. The group's other lead singer, Johnny Moore, stepped into the breach that same morning on the scheduled session for "Under the Boardwalk", and was the Drifters' lead vocalist for the remainder of their tenure on Atlantic and beyond.

Born on this day in 1947, Keith Moon, drums, The Who, (1967 US #9 single "I Can See For Miles" and rock opera albums 'Tommy' & 'Quadrophenia'). Moon died on September 7, 1978.




History:

In 1962, John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at Liverpool's Mount Pleasant register office. He then played a gig that night with The Beatles at Liverpool's Riverpark Ballroom.

The Rolling Stones appeared on UK TV show Ready, Steady, Go! for the first time in 1963, performing their debut single "Come On." The group made a total of 20 appearances on the show between 1963 and 1966.

The Beatles performed at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964. Selections from this concert and the one a year later comprise "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" album.

In 1965, security guards at a Manchester TV studio hosed down 200 Rolling Stones fans after they broke down barriers while waiting for the band to arrive for a performance.

In 1966, on their final tour of America, The Beatles performed at Shea Stadium in New York City, New York. Unlike the previous year's performance, which had sold out, there were 11,000 empty seats in the 55,600 seat stadium. The Beatles earned more than the previous year, receiving $189,000 for their performance.

Ringo Starr temporarily quit The Beatles in 1968. He returned a week later and finds his drum set strewn with flowers. They missed him after all.....

During a North American tour in 1968, The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at Singer Bowl, Flushing Meadow Park, New York. Also on the bill Soft Machine and Big Brother and the Holding Company.

Johnny Cash started a four-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1969 with 'Johnny Cash At San Quentin.'

The Rolling Stones started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1969 with "Honky Tonk Women," the group's fifth US #1. Also #1 in the UK.



The self titled-debut, "Blind Faith," entered the U.S. album chart in 1969, eventually reaching #1.

Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground performed together for the last time at the New York Club 'Max's Kansas City' in 1970. Reed worked as a typist for his father for the next two years, at $40 per week.

Max Weinberg joined Bruce Springsteen`s E Street Band on drums in 1974.

Former Free guitarist Paul Kossoff`s heart stops beating for several minutes in 1975. Doctors revived him but Kossoff`s poor health claimed his life the following year.

Also in 1975, the first Fleetwood Mac album with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, 'Fleetwood Mac' was released. It is one of the all-time best sellers.

Hamilton Joe Franks And Reynolds went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1975 with, "Fallin' In Love."

In 1980, The Heatwave Festival in Toronto, Canada took place with Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, The B-52's, The Pretenders, Rockpile and The Rumour. Tickets cost $30, with only 50,000 people attending the festival lost over $1 million.

Also in 1980, US police killed an escaped drug addict who had shot one of their officers during a Grateful Dead concert.

In 1986, Sigue Sigue Sputnik came up with an idea to sell advertising space between the tracks on their forthcoming new album. It was a non-starter. Bad idea all the way around...

In 1991, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Pop Will Eat Itself, Dinosaur Jr, Chapterhouse, Nirvana, Silverfish, Babes in Toyland, James, The Fall, De La Soul, Blur, Teenage Fanclub, Flowered Up, The Fat Lady Sings, Kingmaker, Mercury Rev, Sisters of Mercy and Neds Atomic Dustbin all appeared at this year’s three day Reading Festival in England.

Natalie Merchant, former lead singer for 10,000 Maniacs, became the first guest in a series of live chats on the Elektra Entertainment Group's World Wide Web site in 1995.

In 2004, Queen, became the first UK rock band to receive official approval in Iran, where Western music was strictly prohibited. Lead singer, Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991, was of Iranian ancestry and bootlegged albums had been available for years.

Les McKeown, the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers, appeared in court charged with drugs offenses in 2005. McKeown, aged 49, was accused of conspiring with four other people, including the band's drummer Pat McGlynn, to supply cocaine. He was arrested in Dalston, east London, in June as part of a major police operation.

In 2007, comedy writer Buddy Sheffield, sued Disney alleging that he originally came up with the idea for Hannah Montana but was never compensated by Disney. In the lawsuit, Sheffield claimed that he pitched an idea for a TV series with the name of ‘Rock and Roland’ to Disney Channel in 2001 with the plot of a junior high student who lived a secret double life as a rock star.

Madonna kicked off her 86-date Sticky & Sweet Tour at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Wales in 2008. It became the highest grossing tour by a solo artist, breaking the previous record Madonna achieved with her 2006 Confessions Tour. Madonna's first venture with Live Nation, was estimated to have grossed $280 million.

The Foo Fighters June ’08 concerts held at London's Wembley Stadium were released on DVD in the UK in 2008. The disc features 18 performances including the surprise guest appearances by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones (for renditions of Zeppelin's Rock & Roll" and "Ramble On").



Aerosmith’s "You Gotta Move," from ‘08's Honkin' On Bobo,” is the theme song for World Wrestling Entertainment's SummerSlam event at Staples Center in L.A. in 2009. What an honor....

This Date In Music History - August 21

Birthdays:

Kenny Rogers (1938)

Harold Reid - Statler Brothers (1939)

Ernie Maresca (1939)

Guitarist James Burton - played on Dale Hawkins ’57 hit "Susie Q." He's also heard on Rick Nelson’s hits and from the late ‘60s to the end he’s a key member of Elvis Presley’s band (1939)

Tom Costello - Santana (1941)

Jackie DeShannon (1944)



Carl Giammarese - Buckinghams (1947)

Glenn Hughes - Deep Purple/Black Sabbath (1952)

Nick Kane - Mavericks (1954)

Steve Smith - Journey (1954)

Budgie - Siouxsie and the Banshees (1957)

Kim Sledge - Sister Sledge (1957)

Serj Tankian - System of a Down (1967)

Liam Howlett - Prodigy (1971)


They Are Missed:

Born on this day in 1904, Count Basie, bandleader. Worked with Frank Sinatra as well as his own Count Basie band. Died on April 26, 1984.

Born today in 1952, Joe Strummer, singer, songwriter, guitarist, The Clash. He died on December 22, 2002.

In 2005, Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesiser died (age 71), four months after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Dr Moog built his first electronic instrument, a theremin - aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, "the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser" in 1970. He won the Polar prize, Sweden's "music Nobel prize," in 2001. Wendy Carlos' 1968 Grammy award-winning album, Switched-On Bach, brought Dr Moog to prominence.

In 2008, drummer Buddy Harman died of congestive heart failure, (age 79). Worked with Elvis Presley (‘Little Sister’), Patsy Cline (‘Crazy’), Roy Orbison (‘Pretty Woman’), Johnny Cash (‘Ring Of Fire’), Tammy Wynette (‘Stand By Your Man’). Was the first house drummer for The Grand Ole Opry. He can be heard on over 18,000 recordings.


History:

In 1923, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner. Yeah, that will work....

The classic song "Ain't Misbehavin'" was recorded by Fats Waller in 1938.

Ricky Nelson recorded "Lonesome Town" in 1958.

Elvis Presley started a three-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1961 with 'Something For Everybody' his sixth US #1 album.

Patsy Cline recorded the classic Willie Nelson song, "Crazy" in 1961. She was still on crutches after going through a car windshield in a head-on collision two months earlier.



The Rolling Stones started a three week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1965 with 'Out Of Our Heads' the group's first US #1 album. It’s the first Rolling Stones album recorded in stereo.

Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction" was released in 1965.

The Lovin' Spoonful's "Do You Believe In Magic" was released in 1965.

In 1966, on their last ever US tour The Beatles performed in two cities due to a cancellation due to rain the previous day. First they performed at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then they flew to St. Louis, Missouri, for a concert at Busch Stadium, where they performed under a tarpaulin due to heavy rain. It was this gig that convinced Paul McCartney that The Beatles should stop performing live.

The Doors were fired from the Whiskey-A-Go-Go in 1966 following Jim Morrison’s profanity filled/Oedipus laced version of "The End." Fortunately, the band signed a recording contract with Elektra Records only days earlier.

The Doors started recording their second album at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, California in 1967.

In 1972, Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane was arrested after a fight broke out on stage during a concert when the police had been called 'pigs'. Grace Slick was maced and another group member injured at the show in Akron.

In 1976, it was announced by RCA Victor records that the sales of Elvis Presley records passed the 400 million mark.

Aerosmith recorded “Come Together” for the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack in 1978. George Martin produced The Beatles’ cover.



In 1983, Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone had a four-hour brain surgery operation, after being found unconscious in a New York Street where he had been involved in a fight.

Prince released the soundtrack to "Graffiti Bridge" in 1990.

Ratt released the album "Detonator" in 1990.

Los Angeles police raided Michael Jackson's Neverland estate in 1993 looking for evidence of child abuse.

The soundtrack from the film 'Sleepless In Seattle' went to #1 on the US album chart in 1993.

In 1995, R.E.M. sued Hershey Foods, claiming the company exploited its name when it ran a "Kit Kat - R.E.M. Concert" sweepstakes in Hershey candy bars. The suit was eventually dropped.

In 1996, former Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne sued to prevent the rest of the group from touring as "The Heads." The suit was settled out of court.

Rick James was released from prison in 1996 after serving two years for assault.

At a press conference in the San Francisco Hard Rock Cafe in 1997, Carlos Santana unveiled a limited-edition t-shirt bearing his artwork. He autographed 500 of the shirts for distribution to foreign and domestic markets.

In 1997, Oasis' third album 'Be Here Now', became one of the fastest selling albums ever, shifting over a million copies on the first day of release.

In 2000, Survivor filed a lawsuit against TVT Records after they released a soundtrack to the TV show ‘Survivor.’ Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan said, “It’s unfortunate that after 23 years of building, promoting, and protecting the name of our band, someone can suddenly come along and release a recording that uses our name and takes away everything we have worked for.”

African and Carribean stamps were issued in 2002 honoring American girl groups.

Staind were at #1 on the US album chart in 2005 with 'Chapter V.'

In 2006, a man surfing the Internet in America foiled three men who broke into a Liverpool shop in Liverpool, England. The man who had logged onto a site streaming live footage of Mathew Street and a forthcoming Beatles festival saw the men smashing a window of a shop and climb inside. He phoned Merseyside police who arrested the men.

Also in 2006 - German prosecutors announced that they had decided against opening an investigation into Madonna after she performed a controversial mock crucifixion scene at a concert on August 20.

"Dear Mr. Fantasy: A Celebration For Jim Capaldi" was released in 2007. The album was a London tribute to the late Traffic percussionist/vocalist. There are performances by Capaldi's Traffic bandmate Steve Winwood, the Who's Pete Townshend, ex-Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, the Eagles' Joe Walsh, Bad Company's Simon Kirke and former Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord.

Paul McCartney issued "Live At The ICA" EP in 2007. The set was recorded at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts in conjunction with the first iTunes Festival. The EP contains versions of "Jet" and "Coming Up." The recording was initially available exclusively through iTunes.

In 2008, pedophile and ex-pop star Gary Glitter returned to Thailand after being refused entry to Hong Kong. Chinese authorities informed the UK Foreign Office they had barred Glitter from entry. He was earlier deported from Vietnam after spending almost three years in jail for sexually abusing two girls. He flew to Hong Kong from Bangkok after refusing to fly to the UK, and had made a plea for medical treatment after saying he was suffering a heart attack.

Leo Sayer judged the Miss Nude Sydney (Australia) Pageant in 2008 (I promise this will be the ONLY reference to Leo Sayer on this blog!)

Album Review by Michael Fremer

Projections (reissue)
The Blues Project

Verve/Folkways/Sundazed LP 5317 LP
Produced by: Tom Wilson
Engineered by: Val Valentin (director of engineering)
Mixed by: N/A
Mastered by: Bob Irwin
Lacquer cut by: WG at Nashville Record Productions

Music

Sound





Sundazed Issues Rare Mono Mix of Blues Project Classic

by Michael Fremer
August 01, 2010

The forced revisiting of old, long neglected favorites is one of the great benefits of reviewing reissues. I hadn’t played this chestnut for years, maybe decades and never in the mono mix since by then stereo ruled—at least for me and a small minority of other kids.

I was obsessed back then to find the stereo mixes of everything, not realizing that mono was better for many recordings, like the early Dylans, Stones and Beatles albums, among others.

It wasn’t easy finding stereo releases of rock records in the early to mid sixties. Even at Sam Goody's in Valley Stream, where I used to drive to from Queens as soon as I got my license, didn’t have such a great selection of stereo rock releases. Those that they did have were all segregated in an obscurely placed bin.

I found this one there in stereo in 1966 and so never heard the mono mix. The weird thing is, I just went to look for the stereo original that I know I had and it wasn’t there. It could have been misfiled, which means I may not find it for years. So I can’t compare this to the stereo original. How many times have I seen the stereo original at record conventions for a few bucks and not picked it up because I thought I had it? Don’t ask!

In any case, this Sid Bernstein managed band (well, at least he wrote the liner notes that spelled “Ithaca” “Ithica”) brought Al Koope to the attention of many rock fans (well his face, anyway since no names are included on the jacket), though of course by then he’d played organ on Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited due to a combination of being in the right place at the right time (he was invited to observe by then-producer of the album Tom Wilson who went on to produce this album but not the Dylan album) and Balls with a capital “B.”

Dylan wanted an organ part “Like a Rolling Stone” and Kooper fibbed that he had one. Dylan loved what he came up with and the rest is history of which 100% of kids who bought this album were unaware.

When this, their second album was recorded, the band consisted of Danny Kalb (guitar), Steve Katz (guitar), Andy Kulberg (bass, flute), Roy Blumenfeld (drums) and Kooper on organ and most vocals. For some of us from Queens (Kooper grew up literally around the corner from me), it was clear that these boys had “Yiddische kups” or as Jaime Pressly so famously said it on The Howard Stern Show a few years ago, they had been “slapped a Yarmulke.” This made many of us very proud.

The eclectic album features a catchy hard-blues opener, a dramatically tuneful “Steve’s Song” (by Katz) that resembles something Tim Buckley might have penned, a decent cover of Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me,” and a long, extended Kooper blues extravaganza pulled from Muddy’s “Two Trains Running” that these young suburbanites pull off surprisingly well thanks to Kalb’s guitar wizardry and Kooper’s soulful singing.

Side two follows side one’s formula starting with another uptempo blues romp, “Wake Me, Shake Me” arranged by Kooper followed by Bob Lind’s tuneful pop confection “Cheryl’s Going Home.” But then the group hits a breezy, jazzy stride with Kooper’s “Flute Thing,” which holds up remarkably well all these years later and presages his turn to jazz with Blood Sweat and Tears. Speaking of which Jimmy Reed’s “Caress Me Baby” sounds like it informs “Something’s Going On” from the first BS&T album. The closer “Fly Away,” another Reed tune is done as a folksy, jazzy shuffle with a lonesome echo drenched harmonica part.

This is a relatively long and ambitious production packed with good tunes and even better playing. Few albums from that period were as eclectic, with nods to jazz, blues, folk and even early psychedelia. As for the production, well, it’s not great and nothing Sundazed could do would make it better. The sound is kind of hard and high frequency limited with a slightly metallic aftertaste, though a few tunes are better than others and overall it’s not offensive sounding.

I can’t remember the stereo mix but the mono works really well to fill out and strengthen a somewhat weak recording. If you remember this and you copy disappeared in a cannabis haze or your roommate or ex-wife took it, you’ll enjoy the reconnect. If you’re too young for that, you might enjoy hearing when youngsters could really play the blooze.

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

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Music News & Notes

Elvis Receives Five More RIAA Certificates

Five, count them, five more RIAA gold and platinum records were presented on August 14 during Elvis Presley Week in Memphis. The certificates were earned over the last year but were officially given to the estate of Presley during the annual week saluting his life and career. The presentation was part of Conversations With Elvis at the Orpheum Theater.

The new certificates were for:

•Aloha From Hawaii Deluxe Edition DVD received multi-platinum certification (4X)

•Elvis '68 Comeback- Special Edition DVD received multi-platinum certification (2X)

•50 Greatest Love Songs received gold multi-disc set certification

•The Essential Elvis received gold multi-disc set status

•Blue Christmas received platinum album certification

Presley had previously earned 151 other gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards from the RIAA.

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Third Man Releases Two New Conan O’Brien Albums

Conan O’Brien and Jack White’s Third Man Records are releasing not one, but two new pieces of vinyl that the comedian made on a June stopover in Nashville. The label has announced last Wednesday that “Conan O’Brien Live at Third Man” and a spoken-word 7-inch recording “And They Call Me Mad?” are now available at Third Man’s website.

The rockabilly-flavored live show includes a duet with White of Eddie Cochran’s “20 Flight Rock” while the 7-inch is a spoken-word improvisation of the Frankenstein legend. The B side is White’s interview of O’Brien.

O’Brien has spent the summer on his “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour” and his new show on TBS kicks off in November.

http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/

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Eric Clapton to Release New Album Clapton Sept. 28

Eric Clapton is scheduled to release his 19th solo album, simply called 'Clapton,' on September 28, 2010. It' will be his first solo album since the 2005 CD 'Back Home.' The 14-track set was co-produced by Clapton and his longtime collaborator Doyle Bramhall II. J.J. Cale also joins Clapton on the album as does legendary drummer Jim Keltner. In addition, there are guest appearances from Sheryl Crow, Derek Trucks, Steve Winwood, Wynton Marsalis, and Allen Toussaint.

Clapton and Crow have often teamed up on stage at various performances and reportedly had a personal relationship at one point. Clapton and Winwood were both in the band Blind Faith and recently did a string of dates together. Derek Trucks Band has also toured with Clapton and performed at his annual concert to benefit the Crossroads Treatment Center he helped found in Antigua.

The record mixes covers of older and obscure traditional and country-blues songs as well as a handful of new original tunes penned specifically for the album.

"This album wasn’t what it was intended to be at all," he said. "It’s actually better than it was meant to be because, in a way, I just let it happen. It’s an eclectic collection of songs that weren’t really on the map—and I like it so much because if it’s a surprise to the fans, that’s only because it’s a surprise to me, as well."

Lovers of Covers

Iconic Rock ’n' Roll Images

By Ann Taylor (Aug 19, 2010)


Photo by Laura Brown

Before MP3s, CDs, cassette tapes, and even 8-tracks, there was vinyl. And during the reign of vinyl, album covers were high art, often rivaling the very music they encased.

Annie Liebovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, H.R. Giger, even Andy Warhol have put their hand to the design of album covers, the large format providing a perfect canvas for some of the most well-known images in the world.

But one of the most lasting impressions has been left by Storm Thorgerson, the man behind Pink Floyd album covers since 1968 — including the iconic Dark Side of the Moon — as well as covers for Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, Steve Miller Band, Black Sabbath, and the Cranberries, among others. Currently showing at the San Francisco Art Exchange’s Lovers of Covers show are more than sixty prints of his celebrated works and several originals.

While Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon cover is undoubtedly Thorgerson’s most famous work, and perhaps the most famous album cover of all time, it is not particularly representative of his typical visual style — Lovers of Covers allows viewers to see that work within the broader context of Thorgerson’s overall ouevre.

Typical of Thorgerson’s work is a surreal, dreamlike quality as well as odd juxtapositions of objects in expansive landscapes, creating quite dramatic compositions, such as the cover for Disco Biscuit’s Planet Anthem. Four women, carefully wrapped in brown butcher paper and tied with string, are ranged across a sandy beach. Like packages of meat at the supermarket, their wrapped forms are inert yet promising, set off dramatically against a cloudless sky as a white sheet floats gently in the breeze.

Along similar lines is the art for The Cranberry’s Bury the Hatchet album, in which a lone naked man cowers in the desert, tiny mesas visible in the far distance behind him, a giant eye staring at him from above. The flatness of the desert and the expansiveness of the clear sky emphasize his nakedness, his vulnerability to the all-seeing eye. These Magritte-esque images seem to tap into nightmare worlds, framing them in desolation and unexpected blue skies.

Even Thorgerson’s more simple images reflect an unexpected complexity and masterful composition. The cover for Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma, for instance, looks, on the surface, like a picture of the band members casually relaxing in a doorway — scruffy, barefoot rock ’n’ rollers sitting around on a warm summer day. Yet, a second look reveals that the frame to the left of guitarist David Gilmour, who is slumped on a stool in the foreground, is a repeat of the same scene, stretching on into infinity like a reflection of a reflection in a mirror.

An even closer examination discloses a subtle change in each subsequent reframing of the scene: the band members are switching positions. Roger Waters now sits slumped on Gilmour’s stool, Nick Mason has taken Waters’ old position on the floor with knees bent, Richard Wright assumes Mason’s former standing pose with arms akimbo, and Gilmour now scissors his legs in the air in the background, where Wright is in the larger frame. And so on. It is little surprises like these that make even the mundane remarkable in Thorgerson’s work.

However, his covers are not just interesting but empty images; they also tend to point to an idea, a story, or even a joke (see the Steve Miller Band’s Let Your Hair Down, Baby cover). Most, if not all, of Thorgerson’s breathtaking compositions are backed by thoughtful concepts, and depict visual representations of those concepts, such as the artwork for The Mars Volta’s Frances the Mute album or Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder — you can read about them for yourself at the show.

Forty years of rock ’n’ roll history is bound up in stunning visuals in Lovers of Covers, reminding us of the power of the image even in the world of music. This show is not to be missed.

San Francisco Art Exchange
Through September 15th
Free
SF Station: Lovers of Covers

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 16, 2010


DEAR JERRY: Is there a simple, non-technical explanation as to why vinyl sounds richer than the same music played on CD or in a digital format?
—Alex Rausch, Grapevine, Tex.

DEAR ALEX: The simplest, non-technical explanation is IT JUST DOES!

Okay, I suspect you want something just a wee bit more technical.

When plastic records are stamped, embedded in the grooves is the full reproduction waveform of the original master recording.

This analog waveform is picked up by a stylus-cartridge, or phonograph needle, then sent to an audio amplifier which drives the speakers.

In the simple analog process, virtually no information (sound) is lost, presumably making the output as rich and warm as the original session itself. From start to finish everything is analog.

Digital recordings provide several advantages over analog, especially when it comes to editing and restoration; however, faithfully reproducing sound is not one of them.

This shortcoming is inherent because the digital sampling rate is predictably unable to keep pace with the rapidly changing inks and oinks, or varying tones, of the recording.

Ultimately, the job of those digital players is to convert the signals to analog anyway, then feed it to an amplifier and speaker system.

The loss is even more understandable for audio originally in analog then converted to digital, only to be returned to analog for playback.

In summary, changing horses midstream is rarely a good idea.




DEAR JERRY: I have read online that the Beatles and Elvis both had No. 1 hits on Cash Box that perhaps only made it to No. 2 on Billboard.

I have the Billboard list, but would like to know their No. 1 songs on Cash Box only. Then the sum of the two would be the grand total.
—Roy McMillan, Lincoln, Neb.

DEAR ROY: Good question, one we have never been asked. Here they are, with Billboard's peak number in parenthesis:

For the Beatles, “Twist and Shout” (BB#2) and “Yellow Submarine” (BB#2), making their total 22.

For Presley, “Return to Sender” (BB#2); “In the Ghetto” (BB#3); and “Burning Love” (BB#2), making his total 21.

And there you have the all-time top two artists in almost every category.









DEAR JERRY: You recent column about answer songs got me thinking about two that I have never been able to find, or even get the details for.

They are the ones that came out in answer to “Big Bad John” (Jimmy Dean) and “Girl on the Billboard” (Del Reeves).

Any assistance will be appreciated.
—Gordon G. Sharp, Greenfield, Wisc.


DEAR GORDON: At the time “Big Bad John” was No. 1 (December 1961), “Small Sad Sam,” by Phil McLean (Versatile 107) made its chart debut. Eventually it would be in the Top 25, which is very good for a response record.

It may seem like splitting hairs, but “Small Sad Sam” is not really an answer song. Obviously inspired by Jimmy Dean's hit, and with similar orchestration, it is a completely different story and in no way answers anything. It is simply a parody.

In 1962, Jimmy himself issued two sequels to “Big Bad John.” In chapter two, “The Cajun Queen” picks up where John and Queenie left off. Chapter three is “Little Bitty Big John,” the first-born son of this happy New Orleans couple with 110 grandchildren.

Both a Pop and Country hit in 1965, “Girl on the Billboard” (United Artists 824) motivated Del Reeves' label mate Joyce Paul to record a real answer song.

A few months later, Joyce's reply, “I'm the Girl on the Billboard” (United Artists 902) came out.


IZ ZAT SO? The girl on the billboard in these songs is the young lady in widespread Coppertone suntan oil ads at the time, seen in the print media as well as on billboards.

Because a playful dog is pulling her shorts, or towel, down, the difference between the tanned and pale portions of her back side are unmistakable.

Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column.  Write Jerry at: Box 255, Port Townsend, WA 98368  E-mail: jpo@olympus.net  Visit his Web site: www.jerryosborne.com  

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

Copyright 2010 Osborne Enterprises- Reprinted By Permission

Museum Acquires Storied Trove of Performances by Jazz Greats

By LARRY ROHTER

For decades jazz cognoscenti have talked reverently of “the Savory Collection.” Recorded from radio broadcasts in the late 1930s by an audio engineer named William Savory, it was known to include extended live performances by some of the most honored names in jazz — but only a handful of people had ever heard even the smallest fraction of that music, adding to its mystique.

After 70 years that wait has now ended. This year the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitizing recordings of inspired performances by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan, Harry James and others that had been thought to be lost forever. Some of these remarkable long-form performances simply could not fit on the standard discs of the time, forcing Mr. Savory to find alternatives. The Savory Collection also contains examples of underappreciated musicians playing at peak creative levels not heard anywhere else, putting them in a new light for music fans and scholars.

Read the rest here: www.nytimes.com

Legendary Record Store Fat Beats Closes Retail Locations

Yet another legendary music retailer is preparing to shut its doors.

Hip-hop vinyl retailer/distributor Fat Beats announced the closing of its last two retail stores in New York and Los Angeles today, shutting doors on a hip-hop institution that championed independent music and culture for more than 16 years.

Though Fat Beats will continue business as an online retailer and record label, the closing of its retail shops marks the true end of an era. Fat Beats was at once a performance space and sanctuary for hip-hop heads, hosting countless in-store appearances and ciphers.

"The closing of Fat Beats is just like one of my friends passing away," lamented DJ Premier. "They promoted vinyl at its highest degree for the culture of good music and that makes it more difficult to say goodbye." The shop also employed future industry leaders, MC's, DJ's and producers, from DJ Eclipse, DJ Eli, Babu, J.Rocc and Rhettmatic to Ill Bill, Breeze Brewin and Cipha Sounds.

"Anyone that's ever been to Fat Beats knows that it was much more then a record store," longtime manager and underground hip hop king DJ Eclipse told The BoomBox. "Other places claim to host 'where hip-hop lives,' but we really did live, eat and breathe Hip Hop. It was a meeting place for artists, DJs and customers alike. We took pride in promoting and pushing the indie artist that the average person may not have known about. Unfortunately in these times we are suffering from both the state of the music business and the economy. As sad as I am to see the retail portion of the company close I'll always remember the great in-stores we had here and fun times working with the staff."

While Fat Beats owner Joe Abajian claims to be "exploring options for alternate retail locations in the future," and the label will continue to release albums by its artists, including Black Milk, Ill Bill, Tru Master & KRS-One, former Fat Beats A&R Bill Sharp contends that the retail store's closing is indicative of a much larger issue for record sales.

"Record stores -- especially vinyl-driven shops like Fat Beats -- had the power to validate new artists and act as an incubator for new acts to grow into something bigger," Sharp told The BoomBox. "They also acted as community centers where people could meet each other and find out what else is going on within that scene or subculture. Now all of that has migrated to the internet and it's really sad."

"Stores with very storied pasts are closing all over the world, and at an unforgiving pace," Sharp continued. "There used to be over a dozen great shops in London's Soho district, and now there are only a couple. In New York City, even a few years ago, there used to be specialty stores all over the East Village that sold reggae or house or drum&bass or all of the above -- they're all gone."

Visit Fat Beats and support your favorite artists while you still can. Fat Beats NYC closes doors Sept. 4. The Los Angeles location closes on Sept. 18.

SOURCE: http://www.theboombox.com/

This Date In Music Histoyr - August 19

Birthdays:

Don Fardon ("Indian Reservation") is 67

Ginger Baker - Cream (1940)

Johnny Nash - 1972 #1 single "I Can See Clearly Now" (1940)



Roger Cook - Blue Mink (1940)

Billy J Kramer (1943)

Ian Gillan - Deep Purple (1945)

Deana (Dina) Martin - Singer, actor, daughter of Dean Martin (1948)

John Deacon - Queen (1951)

Joey Tempest - Europe (1963)

Lee Ann Womack (1966)

Missy Higgins - Australian singer-songwriter (1983)

Lil’ Romeo (1989)


They Are Missed:

Rockabilly singer Dorsey Burnette died from a heart attack at his home in Canoga Park, California in 1979.

Soul singer Betty Everett died in 2001 (age 61). She had the 1964 US #6 single "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss')."

Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died in 2008 (age 46). Publicist Ambrosia Healy said he died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in June on his Virginia farm.

Wayne Wadhams, lead singer of the Fifth Estate ("Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead") died in 2008.


History:

Pat Boone appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine in 1957.

In 1964, The Beatles kicked off a North American tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, to a crowd of 17,130. Playing 12 songs which made up their repertoire for the entire tour: ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘You Can't Do That’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Things We Said Today’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘Can't Buy Me Love’, ‘If I Fell’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘Boys’, ‘A Hard Day's Night’, and ‘Long Tall Sally’. Supporting acts were The Righteous Brothers, The Bill Black Combo, The Exciters, and Jackie DeShannon.

The High Numbers, (The Who) played at The Scene in Soho London, England in 1964.

During a US tour in 1966, the Beatles appeared at the Sam Houston Coliseum, playing two shows to over 25,000 fans. Tickets cost $5.00.

The Beatles scored their 14th US #1 single in 1967 with "All You Need Is Love." Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Graham Nash, Marianne Faithfull and Walker Brother Gary Leeds all sang backing vocals on the track.



The final "Monkees" TV show aired on NBC in 1968.

In 1969, Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Jefferson Airplane all appeared on the ABC TV Dick Cavett Show from Television Center in New York City.

Led Zeppelin kicked off a North American tour at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada in 1971. The band played to a sold out crowd of over 17,000 fans, another 3,000 fans outside the venue who didn't have tickets started a battle with local police.

Chicago started a nine-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1972 with 'Chicago V'.

In 1972, NBC-TV presented "The Midnight Special" for the first time with John Denver as the first host.

A riot broke out in 1980 after Alice Cooper cancels a Toronto concert due to an asthma attack.

In 1988, "Crazy" by Patsy Cline, and Elvis Presley’s, "Hound Dog" were announced as the most played jukebox songs of the first hundred years. The jukebox had been around since 1906, but earlier models had been first seen in 1889.

In 1996, James Brown appeared in Montauk, New York, as part of his Back at the Ranch tour. Brown who had a history of beating his wife, offered money that was raised at the event to an anti-violence organization called The Retreat, but was turned down.

Fleetwood Mac's reunion album "The Dance" was released in 1997.

In 1999, Lauryn Hill won New Artist Of The Year and Album Of The Year at the US 'Source Hip Hop Music Awards' in Los Angeles. R. Kelly won R&B Artist of The Year; DMX won Artist Of The Year and solo and live performer Of The Year.

In 2003, a man from Nottinghamshire who sent threatening emails to S Club singer Tina Barrett was jailed for six months. 41 year-old Steven Hindley, showered the singer with roses, chocolates and teddy-bears. But when the messages were ignored, he began to mention threats to the band, including a potential sniper attack. One email begged Miss Barrett to visit him at his home, claiming he was the victim of an incurable brain-tumour and had just three weeks to live.

A suitcase thought to contain Beatles memorabilia and recordings discovered at an Australian flea market in 2004 turned out to be a hoax with many of the items mere photocopies or phonies. There are no recordings.

A life-size bronze statue designed by Paul Daly of Phil Lynott was unveiled on Harry Street in Dublin in 2005. The ceremony was attended by his former Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham.



In 2006, VH1 Classic broadcasted the final episode of the legendary BBC music program Top Of The Pops with performances by the Rolling Stones and David Bowie. The program includes rare footage of John Lennon, T. Rex, U2, Elton John and Rod Stewart.

In 2007, the surviving founding members of Boston play Come Together, a concert in Beantown paying tribute to late frontman Brad Delp. Extreme and Godsmack (playing mostly acoustic) also perform. The show culminates with an introduction of the past and present Boston members in attendance and a performance of "Don't Look Back."

Elvis Presley went to #1 on the UK album chart in 2007 with 'The King.'

Lady Gaga's album "The Fame" was released in 2008.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum benefit begins in Cary, NC in 2008. Performing during the two-day event are Cream's Jack Bruce, Jefferson Starship, former Styx singer-keyboardist Dennis DeYoung and one-time Traffic guitarist Dave Mason. Concert proceeds also go to the John Entwistle Foundation, a charity named for the late Who bassist.

Music News & Notes

Cover Art of David Archuleta's 'Other Side of Down'

David Archuleta has revealed official cover art of the effort. The former "American Idol" contestant is seen sitting on a chair and smiling ear to ear in this artwork.

Led by single "Something 'Bout Love," 'The Other Side of Down' has been pushed back to October 5 after previously slated for September 14 U.S. release. The delay was made because he "would like to make sure he's delivering the best possible album and he needs just a little more time to do it."








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Courtney Love Settles Lawsuit Over Nirvana Publishing Sale

It appears that Courtney Love has settled a $1 million lawsuit over profits from her late husband Kurt Cobain's Nirvana catalogue. Bosses at management firm London & Co. sued Love in 2008, claiming she had failed to share the earnings from a sale of Nirvana's publishing rights.

The company head honchos claimed the sale was worth around $20 million. An Associated Press reports suggest attorneys for London & Co. and Love's legal team told a judge in Los Angeles last week, (August 11) that they had settled. The case was dismissed. Love has controlled many of the rights to Cobain and Nirvana's work since the rocker's suicide in 1994. No details of the settlement have been revealed.

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Slovenian Kings of Thrash NEGLIGENCE have revealed the artwork for their new album Coordinates Of Confusion!

Coordinates Of Confusion has been mixed by Ruzz (drums) in their own Negligence studio in late spring of 2010 and was mastered at West West Side Music in New York by Alan Douches. The band comments, "We're stunned by the result of the mixing and mastering and can't wait for you metal heads to hear it!"

Coordinates Of Confusion will be released October 12th, 2010 in North America.










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THE SORROW: New Album Artwork Unveiled

Austrian metalheads THE SORROW are set to release their third, self-titled album on October 29 via Drakkar Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Origin Of The Storm" was recorded at Principal Studios (DIE TOTEN HOSEN, IN EXTREMO) in Senden, Germany with producer Toni Meloni.

According to a press release, "The band have learned from the creative process of 'Origin Of The Storm', which was marked by tight schedules and high expectations. They have become totally independent in artistic terms, having embarked on a search to find themselves. The result? Their most impressive recording to date. 'The Sorrow' — the album — is unusual, courageous and oozes a musical atmosphere from the first to the last note which is unequalled in today's metal world.

The band's debut album, "Blessings from a Blackened Sky", was released in July 2007 via Drakkar Records.



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Huey Lewis and The News Album cover art

Here is the Huey Lewis and The News ‘Soulsville’ album cover art. The new album is set to be released on Nov. 2, 2010 on W.O.W. Records. This will be the first new release in nine years from the iconic rock band known for such signature hits as "The Power of Love," "The Heart of Rock & Roll" and "I Want a New Drug."

The highly-anticipated CD is a collection of covers of 1960s and 1970s Memphis Soul classics, from the legendary Stax Records, whose artists in its heyday included Isaac Hayes, Booker T & The MG’s, Otis Redding, and Sam & Dave among others. The multi-Grammy winning band recorded the album at the historic Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN.

In a statement, Huey Lewis said of the project, in which he collaborated with co-producer Jim Gaines (‘Sports,’ ‘Fore!’) who worked at Stax on many of the label’s iconic recordings: “We’re especially proud of the collection. There should be a number of surprises for everyone.”

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All That Remains' 'For We Are Many' Album Artwork Revealed

All That Remains have revealed the album cover for their upcoming fifth album, 'For We Are Many,' which is scheduled for release onOct. 12 from Prosthetic/Razor & Tie. The album was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz.

"I'm really proud of the artwork for this disc," vocalist Phil Labonte told Noisecreep about the album's cover design and concept. "I wanted it to be heavy and let the art speak for itself. That was part of the reason for leaving the name of the band off the cover."

Labonte continued, "This is the first time I've had the idea for a cover before we started. Other discs, I would tell the artist, 'I can tell ya what I don't want, but I can't tell ya what I want.' Travis Smith is really cool to work with. He'd done 'The Fall of Ideals,' so I knew him and he's great to work with. I'd told him what I wanted, and it came together pretty fast. Hope people dig it like we do."