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After several years of depressed prices, and weird and fetishistic one off acetates, private press records and countless Led Zeppelin road boxes making the list, bidders are returning to push up prices of the standard-bearers from Elvis, the Beatles, and moving 50's European classical box sets past the $10k mark. Sell your gold and swiss francs, and give away the horded canned goods and bags of rice; the dreaded mob of vegetarian child molesting Muslim communists will not be taking over. The world is returning to normal.
1. LP - Annlies Schmidt "Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Alone" Ducretet-Thomson 300 C 043/4/5 - $11,212.00
The Republic Tigers are set to release a 4-song EP, "No Land's Man," on Record Store Day, April 16, 2011. The effort is self-produced and was recorded in the band's hometown of Kansas City, MO. "No Land's Man" includes three new songs, plus "The Nerve (Nervous Dancing)," an uptempo reworking of the song "The Nerve" from "Keep Color."
"No Land's Man" will be available exclusively at independent record stores in celebration of Record Store Day. The digital configuration of the EP will be available the following Tuesday, April 19 at all online retailers. In addition to the EP, the band will release a colored vinyl 7" piece featuring "Merrymake It With Me," the first track on the EP, and "Whale Fight," an exclusive b-side.
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Jimmy Eat World To Re-Release Bleed American For Record Store Day
Jimmy Eat World have announced they will be re-releasing their platinum selling album, 'Bleed American' on vinyl for Record Store Day 2011.
The deluxe 3xLP vinyl set will be released through ORGMusic.
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not usually a big fan of digital releases, however, some might be interested that you can get a free download of some fantastic music. I'm heading over to listen to a band I recently heard of called Flight:
Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles, Dirty Beaches Release Free Compilation
ZOO MUSIC presents Flowers In The Dustbin, an amazon.com exclusive release that features eight previously released ZOO MUSIC tracks from Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles, Dirty Beaches and many more. The record is available for a limited time free of charge. Amazon Link
ZOO MUSIC is best known for limited edition vinyl runs from some of independent music's most influential emerging artists. This is a rare opportunity for fans to get selections from their now-sold-out 7" pressings over the past year.
Additionally, ZOO MUSIC is gearing up for a busy start to 2011 with upcoming releases and re-issues from Dirty Beaches, Crocodiles and Pink Playground.
Track Listing:
1.Neon Jesus - Crocodiles
2.If You're Gold, I'm Gone - Woven Bones
3.Restless - Reading Rainbow
4.True Blue - Dirty Beaches
5.White Hate - Beaters
6.Turns To Blood - Flight
7.Sunny Skies - Pink Playground
8.Mercury Mary - Dum Dum Girls
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Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner To Release New EP Next Month
Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner is scheduled to release a new six-track EP comprising of original material that was recorded for Richard Ayoade‘s forthcoming film Submarine.
The EP is set for release through Domino on March 14th, and will be available in CD, 10″ vinyl and digital formats. Submarine, a Welsh-set comedy/drama starring Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins and Paddy Considine, is due for release in the UK on March 18th.
Submarine EP tracklisting:
‘Stuck On The Puzzle (Intro)’
‘Hiding Tonight’
‘Glass In The Park’
‘It’s Hard To Get Around The Wind’
‘Stuck On The Puzzle’
‘Piledriver Waltz’
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Vinyl revived: Knoxville's music market reflects growing popularity of records
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nice article about vinyl at the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
German true metal squad WIZARD will release its ninth studio album, "...Of Wariwulfs And Bluotvarwes", on March 25 on CD and limited-edition vinyl via Massacre Records. The concept effort, based on the story written by the famous German fantasy writer André Wiesler, was recorded by Volker Leson at the Magic Hall Studio in Bocholt, and was mixed and mastered by Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER). The cover artwork for the album was designed by Steve Argyle
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Accent Records Founder Scott Seely Passes Away At 99
Scott Seely the owner and founder of Accent Records Passed away January 20th at his home in Palm Desert. He was 99 years old. Seely worked the LA music scene since the 1930s. He started his label Accent Records in 1951. It was located on Hollywood Boulevard until the late '60s when he moved out to Palm Dessert. His records documented an entire segment of 1950s and 1960s era of the LA and Palm Springs Music. A genre of Country, Easy Listening and Pop music. His label released almost 600 45s and over 200 LPs and numerous CDs in his lifetime.
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Classic rockers Yes will return to the U.S. this March and April for a series of shows.
The tour is being put on by House of Blues talent whose spokesman, Michael Yerke, said "We're tremendously excited to be working with Yes on this incredible tour through so many of our House of Blues and other theaters. House of Blues is all about bringing music, artists and fans together in great venues. These concerts will be memorable and absolutely deliver on that promise."
In the film 'Star Trek : First Contact', when Picard shows Lilly she is orbiting Earth, Australia and Papa New Guinea are clearly visible .. but New Zealand is missing. Who actually notices shit like this?
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been over mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.
One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
THE LAW OF THE LAND
In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light !
and in music today:
In 1957, Iraq bans the films Rock Around The Clock and Bus Stop, saying they are "dangerous to teenagers and youths."
In 1959, Buddy Holly was buried in Lubbock, Texas. His tombstone reads "Holley", the correct spelling of his given surname and includes pictures of a guitar. Buddy's pallbearers were Joe Mauldin, Jerry Allison, Niki Sullivan, Bob Montgomery, Sonny Curtis and Phil Everly.
In 1963, the Beatles "Please Please Me" was released in the U.S. It was their first single released in the states.
In 1970, Shocking Blue, a three man, one woman band from Holland, had the top single in America with "Venus". What few know is that they have many, many other great cuts, buy an old LP, I am sure you will agree...
In 1979 - Stephen Stills was the first rock artist to record on digital equipment.
1981 - A Jersey City sextet called Kool And The Gang, which featured Robert "Kool" Bell on lead vocals, had the top tune in America with "Celebration".
While battling cancer in 2000, Lonesome Dave Peverett, lead singer of Savoy Brown and Foghat died from double-pneumonia at the age of 56.
Fine Songwriting From "Under the Radar" Indie "Group" by Michael Fremer January 01, 2011
This is not Sam Beam's (A/K/A Iron and Wine) latest album. It dates from 2007. His first release, The Creek Drank the Cradle, was released back in 2002. Somehow that one, this one, his newest and all of his work escaped my attention until last year's AXPONA audio show in Jacksonville Florida where I saw the collected works in the bins of a Florida audio store owner who had a room at the show. I asked to hear something and he played a cut from this introspective, atmospheric and sonically enticing and well-produced album. I was hooked.
Beam was a professor of film and cinematography at the University of Miami before his musical career took off. The music on this extremely well recorded album simmers and bubbles on very low heat with Beam rarely raising his lyrical voice above a closely miked, often double tracked whisper. It draws you in to a web of complex instrumentation packed with percussives that likewise have the arrangements whispering and never shouting.
The lilting rhythms percolate in time with King Sunny Ade's Nigerian Yorubu Jùjú music along with elements of Jamaican dub, while the arrangements are sprinkled with acoustic and pedal steel guitars and other stringed instruments. Beam's introspection occasionally is reminiscent of Sufjan Stevens'.
Lyrically, Beam is most often densely packed and allegorical. You'll have to listen and/or read carefully to get them and even then comprehension is another, more difficult task. The album's insert has the lyrics and song titles as one long run on sentence block. However, the dense lyrics require patience and probing even when laid out in verse. Consider the album opener, "Innocent Bones":
Cain got a milk-eyed mule from the auction
Abel got a telephone
And even the last of the blue-eyed babies know
That the burning man is the color of the end of day
And how every tongue that gets bit always has another word to say
Cain bought a blade from some witch at the window
Abel bought a bag of weed
And even the last of the brown-eyed babies see
That the cartoon king has a tattoo of a bleeding heart
There ain't a penthouse christian that wants the pain of the scab, but they all want the scar
How every mouth sings of what it's without so we all sing of love
And how it ain't one dog who's good at fucking and denying who he's thinking of
Cain heard a cat tumble limp off the rooftop
Abel heard his papa pray
And even the last of the black-eyed babies say
That every saint has a chair you can borrow in a church to sell
That the wind blows cold across the backs of a master and the kitchen help
There's a big pile of innocent bones still holding up the garden wall
And it was always the broken hand we learned to lean on after all
How God knows if Christ came back he'd find us in a poker game
After finding out the drinks were all free but they won't let you out the door again
(lyrics reprinted without permission)
My favorite lines are: "That the cartoon king has a tattoo of a bleeding heart /There ain't a penthouse christian that wants the pain of the scab, but they all want the scar"
Ain't that the truth?
Yes, the poetry is dense and the meaning often obscure, but the imagery is clear cut and the melodies haunting. Add texturally rich arrangements and a well-focused carefully presented recording and you have a treasure of an album that's easy to recommend, particularly for cynics who think "they don't make records like they used to."
They do.
Thanks to Michael over at www.musicangle.com for the exclusive rights to reprint this material. Stop by MusicAngle.com for more reviews and features.
I can't help myself, I know this isn't really vinyl record news, but....
MTV Brings Back "Beavis and Butt-Head"
Reuters reported that the classic MTV cartoon "Beavis and Butt-Head" will return to the air later this year with new episodes. It's speculated that series creator Mike Judge will once again voice both characters, however, MTV hasn't revealed any further details about the new version of the show.
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The Beast Of The Apocalypse To Release New Album "Henosis"
Dutch metal act The Beast of the Apocalypse are scheduled to release the new album 'Henosis' on February 7th, 2011. Here is the cover artwork for the album. The track listing is as follows:
1. One
2. Vision of the Twelve Priests Before the Altar
3. I Am Not Worthy to Utter thy Name
4. Henosis
5. An Enlightened Acon
6. The Immortal Realm of Barbelo
7. Yaldabaoth
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Ramadanman Talks Vinyl
"I like its convenience" he explains
Posted by Robin Murray
Dubstep producer Ramadanman has attempted to explain his love affair with vinyl.
Dubstep has a curious relationship with vinyl. Initially, all the big DJs on the scene had a series of exclusive dubplates, one off pressings which they would whip out when the crowd started warming to the sound.
This led to a fetish for vinyl, particularly amongst older heads. However recently DJs have begun cutting back, with even the likes of Oneman beginning to introduce Pioneers into his set as a means of coping with mp3 only releases.
As a kick back against this trend, Ramadanman recently opened a new night in Leeds. Vinyl only, it has seen the DJ get back to his roots with a series of titanic sets. Confirmed to curate a new FabricLive mix, the producer recently spoke about his love affair with wax.
As Jerry Rawles talks about the old country dances he used to attend at the Grange Hall in Montana, he slips a “Best of the Mom and Dads” record out of its cover, places it on one of his 15 turntables in his garage, and begins bouncing to the music. A big grin lights up the 82-year-old's face, and he dances a few steps, saying, “it's an easy rhythm, easy music.”
Rawles stores about 4,000 records in his garage, each neatly stacked by genre and alphabetized. His big band collection ranges from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass to Lawrence Welk. In other cabinets (all of which have rollers on the bottom for easy access that he picked up at garage sales) he stocks male vocalists, female vocalists, blues, jazz, country, bluegrass, Dixie and instrumental (from accordion to zither).
Hiding in the back corner of his garage, there's the music he calls “goofy.” It includes everything from The Allman Brothers and AC/DC to ZZ Top.
“I call it goofy because you can't understand the lyrics,” Rawles said. “ZZ Top isn't bad, but some of that stuff is just noise in my ears.”
Owner says market exists for old-fashioned record albums
By Bob Caylor of The News-Sentinel
There's a market in Fort Wayne for $1,000 turntables, audiophile record-cleaning machines that cost hundreds of dollars, and – most important – more than 100,000 vinyl records under one roof. That's what Morrison Agen is counting on as he prepares to open his record store at 1836 S. Calhoun St.
Agen is renovating the interior of a 2,800-square-foot store just south of The Oyster Bar, 1830 S. Calhoun. He plans to open Neat Neat Neat Records & Music on March 1.
Why vinyl? Didn't old-fashioned record albums become obsolete back when compact discs were introduced?
Book Of Dowth, the new album of German folk-influenced melodic death metal band Suidakra, will be released on March 25th through AFM Records. The album's cover artwork was created by Kris Verwimp.
Cool cover art!
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Trail Of The Dead “Tao Of The Dead” Is A Bone-Shattering Opus
The worst-named band in indie rock–or at least the band that best suggests a Swedish thrash-metal collective–also creates some of the most glorious noise. Who else but these boys from Austin could make relentless drums, sharp guitars, and furiously spat vocals feel so tuneful and affecting. OK, the Pixies, but good company, no?
The cover art for the second album in the Southern Journey series - "Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long."
Many blues and folk music fans have no doubt heard of John Lomax and his son, Alan. Both were pioneers in the discovery and field recordings of folk music and musicians all over the world.
That's just a very brief summary of what they did (check the links to their names above for much more). They were both pioneers in their field, finding and recording thousands of songs that created a roadmap for the history of American folk music.
The View have unveiled the cover art for their forthcoming album 'Bread And Circuses'.
The View are working class boys made good. Growing up on the council estate of Dryburgh in Dundee, the band kept down odd jobs before deciding to focus on their music, often practising for up to 12 hours a day.
Remaining close to their roots, the band are now set to release their third album 'Bread And Circuses'. Due to hit the shops on March 14th, The View have decided to unveil the art work for the new LP
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Yes, House is a great musician as well, read about it here:
Hugh Laurie's Let Them Talk CD To Be Released in May
Author: Mindy Peterman
Besides being a fine actor, Hugh Laurie has proven himself to be a singer and piano player par excellence. A few months ago, I talked a bit about Laurie’s highly anticipated blues record and its imminent release. With heavy hitters such as Irma Thomas, Dr. John, and Sir Tom Jones on board, the album looks like it’s going to be something special.
Now more fuel has been thrown on that anticipatory flame with a title, a (U.K.) release date, album cover art and (joy of joys!) a track listing.
The album title, Let Them Talk, is also the last song on the CD and presumably a cover version of the great old James Booker tune. The CD is set for a May 9th release on the U.K. Amazon site and May 17th on the U.S. site. But before you pull out your credit card, be warned. The CD being sold on the U.S. Amazon site is the import and is priced as such. There is no U.S. release date yet.
Tennis sets sail with retro-pop debut album, ‘Cape Dory’
By Julia Sklar
Alaina Moore poses seductively on the cover of Tennis’ lo-fi, ’60s-sounding debut album, “Cape Dory.”
Why a band whose debut album was inspired by a nautical adventure would call itself Tennis is an enigma to me. This puzzlement, however, doesn’t stand in the way of thoroughly enjoying Tennis’ first album, “Cape Dory,” which was released last month.
The masters behind this band are husband-and-wife-team Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, who, in addition to being talented newcomers, appear to be time travelers. Their mellow, breezy pop reeks of the ’60s, while their album cover features Moore looking like something straight out of “Footloose.” Yet, on top of all of this, recent pictures of the young couple evoke today’s Williamsburg hipsters so well that I was surprised to learn the two actually hail from Denver, Colo., where they met at college.
In a world torn by religious and political strife, terrorism, rioting and economic malaise, Harry Wayne Casey has a way for all of us to cope with the stresses of living in the 21st century.
'Do a little dance ... make a little love ... get down tonight ...'
And if that doesn't work, 'shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your booty.'
Casey, who is better known to the world of music as K.C., as in the leader and musical inspiration behind seminal 1970s dance music sensations K.C. and the Sunshine Band, said he is busier now, touring North America with his popular, upbeat stage shows, than he ever was during the group's initial heyday of the mid-1970s
SERJ TANKIAN To Release 'Imperfect Remixes' EP; Artwork Unveiled
SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has announced plans to release the 'Imperfect Remixes' EP, a collection remixes of select cuts from his 2010 album, 'Imperfect Harmonies.' The cover artwork for the effort was created by Patrick Call
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Dum Dum Girls He Gets Me High EP Set
Los Angeles-based Dum Dum Girls follow up their fuzzy,girl group-inspired 2010 Sub Pop debut 'I Will Be' with 'He Gets Me High,' an EP composed of three originals and a cover of the swooning Smiths’ classic “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.” Lead singer/songwriter Dee Dee, Richard Gotteher (who also worked on I Will Be and is best known for penning “My Boyfriend’s Back” and “I Want Candy”), and Sune Rose Wagner of the Raveonettes produced the EP.
Released: March 1, 2011
12 INCH EP - $9
1. Wrong Feels Right
2. He Gets Me High
3. Take Care of My Baby
4. There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Mogwai - Rano Pano
Fleet Foxes - FF Blue
J Mascis - Several Shades of Why
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
Low - C'mon
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URIAH HEEP: U.S. Tour Dates Announced
Legendary British hard rockers URIAH HEEP have scheduled the following U.S. tour dates:
June 14 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
June 15 - Riverbend Festival - Chattanooga,TN
June 17 - Fraze Pavilion for the Performing Arts - Kettering, OH
June 18 - Rams Head on Stage - Annapolis, MD
June 19 - State Theater - Sun Falls Church, VA
June 20 - Sellersville - Sellersville, PA
June 22 - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill - New York, NY
June 23 - Showcase Live - Foxborough, MA
June 24 - Penn's Peak - Jim Thorpe, PA
June 25 - Ridgefield Play House - Ridgefield, CT
June 27 - Infinity Hall - Norfolk, CT
Aug. 12 - Rocking the Rivers - Three Forks, MT
Aug. 14 - Mayo Park - Rochester, MN
URIAH HEEP recently inked a deal with Frontiers Records for the release of the band's 23rd studio album, tentatively due in April.
Following the completion of URIAH HEEP's 40th anniversary tour, the band started the recordings for its new CD in January at Liscombe Park Studios in Buckinghamshire, England. Entitled "Into The Wild", it will contain 11 brand new songs, including some epic additions to the band's huge catalogue of rock classics.
Chicago's infamous murder metal trio Macabre are preparing to eviscerate the public with their first album in eight long years. Recorded over the course of the band's 25th anniversary, the highly anticipated 14-track platter of splatter "Grim Scary Tales" presents the classic Macabre style fans have come to bloodthirstily expect, cleverly combining nursery rhyme sing-along quirkiness with ultra-tight, high-speed, gore/grind/death ingenuity
The Cars are back. The seminal Boston late 70's/early 80's "new wave" rockers have reunited with frontman/creative force Ric Ocasek and will release their new album 'Move Like This' on May 10 via Concord Music. This is the first album from the original band -- Ocasek, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and David Robinson (minus the late Ben Orr) -- since the band officially broke up 23 years ago. "Sad Song", the retro-sounding lead single from 'Move Like This,' will arrive mid-March.
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found a cool new blog, interesting stuff!
The Beatles' Revolver LP artwork – Lost and Found
Released on August 5, 1966, The Beatles’ Revolver album was yet another milestone in their amazing recording career. The album followed the more acoustic and folky Rubber Soul album of the previous year.
Many observers of the era believe that Revolver ushered in the psychedelic era of rock music. Critics point to the many sonic innovations found on the album. Just a few significant examples include: the mariner-like sound effects on Yellow Submarine; the backwards guitar riffs of I’m Only Sleeping;
George Harrison’s use of sitar on Love You To; and the vari-speed noise effects and seagulls mixed with the “Dali-Lamitization” of John Lennon’s voice, all with a lot of innovation from Beatles’ recording engineer Geoff Emerick.
During the recording of the album, John Lennon called their old friend from Hamburg days, Klaus Voormann. Klaus was, and is to this day, a multi-dimensional artist who has worked as a photographer, graphic artist and bass player. “We had seen his drawings,” says Paul McCartney. “And we always liked his style and it was like, ‘Would you see if you can come up with a cover’
Rock And Roll Detective ®
The Rock And Roll Detective® blog is a fun and educational way to learn about the many stories behind the history of rock and roll. The Rock And Roll Detective® will take his readers on a search of all the myths and mysteries of rock while also discussing how some of rock and roll's rarest relics and artifacts have been unearthed. It will also help collectors of rock memorabilia learn how to discern real from fake memorabilia.
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SSgt Barry Sadler's 'Ballad of the Green Berets' No. 1 With a Bullet -- Twisted Tales
The Beatles had a big year in 1966. So did the Stones and the Monkees. The Sinatras sold a lot of records, too -- both Nancy and Frank hit the No. 1 spot on the US pop charts that year.
But the biggest single of the year in America was recorded by one of the more unlikely pop stars of the modern era. Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler was a former Air Force enlistee and Green Beret medic who began recording songs when he was sent home from Vietnam after being wounded in action. Sadler's first single, 'The Ballad of the Green Berets,' hit the charts in early February of '66; a month later, it sent 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'' on a hike from the top spot.
Vinyl record collectors causing change in some music sales
Check out the new updated Record Collector Shows in left column! Find a Record Show near you and buy some records!
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Did You Know?
more stuff everybody should know...
One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows. Dumb birds....
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!
Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland...why?
A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
and on that note, on to a little bit of music history for the day:
In 1957, Bill Haley arrived from New York on the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton for his UK concert debut and was greeted by 5,000 fans. He was the first major American Rock artist to tour the UK.
In 1962, Ringo Starr appeared live with The Beatles for the first time when he filled in for an ailing Pete Best. They played two shows that day, a lunchtime date at the Cavern Club and an evening show at the Kingsway Club in Southport.
In 1966, an instrumental called "No Matter What Shape" by The T-Bones reaches the US Top Ten after being featured in Alka-Seltzer commercials. The group contained Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo and Tom Reynolds, who would go on have a number four hit in 1971 called "Don't Pull Your Love" as Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds.
In 1972, Paul Simon releases his first new song without Art Garfunkel, "Mother and Child Reunion", which will peak at number four in the US. Simon got the idea for the song's title from a chicken-and-egg dish called "Mother and Child Reunion" that he saw on a Chinese restaurant's menu.
The first record I ever bought, Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold" was released in 1972. The record will prove to be his only US number one solo hit. Background vocals were provided by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.
In 1983, after cracking the US Top 10 in 1978 with "Hold The Line" (#5) and again in 1982 with "Rosanna" (#2), Toto has their first and only Billboard #1 hit with "Africa". Over the next five years, they would reach the Top 40 five more times.
In 2005, Paul McCartney performed during the half-time show at Superbowl XXXIX (39) in Jacksonville Florida and pocketed a cool $3.3 million for his 12 minute performance. That translates into $278,000 per minute. Sir Paul played in front of an estimated TV audience of one billion and sang the Beatles songs "Drive My Car", "Get Back" and "Hey Jude", plus his Bond theme song "Live and Let Die".
and Birthday wishes to:
Duff McKagan of Guns 'N Roses (1964)
Cory Wells (1942) - vocalist for Three Dog Night - "Eli's Coming"
Though I am not a fan of digital music, any 'new' music by the Fab Four is news, so here ya go!
Two Unreleased Beatles' Tracks To Be Made Available On iTunes
It's just been announced that two exclusive Beatles tracks will be available from iTunes this month. The two previously-unreleased versions of 'The Fool On The Hill' and 'Girl' will be available on the Cirque Du Soleil stage show soundtrack 'Love.'
''On February 8, The Beatles' 'LOVE' album and 'All Together Now', the feature-length documentary about the making of The Beatles 'LOVE' by Cirque du Soleil, will make their digital release debuts," a statement on the band's website said.
The Beatles entire back catalogue was made available for the first time last year on iTunes.
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The White Stripes Split Up
Jack and Meg White confirm the band has 'officially ended' The White Stripes announced yesterday that they have split up. A statement posted on their official website, Whitestripes.com, explained that the Detroit duo would make "no further new recordings or perform live".
The statement read: "The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as both Meg and Jack [White] are feeling fine and in good health."
"It [the split] is for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band and have it stay that way."
The band also left a personal message to their fans on the site. "The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore," they wrote. "The White Stripes belongs to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to."
They also explained that music from the band, including unreleased material, would continue to be put out by Jack White's record label, Third Man Records.
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PEARL JAM'S VS. AND VITALOGY 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS
Epic Records and Legacy Recordings celebrate Pearl Jam‘s 20th anniversary with the release of newly restored and expanded editions of Vs. and Vitalogy.
Vs. and Vitalogy will each be available in Definitive Legacy Editions, Deluxe Editions and together in a Limited Edition Collector’s Boxed Set on Tuesday, March 29th. Each album will also be released in new commemorative, vinyl editions on April 12th in time for Record Store Day 2011 (April 16th).
Pre-orders for the Vs. and Vitalogy Limited Edition Collector’s Boxed Set begin today at pearljam.com/
Details on the new Reissue Formats of Vs. and Vitalogy are as follows:
1. Definitive Legacy Editions (CD and Digital) The definitive Legacy editions of Vs. and Vitalogy — including the original studio albums, newly remastered, along with album-era bonus tracks — will each be available on CD and digital formats:
• The definitive Legacy edition of Vs. includes three bonus tracks recorded by Brendan O’Brien at The Site studio during the Vs. sessions:
- a previously unreleased acoustic version of “Hold On”;
- “Cready Stomp” – a previously unreleased studio outtake;
- and the band’s cover of Victoria Williams’ “Crazy Mary” featuring Williams on backing vocals and guitar.
• The definitive Legacy edition of Vitalogy includes three bonus tracks:
- the previously unreleased guitar/organ-only mix of “Betterman”;
- a previously unreleased alternate take of “Corduroy” from the Vitalogy session (recorded by Brendan O’Brien);
- a previously unreleased demo version of “Nothingman,” taken from the original DAT (recorded at John and Stu’s in Seattle on October 14, 1993, featuring Richard Stuverud on drums).
2. Deluxe Edition (3 CDs or Digital Download Bundle at Various Digital Service Providers)
• Deluxe Edition CD version – Vs. and Vitalogy will be available together in a CD deluxe edition which includes:
- the Legacy edition of each album;
- a copy of Live at the Orpheum Theater, Boston, April 12, 1994. A special performance recorded at the tail end of the mythic Vs. tour, Live at the Orpheum Theater showcases a dream setlist created especially by the Pearl Jam crew and has for years been one of the most sought-after recordings among serious aficionados.
3. Limited Edition Collector’s Boxed Set (5 LPs, 4 CDs, 1 Cassette, Digital Download, Composition Notebook, Memorabilia-filled Envelope)
Vs. and Vitalogy will be available together in a limited edition collector’s boxed set that includes 59 unique Pearl Jam performances on four CDs, five LPs and one cassette in addition to a number of guest artist performances. The Limited Edition Boxed set is only available for sale at pearljam.com.
Contents include:
• Definitive Legacy editions of Vs. and Vitalogy remastered with bonus tracks on CD;
• Remastered vinyl editions of Vs. (single LP) and Vitalogy (double LP);
• Double vinyl LP and CD of Live at the Orpheum Theater, Boston, April 12, 1994 plus an exclusive digital download of the concert. A special performance recorded at the tail end of the mythic Vs. tour, Live at the Orpheum Theater showcases a dream setlist created especially by the Pearl Jam crew and has for years been one of the most sought-after recordings among serious aficionados;
• Exclusive collector’s cassette featuring live tribute and studio performances from a number of Pearl Jam‘s fellow artist friends. Broadcast on January 8, 1995, this recording is part of the legendary Monkeywrench/Self-Pollution Radio series produced by the band;
• 80-page composition book filled with photos, drawings and artwork by Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament;
• A glassine envelope containing a collection of Vs. and Vitalogy- era memorabilia including beautiful lithographs of each band member, postcards, posters and much more.
4.Record Store Day Vinyl Editions (LP) – Available April 12thVs. and Vitalogy will be available at independent record retailers in new commemorative, vinyl editions on April 12th in time for Record Store Day 2011 (April 16th).
• Vs. (single LP) and Vitalogy (double LP) – both remastered
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Royal Guardsmen Return With New Album, Beaglemania Live!
The Royal Guardsmen, who lit up the skies during the 60's with songs like Snoopy vs. the Red Baron and Snoopy's Christmas, have released a new album on Star Creek Records called Beaglemania LIVE!
The effort includes all of the group's classic hits, including the two Snoopy titles, Return of the Red Baron and Baby Let's Wait, among its twenty songs and was recorded on November 7, 2010 at Haugh Performing Arts Center in Glendora, California.
Wax Nostalgic: 7 Questions With Jerry Weber of Jerry's Records (Pittsburgh)
By Jaeki Cho
World-famous crate digger DJ Muro, a.k.a King of Diggin’, once said, “When I finally went to Jerry’s Records, after years of anticipation, I got a bit emotional. There were literally endless piles of records. I stayed there from open to closing.” For a man who has several apartments in Tokyo to maintain his record collection, the statement captures two features about Pittsburgh’s premier music destination: (1) It has a titanic inventory, and (2) even among serious vinyl collectors, a trip to this shop is a pilgrimage on its own.
Jerry Weber, the bearded, sage-like figure, and namesake of Jerry's wields music chops dating back to the shop’s inception 35 years ago. He kicked off the now legendary Mecca when a friend offered him a second-floor space on top of a bar for $75-per-month. After three decades in the business, the store currently offers a million records, with an additional millie stored in the warehouse. Close to 700,000 7-inches, and 1.3 million pressed albums—organized in alphabetical, and genre-based order—are offered for three to five dollars each.
RecordPressing.com has a wonderful interview, check it out:
Inside the Vinyl Record Industry
A Q&A with Rob Jones by Nobo McManus
Coming in the form of the stylish, no-frills record company Jealous Butcher, Rob Jones has been dedicating himself to the music he loves for close to twenty years, straight out of Portland, Oregon. The label has put out some incredible records, each one painstakingly worked over by RJ himself, from the jacket to the audio itself. And what’s even better is he truly loves everything he puts out, which is what makes Jealous Butcher Records a musician’s record company. I’ll let Rob do all the talking now.
Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.
The average person laughs 13 times a day!
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
Polar bears are left-handed.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Really, is this a problem?
THE LAW OF THE LAND
In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.
and in music today:
In 1958 The Royal Teens' biggest hit, "Short Shorts" entered the US record charts on its way to # 3. The song was originally an instrumental warm up number that the group added silly lyrics to. The tune was recorded in about twenty minutes of left over studio time and released after a record label executive took a liking to it.
In 1968, The Beatles started work on their new single ‘Lady Madonna’ at Abbey Road studios in London. Recording three piano and drum takes with overdub bass, fuzz guitars, drums, and vocals. This was the last Beatles release on Capitol Records (US), or Parlophone (UK). All future releases were on Apple Records, the label The Beatles created.
Elton John started a three-week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1973 with 'Crocodile Rock'. Elton's first of five US #1 singles.
In 2003, Legendary music producer Phil Spector was arrested for investigation of murder after police found a woman shot to death at his Los Angeles mansion. The 62 year old Spector, whose Wall Of Sound technique transformed 1960s Pop music, was freed after posting $1 million bond. The body of 40-year-old Lana Clarkson, a TV and film actress, was found in a pool of blood with a gunshot to the face at the marble entrance to Spector's home.
In 2007, Daughtry were at #1 on the US album chart with their self-titled debut. Lead singer Chris Daughtry was the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol. The album sold over a 1m copies after just five weeks of release, becoming the fastest selling debut rock album of all time.
Birthday wishes to Dave Davies of the Kinks and Melanie, who were both born in 1947.
written by Robert Benson
The day is immortalized in the legendary Don McLean song “American Pie.” It was a day that saddened music lovers all over the world and shocked the music industry. It was the day the music died.
We are of course referring to the plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, that claimed the lives of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. The crash, which occurred on February 3, 1959, is now over fifty years old. Let’s explore some of the details of “the day the music died.”
The Winter Dance Party began at the Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 23, 1959. It featured the aforementioned stars, Dion Deuce as well as an aspiring teen idol named Frankie Sardou. The tour was set to cover twenty-four Midwestern cities in a span of three weeks. The tour was a logistical nightmare with the amount of travel that was required. Adding to this problem was a tour bus that was ill-equipped to deal with the weather conditions in that part of the country; its heating system broke down shortly after the tour began. In fact, one musician, drummer Carl Bunch, developed a severe case of frostbite to his feet that required hospitalization (Holly and Valens took turns on the drums). It got so cold on the bus that the musicians started burning newspapers in the aisle in a desperate attempt to keep warm.
What’s interesting is that the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake was not intended to be a stop on the tour, but the promoters, hoping to fill an open date, contacted the manager of the establishment and offered him the show. He accepted and the date was set for February 2nd.
However, Holly was so frustrated and tired of the malfunctioning tour bus that he told his fellow musicians that, once the show was over, they should attempt to charter a plane to get to the next stop on the tour; which was Moorhead, Minnesota. So flight arrangements were made with Roger Peterson, who was a local pilot employed at Dwyer Flying Service, based in Mason City, Iowa. The fee was $36 per passenger and the single-engine plane could seat three musicians in addition to the pilot.
But there was a dilemma, who would fly and who would get to the next destination via the tour bus? Obviously, Holly and the pilot were aboard which left two seats open. Dion was approached to buy a seat, but he thought that the price of $36 was way too much. He recalled his parents arguing about the rent, which coincidently was $36 per month and he could not bring himself to pay an entire month’s rent for a short plane ride.
J.P. Richardson had come down with a bout of the flu and asked one of Holly’s band mates, Waylon Jennings, for his seat on the plane and Jennings gave up his seat. Ritchie Valens, who was also feeling the effects of the freezing tour bus, asked Holly’s other band mate Tommy All sup for his seat. Allsup replied that he would flip a coin, with the winner getting the last seat on the plane. Now, contrary to what has been depicted in the biographical movies, the coin toss was not done by Holly; nor did it occur at the airport. The coin toss occurred at the Ballroom shortly before they departed for the airport and was actually done by a DJ who was working the concert that night.
The plane took off at 1 a.m. on February 3, 1959 from Mason City Municipal Airport. Approximately 1:05 a.m., Jerry Dwyer, owner of Dwyer Flying Service could see the lights of the plane start to descend from the sky to the ground. The pilot was supposed to file his flight plan once airborne, but he never contacted the tower. By 3:30 a.m., after multiple attempts to contact his pilot and the fact that the airport in Fargo, Minnesota had not heard from Peterson, Dwyer contacted the authorities to report the plane missing.
The doomed aircraft had just made it a few miles from the airport. The pilot (who was not certified to fly at night) may have been confused by the darkness and the light snow that was falling. The plane hit the ground nose first at an estimated 150mph killing all four men instantly.
crash site
Tidbits:
In 1976, when the first Buddy Holly Week was held, Paul McCartney was presented with the cuff links Buddy Holly wore the night of the crash. McCartney purchased the rights to Holly’s song publishing and began organizing the annual celebration five years later.
On February 29, 1980, an old police file containing Buddy Holly’s horn rimmed glasses and a watch owned by J. P. Richardson were located by the Mason City Sheriff. The items were recovered at the crash site.
In the 2000 film Almost Famous, the band's plane is caught in bad weather, at which point one of the band members begins to sing the Buddy Holly song "Peggy Sue.”
Deciding that the show must go on at the next stop, Moorhead, MN, they looked for local talent to fill in. Just across the state line from Moorhead, in Fargo ND, they found a 15 year old talent named Bobby Vee.
The crash that ended the lives of Holly, Valens, and Richardson was the break that began the career of Vee.
Tommy Allsup would one day open a club named "The Head's Up Saloon," a tribute to the coin toss that saved his life.
Waylon Jennings would become a hugely popular Country singer.
Dion DiMucci would enjoy a long lived solo career.
Ritchie Valens:
Inscribed on Ritchie Valens' grave are the words, "Come On, Let's Go."
Valens was a pioneer of Chicano rock, Latin rock and was an inspiration to many musicians of Latino heritage. He influenced the likes of Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and Carlos Santana among countless others at a time when there were very few Latinos in American rock and pop music. He is considered the first Latino to ever successfully cross over into Rock mainstream.
"La Bamba" would prove to be his most influential recording; not only by becoming a pop chart hit sung entirely in Spanish but also because of its successful blending of traditional Latin American music with rock. He was a pioneer and was an inspiration for many after his tragic death. Valens was the first to capitalize on this formula which would later be adopted by such varied artists as Selena, Caifanes, Cafe Tacuba, Circo, El Gran Silencio, Aterciopelados, Gustavo Santaolalla, and many others in the Latin Alternative scene. Ironically, the Valenzuela family spoke only English at home, and Ritchie knew very little Spanish. Ritchie learned the lyrics of "La Bamba" phonetically in order to record the song in Spanish.
"Come on Let's Go" has been covered by Los Lobos, The Ramones and "The Paley Brothers”; (jointly, The Ramones on guitar, bass, and drums and The Paley Brothers on vocals), Tommy Steele, The Huntingtons and The McCoys.
"Donna" has been covered by artists as diverse as MxPx, Cliff Richard, The Youngbloods, Clem Snide, Cappadonna, and The Misfits among many others.
Robert Quine has cited Valens' guitar playing as an early influence on his style.
Donna Ludwig, Ritchie's girlfriend, is today still recognized as "Ritchie's Donna.” Her personalized license plate reads "ODONNA.”
Ritchie's nephew, Ernie Valens, has toured worldwide playing his uncle's songs, including a new version of the "Winter Dance Party" tour with Buddy Holly impersonator John Mueller. This tour has taken place at many of the original 1959 venues in the Midwest.
Valens also appeared in biopic films. Valens was depicted in the 1987 biopic film La Bamba, which was about his life. The film's time period was from 1957 to 1959, in which his age was 16 to 17. It introduced Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens and co-starred Esai Morales as his older half-brother, Bob Morales. Los Lobos performed most of the music in the film.
Valens was portrayed by Gilbert Melgar in the final scene of The Buddy Holly Story and Valens will also be depicted in the upcoming 2009 film The Day the Music Died. Valens will be portrayed by Joseph Thornhillas in the 2009 film Lives and Deaths of the Poet.
Big Bopper:
Richardson's son, Jay Richardson, took up a musical career and is known professionally as "The Big Bopper, Jr." He has performed all around the world.
Notably, he has toured on the "Winter Dance Party" tour with Buddy Holly impersonator John Mueller on some of the same stages as his father performed.
In January 2007, Richardson's son Jay requested that his father's body be exhumed and an autopsy be performed to settle the rumors that a gun was fired or that Richardson initially survived the crash. The autopsy was performed by Dr. Bill Bass, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Jay was present with Dr. Bass throughout the entire autopsy and observed as the casket was opened; both men were surprised to find the remains well enough preserved to be recognizable as those of the late rock star. "Dad still amazes me 48 years after his death, that he was in remarkable shape," Richardson told the Associated Press. "I surprised myself. I handled it better than I thought I would."
Dr. Bass' findings indicated there were no signs of foul play. He was quoted as saying "There are fractures from head to toe. Massive fractures. ... (Richardson) died immediately. He didn't crawl away. He didn't walk away from the plane."
After the autopsy, Richardson's body was placed in a new casket made by the same company as the original, then was reburied next to his wife in Beaumont's Forest Lawn Cemetery. Jay then allowed the old casket to be put on display at the Texas Musician's Museum.
Buddy Holly:
Buddy Holly Monument
Contrary to popular belief, teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney did not attend a Holly concert, although they watched his TV appearance on "Sunday Night at the London Palladium"; Tony Bramwell, a school friend of McCartney and George Harrison, did. Keith Richards attended one of the gigs, where he heard "Not Fade Away" for the first time. Bramwell met Holly, and freely shared his records with all three. Lennon and McCartney later cited Holly as a primary influence. (Their band's name, The Beatles, was chosen partly in homage to Holly's Crickets.) The Beatles did a cover version of "Words of Love" that was a close reproduction of Holly's version.
McCartney owns the publishing rights to Holly's song catalogue.
A young Bob Dylan attended the January 31, 1959 show, two nights before Holly's death. Dylan referred to this in his 1998 Grammy acceptance speech for his 1997 Time out of Mind winning Album of the Year.
Various rock and roll histories have asserted that the singing group The Hollies were named in homage to Buddy Holly. According to the band's website, although the group admired Holly (and years later produced an album covering some of his songs), their name was inspired primarily by the sprigs of holly in evidence around Christmas of 1962.
After the death of Buddy he would leave a trail of followers from Bob Dylan, to Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, and The Beatles. Also, one of The Rolling Stones early hits was a cover of "Not Fade Away.”
Eddie Cochran, good friend and fellow rock 'n' roll pioneer was so distraught by the deaths of Holly, Valens, and The Big Bopper that he recorded the song "Three Stars" as a tribute. The song was not released until after Cochran's own premature death, because he was too upset to allow it to be issued in his lifetime.
The Smithereens' song "Maria Elena" is a Buddy Holly tribute as sung to his widow.
Blink-182 has a song named "Peggy Sue" which is a tribute to Holly.
Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57
Phil Ochs famously sang a long tribute to Buddy Holly on the infamous Gunfight at Carnegie Hall album.
Mike Berry released a 1961 single called "Tribute to Buddy Holly.” It was written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek, who was a great Buddy Holly fan. In the USA, it was released on Coral, Buddy Holly's label.
Weezer's self-titled debut album features the band's popular single "Buddy Holly.”
Musician Albert Hammond, Jr. has a cover of "Well... Alright" on his 2007 album Yours To Keep.
Don McLean's popular 1971 ballad "American Pie" is inspired by the day of the plane crash. He has also covered "Everyday.”
THE ANNOTATED AMERICAN PIE (What the song is talkin' about!) By Rich Kulawiec
The entire song is a tribute to Buddy Holly and a commentary on how rock and roll changed in the years since his death. McLean seems to be lamenting the lack of "danceable" music in rock and roll and (in part) attributing that lack to the absence of Buddy Holly et. al. (Verse 1)
A long, long time ago...
"American Pie" reached #1 in the US in 1972, but the album containing it was released in 1971. Buddy Holly died in 1959.
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance,
That I could make those people dance,
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
One of early rock and roll's functions was to provide dance music for various social events. McLean recalls his desire to become a musician playing that sort of music.
But February made me shiver,
Buddy Holly died on February 3, 1959 in a plane crash in Iowa during a snowstorm. The news came to most of the world on the morning of February 3, which is why it's known as The Day The Music Died.
With every paper I'd deliver,
Don McLean's only job besides being a full-time singer-songwriter was being a paperboy.
Bad news on the doorstep...
I couldn't take one more step.
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Holly's recent bride, Maria Elena, was pregnant when the crash took place; she had a miscarriage shortly afterward.
But something touched me deep inside,
The day the music died.
The same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly also took the lives of Richie Valens ("La Bamba") and The Big Bopper ("Chantilly Lace"). Since all three were so prominent at the time, February 3, 1959 became known as "The Day The Music dies”.
So... (Refrain)
Bye bye Miss American Pie,
Miss American Pie *is* rock and roll music. Don McLean dated a Miss America candidate during the pageant. (unconfirmed)
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing "This'll be the day that I die,
This'll be the day that I die."
One of Holly's hits was "That'll be the Day"; the chorus contains the line "That'll be the day that I die"
DEAR JERRY:I have an unusual question for you in honor of your 25th year of Mr. Music.
Has there ever been a commercial 78 rpm recorded in stereo? I believe both technologies were mutually exclusive, but I could be wrong. —Scott Vroegindewey, Kansas City, Mo.
DEAR SCOTT: How could the answer be no, which it is, along with your being wrong regarding the mutual exclusivity of the two technologies?
Strange but true.
Knowing your question pertains only to records from the true 78 era — pre-1961 in the USA — we shall dismiss microgroove 78 rpms made years later, either as a gimmick or for 78 rpm juke boxes. All but a few of those are monaural, and they play using a modern-era stylus made for vinyl and polystyrene record play.
Manufacturing a multi-channel (binaural) shellac disc was impossible, but even if it could have been made, no one could faithfully reproduce it with the existing, horizontal-only tracking, 78 needle pick-up systems. Stereo requires both horizontal and vertical pick-up.
Necessity is so often the mother of invention, but in this matter there was no need, and no demand.
Regardless, during a Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra session (February 3, 1932) at the Victor studio in New York City, the two technologies had a close encounter of the enduring kind.
Ellington's only recording that day would be a lengthy (7:46) three-song instrumental medley, combining “Mood Indigo”; “Hot and Bothered”; and “Creole Love Call.”
In what today's technicians might consider an antediluvian experiment, engineers set up two separate lathes, or disc-cutting machines, with each one picking up the sounds on its side of the studio. A brilliant idea at the time.
There is very little separation and nearly all of the mid-room audio is heard on both recordings, but some instruments are more noticeable on the left and right sides. That qualifies as true stereo, though they didn't call it that at the time.
Unfortunately, hearing both the left and right recordings required two separate players, and the playing of both discs at the exact same time. Definitely not something a consumer would ever consider, but they managed somehow and the events of that day provided something historic for remastering in 1999.
That's when the complete STEREO “Mood Indigo-Hot and Bothered-Creole Love Call” medley appeared on “The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition” compact disc (RCA Victor 090266345922). This 18-track sampler is easily available from all the usual outlets.
Oh yes, thank you for the silver anniversary nod.
DEAR JERRY:When Margaret Whiting died earlier this month, it reminded me of a list you ran several years ago, of the living top Pop stars of the pre-rock era.
Now, how many on that short list are no longer with us? —Sue Catchings, Evansville, Ind.
DEAR SUE: Since the list first appeared (October 2006), we have lost four of the original 10: Frankie Laine (March 30, 1913 - February 6, 2007); Jo Stafford (November 12, 1917 - July 16, 2008); Margaret Whiting (July 22, 1924 - January 10, 2011); and Eddie Fisher (August 10, 1928 - September 22, 2010).
That leaves us with Tony Martin (December 25, 1912); Kay Starr (July 21, 1922); Doris Day (April 3, 1924); Tony Bennett (August 3, 1926); Patti Page (November 8, 1927); and Vic Damone (June 12, 1928).
Still performing are: Tony Martin (98); Kay Starr (88); Tony Bennett (84); and Patti Page (83).
IZ ZAT SO? Here is a list we have not previously compiled, of 31 more living singers and musicians, each of whom is at least an octogenarian:
George Beverly Shea (102 as of February 1, 2011)
Johnny Wright (96)
Ralph Stanley (94)
Patty Andrews (92)
Pete Seger (91)
Kitty Wells (91)
Dave Brubeck (90)
Ravi Shankar (90)
Little Jimmy Dickens (90)
Jimmy McCracklin (89)
Johnny Otis (89)
Kitty Kallen (88)
Slim Whitman (87)
Bonnie Guitar (87)
Earl Scruggs (87)
Roger Williams (86)
B.B. King (85)
Ray Price (85)
Ferlin Husky (85)
Stan Freberg (84)
Chuck Berry (84)
Ed Ames (83)
Andy Williams (83)
Jimmy C. Newman (83)
Fats Domino (82)
Sonny James (81)
Leroy Van d**e (81)
Bobby Bland (80)
Joni James (80)
Jan Howard (80)
Liz Anderson (80)
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
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