New Vinyl Record and Music Releases - March 13, 2012

A Liquid Landscape - Nightingale Express
Adrenaline Mob - Omerta
Amy Ray - Lung of Love (vinyl)
Angel Witch - As Above, So Below
Anya Marina - Felony Flats
Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve
Behemoth - Thelema.6
Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus
Big Brother & the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin - Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968
Bishop Morocco - Old Boys
Bob Dylan - L' Explosion Rock 1960-65: Deluxe Box (8-disc box set)
Bonnie Guitar - Intimate Session: The Velvet Lounge
Cactus - Do Not Kick Against The Pricks (2 CDs)
Caetano Veloso and David Byrne - Live at Carnegie Hall
Cannibal Corpse - Torture
Cathy Jordan - All The Way Home
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now & Other Hits
Computer Magic – Orion (EP)
Connie Smith - Just For What I Am (5 CDs)
Dave Barnes - Stories to Tell
David Veloso & David Byrne - Live at Carnegie Hall
Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit
Demdike Stare - Elemental
Django Django - Django Django (vinyl)
Doc & Merle Watson - Look Away! / Live & Pickin'
Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style: Live at Fenway (Deluxe Edition)
Drowner - Drowner
Earl Van Dyke - Motown Sound: The Complete Albums Singles & More
Earth - Angels of Darkness Demons of Light II (vinyl)
Elephant & Castle - Transitions
Elisa - Steppin' on Water
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From the Beginning (5 CDs)
Emma Louise - Full Hearts & Empty Rooms
Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Love Is
Estelle - All Of Me
Etta James - I Just Want to Make Love to You
Feedtime - Aberrant Years (4-CD box set)
Felix Cavaliere - Felix Cavaliere / Destiny
Fenster - Bones
Fidlar - No Waves/No Ass (7")
Float Face Down - Exitium Verum
Freshkills - Raise Up the Sheets
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan
God Forbid - Where We Come From
Gold Fields - Gold Fields (EP)
Grimes - Visions
Grinderman - Grinderman 2 RMX
Hands Like Houses - Ground Dweller
Holly Golightly featuring The Brokeoffs - Long Distance
Hooded Fang - Tosta Mista
Howlin' Rain - The Russian Winds
Humble Pie - On to Victory / Go for The Throat: Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
I See Stars - Digital Renegade
Ian Gillan Band - Before the Turbulence
Impending Doom - Baptized in Filth
Janiva Magness - Stronger for It
Jason Donovan - Sign Of Your Love
John Mayall - Big Man Blues
Jonny Greenwood and Krzysztof Penderecki - Jonny Greenwood/Krzysztof Penderecki
Labyrinthe - The Depths Of Hell
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim (reissue) (vinyl)
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can (reissue) (vinyl)
Le Tigre - Le Tigre Live!
Lee Fields - Faithful Man
Lucero - Women & Work
Marcus Collins - Marcus Collins
Meat Loaf - Hell In A Handbasket
Melvins - Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees
Melvins - The Bulls & The Bees
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
Mychildren Mybride - Mychildren Mybride
Mystery Pills - Mystery Pills
Nedry - On a Dim Light
Nektar - Man In The Moon / Evolution (2 CDs)
Oedipus - Vicious Little Smile
One Direction - Up All Night
Pat Boone - Moody River / Great! Great! Great!
Peter & Gordon - Sing & Play the Hits of Nashville TN / Woman / Hot & Cold Custard (2 CDs)
Peter White - Her We Go
Primer 55 - Primer 55
Primitive Weapons - The Shadow Gallery
Pythia - The Serpent's Curse
Redeemer - First Degree
Ringo Deathstarr - Shadow (EP) (vinyl)
Robin Trower - Farther on Up the Road (3 CDs)
Said the Whale - Little Mountain
Say Anything - Anarchy, My Dear
Shooter Jennings - Family Man
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Soulfly - Enslaved
Space Between Words – The Laser Light Show (EP)
Spawn of Possession - Incurso
Spoek Mathambo - Father Creeper
Stooges - Sadistic Summer: Live at the Isle of Wight 2011
Stranglers - Giants: Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
T.G. Sheppard - Because You Love Me
TacocaT - Take Me to Your Dealer (vinyl)
Television - Television (reissue) (vinyl)
The Decemberists - We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)
The Doors - L.A. Woman: The Workshop Sessions (vinyl)
The Hussy - Weed Seizure
The Lake Effect - Expect Delays (EP)
The Megaphonic Thrift - The Megaphonic Thrift
The Men - Open Your Heart
The Skints - Part & Parcel
The Stills - Rain
The Ting Tings - Sounds From Nowheresville
Theo Bleckmann - Hello Earth! The Music of Kate Bush
Tiger! Tiger! - Cut Them Where They Bleed
Tribes - Baby
Upon A Burning Body - Sin City
VCMG (Vince Clark & Martin Gore) - EP2
VCMG (Vince Clark & Martin Gore) - Ssss
Various Artists - Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
Various Artists - Once (Original Cast Recording)
Various Artists - Piano Tribute to Van Halen
Various Artists - Welcome to The Nightmare - An All-Star Salute to Alice Cooper
Venetian Snares - A Giant Alien Force More Violent & Sick Than Anything You Can Imagine
Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando
Wallis Bird - Wallis Bird
Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders - Eric, Rick, Wayne, Rob Plus
Whirr - Pipe Dreams
Wizard Rifle - Speak Loud Say Nothing
Wretched - Dilated Disappointment
Xerxes - Our Home Is A Deathbed

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

great album cover art:

AHAB: New Album Cover Artwork Unveiled

AHAB, the German funeral doom metal band featuring former MIDNATTSOL members Daniel Droste (guitar/vocals) and Christian Hector (guitar), has completed work on its third album, "The Giant", to be released later in the year via Napalm Records. The CD features cover artwork (see below) by acclaimed artist Sebastian Jerke (LONG DISTANCE CALLING) and a guest appearance by ENSLAVED vocalist/keyboardist Herbrand Larsen.

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from our friends at VintageVinylNews:

Interview: Freddy Cannon on His New Autobiography, His Career and His Place in Rock History

Freddy Cannon lit up the charts in the 50's and 60's with hits like Tallahassee Lassie, Palisades Park and Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. Recently, he released his autobiography, Where the Action Is!, a fascinating look into his long career, the people he knew and the ins and outs of the recording industry.

Cannon is candid about the people he encountered throughout his life and his place in the music business but, at the same time, very humble about the individuals who were great influences and who guided him through the many pitfalls in the industry.

Beyond music, the book is also the story of a man who stayed true to his integrity and to a family who has been with him through the good times and the bad.

We had the pleasure of talking with Freddy at length about the book, his career and some of his current projects.

Read the interview at VintageVinylNews

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Storm Corrosion Collector’s Edition Double LP Set

Storm Corrosion is the upcoming collaboration between Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson. The pair will release "Storm Corrosion" on May 8 via Roadrunner Records, and pre-orders are now available here

Double-LP Set:
• Limited Edition Double-LP set of the self-titled album with exclusive artwork

• 180-Gram black virgin vinyl in gatefold jacket

• Digital download of high quality Flac files of the entire album

• Autographed 12" x 12" poster of exclusive artwork

• 24" x 36" fold out poster of exclusive artwork

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New Guided By Voices Single Details

The new Guided By Voices single will be pressed on pink vinyl, "Keep It In Motion" is taken from the forthcoming new album from Guided by Voices, 'Class Clown Spots a UFO,' due out in June on Fire Records. There will be a series of three 7"s from this release starting with "Keep it in Motion" and followed by "Jon the Croc" (21 April for Record Store Day) and "Class Clown Spots a UFO" (15 May).

Keep It In Motion 7 Inch pink vinyl is available for Pre-Order from Fire here








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MALICE: New Album Details Revealed

Reunited Los Angeles heavy metal legends MALICE will release their new album, "New Breed Of Godz", on May 22 in the U.S./Canada, May 25 in Germany and May 28 in the rest of Europe through SPV/Steamhammer. The band recently entered Silvercloud Recording studio in Redondo Beach, California with producer Joe Floyd (HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON, WARRIOR) to record updated versions of eight classic MALICE metal anthems such as "Stellar Masters" and "Sinister Double" as well as "four killer new tracks" for the CD, which will be made available as a high-class digipak with a bonus DVD.

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MARILYN MANSON: 'Born Villain' Release Date Announced

MARILYN MANSON will release his long-awaited new album, "Born Villain", on May 1 (one day earlier internationally) via Cooking Vinyl and Manson's own label Hell, Etc.

The CD's first single, "No Reflection", was premiered on March 7 on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ and will be made available exclusively on iTunes this Tuesday, March 13

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and in music history for march 12:

Born on this day in 1917, Leonard Chess, the founder of the Chess record label, home to John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Chess died of a heart attack on October 16th 1969, aged 52.

In 1955, jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker died of a heart attack in New York City while watching Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra on television. He was 34. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age. (After years of drug and alcohol abuse).

In 1955, the Dave Brubeck Quartet appeared for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

In 1957, Buddy Holly and the Crickets record "Maybe Baby," which would be released the following year and climb to #17 in the US and #4 in the UK.



In 1958, jazz singer Billie Holiday, who had pled guilty to a narcotics-possession charge in 1956, is given a year's probation by a Philadelphia court.

In 1959, Friday the 13th proved unlucky for the Kingston Trio when they were involved in an emergency airplane landing in Indiana and nearly killed. Their song, "The Tijuana Jail" was rising up the charts, stopping at number 12 a couple weeks later.

In 1961, in Nashville, Elvis Presley recorded "I Feel So Bad."

In 1963, the Beatles played at the Granada Cinema in Bedford. Also on the bill, Chris Montez and Tommy Roe. John Lennon, suffering from a heavy cold, was unable to perform, so The Beatles set was rearranged so that George and Paul could sing the parts that John usually sang.

In 1965, the Beatles completed filming of their second movie, 'Help!'

In 1966, Sgt Barry Sadler started a five-week run at #1 on the US album chart with "Ballad Of The Green Berets."

In 1966, the Levi Strauss Company began selling bell-bottom blue jeans in the US.

In 1968, the Rolling Stones started recording their next single "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with new producer Jimmy Miller at Olympic studios in London.

In 1969, Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman in a small civil ceremony at the Marylebone Registry Office, in the City of Westminster in central London. Contrary to the popular rumor of the day, she is not related to the Eastmans of Eastman-Kodak fame. Paul's brother, Mike, served as the best man, but none of the other Beatles were in attendance. Linda would die of cancer on April 17th, 1998 at the age of 56.

In 1968, the Otis Redding single “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” went gold in the US three months after the singer was killed in a plane crash.

In 1969, George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested in Esher, Surrey. The charge was cannabis resin possession after authorities found 120 joints in their house.

Also in 1969, Elvis Presley began filming his 31st and final fictional movie, "Change Of Habit," co-starring Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, and Ed Asner.

In 1971, a London court granted Paul McCartney's request to appoint a non-biased receiver to handle the group's business affairs after his lawsuit dissolving the Beatles was upheld.

In 1971, "Power to the People" by John Lennon was released as a single in the UK, credited to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. It was issued on Apple Records (catalogue number R5892 in the United Kingdom, 1830 in the United States) and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the British singles chart. The song's first appearance on album was the 1975 compilation Shaved Fish.

In 1974, John Lennon and Harry Nilsson are thrown out of the Troubador nightclub in Los Angeles for heckling the Smothers Brothers. Nilsson, a good friend of Tom Smothers, thought he was helping the act because Tom had struggled through weak material at an earlier date.

In 1977, the Sex Pistols were involved in a fight at London's Speakeasy Club with Bob Harris, presenter of BBC 2's The Old Grey Whistle Test resulting in one of the shows engineers needing 14 stitches in his head. Two days later Harris's solicitors contact Derek Green at A&M the bands record label. Harris's management also managed Peter Frampton, one of the label's top acts at A&M. Green discussed the matter with the company's two founders, Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert and the decision is made to cancel the Pistols contract and halt production of the bands first single, 'God Save The Queen'.

In 1983, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler had her only UK #1 single with a song written by Meat Loaf's producer, Jim Steinman, "Total Eclipse Of The Heart." Also #1 in the US, (the only Welsh artist to score a US #1), Canada and Australia, the single sold over 5 million copies.

In 1983, U2 scored their first UK #1 album with 'War,' which spent a total of 147 weeks on the chart. The album featured the singles, “New Year’s Day” and “Two Hearts Beat as One.”

In 1988, Rick Astley started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "Never Gonna Give You Up," also a #1 in the UK.

In 1991, the R.E.M. album 'Out of Time' was released.

In 1994, Swedish group Ace Of Base started a six week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "The Sign," a #2 hit in the UK.

In 1995, Boyz II Men were at #1 on the US album chart with 'II.'

In 1996, singer Nancy Sinatra donated her famous white go-go boots to the Hard Rock Café in Beverly Hills, California.

In 1996, the album 'Unplugged' was released by KISS.

In 2001, in a poll conducted by the Recording Industry Association of America, music fans voted Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow" as the Song Of The Century. The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" came in at #16 and the Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was #26.

In 2003, the Chinese government ordered the Rolling Stones to eliminate four songs from their upcoming performances in Shanghai and Beijing. The banned songs were "Brown Sugar," "Honky Tonk Women," "Beast of Burden," and "Let's Spend the Night Together."

In 2006, the soundtrack to The Disney Channel movie, High School Musical was at #1 on the US album chart. The album went on to break all records for a soundtrack, selling over seven million copies worldwide.

In 2007, Levon Helm, the former drummer for The Band, filed a lawsuit against a Manhattan advertising firm over the use of the group's song, "The Weight" in a television commercial for cell phones. Helm received a royalty payment for the use of the song, but didn't feel he was adequately compensated.

In 2008, seven years of trying to secure the rights to use the Lennon-McCartney catalog paid off for TV's American Idol, when over 31 million viewers tuned in to the show. The following day, the top five Google searches were also Beatle related.

In 2009, hundreds of fans queued at the O2 Arena in London as Michael Jackson tickets went on sale to the public. The 50-year-old pop veteran had confirmed he would be playing a 50-date residency at the venue, beginning on July 8. Some 360,000 pre-sale tickets had already sold. Organizers said the “This Is It” tour had become the fastest selling in history, with 33 seats sold each minute.

In 2009, Bob Dylan mingled unnoticed among 14 other tourists at John Lennon's childhood home in Liverpool. The Folk legend strolled around the place where the late former Beatle grew up with his aunt Mimi and uncle George and later said that he was "enthralled" to see the bedroom where Lennon wrote some of his earliest songs.

In 2010, a 16-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with a break-in at singer Susan Boyle's home in West Lothian, Scotland. Boyle disturbed the intruder as she returned home from London after recording a charity single for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Also in 2010, over 130 people were arrested and eight people were hospitalised as fans tried to gatecrash a Metallica show in Colombia. 1,500 police and four tanks were brought in to manage the crowds as property was vandalized and destroyed, as thousands of ticketless fans rioted during Metallica's first Colombian concert in eleven years.

In 2011, a man was charged with burglary after security guards discovered him in Madonna's luxurious London mansion while she was in America to attend her grandmother's funeral.

birthdays today include (among others): Les Holroyd (Barclay James Harvest) (64), Bill Payne (Little Feat) (63), Al Jarreau (72), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) (55), Pete Doherty (Libertines, Babyshambles) (33), Graham Coxon (Blur) (43), Ben Kenney (Incubus) (35) and James Taylor (64)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

although the official Record Store Day releases have yet to be posted on the RSD website, i have found a couple of places where you can read what is supposed to be coming. You can look at the list below or HERE  for another list.

Record Store Day 2012 Release Guide (Updated 3/9)

found this on facebook, from KA-CHUNK!! Records   from what I have posted and seen, this list seems to be very accurate (heck the guy is ordering these titles from the record companies) maybe not every release that's out there, but i would bet it's close. so props to KA-CHUNK!! Records and a free plug!

KA-CHUNK!! Records

Located in Downtown Annapolis Maryland we're a record store with a heavy emphasis on the word record. Specializing almost exclusively in Vinyl, we have over 700 unique artists represented in the New Vinyl section along with a wide selection of Used LP's, Rare LP's, Limited Edition Screen Prints, T-Shirts and Ephemera. This is a vinyl collector's record store.

Address:
78 Maryland Ave
Annapolis, MD 21401, United States of America
Phone: (410) 571-5047
Email: kachunkrecords@gmail.com

Record Store Day Release Guide


Third Man Records

The White Stripes "Hand Springs/Red Death at 6:14" 7" (Limited Edition Red/Black Swirled Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Karen Elson "Milk And Honey" 7" (Milk And Honey Swirled Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

Sundazed

Gene Clark "One In A Hundred" 7" (Mono, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

Doug Dillard & Gene Clark "Why Not Your Baby" 7" (Mono, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

Chocolate Watch Band "In The Midnight Hour" 7" (Mono, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

Bloos Magoos "So I'm Wrong And You Are Right" 7" (Mono, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band "Diddy Wah Diddy" 2x7" (Mono, Gatefold Sleeve, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

The Blues Project "Parchman Farm" 7" (Limited Edition) (Ordered)

The Byrds "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" 7" (Mono, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

Paul Revere & The Raiders "Ride Your Pony" 7" (Mono, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

The Neanderthals "Groovy Dances" 7" (Limited Edition) (Ordered)

The Martian Denny Orchestra "Crossfire" 7" (Limited Edition) (Ordered)

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Warner Bros. + Distributed Labels

Tinariwen "Tassili" LP (African band Tinariwen + Tunde Adebimpe & Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio + Nels Cline of Wilco = Amazing!) (Ordered)

The Black Keys "El Camino Deluxe Edition" 2xLP+CD (Bonus 7", 45RPM) (Ordered)

Wilco "The Whole Love Box Set" (The Whole Love on 180 Gram Vinyl + I Might Be 7" on Clear Vinyl + Speak Into The Rose 10" on Red Vinyl) (Slip Case, Die Cut Outer Box, Turntable Slipmat, 45 Adapter, Edition of 300) (Ordered)

George Lopez "Tall Dark & Chicano" LP (Red Vinyl) (NOT Ordered)

Animal Collective "Transverse Temporal Gyrus" EP (Tracks taken from their performance at the Guggenheim) (Ordered)

Arctic Monkeys "R U Mine" 7" (Ordered)

Caitlin Rose "Piledriver Waltz" 7" (Arctic Monkeys Cover) (Ordered)

v/a "Smugglers Way" Zine + 5 Disc Flexi Disc (Cass McCombs, Dirty Projectors, Real Estate, etc) (Ordered)

Laura Marlin "Flicker And Fail" 7" (Ordered)

Refused "The Shape Of Punk To Come" LP (Comes with a CD, DVD, Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Social Distortion "Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes" LP (Lime Green Vinyl, Edition of 750, Half of my stock will have an Autographed Poster) (Ordered)

Phish "Junta" 3xLP+MP3 (180 Gram, Individually Numbered Edition) (Ordered)

Phish "Junta: Pollack Edition" 3xLP+MP3 (Pollack Edition comes with a new piece of Art by Jim Pollack, the Cover Artist) (180 Gram, Individually Numbered Edition) (Ordered)

The Hives "Go Right Ahead" 7" (Ordered)

fIREHOSE "Flyin The Flannel" LP (ORG Music) (Ordered)

Mike Watt & The Missingmen/The Chuck Dukowski Sextet "Sweet Honey Pie b/w My War" 7" (Ordered)

The Receiving End of Sirens "Songs/2003" 7" (NOT Ordered)

Sam Means "Nona" 7" (NOT Ordered)

Deerhoof/Of Montreal "Stygian" 7" (Polyvinyl) (Edition of 2,000) (Ordered)

Hey Mercedes "Hey Mercedes EP" LP (Polyvinyl, Members of Braid) (Edition of 700) (Ordered)

Mates of State "Crushes (The Covers Mixtape)" LP (Polyvinyl) (Tom Waits, Daniel Johnston, Mars Volta Covers) (Edition of 1,500) (Ordered)

Matt Pond PA "Measure" LP (Polyvinyl) (180 Gram, Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Matt Pond PA "Several Arrows Later" LP (Polyvinyl) (180 Gram, Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Rainer Maria "Self Titled" LP (Polyvinyl) (Compilation of 3 EP's) (Edition of 300) (Ordered)

Saturday Looks Good To Me "All Your Summer Songs" LP (Polyvinyl) (180 Gram White Vinyl, Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Starfucker "Heavens Youth (Reptilians Demos)" LP (Polyvinyl) (Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Xiu Xiu/Dirty Beaches "Self Titled" 7" (Polyvinyl) (Edition of 2,000) (Ordered)

Atmosphere & The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson) "Self Titled" 10" (Picture Disc) (Ordered)

Cursive "Burst And Bloom" 10" (Saddle Creek) (Yellow Black & White Marbled Vinyl) (Ordered)

Icky Blossoms "Babes" 7" (Saddle Creek) (Ordered)

Mynabirds "Generals" 7" (Saddle Creek) (Ordered)

Pujol "Reverse Vampire" 7" (Saddle Creek) (Ordered)

The Horrible Crowes "Live From Fingerprints" 7" (NOT Ordered)

Dave Hause "Resolutions" 7" (Flogging Molly Cover) (NOT Ordered)

Flogging Molly "Drunken Lullabies" 7" (Mixed by Steve Albini) (Ordered)

Chuck Persons "A.D.D. Complete" 7" (NOT Ordered)

Blitzen Trapper "Hey Joe" 7" (Sub Pop) (Yellow Vinyl, Edition of 1,800) (Ordered)

Shabazz Palaces "Live at KEXP" 12" EP (Sub Pop) (Light Purple Vinyl, Edition of 2,000) (Ordered)

Adrian Younge vs. Adrian Quesada "Self Titled" LP (NOT Ordered)

Nicolas Jaars & 78 Edits "Mike James Kirkland: Luv N Haight Edit Series vol 1" EP (NOT Ordered)

v/a "Rough Guide: Psychedelic Africa" LP+MP3 (180 Gram) (Ordered)

v/a "Rough Guide:African Roots Revival" LP+MP3 (180 Gram) (Ordered)

v/a "Rough Guide: New Orleans" LP+MP3 (180 Gram) (Ordered)

Run DMC/Carolina Cholcolate Drops "You Be Illin" 7" (Ordered)

Gary Clark Jr "HWUL Raw Cuts vol. 1" EP (Ordered ONE Copy)

Common "The Dreamer, The Believer" LP (Ordered)

Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr "We Almost Lost Detroit" EP (Ordered)

Disturbed "The Collection" 6xLP Box Set (NOT Ordered)

Jimmy Fallon "Tebowie b/w Reading Rainbow" 7" (Ordered)

Fun "The Ghost You Are You Me" 10" (Custom Shaped Gold Colored 10") (Ordered in low numbers)

Grateful Dead "Dark Star Europe '72: Olympia Theatre Paris" (180 Gram) (Ordered)

Grouplove "Don't Fly Too Close To The Sun" 7" (NOT Ordered)

Kimbra "Settle Down" CD EP (NOT Ordered)

Bruno Mars "The Grenade Sessions" 10" (NOT Ordered)

Mastodon/Feist 7" (Each band covers the other. What, the what?) (Ordered)

MC5/Afrika Bambata "Kick Out The Jams" 7" (Side By Side Series) (White/Red Splatter Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Metallica "Beyond Magnetic" LP (Silver Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Michael Buble/Ray Charles "George On My Mind" 7" (Peach Colored VInyl) (Ordered)

Misfits "Walk Among Us" LP (Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Nightwish "Trails of Imaginareum" 10" (Picture Disc) (NOT Ordered)

Otis Redding/Aretha Franklin "Respect" 7" (Side By Side Series) (Gold Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Santigold "Masters of My Make Believe" LP (Gold Vinyl) (Ordered)

Sara Watkins/Everly Brothers "Your The Only One I Love" 7" (Olive Green/Black Splatter Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Regina Spektor "The Prayer of Francois Villon (Molitva)" 7" (White Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Switchfoot "Vice Re-Verses" CD (NOT Ordered)

T. Rex "Electric Warrior" 6x7" Box Set (Ordered)

Tegan & Sara "Get Along" LP (White Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Flaming Lips/Mastodon "A Spoonful Weighs a Ton" 7" (Baby Pink Colored Vinyl) (Ordered)

Billy Bragg & Wilco "Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions" 3xCD+DVD (Ordered)

The Cure "Entreat Plus" 2xLP (180 Gram) (Ordered)

Dr. John "Locked Down" LP+CD (Ordered)

Fleetwood Mac "Self Titled" LP (Ordered)

Fleetwood Mac "Self Titled 2xLP (45RPM, 180 Gram) (Ordered)

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JEFF The Brotherhood "Upstairs at United" EP (Die Cut Sleeve, Edition of 2,000) (Ordered)

Devo "Live In Seattle 1981" 2xLP (Comes w/2 Posters) (Edition of 2,000) (Ordered)

Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra "Polly b/w Idioteque" 7" (Nirvana & Radiohead Covers) (Edition of 2,000) (Ordered)

Public Image LTD "One Drop" 12" EP (Edition of 1,500) (Ordered)

Luna "Rendezvous" LP (180 Gram, Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Luna "Romantica" LP (3 MP3 Bonus Tracks, 180 Gram, Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Paul Weller "That Dangerous Age" 7" (Red Vinyl, Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Battles "Dross Glop 4" 12" (Edition of 750) (Ordered)

Jonathan Wilson "Pity Trials & Tomorrow's Child" 12" (Edition of 650) (Ordered ONE copy)

Jukebox The Ghost "I Love You Always Forever" 7" (Edition of 500) (Ordered ONE copy)

Branford Marsalis Quartet "Four MFs Playin' Tunes" 2xLP (180 Gram) (Ordered)

v/a "Complex" LP (Members of Radiohead, TV On The Radio) (Edition of 500) (Ordered)

Death Cab For Cutie "Keys & Codes Remix EP" LP (Edition of 400) (Ordered)

Horse Feathers "Cynic's New Year" LP (Edition of 400) (Ordered)

Now Now/The Lonely Forest "Shifting" 7" (Trans Records) (Edition of 400) (Ordered)

Ra Ra Riot & Delicate Steve "Valerie" 7" (Edition of 400) (Ordered)

Ugly Custard (Alan Parker) "Hipology" LP (Heavy Psych album from 1971) (Edition of 400) (Ordered)

GG Allin & Antiseen "Violence Now" 7" (Doo Doo Brown Vinyl, Edition of 300) (Ordered)

DJ Food "The Illectrik Hoax" 12" (Edition of 300) (NOT Ordered)

Gravehurst "The Prize" 10" (White Marbled Vinyl, Edition of 200) (Ordered ONE copy)

v/a "Eight Trails, One Path" LP (Members of Sun City Girls, Lee Ranaldo) (Edition of 700) (Ordered TWO copies)

Visioneers "Hipology" 7" Box Set (Edition of 300) (NOT Ordered)

Thrill Jockey 4 Way Split - Pulse Emitter/Date Palms/Expo 70/Faceplant 2xLP (Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Variety "Silent Too Long" 10" (Member of Mercury Rev) (Clear green Vinyl, Edition of 200) (Ordered)

Duke Garwood & Wooden Wand "Duke/Wand" LP (Edition of 200) (NOT Ordered)

ESG/Las Kellies "Erase You" 7" (Edition of 200)

Diva Dompe "Cyborg Sweetie" 7" (Edition of 100) (NOT Ordered)

Talibam! "Step Into The Marina" 7" (Edition of 100) (NOT Ordered)

Circle "Manner" LP (Die Cut Sleeve, Colored Vinyl, Edition of 500) (Ordered)

Botch "An Anthology of Dead Ends" EP (180 Gram, Edition of 750) (Ordered)

Pelican "Australasia" LP (180 Gram, Edition of 750) (Ordered)

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Merge Records:

Arcade Fire "Sprawl II/Ready to Start" 12" (Remixed tracks from The Suburbs album) (Edition of 3,000) (Ordered)

Richard Buckner "Willow/Lost" 7" (w/MP3 Cover of The Cars Candy-O) (Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Destroyer "Destroyer's Rubies" 2xLP (Red Vinyl, Edition of 2,000) (Ordered)

M. Ward "Primitive Girl/The Twist/Roll Over Beethoven" 7" (Edition of 2,000) (Ordered)

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Ryan Adams - "Heartbreak A Stranger" b/w "Black Sheets Of Rain"- Limited Edition (2500 US & Canada - Worldwide) Colored 7" (Ordered)

The Civil Wars - "Live At Amoeba" - Limited Edition ONE TIME PRESSING TO ORDER CD EP (Ordered)

The Civil Wars - "" - Limited Edition (1000 Units) Import 7" (Ordered)

Richard Thompson - "Haul Me Up" - Limited Edition (3000 TOTAL 1750 U.S. and 1250 UK) 7" Single + Digital Download (Ordered ONE Copy)

Sufjan Stevens/Rosie Thomas - "Hit & Run Vol. 1" - Split Single 7" Vinyl (Ordered)

Widespread Panic - "Live Wood" - Limited Edition (Only One Run Of This Title Pressed To Order - Will Be Numbered) 12" 180g Vinyl (Ordered)

The Electronic Anthology Project Of Dinosaur Jr - Limited Edition (1000 Units Total) CD (Brett Nelson of Built To Spill and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr team up to cover Dinosaur Jr songs as an 80's synth pop band!) (NOT Ordered)

The Electronic Anthology Project Of Dinosaur Jr LP+MP3 (Black Vinyl, Edition of 500) (Brett Nelson of Built To Spill and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr team up to cover Dinosaur Jr songs as an 80's synth pop band!) (Ordered)

The Electronic Anthology Project Of Dinosaur Jr LP+MP3 (Purple Vinyl, Edition of 500) (Brett Nelson of Built To Spill and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr team up to cover Dinosaur Jr songs as an 80's synth pop band!) (Ordered)

Rockabye Baby! - "Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Smiths" - 12" Colored Vinyl LP + Digital Download Card (Ordered)

Futurebirds - "SENEY-STOVALL" - Limited Edition (1000 Total) Hand-Numbered Pressing 12" Vinyl LP (Ordered ONE copy)

Priscilla Ahn & Sea Of Bees - "John Denver - The Music Is You Series Featuring Priscilla Ahn's electronica Japanese translations produced by Mike Andrews/Sea of Bees" - Limited Edition (1500 Total) 7" (Ordered ONE copy)

Slightly Stoopid/The Expendables - "John Denver - The Music Is You Series Featuring Slightly Stoopid and The Expendables" - Windstar Records " - Limited Edition (1500 Total) 7" (Ordered ONE copy)

Luther Dickinson - "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah/Beautiful Dreamer"/Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen/Peace in the Valley" - Limited Edition (500 Total) 78 RPM (Ordered) (I previously ordered only one but since have upped it)

Ralph Stanley - "Single Girl / Little Birdie" - Limited Edition (500 Total) 78 RPM (Ordered ONE copy)

Hiss Golden Messenger - "Jesus Shot Me In The Head / Jesus Dub" - Limited Edition (500 Total) 7" (Ordered ONE copy)

Danny Brown - "XXX" - Limited Edition (1000 Units) 2X LP Gatefold - White Vinyl + Bonus 7" (Ordered ONE copy)

Sonnymoon - "Wild Rumpus" - Limited Edition (1000 Units) 7" (Ordered ONE copy)

Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro - "Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro" - Limited Edition (200 Units) 7" (Ordered)

The Baseball Project - "El Hombre/Harey Haddix" - 7" Vinyl (Ordered ONE copy)

Winter Boys (Jesse Tabich of Other Lives, Tyson Meade of Chainsaw Kittens) - "Winter Boys Cutting A Rug" - Limited Edition Screen Printed Cover Hand Numbered (700 Units) 7" (Ordered ONE copy)

Crosses - "Option/ Telepathy" - Limited Edition (1000 Units Total - Think Indie has 880) 7" Vinyl (Ordered ONE copy)

CSC Funk Band - "A Little Weight/A Little Planet" - Limited Edition (500 Units) 7" (Ordered ONE copy)

"Put The Needle On The Record - The 1980s At 45 Revolutions Per Minute" by Matt Chojnacki" - (Limited Edition Numbered/Signed Hardback Book 200 Available - Select copies additionally contain bookmarks hand-cut from vinyl artwork and autographed by the original musician/cover artist.) (NOT Ordered)

Preteen Zenith (The new band from Tim DeLaughter of The Polyphonic Spree and Tripping Daisy) - "Preteen Zenith" - Limited Edition (2000 Units) 180G 12" Colored Swirled Vinyl with CDR (Ordered)

Deep Fried Boogie Band / Colossal Yes- "Deep Fried Boogie Band / Colossal Yes - Limited Edition/Hand Numbered (500 Units) Split 7" (Ordered ONE copy)

Genesis - "Spot The Pigeon" - Limited Edition (Only 3000 Units) 12" EP "Super Fidelity" Blue Vinyl, Dual Speed (Ordered)

The Right Now - "He Used To Be/Good Man" (non-album exclusive tracks) - Limited Edition (400 Units) 7" (Ordered)

Gogol Bordello - "Imigrinadiada" - Limited Edition (1000 Units) 12" Yellow Vinyl (Ordered)

Black Twig Pickers "Yellow Cat" 7" (Thrill Jockey) (Ordered)

Trouble In Mind 4 Way Covers Split - Mikal Cronin, Apache Dropouts, Paperheads, Limana 7" (White Vinyl, Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Doomriders/Sweet Cobra "Girl U Want" 7" (Devo Covers!) (Ordered)

Freakwater "Feels Like The Third Time" LP (Thrill Jockey) (Ordered)

Hush Arbors/Arbouretum "Aureola" LP (Thrill Jockey) (Ordered)

Dan Melchior "Ghost In The Supermarket" 12" (White Vinyl, Edition of 500) (Ordered)

My Brightest Diamond "I Have Never Loved Someone" 7" (Hand Numbered, Edition of 1,000) (Includes Leonard Cohen Cover, Features Marc Ribot on guitar) (Ordered)

Pelican/Playing Enemy "Split" 7" (Ordered)

Tortoise "Lonesone Sound/Mosquito" 2x7" (Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

Unrest "Perfect Teeth" 6x7" Box Set (Teenbeat) (Colored Vinyl, Letterpressed Box, Edition of 700) (Ordered)

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Secretly Canadian:

Tallest Man On Earth "King of Spain" 12" (Edition of 2,000) (Features a cover of Paul Simon's Graceland)(Ordered)

Bowerbirds "Into The Yard" 7" (Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

v/a "Sacred Bones Presents: Todo Muere vol. 2" LP (Edition of 1,500) (Ordered)


Light In The Attic:

Lee Hazlewood "The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes & Backsides 1969-1971" 2xLP (Edition of 4,000) (Ordered)

v/a "Never To Be Forgotten: The Flipside of Stax 1968-1974" 10x7" Box Set from legendary Soul label Stax. Same treatment they did for the amazing Wheedle's Groove Box Set (Edition of 4,000) (Ordered)


Matador (Distributed):

Sigur Ros "Hvarf/Heim" 2xLP (Colored Vinyl, Limited Edition) (Ordered)

Mclusky "Mclusky Do Dallas" (150 Gram White Vinyl, Edition of 1,000) (Ordered)

St. Vincent "Krokodil" 7" (Edition fo 2,500) (Ordered)


Captured Tracks:

The Cleaners From Venus VOL.1 Vinyl Box Set (Ordered)

CT-145 Blow Away Your Troubles 2xLP

CT-146 On Any Normal Monday LP

CT-147 Midnight Cleaners LP

CFV buttons, represses of flyers, other cool stuff



Medicine Box Set (Ordered)

CT-148 Shot Forth Self Living Expanded 2xLP

CT-149 The Buried Life Expanded 2xLP

CT-150 Sounds of Medicine LP

CT-151 Always Starting To Stop Cassette

Medicine buttons, flyers, etc...

The Wake - Here Comes Everybody Box Set (Ordered)

CT-151 Here Comes Everybody, Of The Matter, Talk About The Past, Something That No One Else Could Bring 2xLP

Expanded version of the influential album on vinyl and in a beautiful box set that will up your street cred when displayed properly in the home./ Another button from The Wake to add to you favorite jacket. Flyers

Gruesome Flowers Part 2 (I'm pretty sure this is a 7") (Ordered)

With the huge success of Part 1 featuring Wild Nothing and Beach Fossils, with their covers of their favorite songs by The Wake, we decided to expand these covers into a series. We asked Blouse and Craft Spells to contribute. Part 1 sold out fast, now the only way to snag that one is to pay an arm and an leg for a copy on Ebay.

Blouse "Pale Spectre" / Craft Spells "Talk About The Past"

Again, you can follow along as the list is updated at facebook.com/ka-chunk-records/record-store-day

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album cover art of the day:

WAR OF AGES: Full 'Return To Life' Artwork Unveiled

Pennsylvania's WAR OF AGES will release its fifth album, "Return To Life", on April 24 via Facedown Records. The CD was recorded with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris at Planet Z Studios (SHADOWS FALL, CHIMAIRA, HATEBREED) and it features some of the band's "most personal material," according to a press release.

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another cool cover!

Firewind Unveil New Album Cover Art

Greek metallers Firewind have recently unveiled the cover art from the band's forthcoming album called 'Few Against Many,' which is scheduled for release on May 21st in Europe and May 22nd in North America via Century Media Records.

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not sure how they do this, it's only the third month......

Billboard Announces Top Music Moneymakers of 2012

I have the first five listed, go to Billboard to see the rest of the list if this interests you:

Music's Top 40 Money Makers 2012

1. Taylor Swift ($35,719,902)
2. U2 ($32,116,315)
3. Kenny Chesney ($29,837,103)
4. Lady Gaga ($25,353,039)
5. Lil Wayne ($23,178,722)

Read more at Billboard

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Trammps Singer Jimmy Ellis Passes Away at 74

The man who sang out Disco Inferno for the Trammps, Jimmy Ellis, passed away on Thrusday at a nursing home in Rock Hill, SC from an undisclosed illness. He was 74.

Read more about this at our friends at vintagevinylnews.com

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and in music history for march 10th:

In 1955, RCA Records placed a half page ad in Billboard magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was 'the new singing rage!'

In 1960, Record Retailer, a publication that featured a chart showing the Top 50 records by sales, is launched in the UK. Their first number one was "Poor Me" by Adam Faith.

In 1961, Bruce Channel's "Hey Baby" sat at the top of the Pop chart in America and at number 2 in the UK.

In 1963, two days after an emotional public prayer service that was attended by an estimated 25,000 people in Nashville, Patsy Cline's body was buried quietly at Shenandoah Memorial Park in her hometown of Winchester, Virginia.

In 1964, Roy Orbison recorded "It's Over."

In 1964, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel record "The Sounds Of Silence" as an acoustic duo. It wasn't until record company producers added electric guitar, bass and drums, without the knowledge of Paul and Art, that the song would become a hit in late 1965.

In 1966, Bob Dylan recorded "Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35."

Also in 1966, at Western Recorders in Hollywood, Brian Wilson produced the instrumental track for the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows." There were 23 musicians involved, but Carl Wilson was the only Beach Boy who played on the session. The vocals were recorded over the following month by three members of the group: Carl Wilson singing lead, Brian Wilson and Bruce Johnston doing backup vocals, probably the only well-known Beach Boys track that has just three voices on it. Mojo magazine ranked "God Only Knows" as the 13th-greatest song of all time.

In 1967, the Monkees held the #1 position on the US album chart with 'More Of The Monkees.'

In 1970, Grand Funk Railroad began recording "Closer To Home."

In 1975, John Lennon released the single "Stand By Me" in North America.

In 1979, at the invitation of his good friend Porter Wagoner, R&B legend James Brown appeared at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium performing traditional renditions of "Tennessee Waltz" and "Your Cheatin' Heart," as well as his 1960s hit "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag." Reaction among longtime Opry members was split. Some, like Jean Shepard, disapproved of Brown's set, while Barbra Mandrell applauded the unusual guest appearance.

Also in 1979, Gloria Gaynor started a three-week run at # 1 on the US singles chart with “I Will Survive,” also a chart-topper in the UK. The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called “Substitute.”

In 1981, at a concert in London, Jimmy Page joined Jeff Beck for three encore jams. It was the first time the Led Zeppelin guitarist had performed on stage since the breakup of his band.

In 1984, Van Halen held the #1 position on the US singles chart with "Jump."

In 1988, 30 year old Andy Gibb, younger brother of Bee Gees Robin, Maurice and Barry, died from a viral infection in his heart. Andy hadn't had a chart hit since 1981, but did have a stint as host of the Solid Gold TV show. Shortly before his death and just after he declared bankruptcy, Andy had signed a record deal and was working on a new album for Island Records that was never completed.

In 1989, R&B singer Doc Green of the Drifters (1958-1962) died of cancer at age 54.

In 1990, according to Billboard magazine, New Kids On The Block receive 125,000 calls a day to their 1-900 number.

In 1996, Alanis Morissette won Best Album and Best Rock Album (for Jagged Little Pill), Best Female Singer, Best Songwriter and Best Single at the 25th Juno Awards in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

In 1997, R&B singer LaVern Baker, who placed 7 songs in the US Top 40 in the mid-1950s and early 1960s, including "Tweedlee Dee" and "I Cried A Tear", died of heart failure at the age of 67.

In 2000, in New York City, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and two other people were arrested after slashing leather goods at a Gap store as part of a protest organized by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

In 2003, Natalie Maines, lead singer of the country music act the Dixie Chicks, told an audience in London, "Just so you know, we're ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas." After word of her statement reached the U.S., the Dixie Chicks faced a firestorm of criticism from conservatives and George Bush supporters that included radio stations banning their music and protest groups outside their concerts.

In 2005, an hour late and still in his pajamas, Michael Jackson showed up for his child molestation trial in Los Angeles and was threatened with jail time for making the court wait. Jackson heard testimony from a teenage Neverland Ranch visitor who testified that the singer tried to get him drunk using soda cans filled with red wine, which Jackson allegedly called "Jesus' Blood," and white wine that he called "Jesus Juice."

Also in 2005, a survey carried out by Music Choice concluded that 'Angels' by Robbie Williams was the song Britons would most like played at their funeral. Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' was second and Monty Python's 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' was voted into third place.

In 2005, 53-year-old Danny Joe Brown, the original lead singer of Molly Hatchet, died from renal failure due to complications from diabetes. Brown was the front man for the band's self-titled album in 1978, which went Platinum. In 1979, the next album, "Flirtin' With Disaster" sold over 2 million copies.

In 2008, pop diva Madonna, rocker John Mellencamp, singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, British Invasion pioneers The Dave Clark Five and instrumental Rock legends The Ventures were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

In 2009, tickets for a one-off Paul McCartney gig in Las Vegas sold out seven seconds after going on sale. The former Beatle was booked to perform at the opening of the New Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on April 19 in front of 4,000 fans.

In 2010, Pink Floyd won a court battle with EMI that prevents the record company from selling single downloads and ringtones on the Internet from the group's albums. Pink Floyd's back catalogue is second in sales to only the Beatles.

birthdays today include (among others): Dean Torrence - Jan & Dean (1940), Pete Nelson - Flowerpot Men (1945), Tom Scholz - Boston (1947), Jeff Ament - Pearl Jam (1963) and Edie Brickell (1965)

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

really interesting vinyl story from NYC:

Vinyl Revival: Brooklyn Phono

by Justin Colletti

Brooklyn Phono presses 7″ and 12″ vinyl

There’s a record-making resurgence in Brooklyn … and the world.

According to Nielsen Soundscan, sales of vinyl records went up by a shocking 39% in 2011 to reach nearly 4 million.

And those are just the conservative estimates. Soundscan’s rankings only count barcode scans at retail stores. The RIAA says that even after accounting for returns, vinyl shipments had already reached 4 million by 2010 for an increase in revenues of 44% from the year before. This represents a mere fraction of the total music market, but an important one.

Of course, Thomas Bernich didn’t know that any of this was coming 10 years ago when he opened Brooklyn Phono in Sunset Park.

He had set up shop right down the street from an old repairman who had spent decades restoring now-vintage jukeboxes and arcade games, and was then on the verge of retirement.

Read the rest of this amazing story at sonicscoop.com

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and in the great state of indiana:

The record collector

By Steven Arroyo | Weekend

Jonathan Richardson remembers the first time he said goodbye to his entire vinyl record collection. It was in the 1980s, and the music world was converting to the compact disc.

“I probably had 200 or something like that, and I sold them and bought CDs,” he said. “I was young.”

But when he nearly had to part ways with his rebuilt collection again in 2008, it was against his will. During a particularly brutal storm that year, his basement sump pump broke, causing a room dedicated to his records — roughly 7,000 of them now — to flood.

Richardson is an audio engineer, DJ and member of local veteran indie rock group EDM (formerly Early Day Miners) who has been collecting records on and off since his aunt, a former roadie for KISS, gave him his first one when he was a kid: KISS’ “Alive II.”

Read the rest at idsnews.com

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10,000 Maniacs 'OUR TIME IN EDEN' Vinyl Reissue

Audio Fidelity has scheduled a March 13th release date of 10,000 Maniacs' 1992 album 'OUR TIME IN EDEN' as a deluxe vinyl LP reissue.

OUR TIME IN EDEN was a much anticipated-and well received-recording, following the group's 1989 commercial breakthrough, BLIND MAN'S ZOO. Though that record climbed higher on Billboard's albums chart, OUR TIME IN EDEN (which reached No. 28) remained there almost twice as long, for a total of 56 weeks.

On OUR TIME IN EDEN, Merchant and bandmates Robert Buck, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson and Jerome Augustyniak essayed their signature folk-rock sound, but toughened it up by including R&B elements; James Brown brass and reed players Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley contribute, with Wesley especially prominent behind Merchant on the single "Candy Everybody Wants." "These Are the Days" was the highest-charting of the LP's three singles, topping Billboard's Modern Rock chart and reaching No. 66 on the Hot 100, though the upbeat "Few and Far Between" also fared well on the publication's dance-singles survey. Among OUR TIME IN EDEN's many highlights are the album-opening piano ballad "Noah's Dove," one of seven cuts that are sole Merchant compositions (she co-wrote the record's other six tracks), the sprightly "Stockton Gala Days" and the alternately reflective and rocking "Jezebel."

Other notable participants on the album are Brazilian percussionist Paulhino DaCosta and strings arranger Paul Buckmaster, best known for his work with Elton John, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen. Producer Paul Fox's credits include projects with Bjork, Phish and XTC. Mary Ramsey, who would replace Merchant as lead singer on the subsequent Maniacs albums LOVE AMONG THE RUINSandEARTH PRESSED FLAT, contributes violin and viola on OUR TIME IN EDEN. Merchant announced her departure from the band in August of 1993 to embark on a solo career.

The Target Series was launched by Audio Fidelity last fall as a means of broadening the company's audience beyond its loyal audiophile base. Target titles sell at a lower price point but maintain the same commitment to superior audio quality that has earned the parent company its distinctive reputation. OUR TIME IN EDEN was remastered by respected Audio Fidelity engineer Kevin Gray.

Founded in 2001, Audio Fidelity specializes in deluxe reissues of classic popular-music recordings for the audiophile and collector markets. The Camarillo, California-based label is best known for its 24-Karat Gold CDs and its 180-gram virgin-vinyl album editions, as well as a line of popular DVD titles.

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i have just about everything that donovan has released, even have limited edition signed CDs, love his old stuff on vinyl.

THE ESSENTIAL DONOVAN Explores Newly-Inducted Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer's Seminal Years

-- Donovan's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction set for April 14th

-- Guest performance on TBS' Conan set for March 28th

NEW YORK, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- There can be no better way to honor the April 14, 2012, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction of perennially young British folk-pop troubadour Donovan than with the release of THE ESSENTIAL DONOVAN. This 36-song, double-CD collection of his seminal recordings from 1965 to 1973 on the Hickory and Epic Records labels, includes four tracks previously unissued on CD in the U.S. With liner notes written by Rolling Stone Contributing Editor Anthony DeCurtis, THE ESSENTIAL DONOVAN will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting April 17th through Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Still actively recording and performing concerts around the world, Donovan will turn 66 on May 10th.

On March 28th, Donovan is slated to perform in Los Angeles on TBS' Conan with Conan O'Brien, followed the next night by a performance at the Grammy Museum. (Please go to www.grammymuseum.org for details.) Most recently, at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Donovan headlined the 10th annual "Snowball" concert, co-starring Dawes, Zach Heckendorf, and Rodriguez. Donovan's songs, administered by BMI, have been used in countless films and tv shows over the years.

THE ESSENTIAL DONOVAN lives up to its title as a comprehensive survey of that first crucial (near-)decade of his career, when his name first began to be spoken in the same breath as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, the Beatles, and the emerging psychedelic movement. The new collection contains every one of Donovan's 18 songs that entered the Billboard Hot 100 and UK national chart between 1965 and 1973, and another 14 carefully chosen album tracks. More than half of the tracks on Disc One are heard in their mono (monaural) mix, including all of Donovan's acoustic-based folk-rock tracks recorded for UK label Pye Records (released on Hickory in the U.S.) in late-1964 and '65, and a number of Epic sides in 1966.

The four tracks previously unissued on CD in the U.S. will be essential for every Donovan fan to add to their personal collection:

•"The Land Of Doesn't Have To Be," previously unissued in the U.S.: an early mono version, from 1966, of the song that would appear on his 1967 LP, Wear Your Love Like Heaven;

•"Sunny Goodge Street" (an early song first heard on his second LP, Fairytale) and "Sand And Foam" (from the Mellow Yellow repertoire), both previously unissued on CD in the U.S., recorded November 17, 1967 at the Anaheim Convention Center; and

•"Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness)," previously unissued in the U.S., the song he first wrote with his ramblin' friend Gypsy Dave in 1965, updated eight years later on the CBS/Japan-only release, Live In Japan - Spring Tour 1973.

THE ESSENTIAL DONOVAN is a reminder that he virtually single-handedly ushered psychedelia into American Top 40 radio in the summer/fall of 1966, with his first two back-to-back smash hit singles on Epic Records, "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow." "Sunshine Superman," famously featuring seasoned 22-year old studio session ace (and future Yardbird and Led Zeppelin great) Jimmy Page on guitar, went to #1 and was inducted decades later into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. "Mellow Yellow," arranged by another future Zep, John Paul Jones, rose to #2 and earned Donovan an RIAA gold award.

Just two years before that, in 1964, 18-year old Donovan Leitch, an art school drop-out who was born in Glasgow and raised in Hertford, was rambling and busking with his lifelong friend and confidante Gypsy Dave, mastering intricate guitar-picking styles and refining his songwriting. Influenced by Woody Guthrie and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Donovan was dogged by comparisons to Bob Dylan who, of course, was also influenced by the same giants.

At the height of Beatlemania, Donovan's denimed visual appearance captured the imagination of his first fans on the BBC's Ready Steady Go!. He recorded his first demos for Pye Records, his longtime UK record label, and signed a prestigious music publishing contract with Peer Southern Music in the U.S. By early 1965, at the first blush of the oncoming folk-rock boom, Donovan was on the charts in the UK and the U.S. with his debut single, "Catch the Wind," from his debut LP of the same title (which also included "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond").

By the end of 1965, a second LP was released, Fairytale, containing Donovan's next three singles, "Colours," "Universal Soldier," and "Summer Day Reflection Song." In the UK, "Turquoise" became a chart single for Donovan, and the lynchpin (first track) for his third U.S. album, The Real Donovan, a combination of earlier released songs and UK tracks appearing for the first time in America on LP.

Donovan's fortunes took a quantum turn in 1966 as a result of A) hooking up with hitmaking UK producer Mickie Most (known for his success with the Animals and Herman's Hermits), and B) becoming the first artist signed to Epic Records by Clive Davis, the new head of CBS Records. The summer of '66 belonged to Donovan with the "Sunshine Superman" single and album of the same name, which also included "The Trip," "Legend Of A Girl Child Linda" (one of many songs inspired by and written to his wife, Linda Lawrence), "Season Of The Witch" (covered by many artists, from the Mike Bloomfield-Al Kooper-Stephen Stills Super Session LP, to Hole's 1997 version), and "Ferris Wheel."

The momentum continued through the end of 1966 and well into 1967 with the "Mellow Yellow" single and album of the same name, which also included "Young Girl Blues," "Museum," "Hampstead Incident" (the latter three all heard in their original mono mix), and "Sunny South Kensington." For most of 1967, Donovan busied himself with an ambitious double-LP project, A Gift From A Flower To A Garden, a double-LP box set (a format previously reserved for classical music) comprised of two distinct albums: Wear Your Love Like Heaven and For Little Ones, the former generally aimed at adults, and the latter intended for younger ears. Interestingly, contrary to everyone's predictions, the box set reached #19 on the Billboard 200 album chart, far outselling the volumes that were sold separately.

Back with Mickie Most for his next album, Donovan's The Hurdy Gurdy Man was a sly reference to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the harmonium-playing Indian guru who had captivated the world (not to mention a quorum of celebrities). History cites Donovan as a key figure at the Beatles' fabled pilgrimage (with Mia Farrow and others) to the Maharishi's ashram in Rishikesh, India, in early 1968 (where, it is said, Donovan taught folk guitar finger-picking techniques to John and Paul). The album, containing the "Jennifer Juniper" and "Hurdy Gurdy Man" hit singles, reached #20 in late 1968.

After two and a half years at Epic, a half-dozen albums and as many single hits, it was time for Donovan's Greatest Hits in early 1969, which included a new single to boost LP sales, "Lalena." Greatest Hits climbed to #4 and earned Donovan an RIAA platinum award. Producer Mickie Most's streak continued with the radio DJ-driven double-A sided single, "To Susan On The West Coast Waiting" b/w "Atlantis," the prelude to the upcoming album that summer. "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)" utilized Most's newest stars as Donovan's backup: The Jeff Beck Group with Beck on fearsome lead guitar, bassist Ron Wood, pianist Nicky Hopkins, and drummer Mickey Waller. The Barabajagal LP (which also included "Happiness Runs") exploded out of the gate at the end of the summer and hit #23.

Into 1970, the ever restless Donovan debuted a new band and a new style of 'Celtic rock' that could be heard on "Riki Tiki Tavi" and the album Open Road. His eclectic nature nudged him even further afield on H.M.S. Donovan, an ambitious double-LP project he worked on from 1968 to 1971. The UK-only album release interspersed Donovan songs with classical poetry and verse for children (from Lear, Lewis Carroll, Yeats and others) set to music. Although Epic declined to issue the album in the U.S., the label did release one single, "Celia Of The Seals." Donovan reunited with Mickie Most one more time for Cosmic Wheels, which reached #25, his last major Epic chart LP, containing his final chart single, "I Like You."

Into the 1970s and 1980s, it was noted in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame voter booklet, "Donovan continued to tour and record, including songs for Franco Zeffirelli's Brother Sun, Sister Moon (finally issued in 2004). During the 1990s, Rick Rubin (after working with Johnny Cash) produced Donovan's Sutras. The 2008 documentary film, Sunshine Superman: The Journey Of Donovan is the essential career overview of an artist who has stayed true to his uncompromising folk roots."

THE ESSENTIAL DONOVAN
(Epic/Legacy 88691 95868 2 4)

DISC ONE
1. Catch The Wind (mono single version, 1965, Hickory) Hot 100 #23 (A)
2. Colours (mono single, 1965) Hot 100 #61 (B)
3. Summer Day Reflection Song (mono single, 1965) (B)
4. Universal Soldier (mono single, 1965) Hot 100 #53 (B)
5. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (mono single, 1965) (A)
6. Turquoise (mono single, 1965, Hickory) (C)
7. Sunshine Superman (extended version, 1966) Hot 100 #1 (D)
8. The Trip (single version, 1966) (D)
9. Legend Of A Girl Child Linda (D)
10. Season Of The Witch (D)
11. Ferris Wheel (D)
12. Mellow Yellow (mono single, 1966) Hot 100 #2 (E)
13. Young Girl Blues (mono) (E)
14. Museum (mono) (E)
15. Hampstead Incident (mono) (E)
16. Sunny South Kensington (mono single, 1966) (E)
17. The Land Of Doesn't Have To Be (early version, mono, 1966) previously unissued in the U.S.
18. Epistle To Dippy (single, 1967) Hot 100 #19 (J)

DISC TWO
1. There Is A Mountain (single, 1967) Hot 100 #11
2. Wear Your Love Like Heaven (single, 1967) Hot 100 #23 (F) and (H)
3. Sun (F) and (H)
4. Isle Of Islay (G) and (H)
5. Sunny Goodge Street (recorded: November 17, 1967 at the Anaheim Convention Center, previously unissued on CD in the U.S.)
6. Sand And Foam (recorded: November 17, 1967 at the Anaheim Convention Center, previously unissued on CD in the U.S.)
7. Jennifer Juniper (single, 1968) Hot 100 #26 (I)
8. Hurdy Gurdy Man (single, 1968) Hot 100 #5 (I)
9. Get Thy Bearings (I)
10. Lalena (single, 1968) Hot 100 #33 (J)
11. To Susan On The West Coast Waiting (single, 1969) Hot 100 #35 (K)
12. Atlantis (single, 1969) Hot 100 #7 (K)
13. Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) [with the Jeff Beck Group] (single, 1969) Hot 100 #36 (K)
14. Happiness Runs (K)
15. Riki Tiki Tavi (single, 1970) Hot 100 #55 (L)
16. Celia Of The Seals (single, 1971) Hot 100 #84 (M)
17. I Like You (single, 1973) Hot 100 #66 (N)
18. Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) (O) previously unissued in the U.S.

Album index:
(A) – from album Catch The Wind (Hickory LPM 123, released 1965)
(B) – from album Fairytale (Hickory LPM 127, released 1965)
(C) – from album The Real Donovan (Hickory LPM 135, released 1966)
(D) – from Sunshine Superman (Epic BN 26217, released 1966)
(E) – from Mellow Yellow (Epic LN 24239, released 1966)
(F) – from Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Epic BN 26349, released 1967)
(G) – from For Little Ones (Epic BN 26350, released 1967)
(H) – from A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (Epic B2N 171, released 1967)
(I) – from The Hurdy Gurdy Man (Epic BN 26420, released 1968)
(J) – from Donovan's Greatest Hits (Epic BN 26439, released 1969)
(K) – from Barabajagal (Epic BN 26481, released 1969)
(L) – from Open Road (Epic E 30125, released 1970)
(M) – from H.M.S. Donovan (Dawn 3009, released 1971)
(N) – from Cosmic Wheels (Epic KE 32156, released 1973)
(O) – from Live In Japan - Spring Tour 1973 (Epic Japan ECPM 25, released 1973)

www.legacyrecordings.com

SOURCE Legacy Recordings

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Stone Axe Return to UK/Europe in Support of New Deluxe Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


The cream of the retro rockin’ resurgence crop has announced that they’re making their long anticipated return to the shores of the United Kingdom and northern Europe this April! Stone Axe are loading the road cases, fine tuning the live set, and packing fresh clothes for the 2012 edition of their European Tour with Stubb and Trippy Wicked, once again, performing in the support slots. Last year, Stone Axe went overseas to support the Expanded Edition of their first album and, in the process, turned heads and made a ton of new fans and friends. This year, Stone Axe is touring in support of the 2-disc Deluxe Edition of the band’s second album, featuring the highly regarded follow up to the debut, as well as a bonus disc packed with vinyl only releases and rare oddities from the Stone Axe vault.

The ten day tour will take these classic rock preservationists throughout England, Scotland, The Netherlands, and parts of Germany as they revisit some of the choice spots from the year before, and tackle new venues in search of new fans looking for a show with some substance. Of key note, Stone Axe will be performing two sets at the inaugural Desertfest held in London; one set being under the name Stone Free as the band performs a free set from the band’s greatest influence, Free!

Stone Axe II – Deluxe Edition will be available in the UK/Europe by or on April 2nd, 2012 and on April 10th, 2012 throughout the U.S.




STONE AXE on the road with STUBB & TRIPPY WICKED

April 5th Scrutty Murphy's - Birmingham UK
April 6th Desertfest (2 sets) - London UK
April 7th Stereo Cafe Bar – Glasgow, Scotland
April 8th - TBA
April 9th The Star and Garter - Manchester UK
April 10th The Rambler - Eindhoven NL
April 11th Immerhin - Wurzburg DL
April 12th AJZ - Bielefeld DL
April 13th Oetinger Villa - Darmstadt DL
April 14th The Vortex - Siegen DL

Here’s what the press is saying:

“Stone Axe is an American analomy, maybe a treasure: resurrecting and revitalizing the best of classic Seventies rock in a modern context. They do it right and do it well. Fans should scoop this up, and newcomers, too. Recommended." –Dangerdog

"This one helluva album, and with all the revived interest in 60's - 80's rock and metal going on at the moment this set will help mark out Stone Axe as one of the very best in their field. and long may they continue. Hell if you have already got this album its worth getting again for the bonus disc alone. 5/5" -- The BCFM Sunday Rock Show

Available at RIPPLE MUSIC STORE

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The Temper Trap Self-titled Second Album Out June 5, 2012

New Song - Rabbit Hole - Online Now

Ten-date North American Tour In March

NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Temper Trap today announce the details of their stunning second album, 'The Temper Trap', due for release on Glassnote/Columbia Records on June 5th. The record will be the band's first as a newly-expanded five-piece outfit following the permanent addition of Joseph Greer on keyboard and guitar. The self-titled album will feature 12 new songs recorded in Los Angeles with producer Tony Hoffer (Beck, M83, Phoenix).

Tracklisting:
1. Need Your Love
2. London's Burning
3. Trembling Hands
4. The Sea Is Calling
5. Miracle
6. This Isn't Happiness
7. Where Do We Go From Here
8. Never Again
9. Dreams
10. Rabbit Hole
11. I'm Gonna Wait
12. Leaving Heartbreak Hotel

A first taste of the record in the form of album track Rabbit Hole is available to stream today via www.thetempertrap.com. The first single from the album will be opening track Need Your Love, due for release on March 26th on all digital service providers in the United States and Canada.

'The Temper Trap' is the follow up to 2009's debut long-player 'Conditions'. Featuring the singles Fader, Love Lost and Sweet Disposition, the album was one of the breakthrough successes of the year and has now sold over 800,000 copies worldwide.

The band will debut tracks from the new record at SxSW in Austin, Texas, followed by a sold out tour of select US markets in March and a longer tour in June.

The Temper Trap US tour - March 2012:

March 15 Austin, TX – Stubb's – (SxSW Music Festival)
March 16 Austin, TX – The Parish – (SxSW Music Festival)
March 19 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater – SOLD OUT
March 20 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater – SOLD OUT
March 21 Pomona, CA – The Glass House – SOLD OUT
March 23 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall – SOLD OUT
March 24 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall – SOLD OUT
March 25 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre – SOLD OUT
March 28 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom – SOLD OUT
March 29 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg – SOLD OUT
March 30 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg – SOLD OUT
March 31 Washington DC – 930 Club – (tickets onsale today at www.thetempertrap.com)

Tickets are available now at www.thetempertrap.com

SOURCE Columbia Records

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Public Television Stations Launch New Concert Series Front Row Center Beginning April 2012

ARTISTS INCLUDE THE RECENTLY REUNITED BEACH BOYS, TRAIN, MOBY, CHEAP TRICK and COLBIE CAILLAT

PREMIERE EPISODE FEATURES THE SECRET SISTERS WITH T-BONE BURNETT, ELVIS COSTELLO AND JAKOB DYLAN

NEW YORK, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Front Row Center, a new music television series that brings the live concert experience home, is scheduled to debut its inaugural season on public television stations across the country beginning April, 2012 (check local listings). For the premiere season, Front Row Center boasts an incredibly diverse musical line-up that spans genres and generations. The Grammy-winning, multi-platinum selling, chart topping group represents a unique set of industry power players that includes The Beach Boys; Train; Phil Collins; The Secret Sisters featuring T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello and Jakob Dylan; Colbie Caillat; Moby; Cheap Trick; O.A.R.; and Richard Marx.

Front Row Center comes from the producers of the ground-breaking and critically acclaimed PBS music series Soundstage, and was filmed in front of a live audience at venues including New York's historic St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn and the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan. Utilizing state-of-the-art production and hi-definition techniques, Front Row Center caters to the live music fan, with each of the ten episodes delivering top-notch performances from some of the biggest names in music. The series is a production of HD Ready and is presented by WLIW21 in association with WNET New York Public Media, and is distributed by American Public Television.

The series will premiere on public television stations across the country beginning this April. In the New York metro area, Front Row Center will premiere Fridays at 10 p.m. beginning April 13 on THIRTEEN and Saturdays at 10 p.m. beginning April 21 on WLIW21.

Don Maggi, executive producer of the series says, "Capturing the magic and power of a live concert, Front Row Center offers fans a high quality program and a unique experience that transports the viewer from their living room to the concert hall."

"This show gives some of the best musicians in the business the ability to just do what they do best, and that's play," says Joe Thomas, Producer/Director of HD Ready. "Our job is to capture the moments that make these concerts special, so that everyone watching experiences the best that each musician has to offer."

"Front Row Center is the perfect public television music series –- the top artists in their respective genres, captured with state-of-the-art technology, offering a one-of-a-kind experience for our viewers," says John Servidio, General Manager, WLIW21. "We are so pleased to bring this virtual concert tour to viewers around the country."

Premieres on public television stations as follows: (check local listings)

Beginning April 5: T-Bone Burnett Presents: The Secret Sisters with Elvis Costello and Jakob Dylan: The Secret Sisters, singing siblings Laura and Lydia Rogers, showcase their beautiful harmonies and classic country/folk sound in a supper club atmosphere performing originals from their recent self-titled album as well as some of their favorite covers. They are joined by legendary guests T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello and Jakob Dylan. One hour.

April 12: Colbie Caillat: Armed simply with her dusky vocals and acoustic guitar, this episode highlights her homespun music. In this performance, she sings her first hit single, "Bubbly," as well as the love-stricken "Realize." Caillat continues to impress with her sweet lyrics in "Fallin' For You" and falls back in love when she performs "I Never Told You." One hour.

April 19: Phil Collins: Going Back - Live at the Roseland Ballroom
This very personal concert sees Phil Collins take his superb 2010 release Going Back into the live arena for the first time, faithfully recreating the soul and Motown sounds that he loved as a teenager. His band includes three of Motown's original backing band The Funk Brothers: Bob Babbitt on bass and guitarists Eddie Willis and Ray Monette, as well as two stalwarts of Genesis live shows: Chester Thompson on drums and Darryl Stuermer on guitars. One hour.

April 26: Train: The Grammy Award-winning California rock band celebrates their fifth album, Save Me, San Francisco with highlights including "Hey, Soul Sister," "If It's Love," and "Marry Me," as well as past hits "Drops of Jupiter" and "Calling All Angels." One hour.

May 3: Moby: This multi-talented and eclectic performer showcases his wide range as a musician and songwriter in this one-of-a-kind performance. With assistance from gospel belter Inyang Bassey and torch singer Kelli Scarr, Moby uses this hour of television to survey his nearly 20-year career. Highlights include "South Side," "Porcelain," "Natural Blues," and "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad." One hour.

May 10: Cheap Trick: Well known for their four decades of almost non-stop touring and new music, the group combines their famous power pop and melodic sounds as they rock out in this special concert. Seventeen studio albums under their belt make for so many great songs including favorites like "Surrender," "Dream Police" and "I Want You to Want Me." One hour.

May 17: O.A.R.: From their roots as a high school band to selling out New York City's Madison Square Garden in 2006, the band has reached new heights of popularity, releasing six studio albums and one live album. Known for their impressive live shows, O.A.R. showcases their hits like "Shattered (Turn the Car Around)," as well as "Crazy Game of Poker" and "Love and Memories." One hour.

May 24: Ben Harper and Relentless7: Blues, soul, folk, reggae, and rock music come together when Ben Harper and Relentless7 take the stage. With his lap steel on hand, the two-time Grammy Award winner performs a set of raw, heartfelt songs including "Steal My Kisses" and "Diamonds on the Inside." One hour.

May 31: Richard Marx: A Night Out with Friends: For more than two decades, Richard Marx has made an indelible mark on the music community with more than 30 million records sold, and 13 #1 singles, and remains a radio fixture radio as an artist and producer working with some of the biggest names in the music business. In this concert, Marx takes us through his legendary career and brings along a few friends including Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman and former 'N Sync lead singer JC Chasez. One hour.

June 7: The Beach Boys: Summer's Gone: The legendary group reunite to celebrate their 50th anniversary (2012) with a look back at their career featuring never-before-seen archival concert footage, plus songs from their new album. 90 minutes.

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album cover art of the day:

ANGELUS APATRIDA: New Album Cover Artwork Unveiled

Spanish thrashers ANGELUS APATRIDA will release their new studio album, "The Call", on April 30 via Century Media Records. The CD was once again recorded at Ultrasound Studio in Moita, Portugal with producer Daniel Cardoso (ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN, ANATHEMA). The artwork was handled by Gustavo Sazes of Abstrata (ARCH ENEMY, KRISIUN).

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and in music history march 8th:

In 1959, just four weeks after being released, Frankie Avalon's "Venus" tops the US singles chart. Al Martino was offered the song first, but turned it down.

In 1962, the Beatles (with Pete Best on drums), appeared on television for the first time when they play Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby" on the BBC program Teenager's Turn. It was reportedly the first time they wore suits onstage.

In 1963, 25,000 people attended the funeral for Country singer Patsy Cline, killed three days earlier in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee.

Also in 1963, the Four Tops ink a deal with Berry Gordy's Motown label and receive a $400 signing bonus.

The Dave Clark 5 made their first appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964.

In 1965, the Beach Boys released the single "Help Me, Rhonda." It was released in March 1965 on the album Today! as "Help Me, Ronda". By that time, it had already been re-recorded; this second recording was released as a single through Capitol Records in April 1965, re-titled with the more well-known "Rhonda" spelling. The single peaked at number one in the United States.

In 1965, Bob Dylan’s single “Subterranean Homesick Blues” was released in the US. The lead track from his Bringing It All Back Home album gave Dylan his first Top 40 hit on the Billboard chart when it peaked at #39. “Subterranean Homesick Blues” also is noted for its innovative film clip, in what became one of the first “modern” promotional film clips, the forerunner of what later became known as the music video. The clip was shot in an alley behind the Savoy Hotel in London, the cue cards which Dylan holds were written by Donovan, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Neuwirth and Dylan himself. While staring at the camera, he flips the cards as the song plays. There are intentional misspellings and puns throughout the clip.

In 1966, at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Bob Dylan recorded "Just Like A Woman." The song was first released on his 1966 album, Blonde on Blonde. It was also released as a single in the US during August 1966 and peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dylan's recording of "Just Like a Woman" was not issued as a single in the United Kingdom but the British beat group, Manfred Mann, did release a hit single version of the song in July 1966, which peaked at #10 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Dylan's version of the song at #232 in their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

In 1968, in San Francisco, Cream played the first of two nights at the Winterland Ballroom.

In 1968, Simon & Garfunkel recorded "Old Friends/Bookends."

In 1968, Albert King, Janis Joplin and Tim Buckley appear at the reopened Village Theater in New York, now known as the Fillmore East, promoted by Bill Graham.

Also in 1968, Elvis Presley's 26th feature film, "Stay Away, Joe," co-starring Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell and Katy Jurado, opened in U.S. and Canadian movie theaters.

In 1969, the Small Faces disbanded with the departure of lead singer Steve Marriott who left to form Humble Pie. The remainder of the band later regrouped as simply Faces with Ron Wood and new lead singer Rod Stewart.

In 1970, after parting with the Supremes, Diana Ross gave her first solo concert performance at the Monticello Dinner Theater & Night Club in Framingham, Massachusetts.

In 1971, Radio Hanoi aired Jimi Hendrix's version of "The Star Spangled Banner."

Also in 1973, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan of The Grateful Dead, died of a stomach hemorrhage and liver failure, brought on by alcohol poisoning. He was just 27 years old.

In 1974, Bad Company, made up of former members from Free (Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople (Mick Ralphs) and King Crimson (Boz Burrell), kicked off their first UK tour at Newcastle City Hall.

In 1974, John Denver recorded "Annie's Song" and "Thank God I'm A Country Boy."

In 1975, Olivia Newton-John's "Have You Never Been Mellow" becomes her second Billboard number one record. She would go on to have three more.

In 1975, the New Musical Express announces that The Rolling Stones have chosen Wayne Perkins to replace the recently departed Mick Taylor. Two weeks later, The Stones themselves will issue a statement saying that Ron Wood will fill the position. Mick Jagger would say, "No matter how great Wayne Perkins is...he plays very similar to Mick Taylor."

Also in 1975, actor Telly Savalas topped the UK chart with a spoken word rendition of Bread's 1971 hit "If".

In 1976, former Spooky Tooth singer Gary Wright is awarded a Gold record for "Dream Weaver".

In 1983, singer/guitarist Roger Hodgson announced he was leaving Supertramp for a solo career. His former bandmates went on a 40th Anniversary reunion tour in 2010. Hodgson was not invited to join them.

In 1986, Diana Ross was at #1 on the UK singles chart with “Chain Reaction.” It was written and produced by the Bee Gees (who also provided the backing vocals for the single). The single became her first #1 single in the UK since “I’m Still Waiting” in 1971.

In 1990, Rolling Stone Magazine let Jefferson Airplane know exactly how they felt about the group's reforming when they named their new album as the Most Unwanted Comeback of the Year. The L.P. featured all of the main members from the band's glory days, but little has been heard from the Airplane since this embarrassment.

In 1993, "Beavis and Butthead" premiered on MTV as a series.

In 2003, Adam Faith suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 62. He was one of England's major Pop stars in the early 1960s and enjoyed a run of eleven British Top 20 hits prior to the arrival of The Beatles.

In 2009, country music singer/songwriter Hank Locklin, a Grand Ole Opry performer for 47 years, died at the age of 91.

In 2011, Bernard St. Clair Lee, a baritone singer and original member of The Hues Corporation, who had an early Disco hit in 1974 with "Rock the Boat", died of natural causes at the age of 66.

birthdays today include (among others): Clive Burr of Iron Maiden (1957), Randy Meisner of The Eagles (1946) and Micky Dolenz from The Monkees (1945)