New Music Releases - June 11, 2013

Airhead - For Years
Alex Burkat - Tarot (12")
Alison Moyet - the minutes
Andrew Stockdale - Keep Moving
Ane Brun - Songs 2003 - 2013
Aoife O'Donovan - Fossils
Aoki Takamasa - RV8 
Avenues - Post Cards From Ann Arbor
Beach Day - Trip Trap Attack
Beady Eye - BE
Beans on Toast - Fishing for a Thank You
Big Time Rush - 24/Seven
Black Sabbath - 13
Blitzen Trapper - Field Rexx (reissue)
Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow?s Harvest
Bob Schneider - Burden of Proof
Bonobo - First Fires (vinyl)  
Booker T - Sound The Alarm (vinyl)
Braids - In Kind // Amends (12")  
Capital Cities - A Tidal Wave of Mystery
Carmen Souza - Kachupada 
Case Studies - This Is Another Life
Children of Bodom - Halo of Blood
Chris Berry - King of Me
Church Of Misery - Thy Kingdom Scum
Close - Getting Gloser 
Colossus - Time & Eternal 
Coma Cinema - Posthumous Release
Creations - Unworthy/Humility 
CSS - Planta
Date Palms - The Dusted Sessions 
Davell Crawford - My Gift To You
Dead Meadow - Dead Meadow
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Dennis Callaci & Simon Joyner - New Secrets
Dfalt - Helsinki Beat Tape
Disclosure - Settle
Edwin McCain - Extended Versions
Emika - DVA
Emily Wells - Mama Acoustic Recordings
Eri Yamamoto Trio - Firefly 
Evile - Skull 
Fat Tony - Smart Ass Black Boy
Future Bible Heroes - Partygoing 
Gary Peacock & Marilyn Crispell - Azure 
George Benson - Inspiration: Nat King Cole
Giant Sand - Tucson
Global Noize - SLY Reimagined: The Music of Sly & the Family Stone 
Gold Panda - Half Of Where You Live
Goo Goo Dolls - Magnetic
Grateful Dead - May 1977 (box set) 
Harry Connick Jr.-  Every Man Should Know
Heliotropes - A Constant Sea 
Integrity - Suicide Black Snake 
Into The Flood - Vices 
I The Mighty - Satori
Jan St. Werner - Blaze Colour Burn 
Jason Isbell - Southeastern 
Jerry Garcia - Garcialive 2: August 5th 1990 Greek Theater
Jimmy Eat World - Damage 
Joey Bada$$ - Summer Knights mixtape 
John Vanderslice - Dagger Beach
Jon Huertas - Grown & Sexy Music
Joseph Arthur - The Ballad of Boogie Christ
King Conquer - 1776
Koko Blue - Crosses And Planks
Lace Curtain - Falling/Running (12") 
Lovelife - Stateless (EP)
Lust For Youth - Perfect View
Martin Ware - Dark
Mathew Jonson - Her Blurry Pictures
Matrimony - Montibello Drive (EP)
Mick Harvey - FOUR
Mixhell - Spaces
Modern Day Escape - New Life
Moody Blues - Timeless Flight (box set)
Motionless In White - Infamous 
Mount Eerie - Live in Bloomington?
Mumakil - Flies Will Starve 
Overseas - Overseas 
Paul McCartney - Rockshow (concert film)
Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks: The Singles Collection (vinyl)
People of the North - Sub Contra
Piano Magic - Life Has Not Finished with Me Yet
Polysick - Under Construction (12")  
Queen - Icon
Queensrÿche - Frequency Unknown
Richard Pryor - No Pryor Restraint: Life In Concert (9-disc box set)
Rodeo Ruby Love - The Pits 
Roger Kellaway & Eddie Daniels - Duke at the Roadhouse Live in Santa Fe
Safety Scissors - In A Manner of Sleeping 
Scale The Summit - The Migration
Scott Walker - Collection 1967 - 1970 (5-CD box set)
Secret Colors - Days Off 
Silkworm - Libertine (deluxe reissue)
Smith Westerns - Soft Will
Sonny & the Sunsets - Antenna to the Afterworld
Spinal Tap - This is Spinal Tap (vinyl)
Stellar OM Source - Joy One Mile 
Strangers Family Band - Strangers Family Band
Superhumanoids: Exhibitionists
Surfer Blood - Pythons
The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (expanded) 
The Lonely Island - The Wack Album
The Neal Pollack Invasion - Never Mind the Pollocks (reissue)
The Orb & Lee - More Tales From The Orbservatory
The Rempis Percussion Quartet - Phalanx 
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
The Welch Boys - Bring Back the Fight 
Various Artists - Ed Rec Vol. X
Various Artists - Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center (CD/DVD) 
Various Artists - The Bling Ring
Various Artists - Vol. 12: Motown Singles
Walter Trout - Luther's Blues
Western Lows - Glacial
Wheelhouse - Boss of the Plains
White Mandingos - The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me 
WhoaBear - WhoaBear
Wrekmeister Harmonies - You've Always Meant So Much to Me
Young Hunting - Hazel
Youn Sun Nah - Lento 
ZZ Top - The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990 (10-CD box set)

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friend bob at Relapse

LORD DYING - 'Summon the Faithless'

Release Dates
July 9, 2013 - N.America
July 5, 2013 - Germany/Benelux
July 8, 2013 - UK/World

Formats: CD/LP/DIGITAL

Portland, Oregon’s Lord Dying are poised to be the new heavyweight champions of metal.  Smashing the riffs of High On Fire into the groove of Kylesa, Lord Dying have delivered one of the most impressive metal debuts in a long, long time.  Having already toured and shared the stage with the likes of Down, Red Fang and Witch Mountain, Lord Dying are a young band that has matured well beyond their years into a fully developed titanic heavy metal band.  Lord Dying’s ‘Summon The Faithless’ is not only one of the best debuts of 2013, but one of the straight up best records of the year by any band.

Order at Relapse

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the ny times has a great vinyl piece!

Weaned on CDs, They’re Reaching for Vinyl







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cool project!

A Nostalgic Look at the Era of Vinyl Albums and Turntables







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execptional write up from thevinylfactory.com

A brief video history of record manufacturing





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“Vinyl records stimulate most of your senses”: Q&A with Vinylfy, the social network for record collectors







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Va. Beach man is the go-to for hard-to-find vinyl

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1.  Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (Pre-Order)
2.  Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
3.  Mother Love Bone - Mother Love Bone (Black Vinyl)
4.  Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
5.  MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
6.  Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971
7.  Mad Season - Above
8.  Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
9.  Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
10.  Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues

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from our friends at StormingTheBase

Asia Argento - Total Entropy 

 

"Total Entropy", out on Nuun Records, brings together for the first time on an album envisioned by the artist. Includes previous unreleased or limited edition collaborations by the likes of Tim Burgess, Toog, Antipop, Brian Molko and many others. Poetically direct, vital and glowing, between dream and madness, Total Entropy evokes the artist's impossible love or interrupted boredom and thirst for life. Alternating orchestral ballads, blues-rock, new wave experimental and minimal techno, including guitars and layered sounds and the deep and intense voice of Asia, Total Entropy is difficult to categorize and reveals a talented charming perspective, between dark and light.

We expect this item to be in stock on July 23, 2013

2LP gatefold vinyl.

Buy At StormingTheBase

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from our friends at BurningShed

BlackfieldIV (LP preorder)

Israel's leading counter-culture Rock musician Aviv Geffen returns with Blackfield IV, featuring Steven Wilson and other special collaborators.

The new album includes guest vocal performancess from Brett Anderson (Suede), Jonathan Donahue (Mercury Rev) and Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema).

Since Welcome To My DNA, Geffen's profile has continued to rise and Aviv has worked with legendary producers Tony Visconti and Trevor Horn, played live with U2 and Placebo, and been a judge on the Israeli TV show,The Voice.

Aviv contributed writing and vocals on Blackfield IV, while Steven Wilson - who also mixed the album - added guitar and vocal parts.

This vinyl edition is pressed on heavyweight (180g) vinyl and is packaged in a gatefold sleeve.

All copies ordered from the Kscope store contain code for the download digital version of the album.

Pre-order now for 26th August release date.

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this from our friends at PolyVinylRecords

Pre-Order Owen L'Ami du Peuple CD/LP/Tape/T-Shirt  
  

Full-length in stores July 2.  180-gram red vinyl limited to 1000 copies -- only 1/3 of pressing is left!

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from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

America - America

This debut album of America (1972) is considered as a folk-pop classic filled with a great collection of memorable songs that proves their influence on acts as The Eagles and Dan Fogelberg. Using vocal harmonies on "Sandman" and "Children and an intricate interplay of acoustic guitars is for the period of time highly ambitious. The hits of this album are ofcourse the widely known "A Horse With No Name", "I Need You" and again "Sandman". But also the buoyantly charming "Three Roses", the yearningly lovely "Rainy Day" and the quietly ringing "Clarice" make this album as one of their best and recommendable for any kind of music fan.  A classic to own and a stepping stone to into the world of folk-pop music. 

 

180 gram audiophile vinyl

Tracklisting:
Side 1
1. Riverside 
2. Sandman
3. Three Roses
4. Children
5. A Horse With No Name   
6. Here

Side 2 
1. I Need You
2. Rainy Day
3. Never Found The Time
4. Clarice 
5. Donkey Jaw 
6. Pigeon Song

Tim Buckley - Starsailor 

On his first albums Tim was a gentle, melodic folk rocker but during the making of these albums he evolved into a downright experimental singer/songwriter exploring jazz and avant-garde. The result? Starsailor!

The album is a culmination of his experiments and with former Mother of Invention Bunk Gardner on sax and alto flute the story is complete. Surrealistic lyrics, heavy chords and unexpected twists make Starsailor a brilliant album that admittedly, isn't for everybody, but endures as one of the most legendary albums ever made by a singer/songwriter.

180 gram audiophile vinyl

Tracklisting:
Side 1
1.  Come Here Woman    
2.  I Woke Up   
3.  Monterey   
4.  Moulin Rouge    
5.  Song To The Siren

Side 2  
1.  Jungle Fire    
2.  Starsailor   
3.  The Healing Festival    
4.  Down By The Borderline

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25 Best Debut Metal Albums
http://loudwire.com/best-debut-metal-albums/







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Journey Announce Summer 2013 Tour Dates
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/journey-2013-tour/

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 3, 2013

DEAR JERRY: Greetings from the Chemical Capital of the World!

Unfortunately, even here there is no chemical solution for my music mystery, one involving Sam Cooke.

Around the time Elvis returned from Germany, one of our local dee jays mentioned that Elvis and Sam Cooke were the only artists with two songs in the WAMS Top 30.

Presley's two were "Stuck on You" and "Fame and Fortune," and I know one of Cooke's was "Teenage Sonata."

Nowhere can I find even a peep about the second Sam Cooke hit that week.

Every available source, online plus music books and album liner notes, say "Chain Gang" is the follow-up to "Teenage Sonata," but it came several months later and can't be the one.

What is this song that seems like it never was?
—Cleo Hoyle, Wilmington, Del.

DEAR CLEO: It is funny that you recall that quirky Top 30 tidbit about Wilmington's Authentic Music Survey (WAMS reverse acronym, or "backronym"), but not the Sam Cooke tunes that made it worth mentioning.

For the week of April 17, 1960, they rank "Teenage Sonata" at No. 13 and dropping, and "You Understand Me" at No. 30 and rising.

So the real follow-up to "Teenage Sonata" (RCA Victor 47-7701) was "You Understand Me" (RCA Victor 47-7730), and then came "Chain Gang" (RCA Victor 47-7783).

These three, plus "If You Were the Only Girl," the B-side of "Teenage Sonata," came out in 1961 on a Compact 33 Double EP (RCA Victor LPC-126), titled "Sam Cooke Sings."

Other than this EP and the original 45, "You Understand Me" seems to have fallen through the cracks. Inexplicably, this terrific tune is not on any of Sam Cooke's LPs.

Hear it here!

The astute observation you recall so accurately must have been made by one of these WAMS Fabulous Five: Willie Gaylord; Roger Holmes; Mel Bernam; Jack Barry; or Gene Miles.

For the record, both of the Elvis hits were back-to-back on one record (RCA Victor 47-7740), whereas the two Sam Cooke titles were on separate singles.


DEAR JERRY: An interesting blog called "Country's Top 10 Most Influential Artists" makes this statement about Lefty Frizzell: "At the height of his popularity he had four songs in the Top 10 simultaneously, a feat only matched by the Beatles a decade later."

Calling this "a feat only matched by the Beatles" implies no one else had four or more of the nation's Top 10 spots, regardless of time period or genre.

I'll bet there are a few earlier stars — Bing Crosby comes to mind — that equaled or even surpassed having 40% of the Top 10.

Can you provide some specifics to back me up?
—Marty Fuhrman, Halifax, Nova Scotia


DEAR MARTY: Limiting Mr. Frizzell's feat to just C&W history would have been best.

Had the blogger recruited either one of us to proofread, the Beatles would either be left out of the discussion, or accompanied by additional and essential details. As I now know, that means a few more hours of research.

Since most of William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell's bios make mention of his superb Top 10 achievement, but without providing titles and a date, let us begin there.

It was April 14, 1951 when "I Love You a Thousand Ways"; "Look What Thoughts Will Do"; "Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)"; and "I Want to Be with You Always" were all in the Country Top 10.

Now for some testimony on your behalf:

Not only did Bing Crosby have five of the Top 10 hits several times, there was one week in July 1944 when the only position in the top six he didn't claim was No. 3. Harry James managed to sneak in there.

Joining Bing in the Had Half of the Top 10 Club are the orchestras of Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey, with both bands achieving it multiple times.


IZ ZAT SO? Besides being singers, what do these folks have in common: Andrews Sisters; Bing Crosby; Jimmy Dorsey; Trudy Erwin; Glen Gray; and the Mills Brothers?

Just happens they all recorded for Decca Records, far and away the most dominant label of the 1940s. Not RCA Victor. Not Columbia. Not Capitol.

Recordings by these stars are why, on more than one occasion in the mid-'40s, nine of the Top 10 hits were Decca singles.

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

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

Copyright 2013 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Sells 19,000 Vinyl Copies

In its first week on sale, Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' sold 19,000 vinyl LPs  (which accounted for 15% of all vinyl albums sold last week 123,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan).  This wasn't an inexpensive purchase for vinyl lovers, either. The double LP set is currently priced at $39.98 in Sony's My Play Direct Web store, and $35.53 at Amazon.com.

Behold the power of a new generation of vinyl lovers!













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from the great state of indiana:

Vinyl attracts young and old listeners







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vinyl doing well in the great state of pennsylvania:

Keeping Vinyl Alive at Stax of Trax








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Les Paul exhibit to open in Wisconsin hometown










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Sublime marks 25th anniversary with first-ever concert film and live album







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Brian Wilson recording new solo album with Jeff Beck, Al Jardine, and David Marks







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Billy Gibbons Looks Back on ZZ Top’s First 10 Albums







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The 10 Best Arcade Fire Songs








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Stereogum’s Top 25 Albums Of 2013 So Far











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album cover art of the day:

WITHERSCAPE: 'The Inheritance' Track Listing, Cover Artwork Unveiled

















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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 5/27 - 6/02, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:
1. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
2. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
3. OST - Drive
4. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
5. Oblivians - Desperation
6. Coupler - Sunless
7. John Fogerty - Wrote A Song For Everyone
8. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
9. She & Him - Volume 3
10. Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line b/w Get Rhythm 7"
11. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
12. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
13. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
14. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
15. Shovels & Rope - O' Be Joyful
16. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
17. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
18. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
19. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
20. Shovels & Rope - Johnny 99 7"
21. Vangelis - Blade Runner OST
22. Justin Townes Earle - Yuma 10"
23. Damien Jurado - Where Shall You Take Me
24. The Weeks - Dear Bo Jackson
25. Dawes - Stories Don't End 

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in my inbox, thought I'd share...

In 2003, Polly Paulusma was happily putting the finishing touches to shed-recorded debut album ‘Scissors in my Pocket’ when Bjork’s label One Little Indian signed her up and catapulted her round the world for 6 years, supporting Bob Dylan, Jamie Cullum, Joseph Arthur, Coldplay and many others. Now she’s set up her own label Wild Sound and is releasing her third offering, ‘Leaves from the Family Tree.'

 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Just a reminder, the RockArtPictureShow Contest still open!!

The contest is easy to enter, just send an email with the words "Rock Art Picture Show Contest" in the subject line, to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com Limit one entry per person. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on June 14, 2013. Good Luck!

For more info visit Rock Art Picture Show Contest

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Another reminder that the StormingTheBase.com,t contest hat features Haujobb's 2011 release 'New World March' on high-quality 2LP vinyl, which is limited to 250 copies worldwide. is still open for entries.  The double-vinyl includes two bonus tracks never before released on any Haujobb album (and previously digital only).

Contestants can enter by sending an email to rbenson30@wi.rr.com with the words "Storming The Base Contest" in the subject line and then swing by and liking the StormingTheBase Facebook Page HERE

Open to residents of the US and Canada only. Limit one email entry per person. Winner will be chosen in a random drawing on June 20, 2013, so get your email entires in before then!

Good luck and thanks to Storming The Base for providing a kick ass prize!

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available now from our friends at AudioFidelity

Jethro Tull - Live At Montreux

"A landmark release …..one of their most satisfying albums in years.”  Jethro Tull is one of the most successful bands of all time.  In 2003, Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull made a visit to the Montreux Festival.  The concert was a musical triumph combining semi-acoustic and full-on electric performances of some of their best known and loved recordings.The near-perfect set list has something for every kind of Tull fan for this live album shows Tull at all stages of their career, gentle melodic numbers, hard driving rock anthems and several tracks that mix these approaches along with a number of additional musical styles together. Noteworthy to the double-album package are Ian Anderson's witty and informative liner notes.

Mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray

SIDE ONE
 1.Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You
 2.Life Is A Long Song
 3.Bourée
 4.With You There To Help Me
 5.Pavane

SIDE TWO:
 1.Hunting Girl
 2.Fat Man
 3.Living In The Past
 4.Nothing Is Easy

SIDE THREE:
 1.My God
 2.Budapest

SIDE FOUR:
 1.New Jig
 2.Aqualung
 3.Locomotive Breath

Buy Today At  AudioFidelity

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RE-ANIMATOR SOUNDTRACK

Waxwork Records has teamed up with composer Richard Band to release his score to the 1985 horror film, RE-ANIMATOR. We’re excited to release this great soundtrack from the fantastic H.P. Lovecraft tale of horror.

Re-Animator will be a limited release that guarantees buyers the LP on green 180 gram vinyl. There will be a limited number of variant glow-in-the-dark vinyl that will be randomly inserted. Re-Animator will go on sale May, 31st 2013.

The score was composed and conducted by Richard Band and performed by the Rome Philharmonic Orchestra. The soundtrack has been re-mastered specifically for vinyl, and the full LP package (front and back cover, record sleeve, and center A-side B-side labels) will feature artwork from Gary Pullin (Ghoulish Gary). You can also expect a massive poster of the cover art. Included in the package will be notes from the composer and director giving insight and information on the score and film. The record sleeve will include original photographs from the 1985 recording sessions in Rome, Italy. The score is a masterful work that fans of horror and sci-fi have acknowledged and loved for nearly three decades.

Available now at WaxWorkRecords

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Black Sabbath to guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Black Sabbath will be one of the guests featured on Monday, June 10th's episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The appearance comes on the eve of the release of the band’s new album, “13,” which is due to hit the stores on June 11th.

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interesting read:

 Greed killing vinyl like it did CDs - Record companies gouge fans on vinyl prices








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Roy Orbison Live Recording Released; More Original Tapes Wanted











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The Story Behind Blink-182′s ‘Enema Of The State’ Album Cover











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this was making the rounds yesterday and just melted me into goo...

New Music Releases June 4, 2013

Aborym - Dirty
Amazing Rhythm Aces - Stacked Deck / Too Stuffed to Jump
Ashanti - Braveheart
Avidya and the Kleshas - Tree of Series
Aïsha Devi - Aura 4 Everyone 
Barenaked Ladies - Grinning Streak 
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five Live
Big Black Delta - Big Black Delta
Big Deal - June Gloom 
Boysetsfire - While A Nation Sleeps
Brent Amaker and The Rodeo - Year of The Dragon
Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
Candlelight Red - Reclamation
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery
Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys - Albion Doo-Wah
Charlie Robison - Live at Billy Bob’s Texas
Children of Bodom - Halo of Blood
Chthonic - Bú-Tik
City and Colour - The Hurry and The Harm
Colossus - Time & Eternal
Cory Williams - The Outcome
Creations - Unworthy/Humility
Dave Davies - I Will Be Me
Dead Stars - High Gain
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Death Valley - Positive Euth
Deep Purple - Live In Copenhagen 1972
Demon Lung - The Hundredth Name
Dickey Lee - Original Greatest Hits
Disclosure - Settle
Doobie Brothers - Live at Wolf Trap (2004 concert film)
Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record
Ell V Gore - Sex Static (EP)
Emotions - Best of the Emotions
Evile - Skull
Filter - The Sun Comes Out Tonight
Frank Zappa - A Token of His Extreme
Frankie and the Heartstrings - The Days Run Away
Future Bible Heroes - Memories of Love, Eternal Youth, and Partygoing
GRMLN - Empire
George Benson - My Inspiration a Tribute to Nat King Cole
Glen Medeiros - Glenn Medeiros
Goat - Dreambuilding (7")
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 23: Baltimore Civic Center Baltimore
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
High Wolf - Kairos: Chronos
Hollagramz - Hollagramz
Hooverphonic - The Night Before 
Houndmouth - From the Hills Below the City
iamamiwhoami - bounty
Iggy and the Stooges - Tribute to Ron Asheton (live DVD)
Integrity - Suicide Black Snake
James Lee Stanley & John Batdorf - All Wood & Stones II
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Joy Kills Sorrow - Wide Awake (EP)
Julian Lennon - Everything Changes 
Kay Starr - The Kay Starr Collection 1939-62
Kelly Rowland - Talk A Good Game
Killing Joke - The Singles Collection, 1979-2012
Laura Imbruglia - What a Treat
Lenka - Shadows
Liferuiner - Future Revisionists
Lonestar - Life as We Know It 
Luke LaLonde - Rhythymnals
Maine - Forever Halloween
Mando Saenz - Studebaker 
Mason Williams - The Mason Williams Ear Show
Mason Williams - The Mason Williams Phonograph Record
Matthew Morrison - Where It All Began
Mayors of Miyazaki - Holy Cop 
Megadeth - Super Collider
Melissa Ferrick - The Truth Is
Naam - Vow
Nick Sanders Trio - Nameless Neighbors 
Oblivians - Desperation
Patchy - Illuminations 
Peyton Pinkerton - Peyton Pinkerton
Phonat - Identity Theft (EP)
Polly Scattergood - Arrows
Portugal. the Man - Evil Friends
Power Trip - Manifest Decimation
Quadron - Avalanche
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Rogue Wave - Nightingale Floors
Savoir Adore - Our Nature 
Scott Walker - Scott Walker: The Collection (UK-only boxset of first five albums) 
Sean Nelson - Make Good Choices
Set and Setting - Equanimity
Seth - Scars Born From Bleeding Stars
Slobber Pup - Black Aces 
Splashh - Comfort
Surf Punks - Locals Only
Svartsyn - Black Testament
The Absence - Oceans
The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
The Builders and the Butchers - Western Medicine
The Devil's Blood - III: Tabula Rasa or Death and the Seven Pillars
The Dig - Tired Hearts (EP)
The Idan Raichel Project - Quarter to Six 
The Olms - The Olms
The Parson Red Heads - 6 EP
The Roys - Gypsy Runaway Train
The Saddest Landscape - Exit Wounded
The Spinto Band - Biba! 1 Island, 879 Votes (soundtrack)
The Torches - The Authority of The Torches
The Young Things - Hello Love/Goodbye Sexual
Thundercat - Apocalypse
Traffic - Shootout at the Fantasy Factory (vinyl)
Trilok Gurtu - Spellbound 
UBT - Ego Orientation 
Various Artists - Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
Various Artists - The Beautiful Old: Turn of the Century Songs 
Various Artists - In The Mood: Instrumental Gems From The Embassy Label
We Are The City - Violent
Western Lows - Glacial
White Wizzard - The Devil’s CutBrent Amaker & the Rodeo, Year of the Dragon 
 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Just a reminder, the RockArtPictureShow Contest still open!!

The contest is easy to enter, just send an email with the words "Rock Art Picture Show Contest" in the subject line, to this email address rbenson30@wi.rr.com Limit one entry per person. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on June 14, 2013. Good Luck!

For more info visit Rock Art Picture Show Contest

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from our friends at Razor & Tie

CHELSEA GRIN TO RELEASE LIMITED EDITION MY DAMNATION VINYL ON AUGUST 6TH

PRE-ORDER HERE

New Chelsea Grin Cover of The Korn Song “Right Now” Available Digitally With Pre-Orders

(New York, NY) –Chelsea Grin will be releasing My Damnation (Artery Recordings/Razor & Tie) on vinyl for the first time ever on August 6th.   The limited color runs include clear w/violet splatter, orange/white/black mix, green, and a purple mix.

All pre-orders come will include a digital download of Chelsea Grin’s brand new cover of the Korn’s “Right Now." My Damnation was produced by Zeuss (The Acacia Strain, Hatebreed, The Red Chord).

Chelsea Grin is about to embark on a European Summer Tour starting on June 19th.  Immediately following this tour Chelsea Grin will be back in the U.S. for The All Stars Tour kicking off on July 19th in Huntington, NY with Every Time I Die.

*This is a presale item set to ship appx 7/3013

*All 4 color variations of "My Damnation" on vinyl.  Includes instant grat track of Chelsea Grin covering Korn's "Right Now"

Pressing Info:
 100 clear w/violet splatter
 250 orange/white/black mix
 250 opaque green
 200 opaque wine mix

Pre-Order At Razor & Tie

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from burningshed.com

The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (vinyl pre-order)

Easter Everywhere was the 13th Floor Elevators second album. Widely regarded as the band's peak, the album captures the band before the drug abuse, mental health problems and run-ins with the law that led to their premature demise.

Previously only available as part of the Music Of The Spheres box set, this is the first official mono vinyl reissue of Easter Everywhere since 1967.

"Their masterpiece. Easter Everywhere is an all-time higher key document. With a measured Erickson vocal and a blissful Sutherland solo, 'Slip Inside This House' is eight minutes of constant build: the guide for a new enlightenment. The rest isn't bad either..." - Mojo

Pre-order now for 10th June release date.

The 13th Floor Elevators - Bull Of The Woods (vinyl pre-order)

This is the first release on vinyl for A Love That's Sound and it contains a recently discovered and never-heard before version of Some Day My Love, the song originally scheduled as the band's 6th single.

Previously only available as part of the Music Of The Spheres box set, Bull of The Woods is the first vinyl reissue from tape sources of the stereo edition for over three decades.

"The fearless trailblazers of Psychedelia and one of the most kick-ass rock bands ever... For two or so years they burned with a flame so fierce that 40 years on they still remain an inspiration." - Mojo

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The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine / AKA Volume One

The Soft Machine's debut from 1968 was the only album to feature Kevin Ayers alongside Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge.

Dada inspired Psychedelia collides with inventive pop, Jazz and soul influences to unique effect.

This is a limited edition LP version on 180gm virgin vinyl presented in a facsimile of the original gatefold artwork.

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The Soft Machine - Volume Two

Soft Machine's second album was the last to prominently feature vocals - Robert Wyatt on particularly dazzling form - and the first to feature Hugh Hopper as a band member.

Volume Two is a wildly imaginative collection of off-kilter songs and proto-Jazz Rock instrumental strangeness that includes the two long suites Rivmic Melodies and Esther's Nose Job, and the timelessly beautiful Hugh Hopper piece, Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening.

Vinyl edition in non-gatefold sleeve

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Sigur Ros - Kveikur (2LP)

Sigur Rós will release their new album, Kveikur, on June 18th, 2013. Kveikur is the band’s first album to be released worldwide through XL Recordings. The record, self-produced by the three members of Sigur Rós: Jón Þór Birgisson, Georg Holm and Orri Páll Dýrason, sees the band shifting towards a more direct, aggressive sound. Playing to 125,000 people on their Spring 2013 North American tour, Canadian highlights included performances at Air Canada Centre (Toronto), Scotia Place (Ottawa), and Bell Centre (Montréal).

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Jane's Addiction - Live in NYC (2LP)

Jane’s Addiction has always thrown THE most provocative and extravagant parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality and streetwise lyrics with a theatrical flair. 2011 and 2012 saw the band - who have always outrageously combined electricity, sex and danger - return to the stage in support of their acclaimed album The Great Escape Artist (Capitol Records). Filmed at New York City’s Terminal 5 on July 25, 2011 at a free show for the album’s launch, LIVE IN NYC encapsulates the true essence of Jane’s Addiction in concert, mixing music with performance art. With the band as the ringleaders, they take you, along with a diverse cast of vagabonds, through an extravagant world of flying burlesque dancers, trapeze artists and carnival sideshow antics, offering stunning visuals enhanced with a visual masterpiece of lasers, capturing the incredible mood of this spectacular night. Amidst it all, Jane’s Addiction, featuring frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Chris Chaney, gives astonishing performances of one classic after another including their 1988 Top 10 hit “Jane Says;” “Been Caught Stealing” and “Stop!,” both No. 1 singles on the Modern Rock Tracks chart; “Ain’t No Right,” “Three Days,” and “Just Because,” which went to No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks and No. 4 on Mainstream Rock chart. LIVE IN NYC also features the debut live performance of their latest single, “Irresistible Force (Met The Immovable Object),” from The Great Escape Artist. Bonus material on the Blu-ray & DVD include an interview with Perry Farrell and photo gallery.

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DEATH WALTZ RECORDS RELEASE CLASSIC AND CULT FILM SOUNDTRACKS ON VINYL!











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in the land down under, vinyl doing well!

What goes around comes around






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The return of CDs and vinyl records - There are still millions of folks who enjoy a physical album over a digital one






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Read the Story Behind the Album Led Zeppelin Recorded Before ‘Led Zeppelin’







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Nick Drake’s 1969 debut Five Leaves Left to receive vinyl box set reissue










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roadied for KISS one time in 1985, wish i would have picked up some of the pics we stepped on while tearing down the set...

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Bad Company To Perform On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'






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New Jimmy Cliff album set for June 25 release







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Artists With Horrible Album Covers











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album cover art of the day:

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