Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 19, 2013

DEAR JERRY: After reading your recent piece about "Address Unknown," by an outfit from the Bay State (Massachusetts) named the Baystaters, I became curious as to whether or not any groups, named after their state's nickname, actually had hits.

I realize most nicknames don't lend themselves to being a recording group name, such as the Grand Canyon State.
—Yolanda Cisneros, Northhampton, Mass.

DEAR YOLANDA: Some states have more than one nickname, but we'll try to match up only with commonly used names.

Framing the question as you have — a group from a state whose nickname is also their name, and with at least one hit to their credit — I find only three that qualify.

The most obvious example is from your neighbor to the south, Connecticut, the Nutmeg State.

The Nutmegs, from New Haven, created an R&B classic in 1955 with "Story Untold."

Hailing from Arcadia, Ind., not far from Indianapolis, came the Hoosier Hot Shots. This bunch from the Hoosier State had numerous hits in the 1930s and '40s, and were even featured in several western movies. The members changed along the way, but they continued to perform into the '70s.

If you suspected the Mormon Tabernacle Choir were from the Mormon State (Utah), you'd be right. In 1959 their "Battle Hymn of the Republic" marched right into the Top 15.



DEAR JERRY: One of my early rock records is "Right Around the Corner," by Boyd Bennett.

I noticed the writing credits simply state "Singleton-McCoy," with no first names. When dealing with fairly common names like these, why wouldn't they use their given names. It's not like there isn't enough room on the label.

Any chance they are Shelby Singleton and Van McCoy?
—Freeman Taylor, Chicago

DEAR FREEMAN: Not a bad guess since Shelby and Van have individually written, arranged, and produced many hit songs, but they did not collaborate on "Right Around the Corner," or anything else for that matter.

The true tunesmith tandem responsible for "Right Around the Corner" is Charlie "Hoss" Singleton and Rose Marie McCoy. Their prolific eight-year partnership began in 1954 with "Hurts Me to My Heart," a No. 1 hit for Faye Adams.

Though "Right Around the Corner" never made much of a splash chartwise, three excellent versions came out in 1956.

The 5 Royales had the first recording (King 4869), made for the Race or R&B market. The same company then had Boyd Bennett wax it for their country and rock customers (King 4874). That may seem strange now, but for one label to have the original issue, plus one or more cover records, was not uncommon then. Both King singles came out in January, only a few days apart.

Several months later, an RCA Victor group, one unfortunately saddled with the name The Country Gentlemen, recorded their R&R version of "Right Around the Corner." Coupled with the Wheels' doo-wop ballad, "My Heart's Desire," the RCA single came out in December.

The Country Gentlemen's smooth group harmony was first-rate, and either or both sides could have been pop-rock hits, but not without a name change.

Country music programmers and juke box operators had no interest in pop music similar to the Crew-Cuts, and pop-rock music prospects didn't bother to audition a new country release, especially by an unknown act.

Billboard even took note of the contradiction. In their Dec. 29, 1956 Reviews of New Pop Records, they say: "These gentlemen, who make it clear they are NOT from the country, cover a couple of R&B tunes that have yet to happen in their original versions [i.e., 5 Royales and Wheels]. Good sound."

If the company or the group didn't want to change the name, they should have at least put something like this on the label:

The Country Gentleman (They May Be Gentlemen, But This Is Not Country!)

IZ ZAT SO? The average person might not recognize the names Charlie Singleton and Rose Marie McCoy, but they would surely recognize some of their 1,800 compositions, some written individually and some together.

Any of these BMI Award Winning Songs sound familiar (best-selling version noted)?

"Don't Be Angry" (Nappy Brown); "Don't Forbid Me" (Pat Boone); "Gabbin' Blues" (Big Maybelle with Rose Marie McCoy); "Hurts Me to My Heart" (Faye Adams); "I Beg of You" (Elvis Presley); "If I May" (Nat King Cole); "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (Ike & Tina Turner); "Just As Much As Ever" (Bobby Vinton); "Lady" (Jack Jones); "Mambo Baby" (Ruth Brown); "Spanish Eyes" (Elvis Presley, Al Martino); "Strangers in the Night" (Frank Sinatra); "The Wheel of Hurt" (Margaret Whiting); and "Trying to Get to You" (Elvis Presley).

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

Grateful Dead's Sunshine Daydream Available On Vinyl (4LP 180 gram)

This item is now available for PRE-ORDER ONLY. Item is estimated to ship September 17, 2013.

• Mixed by Jeffrey Norman at TRI Studios
• Mastered by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
• Audio tapes transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
• Lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Four 180-gram LPs housed in a lavish 4-panel “M-pack” jacket featuring original artwork by Steve Vance and tie-dye by Courtenay Pollock
• Limited Edition of 5,000

"The rock music group Grateful Dead is scheduled to perform at a 'potluck picnic' Sunday, sponsored by the Springfield Creamery." Eugene Register-Guard A "rock picnic." The Field Trip. Kesey's Creamery. August 27, 1972. The Springfield Creamery Benefit. Call it what you will, the sun was beating down hard and bright on that fateful day in Veneta, Oregon when the Grateful Dead heeded Ken Kesey's call to help save the family Creamery. The 100-degree and rising temperatures did not deter the band who were still riding high from their adventures across the pond. It did not discourage filmmakers John Norris, Phil DeGuere, and Sam Field who gained entry into the Dead's tight-knit world with their promise to capture the culture and integrity of the scene. And it certainly didn't inhibit the estimated 20,000 Dead Heads who could not believe their, well, pot...luck.

In fact, this blistering day turned out to be a near-perfect little piece of the Grateful Dead experience and it is with great pleasure, that 41 years later we can present Sunshine Daydream to you the way it was meant to be heard. Cut from the flawlessly preserved 16-track master, this 180-gram LP set of the "most requested" and "most revered" Dead show of all time promises to transport you back to the epic scene with definitive versions of the band's most beloved songs like "Bertha," "China>Rider," "Playing In The Band,""Greatest Story Ever Told,""Dark Star," and "Sing Me Back Home."

**Limited to just 5,000**

You can pre-order GRATEFUL DEAD STORE.

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Nonesuch to Release Chris Thile’s Solo Bach Album on Vinyl September 24

Nonesuch Records released Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1, an album of Bach works recorded by mandolin virtuoso and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile, to critical acclaim earlier this month. On September 24, 2013,  the vinyl edition will be released, comprising two works written for solo violin: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001, and Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002. The album, pressed on a single disc in 140-gram vinyl at Pallas in Diepholz, Germany, was produced by Thile’s friend, mentor, and frequent collaborator, the double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, and is available to pre-order now in the  Nonesuch Store.

"There's the mandolin and then there's the mandolin when Chris Thile puts it to work," says NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin. "Chris Thile is stretching the limits of his instrument yet again, this time taking on Bach."

Thile explains his connection to the composer: “Bach was my first meaningful experience with—for lack of a better word—classical music. It was the second recording of Glenn Gould playing the Goldberg Variations. Gould plays with the kind of rhythmic integrity that I had previously only associated with non-classical music: music with a groove, with a pocket, that made you move. Gould was playing that music like my heroes play fiddle tunes. It humanized the whole thing for me and the heavens opened up and Bach came down. I started devouring all the Bach I could get my hands on.”

He continues, “This record to me is not about this iconic violin music played on the mandolin—like, ‘Oh boy, what fun, he’s playing a weird instrument!’ It's about Bach being one of the greatest musicians of all time, the solo violin music being some of his best work, and the mandolin having the potential to cast it in a new and hopefully interesting light."

Chris Thile, whom London’s Independent calls “the most remarkable mandolinist in the world,” is the founding member and lead vocalist of Punch Brothers. With broad influences including progressive bluegrass, classical, rock, and jazz, Thile transcends the borders of conventionally circumscribed genres, creating a distinctly American canon and a new musical aesthetic. Thile is currently touring with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, and Edgar Meyer, with whom he released last year’s The Goat Rodeo Sessions, which won two Grammys in 2013. He will perform works by Bach in solo recitals this fall; for details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

As a soloist, Thile has released five previous albums. In 2011, Nonesuch Records released the Grammy–nominated Sleep with One Eye Open, an album of duets with guitarist Michael Daves.

Thile has also collaborated with a pantheon of musical innovators from multiple genres including Béla Fleck, Brad Mehldau, and Hilary Hahn. For more than 15 years, Thile played in the wildly popular band Nickel Creek, with which he released three albums, sold two million records, and was awarded a Grammy.

The New Yorker’s Alec Wilkinson said of Punch Brothers: “each musician has a deep command of his instrument … their technique and specific sensibilities have given Punch Brothers a sound that is strikingly coherent and singular, even if they haven’t yet settled on a genre … Each of the musicians … plays with grace, thoughtfulness, and force to a degree that is not duplicated by any band I am aware of.” Their latest album, the critically acclaimed Who’s Feeling Young Now?, was released in 2012 on Nonesuch Records.

To order Chris Thile's new Bach album on CD, MP3, and FLAC or to pre-order the vinyl edition, head to the Nonesuch Store where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the album.

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LANTERN: Announce North American Tour Dates (8/25 - 9/19)

Rock 'N' Roll Rorschach Available Now via Sophomore Lounge Records

Watch the Music Video for "King of The Jungle"

Risen in the form of neon fume from Philadelphia side-street sewer lids come LANTERN. Orbiting around the songwriter duo of Zachary Devereux Fairbrother and Emily Robb (with the auxiliary addition of Montreal-import Christian Simmons on skins, also of Sheer Agony), Lantern is what rock 'n' roll was - loud, oozy, inspiring, perspiring, pummeling directly forward yet cloaked in the arcane.

Over the course of three years and an impressive handful of releases (six EPs and a 7", for those of you studying the horses) on labels like Bathetic and Night-People, Fairbrother & Robb have spawned a sonically relentless dark-force, twisting, perverting, and penetrating open ears with the scent of rotten, sultry soul, fanged fuzz & wah, boogie-downers, jungle night-moves, exercises in exorcism, black leather, and sex. Inspired by their idols: The Rolling Stones, Stooges, Bo Diddley, Cramps, MC5, Bowie, and all the originators of R&B and blues, Lantern are taking their own whack at the punching bag that is the great American folk tradition/condition/religion -- Rock 'N' Roll music.

This summer, they fold it in on itself with the release of their latest album (and 12" vinyl debut), Rock 'N' Roll Rorschach into the stinking hot heat of early July A.D. With the help of fellow Philly engineering magick-maker, Jeff Zeigler (Purling Hiss, Kurt Vile, Clockcleaner) behind the boards, the record marks a shift in sound from the blown-out hiss of lo-fidelity, four-track home recordings toward a more balanced and discernable breed of raw, unflinching power.

Lantern's sound melts genres together, rockabullying weirdo blues into a frenzy of fuzzed-up soloing and glammed-down dance beats, ultimately resulting in a mound of grooves garnering moves from the '80s/'90s garage-rock rattles of Dead Moon, Gibson Bros, and Billy Childish to the '60s/'70s pre-punk lore of Hasil Adkins, Flaming Groovies, or even The Velvet Underground. Rorschach is a testament to the age-old odyssey of rock 'n' roll, searching for something "advanced" (dare we say "futuristic?") in paying homage to its primal whims and primitive-earth foundation.

The true treasure is the exploration itself. And with that, what are you waiting for? Let the needle dig into this slab of cold-black wax, bang your head unconscious, and wake to realize that boogie is a fuckin' bodily instinct, not an activity choice.

Available 7/9/13 on Sophomore Lounge. Limited-Vinyl-Edition of 500 copies.

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John Coltrane: The Complete Sun Ship Session – Mosaic Records (3 vinyl discs)

Coltrane completists, rejoice…..

John Coltrane: The Complete Sun Ship Session – Mosaic Records (3) 180gm stereo LP Box set MRLP 3005 -  [Recorded 8/26/65] – (Single LP issued on Impulse AS-9211, Aug. 1971) – Remixed from the original three-track masters ***½:

(John Coltrane-tenor sax; McCoy Tyner- piano; Jimmy Garrison- bass; Elvin Jones-drums)

Mosaic Records has always been the label that jazz completists seek out to obtain the definitive work of both legendary and lesser known (to the general public) artists, who have helped define the many jazz idioms that  collectors seek. Mosaic has sought out hidden and seemingly lost tapes of jazz giants, whereas other jazz labels have been satisfied to just issue readily available material.

Although the original issue on Impulse Records of John Coltrane’s Sun Ship consisted of only five master tracks, Mosaic Records was able to track down from the newly discovered original reels, the existence of unedited alternate takes, false starts, and edits, as well as recorded conversations between producer Bob Thiele, and Coltrane.

The Sun Ship session was recorded during 1965, among Coltrane’s most prolific years, at a time when his music was going through a period of extreme evolution. It was at the end of the period of his classic quartet comprised of the rhythm section of McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and the legendary Elvin Jones on drums. Sun Ship documents the group at the crescendo of their creative peak, just a matter of months before the departure of Tyner and Jones.

The music found on this session is powerful, sometimes chaotic, and at times somber, while seemingly prophetic, not knowing that Coltrane would pass away just two years later. Coltrane’s tenor invokes a spiritual tone, and is also wildly free, while Garrison and Jones swing with a loose groove. When Tyner has his moments he solos with thundering chords and commanding keyboard runs.

Hearing this music over thirty-five years later, the impact is no less stunning and contemporary in an avant-garde fashion today than it was when first recorded. The unedited tapes with both complete alternate takes, false starts, and inserts provide a window into Coltrane’s creative musical imagination. The short conversation snippets found throughout the LPs, though not containing any historical significance, remain interesting, as John can go from a humorous aside immediately into a burst of passionate playing like he was plugged into a high current electrical outlet.

Record 1, Side A, has three takes of “Dearly Beloved,” including a false start. Side B has the first two takes of “Attaining.” Record 2, Side A, continues with takes 3 & 4 of “Attaining” plus the first three takes of “Sun Ship.” Side B of the 2nd LP features the released version of “Sun Ship” as well as the album version of “Ascent” (Take 1). Jimmy Garrison’s extended bass solo is the lion’s share of this track, and is masterful.

The third LP has five takes of “Ascent,” on Side A, and they are incomplete versions and inserts. Side B is made up of a full alternate version of “Amen” and the same released 8:17 track from the Impulse issue.

The acoustics on these records is stunning with kudos going to Kevin Reeves for the remix, and to Kevin Gray for the remastering. Listening to Jimmy Garrison’s solo on “Ascent” makes you feel like he is just a few feet away…

The Complete Sun Ship Session box set is tailor-made for the hardcore John Coltrane enthusiast, a special prize for the chosen few who would savor every note recorded by John. Though the music presented here can sound jagged and dissonant to the general public, there remains an audience of Coltrane fans and young inspired musicians, who will find great pleasure in the exploratory, wildly creative emotional roller coaster ride that Coltrane leads as chief engineer. Limited to only 3500 box sets, it would be wise to contact Mosaic Records through their web site (www.mosaicrecords.com) to purchase your set before this issue sells out.

—Jeff Krow

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I want to thank John over at www.audaud.com for the exclusive rights to reprint this great review!

AUDIOPHILE AUDITION focuses on recordings of interest to audiophiles and collectors, with an accent on surround sound for music, and on all hi-res disc formats. Over 100SACD, DVD Video/Audio and standard CD reviews are published during each month, and our archives go back to January 2001.

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Czech firm hits right tune with vinyl records in fashion







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some cool pics of the vinyl manufacturing process:

Vinyl’s not dead, long live vinyl






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cool story out of the uk:

All Hale Vincent and his home of records






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and in india, vinyl doing well:

One for the record: For the love of vinyl, LPs sneaking back in





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The Replacements’ final album, All Shook Down, to receive first-ever US vinyl pressing

 

 

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Paul Simon Box Collects All of His Albums

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The Beach Boys Look Back With 'Wendy' - Six CD 'Made in California' collection available August 27th  







  

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from our friends at vinylcollective.com

 

This Weeks Top 10 Albums – August 19, 2013
 

Here are the Top 10 albums at Shop Radio Cast for the week of August 13 – 19, 2013:

1. Far – Water & Solutions LP
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist (Deluxe Limited Edition Box Set)
3. Far – Tin Cans With Strings To You 2XLP
4. Moving Mountains – Moving Mountains LP
5. Silverchair – Frogstomp 2XLP
6. The White Stripes – Elephant 2XLP
7. Faith No More – Album of the Year (IMPORT) LP
8.)Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue Acoustic LP
9. John Mayer – Paradise Valley 2XLP
10. At The Drive-In – Relationship of Command (Reissue) 2XLP

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 8/12 - 8/18, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:
1. The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
2. Washed Out - Paracosm
3. The Wild Feathers - The Wild Feathers
4. Amanda Shires - Down Fell The Doves
5. Explosions In The Sky - Prince Avalanche OST
6. Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture Of You
7. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
8. Pond - Hobo Rocket
9. Elvis Presley - Elvis At Stax
10. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
11. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
12. Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
13. Valerie June - Pushin' Against A Stone
14. Pokey LaFarge - Pokey LaFarge
15. Mac DeMarco - 2
16. Thundercat - Apocalypse
17. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
18. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
19. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
20. Sigur Ros - Kveikur
21. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
22. Big Star - Third
23. Big Star - Radio City
24. Rodriguez - Cold Fact
25. Diarrhea Planet - Loose Jewels   

New Music Releases - August 20, 2013

 

A$AP Ferg - Trap Lord
Alexander Von Mehren - Aeropop
Amorphis - Privilege Of Evil (vinyl)
AMSG - Anti Cosmic Tyranny
Andrew Belle - Black Bear
Andrew Cedermark - Home Life
Anthrax - Snapshot
August Alsina - Downtown - Life Under The Gun (EP)
Band of Pain - Now and Forever
Bent Shapes - Feels Weird
Beroshima - Real 2 Reel
Between The Buried And Me - Snapshot
Blessthefall - Hollow Bodies
Born Of Osiris - Tomorrow We Die ∆live
Braids - Flourish // Perish
Britney Spears - The Essential Britney Spears
Buffalo Killers - Ohio Grass
Butter the Children - True Crime (EP)
Carousel - Jeweler's Daughter
City In The Sea - Below The Noise
Crocodiles - Crimes Of Passion
Crossfaith - Apocalyze
David Bowie - Valentine's Day (vinyl)
Destruction Unit - Deep Trip
Diamond Plate - Pulse
DIANA - Perpetual Surrender
Diarrhea Planet - I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Dio - Snapshot
E.m.m.a - Blue Gardens
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Early Graves - We: The Guillotine (vinyl)
Enemies - Embark, Embrace
Ephemeros - All Hail Corrosion
Facebreaker - Dedicated To The Flesh
Fleetwood Mac - 1969-72 (vinyl box set)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (reissue)
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth
Ghoul - Intermediate Level Hard-Core
Golden Suits - Golden Suits
Gross Relations - Gross Relations
His Electro Blue Voice - Ruthless Sperm
Horseback - A Plague Of Knowing (3-CD)
House Of Black Lanterns - Kill the Lights
James McVinnie - Cycles
JJ Doom - Key to the Kuffs (Butter Edition)
John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen - European Splendour (EP)
Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch - Apokatastasis
Julia Holter - Loud City Song
Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
kandodo - k2o
Kim Lenz - Follow Me
Kissaway Trail - Breach
Kurt Braunohler - How Do I Land?
Laura Veirs - Warp & Weft
Letherette - After Dawn (vinyl)
Little Comets - Life Is Elsewhere
Loden - The Star-Eyed Condition
Mandolin Orange - This Side of Jordan
Mark Kozelek and Desertshore - Mark Kozelek and Desertshore
Miesha and the Spanks - Girls, Like Wolves
Murray A. Lightburn - MASS:LIGHT
My Hawaii - Definition of Friends (vinyl)
Native - Orthodox
No Age - An Object
O’Brother - Disillusion
Oathbreaker - Eros|Anteros
Pangea - Snakedog (vinyl)
Paper Lions - My Friends
Pat Todd and The Rankoutsiders - 14th and Nowhere...
Pelican - Deny The Absolute (7")
Porcelain Raft - Permanent Signal
Primitive Man - Scorn
Propagandhi - How To Clean Everything (reissue)
Public Service Broadcasting - The War Room (EP)
Pure Bathing Culture - Moon Tides
Raheem DeVaughn - A Place Called Loveland
Saint Vitus - COD (reissue)
Saint Vitus - Die Healing (reissue)
Sarah Neufeld - Hero Brother
Scorched Earth Policy - Going Thru’ a Hole in the Back of Your Head
Shaheed and DJ Supreme - Knowledge, Rhythm and Understanding
Shakhtyor - Shakhtyor
Shigeto - No Better Time Than Now
Ski Lodge: Big Heart
Skullflower: Kino I - Birthdeath
Skullflower: Kino II - Form Destroyer
Skullflower: Kino III - Xaman
Skullflower: Kino IV - Black Sun Rising
Snow Ghosts - A Small Murmuration
Soil - Whole
Stereophonics - Graffiti On The Train
Still Life Still - Mourning Trance
Superchunk - I Hate Music
Surf City - We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This
Sworn In - The Death Card
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind
Telekinesis! - Telekinesis! (reissue) (vinyl)
Terraplane Sun - Ya Never Know
Tetuzi Akiyama | Che Chen - Cold Soup
TGT - 3 Kings
The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate (vinyl)
The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed (vinyl)
The Goldberg Sisters - Stranger's Morning
The Greencards - Sweetheart of the Sun
The Horse's Ha - Waterdrawn
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (4-CD box set) (reissue)
The Kissaway Trail - Breach
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (deluxe edition) (reissue)
The Monkees - Headquarters (deluxe edition)
The Octopus Project - Fever Forms
The Ongoing Concept - Saloon
Theo Parrish - Black Jazz Signature
Tim Easton - Not Cool
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (reissue) (vinyl)
Tosca - Tlapa: The Odeon Remixes
Tracy Lawrence - Headlights, Taillights And Radios
Travis - Where You Stand
Tree - Demons (EP)
Twitching Tongues - In Love There Is No Law
Ty Segall - Sleeper
Typhoon - White Lighter
Underoath - Act Of Depression (reissue)
Underoath - Cries Of The Past (reissue)
Various Artists - 20 Jahre Kompakt/Kollektion 2
Various Artists - New Music for Old Instruments
Various Artists - The World's End (soundtrack)
Venom P. Stinger - Meet My Friend Venom (vinyl)
Venom P. Stinger - Venom P. Stinger 1986-1991 (vinyl)
Venom P. Stinger - Waiting Room (vinyl)
Venom P. Stinger - What's Yours Is Mine (vinyl)
Walls - Urals | I Can't Give You Anything But Love (vinyl)
Watain - The Wild Hunt
White Hills - So You Are...So You'll Be
White Lies - Big TV
White Orange - Onawa (vinyl)
Widower - Fool Moon
Willie Sugarcapps - Willie Sugarcapps
Willy Mason - Carry On
Yes - Yesterdays (reissue) (vinyl)
Zola Jesus - Versions

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at relapse

RED FANG - WHALES AND LEACHES Deluxe 2xLPs

This double LP comes housed in a stunning gatefold jacket with a matte varnish finish and includes two exclusive bonus tracks on a separate 2nd LP!

This deluxe version also includes

• A 24” x 24” full color poster
• A Download card for the entire deluxe version record
• A spectacular 12” x 12” 3D lenticular print attached to the cover of the jacket!
• Audio cut from high definition studio grade files!***

Order at Relapse

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Cataloguing of house hoarder’s 250,000 record haul raising a buzz in the vinyl collectors’ world









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super article about rediscovering the vinyl itch...

The Shuffle: Love that scratch






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cool write up about our beloved vinyl and the players and parts

Photographing the House of Sound, Where Vinyl and Tubes Still Rule

  

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our canadian friends also love their records!

Port Credit record store a beacon for vinyl connoisseurs

 

 

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a generation ago, you may have heard of a little thing called woodstock, here ABC news captures a time of of love, music and a little bit of adventure (photo array)

The Characters of Woodstock





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if you love psychedelic album covers, this is for you:

Celebrating Psychedelic and Pop Art in Album Covers









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album cover art of the day:

Can We All Agree That This Is One Of The Greatest Album Covers Ever?

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Richard G. from the great state of texas was the winner in the "Vinyl Record Day Edison Picture Disc Contest."

Special thanks to Gary Freiberg at RockArtPictureShow for his generous gift and congratulations to Richard, we hope you cherish this great collectible!




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from our friends at SoundStageDirect.com

This Week's Bestselling Records At SoundStageDirect

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Stone Temple Pilots - Core (Black Vinyl)
3. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
4. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (On Sale)
5. Bob Dylan - Another Self-Portrait (1969-1971): Bootleg Series Vol. 10 (Pre-Order) (On Sale)
6. Phish - Junta Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order)
7. Weezer - Weezer (Green Album)
8. Grateful Dead - Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72 (Pre-Order)
9. Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
10. Rush - Vapor Trails (Pre-Order)

New Releases & Featured Vinyl Records

Weezer (Green Album) by Weezer Barton Hollow by Civil Wars John Coltrane: The Complete Sun Ship Session by John Coltrane Skid Row by Skid Row Daddy Plays The Horn (Pure Pleasure) by Dexter Gordon Elephant (Pre-Order) by The White Stripes The Traveler - Black (No Cartridge) (1st Generation) (B Stock) by VPI Traveler Fleetwood Mac 1969-1972 (Box Set) by Fleetwood Mac Hermit Of Mink Hollow by Todd Rundgren

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i know this is a CD, but give the band credit, an amazing collectible for music lovers!

CD 'Jewel Case' Made From Wood

Ireland’s second biggest rock band, Bell X1 have recently released their new album, 'Chop Chop,' encased in a wooden chopping board.  A CD case that can be used as a chopping board reinvents album art and is on the cutting edge of product design. This wooden album case is more than just a CD case, it's a super-limited collectible (sold out very quickly)  The innovative product design was brought to life by designer Alexis Deacon. 


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new from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

Bob Dylan - Desire

Another great personal Dylan album, Desire (1976) captures Dylan at the beginning of his Rolling Thunder Revue era. Folk, Rock, Middle Eastern themes and epic narratives, the album is a Pop staple throughout. A wild collection of styles result in an album that ranks in the top of all Dylan efforts. It rambles, rocks and thunders – the sheer energy is just infectious. Its best known track and album opener "Hurricane", is quickly followed by the hypnotic "Isis" and breezy "Mozambique". A fascinating record, the 18th Dylan release on Music On Vinyl!  180 gram audiophile vinyl and Insert

 

Dave Brubeck - We're All Together Again For The First Time

During the late '60s and early '70s, Dave Brubeck used to jam with baritonist Gerry Mulligan, along with The Dave Bubeck Trio's regulars Jack Six on bass and drummer Alan Dawson. When Paul Desmond joined on alto sax, the newly formed quintet recorded several live dates which resulted in We're All Together Again For The First Time(1973). The album contains a definitive live version of Brubeck's classic "Take Five" which takes up half the B-side of the record, showcasing the prowess of every member. Other interesting tunes include "Rotterdam Blues" and "Koto Song", where Paul Desmond takes center stage.  180 gram audiophile vinyl


Soda Stereo - Soda Stereo

England had The Police, United States had Blondie... and Argentina had Soda Stereo, one of the greatest bands of the new wave explosion and without any doubt one of the most important in the history of Rock in Spanish.

Their debut was a refreshing breath of modernity and smart lyrics: produced by Federico Moura (leader of Virus), the album contained strong attacks against the lack of control of the consumer society, and it was sarcastically launched at a local fast food chain. Soon it was awarded Platinum in Argentina and Peru, and Double Platinum in Chile, making it an essential title to understand modern music in Latin America.

This Music On Vinyl release is the first vinyl reissue of the band worldwide since 1995. 180 gram audiophile vinyl and Insert

Joe Vitale - Roller Coaster Weekend

As a drummer, flutist and keyboardist, Joe Vitale's first album featured his own playing on multiple instruments. Augmented by guitar fireworks of former band mate Joe Walsh, Rick Derringer and Phil Keaggy, Vitale delivered an album filled to the brim with catchy rhythms and playful songwriting. Ron and Howard Albert produced the album, whom were also responsible for Derek and the Dominoes' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, the Allman Brothers' Eat A Peach, and other legendary albums. After recording Rollercoaster Weekend, Vitale would join the Stills-Young band and tour with the classic Crosby, Stills & Nash line-up, as well as the Eagles. 180 gram audiophile vinyl




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from our friends at MusicRecordShop

The Beatles - 1958 - 1962

Deluxe limited edition LP featuring a 20 page booklet with rare photos, liner notes, a 6 page historic "Parlophone" insert for the launching of their first single, "Love Me Do", and annotated track listing! 18 tracks of rare early Beatles material, including "In Spite Of All The Danger" (the only song ever co-written by Paul McCartney & George Harrison) recorded in Liverpool in 1958 when the Beatles (along with John Lowe on piano & Colin Hanton on drums) were still known as the Quarrymen; a 1960 home recording of McCartney's "Cayenne" (with Stuart Sutcliffe); "Ain't She Sweet" recorded in Hamburg in 1961; "Besame Mucho" featuring Pete Best on drums; "The One After 909", and "I Saw Her Standing There" recorded live at the Cavern Club in 1962, and much, much more!!

• Label Doxy Records
• Vinyl Record - LP Box Set - Sealed
• Limited Edition - 1000
• Vinyl Color - Clear
• 20 Page Book
• 6 Page Insert 

Track Listing
1. Love Me Do (single version, with Ringo Starr, 4 Sep 62)
2. How Do You Do It (4 Sep 62)
3. Please Please Me (Without Harmonica, 11 Sep 62)
4. Love Me Do (with Andy White, 11 Sep 62)
5. PS I Love You (Single Version, Nov 62)
6. Ask Me Why (Nov 62)
7. Please Please Me (Nov 62)
8. I Saw Her Standing There (Hamburg, 31 Dec 62)
9. Lend Me Your Comb (Hamburg, 31 Dec 62)
10. That'll Be The Day (with John Lowe & Colin Hanton, Liverpool, 1958)
11. In Spite Of All The Danger (with John Lowe & Colin Hanton, Liverpool, 1958)
12. Cayenne (with Stuart Sutcliffe, Liverpool, June 60)
13. Ain't She Sweet (Hamburg, 22 June 61)
14. The One After 909 (Liverpool, 1962)
15. I Saw Her Standing There (Liverpool, 1962)

Get your copy at MusicRecordShop

Elvis Presley - Elvis At Stax

Riding high on the success of Aloha From Hawaii, Elvis did something remarkable. He decided that his next recording project would be on his home turf - Memphis, TN. The most desirable studio in town was the red-hot STAX - the launching pad of such greats as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes. Elvis assembled the very best musicians in town - members of Booker T. and The MGs, The Memphis Boys and his own TCB band to create the ultimate band and he searched for fresh new material that would reflect his new path. Such songs as "I Got A Feelin' In My Body" and "Loving Arms" demonstrate an artist looking to broaden his palette and his reach. The Stax material has never been positioned as a whole body of work - but is an amazing chapter of Elvis' career. With the Elvis At Stax release, all of this material is collected for the first time. Along with some of the funky outtakes, it creates a fresh new package that, while it doesn't have the known hits, tells a great story.

Track Listing
LP1
1. Promised Land
2. I've Got A Thing About You Baby
3. If You Talk In Your Sleep
4. Raised On Rock
5. Help Me
6. I Got A Feelin' In My Body
7. For Ol' Times Sake
8. Talk About The Good Times
9. Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues

LP2
1. You Asked Me To
2. Loving Arms
3. Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming
4. Spanish Eyes
5. It's Midnight
6. Find Out What's Happening
7. Three Corn Patches
8. My Boy

Pre-Order your copy at MusicRecordShop

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from our friends at StormingTheBase

The Legendary Pink Dots - The Curse Of Marie Antoinette

Deluxe Picture Disc Vinyl Limited to 299 copies. 45 minutes of Storytelling Touching on Reincarnation and lysergic tones. This is a concept album created exclusively for this Vinyl picture disc 180 gram release limited to 299 copies. It's unique atmosphere runs like a thread from the title track lullaby graced by Edwards voice to the psychedelia of "Hallucination 33", arriving then at the transformations of disturbing offerings like "Ghost of a Summer to Come."

Order at StormingTheBase

VNV Nation - Transnational (2LP)

VNV Nation have climbed to great heights, in recent years, earning themselves a place amount the top names in Alternative (Electronic) Music. Their last album 'Automatic' (2011) reached #8 in the official German Album Charts and was followed by sold out shows throughout Germany, Europe and Northern America. They now return with the new album 'Transnational', followed by a world tour that kicks off in Germany. Never content with fitting in any category, their sound ranges from melodic energetic beats to indie-electronic-anthems to emotive ballads and beyond. Their live shows are legendary, attracting fans from across the musical spectrum, to a performance that is pure energy and positive emotion! VNV Nation are and promise to continue to be real ‘Transnational’!  180 gram double vinyl -- for maximum sound quality! We expect this item to be in stock on October 4, 2013

Pre-Order at StormingTheBase

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Phish to Release Second Vinyl Pressing of Junta 

Phish have recently announced that a second pressing of Junta vinyls will hit the bins on October 1st. Junta was first released by Phish as a self-released cassette tape on May 8, 1989.  The first vinyl pressing was released on Record Store Day last year, but sold out in no time.  The three LPs are pressed on 180g vinyl and includes a mp3 download.

The triple album set can be pre-ordered via the band’s Dry Goods store.



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interesting article from the land down under and spot on, these articles never get old!:

Why is vinyl becoming popular?






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well, if i'm ever there, i know where to go

Where to Buy Vinyl Records If You Are in Iceland




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and from the uk:

It’s no joke now! Manchester duo launch Only Joking Records to release vinyl compilation of city’s fresh artists










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more from the uk:


Retired bank worker sold counterfeit records from his garage









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Krautrock pioneers Popol Vuh get first 5 LPs reissued in runs of 500






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The Breeders Set to Release LSXX Deluxe Vinyl 9/2 on 4AD






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Boards of Canada to reissue entire discography







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Roadrunner Records Readies ‘XXX: Three Decades of Roadrunner Records’ Box Set











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neat write-up over at VH1 (and a couple i have never seen before):


Famous First Drafts: Rejected First Versions Of 15 Iconic Album Covers











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album cover art of the day:

Skeletonwitch Detail New Album “Serpents Unleashed”, Show Off John Baizley’s Cover Art


















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Pollstar's Top 20 Concert Tours

Here are the top money makers.  Lots of country music acts (it must be summer fair time), but the Stones blew the competition away. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

1. The Rolling Stones; $7,772,849
2. Paul McCartney; $3,620,049
3. Taylor Swift; $3,021,717
4. Kenny Chesney; $2,246,701
5. Fleetwood Mac; $1,427,403
6. Phish; $1,391,413
7. Justin Bieber; $1,267,409
8. Dave Matthews Band; $1,134,333
9. Bruno Mars; $1,029,608
10. New Kids On The Block; $830,439
11. Blake Shelton; $672,657
12. Tim McGraw; $586,428
13. Brad Paisley; $569,683
14. Rascal Flatts; $567,025
15. Carrie Underwood; $527,808
16. Barry Manilow; $377,596
17. Widespread Panic; $376,122
18. Bad Company / Lynyrd Skynyrd; $311,304
19. The Postal Service; $249,253
20. Styx / REO Speedwagon / Ted Nugent; $225,939

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 8/05 - 8/11, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:
1. The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
3. Pond - Hobo Rocket
4. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
5. The Clean - Vehicle
6. Sufis - Inventions
7. Hunx & His Punx - Street Punk
8. Vince Gill & Paul Franklin - Bakersfield
9. Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork
10. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
11. Explosions In The Sky - Prince Avalanche: Original Soundtrack
12. Polyphonic Spree - Yes It's True
13. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - S/T
14. Mayer Hawthorne - Where Does This Door Go
15. OFF! - Live At 9:30 Club
16. Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
17. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
18. Daft Punk - Random Access Memory
19. The Shins - Live At Third Man
20. Sigur Ros - Kveikur
21. Desertshore - Drifting Your Majesty
22. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
23. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
24. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
25. Steve Gunn - Time Off

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 12, 2013

DEAR JERRY: I was flabbergasted at your piece on how very successful Decca was with singles sales in the '40s. I couldn't have imagined any label besides Columbia or RCA having nine of the Top 10 hits.

I doubt anything like that happened in the 1960s, even when Capitol had the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Peter & Gordon. That is unless it was when the Top 5 hits were all by the Beatles.
—Ivan Veeneman, Jacksonville, Fla.

 

DEAR IVAN: You're right about there being nothing in later decades to equal Decca's dominance in the '40s, even in the 1960s when there was no shortage of superstars.

One key reason is that record production peaked big time in the '60s, and the major companies of decades past found themselves yielding chart slots to countless new labels.

The change, in fact, was immediate. Before the time came to flip the first calendar page of the '60s, every one of the Top 10 — actually the Top 11 — records came from a different company. Check out this chart for January 25, 1960:

1. "Running Bear" (Mercury 71474) Johnny Preston
2. "El Paso" (Columbia 41511) Marty Robbins
3. "Why" (Chancellor 1045) Frankie Avalon
4. "Teen Angel" (MGM 12845) Mark Dinning
5. "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" (Swan 4043)
6. "The Big Hurt" (Signet 275) Miss Toni Fisher
7 "The Village of St. Bernadette" (Cadence 1374) Andy Williams
8. "Go, Johnny Go" (Ace 575) Jimmy Clanton
9. "Pretty Blue Eyes" (ABC-Paramount 10058) Steve Lawrence
10. "Where Or When" (Laurie 3044) Dion and the Belmonts
11. "You Got What It Takes" (United Artists 185) Marv Johnson

This is but the first of many weeks that followed with 10 tunes from 10 different labels.

At the time (April 4, 1964) the Beatles owned the Top 5, only two of their singles were Capitol's, though in time they would all belong to Capitol and EMI:

1. "Can't Buy Me Love" (Capitol 5150)
2. "Twist and Shout" (Tollie 9001)
3. "She Loves You" (Swan 4152)
4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Capitol 5112)
5. "Please Please Me" (Vee-Jay 581)

Those two are the only Capitol discs by anyone in that week's Top 10.

DEAR JERRY: "The Sopranos" used a lot of great oldies in their episodes, most of which I recognize. That's good, because they never identify any of the songs or artists in the credits.

One that does stump me is heard at both the beginning and the end of "Two Tonys" (first episode of Season Five). I think that was the only time they used the same song twice like that.

Now that I want that record, I'm hoping you can tell me what they didn't.

It features a great guitar that's twangy in a Dwight Yoakam sort of way, and a singer who sounds a bit like Dolly Parton. The lyrics even seem like something she might have written.
—Albert Hartsfield, Palmdale, Calif.

 

DEAR ALBERT: The producers must have liked this song to have used it twice. Like you, I don't recall another episode with so much of the same song.

The artist is Emmylou Harris, coincidentally a former singing partner of Dolly Parton's, and her song is "Heaven Only Knows" (Reprise 22999), a Top 20 hit in 1989.

Paul Kennerley, Emmylou's husband for about eight years (1985-1993), wrote "Heaven Only Knows." It is just one of many tunes he wrote for Emmylou. Paul also penned numerous hits for other top country stars.

DEAR JERRY: As I am listening to Adele's "21," I am wondering if this album is still in the Top 10 in the U.S.

It's been many months since you last mentioned it.
—Tammy Singleton, Norman, Okla.

DEAR TAMMY: On Sept. 22, 2012, after 80 weeks on Billboard's album chart, "21" dropped out of the Top 10, presumably for good.

Even so, "21" has never fallen from the Top 40, but that may soon change. As of this writing (Aug. 1), Adele occupies the No. 35 slot.

Being ranked No. 1 for 24 weeks gives "21" the greatest number of weeks atop the LP charts since the beginning of the SoundScan era (March 1991).

IZ ZAT SO? In an occurrence hugely reminiscent of when Pete Wingfield's "Eighteen with a Bullet" landed at No. 18, and with a bullet (indicating strong sales and upward chart movement), on both Billboard and Cash Box (Nov. 1975), Adele's "21" is now the SoundScan era's 21st album to sell 10 million units.

For now, "21" is No. 21 on that very exclusive list.

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

from our friends at razorandtie

RAZOR & TIE TO RE-ISSUE BRAD’S DEBUT ALBUM SHAME AND SECOND STUDIO ALBUM INTERIORS ON CD & VINYL ON SEPTEMBER 30TH

Pre-Order Now
HERE

 

 

In conjunction with BRAD’s 20th Anniversary, Razor & Tie will release re-issues of the Seattle band’s first two albums, Shame and Interiors.  Set for release September 30th, 2013, the esteemed albums will feature new artwork created and freshly re-designed by BRAD drummer, Regan Hagar-- both Shame and Interiors will be available on CD (in digi-soft packs) and gatefold Vinyl.  

The CD re-issue of Interiors features two bonus tracks, “Séance” and “Heaven Help” (both previously unavailable in the U.S.) while the vinyl edition of Interiors will include and feature the same bonus tracks via a separate, 7-inch, special edition pressing contained within the gatefold. As an added treat, the Interiors vinyl will also include for the time ever, all the original studio recording intros from the band members prior to the start of each song.

Pre-order the albums now HERE

The Shame pre-order bundles are as follows:
Tier One: CD Only
Tier Two: Vinyl Only
Tier Three: CD, Vinyl  And T-Shirt

The Interiors Pre-Order Bundles Are As Follows:
Tier One: CD Only
Tier Two: Vinyl W/Bonus 7-Inch Only
Tier Three: CD, Vinyl W/Bonus 7 Inch, And T-Shirt

BRAD’s debut album Shame featured a raw sound and an eclectic mix of styles that reflect the personalities of the band members.  Shame was mixed by Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, The Fray). Interiors was Brad’s sophomore release and was mixed by Brendan O’Brien and produced by Nick DiDia (Powderfinger).

Formed in 1992, BRAD originated as an official side-project that developed into something much deeper for fans and band alike. Anchored by Shawn Smith’s astonishing vocals, the band’s soulful rock sound has spawned four official studio albums. Over the years, Brad has toured off/on and also performed on both Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.




SWORN IN TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM THE DEATH CARD ON AUGUST 20TH (RAZOR & TIE)

Pre-Order The Death Card At MerchNow  HERE

Watch Live Video Of “A Song For The Nameless” At Beheading The Traitor  HERE

Sworn In will release their debut full length album, The Death Card, on August 20th on Razor & Tie.  Fans can pre-order the new album in various merch bundles now (HERE).

Bundles include t-shirts, vinyl, CDs, a custom tarot Death Card, a 4-inch Sworn In patch as well as the instant grat track download of “A Song For The Nameless.”   The Death Card was produced by the band and was recorded, mixed and mastered by Brian Hood (A Plea For Purging, Gideon).


The Chicago metalcore/hardcore band has previously released two EPs- Catharsis and Start/End. Sworn Inrecently played the Skate and Surf Festival and just wrapped a tour with For The Fallen Dreams, Hundredth, Upon This Dawning, Gideon, and Wolves At The Gate & To The Wind.  The band has previously toured with King Conquer, The Last Ten Seconds Of Life and Adaliah and have played the New England Metal Fest, Jamboree, and SXSWhat. Sworn In is Tyler Dennen (Vocals), Chris George (Drums), Zakary Gibson (Guitar), Sean Banks (bass) andEugene Kamlyuk (Guitar).

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from our friends at brutalpandarecords

 

WHORES - Clean

Release Date: Worldwide October 1, 2013

Atlanta, GA noise merchants WHORES. return with their highly anticipated second offering, Clean.  Recorded this past May by Ryan Boesch  (Melvins, Helmet, Tomahawk, Fu Manchu) at Parhelion Recording Studios in Atlanta, GA, Clean sees the band refine their crushingly heavy, catchy as fuck rock to violent perfection.

Known for their intense, memorable live shows and unabashed punk rock attitude, WHORES. are sure to be a household name in 2013.  Look for them on tour soon!

WHORES. IS:
Christian Lembach
Jake Shultz
Travis Owen

Pre-order HERE

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from our friends at nonesuch.com

 

Sam Amidon's "Bright Sunny South" Due on Vinyl with Bonus 7” in September

Nonesuch Records released Sam Amidon’s label debut, Bright Sunny South, this spring to critical acclaim. Produced by Amidon with his childhood friend and longtime collaborator Thomas Bartlett (a.k.a. Doveman) and legendary English engineer Jerry Boys (Buena Vista Social Club, Vashti Bunyan, R.E.M.) and recorded in London, the record features a band made up of Bartlett and multi-instrumentalists Shahzad Ismaily and Chris Vatalaro. Jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler also makes a cameo. On September 24, Bright Sunny South will be released on vinyl with a download of the album and a bonus vinyl 7” disc featuring two previously unreleased recordings, "Won't Turn Back" and an acoustic version of "Weeping Mary"; it is available to pre-order now in the  Nonesuch Store.

Amidon will tour North America throughout September including two nights at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City with Bill Frisell. See the North American tour dates below. For additional details and ticket links, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

The Vermont native/London-based Amidon is known for his reworking of traditional melodies into a new form. In addition to country ballads and shape-note hymns, Bright Sunny South features interpretations of traditional and contemporary songs, including Tim McGraw’s “My Old Friend” and Mariah Carey’s “Shake It Off.” The record also includes a version of “Weeping Mary,” a shape-note hymn that his parents, Peter and Mary Alice Amidon, recorded with the Vermont-based Word of Mouth Chorus for Nonesuch Records on the 1977 disc Rivers of Delight: American Folk Hymns From the Sacred Harp Tradition.

Bright Sunny South follows 2010’s critically acclaimed I See the Sign, which earned Amidon praise from SPIN for his “quirky alchemy … contrasting pretty sounds with violent lyrical undercurrents” and Pitchfork, which said, “[Amidon’s] interpretations are so singular that it stops mattering how (or if) they existed before.”

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WORLD PREMIERE: "BYE BYE BABY BYE BYE" FROM THE MONKEES PRESENT

The latest release in RHINO Handmade's lavish Monkees boxed sets is packed with 85 tracks (60 previously unreleased) over 3 CD's - featuring the original album re-mastered, plus two extra discs packed with unreleased mixes, and never-before-heard songs.

This release is not available in stores or from any other online retailer - only at Monkees.com.

We're also premiering another new track from PRESENT (DELUXE EDITION) - "Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye (Mono Mix)"!

Listen HERE

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John Lennon Beatles' Jacket Up For Auction

A blue three-quarter length jacket worn by Beatles' John Lennon is due to be auctioned off on August 22.  The coat had been left behind in Lennon's Berkshire mansion when he moved to the US in 1971. He bequeathed it and other possessions to his assistant, Jo Jo Johns, to give away or dispose of as she saw fit. She then gave the jacket to friend Anthony Goddard as a birthday present and he has now decided to sell it on at a Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers event in Derbyshire.  The jacket is expected to fetch close to $15,000.

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Led Zeppelin To Be Honored In Denmark

 

September 7, 2013, marks the 45 year anniversary since Led Zeppelin played their very first concert. Now the British rock stars are getting a special plaque right where it all began; in a primary school in Gladsaxe.

In Denmark, Led Zeppelin made themselves into rock history September 7,1968. There was, as we know, many interesting things around the world that year. That there was an English rockband that played on a Saturday night in Gladsaxe Teen Club in the neighborhood of Copenhagen, was nothing special. After all, youth clubs pulled in, every Saturday night, somewhere between 1,200 and 1,600 young people when there was a ball at Egegaard School. And, many British groups came.

Gladsaxe the rock world map

There were usually three bands in one night. The main name that evening was The Yardbirds. They had been there before and they were good ol, seemed both club's board and many fans. But it did not go quite as expected. The British band that was booked long before the summer, ran afoul with each other over in the home city of London and was dissolved the summer. Group guitarist Jimmy Page, however, had a new plan up his sleeve, namely to find new playmates to play with. He found them, and it was this new group that appeared in Gladsaxe Teen Club Saturday 7th September 1968 under the name "The New Yardbirds."

The three new members of the group were singer Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. They had only practiced a few times together in London, then in the afternoon of September 7th, they knocked on the door at the school in Gladsaxe and asked if they just had to practice a little before the evening's concert. And so, a nice school in Gladsaxe - incidentally, then departed Erhard Jakobsen, who was the mayor of the municipality - both "rehearsing room" and "concert venue" for the world premiere of one of the world's greatest rock bands, Led Zeppelin, will be there.

World premiere plaque

45 years after being given Led Zeppelin a place of honor at the school where it all began, there will be a plaque for the rock historic event . The plaque will be put up at Gladsaxe School, which Egegaard School was called.

It will of course be celebrated, and it happens Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Gladsaxe School, where the plaque will be unveiled.

The project is called "Initiative Group for the selection of Led Zeppelin's world premiere in Gladsaxe" which among others, several of the people who had significant shares of Led Zeppelin's world premiere and documentation of the event, namely Kim Utke, co-founder of Gladsaxe Teen Club and a member of the board, will help to decide which groups play at the club. Jerry Ritz, music and theater producer, was on the road with foreign groups such as The Who, The Animals and Small Faces, was the tour manager for Led Zeppelin in Scandinavia in 1968 and 1969, and Jorgen Angel, rock photographer, who took a series of recent very famous images of Led Zeppelin's first concert which is world renowned for its unique photographs of rock's big names from the 60s and 70s. His pictures can be seen at a major exhibition in The Old Town in Aarhus.

See more:

www.ledzeppelin1968.com
facebook.com/pages/Ledzeppelin45years
teenclubs.dk

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Paul McCartney hires stars for new album

 

 

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New Leslie West Album









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album cover art of the day:


 Cage the Elephant share Melophobia release date, artwork, tracklist

 

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album cover art of the day, part two:

Destroyer Of Light Reveals Artwork For New EP "Bizarre Tales: Vol 2"

 

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album cover art of the day, part three:

Ævangelist - Reveal New Album Cover Art

US extreme metallers Ævangelist have recently revealed the cover art for their second album 'Omen Ex Simulacra' expected to be available on October 11th via Debemur Morti Productions. The cover art was done by Polish artist Andrzej Masianis.

 

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A Record To Your Loved Ones

Have your ashes pressed into the vinyl record of your choosing!  Jason Leach, founder of And Vinyly, has recently announced a new option for those who'd rather die than live without music: Have your ashes combined with 24 minutes of audiophile-quality vinyl. The process is simple: Ashes are delivered to a pressing plant and sprinkled into raw vinyl. That said, it's pretty expensive, costing $4,600 for 30 copies of a record.

**note to self, start saving now for my debut record to be released at my demise!

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ST. LOUIS Record Exchange celebrates Vinyl Record Day