New Music Releases - October 15, 2013

Aaron Parks - Arborescence
Alpaca - Demimonde
Alvarius B. - Fuck You and the Horse You Rode In On (vinyl)
American Sharks - American Sharks (vinyl)
Amy Grant - 3CD Christmas Gift Pack
Anacondas - Sub Contra Blues
Arthur Channel - Arthur Channel
Barton Carroll - Avery County, I'm Bound to You
Basia - Playlist: The Very Best of Basia
Beats Antique - A Thousand Faces – Act 1
Black Milk - No Poison No Paradise (vinyl)
Black Oak Arkansas - Back Thar N Over Yonder
Bloc Party - Tapes
Blue October - Sway
Boardwalk - Boardwalk
Boldy James - My 1st Chemistry Set
Boomtown Rats - Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits
Brian Haas and Matt Chamberlain - Frames
Cabaret Voltaire - Archive #828285 Live (3xCD)
Cameron McGill - Gallows Etiquette
Campfire Ok - When You Have Arrived (vinyl)
Carlton Melton - Always Even (vinyl)
Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others (vinyl)
Castevet - Obsian
CAVE - Threace
Cosmin TRG - New Structures for Loving (12")
Courtesy Drop - Songs To Drive To; Cry, And Make Love To
Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
Cross Record - Be Good (vinyl)
Crystal Antlers - Nothing Is Real (vinyl)
Cults - Static
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Studio Ghibli Kokyo Kyokushu (vinyl)
Darren Sylvester - Off by Heart
Dayshell - Dayshell
Dean Wareham - Emancipated Hearts
Death Angel - The Dream Calls for Blood
Depeche Mode - Should Be Higher
Diane Birch - Speak A Little Louder
DJ EZ - Fabriclive 71
DOA - War on 45 (vinyl)
Doomriders - Grand Blood
Dopplereffekt - Tetrahymenalrst
Easy Kabaka Brown - Opotopo (vinyl)
Elizabeth Mitchell - The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out Of The Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook
Elsinore - Push/Pull
Ereb Altor - Fire Meets Ice
Eric Clapton - Unplugged: Expanded and Remastered (4-disc box set)
Exhumer - Degraded by Sepsis
Expose - Playlist: The Very Best of Expose
Eye Candy - A Tell All
Field Study - Feverland
Forgotten Birds - Sahara (vinyl)
Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind (vinyl)
Frank Turner - The Second Three Years/Take To The Road (CD+DVD)
Gary Numan - Splinter
Gigan - Multi-Dimensional Fractal Sorcery And Super-Science
Gnaw - Horrible Chamber
Group Rhoda - 12th House (vinyl)
Halestorm - ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP
Happy Jawbone Family Band - Happy Jawbone Family Band
Harleighblu - Forget Me Not
Harold Budd - Perhaps
Heartsounds - Internal Eyes
Heavenly Beat - Prominence (vinyl)
Heldon - Interface (vinyl)
I Am King - Fallen
I Am King - Onehundred
Imbogodom - Metafather
Interbellum - This Was An Important Place In Their Lives
James Booker - James Booker: Classified Remixed & Expanded
James Ferraro - NYC, HELL 3:00 AM
Jeff Healey - Playlist: The Very Best of Jeff Healey
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Playlist: The Very Best of Jimi Hendrix Experience
John Davis - Ask the Dust (vinyl)
Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare
Jordan Klassen - Repentance
Kassin - Sonhando Devagar (vinyl)
Kevin Devine - Bubblegum (vinyl)
Kevin Devine - Bulldozer (vinyl)
Kill Division - Destructive Force
kwes. - ilp. (vinyl)
L'Orange and Stik Figa - The City Under the City
La Luz - It's Alive (vinyl)
Legion of Mary - Garcia Live Volume Three: Dec 14-15 1974 NW Tour
Leisure Connection - Jungle Dancing/Wave Riding (12")
Linda Thompson - Won't Be Long Now
Lizzo - Lizzobangers
Loss of Self - Twelve Minutes
Lucius - Wildewoman
Lucrecia Dalt - Syzygy (vinyl)
Luke Temple - Good Mood Fool
Megan Bonnell - Hunt and Chase
Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree (limited edition)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (limited edition)
Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse (limited edition)
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve (limited edition)
Meshuggah - Nothing (limited edition)
Meshuggah - obZen (limited edition)
Mikael Jorgensen and Greg O'Keeffe - Mikael Jorgensen and Greg O'Keeffe
Mike Donovan - WOT
Mirror Travel - Mexico
Misty Conditions - D'Zzzz
Modern Kin - Modern Kin
Molly Drake - Molly Drake (vinyl)
Monster Magnet - Last Patrol
Morcheeba - Head Up High
Morgan Zarate - Taker EP (vinyl)
My Cat Is An Alien - The Ocean Above Your Heads (vinyl)
Neo Boys - Sooner or Later (vinyl)
New Sound of Numbers - Invisible Magnetic
Nobunny - Secret Songs: Reflections from the Ear Mirror (vinyl)
Oblivion - Called To Rise
Oozing Wound - Retrash
Partridge Family - Playlist: The Very Best of the Partridge Family
Paul McCartney - New (vinyl)
Paul Simon - The Complete Albums Collection (15-CD box set)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Pelican - Forever Becoming
Polica - Shulamith (vinyl)
Red City Radio - Titles
Red Fang - Whales and Leeches
Ricardo Villalobos - Dependent and Happy 4 (12")
Rivers of Nihil - The Conscious Seed of Light
Saintseneca - Uppercutter (7")
Sarah Jarosz - Build Me Up from Bones (vinyl)
SCNTST - Percee Scan (12")
Scotty McCreery - See You Tonight
Secret Pyramid - Movements of Night (vinyl)
Shad - Flying Colours
Shine 2009: Our Nation
Silence The Messenger - Achilles
Sky Larkin - Motto (vinyl)
Snuff Crew - Work It Out (12")
Solrac Tracks and DJ Push Play - Golden Era
Summer Camp - Summer Camp
Survival Knife - Divine Mob (7")
Tancred - Tancred (vinyl)
Taylor Dayne - Playlist: The Very Best of Taylor Dayne
Testament - Dark Roots Of Thrash (CD/DVD)
Tetuzi Akiyama/Tom Carter/Christian Kiefer - The Darkened Mirror (vinyl)
The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion
The Beets - Play Silver Nickels and Golden Dimes (7")
The Body - Christs, Redeemers
The Books - Music for A French Elevator and Other Oddities
The Clash - Combat Rock (reissue) (vinyl)
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope (reissue) (vinyl)
The Clash - London Calling (reissue) (2xLP)
The Clash - Sandinista! (reissue) (vinyl)
The Clash - The Clash (reissue) (vinyl)
The Dismemberment Plan - Uncanney Valley (vinyl)
The Head and the Heart - Let's Be Still (vinyl)
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies (reissue)
Theologian - Some Things Have to Be Endured
Tim Hecker - Virgins (2xLP)
TLC - TBA
Toad the Wet Sprocket - New Constellation
Tristen - CAVES
Trivium - Vengeance Falls
Ultra Bidé - DNA vs DNA-c (vinyl)
Various Artists - Carrie - Music From The Motion Picture
Various Artists - Classroom Projects
Various Artists - Erased Tapes Collection V (5-disc box set) (vinyl)
Various Artists - Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance 2 - Classics and Rarities
Wayo - Trance Percussion Masters of South Sudan
We Are Scientists - Business Casual (EP)
Weird Owl - Healing
Will Hoge - Never Give In
Willie Nelson - To All the Girls..
World Collapse - Into The Night
Wymond Miles - Cut Yourself Free
Zebra Hunt – Only Way Out (7")

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

we'd like to welcome a new advertiser Click It Ticket to the CVR blog

you can buy concert tickets here for virtually any existing or upcoming concert tour. We look forward to a long-lasting relationship and if you need tickets, see if they have what you need!

Top 2013 Concert Tours and Tickets

Beyonce Black Crowes Bon Jovi Bruno Mars Cher Dave Matthews Band Drake Ed Sheeran Fall Out Boy Fun Imagine Dragons Jack Johnson Jay Z John Legend John Mayer Josh Groban Justin Timberlake

Maroon 5 MGMT Muse One Direction Paramore Phish Pink Pixies Rascal Flatts Rihanna Rod Stewart Taylor Swift The Band Perry The Black Keys The Eagles Toby Keith Tom Petty

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from our friends at polyvinylrecords

of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar

of Montreal's new album 'Lousy with Sylvianbriar' is out now!

There are less than 100 copies remaining of the Early Bird Edition 180-Gram Sea Glass Green vinyl, so if you're planning to grab one for yourself there's no better time than now!

Lousy with Sylvianbriar was created with a new songwriting approach, a different recording method, and a fresh group of musicians.

Seeking creative inspiration, Kevin Barnes re-located to San Francisco where he spent days soaking in the strange surroundings and channeling the city's energy into his writing. After a very prolific period there, he returned to Athens, GA, and assembled the cast of musicians to begin the sessions.

Barnes eschewed computer recording -- with its pitch correction, limitless effects plug-ins and editing possibilities -- and instead, with the help of engineer Drew Vandenberg (Deerhunter, Toro y Moi), he recorded Lousy with Sylvianbriar in his home studio on a 24-track tape machine.

With no computer tricks to fall back on, the band -- Kevin Barnes (guitars,bass,vocals), Rebecca Cash (vocals), Clayton Rychlik (drums,vocals), Jojo Glidewell (keys), Bob Parins (pedal steel,bass), and Bennet Lewis (guitars,mandolin) -- could only get out of the recordings what they put into them.

Most of the tracking was recorded live with the band in the same room together. They worked quickly, with the band members composing their parts on the fly and with little second guessing. The album was recorded in just three weeks.

"I knew I wanted the process to be more in line with the way people used to make albums in the late 60s and early 70s," reveals Barnes. "I wanted to work fast and to maintain a high level of spontaneity and immediacy. I wanted the songs to be more lyric-driven, and for the instrumental arrangements to be understated and uncluttered.”

Opening track and lead single "Fugitive Air" feels like a Stones-y anthem, with sparks of Philip K. Dick's psychedelic prose, Ralph Bakshi's cartoon violence, and William S. Burroughs' hyper-paranoia.

"Belle Glade Missionaries" finds Barnes lyrically at his most political, backed by a soundtrack that is pure Dylan circa Highway 61 Revisited.

Vocalist Rebecca Cash makes several appearances on the album, taking the lead on the plaintive "Raindrop in My Skull," where her and Barnes share a Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris-inspired duet.

"She Ain't Speakin' Now" ranks among of Montreal's all-time great songs, transforming its brooding acoustic guitar intro into a visceral angst-ridden rocker that sounds like the best moments of Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

The album's closer, "Imbecile Rages," a caustic and doleful epitaph for a crumbling relationship, is one of Barnes' most raw and personal statements.

Like the classic albums that inspired it, this is an album to be explored, to be lived with, to be listened to in happiness and in darkness, to be dissolved into. To be played very loudly at parties and with eyes closed, in headphones, alone. It should become dog-eared and dirty with use and it should lessen the blow of our enemies, in all their forms

Get a copy at PolyVinylRecords

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what's great about our country is that people can express their opinions. though i may disagree with his theories, i do like to present both sides of the vinyl equation:

Five Reasons Why CDs Are Better Than Vinyl





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not to get on my soapbox, but there's just too much out there these days....

4 Million Songs On Spotify Have Never Been Played


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ya saw this coming....

Daft Punk reportedly releasing Random Access Memories deluxe box set











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Nirvana's In Utero Vinyl To Be Released On Black Friday 

Nirvana are set to release a remastered and remixed version of In Utero on Black Friday, November 29. The new vinyl version comes as a 45 RPM, 180-gram limited edition double vinyl in conjunction with Record Store Day's "Back to Black" event.  The release's original producer, Steve Albini, mastered the new mix at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. The reissue also features alternative artwork.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers to Release Limited-Edition Vinyl On Black Friday

Red Hot Chili Peppers recently announced that they will release a vinyl double LP, 'I'm Beside You,' on Black Friday, November 29th, via Warner Bros. Records.  The dual-disc set features outtakes recorded during sessions for the band's 2011 studio album 'I'm With You,' produced by Rick Rubin. Previously released as a series of nine individual 7" singles (from August 2012 to July 2013), the 17 tracks are being released together for the first time on limited-edition numbered vinyl. They have been pressed at RTI and mastered for vinyl at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

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Bob Dylan’s ‘Side Tracks’ to be released on vinyl for Record Store Day (Video)

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Quarrymen records 'most costly'











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vinyl doing well in the DC area:

The District’s record stores will spin you right round, baby







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cool story:

Unique Rockford store Toad Hall marks 40 years of vinyl, books, comics






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i see a pattern here....

Boston Reveal New Album Art
















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Beatles Book Tunes In to the Band’s History








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New Take On Music Crowdfunding From Cooking Vinyl's Pete Lawrence & Book Publisher Unbound

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

we'd like to welcome a new vinyl friend to the blog www.recordcellar.ca 

Record Cellar Canada specializes in digging up the newest and rarest compact discs or vinyl albums in the music world. Find that rare vinyl recording or CD album to complete your collection.

Here are just a few of their vinyl offerings (and the prices won't empty your wallet!):

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Live!-Live!-Live!  Original Vinyl Release Sealed

The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band  Original Out Of Print LP - Pressed on Marble Splatter Vinyl includes the original cut out sheet insert

Yes - Fragile Original Out Of Print LP Green/White/Red Label

ZZ Top - Afterburner Original Out Of Print LP With Printed Inner Sleeve

John Lennon - Walls and Bridges Original Out Of Print LP With Printed Inner Sleeve + 8 page insert

Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds Original Out Of Print LP Re-Issue


Top Artists List

These are the top artists or groups in sales at The Record Cellar from the past year.  This includes anything that we have by these artists including Posters, Programs, Autographs, Promo Items or new releases.

  1. The Beatles
  2. U2
  3. Rolling Stones
  4. Jimi Hendrix
  5. Led Zeppelin
  6. Pink Floyd
  7. Kiss
  8. Iron Maiden
  9. Queen
10. Jethro Tull
11. Elvis Presley
12. David Bowie
13. Stevie Ray Vaughan
14. Madonna
15. Pearl Jam
16. The Cure
17. The Who
18. Smashing Pumpkins
19. Nirvana
20. Metallica

Stop on by RecordCellar.ca today and check them out!

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from our friends at MusicRecordShop

Silverchair - Frogstomp - Vinyl 2-LP 

Silverchair's 1995 debut album, Frogstomp, faithfully follows the alternative rock tradition of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, which means that the group of Australian teenagers winds up sounding not like their idols, but like Stone Temple Pilots and Bush. For their age, their instrumental capabilities are quite impressive, as the guitars and vocals growl with the force of rockers in their early 20s.

• Label Shop Radio Cast
• 180 Gram Vinyl Record - 2-LP - New
• Limited Edition - 1000
• Colored Vinyl - Orange
• D Side Etching

Track Listing
1. Israel's Son
2. Tomorrow
3. Faultline
4. Pure Massacre
5. Shade
6. Blind
7. Leave Me Out
8. Suicidal Dream
9. Madman
10. Undecided
11. Cicada
12. Findaway 

Buy At MusicRecordShop.com

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new releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

Willie Nelson - To All The Girls...

The new Willie Nelson album To All The Girls… is a collection of newly recorded duets between American musical legend Willie Nelson and a dream list of contemporary Pop-Country women singers, recorded mainly in Nashville. It features a selection of profoundly moving and heartfelt performances of classic songs from America's Country, Pop and Gospel repertoire and more.

His third full-length album of new music to be released in a mere 16 months, To All The Girls… celebrates Willie's 80th birthday year, just like Let's Face The Music And Dance was released in April 2013.

The latter comprises of a range of Pop, Rock, Jazz and Country classics chosen by Nelson, praised by critics and peaking #49 on the Billboard 200. 180 gram audiophile vinyl and Insert

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind

Made Up Mind is the highly anticipated follow-up to Tedeschi Trucks Band's scorching live collection, Everybody's Talkin'. TTB is known for their extraordinary family of musicians, and Made Up Mind continues that tradition as most tracks were penned by husband-and-wife Tedeschi and Trucks along with various friends and co-writers. The album was co-produced by Trucks and Jim Scott (Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wilco).

Made Up Mind features "Part of Me," a song driven by a classic southern soul groove straight out of Muscle Shoals. The raucous soul-rocker title track "Made Up Mind" demonstrates the full power of the band from the album's first notes. Other highlights are the über-funky "Misunderstood", tender ballads like "It's So Heavy" and "Calling Out to You."

Derek Trucks has indisputably matured into one of the finest guitarists of our time, tearing up barnburners with his masterful slide and lead lines while showcasing his easier, more subtle touch on the bluesy "Do I Look Worried."  Brand new album for 2013! 180 gram audiophile vinyl Insert Includes digital download code.

Dream Theater - Once In A Livetime

The first official live album of Dream Theater, Once In A LIVEtime, was released to great critical acclaim in 1998 after recording an intense live show in Paris earlier that year. Their musical skills guarantee a legendary performance, at times resembling Yes' or Emerson, Lake & Palmer's prog prowess.

Highlights include their instrumental tour de force "Ytse Jam" as well as the fan favorites "Pull Me Under", "Lie", "Metropolis" and certain portions of their lengthy "A Change of Seasons" composition.

Combined, this recording takes 2,5 hours to experience from front to back, and so this release deserves all 4 LP's the grooves are pressed on. Available on vinyl for the first time! 180 gram audiophile vinyl Insert Gatefold sleeve

Boston - Don't Look Back 

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but when it does, it does so with a vengeance. After gaining huge success with the debut Boston, Boston's main songwriter Tom Scholz worked on the sophomore album for two years and this resulted in yet another perfectly produced piece of art.

Released in 1978, Don't Look Back eventually reached 7 times Platinum. The album contains the radio hit "Don't Look Back", sturdy Rockers like "Party" and "Feelin' Satisfied" and mellow songs like "It's Easy". This stuff is top of the bill and you know it! 180 gram audiophile vinyl Gatefold sleeve Lyric sheet

Mothers Finest - Another Mother Further

Another Mother Further was the second album of Georgia Funk Rock formation Mother's Finest, released in 1977. Opening track "Mickey's Monkey" is a highly effective cover of Smokey Robinson's original, setting the mood for this album from the get go. "Dis Go Dis Way, Dis Go Dat Way" is an ode to Disco's heyday, featuring a hip comping clavinet and percussive outro.

This album rocks and funks at the same time – available on 180 gram audiophile vinyl for the first time!

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new releases from ShellShock.co.uk

BOBBY ‘BORIS’ PICKETT - LIMITED EDITION OF 500 - GREEN VINYL 7inch

SIDE 1
MONSTER’S HOLIDAY 3.08
(Underwood)
Produced By Gary Paxton

SIDE 2
1. TRANSYLVANIA TWIST 1.34
(Pickett/Paxton/MacRae)

2. SKULLY GULLY 2.00
(Pickett/Capizzi)
Produced By Gary Paxton

THE BEATLES - LOVE ME DO/PS I LOVE YOU

VERY LIMITED 7” PICTURE DISC - ONLY 1000 WILL BE PRESSED

SIDE 1 – LOVE ME DO 2.22

SIDE 2 - PS I LOVE YOU 2.02





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Five Years In, Brooklyn Record Label Mexican Summer Deserves To Be Celebrated







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Rush Return to ‘The Garden’ With Limited-Edition Picture Disc











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Del Tha Funkee Homosapien’s 1991 classic I Wish My Brother George Was Here reissued on double vinyl










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Recordings of legendary occultist Aleister Crowley reissued on vinyl






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another opinion in the endless debate:

Digital vs. Vinyl: Where It Makes A Difference











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Early Prince recording to be pressed up on 7" vinyl for the first time








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Nirvana's 'In Utero' 2013 Mix Headed to Vinyl - Double LP version available in November








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this out of the great state of ohio:

Local record store owners see increase in vinyl sales






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more from the state of ohio:

Retired friends open shop for the love of music






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vinyl news out the great state of illinois!

Culture Shock opens at new location Oct. 11-12

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 9/30 - 10/06, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:
1. Dr. Dog - B-Room
2. Moon Taxi - Mountains Beaches Cities
3. Those Darlins - Blur The Line
4. Justin Timberlake - 20/20 Experience Part 2
5. Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull
6. Fuzz - Fuzz
7. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (MFSL 1/2 speed remaster)
8. Melvins - Live At Third Man
9. Grails - Black Tar Prophecies
10. The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
11. Poets Of Rhythm - Anthology 1992-2003
12. Deltron 3030 - Event II
13. Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Become
14. Jack Johnson - From Here To Now To You
15. Rush - Vapor Trails Remixed
16. Soundtrack/Various - Inside Llewyn Davis
17. Yuck - Glow & Behold
18. Minus The Bear - Acoustics II
19. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (MFSL 1/2 speed remaster)
20. Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
21. The Sadies - Internal Sounds
22. Arctic Monkeys - AM
23. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
24. Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork
25. Atoms For Peace - AMOK

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Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar

Here are the Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

1. Kenny Chesney; $2,813,603
2. Taylor Swift; $2,743,748
3. Beyonce; $1,679,237
4. Phish; $1,590,139
5. Justin Bieber; $1,203,124
6. Depeche Mode; $1,122,120
7. Jason Aldean; $1,084,344
8. Dave Matthews Band; $1,081,586
9. Bruno Mars; $1,037,100
10. "Honda Civic Tour"/Maroon 5/Kelly Clarkson; $895,674
11. Michael Buble; $887,667
12. New Kids On The Block; $695,959
13. Luke Bryan; $674,316
14. John Mayer; $655,388
15. Blake Shelton; $655,010
16. Brad Paisley; $639,431
17. Rascal Flatts; $577,854
18. Miranda Lambert; $468,732
19. Train; $364,193
20. Steely Dan; $349,255

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album cover art of the day:

HIRAX: 'Hellion Rising' Single Artwork Unveiled






















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album cover art of the day, part two:

Death Angel: Entire 'Dream Calls For Blood' Album Available For Streaming





















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and finally, for shits and giggles this weekend

The Sexiest Album Covers of All Time

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 7, 2013

 DEAR JERRY:   Two years ago I requested your help identifying a song played in a Breaking Bad episode ("Full Measure") from Season 3.

If you recall, that one turned out to be "Crapa Pelada (Testa Pelata)," by the Italian group, Quartetto Cetra.

Now the producers have done it to us again, by using a song in the show without a clue as to where it came from.

This tune is heard in its entirety over the opening credits, in the Season 5 episode "Ozymandias."

All I can say is this song is lyrically appropriate to the storyline, except for "money's gettin' scarce."
—Len Bristow, Albuquerque
　

DEAR LEN: You got that right. Walter White's (Bryan Cranston) cash stash was indeed down to roughly $11 million at that time.

Ah yes, that wonderful yet unidentified music. It is "Times Are Getting Hard," probably the best track from the Limeliters self-titled album, but never released as a single. This, their debut album, was originally issued by Elektra Records in March 1960, in monaural (EKL-180) and stereo (EKS-7180).

Rarely do songs undergo a complete name change, but this one did.

Subsequent Limeliters albums list "Times Are Getting Hard" as "Take My True Love By the Hand," and that includes compact discs of the 21st century, among them two repackages of the original Elektra LP.

So why the change?

If based on the number of times the lines are sung, consider the following:

"Times Are Getting Hard" is not heard at all, but "times are gettin' hard" is sung only twice.

"Take My True Love By the Hand" is also not heard, but "take my true love by HER hand" is sung five times.

If repetition were a factor, and we're not saying it is, then "goodbye to everyone" should be the title. You'll hear that line 12 times!

Song title notwithstanding, this is a classic folk song that showcases some beautiful whistling and singing by the one and only Glenn Yarbrough.

Elektra's "The Limeliters," Mr. Yarbrough, plus Alex Hassilev and Lou Gottlieb, didn't chart at all in 1960, but when reissued a little over a year later, it was a much different story. By then, RCA Victor signed the trio and their first album for Nipper, "Tonight: In Person" (LPM/LSP-2272), made the Top 5, eventually spending over 18 months on the LP charts.

Buoyed by that success, plus the folk music boom in general, even the Elektra reissue entered the Top 40.

Along with the Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, the Limeliters led the contemporary folk scene in the early '60s. Unlike these other two trios, the Limeliters managed to succeed without the benefit of even one Top 50 single.

The Limeliters of the current century, Andy Corwin, Gaylan Taylor, and Don Marovich, were as surprised as anyone to discover "Times Are Getting Hard" (a.k.a. "Take My True Love By the Hand") on the Emmy-winning Breaking Bad. Andy Corwin posted this reaction:

"First, the Limeliters are still around, still recording and still touring. This I know for sure, because I am a member of the group.

"As for 'Times Are Getting Hard,' we haven't been performing this song in recent years, but now I'm thinking that we should probably bring it back."

By doing so, Andy, you have everything to gain and nothing to lose.

You could even combine the two by adding a subtitle: "Times Are Getting Hard (Take My True Love By Her Hand)."

No matter what title you use, that tune would now be the highlight of your concerts.
　

 DEAR JERRY: I heard a snippet of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport," by Rolf Harris, and, reportedly the Beatles. Did they really sing with him? If so, when and where? I've never heard of a connection between them.
—Marsha Billings, Birmingham, Ala. 

DEAR MARSHA:  Rolf Harris was the host of the BBC radio show, "From Us to You," recorded in London on December 18, 1963, to be broadcast the day after Christmas, also known as Boxing Day.

The Beatles sang 10 songs, including the UK's No. 1 hit at the time, "I Want to Hold Your Hand." They also clowned around while backing Rolf Harris on a wacky version of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport."

Harris created four new "Kangaroo" verses especially for this show, one to lampoon each of the Beatles.

　

IZ ZAT SO? In a see-saw pattern of sorts, Rolf Harris' two biggest hits couldn't seem to click simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic. "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" made the UK Top 10 in the summer of 1960, while the U.S. release did absolutely nothing. There's no indication it made anyone's chart here.

That is until 1963, when a newly-recorded version came out in the U.S. Then, "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" reached No. 3 on Billboard, but did nothing in the UK.

In December 1969, Rolf's "Two Little Boys" began six weeks as Great Britain's No. 1 hit. Meanwhile, in the States, MGM's release of "Two Little Boys" didn't even bubble under, meaning it failed to enter the Top 135, or so.

　

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

 

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What's the Hot New Place to Get The Best Music From the Heavy Underground?  Ripple Music Unveils HeavyRipples Distribution - Psych, Stoner, Doom and More.

North America's Exclusive Distributor for Vincerebus Eruptum - the voice of the underground.

Five years in the making, Ripple Music is proud to announce the creation of Heavy Ripples Distro (heavyripples.bigcartel.com), the best new source to find LP's, CD's, 7"'s, Tee's, Magazines, and more from some of the most esteemed bands in the heavy underground.

Noting that the burgeoning underworld of bands pumping out stoner, doom, heavy psych and metal mania were horribly under-served by today's current distribution system, Racer and Pope--the head honchos of the hard-rocking Label, Ripple Music-- decided that something had to be done.  Knowing that there were tons of excellent heavy bands that couldn't get widespread distribution because they weren't "hot enough" for some of the current heavy distributors, or not signed to a big enough label, Racer and Pope decided to put together a Distro that could benefit from the years of experience and channels they'd gained with Ripple Music.

And Heavy Ripples Distro was born.

Featuring heavy bands from North America, Europe, Australia, South America and beyond, HeavyRipples doesn't discriminate against bands who may not move 100 copies or are self-produced and totally D.I.Y.  The only criteria for HeavyRipples is that the bands rock- pure, unadulterated riff-mad heaviness.  Utilizing a "bare minimum" fee strategy, Heavy Ripples Distrooffers bands the opportunity to have their music distributed world-wide with the lowest possible fees, allowing the bands to recoup the greatest return on their music while getting maximum exposure and the opportunity to offer thei music to heavy rock fans at the best prices on the web. It's an entirely new model for heavy music distribution and one HeavyRipples Distro hopes can maximize the viral spread of the heavy rock.

Recognizing the dedication Heavy Ripples Distro has to the underground scene, some of the leading Labels in heavy rock jumped at the chance to join in, with Labels like Cosmic Artifactz, Buried by Time and Dust, PsychDoomelic, and Ozium Records all offering the best of their heaviness.

And there's more.  HeavyRipples Distro is now the exclusive North American Distributor of Vincerebus Eruptum (www.vincebuseruptum.it), the world's leading magazine devoted to the stoner, doom, and heavy psych rock scene.  Produced in Italy, Vincerebus Eruptum brings interviews, features, news, and reviews of such heavy legends as Colour Haze, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Orchid, Kadavar, Witchraft, and more.  All in a slick, full-color format and for only $7 per issue.

Check out Heavy Ripples Distro, the web's leading site for the sounds of the true heavy rock underground - www.heavyripples.bigcartel.com.

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from our friends at brutalpandarecords

Desolaton Angels - S/T LP with bonus 7"

Another killer Buried by Time and Dust release. These guys do it right! Not only does this include the original 1986 self-titled LP, but it includes a BONUS 7" of their original release Valhalla (1984) and also a BONUS poster and booklet! New Wave of British Heavy Metal madness!

A1 Spirit Of The Deep
A2 Evil Possessor
A3 Valhalla
A4 Unsung Hero
B1 Death Machine
B2 Wild Gypsy Woman
B3 Dance Of The Demons
B4 Angry Rain
C Valhalla
D Boadicea

Includes a bonus 7", fold-out insert and replica gig poster.

Tracks C and D are from the "Valhalla" 7" and come included in a separate cover with a design identical to that of the original release.

Get your copy at HeavyRipples

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from the land down under:


Check your vinyl and you could find a small fortune




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Social Distortion Prison Bound 25th Anniversary Vinyl Repress











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Limited Editions planned as Record Store Day returns for ‘Back to Black Friday’ in November

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Ramones Collecting First Six Albums Into Box Set - The Sire Years' traces band's rise to punk dominance







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album cover art of the day:

Enthrallment Reveals "The Voice Of Huamn Perversity" Album Artwork
















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in the great state of PA, vinyl doing just fine thank you:

Doylestown's Siren Records is just de-vinyl

 

New Music Releases - October 8, 2013

 








A Day to Remember - Common Courtesy
A Loss For Words - Before It Caves
Alabama - The Classic Christmas Album
Albert Hammond, Jr. - AHJ (EP)
Alex Chilton - Electricity By Candlelight/NYC 2/13/97 (vinyl)
Alter Bridge - Fortress
Amenra - Mass I
Amos Lee - Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song (vinyl)
Andrew Gold - Andrew Gold / What's Wrong With This Picture
Andy Fairweather Low - Zone O Tone
Andy Williams - The Classic Christmas Album
Anna Calvi - One Breath (vinyl)
Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk - Think Tone (12")
Bad Things - Bad Things
Barbra Streisand - The lassic Christmas Album
Big Ups - Eighteen Hours of Static
BLO - Chapter One
Bloc Party - The Nextwave Sessions (12")
Bob Dylan - Freewheelin' Outtakes: The Columbia Sessions, NYC, 1962 (vinyl)
Born Gold - I Am An Exit
Buke and Gase - Function Falls (12")
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia
Chase and Status - Brand New Machine
Chrome Hoof - Chrome Black Hoof (12")
Clara May - American Desi
Classixx - All You're Waiting For (vinyl)
Commodores - Icon
Cryin' D.T. Buffkin and the Bad Breath - Tattooed Rose (vinyl)
Crystal Gayle - Icon
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - The Speed of Things
Dance Gavin Dance - Acceptance Speech
Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
Daniel Bachman - Jesus I'm a Sinner (vinyl)
Danny Brown - Old
Darkside - Psychic (vinyl)
Dave Hause - Devour (vinyl)
Dean Martin - Icon
Deap Vally - Sistrionix (vinyl)
Declan O'Rourke - Mag Pai Zai
Deep Purple - Complete Album 1970-1976
Del The Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother Was Here
Devin the Dude - One for the Road
Diplo - Revolution (EP)
Drumcell - Sleep Complex (3xLP)
Earthless - From the Ages
ELECTRIC EYE - Pick-Up Lift-Off Space Time (vinyl)
Electric Six - Mustang
Ezra Furman - Day of the Dog (vinyl)
Faint Wild Light - Faint Wild Light (vinyl)
Fast Romantics - Afterlife Blues
Flagship - Flagship (vinyl)
FM - Direct To Disc
Four Fists - MMMMMHMMMMM (7")
Foxing - The Albatross (vinyl)
Frank Sinatra - Icon
Fronds - Fronds (vinyl)
Fuck Buttons - Brainfreeze (12")
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - The Classic Christmas Album
Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Classic Christmas Album
Glasser - Interiors (vinyl)
Henry Fool - Men Singing (vinyl)
His Clancyness - Vicious (vinyl)
Holy Ghost! - Dynamics
Huey Lewis and the News - Icon
Iggy Azalea - Change Your Life
It Hurts - 33 Tears / Earth Sun Moon Us (7")
Jason Derulo - Tattoos
John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane (2xLP)
John Harrison - Day of the Dead (2xLP) (soundtrack)
Johnny Cash - The Classic Christmas Album
Jonny Kaplan & The Lazy Stars - Sparkle And Shine
Just Desserts - Sentimental War (vinyl)
Kathy Heideman - Move With Love (vinyl)
Kenny Rogers - Icon
Kenny Rogers - You Can't Make Old Friends
Kentyah Presents M1, Brian Jackson and the New Midnight Band - Evolutionary Minded
Kind of Like Spitting - One Hundred Dollar Room (vinyl)
King Floyd - I Feel Like Dynamite: The Early Chimneyville Singles And More 1970-74
Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies: Deluxe Edition
Kodaline - In A Perfect World
Korn - The Paradigm Shift
Lanterns on the Lake - Until The Colours Run
Lee Ranaldo and the Dust - Last Night On Earth (vinyl)
Lissie - Back to Forever
Little Suns - Normal Human Feelings (vinyl)
Mala - Como Como (Theo Parrish Remix) (10")
Martina McBride - The Classic Christmas Album
Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll (vinyl)
National Wake - Walk in Africa 1979-81 (2xLP)
Neil Diamond - The Classic Christmas Album
Nektar - Sounds Like This
New Found Glory - Kill It Live
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Icon
Nosaj Thing - Home Remixes (10")
Of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar (vinyl)
Olivia Newton-John - Icon
Pagiins - Good Things Take Time / Bad Things Don't (vinyl)
Panic at the Disco - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!
Papa - Tender Madness (vinyl)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold + Tally All The Things That You Broke (2xCD)
Patty Griffin - Silver Bell (2xLP)
Paula Abdul - Icon
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (reissue) (vinyl)
Propaganda - Best of
Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
Randy Travis - Original Album Series
Red Hot + Fela - Red Hot + Fela (vinyl)
Richie Ramone - Entitled
Ricky Nelson - Icon
Rjd2 - More Is Than Isn't
Robert Wyatt - '68 (vinyl)
Robin Trower - State to State: Live Across America 1974-1980
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Soundtrack (vinyl)
Save Your Breath - There Used to Be a Place for Us (vinyl)
Scott Miller - Big Big World
Seasick Steve - Hubcap Music (vinyl)
Selecter - Indie Singles Collection 1991-96
Semi-Colon - Ndia Egbuo Ndia (2xLP)
Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals (vinyl)
Soulfly - Savages
SpiralArms - Freedom
Spires - Candy Flip (7")
St. Lucia - When the Night
Steve Nieve - ToGetHer
Stone Temple Pilots With Chester Bennington - High Rise
Strange Talk - Cast Away (vinyl)
Summer Camp - Summer Camp
SWF - Let It Be Told
Ten Years After - Recorded Live
Termanology - G.O.Y.A
Tessela - Nancy’s Pantry (EP)
The Answer - New Horizon
The Band - The Last Waltz (reissue) (3xLP)
The Beta Band - The Regal Years (1997-2004)
The Four Mints - Gently Down Your Stream (vinyl)
The Fratellis - We Need Medicine
The Get Up Kids - Eudora (2xLP)
The KickDrums - Thinking Out Loud
The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves (vinyl)
The Pack A.D. - Some Sssongs (vinyl)
The Reptilian - Low Health (vinyl)
The Stranglers - Skip Deep: The Collection
The Toxic Avenger - Romance & Cigarettes
The Underground Youth - Delirium
The Underground Youth - Low Slow Needle (10")
The Underground Youth - Morning Sun (7")
The Underground Youth - The Perfect Enemy for God (vinyl)
The Woken Trees - NONN (vinyl)
Tim Kasher - Adult Film (vinyl)
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
Tom Jones - Icon
Tony Bennett - Live at the Sahara: Las Vegas 1964
Tony Dekker - Prayer of the Woods
Turin Brakes - We Were Here
UFO - Hot ‘N’ Live: The Chrysalis Live Anthology 1974-1983
Ulver - Childhood's End (2xLP)
Ulver - Messe (vinyl)
Ulver - War of the Roses (vinyl)
V.V. Brown - Samson & Delilah
Various Artists - CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2xLP)
Various Artists - Funk Globo: The Sound of Neo Baile (vinyl)
Various Artists - Icon: The Rat Pack
Various Artists - Where The Girls Are 8
Various Artists - XXX: Three Decades of Roadrunner Records
Waxwing - For Madmen Only (reissue) (vinyl)
Waxwing - Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns (reissue) (vinyl)
Waxwing - One for the Ride (reissue) (vinyl)
Whitesnake - Icon
Wild Child - The Runaround (vinyl)
William Shatner - Ponder the Mystery (2xLP)
Wilson Phillips - Icon
Witxes - Sorcery/Geography (vinyl)
Young Dro - High Tymes

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

 

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s 11LP ‘Complete Vinyl Collection’ to feature live album, rarities






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ICED EARTH To Release Limited-Edition 'The Plagues' Vinyl EP

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50 Years Ago: The Beach Boys Release ‘Little Deuce Coupe’









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Iron Maiden Played to More Than a Million Fans on 2013 Tour







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VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Thirteen's JIMI HENDRIX - HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN', Premiering 11/5











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[Interview] Talking The Rise Of Vinyl Horror OSTs With Waxwork Records, Death Waltz Records, And One Way Static Records









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if you have an extra 6-7 grand laying around, here's the turntable for you!

Spin Your Records on a Glowing Cushion of Magnetic Magic






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from our friends at www.vinylcollective.com

Top 10 Albums – October 7, 2013

Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of October 1 – October 7, 2013:

1. Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me 2XLP
2. Handsome – Handsome LP + 7″
3. Crosses – (†††) 10″
4. Crosses – (†) 10″
5. Crosses – (††) 10″
6. Various Artists – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) LP
7. Far – Water & Solutions LP
8. Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around 2XLP
9. Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism 2XLP
10. Various Artists – I Surrender Records Presents: Our Voices LP

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album cover art of the day:

MAGNUM: New Album Cover Artwork, Release Date Revealed