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Top 10 Best Selling Vinyl Records

1. Faith No More - Angel Dust
2. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
3. Stryper - Second Coming
4. The Cars - The Cars
5. Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?
6. JOHNNY CASH - HELLO I'M JOHNNY CASH
7. ALICE IN CHAINS - JAR OF FILES SAP
8. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
9. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
10. Bruce Springsteen - Live At The Main Point 1975 4-LP (Clear Vinyl)

ALICE IN CHAINS - JAR OF FILES 

Sap was originally released early 1992, half a year before Dirt came out. It features guest appearances by Ann Wilson (Heart), Mark Arm (Mudhoney) and Chris Cornell (Soundgarden). Jar Of Flies was released in January 1994 and shows a side of the band that was unknown until then: predominately acoustic songs and the use of instruments like the harmonica and a talk-box.

• Merchant SKU: LAFMOV4119 
• LABEL MUSIC ON VINYL
• 180 GRAM VINYL RECORDS - 2-LP - SEALED
• TRACK LISTING

LP1
1. Rotten Apple (6:58)
2. Nutshell (4:20)
3. I Stay Away (4:14)
4. No Excuses (4:16)
5. Whale & Wasp (2:37)
6. Don't Follow (4:23)
7. Swing On This (4:04)

LP2
1. Brother (4:27)
2. Got Me Wrong (4:11)
3. Right Turn (3:14)
4. Am I Inside (5:08)
5. Love Song (3:43)
6. (ETCHING) 

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Black Label - Sonic Brew 

Sonic Brew is the first album by the heavy metal band Black Label Society, however unlike the albums that followed, this album still possessed a distinct Southern rock overtone that up to this time had predominated Zakk Wylde's solo writing style. Label Eagle Rock Entertainment

Track Listing
LP 1
1. Bored To Tears 
2. The Rose Petalled Garden 
3. Hey You (Batch Of Lies) 
4. Born To Lose 
5. Peddlers Of Death 
6. Mother Mary 
7. Beneath The Tree 
8. Low Down

LP 2
9. T.A.Z. 
10. Better Half 
11. Black Pearl 
12. World Of Trouble 
13. Spoke In The Wheel 
14. The Beginning At Last 
15. No More Tears 

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Motorhead - Aftershock

Like the juggernaut you prayed would keep on crushing you, like the friend that still royally pisses off your parents and like a loyal standard of crunchy, greasy, punky, bluesy, gutsy screw-you Rock'n'Roll, Motörhead stride out through their 38th year brandishing more swagger and attitude than your tiny ears could begin to comprehend... ...because on Oct 18th , 2013 Motörhead will deliver their 21st studio album, an enormous and prophetic Aftershock. Recorded at NRG Studios in North Hollywood. It is a true leveler, a crushing confirmation of everything Motörhead stands for, marching from the dust storm to deliver 14 belting statements which see Motörhead in perhaps their best writing form for years. There's swagger, there's punch, there's speed and there's dirty filthy grooves, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee showing clearly that Motörhead is not simply a band, it's a genre!

Track Listing
1. Heartbreaker
2. Coup de Grace
3. Lost Woman Blues
4. End Of Time
5. Do You Believe
6. Death Machine
7. Dust and Glass
8. Going To Mexico
9. Silence When You Speak To Me
10. Crying Shame
11. Queen Of The Damned
12. Knife
13. Keep Your Powder Dry
14. Paralyzed

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the big apple gets a slice of new vinyl!

Records Are Dying? Not Here






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Black Friday is almost here, check out the special Black Friday Vinyl Releases from Record Store Day


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Auctioned 1893 phonograph cylinder recording expected to fetch $25,000






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Polyvinyl Announces 7-Inch Series Featuring Cloud Nothings, Hospitality, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down





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New Jerry Garcia Band, Weir and Wasserman Box Set Announced











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Mark Lanegan Announces Anthology of Solo Material







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Skeletonwitch’s Scott Hedrick Talks New Album + Vinyl’s Place in Metal











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REO Speedwagon and Styx to Do Benefit For Victims of Midwest Storms








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The Beatles debut in US Top 10 with second live BBC package










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How Elvis Presley and Scotty Moore Defined Rock ’n’ Roll











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Tune In: Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day U.S. TV Debut

LED ZEPPELIN’S CELEBRATION DAY MAKES ITS U.S.TELEVISION DEBUT ON AXS TV, SUNDAY, NOV. 24 AT 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT

LEGENDARY 2007 CONCERT FILM AIRS ON ‘AXS TV CONCERTS’ EVERY NIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT STARTING NOV. 24 THROUGH THANKSGIVING NOV. 28

Continuing its mission to bring music back to television, AXS TV will showcase the television premiere of Led Zeppelin's Celebration Day concert film. Recorded live at London's O2 Arena on December 10, 2007, the film captures a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ’n’ roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin. Founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 16 songs from their celebrated catalog including landmark tracks “Whole Lotta Love,” “Rock And Roll,” “Kashmir,” and “Stairway To Heaven.” Although 20 million people applied for tickets, the band’s first headline show in 27 years was seen only by the 18,000 ticket holders who were fortunate enough to have secured seats through the worldwide lottery.

The historic concert will premiere on AXS TV CONCERTS, Sunday, Nov. 24 at 8-10 p.m. ET (5-7 p.m. PT). There will be encore broadcasts every night of the week at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from Monday, Nov. 25 through Thursday, Nov. 28, Thanksgiving. The concert premiered theatrically last year and is also available on Blu-Ray, DVD, CD, vinyl, and digital download, but has never been seen on television prior to its debut on AXS TV.

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Amazon Hot New Releases November 22, 2013

1. Lorde - Pure Heroine
2. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
3. Beatles - On Air - Live At The BBC Volume 2
4. Arctic Monkeys - AM
5. Death Grips - No Love Deep Web [LP/Explicit]
6. The Head and the Heart - Let's Be Still (2xLP+MP3)
7. The Avett Brothers - Magpie & The Dandelion
8. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (Limited Edition Orange...
9. Chris Brotherhood Robinson - Betty's Blends
10. Glen Hansard - Drive All Night

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 11/11 - 11/17, 2013

Vinyl Top 25:
1. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
2. The Beatles - On Air: Live At The BBC Vol. 2
3. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
4. Grizzly Bear - Shields B-Sides
5. Wooden Shjips - Back To Land
6. Bright Eyes - Christmas Album
7. Fruit Bats - Mouthfuls
8. Haim - Days Are Gone
9. Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
10. Death - For The Whole World
11. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
12. Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Jingle All The Way
13. Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
14. Yo La Tengo - Super Kiwi 7"
15. Bully - Brainfreeze 7"
16. Trent Dabbs - The Way We Look At Horses
17. Midlake - Antiphon
18. Jensen Sportag - Stealth Of Days
19. Trampled By Turtles - Live At First Avenue
20. Fuzz - Fuzz
21. Various - New Orleans Funk Vol. 3
22. Tristen - C A V E S
23. William Onyeabor - Who Is William Onyeabor
24. Kronos Quartet & Bryce Dessner - Aheym
25. Wild Feathers - Wild Feathers

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album cover art of the day:


THE UNGUIDED To Release 'Fragile Immortality' In January





















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and in honor of the White Album release date:

What It Sounds Like If You Play 100 Vinyl Copies of The White Album at Once
 

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18, 2013

DEAR JERRY: As a kid in the '50s, I never once saw any of the trade magazines that ranked the current hits. There were no issues of Billboard, Cash Box, Variety, or any similar publications on newsstands in my area.

We relied on American Bandstand and local radio station surveys to keep up with the top hits.

Looking back, I'm wondering how Bandstand's top songs matched Billboard for any given week. Was that their source?
—Tom Garfield, Sheboygan, Wis.

DEAR TOM: Great question, and one I enjoyed researching.

After close review, the answer is no. In fact, some of the American Bandstand Top 10 lists (usually displayed on Dick Clark's podium) make me wonder if they paid any attention to the published charts, often to the point of bewilderment.

For example, let's examine Bandstand's Top 10 for the first week of October 1956, and how each entry fared in the national trades:

1. "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel" (Elvis Presley)
No surprise, as this disc was the No. 1 hit of the year, and of the entire decade.

2. "Canadian Sunset" (Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra Featuring Eddie Heywood)
This entry matches Hugo and Eddie's success on all of the charts.

From here down, AB's list reflects a great deal of independent thinking.

3. "Be-Bop-a-Lula" (Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps)
Among the Top 100 then, but not quite in the Top 10.

4. "A Casual Look" (Six Teens)
Never in or even reasonably close to the Top 10.

5. "Can't We Be Sweethearts" (Cleftones)
A doo-wop classic that quite amazingly failed to appear on either the Pop or R&B charts. Kudos to Bandstand for listing it.

6. "Stranded in the Jungle" (Jayhawks)
Not sure why Clark listed only the Jayhawks, since the Cadets had the more popular version, both then and thereafter. Also charted by the Gadabouts, but none of the three reached the Top 10 nationally.

7. "Theme from 'The Proud Ones'" (Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra)
Like "Stranded in the Jungle" in that three versions charted; however, in this case, Bandstand didn't mention any of those. Why they chose Buddy Morrow's record is puzzling. It never appeared nationally on any of the possible charts.

8. "Reddy Teddy" (Little Richard)
This is the B-side of "Rip It Up," which is noticeably absent from the AB Top 10. Both songs were popular, but "Rip It Up" was definitely the top side.

9. "Love Me Tender" (Elvis Presley)
Just released this week and on its way to No. 1.

10. "Somebody's Gotta Lose" (Hi-Fi's)
The Hi-Fi's join Buddy Morrow as the two mystery tunes that week. Neither seem like big favorites of Bandstand's teenage audience. "Somebody's Gotta Lose" is a run-of-the-mill pop quartet ballad that never appeared on any of the principal surveys we've seen.

Our conclusion is that American Bandstand definitely did not merely echo anyone else's chart that week. In fact, they had very little in common with any other surveys.


DEAR JERRY: Been racking my brain trying to remember what pet name Billy Williams uses when he calls his lady friend in the song "Shanghai."

No one has ever been able to answer this question for me.
—Sheldon Gibbs, Vincennes, Ind.


DEAR SHELDON: I guess you already know it is not Sheldon.

When she answers the phone, he says "Hello honey, this is your little oodle boodle scootle boodle doodle."

He then confesses that he did not go to Shanghai, as he earlier indicated during "a little misunderstanding," and was really calling from "right around the corner in a phone booth."

From the sound of her voice, Shanghai strikes me as the better option.


IZ ZAT SO? In order of sales and popularity, here are the three top recordings of "Shanghai," all issued in 1951. Each can be found with a title slightly unlike the other two:

1. "(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai" - Doris Day with Paul Weston and His Orchestra (Columbia 39423)
2. "Shanghai" - Billy Williams Quartet (MGM 10998). This can also be found with the same title as on Doris Day's Columbia disc
3. "Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To Shanghai" - Bing Crosby with Dave Barbour's Orchestra (Decca 27653)

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

SPACELAB9 DEBUTS WITH LIMITED EDITION VINYL RELEASES FOR BREAKING BAD AND THE WALKING DEAD

Coming to planet earth during November 2013, record label imprint Spacelab9 makes its debut with vinyl releases for the official score to AMC and Sony Pictures Entertainment’s hit series and Emmy® winning drama BREAKING BAD followed by the official soundtrack to multi-award winning fan-favorite drama series THE WALKING DEAD. A limited picture disc LP edition for each will be available exclusively from lifestyle retail giant HOT TOPIC, hitting store shelves on November 26th and December 3rd respectively, available while supplies last.

This marks the first time that “BREAKING BAD (Original Score From The Television Series)” will be offered on vinyl format. The 2-disc set features nearly one hour of original music composed by Dave Porter, including the now-iconic “Breaking Bad Main Title Theme.” “AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD (official soundtrack Vol.1)” also makes its vinyl debut, featuring tracks from composer Bear McCreary and artists Jamie N. Commons, Voxhaul Broadcast, Baby Bee, Fink, Lauren Cohan (Maggie Greene) & Emily Kinney (Beth Greene) as well as multiplatinum Icelandic artists Of Monsters and Men.

Conceived of by music industry veteran Dave Amcher and staffed by fellow record collectors, film buffs and all-around fanboy fanatics, SPACELAB9 takes a 360 view of music and pop culture fandom with a wide variety of merchandise in the works. Amcher speaks enthusiastically about the prospects for the new imprint. “Most of us involved with SL9 have worked together running traditional record labels since the mid-1990s. Many a Monday morning has been spent taking turns showing off the spoils from the previous weekend’s plundering of record shows, comic-cons, horror conventions, indie-movie screenings and game pre-sales followed by the inevitable discussion about how we would love to spend more time creating cool merchandise outside of the boundaries of the traditional music industry, given the opportunity. The recent sale of one of our popular label imprints presented just such an opportunity so that’s exactly what we intend to do. Records, art prints, t-shirts and apparel, even action figures and model kits. If it’s fun and it’s something that we would love to own as fans, we’ll consider it. We’re leaving no possibilities off the table.”

www.spacelab9.com

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from our friends at www.razorandtie.com

EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER’S GROUNDBREAKING BRAIN SALAD SURGERY TO RECEIVE ULTIMATE EXPANSION INCLUDING BRAND NEW 5.1 MIX AND HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO MIXES, ALTERNATE TAKES AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL

180 GRAM VINYL AND EXCLUSIVE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SHIRTS AVAILABLE NOW

On the 40th anniversary of its release, Razor & Tie are proud to announce that Brain Salad Surgery, the definitive and indispensible album by Prog rock giants Emerson Lake &Palmer (ELP), will receive its greatest expansion ever.  A Super Deluxe Edition of Brain Salad Surgery will be released on April 8, 2014, with 180 gram vinyl in original packaging and EXCLUSIVE 40th Anniversary shirts available now at elp.merchnow.com.

Featuring the original HR Giger artwork, brand new 5.1 mixes and previously unreleased material, Brain Salad Surgery will receive a 40th anniversary celebration worthy of its genre defining place in history. Brain Salad Surgery is an album that saw Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer displaying more creativity than most bands achieve in their whole lifetime.

“We are amazed that after 40 years, so much of the original recordings, photos and artwork are still usable. Some of it has never been releasedbefore, but it’s fascinating to hear how the recording progress. We are delighted that this new version will reveal some of these transitions,” says Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

1973’s Brain Salad Surgery, was ELP’s first album on theirown Manticore imprint. With its fold-out sleeve designed by HR Giger, it was all guns blazing, trophy taking, the karmic, the cosmic, the symphonic, all distilled into two sides of vinyl. From their rendition of the William Blake/Hubert Parry hymn ‘Jerusalem’ to Emerson’s adaptation of Alberto Ginastera’s “Toccata”, this was a world-class album. And that is before the side and a half long “Karn Evil 9.” It became their greatest statement, their calling card, the one every self-respecting music fan fell in love with, complete with their catchphrase in song, “Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends . . .”

Full details of the 40th Anniversary expansive edition of ‘Brain Salad Surgery’ will be revealed early in 2014

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from metalblade  

Job For A Cowboy - Ruination (Vinyl Box Set)

The RUINATION COLLECTORS EDITION 10 INCH VINYL BOX SET includes JOB FOR A COWBOYs Ruination split on two separate colored 10 INCH vinyl LPs. The third LP (also colored) contains RARE and UNRELEASED LIVE and COVER SONGS.

LP #1: VINYL COLOR: GREEN
 SIDE A
 1.Unfurling a Darkened Gospel
 2.Summon the Hounds
 3.Constitutional Masturbation
 SIDE B
 1.Regurgitated Disinformation
 2.March to the Global Enslavement

LP #2: VINYL COLOR: ORANGE
 SIDE A
 1.Butchering the Enlightened
 2.Lords of Chaos
 3.Psychological Immortality
 SIDE B
 1.To Detonate and Exterminate
 2.Ruination

LP #3: VINYL COLOR: RED
 SIDE A
 1.The Matter of Splatter (Exhumed cover song)
 2.Embedded (Live @ 2007 New England Metal & Hardcore Festival)
 3.Altered from Catechization (Live @ 2007 New England Metal & Hardcore Festival)
 SIDE B
 1.Entombment of a Machine (Live @ Unitarian Church, Philadelphia 2009)
 2.Unfurling A Darkened Gospel (Live @ Unitarian Church, Philadelphia 2009)
 3.Regurgitated Disinformation (Live @ Unitarian Church, Philadelphia 2009)

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LIARS --RETURN WITH A NEW ALBUM MARCH 2014 WATCH & HEAR

LIARS : Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross will release a brand new album, the follow up to WIXIW, in March 2014.

Tracks from the as-yet-untitled album were performed on recent dates at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur, MoMA PS1, Primavera Sound and Sónar Music Festivals. The album has been teased by the band in a series of cryptic trailers which you can view here.

The band are currently finishing the album at their studio in Los Angeles and have said that work on the new album was “almost the exact opposite experience to producing WIXIW”. WIXIW saw Liars experimenting with unfamiliar techniques, and, according to Angus Andrew, “Instead of being doubtful, work on the new album has been immediate, fun, instinctual and confident”.

Learning from their experiences with WIXIW has found the band embracing spontaneity and, as Andrew explains,

“Creation for creation’s sake. No rules. No mistakes’.

Liars were recently invited by Hedi Slimane to rework a track to soundtrack Yves Saint Laurent’s SS14 Paris Fashion Week catwalk show. Listen to their 19 minute version of “Mr Your On Fire Mr” here: soundcloud.com/liars

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NASHVILLE BASED AMERICANA SINGER-SONGWRITER JACE EVERETT RELEASES VINYL VERSION OF LATEST ALBUM TERRA ROSA  AND LIMITED EDITION 12” HIT SINGLE “BAD THINGS” 

The Theme Song From HBO Hit Series TRUE BLOOD

TERRA ROSA:
A hallucinatory hybrid of blues, country, boogie, gospel, and rock; CD, DIGITAL AND VINYL FORMATS AVAILABLE NOW  via Haywood Group Productions, Redeye Distribution

Journeyman songwriter Jace Everett officially releases his new album, Terra Rosa on vinyl along with a limited edition 12” single version of the popular track “Bad Things” (with B-side/alternate take on Terra Rosa track “Beyond The Wall” on November 12.

He recorded Terra Rosa last year in Nashville with longtime collaborators and co-producer Brad Jones (Josh Rouse, Hayes Carll, Chuck Prophet) and multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Dan Cohen.

Terra Rosa is at heart an intensely intimate album. Its invention and irreverence all reflect Everett's own struggles with faith and doubt. Terra Rosa explores tales and themes from the Old and New Testaments. He interprets the Bible through his own perspective, looking at love, death, faith and America while alluding to Sodom & Gomorrah, Jonah and the Whale, and Peter the Rock. Terra Rosa is Everett's most ambitious album to date, a raucous, revelatory song cycle.

"The truth is, all these songs are about me," Everett says, "trying to figure out what I believe and don't believe. It's me going back to my closet and pulling all the skeletons out, looking at the bones and seeing what's there. I wanted to write songs you haven’t heard before.”

Jace Everett has long earned acclaim for his remarkable artistic range and always-impressive songwriting. Born in Evansville, IN and raised in Grapevine, TX, he eventually made his way to Music City, USA and scored his first #1 hit co-writing Josh Turner's RIAA platinum-certified 2006 country smash, "Your Man.” Everett continues to grow his gritty, groovy sound with frequent international tours, raising up a fervent fan following at every turn.

www.jaceeverett.com

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this sad news from the uk:      

Record collector sues his ex-girlfriend after she 'refused to give back 7,000 of his LPs when they broke up'







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out of the great state of california:

Vinyl record sales thrive, thanks to students






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a neat trick helps to sell the records, read on:

Atticus Puts Out The Wax






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Forbes Top Ten Highest Paid Musicians for 2013

1. Madonna - $125 million
2. Lady GaGa - $80 million
3. Bon Jovi - $79 million
4. Toby Keith - $65 million
5. Coldplay - $64 million
6. Justin Bieber - $58 million
7. Taylor Swift - $55 million
8. Elton John - $54 million
9. Beyoncé - $53 million
10. Kenny Chesney - $53 million

New Music Releases - November 19, 2013

A Perfect Circle - Three Sixty
Andrew Bird - I Want To See Pulaski At Night
Apocalyptica - Wagner Reloaded (live)
Association - Greatest Hits (vinyl)
Backlash - Where's The Pride
Beach Boys - 5 Classic Albums
Beady Eye - BE (vinyl)
Big D and the Kids Table - Stomp (vinyl)
Big D and the Kids Table - Stroll (vinyl)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (vinyl)
BJ Cole - New Hovering Dog (vinyl)
Blasters - Live 1986 (vinyl)
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe (vinyl)
Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter - Super Blues
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (reissue) (vinyl)
Boards of Canada - Trans Canada Highway (reissue) (vinyl)
Boards of Canada - Twoism (reissue) (vinyl)
Bon Jovi - 5 Classic Albums
Booka Shade - Eve
Bryan Adams - 5 Classic Albums
C. Spencer Yeh | Okkyung Lee | Lasse Marhaug - Wake Up Awesome
Candlemass - Tales of Creation (vinyl)
Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum (vinyl)
CFCF - Outside (vinyl)
Chic - C'est Chic (vinyl)
Chris Brown - X
Chuck Berry - After School Sessions-The Deluxe Edition (vinyl)
Cliff Richard - Fabulous Rock N' Roll Songbook
Collage - Collage
Cybotron - Clear (12")
Daughtry - Baptized
David Lee Roth - Greatest Hits: The Deluxe Edition (CD+DVD)
Daytona - Daytona (vinyl)
Death Grips - No Love Deep Web (vinyl)
Deep Purple - Live in Birmingham 1993
Deep Purple - Live in Stuttgart 1993
DJ Nu-Mark - Our Generation (7")
DMX - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot (2xLP)
Eiko Ishibashi - Imitation of Life (vinyl)
Elton John - 5 Classic Albums
Emerald Web - The Stargate Tapes
Eric Clapton - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2xCD)
Espectrostatic - Espectrostatic (vinyl)
Etnik - Neon Daze (EP)
Everyone Dies In Utah - Neutral Ground
Five Finger Death Punch - The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell Vol. 2
Fleetwood Mac - Boston
FM - Black Noise
FM - City of Fear
FM - Surveillance
Four Tops - Indestructible: Expanded Edition
Frank Sinatra - Duets (2LP/2CD/DVD) (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (reissue) (vinyl)
George Strait - 5 Classic Albums
George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Live At Montreux 2013
Ghost - If You Have Ghost (12")
Glen Campbell - 5 Classic Albums
Godfathers - Once Upon a Crime
Harsh Toke - Light Up And Live (vinyl)
Herb Alpert - Steppin' Out
Iceage - You’re Nothing (deluxe edition)
Icona Pop - This Is....Icona Pop (vinyl)
J-Zone - Peter Pan Syndrome
Jake Bugg - Shangri La
Jeffrey Novak - Lemon Kid
Jeremiah Jae - Dirty Collections Vol. 1 (7")
Jerry Jeff Walker - It's a Good Night for Singin' / Contrary to Ordinary
Jim Hall - Concierto (vinyl)
John Zorn - On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
John Zorn - Shir Hashirim
Johnny Cash - The Very Best of Johnny Cash
Jon Hopkins - Contact Note (reissue)
Jon Hopkins - Opalescent (reissue)
Kasim Keto - Long Car Rides (vinyl)
King Crimson - USA (40th Anniversary Edition)
Korn - The Paradigm Shift (super deluxe edition)
Kurt Vile - It’s a big world out there (and I am scared) (EP)
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze: Deluxe Daze
Link Wray - Rumbling Guitar Sound
Lorde - Pure Heroine (vinyl)
M.I.A. - Matangi (vinyl)
M83 - You And The Night (soundtrack)
Magik Markers - Surrender To The Fantasy (vinyl)
Manfred Mann - EP Collection
Mariah Carey - #1's (24 Karat Gold CD)
Merle Haggard - 5 Classic Albums
Mick Turner - Don't Tell the Driver (2xLP)
N.B.S. - The Smokefest
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer - An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amada Palmer
Nektar - Retrospektive
Nils Frahm - Spaces (2xLP)
Ohio Players - Live 1977 (vinyl)
Painkiller - The Prophecy
PLS PLS - LP LP (vinyl)
Polar Bear Club - Death Chorus (vinyl)
Prince Po - Animal Serum
Puig Destroyer - Wait For Spring
Pulse Emitter - Crater Lake (vinyl)
Quantic - 5th Exotic (reissue) (2xLP)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Live At The Winterland Ballroom - December 1, 1973 (2xLP)
Rachel's / Matmos - Full on Night (reissue) (vinyl)
Ray Charles and Milt Jackson - Soul Brothers (resissue) (vinyl)
Reggie and the Full Effect - No Country for Old Musicians (vinyl)
REO Speedwagon - Live at Moondance Jam (CD/DVD Deluxe Edition)
Rhapsody of Fire - Dark Wings of Steel
Robbie Williams - Swings Both Ways
Roger Taylor - Fun on Earth
Royal Trux - Veterans of Disorder (reissue) (vinyl)
Run River North - Fight to Keep (7")
Rush - 5 Classic Albums
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (CD/DVD)
Santana - Lotus (reissue) (3xLP)
Santana - Santana's Greatest Hits (vinyl)
Saxon - Unplugged And Strung Up
Scott H. Biram - When I Die (7")
Shelby Lynne - Thanks (EP)
Sohn - Lessons (12")
Soundgarden - 5 Classic Albums
Steely Dan - 5 Classic Albums
Styx - 5 Classic Albums
Sun & Sail Club - Mannequin
Sweet - Fox on the Run - Rare Studio Tracks (vinyl)
The Band - The Last Waltz (reissue) (3xLP)
The Bostweeds - Little Bad News (7")
The Bottle Rockets - Bottle Rockets and the Brooklyn Side (2xCD)
The Chymes - He's Not There Anymore (7")
The Devil Makes Three - I'm A Stranger Here (vinyl)
The Dream Syndicate - The Dream Syndicate (2x7")
The End Result - Never Ask Again (7")
The Entrance Band - Face the Sun (vinyl)
The So So Glos - Blowout (vinyl)
The Suburbs - Si Sauvage
Theo Parrish - Black Jazz Signature (2xLP)
Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! - Forever Young (vinyl)
Toe - Songs, Ideas We Forgot (vinyl)
Tom Petty - 5 Classic Albums
Tom Scott - The Master of Funk! 1974-1977
Trademark Da Skydiver Presents - Flamingo Barnes 2: Mingo Royale (2xLP)
Twinsmith - Honestly (7")
Various Artists - 1960's Psychedelic Commercials
Various Artists - Amazing Early 60s Box: 88 Hard-To-Find Hits
Various Artists - Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival
Various Artists - Del Shannon: Songwriter 1
Various Artists - Foolin Around - Gems from the Capitol UK Vaults
Various Artists - Legends of the Acoustic Guitar
Various Artists - Love and Fury - Gems from the Decca Vaults
Various Artists - Luke Vibert's Nuggets 3 (2xLP)
Various Artists - Rockin Legends Pay Tribute To Jack White
Various Artists - The Decca Sound - The Analogue Years (6xLP)
Various Artists - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Various Artists - The Oriole Records Story
Various Artists - The Quality Records Story - Any Day Now
Various Artists - The RPM Blues Story
Various Artists - Decca Sound: The Analogue Years (54-CD box set)
Vinnie Paz - Carry On Tradition
VNV Nation - Transnational
Webbie - Savage Life 4
White Widows Pact - White Widows
Yo Gotti - I Am
Yo La Tengo - Fade: Deluxe Edition
Yo La Tengo - Super Kiwi (7")

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at Sundazed

The Maze - Armageddon  

LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL-LP

The advent of ear-splitting, cortex-skewering bands like the Maze really did signal the end of the sixties. But just like that ultimate orgasmic blast during the finale of a great fireworks show, what a perfect way to go.

A true rarity among 60’s psych collectors, all of the cuts here appeared on the original Maze album. Recorded at various studio sessions from September 1967 to March 1968 at Leo Kulka’s Golden State Recorders in San Francisco, this glittering psychedelic diamond is presented here in it’s previously unheard original MONO mix!

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The Byrds - The Preflyte Sessions 

LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL 2-LP Set

Before turning rock ‘n’ roll on its ear in the spring of ‘65, the Byrds spent countless hours creating and refining their unique sound at LA’s World Pacific Studios. Hear history literally in the making as McGuinn, Crosby, Clark, Hillman and Clarke record newborn, spine-tingling versions of classics-to-be like “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “You Won’t Have To Cry,” “I Knew I'd Want You” and “Here Without You” as well as lost gems such as “The Reason Why,” “Tomorrow Is A Long Ways Away” and “You Showed Me” (later a smash for the Turtles).

This is the most comprehensive collection of the Byrds' pre-Columbia recordings ever assembled. The 2-CD (and double High-Definition Vinyl LP set) Preflyte Sessions set is filled with 40 World Pacific Studio recordings circa 1964 and '65; tracks include all cuts found on the original Together-label Preflyte album, plus unissued and alternate versions from both the acoustic and electric Byrds' sessions, early David Crosby demo recordings, and the rare pre-Byrds Jet Set recording of "The Only Girl I Adore."

The Preflyte Sessions features a historical essay by Rolling Stone Senior Editor David Fricke – based on new interviews with Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, original Byrds' manager Jim Dickson and others present at the sessions – and is handsomely adorned with an absolute wealth of previously unpublished photos by Jim Dickson and legendary rock photographer Barry Feinstein. The Byrds' Preflyte Sessions captures the newly-kindled fire and enthusiasm of one of the most legendary and influential groups of all time.

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saving part of our vinyl history!

Smithsonian comes calling – Associate professor preserves black gospel music in exhibit










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out of the uk, a record store is flourishing!

Edinburgh’s Avalanche Records celebrates 30 years






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great news out of boston:

Vinyl albums are being rediscovered by a new generation






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in the great state of montana, vinyl doing very well!

Music and memories: Kalispell store part of resurgence of records






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Elvis Costello and The Roots to Release Remix EP on Record Store Day







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Goat Treated to Double-Live Album








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Vangelis albums to be remastered and reissued with bonus material





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Comeback Kid & Straylight Run Vinyl Represses









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Glenn Branca’s classic 1980 solo album Lesson No. 1 to get landmark vinyl reissue







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Rough Trade Top 10 Albums of 2013 

Indie store reveals best albums of the year:

1. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
2. Savages - Silence Yourself
3. Matthew E White - Big Inner
4. Dan Avery - Drone Logic
5. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
6. Jon Hopkins - Immunity
7. Valerie June - Pushin’ Against A Stone
8. Moderat - 2
9. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
10. Jessica Pratt - Jessica Pratt

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from our friends at vinylcollective.com

Top 10 Albums – November 18, 2013

Here are the Top 10 Records sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of November 11 – November 18, 2013:

1. Saves The Day – Stay What You Are LP
2. Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me 2XLP
3. Angels and Airwaves – Stomping The Phantom Brake Pedal LP
4. Rival Schools – United By Fate 2XLP
5. Vince Guaraldi – A Charlie Brown Christmas LP
6. Handsome – Handsome LP + 7″
7. Brand New – Your Favorite Weapon LP
8. Far – Water & Solutions LP9.) Social Distortion – Prison Bound 25th Anniversary LP
10. Piebald – Accidental Gentleman LP

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from our friends at SoundStageDirect

This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records At SoundStageDirect

1. Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
2. Frank Sinatra - Come Dance With Me
3. Boston - Life, Love & Hope (Pre-Order)
4. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
5. Various Artists - Country Christmas
6. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (Box Set)
7. Nirvana - Nevermind (On Sale)
8. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
9. Jimi Hendrix - Miami Pop Festival (On Sale)
10. Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Top 10 Concert Tours  

The Top 10 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city for shows in North America. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

1. Taylor Swift; $1,857,574
2. Marc Anthony; $1,186,546
3. "Honda Civic Tour"/Maroon 5/Kelly Clarkson; $925,471
4. Depeche Mode; $913,053
5. Bruno Mars; $907,101
6. Michael Buble; $881,383
7. Luke Bryan; $683,446
8. John Mayer; $674,118
9. Brad Paisley; $667,506
10. Jason Aldean; $660,743

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at MusicRecordShop

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Miami Pop Fetival  

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival introduces the first recorded stage performances of "Hear My Train A Comin'" and "Tax Free" while showcasing definitive live takes on such classics as "Fire," "Hey Joe," "I Don't Live Today" and "Purple Haze." The package includes never before published photos taken at the festival and an essay by award-winning music journalist and Grammy Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli. The first ever major rock festival staged on the East Coast, the May 1968 Miami Pop Festival was the first event promoted by Michael Lang--who would organize Woodstock, the biggest pop culture event of the decade, fifteen months later--and Ric O'Barry, who had been the dolphin trainer for the popular television program Flipper. Lang and O'Barry had been inspired by the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, the groundbreaking gathering where Jimi Hendrix, making his US debut, famously set fire to his guitar at the conclusion of his performance. Lang staged the festival at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida, securing the Jimi Hendrix Experience as the headline act for the two-day festival.

Track Listing
LP 1
1. Introduction
2. Hey Joe
3. Foxey Lady
4. Tax Free
5. Fire
6. Hear My Train a Comin'
7. I Don't Live Today

LP 2
1. Red House
2. Purple Haze
3. Fire (Afternoon Show)
4. Foxey Lady (Afternoon Show)

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Chvrches - Bones of What You Believe

The Bones of What You Believe is the debut studio album by Scottish synthpop band Chvrches. It was released on 20 September 2013 by Virgin Records and Goodbye Records. The album has spawned the singles "The Mother We Share", "Recover" and "Gun".

Track Listing
LP 1
1. The Mother We Share
2. We Sink
3. Gun
4. Tether
5. Lies
6. Under the Tide
7. Recover
8. Night Sky
9. Science/Visions
10. Lungs
11. By the Throat
12. You Caught the Light 

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from our friends at Sundazed

The Velvet Underground Singles 1966–69 

7 x 7" LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL Box Set 

Not a Record Store Day release, but a very limited edition colored vinyl pressing!

Box set contains seven (7) 45 rpm 7" vinyl singles, with exact repros of rare VU picture sleeves and labels, liner notes, rare photos, an exclusive Sundazed postcard and more.

Sundazed is proud to release The Velvet Underground Singles 1966–69, a 7 x 7" single box set honoring the legendary New York combo's 7" vinyl output in their rare mono versions. The set features exact reproductions of Velvet Underground singles, two of them with their original picture sleeves. The singles are packaged in a distinctively designed box, along with rare vintage photos and new liner notes by Rolling Stone's David Fricke (who also penned the acclaimed notes for the historic 1995 Velvets CD box set Peel Slowly and See).

 The Velvet Underground—whose membership included Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, Doug Yule and Nico—introduced numerous sonic and thematic innovations that laid much of the groundwork for punk and alternative rock. Although they're now acknowledged as one of the most influential bands in rock history, during their existence the Velvets barely registered on mainstream radar, and were often reviled by mainstream observers as well as hippie-era arbiters of cool. But, as Fricke writes in the new set's liner notes, "Somewhere, in another rock & roll universe, the Velvet Underground are more than a legendary band. They are stars, with hit singles—the original seven-inch masterpieces inside this box."

Although they never came close to scoring a hit, the Velvet Underground was ideally suited to the 7" single format. "The Velvet Underground were a great singles band," David Fricke notes, adding that the Velvets "invented modern rock with searing guitar distortion, throbbing improvisation and brutally realistic tales of life on the wild side. But they did it all in these classic pop songs—compact miracles of raw drive, intimate beauty and Top 40 ecstasy, heard again in the original, thrilling mono single mixes."

The seven singles included in The Velvet Underground Singles 1966–69 comprise the four Velvets singles originally released in the U.S. on the Verve and MGM labels, plus an additional pair of singles that were prepared for release but never made it to the marketplace and a special radio-only promotional single. The singles feature alternate mono versions that differ in significant ways from the songs' better-known stereo album versions. For instance, the band's 1966 debut single "All Tomorrow's Parties" appears here in a special mono edit that amplifies the song's melodic beauty and sonic tension, and a mono mix of their sophomore single "Sunday Morning" emphasizes the song's haunting quality. Meanwhile, the mono single version of "White Light/White Heat" exemplifies the vintage Velvets' stark, distortion-laden fury, while a mono edit of "What Goes On" accentuates that song's inherent pop jangle.

The Velvet Underground Singles 1966–69 also includes two unissued singles, one with a never-released pairing of "White Light/White Heat" backed by "I Heard Her Call My Name," and the other with "Temptation Inside Your Heart" and "Stephanie Says," recorded in the waning days of the band's classic Reed/Cale/Morrison/Tucker lineup and unheard by the public for nearly two decades thereafter. The set's seventh single is a reproduction of a vintage promotional disc, a two-and-a-half minute radio spot promoting the band's eponymous third album and featuring legendary disc jockey Bill "Rosko" Mercer, with excerpts from "I’m Set Free," "What Goes On" and "Beginning to See the Light," as well as a picture sleeve with an un-airbrushed variation on the album's iconic cover art.

By presenting the Velvets as a singles band, The Velvet Underground Singles 1966–69 shows, in David Fricke's words, "rock history the way it should have been: the Velvet Underground as the New York Beatles, guaranteed to blow up your radio and your mind."

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new releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

Various Artists - BBC Radiophonic Music

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio. There had been much interest in producing innovative music and sounds to go with the pioneering programming of the era. Often the sounds required for the atmosphere that program makers wished to create were unavailable or non-existent through traditional sources and so some would look to new techniques to produce effects and music for their pieces. Much of this interest drew them to musique concrète and tape manipulation techniques, since using these methods could allow them to create soundscapes suitable for the growing range of unconventional programming.

These two records were recorded in 1968 and 1975 respectively, and have until this day never seen a vinyl release at all! The BBC Radiophonic Workshop would also create the soundtrack for Doctor Who in 1963 and later on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop would document their findings and share these with the public. In this way, they influenced mainstream music. Sound engineer Roger Mayer, who supplied guitar pedals to Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, was influenced by their wiring diagrams. In 1997 the electronic dance music magazine Mixmag described the Workshop as, "the unsung heroes of British electronica." 180 gram audiophile vinyl

Nina Simone - Sings The Blues 

Nina Simone Sings The Blues (1967) can rightfully be called a true classic in both Soul and Blues genres. The album is a showcase for the intensity of Nina's soulful croon and demanding piano skills, accompanied by a marvelous backing band with Eric Gale and Rudy Stevenson on guitar, Bob Bushnell on bass, drummer Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie, Ernie Hayes on organ and Buddy Lucas on both harmonica and sax.

With a song selection that ranks among the best Blues tunes ever written, this record goes back to the essence of the Blues – raw and honest spine-shivering melodies. On 180 gram audiophile vinyl.

Dream Theater - Live At Budokan

The 3rd live album of Dream Theater was recorded at the Budokan hall in Japan, in front of an ecstatic crowd. A lot of the material included on Live At Budokan comes from the Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence album.

Highlights on the album include "Instrumedley", where all members successfully showcase their prowess on each of the band's instruments. John Petrucci's riffs are groovy and his solos are (as usual) second to none. James LaBrie's voice just keeps on getting better and John Myung's supple bass lines add wonderful layered harmonies to their Prog Metal masterpieces. On 180 gram audiophile vinyl with insert, gatefold sleeve.  Available on vinyl for the first time!

The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth

The third album of The Strokes once again proved that their unique sound defined the '00s. A strong set of 14 tracks, each trimmed to the absolute core of The Strokes sound: staccato, Poppy, memorable hooks wrapped around Julian Casablancas's moaning voice.

The opener "You Only Live Once" and the following "Juicebox" have become modern classics overnight. Includes 180 gram audiophile vinyl, printed inner sleeve and 3-panel insert!

Elvis Costello - Mighty Like A Rose

Just like Spike, Mighty Like A Rose (1991) is an album that twists and turns in its stylistic delivery. Costello hired producers Mitchell Froom and Kevin Killen to aurally shape the album's 14 songs into a well sequenced, intricately layered masterpiece.

Highlights of the album are the opening track "The Other Side Of Summer", that made it to a single that performed well on the Rock Charts. "All Grown Up" and "So Like Candy" are examples of the genius and wit of Elvis Costello's songwriting.  On 180 gram audiophile vinyl.


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Jack White’s Third Man Records Trading Thanksgiving Donations for Vinyl







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Lost Grateful Dead Show: 'Collectors Are Going to Flip Out' - Black Friday Record Store Day release has 'incredible historical significance,' says archivist






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in my neck of the woods, the great state of wisconsin:

Fox Cities Hub: Record stores gear up for Black Friday






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from the land down under, an odd talent:

Vinyl Vision: Meet The Man Who Can Identify A Record By Its Grooves




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cool!

Vinyl Fantasy Makes Bushwick Record Lovers' Dreams Come True








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Clutch To Release Earth Rocker Live Double Vinyl Picture Disc











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Stones Throw compiles double album of HIT+RUN 7" singles featuring Gonjasufi, J Rocc and Kutmah











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God Street Wine to Release Seven Disc 25th Anniversary Boxed Set









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No Sleep Records Launch 2014 Vinyl Subscription











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Daft Punk,Tindersticks and Boards Of Canada in the running for 2013 Art Vinyl prize











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Small Faces to Release Limited-Edition Box Set







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Jimmy Page confirms Led Zeppelin reissues will contain unreleased material







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Grammys to Salute the Beatles With Two-Hour Special in February

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Experience Hendrix Tour Confirms Dates