New Music Releases - March 18, 2014

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2xLP)
Ageless Oblivion - Penthos
Alterbeast - Immortal
Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei (vinyl)
Ana Tijoux - Vengo
Aries - Mermelada Dorada (vinyl)
ASG - Win Us Over (vinyl)
Ásgeir - In The Silence (vinyl)
Asmus Tietchens - Der fünfte Himmel (vinyl)
Asmus Tietchens - Nachtstücke (vinyl)
Assassins - War Of Aggression
AXH - Destroy (12")
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (reissue) (vinyl)
Belinda Carlisle - Collection
Bjelland Brothers | Taste of New York - Split (7")
Bl'ast! - The Expression of Power (3xLP)
Black Lips - Underneath The Rainbow (marble vinyl)
Bolder - Hostile Environment (vinyl)
Booka Shade (Feat. Fritz Kalkbrenner) - Crossing Borders (12")
Both - Both
Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana - Mehliana: Taming The Dragon (2xLP)
Buried In Verona - Faceless
Burnt Ones - Gift (vinyl)
Carcass - Surgical Steel (picture disc)
Cheveu - Bum (vinyl)
Christopher Tignor - Thunder Lay Down In the Heart (vinyl)
Claypipe - A Daylight Blessing (vinyl)
Coffinworm - IV.I.VIII
Conan - Blood Eagle
Conrad Schnitzler - Congratulacion (vinyl)
Constant Lovers - Experience Feelings (vinyl)
Converge - Live at the BBC (7")
Crimson Projeckt - Live in Tokyo
Current 93 - I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell: A Channel (2xLP)
Cyne - All My Angles Are Right (vinyl)
David Novick - Your Sister's Hand (vinyl)
Dead Rider - Chills On Glass (vinyl)
Death of Samantha - If Memory Serves Us Well (2xLP)
Demon Hunter - Extremist
Dex Romweber Duo - Images 13 (vinyl)
Dodsferd - Parasitic Survival of the Human Race
Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday (reissue)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (reissue)
Doss - Doss (vinyl)
Dubblestandart - In Dub
DYE - Cocktail Citron (2xLP)
Early Seasons - Redemption
Earth Crisis - Salvation Of Innocents
Eduard Artemiev - The Mirror / Stalker OST (vinyl)
Eliza Gilkyson  The Nocturne Diaries
Elvis Presley - Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (legacy edition)
Enrique Iglesias - Sex And Love
Ex Hex - Hot and Cold (7")
Exploited - Beat the Bastards
Exploited - Fuck the System
Exploited - Massacre
Foster the People - Supermodel
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata
Gabriel Saloman - Riots Don't Just Happen (10")
Gallon Drunk - The Dumb Room (7")
Gallon Drunk - The Soul of the Hour (vinyl)
Gameface - Now is What Matters Now
Gang Wizard - Important Picnic (vinyl)
George Michael - Symphonica
Groove Armada - Northern Star (15th Anniversary Edition) (vinyl)
Gus G. - I Am The Fire
Hark - Crystalline
Hauschka - Abandoned City (vinyl)
House of Pain - Jump Around (12")
I Am the Avalanche - Wolverines
I Exist - From Darkness
J-Love - Not Designed to Quit
J-Love and Gee Dubs - Hands on Ice
Jack Dice - Sip Paint (12")
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Requiem (For Violin & Magnetic Tape) (10")
Jim Messina - Messina
Jo Dee Messina - Me
Joey Cape - Bridge (vinyl)
Joey Cape - Doesn't Play Well With Others (vinyl)
John Coltrane - Coltrane Jazz (reissue) (vinyl)
John Coltrane - Dakar (reissue) (vinyl)
John Oates - Good Road to Follow
Johnny Noise - The Day Is Coming (vinyl)
Josefus - Dead Man (vinyl)
JT Woodruff - Field Medicine
Kansas - Songs for America (vinyl)
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (reissue) (2xLP)
Kevin Drew - Darlings (vinyl)
Kylie Minogue - Kiss Me Once
La Dispute - Rooms of the House (vinyl)
Lake Street Dive - Bad Self Portraits (vinyl)
Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsetters - Return of the Super Ape (vinyl)
Lips N' Ass - 2 Song (7")
Lorna Shore - Maleficium (reissue)
Luther Dickinson - Rock 'n Roll Blues (vinyl)
Lyla Foy - Mirrors the Sky (vinyl)
Madlib & Freddie Gibbs - Piñata
Magic Touch - Palermo House Gang (2x12")
Major Lazer - Apocalypse Soon (12")
Massacre - Back From Beyond
Menace - Impact Velocity
Metronomy - Love Letters (vinyl)
Meyhem Lauren - Self-Induced Illness (2xCD)
Millie & Andrea - Stage 2 (12")
Millie and Andrea - Stage 2 (12")
Moebius/Neumeier/Engler -  Another Other Places (vinyl)
Moebius/Neumeier/Engler - Other Places (vinyl)
Nebelung - Palingenesis (vinyl)
Nils Frahm - Spaces (2xLP)
Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (reissue) (vinyl)
Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (reissue) (vinyl)
Nina Persson - Animal Heart (vinyl)
Nurse with Wound - Bar Maldoror (2xCD)
Octo Octa - Cause I Love You (12")
Offenders - Endless Struggle/We Must Rebel/I Hate Myself/Bad Times (2xLP)
Order Of Isaz - Seven Years of Famine
Orgy - Wide Awake And Dead
Orlando Julius - Disco Hi-Life (vinyl)
Orquestra Imperial - Fazendo as Pazes Com o Swing
Paul Anka - Paul Ankas Sings His Big 15
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love (vinyl)
Poco - Ghost Town
Pyrolator - Pyrolator's Traumland (vinyl)
Quantic - Duvido (12")
Rainer Veil - New Brutalism (12")
Richard Buckner - Bloomed (reissue) (vinyl)
Riley Etheridge Jr - The Straight And Narrow Way
Ringworm - Hammer Of The Witch
Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night: Live 1976-1998
Ronnie Milsap - Summer Number 17
Ruby the RabbitFoot - New As Dew (vinyl)
Rush - Spirit of the Airwaves (reissue) (vinyl)
Sandra Rhodes - Where's Your Love Been
Savage Messiah - The Fateful Dark
Saxon - The Complete Studio Album Collection 1979-1988
Shit Robot - We Got a Love
Sisyphus - Sisyphus (vinyl)
Skating Polly - Fuzz Steilacoom
Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination (picture disc)
Skrillex  Recess
Slo Burn - Amusing the Amazing (10")
Sonny Rollins - Plus Four (vinyl)
Souls of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity
Stranglers - All Live And All Of The Night (reissue)
Stranglers - Aural Sculpture (reissue)
Stranglers - Dreamtime (reissue)
Stranglers - Feline (reissue)
Sunn O))) and Ulver - Terrestrials (vinyl)
Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is
Terron - Whities 001 (12')
The Ape - The Ape (vinyl)
The Ataris - Anywhere But Here (reissue) (vinyl)
The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits (reissue) (vinyl)
The Bunny The Bear - Food Chain
The Coathangers - Suck My Shirt (vinyl)
The Glaciers - From Sea to Ski (vinyl)
The Intersphere - Relations In the Unseen (2xLP+CD)
The Prestige - Ecotone
The Pretty Reckless - Going to Hell
The Queen Annes - Something Quick 1980-1985
The Residents - Residue of The Residents (2xLP)
The Residents - Santa Dog (2x7")
The See See - Days, Nights and Late Morning Lights (reissue) (vinyl)
The Spits - Kill the Kool (2xLP)
The Strypes - Snapshot
The War on Drugs - Lost In the Dream (colored vinyl) (2xLP)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (vinyl)
Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt (reissue) (vinyl)
Triptykon - Breathing (7")
Twilight - III: Beneath Trident's Tomb
Twin Forks -Twin Forks (vinyl)
Tycho - Awake (vinyl)
UFO - The Complete Studio Album Collection 1975-1985
Umberto - Temple Room (12")
Unwound - Rat Conspiracy (3xLP)
Vampire - Vampire
Various Artists - Rajasthan Street Music (2xLP)
Various Artists - Step Inside My Soul - Rare '70s And Modern Soul
Vaura - The Missing (2xLP)
Vermont - Vermont (vinyl)
Virile Games - Wounded Laurel (12")
Weekend - The '81 Demos (12")
White Suns - Totem (vinyl)
WhoMadeWho - Dreams (2xLP)
William S. Burroughs - In Dub (Conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill)
Wishbone Ash - Blue Horizon
Woo - When the Past Arrives (vinyl)
Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (vinyl)
Years Since the Storm - Hopeless Shelter
Yes - Yes (vinyl)
YG - My Krazy Life
Young Fathers - Dead (vinyl) 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

yes they still make turntables!! from our friends at Sundazed

Music Hall Turntables

Music Hall mmf-2.2 Turntable (includes 2 Free Albums)

The music hall mmf-2.2 turntable is a 2-speed belt driven audiophile turntable at a budget price. It is constructed using high quality components and it comes complete with an arm and cartridge. The construction of the mmf-2.2 has been simplified to focus on the critical components; the bearing, the motor, and the arm. It comes complete with cartridge mounted.

Description, Features & Specs:

Gorgeous high-gloss piano black lacquer finish
Special vibration damping foot
One piece alloy tonearm for superb tracking ability
Low noise fully manual belt-drive design
Separately isolated asynchronous motor with two-speed (33/45rpm) pulley
Music Hall Tracker moving-magnet phono cartridge with replaceable elliptical stylus
The cartridge supplied is properly aligned and mounted
High precision stainless steel and bronze bearing assembly for quiet fluid operation
Alloy platter and felt mat
Excellent instruction manual
Quick and easy to assemble
High quality gold RCA connectors
Dust cover and 45rpm adaptor

Dimensions 17in. W x 13in. D x 4.5in. H
Turntable weight: 20 lbs.

Music Hall turntables first saw the light of day in 1998. They are manufactured in the Czech Republic in a factory that continued, throughout the Soviet Era, to make high quality turntables despite growing interest in CDs. Music Hall has developed a cohesive and logical range of turntables. All are designed to extract a musical and satisfying presentation from that fabulous medium we call vinyl.

**Choose a FREE 2-LP vinyl set with purchase**
Set One: The Merry-Go-Round/The Hollies
Set Two: Phil Spector & Various Artists/The Ventures

Get the turntable at Sundazed

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from our friends at SlyVinyl (look for the RSS feed in left column)

Mac DeMarco – Salad Days // Special Edition Box Set 2xLP, Limited to 800 copies on Banana Yellow & Purple Vinyl

The Dig – Midnight Flowers // Limited to 300 Purple Vinyl LP

Plastic Mermaids – Drømtorp // Limited to 250 Bright Blue Vinyl EP

Rival Sons – Great Western Valkyrie // Limited to 100 White Vinyl 2xLP






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R.E.M. to release MTV Unplugged 4LP Set performances for Record Store Day







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Adalita Preps Vinyl Release For Record Store Day Australia




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N.E.R.D.'s 'In Search Of...' Gets Vinyl Reissue via "Respect the Classics"

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Legendary US punk outfit Dead Kennedys to release first ever 7″ singles box set

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Tyler, the Creator's 'Wolf' Set for Deluxe Vinyl Release

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very well written article about our beloved medium

Re-Releases All Over - How Vinyl Is Taking Over the Physical Music Market







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A librarian rates her husband’s “stupid record collection, one at a time” on this ace blog









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what one record collector has done for the world of jazz:

Resident jazzes up UNLV vinyl archive with 10,000 records







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saw them do a PBS special recently and wow, they still rock!

Crosby Still and Nash Confirm Tour Dates







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Happy St. Patrick's Day - 10 Irish Artists You Need to Hear









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and if you have some extra cash laying around (and who doesn't!):

Buy Elvis Presley's 12-Pound 'Aloha From Hawaii' Cape - Custom-made apparel from singer's famed 1973 show up for auction

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

in my inbox, some great vinyl to be had!

This Is The Town: A Tribute to Nilsson (Volume 1) - Various Artists (Yellow Vinyl)

In February, we released a tribute to the the legendary Harry Nilsson. Produced by Kenny Siegal at Old Soul Studios in Catskill, NY, it features 20 artists, including our own Marco Benevento and Yellowbirds + Langhorne Slim, Willy Mason, Dawn Landes, Low Cut Connie, Jenny O, Rasputina and many more! The collection is truly a gem: one-of-a-kind songs, inspired performances, the artistry of a true American original being celebrated by a new generation of artists!

All limited edition yellow vinyl LPs come with mp3 download code for all 20 tracks.

Side A 
1. Langhorne Slim – Early In The Morning 
2. Dawn Landes – You’re Breakin’ My Heart 
3. Low Cut Connie – Jump Into The Fire 
4. Jenny O – 1941 
5. The Mommyheads – Me and My Arrow 
6. Annie Nilsson- Gotta Get Up 
7. Blueberry – Poli High 

Side B 
8. Willy Mason – Think About Your Troubles 
9. Yellowbirds- Rainmaker 
10. Marco Benevento- Are You Sleeping? 
11. Rasputina – Sweethaven 
12. Tracy Bonham- Everybody’s Talkin’ 
13. Johnny Society- Mr. Richland’s Favorite Song

Order from RoyalPotatoFamily

Mike Dillon - Band of Outsiders (Red Vinyl)

How many artists can claim praise like “punk rock provocateur,” “jazz vibraphone visionary” and “percussion master”? There’s only one: Texas-native Mike Dillon. Whether through his affiliation with artists such as Les Claypool, Ani DiFranco and Brave Combo, collaborations like Garage A Trois, The Dead Kenny Gs and Critters Buggin or bands he’s fronted, including Billy Goat and Hairy Apes BMX, the one and only Mike D has set his own standard for 25 years now.

With his latest effort, Band of Outsiders, Dillon has conjured the perfect storm of all these past endeavors. His manic creative vision meets its match in three young New Orleans-based musicians. Carly Meyers—whom Dillon describes as “a High Priestess of Trombone channeling the energy of Iggy Pop through the chops of JJ Johnson in a second-line”—provides harmonic counterpoint to his vibes and percussion (“All Walks of Life”) as she simultaneously ups the band’s art-rock ante (“Carly Hates The Dubstep”). The rhythm section of bassist Patrick McDevitt and drummer Adam Gertner turns on a dime between snarling punk rock assaults (“Homeland Insecurity”), deep funky go-go (“Head”), ska grooves (“Hero The Burro”) and experimental hip-hop beats (“7AM At The Jazzfest”) with all points covered in between.

Dillon and his band have relentlessly toured the States, both headlining and opening for artists like Fishbone, Clutch and Primus. As a result, these 13 songs bristle with a group mind, spilling over with the visions invoked during countless dead-of-night drives and landing with a sonic assault only possible from a unit that’s played 400-plus shows over the last two years. Indeed, Band of Outsiders is a snapshot of four musicians hitting full stride.

“Two tours of Mexico and a steady dose of Brazilian music was the jumping off point for these new songs,” says Dillon. “Add our love for The Melvins, Deerhoof, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Trouble Funk and all things New Orleans and this album surpasses our intention to make the freakiest, most vibrant dance music on the planet.”

***All orders ship to arrive on release date, April 1st

Head 
Hand of God 
Homeland Insecurity 
Hero the Burro 
Carly Hates The Dubstep 
Great Lakes Tuna 
Missing 
All Walks of Life 
Celebrate the Hate 
7AM at the Jazzfest 
So Long Pal 
Baby Flint Talk 
Dauphine & Desire

Pre-Order from RoyalPotatoFamily

Marco Benevento ‘Between the Needles and Nightfall’

Between The Needles & Nightfall was conceived at Trout Recording in Brooklyn, NY where engineer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Akron/Family) tracked Marco Benevento and his trio over three days. To achieve the colors he envisioned, Benevento recorded on a baby grand piano bolstered by guitar pick-ups, amplifiers and a myriad of pedals and circuit bent toys, while overdubbing Moog, Optigan, Mellotron and Farfisa. He then transferred the tracks to his home studio, taking the next two months to cut, loop and shape the pieces into full-fledged songs.

For the final mixes, Benevento handed off his work to three of his favorite engineers: Mell Dettmer (Sunn O), (Eyvind Kang), Jesse Lauter (Low Anthem, Elvis Perkins) and Vid Cousins (Amon Tobin, Kid Koala). The results range from the day-glo electro-rock of It Came From You to the simply-stated lullaby Ila Frost to the shimmering Arcade Fire-meets-Brad Mehldau anthem Two Of You.

With the release of Between The Needles & Nightfall, Marco Benevento continues to define himself as one of the most prolific new voices of his era, blurring genres from song to song, and more often from measure to measure, with his own take on simple pop pleasures, dance party rave-ups and art jazz experimentation.

Greenpoint 
Between The Needles & Nightfall 
Two Of You 
Numbers 
It Came From You 
Ila Frost 
RISD 
You Know I’m No Good 
Music Is Still Secret 
Wolf Trap 
Snow Lake

Order from RoyalPotatoFamily

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new releases from our friends at MusicOnVinyl

LAMB - LAMB

Lamb's musical style is a distinctive mixture of Jazz, Dub, Breaks and Drum & Bass, with a strong vocal element and, in their later works especially, some acoustic influences. Consisting of producer Andy Barlow, and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes, they achieved commercial success with two hit singles "Górecki" and "Gabriel", the first one being included on their eponymous debut album (1996).

The Music On Vinyl reissue features an insert with exclusive liner notes written by Lou Rhodes, giving a unique inside perspective on the production of the album. Apart from the "Cotton Wool" Fila Brazilia Mix, we've included 2 exclusive bonus tracks that have not been issued on vinyl before. A remix of "Trans Fatty Acid" by acclaimed producing duo Kruder & Dorfmeister, and the "Górecki" Global Communication Mix are featured on the D-side.

To celebrate this first ever vinyl reissue, we're pressing 1000 numbered copies on Green/Black vinyl!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Insert with exclusive liner notes written by Lou Rhodes
• Includes 3 bonus tracks
• First pressing of 1000 numbered copies on green/black vinyl

IN THE VALLEY BELOW - BELT

Vocalist Angela Gail puts it frankly: In The Valley Below make "mostly music that we would want to listen to," an honest and unapologetic statement from the Los Angeles duo, rounded out by vocalist/guitarist Jeffrey Jacob.

In The Valley Below is hushed swirls of male and female vocals forged with dark stories of brooding riddles and romance. Jeffrey grew up in the storied musical town of Memphis, given a guitar at the age of 13 and creating music from that point forward. Angela left the binding depths of a "mostly cold and cloudy town in Michigan," for a life at sea, finding initial songwriting inspiration while living on a small boat in the Caribbean.

In The Valley Below was created when these two found each other, having crossed paths in artistic circles after they separately made their way to Los Angeles. The duo honed their craft together, using faithful archetypes as their inspiration, "Our biggest inspiration is powerful subjects like sex, crime and religion. And how that fits into the lives we've chosen, our dreams and struggles, mistakes and heartbreaks."

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Printed innersleeve
• Including poster
• Including download card
• Limited first pressing of 500 numbered copies on white vinyl!

GRANT LEE BUFFALO - FUZZY

Grant Lee Buffalo is an Americana/indie Rock band based in Los Angeles, consisting of Grant Lee Phillips (vocals and guitar), Paul Kimble (bass) and Joey Peters (drums). All three were previously members of another Los Angeles band, Shiva Burlesque. They toured with major bands, including R.E.M., Pearl Jam, the Smashing Pumpkins and The Cranberries.

Their 1993 debut Fuzzy was a confident and solidly crafted piece of work, with Phillips' marvelous voice, fine and evocative songs. Fuzzy is deep and mysterious stuff, but also very beautiful and crafted with imagination and care. It's no wonder Grant Lee Buffalo became critic's darlings shortly after this was released. Original vinyl copies are in short supply, making this reissue a very welcome one!

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Insert

THE JAYHAWKS - SMILE

Originally released in 2000, Smile marked a move away from The Jayhawks' long-time Alt-country style to a more Pop approach. However, one thing never changes on their albums; the blissful melodies and well-constructed songs.  As soon as you hear the opening notes of album opener "Smile", there'll be a smile on your face.

Both Rolling Stone and Spin magazine named The Jayhawks one of the most influential bands of the decade, so the band in fact had all the reasons to smile. This LP, produced by Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, KISS), is just another piece of excellent work by The Jayhawks. It's got it all: hooks, riff, harmonies and melodies.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Insert
• Available on vinyl for the first time

RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN - STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY

Stompin' at the Savoy – Live (1983) was a major commercial success for Rufus And Chaka Khan, reaching #4 on Billboard's R&B Albums Charts. This double-record set features three sides of live material recorded over multiple dates at the Savoy Theatre in New York. The band stunned packed audiences with an energetic set of old favorites and new material, such as "Tell Me Something Good", "You Got the Love", "Sweet Thing", "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)", and "Do You Love What You Feel" as well as "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" from Khan's 1981 solo album of the same name.

The D-side includes four new studio recordings of which two were released as singles, "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses". "Ain't Nobody" became Rufus' final #1 R&B hit and won them a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1984. The song was featured in the movie Breakin' and its soundtrack.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl 
• Gatefold sleeve

TOTO - MINDFIELDS

Mindfields is the 10th studio record by Toto, as originally released in 1999. The album saw the return of original Toto singer Bobby Kimball, who had left the band once their breakthrough album Toto IV was released back in 1982. Kimball and axe slinger Steve Lukather share lead vocals, dividing these duties approx 60/40.

As always with Toto, the playing is tight. What else would one expect from these veteran musicians? Apart from Lukather and Kimball, Toto in '99 consisted of David Paich (keyboards), Mike Porcaro (bass) and Simon Phillips (drums, who replaced original drummer Jeff Porcaro after his fatal heart attack in 1992). The record was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Engineered Album, Non Classical.  180 gram audiophile vinyl



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from ThrillJockey

Seer - Golden Retriever 

Golden Retriever is the duo of Matt Carlson (modular synthesizer) and Jonathan Sielaff (bass clarinet), two musicians who blur the line between sounds created electronically and acoustically. The pair formed Golden Retriever in 2008 and began to develop a language informed by the practices of free improvisation as well as the tradition of American experimental electronic composers like Alvin Curran & David Behrman. Golden Retriever creates music that is creatively challenging and structurally complex while remaining inviting and emotionally dynamic rather than adopting a confrontational stance toward the listener.

Seer, their second release for Thrill Jockey, was recorded and assembled over the course of two years at the artists’ studio “Worksound” in Portland, OR. The relaxed timetable gave Carlson and Sielaff an opportunity to write based around new instruments and techniques and to spend considerable time meticulously editing the work. This extends the process employed on their Thrill Jockey debut Occupied with the Unspoken, composing and arranging using editing as a compositional tool.

The opening track “Petrichor” shows Carlson using an 11-limit just intonation system and can, if listened to at a significant volume, create otoacoustic emissions: the generation of new resonance within the inner-ear as a rectification of two perfectly toned and opposing frequencies. The use of this phenomenon as musical material was pioneered by Maryanne Amacher in her sound installations of the 70s and 80s. The song “Sharp Stones” finds Sielaff weaving complex melodic phrases over Carlson’s bed of synth-processed piano sounds, toying with the gestures of modal free jazz. Their ability to move between abstract sound exploration and traditionally engaging musical structures is demonstrated perfectly on “Flight Song,” which features a mantra-like bass clarinet melody beholden to shimmering synthesizer patterns. Golden Retriever’s compositions are inviting and relentlessly listenable, embracing both emotional depth and wild abandon without betraying the hidden framework of complexity within.

Seer is released on LP-only, pressed on virgin vinyl and packaged in a stunning jacket with an artworked inner sleeve and free download coupon.

This is a pre-order for March 25, 2014 street date. All orders containing Seer will ship on or before the street date.

Pre-Order at ThrillJockey

The Skull Defekts - Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown

When the Skull Defekts entered the studio in the Spring of 2013 with nothing more than a collection of loosely organized riffs, they set out to record their most extreme, challenging rock record. Much to the band’s surprise, what emerged were their most incessantly listenable, approachable songs to date. The Defekts merge the coarse vitality of punk with the ritualism of folk dances to create music that is addictive, wondrously discordant, and rooted in a belief in the overwhelming power of pure sound. Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown is the Swedish group’s third release as a quintet, with the legendary Daniel Higgs joining Joachim Nordwall and Daniel Fagerstroem on vocal duties and acting as the group’s spiritual ringleader. The Defekts have long acted as the backbone of the Swedish experimental underground, but since their 2011 breakthrough Peer Amid, the group has emerged at the vanguard of a new wave of radical Scandinavian rock music alongside Iceage and the Posh Isolation label.

From the opening patter of “Pattern of Thoughts” to the propulsive chants of “Cyborganization,” Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown feeds on the tension between lean and bright song production and the hefty, sometimes surreal sounds produced by Nordwall and Fagerstroem’s guitars. Daniel Higgs’ spontaneous, metaphoric poetry is as perplexing as ever, but it is delivered with a clarity not heard since his days fronting Lungfish. Album centerpiece “The Known Unknown” is centered around a driving riff, with Nordwall turning the song’s title into a mantra as intense as it is transcendent. Throughout, the group anchors their riffs with exotic sustained chords, adding a distinctly Carnatic flavor.

Nordwall’s long history in the European experimental music community serves to reinforce the group’s place as one of the most forward-thinking rock bands working in the continent today. In addition to running iDEAL Recordings since 1998, Nordwall has released collaborative recordings with Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic, Kevin Drumm, and Mats Gustafsson, whose FIRE! Orchestra he recently joined. Although the Skull Defekts have ceased to perform or record noise music, that adventurous spirit is still a dominant part of their music.

The Skull Defekts will tour Europe and the US as a quintet.

LP version includes an artworked inner sleeve and free download card. High gloss UV printing on LP jacket. EXCLUSIVE LP MAILORDER EDITION AVAILALBE : 500 copies are pressed on gold vinyl and will only be sold on Thrill Jockey's website and the band's merch table.

This is a pre-order for April 8, 2014 street date. All orders containing Dances In The Dreams Of The Known Unknown will ship on or before street date.

Pre-Order at ThrillJockey

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somebody blasting record store day?  about time, as these 'special and limited' releases usually wind up on eBay anyway - at inflated prices.  the CVR blog respects and supports the concept of record store day, but there are some very valid points made in this write up and there are some things that could be improved upon.....:

Distributor Kudos claims that Record Store Day “requires a rethink”

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Uniquely holistic: New book to explore how vinyl has become a cultural icon in the digital age











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Power Glove's Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon soundtrack is being released on vinyl for Record Store Day











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Suede to release 'lost' single 'Let Go' for Record Store Day 2014

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"Warriors! Come Out To Play!": Waxwork Records Bringing 'The Warriors' OST To Vinyl

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John Cale's 'The Academy in Peril' Treated to Vinyl Reissue

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vinyl in the land down under:

Vinyl hits the right note

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the irish love vinyl as well:

For the record, music shops are a hit again

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for shits and giggles:

25 Highest Earning Musicians in 2013

1. Taylor Swift – $39,699,575.60
2. Kenny Chesney – $32, 956,240.70
3. Justin Timberlake – $31,463,297.03
4. Bon Jovi – $29,436,801.04
5. The Rolling Stones – $26,225,121.71
6. Beyoncé – $24,429,176.86
7. Maroon 5 – $22,284,754.07
8. Luke Bryan – $22,142,235.98
9. Pink – $20,072,072.32
10. Fleetwood Mac – $19,123,101.98
11. Justin Bieber – $18,873,458.41
12. Bruno Mars – $18,839,681
13. One Direction – $18,041,472.69
14. Jason Aldean – $17,896,191.98
15. George Strait – $16,002,761.63
16. Jay Z – $15,652,428.82
17. Michael Bublé – $14,478,084
18. Mumford & Sons – $14,172,940.87
19. Dave Matthews Band – $13,932,731.14
20. Rihanna – $12,794,186.16
21. Paul McCartney – $13,769,479.16
22. The Eagles – $13,026,210.18
23. Celine Dion – $12,755,539.71
24. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – $12,473,798.20
25. Phish – $12,406,611.95

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

LED ZEPPELIN - FIRST THREE ALBUMS NEWLY REMASTERED

The First Three Albums Newly Remastered, Each With An Additional Disc Of Previously Unreleased Companion Audio. Multiple CD, Vinyl, And Digital Formats, Including A Super Deluxe Boxed Set, Available June 3.

No matter how many times you may have listened to their music, you've never heard Led Zeppelin like this before.

Beginning with the June 3 release of deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III, the band will launch an extensive reissue program of all nine of its studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin will also open its vaults to share dozens of unheard studio and live recordings, with each album featuring a second disc of companion audio comprised entirely of unreleased music related to that album.

"The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin," says Page. "It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time."

Pre-Order Led Zeppelin 1 HERE

Pre-Order Led Zeppelin 2 HERE

Pre-Order Led Zeppelin 3 HERE

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from MergeRecords

Daughter of Everything - Vertical Scratchers

Vertical Scratchers is John Schmersal (ex-Brainiac/Enon, live Caribou, and Crooks on Tape) and Christian Beaulieu (ex-Triclops!/Anywhere).

One of the most persistent elements you will hear throughout the record is the percussive nature in which the guitars were played and recorded. Guitar playing is vertical scratching, and in this band, the guitar strums are almost louder than the amps. Most Vertical Scratchers songs clock in under the two-minute mark but often go in twice as many directions as your average-length song. Pop deception. Think the Kinks with a Buzzcocks brevity.

Daughter of Everything was recorded live in Los Angeles at The Smell in September of 2012. The special guest appearance lead vocal from Robert Pollard was recorded at Waterloo Sound in Ohio by Todd Tobias.

Orders will include a Vertical Scratchers guitar pick while supplies last.

Order a vinyl copy HERE

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WaxPoetic has updated the master list of Record Store Day 2014 releases, stop by and check it out!


THE WORLDWIDE LIST OF RECORD STORE DAY 2014 RELEASES






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from our friends at SlyVinyl

Suicide Squeeze - Fort George // Limited to 1000 Maber Beer 7"s

Sister Crystals – S/T // Limited to 500 Bone Coloured Vinyl LP






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This Awesome DIY Machine Cuts Vinyl Records In Mere Minutes



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L7's 'Bricks Are Heavy' to Receive Vinyl Reissue











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Kung Fu Records to reissue a bunch of Ataris records on vinyl










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'Gravity' Score to See Vinyl Release via Mondo










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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 3/03 - 3/09, 2014

Vinyl Top 25:

1. Real Estate - Atlas
2. Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans
3. Manchester Orchestra - Every Stone 7"
4. Natural Child - Dancin' With Wolves
5. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
6. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
7. Sunn O))) & Ulver - Terrestrials
8. Stone Jack Jones - Ancestor
9. Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes - Kid Tiger
10. Johnny Cash - American Recordings
11. Broken Bells - After The Disco
12. Parker Millsap - Parker Millsap
13. St Paul & The Broken Bones - Half The City
14. Divine Fits - Live At Third Man
15. Various - Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles
16. Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained
17. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
18. The Men - Tomorrow's Hits
19. Temples - Sun Structures
20. Natural Child - Live In Birmingham
21. Haim - Days Are Gone
22. Nick Waterhouse - Holly
23. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
24. Dum Dum Girls - Too True
25. Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave

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album cover art of the day:

DUST BOLT: 'Awake The Riot' Album Details Revealed

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 10, 2014


DEAR JERRY: While flipping through some of my thrift store acquisitions, I ran into a record by Eddie Dee and the Moonlighters titled "Let's Go Steady."

Seeing it was written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, I thought it would be the "Let's Go Steady Again" that was a 1960s hit for Sedaka.

Well, it is the same song as "Let's Go Steady Again," but NOT the one by Sedaka. It's the one recorded by Sam Cooke in the 1950s, and written by J.W. Alexander.

Then who really wrote it? Alexander or Sedaka-Greenfield?
—Denny Patrick, Evansville, Ind.


DEAR DENNY: James W. Alexander, Cooke's friend and eventual business partner, wrote "Let's Go Steady Again." When coupled with the Cooke classic, "Only Sixteen" (Keen 3-2022), the record reached the Top 30 in the summer of '59.

In 1963, a completely different "Let's Go Steady Again," one written by Sedaka and Greenfield, became a hit for Neil.

Four years later, Arthur Conley revived the Sam Cooke tune, but with the truncated title, "Let's Go Steady." Whether or not Conley's label (Atlantic-Atco) dropped the "Again" to avoid confusion with the Sedaka-Greenfield tune is not yet known.

Regardless, when "Let's Go Steady" was chosen for the B-side of "Sweet Soul Music" (Atco 6463), an eventual million seller, it meant a pretty payday for Mr. Alexander. Fortunately, he is properly credited on this single.

Also unclear is why Eddie Dee's 1967 release, on his own label (Dee 1002), does not credit Alexander. It is possible that someone involved with Dee Records thought Eddie's song was the one by Sedaka and Greenfield.


DEAR JERRY: Even though I lived through it first hand, I was amazed by your recent column that examined the number of foreign hits a week before and then a year after "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

Before the Beatles arrived in America, only five percent of the Top 100 were by overseas artists. A year later, that percentage leaped to 27.

But please don't stop there.

I would like to see the same comparison, but for album sales. I'm guessing the change is not nearly so dramatic, what with teens primarily buying singles and not LPs.
—Perry Fitch, Manassas Park, Va.

DEAR PERRY: You would think.

The British Invasion is both blamed and credited for varied effects on the American music scene, but one highly profitable change for the industry was the enormous surge in album sales to teenagers.

Understandably, crazed fans of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc., were not content having two songs on a 45 when an LP with a dozen tracks could be had.

As we did for the singles comparison, we'll use the charts for the first week of January 1964 (pre-Invasion) and 12 months later. Unlike the singles chart, with 100 slots, Billboard's LP chart in the mid-'60s listed 150 titles.

To recap, for songs on 45s, overseas artists — three solo acts and two duos — accounted for five percent of the Top 100 in Jan. 1964, and 27 percent a year later.

Now for the overseas artists with charted LPs, and that week's ranking:

January 1964

1. The Singing Nun ("The Singing Nun") (Belgium)
7. Los Indios Tabajaras ("Maria Elena") (Brazil)
105. Miriam Makeba ("The World of Miriam Makeba") (South Africa)
141. Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra ("Lights Out, Sweet Dreams") (Germany)

Here we have two females and two instrumentalists, but not one vocal group in the pack, and no one from the UK. Only two are in the Top 100. Together they account for only three and one-third percent of the Top 150.

January 1965

3. Rolling Stones ("12 x 5")
6. Beatles ("A Hard Day's Night")
7. Beatles Documentary ("The Beatles Story")
39. Animals ("The Animals")
52. Chad & Jeremy ("Yesterday's Gone")
59. Manfred Mann ("The Manfred Mann Album")
70. Beatles ("Second Album")
73. Beatles ("Meet the Beatles")
87. Rolling Stones ("The Rolling Stones")
88. Kinks ("You Really Got Me")
98. Beatles ("Beatles '65")
110. Dave Clark Five ("American Tour")
117. Beatles ("Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles")
131. Gerry and the Pacemakers ("Second Album")
133. Peter & Gordon ("I Don't Want to See You Again")
137. Dave Clark Five ("Coast to Coast")
141. Beatles ("Introducing the Beatles")
148. Honeycombs ("Here Are the Honeycombs")

My how things have changed. Now we have 18 acts on the chart (16 groups and two duos), all males, all vocalists, and all from the UK.

They have 11 entries in the Top 150 and make up 12 percent of the total chart.

I think you'll find the difference is more dramatic than you expected.


IZ ZAT SO? There are a couple of albums on the January 1965 chart that are unquestionably inspired by the invaders from Liverpool, yet by U.S. performers.

At No. 74 is the Supremes with "A Bit of Liverpool," and No. 79 is "The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits."

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 2014 Osborne Enterprises - Reprinted By Exclusive Permission 

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at SoundStageDirect

Junta Deluxe Edition (On Sale) by Phish

"Junta" is the first full-length studio album from the band Phish. The original 1/4" analog session tapes (recorded in 1988-1989) were mastered by Bernie Grundman Mastering creating an analog-to-analog vinyl master for "Junta Deluxe".

This 3-LP 180g vinyl set was manufactured by Furnace MFG. Original art by Jim Pollock.

"With great sound and better playing, Phish's debut Junta is highly recommended whether you're starting to discover Phish or are backing up to the beginning. It may be a bit long-winded and unfocused, yet it establishes their dedication to musical exploration effectively -- not to mention the typical wild and woolly Phish humor spilling out all over the lengthy tracks." - Steven McDonald (All Music Guide)

• 3 LPs Pressed On 180 Gram Audiophile Grade Black Vinyl 
• Lacquers Cut At Bernie Grundman Mastering From The Original Stereo 1/4" Master Reels

Oder at SoundStageDirect


This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell
2. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
3. Rush - ReDISCovered Box Set (Pre-Order)
4. Jerry Garcia And David Grisman (Pre-Order)
5. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
6. Phish - Junta Deluxe Edition (On Sale)
7. Isol-Pad (Set of 4)
8. Johnny Cash - American Recordings (Out Of Stock)
9. Bob Marley - Legend
10. Carole King - Tapestry

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from our friends at www.mute.com

LIARS RELEASE EXCLUSIVE  “Mess On A Mission” String Embedded LIMITED EDITION 12” VINYL FOR RECORD STORE DAY - APRIL 19th, 2014

New Album Mess Out March 25th 

LIARS (Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross) announce details of a unique, exclusive Record Store Day release. “Mess On A Mission” will be released on a limited edition vinyl embedded with string.

Says Angus Andrew: "We talked about the idea for days but weren't at all sure it could physically be done. After all, pressing bits of colored string into the actual vinyl was nothing we'd ever heard of before. To us it seemed like such a unique and interesting way to extend the visual language of Mess right inside the music."

“Mess On A Mission”, described by GQ as a "…frantic synthstorm" and by SPIN as "Rave-Punk Ripper" comes backed with remixes from Black Bananas (Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux / RTX / Drag City) and Silent Servant (Sandwell District / Hospital Productions) plus an exclusive b-side, “Blah Vets”. This limited release will be available exclusively on Record Store Day - April 19th - and will follow the release of Liars' seventh studio album, Mess, out on March 25th, 2014 on CD, double vinyl, download.

Pre-Order the new album HERE



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from our friends at Relapse

TOXIC HOLOCAUST: Announce Deluxe Vinyl Reissues 

In celebration of their ongoing global conquest with Exhumed and Skeletonwitch, Relapse Records will be reissuing three long out-of-print LPs from Portland, OR's thrash metal merchants TOXIC HOLOCAUST. The group's now classic albums, Evil Never Dies, Hell on Earth, and An Overdose of Death will all be available on deluxe vinyl on April 15, 2014 and can be pre-ordered from Relapse Mailorder HERE

The album that started it all, 2003's Evil Never Dies, will be available on vinyl for the first time in six years. Hell on Earth, 2005's long out-of-print thrash-punk crossover masterpiece, will be re-issued with the original artwork from Ed Repka (Megadeth, Death, Venom). Finally, 2008's An Overdose of Death will be repressed with gatefold packaging and contains some of the finest metal this side of the 21st century.








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Electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick to get debut LP reissued on vinyl for first time in almost 50 years







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SBTRKT Announces 'Transitions' 12-inch Series

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Siouxsie and the Banshees to reissue ‘Hong Kong Garden’ on double 7-inch vinyl

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David Lynch, Jake Bugg reveal release plans for 2014 Record Store Day

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Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Vinyl

1. Morning Phase ~ Beck
2. Atlas ~ Real Estate
3. After the Disco ~ Broken Bells
4. Violator (180 Gram Vinyl) ~ Depeche Mode
5. Happy ~ Pharrell Williams
6. St Vincent ~ St. Vincent
7. Supermodel ~ Foster the People
8. Saudade ~ Thievery Corporation
9. Voices [2 LP] ~ Phantogram
10. Awake ~ Tycho


Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Music

1. Supernova (Live Nation Ticket Offer) ~ Ray LaMontagne
2. Frozen ~ Idina Menzel
3. Morning Phase ~ Beck
4. G I R L ~ Pharrell Williams
5. Stereolithic ~ 311
6. Emerald: Musical Gems Deluxe CD/DVD ~ Celtic Woman
7. Louder ~ Lea Michele
8. Slow Me Down ~ Sara Evans
9. Pure Heroine ~ Lorde
10. English Oceans ~ Drive-By Truckers 

New Music Releases - March 11, 2014

311 - Stereolithic (2xLP)
Allman Brothers Band - Icon 2
Aloe Blacc - Life Your Spirit (vinyl)
Ambrose Akinmusire - The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint
Annabel - Youth in Youth (vinyl)
Annihilator - Feast (CD/DVD)
Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together
Barren Womb - The Sun's Not Yellow, It’s Chicken
Battleme - Future Runs Magnetic (vinyl)
Bayete - Worlds Around the Sun
Biblical - Monsoon Season
Bike For Three! - So Much Forever (vinyl)
Birds of Passage - This Kindly Slumber (vinyl)
Bitch Prefect - Bird Nerds (vinyl)
Bonniwell Music Machine - The Bonniwell Music Machine
Candiria - Beyond Reasonable Doubt (12")
Carlos Cipa & Sophia Jani - Relive
Charlie Oxford - Charlie Oxford
Chicago - Live In Japan
Clara Moto - Blue Distance (vinyl)
Clark - Superscope (12")
Conan - Blood Eagle
Curtis Harding - Keep On Shining (7")
Dan Croll - Sweet Disarray
Danton Eeprom - If Looks Could Kill (2xLP)
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (picture disc) (7")
Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham
DENA - Flash (vinyl)
Don Williams - Reflections (vinyl)
Downliners Sekt - Balt Shakt EP (12")
Dr. Hook - Icon
Eddie Rabbitt - Icon
Ekoplekz - Unfidelity (2xLP)
Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything
Elder Brother - Heavy Head (vinyl)
Ella Fitzgerald - Icon
Elvis Presley - Girl Happy (vinyl)
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - When the Sea Became a Giant (vinyl)
Eric Carmen - The Essential Eric Carmen
Eric Clapton - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (4xLP)
Federico Albanese - The Houseboat and the Moon
Flyying Colours - Flyying Colours (12")
Gene McDaniels - The Point Of No Return
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man
Gojira - Les Enfants Sauvages (Book/CD/DVD)
Hank Snow - Souvenirs & Big Country Hits
Hank Williams - Icon 2
Hari Kondabolu - Waiting For 2042
J. Geils Band - Icon
Jason Ajemian & The HighLife - Let Me Get That Digital
Jerry's Kids - Is This My World? (vinyl)
Joan as Police Woman - The Classic (vinyl)
Johnny Cash - Icon 2
Juanes - Loco De Amor
Kenny Rogers - Icon 2
KXM - KXM
Laibach - Spectre (vinyl)
Ledisi - The Truth
Leg Lifters - Radical Humiliation (7")
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk
Little River Band - Icon
Louis Armstrong - Icon
Manowar - Kings of Metal MMXIV
Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes - The Marv Johnson Story 1958-1961 - The First Three Albums Plus Bonus Singles
Metronomy - Love Letters (vinyl)
Mø - No Mythologies to Follow
Mozes and the Firstborn - Mozes and the Firstborn (vinyl)
Nat King Cole - En Espanol
Nervosa - Victim of Yourself
Nine Inch Nails & Coil - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Odyssey - Happy Together: Expanded Edition
Odyssey - I Got the Melody: Expanded Edition
Our Last Enemy - Pariah
Patti LaBelle - Icon
Paul Carrack - Rain Or Shine
Peak Twins - Peak Twins (vinyl)
Per Purpose - Circle the Stains (vinyl)
Peter Hammill - Other World
Petrels - Mima
Prince Fatty - Prince Fatty vs. Mungo’s Hi Fi (vinyl)
Public Enemy - Icon
Russ Hamilton - We Will Make Love Under A Rainbow
Sabina - Toujours (vinyl)
Sara Evans - Slow Me Down
Scraps - Electric Ocean (vinyl)
September Girls - Cursing The Sea
Sid Selvidge - The Cold of the Morning (vinyl)
Slakah the Beatchild - Soul Movement 2
Sleepers Work - No Turn Before The Shoreline (vinyl)
Snowmine - Dialects (vinyl)
Steve Martin, Edie Brickell & the Steep Mountain Rangers - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell Live
Sudden Death of Stars - All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown (vinyl)
T. Rex - T. Rex: Deluxe Edition
Talvihorros - Eaten Alive (2xLP)
Tensnake - Glow
The Ex - How Thick You Think / That's Not A Virus (7")
The Falls - Into the Fire
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - More Noise and Other Disturbances (vinyl)
The Shrine - Bless Off
The Silver Palms - Superstar (7")
Various Artists - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (vinyl)
Various Artists - Lou Adler: A Musical History
Various Artists - Sneakin' Around - The London Records R&B Story 194
Various Artists - Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. II
Various Artists - Soul Jazz Records presents: Inner City Beat! (2xLP)
Various Artists - Veronica Mars OST
Yacht Club - Tropicana (7")
Young Money - Rise of an Empire

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

from our friends at Relapse

Hooded Menace - Effigies Of Evil Deluxe 2xLP (Orange with Exclusive 7")

Finland’s doom/death-lords Hooded Menace make their Relapse debut with ‘Effigies of Evil’, a brutally ripping album of slow-paced, down-tuned ultra-heaviness. Combining the grooving riffs of Black Sabbath and early Cathedral with the fire of classic Autopsy and Asphyx, ‘Effigies Of Evil’ is an instant metal classic. ‘Effigies Of Evil’ is the peak combination of Hooded Menace’s fascination with classic 90s death metal, prototypical 70s doom and cult horror flicks-----a collection of obsessions that any heavy-music fan proudly wears for life. ‘Effigies of Evil’ is a triumphant album of filth, sludge, riffs and groove that transforms cult heroes Hooded Menace into legitimate heavy metal icons.

First Pressing
Orange (Deluxe Version with 7") x 500
180 Gram Black x 500
Green Marble x 500

Order at Relapse

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Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah - Bikini Kill 

Bikini Kill Records is excited to announce our second reissue - the newly expanded Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah LP featuring seven previously unreleased tracks. It will be released on April 15th, 2014.

The first 500 copies ordered will receive a free, limited edition poster.

Side A of Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah was originally released in 1993 as the BK side of their split record with the UK’s Huggy Bear, to kick off their legendary co-headlining tour of the UK in March of that year. Those tracks were recorded in their Washingon DC basement practice space on a 4 track reel to reel in 1992 by Tim Green (Nation of Ulysses, The Fucking Champs).

Side B features seven songs either recorded live at shows during that era or at Bikini Kill practices.

The LP also includes new photos and liner notes from David Feck (Comet Gain), Erin Smith (Bratmobile), and from the band themselves.

The LP was mastered by TJ Lipple and Bob Weston.

Pre-order includes digital album in the high-quality format of your choice (MP3, FLAC, and more), plus unlimited mobile access using the free Bandcamp listening app. You'll also get the complete album the moment it’s released.  

Shipping out on or around 15 April 2014

Pre-Order HERE

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PolyVinyl Test Pressing Sale -- 15 Titles Being Offered

Making CDs is predictable. You send a master off to the duplication plant and wait for thousands of shiny, identical discs to arrive.

Vinyl is a very different beast. Making a record is an intricate process that starts with the creation of a master lacquer, which is then plated in metal and used to make a negative version of the record, called a stamper, that serves as the basis for mass production.

During this chain of events something can always go wrong --- causing pops, skips, crackles or distortion. You name it, we've heard it many times over.

Which brings us to test pressings, a very necessary part of the vinyl production process that helps catch these sorts of problems before all of the records are manufactured.

By their very nature, test pressings are rare and unique. They're the first taste we receive of each album on vinyl and only a small number are ever made, making them sought after by fans and collectors.

In fact, one of the most frequently asked questions we receive year after year is "Hey fine folks at PV, do you have any test pressings for sale?"

The sad truth is, after a few test pressings are given to PV bands as keepsakes, the remaining copies just sit on a shelf in the dark recesses of our office.

And so, for a limited time, we're giving you the opportunity to bid on these special items and support a great cause (American Humane Association) at the same time!

A variety of titles are being offered in the hope that you see something you like and enjoy the chance to own a special piece of a treasured album.

Titles include:

31Knots The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere LP
Aloha Here Comes Everyone (Record Store Day Edition) LP
Architecture In Helsinki Places Like This LP
Braid Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five 2xLP
Deerhoof Deerhoof vs. Evil LP
Deerhoof/David Bazan DeerBazan 7"
Mates of State All Day 12"
of Montreal She's A Rejecter 7"
Owen No Good For No One Now LP
Rainer Maria Long Knives Drawn LP
Sharon Van Etten I'm Giving Up On You 7"
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Broom LP
STRFKR Reptilians LP
Their/They're/There Their/They're/There 12"
Xiu Xiu Always LP

All auctions started at $0.99 and end Monday night, so head over to the link below to get your bid in now!

Polyvinyl Test Pressing Sale

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WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 3/2-3/8





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David Bowie details Record Store Day releases











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Exploring Phil Lynott's vinyl collection

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for shits and giggles to start the week:

11 Iconic Album Covers Improved With Sloths