Seems as I have made it through the migration and can continue my blog. I have to apologize for not posting since Monday, but I have been ill and bedridden since last Monday night and this is the first time at the computer since that time.
I have knee problems (besides my disability) and I went to see the doctor on Monday because one of my knees was swollen and flaring up on me. I took a cortisone shot and by Monday night I could no longer put any weight on the leg (or straighten it). So I have been bedridden since and on Thursday had my knee drained of fluid (they had to do it twice). I would not wish this on my worst enemy, as the pain was unbearable at times. Anyway, I hope to get back into the swing of things ASAP, starting tomorrow with "This Date In Music History" and then continue with the regular features and vinyl record news.
Acid Mothers Temple - From 0 to Infinity (vinyl)
Air Supply - Now & Forever / Air Supply (2 CDs)
Alcoholic Faith Mission - Let This Be the Last Night We Care
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (vinyl reissue)
Alpha Rev - New Morning
Anders Osborne - American Patchwork
Ane Brun - Live In Scandinavia (reissue)
Ane Brun - Sketches (reissue)
Ane Brun - Spending Time With Morgan (reissue)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Association - Birthday (Deluxe Mono Edition)
Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo (vinyl)
B.o.B.- B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
Balkan Beat Box – Blue Eyed Black Boy
Barron Knights - Night Gallery / Teach The World
Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite (remastered with bonus CD)
Billie Holiday - Remixed & Reimagined (Vinyl)
Black Swans - Words Are Stupid
Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend: Rarities Edition
Brian Posehn - Fart & Wiener Jokes
Brilliant Colors - Never Mine (vinyl)
Buck Owens - Open Your Heart - The Buck Owens & Buckaroos Recordings (7 CDs)
Bullet for My Valentine - Fever (vinyl)
Canned Heat - Woodstock Homecoming
Carl Smith - Hey Joe: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
Carole King - The Essential Carole King
Ceremony - Rocket Fire
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Sunset Sound Session (Single) (Vinyl)
Cheap Trick - At Budokan: Limited Edition (Vinyl)
Cleric – Regressions
Cliff Richard - Rock N Roll Years (2 CDs)
Common Prayer - There Is A Mountain
Connie Francis - This Is Your Life - Greatest Hits (2 CDs)
Courteeners - Take Over the World Pt. 1 (vinyl)
Courteeners - Take Over the World Pt. 2 (vinyl)
Cream - Disraeli Gears: Rarities Edition
Daddy Yankee - Daddy Yankee Mundial
Discover America - Future Paths
Don Woody - You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Drowning Pool - Drowning Pool
Emily Jane White - Victorian America (vinyl)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard: Rarities Edition
Eric Clapton - Money & Cigarettes (Vinyl)
Eric Copeland - Doo Doo Run
Freddy Fender - Greatest Hits (2 CDs)
Frightened Rabbit - Nothing Like You (vinyl)
Frog Eyes - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph Oceans (vinyl)
Girl in a Coma - Vol. 3 - Adventures in Coverland (vinyl)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - About Love
Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
Groundhogs - Blues Obituary
Henry Jacobs - Around the World with Henry Jacobs
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (Vinyl)
Hole - Nobody's Daughter (vinyl)
Jack Earls & the Jimbos - Slow Down - Sun Years Plus
James - Night Before
Jefferson Airplane - Thirty Seconds Over Winterland / Early Flight
Jesse Malin - Love It to Life (vinyl)
Jo Dee Messina - Unmistakable Love
Johnny Horton - Ballads Of Johnny Horton
Jonathan Tyler & Northern Lights - Pardon Me
Juan Maclean - DJ Kicks (vinyl)
KMFDM - Krieg
Katrina & The Waves - Katrina & The Waves (reissue with bonus tracks)
Kimberly Rew - Bible of Bop (reissue with bonus tracks)
Kmfdm - Krieg
Lali Puna - Our Inventions (vinyl)
Linfinity - Martian's Bloom
Livingston Taylor - Last Alaska Moon
Lonestar - Party Heard Around The World
Lovvers - Strangers/Tragedy (vinyl)
Lucky Soul - Coming of Age
Lucky Soul - Woah Billy!/White Russian Doll (vinyl)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road: Rarities Edition
Marina & the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot Pt. 1 (vinyl)
Marina & the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot Pt. 2 (vinyl)
Marvin Gaye - I Want You: Rarities Edition
Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Age of Miracles
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell: Rarities Edition
Meat Loaf - Hang Cool Teddy Bear (Vinyl)
Melissa Etheridge - Fearless Love
Michael Landau, Robben Ford, Jimmy Haslip, Gary Novak - Renegade Creation
Mike Roger - Let's Stop
Miranda Cosgrove - Sparks Fly
Miriam Makeba - South Africa's Skylark: Hits & Rarities
Mono - Holy Ground: Live (CD & DVD) (3-LP vinyl & DVD)
Mount Carmel - Mount Carmel (vinyl)
Mr. Gnome - Tastes Like Magic (vinyl)
My Education - Sunrise
Mynabirds - The Mynabirda
Mynabirds - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (vinyl)
Naked On The Vague - Heaps of Nothing (vinyl)
Nathaniel Rateliff - In Memory Of Loss
No Second Troy - Colors
Odyssey - Odyssey / Native New Yorker
Pat Benatar - True Love / Gravity's Rainbow
People of the North: Deep Tissue
Peter Frampton - Thank You Mr Churchill
Piebald - Volume 1
Serge Gainsbourg - Box Soundtracks Vol. 2 (12-piece vinyl box set)
Simian Mobile Disco = Aspic/Nerve Salad (vinyl)
Small Black - Small Black EP (remastered)
Soundpool - Mirrors in Your Eyes (vinyl)
Sugar & Gold - Get Wet (vinyl)
Tangerine Dream - Dream Mixes 5
Ten Years After - Now
The Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome
The Boy Least Likely To - A Fairytale Ending EP
The Dirty Heads - Any Port in a Storm
The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter (vinyl)
The Lights - Failed Graves
The Lodger - Flashbacks (vinyl)
The Pack AD - We Kill Computers (vinyl)
Transhcan Sinatras - In The Music
Treniers - Rock
Twilight - Monument to the Time End
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
U2 - Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review
Unnatural Helpers - Cracked Love (and Other Drugs) (vinyl)
Various Artists - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag (vinyl)
Various Artists - Punk Goes Classic Rock
Various Artists - We Are One, In the Sun: A Tribute to Robbie Basho
Various Artists - Why Did I Get Married Too? (soundtrack)
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico: Rarities Edition
Walls - Walls (vinyl & CD)
Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
Wave Pictures - Susan Rode the Cyclone (vinyl)
Wave Pictures - You Leave It Alone (vinyl)
We Were Promised Jetpacks - Last Place You'll Look
White Fence - White Fence
Wounded Lion - Wounded Lion
YACHT - Afterlife (vinyl)
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music and vinyl record collecting. He also serves as a contributor to SoundStageDirect, LLC at http://www.soundstagedirect.com. Mr. Benson also operates www.collectingvinylrecords.com where you can pick up a copy of his eBook "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
Casey Kasem - 1932 - Radio announcer, DJ, host ("American Top 40), character voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo
Maxine Brown - The Browns (1932)
Cuba Gooding - Main Ingredient (1944)
Ann Peebles (1947)
Gordon Haskell - King Crimson (1947)
Kate Pierson - B-52's (1948)
Herb Murrell - Stylistics (1949)
Clive Taylor - Amen Corner (1949)
Paul Frehley - KISS (1951)
Marco Pirroni - Adam And The Ants (1959)
Sheena Easton (1959)
Rob Squires - Big Head Todd & the Monsters (1965)
Jay DeMarcus - Rascal Flatts (1971)
Bob Coombes - Supergrass (1972)
Will Boyd - Evanescence (1979)
Travis Meeks - Days of the New (1979)
Patrick Stump - Fall Out Boy (1984)
They Are Missed:
Born on this day in 1947, Peter Ham, vocals, guitar, The Iveys and then Badfinger. Ham committed suicide on April 24, 1975.
Al Hirt ("Java") died of liver disease in 1999.
Singer Vicki Sue Robinson died in 2000. She had the 1976 disco hit "Turn The Beat Around" and sang back-up vocals on Irene Cara's Top Ten hit single "Fame."
History:
In 1957, in a rare appearance outside the United States, Elvis Presley performed at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada where he wore his full gold lamé suit for the last time.
Lloyd Price's "Personality" was released in 1959.
Little Peggy March started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1963 with "I Will Follow Him." At 15 years, 1 month and 13 days old, Little Peggy March became the youngest female singer to have a US #1 record.
John Lennon's "In His Own Write," a collection of funny poems and drawings, was published in the US in 1964.
In 1966, the Beatles finished recording the new John Lennon song "I'm Only Sleeping" at Abbey Road studios London, England.
Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" was released in 1968.
Joe Cocker made his US debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969.
In 1971, the Grateful Dead appeared at the Fillmore East in New York City. The Beach Boys also appeared on stage with the Dead, who together performed a short set of Beach Boys songs.
In 1974, a free afternoon event was held in the parking lot of the University of Connecticut, Ice Hockey Arena in Storrs. The four acts that appeared, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Fairport Convention and Fat Back. Springsteen then went on to play another gig that evening at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.
Pink Floyd played the last of a four night run at Los Angeles' Sports Arena in 1975. A total of 511 fans were arrested over the four nights for possession of marijuana. LA Police Chief Ed Davis says “They have a dope festival. It’s called a rock concert or something.” Pot smoking at a concert, say it ain't so!
In 1976, customs officers on a train at the Russian/Polish Border detained David Bowie, after Nazi books and mementoes were found in his luggage. Bowie claimed that the material was being used for research on a movie project about Nazi propaganda leader Joseph Paul Goebbels.
Nearly three years to the day after it opened, New York's Studio 54 disco closed in 1980.
USA For Africa started a three-week run at #1 on the US chart in 1985 with "We Are The World." The US artists' answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composer's of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
R.E.M.'s first single, "Dead Letter Office", was released in 1987.
Poison released the album 'Open Up and Say...Ahh' in 1988.
Christian singer Amy Grant started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1991 with "Baby Baby."
Chicago scored their third US #1 album in 1994 with the imaginative title 'Chicago VII'.
Kelly Clarkson was at #1 on the US album chart in 2003 with ‘Thankful.’
In 2006, while in Fiji, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was admitted to a hospital after he reportedly suffered a head injury when he fell out of a palm tree. No word about why he was in the tree....
Also in 2006, members of Cheap Trick and the Allman Brothers Band initiate a class-action suit against Sony BMG claiming that the music company hasn't paid them what’s due from digital-download sales. The action also includes ring tone sales. Cheap Trick and the Allmans ask for more than $25 million in damages.
When pigs fly. In 2008, a giant inflatable pig, covered with political slogans, that was part of Roger Waters' (Pink Floyd) stage set during his performance at the Coachella Festival in Indio, CA, broke free from its mooring. Festival organizers offer $10,000 cash and four lifetime passes to Coachella to whoever tracks down the dirigible. The pig crash-lands a few miles away and was found two days later.
In 2009, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was the victim of a robbery outside Southern Tracks Recording studios in Atlanta, where the band were recording. Ament and a band employee had arrived at the rear of the studio when three assailants brandishing knives emerged from the woods wearing black masks and smashed the windows of a rented Jeep. The robbers grabbed a BlackBerry and Ament’s passport and stole $3,000 in cash and $4,320 worth of goods.
In 2010, Hole releases “Nobody’s Daughter,” the first studio album from Courtney Love since ‘04’s “America’s Sweetheart” — and the first Hole album in over a decade. "This record is about greed, vengeance and feminism," says Love.
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music and vinyl record collecting. He also serves as a contributor to SoundStageDirect, LLC at http://www.soundstagedirect.com. Mr. Benson also operates www.collectingvinylrecords.com where you can pick up a copy of his eBook "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
Well, the move was a success, as everyone who has ever relocated, it is a ton of work. I am back to the drawing board and have some new posts and information for you. Enjoy!
Find a record collector expo or show coming to a town or city near your home! Watch this feature, as it will be updated weekly!
Apr 24 PQ, Montreal. Record Show, St. Stanislas De Kosta Church.1350 St. Joseph Blvd., SH: 10am-4pm, A: $5. dreambeatconventions@hotmail.com
Apr 25 CA, Buena Park. Greater Orange County Record Show, UFCW Union Hall. 8530 Stanton Ave., SH: 10am-3pm, T: 8’, F: $65., A: $3. Steve Brunner, PH: 626-963-9717 or www.asavinyl.com/record_show.htm
Apr 25 MI, Kalamazoo. Record & CD Collectors Show, County Fairgrounds. 2900 Lake St., Sprinkle Street Exit from I-94 N., SH: 11am-5pm, T: 36-8’, F: $40., A: free. Wildwood Records, Ken, PH: 574-329-1483.
Apr 25 NY, Buffalo. Record & CD Show, Leonard VFW Post. 2450 Walden Ave., 1 mi. E. of Thruway Exit 52E, SH: 10am-4:30pm, T: 53-8’, F: $60., A: $3. Record Baron, PH: 716-871-8722.
Apr 25 NY, Colonie. Rock N Roll Flea Market, Albany Marriott. 189 Wolf Rd., SH: 10am-6pm, F: $82.50, F: $10. Felix, iavarone222@hotmail.com
Apr 30-May 1 AL, Birmingham-Bessemer. ARCA 29th Annual CD & Record Collectors Show, Civic Ctr. Exit 108 off of I-59, T: 8’, F: $60., SH: Fri. 4pm-9pm, Sat. 9am-5pm, A: $3. PH: 205-655-3108 or http://www.alabamarecordcollectors.org/
May 8 FL, Tampa. Record & CD Show. 4732 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. SH:10am-3pm. A: $4. F: $45. Richard Rounds, 1547 55th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, FL, 33703. PH: 727- 251-9458.
May 8 NJ, Wayne. 2nd Sat. Record & CD Collectors Show. Firemen’s Conv. Ctr., 97 Parish Dr. SH:10am-4pm. A: $6., under 12 free. T: 100. F Falk, PO Box 251, Hamburg, NJ, 07419. PH: 973- 209-6067 or www.showsandexpos.com
May 8 OH, Columbus. Record, CD & Music Memorabilia Show. Haimerl Center, 1421 Morse Road. SH:10am-4pm. A: $4. F: $45. for 1, $40. ea for 3 or more. Colleen’s Collectables, PH:614- 261-1585 or www.colleenscollect@aol.com
May 9 CA, San Francisco. Rock ’n’ Swap. University of San Francisco Campus, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St. SH:10am- 3pm. A: $3. F: $60., $35. ea add’l. KUSF, 2130 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA, 94117. PH: 415- 386-5873 or www.kusf.org/swap
May 9 PA, Lancaster. Pennsylvania Music Expo (photo above). Continental Inn, 2285 Lincoln Hwy. E. SH:9am-3pm. A: free. Keystone Record Collectors, PH: 717- 898-1246 or www.recordcollectors.org
May 15 IL, Skokie. 23rd Annual 2010 Midwest Classical Record Show. Holiday Inn, 5300 Touhy Ave. SH:9:30am-4pm. A: $2. Bob Craig, PH: 847- 381-5820.
May 15 NY, New York City. Record & CD Collectors Expo. Holiday Inn, , 440 W. 57 St. SH:10am-4pm. A: $6., under 12 free. T: 100. F Falk, PO Box 251, Hamburg, NJ, 07419. PH: 973- 209-6067 or www.showsandexpos.com
May 16 CT, Danbury. Record & CD Convention. Holiday Inn, Exit 8 off I-84. SH:10am-5pm. A: $4. F: $50. Trash American Style, PH: 203- 426-0306.
May 16 IL, Hillside. Chicagoland Record Collectors Show. Best Western, 4400 Frontage Rd. SH:9am-4pm. A: $3. F: $45. John Govi, 3045 Worcester Ln., Aurora, IL, 60504. eves, PH: 630- 898-1533.
May 16 MI, Roseville. Metro Detroit Record Show. VFW Hall, 25671 Gratiot (N. of 10 Mile Rd.). SH:10am-4pm. A: $3. F: $40. Al Campbell, PO Box 277, Warren, MI, 48090. eves, PH: 586- 759-5133.
May 16 NY, Manhattan. 2nd Childhood Memorabilia Show A Once in a Life Time All Star Show. Holiday Inn, 440 W. 57th St. SH:10am-7pm. Jerry, PH: 239- 223-0104.
May 16 Canada, ON, Kitchener. Record & CD Show. Holiday Inn, 30 Fairway Rd. S. SH:10:30am-4pm. A: $4. Ray, PH: 905-777-1763 or www.vibrations.ca
May 22 MI, Lansing. Record & CD Collectors Show. Quality Inn, 3121 E. Grand River Ave. SH:11am-4pm. A: free. F: $30. Wildwood Records, Ken, PH: 574- 329-1483.
May 22-23 RI, Providence. Rock & Roll Yard Sale. SH:Sat. 12noon-6pm, Sun. 12noon-5pm. A: free. What Cheer Antiques & Vintage, 7 S. Angell St., Providence, RI, 02906. what.cheer.records@gmail.com
May 23 IN, Fort Wayne. Record & CD Collectors Show. Franke Park Zoo Pavillion #1, 3411 Sherman Blvd., I-69, Exit 109A. SH:11am-5pm. A: free. F: $25.-$45. Wildwood Records, Ken, PH: 574- 329-1483 or Mark, eves, PH: 260- 482-2525.
May 23 MD, Arbutus. Record & CD Show. Fire Hall, 5200 Southwestern Blvd. SH:9am-3pm. A: free. F: $30. Ray Quigley, 1 Colgate Ct., Baltimore, MD, 21228. PH: 410-455-0418.
May 23 MA, Dedham. New England Compact Disc & Record Expo. Holiday Inn. SH:10am-4pm. A: $5. PH: 781- 986-4538.
May 23 NY, Westchester. Record CD Riot. Rochelle Radisson, One Radisson Plaza. SH:10am-4pm. A: $3. F: $60. PH: 914-948-2674 or www.recordriots.com
May 29 AZ, Phoenix. Record Swap Meet. AZ American Italian Club, 7509 N. 12th St. SH:9am-1pm. A: $5.-$2. F: $20. for 1, $15. ea add’l. Sam, PH: 602- 265-9853 or www.rare-az.org
May 30 CA, Buena Park. Greater Orange County Record Show. UFCW Union Hall, 8530 Stanton Ave. SH:10am-3pm. A: $3. F: $65. Steve Brunner, PH: 626- 963-9717 or www.asavinyl.com/record_show.htm
May 30 Canada, ON, Sudbury. Record & Collectables Show. Caruso Club, 385 Haig St. SH:10am-4pm. A: $3. F: $65. Ivan Amirault, PH: 705- 525-5958.
Jun 5 NY, New York. Music Memorabilia Show. Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 W 72nd St, 4th Floor. SH:10am-2pm. A: free. weekdays, PH: 212- 579-0689 or info@musiccollecting.com or www.musiccollecting.com
Jun 6 MA, Peabody. Peabody Boston Record Collectors Show. Holiday Inn, 1 Newbury St. SH:9:30am3:30pm. A: $5. F: $30.-$40. Bobby, PH: 781- 654-5333 or Greg, PH: 617-596-9686 or bhuu6@aol.com or www.home.comcast.net/~theoriginalsix/site .
Jun 6 PA, Allentown. Summer 2010 Lehigh Valley Music Expo. Merchant Square Antique Mall, 1901 S. 12th & Vultee St. SH:10am-?. A: $3. F: $55. in adv, $65. thereafter. Surround Sound Prods., 801 N. Broad St., Wescosville, PA, 18106. PH: 610- 530-7606 or day of show, PH: 610- 797-7743.
Jun 6 TN, Nashville. Music Collectors’ Convention. Radisson Hotel, 1112 Airport Center Dr. SH:10am-3pm. A: $3., under 12 free with adult. F: $35. one wk in adv, $40. thereafter. Alpha Records & Music, Gerald Ruark, POB 17575, Indianapolis, IN, 46217. PH: 317- 882-3378.
Jun 12 NJ, Wayne. 2nd Sat. Record & CD Collectors Show. Firemen’s Conv. Ctr., 97 Parish Dr. SH:10am-4pm. A: $6., under 12 free. T: 100. F Falk, PO Box 251, Hamburg, NJ, 07419. PH: 973- 209-6067 or www.showsandexpos.com
Jun 13 CA, Newark. Music Swap Meet. Pavilion, 6430 Thornton Ave. SH:8:30am-1pm. A: $3. F: $45.-$60. Charlene White, PH: 408- 263-5127.
Jun 13 IN, South Bend. Record & CD Collectors Show. Comfort Suites, 52939 Indiana 933, corner of Cleveland Rd. SH:11am-5pm. A: free. F: $30. Wildwood Records, Ken, PH: 574- 329-1483.
Jun 13 KY, Louisville. Music Collectors’ Convention. Holiday Inn, I-64 & Hurstbourne Pkwy. SH:10am-3pm. A: $3., under 12 free with adult. F: $35. one wk in adv, $40. thereafter. Alpha Records & Music, Gerald Ruark, POB 17575, Indianapolis, IN, 46217. PH: 317- 882-3378.
Jun 13 NJ, Springfield. Greater NJ Record & CD Show. Holiday Inn, Rt. 22 W. SH:10am-4pm. A: $6., $3. seniors, under 12 free. F: $75. PH: 908- 995-4570.
Jun 13 PA, Lancaster. Pennsylvania Music Expo. Continental Inn, 2285 Lincoln Hwy. E. SH:9am-3pm. A: free. Keystone Record Collectors, PH: 717- 898-1246 or www.recordcollectors.org
Jun 13 WA, Tacoma. Northwest Vinyl Only Meet. VFW Hall, 2000 S. Union Ave. SH:10am-5pm. A: $3. F: $35. PH: 253-627-1342 or PH: 253- 851-0810 or rockabillywax@yahoo.com
Jun 13 WI, Milwaukee. Music Marketplace. American Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave. SH:10am-4pm. A: $3. F: $45. Bill, PH: 847- 409-9656.
Jun 19 NY, New York City. Record & CD Collectors Expo. Holiday Inn, , 440 W. 57 St. SH:10am-4pm. A: $6., under 12 free. T: 100. F Falk, PO Box 251, Hamburg, NJ, 07419. PH: 973- 209-6067 or www.showsandexpos.com
Jun 20 MD, Arbutus. Record & CD Show. Fire Hall, 5200 Southwestern Blvd. SH:9am-3pm. A: free. F: $30. Ray Quigley, 1 Colgate Ct., Baltimore, MD, 21228. PH: 410-455-0418.
Jun 27 CA, Buena Park. Greater Orange County Record Show. UFCW Union Hall, 8530 Stanton Ave. SH:10am-3pm. A: $3. F: $65. Steve Brunner, PH: 626- 963-9717 or www.asavinyl.com
Jun 27 MI, Kalamazoo. Record & CD Collectors Show. County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake St., Sprinkle Street Exit from I-94 N. SH:11am-5pm. A: free. F: $40. Wildwood Records, Ken, PH: 574- 329-1483
I will be off line for the next week or so and hope that you come back to SoundStageDirect and keep reading about music and vinyl records. We are relocating again and hopefuly I can be back at it by next Saturday. Have a safe and happy week!
Dokken has announced a new release package, “Greatest Hits 2.” It will contain all new versions of many classics and two new tracks, “Almost Over” and “Magic Man,”and two newly recorded covers. Those covers are “Bus Stop,” originally recorded by the Hollies and “Lies,” first done by The Knickerbockers. King Records will release the album in Japan on April 21st and be available to the US on Cleopatra's Deadline Records.
Dokken live on June 21, 2008 in West Fargo, ND. Photo by Matt Becker"Greatest Hits 2" track listing:
01. Just Got Lucky
02. Breaking The Chains
03. Into The Fire
04. The Hunter
05. In My Dreams
06. It's Not Love
07. Alone Again
08. Dream Warrior
09. Unchain The Night
10. Tooth And Nail
11. Almost Over (new song)
12. Magic Man (new song)
13. Bus Stop (the HOLLIES cover)
14. Lies (THE KNICKERBOCKERS cover)
Tour footage of Dokken recently performing the song “Dream Warriors” on March 27, 2010 at GB Leighton's Pickle Park in Fridley, Minnesota can be viewed below.
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Misfits Records To Release New Music From JuiceheaD On April 13, 2010
As if Record Store Day (http://www.recordstoreday.com/) couldn't get any bigger, it does! Misfits Records is proud to announce two new tracks from the Chicago power-punk trio JuiceheaD will be available as a Limited Edition 7-inch colored vinyl for Record Store Day! The two brand new tracks come from JuiceheaD's forthcoming studio album, How to Sail A Sinking Ship. The vinyl's first pressing will be a Record Store Day exclusive!
There will be a pressing of 500, Limited Edition pieces worldwide that will feature an amazing color mix of gold and oil spill inflected deep ruby swirled vinyl to match the foreboding stormy skyline in the sleeve art.
The label is issuing a warning, if you want the record, snatch it while you can because of the limited amount pressed. The 7-inch single comes with a FREE Digital Download card redeemable anywhere for MP3s of both new songs: 'Rotting from the Inside' (Side A) and 'Death of Democracy' (Side B).
The tracks and forthcoming LP How To Sail A Sinking Ship were produced by longtime Misfits & Ramones collaborator John Cafiero. The producer and Osaka Popstar frontman also guests on backing vocals for the track "Rotting From The Inside."
The 7-inch sleeve features an illustration by artist Joe King (Crooks N Castles, Billabong, and Obey Giant). Iconic artist Shepard Fairey personally recommended King for the project to Cafiero.
JuiceheaD have also lined up a special in-store FREE live performance and record signing in their hometown of Chicago for Record Store Day weekend!
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EMPIRES OF EDEN: 'Reborn In Fire' Artwork Unveiled
The cover artwork for "Reborn in Fire" — the upcoming album from EMPIRES OF EDEN, the brainchild of PAINDIVISION/ex-DUNGEON guitarist Stu Marshall — can be viewed below. The artwork was created by U.S.-based artist Alex Ruiz.
Due in early June via 7Hard Records, "Reborn in Fire" will feature "some of the world's most respected heavy metal voices," including American vocalist Mike Vescera (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, LOUDNESS, OBSESSION). It "delivers an epic and aggressive power metal assault in the style of AVANTASIA and the collaborative genius of AYREON," according to a press release.
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MASTODON Schedules Raleigh In-Store Appearance
Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will appear inside Schoolkids Records in Raleigh, North Carolina at 4 p.m. on "Record Store Day" (April 17) to celebrate the vinyl release of their "Blood Mountain" album.
The vinyl reissue of "Blood Mountain" will be available in both standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition of "Blood Mountain" will be pressed on double 45 RPM discs on super-heavy 180-gram vinyl housed in a grand gatefold sleeve that will feature new custom art from Paul Romano.
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R.E.M. fans have the chance to pick up a vinyl copy of their debut EP, Chronic Town, at some participating stores during next Saturday's Record Store Day. The copies will be pressed in blue vinyl.
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music and vinyl record collecting. He also serves as a contributor to SoundStageDirect, LLC at http://www.soundstagedirect.com. Mr. Benson also operates www.collectingvinylrecords.com where you can pick up a copy of his eBook "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
Born on this day in 1958, Stuart Adamson, guitarist and vocalist with Skids and Big Country, who had a 1983 UK #10 single with "Fields Of Fire" plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. Adamson died on December 16, 2001.
June Pointer of the Pointer Sisters ("Yes We Can Can") died of cancer in 2006.
History:
The SPEBSQSA (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America) was founded in 1936.
James Brown debuts on the R&B charts in 1956 with "Please, Please, Please."
Travelling from Amarillo to Nashville in 1956, the plane that Elvis Presley was flying on developed engine trouble and was forced to make an emergency landing. The incident created a fear of flying for Presley.
In 1961, Bob Dylan played his first live gig in New York City at Gerde's Folk City, opening for John Lee Hooker.
The Beatles set a new chart record in 1964 when they had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The songs ranged from "Can't Buy Me Love" at #1 to "Love Me Do" at #81.
In a rare joint appearance both The Beatles and Rolling Stones performed at the New Musical Express concert in 1965. The show features the magazine’s poll winners. Also on the bill are the Animals and Kinks, along with numerous pop acts.
Frank Sinatra recorded "Strangers In The Night" in 1966.
Big Brother & the Holding Company make their national TV debut on ABC's "Hollywood Palace" in 1968.
Peter Green quit Fleetwood Mac while on tour in Germany in 1970, to avoid breach of contract he agreed to finish the current tour.
The Beatles started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1970 with "Let It Be." It became the group's 19th US #1 in 6 years.
In 1973, the Beach Boys appeared at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. The Beach Boys were at a very low ebb in popularity in America and this show proved a financial disaster for the promoter, with less than 3,000 tickets sold for the 16,000 capacity venue. Opening act was Mothers Finest and middle of the bill was Bruce Springsteen who played a 60-minute set.
In 1977, Alice Cooper played to an audience of 40,000 in Sydney, Australia, the largest crowd to attend a rock concert in the country's history. After the show Cooper was placed under house arrest at his hotel until he posted a bond for $59,632. That amount was the sum that a promoter claimed to have paid Cooper for a 1975 Australia tour he never made. The two settled when it was found that the promoter did not fulfill his part of the agreement either.
In 1981, Eddie Van Halen married actress Valerie Bertinelli, co-star of the 1980's television hit, One Day at a Time. The two had met eight months earlier when Bertinelli's brother took her to a Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Hall and Oates started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1981 with "Kiss On My List," the duo's second US #1 hit.
Cliff Richard starred in the Dave Clark-produced stage musical, "Time" in 1986 (also featuring Dione Warwick, Leo Sayer and Queen's Freddie Mercury).
Cher won an Academy Award in 1988 for best actress for her work in 'Moonstruck.'
Elton John sang at the funeral of AIDS victim Ryan White in 1990.
Oasis released their first single "Supersonic" in 1994.
Nirvana's album 'In Utero' was certified double-platinum in 1994.
Peter, Paul and Mary released their 17th album, 'LifeLines' in 1995.
Paul McCartney gave a twenty-minute concert from the roof of a building he owns in London in 1997.
In 2006, 10,000 Elton John related items, including clothing and accessories, went on sale to benefit Elton John AIDS Foundation. The event, dubbed Elton's Closet, was held in New York's Rockefeller Center.
The Doors' spin-off group, Riders On The Storm, with original members keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger, launched a European tour in Dublin in 2006.
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music and vinyl record collecting. He also serves as a contributor to SoundStageDirect, LLC at http://www.soundstagedirect.com Mr. Benson also operates www.collectingvinylrecords.com where you can pick up a copy of his eBook "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
Produced by: Nick Lowe Engineered by: Bazza Mixed by: N/A Mastered by: Shawn R. Britton at Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs
Review by: Michael Fremer 2010-04-01
Though it was probably one of the most audacious debuts in rock history and quickly established him as one of the premier songwriters of his generation, Elvis Costello’s My Aim is True has always felt more like a publisher’s demo reel than as a recording intended for commercial release.
Backed up by members of the Bay area group Clover who were then living in the U.K. and recorded in a 24 hour hurry at a small suburban London studio for around $1500 My Aim is True still managed to capture the D.I.Y. spirit of the time so its sparse esthetic resonated with the intended audience.
Though Costello had toiled for almost a decade, his success was deemed “overnight” because the album seemed to take off as quickly as it had been recorded. In short order, thanks to My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello became a major rock star.
While the quality of the songs like “Alison” and “The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes” trumped the glazed, often distant, indistinct sound (not to mention the outlandish Buddy Holly meets cerebral palsy cover pose and the cartoonish name Declan McManus chose for himself), My Aim is True has always been difficult to listen to, especially on a good audio system—until now.
I’ve got an original UK Stiff pressing (that omits the single “Watching the Detectives” only found on the American Columbia issue) mastered by the great George “Porky” Peckham and I would never bet against any “Porky Prime Cut,” but in this case, the guys at Mobile Fidelity have not only beat Porky, they’ve produced a near miracle!
Heretofore buried in the glaze instruments now appear with utter clarity thanks to the timbral honesty and transparency of the new transfer from the original master tape. While the tracks are still raw and basic, they have newfound polish, body and three-diimensionality. If you’re a fan of this pre-Attractions album, I think you’ll be absolutely astonished by what Mobile Fidelity has done here.
You know the old expression “you can’t polish a turd?” Well as great as the music is here, the album has always been a sonic turd on vinyl (the Columbia original is markedly inferior to the Stiff “Porky” pressing) and on any of the multiple CD reissues from Ryko to Rhino to UMG. Not so on this reissue.
Somehow Mobile Fidelity has removed the edge and glaze and not by smothering and softening, but rather by stripping away the unpleasantness to reveal an honest, supple, remarkably three-dimensional and immediate recording. I don’t know how they did it or why no one else who tried managed, but they did.
The gatefold incorporates lyrics and images of the master tape boxes and Mobile Fidelity has generously and wisely included “Watching the Detectives.” Add a fine 180 RTI pressing and you have one of Mobile Fidelity’s most significant reissues. “Resurrection” might be a more appropriate word for what’s been done.
I’m not saying Mobile Fidelity has turned My Aim is True into an audiophile sonic spectacular, but if you’re a long time fan of this album, when you hear the details that have been uncovered, along with the rhythmic clarity and certainty that’s been previously missing on every other issue, you may conclude they have.
Thanks to Michael over at http://www.musicangle.com for the exclusive rights to reprint this material.
Blur are set to release a new single for the first time in seven years.
It is thought that just 1,000 copies of the record will be issued to highlight Record Store Day, supporting independently-owned music shops. A title for the new material is yet to be revealed and its release will mark the first single from Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon, and Dave Rowntree since Good Song in 2003.
It is understood the single will contain two brand new tracks, and further details are likely to be revealed next week.
The foursome reunited for a string of gigs last summer and featured in the documentary No Distance Left To Run. Albarn said in a statement: ''We want independent record stores to continue - they're an important part of our musical culture. Music is a simple way for Blur to show our support and we hope people like it.''
Although sources say the single is a one-off, it is likely to fuel hopes among the Britpop heroes' fans that further new material could be in the pipeline.
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Mates Of State Announce Covers Album Details
Mates of State have revealed a few details about their forthcoming covers album, ‘Crushes‘. The album, which will feature covers of 10 various artists, is set for release this summer. The album features covers from artists including The Mars Volta, Death Cab For Cutie, and Belle & Sebastian.
The forthcoming album is the duo’s first full length release and was recorded and produced by Mates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner themselves.
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Beatles and Lily Allen go vinyl for Record Store Day
The Rolling Stones, The Flaming Lips and Bat For Lashes are some of the other big names participating in the festivities courtesy of the Parlophone label. Each release will be limited to 1,000 copies and come in a vintage-style paper Parlophone house bag, available exclusively from independent record stores taking part in the event.
"Parlophone and our artists recognise the importance of our indie stores and their contribution to not only our new and developing artists but to our catalogue as a whole," said Parlophone president Miles Leonard of the limited-edition releases. Being able to support this campaign with some great seven-inch releases from the Beatles to Bat for Lashes is our way of thanking them for their continued support."
The full list of Record Store Day releases:
The Beatles: Paperback Writer/Rain
Lily Allen: Back To The Start/Kabul Shit
Babyshambles: Side Of The Road/UnBiloTitled
Bat For Lashes: Howl! (live at De La Warr Pavillion)/Wild Is The Wind (live at Grove Music Studios)
Tinie Tempah: Pass Out/Pass Out (SBTRKT Remix)
Chiddy Bang: Opposite Of Adults/Sooner Or Later
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse: Just War (featuring Gruff Rhys)/Just War (instrumental)
Eliza Doolittle: Pack Up/Rollerblades
Hot Chip: I Feel Bonnie (featuring Bonnie 'Prince' Billie)/Bear Witness
Jónsi: Do Do/Boy Lilikoi
Pet Shop Boys: Love Life/A Powerful Friend
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music and vinyl record collecting. He also serves as a contributor to SoundStageDirect, LLC at http://www.soundstagedirect.com. Mr. Benson also operates www.collectingvinylrecords.com where you can pick up a copy of his eBook "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
Terry Knight- Terry Knight and the Pack , Grand Funk Railroad (1943)
Gene Parsons - Byrds (1944)
Les Gray - Mud (1946)
Phillip Wright - Paper Lace (1948)
Hal Ketchum (1953)
Mark Kelly - Marillion (1961)
Joe Peters - Grant Lee Buffalo (1965)
Kevin Martin - Candlebox (1969)
Gerard Way - My Chemical Romance (1977)
Rachel Stevens - S Club 7 (1978)
Albert Hammond Jr - Strokes (1980)
Jesse McCartney (1987)
They Are Missed:
In 1976, American folk singer songwriter Phil Ochs, hung himself at his sister's home in Queens, New York. Wrote "There But A Fortune," a hit for Joan Baez.
Dave Prater of soul duo Sam & Dave was killed in 1988 when his car left the road and hit a tree in Syracuse, Georgia, on his way to his mother's house in Ocilla. He was 50. Recorded for Stax Records from 1965 - 1968, hits included "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Coming."
Singer and songwriter Brook Benton died in 1988 (age 56). Scored over 20 US top 40 singles, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly" and made a comeback in 1974 when he had the #4 hit "Rainy Night In Georgia."
Songwriter Mae Boren Axton died in 1997 (age 82) after drowning in her bath at her home in Hendersonville, Tennessee after an apparent heart attack. Known as the 'Queen Mother of Nashville' she wrote over 200 songs including a co-writing credit on the Elvis Presley hit "Heartbreak Hotel." Mother of country singer, songwriter Hoyt Axton.
Born on this day in 1932, Carl Perkins, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, (1956 US #2 & single "Blue Suede Shoes"). Perkins' songs were recorded by artists Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Johnny Cash. Perkins died on 19th Jan 1998 (age 65).
In 2009, Randy Cain, a founding member of US soul group The Delfonics died at his home in Maple Shade, New Jersey at the age of 63. The Philadelphia group, whose hits include "La-La (Means I Love You)," won an R&B Grammy in 1970 for their song "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time."
History:
Elvis Presley performed at the L.C. Humes High School talent contest in 1953, singing "Keep Them Cold, Icy Fingers Off Of Me" (he gets the most applause and is allowed to sing an encore of "Til I Waltz Again With You").
Gene Vincent recorded the classic rock 'n roll song "Be Bop-A-Lula" in 1956, which went on to be a US & UK Top 20 hit in this year.
In 1963, the Beatles appeared live on the ITV show Tuesday Rendezvous, miming "From Me to You" and "Please Please Me" (during the closing credits). In the evening The Beatles played live at the Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn, London.
In 1965, Bruce Johnston joined the Beach Boys as the permanent replacement for Brian Wilson.
The Rolling Stones made their first live appearance on British TV's "Ready Steady Go!" in 1965.
Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" was released in 1966.
The Righteous Brothers started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1966 with "You're My Soul And Inspiration."
The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane appeared at Cheetah, Santa Monica Pier, Venice, California in 1967. This was the largest show The Doors had played to date with a crowd of over 3,000
Paul McCartney quits the Beatles in 1970 (the group's breakup is announced to the press the next day).
Paul McCartney released the song "My Love" in 1973.
The Jackson 5 played the first of 15 shows at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in 1974.
Abba went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1977 with "Dancing Queen," the group's 7th US Top 40 hit and first #1.
Billy Ocean started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1988 with "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car."
In 1992, Fort Smith, AR resident Sean Pierce is walking home wearing a T-shirt he purchased the day before at a Van Halen concert when he’s arrested for “violating a statute against wearing a smutty shirt.” The shirt has the title of one of the group's albums printed on it: "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.” How could anyone have a problem with that? Van Halen offers to pay Pierce's fine.
Pantera entered the US album chart at #1 in 1994 with 'Far Beyond Driven.'
R. Kelly started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1994 with "Bump N' Grind," his first US #1 hit.
Soundgarden officially disbanded in 1997.
NSYNC started a seven week run at #1 on the US album chart in 2000 with ‘No Strings Attached.’
In 2008, R.E.M.'s "Accelerate" sells 115,000 copies in its first week to land at #2 on the Billboard 200 (U.S.). The album makes its debut at #1 in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the Czech Republic and #2 in Germany, Italy, Holland and Austria.
Also in 2008, Green Day admitted (in an email to MTV) that they are also the Garage Rock band Foxboro Hot Tubs. The group posted a downloadable EP titled "Stop Drop and Roll!!!" for free a couple months earlier.
When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors is released in select US theaters in 2010. The biographical film, charting the group’s rise and fall, is narrated by actor Johnny Depp.
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music and vinyl record collecting. He also serves as a contributor to SoundStageDirect, LLC at http://www.soundstagedirect.com. Mr. Benson also operates www.collectingvinylrecords.com where you can pick up a copy of his eBook "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
WARNER BROS. RECORDS AND AFFILIATED LABELS ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE VINYL RELEASES FOR NATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY ON APRIL 17TH
Burbank, CA – Warner Bros. Records has announced that it will make a series of vinyl albums and singles available on April 17th exclusively in honor of Record Store Day — a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.
These very special exclusive releases are as follows:
The Flaming Lips and Stardeath And White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins And Peaches: Dark Side of the Moon (Warner Bros. Records)
The Flaming Lips, have teamed up with their Oklahoma City brethren, Stardeath And White Dwarfs to record their own unique take of Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic album The Dark Side Of The Moon, under the title of The Flaming Lips and Stardeath And White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins And Peaches. The collaborative project was recorded after several weeks of both bands touring the world together and mutually citing Pink Floyd as one of their favorite bands of all time and The Dark Side Of the Moon as one of their primary influences. Vinyl package marks the first physical exclusive release of this special collaboration.
Devo: Duty Now For The Future (Warner Bros. Records) Devo’s second album, captures the group in the midst of a significant stylistic shift, finding them bringing the keyboards that were used as punctuation on their earlier material into the forefront, adding a new level of irony to their “little minds through big technology” philosophy. Remastered and restored from the original analog tapes by Bernie Grundman Mastering on regular-weight, 140-gram color vinyl.
Mastodon: Blood Mountain (Reprise Records)
Mastodon’s third album and their first for Reprise Records, Blood Mountain isn’t just unconventional, it’s surreal, progressive and unrepentantly heavy. Instead of writing songs for rock radio, Mastodon drew inspiration from within, combining their favorite musical styles, including thrash, doom, prog and psychedelic metal to concoct something utterly original, undeniably devastating and irrefutably entrancing. Released in two editions: one single regular-weight 140-gram colored vinyl disc in a mixed batch of three colors; deluxe edition features two heavyweight, 180-gram black vinyl 45 RPM discs.
Wilco: Kicking Television (Nonesuch Records)
Kicking Television–Live in Chicago, recorded over four nights in May 2005 at The Vic Theatre. “It’s really the best it’s ever felt,” Jeff Tweedy told the Detroit Free Press earlier this year. “I would say at this point, I don’t think I’ve ever been in a band that’s felt this connected and unified with this collective vision.” To document that collective vision that band called upon veteran mixing engineer Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, Johnny Cash) to capture the energy, excitement, clarity and musicality that has earned Wilco continued praise for their live shows around the world. This deluxe vinyl package features four heavyweight (180g) black vinyl discs in poly-lined sleeves, pressed at Pallas. Disc 4 features 8 previously unreleased tracks.
The Velvet Underground: Live 1969, Vol. 1 & 2 (Original Recordings Group)
In 1969, The Velvet Underground toured the United States and Canada, playing over 70 dates. While many of the shows were recorded in part or whole by their new and growing fan base with the handheld consumer equipment of the day, two of the shows were recorded in decent quality.
The first being a live performance, at the End of Cole Ave. Club in Dallas, Texas in October. This show was recorded on tape by a fan who that an engineer and brought his own equipment. The second show to be recorded happened the following month in November, at The Matrix in San Francisco. The first release of The Velvet Underground Live 1969, came out on Mercury Records in September, 1974. Remastered and restored for the first time for vinyl in more than 20 years by Bernie Grundman Mastering on heavy-weight, 180-gram vinyl.
Sonic Youth: EVOL (Original Recordings Group)
EVOL is the third studio album from Sonic Youth, originally released in 1986
on SST Records. The album is notable for being the first with new drummer Steve Shelley, replacing Bob Bert, and for showing signs of the band transitioning away from their noise-rock past and toward a greater rock sensibility. The record marks the second album for the band in which it had worked with New York singer/performance artist Lydia Lunch. Remastered and restored for the first time for vinyl in over 20 years by John Golden at Golden Mastering, pressed at RTI on heavyweight (180 gram) pink vinyl.
Sonic Youth: Confusion is Sex (Original Recordings Group)
Confusion Is Sex, the debut album from Sonic Youth, was originally released in 1983 on Glenn Branca’s label Neutral Records label. In 1995, it was reissued on CD from DGC Records, with the extra tracks from the Kill Your Idols EP. Confusion Is Sex remains one of the most important and influential records to emerge from the American No Wave, post-punk scene which thrived through the late 1970s and early 1980s in the lower east side of New York, with bands like The Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Mars, and DNA. Remastered and restored for the first time for vinyl in over 20 years by John Golden at Golden
Mastering, pressed at RTI on heavyweight (180 gram) white vinyl.
Warner Bros. Records is proud to present our newest signing, EVEREST, just in time for Record Store Day. EVEREST formed in Los Angeles in 2007, and is comprised of Russell Pollard (vocals, guitar, drums, lyricist), Jason Soda (guitar, keys, vocals), Joel Graves (guitar, keys, vocals), Elijah Thomson (bass, vocals) and Davey Latter (drums, percussion). Their 2008 debut, Ghost Notes, drew strong critical marks and comparisons to primo Topanga Canyon, California country rock. However, none of this quite prepares one for their WB debut album, On Approach, available May 11, 2010, which finds the group in a full-tilt creative charge.
Warner Bros. Records will also release the following vinyl singles on April 17th exclusively for National Record Store Day:
Everest: Let Go (from the forthcoming LP) b/w By The Morning (previously unreleased) 7” Black Keys: “Tighten Up” b/w “Howlin’ For You” 12” Against Me!: “I Was A Teenage Anarchist” (Album version) b/w “I Was A Teenage Anarchist” (Acoustic Version) 7” Built To Spill: “Water Sleepers” b/w “Linus and Lucy Live” 7” Devo: “Fresh” b/w “What We Do” 12’ Tegan And Sara: “Alligator,” “Hell” b/w “The Cure,” “On Direction” (All AOL Sessions Versions) 7” Deftones: “Rocket Skates” (Album Version) b/w “Rocket Skates” (MB3 Remix) Muse: Exogenesis Symphony (Parts 1-3) 12”
Lastly, please come on out to say hello to your favorite Warner Bros. Records and related artists on Record Store Day at a record store near you!
American Band Grimey’s Nashville, TN Performance / Signing
Mastodon Schoolkids Raleigh, NC Signing
Against Me! Plan 9 Richmond, VA Performance / Signing
Carolina Chocolate Drops Criminal Atlanta, GA Performance
Jason Derulo J & R New York, NY Signing
New Boyz J & R New York, NY Signing
HIM Silver Platters Seattle, WA Signing
DEVO Zia Indio, CA Signing
MUTEMATH Zia Indio, CA Signing
The Cribs Zia Indio, CA Signing
About Record Store Day:
Record Store Day is managed by the Music Monitor Network and is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS), the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale on Saturday, April 17, 2010.
Record Store Day Contact: Perry Serpa at Good Cop Public Relations, Phone (718) 846-0518 or perry@goodcoppr.com or Cristina Parker at NoiseNY Public Relations. Phone (917) 684-0452 or email: cristina@noiseny.com
About Original Recordings Group:
ORG is an independent special projects label dedicated to the record collector experience. High quality and restored vinyl reissues from the best catalogs in the world. Focusing on classic alternative, rock, pop and jazz. Distributed by WBR available on Becausesoundmatters.com
DEAR JERRY:I just noticed something odd in the Captain & Tennille's Love Will Keep Us Together that I never noticed in over 30 years of hearing the song.
Near the end, as the music begins fading, Toni Tennille kind of half-sings and half-speaks something that sounds to me like my daddy is bad, or my daddy is back.
She seems to be off-mike, which, coupled with the relative volume of the music, makes it difficult to decipher.
What is she saying? Could this just be an inside joke between Toni and the Captain? Darcy Garza, Hampton Roads, Va.
DEAR DARCY: It could be, but it isn't.
Toni's mysterious line, in the coda about 15 seconds before the audio ends, is an acknowledgment to the writer of Love Will Keep Us Together, the legendary Neil Sedaka.
After 11 years without a Top 40 hit, Neil stormed back in late 1974 and '75 with the No. 1 hits, Laughter in the Rain and Bad Blood, along with writing Love Will Keep Us Together, also a No. 1.
That is why, near the end of the track, Toni proudly declares “Sedaka is back!”
Coincidentally, Neil is set to make yet another return. Read on:
DEAR JERRY:Years ago, you wrote about what a surprise it was that Neil Sedaka's Same Old Fool, a traditional country song, came out in 1960 right in the midst of all those huge teener hits: Oh Carol; Calendar Girl; Little Devil; Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen, Stairway to Heaven; etc.
When I finally found this single, oddly enough on the flip side of Calendar Girl, I couldn't believe how very country it is, complete with Nashville twang and a steel guitar.
Is there another hit song that surprised you more, in terms of being something you would never imagine being recording by that particular artist? For me, The Same Old Fool is the biggest shocker? Ronnie Whitcomb, Dallas, Texas
DEAR RONNIE: Only because I have yet to hear a Led Zeppelin remake of Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, my most memorable surprise in this category came when I first heard the Mills Brothers cover record of Get a Job (Dot 15695).
Issued in mid-January 1958, with the Silhouettes' waxing already in the Top 10 and headed for No. 1, the Mills Brothers stood no chance of overtaking the original.
This unanticipated song choice, their first release for Dot after 26 years with Brunswick and Decca, still managed to spend a couple of weeks in the Top 25 tunes, according to disc jockeys.
For those who haven't heard the short-lived doo-wop side of the Mills Brothers — likely about 99% of readers — their version is nearly identical to the Silhouettes, right down to all the yip-yip-yips and mum-mum-mums.
IZ ZAT SO? From Tiger Rag (1931) to The Jimtown Road (1969) the Mills Brothers chalked up over 70 hit records — an impressive output made even more so by the 38-year span covered, the most ever by any Pre-Rock Era vocal group. No other groups are even close.
One novelty part of their act was surprising listeners who thought the boys were accompanied by a guitar, trumpet, saxophone, and string bass. Those folks would later discover the only real instrument to be a single acoustic guitar, with all those other sounds convincingly produced vocally by the brothers.
Not many singers were so well-equipped to subsist during a musician's strike.
For the non believers, each of the Mills Brothers 78s on Brunswick prominently displayed this statement on the label: “No musical instruments or mechanical devices used on this recording other than one guitar.”
Jerry Osborne answers as many questions as possible through this column.
Born on this day in 1915, Billie Holiday, (Elinore Harris), the greatest female jazz singer of all time. Made over 100 records, worked with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, numerous arrests for drugs possession. Died on 17th July 1959 from liver failure, aged 44.
The late Percy Faith ("Theme From A Summer Place") was born in 1908. He died on February 9, 1976
In 1981, producer and manager, Kit Lambert died of a cerebral hemorrhage after falling down a flight of stairs at his mother's home in London, England. Lambert managed The Who from 1964-1967 and produced the 'Tommy' album. Also produced Arthur Brown's 1968 hit 'Fire'.
Plasmatics’ lead singer and guiding force, Wendy O. Williams, commited suicide in 1998.
In 2000, Heinz, bass player and singer with The Tornadoes died (age 57). The group had the Joe Meek produced 1962 UK & US #1 single "Telstar," making them the first UK group to score a US #1 single. Heinz had the 1963 solo hit "Just Like Eddie," a tribute to Eddie Cochran, (which featured future Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore).
Born today in 1938, Spencer Dryden, drums, Jefferson Airplane. Died of cancer on January 10, 2005.
Born today in 1952, Bruce Gary, The Knack. Was best known as the drummer for the music group The Knack. He was nominated for two Grammy Awards as a stage performer, producer, and recording artist. He died on August 22, 2006 at the age of 55 at the Tarzana Regional Medical Center in Tarzana, California of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.)
History:
The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway in 1949.
In 1956, The CBS Radio Network premiered the first regularly scheduled national broadcast rock & roll show, Alan Freed's 'Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party.'
Little Richard’s classic “Long Tall Sally” was released in 1956.
In 1958, the Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show played two shows at the Memorial Hall in Canton, Ohio, featuring, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon, The Diamonds, Billy Ford, Danny & The Juniors, The Chantels, Larry Williams, Screaming Jay Hawkins, The Pastels and Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
Marty Robbins recorded "El Paso" in 1959.
Shelley Fabares started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1962 with "Johnny Angel."
While at Ealing Jazz Club in 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones for the first time. Jones was calling himself Elmo Lewis and was playing guitar with Paul Jones.
The Beatles played at the Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool in 1962, without George Harrison who was ill. This was the group’s last performance before leaving for their third extended engagement in Hamburg, West Germany.
Working at Abbey Road studio’s in London in 1966, the Beatles recorded overdubs on the new John Lennon song "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the new Paul McCartney song "Got to Get You Into My Life" for the forthcoming 'Revolver' album.
This week's US Top 5 singles chart in 1970; #5, "Bridge Over Trouble Water" by Simon and Garfunkel, #4, "Spirit In The Sky," Norman Greenbaum, #3, "Instant Karma" by John Lennon, #2, "ABC" The Jackson Five and at #1, "Let It Be," The Beatles.
"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" from "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1970.
Vicki Lawrence started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1973 with "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia."
Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple in 1975 to form his own band Rainbow. Tommy Bolin replaced Blackmore.
Aerosmith, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, The Boomtown Rats and Ted Nugent all appeared at the California Music Festival in 1979.
The Doobie Brothers went to #1 on the US album chart in 1979 with 'Minute By Minute', the group's only US chart topper.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their first full-scale tour in Hamburg, Germany in 1981. This was Springsteen's first tour outside North America, which would take in 10 countries.
In 1984, a record 40 British acts appeared on the US top 100 singles chart.
In 1985, Wham! became the first western pop group to perform live in China, when they played at the workers gymnasium in Beijing.
During a European tour in 1988, Alice Cooper accidentally hung himself in a rehearsal when a safety rope snapped; he dangled for several seconds before a roadie saved him.
Farm Aid IV in Indianapolis in 1990 had Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Bruce Hornsby, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Don Henley, Guns N’ Roses, John Mellencamp and the ever crusty Willie Nelson. There's even a surprise performance by Elton John.
Bonnie Raitt started a three-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1990 with 'Nick Of Time.'
Taylor Dayne went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1990 with the Diane Warren song "Love Will Lead You Back."
In 1994, Courtney Love was arrested on drugs and theft charges after a reported overdose. At this time, Love was unaware that her husband Kurt Cobain was dead at their home, (his body wasn’t discovered until April 8, by an electrician who had arrived to install a security system at their house).
In 1997, an Amsterdam university began offering a course entitled "Madonna 101."
Panic At The Disco were at #1 on the Australian album chartin 2008 with their second album ‘Pretty Odd.’
Neil Young's “Fork In The Road” was released in 2009.
Green Day perform their "21st Century Breakdown" album in its entirety at a 500-capacity club in San Francisco in 2009. The trio is augmented by two extra guitarists and a keyboardist at the surprise show.
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music and vinyl record collecting. He also serves as a contributor to SoundStageDirect, LLC at http://www.soundstagedirect.com. Mr. Benson also operates www.collectingvinylrecords.com where you can pick up a copy of his eBook "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
Acker Bilk - Vintage Acker Bilk Vol 2
Al Cohn - Mosaic Select: Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green
Alder - Brendance
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Alizee - Une Enfant Du Siecle
Alvin Shine Robinson - Introduction
Amy Cook - Let the Light In
Andy Williams - Icons (4 CDs)
Angelique Kidjo - Oyo
Arcade Fire - Miroir Noir Ltd. Edition Deluxe
Awesome Color - Massa Hypnos
Baden Powell & Vini - Os Afro - Samba De Baden E Vinicius
Ben Sidran - Cat & The Hat
Benny Goodman - Wrappin' It Up
Bernie McGann - Bundeena
Bernie McGann - Kindred Spirits
Bernie McGann - Mcgann By Mcgann
Bernie McGann - Playground
Bernie McGann - Ugly Beauty
Bill Withers - +'Justments
Bing Crosby - Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56
Bing Crosby - Centennial Anthology (CD/DVD)
Black Prairie - Feast of the Hunters' Moon (vinyl)
BoDeans - Mr. Sad Clown
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey"
Bobby Mcferrin - Vocabularies
Bonobo - Black Sands (vinyl)
Brooklyn Rider - Dominant Curve
Buddy Holly and the Crickets - The Music of Buddy Holly and The Crickets: The Definitive Story"
Caetano Veloso - Domingo
Carey Blyton - Choral Music
Carey Blyton - Return Of Bulgy Gogo
Cary Brothers - Under Control
Cassandra Wilson - Silver Pony
Catherine Howe - What a Beautiful Place (vinyl)
Cheap Trick - One on One/Next Position Please (remastered)
Chris Barber - Chris Barber At The BBC Vol 2
Chris Botti - In Boston
Cinematic Orchestra - Late Night Tales
Civil Twilight - Civil Twilight
Codeine Velvet Club - Codeine Velvet Club (vinyl)
Common Loon - The Long Dream of Birds
Communist Daughter - Soundtrack To The End
Count Basie - Basie In London
Count Basie - Hall Of Fame
Crackin' - Crackin'
Crackin' - Makings of a Dream
Crackin' - Special Touch
Cure - Disintegration: 20th Anniversary Edition
Darkthrone - Circle the Wagons
Dave Barnes - What We Want, What We Get
Dave Brubeck - Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
Dave Brubeck - Three Classic Albums
Dave Brubeck - Time Out (45 RPM 200 Gram)
David Bowie - David Bowie (remastered with bonus CD)
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love (2-CD & DVD special edition)
David Grisman - Live
Death Cab for Cutie - Open Door (vinyl reissue)
Dionne Warwick - No Night So Long
Doors - When You're Strange (soundtrack)
Doves - The Places Between: The Best of Doves
Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame (vinyl)
Drive-By Truckers - Your Woman Is a Living Thing (vinyl)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (Deluxe Edition) (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Duran Duran - Seven & the Ragged Tiger (Deluxe Edition) (2 LPs) (Vinyl)
Elis Regina - Como & Porque
Elis Regina - Elis & Tom
Elis Regina - In London
Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill (remastered) (vinyl)
Elliott Smith - Roman Candle (remastered) (vinyl)
Emery - Are You Listening
Eraserheads - The Reunion Concert
Fabrizio Sotti - Inner Dance
Five In Orbit - Freaks
Fleetwood Mac - Perfect in Every Way
Flying Lizards - Flying Lizards (reissue)
Foreigner - SoundStage Presents Foreigner Live
Franciose Hardy - La Pluie Sans Parapluie
Frank Sinatra - Classic Sinatra Green Box
Free & Bad Company - Very Best of Free & Bad Company Featuring Paul Rodgers
Future Islands - In the Fall EP (vinyl)
Gene Autrey - South of the Border: Songs of Old Mexico
Gilberto Gil - Bandadois
Growing - Pumps (vinyl)
Guns N' Roses - The Rock Power Collection
Hacienda - Big Red & Barbacoa (vinyl)
Harlem - Hippies (vinyl)
Hawkwind - Astoria London 2005
Heart - Greatest Hits 1985-1995 Green Box
Heavenly Sweetness -Label Compilation
Helen O'Connell - Woman's Perogative
Hollywood Saxophone Quartet - Hollywood Saxophone Quartet
Hypernova - Through The Chaos
Ian Thomas Band - Still Here
Inaki Etxepare - Integral Per Violonceli Gasp
Isley Brothers - You Make Me Want To Shout 1956 - 59 (Original Recordings Remastered)
Jakob Dylan - Women and Country
Jan Daley - Where There's Hope
Jason Urick - Fussing and Fighting (vinyl)
Javelin - No Mas (vinyl)
Jazz Genius: The Flamingo Era - Jazz Genius: The Flamingo Era
Jazz Legends Forever -Sing Me A Love
Jefferson Starship - Soiled Dove
John Butler Trio - April Uprising
John Coltrane - Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
John Stetch - Carpathian Blues
John Stetch - Stetching Out
Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash (4 CDs)
Johnny Hodges - Four Classic Albums
Jon Secada - Classics
Jonsi - Go (vinyl)
Judson Claiborne: Time & Temperature
Judy Garland - Judy On Broadway Tonight
Karma to Burn - Almost Heathen( vinyl)
Karma to Burn - Wild Wonderful Purgatory (vinyl)
Kathy Sanborn - Small Galaxy
Ken Colyer - Very Very Live At The 100 Club
Ken Jazzmen Colyer - Very Very Live At The 100 Club
Ken Vandermark - Chicago Volume
Ken Vandermark - Milwaukee Volume
Kenny Rankin - After the Roses
Kiki & Herb - Live at the Knitting Factory
Kristy - My Romance
Lali Puna - Our Inventions
Larry Clinton - In Hi Fi
Lars Danielsson - Signature Edition
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Lee Konitz - Lee Konitz & Wayne Marsh
Lee Konitz - Meets Jimmy Giuffrie
Les Paul - After You've Gone 1944-45
Liars - Sisterworld (vinyl)
Look Mexico - To Bed to Battle
Lothar & the Hand People - Presenting Lothar & The Hand People
Lou Gramm - Ready Or Not
Luther Ingram - Absolutely the Best of
Madonna - The Sticky & Sweet Tour (CD/DVD)
Magnus Lindgren - Batucada Jazz
Marc Antoine - Notre Histoire
Martin Sexton - Sugarcoating
McGann - Double Dutch
Meklit Hadero - On A Day Like This...
Melissa Auf der Maur - Out Of Our Minds
Merle Haggard - Out Among The Stars / A Friend in California
Metallica - Broken, Beat & Scarred
Mi Ami - Steal Your Face (vinyl)
Michael Jackson - Dangerous (Vinyl)
Miles Davis - Relaxin
Mini Ripperton - Perfect Angel
Monster Movie - Everyone Is a Ghost
Murder By Death - Good Morning, Magpie
Nara Leao - Meu Primeiro Amor
Natural Four - Natural Four / Heaven Right Here on Earth
Negura Bunget - Maiestrit
New Heavenly Blue - New Heavenly Blue•Alan Parsons - Eye to Eye: Live in Madrid
Nguyen Le - Signature Edition
Nice Nice - Extra Wow (vinyl)
Nina Simone - Icons (4 CDs)
Nirvana - Incesticide (vinyl reissue)
Olaf Arnalds - Vid Og Vid
Ost - Garota De Ipanema
P.E. Jazz Ensemble Hewitt - Winter Winds
PJ Morton - Walk Alone
Pat Benatar - Greatest Hits Green Box
Patrick Park - Come What Will (vinyl)
Paul Jabara - The Third Album (Single)
Perry Como - Icons (4 CDs)
Peter Brotzmann - Woodcuts
Peter Wolf - Midnight Souvenirs
Phoenix - Fences (vinyl)
Pieta Brown - One & All
Poison - 20 Years of Rock Green Box
Porcupine Tree - Porcupine Tree: Arriving Somewhere
Priests - In Concert at Armagh Cathedral
Ralph Marterie - Into The 50's
Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz (Deluxe Edition)
Red Sparrowes - The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer (vinyl)
Rita Coolidge - Ladys Not for Sale / Fall Into Spring / Its Only (2 CDs)
Robin Trower - Twice Removed From Yesterday (remastered)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - Propellor Time (Vinyl)
S - I'm Not As Good at It As You
SRC - Milestones
Sally Seltmann - Heart That's Pounding
Sam Cooke - Live At Harlem Square (Vinyl)
Secret & Whisper - Teenage Fantasy
Shark Speed - Education
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way (vinyl)
Slash - Slash
Solomon Burke - Nothing's Impossible
Sonny Rollins - Prestige Albums
Sonny Stitt - Plays Giuffre Arrangements
Soundgarden - Hunted Down (vinyl)
Squeeze - Argybargy (remastered with bonus disc)
Stacey Kent - Raconte Moi
Staples (Staple Singers) - Family Tree
Staples (Staple Singers) - Pass It On
Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978 Green Box
Tensy Krismant / Miguel Nunez - Pacifico
The Classic Crime - Vagabonds
The Drums - Best Friend (vinyl)
The Radio Dept. - Heaven's on Fire
The Sight Below - It All Falls Apart
The Wedding Present - Live 1988
Tim Rollinson - You Tunes
Tom Jones - This Is Tom Jones: What's New Pussycat?
Triffids - Come Ride With Me Wide Open Road (10-CD box set)
True Womanhood - Basement Membranes
Tunng - Then We Saw Land (vinyl)
Ulf Wakenius - Signature Edition
Under Byen - Alt Er Tabt
Unleashed - As Yggdrasil Trembles
Various Artists - Franz Ferdinand Tribute (vinyl)
Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: Latin Party
Various Artists - Remember Me (soundtrack)
Various Artists - Smooth Jazz Tribute to Gorillaz
We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop (vinyl)
Whitney Houston - Collection (5 CDs)
Wolfgang Haffner - Signature Edition
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music and vinyl record collecting. He also serves as a contributor to SoundStageDirect, LLC at http://www.soundstagedirect.com. Mr. Benson also operates www.collectingvinylrecords.com where you can pick up a copy of his eBook "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
