Archive for August, 2009
« Previous EntriesCan Vinyl Last Forever?
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Tips On The Care Of Vinyl Records
Written By Robert Benson
Ahhh, the sweet sound of a vinyl record playing your favorite music. Some say that there is no better way to listen to their music. Yes, vinyl records have made a triumphant return to the music arena, with sales over the [...]
Classic Rock Videos
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
rolling stones miss you
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]
Rock/Pop Tidbits
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
The song “Summertime Blues” was a US Top 40 hit in three different decades - in the fifties by Eddie Cochran (#8), the sixties by Blue Cheer (#14) and the seventies by The Who (#27).
The Mothers Of Invention are believed to have released the first double album with “Freak Out!” [...]
This Date In Music History- August 28
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Birthdays:
Clem Cattini - Tornadoes (1938)
Joseph Shabalala, founder of the popular world vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo (1941)
Ann “Honey” Lantree - Honeycombs (1943)
Daniel Seraphine - Chicago (1948)
Dave Hlubek - Molly Hatchet (1949)
Hugh Cornwell - Stranglers (1949)
Wayne Osmond - Osmonds (1951)
Shania Twain (1965)
Jack Black - Tenacious D (1969)
Max Collins - Eve 6 [...]
Beatles 09/09/09
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Honestly, I am not a gamer and wouldn’t know a x-box from a wi. But the Beatles Rock Band looks like an interesting piece of software and from what I have been reading, I doubt that they will be able to keep the store shelves stocked- everyone will want one. [...]
Music News & Notes
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
MEGADETH Mainman Talks About His Record Collection, Love Of VinylGermany’s Plattenladenwoche web site recently spoke to MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine about his record collection and love of vinyl. Watch the five-minute chat below.
MEGADETH’s new album, “Endgame”, is due on September 15 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at the [...]
Classic Rock Videos
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
The Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]
Rock/Pop Tidbits
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde were a popular English duo during the British Invasion and scored two US Top Ten hits in 1964 with “Yesterday’s Gone” and “A Summer Song”. After the pair had gone their seperate ways, Stuart served as the musical director for the US television show The [...]
Music News & Notes
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Pete Townshend Working on New Who Material
Floss is set to hit the stage in 2011.
Yes, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are still making music as the Who. Even though their 2006 comeback album Endless Wire was generally ignored and Daltrey is embarking on a solo tour this fall, Townshend has [...]
Vinyl records spin their way back into the mix
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
by Sean Hermann
Vinyl records have been around for just about seventy years now and while a number of people believe that it’s a craze of the past, generations of music fanatics are now proving them wrong.
Music collectors of all ages are getting in on the new vinyl obsession, while many [...]
Songwriter Ellie Greenwich Dies
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
If you listened to music in the 1960’s you heard some of the songs that Ellie Greenwich wrote or co-wrote during her illustrious songwriting career and it reads among early rock’s elite. Songs such as “Chapel of Love,” “Be My Baby,” “Da Doo Ron Ron” and “Leader of the Pack,” [...]
Entire Green Day Discography Released on Vinyl: Furnace MFG Completes Pressings of All Green Day Releases on Vinyl Format
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
With the manufacture and release of “21st Century Breakdown”, Furnace MFG completes a project to release every Green Day album on vinyl record. Furnace MFG continues to increase market share for vinyl record manufacturing based on audiophile quality vinyl production capabilities and fast turnaround times.
Fairfax, VA (PRWEB) August 26, 2009 [...]
Ninja Assassin
Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
Release date: Wednesday November 25, 2009
Genre: Action
Director: James McTeigue
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Screenplay: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski
Producer(s): Joel Silver, Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Grant Hill
Cast: Rain , Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kasugi, Rick Yune
Official Site: ninja-assassin-movie.warnerbros.com
Rating: R for strong bloody stylized violence throughout, and language
Available film art: Ninja Assassin [...]
Whiteout
Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
Release date: Friday September 11, 2009
Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
Director: Dominic Sena
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Screenplay: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes
Producer(s): Dean Vanech, Leslie Urdang, Miranda de Pencier
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Alex O’Loughlin, Shawn Doyle, Tom Skerritt
Official Site: whiteoutmovie.com
Rating: R for [...]
Movie Review: Shorts
Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
For a filmmaker who’s known for making ultra-violent genre fare, Robert Rodriguez has never failed to balance his cinematic machismo with his softer, more kid-friendly role as a father, taking time out between bloodbaths to create something for both his family and ours. Shorts is perhaps Rodriguez’s best and most [...]
Classic Rock Videos
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
ROLLING STONES LIVE IN RIO 1995 - Start me up
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]
Rock/Pop Tidbits
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Sam and Dave were a Soul singing duo who scored a half dozen hits on the US pop and R&B charts in the mid 1960s, including “Hold On, I’m Comin’”. The two didn’t get along very well and seldom spoke to each other off stage. Sam Moore said he lost [...]
Music News & Notes
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Jerry Lee Lewis releases country single, “Mean Old Man”
Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him number 24 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. The singer, songwriter, and outstanding pianist, Jerry Lee Lewis has turned [...]
Vinyl Collective Restocks
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
This news from www.vinylcollective.com Stop by and pick up some great vinyl and restock your collection!
We just got a ton of restocks and new records and records people have pre-ordered in. Most notable is we finally got in one of the Wilco LPs, Summerteeth. We also got in As Tall [...]
This Date In Music History-August 26
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Birthdays:
Nik Turner - Hawkwind (1940)
Vic Dana (1942)
Valerie Simpson - Ashford and Simpson (1948)
Bill and Dick Cowsill - Cowsills (1950)
Billy Rush - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1952)
Jet Black - Stranglers (1958)
Jimmy Olander - Diamond Rio (1961)
Annie Holland - Elastica (1965)
Dan Vickrey - Counting Crows (1966)
Shirley Manson - Garbage (1966)
Jeff [...]
Rare Cricket books
Submitted by Bookride Blog
Now that England have regained the Ashes, dealers in cricketiana will doubtless be rubbing their hands in anticipation of the expected surge of interest in cricket-related material . The football season has begun too, but although someone paid £19,000 in 2006 for an FA Cup Final programme of 1889 ( a record [...]
Ask Mr. Music- with Jerry Osborne
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Now in its 23rd year of syndication (1986-2008), Jerry Osborne’s weekly Q&A feature will be a regular post here at collectingvinylrecords blog. Be sure to stop by Jerry’s site (www.jerryosborne.com) for more Mr. Music archives, record price guides, anything Elvis, buy & sell collectibles, record appraisals and much more. I [...]
Rock/Pop Tidbits
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Helen Reddy’s husband, Jeff Wald, was also her manager. He was also the manager for Sylvester Stallone, George Foreman, James Brolin, George Carlin, Elliot Gould, Deep Purple, Donna Summer, Flip Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Chicago and Crosby, Stills & Nash, to name only a few.
In 1959, Philadelpia’s Overbrook Highschool boys basketball [...]
Music News & Notes
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
R.E.M. Release Date Set
R.E.M. and Warner Brothers Records have announced an October 27 release date for the new 2-CD release Live at the Olympia by R.E.M.
The new album chronicles the band’s five night stand at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre from July 2007 where they were doing “working rehearsals” prior to recording [...]
Beatles’ music crosses generations
Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Reissues will introduce new generation to tunes
By MARTIN LEWIS
The upcoming and very welcome reissue of the Beatles’ canon Sept. 9 in digitally remastered form is an inspiring event — and, to borrow the words of President Obama, presents us with a “teachable moment” about one of the unspoken prejudices that [...]