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ROLLING STONES - Tumblin’ Dice
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Rock/Pop Tidbits
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John Fogerty’s comeback album, 1985’s “Centerfield”, included a couple of songs titled “Zantz Can’t Dance” and “Mr. Greed”, which were believed to be attacks on Fogerty’s former boss at Fantasy Records, Saul Zaentz. Zaentz responded with a lawsuit, which forced Fogerty to issue a revised version of “Zaentz Can’t Dance”, [...]
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales
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Week Ending 08/22/2009
1. LP - David Bowie “Ziggy Stardust” Acetate alternate tracks - $4,772.00
2. LP - Velvet Underground & Nico self-titled Mono White Label Promo - $3,119.00
3. 45 - The Suedes “13 Stories High” / “My Girl” Psychedelic - $2,375.00
4. 78 - The New Yorkers “There’s A Cradle In Caroline” [...]
This Date In Music History - August 24
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Birthdays:
David Freiberg - Quicksilver Messenger Service/Jefferson Starship (1938)
Mason Williams - 1968 hit “Classical Gas” (1938)
Ernest Wright - Little Anthony and the Imperials (1941)
Joe Chambers - Chambers Brothers (1942)
Jimmy Soul - “If You Wanna Be Happy” (1942)
Marshall Thompson - Chi-Lites (1942)
John Cipollina - Quicksilver Messenger (1943)
Jim Brady - Sandpipers (1944)
Ken Hensley [...]
Music News & Notes
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Larry Knechtel Dead at 69
Larry Knechtel, a keyboardist who won a Grammy for his arrangement of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” has died of an apparent heart attack at age 69. Knechtel was born in Bell, Calif., and performed live and in studio recordings with a wide range [...]
New DVD Releases: August 25, 2009
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These are the new DVD releases for this Tuesday.
Sunshine Cleaning
Synopsis: Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe [...]
Classic Rock Videos
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rolling stones-beast of burden
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Rock/Pop Tidbits
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This is a rerun of a popular daily feature here at
CollectingVinylRecords Blog, a feature I call Rock/Pop Tidbits; interesting facts about rock and pop music and artists, some humorous, some informative and some just silly. Long time readers will recognize some of these, but I have written up some new [...]
Famed L.A. record store Music Man Murray preparing to close
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By John Rogers of The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The 45s, the 78s, the vinyl LPs, the CDs are all spinning to a halt, and you can push the stop button on those old cylinder recorders.
Music Man Murray — who for almost a half-century has been L.A.’s go-to-guy for that [...]
Bird and Animal Names In Rock And Roll History- part twenty-seven
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Written By Robert Benson
Let’s continue our article series about “bird” and “animal” band names in rock and roll history, again focusing on some indie bands.
Taking his inspiration from film, photography, art and the climate in his home country of Finland, Marko Nyberg formed the indie band called Husky Rescue in [...]
Rock/Pop Tidbits
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This is a rerun of a popular daily feature here at
CollectingVinylRecords Blog, a feature I call Rock/Pop Tidbits; interesting facts about rock and pop music and artists, some humorous, some informative and some just silly. Long time readers will recognize some of these, but I have written up some new [...]
Even More Uses For Your Cell Phone
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This new application is being pushed for those who think a phone is some sort of magical do-it-all gadget. Me? If I need a picture of something, I use a camera. Well, for those of you who use these cell phones for more than just talking, texting, getting directions, surfing [...]
1st new Kiss album in 11 years? It’s a Wal-Mart special
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The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Wal-Mart is being embraced with a Kiss.
The veteran heavy metal group, Kiss, is joining a growing list of classic acts putting out new music through the world’s largest retailer.
“Sonic Boom” is due to be released only at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores on Oct. 6. [...]
This Date In Music History - August 22
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Birthdays:Bob Flanagan - Four Freshmen (1926)
Fred Milano - Belmonts (1939)
Joe Chambers - Chambers Brothers (1942)
Kathy Lennon - Lennon Sisters (1942)
Ron Dante - studio voice of the Archies, Detergents & Cuff Links (1945)
Gary Withem - Gary Puckett & the Union Gap (1946)
Donna Godchaux - Grateful Dead (1947)
Theresa Davis - Emotions (1950)
Frank [...]
Rock/Pop Tidbits
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Let’s start a rerun of a popular daily feature here at
CollectingVinylRecords Blog, a feature I call Rock/Pop Tidbits; interesting facts about rock and pop music and artists, some humorous, some informative and some just silly. Long time readers will recognize some of these, but I have written up some new [...]
Classic Rock Vidoes
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Rolling Stones - Like A Rolling Stone
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Michael Fremer Review
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I am very proud to continue our new feature (look for this every Friday), music reviews that are written by the senior contributing editor of Stereophile magazine- Michael Fremer. It has been a pleasure to speak with Michael and learn more about audio sound and equipment. In fact, his new [...]
USS Enterprise Record Player?
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Taken from the Star Trek Model Gallery we have here an Enterprise record player. It was designed from the NCC-1701 from the new Star Trek movie and uses the saucer section as the turntable where the music entitled “Space” can be seen playing.
Unfortunately it’s not real and just designed along [...]
Music News & Notes
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Cavo opening for Daughtry; lands on Billboard 200
St. Louis rock band Cavo’s new CD “Bright Nights, Dark Days” makes its debut on the Billboard 200 this week after selling 10,600 copies its first week out.
That’s good enough for a No. 48 debut on the charts.
Also, Cavo has been tapped to [...]
British Beatniks
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I have been thinking about the Beatnik movement in Britain that flourished at the end of the 1950s and into the early 1960s. It produced very little literature, a bit of music, some art and a few headlines. Beatniks were harassed in St. Ives Cornwall for their unwashed appearance and could not [...]
New Movie Releases: August 21, 2009
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These are movies coming to theater near you this Friday:
Inglourious Basterds (Wide release: 3,165 theaters)
Synopsis: Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where [...]
Classic Rock Videos
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Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want
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Ask Mr. Music - Jerry Osborne
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I am continuing our new feature: Ask “Mr. Music.” Now in its 23rd year of syndication (1986-2008), Jerry Osborne’s weekly Q&A feature will be a regular post every Wednesday from now on. Be sure to stop by Jerry’s site (www.jerryosborne.com) for more Mr. Music archives, record price guides, anything Elvis, [...]
Music News & Notes
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Memory Tapes Reveals Debut Album
Moniker-crazed one-man-band Dayve Hawk splits the difference between his Weird Tapes project (dancey, electro) and his Memory Cassette project (hazy, wistful) with Memory Tapes (dancey, yet wistful!). After the incredible, New Order-style single “Bicycle”, we now get news of the debut Memory Tapes LP, dubbed Seek [...]
This Date In Music History- August 20
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Birthdays:John Lantree - Honeycombs (1940)
Dave Brock - Hawkwind (1941)
John Povey - Pretty Things (1944)
Ralf Hutter - Kraftwerk (1946)
James Pankow - Chicago (1947)
Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin (1948)
Rudy Gatlin - Gatlin Brothers (1952)
Doug Fieger - Knack (1952)
John Hiatt (1952)
Fred Durst - Limp Bizkit (1971)
They Are Missed:
The late Isaac Hayes (”Theme From [...]