Archive for October, 2009
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I am continuing our 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, buy [...]
Grammy-Award Winning Wyclef Jean To Release Explosive New 13 Song EP
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DJ Drama Presents Wyclef Jean AKA Toussaint St Jean ‘From The Hut To The Projects To The Mansion’ on November 10th
FEATURING DJ DRAMA, EVE, CYNDI LAUPER, TIMBALAND, LIL KIM, AND OTHERS
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Wyclef Jean returns to his hip-hop roots with the gritty release of “DJ Drama [...]
Music News & Notes
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The Faces Reunion: More Than A One-Off
The Faces reunion in London on October 25 might not be just one show, as the band explains below:
The band are playing a charity event at the Royal Albert Hall, in aid of the PRS For Music Members Benevolent Fund and, says drummer Kenney [...]
Record Collecting - North of the Border
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Exhibitors say today’s young music fans are rediscovering the sounds of the ’60s and ’70s on vinyl
BY ALAN COCHRANE
In the late 1980s, the big record companies declared that vinyl was a dead format and compact discs were the way of the future.
Collectors, however, continue to buck the trend and prefer [...]
‘NCIS’ Soundtrack Features New Songs From Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and More
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The second soundtrack from one of nation’s highest rated TV shows will feature exclusive music by Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Joss Stone and John Mellencamp, CBS Records announced Monday. ‘NCIS: The Official Soundtrack — Vol. 2′ will highlight the songs used in this season of the CBS show, which stars [...]
Pop Singer Al Martino Passes Away at 82
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Pop singer Al Martino passed away on Tuesday afternoon at his childhood home in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He was 82.
Martino had seven top twenty hits and six top 20 albums, but he may be best known for playing the part of Johnny Fontaine in the movie The Godfather.
Martino was born October [...]
New Music Releases – October 13, 2009
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Ah Holly Fam’ly - Reservoir (vinyl)
Andrew Bird - Anonanimal (vinyl)
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Can’t Maintain (vinyl)
Anti-Pop Consortium - Fluorescent Black
Aretha Franklin - This Christmas
Bad Lieutenant - Never Cry Another Tear
Baroness - Blue Record
Barzin - Notes To An Absent Lover
Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Beaten Awake - [...]
Music News & Notes
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Uriah Heep Offer Limited Edition Celebration Artwork
Uriah Heep are offering fans the opportunity to buy one of just 300 prints of the artwork for new album Celebration.
These have been created by the artist, Ioannis, and measure 18 inches x 24 inches. Unframed, each is numbered and signed by Ioannis and [...]
This Date In Music History-October 13
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Birthdays:
Paul Simon (1942)
Robert Lamm - Chicago (1944)
Sammy Hagar - Montrose/Van Halen (1947)
John Ford Coley - England Dan & John Ford Coley (1948)
Simon Nicol - Fairport Convention (1950)
Marie Osmond (1959) .
Zak Starkey (1965)
Carlos Marín - Il Divo (1968)
Ashanti Douglas (1980)
They Are Missed:
Shirley Brickley, a founding member of the Orlons, died of [...]
Record albums have staying power
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Vinyls are coming back in style
By Amanda Dovel
Walking down the stairs of “Albums on the Hill,” the store is a cluttered mess of fliers, CD’s, posters and of course an entire room full of LPs. The new Built to Spill album “Good Ol’ Boredom” was playing in the background [...]
Vinyl Collective Top 10 Sales of the past week
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Stop By www.vinylcollective.com for some great muisc and awesome collectible vinyl!
1 Vinyl Collective Raffle Ticket 123 copies
2 MICAH SCHNABEL (of Two Cow Garage) “When the Stage Light Goes Dim” CD 108 copies
3 Suburban Home Chad Price Fall,Winter Sampler DIGITAL ALBUM (mp3) 68 copies
4 LAWRENCE ARMS “Buttsweat And Tears” 7″ 50 [...]
Waylon Jennings’ RCA Years Reissued On Collectors’ Choice
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Week Ending 10/10/2009
1. LP - The Beatles “Please Please Me” Stereo Parlophone Gold UK First Press - $7,328.72
2. LP - Johanna Martzy “Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas” Columbia Box set UK - $5,625.00
3. 45 - William Powell “Heartache Souvenirs” / “The Chicken Shack” Power-House - $5,000.00
4. LP - Jackie [...]
Music News & Notes
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THE MISFITS return with LAND OF THE DEAD
The Misfits are getting ready to release their first studio recordings since 2003’s MISFITS PROJECT 1950, and their first original material in over a decade.
The horror rock icons will release 2-new tracks, “Land of the Dead” and “Twilight of the Dead” digitally [...]
Munky King Eyegore Chrome Vinyl Figure is Watching You!
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Have you ever had the feeling you’re being watched? Well, now you know it’s true with the new designer vinyl toy from Munky King. The Munky King Eyegore Chrome designer toy is a fun take on the Von Dutch eyeball logo and a number of other pop culture trends. It was designed [...]
Australian Music to the World (THE SIXTIES)
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Here is another interesting article from my vinyl friend down under, Donald Kay:
by Donald J. Kay
Australian music from the sixties technically wasn’t recorded by Australians. We had overseas interests, migrants, which Australia would take under her wing and embrace and call them AUSSIE. Artists such as the Bee Gees, (UK) [...]
10 October 2009
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Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
(Richard Carlile.) THE POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE. Carlile, London 1819.
Current Selling Prices
$500-$700 /£350-£500
POLITICS / POLITICAL HISTORY
The rather muted publicity given to the bicentenary of Thomas Paine’s death this year reminds me of the interview I had with the late lamented maverick actor and [...]
Music News & Notes
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Liam Gallagher Confirms Oasis Split
“Oasis is no longer. I think we all know that.”
Back in August, it was reported that Noel Gallagher had quit Oasis, issuing a brief statement that he:
“simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.” In an interview with the London Times (via Billboard), [...]
Daybreakers
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Release date: Friday January 8, 2010
Genre: Horror
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Studio: Maple Pictures, Lionsgate
Screenplay: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Producer(s): Sean Furst, Chris Brown, Bryan Furst
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Michael Dorman, Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas, Vince Colosimo, Paul Sonkkila
Official Site: daybreakersmovie.com
Rating: Not Yet Rated
Available film art: Daybreakers movie posters
Synopsis
Fresh [...]
Music News & Notes
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Carly Simon To Tour
Carly Simon has never been one to play to the masses, especially when it includes long plane flights over large bodies of water. The singer suffers both stage freight and fear of flying, so Europe has always been out of the question.
Simon told Reuters on Thursday that [...]
Library Sales
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Above is a bookplate of extreme cuteness for a library probably long since dispersed. I like the quote from Kit Marlowe: ‘Infinite riches in a little room.’ The other quotation you see on bookplates of this period is Shakespeare’s “…..find tonques in trees,/books in babbling brooks,/sermons in stone,/ and good in everything…..” [...]
New Movie Releases: October 2, 2009
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These are the movie new releases for this Friday: The Invention Lying, Toy Story 2 in 3-D, Zombieland and Whip It.
The Invention Lying
Synopsis: From Ricky Gervais, the award-winning creator and star of the original BBC series “The Office” and HBO’s “Extras,” comes the new romantic comedy “The Invention of Lying,” [...]
New Action Figures For Sale!
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It’s been an awesome month for us at Rock-n-Roll-Action-Figures.com. We have added a ton of new action figures for sale this month. Our new action figure selection include some cool NECA Cult Classics action figures as well a few great new Funko Bobbleheads and action figures. We are also glad to announce [...]
New Music Releases October 6th, 2009
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Lots and lots of interesting releases this week including the new album from KISS, a solo effort from Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, boxed sets from Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and The Motown Collection. Also on the bill are reissues of classic music with New Order, Black Sabbath, Jesus Lizard and Kraftwerk [...]
In a digital age, there is still romance in music stores
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Here’s an interesting look at the music culture down under:
Defying international trends, Australians are buying albums in shops - especially when retailers make an effort, writes Bernard Zuel.
“We are social creatures, we are tactile creatures. People love to see, hear, feel, taste, listen to and they like a place that [...]
This Date In Music History-October 5
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Birthdays:
Bill Dana (better known as Jose Jimenez-”The Astronaut”) (1924)
Carlo Mastrangelo - Dion and the Belmonts (1938)
Arlene Smith - Chantels (1941)
Richard Street - Temptations (1942)
Steve Miller (1943)
Richard Kermode - keyboardist for Janis Joplin (1946)
Brian Johnson - Joined AC/DC in 1980, after the death of Bon Scott (1947)
Reggae vocalist Delroy Wilson (1948)
Lucius [...]