Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Vinyl Record News & Music Notes


from our friends at SoundStageDirect

Live At The Greek by Jimmy Page And The Black Crowes (Triple LP On White Vinyl) 

In the Summer and Fall of 1999, one of the best live rock ‘n’ roll bands and rock’s greatest guitarist united for a tour across the States, performing the best songs from the band that virtually invented Rock! Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page joined Chris and Rich Robinson and the rest of The Black Crowes to perform “Whole Lotta Love,” “Heartbreaker,” “What Is and What Should Never Be,” “Hey Hey What Can I Do” and many more Zep favorites. The band also ripped into blues classics like “Mellow Down Easy,” “Woke Up This Morning,” the Yardbirds classic “Shapes of Things” and the early Fleetwood Mac number “Oh Well.” Now, over a decade later from the original release, this classic collaboration is available for the first time on vinyl. Spanning three discs on white vinyl, Live at the Greek is a sterling recording of a legendary concert on the nights of October 18 and 19, 1999

“The combination of Page and the Crowes… is a win-win.” – Rolling Stone 

“Page & Crowes… reinvent the Led Zeppelin canon and a round of blues ravers… the concert album of the year and the first truly indispensible rock document of the new century.” – Billboard

“I’ve always thought the Crowes were one of the finest live rock bands around, period.” – Jimmy Page in Rolling Stone

“I’m humble in the face of Jimmy and his work and all the amazing things he’s done. I knew deep down that, of any band, we’re really one of the only ones that could have pulled this off well. And when we started playing the stuff ourselves… it just became more apparent.” – Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes

LP 1
 1. Celebration Day
 2. Custard Pie
 3. Sick Again
 4. What Is and What Should Never Be
 5. Woke Up This Morning
 6. Shapes Of Things
 7. Sloppy Drunk
 8. Ten Years Gone

LP 2
 1. In My Time of Dying
 2. Your Time Is Gonna Come
 3. The Lemon Song
 4. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
 5. Heartbreaker

LP 3
 1. Hey Hey What Can I Do
 2. Mellow Down Easy
 3. Oh Well
 4. Shake Your Money Maker
 5. You Shook Me
 6. Out On the Tiles
 7. Whole Lotta Love

Triple LP On White Vinyl 

Order a copy at SoundStageDirect


This Week's Bestselling Vinyl Records at SoundStageDirect

1. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Yellow Vinyl)
2. The Mars Volta - De-loused In The Comatorium (Black Vinyl) (Pre-Order)
3. Blind Melon (Pre-Order)
4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
5. Jerry Garcia And David Grisman
6. MFSL Original Master Record Sleeves (50)
7. Led Zeppelin II (Pre-Order)
8. Led Zeppelin I (Pre-Order)
9. Jimmy Page And The Black Crowes - Live At The Greek
10. Various Artists - The Big Lebowski (soundtrack)

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from our friends at SlyVinyl (look for their feed in the left margin!)


Orca Orca – The Shallows // Limited to 200 Light Blue Vinyl 7″





Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver // Limited to 500 Red Vinyl 7”s






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Constantines Detail 'Shine a Light' Reissue











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Collecting records: a venture to vinyl







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John Frusciante-Featuring Soundtrack for 'The Brown Bunny' Gets Vinyl Reissue











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A Record Day for vinyl music lovers Main Street features indie record store community







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interesting comments from across the globe:

Column: What the re-emergence of vinyl says about our society

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from the uk:

Christina Aguilera, Muse and Gorillaz among the artists whose vinyls now change hands for hundreds of pounds because so few were made in obsolete format -  Top 51 most valuable releases since 2000 compiled by Record Collector

Many popular artists' vinyl releases are included in the list -  But the most valuable release is, oddly, a Bob Dylan box set on CD-R

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Stereolab plan series of remastered vinyl reissues, tease future plans

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Knuckle Puck plan first “The Weight That You Buried” vinyl release

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Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Vinyl

1. Wolf (2LP+CD) ~ The Creator Tyler
2. Under the Skin ~ Mica Levi
3. Led Zeppelin II ~ Led Zeppelin
4. Singles ~ Future Islands
5. Led Zeppelin III ~ Led Zeppelin
6. Illmatic XX ~ Nas
7. Saudade ~ Thievery Corporation
8. Salad Days ~ Mac Demarco
9. Everyday Robots ~ Damon Albarn
10. A Night At The Village Vanguard ~ Sonny Rollins


Amazon's Top Ten Best Selling Music

1. Frozen ~ Demi Lovato
2. Behind The Light ~ Phillip Phillips
3. Duets ~ Linda Ronstadt
4. Angels and Saints at Ephesus ~ Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles
5. Disney's Karaoke Series: Frozen ~ Disney Karaoke Series
6. G I R L ~ Pharrell Williams
7. Out Among The Stars ~ Johnny Cash
8. Bluesamericana ~ Keb Mo
9. Turn Blue ~ The Black Keys
10. Lights Out ~ Ingrid Michaelson

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from the folks at EasyStreetOnline

TOP 25 RECORD STORE DAY 2014 BEST SELLERS

1. Screaming Trees - Last Words: The Final Recordings
2. Caspar Babypants - Bonus Beatles! 7”
3. Mystery Side By Side - Mystery Side By Side 7”
4. Flaming Lips/Devo - Gates Of Steel 7”
5. Death Cab For Cutie - Live 2012
6. Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea 7”
7. Tame Impala - Live Versions
8. The Pogues - Live With Joe Strummer
9. Bruce Springsteen - American Beauty
10. Outkast - Southernplayalistica
11. Mudhoney - On Top
12. Built To Spill - Ultimate Alternative Wavers
13. Velvet Underground - Loaded
14. Flaming Lips - 7 Skies H3-
15. Broken Bells - Holding On For Life
16. Notorious BIG - Life After Death
17. The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
18. Grateful Dead - Live At Hampton College
19. Soundgarden - Superunknown (Box)
20. Original Soundtrack - The Wizard Of Oz
21. The Cure/Dinosaur Jr. - Side By Side: Just Like Heaven 7”
22. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions…
23. Gram Parsons - 180 Gram: Alternate Versions
24. Haim - Forever
25. Joy Division - An Ideal For Living

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from Grimeys

GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 4/14 - 4/20, 2014

The vinyl chart this week goes all the way to 50 and is almost exclusively populated with RSD titles which are marked with an asterisk(*). Here are the best-selling titles this past week at Grimey's: 

Vinyl Top 25:
1. NEEDTOBREATHE - Rivers In The Wasteland LP
2. Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea 7"*
3. The Flaming Lips - Skies H3 LP*
4. Neil Young - A Letter Home LP
5. Devo / The Flaming Lips - Gates Of Steel 7"*
6. Conor Oberst / Dawes - split 7"*
7. PUJOL - Circles 7"*
8. The Civil Wars - Live At Eddie's Attic LP*
9. Paramore - Ain't It Fun 7"*
10. Mystery Side-By-Side (Love b/w Rush) - 7 And 7 Is 7"*
11. The Cure / Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven 7"*
12. Ray Lamontagne - Supernova 7"*
13. Notorious BIG - Life After Death LP*
14. Spoon - Love Ways LP*
15. Conor Oberst - Hundreds Of Ways 7"*
16. Mac Demarco - Salad Days LP
17. Tame Impala - Live Versions LP*
18. Gram Parsons - Alternate Takes From GP/Grievous Angel LP*
19. Ramones - Meltdown With The Ramones 10"*
20. Devo - Live At Max's Kansas City 1977 LP*
21. Black Angels - Clear Lake Forest EP*
22. Bruce Springsteen - American Beauty 12"*
23. Haim - Forever 12"*
24. Eric Church - Outsiders LP*
25. Kings Of Leon - Wait For Me 7"*
26. Velvet Underground - Loaded LP*
27. Joy Division - An Ideal For Living 12"*
28. Creedence Clearwater Revival - The '69 Singles 10"*
29. Frank Zappa - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 7"*
30. The Apache Relay - The Apache Relay LP
31. Band Of Horses - Acoustic At The Ryman LP
32. Steve Earle - Townes: The Basics LP*
33. The Grateful Dead - Hampton '79 LP*
34. Built To Spill - Ultimate Alternative Waivers LP*
35. Majestico - When Kingdom Come LP
36. Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News LP*
37. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions... LP*
38. Death Cab For Cutie - Live 2012 LP*
39. Pinback - Pinback LP*
40. OST - The Muppet Movie LP*
41. Various - Sun Records Curated by RSD LP*
42. Frightened Rabbit - Live From Criminal Records LP*
43. The Wild Feathers - Marie 7"*
44. Pogues w/ Joe Strummer - Live In London LP*
45. Pixies - Indie City LP*
46. Broken Bells - Holding On For Life 12"*
47. Johnny Cash - With His Hot & Blue Guitar LP*
48. Bastille - Of The Night 10"*
49. Fleetwood Mac - Dragonfly 7"*
50. One Direction - Midnight Memories 7"*

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album cover art of the day:


URIAH HEEP: 'Outsider' Album Details Revealed