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Music History ~ April 24th
In 1954, Billboard magazine featured a headline that read: "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat - Spur Rhythm and Blues." It was a sign of things to come. Within a year, R&B music by both Black and...
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New Music Releases - May 2013
May 738 Special - Special Delivery (remastered vinyl)98 Degrees - 2.0AM & Shawn Lee - La Musique NumeriqueAlison Moyet - the minutesAnn Pragg - Bitter FruitAtrocity - OkkultBanquets -...
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AudioFidelity Blade Runner Vinyl Contest
Our friends at AudioFidelity have given me one copy of the Blade Runner soundtrack to give to a lucky CVR blog reader!The BLADE RUNNER soundtrack was composed by Vangelis for Ridley Scott's 1982 film...
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Music History ~ April 26th
In 1952, Hank Williams made his only network television appearance, singing "Hey, Good Lookin,'" on NBC-TV's "The Kate Smith Evening Hour." In 1955, at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, the...
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Vinyl Record News & Music Notes
AudioFidelity Blade Runner Vinyl Contest still open, get your entry in today!=============Record Store Day Vinyl SalesA total of 244,000 vinyl LPs were sold in the week ending April 21, according to...
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Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 22, 2013DEAR JERRY: Back when it was a hit, I bought the single of "Hula Love," by Buddy Knox, and I still have it. And a few things about it still mystify me.It would be great to...
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Music Record Shop Weekly
Welcome to the new weekly feature (look for it every Friday) called MusicRecordShop Weekly. Here we take a look at new releases and some hard to find vinyl that will easily satisfy even the most...
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Music History ~ April 29th
Born on this day in 1899, Duke Ellington, composer, bandleader, pianist, died 24th May 1974. Worked with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday.Born on this day in 1931,...
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Vinyl Record News & Music Notes
We have a winner in the AudioFidelity Blade Runner Vinyl Contest Congratualtions to Chris C. Hope you enjoy the soundtrack!=============from our friends at Relapse.comNEW ITEM: SUFFOCATION - HUMAN...
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New Music Releases - April 30, 2013
!!! - THR!!!ERAdelaine - CurrentsAkron/Family - Sub VersesAlessi’s Ark - The Still LifeAlice Russell - To DustAmorphis - CircleArsis - UnwelcomeBambara - DreamviolenceBeacon - The Ways We...
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Music History - May 1st
Born on May 1, 1930, blues artist, Little Walter. First harmonica player to amplify his harmonica, giving it a distorted echoing sound. He died on February 15th 1968.In 1942, the American War...
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Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 29, 2013DEAR JERRY:While trolling eBay for records, I spotted one on the Tin Pan Alley label titled "Really True" (TPA-127), and it has this most unusual way to credit the artist:...
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Vinyl Record News & Music Notes
from our friends at Relapse.comASG - Blood DriveRelapse Records 28 May 2013 Release DatesMay 28, 2013 - N.AmericaMay 27, 2013 - UK/WorldMay 24, 2013 - Germany, Benelux, FinlandASG emerge from the...
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Music History ~ May 2nd:
On May 2, 1929, the legendary Link Wray was born (died November 5, 2005). Wray was noted for pioneering a new sound for electric guitars, as exemplified in his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble", by Link...
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The Vinyl Pulse
The Vinyl Pulse, is a weekly snapshot of what is selling on the big vinyl machine called eBay. This is a great way to keep your eyes peeled for a specific record and what you might have to pay for it...
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Sundazed May 2013 New Releases
great news straight from tim at Sundazed.comDONOVANDefinitive Mono Editions on Vinyl!PRE-ORDER THEM HEREIn the revolutionary musical atmosphere of the second half of the 1960s, no artist embodied the...
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Music History - May 3rd:
In 1939, "Beer Barrel Polka" was recorded by The Andrews Sisters. In 1952, at Castle Studio in Nashville's Tulane Hotel, country music singer Kitty Wells recorded "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk...
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Vinyl Record News & Music Notes
from our friends at MusicOnVinylRaveonettes - Whip It On Whip It On is the impressive debut by Danish psych-Pop duo The Raveonettes, originally released in 2002. All written in the key of B flat...
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Music Record Shop Weekly (CONTEST!!)
Welcome to the weekly feature (look for it every Friday) called MusicRecordShop Weekly.Instead of the usual special releases to browse over, Mark has let the CVR blog have one copy of Mad Season's...
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Music History ~ May 6th:
In 1957, at Chess Studios in Chicago, Chuck Berry recorded "Rock And Roll Music." The session was produced by the Chess brothers – Leonard and Phil – and backing Chuck Berry were pianist Lafayette...
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