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upcoming releases from our friends at MusicOnVinylROY ORBISON - OH PRETTY WOMANNow, for the first time since its appearance in the Monument Vinyl Box released on Black Friday 2013, this is what would...
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Music History - July 7
In 1944, Bing Crosby recorded "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)."On July 7, 1954, producer Sam Phillips took a recording of Elvis Presley singing "That's All Right" to Memphis radio...
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from our friends at NewOnVinylKING CURTIS - LIVE AT FILLMORE WESTLive At Fillmore West is the ultimate King Curtis live album, a brilliant confirmation of the saxophonist's place in popular music. This...
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Music History - July 8
In 1957, "Teddy Bear" became Elvis Presley's eighth US number one hit in the past fifteen months.In 1958, the first Gold record album presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)...
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New Music Releases - July 8, 2014
Summer releases are in full swing with a list of vinyl reissues that include Syd Barrett's 2nd LP 'Barrett', Carole King's 'Tapestry', Eric Clapton and B.B. King with 'Riding with the King,' Deicide's...
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Music History - July 9
In 1955, a landmark in music history was established when Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" reaches #1 on the Billboard chart. Many music historians will eventually acknowledge the song as a...
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from our friends at SoundStageDirectAmputechture by The Mars VoltaAmputechture is the third studio album by American progressive Rock band The Mars Volta, originally released in 2006. Produced by...
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Music History - July 10
In 1900, "His Master's Voice" was registered at the US Patent Office by the Victor Recording Company (later RCA). In 1936, Billie Holiday recorded "Billie's Blues," a song she composed right before the...
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Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 7, 2014This week we pick up right where we left off last week, with states from N to W whose name is also found in the name of a recording artist. Even if there are many examples,...
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Music History - July 11
In 1918, Enrico Caruso recorded "Over There." Already a chart-topper in 1917, the year George M. Cohan wrote it, for three different acts – the American Quartet, Nora Bayes, and the Peerless Quartet –...
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upcoming releases from our friends at MusicOnVinylTEN YEARS AFTER - UNDEADUndead is a live album by Ten Years After, recorded live at the small jazz club, Klooks Kleek, in London on May 14th 1968, The...
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Music History - July 14
In 1942, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly sang their last duet together when they recorded "Brazil" with Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra. The record peaked at #14 in early 1943.In 1956, Fats Domino hit...
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from our friends at NewOnVinylJUDAS PRIEST - SAD WINGS OF DESTINY -REISSUE--ORANGE VINYLSad Wings of Destiny is the second album by the English heavy metal group Judas Priest, released in 1976. It is...
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Music History - July 15
In 1942, Glen Miller and his band recorded "Jukebox Saturday Night."In 1952, eight year-old Gladys Knight won $2000 on a US television show called Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, where she sang a tune...
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New Music Releases - July 15, 2014
Another week with some fantastic reissues on vinyl. More Blue Note jazz reissues including Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' with 'Caravan,' Vince Guaraldi's 'Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus,' Wes...
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Music History - July 16
In 1955, Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the national record sales charts as "Baby, Let's Play House" entered the country music listing in Cash Box magazine at #15.In 1959, the Coasters...
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from our friends at SoundStageDirect No Coast - BraidThis fourth studio album from the revered, seminal post-hardcore band is their first in fully 16 years and follows their 2011 EP, Closer to Closed....
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Music History - July 17
In 1946, Petula Clark made her UK television debut appearing on the Cabaret TV series at the age of 13. Clark began with guest spots on radio when she was only 9 and made her first film a year later....
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Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 14, 2014DEAR JERRY:I've come up with a fun trivia contest for our next Baby Boomer Club's get-together, but first I need some help.I will let them hear "Do You Remember These" by...
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Music History - July 18
In 1953, in Memphis, 18-year-old truck driver Elvis Presley visited the Memphis Recording Service, later known as Sun Studios, and paid $3.98 to record two songs, "My Happiness" and "That's When Your...
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