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Music Record Shop Weekly Contest is still open to entries, so take a minute, you could win!The CVR blog has a copy of Mad Season's 'Above' to give away to a lucky blog reader. The 33rd emailer with...
View ArticleNew Music Releases - May 7, 2013
38 Special - Special Delivery (remastered vinyl)98 Degrees - 2.0AA Wallace - (disambiguation)AM & Shawn Lee - La Musique NumeriqueAlison Moyet - the minutesAltars - Something MoreAnn Pragg - Bitter...
View ArticleMusic History ~ May 8th:
In 1954, Britain's BBC bans the song "Such a Night" by Johnnie Ray after listeners complain about its 'suggestiveness'. Ray's animated stage persona included pounding on his piano, writhing on the...
View ArticleAsk Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 6, 2013DEAR JERRY: Last year about this time, you mentioned that Adele topped both of Billboard's most prestigious year-end polls: Pop Song of the Year ("Rolling in the Deep") and...
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Music Record Shop Weekly Contest is still open to entries, so take a minute, you could win!The CVR blog has a copy of Mad Season's 'Above' to give away to a lucky blog reader. The 33rd emailer with the...
View ArticleMusic History ~ May10th
In 1955, Bill Haley And His Comets recorded "Razzle-Dazzle."Born on this day in 1957, John Ritchie (Sid Vicious), bass, vocals, Sex Pistols. Vicious died of a heroin overdose on February 2, 1979. In...
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Music Record Shop Weekly (Contest) is still open to entries, so take a minute, you could win!=============from our friends at www.StormingTheBase.com (look for more from them next week!)Four Tet....
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Welcome to the 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 serious...
View ArticleMusic History ~ May13th
In 1954, at CBS 30th Street Studio in New York City, Tony Bennett recorded "Cinnamon Sinner."In 1955, Elvis Presley's performance in Jacksonville, Florida is the first Presley show at which a riot...
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we have a winner in the Music Record Shop Weekly (CONTEST!!)Congrats to Gavin W. from north of the border for his entry and we hope he enjoys the Mad Season LP!!Thanks to MusicRecordShop for the...
View ArticleNew Music Releases - May 14, 2013
ADULT. - The Way Things FallAgnetha Faltskog - AAltars - Something MoreAmy Grant - How Mercy Looks From HereAnamanaguchi - Endless FantasyAndy Cato - Time & PlacesAngel Olsen - Half Way HomeAnne...
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We want to welcome a new friend to the CVR blog StormingTheBase.com, which is world famous for their selection of industrial and gothic music on the net.To kick off our freindship, we have a contest...
View ArticleMusic History ~ May16th
In 1953, "Crazy, Man, Crazy" by Bill Haley & His Comets was their first chart entry and also the first rock 'n' roll record to make the Billboard pop music chart.On this day in 1959, "Kansas City"...
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ZZ TOP: THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS (1970-1990)Warner Bros. Records Salutes The Texas Trio’s Musical Legacy With Boxed Set Featuring Original Mixes Of The Band’s First 10 AlbumsThe 10-Disc Collection...
View ArticleMusic History ~ May17th
In 1939, nearly 1800 fans crowded into the Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York to attend a dual-network radio broadcast of Glenn Miller and His Orchestra that was heard on both NBC and...
View ArticleAsk Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 13, 2013 DEAR JERRY:I don't know if I typify music collectors or not, but the last time I bought an album, either LP or CD, was in 2004.No, I didn't stop collecting my favorite...
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from our friends at StormingTheBase.comAustra - Olympia (2 LP+CD)Label: Paper BagOlympia is an album of transformation. Though it has only been two years since Austra's 2010 debut Feel It Break, it...
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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...
View ArticleMusic History ~ May20th
In 1941, Harry James & His Orchestra recorded "You Made Me Love You." The record peaked at #5 on the pop chart late in the year and sold more than a million copies.In 1942, Glenn Miller & His...
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from our friends at TheBurningShedOpeth - Morningrise (double coloured vinyl collectors edition preorder)With its combination of Black Metal vocals and guitar parts with lighter progressive and...
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