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Latest news as of Saturday, February 4, 2012
| Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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| Vinyl records make a comeback |
The digital revolution was supposed to do away with a lot of fusty old relics. First compact discs took their toll on the vinyl record, then iPods and digital downloads began doing the same to CDs. But now, the vinyl LP has been revived. Last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan data, while CD sales fell by more than 5%, vinyl record sales grew more than 36%.
Source: Wall Street Journal |
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| Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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| 20 essential facts about the Gibson J-200 |
Ask a guitarist to name the ultimate Gibson acoustic, and many will reply, it's the J-200. Bob Dylan's J-200 is pictured on the cover of his Nashville Skyline LP. Dylan was given the guitar by George Harrison. Harrison himself was keen a fan of the J-200, he "upgraded" from the Epiphone acoustics he previously favored to record the White Album.
Source: Gibson.com |
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| Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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| Micky Dolenz says The Monkees aimed for The Beatles |
Former Monkee Micky Dolenz told BBC4, "We had a poster of The Beatles on the wall and we used to throw darts at it." In a new BBC documentary, remembering his US band's Sixties TV show, Micky added, "It was a show about a band that wanted to be The Beatles and never made it. I think that's why it connected with so many people."
Source: The Sun, UK |
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| Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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| Numbers show vinyl continues unlikely recovery |
Earlier this month Nielsen released its 2011 Music Industry report, and industrywide album sales were up for the first time since 2004. or the fourth year in a row, more LPs were sold than in any other year in the SoundScan era; last year, sales soared to 3.9 million, up from 2.8 million LPs in 2010. The top-selling vinyl album was Abbey Road.
Source: Forbes |
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| Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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| Elvis, Marilyn Monroe get birthday honors at hotel where Beatles stayed |
Imagine a birthday party where Elvis Presley's birthday was celebrated, and Marilyn Monroe and The Beatles appeared too. Well they were certainly there in spirit Sunday evening, January 8, at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle, where the Beatles stayed in 1964, on what would have been Elvis's 77th birthday.
Source: Seattle Rock Music Examiner |
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| Friday, December 16, 2011 |
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| Beach Boys to reunite for 50th anniversary |
Speculation has now been confirmed that all surviving members of the original Beach Boys, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, will reunite with Brian Wilson for the band's 50th anniversary with a world tour and a new album on Capitol Records in 2012. This tour will mark their first performances together in decades.
Source: The Republic |
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| Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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| Goodbye EMI: Thanks for the memories |
Split into two and sold to Sony and Universal, the "last truly British record company" is now extinct. Its history, however, will endure on vinyl and digitally. EMI released some great records, including Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper's. These records from EMI aren't just the greatest records from EMI, they are some of the best records of all time.
Source: Sabotage Times |
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| Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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| Music Review: The Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions |
If there was ever an argument for there being a fine line between genius and insanity, then Brian Wilson certainly fits that description. For Wilson, SMiLE, the great, lost Beach Boys 1967 masterpiece that has long since attained mythical status, is by all accounts the place where the madness and the muse collided once and for all.
Source: Blog Critics |
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| Friday, November 11, 2011 |
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| Beach Boys Smile album brings listeners into the studio |
Smile was recorded back in 1967, but never finished. Brian Wilson got lost in the complexity of putting the album together. Good Vibrations was incredibly expensive to create and produce because Wilson could not settle on a version he liked. When it was finally released well after the album it was supposed to be, it was a huge hit.
Source: Calvin Chimes |
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| Tuesday, March 8, 2011 |
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| Legendary British band Stackridge to make US |
Stackridge, the British band that became a cult favorite in the 1970's and recently reunited to critical acclaim, is scheduled to appear as musical guests on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday night, March 14. The program will feature the band's first-ever performance in the United States.
Source: Beatles News |
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| Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
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| Gerry and the Pacemakers shine in new documentary |
A new documentary on Gerry and the Pacemakers featuring 17 performances from 1963-1965 and new interviews taped at the Cavern with Gerry Marsden had its premiere screening Wednesday night, August 26th, at the Hard Day's Night Hotel in Liverpool as part of a series on classic artists of the British Invasion.
Source: Beatles News |
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| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
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| Capitol to re-release two more classic Beach Boys albums on vinyl |
Put the needle in the groove! Capitol/EMI's high quality "From The Capitol Vaults" U.S. vinyl campaign continues November 3 with the limited edition, 180-gram vinyl release of 11 classic, standout albums from EMI Music's celebrated catalog, including The Beach Boys' Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) and Beach Boys Today!
Source: Beatles News |
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| Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
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| An evening of sixties British Explosion rocks Berkeley |
The sounds of the sixties British Explosion Unplugged rocked Berkeley, California, Sunday night at The Freight and Salvage. A variety of tribute bands delighted the audience playing music that ranged from John Lennon, Donavan, The Who, The Yardbirds, and The Beatles. The next British Explosion night is on June 5th in San Francisco.
Source: Beatles News |
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| Wednesday, May 6, 2009 |
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| It's going to be A Hard Days Night - All over again |
MerseyCats, the Liverpool Rock 'n' Roll Children's Charity, is collaborating with the world famous Hard Days Night Hotel to provide live bands from the 60s at the hotel on a regular basis bringing back the famous Mersey Sound to Mathew Street after a gap of some 48 years. The first show is booked for May 31.
Source: Beatles News |
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| Friday, March 13, 2009 |
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| The man who brought Beatlemania to America, dead at 91 |
Former record company executive Alan Livingston died today in Los Angeles at the age of 91. Livingston was the president of Capitol Records at the time the company obtained the exclusive U.S. distribution rights for recordings of The Beatles in December, 1963. Within weeks, Beatlemania exploded in America.
Source: Beatles News |
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