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The third edition of ... your heart out is available now. If you fancy some adventures in music and feel adventurous. Featuring Phil Ochs, Janelle Monae, Gary McFarland, Frank Sinatra, Mark Perry, Muhsinah, Slumber Party, Brittany Bosco, Tamba Trio, Nancy Harrow, Olga Kouklaki, Marc Collin and the Cup of Tea label. It’s free and easy now at:
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miércoles, 21 de enero de 2009
martes, 13 de enero de 2009
El retorno de The Bats
Edita Arch Hill Recordings. El LP es el séptimo de su carrera. Más info en el blog del amigo Fire Escape Talking
domingo, 11 de enero de 2009
"No space for independent record shops" (artículo de Bob Stanley para The Times / 27-12-2008)
Me llama la atención la tendencia de las pocas tiendas supervivientes a convertirse ellos en los que te dicen lo que te debes de comprar, como el club de Rough Trade o que "Pure Groove is a pop boutique that stocks only 100 handpicked titles at any one time..." Realmente curioso. Si nos ponemos así, el que está en nuevo centro fue indiscutiblemente el pionero...
First Woolworths, now Zavvi: another two retailers of recorded music have disappeared from the high street.
There is no safe haven for independents, either. Sister Ray, Soho's best known alternative music specialist, has gone into administration, while Croydon's long-standing second-hand shop, Beano's, will close in the new year, as collectors switch to sites such as Gemm, Netsounds and the all-consuming eBay. The ease of passing on rarities via the internet has meant that the collectors are now also the dealers, leaving second-hand shops out in the cold.
The era of the independent, high-street record shop has definitely gone; its drawn-out death began with the aggressive expansion of the Our Price chain - garish, bright and heavily discounted - in the early Eighties. Our Price was the record-buying equivalent of McDonald's.
Before that, many independent shops still had listening booths, providing a tactile, cosy atmosphere that encouraged customers to browse and try out records they may have been recommended or simply liked the look of. The generation that bought these records and treasured them, as you would a favourite book, has also gone. The reason for this is changing formats - from shellac to vinyl to CDs to MP3s - which, since the Eighties, has meant a steadily less fetishised format.
The rainy-day browsing part of the experience, and the slightly random element, is hard to replicate online. Woolworth's wall display of the Top 75 singles encouraged pick-and-mix record buying: good artwork, and reliable labels (Bell and RAK in the early Seventies, Stiff and Two Tone a few years on) stood to benefit. Once you could buy Britain's bestselling records at lower prices in supermarkets, though, the days of Woolies being the main supplier of chart music were numbered.
Trusted staff also remain as a barrier between shops and oblivion, something the net simply can't replace. Getting on to first-name terms with someone behind the counter who can pinpoint a new German import or an obscure film soundtrack that suits your taste is an enriching experience - you'll always remember how and where you bought those records. The country's best shops thrive through this inter-dependency.
Since the punk era, Rough Trade has been a way of life for music lovers, stocking fanzines, pooling information, putting on live events, and growing into a record label that signed the Smiths and the Libertines. Last year, while so many shops struggled, Rough Trade expanded from its small premises off Portobello Road into a huge new site in East London.
Pure Groove, which opened last year, takes this notion to an extreme by stocking only a limited number of records and CDs, holding fast to the belief that customers will trust their taste. It has to be hoped that this boutique approach will keep the surviving shops afloat, while customers for Leona Lewis and Razorlight CDs switch from traditional retailers such as HMV to Amazon or Asda. Shops such as Pure Groove in London and Beatin' Rhythm in Manchester continue to believe that if you take care of your customers, your customers will take care of you.
There is no safe haven for independents, either. Sister Ray, Soho's best known alternative music specialist, has gone into administration, while Croydon's long-standing second-hand shop, Beano's, will close in the new year, as collectors switch to sites such as Gemm, Netsounds and the all-consuming eBay. The ease of passing on rarities via the internet has meant that the collectors are now also the dealers, leaving second-hand shops out in the cold.
The era of the independent, high-street record shop has definitely gone; its drawn-out death began with the aggressive expansion of the Our Price chain - garish, bright and heavily discounted - in the early Eighties. Our Price was the record-buying equivalent of McDonald's.
Before that, many independent shops still had listening booths, providing a tactile, cosy atmosphere that encouraged customers to browse and try out records they may have been recommended or simply liked the look of. The generation that bought these records and treasured them, as you would a favourite book, has also gone. The reason for this is changing formats - from shellac to vinyl to CDs to MP3s - which, since the Eighties, has meant a steadily less fetishised format.
The rainy-day browsing part of the experience, and the slightly random element, is hard to replicate online. Woolworth's wall display of the Top 75 singles encouraged pick-and-mix record buying: good artwork, and reliable labels (Bell and RAK in the early Seventies, Stiff and Two Tone a few years on) stood to benefit. Once you could buy Britain's bestselling records at lower prices in supermarkets, though, the days of Woolies being the main supplier of chart music were numbered.
Trusted staff also remain as a barrier between shops and oblivion, something the net simply can't replace. Getting on to first-name terms with someone behind the counter who can pinpoint a new German import or an obscure film soundtrack that suits your taste is an enriching experience - you'll always remember how and where you bought those records. The country's best shops thrive through this inter-dependency.
Since the punk era, Rough Trade has been a way of life for music lovers, stocking fanzines, pooling information, putting on live events, and growing into a record label that signed the Smiths and the Libertines. Last year, while so many shops struggled, Rough Trade expanded from its small premises off Portobello Road into a huge new site in East London.
Pure Groove, which opened last year, takes this notion to an extreme by stocking only a limited number of records and CDs, holding fast to the belief that customers will trust their taste. It has to be hoped that this boutique approach will keep the surviving shops afloat, while customers for Leona Lewis and Razorlight CDs switch from traditional retailers such as HMV to Amazon or Asda. Shops such as Pure Groove in London and Beatin' Rhythm in Manchester continue to believe that if you take care of your customers, your customers will take care of you.
Bob Stanley is a musician, film-maker and journalist, and a member of the pop/dance group Saint Etienne. In the late 1980s he ran a record label called Caff that released early singles by the Manic Street Preachers and Pulp
My best five record shops
Beatin' Rhythm
Tib Street, Manchester. Incredible selection of vintage, largely American, vinyl as well as CDs. Specialises in soul
Rough Trade
Talbot Road, London W11. The original and best home for underground music. Now has a megastore branch on Brick Lane
Piccadilly Records
Manchester. Highly regarded for both dance and alternative music
Manchester. Highly regarded for both dance and alternative music
Monorail Music
12 King's Court, King Street, Glasgow. Set up by the musician Stephen Pastel inside a vegan cafe/bar named Mono in 2002, it also hosts DJs, live bands and film events
Pure Groove
West Smithfield, London. A brave new venture, Pure Groove is a pop boutique that stocks only 100 handpicked titles at any one time
West Smithfield, London. A brave new venture, Pure Groove is a pop boutique that stocks only 100 handpicked titles at any one time
viernes, 9 de enero de 2009
Nara Leao, la musa de la bossa
Niña bien y musa de la bossa, fue primero alumna y luego novia de Roberto Menescal y Carlos Lyra antes de caer rendida en los brazos de Ronaldo Boscoli. Su primer álbum, "Nara" (Elenco, 1964) es todo un clásico. (Ramon Súrio en "Informe Bossa Nova. 50 años desafinando", Rock de Lux)
Nara Leão - Diz que eu fui por aí
jueves, 8 de enero de 2009
'Little Symphonies - A Phil Spector Reader,' edited by Kingsley Abbott
http://www.helterskelterbooks.com/ anuncia:
Welcome to Helter Skelter PublishingHappy New Year to all our customers.The long-awaited Bill Nelson biography, 'Music In Dreamland' is due at the end of January. Thanks for everyone's patience on this.New titles for spring 2009 include 'The Who By Numbers,' by Steve Grantley & Alan Parker,' and 'Little Symphonies - A Phil Spector Reader,' edited by Kingsley Abbott. More soon...
miércoles, 7 de enero de 2009
The Soft Surf Sound
Now Sound es un subsello de Cherry Red que lleva Steve Stanley (-producer of over 50 Rev-Ola titles. Ver http://www.cherryred.co.uk/nowsounds/index.htm) y que parece que vuelve a editar -antes lo hizo Rev-Ola- el disco de Mark Eric (Hollywood actor, male model and music fan, who made a number of appearances on the Partridge Family and countless TV and magazine ads...).
Bob Stanley lo comenta en el Mojo (lo pone por las nubes y le da 4 estrellas sobre 5; verdaderamente es genial) y me hace gracia porque lo etiqueta como The Soft Surf Sound e indica que junto al "Friends" de The Beach Boys y "Save for a Rainy Day" de Jan & Dean son 3 discos que pueden comprarse sin niguna duda.
martes, 6 de enero de 2009
Aquí están todas las chicas swing
Es una web de un japonés -faltaría más- y ha colgado estas fantásticas portadas, todo el glamour de una época: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/WVocal2/
La página tarda un poco en cargarse.
sábado, 3 de enero de 2009
Kraftwerk "Objeto Sexual" / Hidrogenesse ""No és del meu gust"
Acabo de escuchar el último Popcasting y me he quedado de piedra con el "Objeto Sexual" de Kraftwerk (la versión ¡en castellano! de "Sex Object" de "Electric Cafe". Sólo comparable a la versión del "Satisfaction" de The Rolling Stones de Hidrogenesse que titularon "No és del meu gust". Para caerse de la silla...
viernes, 2 de enero de 2009
Touch the Wall of Sound
Esto es un box set (3 cds) éditado sólo en Japón y que si bien guarda cierto parecido en cuanto a concepto con "Phil's Spectre: A wall of soundlikes", el resultado es bastante distinto. Se editó en 1997
Esto es lo que dice allmusic:
These Japanese imports are pretty pricy, but they're the best compilations of rare girl-group and Phil Spector-style productions from the early and mid-'60s currently available. With 20 tracks on each volume, well-known names pop up here and there (Shelley Fabares, the Chiffons, Cher, Earl-Jean of the Cookies, Diane Renay, the Shangri-Las), but the bulk is devoted to total obscurities that nonetheless cut first-class tunes with a wall-of-sound production that rivaled Spector himself, even as it was clearly blatantly imitative of his genius. Additional bonuses are rare compositoins by pop-rock songwriters of the era like Goffin/King, Barry/Greenwich, Jackie DeShannon, Jack Nitzsche, Sonny Bono, Al Kooper, Jan Berry, Mike Curb, Kenny Gamble, and Spector himself. Most of these were total flops, but you'd be hard pressed to figure out why the cuts by Alder Ray, the McKinleys, Beverly Warren, Roberta Day, and several others didn't make it. Mastered from copies of the original (excruciatingly rare) singles, the sound is acceptable but not top-of-the-line.
LA CHICA DE LA FOTO ES Miss Cathy Brasher
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