October Vinyl Night

Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	The Mekons	Memphis, Egypt	The Mekons Rock & Roll	Joel from Louisville	Langford playing at MOTR again this week
3	Continental Drifters	Meet on the Ledge	45	Joel from Louisville	Fairport Convention cover
4	The DB's	Picture Sleeve	45	Joel from Louisville
5	They Might Be Giants	Theme from Flood / Birdhouse in Your Soul	Flood	Bob Nyswonger
6	David Bowie	Joe the Lion	Heroes	Bob Nyswonger
7	They Might Be Giants	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Flood	Bob Nyswonger
8	Bryan Ferry	Walk a Mile in My Shoes	Another Time, Another Place	Steve Rosen	Joe South cover (R.I.P Joe)
9	Dickey Lee	Laurie	45	Steve Rosen	Strange things happen in this world …
10	Klaus Nomi	Total Eclipse	Urgh! A Music War	Steve Rosen	Speaking of strange things …
11	Keith Emerson	Honky Tonk Train Blues	45	Bill Frost	From Keith's boogie woogie period
12	Stanley Clarke	We Supply	45	Bill Frost
13	Bill Withers	Grandma's Hands / Use Me	Live at Carnegie Hall	Polly Campbell
14	Hawkwind	We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago	In Search of Space	Jim McNair
15	Bryan Ferry	It's My Party / A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall	These Foolish Things	Jim McNair
16	Rahsaan Roland Kirk	Here Comes the Whistleman	Here Comes the Whistleman	Steve Kemme
17	Ornette Coleman	Friends and Neighbors	Friends and Neighbors	Steve Kemme
18	Amiri Baraka	I Love Music	New Music - New Poetry	Steve Kemme
19	Dickie Goodman	Gerry Ford - A Special Report	45	Neil Sharrow
20	Dickie Goodman	Soul President Number One	45	Neil Sharrow
21	Dracula and Vampira	I Only Have Eyes for You	Spike Jones in Stereo	Neil Sharrow
22	UB-40	The Earth Dies Screaming	10" 45	Bill Frost
23	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart	45	Joel from Louisville
24	Bryan Ferry	Sympathy for the Devil	These Foolish Things	Jim McNair
25	They Might Be Giants	Hot Cha / Women & Men	Flood	Bob Nyswonger
26	Ron Wood	I Can't Stand the Rain	Now Look	Neil Sharrow
27	Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine	Live at Carnegie Hall	Polly Campbell

Northside Record Fair, December 1

 

Hurricane Sandy Threatens America's Greatest Radio Station

WFMU's Blast of Hot Air Newsletter October 31, 2012 Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

WFMU News: We Are Livin' a Dream. Unfortunately, it's not a Very Good One... Please Make a Disaster Recovery Pledge! Record Fair is Cancelled and it's all Sandy's Fault Due to the havoc, chaos, lack of electricity in NYC and general sludge based misery (who knew there was so much sludge in the world?) following Hurricane Sandy, we've had no choice but to call off the Record Fair. All dealers will be refunded their payments, and the Fair will return in the Fall of 2013. And this new 'Future Fair' will be even better, with flowing white robes, a teleportation booth and floating symetrical rings adorning everything. And a bonus performance from the recently cloned John Denver! We're very sorry about this, but the Metropolitan Pavilion has no power, mass transit in NYC is still not working and there are no estimates as to when electric or transit will return to normal and we don't want a whole Mad Max thing on our hands. We know you guys, give you half a chance and you'll go completely Road Warrior on us. Our apologies to anybody who is inconvenienced by this. You could replicate that Record Fair vibe at home by getting a stranger in a t-shirt that's too small for him to sit behind a table in your rumpus room and ignore you as you rifle through his Night Ranger out-takes. Try it, it's fun! All kidding aside, the cancellation of the record fair is a financial disaster for us: it turns an event that wouldve raised $70,000 into an event that loses almost that much. We've extended our silent fundraiser until November 17th in a valiant effort to remain solvent. Please make a disaster recovery pledge, the station has NEVER been in such a cash-poor state as it is now, due to the electrical damage we suffered from Sandy and the huge loss from the record fair:Pledge Here NOW. Please. Thank you. Hurricane Sandy Kicks WFMU's Ass! The aftermath of Frankenstorm (actually Frankenstorm was the name of the doctor, it really should be called Frankenstorm's Monster) left WFMU with no electricity in our Jersey City studios, and at BOTH of our FM transmitters (91.1 FM and 90.1 FM). We tried rubbing many balloons on our heads and holding it near the equipment, but no dice. For two days, we streamed WFMU in Exile from various DJs' homes, or the shanties and mini-vans that they call their 'homes'. Despite that shanty crack in the previous sentence, our DJ's are just the best and we perpetually salute their dedication. On Thursday morning, we resumed (semi-)normal programming after electricity was restored to our studios. And then reality started settling in, as we discovered tons of critical equipment that was fried by the electrical chaos that Sandy hurled our way. And both of our FM transmitters are still down. Fortunately, everybody from the WFMU staff is safe, and miraculously WFMU's basement did not flood, despit the Hudson River coming within 50 feet of our front door. We credit our lack of flooding to our slavish worship of Ahpuch and Thamuz, plus that carp we sacrificed (delicious). The photo above is Station Manager Ken attempting to get to WFMU via his bike during the end of the storm. Not seen in picture: tears. Meanwhile, the misery and desperation in our community is mind boggling. The environment around Hudson County, Staten Island,  Rockaway, lower Manhattan and Brooklyn is akin to the film The Road. Or The Walking Dead. No, it's Road Warrior.. Wait, it's actually a bit more like The Road. Nah, it really feels kind of like The Day After Tomorrow, but with the soundtrack to The Road. With the flashback sequences of Terminator 2. But with a fat governor instead of a killer liquid robot. But with your help, we will make it feel like Herbie Goes Bananas real soon. Please help! Silent Fundraiser Extended With all the damaged gear we're discovering, and with the cancellation of the Record Fair,WFMU desperately needs your support. Our silent fundraiser will be extended a few extra weeks, giving us more time to raise the funds we need to get through the next few months and to hopefully make up for lost income due to the Record Fair going kaput. Pledge now to help us get through this very difficult time. Money can't buy you love, but it can buy transmitter codecs, computer servers, and all the other stuff a radio station needs to regain (ab)normalcy. WFMU's RadioVision Festival was a success Enough bad news, let's talk about happier times. WFMU's 2012 RadioVision Festival was a huge success, thanks to Benjamen Walker and all of our panelists and special guests. The funnel cake in the shape of Art Bell was a roaring success and, despite rumors to the contrary, Bachman Turner Overdrive failed to perform. Heidi Madagame of WCBN wrote up some nice blog posts about the conference. We will be posting audio clips from the conference soon. Off-Mic DJ News Dave Mandl just had this article published in the Rumpus on the Ancient Tradition of the Sacrilegious Cover Song, from "The Beatles to Ol' Dirty Bastard" (that Beatles cover of Shimmy Shimmy Ya is particularly nasty). Also, section hog Dave Mandl, published a review of the Touch.30 festival at Issue Project Room (celebrating the 30th birthday of the Touch label), in the current issue of the Wire. It's not available online, unfortunately. Look for it at your local newsstand, if it isn't underwater. Kurt Gottschalk's latest production effort is a collaboration between guitarist Loren Connors, singer Suzanne Langille and painter MP Landis. Kurt selected paintings by Landis and projected them in the studio and Connors and Langille responded in sound. (Hence the title 'Four Dogs Playing Poker'. Note: This isn't true). The resulting recording is the pair's first duo recording in 14 years. CD and 7" single on colored vinyl available here. Sat Nov 3: Jesse Jarnow may speak at the Hoboken Historical Museum, (if it isnt underwater) reading from Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock and expanding on the unlikely parallels between McCarty's and Maxwell's, two Hoboken bars separated by two blocks (and 130 years) whose clienteles would trigger profound changes in American popular culture. 1301 Hudson Street, 4pm, free. Though as Hoboken currently resembles Aquaman's holiday home and the lost city of Atlantis combined, you might want to double check that it's still happening. Fri, Nov 9: Irwin Chusid will feature Raymond Scott recordings and discuss the life of the legendary composer as the guest of Brian Carpenter on WZBC, Boston College Radio, from 7-10pm. Chusid has managed the Scott Archives since 1991 and is the foremost authority on the great composer/inventor/genius/recreates the sound of an anvil being dropped on a cartoon horse-er. Gaylord Fields will be in London DJing, MCing, presenting a Fake Beatles lecture, and hosting a pop quiz as part of the Chickfactor 20: For the Love of Pop concerts on November 16-18. There will almost certainly be a riot of some sort as they love riots over there. It's like a religion to them. Take protection. Mr. Fine Wine's Fall 2012 Greasy Popcorn tour. Fri Nov 2,Munich, Deeper Shade @the Atomic Café, w/DJs Leo and Hannes. Sat Nov 3 : Berlin, At the Soul Inn @the Lido, 23hrs, 10 euros, w/Cody Chesnutt and DJs Christian Göbel andKristian Auth. Sun Nov 4: Leipzig, No Twistin on Sunday @Cafe Waldi with DJ Chris Redlich. Thurs Nov 8: Bruges, ’T Zwart Huis, Kuipersstraat 23, 22hrs, 8 euros with DJs Laurence B. (Slick Club) and Betty Ford (Moka Soul Collective).  Fri Nov 9: Brussels, Popcorn Oldies Night @Le Cercle Des Voyageurs, Rue Des Grands Carmes 18, 22hrs, 8 euros. With DJs Jr. the Canadian, Laurence B., and Raphi Scorcher. Sat  Nov 10:Manchester, UK, No Way Out @the Old Nags Head, 19 Jacksons Row. Again, the UK dates will almost certainly feature rioting of some description. And expect cheese in Bruges. Mr. Fine Wine will also DJ at Botanica every Wednesday except November 7th (when he will be somewhere between Leipzig and Bruges and will probably be eating something doughy), at theCommodore in Williamburg, Brooklyn on November 16th and at Home Sweet Home in Manhattan on the 30th of November. Dave the Spazz will spin at Union Pool every Sunday this month, as he does most Sundays. Dave is also starting a monthly series at Videology, the Dave the Spazz Movie Club, which will show the weirdest, wildest movies, short subjects, and forgotten ephemera with occasional guest hosts and various surprises. The series kicks off on Saturday, November 24th with a rare unspooling of Phil Tucker's1953 epic, Robot Monster in "Tru-Stereo Three Dimension Process" (crummy red and green 3-D glasses provided free). PLUS!--Voltaire the Chimp and Thinko the Robot tangle it up in the smutty European-only sequence from Sex Kittens Go To College (1960), the Marquis Chimps recount the tale of Cinderella, 1930's legend Mr. Jiggs caddies on a golf course, and select 16mm sound chimp movies direct from the Dave the Spazz archives. If you can find a more chimp-filled night of entertainment in the tri-state area, you'll win a prize! A chimp! Sites for Sore Eyes No one knows how much money musicians are making now Columbia Magazine has a nice article on Laura Cantrell Lamin Fofana's African Inspired Techno is Dutty "Guns and Roses" at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit recently Here is the first ever recording of a musical performance Or is it? The oldest recording of someone singing Or maybe it's this one Contender for the earliest known musical recording. Spherical Vinyl Record Keep WFMU's Rays from Penetrating Your Body Watch a guitarist quit his band while onstage Learning to Love Yoko Ono Turning Weapons into Instruments Fun Fake Facts About Science Giorgio Moroder posts remixes and rarities on Soundcloud Lou Reed's Radio Show on BBC Stacked Images from the International Space Station Pop Songs Funeral Favorites Dick Clark archives up on Youtube Documentary about the Icelandic Phallological Museum Steampunk Guitars Giant Cardboard Radio Neneh Cherry covers "Dream Baby Dream" to awesome effect Artist draws himself after taking almost every drug known to man Scientists Grow Bacon from Stem Cells (Contributors the the urls include Andrea Silenzi,Woody Sullender, Dan Bodah, Irene Trudel, Doug Schulkind, Benjamen Walker, Brian Turner, Kurt Gottschalk, Mike Lupica, Rich Hazelton, Evan "Funk" Davies, Chris T, Robin Edgarton, Irwin Chusid, Steinski)

Vinyl Night Cincinnati Will Be Live-Tweeting on Tuesday

Important Vinyl Night Announcement!

This Tuesday, Oct. 30, starting at 7:30 p.m., Vinyl  Night Cincinnati will be live-tweeting its October meeting -- due to overwhelming public demand.

 Just go to Twitter and sign up to follow VinylNightCincy. We may even take requests.

Thanks,

Steve and Neil

Elliott Murphy Receives Prestigious French Award

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICIAN & AUTHOR ELLIOTT MURPHY IS AWARDED

THE MEDAILLE DE VERMEIL DE LA VILLE DE PARIS IN A GRAND CEREMONY AT HOTEL DE VILLE IN PARIS, FRANCE

October 5, 2012 -  NEW YORK - Internationally acclaimed American singer-songwriter and author Elliott Murphy was awarded the prestigious Medaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris in recognition of his outstanding career achievements in a formal ceremony on October 1st, at the Hotel de Ville (City Hall).  The ceremony was presided over by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë.  Past recipients of the award have included Jane Fonda, Gianni Versace, Johnny Depp and Kevin Liles.

A Long Island native who has been living in Paris, France for over twenty years, Elliott began his career in New York City in 1974 with the release of his classic Polydor Records debut, Aquashow.  Murphy went on to release albums on RCA and Columbia before relocating to France where his career has flourished. 

Elliott has over 30 albums to his credit, 12 of which have received 4-stars from the All Music Guide, among much other critical acclaim. Guests on his albums have included Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Phil Collins.  In addition to his extensive music credits, Elliott has published a number of novels and short story collections, and has written for Rolling Stone, Spin and various European magazines.  

Elliott  continues to tour in Europe, Japan and the USA and has often joined his long time friend Bruce Springsteen on stage in Paris.  Elliott and his band The Normandy All Stars have an American tour planned for the East Coast in December 2012.

(Courtesy of a press release from Pamela Murphy PR. Photo is Murphy, left, with Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe.)

There's a new record store in Northside: Black Plastic

From the new series by the Kitchen Sisters: Submerged Turntable

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO SURVEYS RECORDED MUSIC

CONCEPTUAL ARTIST ALLAN RUPPERSBERG EXPLORES 60 YEARS OF AMERICAN MUSIC IN SWEEPING MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION AT ART INSTITUTE No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R on View in the Modern Wing September 21, 2012 through January 6, 2013 The music of 20th-century America--folk, gospel, blues, and rock 'n' roll--can be seen, heard, and researched this fall in the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing with an innovative installation by veteran artist Allen Ruppersberg, who has navigated a distinctive and singular path through contemporary art for more than four decades. No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R is Ruppersberg's most complex work in nearly 20 years. Across 200 feet of pegboard hung with hundreds of photocopied snapshots, record covers, and other materials, the captivating survey--from blues singers of the early 1900s through guitarists of the 1960s--is presented in the Carolyn S. and Matthew Bucksbaum Gallery (Gallery 188) of the Modern Wing from September 21, 2012 through January 6, 2013. It is the first large-scale work by Ruppersberg ever to be seen in Chicago and a long overdue opportunity to encounter the work of one of the country's most influential artists. No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R draws on Ruppersberg's career-long engagement with popular culture in books and magazines, photographs, and music. In a massive effort, the artist has spent more than three years collecting thousands of vinyl records and music-related amateur snapshots, adding these finds to a set of obituaries for musicians that he has been culling for more than 20 years. Scanned, printed out, and laminated, these nostalgia-laden materials are hung on pegboards arranged in five sections, each 32 feet long. The pegboards, and cardboard boxes that are dispersed in front of them on the floor, are all silkscreened in vibrant colors with either pennants or bulls-eyes, and marked with enigmatically arranged stock phrases, concluding with one that balances between cynicism and hope: "And the Race Goes On and On." Four of the five sections in No Time Left to Start Again treat music lyrics ("An Understanding And Appreciation of Poetry"); music in the home ("You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone") and church ("White As Snow"); and the rise of rock 'n' roll ("Fun, Fun, Fun"). The first, introductory section, located directly outside the space, contains elements of all the others. As Ruppersberg describes his vast work: "No Time Left to Start Again is a sort of giant, deluxe walk-in boxed set of one possible history of Rock and Roll. But, it could also be the museum exhibition of a passionate collector or some kind of expanded archival display...or many other possibilities, including a work of art." To facilitate an understanding of this archive, a couch and two reading stations hold binders with many of the laminated pages for individual perusal. An iPad, meanwhile, allows visitors to listen to any of the more than 125 songs remastered and re-recorded by Ruppersberg, in a set of eight albums that he has designed, produced, and also included in the installation. Raised in suburban Cleveland and enamored with animation and commercial art since a childhood visit to Disneyland, Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944) graduated from Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts) in 1967. After a brief stint as a painter, Ruppersberg soon turned to the material of everyday commercial and vernacular life. A pioneer of Conceptual Art, Ruppersberg cooked food for visitors to his café (1969); rented and ran a hotel for one year (Al's Grand Hotel , 1971); and developed uses of text and recycled imagery in the 1970s that foretold the return of narrative in contemporary art, as well as the rise of appropriation and postmodernist strategies. As an artist and a teacher, Ruppersberg has influenced artists working with the American vernacular such as Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw, and Rachel Harrison. For many years an "artist's artist," Ruppersberg has gained renewed acclaim recently with his participation in museum exhibitions such as In and Out of Amsterdam (2009) and, earlier this year, Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964-1977 , at the Art Institute. He is currently finishing a prestigious one-year term as United States Artist Fellow. This is his first solo museum exhibition since You and Me or the Art of Give and Take, at the Santa Monica Museum of Art (2009). Allen Ruppersberg: No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and curated by Matthew S. Witkovsky, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator, Department of Photography at the Art Institute. This exhibition is generously supported by the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation and the Auxiliary Board of the Art Institute of Chicago. Image: Allen Ruppersberg. No Time Left to Start Again: The B and D of R 'n' R (detail showing one of five sections), 2010-2012. Courtesy of the artist and Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles

August Vinyl Night Playlist

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	Esquerita	Get Back Baby / Hole in My Heart	Esquerita!	Polly Campbell	Who came first, Esquerita or Little Richard?
3	Mtume Umoja Ensemble	Baba Hengates (excerpt)	Alkebu-Lan, Land of the Blacks	Steve Kemme
4	Gary Bartz Ntu Troop	Uhuru Sasa	Harlem Bush Music/Uhuru	Steve Kemme
5	Joy of Cooking	Let Love Carry You Along / Home Town Man	Castles	Ray Owens	Terry Garthwaite & Toni Brown
6	Jim Pulte	I Remember You / Ten Miles East of Town	Shimmy She Roll, Shimmy She Shake	Jim McNair
7	Pointer Sisters	Fairytale	That's A Plenty	Gary Janssen	A country music hit for this group known for R&B and Jazz
8	Candi Staton	It's Not Easy Letting Go	His Hands	Gary Janssen
9	Albert Brooks	Rewriting the National Anthem	45	Steve Rosen
10	Nolan Strong & the Diablos	The Wind	45	Steve Rosen	Covered most famously by Laura Nyro & LaBelle
11	The Platters	Maggie Doesn't Work Here Anymore	Rhythm & Blues the Best Vocal Groups	Steve Rosen
12	Jennifer Warnes	Love Hurts	Jennifer Warnes	David Little
13	Keef Hartley Band	Just to Cry	Halfbreed	David Little
14	"Thumper" (George) Jones	Heartbreak Hotel / The Race is On	Country Rockers Vol. 4	Mary Henkener
15	Foreigner	I'll Get Even with You	Head Games	Brian Powers	Foreigner's Mick Jones is not related to Thumper Jones
16	The States	Cry if You Want To (Over the Edge)	The States	Brian Powers
17	The Youngbloods	It's a Lovely Day	Rock Festival	Dick Swaim
18	Willie Bobo	Sunshine Superman	Evil Ways	Dick Swaim	Afro-Cuban arrangement of the Donovan hit
19	Pat Paulsen	Two Cows / I Will Not Run / Simple Savior	Pat Paulsen for President	Neil Sharrow	Still surprisingly relevant, even though it was written in 1968
20	Brinsley Schwarz	Don't Lose Your Grip on Love	Nervous on the Road	Neil Sharrow	Nick Lowe's first group, 1972
21	Willie Bobo	Walk Away Renee	Evil Ways	Dick Swaim
22	Ella Fitzgerald	Little White Lies	Ella Swings Lightly	Gary Janssen

For the jazz lovers among us, some info from Vinyl Night regular, Paul Horn, about a major reissue of the work of saxophonist Pepper Adams, assembled by by an old friend of Paul's:

http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/08/pepper-adams-joy-road-sampler-motema.html

July Vinyl Night Playlist

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	The Motifs	Julie	City Walls (Southampton compilation)	Steve Gibbs
3	Exploding Seagulls	Ring Pull/Takes	City Walls (Southampton compilation)	Steve Gibbs
4	The Balancing Act	Generator	Curtains	Bob Nyswonger
5	The Frost	Help Me Baby	Rock and Roll Music	Bob Nyswonger
6	Public Image Ltd (PIL)	One Drop	One Drop EP	Steve Spatt
7	Maureen Tucker	Spam Again	Life in Exile After Abdication	Steve Spatt
8	Sonny Rollins	I'm An Old Cowhand	Way Out West	Steve Kemme	Album cover was Mel Brooks' inspiration for "Blazing Saddles"
9	Lester Bowie	It's Howdy Doody Time	The Great Pretender	Steve Kemme
10	John Coltrane	Chim Chim Cher-ee	The John Coltraine Quartet Plays	Steve Kemme
11	The Shoes	Bound to Be a Reason	Boomerang	Luann Gibbs
12	The Jazz Butcher	Partytime / Drink	Bloody Nonsense	Luann Gibbs
13	Don Agrati	Bloodstream / Hollywood Song	Homegrown	Neil Sharrow	Don Grady of "My Three Sons" (R.I.P. June 27)
14	Squeeze	Another Nail in My Heart	Tiny Collector's Edition 5" single	Ron Lanham
15	Strawberry Switchblade	Trees and Flowers	45	Ron Lanham
16	Madeline Kahn	I'm So Tired	45	Steve Rosen	from "Blazing Saddles"
17	Wet Willie	Street Corner Serenade	Manorisms	Steve Rosen
18	Jerry Hahn Brotherhood	Early Bird Café / One Man Woman	The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood	Polly Campbell
19	Doc Watson	Blue Ridge Mountain Blues	Pickin' the Blues	Gary Janssen	R.I.P. Doc Watson May 29
20	Doc Watson	Little Darling Pal of Mine	Southbound	Gary Janssen
21	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Kitty Wells Story	Gary Janssen	R.I.P. Kitty Wells July 16
22	The Rascals	Little Dove	Peaceful World	David Little
23	Sandy Rogers	Go Rosa	Fool For Love soundtrack	David Little
24	Mountain	To My Friend	45	Jim McNair
25	Leo Kottke	Furry Jane / Circle 'Round the Sun	Circle 'Round the Sun	Jim McNair

June Vinyl Night Playlist

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	Rocky Hill	HPD	Rocky Hill	Steve Spatt
3	Lou Christie (Sacco)	Paint America Love	Paint America Love	Steve Spatt
4	Stephane Grappelli & David Grisman	Misty	Live	Mary Henkener
5	Kris Jensen	Torture	45	Steve Rosen
6	Dale Ward	Letter from Sherry	45	Steve Rosen
7	Larry Finnegan	Dear One	45	Steve Rosen
8	Archie Bell & the Drells	Knock On Wood	Tighten Up	Carol Appel
9	Siegel-Schwall Band	Hush Hush	The Siegel-Schwall Band	Carol Appel
10	The Piano Choir	Jaboobie's March	Handscapes	Steve Kemme
11	Stanley Cowell	Abscretions	MUSA - Ancestral Streams	Steve Kemme
12	The Stanley Brothers	Let the Church Roll On	Sacred Songs from the Hills	Brian Powers
13	Heartless Bastards	Late in the Night	Arrow	Brian Powers
14	Blue Cheer	Just a Little Bit	45	Jim McNair
15	Flipper	Ha Ha Ha	Sex Bomb Baby!	Jim McNair
16	Bee Gees	Odessa (City on the Black Sea) / Suddenly / Whisper Whisper	Odessa	David Little
17	Billy Stewart	Summertime / Over the Rainbow	Greatest Sides	Neil Sharrow
18	Rockin' Sidney	You Ain't Nothing But Fine / Zydeco Lucy Go	Give Me a Good Time Woman	Ron Lanham
19	Status Quo	Mystery Song	Blue For You	Bill Frost
20	Laurel & Hardy	Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Old Flames	Bill Frost
21	Joao Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim	One Note Samba / Doralice / Only in Your Arms / I'm Looking Over a 4 Leaf Clover	Gilberto/Jobim	Polly Campbell
22	Flipper	Sex Bomb	Sex Bomb Baby!	Jim McNair
23	Sad Café	On with the Show	Misplaced Ideals	Bill Frost

May Vinyl Night

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	The Tokens	Animal	45	Jim McNair
3	Hamilton Camp	This Wheel's On Fire	45	Jim McNair
4	Jake Holmes	So Close	So Close, So Very Far to Go	David Little
5	Bert Sommer	America / Smile	Inside Bert Sommer	David Little	Early performer at the first Woodstock Festival
6	Joe "King" Carrasco	Caca de Vaca / Buena	Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns	Polly Campbell
7	Mekons	This Sporting Life	12" 45	Steve Spatt	Jon Langford coming to town this week
8	Mekons	Memphis, Egypt	Rock & Roll	Steve Spatt
9	Pete Townshend	Give Blood / Face the Face	White City, A Novel	Woody Woodburn
10	Ray Davies	Going Solo	Return to Waterloo	Bob Nyswonger
11	The Bears	Trust	Rise & Shine	Bob Nyswonger	Bob's band with Adrian Belew, Rob Fetters & Chris Arduser
12	Turley Richards	I Heard the Voice of Jesus	Turley Richards	Steve Rosen	Early work on Cincinnati's Fraternity Records (as Richard Turley) got him into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
13	Johnny Burnette	Cincinnati Fireball	45	Carol Appel
14	Lee Dorsey	My Old Car	45	Carol Appel
15	Jimmy Johnson	Twelve Bar Blues	Johnson's Whacks	Lou Webb
16	Jackie Lomax	Sour Milk Sea	Is This What You Want	Lou Webb	Written/produced by George Harrison, with Paul, Ringo, Clapton playing along
17	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Cubana Be / Cubana Bop / Manteca	The Greatest of Dizzy Gillespie	Steve Kemme	Featuring Chano Pozo
18	Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Born Under a Bad Sign	Live	Paul Horn	25th anniversary of Butterfield's death
19	The Feelies	Higher Ground	Only Life	Paul Horn
20	Sensational Alex Harvey Band	Dogs of War	SAHB Stories	Bill Frost
21	Dave Edmunds	Crawling from the Wreckage	Repeat When Necessary	Bill Frost
22	Flamin Groovies	Shake Some Action	Shake Some Action	Neil Sharrow
23	Doug Dillard & Gene Clark	Don't Come Rollin'	The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark	Neil Sharrow
24	Blues Brothers	B Movie Boxcar Blues	Briefcase Full of Blues	Brian Powers	R.I.P. Donald "Duck" Dunn
25	James Brown	You Gave My Heart a Song to Sing	Thinking About Little Willie John & a Few Nice Things	Brian Powers
26	Salon Bon Ton	Fire Sale (Everything Must Go)	Flexi disc	Viv Vinyl	Michael Enright
27	West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band	Help, I'm a Rock	45	Viv Vinyl	Zappa cover

April Vinyl Night Playlist

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	Chandler Travis	Still Wanna Make a Record	The Petite 7 Inch Record	Neil Sharrow	Record Store Day limited edition
3	David Greenberger with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic	How Records Are Made	The Petite 7 Inch Record	Neil Sharrow	Record Store Day limited edition
4	Ruth Wallis	Long Playing Daddy	The Petite 7 Inch Record	Neil Sharrow	Record Store Day limited edition
5	Blues Magoos	We Ain't Got Nothing Yet	45	Paul Horn
6	Untouchables	Lebanon / Stepping Stone	Live and Let Dance EP	Paul Horn
7	Four Seasons	American Crucifixion & Resurrection / Mrs. Stately's Garden	Genuine Imitation Life Gazette	Steve Kemme	Their answer to Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper
8	Tooba Blooze	7,000,000 Miles / Stumble of the Fumble Bee	Tooba Blooze EP	Luann Gibbs	Dayton band
9	Robert Johnson	I'll Be Waiting	Close Personal Friend	Steve Gibbs	Memphis guitarist, not the blues legend
10	Lieutenant Pigeon	Moldy Old Dough	45	Steve Gibbs
11	Rockpile	A Knife & a Fork / Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)	Seconds of Pleasure	Polly Campbell	Dave Edmunds & Nick Lowe
12	Little Richard	Get Rich Quick / Why Did You Leave Me	The Implosive Little Richard	Viv Vinyl	Early '50s recordings
13	Joey Ramone	Rock & Roll is the Answer	45	Steve Spatt	Record Store Day release on red vinyl
14	Sonic's Rendezvous Band	City Slang	45	Steve Spatt	Fred "Sonic" Smith
15	Happy & Artie Traum	Golden Bird	Happy & Artie Traum	Steve Rosen	Levon Helm tribute
16	Mynah Birds	It's My Time / Go On and Cry	45	Steve Rosen	Record Store Day release, early Neil Young/Rick James band
17	Levon Helm	Sing Sing Sing (Make a Better World)	Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars	Neil Sharrow	Levon Helm tribute
18	Illinois Speed Press	Country Dumplin' / Sadly Out of Place	Duet	Jim McNair	Paul Cotton & Kal David
19	The Teardrops	Tonight I'm Gonna Fall in Love Again	45	Ron Lanham	Early '60s girl group from Cincinnati's Hughes High School
20	The Freshies	I Can't Get "Bouncing Babies" by The Teardrop Explodes	45	Ron Lanham
21	The Teardrop Explodes	Bouncing Babies	Kilimanjaro	Ron Lanham
22	Bootsy's Rubber Band	Roto-Rooter	Bootsy? Player of the Year	Brian Powers	Bootsy bought his first house in Kennedy Heights, not far from HD Beans!
23	Magnolia Mountain	The Hand of Man	Town and Country	Brian Powers
24	Spirit	Dark Eyed Woman	Clear	David Little
25	Paul Simon	The Late Great Johnny Ace / Rene & Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War	Hearts and Bones	David Little
26	Iron Butterfly	Best Years of Our Lives / Shady Lady	Metamorphosis	Woody Woodburn
27	Paulette	Record Store Owners	The Petite 7 Inch Record	Neil Sharrow	Record Store Day limited edition
28	Paul Simon	Allergies	Hearts and Bones	David Little

March Vinyl Night Playlist

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	Robert Wyatt	I'm a Believer	45	Joel from Louisville	In the vein of a Davy Jones tribute
3	Subterraneans	My Flamingo	45	Joel from Louisville	Nick Kent
4	It's Immaterial	Driving Away from Home (Jim's Tune)	45	Bill Frost
5	Billy Cobham	East Bay	Life & Times	Bill Frost
6	Baby Ray	The House on Soul Hill / Saving My Love for You	Where Soul Lives	Gerry Itzkoff
7	Edith Piaf	Hymne a l'Amour	Les Plus Grands Succes	Monica Solomon
8	Candi Staton	I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart	45	John Brengelman
9	Hank Ballard & the Dapps	How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)	45	John Brengelman
10	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	Here Comes the Hurt	45	John Brengelman
11	The Remains	Don't Look Back	The Remains	Steve Spatt
12	Can	I'm So Green / Spoon	Ege Bamyasi	Steve Spatt
13	The GTO's (Girls Together Outrageously)	Kansas and the BTO's/Circular Circulation	Permanent Damage	Neil Sharrow	Music by Davy Jones
14	John Hiatt	Ridin' with the King (live)	Riot with Hiatt	Neil Sharrow
15	Herbie Nichols	Chit Chattin' / The Lady Sings the Blues	Herbie Nichols (Blue Note 2-LP)	Steve Kemme
16	Al DiMeola	Land of the Midnight Sun	Land of the Midnight Sun	Woody Woodburn
17	Hiroshima	Go	Go	Woody Woodburn
18	Charlie Dore	You Should Hear (How She Talks About You)	Listen	David Little
19	The Flips	Monday Monday/Walk Away Renee	What's In the Bright Pink Box?	David Little
20	Washington Squares	New Generation	The Washington Squares	David Little
21	Patti Smith	Ain't It Strange/Face Money	Hard Nipples (live bootleg)	Vivien Vinyl
22	Adam Faith & the Roulettes	It's Alright	45	Paul Horn
23	Gang of Four	Ether / Damaged Goods	Entertainment!	Paul Horn
24	Martin Mull	Dueling Tubas	Live! In Your Living Room	Steve Rosen
25	The "You-Know-Who Group"	My Love (Roses Are Red)	Shindig	Steve Rosen
26	Hotlegs	Neanderthal Man / You Didn't Like It, Because You Didn't Think of It	45	Steve Rosen	pre-10cc
27	Charles Spurling	Mr. Cool	45	John Brengelman	King Records
28	True Believers	Foggy Notion (Search and Destroy)	It's So Hard to Be Cool in an Uncool World	Joel from Louisville
29	It's Immaterial	Trains, Boats, Planes	45	Bill Frost

New app for locating independent record stores

Hello friends,

You are receiving this newsletter because you either love music, write about music, or most likely both! I wanted to let you know about a free app for both iPhone & Android that was launched this past December called The Vinyl District. Its the first app specifically for fans of vinyl, and for folks who would like to support that fast vanishing breed, the brick & mortar independent record store. And, with less than a week before Record Store Day 2012, now is a good time to know about it if you don't know.

Besides having a feed from the website, The Vinyl District, the app features record store finding tool which is keyword searchable (helpful when planning a trip to a strange city), or GPS-based. Please have a look & take a quick tour here. We currently have about stores listed in 25 countries, and more stores are being added everyday. The app also features a calendar for record fairs in the US & UK, and a social aspect as well. Users can check-in to stores, leave comments about them, and also discuss purchases. Our users have also not been shy about helping us source information about stores opening, closing, or moving. This has opened up an entire new platform for vinyl & music lovers to communicate and support what matters most to us in real time, all of the time, every day.

Read what NPR's All Songs Considered had to say about the app here: "...the iPhone and Android, the free app, created by contributors to a music blog of the same name, combines the Vinyl District's collective knowledge with online databases and user submissions to find record stores around the country. For the user, a geo-location system offers a bird's eye view of their neighborhood and points them in the direction of the closest place to buy CDs or vinyl."

"… it’ll direct you to your nearest independent music outlet, and with the US and 400 British record shops included – plus further coverage promised for Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Canada and beyond – full global reach can only be a matter of time. It’s free too, so take the cash you could’ve spent and buy some records.” - Mojo Magazine, March 2012

And Gizmodo said, "This is my favorite kind of tool, one that accomplishes a practical task with aplomb and few frills to get in the way. ...the next time I'm in an unfamiliar city with some time on my hands, I'm busting this thing out."

All that said, with Record Store Day 2012 fast approaching (although we think about & buy records much more often than one day a year!), we hope for two things: One, that you'll try the app for yourself, and tell your friends about it if you like it. And two, that you'll mention it either in a story or column...

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me directly at mobile@thevinyldistrict.com. I appreciate your time & hope you have a good weekend!

Tim Broun
mobile@thevinyldistrict.com
New York NY

Helpful links:
iTunes: http://bit.ly/tVIBP6
Android Marketplace: http://bit.ly/sx5hCm
The Vinyl District: http://bit.ly/rvzYNs