Vinyl Night Cincinnati: April 2012

Friday, April 27, 2012

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

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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

Sunday, April 15, 2012

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