February 2012
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Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
Two years ago Bruce Springsteen told Rolling Stone that he had just written his first song about a “guy that wears a tie.” The songwriter had spent much of his career writing about characters struggling in tough economic times, but the financial crisis convinced him it was time to write about the people and forces that brought America to this ugly...
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Galactic – Carnivale Electricos
Call it Mardi Gras, or call it Carnivale. Galactic captures the modern vibrancy of this annual bacchanal - and blazes a trail to its future - on Carnivale Electricos, the group’s most ambitious release to date, set for release on Mardi Gras Day, Feb 21, via Anti- Records. Over the course of thirteen tracks, Galactic explores the connections between the Mardi Gras in their native New...
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Umphrey's McGee - All Night Wrong (7th Street...
Umphrey’s McGee “All Night Wrong” February 2, 2012 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Following last night’s performance at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN, Umphrey’s McGee offered their first-ever all-cover late night set dubbed “All Night Wrong” at the nearby 7th Street Entry. While the set featured no new covers, the band did run through a number of classics which were...
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The Rolling Stones – Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981)
The Rolling Stones – Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981)
The Rolling Stones have released their second official bootleg album, Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) through StonesArchiveStore.com. Following the success of their first official bootleg The Brussels Affair in November, the band have now released the notorious, and oft bootlegged show recorded in Virginia on 18th December 1981.
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January 2012
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Etta James - Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
The popular Etta James usually performs raunchy single-entendre blues, so this surprisingly subtle outing is a real change of pace. She sounds quite laid-back on a set of ballads associated with Billie Holiday and utilizes a jazz rhythm section led by pianist Cedar Walton plus three horn players, including the great Red Holloway on tenor and alto. James makes no attempts at exploring uptempo...
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Wilco - iTunes Session
Wilco headed into their own loft in Chicago last December to record this tight little iTunes Session, a short live-show-without-an-audience, essentially.
Highlighting almost half of The Whole Love (Dawned On Me, Born Alone, I Might, Black Moon, Whole Love) and two sorta-oldies War On War and Passenger Side (well, okay, that one truly is getting on in age now), the real surprise here is Cruel...
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Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks Vol. 1 (1977-05-25...
Chances are if you’re a Dead Head you’re already well-versed in the glorious spring of 1977. Back a year since their mid-’70s performing hiatus, and fresh from recording their Terrapin Station album in L.A. with producer Keith Olsen, the Dead returned to the road invigorated and excited that spring. There were fantastic new songs (including the “Terrapin Station” suite, “Estimated Prophet” and...
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Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society
Radio Music Society, the new album from last year’s winner of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, jazz vocalist, bassist, and composer Esperanza Spalding is intended not as a sequel to her 2010 Chamber Music Society but as a “companion.” The artist explains:
Originally I thought it would be fun to release a double album. One disc with an intimate, subtle exploration...
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Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
While most of the discussions of Frank Zappa have to do with his satirical and off-color lyrics, the fact remains that he was one of the finest and most underappreciated guitarists around. This collection places the spotlight squarely on Zappa’s mastery of the guitar. Recorded for the most part in 1979 and 1980 (with a few tracks dating as far back as 1977), Shut Up ‘n Play Yer...
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Dread Zeppelin - Un-Led-Ed
Despite singer Tortelvis’ reputed propensity for gas, there is no denying that, initially, Dread Zeppelin was a breath of fresh air in a stale music scene which oftentimes took itself way too seriously. Anyone jaded enough to think they had seen it all in rock & roll was forced to think again when faced with the band’s improbable reggae renditions of Led Zeppelin classics,...
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Etta James - The Definitive Collection
How do you cover an artist with nearly 50 years worth of recorded material on one disc? Use this as an example. With so many different collections of artists like Ms. Etta James out there, it can be a complicated task of what to choose. Others may focus on one particular area of her recording career, but this one goes all the way back to her 1955 smash of “The Wallflower (Dance With...
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Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
In a recent public conversation with fellow rock bard Jarvis Cocker about the new recording Old Ideas, Leonard Cohen answered the younger man’s suggestion that his songs are “penitential hymns” (a phrase Cohen himself employs in his new song “Come Healing”) with jocular humility. “I’m not sure what that means, to be honest,” Cohen reportedly...
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moe. – What Happened To The LA LAs
For their 10th studio album, the psychedelic jam maestros moe. will transform 10 road-proven, moe.ron-approved songs from their normally lengthy live versions into more compact, layered tracks, resting on the back of Vinnie Amico’s and Jim Loughlin’s pulsating percussion. Still pure moe., the album entitled What Happened To The La Las, is the band’s first partnership with a label in over a...
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Etta James - Time After Time
No one can deny Etta James’s legendary status as a queen of the blues, and here, in this 1995 recording, she still wails with the best. Surrounded by extraordinary musicians—especially the brilliant Cedar Walton on piano and Eddie Harris and Herman Riley on tenor sax—she turns standards into big, bold, assertive statements, capitalizing on her lower register (much lower...
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Etta James - Live From San Francisco
Etta James led a roller-coaster life, sustaining enough spills and thrills to satisfy the wildest daredevil. This live set reflects the ride. Bursting with color, Live in San Francisco is a snapshot from the journey, a record of one remarkable evening when the singer seemed at last, free to purge her soul and impart the joy and pain which gives her art such frightening beauty.
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David Byrne - Live from Austin, Texas
David Byrne is a modern renaissance man and that s not just a cliché. From the heady days as co-founder of the celebrated art new-wave group Talking Heads (1976-88) through his own constantly evolving and innovative solo music career, he has pursued his muse on many different artistic fronts. He s been the driving force behind a body of work that has been both intellectually daring and...
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Rodrigo y Gabriela with C.U.B.A. – Area 52
Raised in Mexico, based in Ireland, and not too far removed from life in metal bands — how could Rodrigo y Gabriela not wind up with a sound that splits the difference between jazzy flamenco and heavy rock? On 2006’s self-titled album and the 2009 breakout 11:11, fleet-fingered Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero craft their wild instrumental genre fusions using only acoustic...
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Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Physical Graffiti is Led Zeppelin’s only studio album that was released as a double album. Around half of the material is outtakes from previous albums, but are generally good songs and their release is welcome. It is more in the style of its predecessor, Houses of the Holy, than any of their other albums.
Physical Graffiti has...
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Gov't Mule - 12-31-2011 Beacon Theatre, NYC, NY
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Set 1 Railroad Boy > Mule Thorazine Shuffle Brighter Days > Like Flies Lay Your Burden Down About To Rage Slackjaw Jezebel King’s Highway > St. Stephen Jam > Eternity’s Breath > Trane with Norwegian Wood Tease Set 2 Mad Mules & Englishmen with The Ass-ets (Machan Taylor, Mini Carlsson & Alicia Shakur) & Chronic Horns (Buford...
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Furthur - 12-31-2011 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium,...
Furthur 2011-12-31 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
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Another NYE in the long standing tradition of the Grateful Dead and their offshoot bands. This is a very inspired and tight performance. The setlist just doesn’t let up in the slightest. Solid through and through....
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Phish - Party Time
Full-length EP, released as part of the super deluxe “Joy Box” in 2009 and released on vinyl at Super Ball IX over Fourth of July Weekend and Record Store Day Nov 11, 2011.
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“Party Time” - Recorded on 1/23/09 at The Barn by Ben Collette. Mixed by CJ Eiriksson July 2009
“Alaska” - Recorded by Garry Brown 6/9/09 at the Asheville...
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Phish - 12/31/1991 Worcester Memorial Auditorium,...
“I treat every minute like an hour and then it seems like a year has just flashed by again. Twenty years later, I’m still upside down.”
December 31, 1991 was Phish’s third New Year’s Eve gig and their largest show at that time with a stated capacity of 4,000. It took place in the ornate Art Deco “New Aud”, built in the 1930’s seemingly ...
December 2011
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Keller Williams - Bass
“Bass” is Keller’s 17th album and the first on which he only plays bass. Comprised of 11 tracks, 9 originals and 2 covers, “Bass” documents Keller’s exploration of creamy bass lines and groovy rocksteady beats mixed with his own unique style and vision.
And now a word from Keller: Greetings Music Lovers. Thank you for partaking in yet another one of my ...
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Keller Williams - Kids
A true original, Keller Williams has won the hearts and imaginations of a seething tide of young adults who are musically ‘in the know.’ With his sixteenth album, Kids, Keller stakes out his next conquest- the absolute adoration of the under-10 crowd and their parents, caregivers, and relatives. With Kids, Keller creates a style of family music that’s all his own, and...
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Phish – Hampton / Winston-Salem ’97 (Bonus Disc)
Extra Tracks from livephish on Hampton / Winston-Salem ‘97 preorder.
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1. Brother, Harpua (3/26/92, Ziggy’s, Winston- Salem, NC) 2 .Kung>Wolfman’s>Runaway Jim (11/25/95, Hampton, VA)
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Jerry Jams For Rex II
With Jerry Jams for Rex II, stellar musicians honor Jerry Garcia’s continuing musical and community contributions with generous contributions of noteworthy live performances of Jerry Garcia songs to benefit the Rex Foundation. This tasteful compilation provides a rich musical experience for enjoyment of longtime favorites, and all proceeds are a contribution to Rex.
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Phish – Hampton / Winston-Salem ’97
Phish dip into the “Holy Grail” of legendary shows to release Hampton/Winston-Salem ‘97. Among some of the most requested shows for release from the Phish Archives. The 7-CD box set, features three complete shows recorded Live November 21 & 22, 1997 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA and November 23, 1997 Lawrence Joel Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC, in the...
November 2011
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Beatlejam - Live At The Webster Theatre
UK pressing of this live album from the jam band supergroup consisting of Matt Abts (Govt Mule), Berry Oakley Jr. (son of Allman Brothers bassist Berry Oakley), Vince Welnick (Grateful Dead), Slick Aguilar (Jefferson Starship) and Johnny Need (Govt Mule, Allman Brothers, Lonny Mack). Beatlejam are a sort of spin off from the successful US jam band Blue Floyd only this time its Beatles songs...
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Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – Soul Time!
Daptone Records is turning ten years old! To celebrate the label’s role in expediting the worldwide revival of soul, they’re releasing a new record by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. Although the latest album by the label’s driving force, I Learned The Hard Way, has been released only a little longer than a year ago, this anniversary is a great opportunity to release a special record. Soul...
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Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures
Due for release on December 5th, the 12 track collection features previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions of existing classics as well as a couple of brand new Amy compositions, and has been compiled by long-time musical partners Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson in close association with Amy’s family, management and record label Island Records. “Lioness : Hidden Treasures” proves a...
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Ryan Adams – Do I Wait Darkness [Early NYC...
Two demo tracks that Ryan recorded at Electric Ladyland studios during his sessions for Ashes & Fire. Record Store Day release 2011.
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01 – Do I Wait 02 – Darkness
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Kiss My Amps
In the middle of his 2010 concerts, Tom Petty interrupted the hits for a stretch of electric R&B and psychedelic jangle from his rebirth record, Mojo. This vinyl LP, issued for Record Store Day, is a crackling facsimile of the minisets inside those shows, including the tough freestyle strut “Takin’ My Time,” the hard-blues-and-rave-up combo “I Should Have Known ...
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The Black Keys - El Camino
2011 album from the Garage/Blues Rock duo, the follow-up to the enormously successful Brothers album. With the hard-rocking El Camino, guitarist-singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney conjure up an exhilarating, stadium-sized sound in collaboration with producer and friend Danger Mouse. El Camino boasts a no-nonsense brilliance: The pace is fast, the mood is upbeat, the choruses...
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The Rolling Stones - Some Girls Live In Texas '78
The Rolling Stones 1978 tour of the USA in support of that year’s Some Girls album is considered by fans to be one of their very best. The tour followed immediately on the release of the Some Girls album and by the time the band arrived in Texas in mid-July the album had hit the No.1 spot on the US charts.
The tour took a back to basics approach, with the band and their music very...
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Trey Anastasio Band - 11/12/2011 Bear Creek Music...
Trey Anastasio Band Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival Big IV Ampitheater Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park
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Push On Til the Day Cayman Review Burlap Sack Jibboo Magilla Money, Love, & Change Sand Valentine Ooh Child Devil Went Down to GA Simple Twist Up Small Axe Shine Alaska Mr. Completely Tuesday Clint Eastwood First Tube Encore: Pigtail Heavy Things Black Dog
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The Rolling Stones – Some Girls [Deluxe Edition]
During the mid-’70s, the Rolling Stones remained massively popular, but their records suffered from Jagger’s fascination with celebrity and Keith’s worsening drug habit. By 1978, both punk and disco had swept the group off the front pages, and Some Girls was their fiery response to the younger generation. Opening with the disco-blues thump of “Miss You,” Some Girls...
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The Rolling Stones – Brussels Affair [Live 1973]
Long hailed by die-hard Stones fans as one of the band’s greatest live performances, The Brussels Affair has been a mainstay in the underground music world for years. The original bootlegs, sold under such titles as Europe 73, Bedspring Symphony and Brussels Affair, were cobbled together from assorted radio broadcasts, including the syndicated radio programme King Biscuit Flower Hour,...
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The Who - Quadrophenia (2011 Deluxe Edition)
After the 1971 album Who’s Next, Pete Townshend returned to the rock-opera genre, so dramatically realised through Tommy, with another ambitious double-album masterpiece. Based around the story of Jimmy – Quadrophenia tells the tale of a young mod and his struggle to come of age in the mid-1960s.The story also takes its influence from the band’s early fans from the original mod era, and its...
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Further 11/11/11 - The Oncenter, Syracuse, NY
Furthur 2011-11-11 The Oncenter, Syracuse, NY
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Set 1 (Disc One) 1. Alligator > 9:07 2. The Last Time 6:37 3. Reuben And Cherise > 10:29 4. High On A Mountain > 9:38 5. Loser 10:30 6. Brown Eyed Women > 6:00 7. Jack Straw 9:45 8. Revolution 5:5 Set 2 (Disc Two) 1. Weather Report Suite >...
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Rush – Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland
Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland is the ultimate Rush live album. Recorded during last year’s sold outTime Machine tour, the CD captures the band in great form in the city where their career really kicked off. The 26 song 2-disc set includes the band’s performance of the classic Moving Pictures in its entirety. It features that album’s smashes “Tom Sawyer” and ...
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Umphrey’s McGee - 11/03/2011 The Mod Club,...
Umphrey’s McGee 2011-11-03 The Mod Club, Toronto, Canada
Set I: Turn & Dub, Walletsworth, Booth Love, Wappy Sprayberry > Wife Soup, In The Kitchen*
Set II: Miss Tinkle’s Overture, Conduit, Partyin’ Peeps, Domino Theory, Higgins, Sweet Child o’ Mine**, The Floor
Encore: Making Flippy Floppy
Notes: *Daren Shearer (The New Deal) replaces Kris for jam **Guns...
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Pure Jerry 02: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City,...
A cornerstone of Pure Jerry, a series of live Jerry Garcia vault releases, October 31, 1987 is a four-disc tour de force featuring the complete acoustic and electric sets from both the matinee and evening performances that took place on the final date of Garcia’s historic 2-½ week Broadway run. Each of Garcia’s engagements at the storied Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 46th Street opened...
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Pure Jerry 01 - Theatre 1839, San Francisco, July...
Jerry Garcia Band Theatre 1839 San Francisco, CA 7/29-30/77
Theatre 1839 marks the debut of Pure Jerry, a series of live Jerry Garcia vault releases. The three-disc set is remastered from the original soundboard recordings and comprises the best of two performances by the Jerry Garcia Band at San Francisco’s Theatre 1839 on July 29 and 30, 1977. Among the highlights are two previously...
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Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile...
Their schedules are hard to mesh and match, but the four bluegrass and classical musicians who made “The Goat Rodeo Sessions” are hoping their collaboration will continue in the future.
”We had a really great time doing it, but there’s a lot more depth there that we could plumb,” cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who joined forces with mandolinist Chris...
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Anoushka Shankar – Traveller
“Traveller” brings together the passionate and diverse music of Spain with the vibrant sounds of the Indian tradition. Traveller traces the gypsies’ journey from their homeland in Rajasthan to finally settling in Spain. Anoushka Shankar and her specially selected group of all-star Indian and flamenco musicians re-forge the thousand-year-old link between Spanish and Indian music in her new...
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here [Experience...
The breakthrough success of Dark Side of the Moon made Wish You Were Here a crucial follow-up in strictly commercial terms. Further pressure came from it being Pink Floyd’s first recording for a new label, Columbia. Yet the demands on the band only provided Roger Waters more fodder for his lyrics, which glanced at the band’s roots as well as their new responsibilities. The mechanized...
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Widespread Panic - 10-31-2011 Aragon Ballroom,...
Widespread Panic 2011-10-31 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
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Set One… Disc II: Pigeons (9:33) Radio Child (6:25) Wishbone (5:37) True To My Nature (4:59) Time Zones (5:38) Love Tractor (5:40) Degenerate (4:19) Blight (7:40) Tail Dragger (7:13) Climb to Safety (6:07) Set Two… Disc II: Godzilla (3:01) Iron Man (6:16) Godzilla...