In the early 1960s Philips in The Netherlands were working on creating a new compact cassette tape system. Meanwhile over in Japan, Sanyo were doing the exact same thing, but the results were very different…
Tracey Thorn On Her Work With Warpaint And Corinne Bailey Rae
Tracey Thorn didn’t think she was about to make a new solo record, her first in a handful of year, but with the current social and political climate, the songs flooded in. With an electronic bend that at times recalls her days in Everything But the Girl, the collection that make up Record are her catchiest and most immediate songs of her career. Thorn spoke with Kyle Meredith about the inspiration behind the tracks, her work with Warpaint and Corinne Bailey Rae, and the idea of working professionally with her husband again.
Tom Waits Plays “The Piano Has Been Drinking” Live on Fernwood Tonite TV Show In 1979
The host of Fernwood Tonight, Martin Mull, by the way, is an amazing accomplished guitar player in his own right. Mull broke into show business as a songwriter, penning Jane Morgan’s 1970 country single, A Girl Named Johnny Cash, which peaked at #61 on Billboard’s country charts. Shortly thereafter, he began his own recording career. Throughout the 1970s, and especially in the first half of the decade, Mull was best known as a musical comedian, performing satirical and humorous songs both live and in-studio recordings. Notable live gigs included opening for Randy Newman and Sandy Denny at Boston Symphony Hall in 1973; Frank Zappa at Austin’s Armadillo World Headquarters in 1973; Billy Joel in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1974; and for Bruce Springsteen at the Shady Grove Music Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in October 1974. His self-titled debut Album, released by Capricorn in 1972, featured many noteworthy musicians, including Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Levon Helm from The Band, Keith Spring of NRBQ and Libby Titus.
Elvis Costello and Gary Sperrazza attribute the remark, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture” to Martin Mull.
OK, so, here’s Tom Waits performing The Piano Has Been Drinking and sitting down for a short interview.
Video: That Time Paul McCartney Was Busted in Japan, 1980
In January 1980, when Wings flew to Tokyo for a tour of Japan, customs officials found approximately 8 ounces of cannabis in Paul McCartney’s luggage. They arrested McCartney and brought him to a local jail while the Japanese government decided what to do. After ten days, they released and deported him without charge. A couple of busts since then, in 1997, he spoke out in support of decriminalisation of the drug: “People are smoking pot anyway and to make them criminals is wrong.” He did however, decide to quit cannabis in 2015, citing a desire to set a good example for his grandchildren.
Here’s a news report from that time Paul McCartney was busted in Japan back in 1980.
From The 1970s: Mark Hamill Does A Flawless Yoda Impression
Before Star Wars, Mark Hamill gained a reputation as a prolific voice actor. He first did voice acting work in the early 1970s voicing the character Corey Anders on the Saturday morning cartoon Jeannie by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He later played Sean in the Ralph Bakshi film Wizards, which was released just three months before Star Wars in 1977.
Though the voice role he is most known for is Batman’s archenemy the Joker, his success as the Joker has led him to portray a wide variety of characters in television, film, anime, and video games (mostly similar super-villains).
Sony Sign Exclusive Distribution Deal with Prince Estate Covering 35 Essential Catalog Titles from 1978-2015
Sony Music Entertainment and the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson have inked an exclusive distribution agreement covering 35 essential previously released album titles from the Prince catalog.
The Prince catalog covered under the new agreement will be distributed by Legacy Recordings, a division of SME, with worldwide rights beginning immediately to 19 previously released album titles (originally released between 1995-2010). The list of album titles includes The Gold Experience (1995), Emancipation (1996), Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (1999), The Rainbow Children (2001) and 3121 (2006), as well as titles originally distributed by Sony including Musicology (2004) and Planet Earth (2007). Additional album titles from the 2014-2015 era will also be distributed with worldwide rights under the deal in the future.
In addition to the album titles from the 1995-2010 era, the agreement also includes rights to other previously released material recorded post-1995 including singles, b-sides, remixes, non-album tracks, live recordings and music videos.
Starting in 2021, Sony/Legacy’s distribution rights will be expanded to include 12 Prince non-soundtrack catalog albums, featuring iconic music recorded by the artist from the 1978-1996 era for distribution in the United States. Music from this period covered under the agreement includes the highly renowned albums Prince (1979), Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), 1999 (1982), Around The World In A Day (1985), Sign ‘O’ The Times (1987), Lovesexy (1988), Diamonds and Pearls (1991) and [Love Symbol] (1992) as well as hit singles “1999,” “Little Red Corvette,” “I Wanna Be Your Lover,” “Raspberry Beret” and much more.
Hallmark Launches New Vinyl Record Birthday Cards Featuring Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, The Cars, And INXS
This summer, Hallmark is expanding its collection of Vinyl Record Cards with new birthday cards featuring songs from artists such as Tina Turner and The Cars. Each card includes an exclusive 7-inch vinyl record with two songs from each artist built into a sleeve on the card’s cover.
Hallmark Vinyl Record Cards are available where Hallmark cards are sold and online at Hallmark.com and Amazon.com. At Valentine’s Day, Hallmark released their first three Vinyl Record Cards, each with a 45 RPM vinyl record, featuring songs from artists such as Aretha Franklin and INXS.
Post Malone To Headline Free Toronto Concert
Post Malone, the multiplatinum-certified phenomenon whose current single “Psycho” (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) helped the lyrical maven set a new record for the most songs in the top 20 of Billboard‘s Hot 100 by a single artist (a record previously held by The Beatles in 1964), will headline a free concert in Toronto as part of the Aurora Illumination Concert Series, a summer-long celebration that will ignite every corner of Canada with free musical performances.
Canadian residents can sign up for FREE tickets and the latest announcements, photos and event information here.
The event will also feature a complimentary beverage station offering drinks with Space Bear terpene blends, and engaging Illumination + Aurora Aura photo stations.
WHEN:
● Wednesday, 6/27 – Ticket registration opens at 10AM ET at www.illuminationseries.ca
● Saturday, 7/25 – Registration ends 10PM ET
● Monday, 7/27 – Tickets become available to registrants at 10AM ET
● Monday, 8/6 – Concert doors open at 8:00 PM
WHERE: The Mod Club, 722 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1C4, Canada
Illumination Concert Series presenter Aurora Cannabis Inc. is a Canadian Cannabis company that’s redefining the thriving cannabis space. As one of the world’s largest federally licensed, medical cannabis companies, Aurora is committed to providing its patients with the highest standard of product quality, customer service and affordable pricing, while removing barriers to access. A progressive leader, using innovative technologies and state-of-the-art facilities, the company cultivates and produces exceptional, high quality, safe medical cannabis for the global market. It’s growing constellation of subsidiaries and strategic partners provides global reach, product choice and first-class delivery.
UPCOMING ILLUMINATION SUMMER CONCERTS PRESENTED BY AURORA CANNABIS:
● Rezz (June 29, Saskatoon)
● Sheepdogs (July 4, Yellowknife)
● Alexisonfire (July 6, Edmonton)
● The Cult (July 13, Edmonton)
● Kings of Leon (July 14, Calgary)
● Arkells (July 22, Prince Edward Island)
● Sam Roberts Band (July 25, Whitehorse)
● City and Colour (July 31, Iqaluit)
The Band’s “Music From Big Pink” – 50th Anniversary Edition: Super Deluxe is Coming
On the 31st August, Capitol/UMe will release Music from Big Pink in newly remixed and expanded 50th Anniversary Edition packages, including a Super Deluxe CD/Blu-ray/2LP/7-inch vinyl box set with a hardbound book.
The Band’s landmark debut album, Music from Big Pink, seemed to spring from nowhere and everywhere. Drawing from the American roots music panoply of country, blues, R&B, gospel, soul, rockabilly, the honking tenor sax tradition, hymns, funeral dirges, brass band music, folk, and rock ‘n’ roll, The Band forged a timeless new style that forever changed the course of popular music. Fifty years later, the mythology surrounding Music from Big Pink lives on through the evocative storytelling of its songs including “The Weight,” “This Wheel’s On Fire,” “Tears of Rage,” and “To Kingdom Come,” its enigmatic cover art painted by Bob Dylan, the salmon-colored upstate New York house – ‘Big Pink’ — where The Band wrote the songs, and in myriad descendant legends carried forth since the album’s stunning arrival.
TRACKS
Disk 1 CD: 2018 stereo mix
1 Tears Of Rage
2 To Kingdom Come
3 In A Station
4 Caledonia Mission
5 The Weight
6 We Can Talk
7 Long Black Veil
8 Chest Fever
9 Lonesome Suzie
10 This Wheel’s On Fire
11 I Shall Be Released
12 Yazoo Street Scandal (Outtake)
13 Tears Of Rage (Alternate Take)
14 Long Distance Operator (Outtake)
15 Lonesome Suzie (Alternate Take)
16 Key To The Highway (Outtake)
17 I Shall Be Released (A Cappella)
Disk 2 BLU-RAY 5.1 surround mix + 96kHz/24bit high resolution stereo
1 Tears Of Rage
2 To Kingdom Come
3 In A Station
4 Caledonia Mission
5 The Weight
6 We Can Talk
7 Long Black Veil
8 Chest Fever
9 Lonesome Suzie
10 This Wheel’s On Fire
11 I Shall Be Released
12 Yazoo Street Scandal (Outtake)
13 Tears Of Rage (Alternate Take)
14 Long Distance Operator (Outtake)
15 Lonesome Suzie (Alternate Take)
16 Key To The Highway (Outtake)
17 I Shall Be Released (A Cappella)
LP 1: SIDE ONE
1 Tears Of Rage
2 To Kingdom Come
LP 1: SIDE TWO
1 In A Station
2 Caledonia Mission
3 The Weight
LP 2: SIDE FOUR
1 Lonesome Suzie
2 This Wheel’s On Fire
3 The Weight
LP 2: SIDE THREE
1 We Can Talk
2 Long Black Veil
3 Chest Fever