Goldmine back issues from December 2007:
Correction
Dec 07, 2007; ... * The Greater New Jersey Record and CD Show will only be held on Dec. 9 at the Holiday Inn in ...
Please Mr. Postman
Dec 07, 2007; ... Reviewer missed the boat on Davies Please tell your reviewer, Lee Zimmerman, to do his homework. After purchasing Dave Davies' latest solo CD, Fractured Mindz, I couldn't help but feel uplifted and in utter amazement at all the creative directions that Dave's music takes ...
Looking Back...
Dec 07, 2007; ... 60 YEARS AGO: Eagles' guitarist Joe Walsh was born Nov. 20, 1947. 50 YEARS AGO: Fats Domino had the best seat in the house to see the arrest of five audience members at a Nov. 14, 1957, performance in Boston. 40 YEARS AGO: Arlo Guthrie released Alice's Restaurant on Nov. 22, ...
Poets, Stones and a gypsy take a spin in this month's Top 10
Dec 07, 2007; ... 1. $3,550 - Damon, Song of a Gypsy LP: Topping this month's list is a near-mint copy of a legendary psych LP from 1969 by David Del Conte, AKA Damon. A private pressing (on Ankh Records), this is one of the rarer psych albums. There also are reissues. A few years ago, word got back to Damon that ...
Pop Quiz
Dec 07, 2007; ... In each issue of Goldmine, we pose 16 questions in three categories - easier, medium and harder. Of course, the degree of difficulty is subjective; sometimes, the questions I think are difficult come easily, and those that I think are easy turn out to be the stumpers. So take my interpretation ...
In The News
Dec 07, 2007; ... Radiohead let its fans decide how much to pay for a digital copy of the band's latest release, In Rainbows, and 62 percent of those who downloaded the album chose to pay nothing, but the remaining 38 percent voluntarily paid the British alt-rockers an average of $6, according to the study by ...
OBITUARIES: Robert Goulet
Dec 07, 2007; ... Robert Goulet, 73, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, died Nov. 6 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center while awaiting a lung transplant, said his spokesman, Norm Johnson. In October, Goulet had been diagnosed with a ...
OBITUARIES: Hank Thompson
Dec 07, 2007; ... Hank Thompson, the country singer and bandleader who mixed honky-tonk and Western swing on such hits as "A Six Pack to Go" and "The Wild Side of Life," died Nov. 6 of lung cancer. He was 82. Thompson died at his home in the Fort Worth suburb of Keller, said spokesman Tracy Pitcox, just ...
OBITUARIES: Linda Stein
Dec 07, 2007; ... Former Ramones co-manager and real estate broker Linda Stein, 62, died her own New York apartment, the victim of a beating. An autopsy found that Stein, 62, died from blows to the head and neck. Stein's daughter found the body Oct. 30. Stein made her name as a pioneer in New York's punk ...
OBITUARIES: George Osmond
Dec 07, 2007; ... George Osmond, 90, father of Donny and Marie Osmond and patriarch to the family's singing group. The Osmond Brothers, died Nov. 6 at his home in Provo, Utah. George Osmond married his wife, Olive, on Dec. 1, 1944. She died in 2004. The couple were the parents of nine children, many of ...
OBITUARIES: Fred W. McDarrah
Dec 07, 2007; ... Fred W. McDarrah, a Village Voice photographer who chronicled some of New York's most important cultural and political events during more than three decades at the alternative weekly, died in his sleep Nov. 6 at his home in Greenwich village, said his son, Patrick McDarrah. He was ...
OBITUARIES: Jim Stagg
Dec 07, 2007; ... Jim Stagg, an iconic Chicago disc jockey in the heyday of Top 40 radio who toured with The Beatles and interviewed scores of legendary musicians, has died. He was 72. Stagg, whose real name was Jimmy Pearson Staggs, died Nov. 6 at his Lake Forest, III., home of complications from ...
Drugs, sex and violence: It must be a biker flick!
Dec 07, 2007; ... Drugs, sex and violence: It must be a biker flick! Paul Wibier "Satan" b/w "It is Better To Have Loved And Lost" Pendulum Records P-108 -1969 First came "The Wild Angels." Then came "Hell's Angels on Wheels." "Hell's Angels '69." "Hell's Belles." ...
Mickey Hart
Dec 07, 2007; ... Powered by a sense of adventure and innovation, as well as a healthy respect for the backbeat of American rock 'n' roll, Mickey Hart was, indeed, the pumping heart that beat inside the chest of The Grateful Dead. His complex drum patterns provided the groove for the Dead's exploratory ...
Sinéad O'Connor's new religion
Dec 07, 2007; ... Irish songstress strives to create peace in a time of war with Theology It's been 20 years since Sinéad O'Connor launched her career with her seminal debut, The Lion and the Cobra. During those two decades, controversy has dogged the veteran artist, but the integrity with which she's ...
Classic Guitars Identification and Price Guide
Dec 07, 2007; ... "Classic Guitars Identification and Price Guide": Enjoy a photographic history lesson of the ever-evolving field of guitar design with "Classic Guitars Identification and Price Guide" by Nick Freeth. Adore the acoustic archtop designs of the Gibson L-5 in the late 1920s. Dig Fender's ...
The Folk Handbook: Working with Songs from the English Tradition
Dec 07, 2007; ... "The Folk Handbook: Working with Songs from the English Tradition": Explore the world of traditional songs with this book and its accompanying 14-track CD. Detailed essays delve into the history, meaning and new developments of folk music, while brief portraits introduce readers to ...
Riot on the Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood
Dec 07, 2007; ... "Riot on the Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood": From the moment that The Byrds debuted at Ciro's on March 25, 1965 - with Bob Dylan joining them on stage - right up until the demonstrations in November 1966, the clubs on the Sunset Strip nurtured and broke such acts as The ...
Please Mr. Postman
Dec 21, 2007; ... '50s drummers broke new ground Richard J. Kunkel's letter on '50s rock drummers entirely misses the point. What Mr. Kunkel fails to realize is in the period 1955-64, rock and roll was in its infancy. The music was new, raw, explosive, without too much attention to details. What mattered ...
Looking Back...
Dec 21, 2007; ... 50 YEARS AGO: Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke and The Rays all made their first appearances on the same "Ed Sullivan Show" on Dec. 1, 1957. 40 YEARS AGO: The Monkees had their fourth #1 album of the year on Dec. 2, 1967. Their self-titled album started the year off, followed by More of The ...
Grapevine
Dec 21, 2007; ... FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS Country music legend and animal lover Willie Nelson has filmed a public service announcment supporting a Georgia state Senate bill that would make it a felony for anyone to sell, trade or transport dogs for the purpose of dogfighting ... U2 stars Bono and The ...
OBITUARIES: Kevin Dubrow
Dec 21, 2007; ... By The Associated Press Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot that scored a hit with "Cum on Feel the Noize," was found dead in a Las Vegas home Nov. 25. He was 52. The cause was not immediately known. A neighbor summoned police and paramedics Sunday ...
OBITUARIES: George J. Gaber
Dec 21, 2007; ... George J. Gaber, a renowned percussionist who joined Indiana University's faculty in 1960 and helped transform its Jacobs School of Music into one of the nation's top music schools, has died. He was 91. Gaber, a professor emeritus of music at IU, died Wednesday at the Meadowood Health ...
OBITUARIES: Chickie Williams
Dec 21, 2007; ... Entertainer Chickie Williams, whose vocal arrangement of "Beyond the Sunset" hit No. 3 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 Country Music Songs in 1948 and was later recorded by Hank Williams and Red Foley, has died. Williams, 88, known to her fans as "The Girl with the ...
OBITUARIES: Ernest "Doc" Paulin
Dec 21, 2007; ... New Orleans' oldest traditional jazz musician, trumpeter Ernest "Doc" Paulin, has died at the age of 100. Paulin, who had performed since the 1920s, died Nov. 20 at a daughter's home in suburban Marrero, family members said. Doc Paulin's Brass Band was one of the city's more ...
OBITUARIES: Paul Wasserman
Dec 21, 2007; ... Celebrity publicist Paul Wasserman, the music industry giant known as "Wasso" whose clients included the Rolling Stones, the Who, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Dylan and Neil Diamond, died of respiratory failure on Nov. 18. He was 73. During his four-decade career, Wasserman represented Lee ...
OBITUARIES: John Hughey
Dec 21, 2007; ... John Hughey, a steel guitar player and Arkansas native who toured for years with country legend Conway Twitty and recorded with Elvis Presley and many other stars, has died. He was 73. Hughey died Nov. 18 in Tennessee, according to a statement from his publicist. The Tennessean reported ...
OBITUARIES: Masakazu Yoshizawa
Dec 21, 2007; ... Masakazu Yoshizawa, 57, a musician whose mastery of traditional Japanese flutes graced the soundtracks of "Memoirs of a Geisha," "The Joy Luck Club" and other films, died Oct. 24 or stomac cancer at his San Gabriel, Calif., home. Yoshizawa was asked by composer John Williams to play a ...
OBITUARIES: Joseph Adam Mouton
Dec 21, 2007; ... Joseph Adam Mouton of Lafayette, La., better known by zydeco music fans in south Louisiana as Zyedco Joe, died Nov. 17 of complications from pneumonia, his son, Joseph Mouton, said. He was 64. Mouton was a popular accordion player, known for hits such as You Can't Rooster Like You Used ...
OBITUARIES: Hy Lit
Dec 21, 2007; ... Philadelphia broadcaster Hy Lit, whose career as a rock disc jockey on the city's airwaves spanned half a century, has died. He was 73. Lit died Nov. 10 at Paoli Hospital, Paoli, Pa., said Main Line Health spokeswoman Frieda Schmidt, who declined to reveal the cause of death. Lit worked ...
OBITUARIES: Aletra Hampton
Dec 21, 2007; ... Jazz pianist and singer Aletra Hampton, who performed for years as part of the Hampton Sisters act, has died. She was 92. Hampton, who had been in failing health for months, died Nov. 12 at a rehabilitation center in Indianapolis, said her son, Paul Kerley. Hampton was born in Ohio in ...
OBITUARIES: John C. "Scooter" Herring
Dec 21, 2007; ... John C. "Scooter" Herring, a former Allman Brothers Band road manager whose drug conviction in the 1970s contributed to the band's breakup, died Nov. 10 of natural causes, a spokesman for Hart's Mortuary in Macon, Ga. He was 67. Federal prosecutors went after Herring during the 1970s, ...
OBITUARIES: Donda West
Dec 21, 2007; ... Donda West, mother of Kanye West and former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department, died Nov. 10 in Los Angeles, a spokesman for the rapper said. She was 58. Donda West was known for the strong bond she shared with her son, by whose side she was often seen at parties ...
Pop Quiz
Dec 21, 2007; ... In each issue of Goldmine, we pose 16 questions in three categories - easier, medium and harder. Of course, the degree of difficulty is subjective; sometimes, the questions I think are difficult come easily, and those that I think are easy turn out to be the stumpers. So take my interpretation ...
Label reaps what it sows
Dec 21, 2007; ... Appleseed Records harvests the fruits of passion and purpose In the business world, commercial concerns and social awareness don't always make the best of bedfellows. But one company that shows how those goals can succeed in sync is Appleseed Records, an independent label that brands its ...
Battle of the bands: Paragons vs. Turbans
Dec 21, 2007; ... The Paragons Florence Collectables CD 6862 The Turbans The Complete Herald Recordings - Volume I Collectables CD 7511 http://www.oldies.com You probably remember that LP cover from 1959: The Paragons Meet The Jesters. The LP sleeve showed a ...
Images of America: The Cincinnati Sound
Dec 07, 2007; ... "Images of America: The Cincinnati Sound": The heart of rock 'n' roll may be in Cleveland, but high-energy musical acts pumped through Cincinnati back in the day, too. Author Randy McNutt, an independent producer who worked at studios in Cincinnati, Nashville and New York, examines ...
For sentimental reasons
Dec 07, 2007; ... Nat 'King' Cole's entire Capitol catalog reissued by Collectors' Choice A hail of slings and arrows from critics showered Nat King Cole while he was alive, but he never ducked them. To jazz's old guard, which propped him up throughout the '40s as an ivory tinkler of extraordinary ...
Letting the universe decide
Dec 07, 2007; ... Photographer Henry Diltz on the iconic rock images he shot They had only a few minutes to get the iconic image that would grace the cover of The Doors' Morrison Hotel. When the desk clerk of the actual hotel, at 1246 S. Hope St. in Los Angeles, left his post and wandered into an ...
The story of Thin Lizzy's rise and fall, as told by Phil Lynott
Dec 07, 2007; ... They never became the biggest band in the world and, dispassionately, one could argue that the best of their repertoire could be spread across two CDs at the most. But, for close to 40 years now, since the band first emerged out of Ireland with a still-stunning debut album, through a ...
Gary Moore on his solo career, Lizzy and Lynott
Dec 07, 2007; ... Off The Record Legendary Irish guitarist Gary Moore possesses a rich musical history. Originally a member of rock bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy in the '70s, his bluesy style took a heavier turn with more metallic material in the '80s, some of it with Irish influences. But his true solo ...
Penthouse Serenade/The Piano Style of Nat King Cole/Welcome To The Club/Tell Me All About Yourself
Dec 07, 2007; ... Nat King Cole Penthouse Serenade/The Piano Style of Nat King Cole Collector's Choice Music (509995-01999-2-1) Grade: **** Welcome To The Club/Tell Me All About Yourself Collector's Choice Music (509995-01646-2-2) Grade: ***** These two CDs ...
My Aim Is True (Deluxe Edition)
Dec 07, 2007; ... Elvis Costello My Aim Is True (Deluxe Edition) Hip-O (B00095 14-02) Grade: ***** The initial artist from the British punk scene to gain commercial acceptance in America, Elvis Costello debuted on Columbia Records in 1977 with My Aim Is True, notching the radio ...
Comicopera
Dec 07, 2007; ... Robert Wyatt Comicopera Domino (DNO 157) Grade: *** Robert Wyatt's eclectic career stretches back nearly four decades, beginning with his stint as drummer for the Soft Machine, the first band to bring jazz-rock fusion to Britain's Canterbury cartel. Although his ...
Boats Against the Current/Change of Heart
Dec 07, 2007; ... Eric Carmen Boats Against the Current/Change of Heart American Beat (24392) Grade: **** Making their domestic debut on compact disc are the 1977 and 1978 post-"All By Myself" efforts from singer/songwriter/Raspberries frontman Eric Carmen. While neither release ...
Born Into This
Dec 07, 2007; ... The Cult Born Into This Roadrunner(1686 179712) Grade: ***** Like the little girl said when the poltergeists returned, "They're ba-a-a-ack." And how! For the first time since the misunderstood mayhem of the turn of the century, the Cult - that is, singer Ian ...
Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
Dec 07, 2007; ... Arthur Alexander Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter Hacktone (271932) Grade: **** Back in the '60s, Arthur Alexander wrote and recorded country-flavored R&B songs that are best known by their Beatles and Rolling Stones cover versions. The Alabama native ...
The Salvation Blues
Dec 07, 2007; ... Mark Olson The Salvation Blues Hacktone (R2-182908) Grade: **** First, a bit of backtracking is in order. Mark Olson was the voice that gave the Jayhawks a perpetual infusion of ache and longing, a fragile bond that often seemed on the verge of unraveling with ...
North Star Deserter
Dec 07, 2007; ... Vic Chestnutt North Star Deserter Constellation Records (CST046-2) Grade: **** Vic Chesnutt cuts a mercurial figure in an age of pre-packaged and highly-hyped pop music. He defies any label and has, consistently across his career, charmed discriminating listeners ...
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (40th Anniversary Limited Edition)
Dec 07, 2007; ... Pink Floyd Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (40th Anniversary Limited Edition) EMI (509995-503919-2-9) Grade: ***** Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band wasn't the only landmark psychedelic album released during the Summer of Love. For 40 years ago, another British ...
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
Dec 07, 2007; ... DVD Review Roky Erickson Roky Erickson You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson Palm Pictures (PALMDV3156) Grade: **** This film chronicles the strange, sad story of Roky Erickson, co-founder of the 13th Floor Elevators (the film's title comes from ...
Legendary Albums Live: Dreamboat Annie
Dec 07, 2007; ... Heart Legendary Albums Live: Dreamboat Annie Shout! Factory (CD: 826663-10644; DVD: 826663-10605) Grade: **** Of all the records Shout! Factory could have chosen to inaugurate its Legendary Albums Live(TM) CD/DVD series, Heart's 1976 debut, Dreamboat Annie, ...
An End Has a Start
Dec 07, 2007; ... Editors An End Has a Start Epic (10703) Grade: ** On their second album, these melancholic Brits can't quite shake the "sounds-like" trait that beset their 2005 debut. A dash of U2, a sprinkling of Interpol, and whole lotta Joy Division run through An End Has a ...
Strawberry Jam
Dec 07, 2007; ... Animal Collective Strawberry Jam Domino (156) Grade: **** No one will ever mistake Animal Collective for a conventional pop group. The abstract, random noise bursts ensure that. But here, the New York weirdos play something close to pop ...
The Doors come alive
Dec 21, 2007; ... Ray Manzarek discusses Rhino's release of band's 1970 Boston concerts On Friday, April 10, 1970, The Doors were scheduled for two shows at the Boston Arena. The 7 p.m. show was respectable enough, beginning with some fierce wails from Jim Morrison before bursting into "Roadhouse Blues," ...
Joan Armatrading's blues
Dec 21, 2007; ... U.K. singer-songwriter explores new terrain with latest work Born on the West Indies island of St. Kitts and raised in Birmingham, England, Joan Armatrading has earned the distinction of being known as the first black singer-songwriter to achieve genuine success in the ...
Jesus & Mary Chain
Dec 21, 2007; ... The Jesus and Mary Chain will go down as one of the most important, influential, and coolest bands of their time. The band's use of guitar feedback and primitive drumming, combined with a somewhat traditional early '60's songwriting style, made it stick out in the '80s as the next logical step ...
Who'll hit the right note?
Dec 21, 2007; ... Vote now for the acts you want inducted to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame What do groups as diverse musically as The Monotones, The Teddy Bears, Sam & Dave, Chad Mitchell Trio, Sly & The Family Stone, Foreigner, Sawyer Brown and Hall & Oates all have in common? They all ...
Disc News
Dec 21, 2007; ... NOV. 5 ... Ari Brown, Live at the Green Mill (Delmark, CD and DVD) ...Jimmy Blythe, Messin' Around Blues (Delmark) ... Brad Goode, Nature Boy (Delmark) ... The Dells, Always Together: The Great Chess Ballads (Shout!) ... Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, Black Unstoppable (Delmark, CD and ...
A Diamond Dog speaks
Dec 21, 2007; ... Geoff MacCormack on Bowie, touring and 'Station to Station' Here's how Geoff MacCormack puts it: "Say you're my friend," he says, "and I invite you to a party, and the party goes on for three years, and you change costumes, and maybe we go home and say hello to mother - which is ...
From Station To Station: Travels With Bowie, 1973-1976
Dec 21, 2007; ... David Bowie From Station To Station: Travels With Bowie, 1973-1976 Geoff MacCormack Genesis Publications Grade: ***** "What a terrifically clever idea this is. I am all kinds of shades of green as I didn't think of it first. Take the two of us and pretend that we went to America, ...
Praire Wind Blows again
Dec 21, 2007; ... Neil Young reassesses a career built on confounding expectations Standing onstage at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, dressed dapperly in a pale-gray suit and white gaucho hat, Neil Young sounded positively reverential as he surveyed the cathedral room that for years served as the setting ...
Chrome Dreams II
Dec 21, 2007; ... New Neil Neil Young Chrome Dreams II Reprise Records (311932-2) Grade: *** The subject of much conjecture and debate, Chrome Dreams is Neil Young's Arc of the Covenant, its lost contents thought to be divinely inspired. And songs such as "Like a Hurricane" ...
A glorious obligation
Dec 21, 2007; ... The Avett Brothers come of age Much has been made of Emotionalism, the 2007 release by Concord, N.C., trio The Avett Brothers, and rightly so. It's a brilliant collection of acoustic tunes, layered musically with various tasty nuggets echoing just about any kind of music a ...
Change of the 'Seasons'
Dec 21, 2007; ... Canadian alt.-country heroes The Sadies display their versatility on new LP Choosing to record a portion of their latest album, New Seasons, in Spain had unexpected consequences for The Sadies, Canada's alt.-country space cowboys. Originally, Dallas Good wrote "The First ...