Goldmine back issues from September 2008:
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
Sep 12, 2008; ... Eddie Rich is overlooked artist Eddie Rich of the legendary Swallows from Baltimore is one guy that has been overlooked for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Eddie is 76 and still performs with his group "Eddie Rich & the Sensational Swallows." Eddie and his group ...
LOOKING BACK...
Sep 12, 2008; ... 60 YEARS AGO: Happy birthday to Robert Plant, born Aug. 20, 1948. 50 YEARS AGO: Cliff Richard signed a record deal with EMI in 1958. 35 YEARS AGO: Paul Williams of The Temptations died after shooting himself on Aug. 17, 1973; The Doobie Brothers hit gold status with the album ...
Stroke is suspected in soul man Hayes' death
Sep 12, 2008; ... (AP) - Soul singer Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke, according to paperwork his physician filed. Hayes died Aug. 10, 2008, after family members found him lying unconscious on the floor of his Memphis, Tenn. home, next to a treadmill that was still switched on. No autopsy was ...
IN THE NEWS
Sep 12, 2008; ... GIGS ... The three remaining original members of Bad Company reunited Aug. 8 to perform a two-hour-plus set before a sold-out crowd at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Fla. Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke had not performed together since reuniting in 1999 for a concert tour, their first ...
POP QUIZ
Sep 12, 2008; ... In every Goldmine, we pose 10 music trivia questions. The "bonus" question is about the current cover subject, and you'll know the answer to at least one question if you read the prior issue of Goldmine. Any references to chart positions, unless otherwise noted, are from Billboard, as compiled ...
How can you combat ink marks on a picture sleeve?
Sep 12, 2008; ... SOUND ADVICE Question: I hope you can help me with a little problem. I found a copy of a very rare picture sleeve of the Beatles, "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That" (Capitol 5150). Unfortunately, some fool has defaced the sleeve (shown at right) with a ballpoint pen. Do you ...
CDs, MP3s sounded the death knell for bootleg LPs
Sep 12, 2008; ... The first half of the 1970s was the golden age of the bootleg, just as it was the golden age of rock 'n' roll. The vinyl was not always the best quality, the sound reproduction could be dodgy at best. The artwork tended to be minimal, a plain white sleeve, shrinkwrapped around a ...
Obituaries: Robert Hazard
Sep 12, 2008; ... Robert Hazard, 59, a songwriter and musician from Philadelphia who wrote the 1983 Cyndi Lauper hit "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," died Aug. 5, 2008, after a brief illness, according to his label, Rykodisc. Hazard, born Robert Rimato, led Robert Hazard and the Heroes, a fixture in ...
Obituaries: Jerry Wexler
Sep 12, 2008; ... Jerry Wexler, 91, who coined the phrase rhythm and blues and was also one of the key architects of the genre, died of heart disease at his home on Aug. 15, 2008. Wexler revolutionized popular music with seminal, superstar-making recordings of acts such as Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles ....
Obituaries: Erik Darling
Sep 12, 2008; ... Erik Darling, the reedy-voiced guitarist and banjo player who deftly stepped in when Pete Seeger left the pioneering folk music group The Weavers, died Aug. 3, 2008, in Chapel Hill, N.C., after battling lymphoma. He was 74. Darling was perhaps best known for his hit "Walk Right In" and ...
Obituaries: Johnny Moore
Sep 12, 2008; ... Johnny Moore, 70, a trumpeter and founding member of the pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae band The Skatalites, died of cancer at a friend's house in Jamaica, on Aug. 16, 2008. Moore helped form the band in 1964 along with ...
Obituaries: Don Helms
Sep 12, 2008; ... Don Helms, 81, a renowned steel guitarist who was an original member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys band and who played on country classics by Patsy Cline and Lefty Frizzell, died of an apparent heart attack Aug. 11, 2008, at Skyline Medical Center in ...
Brit blues, Brown and more bloom on reissues
Sep 12, 2008; ... It's been a good few months for British blues aficionados, as the Esoteric label wraps up a project that was launched two years ago by its Eclectic predecessor - that is, to restore the Keef Hartley catalog to the shelves. One-time Bluesbreaker Hartley was responsible for a string of ...
Funk Brothers emerge from the shadows
Sep 12, 2008; ... Trio from Motown's famed in-house session band shows off its musical chops on new CD/DVD live package All Bob Babbitt wanted to do was fall into bed. He'd been up late playing bass with the Motown house band The Funk Brothers until the wee hours of the morning at a Detroit club, and the ...
Walter Becker spends his 'Circus Money'
Sep 12, 2008; ... Steely Dan co-conspirator emerges with first solo record in 14 years Back in the 1970s, for the most part, the jazz and pop worlds rarely ever collided. Yes, you had fusion, but we're talking smooth jazz-pop, the kind that stressed carefully constructed songcraft instead of over-the-top ...
Obituaries: Lou Teicher
Sep 12, 2008; ... Lou Teicher, 83, one half of a duo that produced and performed popular theatrical recordings of big Hollywood movie themes, died Aug. 3, 2008, of heart failure at his summer home in North Carolina. Teicher and Art Ferrante were dubbed "The Movie Theme Team" in 1961, acclaimed for their ...
Obituaries: Chris Calloway
Sep 12, 2008; ... Chris Calloway, 81, daughter of famed Cotton Club bandleader Cab Calloway and a performer in her own right, died Aug. 7, 2008, at Santa Fe, N.M, home, following a long battle with breast cancer. Calloway sang with her father's Hi-De-Ho Orchestra for two decades until his death in 1995 ....
Obituaries: Lee Young
Sep 12, 2008; ... Lee Young, a jazz drummer, recording artist and producer who played with Duke Ellington and became the first African-American to work as a Hollywood studio staff musician, died July 31, 2008, of complications from colon cancer. He was 94. Young was raised in a musical New Orleans family ...
"'Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky - Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child"
Sep 12, 2008; ... "'Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky - Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child": First published in 1978 under the title of "Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child Of The Aquarian Age," this updated and expanded version remains the definitive Hendrix bio. Carefully researched, it took author David Henderson years to win the ...
"On The Road With The Ramones"
Sep 12, 2008; ... "On The Road With The Ramones": "Gabba gabba hey," indeed. The inside story of The Ramones - the "all access pass" on the opening page isn't there just for show - as told by the people who knew them best, "On The Road With The Ramones" pieces together commentary by band members, fans, ...
Nirvana: The early years
Sep 12, 2008; ... Tracing the roots of grunge's greatest success story This past July, Seattle's Sub Pop Records celebrated its 20th anniversary with three days of shows drawn from its extensive roster, sparking a bizarre online rumor: that Nirvana, whose first album, Bleach, remains the label's biggest ...
'Drag City' 45 years later
Sep 12, 2008; ... Getting to the quarter mile with Jan & Dean In late 1963, Jan & Dean's Drag City album tapped into a complete feel unlike any other of its time. As the album opened and the title track revved its way into pure machismo car bliss, you were literally taken to the drag strip with ...
Little Feat: Come 'Join The Band'
Sep 12, 2008; ... Funky as all get out, off the charts as far as musicianship goes and incredibly diverse, merging earthy strains of blues, R&B, country, jazz, folk, swamp boogie and rock 'n' roll, Little Feat brought a little Southern California sophistication to Southern rock in the late-'60s and ...
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Sep 12, 2008; ... Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere Nudge It Up A Notch Stax (STXCD-30789) Grade: **** Doesn't it seem like this collaboration of old soul-music hounds - one the voice of blue-eyed, '60s pop and the other a premier architect of organic, Southern-fried R&B - ...
Eddie Loves You So
Sep 12, 2008; ... Eddie Floyd Eddie Loves You So Stax (STXCD-30795) Grade: ***** Eddie Floyd, a one-time member of soul and R&B standard-bearers The Falcons, who had a hit with the Memphis-style grit of 1967's "Knock On Wood," rewrites history on Eddie Loves You So, revisiting ...
Parallel Lines
Sep 12, 2008; ... Blondie Parallel Lines Capitol (509992 27689 26) Grade: ***** When folks picked up Parallel Lines due to its inclusion of the worldwide smash "Heart of Glass," it's a wonder they didn't sue Blondie for using bait-and-switch tactics. For "Heart of Glass" was ...
Deep Roots Music 3
Sep 12, 2008; ... DVD REVIEW Various Artists Deep Roots Music 3 MVD (510) Grade: *** The final volume of the "Deep Roots Music" series brings to DVD parts five and six of an early '80s British TV documentary on Jamaican music. Narrated by Mikey Dread, the series was ...
Real Emotional Trash
Sep 12, 2008; ... Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Real Emotional Trash Matador (OLE-772) Grade: *** Four albums removed from the skewered experimentation of Pavement, Stephen Malkmus' move towards a more accessible core remains a somewhat unsettled proposition. Having fully ...
DISC NEWS
Sep 12, 2008; ... AUG. 19 ... Ten Shekel Shirt, Jubilee (Rounder Records) ... Sandra Boynton, Blue Moo (Rounder Records) ... Donavon Frankenretter, Pass It Around (Lost Highway Records) ... Young@Heart Chorus, Mostly Live (Rhino, CD) ... The Pineapple Thief, Tightly Unwound (K-Scope/Snapper Music) ... The Moondoggies, ...
Secret Voyage
Sep 12, 2008; ... Blackmore's Night Secret Voyage SPV (91782 CD-E) Grade: **** Another haunting journey through the ancient past, Secref Voyage takes this group of wandering minstrels to musical ports of call both familiar and foreign. Along the way, the collective, led by ...
The Motown Years
Sep 12, 2008; ... Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons The Motown Years Hip-0 Select.com (B0010777-02) Grade: **** The Motown Years collects the largely overlooked material released by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons during their brief 1970s signing to that famed label ....
When In Rome 2007
Sep 12, 2008; ... DVD REVIEW Genesis When In Rome 2007 Rhino (R2511400) Grade: **** If it is true, as the calendar insists, that it is 15 years since Phil Collins last toured with Genesis, then this souvenir of the group's reunion last year is a remarkable testament to the ...
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
Sep 26, 2008; ... Try the Songwriters Hall of Fame Year after year, readers mention the names of "worthy" performers and groups that they feel should be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and it happens with some, but with others it never seems to happen. Why? Because The Rock And Roll ...
LOOKING BACK...
Sep 26, 2008; ... 55 YEARS AGO: Happy Birthday to Rush's Alex Lifeson, born Aug. 27, 1953. 50 YEARS AGO: George Harrison made his first public appearance as one of The Quarrymen at the tender age of 15. 45 YEARS AGO: The Ronettes ruled the U.S. singles chart with "Be My Baby." 35 YEARS ...
IN THE NEWS
Sep 26, 2008; ... The cult classic "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" will make its long-awaited DVD debut on Sept. 16. It is the first title from Rhino's Rock 'n' Roll Cinema series. Directed by Lou Adler, the 1981 film stars Diane Lane and Laura Dern as members of The Stains, alongside punk rockers ...
POP QUIZ
Sep 26, 2008; ... In every Goldmine, we pose 10 music trivia questions. The "bonus" question is about the current cover subject, and you'll know the answer to at least one question if you read the prior issue of Goldmine. Any references to chart positions, unless otherwise noted, are from Billboard, as compiled ...
Discover the roots of the immortal 12-bar blues
Sep 26, 2008; ... Recently, I talked to a woman in her 20s who played bass in a rock band when she was in high school. As we chatted, I mentioned something about 12-bar blues, and she stopped to ask me what I meant. This struck me about as odd as a NASCAR driver asking what a carburetor was. She was ...
Chubby Checker is still twisting
Sep 26, 2008; ... He considers himself to be the equivalent of Elvis and The Beatles. And while that may merit some debate in mixed circles, not even "The King" or "The Fab Four" were able to hit #1 twice with the same song. Chubby Checker did exactly that with his dance-floor classic "The Twist" in 1960 ...
OBITUARIES: Buddy Harman
Sep 26, 2008; ... Buddy Harman, one of the most-recorded drummers on the Nashville, Tenn., music scene, died Aug. 19, 2008. He was 79. Harmon played drums on more than 18,000 recordings, including Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman," Patsy Cline's ...
OBITUARIES: Pervis Jackson
Sep 26, 2008; ... Pervis Jackson, the man behind the deep, rolling bass voice in a string of 1970s R&B hits by The Spinners, died Aug. 18, 2008, in Detroit. He was 70. Jackson had been diagnosed with brain and liver cancer, his wife, Claudreen Jackson, said. A New Orleans native, he was one of ...
OBITUARIES: LeRoi Moore
Sep 26, 2008; ... Dave Matthews Band founding member and saxophone player LeRoi Moore died Aug. 19, 2008, at a Los Angeles hospital from complications stemming from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June. He was 46. Moore initially was hospitalized after the accident in late June ...
OBITUARIES: Abie Nathan
Sep 26, 2008; ... Abie Nathan, a peace activist who made a dramatic solo flight to Egypt in a rattletrap single-engine plane and later founded the groundbreaking "Voice of Peace" radio station, died Aug. 27, 2008, at a Tel Aviv, Israel, hospital. He was 81. Nathan ran for parliament in 1965 on a promise ...
OBITUARIES: Ralph Young
Sep 26, 2008; ... Ralph Young, 90, half of the Sandier and Young singing duo and a legend of the big band era, died Aug. 23, 2008, at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., after a brief illness. Young sang with Les Brown's Band of Reknown and formed his own band when he served stateside in ...
OBITUARIES: Dorival Caymmi
Sep 26, 2008; ... Composer and singer Dorival Caymmi, 94, who catapulted to fame when Carmen Miranda performed one of his songs in 1938, died of kidney cancer Aug. 16, 2008, at his ...
"The Guitar Player Book: 40 Years of Interviews, Gear and Lessons from The World's Most Celebrated Guitar Magazine"
Sep 26, 2008; ... "The Guitar Player Book: 40 Years of Interviews, Gear and Lessons from The World's Most Celebrated Guitar Magazine": If Les Paul writes the foreword for a guitar book, chances are pretty good that musicians and fans alike will want to sit up and take notice. Such is the case for "The ...
"When I Grow Up - A Memoir:"
Sep 26, 2008; ... "When I Grow Up - A Memoir:" Juliana Hatfield came to fame during the Alternative Rock boom of the early 1990s after leaving Boston's Blake Babies for a solo career. While she struck gold early with songs such as "My Sister" and "Spin The Bottle" (both from 1993's Become What You Are), ...
"Goldmine Records & Prices:"
Sep 26, 2008; ... "Goldmine Records & Prices:" If you've ever lugged a hefty price guide around for more than an hour or two at a record show, you appreciate the value of getting information in a compact size. That's a key advantage to Goldmine's brand-new, fourth-edition Records & Prices ...
"Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of 'Take Me Out to The Ball Game'"
Sep 26, 2008; ... "Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of 'Take Me Out to The Ball Game'": It may seem that dedicating a book to the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is overkill. But when you realize that the unofficial theme song for the seventh-inning stretch is the thirdmost frequently sung song in ...
Whatever he brings, they sing
Sep 26, 2008; ... Following an extended absence, former Soft Machine member Kevin Ayers has fans flocking to 'The Unfairground' Along with the late Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers is revered as one of Britain's most admired eccentrics, a singular artist whose maverick persona has set him apart from his ...
Making the case for 'Undercover'
Sep 26, 2008; ... Was this Rolling Stones release, now 25 years old, the group's last great record or an exercise in mediocrity? On the occasion of its 25th birthday, Goldmine revisits and reappraises what might well be the Stones' last truly great new LP. A lot of people, probably including a lot ...
proVISIONS
Sep 26, 2008; ... Giant Sand proVISIONS Yep Roc (2188) Grade: *** The ever-enigmatic Howe Gelb returns with the latest installment of his meandering musical saga, a restless trek that originated with Giant Sand more than 20 years ago and morphed over time to include its various ...
An old friend pays tribute to Neil Young
Sep 26, 2008; ... Neil Young was asking a lot of Nils Lofgren, being that it was Lofgren's first real session work. It wasn't enough that Lofgren, only a teenager at the time, had been invited to help Young - already an established star - realize his vision for After The Gold Rush. Young also wanted ...
The Complete Liberty Singles
Sep 26, 2008; ... Jan & Dean The Complete Liberty Singles Collectors' Choice Music (CCM-949) Grade: ***** The Complete Liberty Singles compiles the A and B sides of every Jan and Dean 45 issued by Liberty Records during the 1960s. Arranged in chronological order of release, the ...
Jack in the Green: Live in Germany
Sep 26, 2008; ... Jethro Tull Jack in the Green: Live in Germany Eagle Vision (EV 30250-9) Grade: *** Spanning more than half of Jethro Tull's career, "Jack in the Green" compiles 18 songs performed at five diverse venues throughout Germany between 1970 and 1993. The band's history ...
David Johansen/Live It Up
Sep 26, 2008; ... David Johansen David Johansen American Beat (24862) Grade: **** Live It Up American Beat (24872 Grade: **** In between his groundbreaking stint as the ringmaster of the New York Dolls' punk-rock lunacy and his assumption of the suave Buster ...
Sunrise Festival
Sep 26, 2008; ... Ozric Tentacles Sunrise Festival Snapper Music (SMACD953) CD/DVD Grade: **** Ozric Tentacles, one of the United Kingdom's most consistently psychedelic bands, celebrates 25 years of swirling and shimmering ambience, groovy world-beat trance and electronic ecstasy ...
Sugar Cane's Got The Blues
Sep 26, 2008; ... Don "Sugar Cane" Harris Sugar Cane's Got The Blues Promising Music Grade: **** In the context of rock music, violins have generally been reserved for those moments when master arrangers like Paul Buckmaster want to add some emotional punch to the mix. Kansas is ...
Sweden Rocks
Sep 26, 2008; ... Ted Nugent Sweden Rocks Eagle Vision (EV 30237-9) Grade: *** Diggin' this more than the CD album that came out maybe a month earlier, because the filming is multi-camera, very clear (in daylight) and you get to see Barry Sparks and Mick Brown kickin' it with Ted, ...
Jack Bruce: Basking in the sunshine, Part I
Sep 26, 2008; ... After Cream released "Sunshine Of Your Love" in September 1968, every band with access to a record player immediately put the song in their set. On the surface, it was nothing more than a simple blues in the key of D. But no one ever got it right; no one ever captured the magic of the ...
Into The Pit
Sep 26, 2008; ... Fight Into The Pit Metal God Entertainment 3 CDs/DVD Grade: **** Rob Halford has certainly taken a Rolls-Royce approach to reissuing his Fight and Halford material, Metal God Entertainment basically throwing down the gauntlet, ringing the dinner bell and saying, ...
A Farewell to Fair-weather
Sep 26, 2008; ... The Glowfriends A Farewell to Fair-weather Jam Records (JCD 337) Grade: **** In Galaxie 500's will, Dean Wareham and company must have left a trust fund of gorgeous dream-pop melodies to the brother-and-sister duo of Mark and April Morris. And on A Farewell to ...
Live at Montreux 1988
Sep 26, 2008; ... Johnny Hallyday Live at Montreux 1988 Eagle Records Grade: *** Perhaps the closest France has come to producing a bona fide rock star - drawing comparisons to Elvis Presley for his voice and James Dean for his looks- Johnny Hallyday remains an enigma to American ...