Goldmine back issues from November 2008:
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
Nov 07, 2008; ... Reader enjoyed R&B covers article I enjoyed the article by Hank Davis and Scott Parker about the "white" covers of R&B songs. It was common practice for all record companies to release a version of any song that looked like it would capture the public's attention. Unfortunately, ...
FROM THE EDITOR
Nov 07, 2008; ... For years now, Goldmine readers, courtesy of the Please Mr. Postman page, have had the opportunity to express their opinions on everything under the sun. Some lively debates have taken place here, and there will, most assuredly, be more banter in the years ahead. But, there's also ...
LOOKING BACK...
Nov 07, 2008; ... 50 YEARS AGO: Buddy Holly made his final studio recordings: "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," "Moondreams," "Raining in My Heart" and "True Love Ways." 40 YEARS AGO: Cream launched its farewell tour after only three studio albums. 35 YEARS AGO: Elvis Presley divorced Priscilla after ...
IN THE NEWS
Nov 07, 2008; ... BEATLES NEWS ... The feature-length documentary All Together Now will be released Oct. 20 on DVD. The documentary details the story behind the partnership between The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil that resulted in the creation and 2006 launch of the stage production Love and the experimental ...
OBITUARIES: Nick Reynolds
Nov 07, 2008; ... Nick Reynolds, 75, a founding member of the Kingston Trio, who jump-started the folk scene of the late '50s and paved the way for such artists as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, died in San Diego on Oct. 1, 2008. In the mid-1950s, Reynolds met Bob Shane, who introduced him to Dave Guard, and ...
OBITUARIES: George "Wydell" Jones
Nov 07, 2008; ... George "Wydell" Jones, who wrote the doo-wop hit "Rama Lama Ding Dong" and performed it as a member of The Edsels, died at his Ohio home on Sept. 27, 2008, after battling cancer. Jones was 71. "Rama Lama" peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. The Youngstown, Ohio-based ...
OBITUARIES: William Claxton
Nov 07, 2008; ... William Claxton, 80, an award-winning photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the Grammy Awards, died Oct. 11, 2008, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications stemming from congestive ...
Garage sale patience, persistence can pay off for collectors
Nov 07, 2008; ... Question: At a "block-long yard sale" I found one house with a pile of records and asked how much they were. They replied "10 cents." I believe I may have picked up some treasures. One was a Triple D label with one side "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox, the other side "I'm Stickin' With You" by Jim ...
POP QUIZ
Nov 07, 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 ...
John Lennon: The Life
Nov 07, 2008; ... "John Lennon: The Life": Do we need another John Lennon biography? Author Philip Norman contends the answer is yes. Because while innumerable Beatles/Lennon books have been published, there are only two in-depth bios, neither of which he feels is satisfactory: Albert Goldman's ...
R.E.M.
Nov 07, 2008; ... "R.E.M.: Hello": The saying goes that a picture paints a thousand words. But honestly, a picture with a good caption can paint thousands more, and the lack of substantive captions is probably the biggest complaint readers will have with David Belisle's pictorial of life on the road with ...
Real Moments
Nov 07, 2008; ... Ever wonder what it was like to be Bob Dylan "back in the day"? Well, the new black-and-white pictorial "Real Moments: Bob Dylan by Barry Feinstein" does its best to tell the story from the folk singer's point of view. Like many other coffee-table style books, it feels like a lot ...
Blues Images offers up a blast from the past
Nov 07, 2008; ... CD and vintage ads are the stars of a 2009 calendar set For the real McCoy, check out 18 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920's, Vol. 6 (Blues Images) - a CD with accompanying 12 x 24-inch 2009 wall calendar. Each month's illustration reproduces the art for an original ad for a song ...
Run the scale from Diddley to doo-wop to Darin
Nov 07, 2008; ... Road Runner/The Chess Masters, 1959-1960 is Hip-O Select's second exhaustive two-CD look at Bo Diddley's massive Chess Records discography, and if the titles aren't as familiar on this 52-tracker as its predecessor, they're every bit as exciting. There are more alternate takes this time, ...
DISC NEWS
Nov 07, 2008; ... OCT. 6 ... Nine Below Zero, Both Sides of (Angel Air, 2 CDs) ... Robert Johnson, Close Personal Friend (Angel Air). Includes bonus album The Memphis Demos ... Fire, The Magic Shoemaker Live (Angel Air) ... Sir John Betjeman and Mike Read, Sound of Poetry (Angel Air, 2 CDs) ... Mike Read, Singles ...
OBITUARIES: Aaron Fuller
Nov 07, 2008; ... Aaron Fuller, lead singer of the Misfits-inspired punk band Plan 9, died Sept. 29, 2008, in San Francisco from a motorcycle accident, according to a news release. While traveling home, Fuller ...
OBITUARIES: Patricia Lou Holley Kaiter
Nov 07, 2008; ... Patricia Lou Holley Kaiter, the only sister of rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly, died Sept. 25, 2008. She was 79. Kaiter kept the memory of her youngest ...
OBITUARIES: Connie Haines
Nov 07, 2008; ... Big-band singer Connie Haines, who performed with Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the 1940s, died Sept. 22, 2008, of a neuromuscular disease, according to Unity Church of Clearwater, Fla. She was 87. Haines was born Yvonne Marie Antoinette JaMais in Savannah, Ga. She ...
The great debate
Nov 07, 2008; ... Was The Beatles' White Album the Fab Four's artistic zenith or a double album so full of filler that it should have been a single? The Beatles' 1968 double album - The Beatles to discographers, The White Album to its friends - represents both the most monumental achievement of their ...
Hijinks on the high seas
Nov 07, 2008; ... Behind the scenes of the making of the animated 'Yellow Submarine' movie Part of the 40th Anniversary Series on "Behind the Scenes of the Yellow Submarine" With 2008 marking the 40th anniversary of the theatrical premiere of the "Yellow Submarine," we are taking the opportunity ...
Donovan: The 'Sunshine Superman,' Part II
Nov 07, 2008; ... More of Goldmine's exclusive interview with the '60s psych-folk maverick, including his thoughts on inspiration and his relationship with The Beatles There's a popular expression that's open to interpretation: "If you remember the '60s, you really weren't there." So, leave it to ...
Nancy Lee Andrews: Her time with Ringo
Nov 07, 2008; ... After six years of being with Ringo Starr - at home, in the studio, on the set and, seemingly, all around the world - Nancy Lee Andrews certainly does have her memories. And now, we have them, too, in a book of pictures and prose called "A Dose Of Rock & Roll" that is both ...
"A Dose Of Rock And Roll"
Nov 07, 2008; ... "A Dose Of Rock And Roll": Words alone could probably never really describe what it was like living with, and loving, a Beatle. Words and pictures, however, will get you as close as one can get, especially when the words and pictures are as gorgeous as they are in the new book from Nancy Lee ...
Gary Moore has got it bad for the blues
Nov 07, 2008; ... The ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist delivers another fire-and-brimstone epistle of hard-rocking blues on latest LP Mixing a record is serious business, and Gary Moore needed to concentrate, seeing as how he'd never done it before. A novice in the studio arts at the time, the ex-Thin ...
Flat Baroque and Berserk/Stormcock/Jugula
Nov 07, 2008; ... Roy Harper Flat Baroque and Berserk Science Friction (HUCD 028) Grade: ***** Stormcock Science Friction (HUCD 047) Grade: **** Roy Harper and Jimmy Page Jugula Science Friction (HUCD 032) Grade: *** Long ...
White Chalk
Nov 07, 2008; ... PJ Harvey White Chalk Island (B0009972-02) Grade: *** PJ Harvey claims a somewhat tangled trajectory, one that's taken her from brash, upstart beginnings at the helm of her eponymous trio to later works that tugged at the fringes of mainstream acceptance. Her ...
Silverado '75 (Live & Unreleased)
Nov 07, 2008; ... Gene Clark Silverado '75 (Live & Unreleased) Collector's Choice (CCM-924) Grade: **** Gene dark's later years found him effectively transitioning from heartthrob to heartache, his mournful vocals reflecting an unshakeable sadness and resignation that ...
Dreamtime/Words From The Front
Nov 07, 2008; ... Tom Verlaine Dreamtime Collectors' Choice Music (CCM-950) Grade: **** Words From The Front Collectors' Choice Music (CCM-951) Grade: ** Give Tom Verlaine credit. His pioneering 70s art-punk band, Television, was always going to be a tough ...
The Motown Collection
Nov 07, 2008; ... Various Artists The Motown Collection Time Life (22189-22193) www.timelife.com Grade: ***** There are record companies, and then there are record companies. Motown, which came straight outta Detroit in the late '50s and proceeded to unleash hit record after hit ...
Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Nov 07, 2008; ... DVD REVIEW The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Memories MVD Visual (MVDV4779) Grade: **** When it was first unveiled to an unsuspecting British public during Christmas 1967, "Magical Mystery Tour" was widely derided as The Beatles' first failure, an ill omen ...
Vampire Weekend
Nov 07, 2008; ... Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend XL Recordings Ltd. (xlcd318) Grade: ***** Believe the hype that's heralded the debut album of this Ivy League-educated foursome. Vampire Weekend is a thoroughly charming record that sounds distinctly new and wonderfully familiar ...
Bad for you Baby
Nov 07, 2008; ... Gary Moore Bad for you Baby Eagle Rock Records (ER 20145) Grade: ***** While probably best known for his work as a member of the hard-rocking Thin Lizzy or his early '80s stint with Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Greg Lake, Moore has carved out a niche with blues ...
Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney
Nov 07, 2008; ... Paul McCartney Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney MVD Visual (MVDV4765) Grade: *** An example of guerrilla filmmaking gone horribly wrong, "Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney" ineptly follows former teen ABC-TV news reporter Ruth Anson on her quest to reconnect ...
Rebel Road
Nov 07, 2008; ... Edgar Winter Rebel Road Airline Records (AR-CD-0215) Grade: **** Full of fiery, fist-shaking anthems, with a few sweet ballads thrown in for good measure, Rebel Road finds Edgar Winter in a fighting mood. Tastefully arranged, "The Closer I Get" is an ...
OBITUARIES: Alfred J. Gallodoro
Nov 07, 2008; ... Alfred J. Gallodoro, a jazz musician who performed on the saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, died Oct. 4, 2008, at his home in Oneonta, N.Y. He was 95. Gallodoro worked with some of ...
OBITUARIES: Alton Ellis
Nov 07, 2008; ... Reggae music pioneer Alton Ellis, who enjoyed a career revival in recent years after a string of hits in the 1960s, died Oct. 10, 2008, at a London hospital, where he had been a patient for several weeks. He was 70. Ellis was known as "the Godfather of rocksteady" and enjoyed a string of ...
OBITUARIES: Philip White
Nov 07, 2008; ... Philip White spent the last night of his life playing the piano in the nursing home where he lived. Weakened by congestive heart failure, the 58-year-old Fort Worth native could barely draw a breath as he pounded the keys. Mr. White died Sept. 6, 2008, but to the very end, he was ...
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
Nov 21, 2008; ... HERE'S WHAT YOU SAID: THE BEATLES' 'WHITE ALBUM' Readers sound off on White Album Editor's Note: We asked you what you thought of The Beatles' White Album, and readers, you had plenty to say! Here's a sampling of the letters we received since the last issue (#738, cover date Nov ....
LOOKING BACK...
Nov 21, 2008; ... 60 YEARS AGO: John Lee Hooker was accompanied by only his guitar at his first recording session. 50 YEARS AGO: Buddy Holly made his last major TV appearnce on "American Bandstand," where he lip-synched "Heartbeat" and "It's So Easy." 45 YEARS AGO: The top two albums in the U.S ....
IN THE NEWS
Nov 21, 2008; ... NEW RELEASES .... Nearly seven years after Waylon Jennings' death, the country singer's son, Shooter Jennings, has retooled some recordings they did together and released them on a new CD. He says the tracks on Waylon Forever were recorded in 1996 when he was 16. Waylon sings on all the songs and ...
OBITUARIES: Levi Stubbs
Nov 21, 2008; ... Levi Stubbs, 72, The Four Tops frontman whose dynamic and emotive voice drove such Motown classics as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" and "Baby I Need Your Loving," died in his sleep at his Detroit home on Oct. 17, 2008. He was 72. With Stubbs in the lead, The Four Tops sold millions of ...
OBITUARIES: Isaiah Samuel Bing Jr.
Nov 21, 2008; ... Isaiah Samuel Bing Jr., a tenor singer with R&B vocal group pioneers The King Odom Four and The Larks, died Sept. 3, 2008, in Metter, Ga., at age 82. Born in Barnwell County, S.C., on Jan. 27, 1926, Bing grew up on the Ashley Plantation and began his career on radio with The Ashley ...
OBITUARIES: Opal Courtney Jr.
Nov 21, 2008; ... Opal Courtney Jr., an original member of the legendary Spaniels, was found dead Sept. 18, 2008, in his Gary, Ind., home. He was 71. The singer's daughter, Mona Courtney, said he died of a heart attack. Part of one of rhythm and blues' seminal vocal groups, Courtney sang on the original ...
OBITUARIES: Harold Kant
Nov 21, 2008; ... Harold Kant, the principal attorney for The Grateful Dead who helped run the band's business and protected their musical legacy for more than three decades, died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 19, 2008, at his home in Reno, Nev. He was ...
DISC NEWS
Nov 21, 2008; ... OCT. 28 ... Looker, Born in the Desert (Serious Business) ... Kip Winger, From the Moon to the Sun (Varseaubiz) ... Shawn Mullins, Live at the Variety Playhouse (MVD Visual, DVD) ... Queen + Paul Rodgers, The Cosmos Rocks (Hollywood Records) ... Shawn Mullins, Live at the Variety Playhouse (Vanguard ...
POP QUIZ
Nov 21, 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 ...
Explore John's life, Ringo's tour and Fab 4 holiday fun
Nov 21, 2008; ... Philip Norman is known to most Beatles fans as the author of "Shout!," one of the best full-length Beatles biographies (my other favorite is the second revised edition of Hunter Davies' "The Beatles"). "I never thought I'd go back to the subject at all," Norman told me in a recent ...
Discover the buzz about Buzzy Linhart
Nov 21, 2008; ... "YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES" Buzzy Linhart "You Got What it Takes" b/w same Kama Sutra KA 548 (1972) Did Mick Jagger really ruin Buzzy Linhart's music career? The way Buzzy remembers it, Mick sent out the word he wasn't too pleased that the latest album by his band ...
Glenn Hughes brings the 'F.U.N.K'
Nov 21, 2008; ... Ex-Deep Purple bassist's latest solo flight is heavy on funk and soul His head clouded by mind-altering substances, Glenn Hughes, admittedly, was " ... high as a kite" while making his first solo album, Play Me Out. "I don't remember ever being clean and sober one second," he ...
Historic value doesn't guarantee collectibility
Nov 21, 2008; ... Question: I have been looking for an album for about 30 years to no avail. It came out about 1968-69 and was by an artist named John Wesley Ryals or Rials [sic]. The feature song was a ballad called "Kay." - Jess P. "Mongo" Webb Answer: John Wesley Ryles (note the spelling) had ...
OBITUARIES: Rudy Ray Moore
Nov 21, 2008; ... Rudy Ray Moore, 81, a raunchy 1970s comedian who played the title role of a flashy pimp in the movie "Dolemite" and influenced a generation of rappers, died Oct. 19, 2008, at an Akron, Ohio, nursing home from complications of diabetes. Moore was part of the heyday of black "party ...
Meat Loaf turns game show host
Nov 21, 2008; ... Legendary singer hosts Direct TV's 'Rock & A Hard Place' Meat Loaf, best known for his two multi-platinum selling albums, Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II, has become the entertainment industry's jack of all trades. "I have done everything from hosting 'Rock in a Hard Place' to ...
OBITUARIES: Neal Hefti
Nov 21, 2008; ... Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter and composer of the theme for the "Batman" TV series and music for the movies "The Odd Couple," "Barefoot in the Park" and "Harlow," died Oct. 11, 2008, at his Los Angeles home. He was 85. The "Batman" theme became a Top ...
OBITUARIES: Dee Dee Warwick
Nov 21, 2008; ... Dee Dee Warwick, 63, a noted soul singer who won recognition for both her solo work and her performances with her older sister, Dionne Warwick, died Oct. 18, 2008, at a New Jersey nursing home. She had been in failing health recently. Warwick had several soul and R&B hits in the ...
OBITUARIES: Merl Saunders
Nov 21, 2008; ... Merl Saunders, 74, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead, died of complications due to a stroke on Oct. 24, 2008, in San Francisco. Born in San Mateo, Calif., Saunders attended high ...
Dead Kennedys: Klaus Flouride departs
Nov 21, 2008; ... While it's not exactly "bedtime" for Klaus Flouride, the bassist is leaving the notorious punk band The Dead Kennedys. Suffering from a recurring medical condition known as angioedema, Flouride, one of the band's founding members, has decided to stop performing with the legendary punk ...
Immediate Records - Labels Unlimited
Nov 21, 2008; ... "Immediate Records - Labels Unlimited": As Immediate owner Andrew Loog Oldham himself once said, "There's your truth, there's my truth, and there's the truth." All of which is true. But few people would deny that, with a five-year lifespan, 84 singles, and a roster of artists and ...
Notable Moments of Women in Music
Nov 21, 2008; ... "Notable Moments of Women in Music:" Fans of music history and trivia will delight in "Notable Moments of Women in Music" from author Jay Warner. Warner traces the evolution of women in music from vaudeville to today's pop music stars. Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Bessie Smith, Joni ...
Hang on Sloopy: The History of Rock & Roll in Ohio
Nov 21, 2008; ... "Hang on Sloopy: The History of Rock & Roll in Ohio" by Nick Talevski Explore Ohio's role in rock and roll, including Alan ...
The Craft and Business of Songwriting
Nov 21, 2008; ... "The Craft and Business of Songwriting" by John Braheny Learn the craft of songwriting and ...
Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life & Times of Doc Pomus
Nov 21, 2008; ... "Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life & Times of Doc Pomus" by Alex Halberstadt Explore the life, times and lasting influence of Doc Pomus, an American songwriter renowned for his mastery of ...
Jimi Hendrix: The early years
Nov 21, 2008; ... An informal guide to the early recordings of the guitar god It's a sobering thought, but Nov. 27, 2008, marks what would have been the 66th birthday of Jimi Hendrix, just a couple of months after we finished mourning the 38th anniversary of his death. And it still boggles the ...
Harvey Brooks: Electric Flag and beyond
Nov 21, 2008; ... Legendary bassist also played with Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and a host of jazz, blues and folk greats (ProQuest: ... denotes obscured text omitted.) Harvey Brooks definitely has a knack for being at the right place at the right time. That gift - along with his considerable ...
Jefferson Starship makes another landing
Nov 21, 2008; ... Veteran San Francisco group reconvenes for album of folk and protest songs Music historians would not disagree that during the turbulent 1960s, rock music had a strong, unifying effect on much of America's youth. Ongoing calls to protest the war in Vietnam were visibly present ...
Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
Nov 21, 2008; ... Jefferson Starship Jefferson's Tree of Liberty The Lab (302 061738 2) Rating: **** Its apt play on the Jeffersonian theme aside, Jefferson's Tree Of Liberty is as stirring a statement as Volunteers was for all its revelry and glory. While the songs may be borne ...