Goldmine back issues from February 2009:
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
Feb 13, 2009; ... Here's a Who's Who off Drummers Greatest rock drummers of all time? Bonham, Watts, Moon, sure. But don't overlook: Neal Smith (Alice Cooper); Ed "Cass" Cassidy (Spirit); Mo Tucker (Velvet Underground); Clem Burke (Blondie); John French ("Drumbo" of Capt. Beefheart's Magic Band); ...
LOOKING BACK...
Feb 13, 2009; ... 70 YEARS AGO: Happy Birthday to Ray Manzarek of The Doors. 50 YEARS AGO: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valenz and The Big Bopper died in a Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. 45 YEARS AGO: The Beatles set a U.S. ratings records with their American TV debut on "The Ed Sullivan ...
IN THE NEWS
Feb 13, 2009; ... BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND GOLDMINE STAFF TRENDS ... Angelis Labor is looking for a few good audiophiles with nice, deep pockets. The Italian manufacturer unveiled its limited-edition Gabriel model magnetic suspension turntable - which can sell for up to $64,000 - at the recent ...
OBITUARIES: Ron Asheton
Feb 13, 2009; ... Punk guitarist Ron Asheton of The Stooges was found dead in his Ann Arbor, Mich., home Jan. 6, 2009, apparently of natural causes. He was 60. Asheton was an original member of The Stooges, the influential protopunk band founded in Ann ...
OBITUARIES: Jon Hager
Feb 13, 2009; ... Jon Hager, 67, who performed in the musical comedy duo The Hager Twins on "Hee-Haw," was found dead in his Nashville, Tenn., apartment Jan. 10, 2009. Hager had been in poor health ...
OBITUARIES: William Zantzinger
Feb 13, 2009; ... William Zantzinger , a wealthy Maryland landowner whose fetal beating of a black barmaid was recounted in a Bob Dylan protest song of the 1960s, died Jan. 3, 2009. He was 69. The tobacco farmer served six months and was fined $500 for manslaughter in 1963 for striking the 51-year-old ...
OBITUARIES: Don Randall
Feb 13, 2009; ... Don Randall, 91, the marketing dynamo who gave Fender's Stratocaster guitar its name and led the brand to onstage ubiquity, died of age-related causes Dec. 23, 2008, at his Santa Ana, Calif., home. Randall's marketing savvy elevated electric guitar designer Leo Fender's instruments, ...
OBITUARIES: Willa Mae Dorsey
Feb 13, 2009; ... Grammy-nominated gospel singer Willa Mae Dorsey died Jan. 5, 2009, at a Portland, Ore., care center following a series of strokes. She was 75. Dorsey began her professional career at 19, singing ...
Lennon books explore a life that may have been
Feb 13, 2009; ... Although I'm always looking for items to cover in this column, I do draw the line at fan fiction. I've never cared for any that I've read - and, frankly, it's enough to keep up with non-fiction releases. So I was leery when Jude Kessler approached me about covering her book, "Shoulda ...
The Nerves: 'One Way Ticket' back in time
Feb 13, 2009; ... Before Blondie came along and tarted up "Hangin' on the Telephone" with the airbrushed desire of Debbie Harry's vocals and polished it with spotless production, the now-classic power-pop number was destined to be forgotten by history. Recorded originally by a San Francisco power-pop trio ...
Ayreon constructs a 'Timeline' for an ending
Feb 13, 2009; ... Progressive/metal project from the mind of Arjen Lucassen sees the end of an era with new box set They all laughed at Arjen Lucassen. It was the mid-'90s, and nobody was doing rock opera anymore - not with grunge and its Doc Martens kicking anything that smacked of self-indulgence off ...
'Yellow Submarine' cover is best left submerged
Feb 13, 2009; ... Question: I have a 45 from 1968 with picture sleeve, and on it is comedian Milton Berle singing The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." My copy is a DJ copy, but could you please let me know if this single was sold in stores or was it just for DJ use? If you should have any more info on this single, I ...
POP QUIZ
Feb 13, 2009; ... 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 ...
DISC NEWS
Feb 13, 2009; ... JAN. 13 ... Mark O'Connor, Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio: Live in New York (OMAC Records) ... Daedalus, The Never Ending Illusion (SPV/Gallileo Records/ProgRock Records) ... Votum, Time Must Have a Stop (SPV/Mindfield/Progrock Records/Insanity Records) ... Eliane Elias, Bossa Nova Stories (Blue ...
The Chuck Berry International Directory, Vol. 1
Feb 13, 2009; ... "The Chuck Berry International Directory, Vol. 1." by Morten Reff: This is the first in a planned series of four reference books focusing on all aspects of Chuck Berry's career and legacy. Vol. 1 contains discographies for more than 40 countries, plus hundreds of ...
Clawing At The Limits Of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and The Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever
Feb 13, 2009; ... "Clawing At The Limits Of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and The Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever" by Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington: As the subtitle reveals, this book examines the late '50s period when trumpeter Miles Davis tapped sax player John Coltrane to join what's now ...
Metallica: Don't call it a comeback
Feb 13, 2009; ... Heavy metal kingpins Metallica score a headbanging hit with 'Death Magnetic.' Chiropractors the world o'er rejoice! There's always lots of hand-wringing when the subject is Metallica. Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield. Kirk Hammett and the new guy, bassist Robert Trujillo, commandeer a ship so ...
Paul Rodgers: A 'Shooting Star' for 40 years
Feb 13, 2009; ... Legendary blues-rock singer looks back on four decades of music In the mid-1960's, a teenage lad from the industrial town of Middlesborough headed to London to make music. His band got a gig, and a gig meant money, food and freedom. On the way to the group's breakthrough concert, ...
The Factory Years
Feb 13, 2009; ... New Order The Factory Years Rhino (R2 51683-87) By 1980, especially in Britain, musical fashion was undergoing another metamorphosis. In economics, these upheavals are tagged "creative destruction," a concept Joy Division took to a whole new level. Pushing ...
Indweller
Feb 13, 2009; ... Quintessence Indweller Esoteric (2089) Prog-rock fans will remember with fondness Quintessence, the London band who released a clutch of intriguing and popular albums across the late '60s/early '70s. Although the group called Notting Hill home, in fact, only guitarist ...
Close Personal Friend
Feb 13, 2009; ... Robert Johnson Close Personal Friend Angel Air (285) Glam strewed glitter over prog-rock's corpse, while punk danced on its grave and New Wave splashed over the tombs of them all. But not all Wavers were new to the scene. Take Robert Johnson, for example, who ...
Mutiny
Feb 13, 2009; ... Goldblade Mutiny Captain Oi! (305) In the early '90s, a new wave of creative destruction brought Brit-pop to the international stage. And Goldblade founder, journalist/ex-Membranes' vocalist John Robb took one look at that stage and shuddered. Springing back into ...
The Complete A&M Recordings
Feb 13, 2009; ... Liza Minnelli The Complete A&M Recordings Collectors' Choice Music (CCM 976) Liza Minnelli has become so subsumed by the past 30-plus years' worth of reputation and image that it's difficult to even envisage, let alone recall, a time when she was simply a rising young ...
The Stiff Singles
Feb 13, 2009; ... Ian Dury The Stiff Singles Edsel (EDSB 4003) The jury is still out on the actual usefulness of CD singles - especially those vintage discs that are packaged up nicely in their original picture sleeves, then slung together in a "complete collection" box. They look great, ...
Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
Feb 13, 2009; ... Jeff Beck Performing This Week ... Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club Eagle Records (ER 20150-2) Majestic drums and Jeff Beck's instantly recognizable style kick off more than 70 minutes of classic instrumental electric guitar, courtesy of one of the world's most emotional ...
Marc Ford & The Neptune Blues Club
Feb 13, 2009; ... Marc Ford & The Neptune Blues Club Marc Ford & The Neptune Blues Club Blues Bureau International (BB 2061 2) When Marc Ford suddenly left The Black Crowes a second (and no doubt final) time in 2006, he stepped warily into the role of blues guitarist. Weary and ...
Live at the Troubadour/1000 Miles of Life
Feb 13, 2009; ... Daryl Hall & John Oates Live at the Troubadour Shout! Factory (826663-11022) 2 CDs/DVD John Oates 1000 Miles of Life Phunk Shui Records (826948040225) When Daryl Hall and John Oates played the Troubadour last May - 35 years after their first ...
Live at the Paradiso - Amsterdam
Feb 13, 2009; ... Live Live at the Paradiso - Amsterdam Vanguard Records (CD: 79897-2; DVD: 79898-9) CD/DVD If you thought Live was, well, dead, this set recorded last summer at a former church in Holland proves that the Pennsylvania-based quartet is thriving in its role as post-grunge ...
Motown: The Complete No. 1's
Feb 13, 2009; ... Various Artists Motown: The Complete No. 1's Motown/UMe (00602517875746) With all of the Motown Records compilations available, The Complete No. 1's easily takes the prize for packaging. Commemorating the Detroit label's 50th anniversary, this mammoth 10-CD box set comes ...
Into the Labyrinth
Feb 13, 2009; ... Saxon Into the Labyrinth SPV (SPV 91712) With Into the Labyrinth, Saxon has accomplished what many original "New Wave of British Heavy Metal" bands don't these days: They sound relevant again. Biff Byford's voice remains amazingly potent for a man pushing 60. With ...
Now or Heaven
Feb 13, 2009; ... The Broken West Now or Heaven Merge (MRG329) There's nothing broken that needs fixing in The Broken West's sophomore prize Now or Heaven. Exquisite in almost every way, and difficult to pigeonhole, Now or Heaven finds the West Coast indie-pop phenomenon gathering its ...
Chinese Democracy
Feb 13, 2009; ... Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Black Frog/Geffen B0012356-02 Chinese Democracy, the first set of new songs from Axi Rose in the last 17 years, is crushed a bit by the weight of Rose's ambition. Fans of G n' R's classic Appetite for Destruction, arguably the ...
The Story of the Yardbirds
Feb 13, 2009; ... The Yardbirds The Story of the Yardbirds ABC Entertainment (ABCVP115DVD) There's been precious little video documentation to help preserve The Yardbirds' legacy, at least in comparison to others of their era. This despite their distinction as the band that birthed the ...
Berlin
Feb 13, 2009; ... Lou Reed Berlin Genius Products/The Weinstein Company (81525) History has always had a hard time with Lou Reed's third solo album, although it's difficult to see why. True, the critics panned Berlin, and it certainly didn't sell as well as the preceding Transformer. But ...
Down The Tracks - The Music That Inspired Led Zeppelin
Feb 13, 2009; ... Various Artists Down The Tracks - The Music That Inspired Led Zeppelin Eagle Rock (EM 35107-9) One more in the seemingly unstoppable tide of unauthorized documentaries that has flooded the shelves in recent years ... but, and this is important, one of the few that doesn't ...
Vans Warped Tour 2007
Feb 13, 2009; ... Various Artists Vans Warped Tour 2007 Image Entertainment (4509) Once upon a time, the Warped Tour defined that term DIY. Its first year out, its Seattle show was held in a parking lot in Tacoma in front of a couple of hundred punks. Nowadays, the Seattle show takes place ...
The 'World' according to JD Souther
Feb 13, 2009; ... Musician returns with first new album since mid-1980s When JD Souther decided in 1985 to put his solo career on the back burner, he had a few reasons running through his mind. "Probably the foremost one was simply that I thought that the well was running a little dry as far as ...
It's hard to keep a good corpse grinder down
Feb 13, 2009; ... Corpse Grinders "Rites 4 Whites" b/w "Mental Moron" Whiplash 102 (1978) If you're looking for the opening smashchords of Goth music, go no further than the Corpse Grinders. Like any cultural watershed, the music and the image were mashed together and not entirely clear at ...
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
Feb 27, 2009; ... Sound Advice pays off for reader I was trying to figure out if the record I have is worth keeping or tossing, and then I saw an answer to someone else's question, which led to the record I am researching. I have the Bell 1078, 78 RPM Bellecats, Runaround / That's What I ...
IN THE NEWS
Feb 27, 2009; ... The Boss is owning up to a mistake. In an interview with The New York Times, Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have made a deal with Wal-Mart, which started exclusively selling a Springsteen greatest-hits CD in January. Some fans were critical because Springsteen has been a longtime supporter ...
OBITUARIES: Billy Powell
Feb 27, 2009; ... Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell, who played on such hits as "Sweet Home Alabama" and survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, died Jan. 28, 2009. He was 56. Powell called 911 from his Orange Park, Fla., home saying he was having trouble breathing. Rescue ...
OBITUARIES: John Martyn
Feb 27, 2009; ... British singer-songwriter John Martyn, whose soulful songs were covered by the likes of Eric Clapton, died Jan. 29, 2009, according to his Web site. No cause of death was listed. He was 60. A skilled guitarist and earthy vocalist influenced by folk, blues and jazz, Martyn performed with ...
OBITUARIES: David "Fathead" Newman
Feb 27, 2009; ... David "Fathead" Newman, a jazz musician who played with the Ray Charles Band and won fame as a tenor sax soloist, died of pancreatic cancer on Jan. 20, 2009, in a Kingston, N.Y., hospital. He was 75. Newman played and recorded with a wide range of jazz and soul luminaries, such as Herbie ...
OBITUARIES: Clint Ballard Jr.
Feb 27, 2009; ... Clint Ballard Jr., a songwriter whose tune "You're No Good" was taken to the top of the charts by Linda Ronstadt in 1975, died Dec, 23, 2008, in Denton, Texas. He was 77. Born and raised in El Paso, Ballard displayed musical talent early, playing the piano for a local radio station at ...
Buyers flip for Bowie, The Boss and a bunch of soul
Feb 27, 2009; ... 1. $5,000; Larry Clinton - "She's Wanted" b/w "If I Knew": Northern soul continues to dominate eBay vinyl auctions, especially where 45s are concerned. We start this time with another 7-inch northern soul rarity - a white-label demo copy of Larry Clinton's 1967 single "She's Wanted" (AKA "She's ...
Spongetones, Doll Test work power-pop mojo
Feb 27, 2009; ... Since we ended the last installment of Rave On by discussing the Beatlesque mojo of The Spongetones, let's kick off the proceedings this time around by discussing ...The Spongetones. Too Clever By Half (Loaded Goat) is the latest studio release from the longtime pop quartet and ...
Chet Atkins' guitars head to the auction block
Feb 27, 2009; ... DALLAS - A selection of guitars owned, used and/or designed by legendary country guitarist Chet Atkins are heading for the auction block in Dallas. The guitars are the keynote lots of the 621-lot music portion of Heritage Auction Galleries' Signature Music & Memorabilia Auction, ...
War: Lonnie Jordan's stories from the front
Feb 27, 2009; ... Stalwart singer, composer, and keyboard player shares his observations of War via a view from the trenches If one was to be glib about it, then one could call Lonnie Jordan a War survivor. Given that his band War has had both its victories and its casualties throughout its ...
Not Fade Away: Memories of Buddy Holly
Feb 27, 2009; ... Musicians, historians remember Buddy Holly 50 years after his death If not for Charles Hardin Holley, known the world over as Buddy Holly, rock 'n' roll certainly would be very different. If not for Holly's work, with and without The Crickets, the lives of many people would be ...
Search is on for the 45 behind a catchy 'Jingle'
Feb 27, 2009; ... Question: I'd like to ask you about a record I had when I was a kid. There was a very popular toy in the early 1960s, very likely made by Wham-O (die Frisbee people). It was called The Jingle Hop, and each one came with a free 45 of the song used on the Jingle Hop commercials. Well, mom ...
SWAP A TIP: CLEANING HINTS AND NEW WAYS TO REMOVE ADHESIVE
Feb 27, 2009; ... Thanks for the answers to my questions about factory flaws in 45s (Issue 737). In my letter, I suggested having an article or a series taking us through a record plant to show and explain the making of vinyl records, step by step, also with the label attaching and the process of making ...
Storage solutions for vinyl record hounds
Feb 27, 2009; ... Goldmine presents its guide to keeping your records in tip-top shape How much is your record collection worth? It's a question that demands some thought. For most of us, our collections have two different values. There is the market value and then the personal value. And I'm ...
Alan Parsons Project deals friendly cards
Feb 27, 2009; ... Progressive-music fans must have treasured the recent holiday season, considering the slew of impressive box sets, reissues and compelling one-off projects that appeared at the end of 2008 and early in the new year ... Turn Of Another Six Friendly Cards A major ongoing reissue ...
Warren Zevon
Feb 27, 2009; ... Warren Zevon Warren Zevon Asylum/Rhino R2 512737 This album isn't Zevon's debut (that was 1969's Wanted: Dead Or Alive) but it was his first for Asylum, released in 1976 and preceding his 1978 breakthrough, Excitable Boy. That album's success has overshadowed this ...
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
Feb 27, 2009; ... Nina Simone To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story RCA/Legacy 88697-11009-2 This box set provides a great overview/introduction to the breadth of Nina Simone's career, from 1957 to 1993. These were years that saw great changes in America, and Simone's songs offer a clear ...
Electric Arguments
Feb 27, 2009; ... The Fireman Electric Arguments Ato Records 88088-21640-2/ATO 0063 It's no coincidence that whenever Paul McCartney steps outside of his comfort zone, he creates his best work. This is the third, and most developed, of his "Fireman" collaborations with producer/Killing ...
Gone But Not Forgiven
Feb 27, 2009; ... Upchuck Gone But Not Forgiven dadastic (Dada021258) Though the outside world discovered Seattle's music scene when the grunge bands broke through in the early '90s, the groups hadn't sprung up overnight; both Mudhoney and Pearl Jam had their roots in the seminal outfit ...
Jackdawg
Feb 27, 2009; ... Jackdawg Jackdawg Sonic Past Music LLC (SPM 0031) Jackdawg could be considered one of those legendary lost albums, given that it's the product of a second-string supergroup. Recorded in the late '80s and early '90s by a namesake trio consisting of John McFee and ...
Midnight at the Movies
Feb 27, 2009; ... Justin Townes Earle Midnight at the Movies Bloodshot (BS160) For someone sired by a renegade rocker like Steve Earle and bequeathed a middle name honoring troubled troubadour Townes Van Zandt, Justin Townes Earle seems surprisingly sedate. Like his much-lauded ...
Red River Flower
Feb 27, 2009; ... Brigitte DeMeyer Red River Flower Self-released Brigitte DeMeyer opts for authenticity with a stunning fourth album steeped in Americana tradition. She personifies the spirit of the Heartland, with a reverence for her roots that embodies a soulful, spiritual ...
Crawling Through the USA
Feb 27, 2009; ... Michael Weston King Crawling Through the USA Valve Recordings (8087) Its title taken from Elvis Costello's iconic "Crawling to the USA," King's current album provides a partial summary of sorts of his career up until now. Having recorded some very moving music over the ...
Deep Rain
Feb 27, 2009; ... Julian Dawson Deep Rain Blue Rose (BLU CD0460) Over the course of the past 20 years or so, Julian Dawson's honed a reputation as something of a journeyman, a musician whose good-natured delivery and crossover appeal finds him equally amenable to the folkier realms of his ...
Surfing
Feb 27, 2009; ... Megapuss Surfing Vapor (3-514102) Hmmm ... The cover photo of two naked dudes apparently fighting to the death doesn't necessarily bode well for the musical content, but considering that one of the collaborators is none other than freak-folkie Devendra Banhart, suffice it ...
Keep It Hid
Feb 27, 2009; ... Dan Auerbach Keep It Hid Nonesuch (517241 As the singing and guitar-playing half of The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach makes a reverb-drenched racket that falls somewhere between garage-rock primitivism and indie-rock hip. As a solo artist on Keep It Hid, he makes a ...
Kind of Blue: Legacy Edition
Feb 27, 2009; ... Miles Davis Kind of Blue: Legacy Edition Columbia/Legacy (88697 27105) Kind of Blue, originally released in 1959, pretty much wrote the book on modern jazz. Its chief contributors - John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, and Bill Evans, among them - went solo not long after ...